After less than an hour of fighting, the screams gradually subsided, and calm returned to the valley.

Zang Lin looked around, and when he saw that none of Miliang's cavalry were dead, he immediately ordered: "Everyone obey the order, withdraw from the valley, and return to Surabaya Pass quickly!" ”

Everyone agreed in unison, they didn't even bother to clean up the battlefield, and they all ran in one direction.

There are still many war horses, equipment, armor, etc. in the valley, although these things are nothing to Pang Yi's army, but they can always equip one or two thousand troops, if it is in peacetime, he will definitely not let it go, but now, he does not dare to pick it up.

Because Jiang Yiyuan had already said that after destroying the enemy army, he must withdraw immediately, otherwise he is likely to be pursued and killed by the imperial army.

Now Jiang Yiyuan's words are like a holy decree to him, no, they should be more effective than a holy decree; Zang Lin respects everything!

Time passed little by little, and when the soldier who was in charge of going out to find out the news reported back the matter of Mi Liang Zhongfu, Qin Huai scolded!

He never expected that Jiang Yiyuan would be so cunning.

He let the imperial army stay in place for ten days, at the beginning Qin Huai also thought that the other party wanted to buy some time at most, in this regard, he thought it didn't matter, anyway, the siege of the city now and the siege of the city ten days later are the same, and more importantly, it can save Qin Liang, so he agreed.

But now it seems that he was wrong; Where did Jiang Yiyuan want to delay time, it was clearly the idea of designing to fight the 30,000 elite soldiers, deliberately let the distance between the two armies be widened, and then chase and kill all the way, and chase and kill for a day, how could 30,000 people survive.

Qin Huai sighed, he immediately gave the order, and everyone immediately pulled out and marched towards Surabaya Pass!

At this time, on the way to the march, he called Ling Feng and said: "Fighting wits with Jiang Yiyuan, an old fox, is too nerve-wracking, if you want to capture Surabaya Pass, you still have to rely on powerful siege equipment, I don't believe that my 500,000 army can't capture this pass!" Speaking of this, he looked at Ling Feng and asked, "Ling Feng, what do you think?" ”

Ling Feng had now put aside the matter of Han Shushu, he heard Qin Huai's words, and after a little thought, he replied: "Taishi, the city wall of Surabaya Pass is extremely strong, five zhang high and three zhang thick, its moat is more than four zhang wide, and the city gate is also made of stainless steel, which was originally designed to resist foreign races, if it is attacked, I am afraid that the casualties will be too great." ”

After a pause, he continued: "What's even more worrying is that Surabaya County and Huai County are in Pang Yi's hands, and he can go to Surabaya Pass for reinforcements at any time, and the grain, grass, and equipment are even more inexhaustible, so the general will be worried." ”

Qin Huai sighed, deeply convinced of Ling Feng's words, and said, "Yes, I knew that today, I should have guarded Surabaya Pass well, but now it's too late to say anything." ”

"But even if I attack, I will definitely be able to win this level!"

Qin Huai felt a strong self-confidence in his heart.

Ling Feng didn't speak, what he was thinking about now was not how to attack Surabaya Pass, but thinking about what he should do after the defeat of the imperial army.

From the book left by his father and the events that happened during this time, it all shows that Qin Huai is bound to lose, and as for when he will be defeated, it depends on the will of heaven.

After Qin Huai is defeated, the imperial army must be scattered in a hurry, and at that time, should he lead his troops back to the court? Or is it self-reliant like Pang Yi?

In fact, to be honest, he prefers the latter, because only in this way can he develop as soon as possible and lay the foundation for the troubled times.

What's more, if Jiang Yiyuan can defeat Qin Huai, then the position of the anti-thief will be stable, the world will be surging, and the rebel army will be endless, and at that time, will the imperial court still be the imperial court?

The anti-thieves will be in a strong position, and the so-called imperial court has already existed in name only.

Thinking of this, Qin Huai interrupted his train of thought and said again: "I have already ordered all counties in the territory of Kaiyuan to mobilize siege equipment, especially siege towers and ladders, to be heightened and enlarged, as for trebuchets, I have also asked Your Majesty to prepare, within two months, it will definitely be shipped; Since the battle of wits is not successful, then we will compete with him in strength! Jiang Yiyuan's soldiers are all new recruits, and I don't believe how strong they are. ”

Ling Feng was noncommittal, and he didn't dare to agree with Qin Huai's thoughts, but he didn't speak either, because he didn't have a plan.

Then the two men did not say a word, and the army marched forward quickly, until nightfall, when everyone stopped and set up camp at a distance of one hundred and twenty miles from Surabaya Pass.

On this day, the 500,000-strong army advanced eighty miles, which can be described as a fast march.

However, for Qin Huai's actions, Jiang Yiyuan sneered: "The old guy really wants to play with me, okay, I want to see how elite the imperial court soldiers and horses are!" ”

Time flies, three days later.

At this time, the imperial army had already arrived at a distance of thirty miles from Surabaya Pass, and had already rested for two days.

This is a plain, that is, the place where Duan Yun ambushed Mi Liang on that day.

Qin Huai still divided into three large camps, forming a strategy with each other, and when everything was ready, he beat the drum and gathered the generals, and led 200,000 troops to attack the Surabaya Pass.

Ling Feng was naturally among them, but he had no soldiers and horses in his hands now, and the remaining more than 800 people could only conduct regular training under the leadership of Lu Chang and Lu Wen.

And Qin Huai didn't let Ling Feng's soldiers participate in the war, just those eight hundred people were not enough to see, and even the hundreds of thousands of troops under Huang Daoyi were not qualified to participate in the war, because they were all recruits.

What Qin Huai needed was the most elite siege soldiers he had personally trained over the years, and he wanted to see how strong Surabaya Pass really was!

It is necessary to mention here that Qin Huai originally said that Ling Feng could expand the army to 20,000, but now all the soldiers have their own generals, so there is nowhere to replenish the troops, Ling Feng can only temporarily do his own job as a senator, as for the expansion of the army, it can only be left for later.

Ling Feng didn't have any objection to this, anyway, he didn't look down on those soldiers, if he could choose, he would rather choose the kind of soldiers who had been injured on the battlefield, just like the soldiers he saved a few days ago, but this kind of opportunity was rare, and he had to collect it slowly.

Five miles outside the Surabaya Pass.

Qin Huai came here with a large army, with a wave of his hand, 150,000 troops stayed, and the remaining 50,000 siege troops approached the city wall of Surabaya Pass, and there were about a dozen generals accompanying him, all of whom were veterans in the army, even Jiang Lin was among them, he was a vanguard general, and naturally he would not shrink to the end.

As I said some time ago, there are two gorges and mountains and forests on both sides of Surabaya Pass, so it can only accommodate 20,000 people to attack the city, but that is the situation in the north, but not in the west; The purpose of the existence of Surabaya Pass is mainly to guard against strong enemies in the outside world, so the defense in the west is not so strong, even if 50,000 people come outside the city wall at the same time, it can be completely accommodated.

Not long after, Qin Huai came to the city with a large army, and when he saw the majestic checkpoint in front of him, a helpless look appeared on his face, but when he turned to look at the soldiers behind him, he regained his nature.

And the other generals all smiled bitterly.

Surabaya Pass is worthy of being called Surabaya Pass, its majesty can be called the best in the world, anyone standing under the city, can feel the invisible coercion, especially thinking that the city that is about to be attacked is this, it makes people rise a sense of powerlessness.

Qin Huai's right hand, a general in heavy armor sighed: "I have long heard that the city wall of Surabaya Pass is tall, but I didn't expect that it is not weaker than the city wall of the imperial capital, and today is an eye-opener." ”

Jiang Lin sneered: "General Yuan is afraid? ”

Yuan Lie, the general of the left guard under Qin Huai's account, also belongs to the ranks of generals, and his status is similar to that of Jiang Lin.

Hearing this, he replied loudly: "Afraid? Hmph, what's there to be afraid of. ”

"Wait for me to come up and challenge!"

After speaking, he was about to ride out on horseback, but at this moment, Qin Huai stopped him and said, "No need to challenge, give me a drum and attack the city immediately!" ”

Yuan Lie was stunned for a moment, he looked at Qin Huai's eyes, and nodded slightly with his fists.

"Yes."

Jiang Lin looked puzzled, he had followed Qin Huai for many years, and in the past, before the big war, he would always fight, which had become a habit, because this could suppress the enemy's morale, but today, Qin Huai did not do so.

Although he couldn't figure it out, he didn't ask, and looked into the distance, his expression gradually returning to natural.

After Yuan Lie retreated, he called the herald and said, "Beat the drum!" ”

Without any hesitation, the herald rode his horse past the front of the army with a small flag in his hand, while at the same time, the war drums of the army were beating, and when the three drums were over, a team of 5,000 men slowly drove out of the ranks.

They marched slowly, marching in orderly steps, ladders, siege towers, flying bridges, and countless others, all controlled by the soldiers.

With each step forward, the soldiers would always bang on their shields in front of them and let out a loud roar.

Ling Feng watched carefully, these soldiers were all the elite of the imperial court, and after Qin Huai's training for many years, it could be said that the crystallization of all the siege techniques had reached the limit of siege techniques.

Ling Feng secretly said in his heart, if even this army can't capture Surabaya Pass, then looking at the entire Golden Dragon Dynasty, I'm afraid no one can do it.

Jiang Yiyuan stood impressively in the cave of the hidden soldiers on the city wall, he watched every move under the city, and when he saw the appearance of the enemy army, he couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being the elite of the imperial court, if our soldiers are half as good as the other party, there will not be so many casualties." ”

At this time, the sound of war drums in the distance under the city became very rapid, and the enemy army also changed its previous state, and began to run wildly, all the shield soldiers covered the archers at this moment, especially those soldiers who pushed siege equipment, they were protected by many shield soldiers, and the entire siege force advanced rapidly, like a tide to the city wall.

Jiang Yiyuan looked at it fixedly, and he instantly understood that the position where the enemy soldiers were just now had already entered the range of the archers in the city, so he launched a ferocious attack.

This is the cleverness of the besieging soldiers, who can walk slowly when they are not within the range of the attack, which saves their physical strength; And once in the attack range, you have to launch a quick charge, speed is everything, you must know that a second late can lose dozens of soldiers.

Jiang Yiyuan nodded, looked at Duan Yun on the side and said, "Duan Yun, learn a little, we will attack the city like this in the future, Qin Huai is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield." ”

Duan Yun said: "The military division, the last general's command is all cavalry, and he is not responsible for attacking the city. ”

"Then you have to learn too."

Jiang Yiyuan reproached.

Then, he stopped talking and continued to look at the besieging army beneath the city.

At this time, the siege army had come to the moat, which was originally a good defensive barrier, but in front of these court elites, it was like nothing; I saw that more than a dozen flying bridges were put down, all of them were laid across the moat, and suddenly one by one the roads were opened, all the follow-up equipment passed quickly, and the soldiers also flocked to it.

Soon, they crossed the moat and came under the walls.

"Smack."

A number of ladders were erected on the side of the city wall at this time, almost at the same time, countless soldiers climbed up at this time, they were skilled, and knew that it was very likely to be lifted off by the enemy at this time, so the speed of climbing was extremely fast, regardless of whether the shield was in front of them, anyway, they would climb up for a while before talking.

Although there is a high chance that they will be injured or even killed in the process, they can't care so much, because only when the ladder is completely stabilized can the soldiers who come behind them move forward one after another.

Sure enough, the soldiers in the city have not yet reacted, and countless enemies have appeared on each ladder, all of them are advancing frantically, they want to use the bamboo poles that have been prepared long ago to overturn the ladder, but they find that they can't push it anyway, because there are too many enemies.

In desperation, they had to give up the idea of overturning the enemy's ladder, and then began to pick up the throwing stones, rolling logs and smash down, especially the archers, which were as dense as rain.

But the strange thing is that although there are many arrows, the enemy soldiers under the city are very few casualties, and from a distance, the enemy soldiers are all wrapped in dense shields, and the bow and arrow are only flicked on the surface of the skin as soon as they fall, and they lose their effect.

Not only that, but when they shot the arrows, they just wanted to bend their bows and arrows, but at this time, the soldiers under the city seized this gap, and at the same time removed their shields, countless archers stood up and shot a rain of arrows, although there were not as many as just now, but they brought huge casualties to the defending troops.

One by one, the defenders fell, and then new ones poured in.

Jiang Yiyuan watched from behind and gasped, he thought that the enemy's siege force was powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, it was easier than defending the city!

He sighed and muttered to himself, "Is this the difference between the new recruits and the elite soldiers?" ”