In just one night, the originally relatively peaceful battle situation immediately became inhumane. The speed with which the tide of battle changed was overwhelming and unexpected.

Mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, ghosts cry wolves.

Xiang Fei and others led all the troops of Dingxiguan out of the city suddenly, launching the largest dispute in a century. Although the Xiongnu Dadan Yu had expected it in advance, he did not guess the determination of the Han army.

He also expected at the beginning that the Han army would definitely not be able to sit still and would fight to the death with him.

However, in his opinion, the Han army's combat strength was weak, its morale was not high, and it did not have much effect, and he could not help himself at all.

However, now, after these Han troops learned that Wang Mang led the army to attack Yumen Pass on the front line and wanted to flank the Xiongnu with themselves, their morale skyrocketed, their confidence was full of confidence, and they regarded death as home, and their combat strength was greatly improved.

In the same night, these Han troops captured three cities in a row, and even Lanzhou Pass was recaptured.

In the early morning of the second day, Xiang Fei ordered the whole army to rest, count the spoils, adjust the armament, and transfer resources from the Xiongnu's baggage to replenish the materials needed by his own soldiers.

An hour passed in the morning, and the soldiers were well rested and regained their most vigorous energy. After that, Xiang Fei ordered the whole army to continue to attack the next pass.

Lanzhou Pass did not stop the offensive of the Han army, and the news was quickly transmitted.

When Da Dan received the message around noon on the second day of the Han army's departure, he was shocked and furious.

The rapid loss of Lanzhou Pass gave him a heavy blow and caught him off guard.

He originally thought that Lanzhou Pass had tens of thousands of troops, which could withstand it for a day or two. But I never thought that in just a few hours, the pass would be lost.

He now fully understood the determination of the Han army. So a strict order was issued, requiring all the armies under his command to gather and rush to help as quickly as possible. In order to stop the fierce momentum of the Han army at the Silver Pass, we must not lose another important pass.

After the order was issued, he and some other strategists studied various war tasks and discussed major military aircraft affairs in the Wuwei Pass tent.

At this time, there was a sudden burst of rapid shouts outside the account.

"Report ....."

Not long after, several messengers stormed the big tent.

With a look of trepidation, they hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, on the right side of the Yumen Pass in the rear of our army, we found a large number of enemy troops gathering. These enemy troops were all cavalry, and they carried the banner of "king". appeared suddenly, and attacked the border between Yumen Pass and Inner Mongolia with all his might.

The general in charge of guarding the east gate of Yumen Pass did not expect that the enemy army would come and suffered heavy casualties. Nine beacon fires were lit in a row for help. Your Majesty, please also send troops to help quickly. ”

"What? A large number of enemy troops appeared at the junction of Yumen Pass and Inner Mongolia? Da Dan Yu was shocked, "This is impossible, where are there other armies attacking the rear of our army?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is true. At the moment, the nine beacon flames were extremely vigorous, and it was obvious that the situation was extremely critical. Your Excellency has ordered me to urgently summon Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to decide. "The herald said.

"The king's banner? Cavalry? Da Shan Yu said coldly: "Has the commander of Yumen Pass ever explained how many people there are on the other side?" ”

"According to intelligence, the other side has more than 50,000 troops."

"Fifty thousand?"

Da Dan Yu panicked and was about to order the dispatch of troops and horses to help.

At this time, there was another drastic change outside the account, and many soldiers rushed in.

As soon as they came in, they bowed to the ground and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, on the left side of our army's Yumen Pass, we found a large number of enemy troops gathering. Under the banner of "king", they suddenly appeared, and they were attacking the junction line between Yumen Pass and Qinghai Sea with all their might.

The commander in charge of guarding the west gate of the Yumen Pass did not expect the enemy army to come and suffered heavy casualties. So nine beacon fires were lit in a row for help. Your Majesty, please also send troops to help quickly. ”

"What? There are also a large number of enemy troops gathering on the left side of Yumen Pass? What's going on? Who are they? Da Shan Yu exclaimed.

The herald said: "Your Majesty, the specific situation is still unclear, according to the beacon intelligence, the enemy army has about 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the combat power is strong, like a heavenly soldier." After Lord Zuo Wang found out about the situation of the distress beacon, he ordered me to urgently come to ask for help and report, and ask Your Majesty to decide. ”

"One hundred thousand? In other words, there are 100,000 troops attacking on both sides of Yumen Pass? Da Shan Yu was completely flustered and exclaimed: "It's not good, the Yumen Pass is in danger." ”

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up and give an order, let General Prisoner Niu, Prime Minister Bullard of the Yue Clan, General Mandrola of Dawan Kingdom, and Prime Minister Song Zande of Loulan stop sending troops to reinforce the front line, and come to discuss matters quickly."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The off-the-books guards received the military order and rushed forward to summon the interrogation.

After Da Dan Yu panicked, he quickly calmed down, knowing that it was useless to be anxious, he had to find out the origin of these armies as soon as possible, and he had to wait until the overseers of all countries came to discuss together, and he must not hastily allocate troops and horses.

He asked some of the other counsellors beside him, "Gentlemen, what do you think about this?" ”

When these strategists heard the situation, their faces turned pale and they were shocked.

Now when they heard Da Shan Yu's question, they didn't know what to say for a while.

After a long time, one of the strategists said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, there must be something strange about this matter, and it must be related to Wang Mang, the commander of the Han army." Your Majesty, think about it, the Han army of Dingxi Pass only left the pass yesterday and attacked our pass with all their might. But now, there is an accident at Yumen Pass. It can be seen from this that the Han army in Dingxi Pass is setting up a suspicious formation, in order to cover those men and horses that appear in the rear of our army.

Previously, His Majesty had ordered someone to light a beacon fire and order all passes, asking the generals to allocate eighty percent of their troops to aid Lanzhou Pass. At present, the commanders of the major passes have already allocated troops and horses and sent them out.

In this way, the current strength of these passes is certainly insufficient, and it is difficult to resist the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in the rear of our army. And if Your Majesty wants to transfer these allocated soldiers and horses back to guard in time, there will be a time lag in between, and it will be completely too late to rush to help. It seems that Yumen Pass is dangerous this time, and it is difficult to block the opponent's attack. ”

"Well, your analysis makes a lot of sense." Da Shan Yu said coldly: "The Han army in Dingxi Guan suddenly all went out of the customs, this matter is already very strange. Now it seems that this is all their suspicion, and I have fallen for their tricks.

Their purpose was to attract my attention and make me guard against the rear. But what happened to the 100,000 army that suddenly appeared? How did they get to the rear of our army? Why didn't our army know anything before? ”

The strategist said: "My subordinates don't know how they appeared." According to the normal situation, it will take at least several months to transfer troops and horses from the Han side to detour to the rear of our army, and it will be even more difficult for our army to know the situation at all. What's more, their two lines of soldiers and horses are separated by a continent, and they can reach the periphery of Yumen Pass almost at the same time and launch a charge against Yumen Pass, which is enough to show their terror. ”

(End of chapter)