Mengfang's 20,000 soldiers and horses are rapidly reorganizing and assembling, preparing to go south to protect Nanli Pass, and they must not let the soldiers and horses of the Xia State seize it.

When the soldiers and horses were assembled, some of Chen Kai's cavalry fled in panic, and Meng Fang personally met them and asked about the situation.

"When General Chen led us to retreat to the south, we encountered a premeditated ambush by the enemy, and General Chen was killed in battle, and the other brothers suffered heavy losses, and only a few escaped. The enemy, estimated to be fifty or sixty thousand, was so numerous that it almost surrounded us. The soldier's voice trembled.

Meng Fang asked the others again, the rhetoric was similar, the frustrated people would subconsciously think that the enemy was very strong, they didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were in the Xia Kingdom, but they would think of a lot, not much, how could they kill them so badly!

And this misunderstanding naturally affected Meng Fang, Meng Fang immediately notified the deputy general to set off, and at the same time sent messengers to Tonglu County to transfer troops and horses, this time the Xia State soldiers and horses must be surrounded and suppressed.

In this way, Meng Fang led his 20,000 soldiers and horses to the south to leave the pass.

It is said that the messenger sent by Meng Fang went to inform Zhou Yi of the North Road and ordered him to retreat to the North Pivot Pass, but unfortunately he was intercepted by the people sent by Han Xin before he arrived at the place.

Han Xin guessed Meng Fang's behavior clearly.

After ensuring that Meng Fang had sent troops, Han Xin led his troops out of the dense forest and launched an attack on Zhou Yi's 20,000 soldiers and horses.

More than 30,000 people assisted, and 5,000 troops were fortified in the west to prevent Zhou Yi's soldiers and horses from going to Beishuguan to ventilate and report the news, and it was Han Xin who personally led the troops, Zhou Yi's 20,000 soldiers couldn't resist at all, and were killed by Han Xin's soldiers and horses.

As a general, Zhou Yi naturally led people to retreat to Beishu Pass, but unfortunately he also encountered the Xia army in ambush, this time during the day, he directly annihilated them, and Zhou Yi also died in battle.

After the war, the sun was sinking in the west.

Subsequently, part of Han Xin's army cleaned up the battlefield, selected soldiers who were not injured, formed more than 20,000 people, changed into Qin soldiers' clothes, and pretended to be Qin soldiers and began to go west.

In the middle of the night, Han Xin led them to the front of the North Pivot Pass.

The North Pivot Pass, a Xiongguan built on the Qinling Mountains, has a towering city wall, and it is difficult to win by storming. As long as this strong pass is held, it will curb the passage between the Dongqi region and the Qin State, so the strategic significance is very huge.

The original plan was to disguise the fleeing Qin army, but now it is not needed. Han Xin directly disguised himself as Zhou Yi's soldiers and horses, because the Beishu Pass did not receive the news of the attack of the Great Xia soldiers and horses, so the generals guarding the pass did not have much suspicion, but only confirmed their establishment.

This letter made the generals who guarded the pass more convinced, and in this way, they successfully approached the North Pivot Pass.

It was very late, and Han Xin asked the soldiers to rest earlier on the grounds that it was hard to travel, and although the general guarding the pass felt that this army was a little strange, and asked Han Xin about some things, he prevaricated, but he couldn't say what was strange.

Late at night.

Han Xin released the signal, and his soldiers began to move.

There are only 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding the pass, and they were suddenly attacked by their side, and the result can be imagined! 20,000 soldiers and horses were almost completely annihilated, and the North Pivot Pass was directly lost.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers and horses of Daxia behind rushed to the outside of the Beishu Pass under the leadership of Wei Guang, but more than 10,000 people did not go to the city, but set up a position in front of the city pass, as if they were going to attack the city.

However, Han Xin and his soldiers on the city pass were still wearing the clothes of Qin soldiers, disguised as the Qin army guarding the pass, and let some people enter Wei Guang's ranks, making the number of Xia troops look forty or fifty thousand.

Hey, the two sides actually sang a double reed.

Then, arrange for the dead soldier to disguise himself as Qin soldiers to go to the atrium to ventilate the news.

As soon as the atrium guard heard that there were Great Xia soldiers and horses attacking the North Pivot Pass, he immediately sent a waiter to investigate the situation, and he had already learned from Mengfang that there was a Xia army raging in Shanyuan County, so he didn't feel it, but he didn't expect that there was still a Xia army in the north.

In this investigation, the spies brought back the intelligence of the Xia army's arrival in the northern pivot pass, including the basic situation of the Xia army. And the spy also said that there seemed to be a battle between the two sides, and there were blood stains on the city pass that had not been cleaned up.

This just corroborates what the soldiers sent by Han Xin said that the Qin army almost attacked the city pass, but it was defended at any cost.

The city pass is divided into inside and outside, the three city gates were originally built by Zhao State, naturally the east side is the city, there are wide stairs on both sides of the city gate, you can go up and down freely. Outside the city is the towering city wall. Therefore, it is easier to take the city pass from the inside, and there is no need to borrow climbing equipment, just kill it.

Seeing that the North Pivot Pass was dangerous, the Atrium Guard immediately dispatched 13,000 troops to the north to support the North Pivot Pass, and at the same time sent an urgent report to General Meng Fang to inform him of the incident.

At this time, Meng Fang was chasing Dian Wei, and was led by Dian Wei to the south of Shanyuan County, which was more than 300 miles away from the Zhongting Pass, and even farther away from the North Pivot Pass, which was beyond the reach of the whip.

And when the 13,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhongting Pass arrived at the Beishu Pass, they encountered an ambush, and they were unintentionally calculated, Han Xin set a trap and waited for them to drill, how could he let him escape.

After annihilating the more than 10,000 Qin troops, Han Xin rashly rushed 20,000 soldiers to attack the Zhongting Pass again, this time it was a strong attack, and the 5,000 Qin troops could not stop the brave Han army at all, and the Zhongting Pass was also lost.

So far, Han Xin has won the two levels of the North Pivot and the Atrium with a series of plans.

Of nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses, Dian Wei took 30,000, and Han Xin had nearly 40,000 left in his hands excluding the dead and wounded. He led 15,000 men to guard the atrium, and Wei Guang and other deputy generals led other soldiers and horses to guard the northern pivot pass.

Next, the camps of both sides changed.

Han Xin had to defend these two city passes, block the robbery of the Qin State, and wait for Chen Qingzhi's soldiers and horses to arrive.

As I said just now, it is easy to attack the city from the inside of the city pass, so the next time is the biggest test for Han Xin and the others.

Because once it is known that the three passes of the Qinling Mountains are lost, the Qin army in the eastern and western regions will all take it, and it is bound to recapture the three passes, and the Qin army will kill faster than Chen Qingzhi, after all, Chen Qingzhi's soldiers and horses are still in Zhaodu County, and there are still two counties in between.

In order to defend the two levels, Han Xin and Wei Guang began to act, and they piled up earth and stones on the stairs to block the passage to climb, so that if they wanted to take the city pass, they had to use cloud ladders or ladders.

Secondly, they did not carry more arrows, although they collected the equipment of the Qin army, but only a part of it. So they cut down wood, sharpened bamboo, and made the most primitive weapons.

When the two city passes were in full swing to prepare, the fleeing Qin army spread the news of the loss of the two passes to Mengfang. After hearing this, Meng Fang was stunned for a moment.

In the past few days, he led the soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Dian Wei, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Tonglu County were daring to rush here, and they were about to rush, who would have thought that the two passes of the North Hub and the Atrium would be lost!

How can it be!

Meng Fang was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had miscalculated.

I fell for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and the North Pivot Pass and the Atrium Pass were deceived by a serial scheme, and they were lost and occupied!

"Damn, shit! Notify immediately, and go to the atrium gate immediately! Meng Fang immediately ordered, now it is a big deal to regain the city pass.

"Also, immediately send a quick report to General Meng Yi and inform the imperial court that additional troops must be sent! Where did the soldiers and horses of Tonglu County go? Why is it so slow, you can't catch up with the heat when you eat! ”

Meng was in a hurry, Meng Yi handed over the important task of guarding the pass to him, and explained to him before leaving, but he didn't expect that he was still careless.

The only thing to be glad about now is that there can't be too many people in the Xia army, and they came in a hurry and lacked equipment, so they must recapture the three levels at any cost.

Once the reinforcements from the Xia Kingdom arrive, it will be really troublesome.

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After Meng Yi of Qingchuan County took care of Temujin, he prepared to deal with the attacking Xia army. But in the past few days, he suddenly found that after the Xia army entered Tianshui County, the marching speed slowed down, which made Meng Yi suddenly realize a dangerous signal, that is, whether the Xia army was delaying time.

Why procrastinate?

Meng Yi's strategic vision was much higher than that of his cousin Meng Fang, and he immediately guessed that the purpose of delaying time was likely to be related to the three passes of the Qinling Mountains.

"Han Shin, Han Shin... It is said that you lead troops like a god, if you really take risks to seize the Qinling level, then someone will really admire you, not everyone has such courage! Meng Yi sighed, and then ordered the army to turn around, no longer to the east, but to the southwest.

Two days later, the Eagle sent the latest information.

The atrium and the north pivot are lost!

When the news spread, all the generals next to Meng Yi were stunned, it was really unexpected and unbelievable.

Meng Yi sighed, what he was most worried about had happened!

"Immediately notify all the cavalry to rush to the North Pivot Pass, and along the way, notify the soldiers and horses of each county to go to Shanyuan County, attack the central courtyard and the North Hub, and at the same time fortify the main passage of Shanyuan County to resist the reinforcements of the Xia Kingdom! It's not terrible to lose the two levels, we still have a chance to take it back, once the reinforcements of the Xia Kingdom are replenished, that's the beginning of the trouble! ”

Meng Yi made a final decision, so that the emotions of the generals calmed down.

Then he began to dispatch troops and horses to defend Yambara County. As long as you hold on to Shanyuan County, if the Great Xia reinforcements can't get through, then you can breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that Han Xin's military trip is dangerous this time, how could he not take into account the follow-up situation!

Chen Qingzhi had already entered Zhaodu County, he didn't know that Han Xin had already won the two levels, he was just starting to go west to support according to the time agreed with Han Xin, so what Meng Yi didn't expect was that Chen Qingzhi's soldiers and horses were entering Xichuan County, faster than him, and at the fastest marching speed.

Secondly, the stronger reinforcements of the Xia army have crossed the Qijiang River, and a cavalry of 30,000 people has entered Yanzhou County and is chasing Chen Qingzhi's soldiers and horses, and there are more soldiers and horses crossing the river behind, and they will be Han Xin's strongest backup.

The next thing is to see if Han Xin can survive this most dangerous few days, as long as he can hold on, reinforcements will arrive.

Han Xin also thought about holding only one pass, so that he could gather more troops and resist for a longer time.

But later, from a strategic point of view, it was decided to defend the two levels at the same time, and defend them with their lives.