After leaving Kinmen Pass, the army marched northwest and arrived at Yumen Pass three days later.

Yumen Pass is the Xiongguan between Liangzhou and Bingzhou, out of Yumen Pass, you will enter Shufeng County of Bingzhou.

There are a total of 12 counties in Bingzhou, Shufeng County is in the south of Bingzhou, more than 500 miles to the north is Lanyuan County, and nearly 500 miles to the north is Beidi County, Beidi County is in the north of Bingzhou, and out of Beidi County it will enter the territory of the Yunyang Empire.

At this moment, the vanguard army of the Yunyang Empire was stationed in the south of Lanyuan County, fighting against the army of the Great Qian Dynasty, which was in the north of Shufeng County.

Cao Ze led the army into Yumen Pass, which was still about 500 miles away from the place where the two countries were fighting, and it was considered to have entered the battlefield.

If the army advances at full speed, it will not take long to cut into the battlefield, and similarly, the enemy army of the Yunyang Empire may also attack.

Of the two million troops, one-third was inside the Yumen Pass, and two-thirds were outside the pass, in Liangzhou.

In the Yumen Pass, in the city lord's mansion, the heroes gathered, and the strong gathered.

Cao Ze, as the king of Shenwu, the general, the prime minister of Zuo, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, commanded the whole army, and naturally sat on the main seat.

On the left side of the house, a group of heavenly and great masters, and on the right side of the house, the generals of the various armies and many masterminds, can be called talented.

Xue Ningmei had already rushed back from Zhengjing City, and was standing behind Cao Ze at this moment; As for Liu Shiqing and the other four daughters, they arranged to live in the City Lord's Mansion.

They wanted to take the opportunity to leave, but without Cao Ze's instructions, no one could get out of the customs, and they could go out without permission, and they could be killed directly.

"General, what now?" The Marquis of Xuanwu came out and asked in a deep voice.

He had just returned from the front-line battlefield, representing the Marquis of Qinglong, the Marquis of Vermilion Bird, and the soldiers on the front line, and wanted to know what to do next.

Some time ago, Xu Ping, the king of Xiliang, and Huangfu Jingming led more than a dozen heavenly masters and an army of three hundred troops to attack Kinmen Pass.

In the end, the two half-step Heaven and Earth Tongxuan were deeply damaged, and there was still one Celestial Peak and one Celestial Late Stage, who almost died, and the army was less than 500,000.

Only a small part of the other more than two million troops were killed directly, and most of them scattered and fled, and King Xiliang couldn't do it if he wanted to.

Because the three marquis led the army to follow the black dragon cavalry to chase and kill, they chased all the way to Lanyuan County in Bingzhou, and only stopped when they encountered the army of the Yunyang Empire.

The two sides fought many battles, winning and losing each other, but they were all small fights, and no major battles or decisive battles were launched.

The Daqian Dynasty was waiting for reinforcements, so they retreated to Shufeng County, and the Yunyang Empire was also waiting for reinforcements, but they had already prepared, and it wouldn't take long for the reinforcements to come, mainly to lure the snake out of the hole.

Attract all the main forces of the Great Qian Dynasty, as well as the confidant Cao Ze, the Great Qian Shenwu King, and annihilate them in one fell swoop, and then the Great Qian Dynasty will be at your fingertips.

The army of the Yunyang Empire is stationed in Lanyuan County, with more than two million troops, including ten celestial combat power legions, and more than a dozen heavenly and human grandmasters, half-step heaven and earth through Xuan, and it is suspected that there are unsurpassed great masters in the realm of heaven and earth in hibernation.

After the Northwest rebels retreated to Lanyuan County, they converged with the army of the Yunyang Empire, plus these four heavens and men were one, half-step Heaven and Earth Tongxuan, and 500,000 troops, the strength of the Yunyang Empire was strong.

Moreover, the follow-up reinforcements of the Yunyang Empire have arrived, and they are still on the border, according to the spies, there are five million troops, of which there are countless strong ones, and the iron and blood evil qi is condensed into celestial phenomena, covering thousands of miles.

And the strength of the Great Qian Dynasty is relatively weak.

Originally, there was an army of 1.6 million in the Golden Gate Pass, as well as the three great masters of heaven and earth.

After a great battle with the king of Xiliang, he suffered some casualties, and then gathered the surrendered army, and finally expanded to an army of two million.

But the three marquis know very well that these two million troops are strong and middle-class, of which there are only 400,000 elites, divided into four celestial combat power legions.

If it weren't for the 40,000 black dragon horsemen sitting in the town, relying on the deterrence of the power of Heaven and Earth Tongxuan, the three marquis would not even be able to defend Shufeng County, and the power of the Yunyang Empire would be very different.

After many days of fierce battles, even if they were all small battles, the Great Qian Dynasty also suffered 200,000 casualties one after another, but fortunately, the elite were all there.

After careful consideration, the three marquis later found that there was another reason, the Yunyang Empire used this batch of troops of the Great Qian Dynasty as a bait to attract the main force of the Great Qian Dynasty to come to the aid and encircle the reinforcements.

If the Great Qian Dynasty did not support, this 1.8 million army, the three Heavenly Great Masters, and even the 40,000 Black Dragon Riders would all be destroyed, and the Yunyang Empire would be driven straight into it at that time.

Although the Yunyang Empire did not want to see this happen, the situation turned into a tug-of-war and a protracted war, which consumed national strength and was prone to variables. But if the Great Qian Dynasty does not support, the Yunyang Empire will not wait, and will decisively eat the "bait".

After the three marquis figured it out, they felt frightened, and there was nothing they could do, but they hoped that the imperial court would send reinforcements.

If Emperor Qiandi and King Shenwu did not come to support, they would all have to die in Bingzhou, and the Great Qianhuang Dynasty would have to survive for a while; If it comes to help, it is likely that the entire army will be annihilated, and the entire Daqian Dynasty will be directly gone.

Now that Cao Ze, the king of Shenwu, led the army to arrive at Yumen Pass, the three marquis were relieved, but the army of the Yunyang Empire also arrived at the border between the two countries, and the army was pressing, and the three marquis felt the pressure again.

After some discussion, the three marquis decided to send the Xuanwu Marquis to ask what to do.

Whether it is a direct decisive battle, or the withdrawal of all the front-line troops, or something else, Cao Ze needs to come up with a charter.

After all, Cao Ze, the king of Shenwu, is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, commanding all the soldiers and horses of the Great Qian Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses of the three major marquis are also controlled.

As soon as Xuanwu Hou spoke, everyone present looked at Cao Ze and waited for his decision.

Although Cao Ze is young, he has made outstanding achievements, has the merit of defending the country and stabilizing chaos, has the immortal cause of respecting the king, and is deeply valued by the current Qiandi Emperor, and is his right-hand man, and is worshiped as the King of Shenwu, the general, the left prime minister, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

It can be said that he has achieved a very good minister.

Even to be bold, Cao Ze can easily seek to usurp the throne, and it is not difficult for him to change the dynasty.

Of course, everyone present respects Cao Ze, these reasons are not important, the main reason is that Cao Ze's power is too strong, and his strength is unfathomable.

Behind Cao Ze is Chen Liu's Cao clan, the supreme master of the Heaven and Earth Passage Realm, and there is the first seat of the Jing Ye Division, a super strong man who may set foot in the Heaven and Earth Passage at any time, and Cao Ze himself is also a half-step Heaven and Earth Passage.

Although Cao Ze had only cleared a heavenly pass before, no one was sure of Cao Ze's current cultivation, after all, Cao Ze's cultivation had always improved rapidly, which was well known to everyone.

Cao Ze's strength may have been slightly weaker than Ye Pujia before, but now if his cultivation is improved, he will definitely be stronger than Ye Pujia, becoming the first person under the Heaven and Earth Tongxuan.

Cao Ze's expression was indifferent, and he took the expressions of the great masters, generals, and those masterminds in the hall into his eyes, and said lightly: "What do you think? ”

"Move the town of Shufeng County to resist the Yunyang Empire."

"No, the Yunyang Empire is strong and strong, and our strength is inferior, if you fight hard, the chances of winning are not high."

"Let's let the two marquis withdraw the army, give up Shufeng County, stick to Yumen Pass, and then rely on the topography of Xiongguan, our chances of victory can also be improved by a few points."

"Huh! You said it easily, do you know the consequences of giving up Shufeng County? Once the front-line army retreats, the entire annexed state will no longer have the power to resist, and it will become the bag of the Yunyang Empire."

"If the front-line army doesn't retreat, Bingzhou won't fall into the hands of the Yunyang Empire? If there is a mistake in the front-line army, the dynasty will be seriously injured again, and how can it resist the Yunyang Empire at that time? ”

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Everyone continued to speak, and for a while the hall was noisy, holding various attitudes, all with their own reasons.

Cao Ze also has a headache, and it is really not easy to deal with it now, it can be said that it is difficult to ride a tiger.

From his point of view, to block the Yunyang Empire, he can't be too strong, and he can't let the Great Qian Dynasty suffer heavy losses.

It is also necessary to attract the support of the Xuanzhen Dynasty, the Shenyuan Kingdom and the Southern Zhou Dynasty to jointly fight against the Yunyang Empire, and to prevent the powerhouses of the Three Kingdoms and even the Four Kingdoms from pitting him together and killing him.

The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind.

Now that he is this budding bird, all parties in the world are staring at him, and it is difficult for Cao Ze to keep a low profile.

If he doesn't come out, no one in the Great Qianhuang Dynasty will be able to resist it, unless the old Yin of Qianshizong comes out.

As the previous Emperor Qian, Qianshizong had a high prestige in the entire world in the Great Qianhuang Dynasty, and his cultivation was profound, and he was at the peak of heaven and earth, and he could also suppress the scene.

But can Qianshizong come out? Will it come out?

If Qianshizong appeared, then all his previous plans would have failed, and it would be difficult to fake his death and get out of the plan later.

And stumped by the situation in the world, Qianshizong don't want to break through later, unless he doesn't want to make a big Qianhuang Dynasty.

If Qianshizong appeared, it would be very unfavorable to the empress and Cao Ze, and the entire Daqian would fall into infighting, unless one side backed down and was willing to give up power, but both sides were unwilling.

Now although Qianshizong's plan is almost like a failure, he has not shown up, although there are many speculations from the outside world, it cannot be confirmed, he can continue to plan a breakthrough.

Anyway, there are empresses and Cao Ze in this Great Qianhuang Dynasty, as long as they succeed in breaking through to the half-step immortal martial saint, it will be easy to regain power when the time comes.

At that time, his lifespan was extended by a thousand years, and he also had enough time to plan for the next life-or-death hurdle.

Therefore, Cao Ze thought that it was impossible for Qianshizong, an old yin to come out of the mountain.

Otherwise, Qianshizong will become a bird.

If Qianshizong knew Cao Ze's thoughts, he would definitely introduce Cao Ze as a confidant.

Although Cao Ze killed his doppelganger, took away his power, and destroyed his plan, he still wanted to sleep with his daughter, stay in his harem at night, and pamper his concubines

But Cao Ze understands him!

After Qianshizong moved to another lair, he was preparing to regain a clone to cultivate, and he was also concerned about the situation in the outside world.

Although the current situation is not good for the Great Qian Dynasty, Qian Shizong sees it very clearly that the Great Qian Dynasty will not be defeated in a complete way, and there is still a turning point, so he has no intention of leaving the mountain.

Although Cao Ze's kid is hateful, he will never put life and death out of the way, and is willing to die for the great cadre.

That Cao Ze personally conquered the northwest and faced the Yunyang Empire, which showed that he had the confidence to save his life.

As long as Cao Ze blocks the first wave of the Yunyang Empire, other countries will rush to help, and when the Yunyang Empire can't take care of the whole thing, it will inevitably have to withdraw its troops.

This big battle could be protracted, maybe months, maybe years, or even longer, just in time to give him time to develop a clone.

His good daughter and cheap colt were dragged by the Yunyang Empire, so naturally they couldn't come to trouble him.

The outside world doesn't know whether the rumors are true or not, and now they think that Emperor Qiandi is really a man, but as the previous Emperor Qian, who single-handedly supported Zhao Longji on the throne of God, Qianshizong naturally knew it.

That Cao Ze is a supreme masterpiece, he has such cultivation strength at a young age, and his potential is unlimited, but he is willing to work for his 'good daughter', and Qian Shizong thinks that the two must be together.

Not only his good daughter, but even Ye Pujia, whom he fell in love with, was also taken away by Cao Ze.

Qian Shizong naturally hated Cao Ze in his heart.

"Xuanwu Marquis, you immediately return to Shufeng County, pass on my instructions, and order the Marquis of Qinglong and the Marquis of Vermilion Bird to lead the army to retreat slowly, and this king will send a large army to take it."

After thinking about it, Cao Ze made a decisive decision.

Withdraw all the troops and use Yumen Pass as a barrier to fight a positional battle with the Yunyang Empire.

Although the Yunyang Empire is much stronger than him, the defending side already has an advantage, and the gap between the two sides has narrowed.

Resisting the Yunyang Empire through Xiongguan will not expose too much strength, and it will not make the Great Qian Dynasty suffer heavy losses, just wait for the other three kingdoms to come to support.

If the Three Kingdoms did not support for a long time, and wanted to make the Great Qian Dynasty and the Yunyang Empire lose both, Cao Ze had no choice but to implement Plan B.

On the one hand, they secretly contacted the Yunyang Jianghu, and they did not need to come to the Daqian Dynasty for support, as long as the power of the Yunyang Empire's court weakened, they could make trouble in the country and regain the original power position of the Yunyang Jianghu.

On the one hand, he concentrated all his strength to attack the Yunyang Empire head-on, and killed the strong and elite armies of the Yunyang Imperial Court, so that the strength gap between the Yunyang Imperial Court and the Yunyang Jianghu narrowed.

In this way, the internal troubles of the Yunyang Empire broke out, even if they did not withdraw their troops immediately, they would never stay for long, and they could win by blocking the counterattack of the Yunyang Empire.

However, in this case, the Great Qian Dynasty will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and if you want to kill the Yunyang Imperial Court, it can be said that you will injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800, and you have to find the right time, otherwise the losses will be even more heavy.

This will definitely be cheaper for the other three kingdoms, but there is no way, fortunately, the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the Shenyuan Kingdom are not strong, and although the Xuanzhen Dynasty is strong, the imperial court is suppressed by the rivers and lakes, and there is time for the Daqian Dynasty to recover.

"Order!"

Xuanwu Hou received the order and was about to leave immediately.

"Master Hou, please slow down."

The hussar general spoke up, and at the same time asked Cao Ze: "General, is it really good to make such a desperate bet?" ”

"It would be an adventure for us to bring all the troops to Yumen Pass, and it would be even more risky if we withdrew all the front-line troops to Yumen Pass."

"You know, there is more than one checkpoint leading to Liangzhou and Youzhou in Bingzhou, and there are not many defenders at other checkpoints, if the Yunyang Empire attacks, how can it be defended?"

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all fell silent.

They all understood what the hussar general was trying to say.

There are a total of 17 states in the Great Qian Dynasty, and there are three states bordering the Yunyang Empire, among which Youzhou and Yanzhou are hindered by natural dangers, and the Yunyang Empire can only go to merge the states when it invades the Great Qian Dynasty in the south.

Under the state is Liangzhou, the east of the state is Youzhou, the southeast of the state is Shouzhou, the west of Shouzhou is Liangzhou, and the north is Youzhou.

Yumen Pass is in the south of Bingzhou, Liangzhou is in the south, Shouzhou is in the southeast, but there is another checkpoint in the southwest of Bingzhou that leads to Liangzhou.

At the same time, there are two levels between the state and Youzhou.

If these four passes are held, the army of the Yunyang Empire will be blocked in Bingzhou and unable to advance an inch, but at present, Cao Ze only guards Yumen Pass with heavy troops, and the other three passes only have standing garrisons, and each pass is only two or three hundred thousand, and there is no elite.

The hussar general was worried that if there was no front-line army to attract, the Yunyang Empire might go through the other three levels, so as to invade other states of the Great Qian Dynasty, and then it would not be good.

Cao Ze had also considered this before, but he had his own decision, and said lightly: "This king has his own measure. ”

Xuanwu Hou sighed secretly and left quickly.

The hussar general didn't persuade him again, and he didn't have anything better.

"Let's all go and prepare, the big war is coming." Cao Ze waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat.

He felt a little tired.

The shortcomings of the weak national strength of the Great Qian Dynasty were revealed.

The Yunyang Empire dispatched a total of more than six million troops this time, among which there were countless strong ones, and there were probably several of them in Heaven and Earth.

The Yunyang Empire has twenty-one states, with a population of billions, hundreds of millions more than the Great Qian Dynasty, and its national strength is at its peak.

These armies kept the town of the country, so as not to be taken advantage of by the forces of the rivers and lakes and the Xuanzhen Dynasty.

Even so, the army that went out, plus the strong and 500,000 troops such as Xu Ping, the king of Xiliang, and Huangfu Jingming, also had a great advantage over the Great Qian Dynasty.

Withdrawing the front-line army to Yumen Pass, Cao Ze has only four million troops in his hands, most of the legions are not strong, and the top powerhouses in the army are not as good as the Yunyang Empire.

In this case, how dare Cao Ze divide the army to guard other passes?

is already weak, if the troops are divided and garrisoned, they will not be able to hold anywhere, and they will be divided and eaten by the Yunyang Empire, and there will be no strength to fight at that time.

If the Yunyang Empire planned to annihilate the main force of the Great Qian Dynasty, as well as Cao Ze, he would definitely attack Yumen Pass.

If the Yunyang Empire doesn't come, Cao Ze is not afraid, if the other levels are lost, they will be lost, and it is a big deal to let Ye Pujia transfer with the empress and slowly fight a protracted war in the territory of the Great Qian Dynasty.

At that time, he will march north, recover and annex the state, and block the border checkpoints between the two countries, cut off their back roads, and let the Yunyang Empire lose ground.

As for the smoke that will spread in the territory of Daqian? How can you manage so much.

When Cao Ze's order reached Shufeng County, the three marquis immediately began to reorganize their army, and then retreated, taking everything they could take with them, and abandoning the county.

At the same time, Cao Ze also sent several elite armies to meet the three marquis, engaged the army of the Yunyang Empire that was chasing and killed, and finally retreated to Yumen Pass safely.

Cao Ze reorganized his army in Yumen Pass, sorted out the various legions, and discussed the next countermeasures with the high-level officials.

There was no accident, the army of the Yunyang Empire came, stationed twenty miles away from Yumen Pass, countless camps rose from the ground, and there was a steady stream of troops coming behind them.

In the end, the Yunyang Empire gathered an army of about 6.5 million troops, a small part of which was from Xu Ping, the king of Xiliang, and countless other Nine Realm Grandmasters, Ten Realm Grand Masters, and even the Eleventh Realm Supreme Grandmaster appeared, a full four.

This made the side of the Great Qian Dynasty shake, and the morale fell a little, the Yunyang Empire has four supreme masters on the surface, and I am afraid that there are still hidden ones in the secret.

How many are there on their side?

They counted and calculated, it seemed that there was only one ancestor of the Cao family, and another black dragon rider with the power of heaven and earth.

In the city lord's mansion, Cao Ze was dealing with military affairs, and the old ancestor Cao Changsheng came in and said, "Shaoqing, your aunt is here." ”

Cao Changsheng had been in the dark before, but now he has also appeared, otherwise I am afraid that the morale of the people under the Yumen Gate will be lost. (End of chapter)