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The stars have changed, and in a blink of an eye, two months have passed, and now Lan Shixun's army has been approaching Jinling City like a bamboo, and it is less than two thousand miles away from Jinling City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This place is a pass fortress, called "Four Horse Pass", the reason why it is called Four Horse Pass, because this pass is built in the middle of a huge mountain range that runs through the east and west, and this mountain range is the famous mountain "Four Horse Mountain" in the holy area. As for the origin of the 'Four Horses', it is because in the middle of the continuous Four Horse Mountain, there is a low-lying and relatively flat passage, this passage is like a 'line of sky' between two cliff peaks, the most interesting thing is that the widest place of this 'line of sky' can only be passed by four horses, and the narrowest place can only accommodate two horses. Under such unique conditions, the emperor naturally ordered people to build an excellent pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is the Four Horse Pass.

Simaguan is not closed day and night on weekdays, and it is also the only way for traders and passers-by to and from the north and south, and now it is because of the pressure of Lan Shixun's army that Simaguan temporarily exerted its unique fortress status and became the last natural barrier to block the rebels in front of Jinling City. In other words, as long as Lan Shixun's army breaks through the Four Horse Pass, the sword pointing at Jinling will turn into a horse Pingchuan and smash Huanglong. This is enough to see how important the Four Horse Pass is.

The whole Sima Mountain runs through hundreds of miles from east to west, and the road at the foot of the mountain on both sides of it is dangerous, it is difficult for people to walk an inch, the mountains are steep and unusual, except for the relatively low-lying passage of the Sima Pass, the shortest place in the rest of the place is hundreds of zhang high, so it is almost impossible to go over the mountain. And if you want to go around the Sima Mountain, unless you want to retreat a hundred and three miles away and go around a big circle from the wilderness in the distance, it is simply a fool's dream to go around at the foot of the mountain.

Especially for Lan Shixun's 300,000 army, if he chooses to detour the Four Horse Mountains, it means that he will delay the situation for several months, and Lan Shixun's army has already made the people in the north of the Holy Domain frightened by burning and looting all the way, so the more they march to the hinterland of the Holy Domain, the less food, grain and grass they can loot in the cities along the way, because most of the people in the city have already moved away before their army enters, leaving them only empty cities.

Grain and grass are the key to the fatal situation for today's Lan Shixun army. In order to save food, Lan Shixun had to choose to lead the army directly into Sima Mountain and kill Jinling City through Sima Pass.

Although Lan Shixun was defeated and fierce and looked like he was in full swing along the way, in fact, Lan Shixun was not at ease, because his army was not completely ruled by him, especially the 100,000 black armor army of the beast clan, which was incompatible with Lan Shixun's own northern Xinjiang camp. In order to keep his promise to lead the emperor with the Beast Domain, Lan Shixun was very tolerant of the Black Armor Army who was leaving during the march, and he repeatedly ordered and strictly forbade the soldiers of the Northern Frontier Battalion to burn, kill and loot after breaking the city, but he turned a deaf ear to the Black Armor Army's inaction. Even the stolen grain and grass had to be given priority to the Black Armor Army, and the rest could be enjoyed by the Northern Xinjiang battalion. Over time, the grudge between the Northern Xinjiang Battalion and the Black Armor Army has become deeper and deeper, and the officers and men of the two armies have broken out more than once, the largest of which is the largest conflict, the two groups of people together even exceed 10,000 people, and these more than 10,000 soldiers are fighting in front of Lan Shixun's Chinese army tent, if Lan Shixun and Wei Li did not come forward to stop it in time, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

And after that incident, Lan Shixun killed one hundred and fifty Northern Xinjiang soldiers who took the lead in making trouble on the spot to set the record straight, and Wei Li, because of Lan Shixun's face, also symbolically killed ten soldiers of the Black Armor Army. Although the conflict was eventually quelled, the seeds of resentment hidden deep in the hearts of the two groups of people were also planted deeper and deeper.

Now that food and herbs are scarce, the grievances between the two groups of people are becoming more and more obvious, and Lan Shixun is worried all day long, for fear that this contradiction will delay his hegemony. He just wanted to enter Jinling City as soon as possible, replace the current Emperor as soon as possible, and then become the true Lord of the Holy Domain, and then the Black Armor Army could retreat to the Beast Domain, so as not to cause any more trouble.

However, when Lan Shixun's army, which was like a rainbow all the way south, forced to Sima Pass, it was the first time in the world that it slowed down the pace of progress, and the reason for this was not because the road in Sima Pass was narrow, but because the commander who was now guarding Sima Pass was a very difficult character.

Originally, there were only 500 defenders in Simaguan, but a month ago, the old man Qiu Ming transferred 2,500 people from Jinling City, and the total was only 3,000 soldiers and horses, but the defender of Simaguan was a figure that should not be underestimated. This person's name is Ouyang Chun, a middle-aged man in his forties, who has guarded the Four Horse Pass for more than ten years, because he is upright and brave and resourceful, and he is quite popular with the military, and the reason why this Ouyang Chun should not be underestimated is because in addition to the guard of the Four Horse Pass, he once had another special identity, that is, the former confidant deputy general of Han Xiao, the protector of the country.

According to legend, Ouyang Chun began to follow Han Xiao at the age of seventeen to be born and die, fought hundreds of battles large and small, and always followed Han Xiao before and after the saddle and the horse, no matter how dangerous the bloody battle Ouyang Chun always charged into battle in the first one and never fell, so as early as the age of twenty, he was promoted to deputy general by Han Xiao, and began to follow Han Xiao to learn the art of commanding soldiers. A few years later, Han Xiao was promoted to the protector of the country and settled in Jinling City because of his outstanding merits, and Ouyang Chun voluntarily gave up the good life of following Han Xiao into Jinling City to enjoy the glory and wealth, but chose to continue to stay in the army, and took the initiative to ask for the order to serve as the guard of the Four Horse Pass, the purpose was to guard the last line of defense for Han Xiao who was in Jinling City, to put it bluntly, he still put himself in the position of Han Xiao's deputy general in his heart, which has not changed in the slightest from beginning to end.

Later, Han Xiao was unjustly imprisoned and convicted of punishing the nine clans by the emperor, Ouyang Chun wanted to use his life to ask for Han Xiao's life, but was scolded by Han Xiao in prison, so he listened to Han Xiao's words and swore that he would only be loyal to the emperor in this life, and obediently returned to Sima Pass to continue to guard the pass.

It is worth mentioning that when Yan Lie led an army of 200,000 through the Four Horse Pass a few months ago, Ouyang Chun took the initiative to ask Ying to accompany him to the battle, but he was despised by Yan Lie, who looked down on him as a small commander of the Four Horse Pass, so he laughed at Ouyang Chun's request, and then the matter was over.

Now that the whole army of Yan Lie has been annihilated, Lan Shixun's 300,000 army has been slaughtered to the Four Horse Pass, and the heavy task of blocking the rebels naturally falls on Ouyang Chun, he originally wanted to lead the five hundred men and horses of his headquarters to fight to the death with Lan Shixun, and die for the country, but he didn't wait for Lan Shixun to kill, but first waited for the secret letter of the old man Qiu Ming and two thousand five hundred soldiers and horses.

The secret letter from the old man Qiu Ming to Ouyang Chun was very simple, only five words: "Hold on for three months!"

And it is precisely because of these five words that Ouyang Chun gave up the vigorous battle to the death, and began to carefully arrange the defense of the pass, relying on the understanding of the terrain of the Four Horse Mountains, fortified everywhere, and gave the Lan Shixun army who rushed in a head-on attack, and then in just three days, he continued to repel Lan Shixun's seven orders to kill, and lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of Lan Shixun's army, but the defenders of the Four Horse Pass were killed and wounded no more than 100 people, if such a record was spread, I was afraid that Ouyang Chun's name would shock the entire holy area overnight。

It's just that Ouyang Chun's defensive battle is also extremely painful, in just three days, the inside and outside of the Four Horse Pass have become a mess, the peaks and cliffs on both sides are full of sword scars, and the organs that have been carefully arranged for a long time are almost exhausted in an instant, so Ouyang Chun can only lead people to deploy again overnight, for three days and three nights, none of the three thousand defenders are resting, and they are actively preparing for war all the time.

Ouyang Chun knew very well that it would be difficult to spend three months like this, even if it was ten days, so he decided to take a risk and sprinkle fire oil on the narrow passage outside the Four Horse Pass, and then set a fire overnight, the fire spread directly among the mountains on both sides, burning the stubborn rocks on the cliff into a scorched earth, and then rolling down from all sides, and overnight it was forced to build a huge barrier made of scorched earth on the passage outside the Four Horse Pass, and Lan Shixun's men and horses must first dig the passage if they want to continue to rush and kill, and this is the most direct and effective way to delay the defense time that Ouyang Chun can think of。

Ouyang Chun inside the Four Horse Pass was worried, and Lan Shixun outside the Four Horse Pass was also worried, because he had just received a secret report from the spies, and the news in the secret report also made him restless.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Lan Shixun was pacing back and forth with his brows tightly locked, while Lan Jin, Lan Chen, Hai Lao, Chu Lingtian, Ma Rufeng, Fan Jiang, Wei Li and others were sitting on the side looking at Lan Shixun with a solemn face, and none of them knew what Lan Shixun was anxious about.

"Dad, are you worried that the Four Horses Pass will not be able to be captured for a long time?" Lan Jin asked curiously.

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll take people to attack and kill again!" Ma Rufeng suddenly got up and asked for his life.

Facing everyone's worried eyes, Lan Shixun just waved his hand slowly, and after a long time of silence, he turned his gaze to Lan Chen, at this moment Lan Chen was sitting quietly in the corner of the tent, his eyes slightly closed as if he was pretending to sleep, in fact, since he learned that Lan Shixun secretly connected with the beast clan, Lan Chen's whole person fell into a kind of self-isolation, no matter what he did, he always maintained this kind of unhappy and sad look for several months, even if Lan Shixun talked to him, Lan Chen was also like a walking corpse who would only agree without a word, but he would never put forward any opinions。

Seeing his favorite youngest son become so introverted, Lan Shixun also saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, he had talked to Lan Chen many times, but Lan Chen just couldn't understand why Lan Shixun wanted to secretly communicate with the beast clan. In Lan Chen's heart, it was nothing for Lan Shixun to rebel, but it was a big mistake to secretly communicate with foreign clans to invade the Holy Domain. Over time, Lan Shixun had no time to take care of Lan Chen due to his military affairs, and now he just wanted to wait until he sat firmly as the master of the Holy Domain, and then slowly untie the knot in his little son's heart.

"Chen'er!"

Lan Shixun's voice suddenly sounded, and with his voice, the eyes of everyone in the tent also fell on Lan Chen's body. I saw Lan Chen slowly open his eyes, looking at Lan Shixun calmly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"What are you thinking?" Lan Shixun continued.

"It's nothing!" Lan Chen's answer was still simple and pale, and his face was still unsmiling, "I'm just closing my eyes and recuperating!"

"Daddy, can I ask you a question!"

Facing Lan Shixun's question, a blank look clearly flashed in Lan Chen's eyes, and he didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

After Lan Shixun pondered for a moment, he opened his mouth faintly and said, "What kind of person do you think Lu Yifan is?"

"Hiss!" As soon as Lan Shixun's words came out, there was an uproar in the big tent. Everyone couldn't understand why Lan Shixun suddenly mentioned Lu Yifan.

"Why would Dad ask that?" Lan Chen asked softly.

"I won't tell you the truth, my father has always been jealous of this Lu Yifan, since he was a child, my father thought that this son would not be easy in the future!" Lan Shixun said to himself, "At the beginning, he was only a six or seven-year-old child who could practice foreign skills day after day, this kind of perseverance is not a naïve child, even if there are a few of your senior brothers in Xuanzong who can do it?"

"Lu Yifan is indeed amazing!" Lan Chen said without yin or yang, "Although I don't want to admit it, the facts are the facts!"

"Then do you say that this Lu Yifan has the ability to sabotage his father's hegemony?" Lan Shixun suddenly changed his words, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Hearing Lan Shixun's words, the others in the tent all frowned involuntarily. Chu Lingtian couldn't wait to speak: "No matter how powerful Lu Yifan is, he is just a milky kid, what kind of big waves can he make......

Without waiting for Chu Lingtian to finish speaking, Lan Shixun suddenly interrupted him with a wave of his hand, Lan Shixun looked directly at Lan Chen, and asked word by word: "Chen'er, I want to hear you for my father!"

After staring at Lan Shixun for a long time, Lan Chen finally nodded slowly: "If he wants to, then he has that ability!" When he was in Northern Xinjiang, the child made a bet with him and lost in his hands, which allowed him and Xi Chen and his soldiers to escape, isn't this the best example?"

"That's good!" Lan Shixun nodded abruptly and said, "For my father, it's the same as you think, the so-called letting the tiger go back to the mountain and leaving trouble! If my father can't eradicate this bane as soon as possible, Lu Yifan's son will sooner or later jump out and harm me!"

"Lord Lan, why does the old man get more and more confused the more he listens?" Hai Lao said with a light smile, "We are obviously in Sima Pass, why did you suddenly mention Lu Yifan? What else do you say about letting the tiger return to the mountain, how should you say this? Which tiger is released? What is the mountain again?"

Hearing Hai Lao's question, Lan Shixun couldn't help but smile coldly, and then saw him shaking the secret report on the handsome case casually, and said in a gloomy tone: "Now it's the big tiger of Linghuang Yanchong, and what he is going to return to is the Xihuang Mountain where Lu Yifan is located!"

"Lord Lan, what news does this secret report say?" Wei Li looked at Lan Shixun with a puzzled expression.

"That's right!" Lan Shixun nodded bluntly, "The secret report tells me that Emperor Yan Chong has secretly escaped from Jinling City two months ago, and the destination of his escape is Xihuang Mountain, which is located in the southwest. And the more important news is that now Xihuang Mountain has fallen into the hands of Lu Yifan, Yan Chong went to Lu Yifan for help, and the shocking things are not only these, it is reported that Lu Yifan has already established a sect in Xihuang Mountain and founded a soul sect with more than 10,000 people!"

"Wow!" As soon as Lan Shixun's words came out, there was an uproar in the big tent of the Chinese army!

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