Inside the gorge, the big war is in full swing.

This pass is a military pass, and there are no ordinary people, except for the soldiers, who are handymen in the army.

The buildings in the area are also different from ordinary cities, and they are not as straightforward as ordinary urban design, and the houses are neat, and most of them are tortuous and narrow, just in case the city cannot be defended, so as to prepare for street battles.

Zhao Ta's army was prosperous, with more than 50,000 horses, and the Western Xia army on the opposite side was nearly 20,000 when it was defeated in Xiakou Pass, and then successively collected some scattered remnants, plus the original defenders in the pass, there were probably more than 30,000 people.

More than 30,000 people are more than double the 80,000 troops at the beginning, and the iron harriers and foot soldiers are no longer there, the army's morale is shaken and morale is low.

What is the war fought? Half of it is the strong to suppress the weak, and the other half is the morale of the military.

If the number of people is about the same, the combat power is about the same, or the number of people is less than the opponent, then it all depends on the decisive heart of the soldiers.

Otherwise, how can less do more? Or break the parity and achieve ultimate victory?

It is natural not to rely on strategy, manpower is sometimes poor, the wise man has a thousand thoughts, there must be a mistake, where are so many strategies available, sometimes you still have to rely on a knife and a shot to kill the enemy, and you are not afraid of death!

At this moment, the street battle is difficult to fight, although there are many people on Zhao Tan's side, but the terrain is not familiar, even if he enters the Western Xia and conquers many cities, but this kind of pass is the first time to meet.

There are many traps and ambushes in the pass, and Brother Richard is known as the god of the Western Xia army, not the embroidered pillows, wine bags and rice bags that are blown out, and he will never let out of the customs easily.

Even, he sent people to arrange these traps, just because he expected that he might not be able to hold the city, so he wanted to fight a decisive battle in the pass, desperately, otherwise the situation would take a sharp turn, there were not as many soldiers as the other party, and the morale was low, how could he turn the tables?

rushed all the way to the Song Realm, and then came to the Song Realm, and the result was like this, now retreat and annihilate this team, as for whether to kill or not to kill the Song Realm, we can only discuss it again.

There are many ambush traps in the pass, Luda and Xu Ning led people to advance from the south gate, and it was relatively easy at first, but after half a mile, it began to be miserable, and it was difficult step by step.

Du Yan and Zhang Xian also rushed in with military horses outside the city, but the pattern in this gorge pass, in order to be designed for street fighting, it is not that there are more soldiers who will have the advantage, because Qu Qian, even if there are many people, they can't go up to the front, and this was the situation at the head of the city before.

However, when he was at the head of the city, the situation was advantageous to his side, but now when he attacked the city, it became inferior.

Because at this time, there were many people on their side, they couldn't attack, and they were trapped and ambushed everywhere, and the battle situation had fallen into a stalemate.

Zhao Ta did not enter outside the Xiakou Pass, listening to the news of the school soldiers who came out of the city.

The school soldiers were like marquees, panting, and almost every few dozen breaths one person would come to report, and it would not be long before they were replaced.

The more Zhao Ta listened, the more his face sank, and he had already guessed what Brother Richard had in mind, this was to grind his team to death in Guanzhong!

These tens of thousands of people are all the men and horses he can use, if these tens of thousands of people die and all the previous efforts are wasted, all the battles for such a long time will be in vain, and maybe they will have to withdraw from the summer realm next.

Even if he loses and hurts the other party, he can't burn the jade, after all, even if Brother Richard is all 80,000 people, he can transfer some troops and horses elsewhere for emergency, but there is no place for him to recruit troops immediately.

Last time, Luda brought people over, Liu Suiyun said in the letter that there would be no more soldiers to support within a year, after all, Longyou is sparsely populated, and the soldiers who can be recruited are almost all recruited, and the Shengbo who can migrate in the south of the West Sea basically go north to the vicinity, as for most of the Tubo in the south, they can't go, and they won't be allowed to recruit troops and kidnap people.

And occupy the Xihe Road Hexi boundary, Huangzhou, Kuozhou, Xining Prefecture, and half of the stone army, the soldiers and horses that can be recruited are also limited, Yao Gu led the troops to Liao before recruiting once, and later Liu Suiyun recruited twice in a row, the military salary is still high, far more than the Song army, these places want to join the army and those who don't want to join the army, basically come over, and it is difficult to recruit more people, unless you go to catch the strong man.

Therefore, Zhao Ta could not tolerate large losses, and even before a certain amount of military strength was accumulated, he could not tolerate some losses.

He listened to the school soldier's report on the situation in the pass, and naturally guessed what Brother Richard thought, and I have to say that this is indeed the best method that Brother Richard can use at the moment, and if it were him, he would definitely do it.

Zhao Ta took off his chin with his hand, frowned and pondered, at this time, Li Yanxian led people back from the Wulong Ridge to restore his life, the fire in the ridge was still raging, and he was afraid that it would not stop until dawn.

Hearing Zhao Ta talk about the situation in the Guannei at the moment, Li Yanxian couldn't help but be stunned, and then said: "Lord Wang, this is not simple, wouldn't it be enough to put another fire!" ”

Zhao Ta squinted at him: "Put another fire?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "That's right, at this moment, the south wind, isn't it appropriate to set fire from the south gate?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Is the fire oil brought by the army enough?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "It's enough, it's no problem to burn this pass, and this pass is windy, and the subordinates see that it is blowing from the southeast, and it is estimated that it is also the reason why the other party did not set fire, and it is just now lit by us." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head: "It's not necessarily that I'm afraid of burning myself, at least after luring the enemy in, lighting a fire pipe will have an advantage wherever it burns, it is estimated that there is no fire oil in this level at all." ”

Li Yanxian was stunned for a moment and thought for a while: "What the prince said is extremely true, I'm afraid that there is really no fire oil in this gorge!" ”

Generally speaking, if you don't want to use it specially, most of the troops will not store it, after all, it is flammable, and the houses at this time are wooden, even the barracks are wooden tents, and it is not trivial to burn them.

Therefore, some state cities have fire oil, some do not, this is still this place in the northwest, fire oil is prolific here, and the Central Plains, Jiangnan and other places are basically all gone, sporadic but businessmen to bring it, strange goods can live, sold at a high price, the government and the army are not prepared.

As for the military city and military pass, even in this northwest place, it is rare, and there is indeed no pass in this gorge.

In fact, Zhao Ta had seen it clear before that if there was really a fire oil, then when entering the city, how could the other party not follow the example of Mingsha City and set a fire at the gate of the city?

That location, no matter where the wind blows, as long as his own side wants to enter the city, it will definitely burn, which can not only damage the soldiers and horses on his side, but also delay some time and consume his own strength.

But no, Zhao Ta didn't think that Brother Richard was a straw bale, and he wouldn't even be able to see this kind of opportunity, or let it go, which could only prove that there was no oil in this gorge.

Li Yanxian received the order at this moment, and then led the army to rush to the city with a fire oil cart, and when Zhao Ta came out of Longyou, he brought a large number of these things and searched all the way, even if he used it a few times.

After only looking at it for a while, the smoke was raging, and all the stars and moons in the sky were gone, all of them were shrouded in black smoke......

Jingyuan Road Huaide Army boundary, Changsheng Mountain, a large village is brightly lit.

The Juyi Hall in the middle of the village is very lively, the people inside are full of people, noisy and noisy, and they are eagerly discussing something, and the leader of the seat is a strong man dressed as a Taoist.

Just look at this big man, wearing a crown of stars, wearing a soapy green Big Dipper seven-star robe, a soap silk waist, green silk cirrus cloud shoes, a sun, moon and light road cloak on his shoulders, and a seven-star sword tied under his waist.

His pitch-black complexion, thick eyebrows, and a pair of black eyes dripping and rolling around, he looked quite energetic, and a curly beard, fluffy, quite spirited.

There is a poem in praise of this man:

He has fine blue hair and wears a velvet embroidered soap robe. The chain of iron armor shook the cold sky, and the copper hammer was used to be better.

It's like the real martial arts in the north, and the world is full of monsters and demons. Wandering the rivers and seas, the name of the demon king of the mixed world.

Dahan is not the next one, it is Fan Rui, who has been on Liangshan, has been ranked, and is nicknamed the Demon King of the Mixed World.

This Fan Rui's martial arts are exquisite, and he is good at using a meteor hammer, although he is not brave enough to be brave, he can always be regarded as a master, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get close.

And he usually acts recklessly, crazy, and often unscrupulous, so he got the nickname of the demon king of the world.

He dared to say anything, and when he didn't go to Liangshan, he said that he wanted to set foot on Liangshan, so he led Chao Gai Song Jiang to send troops to attack.

But these are just superficial appearances, in fact, he knows many things in his heart, otherwise he would not have been defeated and directly surrendered to Shuibo, recruited Tian Hu after recruiting An, and led people to resign and escape.

He often claims that he has spells, but he is similar to Gongsun Sheng, but Gongsun Sheng's name is too big and he can't compare, so after going to Liangshan, he worshiped Gongsun Sheng as a teacher, and has an ordinary relationship with Chao Gai Song Jiang, but he also has a foothold, after all, Gongsun Sheng's status in Liangshan is second only to the big leader.

This Fan Rui sat in the head, and he was a rough-looking man at his bottom hand, talking enthusiastically, this man's figure was similar to Li Gon's, but his outfits were similar, the only difference was that this man had twenty-four flying knives behind him, unlike Li Gon, who had twenty short guns.

This person is not the side, it is the eight-armed Nezha Xiangchong.

This is also evidenced by poetry:

The iron cap covers the top deeply, and the copper ring half-covers the cheeks. Pong brand hanging beast face, flying blade inserted dragon fetus. The feet are like wind and fire, and the body is the first to bring disaster. Nezha's eight-armed, this is a charge.

Xiang Chong sat down with Li Gon again, these two have never been separated from Fan Rui, and after going to Liangshan, they are also on the side of Gongsun Sheng, and Song Jiang is lukewarm.

Opposite the three of them were Wu Song and Li Zhong, and at this moment Fan Rui laughed and said: "I have heard that Erlang is a hero, but it is better to meet than to be famous." ”

Wu Song said: "The lord of Dazhai has a reputation, and when I was in Shandong, I also heard the heroes of Mangdang Mountain, and the lord of Dazhai is famous. ”

"Where, where ......" Fan Rui smiled from ear to ear, and hurriedly waved his hand: "How can there be any prestige, it's just that the friends on the road are cheering and loving, where can it be compared with Erlang's real ability." ”

"The lord of Dazhai is polite, I heard that the lord of Dazhai can use spells." Wu Song smiled: "I don't know ......"

"Eh, ......" Fan Rui snorted: "This kind of thing Erlang doesn't have to believe in itself, it was originally in the name of a pretend, but for cheering, how dare you take it seriously?" When I was under the command of the prince, I didn't dare to mention it, for fear that I would commit the crime of deception! ”

Wu Song was puzzled: "Dazhai master, really no spells?" ”

Fan Rui shook his head like a rattle: "Erlang thinks too much, no, no." ”

Wu Song pondered: "Does that Mr. Gongsun have it?" I have also been famous for a long time, like thunder, all say that I can call the wind and rain, scatter beans into soldiers, and everyone knows the rivers and lakes and green forests. ”

Fan Rui was stunned when he heard this, his curly beard trembled, but he didn't expect Wu Song to ask about Gongsun Sheng, and couldn't help blinking and said, "Master, he's an old man...... Perhaps, but I haven't seen it either. ”

Wu Song looked at Li Zhong, and Li Zhong scratched his head: "I haven't seen Mr. Gongsun's practice, and he is not in the army on the side of Taihang Mountain now." ”

Wu Song wondered: "But why?" Didn't you say that you can't leave your post without permission and leave the army? ”

Li Zhongdao: "Mr. Gongsun is different from others, he is an orthodox monk, all the Taoist procedures are complete, and the seniority is not low, so the court has preferential treatment, go and stay at will, even if it is Tong Guan, it is not easy to say anything." ”

"I see!" Wu Song nodded, in fact, he was just curious, after all, if Taoism is prevalent today, up to the emperor and down to the people, they are all convinced, Lin Lingsu is famous in the temple, Gongsun Sheng is famous among the people, Lin Lingsu is known as a living immortal, and his mana is strong, he pondered that Gongsun Sheng should also know some spells, but he didn't expect that no one had ever seen it.

"And where is this Mr. Gongsun now?" Wu Song asked.

"Mr. Gongsun has already returned to the Purple Void Guan Luo Zhenren of Erxian Mountain and devoted himself to cultivation." Li Zhong thought for a while: "Before leaving, I said goodbye to all the brothers and said that I would never go down the mountain again." ”

"Indeed!" Fan Rui nodded beside him: "I walked one step ahead of the master, but when I said goodbye the first day, the master said that he would go back to Erxian Mountain to practice, and he would not go down the mountain to mix with the red dust." ”

"It's ...... like this," Wu Song sighed, "but I didn't have a chance to see it." ”

Fan Rui said: "Even I, who is an apprentice, can't ask for faces, even Erxian Mountain doesn't allow me to go, even if I want to cultivate in seclusion, I will be asked to go to the side." ”

Wu Song said: "It's a pity, I originally wanted to visit, but it seems that I can't make the trip." ”

Everyone sighed for a while, talked about some deeds on the green forest road, and made some scheming plans, then rested separately, prepared to get up tomorrow morning, and crossed the border to join Zhao Ta......

In the west of Helan Mountain, next to the ancient Great Wall, a large army is galloping.

This army had seven or eight thousand horsemen, Jin Ge iron horses, along the gap on the edge of the ancient Great Wall, directly to the side of Helan Mountain, and then south along the foot of the mountain.

In front of the team, Lu Jiang was half-kneeling, and he was extremely excited.

Soldiers out of Xiliang Mansion are destined to become a feat for the ages, and this strategy is bound to be passed down for centuries!

This is a war to destroy the country, a strategy to destroy a country, as long as the capital of Western Xia is broken, then it can be directly announced that the Western Xia will destroy the country!

His reputation as General Lu will inevitably far surpass Wei Yan's, after all, Wei Yan only came up with a plan to send troops out of Meridian Valley, but he had no chance to realize it at all.

But he General Lu did it, and directly rushed to Xingzhou, Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Western Xia, as long as the raid was successful, the name of General Lu would be among the famous generals in history!

After more than an hour, seven or eight thousand cavalry had reached the south of Helan Mountain, as long as they went around to the east and traveled more than 100 miles north, it would be Xingzhou......

(End of chapter)