After Zhong Xu led his troops to fight to the death, he finally occupied the high ground on both sides of the west entrance of Chidao, and this battle did not make Zhong Xu feel too much joy.

In his opinion, the opponent's army stationed on the high ground is only about 5,000 people, and he almost defeated the Rong people with 10,000 against 5,000, if it were not for his super personal combat strength, if it was not for the 20,000 soldiers in the rear team to kill in time, then the battle to attack the high ground is likely to be a fiasco.

Standing on the high ground, Zhong Xu looked east, only to see the rolling hills full of forests, large and small highlands, Zhong Xu frowned, he knew that although the Yinyangou Chi Road was only six miles deep, but the hilly areas on both sides of the Chi Road were dozens of miles deep, and how to enter at this moment made him hesitate a little.

After thinking about it, Zhong Xu ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the high ground on both sides of the gallop road, and sent someone to send a military report to Xiao Guan.

After Zhao Zhihai received Zhong Xu's military report, he walked to the military map with Wang Min and Zhao Zhidong, and carefully examined the landforms on both sides of Yinyan Ditch.

Zhao Zhihai was quite satisfied with Zhong Xu's caution, and he also agreed with the judgment that after a hard battle, it was not suitable to launch an attack on the deep heights.

But he was still a little dissatisfied with Zhong Xu's nearly 6,000 cavalry killed and wounded in today's battle, and he felt that he should wait for the infantry to arrive before launching an attack after the cavalry had detected the reality of the Rongren defenders, so that he could use the superior forces to quickly repel the defenders and occupy the high ground.

After some discussion, Zhao Zhihai issued an order to Zhong Xu, asking him to repair first today, and when he fights again tomorrow, he must first send scouts to investigate the movements of the Rong people on the high ground on both sides of the Yinyan Ditch Chi Road, and then concentrate the superior forces to seize the high ground on both sides of the Chi Road one by one.

In addition, it is best to be able to detect the movements of the main force of the Rong people, so that they can annihilate the Rong soldiers in one fell swoop, completely solve the Rong people who strangled the grain route of the Qin army, and solve the future trouble once and for all.

On the second day, Zhong Xu sent dozens of scouts to explore the various mountains and highlands along the way, ten miles deep on the left and right. But to his surprise, none of the scouts reported any movement until sunset in the afternoon.

This made Zhong Xu a little confused, could it be that the Rong people left 5,000 people and wanted to hold the retreat of 70,000 Qin soldiers?

But no matter what his doubts, Zhong Xu still sent troops to advance from both sides of Yinyan Ditch at the same time the next day, and took all the high ground on both sides of Yinyan Ditch in less than a day.

Before sunset that day, Xiao Guan City received the news that Zhong Xujun had completely recovered the Yinyangou Chidao.

Looking at the military newspaper in his hand, Zhao Zhihai's face looked a little dignified, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

The reason for his solemn face was the same as Zhong Xu's, he didn't understand why the Rong people didn't guard with danger like on the first day, so he easily let Zhong Xu break their plan to cut off the Qin army's back route.

After some thought, Zhao Zhihai ordered Zhong Xu to hold the main heights on both sides of Yinyan Ditch to avoid the risk of being broken by the Rong people due to the dispersion of troops, and at the same time sent scouts to explore the deep hilly areas every day to ensure the safety of the lifeline of the Chi Road.

After the order was given, Zhao Zhihai sighed. At this moment, he finally understood the intentions of the Rong people.

In his opinion, the Rong people's move of sticking a knife in the back not only made him fall into passivity, but also dispersed his army of 70,000, thus losing the ability to take the initiative to attack.

Zhong Xu's more than 20,000 soldiers could only be stationed on both sides of Yinyan Ditch for a long time after that, and Xiao Pass only had 40,000 troops available, and the defense of the city was still insufficient.

The Rong people, on the other hand, can attack and defend, and it seems that Xiao Pass has gained and lost, but from the entire strategic level, they have occupied an extremely favorable initiative.

The Qin side did not know the movement of the main force of the Rong army, so it could only deploy heavy troops to guard it city by city and pass by pass, and even some dangerous roads had to be defended.

Xiaoguan, Yuanzhou, Longde, Jingyang, Wushi, Chaona, Dayuan and the unlost Sumeru three passes scattered nearly 200,000 troops of the Qin State, which is nearly half of the military strength of Great Qin, but Zhao Zhihai sadly found that he had lost the ability to take the initiative to attack, which made him quite depressed.

Could it be that as soon as he led the troops to Xiaoguan, he had to ask Xijing for help. Zhao Zhihai's self-esteem does not allow this, how can the Zhao family show weakness to others at this time.

He lifted the pen in his hand and ordered Zhao Zhiliang, the garrison of the five counties, to immediately divide 20,000 troops, and at the same time launch an attack on the four passes of Mica Pass, Qixia Pass, Bitan Pass, and Musashi Pass, and take the four passes at all costs.

According to Zhao Zhihai's thoughts, this time the battle of Rong and Qin has reached such a point, and his only chance of winning is to recapture the lost pass, and then find the main force of the Rong army, and concentrate on a decisive battle with it.

Therefore, the breakthrough to reverse his passive situation was from Xiao Guan to the four passes of Sumeru, which had fallen.

After Zhong Xu received Xiao Guan's order, he dispersed his troops and garrisoned them according to the order.

He arranged 7,000 soldiers on each of the high ground exits on the east and west sides of Yinyan Gully, and arranged another 10,000 soldiers to guard the four highest mountains along the way.

Zhong Xu believes that the focus of the Yinyan Ditch garrison is to hold the two highlands in the east and west, and the many hills in the middle only need to occupy the highest part of them.

All the garrison heights are connected by gallops, and if one place is attacked, it is only an hour for the rest of the garrison soldiers to come to the aid along the gallop.

In the following days, Zhong Xu sent a large number of scouts to investigate the movements of the Rong people along the north and south sides of Yinyan Ditch every day, and finally on the morning of the fourth day, when the sun had just risen, a group of scouts who rushed back overnight reported that a large number of Rong people had been found in the dense forest twenty miles south of Chidao.

When Zhong Xu asked the number of scouts of the Rong people to be about 3,000 to 5,000, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Xiao Guan, and at the same time ordered the 8,000 soldiers in his own garrison and the two nearby heights to feel where the Rong people were.

In order to prevent the Rong people from setting up ambushes along the way, Zhong Xu sent several groups of scouts to investigate in batches, and sure enough, at noon, Zhong Xu received a report from the scouts, saying that the Rong army was making a fire and cooking in a mountain col five miles away from him, and was ready to eat.

Moreover, this time the scouts also observed more carefully, and found that the number of Rong people was about 3,000 people.

When Zhong Xu heard the news, he ordered all the soldiers to advance at full speed, block this Rong team outside the mountain pass, and encircle and annihilate it.

The general who led the troops on the Rong side was none other than the commander Aru.

Aru was a little dissatisfied after receiving the military order to let himself be bait, and in the past few days he took 3,000 soldiers back and forth in the hills, without the slightest appearance of fighting, but somewhat similar to when he usually took the men of the tribe to hunt.

And for him, the danger of hunting in the mountains outside the gate is far greater than that in the hills outside the gate. So for a few days, the more than 3,000 of them seemed to be playing.

But as the commander of ten thousand people, he knew in his heart that the significance of his 3,000 people as bait was extraordinary, and he did not dare to slack off. Always vigilant everywhere, even when making a fire.

Listening to the sound of his sons and daughters putting the boiled animal meat in their mouths and feasting on it, he still looked into the distance and observed the abnormal movements that had just appeared in the northern mountains and forests.

In the distance, Aru saw flocks of birds in the mountain forest from time to time, and after a while, a figure of a horse waving while running back appeared in front of the forest.

The corners of Alu's mouth cracked slightly, and he smiled: "Sure enough, the Qin people still understand the Qin people, although this kind of deception is not as happy as a direct war, but it can't stand to win the battle, okay, okay, hahaha." ”

After that, Aru shouted to the soldiers who had eaten and drunk enough and were lying on the hillside basking in the sun: "Qin Manzi is here!" ”

I saw that the soldiers on the hillside heard the main general's shout, and they were stunned for a few breaths, and suddenly made a mess like an ant nest drenched in boiling water.

Aru walked to a cauldron and took the leg bone of an unknown animal from the pot as if he was not afraid of the heat, and took a bite of it, regardless of the fact that the flesh on the leg bone was still undercooked and there was still blood.

In the mountains and forests not far from Alu, Zhong Xu led the soldiers out of the woods quickly, and he had seen that the Tanma of the Yourong people had discovered him, so he ordered the soldiers to speed up their pace and pursue in the direction of the Tanma retreating at full speed.

As soon as he got out of the mountain forest, he saw that on the slope of the col not far away, the Rong soldiers were already in a mess, and he knew that such a short distance from the enemy army was no longer enough for the Rong people to set up an array, so he did not rest the formation, and led the soldiers to rush up at the first order.

In the same way, the number of people on one's side is not only twice as large as the other side, but also prepared. In his opinion, if you are prepared against unprepared, you will win this battle.

Sure enough, as soon as the two militaries fought, the Qin soldiers killed the Rong people and fled to the hillside behind the col.

Seeing that the Qin soldiers were killing and chasing the fleeing Rong soldiers, Zhong Xu hurriedly ordered someone to raise the order flag to stop the Qin soldiers who were pursuing.

After a fight, Zhong Xu had doubts when he saw that the Rong people were so unbeaten. A trick to lure troops? It's a little early. Zhong Xu said in his heart.

After seeing the order, the Qin soldiers gathered back one after another, and Zhong Xu resisted the huge temptation and ordered the whole army to retreat to the mountains and forests where they came.

And after Aru led the men and horses to retreat up the hillside, he saw that the Qin soldiers did not follow, but retreated back, and couldn't help but curse. It seems that he is unwilling to be unwilling that his hard work in the past few days has not been exchanged for the desired result.

He stared at the stout Qin man under the Xuanwu flag from a distance, and recognized that person was the god-like Qin general in the battle of the highlands a few days ago, and his heart was also a little itchy, and he couldn't take someone to kill him again.

But he suddenly saw the figures jumping in the woods on the slopes of the hills on both sides, and he still endured and stomped hard, and led the soldiers to retreat south.

Of course, Zhong Xu also saw the ambush soldiers in the woods on both sides, in fact, as early as the charge, Zhong Xu had already observed the large woods on the slopes on both sides of the mountain col, after the two armies fought, he saw that the Rong people only retreated to the back of the mountain but did not flee to the woods on both sides, this series of abnormal actions made Zhong Xu more sure that there must be a deception in this battle.

It was only when they retreated into the woods and saw the figure in the woods on the opposite hillside that Zhong Xu breathed a sigh of relief.