Lihua rushed to Yuxiao Pass overnight, but unfortunately, Han Qianren was invited to inspect the military affairs of the first four passes and was not in Yuxiao Pass, so Lihua hurriedly returned to Muqi Pass to wait for Han Yun's arrival.

But for the whole night, I didn't wait for a person to arrive.

Yu Lihua also sent soldiers to guard in front of Yuxiao Pass, and immediately went to ask for reinforcements when Han Qianren returned to the pass, but the news that came back was that Han Qianren did not return overnight.

After Lihua knew the news that Han Qianren had not returned overnight, he somehow remembered An Xu's matter, and if the reinforcements were not sent now, then he might have to repeat An Xu's past in tomorrow's battle.

With a wry smile, Zhu Lihua looked at the hazy Yuxiao in the east in a daze.

The east gradually brightened, and after a while, the morning sun rose, and Lu Lihua finally felt that he couldn't sit and wait like this anymore, so he sent a few more people to the three passes of the Golden Bull, the Earth Bat, and the Water Turtle to find Han Yun.

But as soon as he saw the soldiers running from behind the pass, he heard the horn of the attack of the Rong people outside the western pass in the distance.

Looking at the Rong people who rushed to kill outside the gate, Zhu Lihua drew his sword and stood at the juncture.

Today, he didn't plan to go up to the gate to command, because he felt that the war had reached such a point, and the soldiers always hoped that the main general would be able to stand by his side, and he also hoped to boost the morale of the soldiers guarding the pass through this move.

The battle together is basically the same as the situation expected by Lihua last night, without the suppression of their own archers, the garrison of the city head is becoming more and more difficult, the cold arrows that swish past from time to time knock down the defenders at the head of the city, and the stick and axe soldiers who climb the ladder also climb up the city under the suppression of their own bows and arrows to the head of the city.

He arranged all the soldiers in the pass and asked the soldiers in the pass to board the gate at any time to replace the fallen comrades.

Under the rain of arrows, the defenders of Muqi Pass and the Rong people who climbed the city were killed.

When the soldiers saw that the main general was standing with them today, they also aroused ferocity, especially An Xuzhi, Tang Yuan, Li Ji, Liu He and others were extremely brave, and they were fighting to the death with the Rong people who were close to them.

For a while, there were shouts and scolding, miserable screams, and the strange screams of the Rong people resounded throughout the city.

Muqi Pass, an ancient city that has been around for hundreds of years, has now become a mill of flesh and blood.

Different from the offensive and defensive battles of the previous two days, today's battle, the speed of casualties of soldiers on both sides was much faster than the previous two days, and in less than half a day, the city head was already covered with corpses, and the bubbling blood water flowed down the city wall, and the ancient blue bricks of the city head were also covered with blood stains.

After a long time, the city finally regained its calm again, and under the fierce counterattack of the soldiers of Muqi Pass, the Rong people who climbed to the head of the city were finally hanged.

Seeing that a thousand-strong team of sticks and axes had been killed and wounded at the head of the city, the Rong archers in the distance did not approach, and retreated like a tide in the sound of the trumpets of the army formation behind them.

Everyone in Guancheng watched the Rong people retreat, and their hearts were suddenly relieved, and several people instantly collapsed to the ground from exhaustion. No one rejoiced or cheered at the moment, even though they had performed miracles that were enough to rejoice. All that was left of the people in the city was numbness, a numbness that didn't know when they would die.

He ordered the sergeants to carry the wounded and the bodies of the dead soldiers down the city, and ordered Gao Yunce and others to quickly count the remaining soldiers.

After a series of military orders were issued, Yu Lihua stood at the juncture, looking west at the Rong people's military formation, only to see that the Rong people's camp in the distance was still black and oppressive, and he didn't know how many Rong people had gathered there waiting for the horn of the charge to sound.

He stared at the blood-colored sun on the Rong flag fluttering in front of the military formation that had been lined up again in the west, and after staring at it for a long time, he looked up at the black Xuanwu banner on his upper floor, showing incomparable perseverance.

"Fight to the death!" Zhu Lihua spat out two words from his mouth, and the soldiers standing next to him involuntarily followed the main general and shouted: "Fight to the death!" Then, the Qin soldiers on the full gate shouted at the same time: "Fight to the death!" Fight to the death! Fight to the death! The murderous aura that regarded death as if it were home slowly emanated from the Hedgewood Pass, and the Xuanwu banner was hunting and flying.

Standing under the black shirt he always wore and looking at the Rongren army formation in the distance, the sound of the robe fighting to the death echoed in his ears. He was a little excited, and his thin body shook violently with the sound. He raised his hand and touched his hair, this body is the skin of his parents, maybe this way he can experience his mother's love again before he dies.

Just as the soldiers of Lihua and Muqi Pass were preparing to meet the Rong people's next attack, suddenly, everyone in the city heard a thunderclap from the south, and it vaguely seemed to be the sound of human voices.

"Ula, Ula, Ula!"

The faces of the people on the Guancheng changed suddenly, and after confirming that the sound was coming from the direction of the Jinniu Pass, Zhu Lihua and the others hurriedly climbed to the top floor of the Guanlou to look at the direction of the Jinniu Pass. He saw that the majestic Guancheng that he had visited the day before yesterday had turned into a sea of fire, and black smoke was billowing up into the sky.

"Ula" Another thunderclap sounded, and when Lihua saw it, the Rong people in front of the Wooden Deer Pass also shouted in unison. Everyone saw clearly from the gate, and the Rong people who were lined up in front of the pass to prepare for an attack happily raised their weapons and shouted together: "Ula" and "Ula".

If he didn't understand what was going on at this moment, it wouldn't be Lu Lihua, he knew that the Golden Bull Pass had fallen.

Although they don't know how the Taurus Pass fell, everyone on the upper floor of the pass knows that once one level falls, the remaining three levels will be attacked on their backs. If Yuxiao Pass does not immediately send troops to recapture the lost pass, the remaining three passes will be in a desperate situation.

If it was a normal situation in the past, then Lihua only needed to divide his troops and wait for Yuxiao Pass to send troops, but what happened to Yuxiao Pass last night and this morning and Han Yun's whereabouts made Lihua feel that the Golden Bull Pass was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

"Report!" Everyone only heard a rush of footsteps, and a soldier panted and ran up to the gatehouse, "Report!" There was an order at Yuxiao Pass, and the defenders of Muqi Pass were ordered to immediately return to the main pass. ”

"Ah", everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and Lu Lihua was also shocked, and hurriedly took the military newspaper and glanced at it hurriedly. He didn't understand why he had to give up the Muqi Pass when the Golden Bull Pass was broken and the Yuxiao Pass went to the rescue.

The four levels are each other's horns, and it is not irreversible for one level to be broken, but the situation is very different if the two levels are lost. And once the Muqi Pass and the Jinniu Pass are lost, the road back to the main pass in the south and the south will be cut off, so the Lulihua will be so shocked.

He thought for a long time, stomped his foot and said to the people around him: "Pass my military order, burn the wooden deer pass, and quickly return to the main pass with me." After that, he was about to go downstairs, but he found that Gao Yunce, An Xuzhi and others did not follow the order, as if they felt that they had heard it wrong, and looked at Zhu Lihua.

Zhu Lihua turned around and said: "The situation is critical, quickly follow the order!" The last few words of Zhu Lihua were almost shouted out.

Gao Yunce was the first to understand Lu Lihua's thoughts, and turned to leave. And An Xuzhi and the others still stood in place and looked at Lihua in a daze, and An Xuzhi asked urgently: "Baili Baijiang, burn the wooden deer, this, this." ”

Zhu Lihua looked at An Xuzhi's earth-like face, and immediately understood that the Muqi Pass was a place where the Qin soldiers had consolidated and defended it with their blood, and setting fire to the pass not only burned the city, but also burned the spiritual pillar that they had firmly held in their hearts, so how could they accept it easily.

He said to An Xuzhi and others: "Brothers, Han Qianren did not return from the patrol last night, and today the Jinniu Pass was broken again, and the situation of Yuxiao Pass is critical at this time.

If we stay in Muqi Pass, although we can kill ourselves and sacrifice our lives to serve the country, we will definitely violate the general's order. If we can't defend the Yuxiao Pass, we can still try to counterattack again, but if we can't hold the Yuxiao Pass, the lives of Great Qin will be ruined, and you may rest in peace under the Jiuquan?

We are the defenders of Yuxiao Pass, the defenders of Great Qin, not the defenders of Muqi Pass, can you understand! Burning the Wooden Hedgehog Pass will delay the offensive outside the pass, and we can retreat calmly. Second, it will be easier to regain it in the future, if it is destroyed, it will be rebuilt after it is taken! ”

After finishing speaking, Lihua went straight downstairs, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and finally sighed, and quickly went to gather their respective soldiers according to Lihua's order.

In the three-day battle, there were only about 270 people left in the original 600 defenders of Muqi Pass, and most of the soldiers were seriously wounded.

There is fire oil on the wooden hedgehog, which is a necessary thing to defend the city, and it is more convenient to use the time, Lihua ordered people to first point the corpse of the Rong people in Guanxia, and then set the building on fire, and then went back to the house to take the deer charm and other things with the wolf cub to lead the troops to Yuxiao Pass.

Along the way, Zhu Lihua kept explaining to the soldiers that he was going to Yuxiao Pass to return to help according to the order, so the soldiers did not complain. In fact, for the soldiers, instead of dying in the Muqi Pass, it is better to return to the Yuxiao Pass, because although the word fear of death is unpleasant, it is also a part of human nature after all.

In less than half an hour, Lu Lihua and the others arrived in front of Yuxiao Pass, looked at Yuxiao Pass from a distance, and saw that the gate of the gate was closed, and there was not a single soldier outside the gate. Zhu Lihua first breathed a sigh of relief, and then said softly, he thought that the distance between the Golden Bull Pass and the Yuxiao Pass was less than half the distance between the Muqi Pass and the Yuxiao Pass, but why did the Rong people not reach the Yuxiao Pass after the Jinniu Pass was broken.

Looking at Lihua's thoughtful appearance, Gao Yunce guessed Lihua's thoughts, and said to him: "Maybe the Rong people went south to get the earth bat and the water carp two passes." ”

Zhu Lihua nodded, although he always felt that there must be something else hidden in his heart, but he couldn't care much about survival, so he could only take one step at a time.

Arriving at the Yuxiao Pass, the defenders opened the gate early. They saw the raging fire burning on the wooden hedgehog pass, knew that the city of the misthorn pass had been broken, and then saw that almost everyone in the team of Lihua was hanging colors, so they quickly let them enter the Yuxiao Pass.

From the mouth of the guard of Yuxiao Pass, he had already learned that Ji Yuntian, the guard of the Golden Bull Pass, had also retreated here half an hour ago, but Han Qianren had not returned to Yuxiao Pass since his patrol last night.

Yuxiao Pass is much bigger than Muqi Pass, but Yu Lihua thought twice about letting his soldiers go to Yuxiao Pass to camp behind, he felt that once the Yuxiao Pass started a war, the pass was bound to deploy defense, and staying here would only create chaos, so it was more appropriate to go to the pass, if the Yuxiao Pass guard would order his soldiers to join the defense of the pass, then his own people would enter the pass to assist in the defense.

Seeing his soldiers withdraw from the pass, Zhu Lihua took Gao Yunce, Liu He, Li Ji, Tang Yuan and others to the Yuxiao Pass Tower, and he had learned from the Yuxiao Pass defenders that the current Yuxiao Pass Acting Guard would be Ma Yuan, and Ji Yuntian was also on the Guan Tower at the moment.