Chapter 603: Snowy Nights Over Hangu (Part 2)

After an extremely arduous journey, Gou Ji and Shi Gan's vanguard troops finally arrived at the Hangu Pass at the end of the Chou and the beginning of the Yin period.

Gou Ji and Shi Gan were looking at the towering city wall in the distance, but the vanguard in front stopped.

"What's going on?" Shi Gan bent over and asked softly.

"Sir, listen, there is a dog barking!" The black-clad guard pointed to the city wall ahead and said.

Shi Gan listened attentively, and there was indeed a faint barking of dogs. He didn't dare to be careless at the critical moment. He took his subordinates far enough to take out a sealed oil paper bag from his backpack, took out a few pieces of fist-sized beef from it, and placed it on the stone on the side of the road. His subordinates followed suit, and placed more than twenty pieces of beef in a blink of an eye, and then quickly retreated.

After retreating to a huge rock in the distance, Shi Gan and the others watched with their breath, waiting for a wild dog to come. But after going there for a while, there was no movement. A black-clothed guard said anxiously: "Why are these three steps not working? Is it because it has failed for too long?"

Shi Gan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It was only served this morning. Wait a little longer, it may be a problem with the wind direction, and the taste spreads slowly." As he spoke, he saw a few black dots coming from the direction of Chengguan, reflecting the snow light. They found that they were indeed several skinny wild dogs.

Several old dogs who were so hungry that they were trembling all over the body came over. The closer they got, the heavier the smell, the more excited the wild dogs became. Finally, one of them found a piece first, then bit it and ran away. When they saw that it was about to run, the rest of the wild dogs didn't care whether there was any other place, so they chased the dog and yelled.

It doesn't matter if this call is made, and in a short while, the other dogs were also found. Shi Gan and the others couldn't help but take a breath, what a guy! There are hundreds of them densely packed!

These wild dogs are stronger. As soon as they join the battle group and compete for food, the scene is much more spectacular. As soon as the dogs have more, they find the rest of the meat, which immediately causes a new bite... They grab the meat with agility, and bite it with strong bodies. There are also those who are barking and making noises inside, which makes the scene extremely chaotic!

But this chaos lasted for only a moment, and then wild dogs fell one after another. After a while, only those foolish dogs who had not snatched the meat or bitten the dog were left. Looking at the straight dog corpses all over the ground, they shivered in horror.

It turns out that the so-called "three-step overturn" is actually a highly toxic drug, which can emit a strong fragrance, attracting dogs to come and eat. Even if the dog does not eat it, its teeth will definitely die if it is touched by a little three-step overturn. After the dog is drugged, it will also be poisoned. If other dogs bite it, they will die of poisoning. It is extremely cruel.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining wild dogs were about to escape, but were killed by crossbow arrows shot out from the darkness. Shi Gan and the others stood up from behind the rocks, crossed the corpses all over the ground, and continued to move forward.

In the minds of Chinese people, the Spring Festival is the biggest. On this day, even if there is a big thing, you must let go of it and have a good New Year. Even if both sides confront each other, they should put down their swords and guns for the time being, and let them finish the New Year. This is a conventional rule.

There was a festive atmosphere in Hangu Pass. The officers and soldiers of Qi were full of joy and bid farewell to the old and welcomed the new. The officers all killed chickens and wine in the general's mansion, slaughtered cows and started the meal, and accompanied the general to stay at the New Year. The soldiers also gathered in the barracks, used some rare meat and fish, and yelled to drink and gamble. It was so happy...

In fact, to avoid mistakes, Zhao Wujiu refused to allow the city's officers and soldiers to drink, but who can control this happy day? In fact, there were merchants from Qi who were smuggled wine from the country and sold it to the city at a high price to make huge profits. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, the general waved his pen and generously bought more than a dozen cars of good wine and distributed it to his subordinates to boost their morale that was very depressed due to the failure of Yumeng Gong.

Of course, during the insurance period, he also arranged sentinels on the top of the city, but with such heavy wind and snow, such cold weather, such a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, whoever stood on the top of the city was a big fool... they all hid in the house and drank.

There was also the responsible officer who said uneasy while punching, "Did you send a few people out to see?"

Then there was a familiar smile and said, "Sir, you forgot that there are people outside who help us stand guard!" "That's right, we throw bones out every day, just to let those dog sons help keep watch?"

"Yes, people have no dog spirit. If dogs don't bark, it means nothing is wrong." The officer then said with confidence: "Everyone can hold up their ears and listen! Don't bark, you can't hear it!"

"Sir, please feel free to drink. Let's listen," said his subordinate indifferently.

The officer stopped saying anything disappointing, but his ears kept listening. They were night shifts, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a faint barking of dogs from afar, as if many dogs were barking.

"The dog is barking, go out and have a look!" The officer pushed his drunk subordinates and shook himself out of the ear room first. He looked down at the city, but saw that it was extremely quiet and there was no movement.

The soldiers who came out were anxiously laughing and said, "I'm allergic to adults, it's clear that they're auditory hallucinations. Besides, the Qin people have to celebrate the New Year." Then they pulled him back to drink again.

"It seems that I'm really hallucinating." The officer muttered and went back...

In the hour of Yin, when the sky was darkest, there was no one on the top of the city. Shi Gan led the black-clad guard and finally touched the corner of the city wall.

The black-clothed guard knew about today's actions three days ago. He had long been familiar with the parameters of the Hangu Guanxi Wall. He quickly found the dark corner on the city wall, shot out the spear of the city climbing, and climbed up to the top of the city like walking on flat ground.

He easily solved the Qi army that had come out to relieve his hand, and there were no defenders on the top of the city. Shi Gan looked at the ear rooms with lights on the left and right sides of the city tower, and there were voluntary shouts in it. It seemed that the sentries were drinking there.

He made a move to divide the troops, and he personally led a dozen people to touch the left ear room, and used the incense to easily knock down the drunken ghost in the room, and then rushed in and was killed. He only left the people dressed in the night and woke them up with cold water, and ordered them to attack and report as usual to avoid alarming the enemy.

After occupying the city, Shi Gan opened the city gate without stopping and sent the large army into the city. It was not until this time that the soldiers in the city discovered that they could not find the officer's report for a while, and they were panicked and became in chaos.

When the Qin army rushed into the inner city of Dachang, someone hurried in and reported: "The government army is here."

The generals of the Qi army were still having a banquet, and they laughed and said, "It must be the prisoners who rebel. When it dawns, they will kill them all." As they continued to drink and have fun, they sent a guerrilla out to stabilize the situation.

Unexpectedly, the guerrillas quickly returned, and said with a pale face: "It is indeed the Qin army that has attacked in. Both city gates have been captured and they are about to attack the general's mansion!"

The general drank a little high, and sat there and said to himself, "Who is this? He can actually attack here!" There was a general next to him who had not yet drunk enough. He immediately raised the general and summoned the troops and climbed to Yacheng to resist.

A harsh police whistle sounded over Hangu Close. The soldiers quickly threw down the gambling game, threw away the wine bowl, stood up and held a blade, but they generally found that their legs were very weak, especially when the door was opened and the cold wind blew, it was good to stand firm. Don't expect to fight hard...

In fact, some people have already mentioned this issue, but everyone thought they were drunk, so no one cared about it. But now everyone has weak legs, so it cannot be explained by excessive drinking - are everyone drunk too much?

They looked at each other in horror, and they all realized that there was something wrong with drinking today! At this time, the ferocious Qin people rushed into the military camp. Although the soldiers wanted to resist, they were helpless and couldn't do it, so they had to throw their weapons down and kneel down to surrender.

This large-scale "drink poisoning" incident destroyed half of the combat effectiveness of the Qi army. Only more than 20,000 soldiers who had been in the warehouse who had been in the past could get up to fight, but it was just that... After all, no one could drink it for the middle of the night, as if it was nothing.

Although the Qin army was very tired, it easily attacked the city, which gave them great encouragement - the time to pick peaches was coming, what are you waiting for? The Qin army soldiers who were eager to make contributions rushed around the city, washed away one camp after another, and finally completely defeated the fighting spirit of the Qi army and chased them to the east of the city.

When they rushed to the General's Mansion in the east of the city, the Qin army encountered trouble. There were no more than 2,000 personal soldiers in the General's Mansion... They naturally drank alcohol, but they all drank the aged wine stored in the Zhou Pan Cellar, guarding the Former Qin State City. Not only was it not overwhelming, but they were also very energetic!

This powerful force, relying on Yacheng, guarded the generals on the city and fought desperately with the invading Qin army.

More and more Qi army deserters gathered in Yacheng to help the generals' personal guards resist the Qin army together!

The so-called Yacheng is the acropolis of the General's Mansion. It was specially built by Zhou Pan to prevent mutiny. Although it is small in scale, it is complete and strong. There is still enough food and fodder inside. It is fine to stick to it for a few months... The only flaw is that the stored crossbows are forgotten to maintain. After rain and snow, the bowstrings are broken as soon as they are pulled, and they cannot use the help of a geography to shoot, which reduces their power much.

The Qin army came from afar, so naturally they would not bring any siege equipment, so they naturally encountered trouble. Bo Shang Saiyang was in a hurry and ordered his subordinates to attack. As a result, many casualties and injuries were not effective. He had to press down his anger and wait until Mr. Le arrived.

Le Buyi was calm and ordered people to open the east gate, while chasing the Qi army outside Yacheng with all their might, driving them out of the city, then closing the city gate, and renovating the turtle shell.

It was already bright and the snow had stopped. Le Buyi and several generals were walking around Yacheng and smiled at Qin Ba, "Do you know how weasels catch hedgehogs?"

"Just let's go." Qin Ba said silly. He is a wild child grown up in the mountains, so of course it is not difficult for him.

"Yes, knowledgeable," Le Buyi praised, "I am worthy of being my high disciple." Everyone felt chills when they heard it and thought, "If you know a fart, you can be a high disciple of Guigu? Then, can we also become a disciple of the master?"

Ignoring everyone's suppressed gazes, as a master who is outstanding, Le Buyi is too used to this kind of vision. If he were not for him, he would not have been used to it...

"All the generals obey the orders," Le Buyi ordered in a deep voice: "Sorry your men to take down all the combustible things in the city, and it is best to burn them and pile them under the Tooth City if they can smell strange!"

"Get order!" Everyone admired this Guigu Immortal Master who led them to create miracles and lost them. How could he not accept the order obediently!

The Qin army found countless thatch, firewood, vegetable oil, lamp oil, dead pigs, dead sheep, etc., and all kinds of strange things were placed outside the Yacheng and ignited the fire. With the momentum of the north wind, the fire started to burn, which soon ignited the wooden structure on the city tower.

The Qin army kept throwing combustible materials into it, causing the fire to burn until the night of the second day of the lunar month, burning and smothering all the more than 3,000 people in Yacheng...
Chapter completed!