Three hours later, Jianmen Pass to the west three miles, banner hunting, guns and halberds such as a forest, a number of foot soldiers standing upright, Jianmen Pass up to the main general down to the captain is not absent, this is the Jianmen Army since the formation of the army has not been seen for decades, everyone looks west, as if waiting for someone.

At this time, after noon, the spring breeze was blowing, and there was no trace of impatience on everyone's faces, and I don't know when, a team of thirty or forty people appeared in front of everyone, from far to near, until this team marched fifty steps away from the master of the Sword Gate, and the high-level officials of the Sword Gate all dismounted, bowing their heads and saying: "The Sword Gate Army knelt down to welcome the princess and the county lord home." ”

Since the top of the Sword Gate, the remaining 1,000 foot soldiers, everyone knelt down on one knee, and the mountain shouted a tsunami: "Welcome the princess and the county lord home." ”

The Jianmen Pass General's Mansion Datang, the group sat down, Li Qing frowned and looked at the first Jianmen master general who sat down and said with a not good-looking face: "As you said, now the occupation has developed to the point that it is extremely unfavorable to us?" ”

nodded, "This time Ge Luofeng sent the Southern Zhao with the strength of the whole country, and the division is famous, there is no chance to react with us at all, Yaozhou, Rongzhou was captured almost without resistance, its east and west soldiers and horses, the west road soldiers and horses forward battalion has arrived in Lizhou Qingxi Pass, the most tricky is the east road soldiers and horses, this road soldiers and horses are personally led by Ge Luofeng, a total of 70,000, and its strikers have arrived in Jiazhou Yujin. ”

"Five years of guarding Jiannan, after more than ten battles, now Li Qing can be said to know the terrain of Jiannan Road well, Yujin Pass as the gateway of Jiazhou, Yujin is broken, Jiazhou is bound to be difficult to preserve, and once Jiazhou is lost, Meizhou in the north of Jiazhou will naturally not be able to resist the army of Nanzhao, Meizhou as the gateway to Chengdu, Meizhou is lost, the door of Chengdu is opened, and the stakes during the period are not trivial."

Perhaps seeing Li Qing's embarrassed face, he hesitated for a moment and comforted: "Your Highness doesn't need to be so worried, as early as when he received the Nanzhao soldiers, Lord Wang had already prepared a countermeasure, in order to prevent the soldiers and horses of the Nanzhao two roads from successfully meeting under the city of Chengdu, Lord Wang had already ordered Shi Hao, the chief general of the city defense army, to lead four thousand city defense troops and two thousand Jianmen troops to Qingxi Pass in Lizhou, and converge with the defenders in Qingxi Pass, with a total of more than 10,000 people and horses, and I think it should be able to block the footsteps of the soldiers and horses on the West Road of Nanzhao." ”

"In the end, the most tricky thing is the soldiers and horses on the East Road, Lord Wang led the remaining 1,000 city defense troops on board the plane three days ago to make the tooth soldiers and the newly recruited 3,000 people have set off, and now they must have arrived at the city of Meizhou."

Hearing the main general of the Sword Gate in front of him mention Meizhou, Li Qing's fine eyes appeared with a bright color, and he said slowly: "Meizhou has Pengshan in the north, Meishan in the south, Wenshui in the east, the waterway is convenient, the money, grain and ordnance can be reached in one day from Chengdu support, and there are Qingshen and Danling counties on both sides of the south as arms, forming a corner of each other. ”

Moreover, what is more important is that Meizhou is close to Wenshui, if it is lost, the Nanzhao army will go downstream, and it will arrive at the city of Chengdu in less than a day, which is why Meizhou must not be lost!

Understanding the stakes, Li Qing didn't dare to delay for a moment, and ordered: "After lunch, General Lao Mu will discharge three hundred soldiers and take this king to Meizhou!" ”

For Li Qing's orders, the master of the Sword Sect naturally would not slack off, and immediately recruited a personal follower to give orders.

Half an hour later, three hundred armored soldiers with swords across their waists escorted a carriage and slowly headed southwest of Jianmen Pass......

Two days later, the Meizhou General's Mansion seemed to have become the forefront of the fight against Tibet, Li Qinggao sat in the first place, looked at the civil and military who sat down and sat at the table, and said: "How many soldiers and horses have gathered in Meizhou City now?" Where has the army of Nanzhao East Road arrived? ”

"Back to Your Highness, Meizhou City originally had 2,000 soldiers and horses, I brought 5,000 soldiers and horses a few days ago, plus the remnants of the retreat from the southern states and counties, a total of about 10,000, from yesterday's war report, the Nanzhao forward has broken through the Yujin Pass, and the troops are coming to the city of Jiazhou, with the current military strength of Jiazhou, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on for five days." Wang Ji bowed.

nodded, it seems that the situation in Jiannan Province has exceeded his original expectations, if it were not for the prestige that he has worked hard to accumulate in the past few years, I am afraid that now the states and counties in the south of Jiannan Province have fallen into the wind, how can there be a battle and retreat now, with 10,000 miscellaneous troops who have no morale, facing the 70,000 elite of Nanzhao who are in full morale, Li Qing does not think that he has any chance of winning.

Looking at the bleak and unmorale of the military generals in the hall, Li Qing said: "You don't have to worry so much, as early as on the way back from Beijing, this king has already implored His Majesty to transfer the three towns of Anxi, Shuofang, and Longyou, and the northwest border of Chen Bing Tubo to relieve the pressure on the northern border of Jiannan Province, and now the soldiers and horses in the north and south of Jiannan can be called, if nothing else, Longzhou, Songzhou, Maozhou and other soldiers and horses can arrive at Meizhou City within three days." ”

Hearing this, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, if they can get reinforcements from the states in the north and south of the sword, even if they can't win in a battle, at least there will be a surge of a war, after all, the south and south of the sword are much higher than the states in the south in terms of strength and combat power, this point, even the main general of the south who is in the hall at this moment has to admit it.

Seeing that everyone was calming down, Li Qing said in a condensed voice: "Since this time the king rushed to Meizhou day and night, it is with the Nanzhao army in this Meizhou city that a sentence of life and death, Tubo does not retreat for a day, and this king will not return to Chengdu for a day." It's just that now the Nanzhao army is in full swing, if you want to hold Meizhou, you need to send two brave generals to guard Qingshen and Danling counties, I don't know which general dares to take this responsibility? ”

Li Qing finished speaking, the hall fell into a short silence, now the 70,000 troops of Tubo are like bamboos all the way, coupled with the disrepair of the two county defenses, the soldiers are few and far between, this time, nine times out of ten died on the battlefield, but after all, Li Qing was not disappointed, after the silence, a young general walked out of the hall, and said to Li Qing: "Your Highness, the last general should be in this position." ”

Looking at the two hot-blooded people in front of him, Li Qing said calmly: "The two of you should know that going to hold the two counties here is almost a certain death, and your task is just to delay Nanzhao's troops." ”

Facing the calmness of the two, the two glanced at each other and said in unison: "The last general naturally understands, but during the period of His Royal Highness's absence, the Nanzhao army seized my city and killed my people, and we have long held a breath in our hearts. ”

"In this case, this king will let you each lead a thousand soldiers and horses, and rush to the two counties at once, and when you leave, what wishes do you have that have not been fulfilled?"

A young military general on the right side who is not a strong figure said proudly: "If you say that you wish, the last general also has one in his heart, I have long heard that the underground floor of the Nine Owl Pavilion of Chengdu Shouwang Mansion is full of tablets of Jiannan Dao generals who have died on the battlefield over the years, and the last general only hopes that after this battle, the tablet of the last general can become one of them." ”

The men in the army have been so heroic since ancient times, Li Qing looked at the two people in front of him who were calm about life and death, and said loudly: "Don't worry, after this battle, if the two of you sacrifice their lives for the country, the tablet of Your Excellency the Nine Lords will definitely have your place, this king will not forget the two of you today's efforts, and the millions of people in Jiannan Province will not forget either!" ”