In the midst of Wu Yanzi's angry screams, the tiger skull mask he was wearing also turned into pieces and fell from his face.

Beneath the shattered tiger skull mask was a face that was too delicate and handsome for the people of the Wu clan.

This is a prince with a very delicate face, even in Changling, he can be regarded as a beautiful man.

But most importantly, his eyes are pale gray.

In the Wu Clan, only a man from the Wu Clan who marries a woman from the Yue Clan will give birth to a descendant with such a color of eyes.

The Yue Clan was conquered by the Qin people early on and became a vassal state of the Qin people, and in the eyes of the other nations and other tribes in this wasteland, the Yue Clan people were a symbol of cowardice and lowliness.

"Shameless!"

Looking at the cyan giant wolf who had lost its hind limbs and was wailing in pain, the prince of the Wu Clan Kingdom screamed angrily again.

He never thought that after Li Xixing promised a fair duel with him, he would secretly let Hu Jingjing take the opportunity to use his sword.

"Why?"

Hu Jingjing, who was lying on Li Xixing's back tightly, couldn't understand it.

"Fame is more important than life or death, right?"

"I'm going to disgrace all the Qin people by doing this, right?"

Li Xixing asked her two sentences in a row, then took a deep breath and said indifferently: "I only know that I can keep many Qin people from dying if I live, I only know that in the case of extreme anger, he will definitely want to continue to hunt me down, and he should not immediately go back to the cavalry army under his command, so that the remnant you were in before, as well as some of the same remnants as that remnant, can live." ”

Hu Jingjing was silent for a long time.

For some reason, she thought of her dead master, and the same dead Confucian.

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From an extremely distant distance, there is a vague black line under the sky in the northwesternmost part of the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty, but when you get closer, you will know how majestic and cold this blurred black line can be seen from an extremely long distance.

Especially set off by the dry yellow wasteland in front and back, this giant mountain shrouded in clouds and snow at the upper end makes people feel even more magnificent and majestic.

It makes people feel small.

It makes people feel like there are gods living in it.

This is Yin Mountain, the sacred mountain in the hearts of many herders who have lived around it for generations.

Passing through such a sacred mountain through a huge canyon formed naturally in the mountains, and looking at the scenery that can only be described as majestic and spectacular, is an indescribable experience for the vast majority of first-time visitors, and it is impossible to help but feel like a pilgrimage.

However, for the 3,000 guards who marched through Yinshan, all that filled their bodies was exhaustion and dazedness, as well as the fear of the unknown.

The Valley Prison Pass is located in one of the seven naturally formed gaps in Yinshan that are suitable for the army to pass through.

With such a seven-way gap, the Great Qin Dynasty naturally had to firmly grasp it in its hands, but the most important thing was that this valley prison pass was originally the most remote one in the hinterland behind Yinshan Mountain.

From a strategic point of view, if the Donghu army of the Wu clan and even farther away passed through here and entered the wasteland behind Yinshan, the army of the Great Qin Dynasty would also have enough time to dispatch, and it would be completely possible to open an opening and lay an encirclement and wait.

So this castle is not only the smallest, but also the last to be built.

Elsewhere, the Guancheng was not only built to completely border the two ends of the canyon, as if forming an iron gate, but also in some low places on the mountain beams on both sides, as long as there was a place where the army could pass through, even built walls and corner towers to connect with the Guancheng.

However, the valley prison pass was not fully built, it is located on the north side, and a long section of it has not been connected to the mountain. This makes it a hillside city at best.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of remnants of the Qin army, but they were consciously driven by most of the Wu country and rushed to the poorly defended Guancheng.

There are also cavalry troops cutting their way back, and this intention can be understood even by the lowest-ranking Qin army sergeant.

Not only did he want to annihilate the tens of thousands of Qin troops in one fell swoop, but he also wanted to eat this Gu Prison Pass in one bite.

Next, even if the army of the Wu State does not counterattack after entering Yinshan, some of their layouts can be biased towards this end as much as possible, and if the reinforcements from Donghu arrive, it will be easier to form an alliance with the Wu State.

As for some of the Great Qin troops that have penetrated deep into the borders of the Wu Clan, they will completely become isolated islands, and it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated.

Originally, there were more than 15,000 defenders in Gujiaoguan, but most of them had gone deep into the wasteland before, and the defenders were only less than 2,000 at this time.

So when the 3,000 guards arrived, plus some miscellaneous servants and craftsmen who didn't fight on weekdays, the defenders and guards here were only five or five.

And Wu Qiwu, the supreme general who stayed here, was also at the same level as Guo Feng.

When Guo Feng led the Su Guard Army to arrive, this thin general, who was still in the prime of life, but his face looked like a man in his fifties, personally led some generals to greet him, and then silently greeted Guo Feng and some deputy generals who followed Guo Feng, as well as Ding Ning and Nangong Caishu and others, to the highest part of the city tower of Gu Prison Pass.

After the Yin Mountain, there are only meadows at most, and there are no mountains to cover them.

So the line of sight is able to see far away.

"You're in time, and there's still a good day at most. Their vanguard will be here. ”

Wu Qiwu looked at some cooking smoke in the distance with a frosty face, and said, "Even if it is a vanguard force, there are at least more than 5,000 people. ”

After a pause, the thin general with a very vicissitudes of life said very simply and directly: "They should have arrived half a day earlier, according to our inference, the reason why they did not have full speed is that they are not out of touch with the army, and the reason why the army is slow should be that they brought a lot of ordnance... In the previous battles with us, they captured a lot of ordnance. ”

Guo Feng took a deep breath and said in a cold voice, "When will our tens of thousands of remnants arrive?"

"Two and a half days. ”

Wu Qiwu gritted his teeth and said, "And there will be an army of the Wu clan country immediately behind, and there is a two-day time difference... This army of at least tens of thousands of Wu Clan's troops can be used against us for two days. ”

The faces of all these Qin generals were ugly, except for Ding Ning.

"There are more than 5,000 vanguard fast riders, most of them carrying ordnance and baggage, so the total number of the broken Wu Clan army is at least 11,000 or more, and it may even be more. ”

When Guo Feng's gaze turned to Ding Ning's body, Ding Ning spoke very calmly, "Even if we add up to more than 5,000, we can't be regarded as an elite army... So is there anything else that can stand in the way?"

This place is far away from Changling, and the transmission of information is not as smooth as Changling, and many things about Changling are not known to ordinary soldiers and generals who are not particularly high-level. Wu Qiwu and the generals beside him didn't know what kind of identity Ding Ning had.

But seeing that he was able to follow closely behind Guo Feng and had a temperament that ordinary young cultivators couldn't match, he didn't have the intention of underestimating it, and after being silent for a moment, he said: "There are still more than 2,500 laborers in the mines of Gu Prison Pass, and most of them are criminals who have been exiled here. ”

Ding Ning looked at him with a slight sarcastic smile and said, "You mean to give these coolies and prisoners freedom and let them take up arms to defend against foreign enemies?"

Wu Qiwu's brows furrowed, he didn't like Ding Ning's attitude at this time.

"Those who can be exiled here are usually felons, and I am afraid that you have made them suffer a lot in order to make them obedient. If you release it now, I'm afraid that the first thing to deal with is you, not the army of the Wu Clan. Ding Ning continued lightly.

"Five thousand restrained more than two thousand five hundred, and some of the leaders and fierce resistance were killed first. Wu Qiwu said coldly: "Even if there are only more than a thousand left, it is always useful." ”

"I'm afraid that I will kill myself first to get tired and cold. Ding Ning said mockingly.

Wu Qiwu took a deep breath, looking at such a junior who was completely undisguised mocking himself, he naturally became angry, and sneered: "What do you think?"

"It is better to abandon the city. ”

Ding Ning calmly looked at the general who already had murderous aura in his eyes, turned around and nodded to the side of the hill, "The whole army is stationed on the high part of that hillside... Condescendingly, the cavalry has no advantage. Even if they were allowed to occupy the city, that hillside would at least allow the remnants of our army to retreat from the hillside behind the Yin Mountain when they arrived. All we have to do is hold on for two days, and we will be able to occupy the hillside for those two days. ”

All the Qin generals looked at the hillside that Ding Ning was pointing to.

Wu Qiwu was stunned for a moment, and then sneered angrily, "It's ridiculous." Even though the hillside was higher, it had lost the support of some ordnance that had been closed at the gates. Abandon the city first, and wait until most of the rear of this forward cavalry arrives, especially some ordnance, and you will definitely die. Why did you hold out for two days?"

"I don't care what you think. ”

Ding Ning turned to look at Guo Feng and said seriously, "I only care about our own opinions, I also need the Su Guards to be able to fully obey my opinions this time." ”

Guo Feng was stunned.

"If they do not abandon the city, then our Sukan army will be stationed on the hillside. Ding Ning looked at him and added.

Hearing his words, the faces of Wu Qiwu and the others suddenly turned extremely pale.

Guo Feng was still a little incredulous.

"It's about who is going to lead the battle. Ding Ning looked at him and said slowly: "Who will command this battle?" ”

"You have to trust me. After a pause, Ding Ning looked at him, and then said softly: "You must listen to me, so that you can win this battle." ”

Guo Feng swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

He hesitated for a long time, and although in any of his previous experience, it was definitely a mistake to divide before the war and not to the detriment of the war, but he finally took a deep breath and nodded.