After a bloody battle, Yanmen Pass was particularly heavy, the faces of the soldiers were filled with indelible sadness, the cold wind blew at night, and fine snow fell, but it still couldn't cover the smell of blood in the air.

Wang Rong was guarding the main hall of the Yanmen Pass at this time, staring intently at the picture of the Yanmen Pass hanging on the wall. After a while, Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao walked in quickly from the outside, shaking the snow on their bodies, and their clothes were already in a mess.

Wang Rong asked without replying, "How is it, have you dealt with it?" ”

Zhang Gengxiao nodded, did not salute, picked up the water bowl on Wang Rong's table and drank the water.

Li Sujie said: "Don't worry, the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been disposed of, and the wounded soldiers have been sent to the military medical department, and the military doctors are doing their best to treat them." ”

Li Sujie walked to the side and poured himself a bowl of hot water, took a big drink, wiped his mouth, and then said: "Han Qian and Zhou Yi have already taken people to make up for the defense of the south gate, after a bloody battle, this first division is considered to be abandoned, there are less than 6,000 people left, and most of them are injured, and now most of the soldiers are in the city." But I think Li Mubai, an old thief, is afraid that he won't dare to attack again. ”

Wang Rong stared at the map and snorted coldly: "Hmph! With so many people dead, even if he is a killing god, Bai Qi should know that he is afraid! What's more, he is just Li Mubai of Ji Kingdom, and he is far from Bai Qi. ”

Zhang Gengxiao nodded and said: "Although some of the battles today are too tragic and the casualties are also very large, the casualties of the Ji army are several times that of ours, and the morale has been lost, which can be regarded as completely afraid of us." Now Li Mubai is putting on a posture of besieging the city, besieging but not attacking, and it is estimated that he is waiting for reinforcements from the puppet emperor of Ji State. Taking advantage of this time, we can take a breath, and it depends on whether the reinforcements of the Sixteen Princes can arrive in time on the Wuzhou side. ”

Over time, the situation in the entire state has changed dramatically.

As the armies of the Yongguo Kingdom came out one after another, the entire Gujishan became the battlefield of the armies of the two countries, and the Yongjun army dispatched 200,000 border troops, 400,000 county soldiers, and as many as 400,000 people. 600,000 regular troops continued to enter Gujishan, and the border troops even launched surprise attacks from time to time.

The advantage of the Ji army in terms of strength is basically none, even

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It can be said that it is at a disadvantage. The two sides fought for nearly half a month, and under the piecemeal tactics of the Yong army, the Ji army actually suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, which shocked the commander of the Ji army, Lou Mo.

But even with such a huge loss, Lou Mo did not dare to give up Gu Jishan. To the west of Guji Mountain, there is the riverside plain of Yima Pingchuan, and to the east is the Fenchuan Basin. The county seat of Fenchuan County is in the center of the Fenchuan Basin. Once Gujishan is abandoned, Fenchuan County is like a wide open gate, and it is not uncommon for it to be directly penetrated by the Yongjun.

In this way, the two sides of Yongji have become a situation where you attack and defend. And the loss of Yanmen County made Lou Mo feel very bad. Yanmen County is just north of Fenchuan County, and it is very easy to go directly south along Fenshui. Moreover, there are nearly 200,000 Yong troops in Yanmen County, like a sharp knife against Lou Mo's rib fan.

Facing Li Mubai's personal guards who came to ask for help, Lou Mo was angry and just wanted to scold his mother, are all the famous generals of the Ji State fake for so many years? can't even take down a small Yanmen Pass, such a wasteful famous general of the Ji country, he has to make the countries laugh out of his teeth when he says it.

Li Mubai looked at the guards who returned empty-handed, and his anger surged, he really wanted to quarrel with Lou Mo, but he couldn't, first of all, although Lou Mo became famous later than him, his record was really real; Secondly, the Qi Lou family outside Hebei is not something that he Li Mubai can provoke.

Li Mubai failed to get reinforcements, and he couldn't even get siege equipment, so he had to continue to order the whole army to stay still.

The Yongji army inside and outside Yanmen Pass was so deadlocked, there was no movement, and there was no trace of the life and death of the past, the rain of guns and arrows, and the smoke of war seemed to be slowly dissipating. But only Wang Rong and Li Mubai understood that the temporary calm was only temporary, and they were brewing for the next bigger storm.

The first month of the twenty-second year of the reign of Emperor Qin Heng of Dayong has come to an end and entered February, spring has quietly approached, and the snow on the ground has begun to melt. In the clear blue sky, the temperature of the sun has risen, and Wang Rong can clearly feel the rise in temperature.

The temperature in the Yanmen Pass area is also gradually rising, and the soldiers in the camp of the Ji army are also beginning to get tired, no longer going out of the camp to patrol on time as in the past, and go to Yanmen Pass to show off their might, and spend more time in the camp tent.

Wang Wei was wearing Xuan armor, and Xuan Tie was wrapped around him with his left arm. He stood at the head of the city and looked out at Ji from afar

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The military camp frowned and looked serious.

Looking at the Ji soldiers who came in and out like ants in the distance, Wang Rong also had a headache, how to make them retreat?

Wang Rong walked back to the main hall of the Yanmen Gatekeeper's Mansion, these days Wang Rong stayed in the main hall all day, this seemed to have become Wang Rong's home, and he set up a bed in the side room of the main hall.

Wang Rong picked up the kettle for a while, and Li Sujie was heartbroken when he saw it.

Li Sujie said angrily: "Zhong Ming, this is a good tea transported from Shuzhong, just like you drink, it's really a bad thing." ”

The warm tea soaked his throat, and Wang Rong felt a burst of incomparably refreshment. He looked at Li Sujie and said, "Is there any tea like this?" ”

Li Sujie looked at Wang Rong with a wary face and asked, "Zhong Ming, what bad intentions are you fighting?" Let me tell you, this Shu tea is very precious, and I only have three taels here. ”

Wang Rong listened to Li Sujie's words, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry, I can't rob you of tea." ”

In this way, the plan to provide tea to the whole army was directly stillborn, but the soldiers were satisfied with cool well water or spring water to drink, and they had to be equipped with more water bladders.

Zhang Gengxiao walked in from outside, bowed to the two of them, and then said to Wang Rong: "General, now this ghost weather, sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny, cloudy days are extremely cold, and sunny days are extremely hot, but the Ji army has not the slightest sign of retreat, I really don't know what Li Mubai thinks." ”

Wang Rong stared at the map on the wall, kept thinking, and said without looking back: "Have you seen that although they have no reinforcements coming, some siege equipment has been sent over one after another, it seems that Li Mubai has not given up his plan to attack Yanmen Pass." ”

Li Sujie nodded and said, "See, I've been paying attention to Geng Huang and I for several days." ”

Wang Rong then asked, "How is the integration of the three divisions?" These days, the training is all you are staring at, giving some effect. ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words, and said proudly: "Don't worry, these people are all veterans, and they have fought several battles, and they are very familiar with each other, and it is easy to run in." Now that he has regained his combat effectiveness, he can fight at any time. ”

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