Night, October 13, 260 B.C. Two moments of time.

Changping Pass.

Although this battle is known as the Battle of Changping, Changping Pass is not actually located in the center of the battlefield, but in the northwest of the battlefield, and together with Yangtou Mountain, Guguan and Guanling Mountain, it constitutes the last line of defense of the Zhao army, the "Baili Stone Great Wall", defending the back road of the Zhao army.

It is precisely because the location of Changping Pass is extremely important, and because of the topography, it directly faces the northernmost Danzhuling stronghold of Qinleibi, so although this is only a small pass, Zhao Guoda's general Lian Po still stationed a full 5,000 soldiers on the pass.

Five thousand people doesn't sound like much, but because the front of Changping Pass belongs to a funnel-like canyon terrain that is gradually tightening, even if the Qin army attacks in a big way, there are actually only one or two thousand men and horses that can be placed in front of Changping Pass.

Considering that the number of defenders needed by the defending side was often only a fraction of that of the besieging side, five thousand men was already more than enough, and it could even be said that it was a bit excessive.

Moreover, Changping Pass is only more than ten miles away from the camp of Zhao Army Han Wangshan, once the war breaks out, at most half an hour, you can get the support of the friendly troops from the front line of the Great Wall of Baili Stone and the main force of the Zhao Army of Han Wangshan at the same time, which can be said to be foolproof.

Therefore, although the battle had lasted for three whole days, and Changping Pass had also experienced several attacks by the Qin army, the Qin army had nothing to gain except for leaving hundreds of corpses on the flat ground in front of the pass.

All this made the supreme commander of Changping Pass, Captain Zhao Guo, both happy and worried.

Zhongxingdun is forty and two this year, a face has been weathered, the whole person is tall and rough, and he is a typical Yan Zhao man.

Although it was already late at night, Zhongxingdun did not fall asleep immediately, but came to patrol the pass as usual.

The thick torches burned on the wall of Changping Pass, and the condescending light of the fire illuminated the ground under the wall, and even a few dazzling dark colors could be seen, which were the traces left by the battle in the past few days.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhongxingdun couldn't help but sigh.

"Qin people, why don't you come!"

Although Changpingguan has also experienced some offensives from the direction of Danzhuling in the past three days, they are all some tentative small-scale offensives, and the Qin people who come to attack each time are only one or two thousand, which is not trivial at all.

The Qin people's neglect of Changping Pass made Zhongxingdun very dissatisfied.

Without the people of the Qin State sending their heads to the door, how could these 5,000 soldiers in Zhongxingdun and Changping Pass still make meritorious contributions!

But complaining is complaining, Zhongxing Shield still seriously inspected the wall of Changping Pass back and forth, confirmed that many defensive measures were effective, and the soldiers of the Zhao Army who were keeping vigil everywhere also performed their duties, so they walked down the wall with confidence and walked towards their barracks.

A moment later, the Zhongxing Shield, who had just unloaded his armor, was about to go to bed to rest, when there was a sudden knock at the door.

Opening the door, a two-five hundred lord (thousand commanders) hurriedly appeared in front of Zhongxing Shield: "Captain, there seems to be something wrong!" ”

Zhongxingdun was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The two or five hundred lords walked into the room, looked left and right, closed the door, and said in a low voice: "The two sentinels in Shangzhuang and Xiazhuang have not been restored for six hours. ”

About a few miles away on the right side of Changping Pass, there is also a narrow valley mouth, behind which there are two Zhuangzi, which are named Shangzhuang and Xiazhuang because one is upstream and the other is downstream.

After the outbreak of the war, the people of these two Zhuangzi had already fled, so Zhongxing Shield stationed a hundred-man team among the two Zhuangzi to avoid being attacked by the Qin army.

Shangxialiangzhuang is facing the Xiangong Mountain a few miles northwest of the Qin army's position Danzhuling, the terrain of Xiangong Mountain is extremely rugged, and it is full of extremely narrow mountain roads, it is impossible for the army to pass, so in the eyes of Zhongxing Dun, it is enough to have a hundred people stationed there to warn.

And just in case, Zhongxing Shield also stationed a team of 500 people in a place called Yaoshan after Shangxialiangzhuang, ready to support Shangxialiangzhuang at any time.

In the past six months, the Qin army once sent a small force to try to attack Shangxialiangzhuang, but was repelled by the Zhao army, which was discovered in time, and since then there has been no more fighting here.

If it weren't for this two or five hundred lord mentioning it, Zhongxingdun would have forgotten that there was such a place.

Therefore, Zhongxing Shield was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then frowned: "Hmph, the Qin people are still thieves... Can Yaoshan be rewarded? ”

In the eyes of Zhongxing Shield, even if the hundred-man team in Shangxialiangzhuang was wiped out, it didn't matter, because of the limitations of the terrain, the Qin army would definitely be able to launch an attack with only three or four hundred people, and it was impossible to break through the Yaoshan position with five hundred people.

As long as Yaoshan is stable, as soon as the morning dawns, Zhongxing Shield will be able to calmly deploy troops and wipe out this group of small Qin troops who dare to sneak attack!

Thinking of this, Zhongxingdun even began to be a little excited.

This is a battle feat sent to the door.

But the joy in Zhongxingdun's heart had just surged, and it was immediately interrupted by the next report of the two or five hundred lords in front of him.

"Captain, Yaoshan... There were also three hours of unpaid return. ”

"What?" Zhongxing Dun was shocked in his heart, and then a trace of anger appeared on his face, and the tone of his voice became much more annoyed: "Why are you only telling me about this now!"

The two or five hundred lords hurriedly explained: "Du Lieutenant, one patrol during the day and three patrols at night are set by the Du Lieutenant, and his subordinates just obey the order. What the following just said, I just learned about it, please check it out! ”

The so-called one patrol during the day and three patrols at night refers to the fact that during the day, Changpingguan will send people to inspect Yaoshan and the upper and lower villages, and at night it will be inspected once every three hours.

It is already midnight now, and it stands to reason that there should be a patrol report in the direction of Yaoshan, but at this moment, this patrol report is missing.

This means that something may have happened to Yaoshan!

And if you extrapolate from the time, the time of the Yaoshan accident is likely to be three hours ago, that is, at sunset!

Thinking about it, Zhongxingdun's face began to gradually become gloomy.

Once Yaoshan misses, then the Qin army can enter the eldest son county of the Beishang Party, and then go around in a big circle and carry out a sneak attack on Changping Pass from behind.

In this way, as long as the Qin army suddenly launches and attacks Changping Pass inside and outside, then the fall of Changping Pass will no longer be an empty talk!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhongxing Shield almost immediately grabbed the two or five hundred lords in front of him, and shouted: "Go quickly and give an order, order the whole camp to be on guard, the Qin people may have reached the pass, at any time..."

The voice of the Zhongxing shield suddenly stopped.

The supreme commander of Changping Pass widened his eyes and stared incredulously at the two or five hundred lords in front of him.

I don't know when an extra bronze dagger appeared in the hands of the two or five hundred masters, and the dagger had already pierced deeply into the heart of the Zhongxing Shield, reaching the handle.

Zhongxingdun opened his mouth to say something, but his life was dead, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't say even a syllable from his mouth, not even calling the two guards outside the door.

The body of the Zhongxing shield slowly fell.

At the last moment when the light of life was about to be extinguished, Zhongxingdun suddenly remembered something.

The name of the two or five hundred lords in front of him is called Lou Bing, and the name of the five hundred lords stationed on Yao Mountain is Lou Yu, who is the younger brother of Lou Bing.

And Lou Bing and Lou Yu are both from the famous Lou clan of Zhao State, and the current head of Lou is Lou Chang, the doctor of Zhao State.

Could this be a coincidence? Could it be that the Knowles have betrayed Zhao Guo?

But it is no longer possible for Zhongxingdun to know the answer to this question, because his life has come to an end.

A moment later, in the canyons on both sides of the front and back of Changping Pass, there was a sudden shout of killing that rushed to the sky at the same time, and hundreds of Qin soldiers came out of the darkness and came towards Changping Pass.