In the autumn of the twenty-second year of King Lihe, he was defeated. Taibao Qizi and Zhiguiba led a total of 80,000 troops, broke through the three cities of Qiguo, and the soldiers were on the verge of Huoquan Pass.

Qi Guo had no time to fight on two fronts, the garrison of Huoquan Pass was less than 10,000 people, and Sima Wu did not order the guards of Huoquan Pass to defend Miao Kuo to the death, and he was not allowed to fight. Miao Kuo received the order and did not come out of the pass.

It was agreed to break through the pass in half a month, but now that five days have passed, it is difficult for the Jiang army to advance an inch, and the camp tent in the army, Qi Zi frowned tightly and asked, "Where is Zhigui?"

"It's a battle."

"Cut the wood faster, rush to make ladders and crash overnight, and you must break the level tomorrow." Qi Zi ordered.

"Whoa."

Under the Huoquan Pass, Ba Chuang was leading a hundred horsemen to shout, only to hear Ba Chuang shouting: "Wu Bugu is not there?" When fighting in the west, every time Shu invaded, Wu Bugu retreated, and within three years, Qi had lost ten places. In this way, Qi Guo is a coward. ”

Miao Kuo was condescending, sneering silently, no matter how the fang army called the battle, he turned a deaf ear. Sima Youyan said that within half a month, Fang Zhi would inevitably withdraw from the army, and he would not be as stupid as his younger brother Miao Yi.

"Miao Kuo, I heard that you occupied Miao Yi's wife, and you deliberately made trouble, so that Qi Jun sent him to Xinli, seriously?" Ba Chuang shouted in battle, and the fang army laughed, and insulted Miao Kuo shamelessly.

"I don't know the shame of Miao Kuo, if you want Miao Yi to die, you must be a hindrance from it, so that you can do that kind of thing with your brother and daughter-in-law." Ba Chuang was still scolding.

Miao Kuo is like a deaf man, only overlooking the Living Spring Ridge in the distance, where there seems to be a woodcutter cutting wood.

"General, the scout has come to report that there are soldiers from the Fang Kingdom in Huoquanling, the number is unknown, and they are cutting wood."

"Well, Qi Zi is in charge of the agricultural and mulberry fortifications, he should be repairing simple ladders and crashing cars, and always pay attention to the movements of the Fang army." Miao Kuo nodded, unimpressed.

There are more than 80,000 troops in the Mandarin Army, and less than 10,000 defenders in Huoquan Pass, all of whom are panicked. As a guard, Miao Kuo did not panic at all, and also made the defenders settle down, thinking that someone would rush to the aid of Huoquan Pass.

Miao Kuo smiled bitterly in his heart, Qiguo has many mountains and dangerous waters, there is not much fertile land in the plains, and the strength of the whole country can only raise 200,000 soldiers, even these 200,000 people have to take hoes to cultivate in their spare time, and draw swords in wartime. Compared with the rich mountains and rivers of the Tong Kingdom, and the salt water and spring salt, the Qi Kingdom is really a country in distress and cannot afford to fight. If there is no this, from the death of his younger brother, how can he Miao Kuo be indifferent? Chen Bing, a neighboring country, how could Qi Jun ask for peace from all over the country? There is nothing to be done, nothing can be done.

The autumn rain continued for three days, and the fang army retreated to Chaiyi. God willing, it lasted another three days.

"Now that the half-moon period has passed for most of the time, the heavy rain has stopped, go to Huoquanling, and we must break through the customs today, so as not to have many dreams at night." Qi Zi ordered.

80,000 horses and horses were mighty, Ba Chuang was the vanguard, and Qi Zi sat in the Chinese army and went to Huoquan Pass.

The soldiers are approaching the city, the momentum is huge, and there are three simple ladders and three siege weapons, and a big war is inevitable.

"General, why haven't the reinforcements come yet?" Chaiyi doctor Hao Meng asked anxiously.

"Reinforcements won't come," Miao Yi laughed miserably, "Maybe you and I will live and die with Huoquan Pass." ”

Reinforcements will not come, and there will never be. Qi State 200,000 soldiers and horses, 100,000 garrisoned in the west, 50,000 garrisoned in the east, and the rest were also stationed in the Quartet. Now I only hope that the Shu Kingdom in the west will attack, so that the Fang army can retreat without a fight, so as to keep Quanguan safe.

Hao Meng, a young general, is a doctor in Chaiyi, who governs the people in his spare time and the army in wartime. The defenders of Chai Yi were less than 200, but they held out for half a day. When Miao Kuo rushed to the aid of Chaiyi, the defenders of Chaiyi and Hao Meng were less than ten people.

At this time, Hao Meng stood on the Huoquan Pass, condescendingly overlooking the 80,000 male divisions of the Fang Kingdom, clenching his fists with both hands, and said: "People are in the lock."

It was really terrifying, Miao Kuo laughed, swept away the depression, raised his arms and shouted: "People are locked up."

The defenders of Huoquan Pass shouted in unison: "People are in prison."

Qi Zi sneered and said, "Then let you break the door and die."

There are 80,000 citrus troops, and the array is under the live spring, the momentum is huge, and the army is everywhere, and there is no grass. Ba Chuang called the formation, and Qi Zi sat in the Chinese army.

The defenders of Huoquan Pass did not come out of the retreat, and hundreds of archers bent their bows and pulled arrows, ready to attack.

"Fan Taibao, Qi and Fang are in the same line, friends of lips and teeth, and fighting in the same room, it is inevitable that both will lose." Miao Kuo had prepared for the worst, but still had the last glimmer of hope, hoping that Qi Zi's anger had subsided.

He underestimated Qi Zi's pain, how could he calm his anger when he lost his son when he was old?

Qi Zi made people say: "Qi deceived my people, invaded my people, invaded my land, killed my only son, and the teacher became famous."

"Take the ladder," Ba Chuang ordered.

Dozens of cloud ladders were built according to the city, and the soldiers of the Fang Kingdom climbed the ladders.

"Rolling wood." Miao Kuo frowned. You have siege ladders, and I have rolling logs against enemies.

"Crash." Ba Chuang ordered.

Crash with dozens of soldiers, crash into the city gates. The guards of Huoquan Pass took logs to the door.

Hao Meng sighed with a sad face. The ladders, rolling wood, hitting wood, and reaching the wood are all cut down from the Living Spring Ridge, which is born from the same root, and it is too anxious to fry each other.

"Shoot the arrows." Ba Chuang ordered.

Miao Kuo also ordered: "Release the arrows."

Eight hundred archers in Huoquan Pass, bending bows and pulling arrows, eight hundred arrows came out through the clouds, and landed in the formation of the fang army, and the soldiers who raised their shields a little slower were hit by arrows, and occasionally there was a wail.

The 5,000 archers of the Fang army drew their bows, attracting a rain of arrows, and rushed straight to Huoquan Pass, which was full of arrow clusters, and the defenders of Huoquan Pass were panicked.

In a battle, the Fang army lost five times the ladder and hundreds of soldiers. More than 1,000 of the defenders of Huoquan Pass were wounded and killed, and nearly 10,000 horses and horses have gone to 12/10.

"In one hour, our army has lost a thousand people, and in just two days, the pass should be broken." There will be a lot of worries.

"If you can't hold it for two days, how can you hold it for several days?" Wucheng doctor Zheng Xiu scolded and scolded.

Wucheng is located in the north of Qi Kingdom, bordering Qinling Mountains in the north, Jiao and Meng in the northeast, and Chu in the southeast. To the north of the Qinling Mountains, the Song Kingdom pursued the Central Plains and had no time to invade south; Meng and Jiao Xiaoguo, with a strong Song Dynasty in the north and a strong Chu in the south, survived in the cracks, took care of themselves, and had always been good friends with Citrus and Qi; As for the southeast, the state of Chu opened up its territory and expanded its territory, and the territory was vast and difficult to measure.

This time, Huoquan Pass was in an emergency, and Wu Bugu had no choice but to transfer 5,000 troops from Wucheng, together with soldiers and horses from all over the country, to guard Huoquan Pass.

"If the enemy is outnumbered, the Living Spring Pass will be lost, and defending the pass is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." After Zheng Xiu finished speaking, he beckoned the old department to prepare to withdraw the army.

"Doctor Zheng, the living spring must not be lost." Miao Kuo gritted his teeth and said.

"I have been ordered by Sima to rush to the aid of Huoquan Pass, and now the Fang army is about to break through, and Wucheng is in a hurry," Zheng Xiu slowed down and said, "The general should also withdraw the army." ”

"Zheng Xiu, you dare." Hao Meng drew his knife and stopped Zheng Xiu.

"Who are you?" Zheng Xiu flicked the knife with two fingers and asked with a smile.

"Qi Guo pawn, Doctor Chai Yi." Hao Meng said word by word.

"Why don't you die in Chai Yi if you have such a backbone?" Zheng Xiu smiled contemptuously, "Do you know who I am?" ”

"Even if there is only one soldier left, the Living Spring Pass has not been broken." Hao Meng put the knife on Zheng Xiu's shoulder and threatened.

"Doctor Hao, absolutely not." Miao Kuo stopped it.

"Then you cut off my head," Zheng Xiu disagreed, and walked away.

Hao Meng caught up with Zheng Xiu from behind and stabbed him in the back of the heart. Zheng Xiu looked at the narrow knife that passed through his heart in disbelief, and he died of anger, and he didn't even have a chance to explain a word.

Zheng Xiu's old department drew his sword and drew his sword, and Hao Meng scolded: "Do you want to learn from Zheng Xiu as a deserter?"

The crowd retreated, the dragons were leaderless, and they didn't know what to do. Hao Meng paced, glanced at everyone, and said: "Once the Living Spring Pass is broken, there is no need to stop the Fang army, 80,000 horses, the Qi country will perish, we will all be slaves of the country, and our wives and children will be enslaved by the country." There is no way to retreat, only to defend and fight to the death. ”

"Okay," Miao Kuo clapped his hands, "What about 80,000 horses, all the soldiers of my Living Spring Pass are one as ten." If I die in battle, Commodore Hao; The commander of the thousand died in battle, and the centurion generation; The centurion died in battle, and the centurion was replaced; The captain of the ten was killed in battle, and the husband was replaced. As long as there is still a living person, the living spring cannot be lost. ”

"General, Huoquan Pass may not be unguardable," Hao Meng said with his fists clenched, "Our army occupies the right time, place and people." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Miao Kuo asked eagerly.

"At this time, the west wind and the north wind are blowing, and this is the time of day; Living Spring Pass is built according to Living Spring Ridge, condescending, which is geographically advantageous; After the living spring was closed, the supply of grain and grass was hesitant, and the 80,000 people of the orange were far away, and this was a harmony. ”

"Does Dr. Hao have a solution?" Miao Kuo was overjoyed and asked out loud.

"It's more than a strategy," Hao Meng laughed, "a wooden-cut arrow, our army is condescending, and the arrow hit rate and range are better than the fang army; the second and third sent people to Qidu to ask for help, and recruited rebels in various places; the third sent scouts to investigate the grain and grass of the fang army, waiting for the opportunity to move; Fourth, it was the autumn harvest, and people were sent to collect straw and make grass for soldiers. ”

On the ninth day of the half-moon period, the casualties of the Fang army were less than 1,000, and only 6,000 people remained in Huoquanguan. As the sun set, the Mandarin army withdrew its troops, and on the first day, it was over.

On the tenth day, the wind did not stop, the fog did not disperse, and the Tongjiang River was still in battle. No matter how insulting the Fang army was, the defenders of Huoquan Pass could not defend it.

Qi Zi came to the front of the battle, Ba Chuang beat the drum, and the Fang army attacked.

"There are less than 10,000 people in Huoquan Pass, and nearly half of it was lost yesterday, and it can be broken today. After breaking the Huoquan Pass, Qi Guo no longer has anything to do with it, but you can go straight to Qidu, capture King Qi alive, and regain all the lost land. Qi Zi was overjoyed in his heart, he had already seen the scene of the harvest and the triumphant return of the capital, and then he would be Debi Boqi, who was ugly and ugly, and was canonized as a saint, and it may not be impossible to live through the ages.

"Taibao, the Qi army is suspected of having reinforcements." There are scouts coming to report.

"The war on the east and west fronts of Qi is tight, how can there be reinforcements?" Qi Zi doesn't believe it, everything is in his control, and there should be no mistakes.

"The living spring is closed, with a total of more than 10,000, and there is a sound of exercise in the pass, and it is also more than 10,000." The scout said.

At this time, the fog shrouded Huoquan Pass, and Qi Zi had no choice but to order Ba to go to the front of the battle to investigate.

Ba Chuang came to the front of the formation, and sure enough, the living spring was full of Qi troops, and the sound of drills could be faintly heard. Before the championship, Ba Chuang joined the army with his father, and it has been 30 years, so he naturally heard that the drill team is not less than 10,000 people.