After paying huge casualties in the attack on the Blood Fat Pass and the Tiger Rejection Pass, Beast Yang began to change his strategy, adopting a posture of encircling but not attacking, and quietly waiting for reinforcements from the base camp.

At this time, Shangguan Wenxuan, the servant of the Longteng Empire, took the first batch of reinforcements, 30,000 Longteng Praetorian Guards stationed in Bei Pass Prefecture, and 100,000 sergeants drawn from various states had already set off in full gear and were on their way to Bei Pass.

Since there has been no war in the Central Plains states for many years, they are indeed negligent in war preparedness in peacetime, and the speed of assembly is extremely slow, and after a check, it is found that there is a lot of empty salary, and Shangguan Wenxuan is also very angry.

As soon as Shangguan Wenxuan arrived in Bei Kou Prefecture, Mu Kong Ci of Bei Pass Prefecture and Shi Diyi, the assassin of Bei Pass Prefecture, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately came over to discuss the military situation.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries a little, Lord Shangguan spoke: "The military situation is urgent, let's talk about the battle situation in Bei Pass Prefecture first, and we'll talk about it later." ”

Kong Ci and Di Yi glanced at each other, then looked at Shangguan Wenxuan and smiled bitterly, and took out the battle report sent by breaking through the encirclement of the blood lipid barrier in the past few days from his arms.

Shangguan Wenxuan took it and looked at it, Kong Ci said: "Lord Shangguan, ten percent of the blood lipid Guan soldiers have been killed in sixty percent, and two percent are wounded, and the main general has lost several people, the latest battle report tells that Linghu Qianqiu, the general of Bei Pass Prefecture, also lost his left arm in the melee, and his injuries are very serious, and he is still unconscious, but fortunately his life has been saved, General Dugu has asked for help many times, but the remaining soldiers of my North Pass Prefecture can't rush into the encirclement of Beast Yang at all. ”

The more Shangguan Wenxuan looked at it, the deeper his brows wrinkled, the battle was already so critical, if his reinforcements were a few days late, the consequences would be unimaginable, but fortunately, now the blood lipid level was still in his hands, and he was not lost.

After reading it, Shangguan Wenxuan raised his head and asked, "How many soldiers are there in the Northern Pass Prefecture now?" ”

"There are less than 30,000 field cavalry, all of them are currently concentrated in the capital of Bei Pass Prefecture, in case of blood lipid loss, this is the last army that can resist in North Pass Prefecture, and some other county towns only have some city defense troops, and the combat power is not strong and the number is not large, so they can only defend the city." Kong Ci gave a clear answer.

"Thirty thousand!" Shangguan Wenxuan thought for a moment and turned his head to look at Di Yi: "What about the old soldier recruited?" ”

Di Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "There are only more than 10,000 people so far. ”

The total number of soldiers is only 40,000, and there are tens of thousands of border troops in the northern pass, but they didn't expect such heavy casualties, and even Shangguan Wenxuan's heart hurts.

There was no time to be sad, Shangguan Wenxuan then asked, "What about the Tiger Pass?" What is the situation, my army is all gathered at the Blood Lipid Pass, and the situation in the Tiger Pass should be quite bad. ”

"Fortunately, Xuanyuan Banmeng, the guard of the Tiger Pass, led the troops to fight for more than ten days, and the fight was very fierce, and the four princes of the beast Yang who were currently attacking the Tiger Pass have retreated ten miles back and camped, and they dare not attack easily."

"Oh?" Shangguan Wenxuan was quite surprised to hear that the situation in the Tiger Pass was not as bad as expected, and he also heard a familiar name: "Who is this Xuanyuan Half Dream?" I remember that the Tiger Rejection Pass guard should be General Zhuo Sheng, right? ”

Di Yi hurriedly explained, after all, it is taboo to cross the imperial court to appoint the chief general of the border pass, "Lord Shangguan doesn't know, General Zhuo Sheng was killed, and there will be a detailed military report for you later, this Xuanyuan half-dream was temporarily appointed by General Linghu after the defeat of the blood lipids, this person is young and promising, and has made many military exploits, and he is a rare talent." ”

Shangguan Wenxuan nodded after hearing this, and then seemed to remember something again: "Did he solve the original military ration case?" ”

"Exactly, and it is precisely because of this that our state government has given the title of Loyal General to show encouragement." Di Yi replied.

Shangguan Wenxuan suddenly realized this, and secretly sighed in his heart that his father was really discerning, and he saw that this young border general was not simple with just a battle report, and even did not hesitate to woo him, and now it seems that this son will become a great weapon in the future.

So Shangguan Wenxuan's interest in Xuanyuan Banmeng became stronger and stronger, and he wondered if he could meet him to see if he could be included in the Shangguan family.

Di Yi coughed twice, interrupting Shangguan Wenxuan's thoughts: "There is one more thing, Xuanyuan Banmeng caught Ouyang Yunqing in the Tiger Rejection Pass, and sent it to the Beikou Prefecture Mansion a few days ago, I came over this time, and brought it over by the way, Lord Shangguan see how to deal with it?" ”

When Shangguan Wenxuan heard that Ouyang Yunqing had found it, he immediately became interested, this was the sworn enemy of the Yuwen family, and waved his hand and said, "Master Di will send him over later, I want to see what this Jiaoqi general who escaped from the battle has something to explain." ”

Kong Ci and Di Yi came out of Shangguan Wenxuan's camp, and Kong Ci sighed: "How many years have the Shangguan family and the Ouyang family been fighting in secret!" ”

Di Yi sighed and took over the conversation: "Master Kong, this kind of clan gate valve dispute is a fight between the gods, we can't do anything, let's think about how to retreat from the enemy first!" ”

The two looked at each other, smiled wryly and dispersed.

In Yuwen's room, Shangguan Wenxuan and Ouyang Yunqing sat opposite each other, thinking that the last time they met, Shangguan Wenxuan watched Ouyang Yunqing go out with Jiaoqi on the top of the city tower, and he, the servant of the ministry, could only hide aside and watch with envy.

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Yunqing became a guilty person in the blink of an eye, and he personally led a large army to support.

Shangguan Wenxuan poured a glass of wine for Ouyang Yunqing, and said with a smile: "Brother Ouyang, I haven't seen you for many days, don't come unharmed!" ”

Ouyang Yunqing squinted his eyes and sneered: "Shangguan Wenxuan, there is no one else here, don't pretend, it's just a matter of becoming a king and defeating a villain, I, Ouyang Yunqing, admit it, why bother to fall into the well again!" ”

"Haha." Shangguan Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, he was too relieved: "This time, you escaped from the battle, and you should be killed according to the law, even if Zhenguo Gong saves you, I'm afraid that Brother Ouyang can only be a rich man at home at most." ”

The meaning of ridicule in the words was very strong, for such a great family, money has long lost its meaning, what they are pursuing is power, without power in a place like Shendu, they can only be slaughtered by others, thinking of this, Shangguan Wenxuan's heart is extremely happy.

Ouyang Yunqing drank a glass of wine unhurriedly: "I know that your Shangguan family has been staring at my Ouyang family's military power for a long time, but if you naively think that if you overthrow me Ouyang Yunqing, you will be able to grasp the military power, then we will think too simply!" ”

After a pause, without waiting for Shangguan Wenxuan to speak, Ouyang Yunqing said again: "Lord Shangguan is very good at cultivating qi, you are a son, it seems that you haven't even learned a little fur, hehe, it's a pity!" ”

Looking at Shangguan Wenxuan's increasingly gloomy face, Ouyang Yunqing finally swept away the haze just now in his heart, he stood up and laughed and left, leaving Shangguan Wenxuan with an annoyed face sitting alone in the room.