As the plot progressed slowly, Yang Rui could not drag it on for too long. Thus, he thought of using the navy to break the stalemate at Tong Pass. [Please go to: Literature Building]
Yang Rui's navy had an obvious advantage. In the current section of the Yellow River, or even the entire Yellow River, the navy led by Taishi Ci was almost invincible. However, it was clearly difficult to rely on the navy for land operations.
Furthermore, almost all of Yang Rui's infantry and cavalry were within Tong Pass. The only ones with mobility were the navy led by Taishi Ci.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! "
"…"
Two days after Li Jue and Guo Si's troops were stationed outside Tong Pass, early in the morning, the west gate of Tong Pass suddenly opened wide. The sound of the war drums thundered. A group of cavalrymen and infantrymen rushed out, as if they were going to open the gate and fight the enemy outside the pass.
When Li Jue and Guo Si's spies received the news and sent it back, by the time Li Jue and Guo Si reorganized their troops and rushed to the west side of Tong Pass, they did not see a single Yang Rui's troops outside the pass.
The gate of Tong Pass was also tightly locked. However, the sound of the drum and the infantry and cavalry that came out of the pass were real. This could not be hidden from everyone's eyes and ears.
At the same time, after understanding the situation, Li Jue and Guo Si's suspicions were greatly alleviated. This was because their mounted scouts had a clear understanding of the situation when the defending army retreated back to Tong Pass. They told Li Jue and Guo Si the whole story.
According to the spies' description, the Tong Pass garrison did indeed go out of the city to challenge the enemy. However, after a portion of the soldiers left the city, chaos seemed to have broken out in Tong Pass. The troops that left the city hurriedly returned to the pass.
The spies described the entire process very clearly and in detail. Although there was some distance between them at the time, the spies could not be wrong. This was something that the spies could guarantee.
It was because of the spies' certainty that they were able to hear some commotion in Tong Pass that Li Jue and Guo Si came to the same conclusion at the same time — there was an internal conflict in Tong Pass!
Although they couldn't figure out the reason for this internal strife, they all felt that this was a good opportunity to break through the checkpoint. The reason why they stayed here and refused to leave was to break through Tong Pass and rescue Liu Xie.
Li Jue and Guo Si did not let go of such an opportunity. Almost immediately after reaching a consensus, they launched another attack on Tong Pass.
"Tower! Tower! Tower … "
"Tong! Tong! Tong … "
"…"
This time, it was Li Jue and Guo Si who determined that something had happened in Tong Pass. Thus, they did not make too much of a commotion after initiating the attack. Each of the soldiers charged towards Tong Pass in different ways.
Some climbed up the bamboo ladders, and some used the battering ram to ram into the gate of Tongguan. In the initial period of time, everything seemed to be going smoothly. The soldiers on the bamboo ladders were about to reach the top of the wall, but no one stopped them. The battering ram even hit the gate for the first time.
This situation seemed to indicate that something had indeed happened in Tong Pass, and the guards there were too busy to care about anything else.
.... . Hu … "
... .. Whoosh …
"…"
However, the scene that Li Jue and Guo Si were imagining was completely shattered by a sudden buzzing sound. When the unique sound of thick crossbow bolts rang out and filled the air with arrows, Li Jue and Guo Si finally realized that they had fallen into a trap set up by the defending army!
However, it was too late to realize that they had fallen into the trap. The large number of soldiers that had been sent in could not be withdrawn immediately. At the same time, it was extremely difficult for them to attack. They were basically in a situation where they could not fight back.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft … "
"Ah! Run! Help … "
"…"
Throughout Tong Pass, along with the rain of arrows, there were sounds of arrows piercing into flesh. The sounds of struggling and screaming were endless. The seemingly orderly attack was instantly disintegrated.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly! "
"…"
At the rear, Li Jue and Guo Si were shouting hysterically. However, there were only a limited number of soldiers on the battlefield who could listen to their orders and successfully retreat. At this moment, the initiative of the battle was completely in Yang Rui's hands.
By the time Li Jue and Guo Si's men were out of the firing range of Tong Pass, the pass was already covered in corpses.
Due to Li Jue and Guo Si's wrong judgment, they had sent in a larger number of troops this time. In the end, under the rain of arrows from Yang Rui's men, more than 25000 soldiers had lost their lives. It was much more than the total loss of the previous two passes!
Li Jue and Guo Si were defeated and no longer dared to approach the camp at Tong Pass. However, they did not leave in the end. Instead, they retreated dozens of li before setting up camp.
As a result, Yang Rui was able to organize his men to clean up the battlefield at Tong Pass. He collected all the loot that Li Jue and Guo Si's men had dropped. Among them, Yang Rui was most interested in the various skill books.
After more than an hour of organizing, Yang Rui had obtained a total of eight thousand skill books for soldiers of various grades. Most of them were Fifth Grade and above, including a small number of cavalry skill books.
Yang Rui didn't know why Li Jue and Guo Si had always sent cavalry to attack the city. It was a small number, but he didn't know what they were used for.
In reality, just like Yang Rui's giant catapults, which only soldiers of Sixth Grade and above could use, the equipment used by Li Jue and Guo Si's armies also had grade requirements.
Li Jue and Guo Si had no choice but to send in their Sixth Grade cavalry. Almost none of the other infantry soldiers met the requirements.
Yang Rui had lured Li Jue and Guo Si's men into attacking the city and obtained a great victory. However, he still failed to chase the two away.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ji's men, who were camping on the other side of Tong Pass, were fearless. After the battle at Tong Pass, they were like cats that had smelled blood. They had no intention of leaving.
Zhang Ji even sent out squads of soldiers to collect information at the pass. He appeared to be very sensitive, as if he would make a move at the first opportunity.
The situation on both sides of Tong Pass hadn't changed much after the battle of luring the enemy. However, Yang Rui hadn't sent his men out of the city just to lure the enemy into attacking the pass.
In truth, Yang Rui's feint was to conceal the identities of Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun. At this moment, the three of them had already been sent to the navy's ships.
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