Qi Jie still took the advice of the Chinese general, and did not retreat directly for the sake of face, but took advantage of the dark night to confuse the enemy with an empty camp, and quietly retreated, buying a night for the retreat of the entire Yan army.

The Zhao army, which poured out of the nest, launched a pursuit, and the situation of the war was completely reversed.

The pursuing Zhao Jun was blocked by the spoon pass.

Spoon Pass, built in the middle of the Puyin mouth, two cliffs on both sides, only one road that can pass through two carriages and horses, through the mountains and mountains to reach the Yan country on the other side of Taihang. This is the throat, and the spoon is built in this part of the throat and Adam's apple, and there is really a momentum that cannot be opened.

Zhao Yong led everyone to chase and kill here, he must use the fastest speed to take the spoon pass, catch up with the main force of the Yan army, bite him, cooperate with Zhao Xing's cavalry, annihilate the Yan army, completely break the backbone of the Yan State, and weaken this country in the East that always pulls the thigh of the Zhao State.

In the face of such a pass, there is no other way to take advantage of it, Zhao Yong lost his benevolence, he used his cloak as a banner, representing himself to stand on the front line, inspiring countless soldiers, and launched a sea of people offensive against the spoon pass. It is to use countless flesh and blood to drown the spoon.

Wu Sheng stood on the front line of the city wall, wielding his sword, slashing and slashing waves of Zhao troops who rushed up desperately.

The Zhao people were crazy, and in the face of this precipitous Xiongguan, they didn't use any strategy, they didn't use any other methods, they relied on the clumsy ant ant attachment method to kick the city. The army of 100,000 marched from the front of the pass to the sky, and then the Zhao people in front of them howled and climbed the city along the ladder. The battle in front died, and the back took over without hesitation, so endlessly, layer by layer, batch after batch of battle deaths.

Not far in front of the wall, the king's cloak was regarded as a big banner, firmly rooted there, and never wavered.

Hacked to death another Zhao man who climbed up to the city, Wu Sheng wiped the blood on his face, he felt weak all over, and his arms were numb. And what made him feel even more powerless was the enemy he faced, the Zhao Jun he faced.

Wu Sheng's heart is not despair, but envy. He really envied the Zhao people, they always had such a brave and decisive monarch: "It would be great if my Yan Kingdom also had such a monarch, even if it was a generation." As long as there is a generation of monarchs like Zhao Guo, one of our so-called seven heroes will not only rely on the old princes and vast areas far away from the Central Plains, but by virtue of the king's courage and sages, he will dominate the world. ”

Of course, this is Wu Sheng's extravagant hope, because it is impossible. For more than 700 years in the Yan Kingdom, among the 27 generations of monarchs, there has never been a truly eloquent person.

And looking at the Zhao Kingdom, it is only six generations, and they are all wise and martial, this is God's injustice to Yan, and this is God's favor for Zhao.

As a Yan person, Wu Sheng really grieved his hard life.

The endless and desperate offensive continued, and although it was advantageous to rely on the geographical advantage, the casualties of the Yan army were also increasing.

At this time, when a soldier bent down to hold a stone, he hugged an empty. The soldier who shoots the arrow reaches for the quiver, and when he grabs the feathered arrow, he grabs an empty one; By the time the other soldier was ready to replace the broken sword, he had no backup.

The shield broke, but there was no follow-up, and the oil was gone, but there was no supply.

A voice close to despair sounded in Wu Sheng's ears: "General, our soldiers are exhausted, please follow up for reinforcements." ”

Wu Sheng ordered loudly: "Follow-up reinforcements." ”

But he did not receive a generous promise, and when he turned his head, he saw that his city was empty.

He sat down at the head of the city, he knew that his mission could not be achieved, and he knew that the destruction of the army he had just evacuated overnight was a foregone conclusion.

lowered his head and wept gloomily: "Yan Kingdom, was it really destroyed like this?" Is Yan Guo really hopeless? ”

The adjutant general held his sword and panted comfortingly: "It's not the fault of the war, it's not the general's fault." Then he turned to Yan Guo behind him: "Does the general remember the story of Wu Zixu and Shen Baoxu?" ”

Wu Sheng raised his head with difficulty.

The deputy general watched Zhao Jun kill like the sea again, and said very calmly: "When Wu Zixu ran away, he met his good friend Shen Baoxu, and he told Shen Baoxu that one day I will destroy the Chu State." Shen Baoxu said it very directly, I support you. But if you destroy the Chu State, I must restore the Chu State. ”

This is a beautiful conversation, and everyone knows it.

The deputy continued: "Since the general knows, why can't he bear it, Zhao Guo will destroy Yan, and the general should unswervingly restore Yan Guo, this is the generous and sad Yan country." ”

Wu Qi stretched out his hands: "What ability can I have to restore Yan Guo?" ”

The lieutenant general called five hundred dead soldiers: "This is a real man, they will follow the general." Then he knelt down suddenly: "Spoon Pass, leave it to me, I will fight to the last man, I will spread the word, I am greedy for life and fear of death to sacrifice the pass, in order to protect the general's name and lose the pass." Everything is for the general to be able to restore the country in the future. ”

Wu Sheng hid his face: "I am not greedy for life and afraid of death, but I know your good intentions, and I am glad that we Yan Kingdom and people like you are generous and sad." ”

Seeing that Wu Qi had accepted his suggestion, the deputy general stood up and said with a relaxed face: "It's still the story of the Zhao orphan, one of his retainers said that it was easier to live or die, and in the end, one of his retainers chose to die as an easy thing to do." General, I chose to die, but in fact, I chose to escape. ”

Wu Sheng didn't say anything more, hid his face and went down to the city with five hundred dead soldiers, and then ran from behind the pass and hid into the reckless mountains.

Looking at the back of the disappeared general, the lieutenant general raised his sword and yelled at the soldiers who were already few in the city: "We are the men of the Yan Kingdom, and we have not surrendered." In the city we guard, as long as we still have a breath of air, there will not be an inch of land lost in the Yan Kingdom. ”

The remnants of the soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands, and tragically faced the strong enemy like the sea, and the city resounded with the Yan national song that has been sung for hundreds of years: "The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone and will never return." ”

Every vassal state has its own spirit, and every vassal state has its own reason for hegemony.

King Yan can be weak and incompetent, but their noble ones do not represent the spiritual backbone of the lowly.

When the last soldier of the Yan Kingdom fell, there was not a single soldier standing in the entire spoon pass, and there was not a single warrior who was kneeling to survive.

The noble carnivorous can be greedy for life and afraid of death, but the lowly have their own perseverance and pride.

How did that eternal summary come about? "Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are more likely to be a reader." Ah, that's what the Ming Dynasty said, it's a little early now, but the truth in the world is the same.