Early in the morning of the second day, 100,000 people in Yuanzhou City walked out of Chongyao Gate, and stood on both sides of the road along the road of Yuanzhou and Xiaoguan all the way to the west, watching 70,000 soldiers holding the Xuanwu banner and marching to Xiaoguan.

The people stuffed the hot water, boiled eggs, and baked bread in their hands to the soldiers who were on the expedition, which made most of the Qin soldiers from Qinlan County burst into tears.

The generals who led the team did not prevent such a thing from happening, after all, every bowl of water, every piece of bread, and every egg was full of the ardent hope of the people.

They hoped that their soldiers would be able to repel the Rong people, so that the legendary cannibal Rong Dimo would come and invade their homeland.

There are also ordinary people who are the families of the soldiers who have died and disappeared in the past month, after all, 40,000 soldiers have died or their whereabouts are unknown in the past month.

Many of these 40,000 soldiers were the children of Yuanju City, their children were filial piety, and their parents were full of white hair, kneeling along the galloping road for a long time.

The soldiers naturally understood that the people kneeling on the ground wanted them to avenge their loved ones.

Silently more than ten miles, 70,000 soldiers walked for half a day, when there were no more people on both sides of the road, the pressure in their hearts was slightly reduced.

But what has not diminished is a lot of resentment and vengeful rage.

The people in Yuanzhou City always stood on both sides of the galloping road, and when they could no longer see a single soldier or horse, they were reluctant to leave for a long time.

Two hundred and forty miles away, if an army of 70,000 marches at full speed, it will only take about four days to arrive.

However, the situation of the Rong people's defense and Xiao Pass was not clear for the time being, so it was not until the fifth day that Zhao Zhihai and others set up camp forty miles east of Xiao Pass.

After repairing overnight, the next day, in the Chinese military account, Zhao Zhihai carefully looked at the military map of Xiaoguan mountains and rivers, Zhao Zhidong, Wang Min, and Zhong Xu stood on Zhao Zhihai's left and right, and also followed Zhao Zhihai's gaze to check the military map in detail.

In fact, this military map, the three of them have been familiar with it for a while, but seeing that the main general is so cautious, the three of them have to accompany Zhao Zhihai to observe together.

At this time, the three of them had already seen Zhao Zhihai's cautious and cautious focus, the Yinyan Ditch seventeen miles east of Xiaoguan City.

Zhao Zhihai carefully observed for about a quarter of an hour, raised his head and asked the three of them, "What do you think?" ”

Zhong Xu said: "General, the scout has come to report that he has not seen the Rong people east of Xiao Pass, but he will meet some Rong spies along the way. ”

Wang Min frowned, interrupted Zhong Xu's words, and said: "General Zhong, the scouts have attacked and defended each other with the Rong people's spies in the past few days, and the damage is great, and they have not been able to deeply explore the depth of the left and right sides of the gallop road.

There is no Rong brigade in the east of Xiao Pass and east of Xiao Guan, there is a completely different difference between the two, General, from my camp to Xiao Guan, there are only dozens of miles of hills around Yinyan Ditch, and the Chi Road is also six miles away through Yinyan Ditch, I am afraid that the Rong people will set up an ambush here. ”

Zhao Zhihai nodded, looked at Zhao Zhidong and said, "Sixth brother, what do you think?" ”

This Zhao Zhidong is Zhao Zhihai's cousin, ranking sixth among the direct clansmen, he and General Zhao Zhiliang are brothers, and Zhao Zhiliang is the seventh.

Although these two people and Zhao Zhihai are not the same mother, Zhao Zhihai likes the most in the family, and is also the most optimistic about the two brothers, Zhao Zhidong is old and serious, Zhao Zhiliang is brave, and Zhao Zhihai has been the right-hand man of the government and the opposition in recent years.

Zhao Zhidong saw Zhao Zhihai asking him, so he said to Zhao Zhihai: "If you don't set up an ambush, just go and see." ”

Zhao Zhihai also thinks so, instead of doing it behind closed doors here, it is better to go and see the situation there in person before making a decision.

Zhao Zhihai immediately sent Zhao Zhidong to lead 5,000 troops to investigate the situation of Yinyan Valley, and Zhao Zhidong took the order.

Half a day later, the soldiers sent a report from Zhao Zhidong, Yinyangou did not find the Rong army, Zhao Zhihai listened to the order, ordered Zhao Zhidong's soldiers and horses to occupy the high ground in Yinyangou, and the whole army must pass through Yinyangou before sunset.

All the soldiers agreed in unison, and the 60,000-strong army marched rapidly in the direction of Yinyan Valley.

Two hours later, Zhao Zhihai and Zhao Zhidong stood on a high ground in Yinyan Ditch, quietly watching tens of thousands of soldiers march through Yinyan Ditch under their feet.

It seems that he is overthinking.

Zhao Zhihai finally relieved his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

But it's always better to worry more than to plan less, which makes Zhao Zhihai faintly look down on the commander of the Rong people, he always thought that the Rong people had achieved such a great result in this invasion, and the commander must be a powerful figure.

But where did he ever think, but he didn't even take advantage of this God-given dangerous land, and just let his people pass without any hindrance.

You know, this is the only and best ambush location to encircle the people east of Xiao Pass, if you were to change yourself, you wouldn't waste such a moat.

By the time it got dark, the last group of soldiers had all crossed the Silver Rock Gully.

The army set up camp ten miles east of Xiaoguan City.

Seeing that everything was going very well, but Zhao Zhihai in the Chinese army's account felt a little strange, not only did the soldiers not stop this time, but they didn't do anything, and the Qin army and his party went smoothly and a little abnormal.

Zhao Zhihai found that during the afternoon march, the Rong people's scouts kept probing the movements of their army in the distance, and when they sent people to chase them, they ran far away, and after a while, some scouts came from other places.

Although he always felt a little strange in his heart, but in the end it was the 70,000 army that pressed the city, Zhao Zhihai thought about it repeatedly and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but just ordered each army to send additional scouts to observe the movements of the Rong people, and each barracks were garrisoned, so he didn't make any more arrangements.

The two sides who were ten miles apart were under each other's eyelids at this time, and it was difficult to make any surprise moves.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Zhihai summoned Zhao Zhidong and Wang Min, and Zhong Xu to discuss the upcoming battle.

How to arrange the troops, how to surprise, Zhao Zhihai took out all kinds of measures that he had thought of all night last night and continued to deduce with the three of them.

When he was in Yuanzhou, in addition to asking Yongyun to learn about the tactics of the Rong people, he also inquired about the other generals of the former garrison Xiaoguan who fled back, and he also thought of some measures and countermeasures for the tactics of the Rong people, and he discussed them with the three many times during this time.

The four of them discussed for a long time, and finally decided that Zhong Xu would be the vanguard, Zhao Zhihai would be the commander of the Chinese army, and Zhao Zhidong and Wang Min would rely on each other on the left and right, which was quite similar to the traditional military formation tactics of the Rong people, but the difference was in the details such as the formation arrangement of the opposing troops.

After everything was ready, the Chinese army sounded the sound of three drums, and the 70,000-strong army rushed to Xiaoguan like a black cloud.

Xiao Guancheng, which has fallen for more than ten days, still stands majestically on the Qingshui River, although the owner has changed, but the familiar Guancheng is still the totem in the hearts of 70,000 Qin soldiers.

Everyone firmly believes in their hearts that it will not be long before this Xiongguan will still return to the embrace of Great Qin.

The army stopped three miles outside Xiao Guan City, and formed a battle formation in an orderly manner under the sound of drums, and Zhao Zhihai looked at Xiao Guan City on the general platform under the banner of the Chinese army Xuanwu that had been temporarily erected.

Countless flags made of animal skins fluttered at the head of Xiao Guan, and the burning sun on the banner emitted several rays of light.

Above the city, dense Rong soldiers with weapons in their hands stood at every battlement.

Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, Zhao Zhihai could feel a murderous aura enveloping the entire Xiao Pass.

Within a moment when the Qin soldiers began to line up, the Rong people closed the city and opened it widely, and the Rong soldiers continued to pour out from the city.

Zhao Zhihai fixed his eyes on the formation of Rong soldiers, and sure enough, he saw that they were not bad as he expected, and he also discharged the four military formations on the left, right, middle and back.

About half an hour, Zhao Zhihai saw that the Qin soldiers had finished their formation, so he ordered the vanguard to attack.

Zhong Xu was impatient to wait for a long time, and when he saw Zhao Zhihai's order, he quickly pressed towards Xiao Guancheng with 10,000 forwards.

In just a distance of 1,000 steps, 8,000 foot soldiers walked towards Xiao Guan in unison. A thousand cavalry on each side of the vanguard line also rushed forward from each side.

According to the pre-established tactics, the cavalry was to quickly skip the formation on both sides of the Rong before the infantry arrived, and use bows and arrows to hinder the completion of the Rong array. Then use the infantry to storm the most chaotic part of the array.

This is Zhao Zhihai's tactics, just like his character, taking the initiative, building fighters and peeking at their shortcomings, and once they find an opportunity, they will strive to kill them with one blow.

The Rong soldiers under Xiao Guan City had obviously not lined up yet, and facing the Qin cavalry who were already approaching, they were even more panicked.

Soldiers were still pouring out of the gates, but the soldiers who had already lined up found that the array behind them was still empty.

Qin's 2,000 iron cavalry had already roared from the flanks, and the archers of the Rong people began to shoot arrows at the cavalry.

They were worried that these cavalry would rush into the formation like the cavalry of Xiao Guan before, after all, the shadow caused by the Xuanjia cavalry was too great.

Fortunately, there are less than 10,000 Xuanjia cavalry in the world, although the Rong people don't know this, they can see the Qin cavalry coming and still mess up, and even more so they saw the Qin cavalry break away from the team, baring their teeth and raising a big stick to rush towards the cavalry.

"Barbarians."

Zhao Zhihai saw it clearly in the Chinese army. Seeing this, he couldn't help but show contempt, and when he saw that the soldiers who rushed out of the array were constantly shot by the cavalry and thought of the Yinyan Ditch, he suddenly became even more contemptuous.

At this time, he was a little strange why Fang Mingxin would lose Xiao Guan and throw his life here.

Could it be that Fang Mingxin is old, so he won't fight?

Thinking about the general who once led thousands of Xuanjia to ride in the 50,000 army of the Qi State and rushed into a no-man's land, Zhao Zhihai couldn't help but shake his head.

However, at this moment, he thought of someone else, the rebels.

Since Fang Mingxin could not be able to fight because of old age, it must have been the surprise of the rebels that caused Fang Mingxin's defeat and death. Obviously, Yong Yunqi did not lie to himself in this matter.

And now he is not too worried about the appearance of the rebels, because according to Yongyunqi, he has killed four thousand rebels, and the heads are real.

Therefore, Zhao Zhihai believes that there are not many rebels on the side of the Rong people, otherwise how can it be all Rong people who go out of the city to fight, he does not believe that these Rong people will protect the rebels as guests.

The battle went very smoothly, and before the infantry could arrive, the Rong positions were already in chaos by the cavalry.

It's just that the brave Rong people did not retreat, but instead raised their weapons one after another and slaughtered the Qin soldiers in a chaotic manner.