Xiahoudun was shocked after receiving Zhang Yan's distress document, the speed of the Jing army is so fast, a few days ago it was far away in Xihe, so in the blink of an eye, it has already arrived at Xinkou, from Xihe to Xinkou, hundreds of miles of distance are almost bumpy and difficult mountain roads, Jing Jun is simply a divine soldier descending from the sky, if it is not for the wings of the wedge, how can it be so fast.

There is one thing that Xiahoudun does not know, most of the soldiers of the Fourth Field Legion of the Jing Army led by Zhang Ren came from Sichuan and Shu, compared with the steepness of Bashan Shushui, Lu Liangshan is really just a few mud pills, and it is not surprising that under the feet of these Bashu soldiers, as if walking on the ground, they rushed from Xihe to Xinkou within a few days.

In any case, Zhang Yan was surrounded in Xinkou, and it was impossible for Xiahoudun to see death without help, once Zhang Yan's department was eaten by the Jing army, the shape of the state would be immediately reversed, and this situation was unacceptable to Xiahoudun. However, Xu Huang's army was still on the way back to Jinyang from Pingyang, and the army left behind in Jinyang, in addition to the 10,000 horses sent to Lou Fu, Xiahoudun only had more than 60,000 people, and 10,000 people must be left to defend Jinyang, and the mobile troops that Xiahoudun could mobilize were only 50,000 at most.

Rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, Xiahoudun did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered 50,000 troops to leave Jinyang and went to Xinkou to help. As soon as he arrived at Dongling Pass, he encountered the New Fourth Army led by Li Yan and Zhang Yi.

The terrain of Dongling Pass is dangerous, Li Yan defended it with danger, and Xiahoudun launched a tug-of-war, the two sides are equal in strength, the combat power has each other's advantages and disadvantages, the Wei soldiers are tall and large, and they have some advantages over the Sichuan soldiers in terms of physical fitness, although the Sichuan soldiers are thin and small, but they are hard and tenacious, and they are good at mountain warfare, and the terrain around Dongling Pass is relatively beneficial to the Sichuan soldiers. The battle was locked in a stalemate from the start.

Xiahoudun was anxious to open up the passage to the north of Jin, and successively launched a group charge against the position of the Guanjing army in Dongling, and the shouting of killing shook the earth and resounded through the valley. Towards the top of the mountain of Dongling Pass, he launched a desperate attack.

Li Yan also went to the front line to command the battle, in the face of the Wei army's tidal attack, Li Yan did not retreat, countless feather arrows whizzed over his head, and Li Yan's face was also fearless. The Chinese army was so frightened that their faces turned white, and they repeatedly persuaded Li Yan to retreat to the second line to command the battle, but Li Yan turned a deaf ear, because he understood that the Wei army was now on the offensive. As the commander-in-chief, once he retreats, the blow to the military heart is immeasurable, and the military heart is scattered, the position of Dongling Pass will definitely not be able to hold, since the enemy commander Xiahoudun can personally risk arrows to supervise the battle on the front line, why can't he do it? Now the two armies are facing each other, and it is not only the strength of the two sides that fights. It's more of a contest of wills, who gritted his teeth and persevered to the end. Whoever wins.

Under the inspiration of Governor Li Yan, all the officers and men of the New Fourth Army stood firm and launched a white-knuckle battle with the Wei army that was pressed on a large scale. The sky is dark, and the sun and moon are dark.

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It has been two full days since he was trapped on the dirt mountain, and because Zhang Yan ordered all the troops to carry seven days of dry food on this march, there was no food shortage for the time being, but there was no water source on the dirt mountain. This undoubtedly caused great trouble to Zhang Yan's remnants of nearly 30,000 troops. Although the scorching autumn sun was not as hot as in midsummer, it was still very vicious, and Zhang Yan's lips were already chapped.

"General-" The entourage of the soldiers beside him handed Zhang Yan a cowhide bag, and there was only half a bag of water left in the skin.

"Give the wounded a drink." Zhang Yan did not go to pick up the skin, but ordered his own soldiers to give the wounded soldiers a small amount of water to drink. Under a large pine tree, leaning on a few lightly wounded soldiers, the canopy of the tree gave them some shade and did not have to be exposed to the sun, but the dry throat that almost smoked made them so miserable that they even forgot their physical pain.

Wang Dang walked over to Zhang Yan's side, and said worriedly: "Boss, there is no water on this dirt mountain, everyone is thirsty, if it goes on like this, the army's heart will be chaotic, and I don't know if we can hold out until the governor of Xiahou sends troops to help?" ”

Zhang Yan looked at the sky helplessly, at this time, if there was a timely rain, it might be able to solve the urgent need, but the sun was in the sky overhead, and the blue sky was like a wash, not to mention that it was raining, even if it was not even a cloud.

God can't count on this, the only thing that can be counted on is Xiahoudun's reinforcements, but two days have passed, and there is not even a little news from the south, Zhang Yan knows very well that Xiahoudun can't abandon himself, after all, the 50,000 soldiers he has on hand are also an indispensable force to defend and merge the state, and now the only thing that worries Zhang Yan is that the reinforcements sent by Xiahoudun are blocked by the Jing army south of Xinkou, if so, the situation is critical.

Now Xinkou is surrounded by the Jing army on all sides, and it is difficult to fly with wings, and without foreign aid, it is difficult to break out of the encirclement with only the remnants.

Thinking of the current predicament, Zhang Yan couldn't help but have a trace of regret, in order to wait for the 5,000 men and horses of King Sun Qing, he ended up losing all the 50,000 troops in Yanbei, which was really worth the loss.

"General Zhang, no, the enemy army has begun to burn the mountain." The patrol soldiers who came down the mountain ran up the mountain in a panic to report to Zhang Yanyu.

Zhang Yan was startled, looked down, and sure enough, there was a thick smoke billowing under the mountain, and in the thick smoke, the fire could be vaguely seen. The fireworks quickly spread to the top of the mountain, choking the Wei soldiers on the top of the mountain and coughing, making the already thirsty soldiers even more desperate.

Originally, it was only an expedient measure to retreat to Tushan, and Zhang Yan was also clear about the situation of no water on the mountain, originally Zhang Yan thought that Xiahoudun's reinforcements would arrive in these two days at the latest, relying on Tushan as a defense, he could resist the fierce cavalry of the Jing army, but Xiahoudun's reinforcements have been nowhere to be seen, and they must not be able to count on it, and the Jing army burned the mountains on all sides, which is completely to force him Zhang Yan to the death, and if he does not break through, he can only sit and wait for death.

Zhang Yan immediately made a decision and decided to break through by different routes, with Sun lightly leading a break through from the northeast, Wang Dang leading a break through from the northwest, and leading the main force to break through from the south, and after breaking through, they met at Jiajiazhuang north of Xinkou, and then discussed the next move.

Sun Qing and Wang Dang also understood the severity of the situation, there was only one way to die in trapping Tushan, and if they ventured to break through, there might be a glimmer of life, so they were ordered to lead a group of men and horses to kill them from the northeast and northwest directions respectively, and Zhang Yan led a large group of men and horses to rush down to the south.

Halfway up the mountain, the flames are already soaring, and although it is still autumn and the vegetation has not yet withered, the pine trees all over the mountain are excellent ignition materials, and the flames are blazing, and the fire is extremely fierce. Zhang Yan didn't dare to delay, so she chose a place with a small fire in the middle of the fire and forcibly rushed down.

The Yamashita Jing army had already surrounded the earth and mountains, waving flags and arrays. Seeing this, the Wei army was all frightened and hesitated, Zhang Yan was furious, raised his gun and poked the two retreating generals in front of him to the ground, and shouted: "If you don't live today, you will die, there is no way to retreat, sons, rush with me!" "Take the lead, leap on the horse and spear, and crash straight into the Jing military camp.

At the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Yan gathered millions of people, and he could be regarded as a heroic warrior, and he didn't know how many battles he had experienced, but now he was in a desperate situation, Zhang Yan did not flinch and fear, but stirred up the heroic spirit of his youth, single-handedly, like a swift wind, and rushed to the copper wall in front of him. Putting him to death and then coming to life, Zhang Yan forgot to die so much, and the Wei soldiers behind him also mustered up their courage and rushed forward to the Qianjing military camp.

Guarding the south side of Tushan was the deputy governor Zhang Yi, who saw Zhang Yan rushing up like a mad tiger, but Zhang Yi did not fight hard with him, and ordered the battle formation composed of spears and thick shields to loosen a hole and let Zhang Yan pass.

Zhang Yan quickly killed, the Jing army retreated one after another, giving Zhang Yan a way, Zhang Yan did not suspect fraud, and Pegasus rushed over. (To be continued......)