The sound of the explosion passed through the forest, faintly coming, and near the small county town, there was a busy scene of chaos.

The soldiers led the horses and pushed the baggage to the dilapidated interior of the city, and not far away there was a team of soldiers repairing the earthen wall with stones, and in the distance there were scouts galloping back on horseback: "In all four directions, there are golden dogs......"

Qi Xinhan stood on the city wall, watching all this.

This abandoned county town with a broken city wall is called Chuanlinpu, located in the mountains east of Xicheng County, and was also inhabited in the early years, but as the Jurchens went south, the mountain bandits raged, and Xicheng County opened the door under the auspices of Dai Mengwei to absorb the surrounding residents, and this side was abandoned.

Although Dai Mengwei showed great sincerity all the way to Fancheng, as he ascended here, some of the Han troops gathered anyway, but the team led by Qi Xinhan did not immediately run over to join in the fun. Eggs can't be put in one basket is the experience of the bitter lessons of the early years.

Previously, Qi Xinhan led 3,000 people to be chased all the way, and Wang Zhainan was the first team to come to the rescue and respond, although the combat power was not strong, but the number was still there after all. But it turns out that under Dai Mengwei's strategy, the intelligence system of the Huaxia Army has also been partially confused and interfered with, this time the Jurchens are menacing, and the nearby Han army has also been surrounded on a large scale, Qi Xinhan retreated the team to Chuanlinpu, and for a while he was not sure whether to escape or take the risk to escape.

In the case of a lack of intelligence sense, with 3,000 people rashly breaking through, this time, it is likely to be intercepted in the middle of the road. Once dragged into the quagmire, I am afraid that in the end, it will only be annihilated in humiliation.

This time the attack on Xiangfan is a very risky act in itself, but according to the information from Zhuji's side, first of all, the actions of Dai and Wang have a certain degree of credibility, and on the other hand, it is also because even if the attack on Xiangfan fails, the blow sent by Dai and Wang can wake up many people who are still waiting. Who knew that Dai Mengwei's rebellion this time had no warning, his position changed, and everyone was trapped in this dead land.

The Green Forest people and Zhuji intelligence personnel who were originally active in this area may also be ruthlessly hunted down at this moment.

Not far away, a group of people was coming, and when they got close, they were blocked by the soldiers under Qi Xinhan's command, Qi Xinhan waved his hand to meet them: "General Wang, how is it?" ”

Wang Zhainan is a middle-aged general with a fierce face, with a national character face and a pockmarked face, and looked at Qi Xinhan at this time: "I also received the news, Xicheng County, almost the whole army was wiped out." He gritted his teeth, his lips trembling, "The old dog surnamed Dai sold everyone." ”

Qi Xinhan was silent for a moment: "Why did Dai Mengwei have such thoughts, does General Wang know?" He should have imagined that once the Jurchens are gone, he will not live long. ”

"I don't know...... If I have the chance, I will tear him into pieces with my own hands! Wang Zhainan snorted, then looked at Qi Xinhan and said, "What is General Qi going to do next?" Have you figured out what to do with us? ”

"Everyone is fighting side by side, how can there be anything that cannot be disposed of."

"It was Dai Mengwei who lured you with me, you don't doubt me!?" Wang Zhainan looked at Qi Xinhan and glared.

Qi Xinhan also looked at him: "The previous information shows that the surname Dai is not subordinate to General Wang, and he sells so many people at one time, and he is most afraid that he will not be secret...... Although I lost the previous gamble, I hope the general will not disappoint me this time. ”

The sunset has gone down the mountain, and the sound of fighting in the distance and the noise of people in the vicinity converge together, Wang Zhainan looked at Qi Xinhan with a fierce face for a while, and then raised his hand and hammered it heavily on his chest: "With your words, from now on, the lives of Wang and his more than 12,000 sons will be sold to the Huaxia Army!" It's up to you how to do it. ”

Qi Xinhan nodded: "Does General Wang know about Xia Village?" ”

Wang Zhainan also nodded.

Qi Xinhan said: "Then next, let's discuss how to fight this defensive battle......

The map was unfurled on the city walls, the sun was setting, and the last light was shining in the small town in the mountains. Everyone understands that this is a very desperate situation, Wanyan Xiyin has already come, and with Dai Mengwei's rebellion, the original potential allies within a radius of hundreds of miles have been wiped out at this moment. Without the foundation of allies, it is difficult to escape and move over long distances.

There is no way to heaven and no door to the earth.

But after so many years, people have long understood that even if they cry, they will not benefit from what they encounter, so they can only face the reality and build defensive fortifications in this desperate situation. Just because they also understood that hundreds of miles away, there must have been people who were constantly attacking the Jurchens, and there must have been people who were trying their best to rescue them.

And they also believed that in the distance, the southwest army would also rush towards the Jianmen Pass like earth fire, and once they broke through the solid plug and rushed out of the ground like lava, there would not be much time left for the Jurchen Western Route Army.

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The sunset is delayed.

Crossing the long sky and passing through a distance of hundreds of miles, at this moment, the Western Route Army of the Jin Kingdom was spreading from the mountain pass of the Sword Pavilion to Zhaohua, and the vanguard of the troops was extending to Hanzhong.

The army along the way was extremely embarrassed, but out of the desire to go home and the awareness of what would happen after defeat, under the leadership of Zong Han, they still maintained a certain fighting spirit, and even after more than a month of torment, some soldiers have shown their ferocity, and they are even more hysterical and brutal on the battlefield. Although such a situation cannot increase the overall strength of the army, at least the combat strength of this army does not fall below the level.

In a sense, this is also a manifestation of the last burning of the self-esteem of the Jin army, which has lasted for decades.

The Jin soldiers who withdrew from the direction of the Sword Pavilion were close to 60,000 one after another, and near Zhaohua, the main force originally led by Xi Yin was taken away more than 10,000, and at this time, more than 10,000 elite Tushan Wei were left, which were handed back to Zong Han. In addition to the more than 70,000 people, there are still more than 200,000 Han troops arranged in the vicinity like cannon fodder, these Han troops have slaughtered cities, looted, looted a lot of gold and silver wealth in the past year, and have become relatively staunch supporters of the Jin people after being stained with a lot of blood.

On their flank, Qin Shaoqian led the Seventh Army of Huaxia, which had launched several attacks in April, one was to try to storm Zonghan head-on, one to attack Jiange, and one to Hanzhong. In the middle of this, Tu Shanwei confronted him once, and there were signs that he couldn't resist it, but because Zong Han had the advantage of troops after all, although Qin Shaoqian's several attacks had caused certain results and the deterrent power was amazing, they were finally resolved by Zong Han relatively calmly.

From Zhaohua to the Sword Pavilion, from a distance, you can see the smoke and dust rising from the mountains within the Xiongguan. At this time, a team of thousands of people had already left the Sword Pavilion under the leadership of Shiyema, he was the penultimate Jurchen general to leave the Jianmen Pass, and now the high-level Jurchen generals sitting in the pass had to pull out the speed.

On the way the army withdrew from the southwest, Sheyama was often active on the battlefield that needed to be broken. His struggle boosted the morale of the Jin people, and to a large extent, gave him a great temper.

After the army left Huangming County, the intensity of the pursuit has been reduced, only the guard of the Sword Pavilion Pass will become a key part of the war, Sheye Ma originally took the initiative to ask Ying, wanted to lead the army to guard the Sword Pavilion, blocking the way out of the Fifth Army of China, but this time, neither his father nor the speed of pulling out of the speed of the idea of unifying him, his father sent a strict order, ordering him to keep up with the pace of the main force of the army as soon as possible, which made Shiye Ma feel a slight regret in his heart.

Judging from the situation in the second half of the withdrawal of the army, the Huaxia army has begun to stop using the powerful firearms, which may mean that the number of such firearms has bottomed out as expected. Today, he left the Sword Pavilion and pulled out the words of speed, which also confirmed that the idea of Shiyama was indeed very probable.

“…… After nearly half a year of fighting, the Huaxia army in the southwest suffered many casualties...... The people on Ning Yi's hand had already bottomed out, and in the past month or so, tens of thousands of captives were trapped in the mountains and could not be transported, and the Huaxia army in front of him was like a giant python swallowing an elephant...... In fact, if I had the chance, I would rather go on and fight for it, and perhaps this army would collapse on its own, I don't know......"

The idea of pulling out the speed made up for the guess in Shiyama's heart, and it did indeed explain the truth that Jiang was still old and spicy. Sheyema just thought that by cutting off the Sword Pavilion, the army in the rear would be able to gather in one place, and calmly deal with Qin Shaoqian's bold lone army, maybe he would be able to cut off one of the arms of the Huaxia Army in front of Ning Yi's eyes, which made him sigh when he looked at the Sword Pavilion, but he didn't expect that he still had the idea of attacking the southwest again in his heart.

This kind of behavior is desperate and life-threatening, but at the moment when the Huaxia Army relaxed its vigilance, if it really succeeded, what a great achievement it should be. It's a pity that after the death of Xianbao, he also knows that neither his father nor the army will allow him to take such an adventure again.

Then I could only go to the camp and ask my father to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the Chinese Seventh Army led by Qin Shaoqian.

The sun was setting and the army's flags stretched along the dirt road. The crushing defeat of the army, the tragic death of his brothers and compatriots still stirred in his heart, and at this moment, he was fearless of anything.

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Our horizons extend further southwest.

Beyond the Sword Pavilion, the originally winding road was now full of all kinds of heavy materials used to block the road. In some places, the roads were blown up, and in other places, the roads were deliberately dug up. Between the rugged mountains on both sides of the mountain road, the dark remnants of the fire can be seen from time to time, and some of the mountains are still burning.

Fifty miles forward from the Sword Pavilion, close to Huangming County and Yushuixi, camps began to appear in the mountains, the black-background lone star flag of the Huaxia Army fluttered in the mountains, the camp was built along the road, a large number of prisoners were being contained here, and between the spreading mountain roads, a group of prisoners were being escorted to the rear, and the crowd was crowded in the mountains, and the speed was not fast.

Even though it was already an area controlled by the Huaxia Army, in the nearby mountains, rising pillars of smoke could still be seen occasionally. Every day, there are also small battles in various parts of the mountain.

When the Jin people fled in embarrassment, a large number of Jin soldiers had been captured, but there were still thousands of fierce Jin soldiers who fled into the nearby dense forest, at this moment, seeing that they could not go home, they also chose to light one fire after another after the battle, the flames spread, and many times burned themselves alive, but also caused a lot of trouble to the Huaxia army. Several flames even spread to the prisoner camp next to the mountain road, and the Huaxia army ordered the prisoners to cut down trees to build a barrier, and there were also one or two prisoners who tried to escape by taking advantage of the fire, and many were burned to death in the spreading fire.

At this moment of dusk, looking out from the wooden hut on the mountainside west of Huangming County, you can still see the black smoke rising from the mountains and forests in the distance, and below the mountainside is a narrow camp built along the road, where thousands of golden prisoners are held, mixed with the ranks of the Huaxia army, stretching for miles in the valley.

This large shed on the mountainside is the command post of the current barracks, and at this time, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army are coming and going in the shed, and the sound of busyness is converging. In front of the wooden table near the window, several young people who had just reported were sitting with Ning Xi, who was managing some of the affairs here, and listened to him talk about the problems he had encountered recently.

“…… The available forces have long since bottomed out. Ning Xi leaned against the long table and said, "At present, there are nearly 30,000 prisoners held in the mountains, and nearly half of them are wounded. A broken mountain road, it is not easy to walk, and the captives are not very obedient, let them line up to go out, they can't walk more than ten miles a day, the road is often blocked, some people want to escape, some people pretend to be sick, some people want to die, there are still some people in the forest who are not dead, and they fight at every turn......"

“…… There was a fight in the woods, a fire was set, and the captives on the road were ready to move again. They walked slowly, and they had to be supplied with food and drink, and the medicinal herbs and grain were brought in from outside the mountain, and half of the original broken road was occupied, so they couldn't withdraw for a month without stopping and stopping...... In addition, the patrol of the 50-mile mountain road has to allocate a lot of manpower, and the patrol team has to allocate manpower, and occasionally there are breakdowns, which is overstretched. ”

“…… The most troublesome thing is epidemic prevention, now that it is summer, people die in the mountains and their bodies are rotten, and if one is not good, there will be a plague. If there is a plague, the consequences will be unimaginable. I only know now, why did Wu Anjun kill more than 400,000 people in a pit back then, we can't engage in pit killing, you look outside, I don't think it's strange that those captives mutinied and rushed over at any time......"

Ning Xi rubbed his forehead, and then laughed: "...... Fortunately, you are here, and none of you can escape, so you have to help me this time. ”

"I'm here to help you." Someone answered.

If Yuwen Feidu, Xiaohei and others are the first batch of young people trained by Ning Yi through Zhuji and Huaxia Army, the later Hou Yuanyun, Peng Yueyun, Zuo Wenhuai and others should be counted as the second generation, and when it comes to Ning Xi, Min Chuyi and the group of people in front of them, they can be regarded as the third generation.

Everyone has long been familiar with each other, at the beginning of the war, these young people who had just become adults were arranged to be familiar with different jobs in various parts of the army, and now that the war was about to end, they were sent to Ning Xi's side again to organize a small team. It was not Ning Yi who led this matter, but Su Tan'er, who was far away in Chengdu, and some of the old courtiers led by Su Wenfang and Su Wending of the Su family, of course, Ning Yi didn't have much opinion on this.

At the moment, it is the distribution and arrangement of work, the young people here are all ambitious about the battlefield, and when asked about the situation of the Sword Pavilion in front of him, Ning Xi was slightly silent: "The mountain road is difficult to walk, and some of the obstacles and destruction left by the Jurchens can be crossed, but it is difficult for the broken army to break through without using the Dijiang River." He arranged some 'death squads' on the road and asked them to defend the road to the death, even if the commander of the canal division led the team forward, there were many casualties. ”

Everyone looked at each other: "The Jurchen wildness is still there, and over the years, many people have their own families in the north, and it is indeed difficult to easily hit the pass of the Sword Pavilion if they are threatened by pulling out the fast. ”

“…… It is impossible for the Jurchens to defend the Sword Pavilion all the time, once the army in front of them retreats, the checkpoint will always be ours. ”

"But in this way, their main force outside the pass has swelled to nearly 100,000, and General Qin, with more than 20,000 people, can't defeat the alliance of Zong Han and Xi Yin, and may even be eaten by Zong Han in turn. Only by opening up the Sword Pavilion as quickly as possible can we regain the strategic initiative. ”

Everyone discussed, and at this time, Ning Ji came in from outside the door of the shed, looked at these people here, and asked after being slightly silent: "Brother, the first sister asked me to ask you, are you eating or steamed buns at night?" ”

Ning Xi was talking to everyone, and when he heard the question, he blushed slightly, he never did anything special in the army, but today maybe Min Chuyi came with everyone and wanted to cook for him, so he asked this question. At that moment, he blushed and said, "I will eat whatever everyone eats." What's there to ask about this. ”

Ning Ji was impatient: "Tonight's cooking class is cooking and steamed buns!" ”

Ning Xi waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I'll eat whatever you eat." ”

Ning Ji looked at him: "...... I eat. ”

There was silence in the wooden shed for a moment, and then someone who was drinking water couldn't help but squirt out, a group of young people were laughing, and everyone in the headquarters near and far was also holding back their laughter, Ning Xi took a deep breath: "...... You tell the first junior high, whatever. ”

"The first sister wants to help you cook, and she is kind enough to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs."

After Ning Ji said this, he turned around and went out, and everyone in the room burst into laughter, some people fell under the stool with laughter, and some people asked, "Xiao Ji, what's wrong?" Get up on the wrong side of the bed? ”

Ning Xi covered his forehead: "He wanted to go to the front line to be a military doctor, but my father didn't let him, I looked at him, and gave him a name, saying that he would protect me closely, how could he be in a good mood...... I'm so unlucky......"

The crowd laughed for a while, and in the setting sun saw another pillar of smoke rise in the distance, and they got up to watch, knowing that there must have been another encounter on the other side of the mountain, and the atmosphere in the camp became strange, and many of the captives under the mountain were looking at the smoke.

Even though there was a little laughter just now, the atmosphere inside and outside the mountains was actually stretched into a string, and everyone understood that in such tension, there could be such and such accidents at any time. The defeat was not good, and after the victory, it was still a thinner and thinner steel wire, and everyone felt more and more harsh in this world, Ning Xi's eyes looked at a pillar of smoke, and then looked to the northeast, and said to everyone in a low voice:

"The attack of the Sword Pavilion has been in the past few days......"

……

It is not far from the Sword Pavilion, ten miles set.

The troops who had already captured the area and had been renovated for half a day were bathing in the sunset in the ruins.

Mao Yishan, who had just cremated the body of his companion, was allowed by the military doctor to treat his wounds again, and someone brought him dinner, and when he chewed food with an iron box, his mouth was still bloody.

Every survival is worth celebrating, but every survival must also be accompanied by the sacrifice of a familiar companion, so he doesn't have much joy in his heart.

Eating quietly, he looked in the direction of the northeast. On the side of the field of vision, I saw Qu Zhengyan walking over with the other two regiment commanders who were good at tackling fortifications, and when they got closer, they asked about his condition: "It's okay." ”

"You can still fight."

"I just received news from outside the mountain, so I'll report it to you first." Qu Zhengyan said, "On the edge of the Han River, Dai Mengwei, who joined forces with us before, has rebelled......

In the setting sun, Qu Zhengyan calmly told a few people about what was happening thousands of miles away, told about the connection between the two sides, and then pointed to the Sword Pavilion: "From this side, there are still ten miles, and within three days, I will take the Sword Pavilion from the hands of the puller." There will be a lot of casualties in this battle, so be prepared. ”

Mao Yishan stood upright and saluted.

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At the head of the Sword Pavilion City, at this moment, the speed of pulling out is also watching the burning sunset spread from the other side of the mountain.

What he said to Sheyama was nothing but reserved words.

He is a Jurchen general, and he has been rolling in the war all his life, and it is for this reason that at the moment in front of him, he particularly understands the importance of the sword pavilion, and after capturing the sword pavilion, the Huaxia army will penetrate the echo and contact between the fifth army and the seventh army, and gain the strategic initiative.

After more than five months of war, the strength of the Huaxia Army is indeed stretched, but with Ning Yi's ability and vision, especially the style of never giving in when he is on a narrow road, after killing Xianbao in front of Zong Han, no matter what the price is, he will inevitably try to capture the Sword Pavilion with the fastest speed and the most violent way.

After seeing the results of the battle of Wangyuan Bridge, he knew in his heart that this level in front of him would be one of the most difficult battles he had encountered in his life. If he fails, he will die here, and if he succeeds, he will act as a hero and save Daikin's national fortunes.

Happily, this choice is not difficult. The results are also very clear.

He will guard this Xiongguan and prevent the Huaxia army from taking a step forward.

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At this moment, from the bank of the Han River to the Sword Pavilion, and then to Zizhou, the long journey of thousands of miles, the entire land was stretched into a thin string. While Dai Mengwei beheaded tens of thousands of people in Xicheng County, Qi Xinhan stubbornly guarded the Lin Pu, Qin Shaoqian and Zong Han's army moved west of Hanzhong to hedge, and the Huaxia Fifth Army, which had reached the limit, tried its best to stabilize the rear while also rushing out of the pass of the Sword Pavilion with all its might. The war is coming to an end, and people seem to be burning the sky and the earth with willpower.

The fire is about to rush in—