Zhao Kuo and Wei Wuji are both people who understand the general situation. A small conflict did not affect the relationship between Zhao Kuo and Wei. As for the Han army, Quan Dang watched the excitement.
Under the city of Zhiguan, densely packed soldiers carried ladders and pushed carts, rushing towards Zhiguan like they were dying.
Dense rain of arrows poured down from above. The Zhi Pass was so narrow that the soldiers under the city had no place to hide. They were constantly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
However, the rain of arrows could not stop the coalition's determination to attack the city. The large open space that had just been cleared was quickly filled with new soldiers. Even the bravest soldiers had already carried ladders to the top of the city and began to climb up with large shields. .
"Set rolling stones to knock down ladders!"
Si Li roared, waving the halberd and crushing him forward. The halberd's light grew from small to large, and then divided into three small halberds more than one meter long. They suddenly hit the soldiers, and the violent energy swept around, sweeping them away. The flying arrows smashed into pieces, clearing a large open space.
Si Li stood at the top of the city, slammed the halberd on the ground, and looked at the coalition forces outside the city with a pair of tiger eyes. Blood was left from the tip of the halberd, full of bright red beauty, and one man could be as good as ten thousand men. Mo Kai's momentum.
"If this continues, our army will not be able to capture Zhi Pass in another month." From the command post at the rear, Wei Wuji said with a worried look on his face as he watched the soldiers continue to attack Zhi Pass.
Historically, when the Six Kingdoms attacked Qin, they usually attacked from Hangu Pass and rarely from Zhi Pass.
It's not that they don't want to go through Zhi Pass, but because Zhi Pass is no less dangerous than Hangu Pass, and even more disgusting than Hangu Pass.
It is only eight meters wide at its narrowest point, and even the pass is only a few dozen meters wide. Both sides are surrounded by endless mountains, and even a catapult cannot swing it.
You can place 1,800 soldiers casually on the city. As long as you don't have enough food, it will be useless for you to bring more troops. After all, the place under the city is so big and there are only so many people who can stand. You can't ride alone!
And even if Zhi Pass is captured, if you want to attack Qin, you still have to cross another natural barrier - the Yellow River.
Zhi Pass and Yellow River combined are much more difficult to attack than Hangu Pass.
Originally, Zhao Kuo planned to attack Hangu Pass as the main attack, with Zhi Pass as the auxiliary. However, news came from Jin Bi that the Qin army increased its troops by 20,000 to support Hangu Pass.
The young general leading the army was called Wang Jian, who was extremely brave. Jin Bi was on the top of the city, but Wang Jian arrived and joined forces with Qiang Yu to repel him.
Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, how could Zhao Kuo not have heard of him?
Although he is still very young, he is already quite famous in Qin State and is favored by King Qin and Lord Wu'an.
With Wang Jian's support, the originally shaky Hangu Pass suddenly became impregnable.
In desperation, Zhao Kuo could only attack Zhiguan as the leader.
But Zhiguan was not so easy to fight. When the King of Qin returned to Xianyang, he specially left Si Li and Wan to guard Zhiguan. The coalition forces made no progress for several days.
"Bai Qi has withdrawn his troops from Shangdang. Although our Zhao army is behind to hold back the main force of the Qin army, Bai Qi can send 10,000 or 20,000 people to support Zhi Pass. Zhi Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If our army cannot If we capture Zhiguan before the reinforcements arrive, it is very likely that we will never be able to capture it again. Is there anything you can do?" Zhao Kuo asked in a deep voice.
The generals looked at me, and I looked at you, but they said nothing.
There are only a few ways to attack a city, but none of them are feasible here in Zhiguan.
"I have a way..." At this time, Tian Dan said.
"What can we do?" Everyone looked at Tian Dan.
"But...this method is a bit cruel..."
Even with Tian Danzhi's ruthlessness, he still hesitated when he said this.
"If you are not kind enough to lead an army, how can a general be afraid of cruelty? I didn't see you back then..." Bao Yuan shouted in a low voice.
But with Tian Dan's strength, he could still hear him even if his voice was quiet.
Tian Dan turned his head and glanced at Baoyuan. Baoyuan instantly felt his scalp numb and quickly closed his mouth.
"Stingy." Bao Yuan muttered in his heart, but he did not dare to offend Tian Dan. Although he was older than Tian Dan, he knew that he was far from Tian Dan's opponent.
"Mr. Du Ping, you might as well talk and listen first." Wei Wuji also said.
"Then I'll tell you. The terrain at Zhiguan is dangerous. The city is only eight to fifteen meters wide, and even the pass is only twenty or thirty meters wide. This means that even if there are only a few hundred soldiers at Zhiguan, they can block hundreds of soldiers. Wan Dajun takes a long time. This is the advantage of Zhiguan, but it is also the disadvantage of Zhiguan."
Tian Dan pointed to Zhiguan on the map and continued: "As long as we find a way to stack Zhiguan as high as Zhiguan, the advantage of Zhiguan will no longer exist."
"Pile Zhi Pass to the same height as Zhi Pass? How?" Wei Wuji rarely went to the battlefield and was still a little confused.
Instead, Baoyuan looked at Tian Dan with a horrified look on his face and muttered: "Cruel man!"
"If it were in other places, it would not be easy, but the terrain of Zhiguan is narrow and the difficulty is much smaller. Just send out death squads, each carrying a bag of soil to the city, and then withdraw. If we attack day and night, tomorrow We should be able to stand at Zhi Pass. This is the fastest way to capture Zhi Pass, but a lot of people will die. Of course, if you have a better way, just pretend I didn’t tell you."
Tian Dan's plain words rang in everyone's ears like thunder, and a stream of cold air rushed from the tail bones to the Tianling Cap. The generals below shivered and looked at Tian Dan in great horror!
This is not treating human life as human life!
It turns out that this kind old man who walks around in the military camp every day and is happy to see everyone is actually more ruthless than everyone else!
Bao Yuan and Wei Wuji looked at each other, and both could see their deep fear of Tian Dan from the other's pupils. Neither of them spoke.
It is undeniable that Tian Dan's method is indeed good. As he said, as long as he is willing to use his life to fill the gap, he will definitely be able to break through Zhiguan tomorrow.
The question is where did these soldiers who sent themselves to death come from?
Zhao Jun only has 10,000 troops in Hanoi, and they are all super-elite or even military-spirited cavalry. It is impossible for him to undertake such a death-defying mission.
Although South Korea has 100,000 soldiers, even if Hedong is captured, it has nothing to do with South Korea. In that case, why should I send soldiers to die?
Then Wei Guo took a look, good guy, the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army, together with you, there are no people from both countries? Just let me, Wei Guo, take the lead, right? Then I won’t go out either.
After a quarrel, Wei Wuji interrupted everyone and said, "Why don't we use prisoners? I, Wei, will give 10,000 prisoners, and each of your two countries will give 5,000. How about that?"
Wei had given out the most prisoners before, so naturally it would give out the most this time, and since they were prisoners, there was no need to worry about it.
These days even civilians don't have human rights, let alone prisoners.
"This is a good idea." Bao Yuan nodded. He didn't care about thousands of prisoners at all.
"Then let's do it." Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhao Kuo could only nod.
