The next morning, Bayang, who was already a little crazy, decided to gamble again, if he couldn't capture Ulan City today, he would have to go back, after all, there was a lack of food and ammunition, and if he didn't make a quick move, the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops would all die here.

The Monte army showed all its strength, and all the troops, even the wounded who could move, went into battle. It's a pity that their dreams are doomed to be shattered, and now that thermal weapons are becoming more and more developed, the numerical advantage has become more and more inconspicuous, especially in siege warfare without artillery support, which is simply a massacre.

Under the blockade of artillery, mines and grenades, the Monte army suffered heavy casualties but could not attack the city wall again, seeing the heavy casualties of the soldiers, Bayange sighed: "Let them all withdraw, we can't capture the city of Ulan, don't make unnecessary sacrifices, we retreat." ”

With Bayanger's order, the Monte army began to retreat in an orderly manner, they did not return to the barracks, after discarding all useless things, including bedding, tents and destroyed guns, and even more than 3,000 seriously wounded, all the Monte troops who could retreat stepped onto their horses and began to retreat slowly through the Helan Pass.

Fang Xiaoyu, who got the news, rushed to the wall of the northern city, looked at the neatly retreating Monte army and asked Fu Mingcheng, "Can we pursue it." Fu Mingcheng shook his head: "No, their queue is neat, their combat effectiveness is still not to be underestimated, and our number is too small, it is very likely that we will be wiped out by others." Fang Xiaoyu gritted his teeth and looked at the retreating Monte army and said, "One day I will destroy them and wipe out the Monte Empire from the Eastern Continent." ”

Bayange retreated, but his retreat was not destined to be easy. At this time, Zhang Zhonglin was lying on a cliff and watching the slowly retreating Monte army, and he asked a scout next to him: "Are you sure this is the narrowest place in Helan Pass?" The scout affirmed, "Yes, your lordship, you see, there can only be a maximum of three horses in parallel here, and it will take at least a whole day for a hundred thousand Monte cavalry to pass through here." ”

Zhang Zhonglin said with a wicked smile: "In this case, let's send them off, we can't let these guys go too easily." Zhang Zhonglin ordered the soldiers to carefully fill the gunpowder in the cannon holes that had already been shot, because some of the soldiers in the garrison were miners, and the ability to open the mountain with this cannon hole was very proficient, and they had already calculated the distance and punched a whole row of cannon holes on the cliff. Seeing that the Monte cavalry was already near, Zhang Zhonglin waved his hand to let the soldiers hide far away.

The Monte cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the forwards began to pass through here one after another, and the speed of the Monte cavalry began to slow down as the road narrowed. Seeing that there were already 2,000 cavalry, Zhang Zhonglin nodded to the miner soldier next to him, and the soldier carefully crawled to the cliff wall and lit the lead with a fire fold, and then Zhang Zhonglin disappeared into the mountains and forests with the soldiers.

One of the Monte horsemen yawned, and when he inadvertently looked up, he saw a little scarlet crawling slowly on the cliff wall, and he pointed there strangely and asked his companion, "What is that?" Before his companions could look up, there was an earth-shattering bang, and the whole cliff seemed to be pushed by someone, first arching towards the munch, and then a large number of broken boulders smashed down on the heads and faces of the Monte cavalry below, and for a time the ghost cried wolf howls, and hundreds of Monte cavalry, along with their horses, were buried alive under the stone pile, and many were injured.

Bayanger came to the stone pile with a pale face, saw the dead and wounded in one place, and asked the commander next to him: "How much time will it take to move this place?" The commander was embarrassed: "Marshal, I sent someone to investigate, this section of the stone pile is more than 100 meters long and more than 3 meters high, we don't have the tools to take advantage of it, and it is too narrow here, and there are too many people to put it open, and it is impossible to clean it up for a month." ”

Of course, a month is not good, the Monte army has little food left, and it is more than three days, if it is cleared for a month, not to mention whether the road can be cleared, people must be starved to death. Bayanger sighed and said, "There is no way, order the soldiers to throw away their horses and retreat over the stone piles." ”

The captain was surprised: "Marshal, how can we go back to the grassland without horses?" Bayanger said: "There must be cavalry in front of them who have already passed, let them hurry up and go to the country to apply for assistance, as long as they hold on for a few days, a large number of horses can be sent from the country." The Monte soldiers had to give up their horses and retreat over the rocks. When the cavalry battalion sent by Fang Xiaoyu cautiously searched the mountain pass, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. A high stone wall between the valleys blocked the way to the Monte Empire, and beneath the stone wall, tens of thousands of the finest horses were circling around unguarded.

In this battle, Fang Xiaoyu and less than 20,000 Lan Fang's army not only repelled the attack of 200,000 Monte troops, but also eliminated more than 70,000 people on the other side, and more than 3,000 wounded were captured, and countless supplies and tens of thousands of war horses were captured. The entire Lanfang garrison roared with joy when they heard the news of the victory, whether it was the garrison camp or the Iron Blood Guard, whether it was the old Ninth Brigade or the defeated soldiers who joined later, they all hugged each other with affection, after this battle, they have become brothers from strangers, real brothers in life and death, and Fang Xiaoyu's prestige has also reached a considerable height due to this unprecedented victory.

At this time, in the palace of the Lanfang Empire, Emperor Xiahou Yingzheng was sitting on a chair angrily, and the antiques in the room had been turned into a pile of pieces by him, which was the fourth time he had been angry in five days. Since the news came from the front line that the million-strong army had been wiped out and Cheng Yu had died, he was in a very bad mood. I thought it was to give the Cheng family a chance to recover their strength, but I didn't expect them to be so cowardly, many times more than others, but they were completely wiped out, and such a loss was a bit painful even for the Lanfang Empire.

At this moment, an old eunuch ran in panting, he tried to calm his breath and said: "Emperor Qi, great victory, great joy, great victory." "What's the big win?" Xiahou Ying hurriedly asked. The old eunuch finally calmed down his hurried breath and said softly: "Your Majesty, the garrison camp intercepted the 200,000 troops of the Monte army in Ulan City for seven days, and finally let the Monte army lose 70,000 and return with a great defeat. ”

Xia Hou Ying slapped the table and stood up, and said happily: "This is really good, Xia Hou De really surprised me that he was able to achieve such a big victory." The old eunuch who reported the good news said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this victory is not commanded by Xia Houde. ”

"What?" Xiahou Ying exclaimed: "What's going on. The old eunuch replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, General Xiahoude led his cronies to abandon the city and flee before the arrival of the Monte army, and it was Fang Xiaoyu, the commander of the Ninth Brigade of the garrison, who temporarily gathered the defeated troops and held the city of Ulan. His father, Fang Weihong, then led reinforcements to defend the other four mountain passes, allowing the Monte army to retreat. ”

Listening to the old eunuch's words, Xiahou Ying sat on the chair, he gritted his teeth and said, "This damn Xiahou De, live up to my expectations, I want to destroy his nine clans." As soon as Xiahou Ying's words came out, he remembered that Xiahou De was his own nephew, and if he wanted to destroy his nine clans, wouldn't he even kill himself, he immediately changed his words and said: "I want to break him into ten thousand pieces." ”

Xiahou Ying said: "Immediately order the arrest of Xiahoude and other officers who escaped from the battle to return to Beijing to ask for the guilt." The old eunuch asked, "What should Fang Xiaoyu do there?" Xiahou Ying thought to himself for a moment and said: "Fang Xiaoyu retreats from the enemy in danger, I want to reward him greatly." Fang Xiaoyu was promoted to major general and division commander first, and all meritorious officials were promoted to one level, so that he could reorganize the remaining troops in Ulan City and bring them under his command, and first garrison Ulan City. Let Fang Xiaoyu immediately enter Beijing to receive further rewards. ”

The old eunuch immediately received the order to go out to find someone to draft the decree, but before he went out, Xiahou Ying stopped him again and said: "Come back, let the Ministry of Rites hype Fang Xiaoyu's victory, and mold him into a new imperial hero." The old eunuch nodded understandingly, the royal face always has to be preserved. This time, Cheng Hub's army was defeated and lost, and the 900,000 imperial elites were completely lost, and if such a thing was noticed, it would cause panic throughout the country.

In order to be able to cover up this defeat, and to prevent panic among the people at home, as long as Fang Xiaoyu is promoted as a new god of war in the empire. Only in this way can we use Fang Xiaoyu's aura of victory to cover up this defeat, let the royal family save face, and also allow those who know the news of the defeat to find a comforting sustenance, in short, no matter what aspect it is, Fang Xiaoyu has made a lot of money this time.