Rolling stones are like thunder, sharp arrows are like rain, and infinite bloody evolution.

On the top of the cliffs on both sides of the pass, boulders rolled down, covering almost the entire passage, and on the pass, the sharp arrows of the Western Xia army shot down head-on like flying cockroaches, taking the life of a Qi soldier from time to time.

However, the drums of war sounded, and the Qi army attacked hard. The dense Qi army made it possible to hit a person by throwing a stone on it.

The road to attack was not smooth, and the previous more than a month of bloody fighting had made the entire road full of stones on both sides, and the passage had become narrow, making it impossible to launch a high-intensity attack on both flanks.

Even so, the more than 15,000 Qi troops that attacked the pass head-on did not stop at all, attacking one stubble after another, taking turns. They stepped on the rocks, removed the corpses of the robes, and desperately tried to erect the ladder and attack towards the gate.

Behind them, Xin Qiji, the deputy commander of the Shandong Guanxi Expeditionary Army, personally beat the drums. Before the expedition, Xin Qiji had clouds, "The drums don't stop, and the attack doesn't stop." ”

The main general personally beat the drum to cheer, and the soldiers were also ruthless. Many of them were shirtless and faced the rain of arrows, and even if the arrows penetrated their bodies, they had to move a few steps forward before falling.

The sound of drums, shouts of killing, and screams soared into the sky.

This is the most tragic battle since the Great Qi march, and it is destined to go down in history.

At the same time, there were seven or eight thousand soldiers, divided into nearly a hundred groups, and climbed the mountains along the known and unknown paths, with only one purpose, to find any way to reach the pass, and to go around the back of the pass at all costs. Even if you are forced to make a bloody way, you have to kill under Lantian City.

The information that Xin Yu brought back was crucial. In Baqiao Town, there is no surplus grain and grass to Tongguan or Yaoguan. The latest batch is still three days away from reaching Baqiao Town. And it also takes a day to get from Baqiao Town to Yaoguan. That is to say, since the Lantian grain and grass camp was burned down, the sergeants on the mountain pass have had nothing to eat for more than two days. If you don't take the opportunity to capture Shangyaoguan, once the Western Xia grain, grass and reinforcements arrive, the Qi army will have no hope of capturing Yaoguan.

Due to the civil strife in Western Xia and the great drought in Guanzhong, the grain and grass of the Western Xia army were very tight. The grain of the people in the towns and villages around Chang'an has long been collected by the army, and a hunger tide is forming. If there was only a battle between the Western Xia and the Qi army, the Qi army could completely delay the attack for a month or two to let the Western Xia clean up. However, the situation on the side of Great Qi is extremely unoptimistic, and it is required that the Qi army must achieve results in the short term, otherwise, Great Qi will also not be able to afford to delay. Not to mention that the Jin army is also fighting in the hinterland of Guanzhong, looking at the south of the Wei River, the Qi army must seize the opportunity.

The bloody battle continued, from noon to evening, from evening to evening, even the night did not stop the pace of the Qi army's attack.

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Shaanzhou, the camp of the Qi army.

Xiao Hui woke up from his fainting again, and after more than a month, his hair was all white, and he was even thinner with skin and bones. Breathing is weak, as if there is no breath. Fu Hai was still by his side, sorting out the papers.

Seeing that Xiao Hui opened his eyes, Fu Hai hurriedly put down the work in his hand and walked lightly to the bedside.

"Lord Wang."

Xiao Juni's eyes blinked twice, but he didn't speak.

Fu Hai understood and reported softly, "Lord Wang, an hour ago, I received a message from the Guanguan. Xin Yu, the former general of Luoyang Guan, was mixed in, and two days ago, that is, on the eighth night of the first month of September, he was fortunate to burn the grain and grass in Lantian City. Xin Qiji, deputy commander of the Guanxi Expeditionary Army in Shandong, mobilized his troops at noon today and made every effort to tackle key problems. ”

Xiao Juni's body shook a little, and his eyes widened suddenly.

Fu Hai hurriedly said, "Don't worry, prince. After hearing the letter, Gao Dingshan immediately organized his troops and rushed to Tongguan with all his might. The navy also launched an all-out attack on the mouth of the Wei River. The two generals, Xiao Dingguo and Guan Bi, all left the camp and turned to Shangluo. Organize the soldiers of Shandong Pass and Tokyo Pass to attack with death. The two generals parted and said that if they did not take the pass, they would kill themselves under the city. ”

Xiao Hui let out a slow breath and opened his mouth twice. Fu Hai put his ear on it, and heard Xiao Hui say intermittently, "Tell the generals of the West this time, please ask them to let me take my last breath in Chang'an City." ”

Fu Hai's eyes were red, and he nodded again and again.

"Is the letter to the Holy One ready?"

"Ready." Fu Hai hurriedly said.

"Well, write another one, and the content will remain the same. It's just that the place where I bury my bones is changed, not under Tongguan City, but in Zhongnan Mountain. Once I am gone, I will build a tomb under the main front of Zhongnan Mountain, so that my bones will be here forever. ”

Fu Hai couldn't hold back his tears anymore. His throat throbbed twice, and the tears finally slid down.

After taking a breath for a while, Xiao Hui asked again, "Is there any news from Song Zheng?" ”

"There is news for the latest chapter of the world." Fu Hai replied, "Song Zheng arrived at Fengjie City in Kuizhou on August 21, and the next day he was accompanied by Lang Boyan, the second prince of Shu, to the west, which lasted more than ten days and arrived in Chengdu City. More news is yet to come. The Red Tiger has already set off from Jiangning, and now it has arrived in Chengdu. ”

Xiao Jun hummed lightly, and soon asked again, "Is there any news from Jiangning City?" ”

Fu Hai hesitated for a moment, but still reported all the situation in Jiangning City.

Xiao Hui closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, and after a while, he slowly opened his eyes and said, "Duan Blade must be coming back soon, after he returns, let him immediately hand over the matter in his hands to others, and he himself will return to Jiangning." According to the original plan, go to Yang Zhen and arrange it as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

As soon as he said this, Xiao Juni's body suddenly convulsed, and tears and snot seeped everywhere.

Fu Hai hurriedly walked to the side, lit the standard cigarette gun, and put the cigarette holder into the mouth of the juniper. She sucked lightly, her furrowed eyebrows furrowed, and then she coughed.

Fu Hai turned to Xiao Hui's back, helped him up, and patted him gently.

After a long while, Xiao Hui finally quieted down and felt better. However, he just sat quietly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and did not say another word.

Fu Hai didn't know what the master was thinking, so he could only wait quietly.

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There is a small town 30 miles southwest of Lantian called Jiaodai. It is named because there are two surnames of Jiao and Dai who live here.

Jiaojie Town is surrounded by the Qinling Mountains in the south, Hengling in the north, and the Sichuan Plateau in the central and western regions. Due to the distance between the mountains, the bloody battle dozens of miles away had no effect on this place, and even the shouts of killing could not be heard there.

At night on the 13th of September, a strange procession emerged from the northeastern peak. Everyone in the team was so tired that even the clothes on their bodies were so bad that they couldn't even distinguish the original colors.

However, as soon as the team got out of the crack in the mountain and saw the lights in the distance, everyone showed excitement. "Look, there's a town up ahead, and we're out there."

"Silence!" Hao Dajian, the leader of the team, snorted, "Tell the brothers in the back, come out slowly, and assemble in the small open space in front." ”

The soldiers fell silent and passed their mouths to the back.

Half an hour later, the sergeants all walked out of the crevice of the mountain and crowded into a small clearing. Hao Dajian counted the number of people, a total of six hundred and seventy-eight.

"Damn, I've lost more than 70 brothers in Lao Tzu!" Hao Dajian scolded in a low voice, but he still calmed down, gathered the four hundred households around him in a low voice, and sat on the ground to discuss the plan of action.

"Brothers, according to the meaning of the guide from the previous time, the town in front should be Jiaojie Town. This place is due south and west of Lam Tin. ”

As he spoke, Hao Dajian took a few stones and placed them on the ground.

"From here to Lantian , you have to pass through the mountain pass on the side of Hengling on the north side, and you have to pass a few more passes. However, according to my estimation, the mountain roads around Lantian must have been sealed. We also went through a lot of hardships to forge a way to get here. ”

Several hundred households nodded one after another. Along the way, they spent a day following the trail before reaching a small village. Through inquiry, he went into the mountains to find a smaller village, which forced an old hunter to find a way to come to Jiaodai Town. The hardships are innumerable. In many places, it is a barren mountain that no one has walked on.

Hao Dajian's team originally consisted of 750 people, of which more than a dozen fell directly to their deaths, and more than 50 were injured in the fall. In order to march as soon as possible, Hao Dajian asked the generals to take care of the seriously injured who were slightly wounded, and the others marched desperately and finally got out of the mountains.

After getting out of the mountain crack, everyone has a feeling of the rest of their lives.

Hao Dajian saw that a few hundred households were a little distracted, and snorted coldly, "Don't think about it, we'll go like this in the future." First go to the front town to get something to eat, and then rush overnight, first go west along Chanshui, after reaching Mingmu Town, then turn north, insert into the Bashui in the middle of Lantian and Baqiao Town, and then go down the river and go around to the back of Lantian Town. What are your opinions? ”

One of the hundred households thumped his waist and said, "General, the brothers are too tired to work, see if you can go to the town in front of you to rest for a while, recover your strength before leaving." ”

"No way!" Hao Dajian snorted, turned his head to look at the sergeants around him, and said after a pause, "There is a leeward cliff in the east, and the brothers will rest there for an hour first." After an hour, immediately set off to the town ahead. Eat, immediately march. The brothers under the pass are fighting a bloody battle, and the sooner we go, the fewer brothers will die. ”

"Yes!" Several hundred households resolutely authentic.

An hour later, the group reached the outside of the town. Hao Dajian sent a hundred households, led 200 people to bypass the town first, sealed the road in the direction of Mingqi Town, and the rest rushed into the town.

The Tanguts had 200 soldiers here. However, under the attack of the superior Qi army, it soon collapsed, and the more than 20 people who fled from the town were beheaded by the Qi army blocking the west of the town.

The entire battle lasted less than an hour. At the cost of more than 40 casualties, the Qi army finally annihilated this group of party troops. This is not how strong the combat power of the Qi army is, but because of the calculation or unintentionality, coupled with the great superiority in troops, this has achieved such results. The Tangut people really couldn't imagine that there would be so many people coming out of the ravines, and in their opinion, 200 people stationed in Jiaojie were enough.

What they didn't know was that Xin Qiji had fought hard this time, and even the reserves were not left, and all the men and horses were sent out. After Sergeant Shandong Guan, Sergeant Tokyo Guan, who had been resting for about the same time, also arrived at the foot of the city.

The mountain roads that stretch for more than 30 miles from the pass to the southwest have been occupied by the Qi army. The front is still shouting to kill, and the rear is clenching its fists, waiting for the moment when it will be time to go to war.