Twenty miles southeast of Yiyang City, on the mountain road on the south side of Qinglong Mountain, it was in the light of Mengmeng, Feng Rong, the rebel general of Yiyang City, led 4,000 rebels to rush to Lu Hun Pass, because just a few hours ago, he received a letter from Han Yun, the guard of Lu Hun Pass, asking for help, and only then did he learn that the partial division of the Zhou army in the west had attacked Lu Hun Pass.

At this moment, Feng Rong was anxious, he knew very well the significance of Lu Hun Pass to Yiyang.

If Bishui Pass is the barrier of Luoyang, then this Luhun Pass is the barrier of Yiyang, once the Western Expedition Zhou Army captured the Luhun Pass, it means that Yiyang has been completely exposed to the Western Expedition Zhou Army.

What is Yiyang?

It was the southern end of the entire Hangu Pass defensive line, and once the rebels captured Yiyang, it meant that the dangerous Hangu Pass had lost its strategic significance, and the Zhou army could send troops to detour behind the Hangu Pass to attack the rebel forces in the Sili area.

Thinking of this, Feng Rong was even more anxious.

According to the battle report obtained by RI yesterday, the main division of the Zhou army of the Western Expedition followed the capture of Luoyang, and waved the army directly to the ancient city, only more than 200 miles away from Hangu Pass, although Qin Wei, the commander of Hangu Pass, sent the general Tang Hao to lead 40,000 troops to reinforce the ancient city, but for some reason, there was no response, so that inexplicably let the more than 100,000 Zhou troops of the Western Expedition arrive at the Hangu Pass, and set up camp in the north of Batu Mountain and Qinglong Mountain outside the Hangu Pass.

Although he has not yet received an official battle report on the battle at Hangu Pass, and he doesn't know what the current battle situation is in the place, Feng Rong can be sure that the current rebels in Hangu Pass will probably not have such a good time.

But then again, because of the dangerous fortress of Hangu Pass as a barrier, Feng Rong didn't think that the Zhou army of the Western Expedition could take any advantage, but what he never expected was that the Zhou Army of the Western Expedition still had a partial division, going through Yique Pass, Dagu Pass, and Xincheng, all the way to Luhun Pass.

Although the line of Yique Pass, Dagu Pass, and Xincheng is the flank of the Hangu Pass and Luoyang battlefields, and the rebels' troops stationed here are not very sufficient, but even so, the combined strength of the three passes is as good as 20,000 or 30,000, but as a result, the Zhou army was unknowingly eliminated.

The combat capability of this Western Expeditionary Zhou Army is inevitably too strong, right?

Could it be that this partial division is the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army?

Thinking of this, Feng Rong took a deep breath, and the sweat in his head seeped out unconsciously.

In any case, Feng Rong felt that he couldn't sit back and watch the Zhou army of the Western Expedition break through Luhun Pass, Bi Jing Yiyang did not have any steep terrain to rely on in the end, the Great Wall of Hangu Pass has ended here, in other words, once Lu Hun Pass is lost, it means that Yiyang will also be lost, and this partial division of the Western Expeditionary Zhou Army can bypass here and reach the back of Hangu Pass, and converge with the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army in front of Hangu Pass at this moment, and attack Hangu Pass before and after.

If this kind of thing really happened, Feng Rong didn't think that Hangu Pass could still be held.

Thinking of this, he became more and more anxious in his heart, and while struggling to whip the war horse under his crotch with a horsewhip, he shouted loudly, "Soldiers, the current situation is urgent, and we have to speed up the pace of marching!" -- When you get to Luhun Pass, this general will definitely reward you and others! ”

Feng Rong's words reached the ears of these four thousand soldiers in a short time, but they didn't seem to have much effect on boosting morale.

It's no wonder that Bi Jing's 4,000 soldiers are a combination of spearmen, swordsmen and crossbowmen, and after driving more than 20 miles in a row, they have long been exhausted.

Seeing this, Feng Rong frowned and turned his head to look at a young general covered in blood beside him.

For this general Qin Xiang, who claimed to be the general under the command of Han Yun, the general of Lu Hun Pass, to be honest, Feng Rong did not recognize it, but in the letter for help sent by this entry, Feng Rong still recognized Han Yun's handwriting and seal, "General Qin Xiang, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach Lu Hun Pass in time, take a step back and say, even if you are lucky, most of them will not be able to fight the Zhou army......

The young general turned his head when he heard this, and with the light of the newborn Xuri, it was clear that Xiang Qing, one of the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, was the general under the command of Han Yun, the general of Lu Hun Pass.

"Yes...... But Lu Hun Pass had to save O, in the future, the Zhou army has launched a fierce attack on the pass, if it is too late, I am afraid that ...... I'm afraid ......"

Looking at Xiang Qing's passionate acting, Feng Rong didn't notice that something was wrong at all, he sighed secretly when he heard the words, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Xiang Qing pretending to have a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said, "General, why don't you take the path of Chaomu Ridge and go straight over Qinglong Mountain, so that you can reduce the distance by at least half ......"

"Ranwood Ridge?" Feng Rong frowned slightly, as the guard of Yiyang, he naturally knew that there was such a shortcut to Lu Hun Pass, but the path was narrow and not to mention, the way was full of trees and dead grass, although the distance was much shorter, it was not necessarily how many hours earlier he would arrive at Lu Hun Pass.

Perhaps seeing through Feng Rong's concerns, Xiang Qing lowered his voice and said, "The generals on this trip are all foot soldiers, and it is not a problem to take the mountain road, although the mountain road is difficult, but if the marching speed is slowed down, the soldiers must be able to bear it...... Rather than running on the official road and exhausting the soldiers' white spoon physical strength, it is better to take the mountain road! ”

Feng Rong nodded secretly when he heard this.

Indeed, although the road to Ranmu Ridge is rugged and difficult, it is a shortcut, and the distance is shortened a lot, as long as the speed of the march is slowed down a little, not only can it be achieved to reach Luhun Pass in a short time, but also allows the soldiers under his command to retain some physical strength to deal with the Zhou army.

The only concern is...... Just when Feng Rong was secretly thinking to himself, the deputy general Wei Xiu rushed over and said in a low voice, "General, the soldiers under your command really can't hold on, if you continue at this marching speed, I'm afraid that before you reach Luhun Pass, the soldiers will be exhausted halfway......

"......" Feng Rong reined in the reins of his horse when he heard this, looked back at the soldiers under his command, and saw that it was indeed as the deputy general Wei Xiu said, sighed slightly, and ordered, "Wei Xiu, pass the order, our army will go to Chaomuling instead, and ask the soldiers under his command to march at half the speed of the current ......"

Wei Xiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hugged his fists and said, "Yes!" As he spoke, he clamped the horse's belly and conveyed the order of his master Feng Rong.

Looking at his departing back, Feng Rong sighed slightly and muttered, "So far, the only way to do this is to gamble, and bet that Lu Hun Pass has not been captured by the Zhou army, otherwise...... Otherwise, all my 4,000 soldiers will die! ”

"......" Xiang Qing glanced at Feng Rong when he heard this.

Bet?

Hey, you don't even have a chance to gamble!

Thinking of this, Xiang Qing subconsciously lowered his head, lest Feng Rong notice the faint sneer that couldn't help but raise at the corner of his mouth.

Half an hour later, Feng Rong led his four thousand soldiers to divert the route to the Ranmu Ridge, only to see that the road was tortuous and winding, sometimes overgrown with weeds and stumbling into the legs and feet, sometimes swampy pools, muddy and difficult to walk, and when he reached the second half, there was not even a clear road, there were weeds and trees everywhere, if it wasn't for the early sun, even the direction would be wrong.

I have to say that the name of Ranmu Ridge is indeed just right.

After walking for about an hour, Feng Rong finally saw the end of this forest from the dense forest, and even faintly saw a pass built between the mountains.

At the moment when he led the war horse out of the forest, Feng Rong breathed in the fresh air greedily, Bi Jing, the stench like a rotting corpse in the Chaotic Wood Ridge had tormented him for an hour.

"It's finally ......" put down the reins of the horse casually, let the horse bow his head and nibble on the dead grass on the side of the road, raised his hands, covered his eyebrows, and looked in the direction of Lu Hun Pass.

But what made him feel extremely shocked was that Lu Hun Pass in the distance was silent, and there was no shouting for killing.

"What's going on? Could it be that the defenders of the Western Expedition have temporarily withdrawn? Muttering in his mouth, the corner of Feng Rong's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the general named [Qin Xiang] taking out an arrow from his quiver and holding his bow and pointing an arrow at him.

There was a sharp screech, and the arrow flew quickly into the air.

Seeing this, Feng Rong was slightly startled, and said in a tight voice, "General Qin, why do you want to sound the arrow?" ”

The ringing arrow in his mouth refers to a special arrow, which is hollowed out in the shaft of the arrow, although the lethality is greatly reduced, but on the way to the air, it will make an extremely sharp sound because of the air flow through the hole inside the shaft, and it can generally be transmitted for several miles, and it is a special arrow used for reporting information.

"General, the last general is here to report to Lu Hun Pass!" Xiang Qing said innocently.

Glancing at the unusually quiet Lu Hun Pass in the distance, a little suspicion appeared in Feng Rong's eyes, and he gradually felt a little uneasy.

Slowly pulling out the saber at his waist, Feng Rong pointed at Xiang Qing from afar, and said in a deep voice, "You...... Where to enter? ”

"The last general is the general under General Han Yun......"

"......" Feng Rong frowned and looked at Xiang Qing, and suddenly asked, "General Ben asked you, General Han's concubine, what is her surname?" ”

"Uh......" Xiang Qing opened his mouth and was speechless.

Seeing this, a chill erupted in Feng Rong's eyes, and he clenched the sword in his hand and slashed at Xiang Qing.

"Oh, is it exposed?" Xiang Qing sighed helplessly, then his eyes froze, he reflexively buried himself in Feng Rong's arms, snatched the sword from his hand, and at the same time slammed his right shoulder into his chest, winning to knock Feng Rong, an eight-foot-tall general, into the air with a bang.

"General?" Feng Rong's lieutenant Wei Xiu was furious when he saw this, and immediately surrounded Xiang Qing with more than 100 soldiers who had come out of the forest.

"Hey, hey, hey......" Looking at the crossbow arrows in the hands of those soldiers, Xiang Qing couldn't help but slowly retreat backwards, Bi Jing was facing more than twenty crossbow arrows at such a close distance, even he Xiang Qing didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to retreat with his whole body.

At this moment, a deafening sound erupted on the mountain ridge opposite the official road, and then, hundreds of cavalry rushed down, and in a blink of an eye, they came to Xiang Qing, holding bows and arrows, and killed those Feng Rong soldiers who had not yet reacted.

At the same time, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was also heard in the distance of the official road, and it could be vaguely seen that Luo Chao, one of the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion, was leading countless archers and cavalry, hurrying towards this place.

"Hit the mark!"

So far, Feng Rong didn't understand, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat into the forest and return the same way.

Bi Jing's opponent is a cavalryman, and fighting with the enemy on a flat official road is simply sending him to death, and it is better to flee back to the forest that is not conducive to the pursuit of cavalry.

Seeing Feng Rong flee back to the forest with his subordinates in a hurry, Xiang Qing slapped his forehead speechlessly, feeling helpless that his previous efforts had been lost.

Glancing at Luo Chao, who had already led the army to run in front of him, Xiang Qing said with a smile, "Hey, Xiaochao, it's too slow, right?" - According to the plan of the eldest grandson military division, shouldn't you wait here and wait for Feng Rong to be in a mess as soon as he emerges? ”

Hearing this, Luo Chao glanced at Luo Chao lightly, and said coldly, "You have touched the wrong direction!" - The location of the ambush is a mile away! ”

"Huh?" Xiang Qing was stunned, scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said, "What should I do now?" ”

I saw Luo Chaomeng raise his right hand and shouted in a deep voice, "All the people change the rockets, burn the mountains and burn the forests!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the countless archers near him immediately changed their rockets, did not aim, and released their arrows towards the Ranmu Ridge as much as they could, and in a short time, a raging fire broke out in the forest.

With the blowing of the mountain wind, the fire became bigger and bigger, and it can be said that in a few blinks of an eye, half of the mountain forest had been ignited, and during this period, the exclamations and screams of Feng Rong's soldiers were heard from time to time from the forest.

"Vice Admiral Luo!"

Hearing a call, Qi Hao, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, came from afar with hundreds of soldiers, rode to Luo Chao, hugged his fists and said, "Have you ever captured Feng Rong?" ”

Glancing at Xiang Qing, who had an embarrassed expression, Luo Chao shook his head and said expressionlessly, "One step slower, I escaped by this......"

"This ......" Qi Hao was slightly startled when he heard this, and was about to speak, but when he saw Luo Chao raise his hand, he said in a deep voice, "It's okay, I'll wait for the archers to chase along the official road, Feng Rongjun is all infantry, and it can't compare to the distance of our army's archers...... What about the eldest grandson? ”

Qi Hao hugged his fists and said, "The eldest grandson military division has been going to Yiyang along the official road half an hour ago, calculate the time, and when General Liu Yi deceives Yiyang, she will be able to rush to Yiyang...... Hey, that's a great idea! ”

"Then General Qi Hao, this is?"

"Oh, the eldest grandson army ordered the last general to wait for Vice General Luo to capture and kill Feng Rong, and then burned Lu Hun Pass......"

Luo Chao thought for a moment when he heard this, nodded and said, "General, go and burn the pass, Luo will take the first step and catch up with Feng Rong!" ”

"No!" Qi Hao clenched his fists to receive the order, beckoned his subordinates, and headed towards Lu Hun Pass.

At this time, Xiang Qing had already ridden a group of war horses brought by his soldiers, rode to Luo Chao's side, and asked with some hesitation, "Hey, Xiao Chao, Han Yun's concubine, what's your surname?" ”

Luo Chao was about to order the whole army to chase after Feng Rongjun, when he heard this, he frowned slightly, and said lightly, "Han Yun only has one wife, how can he come to the concubine room!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiang Qing's face showing a little remorse, clasped his fists, and said with pity, "I just wanted to say this, but I hesitated without knowing what's going on......"

"......" Luo Chao looked at Xiang Qing expressionlessly, shook his head slightly, and then raised his hand and shouted, "The whole army set off and chased Feng Rongjun!" ”

"Oh!"

At the same time, on the official road thirty miles away from Yiyang, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was riding a horse and slowly heading towards Yiyang under the escort of Wupeng's 500 Zhou army.

Looking at this amazing woman frowning and thinking about something, Upeng rode a war horse and slowly walked side by side with her, not daring to talk, for fear of disturbing the woman who made him admire.

Suddenly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said softly, "Wu Peng, how long have I been waiting to leave Luoyang?" ”

Seeing the eldest grandson Xiangyu asking, Wu Peng was slightly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Qiyu military division, it's been seven years......

"Seven ......" Eldest Sun Xiangyu sighed slightly, turned his head to look northwest, and muttered, "In this case, that guy should have already arrived at Hangu Pass......"

"The military advisor is so sure?" Upen asked cautiously.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu smiled faintly and closed the folding fan in his hand with a snap.

"If it goes well......