In the dark night, one Khitan warrior after another jumped onto the city, dancing with Turkic scimitars, battle axes, and fangs.

The Khitans, who had already recuperated overnight, were all very excited, and they had already received orders to attack the city, reward each with a sheep, cut off the head of a defender, and reward each with a cow. If it is an officer of the rank of the team, two cows. If it is a school captain, three cows will be rewarded. If even the defenders' Eagle Strike Lang and Eagle Yang Lang can be killed, then ten cattle will be rewarded.

This time they came out of the grassland, and they had already made a lot of money before. But who would think that they have more cattle and sheep, of course, the more cattle and sheep, the better. At this time, these Khitan people who jumped on the city, in their eyes, these defenders on the city are no longer people, but cattle one after another. For each cut, there is one more cow in the house. All of them had red eyes, shouted and rushed forward.

On the top of the city, Luo Cheng carried his sword, struck left and right, and had killed several Khitan warriors in a row. Although those Khitans didn't know that Luo Chengcheng was the Eagle Yang Lang general who was worth ten cows, the armor on his body was too dazzling. Even in the dark night, the set of bright silver unicorn bright light armor that was the same as that worn by Chen Kefu also made those Khitan people excited. They have all seen Chen Kefu's armor, what kind of person is Chen Kefu, the king of Liaodong. Even if they are the kings of Khitan, they have to listen to Chen Kefu. The Sui man in front of him was actually wearing the armor that Chen Kefu wanted, so no matter what you say, it must be expensive. Perhaps, if you snatch this armor and sell it, it will be worth at least a hundred cows.

It's just these Khitans who have cattle in their eyes. No one expected that Luo Cheng would be as handsome as a woman. But the swordsmanship in one hand is extremely sharp. In a few moments, three or four people who wanted to grab the armor had already died under his sword. It's just that Luo Cheng kills quickly, but the more people pounce on him.

The defenders of the city, suppressed by the rain of crossbows and arrows and catapults of the Liaodong army, were unable to stop the Khitans who continued to pour into the city. More and more Khitan soldiers poured into the city, and the fierce and powerful Khitan people faced the already exhausted defenders of Guanshang, and as soon as the two sides fought, the Sui army was gradually exhausted. Break back.

The Khitan king's son, Abao Grotto, jumped up to the city with the wolf ride of the Khitan people, hacked a Sui soldier to death with a knife, and cut down the Luozi general flag on the head of the city in three or two steps, and planted his own Khitan Luo flag vigorously. In the firelight, Luo Zi fell the flag under the city, and the white wolf rider of the Khitan fluttered above the Beikou Pass. Seeing this scene, the Khitans broke out one roar after another, as if they had drunk strong wine, and squeezed towards the defenders of the city like a tide.

Luo Wu took dozens of soldiers around him and rushed in one round. Luo Cheng, who was gradually surrounded by the Khitans, was rescued.

"Major General, the north entrance can no longer be defended, we have to retreat to Jundu Pass, please give the order to retreat quickly!" Luo Wu said loudly.

Luo Cheng was covered in blood. He lost count of how many people he had killed. At this time, his eyes were red, he didn't expect that just now he thought that the war was just like this, and it was so easy to defend the city, how could it be that in a blink of an eye, the enemy army had already attacked the city. His heart was full of unwillingness. All I was thinking about was the battles that my father and brother had talked about.

Staring at those red eyes, Luo Cheng was like a fierce tiger, "No, we haven't been defeated yet, what if the Khitans attack the city, we can drive them out of the city immediately." Pass my order and follow General Ben to kill these lackeys of the Liaodong rebels and go down to the city. ”

Luo Wu grabbed Luo Cheng. Admonished, "Major General, our soldiers have long been exhausted. At present, the Liaodong army has attacked the city, and their number of soldiers and horses is far superior to ours, and if they continue to fight, it will only be fearless casualties. We still have Jundu Pass and Nankou Pass, as long as we retreat, we will be fine. As long as we hold out until the generals and reinforcements arrive, we will be able to collect these people by then. But now we are fighting hard, even if we repel this wave of Khitans now, what can we do? Without people, we won't be able to retreat even if we want to. ”

The military capital pass guarded by Luojia Town has such a feature, there are three dangerous passes in the canyon of forty miles, one cannot be defended, and there is one pass in the retreat of twenty miles. As long as there is one level in hand, enemies will not be able to pass through the canyon. This advantage is very huge, unlike ordinary cities, four walls, one side of the loss, then there is no way back. The three passes in the Junduguan Canyon are all north and south city walls, and the left and right sides are two cliffs, which are desperate and dangerous places. It is precisely because of this that the imperial court will rest assured that Luo Yi will guard this pass with 10,000 soldiers and horses. …,

Luo Cheng looked at the more and more Khitans in the city unwillingly, so he had to nod his head resentfully in agreement.

"Withdraw!"

The heralds ran around the city, conveying Luo Cheng's orders. At this time, the 5,000 defenders on the city had already lost more than 1,000 dead and wounded. As soon as the defenders withdrew, the Khitans behind were desperately pursuing, and in desperation, Luo Wu had to leave hundreds of people behind.

When he withdrew all the way to the military capital pass twenty miles later, Luo Cheng counted the soldiers and horses, and there were less than 3,000 men and horses left. In less than half a day, the 5,000 men and horses left to him by his father had already cost him forty percent, and he had also lost the dangerous north entrance.

Standing on the Jundu Pass, Luo Wu comforted in a low voice, "The young general doesn't have to worry, the Jundu Pass is more than ten times more dangerous than the Beikou Pass." Although the rebels captured Beikou tonight, they were all exhausted and would inevitably not be able to storm Junduguan immediately. As long as we wait another day, the soldiers of the four nearby counties will inevitably arrive. Once the military capital is lost, they will be the first to face the rebels, and they will definitely come to help immediately. ”

Luo Cheng's eyes were blood-red, his expression was lonely, and his heart was full of self-responsibility.

"How do I trust my father? My father's generals were all handed over to me to stay behind, but I lost my troops and lost the north entrance. Now we have less than 3,000 men, but there are more than 10,000 rebels in Beikou, if they attack again, how will we defend? ”

In the midst of everyone's worries about the Jundu Pass, the Liaodong Army that captured the North Pass did not immediately attack the Jundu Pass. They waited until dawn, but they did not see the rebels coming. The defenders, who had been worried all night, were frightened and tired, and they were already exhausted. At this time, I put my mind at ease, and all of them fell asleep on the head of the city with swords in their arms.

"Bell, bell!"

Rapid alarm bells rang one after another, and the defenders, who had just slept for less than half an hour, were awakened one after another. One by one, they hurriedly got up and stood on the edge of the battlements and looked into the canyon to the north.

At a glance, they were all shocked, and they saw from afar, the smoke and dust in the canyon covered the sky and the sun, the flag was like the sea, and the spear was like a forest. It was only a little more than an hour since they withdrew from the north entrance to the military capital pass. But in such a short period of time, the Liaodong rebel army, which was originally only about 20,000 people, actually became such a large army at this time. At a glance, the number of this army is at least nearly 100,000.

Luo Wu and Luo Cheng at the head of the city were all as pale as dirt, and last night there were only 20,000 people, and they had already captured the north entrance defended by their 5,000 people. At present, the other party actually has 100,000 people at once, and although the military capital they are based on is dangerous, it is only 3,000 men. That's a thirty-fold difference, how can this be played? Luo Cheng turned his head to look at the defenders in the city, all of them were as pale as earth, dumbfounded, this battle didn't need to be fought, they were already cowardly before they fought.

The army rushed from the gorge without hurry, but the more this unhurriedness, the more oppressive and powerless the defenders felt. It didn't take long for the Liaodong Army to reach the place where the next stone was passed. The army of nearly 100,000 people could not be fully deployed in this canyon at all, and the mountains were all over the field, and there were men and horses of the Liaodong Army everywhere.

Chen Kefu rode his purple horse Sa Zilu, looking at this Xiongguan, one of the nine fortresses in the world, with a smile on his face. In fact, this is not the first time he has come to the military capital, in fact, although Chen Kefu is a southerner. But since he was a child, he lived in seclusion in Zhuo County with his old ministers, and later when he grew up, he and his family members were also separated from this army several times to go to the grassland to buy horses. Coming and going, he passed through this level several times.

Since the army, although he has returned to the Central Plains once, he has never returned to Hebei. This time he stepped into this forty-mile-long Grand Canyon again, and he was carrying nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and this feeling made him feel infinitely emotional.

Yesterday, he received a message from Wang Rengong that after knowing that their whereabouts were exposed, he was also a little surprised when he was ready to attack in advance. Chen Kefu is originally from Zhuojun, and he has long understood the dangers of the military capital. Even if the opponent only has 5,000 people guarding the pass, as long as the gatekeeper is a veteran, it will be even more difficult for them to capture this pass. As long as the other party relies on the danger of the pass, retreats step by step when it can't be defended, and the three passes can stop them outside the pass.

Originally, he didn't think about attacking it, according to his plan, he planned to fool the Xue family's uncles and nephews and use them to help him steal this Xiongguan. Although it may not be a chance, he wants to try it first. Unexpectedly, after Wang Rengong's whereabouts were exposed, he took the lead. Chen Kefu had no choice but to change his plan, he accelerated his march and marched at full speed, and finally arrived with his soldiers and horses as soon as Wang Rengong took the north entrance.

As soon as they arrived at Beikou, they found that the dangerous Beikou Pass in the north had been captured by them, which made Chen Kefu very happy. This north pass is the northernmost pass, and it is also the most important pass, because this pass also plays an early warning role. As long as they kept the enemy out of the pass for two or three days, they would have time to recruit a large number of township soldiers from the vicinity of Zhuo County and bring in reinforcements to help defend the pass. Even if they capture the north entrance at that time, the next two passes will be even more difficult to attack. And now Wang Rengong actually took the north entrance overnight, and when he listened to the siege battle of the north mouth, Chen Kefu also had to admire that Jiang was really old and spicy.