Ying Zheng and King Xiqiang each led their teams along Yangguan Road, and the shouts of killing in the north became weaker and weaker, and gradually the sound was no longer audible.

Except for stopping to trim and trim during mealtime, the rest of the time the team is on the road.

In the evening, the camp was set up, and Yingzheng let the whole army rest the horses and feed more grain and grass.

As soon as it was dawn, he urged the team to move on.

Finally, in the afternoon of the next day, the team rushed to Yangguan.

The Loulan defenders defending the city had already received the news in advance, and directly opened the city gate to welcome the team in.

Ying Zheng asked the lord to quickly send someone to Loulan City to report to the king of Loulan.

After a short rest, he took Meng Tian and the king of Xiqiang to take the first step, followed by the Huben army, and the Xiqiang army guarded the pass, ready to respond to Xu Wanjun at any time.

After another day's journey, Loulan Wangcheng finally appeared in front of him, and Yingzheng didn't have time to sigh and went straight to the palace.

King Loulan, who received the news in advance, brought people to greet him early.

"Hahaha!" King Loulan laughed and said, "What kind of wind blew King Qin to me?" ”

Ying Zheng was so angry in his heart, the fight outside was in full swing, how could this King of Loulan not know that he was still hiding here.

"I fled for my life, you won't die without help."

King Loulan suddenly smiled, and said angrily: "Which one is so bold that he dares to touch Lao Tzu's God of Wealth." ”

Ying Zheng is both angry and funny, and he said in his heart that this guy is real, and he knows that he is his God of Wealth.

King Xiqiang said: "You old thing knows how to drink wine and eat meat in the palace, and the Yue clan has already called, haven't you noticed it at all?" ”

King Loulan glanced at him, and said angrily: "You old guy, panic, they have made a move, how can I not deal with it, now the 100,000 army has been assembled at Yumen Pass, ready to stand by at any time." ”

"Since you all know, then you still watch us being hunted down outside the gate?"

"You are walking in Yangguan, how can anyone chase and kill you." King Loulan argued, "Besides, I sent all the people out, if they sneak up on the city pass, then Loulan will be in danger." ”

Ying Zheng knew that he had nothing to do with himself now, so he hung high, so he said: "Don't argue between the two of you, now that the military situation is urgent, let's sit down and have a good discussion." ”

Although King Loulan was tough-mouthed, he also knew that the situation was urgent, so he let them go to the inner study.

Ying Zheng didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Right now, the Yue Clan's army is pressing, and its front army has already fought with my Jiayuguan defenders, and I don't know what the battle situation is." I ordered Xu Wan to retreat to Jiayu Pass if he couldn't defeat him. ”

Although the fortifications of Jiayuguan were sound after reconstruction, after all, they could not withstand several times the enemy army. If Jiayuguan is lost, where will their next target, King Loulan, be? ”

A few simple words directly stopped King Loulan from asking.

If Jiayu Pass is lost, where can the next target be, of course, it is Yumen Pass, which is something that everyone knows.

Without waiting for King Loulan to speak, Ying Zheng continued: "The purpose of the Yue Clan this time is obvious, they want to conquer the three major passes of Jiayu Pass, Yumen Pass and Yangguan, completely occupy the buffer area in the middle, and cut off the two important trade official routes. ”

"In this way, if the Central Plains wants to trade with the Western Regions, it must be controlled by the Yue Clan, and no matter how bad it is, it will have to collect a layer of taxes."

"I expect that he won't be able to hit my Daqin's homeland, and my Daqin's goods should be at what price or what price, as for the Western Regions, they will always be stuck by the Yue's neck."

"When the time comes, it will be my Great Qin that will be damaged, or the Western Regions will suffer, King Loulan, you can calculate it yourself."

King Loulan gasped, and couldn't help frowning, upset.

He originally thought that the Yue clan was just sending troops to loot some caravans, and as long as he put up a position, he could deter the Yue clan and make him have scruples, but he didn't want the Yue clan to come out of the nest this time and already fought with the Qin army.

"According to King Qin, what should I do now?" He pondered for a moment, then asked.

"We need to take the initiative." Ying Zheng said, "You leave 20,000 people to guard the Yumen Pass, and the rest are sent out to meet the Yue Army, and then send a herald to pass the news to Jingjue, and Jingjue will definitely send reinforcements to help me." ”

King Qin's status in the elite realm, of course the king of Loulan knows, it is not an exaggeration to say that the elite queen brought the whole clan to save Yingzheng.

King Xiqiang also followed and said: "I also sent news to the elders of my clan, and they are also rushing here, I believe that together with our families, we will be able to clean up the Yue clan this time." Maybe I can expand your territory a lot. ”

Now, how can King Loulan have any reason to shirk, so he scolded the case: "Then fuck it, I have long seen that the Yue clan is not pleasing to the eye." ”

Immediately afterwards, the king of Loulan passed down a military order, ordering the defenders of Yumen Pass to divide 80,000 troops, go east to Yumen Pass to meet the enemy, and rescue Xu Wan first.

Asked Loulan's rescuers, Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

King Xiqiang said: "Otherwise, you can go to Jingjie for help first, and leave it to us to deal with the Yue Clan." ”

Ying Zheng shook his head: "Let's let the thumb go back first, I want to guard here, after all, the Huns are also involved, I want to see what that Manshan Yu means." ”

"The Huns are also here?" King Loulan was taken aback, and seemed to be a little afraid.

"There's a small contingent here." Ying Zheng said, "But according to my analysis, the Yue clan should have been instigated by the Huns, so this time it was so bold." ”

King Loulan said: "It is said that your Qin army is brave, I think it is more secure for you to transfer the local army." ”

"The news has been sent back." Ying Zheng said, "It's just that the time may not come in time, and it seems that winter is coming, and my team is not very good at fighting in cold weather." ”

"Then hit a few times, and then see what the king of the Yue clan means, if it really doesn't work, make peace." King Loulan said.

Ying Zheng nodded: "Let's take a look at the situation first, what I am most concerned about now is the situation on Xu Wan's side, it is better for us to rush to Yumen Pass now." ”

The king of Loulan said: "Beware of the Yue clan's surprise attack from the Tianshan Mountains in the north, and besides, I still have to wait for news from Wuchan here, you can go to Yumen Pass first, and I will arrive later." ”

I don't know if he was scared or what, but in short, this reason is quite sufficient.

Yingzheng was not reluctant, so he repaired it overnight, and the next morning, he led the troops back to Yumen Pass.

King Xiqiang also sent a message to his subordinates who remained in Yangguan, telling them to go straight to Yumen Pass.

The next day when he came to Yumen Pass, Loulan's Tanma had already brought back the news.

On that day, Xu Wan and his subordinates fought with the Yue's former army, and nearly half of them suffered casualties, so he retreated to Jiayuguan with the remnants.

The Yue's army has regrouped and has rushed to Jiayu Pass, preparing to attack the city with all its might.

Loulan's 80,000-strong army has set out, led by the second elder of Loulan, and is now marching on the official road.

There was no news from the Qiang people, and they didn't think they had arrived at Jiayuguan yet.

It seems that who Jiayuguan falls into is the most critical point in this battle.

If it is taken by the Yue people, with the current strength of the Qin army, it will be extremely difficult to take it back.

Moreover, the Yue clan can defend against the danger, unless the troops are much more than them, and they can be snatched back.

After a short period of thought, Yingzheng ordered to quickly catch up with the Loulan army in front, join the guards of the Xiqiang King, and relieve the siege of Jiayu Pass.

After running around for a while, it was night, and the team simply set up.

King Xiqiang pulled Ying Zheng and said, "Do you really trust the Loulan Army?" Do you want to wait any longer for the Essence over there. ”

From a personal point of view, Ying Zheng of course trusts the elite team more, but the road is too far, and the thumb has not yet arrived at the elite at this time, and if he wants to solve the siege of Jiayuguan, he can only rely on the Loulan army in front. "It's too late." Ying Zheng said, "Although I don't know much about the combat power of the Loulan army, as long as it can play a deterrent role, I believe that the Yue army will not dare to attack the city with all its might." ”

"That's right, I hope Xu Wan can hold on for a day or two more."

At this time, the situation in Jiayuguan was indeed quite tense.

Xu Wan had already repelled the Yue's two attacks during the day, and finally stayed up until dark, the Yue's army withdrew, and the Qin army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A few days ago, the Yueshi front army was blocked on the Yumen Pass Road, losing nearly 20,000 people, and after retreating to Jiayu Pass, fortunately it was supplemented by the Suzhou defenders, which gave him more confidence.

While inspecting the city defense, Xu Wan adjusted the system and supplemented the soldiers defending the city.

The morale of the Qin army is not bad, because there is news that the king of Qin has entered Yangguan, and it is believed that he will come with reinforcements to relieve the siege in the near future.

As soon as the sky was bright, the Yue army outside the city began to become active, and the Qin army hurriedly prepared to meet it.

Thanks to the rebuilding of Jiayuguan in recent years, the fortifications are several times stronger than before, and most of the Yue's army is cavalry, which is not good at this kind of siege warfare.

After attacking two more times, the Yue's army stopped, seemingly studying countermeasures.

After the afternoon, the Yue's army did not attack the city, but divided into two teams, left and right, went up the hillsides on both sides, and began to cut down trees.

The vacated field was replenished by the Yue's Chinese army.

The Yueshi army on the hillside made a wooden tower from the simple processing of the cut wood, and a long wooden bridge was fixed at the front of the wooden tower.

When Xu Wan saw it, he shouted in his heart!

The wooden tower was a cut higher than the city wall, and the wooden bridge could be built on the edge of the city wall, so that the Yue army could rush over from above.

If one or two are easy to deal with, but the problem is that all the Yue Clan troops on the hillside are making this kind of wooden tower, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred and ten wooden towers have been formed.

Xu Wan broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly ordered the sergeant to prepare rockets and hammers, and ordered people to prepare some grease to distribute all over the city wall.

The Yue army on the hillside began to move towards the city wall with the wooden tower, and the Qin army was also in full array, ready to fight to the death.

Hearing a low horn sound in the Yue Clan's array, the warriors of the front army rushed towards the city wall with a shout.

When they got closer, Xu Wan ordered the arrows to be released.

But relying on the cover of the wooden tower, the role of the arrow feather is greatly reduced, and even if one is accidentally shot, one will be added later.

All the wooden towers were placed not far from the city wall, and the soldiers on top of the wooden towers untied the ropes, and the wooden bridge was built on the city wall.

Listening to an order, the Yue's former army roared and climbed to the top of the wooden tower one after another, and the first to reach the top was to wave their swords and rush to the city wall.

How could the Qin army sit still and wait for death, the one with the bow and arrow kept putting the ignited rockets, the one with the machete went to cut the wooden bridge, and the one with the sledgehammer tried to smash it.

Some of the wooden bridges were broken, so the Yueshi people changed another piece of wood and continued to rush forward to kill.

The soldiers of the Yue clan in the middle of the wooden tower also kept placing arrow feathers on the city wall to suppress the counterattack of the Qin army.

At first, there were not too many people who rushed to the city wall, and they were all taken care of by the Qin army, but as more and more Yue people rushed to the city wall, the Qin army began to be passive.

In the big tent of the Yue Clan's Chinese army, King Guishan looked at the battlefield in front of him, and said coldly: "Hmph, what about King Qin, you take your Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge to see which of us can have the last laugh." ”

The sunset was sinking, reflecting the blood color all over the city walls, and the people who shook couldn't open their eyes.

Xu Wan, who was fighting on the city tower, kept waving the sword in his hand, already panting and his arms numb.

Is it time for the big thing to go?

But at this moment, a trumpet suddenly sounded outside the east gate of Jiayu Pass, and I only heard the leader shouting: "General Xu, don't be afraid, the Xiqiang army is coming!" ”