Outside Mengjin Pass, Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, and Liu Fengbao, the general of the Suzhou Xiang Army, fought for hundreds of rounds without distinguishing the winner in the cheers of the soldiers on both sides,.。

At this time, the hussar general Xiao Su and the Suzhou governor Zhang Mingqi sent people to ring the gong almost at the same time, so that the generals in front of the two armies retreated.

Liu Fengbao returned to Zhang Mingqi's side, and first glanced at a burly man behind Zhang Mingqi, this burly man was Zhang Mingqi's fierce general Zhang Shaohua who was transferred to his side from his general Zhao Lianjin.

Liu Fengbao has been hoping to try it with Zhang Shaohua these days, but Zhang Mingqi is worried about Zhang Shaohua, who has a tendon, and his shot is not light or heavy, Liu Fengbao is also crazy when he fights, in case Liu Fengbao and Zhang Shaohua are both defeated, Zhang Mingqi has no place to cry, so under Zhang Mingqi's prevention, Liu Fengbao and Zhang Shaohua have not tried so far.

Liu Fengbao looked at Zhang Shaohua with a wooden face, and couldn't help but feel a little incredible, he personally learned the martial arts of the cavalry general Dou Bing today, almost on par with himself, but when he was outside Huai'an City, the cavalry general Dou Bing was cut by Zhang Shaohua in less than twenty rounds.

Liu Fengbao sighed and said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, Dou Bing is indeed very powerful, there are not hundreds of rounds between me and him, it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser!" ”

Zhang Mingqi said with a smile: "After all, Dou Bing is known as the first fierce general of the Great Jin, and Fengbao can fight Dou Bing today for hundreds of rounds without defeat, which is enough to shock the world!" ”

Hearing Zhang Mingqi say this, Liu Fengbao's slightly depressed mood immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and then suggested to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, why don't you let me lead the cavalry to charge these cavalry out of the imperial court for a while?" Fight to keep these imperial cavalry who have left the customs! ”

Zhang Mingqi shook his head and said: "You have killed three generals of the other party today, and you have fought with Dou Bing for hundreds of rounds, it is not appropriate to lead the cavalry to charge the battle, so let's rest first!" ”

Immediately, Zhang Mingqi turned his head and said to Peng Yong, the commander of the eighth guard of the Suzhou Xiang Army: "Peng Yong, next you lead the first brigade of cavalry of the eighth guard to rush up to the cavalry of the imperial court, so that the imperial army of Mengjin Pass can appreciate the power of our Suzhou iron cavalry!" ”

There was only one brigade of cavalry in the Eighth Guard of the Suzhou Xiang Army, and this brigade had about 25,000 people, but 5,000 of them were auxiliaries responsible for raising horses and escorting grain and grass, and the real cavalry was only 20,000.

The number of cavalry in the Suzhou Xiang Army is not much, among the twenty-five guards of the entire Suzhou Xiang Army, the cavalry adds up to only 100,000 thousand, only the first guard, the second guard, the eighth guard and the ninth guard have a whole brigade of cavalry, of which the first guard and the second guard belong directly to Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Suzhou Xiang Army, and the eighth and ninth guards belong to Zhao Lianjin, the leading general under Zhang Mingqi, but this time the eighth guard and the ninth guard were taken by Zhang Mingqi to Mengjin Pass.

Peng Yong immediately took the order and said: "Lord Zhou Mu, rest assured, the cavalry of our Eighth Guard will definitely crush the imperial cavalry of this pass!" ”

After the cavalry general Dou Bing returned to the hussar general Xiao Su's side, he let out a long breath of turbidity and said: "General Xiao, next we had better not fight with the Suzhou Xiang Army, the Suzhou Xiang Army is not only Liu Fengbao, this fierce general, when in Huai'an City, the other party also had a fierce general named Zhang Shaohua, it only took less than twenty rounds, and I was cut down, just now in front of the two armies, I vaguely saw the fierce general named Zhang Shaohua in front of the other party's formation!" ”

When the hussar general Xiao Su heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said: "I didn't expect that there are so many fierce generals in the Suzhou Xiang Army, and there are people who can defeat General Dou, it seems that it is really not suitable to fight with the Suzhou Xiang Army anymore, and it is likely that continuing to fight will not only not improve the morale, but will reduce the morale of our soldiers in Mengjin Pass." ”

At this time, the hussar general Xiao Su suddenly saw the movement of the Suzhou Xiang army, and an enemy cavalry slowly advanced towards Mengjin Pass.

Xiao Su snorted coldly, and then waved his hand, personally leading the cavalry general Dou Bing and other generals of the forbidden army, as well as 10,000 cavalry of the forbidden army and 10,000 thousand family cavalry, to meet the cavalry of the Suzhou Xiang army......

"Ahem, I'm old, it's not as good as it was back then, ahem, if it weren't for General Dou today, General Ben would probably not be able to return to Mengjin Pass." In the tower on the city wall of Mengjin Pass, the hussar general Xiao Su coughed and said gratefully to the chariot general Dou Bing.

At this time, it was already the afternoon of September 1, in the morning cavalry duel, the court army of Mengjin Pass and the Suzhou Xiang Army, each invested 20,000 cavalry, and finally fought an evenly matched, the court side of the 10,000 forbidden army cavalry and 10,000 thousand Ding cavalry, only 13,000 people retreated to Mengjin Pass, and the 20,000 cavalry of the eighth guard of the Suzhou Xiang Army did not take advantage, and lost almost 7,000 people in the cavalry battle.

Hussar general Xiao Su in the process of personally leading the court cavalry charge, encountered Peng Yong, the commander of the eighth guard of the Suzhou Xiang Army, was shocked by Peng Yong's hammer and vomited blood, if it were not for Xiao Su's personal guard cavalry, desperately blocked Peng Yong, plus the cavalry general Dou Bing was near Xiao Su, seeing that Xiao Su was in danger, Dou Bing rushed to Xiao Su's side and helped Xiao Su block Peng Yong, if Xiao Su didn't get it, he would have to die under Peng Yong's pair of hammers.

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, smiled bitterly and said: "There are too many fierce generals in the Suzhou Xiang Army, and the enemy general with a hammer today, although his martial arts may be slightly inferior to me, he is definitely also a figure who can be on the list of peerless fierce generals in the world's hero spectrum, so that only what we know, there are three generals in the Suzhou Xiang Army, which can be called peerless fierce generals, and we are here in Mengjin Pass, but only I can compete with the three of the Suzhou Xiang Army." ”

The hussar general Xiao Su coughed again and said: "At the invitation of our thirteenth family this time, Wudang Mountain sent two elders, two Dharma protectors, three personal disciples, twelve inner disciples and sixty outer disciples to the capital to help in the battle. ”

The elders and protectors of Wudang Mountain all have the qualifications to be on the list of peerless generals in the world's hero spectrum, and the personal disciples and inner disciples are qualified to be on the top list of the world's heroes, and the outer disciples also have the strength of the first-class generals, second-rate generals and third-rate generals in the world's heroes spectrum.

As soon as Dou Bing heard Xiao Su mention the masters sent to the capital by Wudang Mountain this time, he nodded and said: "This time, two elders and two Dharma protectors came to Wudang Mountain at once, as long as two of them can come to Mengjin Pass, when facing those peerless generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army, our pressure will be much less." ”

While Xiao Su and Dou Bing were talking, a general of the forbidden army hurriedly walked into the city tower, "General Xiao, General Dou, the Suzhou Xiang Army is calling for battle outside the city again!" ”

Xiao Su waved his hand and said: "Don't pay attention to it, let the soldiers defending the city get ready, and wait for the Suzhou Xiang army to attack the city!" ”

Mengjin Pass is said to be a pass, in fact, it is equivalent to a city built between the mountains and mountains, the circumference of the whole Mengjin Pass is about six thousand meters, the city wall is 12 meters high, seven meters thick, there are two gates in the north and south, at this time Suzhou Xiangjun is outside the south gate of Mengjin Pass, and after the north gate of Mengjin Pass, it is the suburb of Beijing.

Zhang Mingqi saw that the imperial army of Mengjin Pass was no longer out of the city to respond to the battle, and immediately sent a brigade of infantry to launch a fierce attack on the wall of Mengjin Pass, which was more than 1,000 meters long.

However, the Mengjin Pass was in a dangerous terrain and the city was high and the army was extensive, and the Suzhou Xiang Army began to storm the Mengjin Pass for three consecutive days on the afternoon of 1 September, and did not pose much threat to the Mengjin Pass except for the loss of more than 60,000 people.

You must know that in the city of Mengjin Pass, there are 100,000 forbidden troops and 50,000 families of various families, and outside the north gate of Mengjin Pass, there are 150,000 forbidden troops, 150,000 families of various families and 100,000 troops of the Liuluping rebel army, which can support Mengjin Pass at any time, and if necessary, the imperial army stationed in the capital can also quickly send reinforcements to Mengjin Pass.

On the evening of September 3, in the camp of the Suzhou Xiang Army outside Mengjin Pass, Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Suzhou, frowned and said to several strategists and generals under his command: "If we continue to attack so strongly, the losses are really too great, and Mengjin Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defenders of the imperial court have sufficient troops. ”

Qian Yike, a strategist under Zhang Mingqi, immediately said: "Lord, it's better to try digging tunnels to attack the city, but digging tunnels can only be done by luck, once the tunnels are discovered by the imperial court defenders in Mengjin Pass, we will be busy in vain." ”

Zhang Mingqi sighed and said, "You can also try digging tunnels, do you have any other ideas?" ”

Several other strategists looked at each other, and they all showed a wry smile, facing Meng Jinguan, who was full of soldiers, they didn't come up with any good way for the time being.

At this time, Zhou Jiling, the leading general under Zhang Mingqi, said: "Lord, although there are eight passes of Canglong that are easy to defend and difficult to attack around the capital, but in the mountains and mountains between the eight passes of Canglong, it is not really that there is no way out, but the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and it is extremely difficult and dangerous. ”

Zhang Mingqi shook his head and said: "The lofty mountains and mountains between the Canglong Eight Passes are extremely steep, and it is impossible for the brigade of men and horses to cross over at all, otherwise a problem of grain and grass will have to make this team of men and horses collapse, and only a few soldiers will be dispatched, even if they can cross the mountains and mountains between the Canglong Eight Passes, they will not pose any threat to the capital." ”

Zhou Jiling continued: "Lord, I think so, we can send an elite army to cross the past from the mountains and mountains, and then disguise themselves as the army of the imperial court, mix into a certain pass, take the opportunity to seize the city gate of the pass, and welcome the troops of our Suzhou Xiang army outside the pass into the city, of course, don't think about Mengjin Pass here, the army of the imperial court has gathered too many troops in Mengjin Pass, and it is too difficult to take the city gate." ”

Zhang Mingqi listened to Zhou Jiling's words, touched his chin, and after thinking about it for a while, he turned his head to his most trusted advisor Tang Yan and asked, "What does Mr. Tang think of General Jiling's plan?" ”

Strategist Tang Yan pondered for a while and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that we can give it a try, just like digging a tunnel to attack the city, if we succeed, we will get a thousand times the reward, even if it fails, the loss is only negligible, it is better than us have been storming Mengjin Pass like this!" ”

The words of the strategist Tang Yan made Zhang Mingqi make up his mind and said: "Okay! Then organize an elite team and give it a try according to General Jiling's plan. ”

At the same time, in the hall of a mansion in Mengjin Guancheng, the hussar general Xiao Su picked up a glass of wine, and said to the second elder of Wudang Mountain, Lei Jin, and Yang Yu, the protector of the Dharma, with a smile: "Today's battle is thanks to the help of many masters of Wudang Mountain, and in the siege of the Suzhou Xiang army today, at least six or seven brave generals and hundreds of soldiers died in the hands of Elder Lei, Yang Protector and Wudang Mountain disciples. ”

This time, Wudang Mountain sent two elders and two protectors to Canglong City, a total of four masters with the strength of peerless generals, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, learned that among the Suzhou Xiang army outside Mengjin Pass, there were several fierce generals who had the strength to ascend to the peerless fierce generals list in the world's hero spectrum, and immediately asked the second elder of Wudang Mountain, Lei Jin, and Yang Yu, the protector of the Dharma, to lead two personal disciples, six inner disciples and thirty outer disciples to rush to Mengjin Pass to help.

Lei Jin, the second elder of Wudang Mountain, picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "General Xiao is too polite, this time we Wudang Mountain people came to the capital at the appointment of the thirteenth family, just to kill these rebellious ministers and thieves of the Suzhou Xiang Army, and to give the people of Dajin a peace!" ”

Yang Yu, the protector of Wudang Mountain, also gathered his wine glass and said: "Elder Lei is right, General Xiao is really a little too polite, but unfortunately on the city wall today, I didn't meet the peerless fierce generals in the Suzhou Xiang Army mentioned by General Xiao and General Dou, if you can kill a peerless fierce general of the Suzhou Xiang Army, you will not be in vain The wine and food prepared by General Xiao!" ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry next to him, opened his mouth and said: "As long as the Suzhou Xiang Army does not retreat from Mengjin Pass, Yang Protector will have the opportunity to fight with those peerless fierce generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army sooner or later, but Yang Protector must be careful of a person named Zhang Shaohua, whose weapon is a glaive knife, this manpower is infinite, I once fought with him outside Huai'an City for less than twenty rounds, and he was cut by him." ”

When Yang Yu, the protector of Wudang Mountain, heard what Dou Bing said, a gleam flashed in his eyes and said: "If someone can defeat General Dou in twenty rounds, then I, Yang Yu, will definitely be able to do it for a while!" ”