The Northwest Wolves are still smoking.

The Wei and Qing armies, which were in a fierce battle, suddenly stopped their attack on Nanyang Pass, and the army retreated thirty miles and camped under the Longshan Mountain Range.

Now the front-line commander of the Qing Army is Tiger Thunderbolt Lin Chengfei.

After tens of thousands of troops left the border pass, Lin Chengfei, who led the army to confront the Wei army in Longshan, immediately felt that the opportunity had come.

He immediately made a decision and secretly sent a messenger, and the southern army of Qingguo Town drew a large number of military forces and quietly attacked the flank of the Wei army, while the Qing ** team on the Longshan Mountain Range had already swooped down, two ways to attack, a big battle, heavy casualties on both sides, the Wei army finally retreated to Nanyang Pass, using Nanyang Pass as a barrier, resisting to the death.

Wei has always had a large number of baggage materials transported to Nanyang Pass, which has become the material base of the Wei army, if it is lost here, there will be a large number of baggage materials into the hands of the Qing army, which is unacceptable to the Wei people.

If it falls into the hands of the Qingguo people like this, not only will it not be able to achieve the goal of conquering the Qingguo, but the Wei State itself may be bitten by the Qingguo people.

Although the Wei army was leaderless, it was strong in combat after all, and Sima Qingtian's deputy general Xue Poye stepped forward in times of danger and commanded the Wei army to repel the Qing army's attacks again and again.

The two sides fought hard for several days, stalemate, and the corpses piled up under Nanyang Pass, but for some reason, when the Qing army's offensive once gained the upper hand, the Qing army suddenly stopped attacking and retreated thirty miles to camp, which made the Wei army, which was under great pressure, suddenly get a chance to breathe, redeploy, and quickly repair Nanyang Pass, and step up the construction of defensive barriers under Nanyang Pass.

Because of the disappearance of Sima Qingtian, the Wei army was even more caught off guard by the Qing army, and was suddenly repulsed and left behind, but as long as they recuperate for a while and redeploy, with the logistics reserves of the Wei army and the strong combat effectiveness of the Wei army, it may not be impossible to regain the upper hand.

The ordinary soldiers of the Wei army were naturally confident that they would re-enter the pass, but the senior generals of the Wei army were uneasy, and only they knew that the supreme commander of the Wei army, Sima Qingtian, suddenly disappeared and never appeared again.

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Lin Chengfei, the current supreme commander of the Qing army, is also in an extremely bad mood.

He dispatched the army to the south of the town to attack the Wei army, which was also a risky move, that is, he learned that Yanjing had changed, and the Yan army had no time to look north, so he transferred a large number of northwest troops back to Yanjing to quell the rebellion, so he immediately gave the order.

If it weren't for the Yan army to send a large number of troops, he would never have dared to make this risky move.

The Zhennan army was drawn out, the southern defense line of Qingguo was lacking, if Yan had other intentions, suddenly launched an attack, with the strength of the Qingguo border army, it was really difficult to resist, as long as the Yan army crossed the border of Qingguo, it was a horse Pingchuan, it was completely possible to join forces with the Wei army, and the Qing army was wrapped like dumplings, if that was the situation, the Qing army was no matter how capable it was, it would not be able to resist, either the whole army retreated, or it faced the danger of annihilation.

Therefore, after repelling the Wei army, Lin Chengfei had already ordered the whole army to continue to advance westward and take Nanyang Pass, at least before the Northwest Army returned, to take Nanyang Pass, which was occupied by the Wei army.

Under Nanyang Pass, the two sides fought to the death, from the stalemate in the first few days, to the Qing army gradually gaining the upper hand, but after a will in the capital, Lin Chengfei had to lead the army to evacuate, and what is even more terrifying is that the northwest rear team that originally went to Yanjing City to quell the rebellion turned back halfway, Lin Chengfei had to withdraw the Zhennan Army and return to the border pass to defend, and the troops in his hands were no longer even able to launch an attack on the Wei army, so he could only camp at the foot of Longshan Mountain.

Lin Chengfei's heart was full of helplessness, when the Qing army was about to recapture Nanyang Pass, Emperor Qing actually came down to withdraw the army's will, he also wanted to "accept the order of the foreign monarch", but the edict was sent to the emperor to give the sword, which made Lin Chengfei can only sigh and withdraw the army.

He didn't know if Nanyang Pass would return to Qingguo one day after missing this opportunity, and he knew better what kind of threat the Wei army would pose to Qingguo when he occupied Nanyang Pass.

In the main tent, Lin Chengfei drank sullen wine.

Shang Zhongli parted a month ago, he remembered every word in his heart, the holy general had not returned for a long time, and he already knew the outcome of the matter.

He is Shang Zhongli's confidant and favorite general, Shang Zhongli climbed to the top of Tianya Peak, although he did not tell him the details of the whole thing, but according to the words left by Shang Zhongli, he knew in his heart that Shang Zhongli did not come back, so Sima Qingtian, the main general of the Wei army, would not leave Tianya Peak alive.

Because of this, he dared to launch an attack on the Wei army.

Just like the Wei army without Sima Qingtian, some of the senior generals of the Qing army are also a little flustered, the Qing army has been the highest leader of the military for 16 years, and the Qing army without Shang Zhongli naturally makes the Qing army very uncomfortable.

But fortunately, Shang Zhongli has been carefully cultivating successors over the years, and in the past ten years, Shang Zhongli has cultivated many excellent generals, and the "Three Beast Generals" are the best among them.

Shang Zhongli is the oldest among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei Qingyan, according to the natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death, among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, he must be the first to pass away.

Because of this, he had to think about the question of succession.

Although the three beast generals are all fierce generals, the abilities of the three are quite different.

In contrast, the commander of the Northwest Army of Qingguo, the wolf whirlwind Yuan Mu, is better at attacking, the commander-in-chief of the border army in the south of the town, Lin Chengfei, is good at defense, and the Northeast Army Eagle is ruthless Wang Yanping, whether it is offensive or defensive, take it out individually, the attack is not as good as Yuan Mu, and the defense is not as good as Lin Chengfei, but the ability is average, whether it is offensive or defensive, he has his own set of skills, and because of this, Wang Yanping's department is deployed in the northeast of Qingguo to control the most unstable northeast region of Qingguo, and Lin Chengfei is the commander of the southern border army of the town to defend Wei and Yan.

Among the three beast generals, Lin Chengfei commanded the southern border army of the town, and in fact, Shang Zhongli had already selected his successor as Lin Chengfei.

Lin Chengfei's martial arts ranked first among the three beast generals, although there was still a gap between the martial arts of Xiao Huaiyu Shang Zhongli and the martial arts of super-first-class masters like him, but looking at the world, there were only a handful of people who could surpass him in martial arts.

More importantly, Lin Chengfei's defensive ability is deeply valued by Shang Zhongli.

The national strength of Qingguo is not as good as that in the early days of the division of the Four Kingdoms, at that time, Qingguo directly inherited a large territory and military equipment of the Qi State of the previous dynasty, and the national strength was strong, if it were not for the Qingguo Li clan was busy quelling the rebellion in the northern counties at that time, it would be impossible for Yan and Wei to take advantage of the situation and conquer the city and build a state.

When the Qing State stabilized the north, both Wei and Yan had already divided their own sides and established the country, and the Wei and Yan countries formed a military alliance politically and correctly in the early days of the founding of the country.

Although Qingguo is strong, there is an eighty percent chance of winning against any country alone, but Wei Yan's military alliance was unbreakable in the early days of the Four Kingdoms, and it was interdependent for nearly 30 years.

Foreign wars have been repeatedly defeated, and with the passage of time, the upper echelons of Qingguo have spread extravagance, and the successors are all greedy for comfort, do not want to forge ahead, and the national strength is weakening day by day.

It is precisely because of the weakness of Qingguo that Wei Yan's indestructible military alliance gradually diverged, because after decades of operation, both sides have a solid foundation and are not weaker than in the early days, so if Qingguo can fight with one of them, the other country is happy to see such a situation.

Qingguo has Nanyang County, which is known as the "granary of the world", which is of course a blessing for Qingguo, but from a certain point of view, it is a misfortune for Qingguo.

Nanyang County is located in the middle of the continent, and it actually borders Nanjun of the Wind Country, so that Nanyang County between Wei and Yan cannot be bordered, so that Wei and Yan have not had a direct military war in the history of the Four Kingdoms for nearly a hundred years.

Wei and Yan had to fight, unless they passed through Nanyang County, or through Nanjun of the Wind Country.

The mountains of the southern county of the wind country are undulating, the mountains are high and the water is dangerous, the jungle is dense, although the strength of the wind country is weak, but the people of the wind country are extremely difficult to provoke, the Wei country has always wanted to conquer the seal, but it has never been able to take advantage of it, so it is naturally impossible for Wei and Yan to pass through the territory of the wind country.

And Nanyang County, which is a Qingguo people, is even more heavily guarded.

Because of this, Wei and Yan faced each other across the county, and there was never a direct war, and the two countries never gave up on seizing such a large granary as Nanyang County in Qingguo.

In the next few decades, Qing faced the invasion of the left and right countries, and even gathered a large army to attack Wei many times, and finally the national strength was consumed, but it still failed to change the territory of the four countries.

When Qingguo's national strength was declining, it was once about to be destroyed by Wei, but fortunately, God gave Qingguo a Shang Zhongli.

After Shang Zhongli fought against Wei sixteen years ago, after repelling the Wei army, he was left with a big mess, at this time, Qingguo, lack of troops, weakened national strength, it was impossible to have the strength to launch a large-scale attack on any country of Wei Yan, he could only retrain the army, Qingguo's military policy, but also directly from external attack to full defense.

Shang Zhongli is worthy of a generation of famous generals, after Qingguo turned to defense, the national strength has improved, and Shang Zhongli can also expand the Qing army, and finally established the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army and the Zhennan Border Army.

When the family disputes within the Yan State, Shang Zhongli also launched an attack on the Yan State without a strong general, and even conquered the city and occupied a large area of land in the Qing State, and the Yan State also succumbed to the strong military strength of the Qing State Shang Zhongli for a time.

It's a pity that Shang Zhongli never thought that it would be like Qingguo let him be born at the most critical time, and when Yan was in the most crisis, Xiao Huaiyu, the tiger of the East, was also born, resisting the expansion of Qingguo, and recovering the lost territory of Yan State.

Since then, the Wei State has Sima Qingtian, the Qing State has Shang Zhongli, and the Yan State has Xiao Huaiyu, and the three famous generals have stood together to check and balance each other, and there has been no war on the mainland for more than ten years.

With Sima Qingtian in the west and Xiao Huaiyu in the south, Shang Zhongli knew that the national strength of Yiqing was no longer enough to have a big war with these two countries, so since he was defeated by Xiao Huaiyu again and again, the national policy began to shift to defense, and this national policy has not changed until today.

Shang Zhongli understands that once he dies, Qingguo will fall into a crisis, and defense is the only choice for Qingguo, Lin Chengfei has the military talent of frontal defense, which is exactly what Shang Zhongli needs.