The day passes quickly.
In the rain, the gate of Shangyong City finally opened again.
What came out against the wind and rain were groups of troops wearing black clothes and armor, with a total of 50,000 people.
The leader is none other than Zhao Wei, a powerful general of the Zhao army.
Yes, after a day's rest, Zhao Wei once again led the army on the journey.
As for those black clothes and armors, they naturally belong to the Qin army. They have already gathered hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers. It is not difficult to assemble only 50,000 sets of clothes and armors.
In order to create a panic atmosphere, Zhao Wei and his group of Zhao troops did not advance slowly.
Naturally, in order to reach Wuling City as soon as possible, Zhao Jun's marching speed was unexpectedly fast.
The journey that originally took two days to reach, suddenly allowed Zhao Wei to reach the destination in one and a half days.
Because they were in the hinterland of Qin State, the Qin army on the city tower even simply checked the tokens and opened the city gate.
Almost without a fight, Zhao Jun occupied the last pass leading to Hanzhong.
Hanzhong was already close at hand, but Zhao Wei had no interest in the territory of Hanzhong, so he divided his troops into three groups according to Li Mu's instructions.
Three thousand troops were stationed in Wuling City to receive the follow-up main army;
The main army of 35,000 turned northwest and approached Dashan Pass;
Twelve thousand troops quickly attacked the southwest, aiming directly at Yangping Pass.
The two armies quickly started galloping on the land of Hanzhong in the Qin border. Naturally, such a large-scale march could not be hidden from the eyes of the Hanzhong governor.
However, Meng Ao had already explained that the army was about to return from Shangyong. For a while, the governor of Hanzhong County in the Qin State was not surprised by the arrival of the two armies. Even within the county, the county Shou also prepared wine and meat to reward the three armies.
It wasn't until Zhao Wei's two armies bypassed the west city of the county and headed north and south that the Hanzhong county guard of Qin realized that something was wrong.
Even so, the county guard still did not doubt that these two troops were disguised as Zhao Jun.
After all, the armor worn by both armies is the black armor of the Qin army. If they want to cross the mountain road and defeat the three cities of Fangling, Shangyong, Wuling and even Hanzhong without being discovered by themselves, in the eyes of the governor, it is impossible. It's impossible.
Therefore, the county guard also comforted himself: these two armies must have received strict orders from the front line and must rush to the battlefield quickly.
But what the county guard didn't know was that because of Qin Jun's guidance, Zhao Jun really did what he thought was impossible.
Bypassing the west city of the county, Zhao Jun's march was faster, and he had arrived outside Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass almost in the next day.
It was still the same procedure and the same recipe. Zhao Jun, who pretended to go to Hangu (Sichuan) for reinforcements (repairs), quickly gained the trust of the defenders in the pass.
In fact, there were only a few hundred people in Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass. Even with natural dangers, they could not stop the attack of tens of thousands of Zhao troops.
But no matter what, it would be good to reduce some losses.
Once again, Zhao Wei's troops easily occupied Yangping Pass and Dashan Pass without any bloodshed, completely dividing the Qin army into three.
Almost at the same moment, the main force of the Zhao army under Li Mu finally appeared majestically at the head of Wuling City under the red banner with the word Zhao.
Immediately, more than 100,000 Zhao troops entered the Hanzhong area in a mighty manner.
Suddenly, Hanzhong was shaken, Guanzhong was shaken, Shuzhong was shaken...
The governor of Hanzhong County, who was the first to know the news, collapsed on the ground with despair.
Although there has been no news from Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass, the county guard knows that the two Zhao troops that circled the West City in the past two days must be heading for these two places.
Until now, no news has come. There is only one possibility, that is, Zhao Jun has quietly taken the pass, so that the news can be sealed.
What?
Was it the Qin army that was being chased by the Zhao army that passed through the west city?
Even if it is really that urgent, let alone supplies and so on, it is always possible to arrange for one or two groups of scouts to report a message to themselves.
Obviously, if you don't say hello, you may be an enemy rather than a friend, so you will avoid it for fear that you will find a flaw.
If this is the case, if Wuling is attacked and Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass are cut off, the land of Hanzhong will truly become a dead land.
Even though he was facing such an almost desperate situation, the governor of Hanzhong County of Qin State still did not give up.
He knew very well what it would mean to Qin once Hanzhong was lost.
While gathering the troops around the county and recruiting civilians to defend the city, they sent scouts to check the situation at Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass.
Of course, at the same time, special personnel were also sent across the mountains and ridges to report to Xianyang the situation of Zhao's massive invasion of Hanzhong.
The county guard's idea is very simple. It would be best if the two passes are still in the hands of his family. Even if they are no longer in his hands, he will still defend the west city of the county and hold back Zhao Jun as much as possible.
Although the Lord Sheriff has done everything he can, the building is about to collapse. How can he, a small Sheriff of Hanzhong County, be able to turn the tide.
In the just past Battle of Yingchuan, Qin State had mobilized almost all the combat power in the country, and his Hanzhong County no longer had any troops capable of fighting.
Even though the county governor tried his best to recruit civilian men, he could not even recruit more than a thousand people in a short period of time. Including the gathered soldiers and officials, the total number probably does not exceed more than 2,000 people.
What's more, Hanzhong County's arsenal is already empty. Even if civilian soldiers are recruited, they cannot be armed at all.
But what he had to face was the hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops who had experienced hundreds of battles and were armed to the teeth.
More than two thousand soldiers who had just put down their hoes and picked up their swords, without even armor, faced hundreds of thousands of well-trained soldiers with sophisticated armor, sharp spears and arrows.
This is no longer a confrontation, but a massacre.
The miracle did not come because of the efforts of the county guard. What came to the west city of the county was only Li Mu's indifferent iron hooves.
With a wave of his hand, the makeshift ladder rushed out instantly.
Accompanying the ladders were tens of thousands of Zhao Jun infantry.
Although there was no blessing from the ladder, the numerical advantage still allowed Zhao Jun to quickly block the city with dense arrow rain.
With the sound of "pat, pat", ladders were erected up the tower.
"Kill!" Holding the long sword in his hand high, Lieutenant Zhao quickly issued the order to attack the city.
Immediately, tens of thousands of Zhao troops climbed onto the ladder and launched a charge towards the city.
There were no rolling stones, no golden arrows, and even the spears that could be poked out were extremely limited. Except for a few unlucky ones who were poked off the ladder, most of the Zhao soldiers rushed up to the city almost effortlessly. head.
There was no way, there were only two thousand people in total, and there were only more than 500 people on each tower. They were suppressed by Zhao Jun's arrows. The "Qin Army", which had never experienced the battlefield at all, suddenly became chaotic.
Not to mention the soldiers of the Qin army below, even the county guard didn't know what to do. He almost watched helplessly as the soldiers of the Zhao army rushed up the tower.
Within less than a minute of drinking tea after the battle started, there was no suspense anymore.
In front of Zhao Jun's well-trained military formation, this "Qin Army" is not an enemy at all.
The bloody killings quickly broke through the psychological defense line of the "Qin Army", but in the blink of an eye, most of the Zhao troops who had climbed onto the tower had not even completed their formation, and the "Qin Army" had already run away.
After fighting the Qin army for so many years, there has never been such an easy fight.
Fortunately, Zhao Jun also saw that this group of people was not the Qin army at all, but just a group of common people who had just put down their hoes and were forced to climb the city wall.
Naturally, Zhao Jun did not rush forward to strangle these people while he was seriously ill.
Of course, the few Qin troops who resisted were naturally strangled to death by the Zhao troops.
As the county guard and his soldiers fell into a pool of blood one by one, the gates of the west city of Hanzhong County were also opened by Zhao Jun.
Hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops rushed into it - Xicheng was declared to have fallen.
With the fall of Xicheng, Li Mu immediately sent nearly 100,000 reinforcements to Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass.
As for the other Zhao troops, they were sent by Li Mu to sweep Hanzhong County.
As Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass finally hung the flag of the State of Zhao in a grand manner, it also marked that the entire Hanzhong County had been brought under the control of the State of Zhao.
The only regret is that because of the conscientiousness of the Hanzhong County Sheriff, Xianyang quickly learned about the attack on Hanzhong and Dashan Pass.
Zichu, who had already ascended the throne as king, did not care much. He immediately recruited tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong and attacked Dashan Pass in a mighty manner, trying to take advantage of Zhao Jun's unsteady foothold to retake Dashan Pass. .
This time Zi Chu was really anxious, and Lao Qin also spent a lot of money.
Everyone knows that once the pass is broken and the land of Hanzhong cannot be taken back, it will mean slow death for the Qin State.
Therefore, Zi Chu also resorted to military force at any cost, and in a short period of time he managed to gather an army of 100,000. Among them, the old aristocrats of Qin State have also made great efforts.
Of course, at the same time, Zi Chu also sent a letter from Fei Ge to the governor of Shu, requesting an immediate counterattack at Yangping Pass.
It's a pity that the governor of Shuzhong didn't have Zi Chu's appeal. Even if he forced the army to recruit troops, there would be no response at all. Coupled with the emptiness of the treasury, he could only drag out a force of less than 20,000 people. The team arrived outside Yangping Pass.
By the time Zi Chu's 100,000-strong army finally arrived at Dashan Pass, the number of soldiers and horses in Dashan Pass had already risen to 80,000.
As for Yangping Pass, although the military strength is only 50,000 or 60,000, it is easy to deal with a mere 20,000 people in Shuzhong.
What's more, just in the west city of Hanzhong County, not far away, Li Mu still has a hundred thousand troops in hand, who can reinforce the two passes at any time. (Some of the remaining troops are stationed in Wuling, and some are on their way to escort prisoners.)
It can be said that Zhao Jun, who has integrated Hanzhong County, is in an invincible position. The only thing that can trouble Zhao Jun is the long supply line.
After a brief tentative attack, Zichu knew that he was already late.
