Ling'an Pass, on the city wall.

Li San is a new recruit who was forced to leave his hometown more than a month ago after the government conscripted him, and after a very short period of training, he was placed in Ling'an Pass.

He thought he was very unlucky, many of the soldiers trained during the same period were arranged in the national capital Shoucheng, and there were few people like him who were arranged to Ling'an Pass. The most devastating thing is that not long after he became a soldier, he was about to go to the battlefield, and he never imagined that the loss of the border passes would be so rapid, causing Ling'an Pass, which was originally in the hinterland, to face the iron cavalry of the 50,000 Qin army so quickly.

It was the first time he saw such a large cavalry phalanx, and he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he collapsed to the ground. Although the veterans around him helped him up, his legs were still trembling for a long time.

"Don't be afraid, this kind of battle is still a small battle, and I have seen other bigger battles." That's what the veteran said to him at the time.

However, Li Sanmen clearly remembered the look of fear on the veteran's face when he first saw Qin Jun, but he was still very grateful to the veteran for comforting him, thanks to his help in the past few days, he had avoided some dangers several times.

But now there was no one to help him, and the veteran had died under the sword of a Qin soldier who had climbed the city walls during the siege launched by the Qin army the previous night.

The scene at that time, Li San is still vivid today.

That night, the Qin army launched three waves of attacks, the first three were skillfully resolved under the coordination of the defender Lin Xinzi, according to the previous habits of the Qin army, the soldiers were relieved, thinking that the Qin army would not launch another offensive, but what they never expected was that when the defenders were lax, the Qin army organized 10,000 people to light up torches that could illuminate a radius of 100 miles, and the fire shone clearly inside and outside the city.

Three thousand cavalry archers galloped back and forth under the city, launching a total of twelve waves of salvo fire at Ling'an Pass, and the sky at the head of Ling'an Pass was covered by a rain of arrows.

This is not the end, under the exclamation of a soldier, everyone was surprised to find that hundreds of Qin soldiers had been lurking under the pass by night, and with the cover of arrow rain, they were climbing the city wall with hook claws.

"Use the stones! Smash them down! A centurion hurriedly shouted, and as he spoke, he lifted a stone and threw it at the climbing Qin soldiers.

Everyone came to their senses and hurriedly followed, but it was too late.

The first few Qin soldiers had already crossed the city wall, pulled out the short knife at their waists, and cut down several soldiers of the Zhongshan Kingdom, and there was chaos on the city wall for a while.

Taking advantage of the chaos of this piece of the city wall, dozens of Qin soldiers crossed the city wall, although they were facing several times the Zhongshan soldiers, they were not afraid at all, and the ruthlessness of wielding the knife scared the Zhongshan soldiers of the Zhongshan Kingdom who had been in the battle formation for a long time and did not dare to draw their swords.

"Bastard!" The centurion scolded angrily, pulled out the long knife at his waist and rushed over, using the long knife to the short knife, relying on the advantage of the weapon, he cut down several Qin soldiers.

Everyone was encouraged by him, and finally mustered up the courage to rush towards the Qin soldiers, and with the advantage of numbers, they gradually surrounded the remaining dozen or so Qin soldiers.

It's a pity that this side focused its energy on the Qin soldiers on the city wall, and there was no one to take care of the Qin soldiers who were climbing, and after a while, nearly a hundred Qin soldiers climbed up, and in turn surrounded Li San and others.

Finished!

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, the same situation happened in the rest of the city walls, it was definitely too late to rescue, and now they were at a numerical disadvantage, how could they defeat these fierce Qin soldiers in front of them.

After a chaotic battle, the Qin soldiers surrounded Li San and the others, who only had a few people left.

Li San licked his lips in despair, held the hilt of the knife hard, and was about to make a last fight, at this moment, a cold light passed behind him, Li San hurriedly turned around, but saw the veteran who had been helping him fall behind him, but Li Sanmen clearly remembered that the veteran was standing beside him just now.

The veteran helped him block the fatal blow.

Li San slashed the sneak attacking Qin soldier with a knife, half-knelt on the ground, and cried while holding the corpse of the veteran.

This veteran, whom he had only known for a few days, saved himself. He still remembered that the veteran had said that Li San was very much like his son in Shoucheng.

Because of this simple reason, the veteran saved Li Sanyi's life with his own life.

Li San, who had already lost his strength, let go of the handle of the knife and looked weakly at the Qin soldiers who were surrounding.

He closed his eyes, ready for the impending death.

But death did not come as scheduled, Li San heard the mournful shouts of Qin soldiers in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, the Qin soldiers around him fell to the ground, and at this time, a pair of shoes appeared in front of Li San's eyes.

Li San looked up and saw a general dressed as an officer standing in front of him.

"Wipe away your tears and hold the long knife in your hand!" The officer said in a deep voice.

"Wait, I'll send more people here to cheer me up! From now on, you are the centurion of this piece of soldiers! “，

When the officer walked away, Li San came back to his senses, he wiped his eyes that had been hazy with tears, and picked up the long knife that the veteran had used at his feet.

Later, after hearing the soldiers who were dispatched, Li San learned that the officer who saved him was the guard general of Ling'an Pass, Lin Xinzi.

......

Lin Xinzi hadn't slept for three days, and he had just finished resisting the third wave of the Qin army's offensive an hour ago, thinking that it would be rare to take a break, but there was a sudden change in the city, and he could only rush to the city with three hundred personal soldiers.

Fortunately, there were not many Qin soldiers who broke up, although it brought a lot of trouble, but under the rapid suppression, the Qin soldiers were finally cleared. After this incident, Lin Xinzi no longer dared to take it lightly, he couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if something like today's happened again.

How many days can you keep it?

Lin Xinzi asked himself helplessly in his heart, from the moment the Qin army arrived at the pass, Lin Xinzi sent people to ask for help from the various passes and the national capital, but the reply from the national capital did not arrive for a long time, and the rest of the customs rejected the request for reinforcements on the grounds of lack of manpower, and some generals who had a good personal relationship with him on weekdays persuaded him to give up Ling'an Pass.

But as a soldier, he is the guard of Ling'an Pass, so he abandoned the pass and left, how can he be worthy of the people who have trusted him for many years in the pass? If the Qin army enters the customs, the people will definitely have to suffer, and Lin Xinzi can't bear it.

"General, the casualties just now have been counted." The deputy general walked to Lin Xinzi's side.

"Say it." Lin Xinzi said in a deep voice.

"A total of four places were raided, 209 people died, 76 people were seriously injured, and everywhere could no longer maintain the establishment of 100 people, and the worst one, the general should have the impression that only 4 people survived in the team of 100 people."

Lin Xinzi frowned, the situation was even worse than he imagined, such an established team could not afford to defend a city wall at all.

"Bring in the soldiers who are resting and hurry up to fill the vacancy." Lin Xinzi said helplessly.

After hearing this, the adjutant general hurriedly said: "But, general, in this way, the originally arranged shift will be completely messed up, and the soldiers can't even guarantee basic rest, in case of mutiny in the army......

"Do as I say." Lin Xinzi said sharply, how could he not know the seriousness of the problem of such an arrangement, in the past few days, the number of soldiers has been greatly reduced, from the original three shifts a day to two shifts, and now, even two shifts cannot be guaranteed.

If there are no reinforcements in the national capital, nothing else, Ling'an Pass should not be able to hold it tomorrow.

Lin Xinzi looked into the distance and tore the first dawn of the night, the dawn that should have symbolized hope could not dispel the darkness that shrouded the hearts of everyone in Ling'an Pass at this time.