The spine pass, the lights are brilliant, the spine pass, the crowd is surging, the majestic spine pass in the past has long been dilapidated, and it has become a Shura slaughterhouse within a radius of ten miles. The sound of screams, roars, neighing horses, bowstrings, war drums, trumpets, and the dull roar of stones. One by one, they fell, and soon more people rushed forward with their corpses, and both sides were already red-eyed.

The walls of the Spine Pass turned black and red completely, and that was because the blood of countless people was smeared on it, today, yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and of course, tomorrow's blood will be painted tomorrow.

Seven days ago, the leader of the Flying Eagle Tribe, Zamuhe, gathered several tribes and came to the Jiazhi Pass together, and sent a messenger to meet Zheng Shuo, demanding that Ji Zhouguo give the head of the money that would not leave, and then they would withdraw their troops. Zheng Shuo cared about this threat, and directly used the head of the messenger to give the other party the most neat answer.

Then, the spine pass became a purgatory on earth, Zamuhe and several tribes attacked in turn, day and night, the battle was unprecedentedly bloody and tragic, how much the enemy lost Zheng Shuo didn't know, but he knew how much he had lost, 20,000 hoplites had killed more than 7,000 people, and more than 2,000 people were seriously injured and lightly injured? No minor injuries! All the lightly wounded soldiers are still brandishing their weapons and fighting to the death on the city walls! The Zheng family has been operating in Jiazhiguan for decades, and is well regarded, and Zheng Shuo's army has clear rewards and punishments, sympathy for his subordinates, and is very loved by the soldiers.

Zheng Shuo was a veteran of the battlefield and extremely experienced, and although he was initially disrupted by the enemy's unexpected attack, he quickly stabilized and commanded his soldiers to repel countless enemy attacks.

Zheng Shuo has never been afraid, no matter how many and ferocious the enemies are, even if the entire grassland tribe comes to attack the spine pass, he will not be afraid! But now Zheng Shuo is afraid, what he is afraid of is not the enemy in front of him, but the villains behind him!

The one million arrows that were standing in the military arsenal of Jiazhi Pass were used up as early as the sixth day, and only thirteen of the forty catapults in the pass were still usable, and the boiling oil, which was the most convenient and powerful to defend the city, was gone, and now the iron pot was boiling water. There are still a lot of rolling logs and stones on the head of the city, and this is already the only weapon that can be used to defend the city.

Zheng Shuo looked up at the sky, two black dots were flying high in the sky, Zheng Shuo knew that it was a falcon domesticated by the Flying Eagle tribe, just yesterday, because of the shortage of arrows, Zheng Shuo specially sent an infantry squadron to the city to pick up the arrows fired by the enemy, who knew that the opponent's archers suddenly rushed to the city, one covered, and killed and injured most of the infantry squadron. At that time, Zheng Shuo thought it was a coincidence, and sent an infantry squadron, but was shot by the enemy most of them, and later Zheng Shuo found that the flying eagle was hovering in a circle in the sky, and Zheng Shuo, who understood it, was so angry that he almost wanted to vomit blood, but there was nothing he could do about the two flat-haired beasts.

Most of the arrows used by the archers now were picked up, and the soldiers braved the rain of arrows with their shields to pick them up, and although they were all deformed, it was better than nothing.

The position of the catapult retreated again and again, which was the inevitable result of the gradual loss of long-range support, just thirteen catapults, Zheng Shuo did not dare to use them anymore, there were still a lot of stones, but if the catapult broke a few more, the power of the catapult would be greatly reduced.

Except for a few generals, the soldiers at the head of the city suddenly fell to the ground one by one, picked up the shields around them to protect their bodies, and once again repelled the enemy's attack.

Taking advantage of this rare gap, Zheng Shuo handed over the command of the battle to a general, walked down the city tower, and galloped back to the general's mansion with his personal guards. On the way, Zheng Shuo quietly opened a letter, in the past seven days, he has read the letter in his hand hundreds of times, in fact, there is nothing in the letter, it is all some greetings written by His Royal Highness Ji Shengqing, but at the end of the letter, she conveyed a sentence from Qian Buli: "Be careful behind your back." ”

Zheng Shuo is not stupid, on the contrary, he is extremely cautious, he understands the meaning of money inseparable, but he doesn't believe it. Zheng Shuo is not a big man, because he knows the great significance of the Ridge Pass, if someone breaks through the Ridge Pass, the iron hooves of those grassland tribes will go straight to the hinterland of the Central Plains, which is like a tiger entering a flock, and countless people will be displaced and slaughtered! Zheng Shuo thought that the cabinet would definitely know what he knew, and it was certain that he would try every means to make problems for him, but no one dared to delay the military plane.

It's a pity that Zheng Shuo thought that something foolproof had changed, and there were so many crazy people who dared to ignore the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

On the first day, he sensed that something was wrong, and immediately sent a messenger to the rear, and for seven days, he sent more than 300 people before and after the messenger alone, but until now, there is still no news! Zheng Shuo knew in his heart that the soldiers who had suffered nearly half of the casualties and were extremely tired could resist for two days at most, but in these two days, Zheng Shuo had a clear conscience and deceived the generals that the army of the imperial court would arrive soon, so he saved the decline, otherwise, the army's heart would have crossed long ago.

Zheng Shuo read the letter one last time and quietly twisted the letter paper, he still doesn't understand, even if the cabinet is all confused, is Wei Chi Fengyun also confused? Others don't know, but he doesn't know how terrible Zamuhe is? Although Yu Chi Fengyun is now on Ji Shenglie's side, this cannot affect Zheng Shuo's respect for Yu Chi Fengyun! For the sake of the general's national affairs, why did Wei Chi Fengyun watch the Flying Eagle Clan capture the Spine Pass? Why? Why?? If it weren't for the fear that it would affect the morale of the army, Zheng Shuo almost wanted to roar at the sky.

Zheng Shuo and his guards had just walked to the door of his general's mansion, and he happened to meet his eldest son Zheng Xinglang who hurriedly walked out of the mansion: "Xinglang, where are you going?" "These days, Zheng Xinglang has asked countless times to lead the cavalry team to kill, to attack instead of defend, and to crush the offensive of the grassland tribal alliance, but Zheng Shuo has suppressed it.

The 5,000 cavalry in Jiazhi Pass can be regarded as the most elite cavalry unit of Ji Zhouguo, even though compared with the Royal Praetorian Guard, although there is a big difference in equipment, but in terms of experience, equestrianism, and cavalry archery, they are far stronger than the Royal Praetorian Guard. Every three years, the Royal Janissaries will have a big parade and a big competition, and those who do not meet the standards will be removed from the ranks of the Royal Praetorian Guard to ensure the combat strength of the Royal Guard; However, some of the cavalry in Jiazhi Pass are eliminated every year, and the soldiers of the Royal Praetorian Guard will automatically be transferred to the reserve when they are eliminated, and after the cavalry of Jiazhi Pass is eliminated, they can no longer do anything else, because they all fall on the battlefield, on the battlefield with real swords and real guns.

"Father, let the child fight!!" Zheng Xinglang looked at his father with pleading eyes, repeating what he had said countless times.

This time, Zheng Shuo did not scold his child as sharply as before, but stared at Zheng Xinglang with a concerned and relieved gaze, and sighed lightly for a long time: "Xinglang, you come with me first!" ”

In a secret room, Zheng Shuo let his guards block the door, there are a few people sitting in the secret room, in addition to Zheng Shuo's father and son, there are several generals and staff members who are deeply trusted by Zheng Shuo, the family general Qin Chongsan sits on the first seat, and below is Liu Peifan and Mei Ziqiang, and although the young man standing behind Zheng Shuo is not amazing, he is the most relied on by Zheng Shuo's strategist Qu Chengchun.

Qin Chongsan and the others were all blood-stained robes, at this moment, the general did not let them fight on the front line, but called them to this place, they all knew that something big would happen, Qin Chongsan and the others were all staring at the general.

"In your opinion, how many days can the spine pass be guarded?" Zheng Shuo spoke lightly.

Qin Chongsan first glanced at Zheng Xinglang, and seeing that his young master didn't mean to speak, he replied with a deep groan: "My lord, in my opinion, we can stay for two days at most!" If reinforcements don't arrive by then... Then we're really done! ”