PS: Two chapters in one

【Gourd Pass】

At the same time as the battle for Qingyan City, a life-and-death battle was also being staged at the Hulu Pass. At the cost of giving up a qiē material, Bai Pengfei finally stood in front of Zheng Xiu and stopped the gourd pass. By the time Zheng Xiu led the army to arrive, Bai Pengfei had already arranged the defense line and had been waiting for a long time.

Zheng Xiu led the army to rush into the gourd pass with great momentum, and saw a black piece of uphill on the opposite side, with a row of infantry neatly displayed, firmly blocking the mountain pass into Beishan.

Zheng Xiu immediately stopped, stretched out his hand and pointed at Bai Pengfei's troops, and asked the adjutant beside him, "Is the front the troops of Tongming City?"

Before entering the Hulu Pass, Zheng Xiu's scouts discovered Bai Pengfei's troops and told Zheng Xiu that there was a patriotic army stationed at the Hulu Pass. But Zheng Xiu was arrogant and didn't think so, "Hehe, I was about to look for them, so they sent them to the door by themselves." Zheng Xiu ordered the troops to move on, in his eyes, the troops of the Patriotic State were all weak lambs, and only their Zheng Guo's wolf-headed army were bloodthirsty wild wolves.

The adjutant immediately replied: "Exactly, the front is the troops of Tongming City." ”

"Hmm. Zheng Xiu raised his head arrogantly, casually looked at the military formation opposite, and smiled disdainfully. "Hehe, it's pretty good. Adjutant, go and tell them to surrender immediately, or they will be killed!"

"Yes, General!" the adjutant ordered, holding the banner of the wolf-headed army, a hideous and terrifying red wolf's head, and clapped his horse forward. Ran out of the camp of the wolf-headed army and ran to the opposite side.

Bai Pengfei rode a horse and stood at the front of the military formation, and when he saw a person running out of the opponent's camp, the adjutant next to him immediately asked curiously: "General, how can someone run out of the other side?"

Bai Pengfei smiled coldly: "Hehe, it is estimated that he was persuaded to surrender." With that, he also slapped his horse and ran towards the other side, and the two sides met between the two armies.

Zheng Xiu's adjutant was also very arrogant, and pointed his nostrils at Bai Pengfei. No one in his eyes said, "Our general has spoken." Let you surrender quickly, or not......"

Bai Pengfei didn't talk nonsense with him, he didn't let him finish his words, and directly drew his knife after rushing over. Cut off his head with a single sword. Then he ran back with the flag of the wolf-headed army. When their own warriors saw how valiant their commander was, they saw how valiantly they were. Suddenly, the hearts of the army were greatly shaken, and bursts of deafening cheers erupted.

Bai Pengfei returned to the army and thrust the banner of the wolf-headed army in front of the army. Then he shouted loudly into his own military formation: "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

The adjutant was killed, and Zheng Xiu was suddenly furious, "Hmph! Toast and don't eat anything that punishes wine, listen to my orders, and the whole army will attack!"

And so, the battle began.

As soon as the battle began, Zheng Xiu led the cavalry to charge Bai Pengfei's infantry phalanx. Zheng Xiu thought that the heavy cavalry of the wolf-headed army was unparalleled in the world, and only one charge was enough to disrupt Bai Pengfei's military formation, but the result surprised him, his cavalry collided with Bai Pengfei's military formation, it was like hitting a mountain head-on, and Bai Pengfei's military formation did not move at all!

When did the patriotic army become so strong ?!

Not only Zheng Xiu was surprised, but the ordinary cavalry of the Wolf Head Army was also very surprised, because from Wind Helmet City to Qingyan City, there was no army that could block a charge of the Wolf Head Army cavalry, and in the general impression of the Wolf Head Army, the Patriotic Army was equal to "weak and powerless".

In fact, if you only compare the military elements, Bai Pengfei's troops are indeed inferior to the wolf's head army, although this army has greatly improved its combat effectiveness after his hand-in-hand training, but it is still not as good as Zheng Guo's professional army. But despite this, Bai Pengfei stood in a favorable position in this battle, the gourd pass was high in the south and low in the north, Bai Pengfei's troops were on the slope, Zheng Xiu's troops were on the slope, and when they charged, they were charging from low to high, and the impact was naturally greatly reduced.

Although Zheng Xiu is young and frivolous, he also understands this truth. However, he absolutely could not bear the humiliation of defeat, and he immediately ordered the troops to charge again, but once, twice, and three times, he led the cavalry troops to charge a total of eight times, and they were unable to break Bai Pengfei's military formation, and Bai Pengfei's troops were simply like iron.

The failure of the charge again and again made Zheng Xiu angry and furious, and he realized that it was futile to continue to attack like this, and he had to change his tactics. I have to say that Zheng Xiu did have a high military talent, and he immediately ordered the troops to be divided into several units, no longer attacking Bai Pengfei's military formation, but engaging in harassment warfare, running back and forth in front of the opponent's military formation, and shooting at the opponent at a long distance with bows and arrows.

This move is very clever, because Zheng Xiu saw that Bai Pengfei's only advantage was geographical advantage, Bai Pengfei would definitely not give up this advantage, and he couldn't give it up, so his infantry phalanx couldn't move, and could only stay at the mountain pass. However, Zheng Xiu's cavalry has a mobility advantage, even if he shoots bows and arrows at the opponent, he can run around to dodge, but the opponent can only be beaten passively.

This tactic saw obvious results at the beginning, Bai Pengfei's iron-clad infantry phalanx suddenly became a live target, and could only be shot by Zheng Xiu's cavalry, arrows kept falling from the sky like rain, and after a few rounds, Bai Pengfei's infantry phalanx suffered heavy losses. But this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the infantry phalanx is gradually beginning to loosen!

Bai Pengfei knew very well in his heart that the reason why they were able to withstand the charge of the wolf-headed army was that they relied on the geographical advantage, and the second relied on the strict infantry phalanx.

"Resist! Resist it all, no one is allowed to retreat!" Bai Pengfei was so anxious that he opened his throat and shouted loudly, but the panic was like a plague, spreading rapidly in the phalanx, and the loosening of the phalanx became bigger and bigger, and gradually there was a sign before the collapse!

When Zheng Xiu saw that there was a flaw in Bai Pengfei's infantry phalanx, his heart was suddenly overjoyed, and he immediately ordered to gather troops to make one last impact on Bai Pengfei!

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When Xia Yu arrived at the Hulu Pass, what he saw was such a shape: Bai Pengfei's infantry phalanx was in danger. Zheng Xiu's cavalry began to regroup. He stood on the back of the clay owl, condescending, and saw the form beneath it clearly. He could naturally see that Zheng Xiu was about to win this battle.

However, will Xia Yu let Zheng Xiu win?

Xia Yu immediately drove the owl to the battlefield below, like a falling meteor, and quickly fell into the blank area between the two armies.

In the infantry phalanx, Bai Pengfei was overjoyed when he saw Xia Yu coming, and immediately rushed out of the infantry phalanx. shouted excitedly at Xia Yu: "Brother Yu!

Summer rain is like a reassuring pill. As soon as Bai Pengfei saw him, his heart, which was still uneasy just now, immediately calmed down, because he had always believed that Xia Yu always had a way to lead them to the final victory. It's not just Bai Pengfei. The ordinary soldiers of Tongming City also have an almost paranoid trust and worship for Xia Yubao. As soon as the summer rain came. The panic in the hearts of the soldiers was immediately swept away. The morale of the army was settled, and the infantry phalanx immediately settled down.

Although Zheng Xiu had never seen Xia Yu, he could see it. This man is no ordinary person. Because as soon as this person came, the infantry phalanx that was about to collapse on the other side suddenly came back to life. From this alone, it can be seen that this person definitely occupies a pivotal position in the troops of Tongming City.

Xia Yu turned around and waved at his brothers, and then flew the owl to the front of the wolf-headed army and landed on the ground.

When Zheng Xiu saw it, he immediately tugged on the reins and took a few steps forward. first looked Xia Yu up and down, and then still looked pretentious, and asked in a condescending tone, "Who are you?"

Xia Yu stood on the owl's back, looked at Zheng Xiu with a cold face, and said, "It's raining in Xia, presumably Your Excellency is Zheng Xiu." ”

As soon as he heard the name Xia Yu, Zheng Xiu's two eyebrows immediately rose, his eyes widened, and he said, "Xia Yu!

Xia Yu seemed to have heard some joke, and laughed: "General Zheng is really good at laughing, those grains are obviously from Qingyan City, and they belong to our people in the north, when did they become your wolf-headed army?"

Zheng Xiu snorted disdainfully, pulled out the saber on his waist with a brush, pointed at Xia Yu, and said, "Whoever is in his hand is whoever! If you want to be reasonable, just reason with the knife in my hand." I advise you to surrender immediately, and stop toasting and drinking, otherwise our army will surely turn Tongming City into a scorched earth!"

"Hehe, it turns out that General Zheng and I have come to a place, and I came this time to ask you to surrender quickly, otherwise, you will bear the consequences. Xia Yu said with a sneer.

When Zheng Xiu heard this, he immediately laughed, "Let me surrender? You are not sick in the brain, right? Let me ask you, why did you make me surrender, just with the less than 20,000 remnants behind you? Hmph! If you want me to surrender, you should first ask the brothers behind me!"

As soon as Zheng Xiu raised his hand, the 30,000 iron horsemen behind him immediately shouted in unison: "Kill, kill, kill!" The shout shook the sky and spread in the valley for a long time.

"Do you hear that?" Zheng Xiu smiled smugly at Xia Yu.

Xia Yu smiled coldly: "Okay, since that's the case, then don't blame me for being rude." After speaking, he immediately drove the owl into the sky and flew back to Bai Pengfei's formation.

Falling to the ground, Bai Pengfei immediately ran over: "Brother Yu, have you taken Qingyan City? Where are the reinforcements?"

Xia Yu withdrew the owl and pointed back at himself: "Aren't the reinforcements right in front of you?"

Bai Pengfei was immediately stupid: "It's you!"

Xia Yu smiled confidently: "I'm enough for myself, you will stand still for a while, waiting for the fighter." ”

"Wait for the fighters, what are the fighters, Brother Yu. Bai Pengfei was stunned.

Xia Yu turned his head to look at the mighty 30,000 wolf-headed troops below the hillside, and the smile on his face was mysterious: "I said that there is, if there is no fighter, then I will make a fighter!"

Zheng Xiu rode on his horse, looked at the infantry phalanx opposite, and brought a mocking smile on his face: "What a fool who can't help himself." He swung his saber vigorously and roared loudly. "Brothers, rush with me and kill all the bunnies on the other side! Let them know who is the real strongest!!!"

Zheng Xiu took the lead and rushed towards Bai Pengfei's infantry phalanx, and the 30,000 iron cavalry galloped again, shouting together, "Kill, kill!" and rushed up the hillside like thunder.

When Bai Pengfei saw it, his face immediately changed: "What should I do? Brother Yu, they rushed up!"

It is in stark contrast to Bai Pengfei's panic. Xia Yu took a few steps forward unhurriedly, turned back to Bai Pengfei and said, "Pengfei, for a while, you follow me." ”

After speaking, Xia Yu bit his thumb, and in the next moment, there was a sudden loud bang between heaven and earth, and a golden lightning bolt fell from the sky and slashed on Xia Yu's body. After a dazzling golden flash, a giant that was fifteen meters tall slowly stood up from the golden light!

This moment. Whether it's Bai Pengfei's side or Zheng Xiu's side. Both sides were stunned at the same time. Zheng Xiu immediately pulled the reins hard and stopped the charge, and the 30,000 cavalry behind him also stopped with Qi Shu. He stared at Xia Yu in shock, looking at the giantized Xia Yu. Surprised, he exclaimed, "What the hell is this?"

Bai Pengfei tilted his head. He looked at the tower-like giant in front of him in amazement. He was stunned for a while before he asked, "Brother Yu?"

Xia Yu lowered his head and glanced at Bai Pengfei below. Nodding slightly. Then, suddenly, he took a big breath and raised his head to the sky and roared.

"Whoa—"

The deafening roar was like that of an ancient beast of the wilderness, and it shook people's hearts with fear. When the horses of the wolf-headed army heard Xia Yu's roar, they were immediately frightened and neighed, and they retreated uncontrollably, and a frightened look appeared on the faces of the soldiers, and fear spread rapidly in the hearts of every soldier like weeds.

After roaring, Xia Yu immediately bowed down slightly, the corners of his mouth spewed hot white steam, his strong and powerful calves kicked violently on the ground, and his huge body was like a moving mountain, and he rushed towards the wolf-headed army below the hillside with great momentum! Seeing this behemoth rushing over, panic immediately appeared in the wolf-headed army, and the cavalry retreated in fear. "The monster is coming!" "What are we going to do? Why hasn't the general given the order to retreat?"

When Zheng Xiu saw that the army's heart was unstable, he hurriedly turned his head, pulled his neck and shouted: "Steady! No one is allowed to retreat! Follow me to charge!"

"General!

At this moment, Zheng Xiu suddenly heard someone shouting beside him, he immediately turned his head, and his expression immediately changed, it turned out that Xia Yu had rushed in front of him!

How could it be so fast! At this moment, Zheng Xiu's heart only had time for such a thought. Then in the next second, Xia Yu kicked Zheng Xiu's body, kicking him out with people and horses!

Then, Xia Yu was like a human tank, unscrupulously rushed into the wolf-headed army's military formation, the small human beings couldn't stop the giant's footsteps at all, countless cavalry were trampled and kicked away by Xia Yu, panicked, coupled with the fact that the general was kicked away and his life and death were unknown, the wolf-headed army was suddenly in chaos!

On the hillside, Bai Pengfei saw that the wolf-headed army had become a mess of porridge, and a pair of tiger eyes immediately burst into a shining light, and shouted excitedly: "Brother Yu is right, the fighter is coming!" He pulled out his saber with a swipe, and waved his arm in front of his own military formation. "Brothers, if you are not afraid of death, follow me and rush down, kill and kill !!"

Bai Pengfei took the lead, and the infantry regiment immediately rushed down the hillside like a tide, and followed Bai Pengfei into the cavalry phalanx of the wolf-headed army, and the wolf-headed army was already in chaos, and there was no time to organize an effective defense. At this point, the defeat of the wolf-headed army has been decided, and there is no way to return to the sky.

In the end, the second phase of the battle of Qingyan City ended in the complete defeat of the wolf-headed army, with 30,000 wolf-headed iron horsemen, more than 20,000 casualties, and more than 6,000 prisoners, only nearly 4,000 remnants successfully broke through the siege, escaped from the gourd pass, and fled in the direction of Wind Helmet City.

After the battle, Xia Yu found Zheng Xiu in a forest five hundred meters away from the battlefield, he was kicked by Xia Yu and broke his spine, and was pressed on his body by his own war horse, lying in the forest and spitting blood, seeing that he could not survive. However, he did not faint and remained conscious.

Seeing Xia Yu, although Zheng Xiu was speechless, his eyes immediately showed deep resentment.

Xia Yu looked at Zheng Xiu's miserable appearance and smiled coldly. "They told you to surrender, but you didn't listen, and now this fate is all your own fault. After speaking, Xia Yu slowly pulled out the black sword interpreter on his back, and a sword pierced Zheng Xiu's throat, ending his life.

At this point, the battle of Qingyan City is over, and Tongming City has won a complete victory! (To be continued......)