As soon as he entered the Guan Lou, he heard many people arguing in the house that originally belonged to Han Yun, and Lu Lihua asked Gao Yunce and others to stay in front of the Guan Lou, and walked straight in.

The people in the gate building are arguing endlessly about whether to send troops to rescue the earth bats and water bats, and only one person said urgently: "Doctor Ma, you must not rescue, the day before yesterday, Yuxiao Pass has sent thousands of troops to be stationed in the two passes of Mu Ji and Shui Qi, and yesterday sent 500 troops to garrison the two passes of Taurus and Earth Bat, and now my Yuxiao Pass defenders are less than 1,500 people, how to save them?"

Furthermore, if you go to rescue the water carp and the earth bat, you must go through the Golden Bull Pass, and now the Golden Bull Pass and the Wooden Hedgehog Pass have been broken, and the reinforcements sent to the second pass will definitely suffer from the enemy, not to mention to save the two passes, and self-protection will be a problem at that time, and Doctor Ma will think twice. ”

Lu Lihua nodded secretly, he could hear the voice of Lu Chang, the deputy general of Yuxiao Pass, although he was not familiar with this Lu Chang, but he also knew that Lu Chang was awarded the position of five hundred masters, and he was made at the rank of knight.

In the border army of the Qin people, almost all those who were knighted, made, hairpinned, and not changed, almost all crawled out of the pile of dead. This Lu Chang is in his forties this year, and he is a general who has gone through a hundred battles, and he will say it clearly and clearly after an analysis.

But I heard a loud voice say: "Do you just let the two passes be broken, and Han Qianren and Jiang Hong, Han Linhui and nearly a thousand brothers will be broken and killed?" ”

Zhu Lihua was stunned when he heard this, this is Ji Yuntian's voice, he is a little strange, this Ji Yuntian is just a hundred generals, why dare to talk to Lu Chang like this, and Zhu Lihua does not think that Ji Yuntian is a brave and unscrupulous person, knowing that what Lu Chang said is the right way to guard the pass, why do you insist on sending troops to rescue.

Besides, there is another thing that Lihua has also been thinking about for a long time, that Golden Bull Pass he had only been to not long ago, if it was said that the Rong people had broken through this pass, he would not believe it, so he also wanted to know how the Golden Bull Pass was lost.

Thinking of this, he had already entered the house and saw a person sitting on the top, it was Ma Yuan, who led the reinforcements to the Muqi Pass a few days ago. At this time, this Ma Yuanzheng has no master, and his face is like a dirt sitting on the top, where is this the style of the head of a pass, recalling his arrogant appearance when he arrived at the wooden deer pass, Zhu Lihua couldn't help but feel disgusted.

But no matter what, the hereditary nobles of Nama Yuan, although they are the same five hundred lords as Lu Chang, when Han Qianren is not in Yuxiao Pass, he has the highest knighthood, and according to Qin regulations, he naturally respects him as the head.

At this time, everyone also saw Zhu Lihua who walked in, and they all turned their eyes to look at him, and Zhu Lihua gave a salute to the house and said: "Zhu Li was ordered to return to the main pass, and he specially returned to Lord Ma." After saying that, he nodded to everyone in the room, and when he looked at Ji Yuntian, who was covered in blood, he saw him bow his head with shame on his face, and did not meet his gaze.

When Ma Yuan saw Lihua coming in, he stood up like a life-saving straw and walked quickly to the front of Lihua, grabbed Lihua's hand and said, "Brother Lihua save me, the Golden Bull Pass is broken, and we are going to die." After saying that, he choked up.

Lu Lihua was angry and funny in his heart, but he had been in the General Mansion for so many years, and there were so many nobles and nobles every day, and it was not strange to see such a silver gun wax head like this, so he sighed helplessly.

He found that Ma Yuan's palms were full of sweat, and his heart was soft, so he patted Ma Yuan on the shoulder and said: "Han Qianren is not here, Master Ma, as the master of Yuxiao Pass, must not behave like such a woman, with Lord Lu and his brothers, he will definitely be able to guard Yuxiao Pass." ”

Ma Yuan also felt that he had lost his temper when he heard Lihua say this, so he wiped his eyes, forced himself to smile and took Lihua's hand and walked to the main seat.

Lihua hurriedly let go of Ma Yuan's hand, took a step back and said with a smile: "Master Ma, don't be like this, Lihua should stand and talk." ”

Ma Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Lihua was only a hundred generals, but he always felt in his heart that Lihua was a nobleman like himself, how could he be confused with these mud-legged Qiuba, but when he saw Lihua's insistence, he sat back on the throne.

Lihua said to Ma Yuan: "Master Ma, I just heard what Lord Lu said, and Lihua thought so, but I don't know why I didn't go to the rescue of Jinniu Pass after the Golden Bull Pass was broken, but asked my other three defenders to retreat?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Lihua's eyes were on Lu Chang. Because Zhu Lihua knew that although Ma Yuan was nominally the acting general of Yuxiao Pass, military affairs still depended on generals like Lu Chang, so he asked this question.

At the moment, he just wanted to know what the purpose of giving up the first four levels was.

But when Lu Chang saw Lihua looking at him, he knew what Lihua meant. Lu Chang knew that Lihua was also a nobleman, so he didn't directly ask Lihua if he felt anything wrong.

It's just that after hearing Lihua's inquiry, Lu Chang's face suddenly changed, and he replied to Lihua: "How can such a stupid order be thought of!" I just heard that the Jinniu Pass was broken, and a certain leader of 500 soldiers wanted to rescue the Jinniu Pass, but before he reached the Jinniu Pass, he met General Jibai and led the defeated soldiers to run back. Speaking of this, Lu Chang glanced at Ji Yuntian and said: "I asked him why the gate was lost, and he said that there was an internal response to open the gate, and he lost the gate because he was outnumbered." A certain army with him wanted to recapture the city, and suddenly met the herald soldiers who came later, saying that the defenders of the four passes should withdraw to Yuxiao Pass, and a certain governor was no longer good, so he led the troops back. Why did you let Siguan retreat, you asked him, and then stretched out a trembling hand and pointed at Ma Yuan. ”

Zhu Lihua was shocked when he heard this, he didn't ask Ma Yuan why he ordered the withdrawal of troops, but turned his head to Ji Yuntian and said, "General Ji Bai, does Jinniu Pass have an internal response?" ”

Ji Yuntian saw Lihua asking, sighed, and said with a shameful face: "Yesterday, the reinforcements were arranged by me to guard the Jinniu Gate, who knew that there were Rong people in the reinforcements, and they opened the gate when I was defending against the enemy in the city, and they also set fire to the Gate. Although we also fought to the death against the Rong people who rushed in, we were still outnumbered in the end. There were as many as a thousand Rong people rushing in, so I took the brothers ......." At this point, Ji Yuntian stopped talking.

"Internal response, reinforcements". Lihua muttered to himself, and suddenly, he softly shouted "Oops", causing everyone to look at Lihua.

Zhu Lihua hurriedly said to everyone: "Before the war, Han Qianren said that he had collected thousands of reinforcements in recent days, and some of them were sent to various passes in the past few days. The reinforcements in my pass are divided into five hundred-man teams to use, and the gate is always guarded by the original soldiers, so there should be an internal response in the wooden hedgehog pass, but it was scattered and failed to get up. ”

Then he turned his head to Lu Chang and asked, "Lord Lu, are there still these reinforcements in Yuxiao Pass?" ”

As soon as Lu Chang heard this question, his face changed in an instant, and he immediately understood what Lu Lihua meant, he patted his thigh and said, "It's broken", and hurriedly ran out.

Lu Lihua's face was like ashes, and he understood that Yuxiao had arranged for the new army to guard the gate, which made Lu Chang so nervous.

Also, who will arrange the elite of the hundred battles to guard the door. This kind of thing, which is not dangerous compared to fighting in the city, is usually arranged for recruits to do.

"Tree... What are we going to do now, Dr. Saori?" It was a long time before Ma Yuan's trembling voice sounded in the silent room.

Zhu Lihua looked at Ma Yuan, he knew that Ma Yuan was already in a panic at the moment, he called himself a doctor instead of a hundred generals, it was in his heart that he only recognized himself as a doctor, a nobleman, and a closer person of the same kind.

Yuli sighed and said, "Lord Ma, the general order to let the defenders of the four passes retreat to Yuxiao Pass is from you, my lord." ”

Ma Yuan also knew that there was a big disaster at this moment, when he heard that the Golden Bull Pass had been breached, and there were only 1,000 people in Yuxiao Pass, he was very afraid that the Rong people would break through the Yuxiao Pass and kill him. After thinking about it, he came up with the idea of transferring the other guards back to the main pass, so at the instigation of several of his retainers, he gave an order.

Seeing Lihua ask himself, he stumbled and didn't know what to say, his mouth was like pounding garlic, "This... That...", and then there were no words.

Zhu Lihua said softly while thinking: "Lord Ma's general order is good"

Ma Yuan wanted to explain again, but when he heard Lu Lihua say that he would give the order, he was stunned for a moment and then his eyes lit up and said, "Really?"

Zhu Lihua said with a serious face: "If Master Ma doesn't give this order, then my Muqi Pass will definitely be broken by the Rong people like the Golden Bull Pass today, and the Yuxiao Pass will be the same." ”

Elder Ma's face flushed, and he also knew that he was beating crookedly, not that Zhu Lihua was really praising himself. But he decided that Lihua was his savior, so he pinned all his hopes on Lihua, so he licked his face and continued to ask: "Doctor Lihua, what should I do now?" ”

Zhu Lihua said: "Now I only hope that Lord Lu can clear the internal response before the Rong people attack Yuxiao Pass, Lord Ma, when will the Longde reinforcements arrive?" ”

When Ma Yuan heard that there was still hope, he suddenly came to his senses.

"Han Qianren sent someone to Longde City yesterday to report the emergency, and just now I sent someone to Longde City, I think it will take two or three days to come."

Zhu Lihua nodded, he didn't pin his hopes on reinforcements, Yuxiao Pass has an internal response, then the other levels may also have an internal response, and how many soldiers and horses in Longde City can support him.

It seems that everything is on its own.

Zhu Lihua asked again: "Yesterday, Han Qianren went to patrol the customs and has not returned, can Master Ma know which Guancheng Han Qianren went to and what happened?" ”

Ma Yuan replied: "Han Qianren received a military report from Han Linhui, the guard general of Shuiqi last night, saying that there were heavy casualties in the battle of Shuiqi Pass yesterday, and he asked Yuxiao Pass to send reinforcements to rescue him. After Han Qianren got the military report, he led his own soldiers and reinforcements to Shuiqi Pass to inspect, but there has been no news since he left, and the soldiers I sent to contact this morning have not returned yet. ”

Lihua was about to continue asking, but suddenly heard the sound of a horn in the distance, and Lihua's face instantly became ugly.

Seeing that Ma Yuan was like this, he hurriedly asked, "Doctor Li, what is this sound?" ”

"The Rong people are here." After saying that, Zhu Lihua ignored Ma Yuan, who was trembling when he heard the words, and walked out of the building.

Out of the gate, Zhu Lihua whispered to Gao Yunce, and hurried to the city.

For more than 500 years since the time of Yao Jun, Yuxiao Pass, together with Mugao Pass, Mica Pass, Qixia Pass, Bitan Pass, Mishen Pass, and Musashi Pass, stood on the Sumeru Mountain Range, guarding the seven passages connecting the east and west of the mountain range. Yuxiao Pass is the southernmost pass of the Seven Passes, and it is also the most precipitous and highest pass among the Seven Passes. To seize this pass, you can insert the back of Xiao Pass in the north, go straight to Xijing in the east, and enter the territory of Shu through North Shu Road in the south.

But for hundreds of years, no Rong people have been able to break through this hurdle.

But in the same way, for hundreds of years, there has never been a Rong people who have launched a battle of knocking on the pass so regardless of life and death.

Although the Rong people are all soldiers, they were born in a barren and wild land, with a sparse population, and they cannot withstand too many casualties.

Walking towards the head of the city, he thought about the current situation, he felt that it was impossible for the Rong people to launch an offensive with a similar scale to the Yuxiao Pass in the seven passes of Sumeru at the same time, and would only choose one or two passes, so if they could find out the internal response this time and resist the offensive of the Rong people, they would not need to be afraid of them besieging Yuxiao Pass for a long time, because so many large armies in this group of mountains needed a lot of grain and grass, and Lu Lihua did not think that the Rong people would carry a large amount of grain and grass to climb the mountain and attack the pass.

However, it is obvious that the focus of defending Yuxiao Pass at this moment is not the Rong army outside the pass, but the internal response hidden in the middle of the Qin army in the pass.