Just when the western camp of the East China Sea King's army was in chaos, Sima Shu led three thousand horsemen to quietly drive out of the Tiger Prison Pass, and after leaving the West Gate, everyone went south towards the Songshan Mountain Range.

The people of the Military Intelligence Department have long found out that there is a sheep intestine trail here, which can only be crossed by one person and one horse, and can bypass the Tiger Prison Pass and go directly to the rear of the rebels, but the road is quite steep, and if you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff.

Tiger Pass belongs to the remaining veins of Songshan Mountain, and the reason why Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous is because it is sandwiched between Songshan Mountain and the Yellow River, guarding the passage to Luoyang in the west.

Sima Shu drove his horse forward and encountered a dense forest and mountain area at the foot of Song Mountain. At this time, Songshan was very different from later generations, full of dense mountain forests, and wild beasts that could be seen everywhere.

The world-famous Songshan Shaolin Temple is still a shadow, at this time the mountain except for a part of the mountain people who fled the war, it can basically be said to be a sparsely populated wild place. In order to find a way through Songshan, the Military Intelligence Department lost three high-ranking scouts.

Sima Shu led 3,000 pro-troops, and everyone was quite relaxed when they first entered the mountains and forests, but soon they encountered difficulties.

In particular, the beasts, insects and snakes that emerge from the mountains and forests from time to time made many soldiers not die at the hands of the rebels, but died in the mouths of insects and snakes due to poisoning. In this era when there is no antivenom, once you are bitten by a venomous snake, you can only rely on herbal medicine to treat it.

The deeper he went into the mountains and forests, the more nervous Sima Shu became, and the life and death of thousands of soldiers were all in his thoughts. Sometimes he can't help but ask himself, is it a bit risky to do so?

However, thinking about the hundreds of thousands of rebels in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, Sima Shu has firmly planned to attack by surprise, how can he defeat the enemy without taking risks?

Nakadake Songshan is composed of Mount Taimuro and Mt. Shaomuro. The Shaolin Temple, which became famous at home and abroad, is located at the foot of Shaomur Mountain. The five buildings of Songshan Mountain are located at the western foot of Taimur Mountain. It is composed of five beautiful peaks of different shapes, so it is called Wudao Building.

The army walked through a ridge. After passing through a field, we embarked on the road to the five buildings.

Although the five buildings of Songshan are located in the Central Plains, its mountains are steep. The gray mountains and rocks are clustered together like ancient castles, beautiful and exquisite, mysterious and mysterious, attracting people to explore and decipher. It is simply a tough guy with iron bones, resolute, cold, and bloody. It will not be easy to conquer it.

The way up the mountain is a long mountain range, and the mountains and rocks are stacked on top of each other, narrow, steep, twisting, and uneven. There are many places where you can only stand on one foot, and there are steep canyons next to them.

In such a place, it is necessary to hold your breath, be cautious, and move forward on all fours. I finally climbed up a stone wall, and there was a higher stone wall ahead; Finally, you have turned a mountain, and there are higher mountains waiting for you.

After all the hardships, the army finally crossed the five buildings. Reached the top of the mountain. Suddenly it became clear that all the hard work was worth it.

The fierce battle of the Tiger Prison Pass was in full swing, and Sima Shu took 3,000 people to cross the Songshan Mountain with great difficulty, and more than 100 people left their lives on the Songshan Mountain. Not even the body was found.

After crossing Songshan Mountain, the army was hiding in a hidden mountain col, which was only a few dozen miles from the rebel camp. Once a fighter appears, the army can quickly rush to the Tiger Prison Pass to break the enemy.

For three days the army was spent in a very calm atmosphere. Only the scouts kept gathering the news from all over the world for Sima Shu to study and make a decision.

Besides. Sima Shu also revised the training content of the cavalry, ordering everyone to sleep during the day and carry out actual combat drills in the surrounding mountains and forests at night. Including rapid marches, surprise attacks, outflanking, encirclement and annihilation, etc., all of which were his preparations for surprise attacks, sometimes several tired soldiers complained in one night.

Seven days later, the news from the Tiger Prison Pass was shocking. The king of the East China Sea actually carried out a five-day siege battle regardless of the dead and wounded, and in this battle, 5,000 Xianbei troops also participated.

After the war, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and if it weren't for the help of firearms in the Tiger Prison, I am afraid that it would have fallen long ago.

However, even so, the losses of the Tiger Prison Pass were extremely heavy, and a total of more than 2,000 people lost their combat effectiveness. Even the Great General Zu Yue was seriously injured, and if it weren't for the guards who swore to save him, he might have to return to Heaven to see the Great Heavenly Venerable.

In this way, the atmosphere in Sima Shu's army suddenly became tense.

On the twelfth day, worse news came, the king of the East China Sea and the king of Hejian raised a total of 50,000 troops, united with 10,000 Xianbei cavalry, and after three days of bloody battles, finally took the outer city of Tiger Prison Pass. The situation deteriorated further as the defenders were forced to retreat to the inner city.

After many days of hard fighting, most of the 8,000 soldiers and horses were lost, and it has become the end of a strong crossbow. In addition, the crown prince led 3,000 elites to break through the siege, the elite was exhausted, and the strength became weaker, and the city defense situation became more critical.

Zu Yue discussed with Li Xiong and others who stayed behind, and wanted to change their strategy and adopt the method of static braking, trying to avoid the enemy's edge and avoid casualties, and Li Xiong and others all agreed.

Outside the city, the army of the king of the East China Sea has been besieging for many days, and after a bloody battle, the armies of all walks of life have approached and erected cloud chariots, overlooking the city, and shooting indiscriminately with strong crossbows. The arrows flew like locusts, like a raging gallop, coming from all directions into the city. Seeing this, the guards in the city had to hunch in and out with the door panel in order to avoid the flying arrows, and did not dare to raise their heads.

Even so, the defenders of Tiger Prison still could not avoid the daily casualties, the city walls, the streets, even the rooftops, and tree branches were full of flesh and blood fragments, and the road was occasionally seen dead bodies that had not been cleaned up, exuding a putrid smell.

As soon as the arrows of the army outside the city stopped, the soldiers defending the city hurriedly drew arrows from the city walls, roofs, and dead bodies, packed and bundled them, and put them on the head of the city for reuse.

The rebel army of nearly 10,000 archers fired aimlessly into the city, and then concentrated their forces on pouring arrows at the city gates, covering the charging car and crashing into the city. The mud at the gates rained down, and the soldiers defending the city braved the rain of arrows to strengthen the gates, and no one retreated cowardly. The rebels attacked fiercely, and the casualties of the defenders in the city increased dramatically, but the Tiger Fortress was never broken.

The King of the East Sea dispatched the elite to fight with the defenders, but he didn't expect that there was not much progress in a few days. In this way, Sima Yue was irritable and commanded the army to attack day and night. The move of the King of the East China Sea was really ferocious, and the rebels were not afraid of attrition, and finally took the outer city wall.

Sima Yue was overjoyed when he saw this, and commanded the army to continue to pour up the city wall along the gap and start a battle with the defenders!

At this time, although the elite was exhausted, there were still many generals such as Zu Yue, Li Xiong, and Fu Hong. Seeing that the situation was critical, the people rushed to the top of the city without hesitation. He led the remnants of the army and hurriedly dragged the hundred and ten cauldrons that were hanging in chains to the city gate.

The cauldron was filled with boiling oil, and as soon as the rebel army approached, Li Xiong and the others immediately ordered the soldiers to pour it down, and the hot oil splashed on the rebel soldiers. The hot oil burned through the iron armor, wounding the skin, and countless soldiers rolled on the ground with terrible screams. The soldiers behind were frightened, turned around and retreated.

Sima Yue saw that the offensive had been frustrated, how could he be willing to give up, and waved the command flag again, and commanded the infantry to continue the siege. Outside the city, the drums vibrated loudly, and tens of thousands of foot soldiers stepped on the steps that shook the heavens and the earth, and dozens of people in a team began to squirm forward, pushing a shield about half a foot high and half a foot thick, wrapped in cowhide and felt.

The rebels have launched another offensive!

The Tiger Prison is crumbling. If the Tiger Prison Pass falls, Mengjin will also fail, and at that time, the capture of Luoyang will be inevitable. The defenders of the city understood the powerful relationship, so they had to work hard to support it.

"Has Tiger Prison Fallen?" Recently, Li Teh has to ask every day, he is not only worried about the defenders of the Tiger Prison, but also worried about the safety of his son.

Seeing Sima Shu shaking his head, Li Teh sat on his horse and let out a long breath, and then dismounted and sat on the ground by the roadside.

"Ouch, I need to get some rest. I haven't rested for several days since I've been busy training these days, and His Highness is rude, so I just sit here and rest for a while. Sima Shu waved his hand indifferently, he generally didn't pay much attention to details in the barracks, and many generals were more casual around him.

"Is Your Highness studying the military situation again?" Seeing Sima Shu staring intently at the map, Li Tenuo asked quietly.

"Well, both sides of the Tiger Prison Pass have reached the end of the crossbow, and our opportunity is coming." Sima Shu beckoned to Li Te, motioning for him to sit beside him.

"Oh? In this way, the tiger prison is saved! Li Teh was overjoyed when he heard this, and the whole person became excited, "Your Highness, when will we send troops?" To be honest, I'm a little impatient to wait here! ”

Sima Shu didn't talk, still looking at the map in a daze. Seeing this, Li Te hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, now that the Tiger Prison is not in danger, if we still avoid it, I'm afraid the Tiger Prison will not be safe!" ”

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately echoed them: "Yes, Your Highness, we should not be a bad breed, the brothers are all fighting in the Tiger Prison, but we are hiding in this place and living happily, this is really unreasonable!" ”

After hearing this, Sima Shu muttered: "The meaning of what you said is only known. It's just that you must know that we only have 3,000 men, and no matter how brave and good we are, we will not be able to defeat the enemy's more than 100,000 horses. Only by grasping the enemy's fatal mistakes can we decide the battle in one battle! ”

When Sima Shu said this, his face sank, and he said coldly: "Could it be that this palace is not only a brother with a heart and a tiger?" But impulse will not solve the problem, we must believe in our brothers, believe that they can stop the attack of the rebels, and they can hold out until the moment we attack! ”

Everyone heard that the prince was reasonable, and hurriedly said: "Then according to His Highness's opinion, what should it be?" ”

"Wait, keep waiting, wait for the time to send troops!"

Hearing this, Sima Shu looked up at the gloomy sky, and he couldn't help but pray in his heart, if it snowed or rained all day, it would be good!

The anxious state of mind of everyone finally calmed down under the strong pressure of Sima Shu, and then everyone trained every day while waiting for the prince's order to send troops. (To be continued......)