Chapter 123 The hussar general heard the shocking news, and the iron lieutenant recounted the previous situation

At the mouth of the valley, Hu Chao's army is still stepping up the construction of fortifications. The Tiande army is dominated by cavalry, whistling like the wind, and the charging cavalry can be described as invincible on land, so Hu Chao ordered tens of thousands of horse traps to be dug in the open space at the mouth of the valley, and at the same time, he also ordered the Southern Qi army to go up the mountain to cut down trees, make antler stakes and other things, and arrange them in front of the army formation to resist the cavalry. The terrain at the mouth of the valley is narrow, and there is a bend here to buffer the speed of the horses and facilitate defense, which is why Hu Chao chose to set up camp here.

During the deployment of defense, Hu Chao sent more than a dozen exploration horses to Tianguan City, hoping to find out the situation of the Tiande army and Tianguan City, but so far, the return of several waves of exploration horses are almost in vain, and there is a team of exploration horses and Tiande exploration horses encountered, the two sides fought, and suffered heavy losses. Therefore, Hu Chao knew almost nothing about the specific situation in Tianguan City. He didn't know that Tiande's invasion this time was different from the past, but the whole country attacked and moved.

At this moment, Hu Chao is commanding his soldiers to arrange a new rejection horse. Suddenly, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the valley, and Hu Chao looked back, only to see a puff of dust rising from the bend in front of him, and a knight galloping on his horse.

The distance was still far away, and with Hu Chao's eyesight, he could only barely see that the knight on the horse seemed to have torn clothes and armor, and his face was covered with blood, and he couldn't see clearly at all. When the sentry in charge of the guard noticed the situation, he immediately blew his horn, and a platoon of archers burst forward with their bows and arrows, aiming at the incoming people. The general in charge of the striker stepped out of his horse and shouted: "Stop coming, report your identity!"

Before he could finish speaking, the knight's horse suddenly let out a mournful roar and threw itself to the ground, but it had already stepped into the first row of horse traps. At the critical moment, the knight on the horse patted the horse's back, flew up, staggered to the ground slightly, and the sword in his hand fell to the side, and rolled around on the spot before unloading his strength and standing up.

"I am Zhuang Xiaowei, the deputy general of the Tianguan City Iron Battalion, and I have important military information to report to the hussar general!" The knight stood up and raised his hands high, shouting loudly: "There are Tiande chasing soldiers behind me!"

The words fell, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard again at the bend, and seven or eight Tiande cavalry appeared in front of the army. Those Tiande Tanma did not expect that there were many Southern Qi soldiers and horses in ambush here, and in a panic, Qi Qi pulled the reins, and the next moment they let out a whistle, and they had already turned their horses' heads and wanted to escape.

"Shoot!" The officer in charge of the forward immediately made a decision, and as soon as he gave the order, the archers in the front row shot the arrows in their hands one after another. There were as many as 100 archers in this row, and the rain of arrows fell all over the sky, and immediately nailed many Tiande Tan's horses to death on horseback, and only one knight was lucky enough to avoid the rain of arrows.

"Can't let him escape!" Hu Chao could see clearly in the crowd, judging from the reaction of this group of Tiande cavalry, Tiande should not have detected that he had an ambush here. If he is allowed to escape back to Tianguan City, the arrangement on this side will be revealed, and the Tiande cavalry will definitely respond in a targeted manner, and at that time, his side will be exposed to the eyes of the other party, and he will not be able to attack him by surprise, and the results obtained will be greatly reduced.

On both sides of the mountain road was the passage road reserved by Hu Chao, and there were no pits on it, so Hu Chao immediately ordered the cavalry in the army to go after him. But he knew that Tiande's war horse was the best in the world, and the two sides were so far apart that the possibility of catching up with the other party was very small, so he could only

Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven.

At this moment, the person in front of the military formation, who claimed to be Zhuang Xiaowei, the deputy general of the Iron Battalion, suddenly grabbed the long sword on the ground, turned around and ran towards the bend, where several war horses left by the Tiande cavalry after the tragic death were staying at this moment. His cultivation seems to be good, his body is spreading, his speed is extremely fast, and he reached the bend in a few steps, and he turned over a Tiande war horse, clamped his legs, and chased after the fleeing Tiande Tan Horse.

His figure flashed and disappeared into the bend. It was only at this time that a group of cavalry in the Southern Qi army rushed out along both sides of the mountain road, and they were already a big cut behind the two people.

In the blink of an eye, the group of knights also disappeared into the bend.

Hu Chao's eyes were fixed on the bend, all he could do now was wait.

After a full cup of tea, there was a faint cheer at the bend, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and the cavalry that had gone and returned galloped towards Zhuang Xiaowei. Approaching the military formation, Zhuang Xiaowei raised his hand and threw it, and a bloody human head fell to the ground, grunting and rolling around, looking at the armor style on his head, it was the Tiande cavalry who escaped.

Hu Chao's tiger eyes swept away, and the person who called himself Zhuang Xiaowei was covered in smoke and dust, covered in blood, and there were continuous fire bubbles on his hands and face, and he couldn't see his true face, but from his tattered armor, he could vaguely identify it as Nanqi's uniform.

Zhuang Xiaowei turned over and dismounted, kneeling in front of Hu Chao: "Zhuang Xiaowei, deputy general of the Tianguan City Iron Battalion, has seen the hussar general!"

"Get up. Hu Chao nodded, just now this person took great pains to kill the escaped Tiande Tanma, which is beneficial and harmless to Nanqi, and should have been able to confirm his identity: "You just said that there is important military information to report to me, what is the important military information?"

Zhuang Xiaowei said sadly: "General Qiyu, Tianguan City is now being set on fire by Tiande, and all the officers and soldiers defending the city have been killed!

Hu Chao's expression became serious: "How is the situation of the Tiande army, how many soldiers and horses are there?"

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "General Hui, the soldiers and horses of Tiande are coming from all over the country this time, and the last general will see in Tianguan City, the opponent's army array stretches for hundreds of miles, the flag covers the sky, and there are no less than one million people and horses! At this moment, they have occupied the entire territory of Tianguan City, and they are distributing horses, and they are coming towards us soon!"

"What!" Hu Chao was taken aback: "What you said is true?"

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "The last general does not dare to falsely report the military situation, this is what the last general has seen with his own eyes! In the army, all the clan flags of the eight tribes of Tiande have appeared, and the mountains are full of Tiande soldiers, and the millions of people mentioned by the last general are only a few!"

Hu Chao's face became gloomy and terrifying, and his face showed an unprecedented solemnity.

Since a hundred years ago, after the great chaos in the world, the war between Tiande and Nanqi has almost never stopped, but although the war between the two sides is tragic, Tiande has never launched such a large-scale invasion. There are two reasons for this situation, one is that there were still contradictions in the eight divisions of Tiande at that time, internal discord, and the Tiande royal family could not integrate the eight divisions;

After the Three Kingdoms War, the people's livelihood in the three countries withered, the people were miserable, and they were subject to the national conditions of each country. During this period, the Southern Qi Honghui enriched the country and strengthened the army, strengthened national defense, and took three years to build Tianguan Xiongcheng.

It also prompted the two strongest leaders, Zhou Qiwu and Song Xiaozhi, to join forces to guard the southern border, which made the southern border a solid barrier to prevent Tiande from crossing the horse to the north. In the decades since, there has been no major war between the two countries.

However, after a long period of comfort and peace, Nanqi gradually forgot what a ferocious and violent behemoth Tiande was! In these decades of stability and peace, Nanqi has certainly made great progress and progress, but at the same time, it has also bred ambitious people like the six leaders, and the internal contradictions in the Nanqi army have become increasingly intensified, while Tiande has become unprecedentedly powerful under the rule of the contemporary emperor Yelu Tailong, in addition to internal troubles, relieving grievances, and the people of the eight tribes have been condensed together and become unprecedentedly powerful.

Now, the Great Wei is deeply entangled with the Daomen, and has no time to separate for the time being, and the Southern Qi is at a time when the internal chaos is in full swing, and the government and the opposition are in shock, Tiande takes advantage of this God-given opportunity to pour millions of troops and gather the people of the eight tribes to break through Tianguan City in one fell swoop and enter the territory of Nanqi! This move will undoubtedly declare Tiande's ambition to the world: Tiande is determined to destroy Nanqi this time! This is a battle to destroy the country!

Hu Chao began to realize that whether it was himself or the Metropolitan Governor Zhou Xiwu, they might have misestimated. In the face of Tiande's million iron horses, needless to say that he has only 30,000 horses, even the entire Taiyuan City, or even the entire Changfeng Province, may not be able to resist it!

But at the same time, he also knew that no matter whether he could stop it or not, he had to be nailed here. He must use these 30,000 horses and Taiyuan City to delay the pace of the Tiande army to the north as much as possible, and give the Metropolitan Governor Zhou the time to deal with it.

In the next moment, more than ten cavalry Southern Qi troops straddled the horse from the battalion and left, rushing in all directions.

When a soldier is a soldier, the closest thing is always two things, weapons and war horses. Weapons are the basis for soldiers to kill the enemy and save their lives, and war horses are like their comrades and brothers to soldiers, but the knights on the horses are frantically whipping the horses under their crotches at the moment, and they do not hesitate to spare their horsepower, because their mission at this moment is related to the fate and safety of the entire Changfeng and even the entire Nanqi, and they want to use the shortest time to spread the military information here everywhere!

Since he had decided to defend this place, Hu Chao didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle. At the same time, he took Zhuang Xiaowei with him and turned around and entered the big tent of the Chinese army. He also wanted to learn more about the Tiande military situation from Zhuang Xiaowei, in order to be able to know himself and the enemy, and make the best preparations for the next battle in light of the enemy's situation.

Hu Chao was accompanied by his lieutenant Li Hengchuan.

When the three of them entered the big tent, Hu Chao immediately asked Zhuang Xiaowei: "General Zhuang, I want to know, how did Tianguan City fall?"

As the first gate of the Southern Qi Dynasty to defend against Tiande, Tianguan City is recognized by the world for its dangerous terrain and strong defense capabilities, and is famous in the Three Kingdoms. Coupled with the natural barrier of Qixiu Mountain, Tianguan City can be described as a one-man gate. Since its completion, Tianguan City has experienced several baptisms of war, but it has never fallen. However, such a majestic city was broken by the Tiande army in just one night, and it was impossible to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Taiyuan City, which was close at hand, which had to be said to be an insoluble mystery for everyone in Southern Qi.

Zhuang Xiaowei had long expected that Hu Chao would ask him this question, and he immediately told what he knew that night: "General Hui, this is also what his subordinates want to remind you. That night, in the middle of the night, ......"

His mind slowly returned to that night.