200,000 barbarian troops gathered in Nanzhong, 150,000 troops gathered in Yanmen, Huguan and Hanoi counties, and 50,000 troops cruising in the grasslands, making it impossible for the Budugen group to support the Han Dynasty, let alone the Xiongnu who had killed and wounded 20,000 warriors in the last war.

Sun Jian was fully deployed in Bingzhou, and Sun Ce was also transferred. The two defeats in the face of Li Ming made Liu Ting still slightly disappointed in him, so he simply asked him to avoid Li Ming and compete with Wang Yu, the key Sun Jian was also there, he should do his best.

Li Jin and Yue Xi sat in Jiangzhou, and the imperial court recruited 30,000 troops in Bashu to cooperate with Yan Yan for defense. King Doth also gathered an army of 50,000 and roamed the dense forest as scouts and support.

What is inexplicable is that the two armies can only be on the defensive, and the situation this year is particularly grim. The Taicang Order did not calculate the amount of grain and grass needed, and the key was that some officials secretly traded part of the grain reserves, resulting in a shortage of military rations and the inability to take the initiative to fight. Even if there is no change in flight within 10 days, all theaters will fall into a state of lack of food.

There was only one thing, and that was a thousand special hats, which were sent to Sun Jian and Yan Yanjun and told how to use them. knew that this was a blood curse that made a lot of noise, but neither Yan Yan nor Sun Jian refused. Soldiers know the stakes better than politicians, and if this thing can defend the country at a critical moment, then even if it violates the peace of heaven, it must be used.

Having said that, after taking a short rest in Luoyang, Li Ming began to kill Hangu Pass with all his might.

The Ganning Department had already broken through the waterway and quickly broke through Hedong County, and under Li Ming's instructions, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Zhu Hao began to attack Hedong County. This move restrained the imperial army's army to the greatest extent and forced the defenders of Hangu Pass to divide their troops.

They had no choice but to divide their troops, once Gan Ning captured Hedong County, Ou Wei killed Hangu Pass in the back. Since ancient times, the checkpoints have been to defend against foreign enemies, and the chickens in the cage rebelled, so naturally they did not have an advantage.

"Your Majesty, the front is Hangu Pass!" Before I knew it, I had arrived around Hangu Pass, and a scout came to report.

"Chong'er, if there is a war, you will follow me, do you know?" Li Ming looked at the crown prince Li Chong with concern, this was the first time he had gone out to fight with him since he entered the Guards.

"Father, I'm not a child anymore. Besides, under his father-in-law before, he had also been on the battlefield several times and fought bloodily a few times. Li Chong was a little embarrassed, thinking that he was not being treated as a child. In fact, in the eyes of parents, children will always be children, and this will not change no matter what era.

"Seeing that your concubines are pregnant, they can wait for you to go back, not to mention the rest, on the battlefield, you should protect yourself first, and then consider killing the enemy!" Li Ming solemnly explained.

I don't know if it's because the variety is good, or if I haven't practiced the method of double cultivation. Li Chong has been married for a year, and all three daughters are pregnant, so Wang Yu also wrote a letter to reprimand him, saying that Wang Xi was still young, and taught him not to know how to pity women Yunyun. By the way, Zhang Ning is pregnant again.

"Erchen understands." Speaking of the three daughters, Li Chong's resolute eyes rarely showed a touch of tenderness.

The large army had just arrived at Hangu Pass, and in the early morning of the next day, the gate was opened, and Liu Ting took the initiative to attack with the large army, and one of the young generals in his twenties stepped forward directly to call the battle: "Li Ming, do you dare to fight with me Ma Mengqi?" ”

"Ma Chao? Interesting! Li Ming smiled, this is his favorite historical figure, his personality is a bit similar to Sun Ce, Sun Ce has already passed, Ma Chao doesn't know what he can do.

"Your Majesty, the last general will ask for war!" In the headquarters, Zulang rode his horse out to ask for battle, and the instinct of the warrior told him that the other party was strong.

As a martial artist, who doesn't want to compete with the strong. However, Pang De and Zhang Liao are in high positions, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under their command need them to be in the center, so they can't mess around. On the contrary, Zu Lang is just a pioneer, he has no worries, and he dares to ask for war.

"Then you go and try Ma Chao's depth, be careful!" Li Ming looked at Zu Lang, this is a pure martial artist, he cultivates when he has nothing to do, and his son Zu Ran didn't pay much attention to it. The ability to command troops is about 3,000 people, and the real ability is in the fighting generals. The key is that people practice hard, and they are already three transformations of cultivation.

Perhaps Li Ming took the lead, and the acquired martial artists of Great Chu all tried to trace the origin of the Nine Turns one after another. However, the premise is to exchange the "Five Fowl Body Shaping Secret Method" with combat exploits. Not to mention them, even Li Ming and Zhang Mo are also working hard to cultivate this secret method, the two of them are open, and they are boiling down with all their might. The body becomes stronger, so that it can withstand the side effects of the nine turns again and again.

"Wu Jun Zulang, come to meet you!" Zu Lang got the permission, and rode the bull towards Ma Chao. The green ox under his seat is also a spirit beast, and its quality is even higher than his father's. In order to find this green cow, Zulang spent a lot of effort, and the process of subduing it was not easy.

"Nobody, why don't you come up and offer ugliness?" Ma Chao galloped on his horse, and the yellow sand under the seat was just as its name, and when he ran, he brought up a gust of wind and sand, and after a while, he came to Zulang's face.

"Hahahaha, the fool is ignorant!" Zu Lang didn't move at all, but just lightly touched the cow's back. The green bull immediately understood, and the sharp horns stabbed directly towards the yellow sand.

Huang Sha is obviously not an ordinary horse, and when he saw this, he quickly staggered to dodge, but he pulled the horse out of order. Zu Lang took the opportunity to raise his sword and slash over, and the huge sword of chopping horses was like an ordinary sword in his hand.

"So fast!" Ma Chao was forced to take it, but a huge force came, and the spear in his hand was almost clenched.

"That's a lot of strength!" Ma Chao couldn't help but marvel, the other party just slashed at will after attaching internal qi, and almost let him get out of his hands. If the other party uses martial arts, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to deal with.

In an instant, he understood that the other party was definitely not a nobody. After making a mistake, he looked back, and only saw that Zu Lang was dressed as a Yue person, and there were obviously many differences between the armor and the Han family armor. But this also just shows that he is definitely not an unknown person.

In order to make it easier to identify in the army, it is an officer below the rank of lieutenant, and the armor is the standard. In this way, when the soldier sees the appearance of the armor, he naturally understands the rank of this general. Even if it is a child of a family, it can only change the material of the armor, but not the style.

Only the captain or above, at least the general, can change to the style you like. The other party's dress proves that the other party is at least a general. I heard that under Li Ming's command, there are many barbarian generals, all of whom are the former Yue people, Nanzhong barbarians and Wuxi barbarians. Perhaps, the general in front of him is from the Yue forces, but he obviously does not belong to the Peng clan of Wuyi Mountain.

"Come again!" Ma Chao shouted and killed Zu Lang again, he had already seen that the green bull under the other party's seat was also a spirit beast, especially the pair of horns, which were completely two sharp knives, so he had to deal with them carefully.

The spear roared past, bringing up a strong wind, Ma Chao grew up in Longxi, Liangzhou, and was affected by the environment here, from the Ma family's marksmanship, evolved the "Yellow Sand Wanli Marksmanship", and faintly became a prefecture-level martial arts.

Moreover, he has already exchanged the first layer of "Domineering" with the Han court, and has successfully entered it. Now that it was suddenly used, the gang qi suddenly turned into a violent wind and yellow sand, and swept towards Zulang.

"There are two hits!" Seeing this, Zu Lang naturally knew what this meant, but he was not afraid at all, but he rushed over directly, and immediately disappeared into the yellow sand.

The whole process seemed to be a matter of an instant, and in the eyes of many soldiers, they only felt that the yellow sand was rising, and Zu Lang's charge was just a blink of an eye, and the two sides staggered by in the blink of an eye. The yellow sand in the sky, I don't know when, has disappeared.

Only the wind that was brought up weakened into a breeze and blown on their faces could prove everything.

Suddenly, a large number of gaps appeared in the armor on Zulang's body, and then it actually shattered and fell to the ground. Qingniu snorted, and then slowly turned around, but Zu Lang spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Nine turns to trace the source, three turns of the body, and the tempering of the "Five Birds Body Shaping Secret Method", I didn't expect to use my Xuan-level martial arts to fight hard with the other party, but I still couldn't completely offset the other party's martial arts.

"This is the Innate Qi?" Zu Lang smiled, he already had a deeper understanding of the Innate Qi. As long as you don't die, then after you go back, you will definitely be able to increase the success rate of tracing the origin of the nine turns.

The point is, can Ma Chao be completely spared? Just now, no one saw that Zu Lang actually made two moves!

"Your first move is to draw a knife and slash, what is the second move?" Ma Chao slowly turned his head, and the armor on his head didn't know what you seemed to have fallen to the ground, and it turned out to have been split in half. It is conceivable that if there is no helmet, I am afraid that Ma Chao will be in danger.

"The first move is not called drawing a knife and slashing, but 'instant slashing', drawing a knife is more suitable for knives, and my sword! The second trick, I can't name it, is the result of my temporary realization. Recently, I've been developing my own swordsmanship, and if you feed me a few more moves, maybe I'll be able to develop them all, but if you don't die before I finish developing! Zu Lang said with interest.

"Hahaha, if you can live long enough to develop the whole set of martial arts!" Ma Chao was not angry when he heard this, and the chess opponent made his blood boil, and he rode the horse to kill Zu Lang again.

The two sides went back and forth, killing bloody and bloody, Zu Lang had a lot of colors on his body, and he had become a bloody man in a short time. However, Ma Chao was not unharmed, and his soft feet were also hung in two or three places.

It can be said that this is the crushing effect of the innate Qi, which makes him not embarrassed. However, he knew very well that Zu Lang looked terrible, but in fact, he avoided the vital points, because these injuries were all skin injuries, which were nothing to a man.

"Why is this happening?" Ma Chao couldn't understand why this was happening.

"Come back! It's no fun to fight! Liu Ting immediately stepped forward, stopped Ma Chao, and motioned for him to go back.

"But I'm ......" Ma Chao was a little unwilling when he heard this.

"His first move has forced you to start to have some scruples when you charge. Didn't you notice that when you were about to charge in front of him, Huang Sha would subconsciously slow down, and you would follow Huang Sha to make subtle adjustments, it was these small flaws that always made you lose the opportunity! ”

"This ......" Ma Chao now thinks back, indeed, as Liu Ting said, he seems to have some concerns every time he charges.

Then it suddenly dawned on him that when he charged for the first time, Zu Lang did not rush over, and used the green ox to push towards the yellow sand, the real purpose was to make himself scruple about it!

"You're still young, and there's still a chance! Go back and rest! Liu Ting said slowly.

"Whoa!" Ma Chao was unwilling, but he could only go back obediently.

"Looks like it's time for me to play!" Li Ming walked out slowly and looked at Liu Ting with a fighting spirit. He had a hunch that this collision might allow him to truly condense his innate Qi.