Amid the rumbling drums of war, the south rose up again.

On May 19, 7742 in the imperial calendar, the Blackstone Empire's 200,000 elite soldiers plus 50,000 soldiers totaled 250,000 to attack the Dragon Slaying Pass deployed by Xu Jiantao.

Outside the Dragon Slaying Pass, the banner covered the sky, and countless Blackstone Empire troops were already preparing for battle in the wild, and they all looked at this pass between two mountain ranges with fierce faces and greedy eyes.

Slaying the dragon pass, the ancestral period, there is a dragon descending from the sky, devouring the people of Li, and later was killed here by a prince and a sword of a prince who guarded Bailing City, so the city fortress established later is called the slaying dragon pass, and even, even the head of the giant dragon is hung in front of the door of the council hall of the slaying dragon pass, although it is only a low-level pseudo-dragon.

"It's finally here. ”

On the city pass, a group of Qin generals stood in a forest, among which the person wearing the commander's armor was Xu Jiantao, he pressed the handle of the sword, trembling slightly, a pair of tiger eyes looked at the enemy army in the distance under the city, but only to see the fierce and brutal Black Stone Imperial army in front of the row holding a spear nearly three meters long, each spear was pierced with a head, and those heads were the imperial soldiers who followed Yao Yuan to die in Linghan City, in addition, there were many people's heads, at a glance, at least 10,000 heads.

Xu Jiantao's palms trembled even more, and a thick hatred welled up in his eyes, and he said, "Beasts, these beasts...... The thieves of the Blackstone Empire are not human, they are a bunch of uncivilized beasts......"

On the side, the deputy general nodded: "Junhou, the army of thieves of the Black Stone Empire has descended, it seems that the damage they suffered in the last battle was not as much as we imagined, and the main army is still around 200,000, and they have also enslaved the defenders of the states and counties of the Lingkong Province, making them their own vanguard army, we ...... How can this battle be fought, you can't use the magic crystal cannon to greet the former Pao Ze brothers, right?"

"Let's do it, besides, our Magic Crystal Cannon cannonball reserves are already very empty, most of the cannonballs cast in Lanyan City and Winter Frost City have been sent to Luohekou, Yunzhongguan and Qihai City, leaving us less than one percent, I'm afraid we won't have any shells available after three or five rounds of shelling, so let's save it." ”

"Without the magic crystal cannon, what do we use to stop the Blackstone Empire?"

"With a bow, with an arrow box, with a ballista!"

Xu Jiantao clenched his fists, and his eyes were resolute: "Use everything that can be used, behind us are more than a dozen states in Lingnan Province and tens of millions of Li people, and we must not let the beasts of the Black Stone Empire cross over, otherwise you and I will be sinners of the Great Qin Empire." ”

"But ......"

The adjutant general's voice trembled slightly, and said: "We only have a few 50,000 troops, most of them are new recruits, and the training time is less than a month, how can we resist the 200,000 elite ......?"

"Don't shake the morale of the army. ”

Xu Jiantao glanced at the deputy general with a cold gaze, and said: "It doesn't matter if you and I die here, but you can't lose the people of His Highness Yu, and you can't lose the people of the Gentian Battalion, in the final analysis, it is the Gentian Battalion that guards the Dragon Pass, and it is the strongest army in my Great Qin, don't say those cowardly words again, the soldiers of the Gentian Battalion are never afraid of war and death." ”

"But the prince ......"

"Don't talk about it! go count the number of arrows, recruit the civilians in the pass, let all the people with craftsmanship come into the city, cut down the birch forest in the back mountain, help us make arrows, and besides, take out the flag of the gentian battalion and hang it for me, I want to let my brothers know that they are part of the gentian battalion, even if they die in battle, they will go to Huangquan with me as a soldier of the gentian battalion!"

"Yes, Marquis!"

......

The drums of war became more and more dense, and the army outside the city was ready to move, but there was no movement until the afternoon, and when the soldiers on the city pass were waiting impatiently, finally another drum rhythm was heard, and the battle formations of the Blackstone Empire moved out of the way, and from behind them appeared a group of troops dressed in khaki yellow - the soldiers of the Qin army.

"Here ......

A captain gritted his teeth and said, "Do they want the soldiers to go ahead and send them to death? The Qin family doesn't kill the Qin family, this is forcing us to obey, despicable Baili Qin!"

Xu Jiantao took a deep breath: "Descend to the ...... Don't shoot arrows just yet. ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant general was stunned: "We...... Are we not guarding the city?"

"No, guard. ”

Xu Jiantao squinted his eyes: "Take a closer look, is there anyone you know among the pawns?"

"Yes!"

A shida said in a loud voice: "Junhou, the black-faced man who walked in the front is called Zhang Xiaosi, he is a fellow villager of the small one, he was sent to guard Linghan City last year, and was later captured......"

"Prince, I also know a few people, that ...... And that ...... used to be the garrison of Bailing City, and later he was transferred to Suzigang to join the Sailors. ”

The shouts sounded one after another, and Xu Jiantao also had insight into some subtle information, it is true that the people of the Blackstone Empire are cruel and tyrannical, and they will never let themselves be sent to death first, so they organized these 50,000 soldiers to attack the city first, and these soldiers have no decent weapons in their hands at all, either rusty halberds, or broken iron swords, and the clothes on their bodies are all temporarily put together from the clothes of the people, without the appearance of a real army.

"Order, no one is to shoot these soldiers!"

Xu Jiantao smiled faintly and said, "I should thank Baili Qin for sending me 50,000 reserve troops...... Come, prepare to give an order, and when these soldiers approach the city gate, they will immediately open the city gate and let them in. ”

"Yes!"

"Don't, Junhou!" the lieutenant general looked angry and said, "Is this a predicament for the prince to fall into the dragon slay?" Once we open the city gate, the soldiers will inevitably rush in, and it will be difficult to close the city gate again, the tiger and leopard riders of the Black Stone Empire will follow and rush into the city, what can we use to resist them?"

"Don't worry, they won't rush over. Xu Jiantao was confident.

"Why?"

Xu Jiantao smiled: "Deputy Commander Wang, do you remember the task I ordered you to lead the crowd out of the city three days ago, dig a pit for every few tens of meters outside the city, and then fill it up to keep fresh soil on top?"

"Know...... But what does that have to do with that?" the lieutenant general was stunned.

"Of course it matters, we don't have any extra magic crystal cannons to arrange underground artillery arrays, so I ordered you to dig tens of thousands of pits outside the city just to make a suspicious strategy, Baili Qin must also be able to see these deep pits, he doesn't know what I think, as the so-called once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, they don't know if the artillery array is really buried outside the Dragon Slaying Pass, so I conclude that Baili Qin will not dare to send troops to enter the city with the soldiers, and open the city gate boldly and confidently, and accept these Qin army brothers who were forced to surrender!"

“......”

The deputy general suddenly realized, and his face was full of surprise: "The prince is really like a god with soldiers...... No wonder...... No wonder...... My subordinates know, I'll do it!"

On the city, there were orders prohibiting shooting, and sure enough, none of the tens of thousands of defenders on the Dragon Slaying Pass shot an arrow, and when the soldiers came to the pass tremblingly with a blade in hand, Xu Jiantao jumped down on the pheasant, showed his military rank, and shouted in a low voice: "I am Xu Jiantao, the Marquis of Cangnan, knowing that you were forced to surrender the thieves, today I will give you a chance to regain your allegiance to the empire, all of them will be given to me into the city, don't crowd and trample, there will be divine soldiers descending from heaven to break the queen for you!"

The soldiers under the city were dumbfounded.

"Squeak...... Squeak......"

The iron rope twisted, the city gate slowly opened, and the gate of the Dragon Slaying Pass was opened.

The eyes of the soldiers suddenly opened up, as if they saw the light of day again, the ups and downs of life came too quickly, a moment ago I thought that I would die in humiliation under the sword of my own family, but now, I was forgiven so quickly, one by one hurriedly rushed into the city, the five gates of the dragon slashing pass were opened together, and the speed of entering the city was very fast, like a tide.

"All the magic crystal cannons are aimed at a kilometer away, for the queen of the brother army of the Sky Province!" Xu Jiantao ordered loudly.

The barrels of the magic crystal cannon calibrated into the distance and raised their heads.

......

In the camp of the Chinese army in the Blackstone Empire, Baili Qin, Bai Liyan, Fu Yu, Han Shu and others stood on the high platform, looking at everything that was happening in the distance, but they seemed powerless.

"They switched and took ......" Bai Liyan's sword eyebrows tightened: "Xu Jiantao, this bastard, actually acted unexpectedly, why did he dare to switch so boldly, isn't he afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to cover up?"

"He's dreamed of us covering up the past. ”

Baili Qin said coldly: "Tens of thousands of artillery craters with obvious traces outside the city, as long as our army kills them, he can kill and injure tens of thousands of my imperial warriors unscathed, hmph, he is really wishful thinking." ”

"Ancestor, are we just watching the 50,000 soldiers return?" Bai Liyan was a little unwilling.

"Those who achieve great things must learn to be patient, 50,000 soldiers are just a group of chickens and dogs, which is not enough at all, what if you give it to Xu Jiantao? Wait, as soon as it gets dark, immediately send elite soldiers with shovels in their hands, dig up the earth pit under the protection of the shield soldiers, dig out their magic crystal cannons, and the number of people who go is not large, break them one by one, so that Xu Jiantao has nothing to do. ”

"Yes, Marshal Wise!"

Fu Yu nodded.

......

In the blink of an eye, thousands of elites of the Blackstone Empire went straight to the front of the Dragon Slaying Pass, avoiding the shooting distance of the archers, and began to wave the shovel to dig big pits, but dug one after another, each big pit was dug several meters deep, but there was nothing, and suddenly everyone was at a loss, naturally, this blankness also quickly triggered the anger in the tent of the Chinese army commander.

"Bastard!"

Baili Qin shattered the table with one palm, and said with a pale face: "Xu Jiantao, a dog thief, dares to tease Ben Shuai like this, I will break his body into ten thousand pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Fu Yu raised his knife: "Marshal, the last general, please Ying, let me attack the Dragon Slaying Pass overnight!"

"Okay, let's go!"

"Yes!"