"Meng Zhong withdrew his troops..."

On the pass building in Hangu Pass, Sima Cuo looked at the scene of the slowly evacuating Wei, Zhao and Han armies outside the pass, stroked their gray beards and said calmly: "It seems that he doesn't want a decisive battle to break out in advance."

At this time, beside Sima Cuo, Bai Qi, who had always had a tense face the moment before, finally relieved his tense expression, and even his right hand, which he was holding tightly, gradually relaxed.

He snorted lightly, as if he was confident, and said, "Hmph, that's natural. That guy's preparations are not sufficient. Today is just a temptation. I'm sorry that he would not be so arrogant that he wanted to break through my Hangu Pass today."

After saying that, he casually ordered his troops to go around and said, "Although the opposite side has withdrawn, considering that things are in case, wait until the opponent completely withdraws from the place we can see, then ask Tong Yang and others to disperse the soldiers."

I have to say that although Bai Qi seemed to have seen through the conversation with Sima Cuo just now, in fact, Bai Qi was also sweating coldly just now. After all, if the battle situation on the battlefield outside the pass continued to intensify just now, even if Bai Qi was reluctant, he could only send all his troops to fight Meng Zhong.

After all, the Qin army outside the city is not a small number at this moment. Even if it is destined to be sacrificed, Bai Qi will definitely make the enemy troops on the opposite side pay a corresponding heavy price.

Fortunately, the situation was not as bad as it was. He could calm down, and Meng Zhong on the opposite side was also tactful. After the Zhao and Han armies re-entered the battlefield, they did not stir up Bai Qi's nerves anymore, which prevented both sides from launching a decisive battle early today and launching this decisive battle that was actually very unfavorable to both sides.

Perhaps, this is the tacit understanding between these long-time generals on the battlefield.

At the same time, the four generals of Jin Kuang, Wang Qiang, Meng Yi and Zhongxu outside the pass were instructing the soldiers to burn down the abandoned building and catapults of the coalition forces.

It is worth mentioning that Zhongxu proposed to leave one of the building cars and throwing stone chariots, and ordered the soldiers to drag it under the wall of Hangu Pass - it is impossible to move it to the gate. After all, the building cars and throwing stone chariots of the coalition forces are larger than the city gate of Hangu Pass. Unless someone who knows about these two war weapons dismantle them, how can they be moved to the city?

Not to mention the structure of this building and the catapult cart is not very mysterious. The structure can be seen through at a glance, and there is no need to transport it back to Xianyang for the craftsmen of Qin to study and draw a simple structural sketch.

Even, it may not even be necessary to draw structural sketches, because these two objects have corresponding records in the Gongshu clan of Qin as a craftsman, and are not considered novel weapons that have never been seen before.

On this side, Zhongxu ordered people to drag the remaining tower cart and stone throwing cart back to Hangu Pass. On the other side, Meng Yi, Jin Kuang, Wang He and others ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and either move the bodies of their soldiers back to the pass, or bury them on the spot. As for the bodies of the soldiers of the coalition, after the Qin soldiers were stripped of their armor and took away the weapons, they still left them to the battlefield. Within one or two days, the soldiers on the opposite side would naturally transport the bodies away and deal with them.

The deceased is the greatest and does not desecrate the corpse. This is also the tacit understanding between the two armies on the battlefield. When they are in a good mood, they will also bury the bodies of the enemy soldiers on the opposite side. When they are in a bad mood, they will ask the other party to deal with it themselves. Unless there is a deep hatred or strategic considerations, they will not desecrate the corpse. On the one hand, this is a matter that is harmful to good deeds, and on the other hand, it will also cause the anger of the enemy troops on the opposite side.

After a while, Zhongxu's soldiers took the lead in dragging the remaining chariot and catapult to Hangu Pass, so that Bai Qi and Sima Cuo could stand on the wall to see the structure of these two siege weapons, but that was all. After all, Bai Qi and Sima Cuo did not think that these two siege weapons could help the defenders.

What they are considering at this moment is how to crack these two war weapons of the coalition forces.

The Tower Car is fine. After all, if a weapon like the Tower Car wants to exert its full abilities, it must be very close to the city wall, which means that the defense can burn and destroy it through fire arrows, turmeric oil, etc.

However, how should the catapult cart be targeted? You must know that the attack distance of this thing is even further than that of a crossbow. Do you have to send people out of seclusion every time, taking great risks and paying a huge price to destroy this weapon?

Sima Cuo sighed with a serious look in his beard and stroking his beard. "In today's battle, even if Meng Zhong had just tried it, through today's battle, he had learned that this thing is conducive to siege. When he comes to attack this pass again next time, I'm afraid there will be not only twenty tower cars and throwing cars..."

After hearing this, Bai Qi was silent.

If he was 70% sure that he could block Meng Zhong's offensive at Hangu Pass, then at this moment, he felt that he would probably only have a 10% chance of winning, and this chance of winning had to be based on the situation where the coalition commander Fengyang Jun Li Dui was dissatisfied with Meng Zhong's slow progress and asked him to attack Hangu Pass forcibly.

Think about it carefully, if Meng Zhonghua spent several months building hundreds of stone throwing cars and used these stone throwing cars to bombard him at Hangu Pass on the day of his battle, even if the walls of Hangu Pass are solid, they may not be able to block such a rough offensive.

Once the city wall of Hangu Pass is destroyed by these stone-throwing cars or even a corner is collapsed, why can the Qin army here resist more than 200,000 coalition forces?

The only thing Bai Qi felt at this moment was that these stone throwing cars seemed to be difficult to build. Otherwise, he might have thought about it carefully. If Hangu Pass was captured by the coalition forces, how would he resist the invading coalition forces?

After thinking about it, Sima misunderstood to Bai Qi and said, "Let me do this, I'll send a message to Xianyang first, asking the king to summon the members of the Gongshu clan to see if the Gongshu clan has a way to resist this thing..."

"Gongshu family?" Bai Qi asked unexpectedly: "Are the craftsman?"

"Well." Sima nodded mistakenly and explained briefly: "The Gongshu clan is comparable to the Mo family in terms of craftsmanship, and there may be a way to restrain this thing..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Bai Qi's back, as if he had seen something, and smiled and stopped.

Bai Qi seemed to have noticed it, and looked back at Sima Cuo's gaze, and then he saw that Wang Feng had returned to the pass at some point and was walking towards him.

"Guowei, Sima Lao." Walking to Bai Qi and Sima Cuo, Wang Feng bowed his hands and hugged his fists, his expression seemed very calm.

Seeing this, Sima Cuo smiled and said, "I will write a letter to send someone to Xianyang first, and you and the two of you will talk slowly."

After saying that, he slowly walked past Wang Qi and patted Wang Qi on the shoulder. At the same time, he also gave Bai Qi a wink, probably hoping that Bai Qi would treat Wang Qi with tolerance.

After all, he is still optimistic about the young man Wang.

"Old guy, why did you have any tolerance for me at the beginning?"

Noting Sima Cuo's hint to him, Bai Qi curled his lips and muttered to himself.

Immediately, he glanced at Wang Yan and said lightly: "You seem to have something to tell me?"

Hearing this, Wang Yi was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it's not. The general of Mo is just here to overthrow his life." As he said that, he hugged Bai Qi and lowered his head and said, "The general of Mo is incompetent and failed to fulfill his promise before leaving the customs. If it were not for the help of Jin Kuang, Meng Yi, and Zhongxu, the general of the State Wei sent me to help me, the general of Mo is definitely unable to destroy the Wei army's strange weapons."

After Bai Qi finished speaking the question just now, he turned his attention to the Qin soldiers who were still cleaning the battlefield outside the pass, but after hearing Wang Yu's words, he looked at the latter in surprise.

That's right, he never thought of entrusting Wang's heavy responsibility to destroy the Wei army's throwing cars from the beginning. After all, although Wang was recommended by Xiang Shou, he was just a newcomer to him, so he naturally lacked trust in Wang.

Under this situation, Wang Yu volunteered to Ying, and Bai Qi took the opportunity to let Wang Yu be a bait, asking him to lead his army alone out of the pass, luring Zhao and Han armies to attack Wang Yu and his army, creating favorable conditions for Jin Kuang, Meng Yi, Zhongxu and others who subsequently broke out of the pass.

Because of this, Bai Qi thought that Wang Feng was here to seek revenge this time, and he had already figured out how to deal with it - just curse it back!

I, Bai Qi, need to explain to you a little military general?

But to Bai Qi's surprise, Wang Feng did not mention this matter.

This made Bai Qi quite curious.

After thinking about it, Bai Qi asked casually: "Do you know... you used to be a bait?"

"The last one will know." Wang Yan replied calmly.

“…”

Seeing that Wang Yi's face was very calm, Bai Qi became more and more surprised and asked curiously: "Since you know, why don't you mention it?"

Hearing this, Wang Yi raised his head and looked at Bai Qi with a serious look, "Just because from the results, the judgment of the National Guard was correct. Because of the sacrifice of our army, the two generals Meng Yi and Zhongxu successfully attacked the Zhao and Han armies, and in disguise, reduced the casualties of the soldiers under the two generals, and successfully achieved the purpose of destroying the Wei army's strange weapons... Since that's the case, why should the last general be upset?"

Speaking of this, his lips moved slightly, and after several attempts to speak, he said sincerely: "The General of the State is just hopeful that the General of the State will have more trust in the General of the State in the future. Just like this time, even if the General of the State is clear about the final word before I led the army out of seclusion and asked me to be that bait, the General of the State will follow the orders and not... she will not be like an ignorant fool who thinks that he can force the enemy on the opposite side to concessions by relying solely on his own strength."

"Fool? Hahahaha..."

Bai Qi, who had a serious expression before, suddenly laughed when he heard this.

This burst of laughter made Wang Yan look very ugly.

However, just when Wang Yan was inexplicably embarrassed, he saw Bai Qi keeping his laughter and saying seriously: "Wang Yi, I'm not laughing at you. On the contrary, after you said this, I really began to think that you are a talent for creation."

After saying that, he glanced at Wang He, who was full of confusion, and recalled melancholy: "During the Battle of Yique, when I, Ji Hong and others successfully attacked Gongsun Xi's 180,000 Wei troops, defeated 100,000 Wei troops overnight, and captured Gongsun Xi himself, even Bai was quite excited and thought he was sure to win. But as a result, Meng Zhong led more than 20,000 Wei troops to kill us the next day..."

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Wang Feng and said seriously: "I just told the truth. This time I didn't tell you, just want you to suffer a setback. I know your thoughts very well. I was recommended by General Xiangshou to be promoted to general, and I was eager to prove your talents to others, but I think you have to respect your seniors... I fought with Meng Zhong twice and was defeated by him twice. Maybe you think I am just a defeated general, but maybe I have much more experience in this area than you?"

"The last general has no intention of despising the National Guard..." Wang Feng hurriedly explained.

"I believe you don't mean this. I'm just making an analogy." Bai Qi waved his hand to comfort Wang Feng, then nodded with a few smiles on his face and said, "Anyway, don't think you are better than anyone else and do what you can. This is my warning and reminder to you. Sima is very optimistic about you, and I also began to feel that there will be a unique side in the future, but... it's not yet."

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Wang Qian finally understood why Bai Qi was impatient with him before. The reason was that he was too active and urgently wanted to prove himself that he had to interfere in everything within and outside his responsibilities. As the main general, why would Bai Qi not dislike him?

It’s also a blessing that Wang Feng recommended it to Xiang Shou, and Bai Qi has always had a close relationship with Xiang Shou. Otherwise, if he had changed someone, he would have been sent by Bai Qi to somewhere.

Thinking of this, he clasped his fists with a little ashamed and said, "I have received the teachings. I will definitely perform my duties in the future and I will never be proud of myself."

Seeing this, Bai Qi nodded with satisfaction, then smiled and said, "I believe what you said. OK, I also know that you have always had your own opinions, so today I will just ask you, how do you view the current situation?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng was both surprised and nervous.

Surprisingly, Bai Qi took the initiative to ask about his current situation, which shows that Bai Qi began to trust him; and nervously, this question may be Bai Qi's test for him. If his answer cannot satisfy Bai Qi, then his evaluation in the heart of the lieutenant would be greatly reduced.

Based on this point, Wang Feng thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "I think that the chances of winning in this battle will not be very high."

"Tell me the point." Bai Qi frowned, then lowered his request and said, "Forget it, I'll ask you this way. If you were Meng Zhong, through today's confrontation, how much situation would you be able to grasp in my Qin army?"

"This..." Wang He thought for a while and continued: "Through today's battle, if I were the King of Yancheng, I would definitely order my soldiers to build a large number of weapons called throwing cars. Once I have enough throwing cars, I will launch a bombing on Hangu Pass. Even if it is the solid city wall of Hangu Pass, the last general thinks it is difficult to resist..."

"What else?" Bai Qi asked lightly.

"And..." Wang He thought about it again and added: "In view of the fact that our Qin army is not weaker than the coalition forces in today's battle, the King of Yancheng should know that if the two armies confront each other, his coalition forces would not have been able to get any advantage..."

"What else?" Bai Qi seemed unsatisfied and continued to ask.

Wang opened his mouth, really couldn't think of anything else, and said ashamed and embarrassedly: "I... can't think of it."

Seeing this, a little bit of unpredictable disappointment flashed in Bai Qi's eyes, and he immediately said lightly: "If I guessed correctly, Meng Zhong would probably not take this Hangu Pass seriously at this moment. He should be considering how to break through Hangu Road..."

Wang Feng was stunned for a moment. After thinking about Bai Qi's words carefully, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

After all, what Bai Qi said implies is that Meng Zhong actually has a way to break Hangu Pass?

"How is that possible?" Wang Yan exclaimed.

"How is it impossible?" Bai Qi glanced at Wang Yan and said lightly: "Meng Zhong had probably roughly estimated the strength of my Hangu Pass. Considering that he had the weapons like throwing a car in his hand, as long as he was well prepared, he could launch an offensive against Hangu Pass at any time and conquer this pass. But the problem is that capturing Hangu Pass does not mean that it can threaten our country of Qin, or even threaten Xianyang. After all, a great advantage of Hangu Pass is the winding and narrow Hangu Road. Based on my understanding of Meng Zhong, he would either not fight next. Once the war started, it means that he had thought of a way to break through Hangu Road... Therefore, we now not only need to strengthen the garrison of Hangu Pass, but also build defenses on the other side of Hangu Road to prevent the coalition forces from really breaking through Hangu Road. Do you understand?"

Wang Yan opened his mouth and couldn't speak, and asked in surprise: "How could he estimate the strength of my Hangu Pass so easily?"

"I want me to explain this to you?"

Bai Qi frowned, but finally explained patiently: "Today's battle, because of the Wei general and Jin Bi, a decisive battle almost broke out early. Meng Zhong, a man, has never liked this kind of battle that consumes troops from each other. He would give in, and it was not surprising to me. And we also acquiesced to the withdrawal of the troops on the other side. Meng Zhong can make a judgment from this and guessed that the strength of my Hangu Pass might not be much higher than that of him."

Speaking of this, Bai Qi sighed secretly.

Strictly speaking, this was his mistake. He should have ordered Tong Yang and others to fight out of the pass, and acted as if he wanted to take the opportunity to swallow the coalition forces on the other side, confusing Meng Zhong. The problem was that the battle situation on the battlefield was too fierce at that time, and he did not dare to add fuel and firewood to stimulate the coalition forces too much, so as not to start a decisive battle in advance. There was a strong city like Hangu Pass, but he did not use it. He went out of the pass to fight with the coalition forces in the field to both lose and suffer. Then the main force led by Fengyang Jun Li Dui took the opportunity to kill Hangu Pass in one fell swoop. When he was in the middle of the Qin Dynasty, Bai Qi was the stupidest commander of the Qin Dynasty.

While sighing, Bai Qi suddenly had another thought in his heart.

As the saying goes, good fortune depends on misfortune, and bad fortune lies in misfortune. Although today's battle has allowed Meng Zhong to learn a lot of the details of his Qin army, this is not an opportunity.

Although people all believe that Hangu Pass is the most powerful pass in the world, in fact, the Hangu Road behind Hangu Pass is actually easier to resist the enemy troops that invade Qin. After all, Hangu Road has a winding and narrow valley road of about fifteen miles, and the narrowest part cannot even allow two carriages to run in parallel, and it is an excellent location for ambushing the enemy.

As long as he guards another exit, even Meng Zhong on the opposite side will have no choice but to use this Hangu Road.

In this case, Meng Zhong should choose to find another remote path to find other paths that can bypass Hangu Pass.

But the problem is that Meng Zhong has not found a path yet.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi had an idea in his heart.
Chapter completed!