The light wind blew, the bloody meaning was strong, Qin Bing was already cold at this time, this wolf armor would stab Cheng Yishi to death in just a moment, and his martial arts were really appalling.

As soon as the main general died, the Qin army suddenly lost control, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves ringing in every corner, the Qin army only felt that there were enemies everywhere, and at this time, how could he care about killing the enemy, first of all, the hundreds of foot soldiers who followed behind Cheng Yishi, lost their heads and walked, just trying to flee for their lives.

The wolf armor will naturally be Chu Huan.

Chu Huan stabbed Cheng Yishi to death with a single shot, but he did not have the slightest smugness, he led the army to raid, and he actually knew in his heart that with the power of the northwest cavalry, it was really easy to defeat the exhausted Qin army.

However, in the battle of Xigu Pass, Chu Huan understood that Da Xizhang's troops and horses were not without combat effectiveness, in fact, their will to fight was not weak, although Xigu Pass was finally captured, but the losses of the Northwest Army were not small.

For Chu Huan, it is natural to defeat this Qin army at the lowest cost, and capturing the thief and the king is naturally the best way.

As long as Cheng Yishi can be killed, this army will naturally collapse without a fight.

He also expected that in this almost desperate situation, as long as Cheng Yishi saw the "Chu" word flag, he would definitely have the intention of fighting hard, and in the chaos of the army, it may be difficult to find Cheng Yishi, but if Cheng Yishi takes the initiative to attack, the target can be locked immediately, and the fact is just as Chu Huan expected, Cheng Yishi only thought that the black armor general was Chu Huan, and led the army to attack, which also happened to give Chu Huan a chance, Chu Huan led hundreds of horsemen from the flank, recognized Cheng Yishi, and no longer hesitated, captured the thief and captured the king, and killed him in one fell swoop.

War drums, flags, horses' hooves, and neighing were intertwined, and a part of the Qin army fled westward in panic, and the army's heart suddenly collapsed completely.

"Surrender and don't kill, those who resist will not be killed!"

Among the cavalry in the northwest, many voices had already shouted, although most of the chaotic Qin army had fled to the west, but many people still dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, and raised their hands in surrender.

Everyone knows that the Northwest Army not only has fierce cavalry, but also has a force far above itself, and the main general is dead, and continuing to resist in this situation will only allow the Northwest Army to carry out a massacre.

More and more Qin troops had already fallen to their knees, and only a small number of them, riding fast horses, fled westward.

This battle came suddenly, and it went very fast, and it didn't take long for it to fall silent in all directions, and there were two or three hundred Qin soldiers who were killed, and those who fled away were only a dozen horsemen, and the rest of the Qin troops almost all surrendered.

Chu Huan did not send cavalry to chase after the fleeing Qin army, but just watched from a distance and let them escape.

The black armor general was already urging the horse to come at this time, and when he came to Chu Huan's side, he said with a smile: "Chu Du, these Qin troops are really vulnerable, it is better to cut off one of their fingers than to hurt their ten fingers, this army of soldiers and horses has been annihilated, it is difficult to go to Tongzhou City, and the defense of Tongzhou City cannot be strengthened." ”

This black-armored general is none other than Xu Shao.

Chu Huan bowed slightly, and said: "The defensive strength of Tongzhou City is only about a thousand people, let's kill it now, take advantage of its unpreparedness, it will be easy to break the city!" Shaking his head and sighing: "It's a pity that the big fat is in our mouths, but we can't swallow it!" He commanded: "Send the order to go down, clean up, this group of soldiers will go on the road with the army, if they want to live, let them help to attack the city, otherwise there will be no mercy." ”

The Northwest Army simply and neatly solved the Qin army that escaped from Xigu Pass, and the news was known to Xu Qing, the governor of Tongzhou, in the early morning of the next day, and more than a dozen cavalrymen who escaped from the battlefield galloped all the way to Tongzhou City.

Xu Qingnian was over fifty years old, capable of doing things, recommended by Qiao Mingtang, and the imperial court issued a decree to be named the governor of Tongzhou, managing this barren but very important strategic position.

Tongzhou is the weakest economic point among the states in Xishan Road, but the city of Tongzhou is quite strong, just because Tongzhou often has droughts, coupled with heavy taxes paid by the imperial court, many people have been displaced to other places.

It's just that everyone knows that Tongzhou is not only strategically important, but also rich in minerals, there are many iron ores, and the iron ore mined from Tongzhou every year is actually a very huge income, but the imperial court has set up a special yamen in Tongzhou to manage ores, and the mining and operation of Tongzhou ores are under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and minerals cannot become local financial revenues.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water, although there are ores in Tongzhou, but can not rely on the ore as financial revenue, although the imperial court will also take out a part of the ore income every year to appease the local officials, and even the local mining bureau of the imperial court will collude with local officials to make profits, but compared with the huge annual ore income into the imperial court, Tongzhou's finances will not increase in the slightest.

After the emperor toured the north and the prince supervised the country, Qiao Mingtang immediately made an excerpt to the imperial court, begging the imperial court to relax the supervision of ores, Xishan Road was financially struggling, and it was necessary to rely on ore to increase financial revenue, so as to maintain the stability of Xishan Road, Qiao Mingtang itself belonged to the princelings, for the prince, the increase in the strength of Xishan Road was equivalent to if his own strength was increasing, this excerpt was naturally approved, but the court also said very clearly, Tongzhou's mining rights, the court has the right to recover at any time.

Qiao Mingtang took this opportunity to recommend Xu Qing, Xu Qing was the director of the Ministry of Industry of Xishan Road, and he was also quite familiar with ore affairs.

After the recovery of Tongzhou mining rights, the export of ore to the outside has greatly enhanced the financial income of Xishan, and the iron ore of Tongzhou is of excellent quality, Qiao Mingtang uses high-quality iron ore to build weapons and equipment, and further strengthens the combat effectiveness of Xishan Road.

The main force of the Xishan Army, deployed on the front line of Liangzhou, was certainly looking for an opportunity to extinguish the Jinling rebellion, but the most important reason was also to protect Tongzhou.

The three thieves of Jinling Road are self-reliant, called the king and hegemonic, the benevolent king Xu Chang occupies the central and northern regions of Jinling Road, including Jinling Cang, the strongest strength, sitting on Jinling Cang, Xu Chang has to recruit troops and horses, expand the army, which poses a huge threat to the Xishan Road in the north, Qiao Mingtang is naturally worried that once Xu Chang sends troops to the north, breaks through Liangzhou, and enters the ground of Tongzhou, then the ore that Xishan Road relies on will be fatally threatened.

For Xishan Road, the recovered Tongzhou mining rights are undoubtedly a money bag, Xu Chang has enough grain and grass in his hands, if he takes Tongzhou and wins the Tongzhou mining rights, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, the main force of tens of thousands of Xishan troops were assembled in Liangzhou to resist Xu Chang's threat to Xishan Road.

Tongzhou has Yunshan Mansion in the north, Liangzhou in the south, and Xiguguan in the west, which is as solid as a rock, surrounds it, and naturally does not need too many troops to garrison here.

For Qiao Mingtang, the supply of grain and grass to Xigu Guanda Xi Zhang's department is of course the will of the imperial court, but in fact, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages of Xishan Road itself, although the grain and grass of Da Xizhang's 5,000 soldiers and horses has become a big burden on Xishan Road, but Da Xizhang guards the pass, and if he helps Xishan Road block the Northwest Army, it ensures that the west side of Xishan Road is worry-free.

Once there is a problem in the pass, the first to bear the brunt of the direct threat of the Northwest Army is Xishan Road, and it is Tongzhou, which is extremely important to Xishan Road at present, Qiao Mingtang naturally knows how powerful this is, and spends some money and grain to erect a barrier in the west, and the security of Tongzhou is a very cost-effective thing, no matter how it is calculated.

Since Xu Qing was recommended by Qiao Mingtang, he naturally knew Qiao Mingtang's thoughts very clearly, and the first task of sitting in Tongzhou was naturally to do his best to vigorously mine ore and turn Tongzhou ore into money, food, and weapons and equipment urgently needed by Xishan Road.

Naturally, few people know that the ore mined in Tongzhou is not only transported to other places, but even Jinling Road, there is also a secret transaction, although the two sides are facing each other on the front line, but they are trading in private, each taking what they need.

Xu Chang occupies Jinling Road, and Jinling Road has always been one of the richest places in the empire, after Xu Chang occupied the north-central part of Jinling Road, he forced the local gentry to donate money and grain, for Xu Chang, there is no shortage of money and food at the moment, but the lack of minerals in Jinling Road, on the contrary, weapons and equipment have become a problem, and the two sides take what they need in private, but it is also a matter of course.

Although the world is turbulent, Xu Qing has been having a good time recently, sitting on the treasures of Tongzhou, not only the money and grain quickly flowed in, exceeding the tasks assigned by Qiao Mingtang, but also there are a lot of underground transactions with Tongzhou in various places, and there are naturally not a few businessmen from all over the country who come to seek ore transactions, and even some unknown figures have come to seek transactions with heavy money.

For Xu Qing, the more people who seek trade, the better, the wealth is rolling, in fact, he knows very well in his heart that some of these unknown characters, behind them are not some forces that are ready to rebel, Tongzhou Iron Mine has created excellent weapons, if you want to win a place in this troubled world, money and food are indispensable, weapons and equipment are also indispensable.

He can really be regarded as a daily opportunity, people's livelihood can be put aside for the time being, but the ore trade, but can not be delayed at all, from mining to trade, and even to financial accounting, he is personally inquiring, sitting on treasures, there will be some benefits in it, the position of Tongzhou Zhizhou before, everyone is afraid to avoid it, no one wants to sit on this volcano, but now it is feng shui in turn, Tongzhou Zhizhou has become a piece of fragrant dumplings, Xu Qing sits on this son, it can be said that he is full of spring breeze.

Until the fleeing Qin soldiers reported that Xigu Pass had been breached, and the Northwest Army was going to Tongzhou to kill, Xu Qingdu only felt that this matter was really a bit ridiculous, and he was very suspicious. R1058