Great Zhou Tianzi

Lu Buwei returned to the living room with the previous panic on his face.

Wang Jian asked with concern: "Master Xiangguo, what's the matter, are you feeling well?"

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, everyone, everyone have fun! The old man has something to deal with at the moment, you drink first, I'll be back in a while!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Buwei ignored everyone's dissuasion, turned around and left, he called several confidantes to the study, and told the truth about what happened just now.

Several of the disciples were also taken aback, no one thought that Cao Qiudao would be able to come back from the dead, and one mouthful would cost 50 taels of gold!

"The matter of gold is small, he can show up in the prime minister's mansion without showing his face, this is the key issue!" A disciple said: "In order to assassinate Ji Jie, Cao Qiudao lost all his belongings, and there is nothing left in the huge Cao family." The next few people, now he opened his mouth like a lion, the purpose is obvious!"

"The old man thought to himself, as long as he can get rid of Ji Jie, a serious confidant, no matter how much money he has!" Lu Buwei said: "And I have already promised, if I don't give it, he will be against me. I believe that no one in Qin is right His opponent!"

"There is one!" Another doorman said with a smile: "Cao Qiudao is not Ji Jie's opponent, and General Wang Jian and Ji Jie have a tie, which means that Cao Qiudao is also not an opponent of General Wang. By my grandfather's side, why not..."

Lu Buwei shook his head and said: "No, General Wang is the mainstay of our Great Qin. For my own safety, I can't let him give up the leadership and stay by my side every day. The current situation does not allow this at all! You might as well give Cao Qiudao the money , it would be best if you could kill Ji Jie, if not, it would be worth spending money to eliminate the disaster!"

Lu Buwei also thought of another point. With so much money, it would be very difficult for Cao Qiudao to take it out of Qin State in a short time. As long as it is still in Qin State, it is not certain whether the money belongs to him or not!

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After a period of rest, Zhou's army regained its vitality, and Ji Jie left some people to garrison the occupied city. He personally led the army to set off and came to Tongguan again.

There are nearly 2 defenders in Tongguan. They rely on high walls and deep trenches, and they don't pay attention to the 12 Zhou army.

"Xiongguan!" Ji Jie looked into the distance, and in front of him was the towering city wall of Tongguan.

"Your Majesty, I think it's just a small pass!" Xiong Ben said in a relaxed tone: "Hangu Pass was made the number one pass by the Qin people. What happened? It changed hands in less than an hour. Same!"

To put it simply, how can the same trick be used twice? The people of Qin learned the lesson of losing Hangu Pass last time and replaced the original defenders. At the moment, there are only a few spies from the Great Zhou in the defenders in the pass, which is not enough at all. Responding to the request of internal and external cooperation, at most, is to transmit information.

"Find a good place and dig a tunnel!" Ji Jie had an idea.

"Digging tunnels?" Xiong Ben opened his mouth wide. He didn't believe that Ji Jie could come up with such a common method of attacking the city. Among the many methods, digging tunnels can be said to be the most shameless.

"That's right!"

"Can it be dug in?" Xiong Ben said with a wry smile, "It is impossible for a pass as large as Tongguan to not have a sound cylinder inside. You can hear it as soon as you dig in here!"

Ji Jie smiled and said, "Young man, you think things are too simple! Did I ever say that the tunnels should be dug all the way into the pass? Just dig under the city wall and then bury gunpowder, boom..."

Xiong Ben suddenly realized, and said: "I see, I will arrange it immediately!"

Dazhou Tunnel Yong kept digging tunnels day and night. In order to improve the access to the city, Ji Jie ordered to start from three positions. The fastest progress will be rewarded. There is another reason for this. A copy is more secure.

At the same time, a trebuchet with the longest range kept throwing shells at the city wall, covering up the sound of tunnel digging below with the sound of explosions.

Teng Daoyong's advancing speed was very fast, and the three teams advanced side by side. It took only five days to dig to the edge of the moat. They immediately discovered that the depth of the moat exceeded all imaginations.

"General Qi, my three teams of Tun Daoyong stopped by the moat!" The messenger reported: "There is still about ten feet away from the city wall. I am afraid that the explosive power of gunpowder will not be able to destroy the city wall!"

Ji Jie shrugged. This is indeed a problem. If the gunpowder is exploded rashly, it may not be able to damage the enemy's city wall. At the same time, it will expose our own purpose, which is not worth the loss.

However, a lot of manpower and material resources have been spent on excavation and delivery. The most important thing is that it took so long, and the loss caused by returning without success is even greater.

"Then..." Ji Jie waved his hand, gesturing for all irrelevant people to leave.

He and Xiong Ben were the only two left in the huge Chinese army tent, and Xiong Ben said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have an idea!"

"Just you kid!" Ji Jie scolded with a smile, and then said: "Since we have dug to the edge of the moat, it would be a pity not to make good use of these three tunnels! You go and inform the tunnel braves who are trapped by the river and ask them to give up going to the moat." Dig forward, change to upward!"

"up?"

"Yes!" Ji Jie explained: "Dig up to a place only half a foot thick from the surface, and then replace them with soldiers who are familiar with water, bring a well-airtight wooden barrel, load gunpowder, It's time to swim across the river and pile barrels of gunpowder under the city wall! Hehe, then I don't need to teach you how to do it?"

Xiong Ben nodded with a smile, and said, "Just ignite the fuse, and boom!"

"Hehe, we must grasp the timing of the explosion!" Ji Jie added: "After the city wall collapses, the Qin army will fall into fear. Of course, this kind of fear cannot last for too long. If you haven't recovered, rush in and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"

"Understood, I'll arrange it right away!"

Xiong Benyi's arrangement didn't matter, he also arranged himself into the Death Squad. He personally led hundreds of soldiers with good water quality. cross the river.

The three teams acted together to create three explosion points under the city wall of Tongguan, and then retreated quietly after connecting the fuzes.

At the same time, the three armies were ready to attack, and the generals of the Zhou army were ready to go.

When it was just dawn, a Qin Jun on the city wall rubbed his eyes and looked down. He pushed his sleeping companion beside him and said, "Look quickly, why are there so many wooden barrels below?"

"Don't make trouble, you must not have woken up, you are dazzled!"

"It's possible!" The man rubbed his eyes and looked down again. This time he saw not only the wooden barrel, but also the burning fuse, which was emitting white smoke!

"No, this must have been done by the enemy, enemy attack..."

"boom……"

Just as the man yelled, a violent explosion rang out, blowing the section of the city wall where he was to the sky.