The dusk in front of the Huangsha Pass is majestic and magnificent, and in the eyes of the poet, the poet will chant the verse "The desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river", but in the eyes of Zheng Bing, who gathered the remains of the robe, the remnant sun was stained with blue blood, and the intestines were broken.

Ah Hu carefully picked up Shi Daring on the ground, the veteran who had been teaching him not long ago was no longer breathing, and the scimitar slashed through his neck, blood staining the yellow sand on his body.

With a trembling hand, he wiped the black ash and blood stains on his face for him, and gently put Shi Dadao on the frame of the car that pulled the corpse, Ah Hu could no longer suppress the sadness in his heart, and knelt beside the corpse car and cried loudly.

The west wind whimpered, white flags fluttered, and more than a dozen firewood racks were piled up in the open space below, and the fallen soldiers were placed on the firewood racks after taking off their armor. The army could not transport the bodies of every soldier back to their homeland, so they could only be reduced to ashes and sent back in porcelain bottles. These soldiers were born together, died in one place, and finally could not be separated from each other.

Walking slowly around the firewood frame, looking at the familiar faces, Hu Jianzheng felt that the sharp knife was slashed in his heart, and Lu Guangzong on the side saw that he was pale and crumbling, and said with concern: "General, go back and rest, I am here." ”

Hu Jian was taking off his helmet, a strand of black hair drooped weakly, and said astringently: "It doesn't matter, I'll send these brothers to you in the end." ”

Lu Guangzong signaled to raise the fire, and the firewood stack splashed with hot oil instantly burst into flames, Hu Jianzheng took the lead and knelt on one knee, and the three armies knelt down with a brush, and shouted in unison: "The soul is back." ”

The firelight reflected the red sunset, the yellow sand pass was immersed in grief, and the rising green smoke swirled in the wind, which was the soul of the soldiers, all the way to the south and south......

Hu Qi set up a tent four miles away, and Tanma reported that Hu Qi was building siege equipment, and the servant army was driven overnight in search of wood and stone.

Hu Jian was on duty at night, although he knew that Hu Qi rarely had the experience of night raids, but he couldn't be careless at all. The three big holes in the city wall were blocked, but when they went out of the city to repair them, they were opened by the servant army for five or six small gaps, and if Hu Cai sent people to dig secretly, then the Huangsha Pass would be dangerous.

It was still cold in Huangsha Pass in March, and the patrolling soldiers gathered around the brazier from time to time to keep warm. Hu Jianzheng took out a leather wine bag from his arms, handed it to the soldier beside him, and advised: "One person drinks two sips, warm up your body, don't get drunk and make mistakes." ”

"General, reinforcements will arrive tomorrow." A bearded soldier asked, Hu Jianzheng recognized it as his captain Niu San, who had been stationed at Huangsha Pass for more than five years, and went out with him to meet the enemy during the day and beheaded the third level.

Hu Jianzheng took the empty wine bag and said with a smile: "Huzi, you can be promoted to the second level this time, and you can't run away with the lieutenant Rong, I heard you nag to go home, and you can go home to be a county lieutenant after making meritorious service, and you are also an official." ”

The cowbeard wiped the beard under his cheeks and said, "Let's live through tomorrow." ”

The atmosphere became heavy, Hu Jian was standing up and looking north, in the faint light of the fire, he could see countless tents like mushrooms after the rain five miles away, he couldn't see clearly that there was a big cowhide tent in the middle of these tents, Ah Shi Zhimo and Hun Zhi Luke were not sleeping, they were discussing tomorrow's siege.

The appearance of the winch crossbow made the idea of the two of them fall into vain, and the yellow sand level is in the middle of the compass mountain, and it takes more than 200 miles to go around, and it is not necessarily easy to break through the pass when going around other places.

Hun Zhi Luke sighed: "Zheng Bing is well-trained, difficult to deal with, I don't know how many giant crossbows there are, if it is past ten, I think it is better to go around." ”

"Huangsha Pass is just an ordinary level, there are ten giant crossbows here, and there will be no shortage in other places." Ah Shi Zhimo said in a deep voice: "It seems that this time we forcibly went south to make a bird, but I didn't expect that after a few years, Zheng Bing's equipment became so powerful. ”

They don't know that since Shi Fangzhen took the throne, he has been thinking about expanding the territory, and there has never been a shortage of manufacturing costs for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and under the watchful eyes of the Son of Heaven, no one dares to cheat, and three of the five winch crossbows in Huangsha were transported to Guanshang at the beginning of the year.

After being silent for a long time, Ah Shi Zhimo said: "Tomorrow, after the siege vehicles and ladders are built, let the servant army attack first, and we must take Huangsha Pass as soon as possible, otherwise when the reinforcements from Zheng Jun's Anbei Protectorate arrive, we will only have one way to retreat." It's a matter of life and death, lawyer, you and I can't leave our hands behind. ”

As soon as the sky was bright, Hu Jian was awakened by the low Hu horn, and he didn't bother to wipe his face, and rushed up to the city along the horse road. Outside the city, the disheveled servant army began to move towards Huangsha Pass under the coercion of Hu Cai. These servant armies included the captured Zheng people, as well as other tribes who were captured, numbering about three thousand.

Seeing that the servant soldiers in Zheng people's costumes were under the coercion of the scimitar, crying and shouting and running towards the city, the bows and arrows in Ah Hu's hands couldn't shoot out, they were all their own people, how could they kill each other. There are not a few people who have such thoughts as Ah Hu, although the generals shouted and reprimanded, the arrows they shot were scattered, and they could not stop the footsteps of the servant army at all.

The siege engines slammed into the city, the gates rang out with a "thump", the ladders were erected high, and under the cover of a rain of arrows fired from the back, the servant army began to ascend the city like ants.

Hu Jianzheng scolded angrily: "Don't throw the wood, do you also want to become these servant army?" This is the battlefield, either he dies or you die. ”

was woken up by General Hu, and everyone's counterattack became fierce, where can you be merciful on the battlefield.

The rolling log tumbled down the ladder, smashing the clinging ones down all the way, breaking their heads and bleeding, and crying loudly. Someone took a hook gun and pushed the ladder out, and the ladder collapsed, and the blood flowed under the city.

Seeing that several forcible attempts were to no avail, Ashzhima said to his nephew beside him: "Mergi, you bring someone up, be careful." ”

Ashmerji urged his horse forward, followed by more than a dozen guards, and came to the city in an instant. Grabbing a shield and holding it above his head, Merge bit the scimitar into his mouth and began to climb the ladder.

A stone slammed into the shield, and Merge's body sank down, and the stone rolled and fell on the side of the shield in his hand. Before Merge could breathe, a long piece of wood smashed head-on, and Merge held a shield in one hand to protect the top of his head.

The wood smashed on the shield, and Merge felt the ladder under his leg break with a "horn", and his body had no strength, and he fell down. At this moment, the guards below reached out to support his feet, and with a strong point, Merge's right hand holding on the ladder pulled up, and his body steadied.

Not far from the city, Merge kicked up hard with his hands and legs. Several cold arrows were fired from the side, the one in the left hand was blocked by the shield, and the right one was hit in the shoulder. Knowing that he could not be discouraged, Merge gritted his teeth and climbed the last few steps.

As soon as he emerged from the stairs, several spears stabbed straight at him with a cold light, and Mergie shrank his head, and the spears pierced over his head.

Mergi stretched out his right hand to hold the barrel of the gun, and the spear subconsciously snatched it back, and Mergi took advantage of the momentum to fly up, and the hungry tiger pounced on Zheng Bing in front of him. The man released the barrel of the gun in the air, grasped the scimitar in his mouth, and in the cold flash, several spears were split in two.

With both feet on the ground, Moji screamed and threw himself at Zheng Bing, the long knife in his hand was unstoppable, and the two Zheng soldiers in front of him were chopped back again and again, blood splashed. Behind him, Hu Qiyan continued to climb the ladder to the top of the city.

Hu Jian saw that the city was stepped on by Hu Qi, and knew that it was a matter of life and death, so he beckoned to the guards beside him and said, "Come with me and drive this group of Hu people down." ”

Five spears and three machetes formed an arc, and under the leadership of Hu Jianzhengdi, they surrounded the Hu cavalry who had ascended the city, and more Zheng soldiers behind him converged into the encirclement and forced towards Merji. Mo Ji was extremely strong, did not retreat but advanced, roared angrily and led the Hu cavalry behind him to meet Zheng Bing. Soldier to soldier, general to general, he took a fancy to Hu Jianzheng at a glance.

Capture the thief and capture the king first, Hu Jian is looking at Mo Ji wearing an iron crown and chain mail, which is different from Hu Qi's leather clothes and leather pants behind him, and knows that he is the leader. Without saying a word, the spear in his hand stabbed Mergie straight into the heart. Mergie's scimitar poked out and slashed at the barrel of the gun, sparks flew everywhere, Mergi took a cool breath, it was actually an iron gun, and it touched a hard hand.

Hu Jian has been in Huangshaguan for more than ten years, and has been promoted from a small soldier to a general, of course, he is not a mediocre hand, and when he saw his opponent, he was slightly stunned, and the iron spear was used as a stick, and he swept over. Mergi's scimitar flicked and blocked the spear.

Zheng Bing's spear stabbed in a row, and Merge had to dodge to the side, and the troops behind him had no way to dodge, and two people were stabbed by spears, and blood flowed. The spears snatched up, and the two screamed and were snatched off the city.

Seeing that the foothold was compressed smaller and smaller, Merge no longer fought hard with Hu Jianzheng, turned around and ran forward on the battlement, jumping. The spear beside him stabbed, either slashed or blocked, and went straight to the winch crossbow.

"Stop him", Hu Jian was blocked by the soldiers behind him, and he was so anxious that he screamed.

There were more than 20 soldiers next to the winch crossbow, and when they saw that Mergi was rushing alone, they all stepped forward with swords and spears, this is the enemy chieftain, and he can kill him according to the fifth level of beheading.

The spear touched the scimitar and was cut into two pieces, and the soldier with the spear did not have time to withdraw his hand, and the sword was already light. Mergie's wrist flickered, and he slashed out three knives in one breath, and the shadow of the knife passed everywhere, invincible, and the outflanked soldiers were thrown away with weapons.

Like an angry dragon going out to sea, Merge came to the side of the winch crossbow and slashed the long knife on the string, and with a "collapse", three bowstrings flicked down, and a winch crossbow was scrapped.

Hu Jianzheng had already broken free from the crowd and hurried after him, seven or eight steps away from Mergie. Mergie smiled "hehe" and lunged towards another winch crossbow.

"Block him", Hu Jianzheng's angry shouts came from behind him. More than a dozen Zheng soldiers lined up, with long spears like forests and short knives blocking the way.

Knowing that he couldn't be entangled, Merge grabbed the edge of the shield with his left hand and threw it forward, the iron shield swirled forward with the sound of the wind, and the spear was bounced off the shield, and someone raised a short knife to catch the shield. A strong force came from the shield, and the soldiers could not stand on their feet, stumbling to make way as the shield swirled.

Mergie seized the fleeting opportunity and flashed through the cracks, and with a wave of the scimitar in his hand, another winch crossbow was scrapped.