Even in winter, the night was unreasonably cold.

A bitter, dry wind swirled down the mouth of the valley, shaking off the accumulated snow from the trees. It's wind, and it's full of biting chill.

Shi Yan pulled up a torn leather robe to cover his head, covering his face, and dressed up as a hunter. Although on such a cold night, it is very strange for even a hunter to walk in this canyon.

Just tonight, he encountered the weirdest battle of his life.

He led 3,000 Shatuo soldiers and horses to guard the Black Stone Fortress of Heishi Ridge, which was known as the dangerous Xiongguan, but the most difficult result was that he only defended half a night before losing the Xiongguan in Shaanxi. The enemy army that broke through this Xiongguan was the Qin army, which was known as the best soldier in the world, but they only had 5,000 men and horses.

In fact, the Qin army did not dispatch all the 5,000 men and horses, they only dispatched about two battalions of men and horses, which added up to absolutely less than 1,000, but they fell this Xiongguan.

Shi Yan is not the first time to lead troops, and he is not a rough man who has never seen the world. In fact, he followed Li Keyong to fight in the east and west, and fought from a pawn to the position of a soldier and a horse envoy, relying on his courage and his command. But tonight's battle completely subverted his previous understanding of battle.

The huge Kong Ming lantern released by the Qin army at the beginning, coupled with sharp firearms to bombard the northern city, if it was all there was to it, he would not have to flee at this time. When he mobilized the defenders to the north city to prepare to defend desperately, a team of about three or five hundred people suddenly fell silently from the sky, crossed the deep stream and the city wall in front of the west gate, and landed directly in the west gate.

Until now, he still hadn't understood how those Qin troops flew into the city. When escaping Blackstone Fort. He had seen the things in front of the gates. That's something weird. It's not a large Kong Ming lantern, but a large dragonfly made of wood, silk, and bamboo poles. According to the surviving soldiers of the East Gate, the Qin army flew like dragonflies from the opposite hillside outside the West City.

They didn't use the lights, so the defenders didn't notice it until they flew over the western wall on that magical wooden dragonfly. But these people moved too fast, and after hundreds of people flew into the city, they captured the west gate with lightning speed. Put down the drawbridge and put more Qin troops into the city.

The dangerous Blackstone Fort was also lost.

Three thousand defenders, when the Qin army entered the city, most of the defenders were concentrated in the northern city without a city gate, and they were in turn blocked by the Qin army in the city.

In the end, less than a thousand people escaped from the castle with him, and they were chased and killed all the way, and after the last they broke up, completely without command.

It wasn't so easy for Qin Jun to kill me.

Shi Yan hated and thought. His hand brushed lightly against the hilt of his long sword, half-hidden beneath his tattered leather robe.

Although when the Qin army entered the city, they shouted that as long as they abandoned their weapons and surrendered. is not to blame for the past, but Shi Yan has not considered the slightest intention of surrendering.

He used to be the personal guard of King Jin, and later joined the Black Crow Army and the Yi'er Army successively, speaking of which, he can also be regarded as Li Keyong's righteous son, although his righteous son cannot be compared with Li Siyuan and other righteous sons.

It only took one night for the Qin army to capture Blackstone Fort, and their next target must be Flying Fox City. If Flying Fox City is unprepared, it will inevitably be lost. As soon as Flying Fox City is lost, the consequences are serious. The Qin army captured Flying Fox City, and to the west could take Lingqiu City, cutting off the passage between Zhigu Pass and Yanmen, so that the marshal and his wife would be trapped.

And to the east of Flying Fox City, as long as the Bauhinia Pass is captured, then Bo Yin will be blocked, and the follow-up Hebei reinforcements will not be able to enter Hedong.

He must rush to Flying Fox City and immediately tell them the news of the loss of Blackstone Fort.

It's just that after seeing the strange way of Qin Jun's attack tonight, he doesn't have much confidence in Flying Fox City in his heart.

When Li Jing, the king of Qin, entered Zhigu Pass, he rode a golden high-headed horse, which was more than five feet tall and a purebred sweat and blood horse from the Western Regions. The body was covered with a golden glazed green dragon-style gold armor, and the armor was carefully wiped and shiny. With the four-clawed golden dragon on the helmet, the golden unicorn swallowing shoulders on the shoulders, the lion belt around the waist, and especially the golden dragon carved on the armor, Li Jing became more and more powerful on the horse.

The team entering the city entered from the north gate of Zhiguan Valley, the north gate of Zhigu Pass was wide open, and Gao Siji and other generals led their troops to go out to greet them. Nearly half of the more than 10,000 men and horses left behind at Zhigu Pass were annihilated, and the rest finally surrendered with Li Kening. At this time, Li Kening and the captured officers also stood on the side to greet them.

Behind Li Jing were one hundred and eight guards, with crimson pennants fluttering on their spears, and behind these one hundred and eight guards were the high-ranking civil and military officials of the Qin Domain who went out with the army last time.

The wind swept, the flags crackled and hunted, and countless flags rolled together, and the flags were like the sea.

Walking behind the generals was Jing Sanniang and other Shatuo generals who had surrendered. Liu Yunniang refused to surrender, and was arranged by Li Jing to sit in a carriage and be firmly guarded. At present, this army of 15,000 people is temporarily led by Jing Thirteen Niang. However, in fact, they have all been confiscated weapons, and they have been dispersed and disrupted by the Qin army.

Jing Sanniang rode on a horse, and looked back at the carriage in front of Liu from time to time, feeling all kinds of feelings in her heart. She knew that Liu was unwilling to surrender, but she had no choice. She was firm in her heart that surrender was the most appropriate decision.

However, Liu was unwilling to forgive her, and when she rode to Liu's carriage, Liu didn't give her a good feeling, "Thirteen Niang! Liu, who was sitting in the carriage, had already taken off his armor and was wearing a simple skirt, "Did King Qin send you to take care of me?" ”

"I didn't come here at the behest of Li Jing."

Behind them, Qin Jun's military band had begun to blow trumpets and drums, the rhythm was slow, but neat, full of excitement and joy. "Madam, things are not at worst, and they are not worth breaking up. If you stay in the green mountains, you will eventually have a chance to make a comeback. ”

"Surrendering without a fight is a sign of cowardice, especially now that King Jin needs our support. If the King of Jin and the other Shatuo soldiers knew that even the wife of the King of Jin surrendered to Li Jing without a fight, how much damage do you think this would do to the morale of the army? ”

"But if you don't surrender, the end will definitely be the annihilation of the whole army. This lady is knowledgeable. Could it be that the king of Jin and the soldiers heard the news of the death of his wife Yusha. Would it be better? ”

"King Jin is rushing here. It will arrive today at the earliest. "Liu is extremely haggard and weak." Thirteen Niang, do you think Li Jing has really taken Black Stone Fort and Flying Fox City? ”

"Maybe!"

If that's the case, it's terrible.

King Jin still doesn't know what happened here, and he doesn't know that the net has been laid here, but he is still crashing headlong here.

"I don't know what the situation is on the Yanmen side of the road."

"The King of Jin has already sent General Li Siyuan to Yanmen, maybe things won't be so bad." Jing Sanniang comforted on the side.

"The king of Jin set out to conquer Hebei and handed over Yanmen to me to stay behind. It's me who failed King Jin! Liu sighed.

Jing Sanniang wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say.

"What is Li Jing going to do with us?"

Looking at Liu, she was worried.

Yanmen Town has suffered a big loss this time, and one foot has already stepped into the ghost gate. Liu's, Li Kexiu, and Li Kening were defeated successively, and now Li Ke has stepped into the Ghost Gate Pass with another foot, and the rest of the Yanmen don't know what the situation is in Ludao. If Li Keyong is defeated again, or Yanmen is lost, then Sha Tuo will really be catastrophic this time and will never turn over.

Li Jing had already taken the Jingu Pass, and the remaining half of Ulju was now lying in front of him like a stripped prostitute.

Naoya Seki town will be in the house. Gongsun Lan walked in with a smile on her face.

"Seeing that you are so happy, there must be good news for me." Li Jing put down the roster of soldiers in his hand. He looked up at her.

"There is good news!"

The news brought by Gongsun Lan even far exceeded Li Jing's expectations.

"Levi lived up to Saburo's expectations, they only took half a night last night to capture Blackstone Fort in one fell swoop, and then took advantage of the victory, rushed to Flying Fox City this morning, and took him. Now, Li Wei's soldiers are divided into two routes, all the way to the east to attack Bauhinia Pass, and all the way to the west to attack Lingqiu City. ”

This was really much unexpected by Li Jing, when Li Jing gave Li Wei the task, he didn't think that they could really complete it. In his mind, the best outcome would be for Levi to take Blackstone Castle, or take Flying Fox City. Unexpectedly, he had already captured Flying Fox City and Blackstone Fort so quickly.

"How did this kid do that?"

"He used our air force, the Roc Bird Hot Air Balloon Squadron, and the Black Bat Paragliding Squadron, and the two squadrons were successful in their first actual combat. I completely caught the enemy off guard, and I really didn't expect that the air units in these two experiments really played such a prominent role in actual combat. ”

Li Jing chuckled happily, these two air forces of only 600 people, but there were more than 1,000 people serving them. Moreover, the funds invested before and after are as high as more than 2 million. After spending so much money, it finally didn't go to waste.

Gongsun Lan couldn't help but ask, "San Lang has captured Li Keyong's wife now, what are you going to do with her?" You seem to admire this woman, do you want to take her in your backyard? ”

"I do admire Liu, this is a very amazing woman, knowledgeable, courageous, unlike most women."

"She is also Li Keyong's wife, and she also has an irreplaceable position in the hearts of Shatuo soldiers, and even has a high prestige in the hearts of the people of Yanmen Town." Gongsun Lan reminded: "If you want to include her in the account, I am afraid that it will make many Shaotuo people dissatisfied. ”

"You're right, Liu is not an ordinary woman." Li Jing got up and poured two glasses of red wine, and served one to Gongsun Lan, "Liu is an admirable woman, and she is also a very useful bargaining chip. However, I didn't have the idea of including her in the account. ”

"Why? Don't you admire her very much? ”

"Appreciation, not necessarily containment. Besides, a woman like Liu, do you think she will casually throw herself into the arms of others? The twisted melon is not sweet, and I have no interest in forcibly taking away people's wives. If it weren't for Liu's usefulness, I would have intentionally let her go. ”

"When we kill Li Keyong right away, she'll be a little widow, and maybe, then you'll have a chance to conquer her." Gongsun Lan said with a smile.

"Maybe!" Li Jing smiled, took a sip of red wine, and looked to the south, where Li Keyong was coming! (To be continued......)