Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 505 Burning Jiameng Pass

Chapter 5 and Six: Burning Jiameng Pass
In the 24th year of Qianyuan, on March 23, Bai Qi led the remnants of the Qin army to retreat into Jiameng Pass. Since going south, the Qin army suffered heavy losses. The biggest obstacle is that 18 troops went south, and only less than 8 people returned to Jiameng Pass. This battle not only caused a great loss to the strength of Qin State, but more importantly, after this battle, Bai Qi, King Qin and veterans in the army The struggle between them has been completely defeated. After returning to Chang'an, waiting for Bai Qi is definitely the most serious punishment. Of course, with the merits of the past, his life will not be in danger, but the position of Taiwei and the military power in his hands It's definitely unavoidable.

"Taiwei, how is your health?" In the inner courtyard of the general's mansion at Jiameng Pass, since he was defeated at Jianshan Mountain and defended at Jiameng Pass, Bai Qi became ill and did not improve for several days. Chen is very worried, after all, Bai Qi is the fate of the Bai clan.

Bai Qi shook his head and said, "Brother, don't worry, I'm fine. By the way, I don't know if Deng Jun has anything to do?"

Bai Chen said: "Deng Jun has stayed in Jianshan for several days, and there is no sign of going north. It seems that they have given up on Jiameng Pass."

"No." Bai Qi said: "Jiameng Pass is the gateway to Bashu, and Jiameng Pass is in the hands of our army. Even if we can't break the sword mountain and threaten Chengdu, it's still easy to attack Bajun, so Deng The army will never give up on Jiameng Pass, and now the soldiers are standing still, one is that the army and horses are exhausted and need to rest, and the other is that they are looking for a way to conquer Jiameng Pass."

"Then Taiwei, what should we do?" Bai Chen asked.

Bai Qi thought for a while and said, "Since Deng Jun wants Jiameng Pass, then we will give it to them!"

"What! Lieutenant, Jiameng Pass is the gateway to Bashu. As long as Jiameng Pass is in hand, our army can threaten the hinterland of Sichuan at any time and hold the initiative in our hands. If Jiameng Pass is abandoned, then our army will have nothing to go south " Hearing that Bai Qi wanted to give up Jiameng Pass, Bai Chen was very surprised. The importance of Jiameng Pass to Deng and Qin is self-evident, and the Qin army lost half of its soldiers and horses to get a pass when it went south this time. Jiameng Pass, if you just give up like this, wouldn't the Qin army's mighty southward march become a joke?Although Deng Jun is planning to attack Jiameng Pass, Bai Chen is confident that under the guard of 10,000 troops, the [-]+ Deng Jun in Jianshan wants to take Jiameng Pass. All the elite were transferred to Jiameng Pass.

Bai Qi smiled wryly and said: "I am very aware of the importance of Jiameng Pass, and Chang Yuchun is also very clear about it, and speaking of importance, Jiameng Pass is more important to Deng Guo, and Deng Guo will not give up Jiameng Pass no matter what. , if our army does not leave, Deng Guo will start a protracted war over Jiameng Pass and my Daqin. Daqin's family is weak and cannot withstand such a war. It is not worth it for a mere Jiameng Pass. , This time going south, my Daqin has completely angered Deng Guo. The old Hanshui Covenant has become empty talk. Next, Deng Guo will retaliate against my Daqin, and Zhao Guo will not let go of such a good opportunity. What we have to do now is to defend the Guanzhong territory, not to fight against Deng Guo for a Jiameng Pass."

"Then when does the Taiwei plan to evacuate from Jiameng Pass?" Bai Chen asked.

Bai Qi thought for a while and said: "It has been three days since Jianshan came back, and Deng Jun's rest will soon be over, so it is better sooner rather than later. We will evacuate Jiameng Pass in two days. However, Deng Jun wants to There is no need to think about a complete Jiameng Pass. Send an order to drive all the people in Jiameng Pass out of the city. If anyone refuses to follow, they will be killed. When our army withdraws, I will set this Jiameng Pass on fire. .”

"Taiwei is wise! As long as Jiameng Pass is destroyed, there will be one less obstacle for me, Daqin, to go south to Bashu in the future. I will go down and pass on orders." After finishing speaking, Bai Chen left.

Looking at Bai Chen's leaving figure, Bai Qi shook his head helplessly, Bai Chen was still too naive, even if Jiameng Pass was burned down, wouldn't it be easy to rebuild Jiameng Pass with Deng's national strength?The purpose of Bai Qi's doing this is to reduce the pressure from Bashu for Qin State. After all, as long as he destroys Jiameng Pass, then in order to restore Jiameng Pass, Deng Guoshu Middle Road must devote part of his energy to it. In the future, Qin State Hanzhong The pressure on the county will be reduced, but Bai Qi doesn't know how effective it will be if he doesn't do so.

Two days later, that is, on March 24th in the 25th year of Qianyuan, the Qin army had driven all the people in Jiameng Pass out of the city, and the few who disobeyed were killed on the spot. A large amount of dry firewood and kerosene were placed in every corner of Jiameng Pass.

Outside Jiameng Pass, Bai Qi led the Qin army to return to the north. Bai Chen rode to Bai Qi and said to Bai Qi: "Taiwei, everything is ready, we just wait for the order from the Taiwei, and then we can go back to the north." Set fire to the Jiameng Pass and return to Hanzhong."

Bai Qi nodded, and then solemnly ordered: "Light it up!"

"Here!" Bai Qi gave an order, and it didn't take long for a raging fire to ignite in Jiameng Pass. Looking at Jiameng Pass in the flames, Bai Qi sighed and said: "The whole army obeys the order, and follow the orders of my mother." Wei returns to Hanzhong!"

Under Bai Qi's order, the [-] Qin army slowly turned around and headed towards Hanzhong, which also meant that the Qin army's strategy of going south to Bashu was a complete failure, leaving only a chicken feather.

The scouts sent by Chang Yuchun saw the raging fire burning at Jiameng Pass. Seeing this scene, the scouts hurriedly rode their horses towards Jianshan Mountain.

In Jianshan, Deng Jun's camp, and the Chinese Army's tent, Chang Yuchun was discussing with the generals how to regain Jiameng Pass. Just as Bai Qi expected, Jiameng Pass was too important to Deng Guo. It is impossible to give up no matter what, even if there are 10,000 Qin troops in the town, it cannot be the reason for Chang Yuchun to give up and regain Jiameng Pass, but it is not a blind attack. Throwing all of them in, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake Jiameng Guan half a point.

"General, the terrain of Jiameng Pass is dangerous, and it is not possible to win by force. Besides, there are Bai Qi and [-] Qin troops stationed in Jiameng Pass. It is even more difficult to regain Jiameng Pass by force." Kuai Li, a division of Longwuwei Army, said to Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun nodded, he also knew that it was unrealistic to attack and regain Jiameng Pass by force, but in this situation, Chang Yuchun couldn't think of a better way besides attack by force.

"Then I wonder if Army Master Kuai can do anything?" Chang Yuchun asked Kuai Li.

Kuai Li replied: "My subordinates think that there are only two ways to win Jiameng Pass. One is to imitate the Qin army's method of capturing Jiameng Pass."

"You mean internal response?" Chang Yuchun seemed to understand something.

Kuai Li nodded, and said: "Yes, Jiameng Pass has always been under the control of our army, and the people in the city are all loyal to me, Deng. This is better than Qin's internal response. As long as you can Mobilize the people in the city, cooperate with the inside and outside, and we are very confident that we will be able to recover Jiameng Pass with minimal casualties."

"Then what about the second method?" Although Chang Yuchun nodded repeatedly, he was not very optimistic about this method. After all, it was only a few years since Deng Guo occupied Jiameng Pass, and many people in the city still missed the original Shu In the country, it is a bit difficult to mobilize the people.

When Kuai Li heard Chang Yuchun say this, he knew that Chang Yuchun was not very optimistic about his first method, so he said the second method, saying: "The second method is to write to the king and send another army Attacking Hanzhong County, according to the secret report of the mirror, this time the Qin army went south. In addition to mobilizing a large number of soldiers and horses in the Guanzhong area, there were also elite troops stationed in Hanzhong, with a total of nearly 20. There are only 18, which means that there are only [-] Qin troops in Hanzhong County. As long as our army can invade Hanzhong County, we will be able to force the Qin army to return to Hanzhong County. Greatly reduced."

After Chang Yuchun heard this, he paced back and forth, analyzing Kuai Li's method, and had to say that although Kuai Li's method could not guarantee Deng Jun's 100% recovery of Jiameng Pass, it was much better than a strong attack, but Deng Sheng , Sending another army, will Deng Sheng feel that he is too incompetent?
Just when Chang Yuchun was hesitating, the scouts who had returned from Jiameng Pass broke in, knelt down on one knee, and said out of breath, "General, the Qin army set fire to Jiameng Pass. caught in a sea of ​​fire."

"What! How dare Qin Jun do this!" Everyone present was shocked when they heard the scout's words. They never thought that Qin Jun would burn down Jiameng Pass.

"What did you say? The Qin Army set fire to Jiameng Pass? What about the people in the city?" Chang Yuchun hurriedly came to the scouts, staring at the scouts and asked.

The scout replied: "This is all witnessed by my subordinates. It is absolutely true. However, most of the people in Jiameng Pass were driven out of the city by the Qin army. Anyone who disobeyed was killed on the spot by the Qin army."

"Bai Qi, you are insane!" Chang Yuchun gritted his teeth and said fiercely, and then asked the scouts: "Then what about Qin Jun? Where did Qin Jun go?"

The scout said: "After the Qin army burned Jiameng pass, the whole army went north."

"General, it must be that Bai Qi felt that Jiameng Pass could not be guarded anymore, and he was not reconciled to Jiameng Pass being returned unharmed to my Great Deng, so he simply burned down Jiameng Pass and destroyed my Shuzhong. The northern gateway of the Tao." Ling Jing, the military commander of the Jinwu Guard, quickly sensed Bai Qi's intentions.

Chang Yuchun nodded, and then ordered: "Deng Zhong listen to the order!"

"The last general is here!" Deng Zhong came out and answered with hands clasped.

"I order you to lead the Wudangwei to go northward to Jiameng Pass quickly to put out the fire." Chang Yuchun said.

"Here!" After Deng Zhong responded, he left the tent of the Chinese army.

After Deng Zhong left, Chang Yuchun said to the generals: "Generals, go back and rectify your troops. In a day's time, the whole army will go north to Jiameng Pass to clean up the mess."

"Here!" Everyone responded.

(End of this chapter)