The war, at a time when no one expected it, broke out.

Qin Guan was doing his best to minimize the losses of the people, and everyone went into the city to take refuge.

At the beginning, he regretted a little that he left Xiong Daxiong Er and them in the border army, leaving Xiongzhou extremely empty, but thinking about it, they were there, and it was also a supplement to the strength of the border.

After arranging the local affairs of Xiongzhou, Qin Guan remembered that Han Shicheng took more than 20,000 Xin'an troops to block 20,000 Liao cavalry, which had no chance of winning at all, it was like hitting a stone with an egg, but he had to admire the courage of the other party.

No, I'm going to the front.

Tell Xu Tongju about this idea, Xu Qing strongly objected, "My lord, although you have the title of director army, you are the prefect of Xiongzhou, and it is too dangerous to go to the front line." ”

Qin Guan shook his head, "Twenty thousand troops are attacking, where is Xiongzhou not dangerous." ”

Qin Guan put on armor and took the overlord gun, took a hundred guards, and rode out of Xiongzhou, he did not go directly to the Xin'an army, but went to the Baode army Tuncheng.

At this time, the Baode army had received a notice and was ready for battle, but the main task of the Baode army was to defend the front line of the Western Xia Kingdom, and they did not dare to go out to support the Xin'an army at will without the order of Shangfeng.

As soon as Qin Guan entered the Baode Army, Zhao Decheng rushed to greet him, and Qin Guan said to Zhao Decheng: "Send troops to Chitang Pass, and it is feasible to block the enemy with the Xin'an Army?" ”

Zhao Decheng shook his head and said in embarrassment: "My lord, it's not that we don't send troops, if we go to support the Xin'an army, the Great Xia Kingdom will take the opportunity to attack from this line, and the border will not have any defense capabilities. ”

Qin Guan frowned, he knew Zhao Decheng's difficulties, these generals were not able to fight how they wanted, the military department had a strict deployment of troops, and it was not something they could change at will.

Qin Guan finally said: "Can you lend me a few thousand soldiers?" ”

"How much do you want?"

"How many cavalry are there?" Qin Guan asked.

"Three thousand."

"Give me all your cavalry, plus Xiong Er's 2,000 cavalry, make up 5,000, I think it can also help the Xin'an army." Qin Guan Dao.

Zhao Decheng gritted his teeth, "Okay lord, I'll go and gather the cavalry." ”

Half an hour later, Qin Guan took the lead, Xiong Er and Huang Luanfeng led 5,000 cavalry to follow closely.

The cavalry team was fast, and it only took half a day for Qin Guan to rush to the Xin'an army Tuncheng, and after seeing Xiong Da, Xiong Da told him that the Xin'an army had organized a defensive line in Chitang Pass, which had blocked the Liao army for a day.

Qin Guan immediately ordered: "Xiong Da, organize 5,000 infantry, and the rest will continue to guard the city, and we will go to support the Xin'an army." ”

Chitang Pass is called Guan, but he is not a Great Wall Pass like Jiayuguan Shanhaiguan, he is just a place name.

Surrounded by continuous mountains and forests, a mountain road in the middle, the Great Zhao Kingdom built a city gate at the mouth of the valley, which was used as a pass in peacetime and used to block the enemy in wartime.

At this time, a fierce battle was unfolding in Chitang Pass, those Liao soldiers were carrying ladders one by one, biting the Pu knife in their mouths, and they were desperate to climb up, and the soldiers of the Xin'an Army on the city gate were struggling to kill them.

Han Yuqing carried a spear, his battle armor was stained with blood, and came to Han Shicheng and said: "Father, there are too many enemies and endlessly, our army has suffered heavy losses, and there are no less than 2,000 dead and wounded, and the sons are about to be unable to withstand it. ”

Han Shicheng said with a calm face: "It's a while to be able to stand up for a while, and we don't have an advantage when we reach the plains." ”

Qu Li sat on his horse, watched his soldiers pounce on the city wall from a distance, and said to the adjutant general in a deep voice: "Speed up the pace of the attack, before sunset, you must take Chitang Pass."

"Yes."

The deputy general was ordered to go, and after a while, the attack of the Liao State became more violent, and there were already soldiers who were able to rush to the head of the city, and the Liao army and the Zhao army launched a fierce battle for the head of the city.

Han Yuqing danced with a silver bell gun, pierced the throat of a Liao soldier who rushed over, and picked it out, and the soldier's body flew out of the city wall and smashed on a team of Liao soldiers who were climbing the ladder, smashing down four or five people.

Suddenly, a Liao warrior as strong as a bear rushed to the head of the city, holding a long-handled sledgehammer in his hand, and when he saw Han Yuqing, he roared and pounced on it with a hammer.

The hammer hung with the sound of whirring wind, Han Yuqing put his hands together, and only heard a loud sound, and Han Yuqing was smashed out a few meters away with a gun.

The corners of Han Yuqing's mouth were bleeding, he was injured internally, his two arms were a thousand pounds, and he couldn't lift them, the bear man pounced on Han Yuqing again, and the two soldiers ran over and blocked in front of Han Yuqing, the man waved a sledgehammer and snapped twice, slapping the two soldiers away.

Seeing that the hammer was about to fall in front of him, a spear stretched out next to him, and with a pop, it stabbed into the side ribs of the strong man, Han Yuqing saw that it was the eldest brother who saved him, Han Cheng used his only remaining arm, holding the gun in one hand, and stabbed the spear into the strong man's body.

"Ahh

The strong man let out an angry roar, and the sledgehammer in his hand was thrown out violently, and it smashed into Han Cheng's chest with a bang, Han Cheng flew out four or five meters away, and the armor on his chest had been smashed out of a big hole after he landed.

"Poof, ahem."

Han Cheng spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the injury was not light.

Han Shicheng brandished his spear and killed several Liao soldiers, and at this moment, only to hear a boom, the gate of Chitang Pass was broken.

Han Shicheng saw that the situation was irreparable, and shouted loudly: "Everyone withdraw from the city, and we will defend the second line of defense." ”

Some soldiers stepped forward to block it for a while, withdrew the three members of the Han family, stepped on the war horse and took the remaining soldiers, and rode to the open field.

"The gates of the city are opened."

"Kill!"

The Liao cavalry roared and rushed into Chitang Pass, and behind Chitang Pass, there was the open plain of Xiongzhou.

On the plain, there is a military formation, which is the 'Eight Gate Formation' of the Xin'an Army.

The formation is mysterious, but in fact, it is just the arrangement of the team during the battle, what kind of terrain, what kind of enemy to face, put out an effective defense, and effectively kill the enemy's formation, this is the military formation.

The three members of the Han family rode into the military formation, and the mouths of the military formation immediately merged, and as soon as they arrived inside, Han Cheng couldn't hold on, and fell off his horse.

At this moment, Han Yuqing's face was also pale, her two arms were not lightly injured, and she still couldn't shoot the enemy.

Looking at the Liao army that had been killed, Han Shicheng's face was full of seriousness, he knew that today's Xin'an Army might have to explain here.

Infantry vs. cavalry, the chance of victory is small, and you can only rely on the superiority of numbers to defeat the other party, but now you only have 20,000 infantry, facing 20,000 iron cavalry of the Liao State, how can you defeat, unless the god of war descends to earth.

"Whoa."

The vanguard of the Liao army, which was chasing the father and son of the Han family, had already been killed, and the number was small but menacing.

Han Shicheng shouted in a deep voice: "Archers prepare, release arrows." ”