Xi'an County, the seat of Quzhou Prefecture, is only a hundred miles away from Xianxia Pass.

Fang Yuan gathered 70,000 sergeants from the cavalry battalion, infantry battalion, and mountain special battalion, and began to set out from Xi'an County and lead the army to Xianxia Pass.

Three days later, 40,000 Xuanjia troops and 30,000 mountain special battalions camped at the foot of Xianxia Ridge.

Fang Yuan arrived at Xianxia Pass in person, and only then did he really realize the precipitousness of Xianxia Pass. Looking from afar, the first checkpoint of the Xianxia Ancient Road is faintly haunted between the foot of the mountain and the mountainside.

The mountain path is also a foot wide, and can accommodate three people to charge side by side at the same time.

The Zheng army, which had closed the gate, had already prepared for war, and had already cut down trees on the ancient road of Xianxialing as an obstacle and blocked a 50-zhang long isolation zone to hinder the attack of the Xuanjia army. On the top of the level, at least ten artillery pieces were set up to bombard the enemy troops attacking on the ancient road.

Guarding the first level is one of Zheng Jun's only remaining tiger generals, Zhou Quanbin. The next day, Fang Yuan ordered Gan Hui, who had a good personal relationship with Zhou Quanbin, to send a letter to persuade Zhou Quanbin to surrender, promising that after Zhou Quanbin surrendered, he would be promoted and reused, and he would always maintain his glory and wealth.

Zhou Quanbin received Gan Hui's letter of persuasion to surrender, and refused to surrender without thinking about it, and scolded Gan Hui who had defected to the enemy in his reply.

He also tied up Gan Hui's family, including his mother, wife and children, and brothers, a total of 12 people, to close the door. On the contrary, people persuaded Gan Hui to return to the Zheng clan and release Gan Hui's family, otherwise, all Gan Hui's family members would be executed in front of Xianxia Pass.

Zhou Quanbin actually used such a desperate plan, Gan Hui was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but Xiongguan was in front, but it was difficult to overcome, so he had no choice but to report to Fang Yuan.

If you can't take Xianxia Pass, you won't be able to save Gan Hui's family, Fang Yuan is also very helpless, and sighed, "If Commander Gan wishes to return to the Zheng clan for the sake of his family, I won't stop it, let's go!" When we want to return again in the future, our door will be open for Commander Gan at any time. ”

Fang Yuan's magnanimity formed a strong contrast with Zheng Chenggong's ruthlessness, Gan Hui half-knelt on the ground, his eyes were like tears, "How can a husband be like a slave with three surnames, rebel again and again." Good birds choose trees to perch, the Zheng family is so ruthless, it is definitely not a good master, and the last general is willing to die for Governor Fang! The family members of the last general should only sacrifice their lives for the country! ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was willing to give up his family, so he was so moved that he stepped forward to help him with his strong arm and said, "The eldest husband is alive, why have no wife and no children, I will choose a good match for Gan Commander in the future." The high hall led by Gan was sacrificed for the country and died at the hands of thieves, and I will also be solemnly buried with the gift of a first-class lady. ”

Gan Hui wiped away his tears and immediately went to reply to Zhou Quanbin, sternly refusing to surrender.

Zhou Quanbin got Zheng Sen's instructions before going on the expedition, and the possibility of Xianxia Pass being breached head-on is too small, and the only possibility of falling is the traitor selling the pass. As long as Gan Hui's family members are killed, the hope of the Xianxia Pass defenders to surrender to the enemy will be cut off, and they can only fight with the Xuanjia Army to the end.

Zhou Quanbin didn't say a word, and directly killed Gan Hui's family of thirteen on the closed door.

When Gan Hui saw the tragic death of his family, he was so angry that he fainted. Fang Yuan immediately asked Gan Hui to be carried down to rest, and found a military doctor to treat Gan Hui.

Zhou Quanbin killed Gan Hui's family in public, and the road to negotiation was completely cut off, and the two sides could only fight to the death until one side was completely annihilated.

Fang Yuan was also really angry, and immediately ordered the slaughter of the whole army, but all the Zheng soldiers in the four passes of Xianxia Pass and the twenty-eight military towns of Xianxia Pass, do not want a single prisoner, slaughter them all, and leave no chickens and dogs. Zheng Jun Xianxiaguan coach Zhou Quanbin, captured alive and Ling Chi was executed!

He ordered Feng Ting, the deputy commander of the infantry battalion, to replace the commander Gan Hui, and led a commando team of 300 people, as well as 200 people who cleared obstacles, to try to prepare for the first pass and clear the roadblocks on the ancient road.

Sergeant Xuanjia first withstood the heavy bombardment of the Zheng army and began to clear the barricades on the mountain road.

It took a day and a night, and at the cost of more than 100 casualties, the barricades on the ancient road before the first pass were finally cleared.

In this way, the Xuanjia army can set up artillery on the mountain road to confront the Zheng army on the gate, and no longer have to use flesh and blood to storm the impregnable gate.

However, the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is skinny.

The trail of the Xianxialing Ancient Road is not wide, and only two medium guns can be placed at a time, and each time two cannons are fired, they have to be carried down and filled by the artillery supporting from the rear. This level of artillery offensive can only hit the gravel of Xianxia Pass, and it cannot cause a fatal deterrent to the gate at all.

On the contrary, above the gate, Zheng Jun's artillery not only has a condescending terrain advantage, but also has a numerical advantage, which poses a huge threat to the sergeants of the Xuanjia Army who set up artillery.

After three days of fighting, the Xuanjia army suffered 300 casualties and eight artillery pieces, but it still failed to pose any threat to the closure of the gate.

Feng Ting, the vanguard of the main attack, could only choose to abandon the strategy of artillery bombardment, and instead advanced to the front of Xianxia Pass in a large shield formation, and then waited for an opportunity to break through.

As a result, because the Zheng army's artillery was too powerful, the big shield army formation could not stop the artillery condescending shelling, and it was defeated by the Zheng family's artillery just halfway through, the shield was smashed to pieces, and the sergeants who could not avoid it were directly blown down into the deep ditch. The rest of the sergeants, in the laughter of Zheng Jun's loud laughter, were so frightened that they retreated and made progress again.

This offensive lost thirty or forty men, and still nothing.

After five days of attack, more than 300 soldiers were lost, and the gate of Xianxia Pass was not even touched, and if the battle continued, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Only then did Fang Yuan put himself in the shoes of Xianxia Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and immediately suspended the offensive of the Xuanjia Army, and summoned the generals of the Xuanjia Army to discuss countermeasures to break the pass.

Feng Ting, who had suffered the defeat, was anxious to save face, and asked Fang Yuan to fight again, no longer using artillery and big shields, but attacking Xianxia Pass with Zheng Jun's artillery. Fang Yuan flatly rejected his suggestion that he wanted to risk his lives to storm Xianxia Pass, and instead asked the other generals for countermeasures.

Gan Hui, who knew the terrain of Xianxia Ridge, was unconscious and could not come to the military meeting.

Chigutai was only good at cavalry shock, and knew nothing about mountain warfare, so he could only keep silent.

Ma Lin also went into the mountains to suppress the guerrillas sent by Zheng Jun in the six provinces of southern Zhejiang, but he had never experienced such a sinister level, and shook his head silently.

Najib, the deputy commander of the mountain battalion with the nature of a mercenary, is a newcomer and is soft-spoken, and he does not dare to say much about this kind of military strategy.

The generals are helpless in the face of the first level of Xianxia Pass, and there are still three levels left? After Xianxia Pass, there are still twenty-eight military towns, and it doesn't delay for half a year, a year?

This time, the strong Xuanjia Army, the powerful offensive, was sniped under a small gate for ten days.

This expedition to Fujian is to compete with the imperial court and Zuo Liangyu for time, if you can't make a quick decision and delay time, every day that passes, Jing Jie, who stays in Nanzhili, will have a greater defensive pressure. If you can't take Xianxia Pass for a long time, you can only choose to retreat.

Fang Yuan was in a depressed mood, and reluctantly ordered the generals to disperse, leaving the barracks alone, staring at Xianxia Pass in the dense jungle in the distance. Zheng Jun, who was closed, found a few sergeants with loud voices, and began to shout and laugh at the Xuanjia army under the mountain.

The sergeants were originally lions who won all battles, but now they were ridiculed by Zheng Jun on the mountain, but they couldn't make a counterattack, they were all angry and anxious, and some even rushed to the front of the pass to scold Zheng Jun.

For three days in a row, both sides scolded each other across the Xianxialing Mountain Road, but the cannon could not solve the problem, nor could it smash the Xianxia Pass, and the morale of the army was extremely low.

The only good news was that Gan Hui came to his senses, and although he looked down, he was finally able to lead the infantry battalion sergeants into battle to kill the enemy again. Feng Ting is just a mediocre material, and he is more than a step worse than Gan Hui.

Fang Yuan suddenly remembered that scheming little garden, if this little girl was here, he would probably be able to think of some whimsical method.

He once again looked at Xianxia Pass on the mountain range, and muttered to himself, if there was another way to attack Xianxia Pass, he would not be so passive.

That's right! If you find another mountain road to attack Xianxia Pass, Xianxia Pass will definitely be broken!