Shengjing Pass is located on the ridge of the old black mountain fifteen miles southeast of Luoshan County, which is the dividing point of Yunnan and Guizhou, so it is also called the boundary pass.

The old black mountain runs through more than 200 miles from north to south, the mountain is steep and precipitous, but the victory pass is concave in the mountain, the predecessors built the pass here, and built the post road. Therefore, it is known as the "key to Yunnan and Guizhou", "the first pass into Yunnan", and "the east gate of Yunnan".

This is also the eastern gate of the territory directly under the jurisdiction of King Liang, and has always been heavily guarded. It's just that what I was guarding against was the Tusi rebellion, but now I am guarding against the Ming army.

Although the loss of Fort Puding made the defenders of Shengjing Pass nervous. But he wasn't too nervous, because there were still Luoshan City and Pu'an Village in front of him, and there were 20,000 vanguard troops of Marshal Bite Pillar. Later, Lord Pingzhang gathered an army of 100,000 troops, and he would be able to go out to fight in a few days, and the war should not be able to burn here.

Therefore, after a few days of full vigilance, the guards will no longer be noisy, and the soldiers will naturally be happy not to wait for the day, what should they do.

Unfortunately, the trees were quiet and the wind did not stop, and before they had stopped for a few days, the defenders of the eastern city saw a large puff of smoke and dust rising from the morning. Hurry up and report to the generals.

When the guard general heard the news, he went to the gate to take a look, and it could be judged from the color of his clothes that it was a large force of Yuan troops. But when they got closer, they found that it was the Yuan army that came, but they lost their armor and did not play the flag.

"General, is the door still closed?" The captain of the city gate asked.

"Off." The guard said in a deep voice: "Let's find out their path first." ”

"Hey." The lieutenant had no choice but to give the order, and it was very troublesome to close the door and switch it heavily.

The stragglers were the same rout who had fled from Puding, and under the threat of their pursuers, they had run four full horses in only four days, and they were almost exhausted. But seeing that the end was in sight, they still used their last strength to run towards the victory level, only to find that the gate was closed.

The routs were naturally furious and scolded under the city, telling the defenders to hurry up and open the door.

"Quiet, what part of you are from?!" The guard only asked the captain of the gate to ask in a loud voice, "Why are you so embarrassed?" ”

"Buren, you're blind, don't you recognize Lao Tzu?!" A general on a horse shouted: "Ah Rixi, let him hurry up and open the door to meet the marshal!" ”

"Oops, it's Brother Huochi!" When the captain of the gate heard the voice, his eyes almost stared, and he couldn't connect the dusty and disheveled man in front of him with the majestic deputy marshal. I couldn't help but ask, "How did you get like this?!" ”

The guard A Rixi, who was hiding behind him, also poked his head out: "Deputy marshal, is the marshal also there?" ”

"Yes." Huo Chi nodded, and there was a person behind him, and he took off the cloak that covered his face, which was the bite pillar.

"Hurry up and open the door." Biting the pillar doesn't talk nonsense with him, because the Shengjing Keeper is his subordinate.

"Open the door, open the door!" Ah Rixi hurriedly gave an order while rushing down the city gatehouse.

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The city gate slowly opened, and Ah Rixi and his party waited at the city gate cave to welcome the marshal back to his faithful victory.

Ah Rixi led the horse into the customs for the soldiers of the barb, and couldn't help asking: "Marshal, what is this doing?" ”

"The main force of the Ming army came to rescue the king of Chu, and when Xiong and Mu Nai defected, resulting in a great defeat for our army." Biting the pillar sighed.

"Huh? How so? Ah Rixi was startled at first, and then said in fear: "Doesn't this mean that Luoshan City and Pu'an Village are going to surrender to the enemy?" ”

"Well, so the barbarians can't be trusted. It's a bunch of wall grass! Biting the pillar and saying hatefully: "Pingzhang shouldn't rely on them!" ”

In order to evade responsibility, he frantically threw the pot and threw it on his boss...... After speaking, he also felt that something was wrong, and coughed and asked, "Why hasn't Pingzhang's army set off yet?" ”

"Most of Qujing's standing army was taken away by the marshal, and Pingzhang had to mobilize garrisons from all over the country before he could send troops." Ah Rixi sighed and said: "Yesterday, I received an order from Pingzhang Mansion, saying that the army has been drawn out, and it will arrive at Shengjing Pass in a few days, so that the last general can respond well." Alas, there's no need for it now......"

"No, you still have to do what you should do." Biting Zhu shook his head and said: "The Ming army has arrived, and it is estimated that Luoshan City will be occupied soon, and the decisive battle is close at hand." ”

Saying that, he said in an accentuated tone, "The Victory Pass is our last line of defense. If there is a mistake, Qujing is in danger, and Yunnan is in danger. It must not go wrong again! ”

"Hey, hey......" Ah Rixi suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and responded: "Then I'll close the door." ”

Biting the pillar couldn't help but blush, and the fire behind him hurriedly said: "Wait, there are still withdrawn troops behind." ”

"Oh......" Ah Rixi's eyes changed slightly when he looked at the two, and he became disrespectful. No matter what army it is, the commander will be despised if he leaves his troops and flees first.

"And how many troops are there?" He asked again.

The ......two of them were speechless, and as soon as the army broke and fled, all the military order systems and systems did not exist. The enemy pursued them so tightly that they didn't have time to stop and collect the defeated troops, so they didn't know much about the latest situation in the army.

"There are as many troops as there are people entering the customs." Biting Zhu could only be cheeky and said: "You can prepare 10,000 people to eat first, let them fill their stomachs, and recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible." ”

"Hey." Ah Rixi hurriedly ordered someone to do the same. The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and Darima has already transported a large amount of grain over to prepare for the army to use when going on the expedition. In the cognition of the Yuan army, there is no concept of 'appropriation', it has always been used when there is one, and there is no hand fast or slow.

"At the same time, strengthen your vigilance, don't let those toast soldiers enter the customs, they are already enemies!" Gritting his teeth, he gritted his teeth and said: "Dare to approach, there is no mercy for killing!" ”

"Yes!" Ah Rixi hurriedly replied in a loud voice.

Biting the pillar and instructing again: "You must not get out of the basket again!" ”

"Marshal, rest assured." Ah Rixi hurriedly patted his chest and said: "I personally watched the city, and closed the door when I saw the enemy. ”

Saying that, he confidently pointed to the dangerous Guancheng Dao: "As long as the door is closed, the Shengjing Pass will be a husband and a wife, and ten thousand people will not be opened!" ”

"Don't be careless, the Ming army is too cunning." Biting the pillar is really not at ease. He usually prides himself on being resourceful, but he is played like a monkey by the Ming army. Ah Rixi is not as good as him.

Ah Rixi responded patiently, but he was a little secretly disdainful, feeling that he was frightened by the Ming army.

Biting the pillar was already tired and wanted to die, and I really didn't have the strength to tell him more. It's better to hurry up and eat something to make up for sleep, and hurry up to recover your energy, so that you can take over the city defense.

Huochi's condition was similar, they were all at the end of the crossbow, and they were exhausted, so the group went to the Yamen of Ah Rixi to rest.

Before biting the pillar and lying down, I was still thinking, just sleeping for a while, there shouldn't be any baskets.

(End of chapter)