Volume 5 The War of Nations

Chapter 303 The Great Army Pressed (I)

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In the twelfth year of Qianfu, in August.

The majestic Yanmen Mountain rises under the blue sky and white clouds, and the trees are still surrounded by barren grass, and one of the small mountain roads winds and turns, dividing the mountain into two halves.

The most precipitous place of the mountain, a towering gate stuck in the throat of the mountain road, the two wings stretch out of the Great Wall, with the mountain pen walking dragon snake, at a glance can not see the end.

Zhao Ning, who was dressed in a green shirt, stood on the eaves of the Guancheng Tower, standing facing north with his hands in his hands, and the mountain wind stirred the hairband and clothes, which set off a bit of dust.

The mountain road spreading out under his feet has been filled with the torrent of iron armor, and the Tian Yuan and Khitan soldiers wearing felt hats and white robes are all over the mountains and fields, boundless.

The relatively gentle ups and downs of the mountains and valleys, the forests have long been cut down, replaced by camps, and there are only soldiers in the bare mountains and fields, but no wild grass.

The huge sense of oppression is like the towering waves in a storm, which will submerge the reef of Yanmen Pass and overturn the sails of the Yanmen Army.

Zhao Ning's eyes were calm.

The Beihu army attacking the front line of Yanmen, mainly the army of Tianyuan Wangting, with a total strength of 300,000, except for the left flank of the movement towards Yunzhou, the right flank of the movement towards Lingzhou, and the rangers who were looking for loopholes in the defense line between these two places and were ready to break through at any time, the Beihu army outside Yanmen Pass was as many as 200,000.

These 200,000 Northern Hu troops are the torrents that must be blocked at Yanmen Pass.

In the seventh year of Qianfu, there were 160,000 garrisons at Yanmen Pass, and this year, the 100,000 government soldiers originally commanded by the Zhao clan gradually decreased to 70,000 because of the problem of military sources - this is still the situation that the government soldiers and soldiers are mainly supplied to the border passes.

Otherwise, with the current situation of the almost complete collapse of the military system of the Great Qi Mansion, these 70,000 people will not have it.

Among the 70,000 soldiers, only half of them are veterans.

Although in recent years, it has been the norm for government soldiers to extend the period of garrisoning the border on a large scale, five years is still too long, and only about 40,000 veterans have participated in the war in seven years.

In contrast, the 60,000 soldiers under An Siming were soldiers under the recruitment system, and there was no rotation, so the veterans who had participated in the war in the seven years of Qianfu were basically retained.

These 60,000 elites should have been the main defensive force of Yanmen Pass. If they are there, the guards at Yanmen Pass will be very tight. It's a pity that they all folded in the steppe.

After An Siming, there were only a few thousand soldiers who broke through the siege and fled back to Yanmen Pass.

More than 70,000 people have to defend Yanmen Pass, and there are only 40,000 old soldiers, which is as difficult as the sky, and it is simply impossible.

This requires reinforcements.

Reinforcements are naturally available.

A few days ago, Song Zhi had ordered 60,000 horses from the 16 Guards Forbidden Army to rush to the front line of Yanmen in advance, all under the unified command of Zhao Beiwang, of which the main force went directly to Yanmen Pass.

In addition, the armies of the defense envoys in various places are also in the process of preparing to rush to the border passes.

Zhao Ning looked at the vast sea of iron armor in front of him, and couldn't help but think of his previous life.

In the previous life, the Tianyuan army attacked Yanmen Pass, and it only took one day to break through the pass.

Not to mention various other reasons, the most important point is that there were no masters of the Wang Extreme Realm in Yanmen Pass at that time.

There are many factors that affect the outcome of a war, but there is only one decisive condition.

The strength or weakness of the practitioner.

Especially the contest between the strongest cultivators on both sides.

In the battle of Fengming Mountain in the seventh year of Qianfu, the reason why Zhao Ning had so much room to play and get to the bottom of it was that Charahan did not let the cultivators of the Tianyuan King Extreme Realm solve Zhao Xuanji, Zhao Beiwang and others.

Zhao Ning exhaled slowly.

He is fully prepared for this war.

Next, it's time to see the truth on the battlefield and divide life and death.

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In the largest Tianyuan military camp, Charahan was looking at Yanmen Pass from the corner tower.

"Yanmen Pass, Yanmen Pass...... It's been five years, five whole years! In the past five years, although I have been in the Western Regions and traveled around with the Longyou Army, I have been thinking all the time in my heart that one day I must smash the Yanmen Pass, destroy the cultivators of the Zhao clan, and lead a large army to step into the Central Plains from here!"

Chalahan's eyes were fiery and warlike, his eyes staring at Yanmen Pass were like looking at the food on a plate, and he wanted to swallow the other party in one bite, so that he didn't even spit out a bone.

Qianfu's seven-year defeat was the greatest shame in his life, forcing him to go away to the Western Regions, and he could only instigate the rebellion of the Western Regions states in the dark, not to mention that the available soldiers under his command never exceeded 30,000, and let him suffer in the Tianyuan tribe, and his dignity was gone.

Now, because of his exploits in the Western Regions, he was restored to the throne by Tianyuan Khan, and finally made a comeback with hundreds of thousands of troops! Now facing the Yanmen Pass and facing the Zhao family, Charahan vowed to wash away the shame of the day!

He wants to repay the trust of Tianyuan Khan, and he wants to prove to Tianyuan Khan that it is the right decision to let him attack Yanmen Pass!

"The fighting spirit of the right virtuous king is commendable. It's just that the Zhao family is not a soft persimmon, and the name of Zhenguo is not false, no matter which aspect, they are the most difficult bone to gnaw in the Southern Dynasty. see

"In addition, according to reliable information, Zhao Ning has been promoted to the Wang Ji Realm, which can be called a big trouble. In this battle, we also need to be cautious, and we must not make a mistake and repeat the mistakes of the Battle of Fengming Mountain.

"This is the battle of the right virtuous king, and it is also mine, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, there is no third way. ”

The speaker's voice is light, his tone is steady, and there is a wisdom in his speech that understands all things.

Charahan turned his head to look at the person beside him, and said, "The princess only has to give advice, and Xiao Wang will be responsible for charging into battle." Let's join forces, whether it is fighting wits or bravery, it will make Zhao Ning hate it. ”

The person in front of Charahan is none other than Princess Tianyuan, who has not been seen for many years, Yanyan Temur!

Xiao Yan bowed slightly when she heard this: "That's exactly how it should be." ”

Five years ago, Xiao Yan was frustrated because she was calculated by Zhao Ning, and she went crazy for a while, and her cultivation was lost. Since then, he has been sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and he has suffered a lot in the Tianyuan Imperial Court.

A year ago, Tian Yuan Khan achieved the Heavenly and Human Realm, not only cured Xiao Yan's madness, but also repaired the foundation of her cultivation, allowing her to have her cultivation again!

The realm of heaven and man is the highest realm that a cultivator can achieve in this world, with all kinds of unpredictable means, and the divine dragon can not see the beginning but not the end, and it cannot be speculated by common sense, or even looked at by human eyes.

Repairing the cultivator's damaged Qi Sea meridians and allowing the cultivator to regain his cultivation is just a gesture for the Heavenly and Human Realm.

In this national war with Daqi, Tianyuan Khan asked Xiao Yan to go all the way with Charahan and assist the other party on the side, giving them a chance to take revenge on Zhao Ning together.

Before arranging Mei Ji to murder Dadan Khan, provoke Prince Dadan to fight with Batu, take advantage of the weakness to support Prince Dadan to regain his strength, annex Dadan without blood, and successfully ambush An Siming, all of which are Xiao Yan's handiwork!

Charahan and Xiao Yan looked side by side at Yanmen Pass.

They could naturally see Zhao Ning in fluttering clothes on the city tower.

The light of vengeance in their eyes is as bright as the sun.

"The prince is still in Yanping, and as soon as the war starts, the prince is in a dilemma. ”

"As long as we act fast enough and attack fiercely enough, we will be able to attack Yanping City before the emperor of the Southern Dynasty kills the crown prince! At that time, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will not kill the prince to vent his anger, but will still send the prince out respectfully to sue for peace. ”

There is a reason for that. ”

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Shanhaiguan.

Sun Meng, the head of the Sun family of Jiangmen, stood at the pass with his armor on his head, overlooking the flat ground outside the pass, and the endless Beihu military camp with a solemn face.

In the Great Wall Pass to defend the invasion of Liaodong soldiers and horses into Hebei, Shanhaiguan is the number one important town.

Since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the head of the Sun family led a large army to attack the grassland from here, and since the ancestors of the Zhao family swept the grassland, the Sun family has been stationed here.

Now, they have ushered in the big test of their mission.

"It's been more than a hundred years, and this is the first time that a barbarian has knocked on a big scale. I really didn't expect that the Jurchen and Khitan divisions would be so prosperous. The grassland barbarians have always lacked iron armor, but these barbarians in front of them are all wearing armor and being sharp.

Looking at the tacit understanding they showed when marching and camping, it didn't look like two unrelated armies at all, but like a unified command and training. ”

It was Shi Chong who spoke, and he also had solemn eyebrows.

The one who sat in Shanhaiguan with the Sun clan was the Jiangmen Shi clan. Jointly defending a border defense line, although there is some competition between the Sun family and the Shi family, the overall relationship is close, and Sun Meng and Shi Chong, the head of the Shi family, also have a very personal relationship.

Sun Meng snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that the defense caused the loss of troops to fall first, resulting in the emptiness of the Shanhaiguan troops, these barbarians dared to camp in front of the pass, I would definitely give them a head-on blow, and let them completely disperse when their foothold was not stable!"

Shi Chong didn't answer this, but just glanced at the other general beside him.

When Shi Lushan heard this, his face couldn't help but be as black as ink.

Before he was ordered to lead the army to attack, but he was beaten in front by the Jurchen Wang Tingjingcai, and only brought back more than 20,000 people, and the loss of 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers did greatly weaken the Shanhaiguan defense line.

But at this moment, in the face of Sun Meng's attack, Shi Lushan couldn't bear it, and ridiculed each other at the moment: "Over the years, General Sun's troops have attacked Liaodong, how can he ever win a big victory?"

"The general lost his own soldiers, General Sun's people are not less, if General Sun really wants to rob the camp, he can open the door and go out, although the general is incompetent, but he can also sweep the battle for General Sun, as long as General Sun does not retreat, the general will never retreat half a step early!"

Sun Meng saw that Shi Lushan had become the general of the defeated army, and he dared to be so tough, so he was immediately furious and shouted:

"What is your troops, my troops, all the soldiers are the garrison of Shanhaiguan! Your troops have lost the soldiers, and what has been damaged is the combat strength of the entire Shanhaiguan! Ben will tell you that if you can't repel the barbarians in this battle, you will be the biggest sinner!"

Shi Lushan sneered: "Before the war began, General Sun thought about shirking his responsibility and finding someone to bear the responsibility? If General Sun didn't have the courage to guard the pass, just hand over the military power, he would have fought with the barbarians until the last moment!"

"Bastard!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Shi Chong hurriedly persuaded the two to leave.

Although he hated Shi Lushan, he was not as angry as Sun Meng, and now he just wanted everyone to abandon the struggle between the family and the Hanmen, and work together to resist foreign enemies and defend the border pass - this is also the edict of Song Zhi, for this reason, Song Zhi also sent a forbidden army to reinforce Shanhaiguan.

It's just that Sun Meng and Shi Lushan have been fighting against each other for several years, and Shi Chong only looks at the posture of the two of them who are eager to fight each other, and he knows that it is probably not so easy to let the two of them release their previous suspicions at once.

It's easy to start a fight, but it's not so easy to put it to rest. Regardless of whether Song Zhiming doesn't understand this truth, his wish to be of one heart and one mind with the family immediately is destined to not be so easy to realize now.