On the fourth day of Zhao Wen's departure, Yingbu led 200,000 new troops to arrive and settle in Hangu Pass.

Compared with the three days requested by Lin Ze, it was a full day earlier, which shows how much Yingbu values Lin Ze's order.

However, the supplies transported by the imperial court arrived on the third day, followed by a eunuch and a holy decree.

The fall of Hangu Pass caused a shock in Chang'an.

Hu Hai even broke out in a cold sweat, if the rebels crossed the Hangu Pass to attack Chang'an, it would be a shame for Qin that would be difficult to wash away for his life.

Since Emperor Qin ascended the throne and took power, Xianyang was renamed Chang'an, Chang'an has never been attacked, and the rebels appeared outside Chang'an City.

Can an emperor who has lost the trust of the people in the world sit firmly in the world?

Originally, Lin Ze applied for supplies from the imperial court this time, but the quantity was huge and the time was urgent, and the ministers in the court suggested that they be provided in batches.

At the court meeting, Hu Hai vetoed the suggestions provided in batches, and his attitude was very tough, forcing Zhongshu Province to come forward to coordinate, and only then did he gather this batch of materials in one day and let people send them over.

The ensuing holy decree was also used to reward Lin Ze.

In addition to announcing the decree, the eunuch also shouldered the task of delivering a message to Lin Ze for Hu Hai, mainly expressing Hu Hai's two meanings:

First, I trust you very much in the matter of counterinsurgency, and I will try my best to satisfy you no matter what you want.

Second, work hard, and when the counterinsurgency is successful, I will make you a marquis.

Lin Ze took the holy decree with a smile on his face, and while arranging for people to accept the materials and store them in the warehouse, he said to the eunuch who passed the decree in righteous words: "Please tell Your Majesty that as long as Lin Ze does not die, he will definitely kill all the rebels in the world and restore peace to Great Qin." ”

After the eunuch left satisfied, Lin Ze put this matter behind him and concentrated on dealing with the next battle.

Such a means of winning people's hearts is not very clever, Lin Ze was not only not moved, but even felt a little funny.

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On the tenth day of Zhao Wen's departure, Lin Ze received a report from the scouts that thirty miles away, a large army rushed in, numbering about 100,000, under the banners of "Chu" and "Zhou".

Lin Ze's eyes brightened and said, "It's finally here, it's coming quite quickly." ”

According to Zhao Wen, Zhou City was almost ten days away from Hangu Pass, and it would take ten days for the messengers they sent to deliver the news to Zhou City.

That is to say, after Zhou Shi got the news, he rushed with the army, and it only took six days to come to Hangu Pass, which shows his importance to Hangu Pass and his excellent ability to lead troops.

Lin Ze didn't even have time to put on his armor, so he picked up the Tianwen Sword and went straight to the city wall, waiting for the rebels to attack.

At the same time, under his orders, numerous assault equipment was carried onto the walls, including hundreds of trebuchets and hundreds of bed crossbows.

These instruments are all made by the children of the Mo family who serve in the Shaofu, and they are extremely lethal, and ordinary fourth- and fifth-grade martial artists will also be hated on the spot under the crossbow shooting on the bed.

Lin Ze, as the chief official of the Shaofu, knew everything about the big killing weapons in the Shaofu, and in the three days after the appointment of the counterinsurgency, he led people to rummage through the inner treasury of the Shaofu before he found these.

After seeing these treasures, Lin Ze immediately asked people to seal them and pack them away.

Two quarters of an hour later, countless rebels in gray armor appeared in Lin Ze's line of sight, and they roared towards Hangu Pass.

Lin Ze said to a mausoleum guard beside him: "Go and activate the mechanism and make the sound of opening the city gate." ”

Then he ordered in a tone without the slightest emotion: "The whole army listens to the order, the bed crossbow is wound, the trebuchet is loaded with stones, the strong crossbow is loaded with arrows, and ready." ”

Under Lin Ze's order, the sound of machinery turning sounded on the city wall.

As the rebels got closer and closer, the recruits on the city wall were a little nervous, and the palms of their weapons were clenched with a trace of hot sweat.

Suddenly, in Lin Ze's sight, a figure running at the front was desperately waving to him.

It was Zhao Wen, who had left Hangu Pass ten days ago.

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A hint of coldness appeared on Lin Ze's face, and he turned around and ordered: "Open the mechanism louder, and make sure that people outside the city can hear it." ”

Soon a "squeak" sound sounded, Zhao Wen was overjoyed, and rushed towards the city gate at an accelerated speed.

However, to his disappointment, the city gate did not open, and what he was waiting for was Lin Ze's cold voice "put".

I saw Lin Ze give an order, and the rain of arrows in the sky fell from the city wall and fell on the rebels, and there were countless arrows at one time.

Immediately afterward, boulders the size of a millstone crossed a graceful parabola and landed in the most densely populated area of the rebels.

Immediately, a few unlucky ghosts were crushed into meatloaf, alarming the nearby rebels to flee in all directions.

The rebels, who had been hit by a huge blow, began to retreat desperately, out of the blows of the officers and soldiers.

A quarter of an hour later, the rebels dropped more than 2,000 corpses and more than 3,000 seriously wounded in front of Hangu Pass, and retreated out of range of their crossbows.

The rebel Zhongjun, an elegant-looking middle-aged man, looked at this scene and sighed slightly: "Did the plan for the raid fail?"

Zhao Wen came to the middle-aged man with a bloody face, knelt down on one knee and said: "Zhou Shuai, the other party did not succeed, and his subordinates failed to seize the door, please punish Zhou Shuai." ”

The middle-aged man is none other than Zhou Shi, a famous general under Chen She.

Zhou Shi waved his hand and said: "I don't blame you for this matter, Ben Shuai has long guessed that there may be fraud in it, since the commander of the official army can easily recapture Hangu Pass in your hands, how can he believe your words and open the city gate?"

"The reason why I agree with you to give it a try is nothing more than the idea of being small and big, and it doesn't matter if you don't succeed, after all, you have to rely on your strength to speak. ”

Zhao Wen said with shame on his face: "The last general saw that the commander of the official army had a young face, not like a resourceful person, so he came up with this plan, and now I look at it, it is the last general who underestimated the heroes of the world." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Shi Wen Yan said: "You don't have to blame yourself for this, go down and have a good rest, recover your energy, and attack the city tomorrow, and you need to lead the team to rush and kill." ”

Zhao Wen bowed and stepped back.

Then, under the orders of Zhou Shi, the rebels camped two kilometers from the pass.

Seeing that the rebels were retreating, Lin Ze encouraged the soldiers defending the city with a few words, set the rule of changing the guard once every two hours, and led people away from the city wall.

This battle is not so easy to end, Zhou City is not so simple, just by virtue of the period just now, 20,000 troops stormed the city gate, in the case of Lin Ze's early preparations, the casualty rate was close to thirty percent, and the remaining rebels just retreated without chaos, which is enough to prove that these 100,000 troops are not elites, but also veterans.

100,000 veteran heads, it's not so easy to cut.