Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Li Mu smiled, and said to Pang Nuan: "General Pang Nuan, if it was five years or even three years ago, breaking this pass would definitely have cost our army a lot of casualties."

What Li Mu said was that he had to pay a lot of casualties, but he didn't say that he couldn't conquer it. It can be seen that Li Mu is actually very confident in breaking through this Jiameng Pass.

Regarding Li Mu's confidence, Pang Nuan really had no objection, because Pang Nuan also thought so.

From Pang Nuan's point of view, since the Qin army was able to break through Jiameng Pass back then, of course the current Zhao army can also break through Jiameng Pass.

Because Zhao Jun is definitely stronger than Qin Jun decades ago.

However, Pang Nuan also heard something from Li Mu's mouth: "Could it be that the governor has already thought of a strategy to break through?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Actually, it's just an idea, but I think I should have some confidence."

When Pang Nuan thought about it, he suddenly realized something: "Could it be that the governor's intention is to use the thunder?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Exactly. General Pang Nuan, do you still remember the batch of thunderstorms that were urgently transported from Handan a few days ago? Judging from the attached letter, the power of these thunderstorms is already considerable , if all these thunderbolts were gathered together, even the city walls of Xianyang City would be enough to blow them down."

"Can you blow down the walls of Xianyang City?" Pang Nuan was overjoyed when he heard this.

You must know that although Zhen Tianlei has made great achievements in Zhao's foreign wars, his power is not enough to smash down the walls of Xianyang City, which has always made Zhao's generals dissatisfied.

But thinking of this, Pang Nuan felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that Xianyang has been captured by our army."

Li Mu laughed and said, "Don't Pang Qing forget that Xianyang has been conquered, but there is still Chengdu and Yingdu waiting for our army to occupy."

Pang Nuan also laughed, and said, "So the governor is going to use the trebuchet to let these thunderbolts blow up the wall?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "Exactly. I have observed that although this pass wall is tall, due to the limited quality of the stone here, it is actually not comparable to the city wall of Xianyang City, at best it is the standard of Nanzheng City. And you pay attention Look, because the pass is very narrow, the length of the pass is quite limited, so as long as the range of the shocking thunder is concentrated enough, even if the shocking thunder is not buried in the ground, it is still impossible to blow up the pass. Too much suspense."

Listening to Li Mu's explanation, Pang Nuan nodded frequently, feeling like he was seeing the sun behind the clouds.

Speaking of which, if there was no Zhentianlei, then Zhao Jun would have to use human lives to fill this road if he wanted to break through Jiameng Pass.

But Zhao Jun now has such a weapon as Zhentianlei, which must have been something the designers of Jiamengguan had never thought about.

So Pang Nuan happily agreed with Li Mu's opinion: "The governor's plan is very clever, I can't wait to see the moment when Zhen Tianlei crashes this closed wall!"

Li Mu smiled, his eyes fell on the Qin army camp on Niutoushan again, and he said leisurely: "Actually, even if the wall is breached, there must be a hard fight then."

Pang Nuan let out a hey, his white beard was windless, and he said confidently: "Don't worry, the governor, as long as there is no city wall, it is impossible for the people of Qin to be the opponents of my three Jin men!"

A few hours later, more than a dozen trebuchets began to stand upright, and one after another, thunderbolts were put into the projection frame, and they were projected out one by one with the shouts of the warriors.

The deafening explosion sounded for the first time in this grand pass.

Chapter 986 The Road to Shu is Difficult (Second Update)

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Continuous explosions accompanied by smoke rang out in Jiameng Pass, and the whole earth began to vibrate.

Wei Liao stared at everything in front of him with a very ugly expression.

The tall wall trembled amidst the roar, and countless sand, stones and smoke fell in clusters in front of Wei Liao, making Wei Liao suddenly have the illusion of an earthquake.

"General, this place is dangerous, don't stay here for long!" Wei Liao's bodyguard captain shouted a warning to Wei Liao, and then dragged him away from Jiameng Pass.

There is a road at the back of Jiameng Pass leading directly to Niutou Mountain, so after a while, Wei Liao was standing halfway up Niutou Mountain.

From this angle, the entire Jiameng Pass was filled with smoke and dust, and the screams of the soldiers of the Qin Army could be heard from time to time amidst the explosions soaring into the sky.

Wei Liao's heart was pierced by a knife, and he couldn't help but slapped a tree next to him heavily: "Shocking Thunder, this damn Shocking Thunder!"

It's not that Wei Liao didn't think of countermeasures for things like Zhen Tianlei beforehand, but the problem is that after thinking about it, Wei Liao realized that he really didn't have any good solutions.

"Unless an elite soldier is sent out to destroy Zhao Jun's trebuchet!" Wei Liao's eyes flickered,

As long as the trebuchet is destroyed, then Zhao Jun must return to the normal attack form, and must use human lives to fill in a road leading to the pass.

After thinking for a while, Wei Liao decided to take a gamble.

So soon, a group of [-] elites mixed with [-] Qin Ruishi began to go down the mountain quietly, and launched an attack on Zhao Jun's trebuchet position in front of the pass.

The efforts of the craftsmen of the Qin Army were not completely in vain. Some of these Qin Ruishi carried the Qin version of gunpowder. As long as they could get close and detonate, it would be more than enough to blow up a trebuchet.

However, it turned out that Wei Liao was overthinking it.

The moment Wei Liao's assault team appeared, Zhao Jun's ambush troops ten times larger than theirs also appeared.

A very fierce fight ensued.

Wei Liao bit his lip desperately, and it took a lot of willpower to prevent himself from giving the order to continue sending troops down the mountain to rescue.

After all, Wei Liao also knew very well that since Zhao Jun was already prepared, sending more troops would be nothing more than continuing to die.

"Very good." Wei Liao gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "If that's the case, then I'd like to see if Zhao Jun's Thunderbolt can be so effective that it can even break through my Jiameng Pass!"

The battle at Jiameng Pass on the Jinniu Road side was fierce, while on the other side of the Mi Cang Road, everything was still calm.

Micang Mountain is also known as Daba Mountain and Xiaoba Mountain, and the old road is also called Daba Road and Xiaoba Road, but generally speaking, people here prefer to call this road Micang Road.

Read the notes of Shi Fangyu: "From Nanzheng to the south, follow the mountains to Bazhou in Baoning Prefecture, Sichuan, which is Micang Road."

Taiping Guangji Yinyutang Gossip Record: "In the south of Xingyuan, there is Dazhu Road, which leads to Bazhou. The road is deep and steep rocks, and it takes three days to reach the top of the mountain. Pedestrians stop overnight, and use rice paddies. The vine is tied to the waist, lingering on the tree and sleeping. Otherwise, it will fall into the deep stream, like sinking into the yellow spring. Its extreme top is called the solitary cloud and the two corners. There is a saying in the Chinese saying: "The solitary cloud and the two corners, go to the sky and hold it."

It is also recorded: "The people of Qin used merchants as their careers to call it a bus road, or a minibus road. Dangerous peaks and ravines, ape paths and bird paths, roads for sleeping and wild lodging, and no human habitation. Birds of prey flocked, eating and traveling. Only when they climbed the thin path, Chased by a fierce tiger, he slept on the left side of the road, and the tiger suddenly left the crowd with his words."

For a team of 5000 people, things like tigers are actually nothing to be afraid of, but the steepness of Mi Cang Road still made Zhao Kuo, who had just experienced Meridian Road, suffer a lot.

As the saying goes, "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky." In the sweltering summer season, walking on the extremely narrow mountain path under the prying eyes of countless poisonous insects and beasts is definitely not a pleasant experience. .

In the past few days alone, Zhao Kuo's subordinates have fallen to their deaths from cliffs, were bitten by poisonous snakes and poisonous insects and died of poisoning, and died of exhaustion due to vomiting and diarrhea due to unsuitable weather. .

A shocking fact is that Zhao Kuo has lost more than [-] people in these days, which is completely unexpected by Zhao Kuo.

Today's Zhao Kuo is no different from the past, walking through the steep mountain paths with his head down.

Suddenly, a faint sound came from the top of Zhao Kuo's head. Zhao Kuo raised his head alertly, but just in time found a poisonous snake with its teeth open, and jumped down from the branch above Zhao Kuo's head like lightning.

Zhao Kuo didn't dodge or dodge, he stretched out his right hand fiercely, and accurately grabbed the snake by seven inches, and then threw the poisonous snake into the mountain stream a few steps away.

"How long will it take to arrive?" Zhao Kuo turned around and stared fiercely at the Guanzhong guide behind him.

The murderous look in his eyes was not deceiving.

The guide's body trembled, and he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "General, let's be patient for a while, and it will take a few more hours at most before we can go out."

"How many hours!" Zhao Kuo repeated it very unhappily, and then said fiercely: "You said this to the general this morning, and it is already noon now! If I can't watch it before dusk To the end of the trail, hum"