Lin Yu and Ah Feng's progress in Xishan Town can be described as smooth sailing, but Zhang Qiao Balu is not so smooth, Ming Zhong and Zhou Shuai's desperate resistance makes them think it is a lot of brains.

"Brothers, rush me, rush me!" Balu shouted at the top of his voice.

With his shouting, tens of thousands of soldiers poured up like a rolling tide.

Although the Chaoyang official road is an official road, but the word official road is only relative to the mountain trail, and the road is only a little easier to walk than the rugged mountain trail, and by the way, it is a little more spacious, so although Zhang Qiaobaru's soldiers have 100,000 people, it is difficult to deploy, and the army cannot be expanded, so it is naturally difficult to give full play to the absolute advantage in numbers.

But even so, Ming Zhong and Zhou Shuai's lives are not much better. Balu is a reckless man, but the chief pioneer Zhang Qiao is an excellent general. Under his hands, 100,000 soldiers, with 20,000 people as a wave, were divided into five waves, surging forward wave after wave like a tide.

So that Ming Zhong and Zhou Shuai did not have the slightest respite, the 20,000 soldiers under their command were also sharply reduced, and in less than three hours of bloody battle, there were only a few thousand people left, more than half of the casualties, and the battle was fierce, which was also the only one Ming Zhong and Zhou Shuai had seen in their lives.

"General, a new round of attacks by the rebels has begun, and we only have a few thousand men left, and we are almost used up with bows and arrows and gunpowder. What should I do now, and please make it clear to the general?" a soldier hurriedly came to report.

Ming Zhong's face was full of dust and smoke, looking at the dead and wounded soldiers, his brows were furrowed, and he did not directly answer the soldier's words, but instead asked, "How many hours have passed now?"

The soldier replied, "It's been almost four hours, General Hui." ”

Zhou Shuai was hit by an arrow in his arm, ran over with a panicked expression, and said, "General Mingzhong, we only have five or six thousand people left, what should we do, do you want to retreat?"

Ming Zhong paused for a moment, and said: "If the major generals have not arrived at the designated place according to the original Jihua, if we retreat, Zhang Qiaobaru's rebels will be fully pressurized, and in this way, not only General Tong is in danger, but even Yuyuan Pass may not be protected." ”

Zhou Shuai clenched his fists tightly and said word by word: "Then we will fight to the death!"

Ming Zhong nodded heavily and said, "The matter has come to this point, and we can only fight to the death!"

"Ming Zhong, this general remembers you to be loyal and brave, if I use it for me, I promise that I will never hurt you, how about it?" Zhang Qiao shouted at the top of his voice.

Ming Zhong replied loudly: "Thank you General Zhang for your kindness, since General Zhang has said, Ming Zhong is loyal and brave, if I surrender to you, wouldn't I be sorry for the word Zhongyong." ”

Zhang Qiao heard the curtain and said: "General Mingzhong, this is a bad word, the ancients are cloudy, and those who know the times are Junjie, presumably you should understand this in the end!"

Ming Zhong replied loudly: "I only know that if you eat the king's lu, you have to be loyal to the king, otherwise, if you bite back, what is the difference between it and the beast?"

Zhang Qiaofei and other idle people could naturally hear the sound of Ming Zhong's words, and his expression was immediately angry, and he shouted: "Ming Zhong, it seems that you are determined to go against General Ben?"

Ming Zhong responded: "Ming Zhong is just performing his duties, guarding his homeland, and those who dare to invade, no matter who it is, will be punished!"

Zhang Qiao snorted angrily and said, "Okay, then let you see how powerful General Ben is!"

"Come on, set up a formation!" With Zhang Qiao's shout, six high-valued horses pulled out three red-clothed cannons and arranged them in a triangle.

Zhou Shuai was stunned when he saw this scene, and said, "Hindsight!"

Ming Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "General Zhou, what is an afterthought?"

Zhou Shuai frowned, and responded: "This is the battle plan developed by Zhang Qiao, and there are horses pulling red-clothed cannons to fight. ”

Hearing this, Ming Zhong obviously didn't understand, and with a puzzled expression on his face, he asked, "The horse is pulling the red-clothed cannon, what kind of battle plan is this?"

Zhou Shuai's brows furrowed tightly, and said, "General Mingzhong, I can't tell you clearly for a while, hurry up and inform the brothers to find a boulder as a cover." ”

"Red-coated cannon, prepare, release!" said Baru, waving the flag.

Ming Zhong's troops had obviously never seen this thing, and they were all so stunned that they even forgot to dodge.

"Brothers, lie down, lie down!" Zhou Shuai shouted.

But the group of soldiers were so frightened that few of them reacted for a while.

Zhou Shuai immediately jumped on top of a boulder and shouted loudly: "Brothers, lie down, lie down, ...... quickly."

Before Zhou Shuai's words were finished, he only heard a boom, and the entire boulder under his feet was blown to pieces, and he himself was blown to pieces.

Only then did the other soldiers realize what was going on, and they were all so frightened that their faces were like ashes, and they all fell down.

Ming Zhong watched Zhou Shuai being blown up to the ground, and hurriedly rushed forward, shouting with a cry: "General Zhou Shuai, General Zhou Shuai, General Zhou Shuai......"

Before he could pounce on him, he saw a loyal guard suddenly pounce on him, shouting, "General, be careful......

Rumble!

There was another earth-shattering sound, and the smoke of gunpowder was billowing and filling, choking people out of breath.

And the soldier lying on Ming Zhong's body had already been blown to the ground......

Immediately, more than a dozen rumbling explosions sounded one after another, and the entire Chaoyang official road was filled with gunsmoke.

General Zhang Qiao waved his hand and ordered: "Don't let it go, we don't have many shells for this red-coated cannon, so let's save some and keep it for siege." ”

Under Zhang Qiao's order, the red-clothed cannon immediately retreated and made a way.

"Spearmen, prepare to charge!"

"Broadswordmen, greataxes, keep up!"

"Cavalry, Your Highness!"

Zhang Qiao issued three orders in one bite!

Originally, Zhang Qiao thought that the Ming army was at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and he was bombarded by his secret weapon, the red-clothed cannon, and the morale would be extremely low, and even they might take down Ming Zhong without much effort.

Zhang Qiao's predictions have always been correct, but this time he was wrong, Yin Wei He ignored one person, a dead person, that is, his former subordinate Zhou Shuai.

Zhou Shuai has always treated soldiers like brothers, he has always eaten the same food and slept in the same place as ordinary soldiers, and he has never put his own general's shelf, and he died for that group of soldiers just now.

The general does not spare his life, why should the soldier be afraid of death?

More than 5,000 soldiers, like more than 5,000 hungry wolves, with red eyes, bloody teeth, and blades, greeted the arrival of death!

"Brothers, fight, avenge General Zhou, rush with me!" Ming Zhong played a leading role, brandished a big knife, and rushed straight forward.

For a while, blood slaughter broke out, wailing, screaming, fighting, and fighting sounds, all of which were connected together, mixed with the air full of death and blood, and the entire Chaoyang official road became a hell on earth in an instant!

Zhang Qiao never expected that the remnants of Ming Zhong's army could still have such a powerful combat effectiveness until now, and they attacked three times in a row, all of which were frustrated and returned!

"General, do you want to bombard with redcoat cannons again?" asked Balu suggestively.

Zhang Qiao waved his hand and said: "This is a mountainous area, the red-clothed cannon can only play a deterrent role, we have already used it once just now, and now the effect of using it again is not great, and there are not many shells in itself, so let's keep it for siege purposes!"

"So what should we do now, do we want to launch a fourth attack!" Baloo suggested again.

Zhang Qiao shook his head and said, "Now that the morale of the Ming army is at its peak, launching an attack at this time will only provoke them to resist more fiercely. ”

Before Zhang Qiao's words fell, Balu replied angrily: "So what, I don't believe that their thousands of remnants can still turn the sky upside down?"

Zhang Qiao shook his head again and said, "General Ba, don't be impatient, if we attack strongly, we will definitely be able to take this Chaoyang official road." It's just that the price paid for this is too great, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture the Yuyuan Pass at that time. ”

Balu was worried about the safety of his younger brother Ba Tie, and his mood was very impatient, and he said: "Then our 100,000 army is blocked here, is it possible to sit back and wait for death, seeing the Ming army eat more than 30,000 people in Ba Tie." ”

Zhang Qiao smiled and waved his hand, and said: "General Balu, I know that you are worried about the safety of Ba Tie, after all, you are the brother of a mother's compatriots, I can understand this mood, but now is not the time to be emotional, the number of troops led by Ming Zhong is no less than 20,000, and as far as I know, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people in the Ming army camp in Yuyuan Pass, and now half of them have been brought out by Ming Zhong, and the rest of the people must have besieged Ba Tie." Once they leave the Yuyuan Pass, they will immediately lose their geographical advantage, but Pakistan Tie has more than 30,000 elite divisions in his hands, and it is not difficult to hold on for a day and two nights, maybe they can directly take the Yuyuan Pass!"

Balu Xiang didn't believe these words, Zhang Qiao didn't know, but he knew very well in his heart that he would never believe it. If Lin Yu only had such a level, he would not personally lead the 100,000 army to dispatch today, the reason why he said this was mainly for his own hot-tempered companion, and in addition, he had another purpose in secret, that is, to get rid of Ba Tie.

Ba Tie is a useless waste in his eyes, but he relies on his brother's power all day long. The last time he raided Yuyuan Pass, it was obvious that he was greedy for merit, but he insisted on putting all the responsibility on his confidant Wu Ning. In order to appease Balu, in desperation, he had to temporarily imprison his confidant, but Ba Tie was so bold that he privately led someone to behead Wu Ning's family, even Wu Ning's old mother and three-year-old son did not let go, which is too much to take him as the chief pioneer, and Ba Tie has reached the time when he has to be removed.

His wishful thinking this time was to borrow Lin Yu's hand to kill Ba Tie. And after Lin Yu destroys Pakistan Tie, he will definitely be greatly injured, and at that time, if he forcibly attacks Yuyuan Pass, he will definitely be able to break it in one fell swoop!