In the middle of the night, the fighting on the southern slope of Asuka Pass finally stopped.

Although the black tiger was unwilling, in the end he could only order a retreat with hatred.

Because there is internal assistance in the pass, in order to ensure the secrecy of this raid, Wuhu took two thousand elite light cars to attack from a long distance after asking for instructions.

As long as the gate is successfully opened, the two thousand Jing troops are completely enough to control the Asuka Pass, which has only two hundred defenders. After the Wuhu had even planned to capture the pass, he went straight to Baozhu Village non-stop and controlled the Jinchuan Department in the shortest possible time, so as to make all preparations for the advance of the follow-up army.

However, the joy of seizing the pass has not yet subsided, and the arrival of the Southern Qi border army has made the idea of the Wuhu come to naught.

If it was only about a thousand Qi troops that appeared first, Wuhu still had the confidence to defeat them, but the Qi army had not collapsed, countless reinforcements came all over the mountains, and the torches in their hands gathered into a long dragon, which greatly encouraged and boosted the Qi army on the gentle slope.

When Lu Shen and Luo Jiujiu led thousands of Jinchuan warriors with five hundred elite soldiers and Hardy's son Ha Yun to rush to the gentle slope, after a fierce battle, Wuhu had no choice but to lead the troops to withdraw from Flying Bird Pass.

If he insists on not withdrawing, the other party can use the advantage of numbers to consume his subordinates little by little.

The space of the battlefield is too narrow, and the advantages of the Jing army in the battle formation cannot be played at all, whether it is the previous battle with the thousand Qi army, or the subsequent battle with the enemy's reinforcements, the two sides are like fighting for their lives in a corridor, and the Jing army has no room to exert itself, and can only be forced to start a rotten battle in the quagmire with the other party.

After repeated attempts to no avail, in order to avoid greater losses, Wuhu could only lead the Jing army to return the same way.

Lu Shen stopped the Jinchuan warriors from wanting to pursue.

The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, and Lu Shen took Hardy to the gate, pointed to the more than twenty corpses near the gate, and said, "Chief, look. ”

Hardy saw Harneng lying on his back in a pool of blood at a glance, and then looked around him without any traces of battle, and said hatefully, "This bastard thing! I have always regarded him as my own family, but I didn't expect him to dare to betray Jinchuan and deserve to die in the hands of Jingren. ”

Lu Shen could understand his anger, after all, the betrayal of his own people would never be forgiven.

At this time, Ha Yun suddenly trotted over, his face was extremely ugly, and he came to the front and said, "Father, all the brothers guarding the pass were killed by Jing Jun, and none of them survived. ”

Hardy's expression changed, his usual smiling eyes flashed with a heavy blood, and he said coldly: "These bitches raised Jing Lian people!" ”

In fact, he was willing to summon the warriors of the Jinchuan Department to rush to Asuka Pass this time, the main reason was that Lu Shen and Luo Jiujiu captured the thief and captured the king first, and unexpectedly held Hardy in the palm of his hand, so that he could not refuse Lu Shen's proposal.

If it weren't for those steel knives around his neck, Hardy might not have been so happy, even if it was to maintain the prestige of the head of the Jinchuan tribe, he would not easily obey the dispatch of a Qi person.

Until this moment, after listening to his eldest son's report, he walked around the gate, and watched nearly two hundred of his clansmen die overnight, and his anger had already filled his chest.

These people are all soldiers of the Jinchuan Tribe, not to mention the money that Hardy spent on them, the time and effort invested in them alone cannot be calculated.

"Lu Hou, what are you going to do next?"

Hardy went straight to Lu Shen, his eyes swept over the Qi generals behind him, and added: "No matter what you plan to do, as long as you can find Jing Lian people to take revenge, I, Hardy, will never say anything!" ”

Lu Shen Zhengse said: "Leader Ha, I understand your mood at the moment, but if we leave the shelter of Flying Bird Pass right now, it will be difficult for us to take advantage of Jing Jun." On the other hand, the most important thing now is to solve Shazhou's own problems. Shen Min wouldn't wait for the Jing army to enter Shazhou before launching, and if my guess was correct, he should have already done it at this time. ”

Hardy said in a deep voice: "Shen Min, this bastard raised by a son of a bitch, I am inseparable from him!" Lu Hou, you command, the soldiers of the Jinchuan Department will definitely follow your arrangement. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Shen secretly had a relatively high evaluation of this somewhat obese middle-aged man.

He didn't think that Hardy really stood firm out of the death of his clan, at least there were other factors mixed in there, such as he was still in front of Lu Shen now, which meant that his life was in Lu Shen's hands, on the other hand, with Jing Jun being driven out of Flying Bird Pass, Shen Min had lost his external help, so why did he challenge Luo Yaozong and Yalong?

Hardy was clearly aware of these critical issues and made a more resolute choice in time.

Thinking of this, Lu Shen slowed down and said: "Please also ask the leader of Kazakhstan to send capable men to reorganize the defense, if we let Jing Jun find an opportunity again, I am afraid we will not be so lucky." ”

Hardy was also a little afraid, once the Jing army fully mastered the Flying Bird Pass, and the follow-up troops arrived, it would be the real end for Shazhou.

He said repeatedly: "Lu Hou rest assured, I will let this kid Ha Yun personally guard the Flying Bird Pass, and send more than 300 people to guard the pass." ”

"That's very good."

Lu Shen bowed his hand, and then said: "Flying Bird Pass is very important, please take care of the leader of Ha, Lu Mou has taken his leave." ”

"Farewell?" Hardy was stunned and said, "Lu Hou, are you going to return to Heishui Village now?" Or let's rest here for a night, after all, the journey from Flying Bird Pass to Heishui Village is not short, and you will definitely not be able to go back in a day or two. ”

Lu Shen glanced at Luo Jiujiu next to him, and said frankly: "It's okay, we are used to squinting for a while on the march." Chief, when Shazhou regains its tranquility, I will visit Baozhu Village again. In the future, Shazhou and Daqi will be reconciled, and I guarantee that you will meet many generous buyers for the medicinal materials, logs and stones of Dajinchuan. ”

This last sentence made Hardy's face a little more eager, so he personally sent Lu Shen and the Qi army after a short rest five or six miles away.

Under the cold moonlight, the soldiers of the Qi army walked slowly with torches.

Luo Jiujiu looked up at the night and quietly let out a slight sigh.

Seeing this, Lu Shen said, "Are you worried about the situation over there in Heishui Village? ”

"Hmm."

Luo Jiujiu responded softly, then turned his head to look at Lu Shen and asked, "Will there be anything going on there, Abba?" ”

Lu Shen looked at her big eyes full of complex emotions, and couldn't help but think of the secret conversation between him and Luo Yaozong in the lobby of the ancestral house in Heishui Village that day.

It was from that time that he understood that the trip to Shazhou was not a bumpy and difficult thing for him, and he probably had a feeling of "heaven and earth are working together", and at the same time, he also had a clearer understanding of Luo Yaozong's wrists.

When Shen Min proposed to let Lu Shen come to Shazhou to negotiate in person, no matter what kind of thoughts he hid, it was an opportunity for Luo Yaozong to change the situation.

Thinking of this, Lu Shen said seriously: "Compared to Ling Zun, Shen Min is just a local chicken and a dog. ”

Luo Jiujiu could understand the meaning of this word, and his tense heartstrings couldn't help but relax.

Her worries subsided, and her steps gradually became brisk, as if she would never get tired.

Just like the refreshing night breeze between the mountains and fields.

……

At the same time when Wuhu led the elite of the Jing army to attack Flying Bird Pass, in the east of Shazhou, Limestone Village.

This is the westernmost village of the Yalong Division, and less than twenty miles to the west is the territory of the Zhehuang Division.

There are only more than 1,000 people in the limestone village, excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are less than 400 young and middle-aged people, and less than 50 of them have experience in war.

In the middle of the night, everything is silent, even the birds and insects have died down, and the people in the village have fallen asleep early.

Naturally, they didn't know that just six or seven miles west of the stockade, a group of thousands of soldiers quietly touched up.

Farther away, Shen Min, the head of the Tieyang tribe, and Wei Wanjiang, the head of the Huang tribe, stood side by side on the gentle slope, looking at the limestone village in the night in the distance.

Shen Min said with emotion: "My father once said that Shazhou missed an excellent opportunity more than a hundred years ago, and there has been no chance of merging since then. Qi Taizu Li Zhongjing seems to be gentle and benevolent, and he cares for Shazhou as much as he can, but secretly he has repeatedly used means to prevent the seven departments of Shazhou from becoming one, and from then on he can only be a loyal vassal of Qi. If it weren't for the bloody case nineteen years ago, I'm afraid that the people of Shazhou would still be stupidly working for the Qi people. ”

Wei Wanjiang nodded and said: "Yes, Luo Yaozong is the leader of the Yalong Department in vain, and he actually wants to stand on the side of the Qi State, he is really a short-sighted rat, everyone knows that once the Jing Army goes south with all its might, the Qi State will inevitably be defeated on all fronts." But this is okay, if it weren't for Luo Yaozong's insistence, the Yalong tribe would not have become the target of public criticism, and the clansmen of our families would not have been able to agitate so easily. ”

Shen Min smiled, shook his head and said, "I can't take it too lightly, after all, the Yalong Department has the strongest and most powerful soldiers, and Luo Yaozong is not a fool with great ambitions and talents." ”

The two chatted while waiting for the signal from the front, and it didn't take long to see more than a dozen people running quickly, led by Shen Min's eldest son Shen Tianyi.

Under the reflection of the torches around him, Shen Tianyi's face looked very strange.

Shen Min frowned slightly and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Tianyi said hurriedly: "Father, the stockade is empty!" ”

"Empty?"

"Yes, there's not a single figure in there, it's like a ghost town."

Shen Min's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's go, go and have a look." ”

He originally planned to sweep all the way to the east, so that Luo Yaozong could detect it as late as possible, so he deliberately let the large army stop in place, and Shen Tianyi took the good hands of the Tieyang Department and the Huang Department to go forward, solve the obstacles along the road one by one, and finally surprise the Black Water Village.

Now the situation has clearly changed.

As Shen Tianyi said, the small limestone village is extremely lonely, and everyone has disappeared.

"Big brother, this ...... Could it be that Luo Yaozong has already discovered our plans? ”

A solemn look appeared on Wei Wanjiang's face.

Shen Min pondered for a moment, then exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said coldly: "The matter has come to this point, whether Luo Yaozong is aware of it or not, we can't go back." Passing on my orders, the departments no longer need to cover up, and they will march forward with a clear banner. Anyone who meets the Yalom tribe along the way, the one who submits to him will be spared death, otherwise he will not be spared. Tianyi, you led people to probe in front to prevent the people of the Yalong Department from lying in ambush in the dark. ”

Shen Tianyi said without hesitation: "Obey!" ”

Shen Min raised his tone, and his neutral voice echoed in the night: "As long as I can win this battle, I will not take a penny of the wealth of the Yalong Department, and give all the wealth to the brothers who are not afraid of death!" ”

"Thank you, Great Chief, for the reward!"

Under the leadership of Wei Wanjiang and Shen Tianyi, the soldiers around them roared excitedly, and then swept towards the east like wild beasts.

It's like a tide of beasts.

(End of chapter)