Li Jing was the commander-in-chief, and he led the army to the battle, which was mighty, the armor was sonorous, and he rode a horse to open the way, rolling up smoke and dust and soaring into the sky.

Nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, known as 500,000, are all living forces that can participate in battle. In addition, there are nearly 100,000 baggage, people, etc., transporting grain and grass for the use of these 300,000 troops, and the supply of grain and grass is also quite huge.

As early as a few days ago, the baggage convoy began to transport corn and other grain and grass to Hangu Pass and Tongguan in a steady stream, using this as a place to store and then distribute to the front line.

Two days later, Xue Wancheng led 30,000 elite soldiers to arrive at Hangu Pass first, and after a short stay, he immediately went out of the pass and attacked Hongnong County.

This county is the ancestral land of the Yang family of the Great Sui, Yang Jian has always claimed that his ancestors are Hongnong Yang, which is one of the gate valves after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and has a high reputation.

Zheng Guo's 30,000 guards guarded Hongnong County, supervised the movements in the pass, tried to block Dahua's attack, and reported the situation in Luoyang in time.

When the defenders of Zhuyang City in Hongnong County discovered the beacon fire and wolf smoke ten miles away, they immediately blew the horn and prepared for military defense.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the clouds rolled upside down, and rolling dark clouds pressed down.

At this time, the iron cavalry and elite infantry led by Xue Wancheng came fiercely, rolling up the dust.

The sentry posts along the way have long been swept and cleared all the way, and the army has advanced and directly approached the city.

"The big thing is not good, Dahua sent troops to Hanguguan to recruit me Zheng Guolai."

"What are you afraid of, the Dahua Legion is invincible, can we resist it?"

Zhang Duo, a general who defended the city, stood up and said: "Don't make any noise, immediately blow the horn, mobilize soldiers and horses to defend the city, and keep it for a day!" ”

"Woo-woo-"

The horn was blown in the city, and many Zheng soldiers rushed over, climbed to the top of the city, and prepared to meet the enemy, but in the past, defending the city was only to deal with some nearby rogues, thieves, and bandits in the green forest.

"Do you really want to have a hard time with Dahua?"

"That is, there are very few regular sergeants among us, most of them are newly recruited peasants, how to fight with Dahua, simply retreat, and defend this city, it is meaningless."

This is the closest city to Hangu Pass in Hongnong County, there are about more than 10,000 defenders, and they all know very well that sooner or later, Dahua will send out Hangu Pass and sweep the princes of the world, and when this day really comes, many people do not want to resist.

Because although the geographical situation here is important, Wang Shichong hoarded the main troops near Luoyang, and did not place too many garrisons here.

It didn't take long for Xue Wancheng to surround the two city gates with a large army, because there were not so many troops, it was not enough to encircle, so he only surrounded the two sides to attack, and the remaining two sides were left for the defenders in the city to flee.

"Knock-knock-"

The dull and huge sound of drums in the city pierced the silence of the sky, and the 30,000 Dahua vanguard troops lined up in a neat array and arranged under the city.

Twenty thousand soldiers, all in bright armor, solemn faces, swords, guns, swords, halberds, and cold light, scattered outside the two city gates, each with 10,000 horses.

10,000 cavalry battalion troops, war horses into the line, knights into the ranks, the sword in the hand Changge flashed a faint cold light, daunting, the same 5,000 outside each city.

Although the cavalry could not attack the city, it could constantly patrol and strike at the city as soon as it found that a soldier in the city came out to attack from the side, or reinforcements arrived.

Xue Wanqian wore armor, silver light flashed, held a spear, pointed to the city from afar, and shouted: "Prepare to attack the city, black powder prepare!" ”

The 20,000 soldiers walked forward, moving neatly, the armor and the blades rubbing, sonorous, and the momentum was huge.

"Kill—"

The spear is the trumpet, the drum beats the order, and in a moment, the archers begin to release arrows, and the hard bows and crossbows come and go, and the arrows are like flying locusts.

This momentum directly shocked the soldiers defending the city, and their morale plummeted, and they were suppressed by arrows as soon as they clashed.

Their soft bows are not up to the end of the day, and they can shoot seventy or eighty steps at most, while Dahua's elite crossbow machine can shoot one hundred and thirty steps, a gap of nearly double!

Therefore, the guards were attacked by a rain of arrows, and under the shroud, there was a sound of piercing and puffing, and blood burst out, staining the battlements of the city head.

Some of the recruits who had not been trained for a long time cried and retreated, frightened by this regular elite army.

When the Dahua infantry approached, resisted a few defenders' arrows with their shields, and approached the city gate, using black powder to blow up the city gate, Zheng Guo's army was defenseless, only to hear a loud noise, there was a gap in the city gate, and the elite armor outside the city, heavy armor, and long blades were the main force of the charge, surging in.

The cavalry behind saw that the city gate was broken, and began to attack, wave after wave.

The defenders in the city learned that the city gate was breached, some abandoned the city, and some surrendered, and in less than an hour, the city of Zhuyang was broken.

Such a speed of breaking the city made the Dahua soldiers refreshed their spirits, and their momentum was like a rainbow, and they were eager to go to other cities immediately.

"Please General Xue give an order, the last general is willing to lead 10,000 troops to attack Hongnong City!"

"The last general is willing to lead troops to attack Changyuan City!"

When Xue Wanqian heard this, he hesitated, shook his head and said: "Don't be impatient, when you are stable and progressive, you can't become an arrogant soldier, our army is just a vanguard, remove some obstacles, the follow-up army has not arrived, it is easy to be ambushed if you drive straight in, and the supply of grain and grass will not be able to keep up, this is not a mistake that a mature general should make, give the order to go down, rest in the city for two days, send scouts, investigate the situation of the Zheng army in Hongnong County, wait for the arrival of the army, and when you stay here, our vanguard army will set off again." ”

"Yes!" The lieutenants and lieutenants felt justified and bowed down to obey orders.