"Prince, since you have proposed that tens of thousands of caravans set off with us, then we must take on this responsibility, and we must contain the horse thieves as much as possible to ensure their safety. "Xiahou Ba and Xia Jie walked side by side.

"Don't worry, my Longquan New Army will definitely be able to kill the horse thieves. Xia Jie was full of confidence and had a bright smile.

"Then I'll see. Xiahou said domineeringly.

Xiahou Ba and Xia Jie each led 8,000 elites and rushed forward.

The war horses ridden by Xia Jie's Longquan New Army were also wind horses that had stepped into the spirit realm, galloping up and riding the wind in the air.

Xiahou Ba has not allowed the Hongwu Army to show the power of the Wind Spirit Wings all along, and they took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet bright, and within an hour, they broke through for three thousand miles.

A mountain hundreds of zhang high, very steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

According to the intelligence, tens of thousands of horse thieves inhabit here, and when the sky is just dawning, the elite of the first battalion of the Hongwu Army, at the same time, harnesses the wind horse, hooks the power of the wind spirit wings, rises from the ground, and steps into the air for hundreds of feet.

They condescended and carried out a surprise attack on the baggage lookout on the mountain.

"Release the arrow!" Xiahou Ba ordered.

One by one, fiery arrows burst through the air.

Moxikou was originally extremely dry, and many stables and hay burned at a moment, not to mention the oil covered in this fiery arrow, once it was stained, it was difficult to extinguish.

Two rounds of salvos, suddenly this thief's nest mountain, turned into a sea of fire, burning, the fire spread rapidly, most of them are wooden structure cottages, can not resist the fire attack at all.

In Moxikou, the wind was chaotic, and the horse thief never thought that someone would attack with fire.

The wind helps the fire, the fire helps the wind, and many horse thieves who are cultivating or sleeping are directly awakened and immediately want to come out to resist, but it is a rain of rockets.

The horse thief who was hit by the arrow was burned alive on the spot.

Most of the horse thieves are also in the mortal realm, the spirit realm, and there is only one in every five horse thieves.

"Armor-piercing arrows, put!"

The elite of the Hongwu army in mid-air fired a volley in the air, and the rain of arrows was overwhelming.

Houses made of giant trees, loess, and rocks were shot through, exploded, and earth and stones were splashed.

Three volleys killed and injured most of the horse thieves on the entire mountain.

"Quick, call for help!"

"It's Hong Wujun, the elite of the Xia Kingdom!"

The master of this den ordered it at the first time.

Hundreds of wolf smoke arrows shot into the sky in unison, and the blood-colored red smoke filled the air, and only when encountering a major situation, could hundreds of wolf smoke arrows be used at the same time.

"Hold the pass down the mountain, guard the various intersections of the mountain, once the horse thief is found, shoot it as soon as possible, I will lead four thousand elites, wait for the horse thief reinforcements, after dawn, be sure to annihilate the horse thief in this first den. Xiahou Ba knew that although Xia Jie's Longquan New Army was also very strong, he would not pin all his hopes on him, and he would have to prepare more.

"Damn it, brothers, make a bloody way for me. "In this mountain den, the strongest ones are only in the Spirit Body Purple Realm, and there is one that is infinitely close to the Immortal Body Realm.

The horses on which these horse thieves rode were familiar with the mountain roads.

I have to say that even though these horse thieves were not from the regular army, they rode on their horses as soon as possible, leaped and rushed down, without the slightest fear.

Shoot arrows all the way, condescendingly.

However, the Hongwu army had already prepared, and fired at the main mountain road in unison.

These horse thieves couldn't resist such a powerful rain of arrows at all, and those who originally wanted to break through died on the way.

Although there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there was a fire on the mountain right now, and it spread rapidly with the wind, and the trees growing on the mountain burned at a moment.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and they had to rush down, or else they would be burned alive.

The elite of the Hongwu army is waiting for work at the foot of the mountain.

Hundreds of wolf smoke arrows fired in a volley, and the second den was seen by horse thieves, and hundreds of wolf smoke arrows were also fired, and the people of the thirteen horse thieves' dens moved at the same time.

The Longquan New Army and the tens of thousands of horse thieves who ambushed the second den on the way through launched a bloody massacre.

Under the shield and arrows, no one can resist it.

The person who is shot will inevitably have broken bones and bones, and it is almost impossible to resist.

The conquest from the elite of the Xia Kingdom came so suddenly, which they did not expect.

Running his eyes, he saw the sky in the distance, and the blood-red wolf smoke was filled, which was very conspicuous, knowing that Xiahou Ba and Xia Jie had already made a move.

He is not on the battle line, far away, and can see a lot of blood-red wolf smoke in the distant sky, flowing with the wind, and can be evacuated: "I didn't expect the horse thief to have this way, in this way, I am afraid that the entire thirteen dens of the horse thief will move at the same time, Xiahou Ba and Xia Jie are not the same heart, and they may not be able to contain it." ”

A huge caravan, marching at the fastest speed.

He picked up the map in his hand and saw that the thirteen dens on it were scattered.

However, the distance between each den will not exceed 3,000 miles, and even the two dens that are the farthest apart can effectively transmit the danger in the first time.

Judging from the current situation, the farthest den, to the first den, will take nearly two days.

He knew very well that the Hongwu Army and the Longquan New Army would face at least hundreds of thousands of horse thieves in the next two days of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as they can drag on, the safer the caravan will be.

"Brothers, caravanserais, please hurry up and don't delay a bit. Shang Yin stood in his carriage.

"What do you say?" The experienced caravan guards also saw that something was wrong.

"Hundreds of thousands of horse thieves have moved together, if the Hongwu Army and the Longquan New Army can't withstand it, how much time can we have?" Shang Yin's expression was very solemn.

At first, I didn't expect that these horse thieves would have such means to inform the military situation.

Between the major dens, there is no such way to transmit military information, and it is not a problem that they can even be broken one by one.

But now thirteen dens are moving at the same time.

Hundreds of thousands of horse thieves will stand there and kill the Hongwu Army and the Longquan New Army, and it will take a while.

"This little brother has a point, the horse thieves in the thirteen dens add up to three or four hundred thousand, and we can't put all our hopes on others. "The guard is very experienced, he can see the blood-red wolf smoke in the sky, what does that mean.

For a while, many people present became nervous.

"Hurry up, hurry, hurry!" The entire caravan was mobilized, and there was no turning back when the bow was fired, and few people were willing to turn back.

Because if the goods they buy are useless after this period of time.

The three nearest horse thieves' dens from the first den came at the first time, and the total number of people added up to 100,000, and they came in a huge way.

Xia Jie had already prepared and was killing heartily.

Xiahou Ba also let half of the Hongwu army wait for work, and the horse thief reinforcements who came were ambushed by him halfway, and more than half of them were killed and wounded.

The first den had been completely annihilated, and the flames on the top of the mountain, constantly burning down, could only force them down, and it was impossible for them to stay on the mountain.

The next day, the horse thief reinforcements in the fifth and sixth dens also felt that Xia Jie and they had already started a face-to-face battle with tens of thousands of horse thieves.

Xiahou Ba did not confront head-on, but with the help of the wind horse and the cooperation of the wind spirit wing, he played with them in the palm of his hand, and with the help of the wind and sand at the west mouth of the desert, the elite of the first battalion of the Hongwu Army was brought to the sky sometimes to fly, and sometimes to the ground, so that many horse thieves could not find it at all.

On the third day, the number of horse thieves from the seventh, eighth, and ninth dens came to the aid was increasing, and even the new army of Longquan felt a lot of pressure, and the war had entered a white-hot state.

Xiahou Ba advanced and retreated, attacking and defending in a certain way, so that the horse thief could not figure out the situation at all.

Xia Jie found that the Longquan New Army had some casualties, they were surrounded, and these horse thieves were even more fearless of life and death, and carried out round after round of sprints.

There are also some cold arrows that break through the air, and the wind and sand weather are extremely difficult to protect at all.

"Fight your way out and evacuate to Xijinguan. Xia Jie was very distressed, because at least hundreds of Longquan New Army casualties had been killed.

"Didn't you say that you should contain the horse thief and buy time for the caravan?" Zou Ming glanced at him and said.

"At this time, we can't control so much, so many horse thieves, like locusts, are pouring towards us, I don't know how many, if we don't break through now, once they are dragged back, the longer it takes, the more unfavorable it will be for us. Xia Jie had already forgotten what he had promised before the expedition.

Zou Ming didn't say anything, because Xia Jie was the commander of the Longquan New Army, and he came to Xia Kingdom just as a guest, and he didn't want to have too many beaks.

He felt sorry for his new army, but it was true, these were all selected by thousands of talented young people, and in the confrontation with horse thieves, they were commendable, and indeed what Xia Jie said was not impossible.

But if they are not contained, there will be tens of thousands of caravans that will be slaughtered by horse thieves, and Zou Ming has already seen through Xia Jie at this moment.

At least in her opinion, there is no one who is responsible for the future monarch of the Xia Kingdom, and she knows very well that she is afraid that Shang Yin is in danger: "Since you want to withdraw, you should send an elite army to inform the Hongwu army, otherwise, they are likely to be in a dangerous situation as well." ”

"Don't worry, Xiahou Ba has been in the military camp since he was a child, and when he sees this situation, he will retreat faster than me. Xia Jie gave an order: "The whole army broke through and withdrew to Xijin Pass." ”

Zou Ming was speechless for a while, and said: "Then we must also send an elite team, take the official road, notify the caravan, and let them speed up, otherwise, once they are caught up by horse thieves, I am afraid that there will be great danger." ”

Xia Jie was reminded by Zou Ming, but he was a little upset, he said in a deep voice: "No need, those traveling businessmen, only for profit, naturally spare their lives, these days Mo Xikou is dangerous, they are clear, and they will naturally push forward at full speed." ”

Zou Ming didn't say anything more, after all, those traveling merchants would leave the city at the same time because of his words, and now it was only the third day, and he wanted to retreat.

"This Xia Jie, it's hard to make a big deal...... Zou Ming sighed in her heart.