Yang Dingtian knew that it was extremely rare to get Shi Ziling's guidance, and if he had achieved something in the Yuan Demon Divine Technique, he would be able to practice the supreme Sanyang True Fire of this sect in the future, and rank among the top masters.

Shi Ziling helped him up and said, "You don't need to thank me, I passed on your self-created martial arts to my own intention, you just need to work hard to cultivate." In addition, I mentioned to you last time that I want you to stay away from villains like Yan Jinbao, the second master of the Golden Dragon Gate, do you remember?"

Yang Dingtian replied respectfully: "Uncle don't worry, since the time in Narcissus City, I have been a lot more careful in making friends, and I no longer dare to act recklessly." ”

Shi Ziling smiled: "Then how did you get acquainted with Li Yuan?"

Yang Dingtian said embarrassedly: "In order to dominate the world, Li Yuan took the initiative to send someone to contact us Sanyangmen many years ago, so that he could let us help when he started a war with Xiahou Yuan one day. After all, he was one of the best heroes in the world, and I really didn't dare to offend at that time, so I ......."

"But then I heard that Uncle Shi and Li Yuan did not have a good relationship, so I gradually became estranged from the people of Tongtian Sect, and this time I did not follow Li Yuan's instructions to deal with Xiahou Yuan secretly, and asked Uncle Shi to learn from it. ”

Shi Ziling said: "I understand, there are indeed few people in the world who dare to disobey Li Yuan's orders, and the past is over." It's just that you must restrain the people from doing evil in the future, if I know that you rely on the martial arts I taught you to do evil, I will never spare you!"

Yang Dingtian shuddered, and said in his heart You still don't admit that you are my uncle, this tone is even harsher than my old man's lecture on me. Yang Dingtian said yes again and again, saying that he would never dare to bully the weak and do evil.

Shi Ziling nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good, I'll ask you to worry more about recruiting troops." However, my requirements for martial arts masters in the army are the same, martial arts strength is still secondary, character must be good, those treacherous people must not be brought into the army, and I will be severely punished if I find out!"

Yang Dingtian agreed repeatedly, and did not leave until he completely remembered the recruitment matters explained by Shi Ziling.

Shi Ziling stayed in the Shura Mansion that night, and early the next morning, he said goodbye to Bai Wuya's father and son, and together with Nangong Xia, he led a large group of people to Yanzhao Pass.

On the side of Black Dragon City, Shiziling left 10,000 soldiers and horses to be handed over to Wei Hu to command, while Bai Wuya and Yang Dingtian were responsible for managing and pacifying the martial arts people of various factions in the north, and officially announced the recruitment of soldiers and horses.

Wei Hu is Shi Ziling's cronies, and he is very familiar with Shi Ziling's method of training military horses, and Shi Ziling hopes that he will form a new Black Dragon Legion as soon as possible as a major branch of the Songhu Legion in the north, and wait until everything is on the right track, and then consider sending other generals to take over the north.

On the way back to Yanzhao Pass, Shi Ziling and Nangong Xia's team did not go fast at first, although Shi Ziling was a little worried about Ma Yu's lack of troops, but Wei Song had already brought 20,000 horses to support, and it was expected that there should be no big problem.

Who knew that after they marched for five days in a row, they suddenly received the news from Yanzhao Pass sent by Ma Yu that the coalition army composed of various small and medium-sized towns in the west had captured Mijing City early, and now they had come to the vicinity of Yanzhao Pass, and it was estimated that there were as many as 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and they were about to besiege Yanzhao Pass, hoping that Shiziling would adjust its deployment as soon as possible.

Shi Ziling and Nangong Xia were both taken aback after receiving the report, they didn't expect that Li Yuan's response would be so fast, and they had already launched a counterattack in the rear of the west so quickly.

Shi Ziling frowned and said: "Doesn't Mijing City have the 20,000 troops of the Narcissus Legion left behind? How could it be lost so quickly? This is terrible, if Li Zhun's remnants and those local coalition forces unite to form a siege on Yanzhao Pass, with the existing strength of Yanzhao Pass, it should not be able to hold it for a few days." ”

Nangong Xia didn't care much about the loss of Mijing City, after all, it was only temporarily entrusted to him by Shi Ziling, but he was very sorry for the 20,000 troops he left there, because in this way, the 50,000 troops he brought out this time were really not much left.

Nangong Xia stumbled and said: "Li Yuan must have guessed that you had already arranged a counterattack when you took Yanzhao Pass, I didn't expect that these small and medium-sized towns in the west could gather so many troops in a short period of time." The 20,000 horses I left behind are finished again! Alas, our Narcissus Legion only has a total of about 100,000 troops, but I didn't expect that the 50,000 troops I brought out this time will be gone!"

Shi Ziling was also a little speechless when he looked at Nangong Xia's thumping chest, secretly thinking that your 20,000 horses are too bad, and they were taken down by a group of improvised coalition forces.

Shi Ziling said: "Senior, now is not the time to lament the loss of troops, although Yanzhao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are only 10,000 troops stationed there, of which 5,000 are still brought by Yin Qi. Moreover, there are still 50,000 prisoners left by Li Xiaoyao in Guanzhong that have not yet been disposed of, and if they are besieged on a large scale, it is easy to fall into internal and external difficulties. ”

Although Ma Yu is extremely smart, he may not be able to cope with such a crisis due to the limited number of troops. It seems that I still underestimated Li Yuan's response a little. Although Wei Song set off a day earlier than us, there were still the remnants of Li Yuan and Li Zhun in front of him, and I was really worried that there would be an accident at Yan Zhao Pass. ”

Nangong Xia hurriedly said: "Then what should I do? If Li Yuan and the others take Yanzhao Pass, then the situation in the northwest will be completely different." Alas, I finally won a big victory, but I didn't expect that Li Yuan still had such a back-up move!"

Shi Ziling said in a deep voice: "There is no other way now, but to rush forward at full speed to support, I hope to arrive in time to relieve Ma Yu." Senior, I'll lead the special attack division to the rescue day and night, and you and the Duanmu brothers will come later......"

Shi Ziling immediately led the special attack division to speed up the march and rushed to Yanzhao Pass with all his might, while the Duanmu brothers followed up with the rest of the men and horses and Nangong Xia and them.

On Yan Zhaoguan's side, since Shi Ziling left, Ma Yu has been concerned about the movement of the front line, and is very worried about whether Shi Ziling can arrive in Black Dragon City in time to save the Xiahou family's crisis. However, to his surprise, there was no news from Shiziling's side, and shocking bad news soon came from Mijing City in the rear.

Ma Yu sent spies to find out that various small and medium-sized towns in the west had formed a coalition army and were attacking Mijing City, and Ma Yu immediately deduced that this must be Li Yuan's timely response after receiving the news of the loss of Mijing City.

Ma Yu was also very impressed by Li Yuan's quick response, but in his mind, the combat strength of the coalition forces that had been temporarily put together in those small and medium-sized towns must be limited, and he expected that the 20,000 horses and horses stationed in Mijing City by Nangong Xia should be enough to deal with it.

Who knew that the news that came after that shocked Ma Yu was that Mijing City was lost in a short period of time, and the 20,000 troops left by Nangong Xia in Mijing City were killed and wounded, and the surrender of surrender was completely annihilated.

Ma Yu was dumbfounded this time, he never thought that the combat strength of the Narcissus Legion would be so poor, and even a group of improvised coalition troops could not resist it. The victory or defeat of Shi Ziling in front is not yet known, and his rear is in big trouble first, if the enemy army rushes to besiege Yanzhao Pass, it will be difficult for Ma Yu, who does not have many troops in his hands, to resist.

The subsequent development of the situation was similar to what Ma Yu had expected, and the morale of the Western Coalition Army composed of those small and medium-sized towns was greatly boosted after successfully taking Mijing City, and then they went straight to Yanzhao Pass.

Ma Yu heard that the opponent's troops were as many as 50,000 or 60,000, and that the scattered men and horses from some small towns near Yanzhao Pass had already arrived first, and immediately sent people overnight to ask for help from Shiziling in front.

However, when the brigade of the Western Coalition Army besieged the Yanzhao Pass, there was still no news from Shiziling, and I don't know what the battle situation between them and Li Yuan's army was.

In desperation, Ma Yu had no choice but to lead the army to defend the city in person. He knew that the 5,000 troops brought by Yin Qi were mediocre, and in order to make the dispatch smoother, Ma Yu ordered these troops to be responsible for logistics and supply, and he led the elite soldiers of the 5,000 Songhu Army to fight day and night against the western coalition army in the city tower.

Although Yanzhao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, after all, the disparity in strength is too great, and after three days, under the fierce siege of the enemy, Ma Yu's 5,000 elite soldiers have lost as much as forty percent. As a last resort, Ma Yu pushed the 5,000 troops brought by Yin Qi to the front line, replacing his remaining 3,000 troops for a short rest.

But the 5,000 troops were really vulnerable, and they were almost wiped out after only one day of defense, and Ma Yu had no choice but to push all the remaining 3,000 men and horses to the front line again. At this moment, Li Zhun's remnants and Wei Song's pursuers had arrived one after another.

When Li Zhun was forced to flee to Yanzhao Pass, he had no bottom in his heart, but he was really desperate, so he could only take one step at a time. He divided the remaining 3,000 remnants into several roads and scattered them as far as possible from the small path to avoid attracting the attention of the pursuers behind, and did not regroup the men and horses until he approached Yanzhao Pass.

To Li Zhun's surprise, before they came to Yanzhao Pass, they had already received the good news that the Western Coalition Army had recovered Mijing City. Li Zhun was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered someone to pass a message to the Western Coalition Army, asking them to step up the siege of Yanzhao Pass. By the time Li Zhun led 3,000 defeated troops to Yanzhao Pass, the Western Coalition Army had besieged Yanzhao Pass for four days in a row.

Li Zhun originally knew that the strength of Shiziling to guard Yanzhao Pass would not be very large, and when he came to the pass in person to take a look, he quickly saw that the defense of Yanzhao Pass had reached the point of being stretched, and it would be logical to take Chengguan with just a little more force.

Li Zhun was overjoyed and was about to personally command the men and horses to attack the city, but Wei Song in the back had already led the pursuers to kill.