Zhao Zhihai, who frowned, saw the situation on the battlefield clearly on the platform of the Chinese army at this moment.

He estimated that the number of soldiers and horses out of the city had reached about 10,000 at this moment.

At this time, although the 10,000 troops rushing towards the Qin soldiers were chaotic, they were also quite powerful.

However, Zhao Zhihai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and it seemed that he would be able to win today.

Kill the military formation in a straggler formation, even if the number is equal, even if the individual ability is stronger, but the outcome is also doomed.

Sure enough, as soon as the infantry on both sides exchanged hands, it was obvious that the casualties on the side of the Rong people were even heavier.

Zhong Xu rode on the horse, and seeing that the infantry gradually gained the upper hand, he felt a little itchy in his heart, and ordered the cavalry to lead the troops with two thousand people to gather with him, and replace Changge with Changge to enter the Rong army from the flank.

In less than half an hour, the Rong people showed signs of collapse, Zhong Xu killed heartily, stood on the horse and lifted the waist knife and laughed, and his dark face was ruddy.

He continued to rush and kill in the army of Rong soldiers, three in and three out, personally slashed and killed more than a dozen Rong soldiers, and harvested the lives of Rong people on the battlefield like a god of death.

When Zhao Zhihai saw this, he also secretly praised in his heart, Zhong Xu was not a loss, and he was recognized as the number one warrior in the Great Qin Army.

He looked at Xiao Guanchengtou, and couldn't understand why the Rong people didn't retreat, if they waited for the rout killed by the Qin soldiers, it would be a massacre.

Although he thought so, he still ordered Wang Min to lead 20,000 people on the left flank and 4,000 cavalry from Zhao Zhidong to join the battle, so as to completely annihilate the troops outside the city.

Xiao Guan's side also saw that the Qin soldiers and the Chinese army had dispatched soldiers and horses again, obviously wanting to annihilate their soldiers out of the city in one fell swoop, so they blew the horn of "woo".

As soon as the horn sounded, the soldiers who were engaged with Zhong Xu turned their heads and retreated towards Xiao Pass.

In a short time, the retreating army was completely chaotic like an ant colony splashed with boiling water.

Where would Zhong Xu wait for the order of the Chinese army, lift the waist knife and shout "kill", and then chase after the Rong people.

The forward cavalry saw the Xuanwu general's flag rushing towards the direction of Xiao Guancheng like a gallop, and his morale was also greatly shaken, shouting to kill the retreating soldiers.

Gradually, the pursuit turned into a pursuit, and the retreat turned into a rout.

After the Qin army was in the middle of the gold, Xiao Guan left a corpse under the city.

After the whole army returned to the camp, Zhao Zhihai saw Zhong Xu, who was dressed in military uniform, walking in, and said as he walked: "Happy, happy." ”

Walking into the tent of the Chinese army, Zhong Xu took the water handed by the soldier and drank it all.

Zhao Zhihai looked at Zhong Xu after drinking the water, and said softly: "Today, General Zhong has made his first contribution, and he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds every day, General Zhong, you should sit down and rest for a while." ”

As soon as Zhao Zhihai finished speaking, two sergeants came up on both sides and helped Zhong Xu take off his armor.

At this time, Wang Min clenched his fists and said: "General, please forgive the last general, although he has achieved a great victory today, the last general feels a little strange." ”

Zhao Zhihai raised his hand and interrupted Wang Min's words, and said: "What General Wang is worried about is exactly what Zhao is worried about, and you can see clearly in today's battle, the Rong people only go out of the city to meet the battle of about 10,000 people."

According to the scouts before, before the fall of Xiao Pass, the Rong people had nearly 50,000 horses besieged Xiao Pass, and the battles before the city broke down successively eliminated about 20,000 Rong people, it is said that even if the Rong people could not be replenished by soldiers for more than ten days, there were more than 30,000 Rong soldiers in Xiao Pass, why only so few soldiers went out of the city to fight today.

More importantly, today's Rong people did not even send cavalry. ”

When Zhao Zhihai said this, he frowned rarely, and Zhao Zhidong, the deputy general on the side, said at this time: "The general is the main force of the terrorists and is not in Xiaoguan, but has gone somewhere else?" ”

Zhao Zhihai nodded in approval.

At this time, Zhong Xu had already taken off his armor, and seeing that everyone was silent, he said loudly: "General, if it is as the general worries, then tomorrow we will take Xiao Guancheng." ”

Everyone looked at Zhong Xu, although this general is extremely brave, but if he can achieve the position of general, how can he be a brave and unscrupulous person, at present, no one can say the movements of the Rong people, nor can they think of the Rong people's strategy, so they can only take Xiao Guan first and then make plans, and they can't just come to Xiao Guan and return to Yuanzhou for no reason.

Zhao Zhihai nodded, and said: "Today is a great victory, everyone will go back to repair first, and wait until tomorrow when the whole army will fight bravely to kill the enemy and recapture Xiao Pass." ”

The generals responded in unison.

After Zhao Wangzhong and the three left, Zhao Zhihai personally repaired two letters, one to Zhao Zhiliang, who led 30,000 soldiers and guarded the defense of the five counties, and asked him to quickly take over the defense and pay attention to the movements of the Rong people.

The second letter was sent to Wonju, so that while Jieyuan strengthened his vigilance, he should pay attention to the fact that the main force of the Rong people might attack Wonju at any time.

He wrote down the current situation of Xiao Guan and his own analysis in the letter, which was a little relieved.

He has an army of 70,000, and no matter what tricks he Rong people have, he can't escape the final outcome of the decisive battle between the two armies, so it is the best plan at the moment to respond to all changes with the same.

But Zhao Zhihai was still a little apprehensive in his heart, it is said that in the past ten days, the Rong people will definitely send reinforcements to Xiao Guan, so as to prepare for a comprehensive attack on the Qin State, after all, this is the best situation that the Rong people have achieved in more than 500 years, how can they sit back and wait for themselves to recover the lost territory.

He was already ready for a decisive battle with the army of about 100,000 Rong people under Xiaoguan City, but now it seems that this battle is not as simple as he thought.

Although Xiaoguan is a closed city, it is under the control of the Yuanzhou General Government like the five counties of Longde, Jingyang, Wushi, Chaona, and Dayuan, and there are also county officials, county lieutenants, and county officials.

But after the looting by the Rong people, the original officials have long been missing. And Yongyun was in a hurry to retreat from Xiao Guan, and he didn't know whether those officials had defected to the enemy or died in battle.

Day 2.

In the county hall in the city, Zhao Zhihai sat at the top with a somewhat ugly face, and below the hall stood more than ten generals, captains and military marquises, such as Zhao Zhidong.

When they saw Zhao Zhihai's face and thought of the strangeness of attacking Xiao Guan City today, they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, and they didn't have the slightest excitement to recapture Xiao Guan.

What made Zhao Zhihai's face ugly was not only that the whole army unexpectedly got an empty city when they went to Xiaoguan today, but also a letter left by the Narong people in the county government hall, and it was this letter that made Zhao Zhihai know that he had been calculated by the Rong people.

"Great Qin Zhonggen, General Zhao Taijian.

There is no way to rebel against Zhou, and it has been more than 500 years since Xia pseudo-edicted the world, and now Xia wants to reshape Zhengshuo.

The state of Northern Qin, rebelling against Zhou, is not the right seal of the Mandate of Heaven...... The Great Xia soldiers and horses are like a forest, turning over their hands to destroy Qin, and covering their hands to kill Zhou, it is easy.

I hope that Lord Zhao will know his way back when he is lost, so as not to die.

Great Xia Qin Shan Yu Xiao Shun Song Da'an. ”

In this rather decently written letter, the Rong people regarded themselves as Great Xia, and even said that the world was established by the Zhou people usurping their land.

Once such a declaration is made public, it will put on the cloak of law for the Rong people, Zhao Zhihai feels that this Rong person surnamed Xiao is indeed not simple, and he actually knows how to use the law to build momentum.

The surname Xiao, isn't this the surname of Shangdang County, Hexi County, Zhao Zhihai Judging from the payment in the letter, this Rong Shan Yu is more like the surname of the Qin people, and the title of Qin Shan Yu also seems to be in line with the practice of Rong Shan Yu in the name of the tribe.

In this way, I can explain why there are many doubts in my heart such as the frequent rebels in this war.

Strictly speaking, the content of this letter did not make Zhao Zhihai feel worried, but a few lines of small words were written under the letter, which was the root cause of Zhao Zhihai's ugly face.

"Lord Zhao, my soldiers of the Xia Kingdom are hospitable, and I will lend Xiao Guan to my lord, so that my brothers can have a good rest.

As the host, we just sleep in the mountains and forests, Lord Zhao does not need to be polite, and please ask Lord Zhao to smile and accept it.

When Lord Zhao doesn't want to stay in Xiao Guan, I will come to pick it up.

There will be a period later. ”

Zhao Zhihai sat in the hall of the county government, holding the letter in his hand and pondering for a long time, and everyone in the hall also looked up at Zhao Zhihai.

"Newspaper".

A sergeant hurried into the hall, which attracted everyone's attention.

And Zhao Zhihai also woke up from his contemplation and said to the sergeant, "Speak." ”

The sergeant was sent by Zhao Zhihai to check the situation in the city when the army entered the city, and at this time, he had just finished the investigation and came to report the news.

I saw the sergeant clenching his fists and said: "General, there is not a single soldier in the city, and there are 39,000 people in the whole city. ”

Speaking of this, the sergeant was stunned, obviously he still had something to say.

Zhao Zhihai couldn't see it, so he said to the sergeant, "But there are other things to detect?" ”

The sergeant continued: "General, the people of the city said that last night the Rong people looted all the grain and grass in the homes of all the people in the city, and they all left the city through the west gate early this morning. ”

When Zhao Zhihai heard this, his color changed slightly, but he instantly returned to his normal color, so he raised his hand lightly and waved it, indicating that he already knew, and the sergeant got up and walked out.

Zhao Zhihai hurriedly asked Zhao Zhidong: "Zhidong, how much of our military rations are left?" ”

When Zhao Zhihai asked, most of the people already understood the intention of what Rong Ren was doing, and there was a hissing inhalation sound in the hall from time to time.

Zhao Zhidong hugged his fists and said: "General, when our army left Yuanzhou, we requisitioned 10,000 people to carry January grain and grass with the team, today is the seventh day we left Yuanzhou, and the second batch of grain and grass will be shipped from Yuanzhou in three days, and it is expected to arrive in Xiaoguan around the tenth." ”

Zhao Zhihai stood up and immediately said to Zhong Xu: "General Zhong, you will quickly order 30,000 troops, occupy the Yinyangou Heights, close the village with danger, and ensure that the passage of grain and grass for our army is unblocked." ”

Zhong Xu also understood that the stakes were high, so he got up and answered the "promise", ordered the three captains in the hall, and left together.

Seeing Zhong Xu walk out of the hall, Zhao Zhihai dismissed everyone, leaving only Zhao Zhidong and Wang Min.

After everyone left, Zhao Zhihai got straight to the point and said: "General Wang, north of Xiaoguan is the Qinlan Mountains, and no road to the mainland has been found for hundreds of years, and the Rong people will not hide here."

However, there are several small roads south of Xiao Pass that lead to Yuanzhou, so you can immediately send soldiers to investigate the small roads south of Xiao Pass for any movement. ”

Hearing Zhao Zhihai's words, King Zhao and the two looked at each other in shock, and Zhao Zhidong asked anxiously: "General, has the situation deteriorated to such a point?" Even if the Rong people cut off the back road of our army's grain transportation, our army's 70,000 troops will be recaptured. ”

Wang Min seemed to think of something, and said to Zhao Zhidong: "General Zhao, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind."

If the Rong people occupy the back road, our army will be caught in the middle of the Rong people's attack. ”

Zhao Zhidong has also lived in the army for a long time, how can he not understand this, he was anxious for a while, but he didn't think of it, and when he heard Wang Min's words, he suddenly understood.

just looked at Zhao Zhihai in disbelief.

The only hope in the hearts of everyone in the hall at this moment was pinned on Zhong Xu.