Zhao Zhihai stood on the carriage of the Chinese army, looking at the soldiers rushing south in front of him and behind him, his heart was as complicated and bitter as if he had overturned a five-flavor bottle.

After three days of continuous marching, Zhao Zhihai learned from Zhao Zhidong that nearly 1,000 soldiers had lost their traces during the march yesterday.

These people either fell behind and could not find the army, or got lost in the mountains and forests, or fought and died with the Rong tribes along the way, no matter what, they will never be seen again.

Zhao Zhihai is not a commander with the benevolence of a woman, otherwise he would not have used his army and the people as bait to bring out the main force of the Qin army from the encirclement of the Rong people.

Even he knew the consequences of doing so.

I am afraid that in the future, when the DPRK and China fight, the political opponents will also use this as a basis to attack him.

However, after all, he escaped from Xiao Pass and ascended to heaven, at least he was free from the entanglement of the Rong army behind him, and the sergeants who were used as bait were all captains and military marquis who took the lead in making trouble the day before yesterday.

For Zhao Zhihai, who has a gloomy personality, even if there is no breakthrough this time, he will have to clean them up sooner or later.

One of the rules of leading troops that Zhao Zhihai thinks is that soldiers need to obey the generals unconditionally, and the generals must unconditionally obey the commander.

A victorious army of kings must only make one voice, and that voice is himself as a general.

These troublesome generals undoubtedly touched Zhao Zhihai's scales, so he made a plan, abandoned these restless generals and soldiers, and preserved the main force.

In order to make this plan more comprehensive, he thought twice and added the husband and the people to the plan, although some lost benevolence, but compared with the annihilation of the whole army and the prestige of Great Qin, these people and husbands are nothing.

In fact, the Rong people didn't expect Zhao Zhihai to come to this hand at all, not to mention those Rong generals who would only rely on brute force, and even the Rong people who Zhao Zhihai personally praised as "strategy like a god, tactics like a ghost" Shan Yu never thought of it.

Three days ago, when Zhao Zhihai led his troops to flee westward, the Narong people stood in the Chinese army on the spot, stunned, looking at the backs of Zhao and the horses leaving, and said: "Is this to learn from Lihua, worthy of the middle guard and general of the Qin State, Lord Zhao." It was my negligence, admiration and admiration. ”

Indeed, as expected by the Narong people, Zhao Zhihai suddenly remembered what Jie Yuan had told him, the story of the hundred generals named Zhu Lihua when he was guarding the Muqi Pass.

Although Zhao Zhihai didn't care about this matter, he just felt that this Lihua was indeed a brave and resourceful person when he first heard about it. To be able to run outside the territory while trapped outside the pass, and finally return safely from other passes, this thing is a miracle wherever it is placed.

And it was this story that he just laughed at the beginning that gave him a breakthrough countermeasure, so he led the main force of the Qin army to break through from the west of Xiao Pass, intending to leave Qin and enter Rong and enter the pass from the south of the Sumeru Mountains.

As for why he didn't go north from the Qinlan Mountains to enter the pass, it was Zhao Zhihai who considered that the road to the north needed to pass through several large tribes, and there would inevitably be conflicts along the way, and he was not familiar with the place, which was extremely unfavorable for the army to fight.

However, in the Mugao Pass, Mica Pass, Qixia Pass, Bitan Pass, Mishen Pass, Musashi Pass, and Yuxiao Pass in the Sumeru Mountains from north to south, in addition to the four passes of Musashi Pass, Mica Pass, Qixia Pass, and Bitan Pass that have been breached, the three passes of Mugao, Mishen, and Yuxiao are still in the hands of the Qin State.

Moreover, once you get out of the pass from South Sumeru, you can immediately join forces with Zhao Zhiliang's 30,000 army, and there are local soldiers and horses in the five counties of Yuanzhou.

That's why the Qin army marched all the way south.

After three days of rapid travel, Zhao Zhihai saw that he had reached the foot of Mount Meru, and the rest of the road was all mountain roads, so he ordered the soldiers who had not slept for several days to repair in situ.

Less than a moment after the military order was issued, I saw the mountains, forests, river beaches, and wilderness slopes full of soldiers of the Qin army lying on the ground, sleeping on the ground. Only the sporadic smoke from the cooking of the fire drifted up into the sky.

Zhao Zhihai ordered scouts to send a military report to the wooden prison pass thirty miles away, so that the generals guarding the pass could lead the army into the pass.

Subsequently, he summoned Zhao Zhidong and two marching captains Yin Fang and Wu Meng to discuss some military matters together, and finally determined that after Yin Fang led his subordinates to break off, Wu Meng led the army to take the lead.

Then he ordered the whole army to leave the camp after repairing, and make sure that the whole army entered the wooden prison pass before this evening.

After the army rested for nearly an hour, when he was about to set off from the camp, Zhao Zhihai suddenly received a report from a scout, saying that more than 10,000 soldiers had been found twenty miles away from the army.

Zhao Zhihai understood that this was the men and horses sent by the Rong people to pursue his army, so he immediately ordered the camp to be quickly pulled out and rushed to the wooden prison.

All the generals under him understood that although there were still 25,000 troops on their side, this place was the lair of the Rong people, and once they were dragged by the pursuing enemy army, the surrounding Rong tribes would send people to surround the large army within a day, and then there would be only one way to go.

Therefore, after hearing the general's order, everyone immediately reorganized their men and horses and quickly drove south.

Zhao Zhihai was also a little worried. Although this place is only a little more than 30 miles away from the Wooden Prison Pass, no one can say what will happen to these 30 miles of road.

In the past three days, even though there were only old and weak women and children in the Rong tribe that passed, it also gave the Qin army a considerable blow, and under the entanglement of those tribes, it allowed his side to lose nearly 3,000 soldiers in just three days, which slowed down the marching speed and allowed the Rong army to catch up.

But the matter has come to this point, except to speed up the pace and rush to the Mugao Pass in advance under the pursuit of the Rong soldiers, there is no good plan.

Zhao Zhihai sighed, and only led the army to the south.

The foothills of the mountains were rugged, and the horses of the army could no longer be ridden, so the special soldiers either led or drove the horses of the whole army forward.

After most of the day, the scouts who sent the letter to the Wooden Prison Pass first reported back, and the two or five hundred lord of the Wooden Prison Pass garrison, Xin Bai, learned of the general's entourage, and sent a thousand people led by Xin Bai himself to meet them.

Although only a thousand people came, Zhao Zhihai was also happy in his heart, it seemed that the effect of this salary draw plan at the bottom of the kettle was better than he expected, so he immediately ordered the whole army to rush to the wooden prison.

Two hours later, the army came to the wooden prison pass, Zhao Zhihai looked up and saw the faintly visible Xiongguan in the distance, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

The scout came to report that the army of the Rong people was less than five miles away from their side, and if they could not reach the Wooden Prison Pass, then the predictable danger would become a reality.

More than 20,000 Qin troops also saw Rutiexiongguan at the same time, and they cheered for a while.

Without Zhao Zhihai's order, the pace of the whole army seemed to be much faster than before, and after a while, he saw more than a thousand Qin soldiers in front of him in front of the formation, Zhao Zhihai saw clearly, this must be the wooden prison guard general Xin Bai and his party.

Sure enough, I saw a hundred people quickly walking out of the array of the opposing Qin army, and the first one was full of black hair, dressed in a shabby black armor, and the originally yellowed face was like new wax.

This person is about forty years old, with big shoulders and a round waist, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and he walks with a strong step, and before he speaks, Zhao Zhihai, who is really watching, is secretly admired.

Zhao Zhihai asked the team to wait in place, and he took Zhao Zhidong, captain Wu Meng and dozens of guards to meet him.

The general came to Zhao Zhihai's handsome banner and knelt down on one knee towards Zhao Zhihai, who was at the forefront of the handsome banner, and the hundred Qin soldiers behind him also knelt on one knee at the same time.

I only heard the general's voice loud and said: "Humble duty, the guard of the wooden prison, two or five hundred lord Xin Bai greets the general." ”

Zhao Zhihai smiled, and stepped forward to help Xin Bai.

Originally, with Zhao Zhihai's status, not to mention this small two or five hundred masters, it was the county commander and county military captain of Wushi County, to which Mugaoguan belonged, who came here, and he might not be able to get a word from Zhao Zhihai, but at this time, Zhao Zhihai had just broken through from the encirclement of the Rong people, and marched for three consecutive days, and there were Rong soldiers chasing behind him, how could he not like it when he saw Xin Bai.

He took a few steps forward, bent down and raised his arms.

Na Xinbai was not confused, and hurriedly gave birth to a flattered look, and even said "don't dare, don't dare", and stood up.

Zhao Zhihai saw that Xin Bai had gotten up, so he wanted to withdraw his hands.

Suddenly, seeing a flash of cold light in front of him, he subconsciously leaned back, and a dagger less than a foot long missed Zhao Zhihai's heart, and pierced his chest with a snort.

Zhao Zhihai let out a miserable scream of "ah" and fell to the ground on his back.

Seeing that the blow was unsuccessful, Xin Bai was about to lean down and pull out the dagger from Zhao Zhihai and stab it again, but Zhao Zhidong next to Zhao Zhihai took the lead and kicked Xin Bai in the cheek.

Xin Bai dodged his head, knowing that he alone was no longer enough, so he shouted "do it", and the hundred people behind him raised Changge and killed Zhao Zhihai one after another.

Zhao Zhidong stood beside Zhao Zhihai, who was lying on the ground, carrying Changge to block the rebel soldiers who came forward, and the Qin soldiers behind him also reacted and stepped forward to help in the battle.

The team of less than 1,000 people in the distance did not step forward to help the battle after Xin Bai's order, but turned around and occupied various important places on the road to Mugao Pass, and then aimed at the Qin soldiers with bows and arrows.

Zhao Zhihai was awakened by the sound of fighting and scolding in his ears, and he instantly understood the situation, and shouted at Zhao Zhidong: "Zhidong, don't fight with him, leave quickly." ”

As he spoke, the wound pierced by the dagger burst again, and after a stream of blood gushed out, Zhao Zhihai fainted again.

Zhao Zhidong understood Zhao Zhihai's meaning, and while fighting with the rebels, he ordered Wu Meng, the captain next to him, to take Zhao Zhihai to retreat quickly, and the whole army broke through to the south.

Wu Meng hesitated slightly, but seeing that Zhao Zhidong and the others were already at a disadvantage because they were outnumbered, he gritted his teeth and picked up Zhao Zhihai and ran backwards.

Zhao Zhihai's department was stunned by the scene dozens of steps away in front of him, and after he understood, hundreds of people rushed forward in front of him, but because they couldn't be used in the forest and mountain paths, Zhao Zhidong and the others fought hard for several rounds, and the reinforcements had not yet arrived.

Wu Meng carried Zhao Zhihai on his back and galloped back, and in a moment he met the reinforcements who came forward, he went straight through the flow of people, and finally came to the position of the Chinese army, so he put Zhao Zhihai on the flat place on the road, and his own military medical officer stepped forward to check.

Wu Meng quickly ordered Yin Fang, the lieutenant of the military academy, and his subordinate marquis, to lead his men and horses to quickly bypass the rebels in front of him, leave the main road leading to Mugao Pass, and break through to the south.