Chapter 80: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada

The next morning, sure enough, the river had returned to calm, the river was as smooth as a mirror, and occasionally a bird swooped down and grabbed a small fish, causing ripples.

The boat to cross the river has been prepared, Xiang Yu and Chi Tianji also followed Zhao Zili forward, after crossing the Wujiang River, Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry did not separate from Zhao Zili, the front is Jianmen Pass, it is not far from the border of Zhongzhou, the large army led by Gao Xiang will still arrive in a few days, Zhao Zili can just familiarize himself with his Tenglongwei first.

"Lord Wang, in a hundred miles is Jianmen Pass, where there may be an ambush due to the dangerous terrain, don't you really need your subordinates to explore the road first?" Nether asked.

"There's no need, your whereabouts will almost be exposed after Jiangling, and there is no point in exploring further, so it's better to lure them out at once and catch them all." Zhao Zili is now full of confidence, with the addition of Xiang Yu and Chi Tianji, who else can threaten his safety, rather than letting these people stay in the shadows, there is no need to solve it all at once.

"Yes, the subordinates understand that as long as they pass the Sword Gate Pass, they can join Youxuan and them, and even if there are tens of thousands of troops, they can sit back and relax." The Netherworld is full of confidence in the dragon guard composed of ghost riders in Youzhou.

Jianmen Pass, Zhongzhou barrier, the cliffs on both sides are 100 meters high and smooth as a mirror, as if they were split by a peerless swordsman

And the terrain is dangerous, the nature of the god comes to a stroke, the west is based on the plateau, the east is bordered by the stream, the south is connected to the Qinling Mountains, the north is connected to the Yellow River, the "danger" is in one, there is a skillful Xiongguan to call out morale, the dangerous road is called to resist Yirong, the pass is "the horse is not the bridle, the car is not the track", that is to say, the road is very narrow, only allow a carriage to pass.

Jianmen Pass is a battleground for soldiers, not only because of its dangerous geographical environment, but also because it occupies the throat position of Guanzhong and Zhongzhou. If you capture the Sword Gate Pass, it is not only the dominant side, but it is not surprising that you will win the world.

During the founding period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the White Emperor was killed under the Sword Gate, and the former Jin Dynasty relied on the Jianmen Pass to make the Great Zhou Army "ambush millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting", and finally paid a great price to finally break through.

At present, the first general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Cunxiao, is extremely loyal to the Zhao family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he is invincible in the world, and the art of war is unparalleled.

"General, according to the report of the spies, King Song and his vanguard troops are less than two hundred miles away from Jianmen Pass." Li Cunzhong, the deputy general of Jianmen Pass, wanted to replace Li Cunxiao, but the art of war and force were far apart, and he secretly took refuge with the eldest prince and wanted to ambush Zhao Zili to him, so as to replace him.

"Well, Your Majesty has already issued a holy decree, don't let him pass through the customs in embarrassment." Li Cunxiao didn't care too much, the prince was the only way to pass through the Sword Gate, and the situation of King Song was special, and Emperor Wu had already said hello.

"It's the subordinates who obey the order and prepare tea and rice for the prince to use." Li Cunzhong turned around and sneered.

Zhao Zili and his party were advancing very fast, and they were less than a hundred miles away from Jianmen Pass.

"Lord Wang, there is Xiaojianmen in front, although the terrain is not as dangerous as Jianmen Pass, it is also easy to ambush, do you need to send spies." Netherworld was still a little worried.

"No need to send it, my good brothers didn't do anything all the way, this is their last chance, everyone get ready."

"Subordinates obey."

The Netherworld took Yan Yun Eighteen Cavalry to the forefront, and the thirty swordsmen of the Qingtian Sword Sect were lined up on both sides, Qi Ya and Bei Yuan were broken, Chi Tianji and Xiang Yu were leisurely and had nothing to do with themselves, and Zhao Zili didn't say that he asked for help, and these two big killers were not needed at all in this small scene.

Xiaojianmen is also a pass between the two mountains, the jungle on both sides is dense and easy to hide, if you suddenly launch a sneak attack, even ten times the strength may not be able to retreat.

At this time, the woods were already full of killers, and Jia Xu arranged hundreds of private soldiers to cooperate with Li Cunzhong to ambush Zhao Zili.

"General, there is still a cup of tea, King Song and his vanguard are about to arrive, and the last general has counted more than fifty of them."

Li Cunzhong was determined in his heart, there were nearly 500 people on his side and nearly 100 cavalry, and he didn't believe that he couldn't kill this small group of people, so he immediately ordered: "When the meeting arrives, ten thousand arrows will be fired and then don't give them a chance to breathe, and everyone must go together to solve them as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Zhao Zili looked at the distance from Xiaojianmen getting closer and closer, and said in a low voice: "The first wave of sneak attacks must be a rain of arrows, and the second wave will make the infantry maybe there will be cavalry, the eighteen cavalry are responsible for solving the cavalry, and the others are responsible for solving the infantry. ”

"Lord Wang, rest assured, the Thirty-person Heavenly Sword Formation, no matter how many arrows there are, it can support it for a while." The original intention of Bei Yuanran's creation of the Optimus Sword Formation was to protect the people from being attacked by bows and arrows, but he didn't expect it to come in handy today.

As soon as the group arrived at Xiaojianmen, Li Cunzhong's arrow rain arrived as scheduled, and hundreds of arrows poured out to cover the sky and the sun.

"Everyone obeys the order and forms a sword formation." Bei Yuanran and the others reacted instantly, turned over and dismounted, pulled out the sword on his back, threw it in the air, and sealed the true qi with both hands, forming a barrier in an instant.

"I can't imagine that a small sect can have such an exquisite sword formation." Chi Tianji couldn't help but admire when he saw this, if their strength rose to a higher level, they might be able to threaten themselves.

The sword array barrier blocked most of the rain of arrows, and the occasional few fish that slipped through the net did not threaten anyone.

Li Cunzhong's face was pale, he didn't expect that under such a rain of arrows, King Song would be unharmed, it seems that these people were arranged by Emperor Wu.

"Everyone obey my orders, the cavalry charges, the infantry rear, kill." There was no point in releasing the arrows again, and Li Cunzhong immediately gave the order to attack.

"Nether Strike." Seeing the other party's cavalry appear, Zhao Zili did not hesitate to immediately send Yanyun eighteen cavalry.

The two groups of people collided together without any fancy, and the infantry behind bypassed and came straight towards Zhao Zili.

"Optimus Sword Formation, attack." Bei Yuanran gave the order, and the sword formation changed instantly, attacking the enemy in a rotating manner in groups of three back to back.

The enemy seemed to be attacked by three people in an instant, and if the others wanted to be rescued, they would also be blocked by two bags of sword qi.

The sword air turned, and the thirty people turned into ten snowflakes and rushed towards Li Cunzhong.

The disciples of the Optimus Sword Sect usually eat and live together, and they have the same mind, even if they face ten times the enemy, they are still at ease, and in less than half a pillar of incense, there are already a hundred people who have fallen under their swords.

"Damn, where did King Song find such a strong sword cultivator." Li Cunzhong is going to scold his mother, and the 400-strong infantry can't even take 30 people.

"The dog thief took his life." The voice of the Netherworld suddenly sounded in Li Cunzhong's ears, followed by an extremely powerful sword aura.

Li Cunzhong can also be regarded as a man of a hundred battles, and he narrowly escaped this knife.

This knife directly stunned him, where did the attack come from, and Li Cunxiao's jaw fell to the ground as soon as he turned his head.

The corpses in one place, almost all of his hundred cavalry were lying on the ground, how could this be possible, even the forbidden army did not have strong combat effectiveness.

"Fooled, King Song deceived everyone, how could such a strong cavalry be cultivated overnight."

Seeing that Li Cunzhong was in danger, the infantry who were still besieging Zhao Zili returned in a wave to increase their strength, so that the pressure on the Heavenly Sword Sect was greatly reduced.

Qi Ya shot in an instant, and his unparalleled personal ability was vividly displayed at this moment, and there was no enemy under the Night Sword, and with the Optimus Sword Sect, his personal lethality was maximized.

Zhao Zili's face was happy, it turned out that personal force could be used in this way

"Oh, that's kind of interesting, you kid still has some material." Xiang Yu was originally bored looking at the battlefield, but the current situation attracted his attention.

"If the general is interested, it is better to point and point, with the general's experience, Qiya's combat effectiveness will definitely be off the charts."

Zhao Zili took the opportunity to climb the pole, if it weren't for the fact that breaking through the Sword Gate Pass consumed a lot of Xiang Yu's vital strength, the competition with the White Emperor was still unknown.

"Hmph, there's no such thing as a free lunch." Xiang Yu snorted coldly, but he didn't completely block the road.

Zhao Zili understood Xiang Yu's words, and said immediately: "Naturally, the general can be satisfied." ”

On the battlefield, Li Cunzhong had been completely blinded, the infantry was still struggling, and the cavalry had all been killed.

If it weren't for the fact that these soldiers had been trained by themselves for many years, I am afraid they would have run away by now.

His heart is also dripping blood, he is his brother for so many years.

"General, run, our people can't stand it, the other party is too strong." His adjutant was covered in blood and was not lightly wounded.

"But you ......" Li Cunzhong's eyes were full of tears, full of reluctance.

"Hehe, the general is in danger, since we have failed, the general must leave alive, let's go." The adjutant has a relaxed face and is also a tough guy, but unfortunately he followed the wrong person.

"Brothers, hold off the enemy, protect the general, kill." The adjutant turned around and rushed in the direction of Zhao Zili with the remnants of the soldiers.

Even if Li Cunzhong is reluctant, he can't waste this last chance, turn his horse's head and return to Jianmen Pass, he still has one last chance.

Even though there was an attack from the adjutant who was not afraid of death, there was too much difference in strength, and they were all killed with the cooperation of Bei Yuanran and Netherworld.

"Lord Wang, it's all settled, the enemy general ran away, and he didn't stop it." Nether was a little ashamed.

"It's okay, this king wants to see how the sword gate reacts." Zhao Zili had already recognized that most of these people were defenders when they were attacked, otherwise how could there be so many archers.

"Are there any casualties from the Heavenly Sword Sect?" Zhao Zili then asked.

"Back to the prince, three people were killed in the battle and three were injured." Bei Yuanran looked sad, this is the same as his child.

Zhao Zili frowned, it was difficult not to die in war, but he still couldn't stand it when he met his own people for the first time.

"Here are the blood ginseng jade cicada pills, give them to the injured."

"Thank you, Lord Wang" Bei Yuanran knew the preciousness of this pill, and he was moved in his heart that he really didn't follow the wrong person, and the fate of these three people was saved.

After resting for an hour, the Blood Ginseng Jade Cicada Pill was really powerful, and the injured few people regained their mobility.

"The person who killed me will inevitably pay the price, and everyone listened to the order and went to the Jianmen Guan Xingshi to ask for the guilt."

With anger in their eyes, everyone followed Zhao Zili and rushed to the Sword Gate.