As early as after the Rong archers began to attack the Guanlou, the commanders such as Zhu Lihua and Gao Yunce had already moved from the Guancheng to the top floor of the Guanlou, where the view was excellent and there were lookout holes.

Because there is no need to shoot arrows from here, the hole is small, which does not affect the line of sight, and it is extremely difficult for arrows outside the pass to shoot in, while An Xuzhi stayed at the head of the city to command the defenders of Muqi Pass to fight.

Holding the sword in his hand, he watched the melee and fight in the city, and from time to time conveyed one military order after another to Gao Yunce beside him.

I saw that the sound of killing up and down the city shook the sky, some of the soldiers in the city carried rolling logs and stones and kept throwing them down the city, some people held Changge stabs to the Rong people who climbed the ladder, and some people were lying motionless on the ground with arrows.

That An Xuzhi was really a good man, holding Changge and several sergeants to guard the battlement where a cloud ladder was located, and assassinated a Rong soldier who had just climbed to the top of the city in two or three strokes, and the soldier's body fell straight back to the bottom of the city.

The casualties must be the besieging side, there are nearly 100 corpses of Rong people lying under the wall of the wooden hedgehog pass, some of them were shot by the archers on the gate, and some were hit by rolling wooden stones, but the Rong people were not affected at all, and they were still not afraid of death to rush to the wooden hedgehog pass.

In a matter of moments, the war was stalemate and bloody.

"Order, Wei Yuanqi's 100-man team will go to Guancheng, and Liu He's 100-man team will enter the Guannei." Seeing that the defenders in the city were overwhelmed, there began to be large casualties, and immediately ordered Liu He's 100-man team to take over the defense.

Since Ma Yuan sent reinforcements, it is necessary to make good use of the advantages of the reinforcements and use wheel tactics for defense, which can reduce casualties and save physical strength and maintain the combat effectiveness of the defenders.

After Liu He's hundred-man team went up to the city, the advantage of the new force was revealed, and it was obvious to see that the casualties of the Rong people under the city increased for a while, especially after more than 40 archers went to the city tower, the frequency of arrow shooting became more and more intensive.

And the Rong people under the city were crowded, and the archers on the city tower didn't need to aim at all, they just needed to shoot into the crowd.

An Xuzhi led the original defenders of Muqi Pass to withdraw from the city, and after the inventory, he found that he had lost more than 20 brothers, and more than ten soldiers were painted.

"Nonsense! What does An Xuzhi want to do? Gao Yunce frowned and looked at An Xu's way as he climbed up to the top of the city. Lu Lihua also noticed An Xuzhi's dynamics, and he pondered for a moment and said to Gao Yunce: "Brother Yunce, I will ask you to go to the customs." ”

Gao Yunce understood that Lu Lihua wanted him to take over An Xuzhi's responsibilities and lead the withdrawn soldiers. But Gao Yunce had never led his troops to fight, and there was some hesitation on his face, and he just wanted to refuse, so he listened to Lihua and said: "The success or failure of Mu Qiguan will ultimately depend on these old brothers, let them recuperate, and they must not lose their spirit. ”

Gao Yunce was stunned for a moment, took a deep look at Lihua, and saw him looking at himself with a worried face, and finally didn't say anything, turned around and went down the building.

The attack of the Rong people lasted for half a day, and the five hundred-man teams had already taken turns to pass the city. What made Lihua happy was that although the 500 people brought by Ma Yuan were all recruits, it was still easier to defend the city on top of this moat, so these recruits could live up to expectations and withstand the attacks of the Rong people.

Even during this period, Rong climbed the gate several times, causing chaos among the defenders, but under the dispatch of Zhu Lihua and An Xu's brave and fearless fighting, the situation was quickly reversed and the Rong people who climbed the city tower were killed back.

The sky gradually darkened, and the sound of "woo" horns sounded behind the Rong array, and the Rong people who were besieging the city slowly retreated, leaving only the corpses in one place and the quiet city.

That night, Lihua received an order from the general of Yuxiao Pass, asking him to rush to Yuxiao Pass to discuss the matter of guarding the pass, Lihua did not dare to slack off, and hurried to Yuxiao Pass after eating some food.

Zhu Lihua sat in Han Yun's house in the Yuxiao Pass Building, and there were three people on the side, namely Ji Yuntian, the general of the Golden Bull Pass, Jiang Hong, the guard of the Earth Bat Gate, and Han Linhui, the general of the Shuiqi Gate.

Because Fang and Ji Yuntian had a conversation in the morning, Ji Yuntian also sat beside Zhu Lihua familiarly, Jiang Hong and Han Linhui were a little strange why Ji Yuntian was familiar with Zhu Lihua, but it was inconvenient to ask each other, just looked at Ji and Lili who were talking from time to time.

After a while, Han Yun came to the house with a gloomy face, closed the door and sat down at the top of everyone, and as soon as he sat down, he scolded: "The big war is imminent, these moths don't want to be loyal to the country, but at this time they want me to send troops to protect them, what a bastard." ”

Needless to say, the four of them could hear that Han Yun was scolding the nobles on the border, Jiang Hong and Han Linhui looked at Lihua with embarrassment, but found that Lihua was expressionless, and they were not upset by Han Yun's words at all.

In fact, Lu Lihua also smiled bitterly in his heart, he had just dealt with the "bastard" in Han Yun's mouth half a day ago, although Han Qianren's scolding was vulgar, it was also in line with Lu Lihua's intentions.

I only heard Ji Yuntian cough lightly and said: "Han Qianren is angry, this time the Rong people are coming to attack with great momentum, and it seems to be much stronger than the last knock, if it weren't for the fact that the hundred generals in the village found out the military situation of the Rong people outside my pass, today's battle would be a little troublesome." ”

After listening to Ji Yuntian, Jiang Hong and Han Linhui looked at Ji Yuntian and then at Lihua with some surprise, and together with Han Yun, they also looked at Ji Yuntian in confusion and said, "How do the hundred generals in Zhuli know about your military situation outside the Guanhai?" ”

Ji Yuntian glanced at Lihua and told everyone about Lihua's arrival at Jinniu Pass this morning. Listening to Ji Yuntian's words, everyone was shocked. Lu Lihua smiled and told Han Yun what happened from yesterday to this morning.

Han Yun was also a little excited when he heard this, and patted his thigh and said: "Good boy, this credit must be reported to the General Administration, Han likes you more and more... Oh... Nobleman" he suddenly didn't know how to express it, just blushed and couldn't speak with excitement.

Lu Lihua didn't mind Han Yun putting himself in the ranks of the nobles, and he also knew that some things had already been engraved in the hearts of these poor cloth generals and could not be changed, but he still stood up and said with a smile: "Lu Li just did what he should do. With that, he sat back down.

Jiang Hong and Han Linhui also admired Lihua a lot, but after seeing Han Qianren's embarrassed expression, they didn't say anything.

Han Yun laughed, hid his embarrassed look, sat down and said: "Before the Rong people invaded the pass today, I wanted to gather everyone to discuss military strategy, but those bastards had a lot of things to disturb, and the spies reported that the enemy Rong had retreated, so I called everyone to come to me to discuss it, let's talk about it, how is the battle today." ”

Zhu Lihua arched his hand and said: "There are about two thousand troops attacking the city of Muqi Pass today, and after a fierce battle for half a day, about 500 enemies were killed under the pass, and their own casualties were nearly 100. After that, Han Linhui also said loudly: "The situation in Shuiqi Pass is similar to that of the hundred generals in Yuli, but the Rong people are attacking the city today as if they are not afraid of death, and the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, and the enemy killed in half a day should be about 500 people, but the brothers have also killed and injured more than 200 people." ”

Han Yun nodded and said, "Fortunately, today I have sent 500 reinforcements to Mu Qi Pass and Shui Qi, although they are new soldiers, they are not worried about defending in danger." This is also thanks to the fact that the Bai General set up a sentry post under the Muqi Pass, and only yesterday did he learn that the Rong people were coming, and if it was too late, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Jiang Hong and Han Linhui looked at Zhu Lihua again when they heard this, and their eyes showed surprise again, and they said in their hearts that this son-in-law, who was as white as jade, really had some ability.

At this time, Ji Yuntian suddenly said: "Han Qianren, although there are only 100 enemies attacking the city at Jinniu Pass today, all of them were killed by the soldiers in my pass, but I heard that for hundreds of years, the Rong people almost never chose to attack the city at Jinniu Pass, just to contain the defenders, but why did they send 100 people to death this time, I always feel that something is wrong, but why is it so I can't say." ”

After listening to Ji Yuntian's words, Jiang Hong also followed and said: "It's the same here for me, the soldiers sent by the Rong people to attack the city today are all dead under my pass, and I also feel a little strange." ”

Han Yun touched his dirty hair, frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't tell what tricks the Rong people were playing. After thinking to no avail, he turned his head to look at Lihua and asked, "What does General Lihua think?" ”

Seeing Han Yun looking at him, Zhu Lihua also shook his head and said: "The Rong people have been fighting with my Great Qin for hundreds of years, although this is the first time that the Rong people have fought with the Rong people, but this time the Rong people invaded the pass is obviously different from the previous rumors, I see that its battle formation is strict, it is not at all like the brave and unscrupulous appearance I heard before, and its battle formation order method is somewhat similar to my Qin soldiers." ”

After listening to Zhu Lihua's words, Ji Yuntian and the three of them recalled the formation of today's Rong people's battle, and they also thought it was true, and it was indeed different from before. But Han Yun said: "The Rong people have been fighting with Great Qin for more than five hundred years, and it is not surprising that they have learned the formation method. ”

"According to the previous combat situation, once the casualties of the besieging Rong people exceed 20%, they will no longer attack and must return to the army to repair, but this time the Rong people will not die in the siege of the city, a team will attack the city, and it can only be stopped until they die, this kind of combat method is unheard of, and it also makes the casualties of our soldiers larger, if the Rong people continue to fight in this way, our soldiers will hold on for three days at most." Lu Lihua thought for a moment and then said.

The three of them also thought so, and nodded to indicate that the same was true for the Rong people on their side.

Han Yun and the others discussed the details of today's battle for a long time, but they finally didn't analyze anything. Han Yun had no choice but to stand up and say: "The original Yuxiao Pass garrison has two thousand, and recently more than a thousand recruits have been gathered, today five hundred reinforcements were sent to Shuiqi and Muqi Pass, and there are two thousand soldiers in the pass. ”

Lu Lihua and the others could hear that this was Han Yun's final order, so they stood up together and responded in unison.

Out of Yuxiao Pass, Zhu Lihua, Jiang Hong, Han Linhui, and Ji Yuntian said goodbye and went to Muqi Pass.

Jiang Hong, Han Linhui, and Ji Yuntian saw that Lihua had gone far into the night, so they walked south together, and the road was unusually quiet, as if the darkness of the road ahead was pressing on the three of them, and everyone had their own hearts and minds, and no one said a word. A quarter of an hour later, when they arrived at the intersection of the road leading to Jinniu Pass, Jiang Hong and Han Linhui finally arched their hands and said goodbye to Ji Yuntian, Ji Yuntian glanced at the two of them when he left, and saw Jiang Hong and Han Linhui's eyes showing resolute expressions, so he sighed and turned back to the pass.

In the early morning of the next day, the horn of the Rong people sounded outside the wooden deer pass, and the battle broke out again. The corpses of the Rong people left in front of the pass yesterday have already been cleaned up by the soldiers in the Muqi Pass, in order to prevent the Rong people from using the corpses to attack the city, and also to prevent the outbreak of the plague.

Another day of fierce fighting made the corpses in front of the wooden deer pass full of corpses again. The battle reports from the main pass are delivered every half day, and the content of the book is roughly the same as yesterday's battle.

At nightfall, the Rong people retreated, and the defenders of the Muqi Pass also got a rare rest, and the soldiers who fell asleep could be seen everywhere in the pass.

In today's battle, Lu Lihua became more and more worried in his heart, and it was obvious that the Rong people had another reinforcement of more than 1,000 people. Although today's results were even stronger than yesterday's, and there were about six or seven hundred enemies killed in front of the pass, he did not find that the Rong people had the intention of retreating, but felt that these Rong people were a little "stupid", and they came to die stupidly.

Vaguely, he felt that although Rong was not good at flexibility, he was not afraid of death and injury, and in the final analysis, the focus of the battle between Rong and Qin was not in Qin Lan and Sumeru, but in Xiao Pass. If you surround Xiao Pass, you can drive straight into as many people and livestock as possible to loot the wealth and silk, so as to achieve the purpose of fighting the Rong people.

But after the two-day battle this time, Zhu Lihua even felt that the Rong people just wanted to take the Wooden Badge Pass, which made him feel a little incomprehensible.

The Wooden Hedgehog Pass has also been lost more than once, but there is a more difficult Yuxiao Pass behind the Wooden Hedgehog Pass, so what is the use of taking the Wooden Hedgehog Pass with so many dead and wounded people. At this time, Li Hua could only think of four words: the gains outweighed the losses.

So if it is not that the Rong people are "stupid", then there is only one explanation for the soldiers who have suffered so many casualties, that is, the Rong people feel that they have the certainty of victory, in other words, they have the certainty of capturing Yuxiao Pass, but the premise is to take the Muqi Pass.

If there was no Yuxiao Pass, perhaps the Rong people would have been able to take the Muqi Pass, because the defenders of more than 600 people had suffered nearly half of the casualties in the two-day battle. In particular, the archers were shot and killed by the Rong archers regardless of the losses, and only thirty percent of the soldiers were left who could shoot arrows with bows. It is conceivable that if the Rong people attack like this again tomorrow, without the cover of the archers, the Rong people attack far and near, and the archers calmly send bows and arrows, then the casualty ratio on the city will not be the same as in these two days.

Gao Yunce, Liang Qingshu and others had just looked for him, and the two asked to send reinforcements to Yuxiao Pass. How could Lihua not want the addition of a new force, so he sent a report to Yuxiao Pass before sunset, asking for reinforcements to be sent again.

That night, a little smoke rose from the wooden hedgehog pass, and the sergeants gathered around the campfire to rest on each other. The generals such as Lihua and Gao Yunce slowly shuttled between the piles of bonfires, and the two Sumeru wolf cubs wagged their tails and followed behind Lihua.

Around the piles of bonfires, they looked at the old brothers and new forces who were still alive yesterday and rarely had not hung the colors at this moment, and they also saw that some familiar figures were never seen again.