"General, Guo Qi has agreed to go out of the city to talk to the general, but he asked our army to retreat ten miles." General Xirong returned to Murong Chui to report.

"General, what else are you talking about! According to the last general, it is better to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Yongjun army, and now wave the army to attack the city and capture this pass in one fell swoop. "Quickly don't suggest.

"Don't hurry up, according to your opinion, how long will it take for our army to take this pass, and how many casualties will we have to pay?" Murong Trai asked.

"The last general will only take two hours, and the army will suffer about 10,000 casualties." Su Bubei said confidently.

"Yes! But don't forget, we are now lightly armed, without any siege equipment, and we have run hundreds of miles to catch up with the enemy, and the army is at the end of its strength; And open your eyes to see, is the Yongjun army in the city unstable? Murong Chui reprimanded him without saying goodbye.

"It's the last general who didn't think it through, please atone for the general."

"Ben Shuai knows that you all look down on the Yongjun who defend the city, and think that they are nothing more than that; But don't forget, it is this Yong army, which we look down upon, that has caused our army to suffer repeated losses, so from now on, no one is allowed to underestimate the enemy, understand? ”

"No! Obey the orders of the General. ”

"Order, the army retreated thirty miles and set up camp." Murong Chui ordered, and then pointed to the general who came to report and said, "You are running, tell Guo Qi that Ben Shuai will be waiting for him outside Huangyang Pass tomorrow morning." ”

"No! The last will go. ”

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Huangyang Pass, the town guard's house. (Note 1)

"Tang Bi, have you figured out the situation of the Xirong army outside the city?" Guo Qi asked Tang Bi.

"My lord, we have found out clearly, we have caught a tongue, and according to the captive; The Xirong army outside the city was all from Qinzhou, a total of 20,000 elite cavalry, plus 10,000 tribal cavalry, a total of 30,000 horses, led by Murong Chui, the left general of the Xirong Khanate;

And according to the captive's confession, in addition to the 30,000 cavalry, there were 10,000 cavalry led by Murong Chui's son Murong Ke and went to the direction of Huating. Tang Bi reported.

"Huating?" Guo Qi smiled happily: "It seems that we are still running fast enough!" If it had been a little later, maybe it would have been made dumplings by the Xirong army by now; Ha, ha, ha......"

"What the lord said is that these 10,000 Xirong army elite cavalry must have planned to copy our back road, but they never expected that we would all withdraw." Zhuo Yidao also smiled.

"We should be glad that God really favors us......"

……

The jokes made by the generals make the dull atmosphere in the lobby disappear a long time ago.

"Alright, alright, don't laugh; Hu Qiong, please introduce it to everyone! What is the state of defense and combat readiness of Huangyang Pass today? ”

"My lord, now the main fortifications of Huangyang Pass have been completed, and all kinds of city defense equipment have been installed in place, and the two cottages on the north and south sides of Huangyang Pass have also been fully taken over by the last general, and the young and strong craftsmen in the cottage have all withdrawn into the main city;

The soldiers of the two provinces of Huangyang Pass have also become armies and can be put into the battlefield at any time, plus the tooth guards and hussar guards, and now there are soldiers from 12 provinces in the entire Huangyang Pass, with a total of more than 12,500 people (the pro-soldier mansion and the bow and crossbow soldiers are not satisfied); In addition, there are 50,000 young men in the city, and they can be incorporated into the army at any time as long as the lord orders them. ”

"These 50,000 young men have not received any military training, and rushing into the battlefield can only be sent to death." Guo Qi sighed: "From now on, all young and strong people will be organized into a battalion of 5,000 people, all of whom will be organized into militias, and the pro-soldier government and the crossbow soldier government will be responsible for training, and the two governments can select suitable personnel to temporarily be incorporated into the reserve troops of the two governments." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. Li Wu and Chen Feng stood up and took the order.

"Hu Qiong obeys orders."

"The end will be."

"From now on, you are responsible for leading the Sword and Shield Soldiers Mansion and the soldiers of the Yifu Huangyang Pass to guard the Nancheng and Nanzhai."

"The last general commands."

"Zhuo Yidao obeys orders."

"The end will be."

"You assist Hu Qiong in guarding Nancheng and Nanzhai."

"No!"

"Tang Bi obeys orders."

"The end will be."

"You assist this king in commanding the pikemen mansion and the war soldiers of the first mansion of Huangyang Pass, and are responsible for guarding the northern city and the northern village."

"The last general commands."

"The Hussar Guards of the Five Mansions and the Heavy Armored Infantry Guards are the general reserves, and they are not allowed to go into battle at will without the military order of the king."

"No! Obey the orders of the Lord's army. The lieutenants commanded.

"The fifth son, send someone to pass on the king's order, and the rest of the soldiers of Yongzhou and the soldiers of Tuntian enter and prepare for war immediately; In addition, Song Yiming and Ling Jing were ordered to immediately organize manpower and material resources to deliver all the ordnance, grain and grass needed for Huangyang Pass within five days, and those who violated the order were severely punished. ”

"No! The lowly immediately sent someone to give the order. Li Wu said in response.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is about the life and death of our Yongzhou soldiers and civilians." Guo Qi stood up from the handsome chair and said: "Originally, this king thought that this battle would not start until after the beginning of spring at the earliest, but I didn't expect the Xirong army to come so quickly, since they can't wait to die, then how about we leave this group of miscellaneous pieces under the Huangyang Pass?" ”

"Yongjun Wansheng, Yongjun Wansheng......" the generals shouted together.

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It was mid-morning the next day.

The west gate of the north city of Huangyang Pass slowly opened, and Guo Qi, who was wearing a unicorn battle armor, rode through the city gate slowly chasing the wind, and only Li Wu was the only one who followed Guo Qi out of the city.

Originally, Hu Qiong, Tang Bi and others prepared a lot of cavalry for Guo Qi, but Guo Qi didn't bring any of them, only Li Wu alone.

At that time, Guo Qi said to the generals: "Don't say that you send a cavalry guard to this king, what if you send the entire hussar guard, if Murong Chui really wants to send troops to kill me, won't so many people go to death in vain?" And the two of us go, if there is really any situation, it is convenient to run, and you don't know the speed of chasing the wind. ”

Murong Trai chose the location of the meeting one mile outside the city, and one mile behind him was the 30,000 cavalry under the command of Murong Trai, which was located just in the middle of the Xirong Army military formation and Huangyang Pass.

Seeing Guo Qi dismount and walk towards him, Murong Chui said, "His Royal Highness King Yong, please take a seat." ”

Guo Qi sat down and said, "Say it!" What are you looking for? ”

"Ben Shuai invited His Royal Highness King Yong this time, in fact, he wanted to ask His Royal Highness King Yong, why did he kill the people of my Xirong Khanate for no reason and attack my Xirong army, isn't His Royal Highness King Yongwang afraid of provoking a war between the two countries?" Murong asked Guo Qi sharply.

"Huh; Murong Chui, you don't pretend garlic for Lao Tzu, why did Lao Tzu beat you, you don't know! Guo Qi said to Murong very arrogantly: "If this king doesn't beat you, let your khan vomit out the territory that invaded my Daqi, and the old Bashi will be his own cat, don't keep stealing chickens and dogs in our house;

And go back and tell your Khan, let him hurry up and tie himself up, and then go to Luodu to ask my father for his guilt, my father is generous, maybe he will spare his life, let him continue to go back to Jishi Mountain to release his horses;

How can you look at your blue face and disagree! If you don't accept it, hit me! ”