Chasing the retreating enemy, a group of soldiers trudged through the mud as they tread through the mud. In front of them were muddy roads that stretched into the mountains, and behind them, more soldiers followed in their tracks.

Although the rain has been thin and intermittent for the past two days, this mountain road leading to Kunlun Pass is still soaked by rain. As long as you step on it, it is a pit that you have fallen into. Today, I don't know how many feet have walked on this road, and the damage to the road is getting worse and worse.

Ding An, who was at the forefront of the whole army, pulled out his feet from the mud with straw sandals, the sticky mud had suction, and the straw sandals on his feet were almost stuck several times, and it took three or five times more effort to take a step. Panting: "When is the head?" ”

Li Cang beside him was already barefoot, walking barefoot in the mud: "Didn't you say it?" The reinforcements sent by the Song State were 800 people, and as long as they could capture Kunlun Pass, they could attack all the way to Guizhou. However, the words of comfort to his companions could not even comfort himself, Li Cang only had exhaustion on his face, and he did not have the slightest expectation of hitting Guizhou.

Ding An lowered his head, struggled to move forward in the muddy water, and muttered in a low voice: "It's too late to turn back." ’。

As the vanguard of the whole army, the vanguard of the first pursuit of the enemy army has a great chance of gaining merit, and the risk is even greater. Just looking at the fact that they were all out of the command, they were two miles away, and they had long known that their role was to guard against ambushes.

Li Cang, who was a little older, was more loyal to his duties than his companions, or he knew better how dangerous this position was as the leader of the whole army. Instead of focusing on more complaints, she looked at the hills left and right with the eyes of her sister-in-law who was picky about her newly married sister-in-law.

The mountains where Kunlun Pass is located are not very difficult, and there are many forks, and there are too many suspicious places. However, it is not so easy for the retreating enemy army to hide in the surrounding valley without a trace, waiting for the opportunity to ambush.

Following the road, turning a corner, Li Cang looked at the hillside on the side. A touch of red jumped into his eyes, Li Cang could not hide the shock in his heart, and stopped for a moment. Ding An was startled by the sudden stop of his companion and also stopped.

"What's going on?!" The team behind was roaring loudly, asking why Ding An and Li Cang, who were leading in front, stopped.

Li Cang raised his hand and pointed to the mountains and forests, and the red that appeared in the sight of hundreds of Jiaozhi soldiers without concealment: "It's the sentry of the Song army!" ”

The news of the discovery of the enemy's whereabouts immediately caused a commotion, and it was proposed to go up and expel him, but the sentry was hiding in the mountains and forests, and he was standing in such a good position that even if he sent men to chase him, he could easily escape.

The head of the hundred-man team stared fiercely at the unconcealed sentry for a while, looked around again, found no more suspicious places, and snorted vigorously: "Leave him alone, he is deliberately delaying our pursuit of the enemy!" ”

Since entering the mountain, the little harassment has not stopped, and from time to time a cold arrow shoots over. Although the power of the bow and crossbow was greatly reduced in the drizzle, there were always unlucky soldiers who were hit by one arrow or two arrows, delaying their advance speed for a moment, but the Song army who took the initiative to appear in front of them was still the first.

However, doing so reflects the weakness of the Song people's hearts. If they didn't do anything, such a calm pursuit process would be creepy and terrifying all the way.

The Song army sentry who left the hillside ignored it anymore, and started again under the urging of Dutou, "Hurry up, when you get to Changshanzhai, you can rest!" ”

The military order received in advance, if the Song army was not chased, it would stop when it arrived at Changshan Station, set up camp on the spot, and wait for the army to come up.

Even Dutou didn't expect to catch up with the Song army, but only looked forward to arriving at Changshan Post safely. Li Cang shook his head, why bother to fight this battle again.

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From Quy Nhon Pu to Kunlun Pass, there are three post stations along the way: Jincheng Station, Dayangling Station and Changshan Station.

Han Gang and the others with the six hundred foot soldiers behind the palace had just seen the top of the Changshan Post at this time, and the enemy army following behind them traveled all the way, and soon passed through the Jincheng Station, and by the afternoon, its vanguard had already chased to the Dayangling Station.

"The chase is getting tighter and tighter." The gold was full of worries, "Shouldn't you chase all the way to Kunlun Pass?" ”

It was ten miles behind him, but Han Gang wasn't worried about it. "Li Changjie won't be so stupid, run all the way to Kunlun Pass, will we still give him a chance to breathe?"

Li Xin looked back at the mountain road behind him, "Don't go faster." If you don't get to Kunlun Pass, you will be caught up. ”

"Because I'm tired." Han Gang smiled lightly, and didn't seem to care about it.

From Quy Nhon to Jinchengyi in the mountains, these dozens of miles are all smooth roads, and there is not even a place to set up an ambush in the middle. And after entering the mountain, with the position of ambush, how can there be strength to face the Jiaozhi army behind him - just like a long-distance run, the leader will always be more tired than the chaser behind him; When retreating, of course, those who run in front are more tired.

"I'll meet them at the Changshan Post Club, your soldiers should be almost there."

There was no need for those of them who had walked for half the night and then taken a day, with only half an hour of rest in between, to hide in the mountains and ambush them out of breath. The two hundred people who started at the time of the evacuation, under the leadership of Su Ziyuan, arrived at Kunlun Pass in advance and replaced the troops who were guarding Kunlun Pass. All the arrangements are placed near the Changshan Station, as long as the Jiaozhi army really chases them to the Changshan Station, and waits for work, they don't even need an ambush.

Of course, Huang Jinman knew about Han Gang's arrangement, but he was still full of uneasy looks, "Will there be any accidents?" It should be better if the Jiaozhi people were led to Kunlun Pass. ”

Huang Jinman's hesitation fell in Han Gang's eyes. And his selfishness, Han Gang can see it more clearly.

It was no longer the time to hand in the name the day before yesterday, at that time, one was to take advantage of the Jiaozhi army and not know his defection, and the other was that he also needed to want Han Gang to prove his worth, so he dared to work hard. But now the Jingnan army is not behind to support him, and the Jiaozhi army regards him as an enemy, and the losses are all his own subordinates.

"It would be nice if Li Changjie could really make such a fool, but he can't be counted on."

"But he's confused enough, he shouldn't be chasing him this time."

"Looking at the history books and examples, smart people are rare, but there are more confused people. The so-called famous generals are also divided into colors. But no matter how bad he is, he still has a certain amount of intelligence, and it is not easy to win him. Han Gang said: "But we are also tired, it is enough to defeat his strikers and let him retreat." ”

As the core, the Jingnan army is tired and old, and the Guangyuan army is difficult to reassure, Han Gang has no intention of completely annihilating Li Changjie...... As well as ability, I just want to teach Jiaozhi people a profound lesson.

However, Li Changjie really chased after Kunlun Pass, or under the pretense of Pennsylvania, this gift sent to the door, he Han Gang was disrespectful.

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It's already evening.

There was no rainbow, no sunset, only a darkening sky, only a drizzle falling in the wind, and the retreating troops from the front.

Huang Quan was waiting at Changshan Station. The eldest son of the golden man took the defenders in Kunlun Pass, and after exchanging errands with Su Ziyuan, he immediately led the army south. He didn't dare to delay Han Gang's orders. It took the shortest time to get here. watched his own clansmen return to Kunlun Pass with a team of meals, and waited until the end of the day, and finally waited for Han Gang and his father after the break.

Seeing that Han Gang and Huang Jinman stopped at the door of the old camp and dismounted, Huang Quan hurriedly came over to salute.

"How's the preparation going?" After dismounting, Han Gang asked, everything was planned, and now he was only worried that the people below would not be able to act according to the plan.

Huang Quan pointed to the soldiers in the camp around the post house, quietly waiting for the battle to begin: "If you return to the envoy, you are ready." ”

Han Gang looked around and nodded with satisfaction.

Huang Quan added: "It's just that there are too few war horses to immediately investigate the movements of the Jiaozhi thief army." ”

"I don't have a war horse here, Han Lian and they don't come back in time, even if I want to send scouts out of Lu, I can only rely on my feet."

Last night, Han Gang only left fifty or sixty people in the Quy Nhon Pu camp, and the horses in the camp at that time, together with the pack horses carrying the goods, were counted as this number. Although pack horses are not very suitable for riding and do not have saddle sheaths, as long as they have reins and stirrups, experienced riders can still ride on them by putting a layer of cushion on the horse's back.

With the help of horses, we quickly crossed the plain before entering the mountain. It's just that after entering the mountain, it is impossible for the broken riders to go straight along the official road, carrying more than 100 catties and running for dozens of miles, and the horses they ride must be exhausted, so they can only change to walking. The four legs became six legs, and Han Gang didn't dare to let them walk in front of the Jiaozhi Army, so according to the plan, they turned directly into the trail and returned to Kunlun Pass from the path.

I don't know who blew the horn, and the sharp sound echoed in the mountains, reaching the ears of Han Gang and the others.

"I didn't expect that we had only arrived for a short time, and the Cochin Army had already arrived, which is not slow." Han Gang said without the slightest sense of crisis.

It's really fast enough, it's basically the difference between the front and back feet. In order to hurry, Han Gang didn't have much rest all the way, but yesterday in order to prepare for returning to the north, he deliberately let everyone sleep in the camp for a while, and where do the Jiaozhi people have this condition, their tiredness is real.

Under Han Gang's command, all the forces under Huang Quan's command stood in the camp on the outskirts of the station, waiting for the arrival of their enemies.

After the sound of the trumpet, the tone was hurried, and by the time the last sound sounded, the vanguard of the Cochin Army had appeared in front of them.

It's finally here. Han Gang thought in his heart, next, it was time for the Guangyuan Army to show its might.