Chapter 227
Soon, all the matters on Zhao State have been implemented.
Bai Ba was named Wu Chengjun by King Zhao, and led the vanguard troops without being controlled by anyone. Chen Yu was controlled by Zhang Er.
During the whole process, Chen Yu was the most depressed. Although Zhang Er was better, he also had some dissatisfaction. He thought that Bai Ba was just a junior whom he promoted, and now he was on par with him and was not controlled.
For this reason, Zhang Er also wrote a letter to Chen Yu to complain. But what he didn't expect was that his former friend Chen Yu had changed his mind and was even more dissatisfied with him now.
Chen Yu secretly sent a large number of scouts to sneak into Hangu Pass, hoping to investigate whether Zhang Han and Li Jian were really injured by Bai Ba.
There is no airtight wall in the world. Soon Chen Yu's approach was spread to Bai Ba's ears, and even Zhang Er heard about it, and he felt a little dissatisfied with Chen Yu's approach.
After all, Zhang Han, the commander of Qinbei Road Army, was severely damaged by this war, and Li Jian, the brave general of Hangu Pass, was rewarded. But now Chen Yu actually checked whether the two were really injured, which was obviously a distrust of Zhang Er and Bai Ba. And once this matter was verified by him, it would be a crime to deceive King Zhao.
By that time, I am afraid that the infinite scenery that was conferred this time will become evidence of the future.
For this reason, Zhang Er communicated with Chen Yu several times, but Chen Yu seemed to have changed his mind. He ignored Zhang Er's letters and still did his own way.
Bai Ba didn't care. He saw with his own eyes that he stabbed Zhang Han. Li Jian even shot himself injured. So, he began to prepare for the siege.
Chen Yu knew Bai Ba’s preparations and did not teach Bai Ba the Hangu Pass defense map that Yan Saner gave him to him, and shared resources.
They didn't know that the defense map that Yan Saner gave them before was the real defense map of Hangu Pass.
Bai Ba was full of confidence at this time. He firmly believed that he could take Hangu Pass, lead the Zhao army into Xianyang Palace, and capture Hu Hai with his own hands.
With Bai Ba's agreement, the Zhao army's momentum rose unprecedentedly.
In Hangu Pass, Zhang Han, Li Jian and others arranged strategic plans in a intensive manner.
Zhang Han did suffer some minor injuries.
That day when they faced Bai Ba, they were just a plan to lose but not win. But Zhang Han underestimated Bai Ba's combat power. Although he was wearing a good golden silk inner armor, Bai Ba's shot did not cause him direct damage, but because Bai Ba's amazing power was surprisingly strong, the shot actually broke his two ribs through the golden silk soft armor.
On the battlefield, although this little injury is nothing, it is already a big deal for a marshal like him.
Zhang Han endured the pain at this moment, wearing armor, standing in front of the sand table, setting up tactics. If Li Jian and others had not tried to persuade him, he would have to go on the battlefield himself and fight Bai Ba again.
Li Jian is completely opposite to the legends outside the world at this moment. Not only was he not injured, but he was even more excited than usual because he had to fight.
On that day, Bai Ba made an arrow back. Although Li Jian seemed to be hit by an arrow in his chest, others didn't know that this was a kind of archery-catching technique passed down by his family. It was the moment the arrow was about to hit the body, and he held the arrow shaft with his hand and pretended to be caught in an arrow.
What this kind of kung fu requires is courage, carefulness, and the combination of hands and eyes is like lightning.
The Li family's shooting technique has been passed down from generation to generation. This kind of archery technique is a must-practice for them, in order to paralyze the enemy when facing the enemy.
Now he uses this archery technique to deal with Bai Ba, which successfully makes Bai Ba think that he has seriously injured him.
At the same time, except for important general orders, Zhang Han and Li Jian disappeared, as if they were really injured. The spies sent by all parties did not get the exact information and completely believed that they were injured by Bai Ba.
Bai Ba sharpened his sword outside Hangu Pass and prepared for a decisive battle.
Zhang Han, Li Jian and others were ready to attack the night raid again in the city.
Before dawn of this day, the side door in the direction of Hangu Pass quietly opened.
Li Jian led a team of soldiers from the small sect, and quietly left the city with a horse with a condom. They did not detour behind the Baiba army, which had already arrived at the city.
Instead, he drew a larger arc and sneaked towards Julu further away.
Li Jian’s target was Zhang Er. Before leaving, Zhang Han gave him one day. When night fell, it was when Li Jian began to attack Zhang Er.
On this day, all the defenders in Hangu Pass had to do was to defend the city pass and prevent Bai Ba from successfully siegeing the city.
Once Li Jian starts attacking Zhang Er, with Li Jian's courage and Zhang Er's cowardice, it will inevitably be a one-sided situation. At that time, Bai Ba will definitely send troops to rescue Zhang Er, and at this moment, the Hangu Pass will all out and chase Zhao's army.
The entire war deployment was nothing special, it was just a big detour. The only pressure point was that the defenders of Hangu Pass must withstand Bai Ba's attack.
"Dongdongdongdong..."
Outside Hangu Pass, as the sun rises, war drums sound.
The Zhao army under Bai Ba formed a square formation to attack the city and slowly advanced towards Hangu Pass. Every step they took was accompanied by the sound of drum beats, and the passionate drum beats made the Zhao army's momentum grow higher and higher.
"Bow and arrow, prepare!" Zhang Han went to the city of Hangu Pass in person regardless of the pain.
With his order, the archers at Hangu Pass were divided into arrays according to the rules of the Qin Dynasty, hiding behind the battlements of the city walls. One by one, feather arrows with cold stars aimed at the Zhao army slowly approaching the city.
Bai Ba was watching the situation at Hangu Pass at all times under the city, and had long guessed that the Qin soldiers who were good at shooting would definitely use archers to defend the city wall. As he waved his hand, the moving forward teams changed instantly.
The square formation was mixed and instantly turned into a long snake formation.
This long snake array is divided into two rows. The first row is a rattan player, holding a huge rattan shield in one hand and a long sword in the other hand. Their only has one task, blocking the feather arrows shot over.
Behind them were the archers selected by Bai Ba from the Zhao army. They stood behind the rattan player, leaving all the tasks of shooting arrows and blocking arrows to those in front of them.
The people selected by Bai Ba are in groups, including fathers, brothers, relatives, or friends... In this way, every rattan player will try his best to protect the archers behind. The archers behind don't have to worry about the people in front of him, just shoot arrows at the top of the city.
In this way, the geographical advantages of the archers on the siege and the archers on the marching side were minimized.
Moreover, the one-line snake formation is more flexible than the square formation and is not easily locked by large-scale arrow rains. In this kind of siege battle with counterattacks, the loss will be smaller.
Chapter completed!