"The sun and the moon shine together...... In a hidden valley not far from Wuquan Pass, Qin Shen put up a pergola with his hands, raised his head and squinted at the sky, and sighed leisurely for a long time.

Listening to the attack horn that came again, Cao Jin was so anxious that he spun around in place countless times, but waited for such a word that he didn't know what to say, and immediately looked at him urgently, urging: "General! If you don't leave, it's too late! ”

Qin Shen looked at the sky in a daze, as if he hadn't heard of it.

"Alas!" Seeing his expression, Cao Jin sighed heavily, turned his anxiety that could not be vented into a fierce kick, and kicked a dead branch near him.

Watching the withered branches fall in the distance in a parabola, Qu Han smiled faintly and shook his head helplessly, glanced at the sky and said: "The sun and the moon shine together, from the astrological point of view, this is an auspicious omen, I expect that our army will be able to win a complete victory in this attack, and the difficulty of Wuquan Pass will also be solved." ”

"But as you say." Qin Shen responded calmly and with a slight sigh, knowing that from a scientific point of view, this was nothing to do with bad luck, but he didn't want to explain too much, so he sighed and retracted his gaze and said, "What are you twenty today?" ”

"Twenty-one!" Seeing that he said something inconsequential, Cao Jin immediately replied angrily, but after speaking, he hesitated: "Maybe it's twenty-two?" ”

After thinking for a while, it was still uncertain that he suddenly remembered that he had been led away from his thoughts, and the moment he came back to his senses, he said: "Hey! Whatever he is twenty-one or twenty-two, the general will send troops quickly! ”

Seeing his anxious look, Qu Han couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and affirmed: "Twenty-one." ”

"Eryi, it's been nearly four months." Everyone sighed softly to themselves in a difficult way, and Qin Shen turned his head sideways and said: "Brother Qu should also be involved in divination, why don't you make a divination on the spot?" ”

When Qu Han heard this, he suddenly looked at him with burning eyes, staring straight to the bottom of his heart as if he had seen through his slightest suspicion and cowardice, and said slowly and earnestly: "Brother Qin......"

"General!" Seeing that their topic seemed to be getting farther and farther away, Cao Jin couldn't help but interrupt while saying when this was the time.

"Haha! Just kidding, don't take it seriously. Taking advantage of Cao Jin's interruption, Qin Shen laughed to avoid Qu Han's gaze and get out of that extremely uncomfortable state, inhaled and shook off all thoughts to strengthen his mind, and ordered in a deep voice: "Take back all the patrol horses and set off in half an hour!" ”

"Yui!"

Wuquan Pass.

Two hundred and thirty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and eighty steps, one hundred and seventy steps, one hundred and fifty steps......

The Han army who raised their bows and looked at the sky secretly counted in their hearts that the Xiongnu army had slowly entered the firing range, but they were still waiting, waiting for the other party to go deeper so that they could exert the maximum penetrating power of the arrows.

At the moment when the storm was approaching, everyone held their breath, and there was silence inside and outside the gate.

In addition to the sound of drums and trumpets like urging notes, only the footsteps of the Xiongnu continuing to advance towards the wall were neatly and consistently, giving birth to a powerful and solemn momentum.

The light of the sun and the moon shone obliquely on the blades and arrows of the two armies, and the cold light of the entire battlefield flickered and flickered under the reflection.

Knock knock!

Under the earth-shattering drums, dozens of war drums on the gate suddenly changed their rhythm and sounded at the same time, and suddenly the arrow feathers like locusts shot into the sky, drawing a beautiful arc, overwhelming the sky and flying deep towards the Hun crowd hiding behind various chariots under the pass.

Just waiting to shoot the arrow in his hand, the archers in the front row immediately took two steps back, and shouted loudly, and hundreds of crossbowmen in the back row stepped forward and stretched out the strong crossbow in their hands, and the machine rang softly, and hundreds of crossbow arrows shot towards the Huns.

The incomparable crossbow arrows shot through the leather armor of the Huns, through the body of the Huns, penetrated the body of the war horse and brought up a puff of blood, the people in the Xiongnu group who attacked the city turned on their horses, and many soldiers fell down in blood, and became a mess.

At this time, the archers of the Han army, who had retreated, were ready again, and stepped forward to shoot a second wave of arrows.

Under the attack, the arrows in the hands of the Hun soldiers were subconsciously released, but the farthest was only shot at the wall a few meters away from the wall battlement, colliding with the wall with a clanging sound, and there was no threat to the Han army.

After releasing the crossbow arrows in their hands, the Han army retreated has been loaded, and once again the crossbow arrows are thrown and released when the position of the archers is alternated, although these crossbow arrows are less threatening than the bow and arrows, but they also cause great damage and confusion to the Xiongnu.

Gao Tu Ang knew that this situation could not be allowed to continue, and with an order, the Huns who were killed and wounded in the trumpet changed shouted in unison, and rushed forward from behind the chariot together, pulling the bow and firing back.

"Bang!"

The heavy door-slamming car slammed into the door again, shaking the door violently.

The top five layers of the 10-meter-high rushing car crossed the trench to reach the best range, and the Huns hiding in the car pulled their bows and fired back at the gate.

The ladder cart overtook the rushing cart under the threat of arrows and boulders, and slowly rose under the traction of the soldiers......

Colleagues began to fall from time to time, and the Han army endured the pain and continued to shoot waves of arrows downward, and the people were busy preparing boiling water, boulders, fire oil, and rolling wood, just waiting for the Hun army to fall down after approaching......

The decisive battle has finally arrived.

"How long will it last?" At this moment, Yang Pu anxiously asked without any more burdensome words.

Shooting the arrow in his hand, Dou Yi watched a hundred people fall down in response to the sound and said without looking back at the arrow: "Half an hour." ”

"Half an hour...... Yang Pu was in a dazed trance for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "What about the damn Qin Shen?" Where is he? ”

"Zhong Yan, don't let the disadvantages blind your mind and lose your inch." Dou Yi looked back at the serious words of consolation, sighed and withdrew his longbow and continued: "Ziyi, as a strange soldier, is only a thousand and a half people, and the Huns have 30,000 people, although the casualties in recent days are not small, they are also more than 20,000, do you want him to lead a thousand and five people to confront the Huns head-on?" If he behaves like that, I'm really wrong about him. ”

After a slight pause, he said conclusively: "Believe me, he will definitely come!" And at the most critical moment. ”

Yang Pu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know where Du Wei's confidence or belief came from, but he was also deeply infected by the other party's confidence and was inspired by infinite hope and fighting spirit, and in his momentary stunnedness, Dou Yi had already turned around and took the arrow and continued to shoot towards Guanxia.

Qin Shen! You must not live up to the trust that the Captain has placed in you! Yang Pu was full of emotion, and hurriedly joined the ranks of rescuing the wounded.

The tug-of-war at Wuquan Pass was in full swing, both sides had casualties, most of the first batch of Xiongnu infantry besieging the city fell in a pool of blood, and the Xiongnu's world-famous cavalry warfare skills were completely useless in the siege.

Born in the grassland and growing on horseback, the Xiongnu siege was the weakest link, but now they have to rely on it to break through the level and enter the Central Plains to attack the city.

The strong crossbow arrows of the Han army shot at the rushing Hun soldiers in rows, blood splashed, and the Huns fell to the ground one after another.

With a gloomy face, Gao Tuang gave an order, and the second echelon, which was ready to be reinforced at any time, pressed forward to fill the gradually weakened siege team, and on the other side, a cavalry of 2,000 people roamed slightly behind and suppressed the superior position of the pass with arrows, and provided assistance to the besiegers under the pass.

The tall rushing car arrived at the best position and stopped, and the Hun shooters on the top floor could even shoot condescendingly at the pass in a bird's-eye attitude, so far, the casualties of the Han army increased sharply.

After several days of fighting, the Han army was already familiar with the road, and calmly responded without waiting for Dou Yi's order, and pulled the crossbow cart that had been prepared on the wall, and suddenly the thick crossbow arrows were shot at the Xiongnu one by one.

In the sound of "bang", crossbow arrows with a force of dozens of stones penetrated the rushing cars and firmly nailed them to several rushing vehicles.

Without waiting for the Huns to cut off the rope connecting the tail of the crossbow arrow, more than ten people in the pass shouted in unison and pulled the winch together, pulling the rushing car to a shaky and finally falling down, killing and injuring countless Huns who could not dodge.

However, despite this, there were still six or seven rushing carts that were not within the range of the ballista carts, and the Hun archers hiding in the cars were still shooting at the gate with impunity.

The Han army immediately had the powerful man pedal the crossbow frame on the wall, ignited the special crossbow arrow, and the oilcloth at the top of the crossbow arrow was released towards the rushing car, which was accompanied by sawdust flying everywhere in an instant, igniting the rushing car with fireproof paint on the outside but no on the inside.

In this regard, the Huns have already dealt with it, and took out the prepared fire extinguishing equipment to extinguish the fire one by one.

In the stalemate between the two sides, the ladder car under the cover of the archers behind the sky against the rain of arrows like locusts to attract the winch, and finally slowly rose the ladder to the top, and the Huns who rushed to the mouth of the pass to bite the scimitar swarmed up, holding a leather shield to cover their heads and quickly climbing upward.

Gao Tu Ang knew that the time had come, and with an order, a team of 3,000 elite cavalry of the Xiongnu front army rushed out of the battle and rushed to the pass, pinching arrows and leading bows to shoot towards the pass to suppress the Han army, and buy time for the people who climbed the city.

In the sound of "whoosh", thousands of arrows and feathers passed over the heads and sides of the Han army, and the casualties suddenly became heavy......

The screams at the gate were one after another, the casualties at the gate continued to increase, and the battle entered a white-hot stage.

Gao Tuang gave another order, and the two thousand new infantry soldiers of the third echelon joined the battle group and returned the attack with bows and moved closer to the wall, looking for an opportunity to climb the ladder.

In the face of a steady stream of Xiongnu, the Han army, which had no support, was slowly overstretched and the situation was critical.

"Captain, why haven't you come yet?" Yang Pu hurriedly asked, anxiously asked, and looked at the other party eagerly, even a scribe like him knew that it was only a matter of time before he went on to break through.

"This is not the best time to attack!" Dou Yi stopped the longbow in his hand and sighed helplessly, looked into the distance with a hint of exhaustion on his face, and said slowly: "However, he is still here." ”

Yang Pu was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked into the distance.

A black dot that seems extremely small and lonely compared to this heaven and earth is becoming thicker and thicker, rolling in with the momentum of thunder, and as far as the eye can see, the towering fluttering dragon flag, the posture without hesitation, and the invincible momentum, are all announcing to the world, the Han Iron Rider -

Here it comes!