First, the wooden army was in the gap, fell a batch, and filled a batch, although the wooden army fought stubbornly, but it was still defeated by the fierce Jin army.

It didn't take long for the Jin army to occupy the gap and prepare to rush to the pass, but at this time, the defenders in the pass launched a desperate counterattack, stepping on the corpses of their companions and pushing up regardless of them.

Under the almost suicidal tactics of the wooden army, the Jin army that occupied the gap in the city wall was repulsed, and the wooden army reoccupied the gap, and then the Jin army organized a fierce counterattack to repel the wooden army.

The two sides repeatedly fought over the gaps in the wall, and the battle turned into the most brutal tug-of-war.

In this kind of battle, there will be no real winner, basically the enemy will die 1,000, I will lose 800, and no one will be able to get any benefits.

The Jin army was accustomed to such a tragic battle, but the Mu army had never experienced it before, after all, they were local armies, not the central army that often participated in the battles of the large army.

As the battle intensified, casualties on both sides soared, and the gap in the wall was erected more than a meter high, but not with stones, but with the bodies of fallen soldiers on both sides.

The first to break up was the wooden army.

The soldiers of the wooden army who participated in the battle were stunned and frightened by the tragic and cruel battle in front of them, looking at the mountains of corpses, the red-eyed and roaring enemy opposite, smelling the disgusting smell of blood, one after another the wooden army ran around shouting as if they were suddenly insane.

At such a critical and tense moment, a deserter can affect the fighting spirit of a group of people, and a group of deserters can break the morale of the whole army.

Taking advantage of the defeat of the wooden army, the Jin army broke through the gap in the city wall in one fell swoop and entered the Crouching Tiger Pass. At this point, the battle between the two sides has completely turned into a city-wide melee.

At this point in the battle, the wooden army could not resist, and the groups of soldiers were divided by the Jin army in the rout, surrounded by regiments, and some were completely annihilated by the Jin army. Some have surrendered, and some are still doing the final battle of the trapped beasts.

At this time, Cao Xiong on the tower of the city gate was completely desperate, as the commander of the defenders, how could he not know that now his defeat was decided, he was unwilling, and he did not dare to think about it anymore, he didn't know what the Mu Kingdom that had lost the Crouching Tiger Pass would rely on to resist the wolf-like Jin army next.

"The enemy is coming, brothers. Protect your lordship!"

The heart-wrenching shouts of the surrounding wooden soldiers finally brought Cao Xiong back to his senses, he turned his head and looked, there were more than 100 wooden soldiers and wooden generals covered in blood gathered around him, and then looked left and right, a large number of golden troops surged up on both sides, and there were countless black presses.

"My lord, what should I do now?" Cao Xiong is the backbone of the soldiers under his command, and he is in a critical moment. People naturally put the last glimmer of hope on him, hoping that he could take themselves and find a way out.

But at this time, where did Cao Xiong still have an idea? The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, revealing a bitter smile, and he didn't speak, but silently drew out his saber. Separate the crowd from your side and walk towards the Jin army step by step.

He told the soldiers of the Mu Army around him with practical actions that he would make a last fight with the Jin Army and would rather die than surrender.

It's a pity that Cao Xiong is not a military general, just a powerless civil official.

As he walked towards the Jin Army. Seeing that he was wearing a helmet and armor, people took a few steps back with concern, but seeing that there was no fame on his body, the courage of the Jin army gradually increased, and one of the famous soldiers roared, and rushed towards Cao Xiong with a spear, and with the momentum, the spear stabbed Cao Xiong's lower abdomen.

Cao Xiong had no experience in combat, and when he saw the enemy stabbing at him with a spear, he subconsciously swung his sword to block, his sword was cut at the spear, but he did not bounce the spear away, with his little strength, how could he block the full force of the strong Jin soldier.

There was a thud in the ear chakra, and the spear of the golden soldier stabbed deeply into Lin Han's stomach, the latter didn't expect to stab a wooden general so easily, and turned around excitedly and shouted: "I killed a thief general...... If he knew that he was actually stabbed by Cao Xiong, the commander of the wooden army, it is estimated that he would have to go crazy.

However, this Jin soldier was not excited for too long, and was cut in two by a wooden general who came back to his senses and rushed forward with an arrow, and the wooden general reached out to support Cao Xiong, who was soft, and shouted urgently: "Your Excellency, ......"

Cao Xiongzhong's spear was too heavy, and his intestines flowed out of the wound on his stomach, his face was pale, his eyes were scattered, but his bloody mouth still said intermittently: "Kill...... Fight the enemy...... I'd rather die than surrender ......"

In the end, Cao Xiong was killed, and none of the more than 100 soldiers of the Mu Army who protected him were spared, nor did they surrender, and all of them died in battle.

The battle of Crouching Tiger Pass, the time was not long, from the beginning of the battle to the end, it only lasted more than three hours, but the significance of this battle was very significant, the local army of Wangfeng County was completely annihilated by the Jin army in Crouching Tiger Pass, after this battle, there was no large-scale resistance force in Wangfeng County.

When the battle is over, the Jin army cleans up the battlefield and also makes battle damage statistics for both the enemy and the enemy.

The total casualties of the Jin army were nearly 10,000, of which more than half were from the Fifth Army, while the Mu army alone lost more than 20,000 troops and more than 10,000 prisoners.

Next, the Jin army will continue to go deep into the hinterland of Mu Guo, Lin Haotian really can't divide his forces to take care of so many prisoners, he directly ordered that all the captured soldiers of the Ning army be sentenced to death, and the task to be carried out falls on the head of the Fifth Legion.

The reason why he assigned the new army to behead all the prisoners was mainly to make the wooden people in the Fifth Army have their hands glued with the blood of the wooden people, which is equivalent to forcing them to have no way to retreat, but to follow the Jin army with all their hearts.

Jin Cheng disdained to slaughter the prisoners, but he didn't dare to disobey the military orders of the adults, so he could only carry them out, and more than 10,000 local troops of the Mu Kingdom finally died at the hands of the Mu people themselves, and the ending was sad and lamentable.

In Crouching Tiger Pass, the corpses were all over the ground, and the blood flowed like a river, and Cao Xiong's body was also hung high at the head of the Crouching Tiger Pass by the Jin Army, in order to comfort the soul of Zhou Hai who died in the previous battle.

The Jin army only took a short rest at Crouching Tiger Pass, and then continued to advance westward, and in the following advance, the Jin army encountered almost no decent resistance, and even took two cities and successfully entered Ziling County in Mu Kingdom.

The local army of Ziling County has followed Sima Changren south to fight against the Red Army, and Ziling County, which has a vast territory, a large population, and a prosperous economy, now does not even have many decent officers and troops, let alone engage the Jin army head-on.

In Ziling County, the main force attacking the Jin army was the local militia group, but the militia was not even as powerful as the local army, and their attack on the Jin army could only be guerrilla warfare or harassment, which did not pose a substantial threat, and at best slowed down the Jin army's advance.

Cao Xiong was killed, the local army of Wangfeng County was annihilated, and the Jin army advanced to Ziling County like a bamboo, and a succession of bad news continued to enter Xiangyang.

For a while, Mudu became panicked, the situation was chaotic, and even the court of Muguo was in chaos.

Now, the Muguo court is mainly divided into two factions, one is the main battle, advocating fighting to the death with the Jin army in Xiangyang, and the other is the main escape, so that Liu Ji will take the court and evacuate Xiangyang first to avoid the Jin army.

The main battle faction emphasized that the monarch must not escape, once the king leaves, Xiangyang will be lost, if even the capital is occupied by the Jin army, it will be equivalent to the death of the Mu country, what kind of face does the king of the dead country have to face the people of the wood country? Rather than brazenly stealing life, it is better to fight to the death.

The main fugitive faction advocates staying in the clear mountains, not afraid of running out of firewood, and only by avoiding its edge can there be enough time to accumulate strength and make counterattacks in the future.

The two factions are constantly arguing, you say a word to me above the court, and the quarrel is inextricable, and Liu Ji is also arguing.

Whether to fight or flee, Liu Ji can't make up his mind, but from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want to run, he would rather die at the hands of the Jin army than be an exile.

Finally, he looked at Dukong and asked what he had to say.

After all, as the prime minister, Du Kong was still calm when the strong enemy was approaching the city.

He pondered for a long time, and then Fang said, "The king should hurry up and deal with a few things now. First, Sima Changren was urgently summoned to return to the capital, although the war in the south was tight, but the Jin army was close to the national capital, except for General Sima, the minister could not think of anyone else who could resist the wind and thieves. "It's just...... I don't know if it's too late to summon the order.

Du Kong didn't finish what he said in his heart, after all, Sima Changren was thousands of miles away, and he was in the middle of a battle with the Red Army, so he couldn't withdraw if he wanted to. (To be continued......)