Jiang Jue led the army to garrison at Huoquan Pass with peace of mind, Pakistan had no time to take care of the three cities of Qidi, and the Chu army was defeated and retreated, but no one disturbed him. As for chasing out of Huoquan Pass, Jiang Jue has not had this idea before, it is really a Qidi Free Army with only 20,000 people, and it is a great luck to be able to hold Huoquan Pass, and more Jiang Jue dare not ask for extravagance.

In the middle, Zhao Miao found Jiang Jue and said that it was time to go, after all, as long as he held the Living Spring Pass, it was enough to ensure the three cities in the pass. Jiang Jue couldn't rest assured, and planned to come back in a few days. In the past few days, Jiang Jue has asked Jingfu to train his soldiers and horses, after all, most of the Qidi Free Army is a township brave and righteous army, and its combat effectiveness is really insufficient.

Today, the Chu army finally attacked again, and it was menacing. The main general will be Jing Se, the general of the north of Chu State, this person is a veteran and famous general, and he has been active in the four expeditions and four towns of Chu State since the time of Fu Cuo, so when Song and Chu almost had a conflict, Xiong Ran was relieved to let Jing Se Town guard the northern border. Jing Se is a veteran general, not a military general like Gongsun Ji and Gongsun Xiu.

The 50,000-strong army came in an orderly manner, and the formation was not terrifying.

History is always strikingly consistent, and the Chu army sent envoys again. Qi Guanzhuang was very worried, lest it be the same as back then, but Jiang Jue still insisted on letting this envoy enter the customs.

"Childe, please." The messenger handed over a scroll of bamboo slips.

Jiang Jue didn't look at it, threw it on the ground casually, and said, "Is my mother in Yingdu again?" ”

The messenger said, "I don't know." ”

"Kill it." Jiang Jue said casually.

He cares about everyone, except the enemy. Pity and compassion for the enemy is the greatest harm to oneself.

Someone in the Chu army called out and shouted: "Jiang Jue, your mother is in our hands, switch it, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure your mother's safety." ”

How does Jiang Jue believe him? I was in Huoquan Pass, and I was deceived by the Chu people once, and I had to fall down twice in the same place? Besides, Xuan Lang had already told himself that his mother was in Jiangcheng and was safe and sound, but he didn't have time to visit.

"Go back and tell Jing Se that he always makes these conspiracies and tricks, and is he still worthy of his well-known name?" Jiang Jue stood on the living spring gate and shouted.

A chariot came slowly, and hundreds of archers were ready to go, just waiting for Jiang Jue's order.

The chariot got closer and closer, and thirty steps away, Jiang Jue was short of breath.

"What's wrong, Childe?" Qi Guanzhuang hurriedly hugged Jiang Jue and asked.

Jiang Jue waved his hand and did not speak. Behind the chariot, thousands of Chu troops followed the chariot. Thirty steps, it was already within the range of the bow and arrow, but Jiang Jue refused to give the order to release the arrows.

"Childe, do you want to release the arrow?" Keio asked.

"On that chariot, it's my mother." Two lines of tears flowed from Jiang Jue's cheeks.

When the living spring was closed, everyone on Jiang Jue's side was speechless. Jiang Jue's mother is in the hands of the Chu army, the Chu army is less than twenty steps away from closing the gate, in addition to the chariot, there is also a crash, which is a siege weapon.

The Chu army finally stopped, and the mother who had called the Chu general to hold Jiang Jue hostage shouted: "Jiang Jue, do you think I have lied to you?" Switch, I'll release people naturally. ”

Jiang Jue's face was pale, and his lips were bitten and bleeding. He didn't have time to figure out why his mother would appear in Chu Jun's hands, and he was in a mess in his heart now.

It's this feeling of powerlessness again, and you have to face choices. Sometimes, a choice is more cruel in front of you than no other choice, like now.

"Jue, you've grown up." The mother shouted.

Jiang Jue burst into tears again, after many years of absence, he searched for it several times, but goodbye made Jiang Jue feel painful, it was better not to see it.

"Childe, the Chu army is less than ten steps away from the pass." Keio shouted.

"No arrows." Qiguan Zhuang shouted.

"Mother, Jue is sorry for you," Jiang Jue knelt on the city and shouted hoarsely, "Shoot the arrows and face the battle." ”

Jiang Jue fainted, and Jingfu commanded the battle on his behalf.

The Chu army was menacing this time, but the Qidi Free Army was not unprepared, and hundreds of archers fired several volleys, shooting the Chu army that was in the forefront into a sieve.

Qi Guanzhuang was so sad and indignant that he wanted to switch to face the battle. Yuchan shouted: "Is your son-in-law willing to see it?" ”

Qi Guanzhuang threw the knife on the ground, scolded and hugged Jiang Jue and left.

The arrows of Huoquanguan are still dozens of bundles that have been newly made, the arrow shaft is easy to find, and the arrow feathers are easy to make, but the bow is extremely difficult, and half of these hundreds of bows are donated by the people.

Jiang Jue was seriously ill, and Qi Guanzhuang took care of him.

On June 18, 506 in the Great Li calendar, the Chu army was repulsed, with more than 3,000 casualties among the Chu army and no casualties among the Qidi Free Army.

On June 19, 506 in the Great Li calendar, the Chu army attacked again, and the gate of Huoquan Pass was broken, but the Chu army was repulsed. The Chu army suffered 5,000 casualties, and the Qidi Free Army suffered 4,000 casualties.

On June 20, 506 in the Great Li calendar, it rained heavily, nothing happened, and the arrows of Huoquanguan had been exhausted.

On June 21, 506 in the Great Li calendar, Shi led the army out of the pass to engage the Chu army and killed two Chu generals. The Chu army suffered 3,000 casualties, and the Qidi Free Army suffered 3,000 casualties.

On June 22, 506 in the Great Li calendar, Jingfu led his army out of the pass to engage the Chu army, with 3,000 casualties among the Chu army and more than 5,000 casualties among the Qidi Free Army.

On June 23, 506 in the Great Li calendar, the Chu army provoked in the future, and nothing happened. There are less than five days left in the living springs.

On June 24, 506 in the Great Li calendar, the three disciples of the Sword Pavilion, Yuchan, Shao Ruyi, and Liu Chang'an, led the scouts to continue to investigate the grain and grass route of the Chu army, and encountered the Chu army, and Shao Ruyi was wounded.

On June 25, 506 in the Great Li calendar, Shi and Zhao Miao led the army to fight, and Shi drew with Jing Se, the main general of the Chu army. The Chu army suffered 2,000 casualties, and the Qidi Free Army suffered 2,000 casualties.

After several days of fighting, the Chu army suffered 17,000 casualties, and the Qidi Free Army suffered 14,000 casualties, which still relied on the consumption of arrows in the previous two days. The Chu army suffered 17,000 casualties, but there were still more than 30,000 left. There were only about 20,000 free people in Qidi, 10,000 dead, 4,000 seriously wounded, and only 6,000 people still had combat effectiveness. The only good news is that in the past few days, the gate of Huoquan Pass has been repaired, but it still can't withstand the attack of the crash, and it is not much good news.

In addition to the great disadvantage of the number of people, there are only five days left of the grain and grass in Huoquanguan, which is still the rations vacated after thousands of people died in the war, otherwise I am afraid that it can only support three or two days. Five days later, there is no need for the Chu army to attack, and I am afraid that Huoquan Pass will not be attacked.

On June 26, 506 in the Dali calendar, there was finally a good news, Yuchan went out to investigate for days, and finally found the movement of the grain and grass of the Chu army.

With an army of tens of thousands of people, once the supply of grain and grass to the Chu army is cut off, the Chu army may not be better than the free people of Qidi.

"Childe, tomorrow Yuchan plans to lead people to sneak attack the Chu army's baggage team, let me talk to you." Qi Guanzhuang shouted.

Jiang Jue nodded reluctantly, he understood. After several years of meeting, I searched for it several times, but goodbye was the difference between life and death, or I killed it with my own hands.

"Childe, you can't fall, we can't do without you. Many people came to visit, but I stopped them. Qi Guanzhuang said.

In the past few days, Jiang Jue has just barely drunk some clear porridge, without asking or saying anything, and he has become even sicker. Childe is like this, Qi Guanzhuang is also uncomfortable, and the Qidi Free Army is also uncomfortable.

Qi Guanzhuang wanted to talk to Jiang Jue about the war many times, but the facts of the war were not optimistic. When the words came to his mouth, he still swallowed his stomach with saliva. If Jiang Jue knows, I'm afraid it will be even worse.

"General Qiguan, someone is coming to visit." The guard outside the door shouted.

"No, nobody." Qi Guan Zhuang was upset and said.

There was a vicissitudes of voice outside the door: "Qi Guanzhuang, even I don't see me?" ”

Qi Guanzhuang can stop Jingfu and Bayang Jun, can stop the Qidi Free Army, and can stop the disciples of the Sword Pavilion, but he doesn't dare to stop this Bai Lao no matter what. His own son-in-law has great respect for this white old man, where does he dare to stop him?

Jiang Jue heard Bai Lao's voice and wanted to get out of bed to greet him, but he really didn't have the strength to turn over, so he had to half-sit up and let Qi Guanzhuang go to greet him.

Qi Guanzhuang helped Bai Lao in, and after Bai Lao sat down, he asked, "The old man heard that the little general was sick, so he came to visit." ”

"I have a heart." Jiang Jue raised his hand with difficulty and saluted.

"I've heard about the little general, the little general's kindness to Qi Min, Qi Min will never forget, and please mourn," Bai Lao said, "Qi Min has petitioned, the little general can leave, if the little general is implicated, we have a guilty conscience." ”

Jiang Jue listened to it, and he understood the reason, but it was different if it really happened to the head. He shook his head, indicating that he did not want to leave. I have said that I want to carry morality on my shoulders, and I want to wear the stars and the moon to hold Li Min in my hands. If you can't even protect the people of the three cities of Qidi, how can you worry about the world?

On the one hand, his mother, on the other hand, the 500,000 free people in Qidi, he still made this extremely difficult choice, and the price was a guilty conscience. There is no big or small choice for any choice.

Besides, sometimes, if you pick it up, you can't put it down, such as Zhuzhu, and then like the 500,000 free people in Qidi.

"Little General, let's go." Bai Lao said again.

Jiang Jue shook his head again, his palm was not small, he could already afford to hold 500,000 free people in Qidi, and it was more difficult for him to put it down than to pick it up.

Either don't take it, or don't put it away. Jiang Jue took it, so he didn't let it go.

"Leave." Bai Lao scolded.

Jiang Jue still shook his head.

"Alas," Bai Lao said bitterly, "Little General, if you don't leave, how can we repay the kindness owed to you by our Qi people?" ”

"Come in vain," Jiang Jue said, "The kid has already failed Qi Min once, and naturally he will not live up to Qi Min a second time." Please tell the people of Qi that the living spring is not broken, and every inch of Qi land is not lost; I, Jiang Jue, will not die, and Qi Min will not die. ”

Bai Lao wanted to dissuade Jiang Jue again, Jiang Jue said, "Official, send Bai Lao out." ”

Qi Guanzhuang had no choice but to send Bai Lao out, and then came back, guarding his son with peace of mind.

Jiang Jue struggled to get out of bed and asked Qi Guanzhuang: "Qi Guan, how is the war?" ”

Qi Guanzhuang lied and said: "Naturally, our army has repeatedly repelled the Chu army. ”

"How much grain and grass are there in the army?" Jiang Jue asked again.

"That's enough." Qi Guan Zhuang said in a round lie.

"How many casualties are our soldiers?" Jiang Jue also asked.

"It's only thousands, and the Chu army has nearly 20,000 dead and wounded." Qi Guan Zhuang said humbly. If a lie is told, it will take a hundred lies, such as now.

"Official, you lied," Jiang Jue said weakly, "go and bring me a bowl of porridge." ”

Qi Guanzhuang smiled and left, the son was willing to take the initiative to drink porridge, which was great news.

"Quickly prepare porridge with minced meat, and the son wants to drink porridge." Qi Guanzhuang ran all the way and shouted all the way.

Jiang Jue drank two large bowls of minced porridge, ate another bowl of tea, regained some strength, and asked, "What did you say just now?" ”

Qi Guanzhuang hurriedly said: "Yuchan has gone out to investigate the news in the past few days, and finally found out the self-respecting route of the Chu army, and is going to go to a sneak attack tomorrow." ”

"Is there any war today?" Jiang Jue asked.

Qi Guanzhuang nodded and said: "Shi Shi has led the army to battle again, with him, our army's casualties are smaller." ”

"Invite the rest of the people to take the matter." Jiang Jue commanded.

Qi Guanzhuang ran out in a hurry again, the son was willing to discuss the matter, naturally there was no hindrance, it all depended on Bai Lao to come to visit, and he knew that he should have invited Bai Lao to come earlier.

Everyone gathered in the room, including the current Captain Jingfu and several Thousand Commanders, as well as Zhao Miao, Liu Changan, and Yuchan of the Sword Pavilion.

"Where's Ruyi?" Jiang Jue asked.

"Ruyi is injured and is recuperating." Liu Changan replied.

"Where's Zhuang An?" Jiang Jue didn't see Zhuang An and asked.

Everyone's faces were not very good, and Jingfu said in a low voice: "Zhuang An died in battle. ”

After speaking, this Bayang doctor, who originally had only 1,000 people under Bayang's hands, turned around and wiped away his tears. He had seen too many robes die in battle, and too many familiar names turned into loess, but his blood-boiling heart was not numb, but clear.

Jiang Jue took a deep breath and couldn't help but shed two tears. Not long ago, Zhuang An, a veteran who drank and talked happily, was gone, this is only what he knows, and how many robes and bones are buried in the battlefield, I am afraid that even the name was buried in the yellow sand and was blown away by the strong wind.

"Tell me about the war." Jiang Jue asked. Qi Guanzhuang obviously lied, and he still doesn't know about Qi Guanzhuang?

Keio said: "Our army lost 10,000 people in battle, 4,000 were seriously wounded, 3,000 were lightly wounded, and there are about 6,000 people with combat effectiveness. The food and grass in the army was only enough for three days, but now it is enough for five days. Bai Lao was ready to collect a batch of food to send it, but I refused, but Bai Lao insisted on sending it. ”

Jiang Jue nodded and continued to ask, "What about Chu Jun?" ”

"The Chu army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, and there were more than 30,000 combat effectiveness." Keio continued.

Fresh numbers are in front of him, and now Huoquan Pass is no longer able to fight, and he can only make a surprise move to defeat the Chu army. Jiang Jue knew everything well, so he said, "You guys go out, I'm tired." ”

"Childe, you are the pillar of the free people of Qidi, the pillar of the army of Huoquanguan, you can't fall, we need you." Keio said with red eyes.

"I'm recuperating with peace of mind, and I'll go tomorrow to sneak attack the heavy troops of the Chu army." Jiang Jue glanced at Jingfu angrily.

A group of people all left, Yuchan walked at the end, and whispered: "Actually, my father went to join the army and died in battle." ”

The same is the end of the world.

Jiang Jue thought of the jade cow, and he spent some time with the peasant man who was as silent as a tree and as stubborn as a cow.