After Guo Jia, Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong returned to Tong Pass, Yang Rui examined the yellow sack for a long time before carefully putting it away together with the Tiger-Troop Talisman.
It turned out that the scaled soldiers led by Guo Jia, Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong did not pursue Li Jue and his troops after killing Guo Si. After all, it was not easy to pursue in the night. Furthermore, the scaled soldiers were not suited for land battles.
Guo Jia and the others spent more than two hours cleaning up the battlefield. Then, they gathered the soldiers and returned to the boats in the Yellow River, returning to Tong Pass.
After this sneak attack, Guo Jia, Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and their scaled soldiers killed over 30000 enemy troops, earning Yang Rui a large amount of storyline points. At the same time, they obtained many valuable items.
Most importantly, after this sneak attack, Guo Si had died in battle and Li Jue had escaped with injuries. The threat of Li Jue and Guo Si on the west side of Tong Pass had been reduced to a minimum.
After a night, the first ray of light shone on Tong Pass. Looking from the east side of the pass, the situation at Tong Pass seemed to have changed quite a bit.
First of all, there wasn't a single soldier on the city wall. There wasn't even a single flag on the city wall.
Secondly, the gate of Tong Pass was wide open. From the outside, there were no signs of human activity within the pass. The entire pass looked like an abandoned pass.
This situation was quickly discovered by Zhang Ji's mounted scouts, and the news immediately reached Zhang Ji's ears.
"Oh? Could it be that Blazing Sun has abandoned the pass during the night? "
In the tent, Zhang Ji frowned as he muttered to himself. His gaze was on Jia Xu on his left.
"I wonder what Wen He thinks? Could it be that Blazing Sun chose to retreat because he was unable to defend against Li Jue and Guo Si's attacks? "
Zhang Ji pondered for a long time but could not come up with a conclusion. In the end, he could only ask Jia Xu helplessly.
Zhang Ji naturally knew of Jia Xu's capabilities, but he felt that Jia Xu was overly concerned with protecting himself and would not voice his opinions unless it was absolutely necessary. As such, Zhang Ji and his nephew, Zhang Xiu, were the ones who made the decisions.
Fortunately, he had Zhang Xiu's help. Normally, Zhang Ji wouldn't feel anything, but in this situation, Zhang Ji didn't have any confidence. Zhang Xiu had gone out early in the morning to gather supplies and would not be back for a while.
"I want to send an army to occupy Tong Pass and use it to stop Li Jue and Guo Si's advance. At the same time, I want to let the government temporarily stay in the city of An Yi, and use Hongnong as a foundation to stabilize the Han Dynasty. After we recover our vitality, we will move east to Luoyang. What does Wen He think?"
After Zhang Ji asked a few questions, Jia Xu seemed to be deep in thought and did not answer a single word. Zhang Ji was getting impatient and asked Jia Xu again.
"General Zhang is wise. If this plan succeeds, you will be the number one person under the Emperor."
Jia Xu did not avoid it at all and directly said what Zhang Ji was thinking, causing Zhang Ji to be at a loss and happy at the same time. He naturally had similar plans, but when it came from Jia Xu's mouth, it was much more convincing.
Probably because Jia Xu's words had touched Zhang Ji's heart, Zhang Ji did not stop and immediately gathered nearly 100,000 troops to head to Tong Pass in order to strengthen the defenses on the west side of Hongnong.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! "
"…"
The eastern gate of Tong Pass opened wide, and Zhang Ji led his men to the vicinity of the checkpoint. He was overjoyed when he saw that the situation was exactly as the scout had said. He had suffered a great loss at Yang Rui's hands at this checkpoint, so he was naturally aware of the importance of this checkpoint.
After observing for a while, Zhang Ji saw that there were no signs of movement in the checkpoint. He immediately commanded a group of cavalry to charge into the checkpoint. When the entire group of five hundred cavalry entered the checkpoint and climbed up the walls of Tong Pass, there was nothing unusual in the pass.
Zhang Ji immediately relaxed and ordered his army to move closer to the gates on the east side of Tong Pass, preparing to open the various gates to enter the pass.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Whoosh!" "Whiz!" "Whiz …"
"…"
Right at this moment, a flaming pot was thrown down from the top of the city wall, followed by a dense rain of arrows. Zhang Ji's troops were caught off guard, and a large number of them fell to the ground, or those who were closer to the city wall were directly set ablaze!
The pot and the rain of arrows came too suddenly, to the point that Zhang Ji himself was shot twice in the arm, and the five hundred cavalry that had entered the checkpoint did not notice anything unusual at all.
This was actually Yang Rui's attempt to lure the enemy. From the beginning, Yang Rui did not have any confidence in succeeding.
It turned out that after Guo Jia, Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and the others led the Scaled Armoured Water Soldiers to succeed in the night attack, the threat on the west side of Tong Pass was basically eliminated. Yang Rui was prepared to make a move on Zhang Ji, who was unwilling to leave.
Before this, Yang Rui had set up an illusion to lure the enemy, to see if Zhang Ji would fall for it and attack. After all, to be able to pass through a pass like Tong Pass to fight against the enemy, they would have a huge advantage in terms of geography, so they would definitely use it if they could.
Unexpectedly, with such a simple arrangement, Zhang Ji's army really came to attack. Yang Rui's soldiers only relied on the large number of ramps in Tong Pass to hide within the checkpoint. Furthermore, there were very few soldiers on the east side of the city wall, and most of them were hidden on the west side of the city wall.
There were passageways connecting the two sides of the city wall, and when the battle started, the soldiers could be adjusted between the two sides. Furthermore, even the soldiers hidden on the east side of the city wall were hidden by Guo Jia's Four Symbols Maze Formation, leaving only the most spacious city gate and its passageways and ramps empty.
In the end, things had such a good effect, and even when Zhang Ji's cavalry had entered the pass, they still did not discover anything strange about the Four Symbols Maze Formation. In fact, it was mostly due to the characteristics of the Four Symbols Maze Formation itself.
The Four Symbols Maze Formation could not only create a confusing fog, but according to Guo Jia's explanation, this was only one of the four symbols. At the same time, it could also hide stationary objects without creating a fog. This was the reason why Yang Rui's troops could hide so well.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"Pu! Pu! Pu … "
"…"
The explosions, flames, and rain of arrows around Tong Pass never stopped. Zhang Ji's army was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. By the time Zhang Ji's order to retreat slowly spread out amidst the chaos, the casualties were already innumerable.
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