Chapter XVII

The barbarians launched a sneak attack on Pingyang Pass, and there were more than 200,000 barbarian troops outside Pingyang Pass. The black pressure is almost endless. Binh Duong Pass has 100,000 standing troops, plus 300,000 recruits recruited this time, a full 400,000 troops. But Fu Zeming, the general of Pingyang Pass, was still not sure, the strength of the barbarians was very strong, and one barbarian soldier could easily kill two Han Dynasty soldiers. Although Pingyang Pass relied on Xiongguan to resist, there were more than 200,000 troops outside, and Fu Zeming really had no confidence.

On the first day, the barbarian sneak attack caused more than 1,000 corpses to be left in Pingyang Pass, but the corpses of the Han soldiers were even more, there were more than 5,000 corpses; the general defender of the city would occupy a great advantage, and the casualty ratio was generally three to one, but on this first day, the Han lost 5,000 troops, which is really not a good sign. From this point, it also shows that the Su zhì of the Han soldiers is very low, not to mention some recruits who have not seen blood. However, Chu Shan believes that the casualty ratio will gradually decrease over time, because the new recruits will continue to become veterans. Sure enough, by the next day, there were only about 3,000 casualties. After that, it gradually decreased, and on the tenth day, it was basically possible to control the ratio of zhì to one, and every day there were about a thousand killed and countless wounded. In the first month of the barbarian attack, the number of soldiers killed at Binh Duong Pass reached almost 70,000. And that's not counting some of the wounded, less than three-quarters of the soldiers are now able to fight. But the barbarian soldiers outside, according to a rough estimate, had no more than 30,000 casualties, far from being injured at all. Binh Duong Pass is in jeopardy.

Fu Zeming, the general of the Pingyang Customs, kept sending messages to the capital asking for help a month ago, but all the information was lost in the sea and there was no news. Looking at the continuous reduction of his subordinates, Fu Zeming felt that he was probably more than lucky this time. But Fu Zeming really didn't want to see the barbarians take away Pingyang Pass from his hands, so he decided to live and die with Pingyang Pass. Every time, he personally supervised the battle, fought at the first scene, and the number of injuries was difficult to count. When the soldiers under his command saw that the main general was not afraid of death, their morale was greatly boosted, and they fought desperately with the barbarian soldiers. For a while, the arrogance of the barbarians was suppressed. But Fu Zeming understood. The barbarians will organize a more powerful attack after that, and it will not be easy to do it then. Now even the wounded soldiers of Pingyang Pass have gone to the battlefield, and the people of the entire Pingyang Pass have been transferred by Fu Zeming, and now it is completely a military fortress. There is not a single ordinary person.

Pingyang Pass was the first pass for the Han to defend against the barbarians. It is located in the Yanshan Mountains. The city wall is connected with Yanshan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the barbarians are strong, and their own soldiers are not good. In addition, the imperial court deducted military expenses and materials, and the guards at Pingyang Pass were strictly lacking, so the guards would resist so hard, almost with human lives. The fortress of Pingyang Pass is divided into two layers, the outer layer is a section of the city wall, which stretches for four or five miles in length, and then there is a second city wall one mile apart, and then it is the place where the people of Pingyang Pass live. There are four city gates, divided into four directions, southeast, northwest and northwest, Pingyang Pass is in the position of the north gate; the length of each section of the city wall is unequal, the long one is more than ten li, the short one is only three or four li, relying on the whole mountain to build, extremely magnificent. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and you can almost have a bird's-eye view of the entire Binh Duong Pass at the north gate.

Although the barbarians are now vigorously attacking the North Gate, the defense of the North Gate is the most powerful, and it has not been captured for a while, and the two sides are in a stalemate. However, the number of casualties due to the attack and defense of the city gate every day is at least tens of thousands. However, although the casualties of the defenders of Pingyang Pass were huge, the fifty people of Chushan's squad were indeed relatively good. Except for a few people who were killed by cold arrows, Chu Shan's team now has forty-eight people left, which can be regarded as a relatively complete team. However, this is not to say that Chu Shan's team is cheating and cheating, but Chu Shan's team is the team that kills the most enemies, and the number of people killed by the whole team is at least more than 1,000. It turned out that these were all Chu Shan's credits, and Chu Shan's squad was on the battlefield every other day, and then fought for a day. During the battle, Chu Shan closely monitored the entire team, found that someone was in danger, and immediately rescued. Coupled with the escort of seven wolf dogs, the team is in danger every time. This also caused Chu Shan to establish absolute authority in the team in just one month, and was deeply loved by the team members. Almost everyone has been pulled back from the death line by Chu Shan countless times, so it is no exaggeration to say that even the emperor's order is now not a word of Chu Shan's work, these people are all diehard members of Chu Shan, and they can dedicate themselves to Chu Shan for no reason. On the day of rest, Chu Shan handed over the basic part of his stunt to the team members, which greatly strengthened the survivability of the team members, and the lethality increased day by day, and now there is almost no need for Chu Shan to worry about.

Although the personnel of the Chushan squad have become more and more powerful with the war, it does not mean that other squads are doing the same. In most cases, a small team will go up and be crippled in half a day, and after a day, there are not a few people left of fifty people. And the bad luck, it may be that the whole army is wiped out. After all, the ten-zhang city wall guarded by the Chushan squad can almost be described as impregnable, and there is no need to worry about the boss within a day, regardless of this section of the city wall, the team often takes time to support the adjacent team, making the ten-zhang city wall around Chushan unbreakable, while the boss is at ease, the reputation of the Chushan team has also been played, and the legend of Chushan has also begun to spread in the Pingyang Army. Those who can keep their subordinates alive and kill and wound the enemy in large numbers are the most respectable and loved on the battlefield, and the most able to support and diehard for the soldiers.

The war continues, and there is no intention of stopping. This battle lasted for three months, and there were about 200,000 people left in the Pingyang army, but these 200,000 people were veterans of a hundred battles, and their elite Cheng Dù was not comparable to the previous recruits. As for the barbarian soldiers, there are about 150,000 more. The barbarian soldiers are also getting more and more powerful, but the most powerful is the commander of the barbarians, who can always find the weakness of Fu Zeming's guards every time and give a fatal blow. Each time it was able to inflict a large number of casualties on the guards at a small cost. Accumulate small victories into big victories, and by the time Fu Zeming reacted, he had already lost 100,000 people, and the results of the fighting between the two sides were added, so after three months, there were less than 200,000 people left in Pingyang Pass. Fu Zeming was worried, because there were still 150,000 barbarians outside, and although the combat effectiveness of his subordinates had been improved, it seemed that the combat power of the barbarians had increased even faster. Now he still has an advantage in his own forces. But thinking of the terrifying combat power of the barbarians, Fu Zeming thought in his heart that he was afraid that Pingyang Pass would be broken sooner or later, and now if there is no conspiracy, it seems that it will not work.

Fu Zeming convened an emergency military meeting. In the end, it was decided to personally lead a detachment of the local division to attack the grain and grass in the rear of the barbarian army on the path of the Yanshan Mountain Range. As long as the grain and grass are cut off. The barbarian army will naturally be self-defeating. There is only one way to do it. So on a dark and windy night, Fu Zeming led 20,000 people to set off despite the obstruction of his subordinates. The battle for Binh Duong Pass continues. But Fu Zeming did not show up for a long time, which still attracted the attention of Marshal Korch of the Barbarian Army.

Colch said to his subordinates, "Is there any news of Fu Zeming?"

&Army, it seems that Fu Zeming is not in Guanzhong, so he can't be a retreat to ask for help, right?" said Korchi's staff with a smile.

"Yes!" said Colch calmly, "it is impossible for the Lord to go and ask for help himself, it is not to ask for help, but to escape." However, with General Ben's understanding of Fu Zeming, he is not a person who is afraid of death, but a respectable general. ”

>> yes, why hasn't he shown up, it seems like it's the third day now!" said one of Korci's generals curiously.

& It's Fu Zeming brewing a conspiracy. "Colch was very calm. "Moreover, this conspiracy is not trivial, and it is very likely to directly change the tide of the war. ”

& Army, not to underestimate Pingyang Pass, if we come to guard, if there are 200,000 troops, I'm afraid there is no way to even a million Han troops. However, although there are still 200,000 Han troops in the pass, we are confident that we can take Pingyang Pass within a month, and then we will be able to hold such a Xiongguan, and then the territory of the Han will be under our control. A bearded general said with a smile. There was a burst of laughter in the tent, and it was clear that all his generals agreed with him.

But Colch didn't lose his cool. Instead, he said quietly, "Fu Zeming's generation of famous generals, every time they occupy the upper hand, they can resist to the death in the end, which is not something that ordinary people can do." Now that Fu Zeming can ignore the battlefield and disappear, there must be a way to give us a fatal blow, everyone must be careful and vigilant. ”

"Army, what can we do now, we have an army of 150,000, as long as we use a dignified and upright way of fighting, we can crush a qiē, and we are afraid of any conspiracy!" Another white-faced man said proudly.

>, since you can't think of Fu Zeming's conspiracy, then you take turns every day to fight and strive to eliminate the living forces in the pass and seize Pingyang Pass!"

After everyone dispersed, Colchi's guard came in and said to Colchi, "General, you haven't eaten for a day, so let's eat something!"

& Jun, you haven't eaten for a day, it's time to eat something. The guard repeated.

> Grain and grass, once the grain and grass are robbed, the army's spirit will be scattered, and then they will be defeated without a fight. Fu Zeming is so bold!" Korch couldn't help but begin to admire Fu Zeming. But now that he knows Fu Zeming's purpose, he has to plan well and capture Fu Zeming in one fell swoop.

In the days that followed, the barbarian army intensified its attacks and seemed to be preparing to forcibly capture Binh Duong Pass. However, if you look closely, you will find that there are only 100,000 people left in the barbarian army, and the remaining 50,000 people have left at night and rushed to the place where the grain and grass are hoarded for hundreds of miles in the rear, where there were only 5,000 people stationed, once Fu Zeming sneak attacked, it is very likely that all the grain and grass will be destroyed in one fell swoop, but now there are more than 50,000 heavy troops guarding, Fu Zeming's fate is self-evident. (To be continued......)