In the past few days, Zhongshan has been very unpeaceful, and news of the loss of the city has repeatedly come from the border, and the defenders have not been able to make a decent resistance, and the Qin army is almost like a bamboo, constantly approaching the hinterland of Zhongshan Kingdom.

The guard of Ling'an Pass is Lin Xinzi, who is quite famous in Zhongshan State, with his fame and true talent in the Zhongshan Army, he should have won an official and a half-post in Shoucheng, the national capital, but because he dislikes the faces of those doctors, he disdains to be with them, and lacks the dredge of the court, so he is nearly half a hundred years old but can still only be an ordinary guard in Ling'an Pass.

Ling'an Pass is one of the few passes built by the mountains in Zhongshan Kingdom, compared to the rest of the places that have no danger to defend, it can be said that it is the first important place in Zhongshan Kingdom, and once this pass is lost, the hinterland of Zhongshan Kingdom will open the door. Earlier, Lin Xinzi had written to Uncle Zhongshan, hoping to hoard heavy troops here, and start a big battle with the Qin army, even if the pass is lost, the Qin army will inevitably have losses, if it is lucky to hold down, then the morale of the defenders everywhere is undoubtedly a great encouragement, but to his disappointment, his performance is like a stone sinking into the sea, and he has not received any reply.

Then, he heard that Zhongshan Bo had hired a hermit named Chen Ziyou, Lin Xinzi was full of expectations and thought that this person would put forward some high opinions, but what he never expected was that the subsequent instructions from Shoucheng made him dumbfounded for a while.

The number of defenders in various places remains unchanged as usual, if the Qin army tackles a key attack, it can be defended, and if it can't be defended, it will be abandoned.

"I'm in a hurry to go to the doctor!" When he heard this command, Lin Xinzi said hatefully. In his opinion, Chen Ziyou just wanted to concentrate superior forces and fight a defensive battle in the national capital.

Lin Xinzi is patrolling the city of Ling'an Pass at the moment, always paying attention to the movements outside the pass, although he is not satisfied with the arrangement of the court, but as a soldier, he can only try his best to do his part.

"General, the latest horse exploration report, the Liuxi Pass guards will abandon the pass and flee, the Qin army is like a bamboo, and it is speculated that it is a hundred miles away from Ling'an Pass!" A soldier hurried up to the city.

Lin Xinzi's eyes were gloomy after hearing this, the defenders in the city were only 3,000 people, and in the face of the Qin army's 50,000 tiger and wolf division, it was not a unified enemy at all, even if it relied on the fortifications of the city pass, it could only last for two days at most.

"Send the order, let the soldiers move the boulders and hot dung to the city, and let the spies report every hour, I want to know the movements of the Qin army at any time, and then order all the soldiers to give me the city wall, shoot arrows if you can't, and throw boulders if you can't!" Although Lin Xinzi knew that the city pass was difficult to defend, he was the main general, and he must not lose his sense of proportion at this time, otherwise it would be easy for the army's morale to waver.

Just as Ling'an Pass was in full swing, the Qin army hundreds of miles away was getting closer and closer.

50,000 battle-hardened Qin army iron cavalry is marching mightily, the leading general is full of spring breeze, the first time he led the army to go out, he did not encounter many obstacles along the way, three days ago to break through the Liuxi Pass, the defender is even more desperate to flee, the Qin army will not be bloody will Zhongshan border passes all broken.

The Ling'an Pass that is about to be faced, although I heard that the guard Lin Xinzi is famous, and he is steady, but according to reliable reports, the defenders in the city are only 3,000, and there has never been a case of breaking 50,000 with 3,000 in history, and the main general Liu Wei is convinced that Ling'an Pass can be taken in less than three days, and once the Ling'an Pass is broken, Zhongshan will lose the most important line of defense, and Shoucheng is at his fingertips.

Before the expedition, Bai Lang had predicted the strategy that Zhongshan would adopt, and in Bai Lang's view: Zhongshan Guo hoarded heavy troops to defend Ling'an Pass, which was the best policy; Gather heavy troops in Shoucheng and protect the country to the death, this is the middle policy; On the wilderness, it is the next policy to confront the Qin army's iron cavalry.

Therefore, Bai Lang told Liu Weiqian that he should be careful when attacking Ling'an Pass, and not suffer too many casualties, because according to Bai Lang's prediction, even if Zhongshan Guo took the best strategy and stubbornly defended Ling'an Pass to store food in the pass, it would not be able to support it for more than three months.

Liu Wei smiled, and then said to Deputy General Zhang beside him: "Before the expedition, General Bai told us a thousand times, thinking that Zhongshan Guo would take the strategy of defending Ling'an Pass, so we must not be careless when attacking Ling'an Pass, but at this moment, there are only 3,000 defenders in Ling'an Pass. It seems that General Bai still overestimated Zhongshan Kingdom! ”

Vice General Zhang smiled flatteringly: "General Liu will definitely win a big victory this time, and after returning to China, the lord of the country will definitely be added to the rank and knight, and don't forget to bring some of his brothers with him when the time comes." ”

Liu Wei nodded and said, "Send the order down, speed up the march, and strive to reach the front of Ling'an Pass before dark." ”

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Returning to Ling'an Pass, Lin Xinzi was personally inspecting the city.

"Brethren, take heart! If the Ling'an Pass is lost, and the Qin army's iron cavalry drives straight in, your parents, brothers and sisters will all become prisoners of the Qin army, we are not just fighting for our own lives, I will take the lead in the battle of guarding the pass, and fight with you on the front line! Lin Xinzi said loudly.

Although these words made the soldiers a little emboldened, they also knew in their hearts that 3,000 against 50,000 was just a stubborn resistance, if it weren't for Lin Xinzi's prestige in the army, there must have been many soldiers who had secretly fled at this moment.

At this moment, the three thousand soldiers in the gate suddenly stopped their movements in unison, and they all turned their eyes to the outside of the pass.

The sound of heavy iron hooves stepping on the ground had reached their ears, and as far as they could see, a large number of figures were slowly emerging in the dust.

Lin Xinzi stared straight at the more and more figures, and as the dust cleared, the terrifying cavalry became clear.

All black robes and black armor, even the war horses are black.

The people on the city pass gasped, because they found that as far as the eye could see, the cavalry phalanx of the Qin army could not reach the bottom.

The defenders are all natives of Zhongshan, although they have been veterans for many years, but Zhongshan has been at ease for many years and has not been at war for a long time, and they are all the first time to see such a large-scale army.

Fear, despair and other emotions have begun to spread in everyone's hearts, Lin Xinzi looked at the people who were already timid, he knew that the two armies were facing each other, and Mr. was cowardly, and he had already lost half of it.

Do you want to abandon the gate and leave? Just like the guards of the city gates before. Anyway, the order from the capital did not require him to defend the Ling'an Pass, even if he abandoned the pass and left, he would not be punished.

For the first time, Lin Xinzi hesitated about the question of whether to abandon or not.

But he didn't have time to think about it, because at this time, the Qin army sounded the first horn of siege.