"It's coming so fast!"

Dozens of miles away, the towering Pingxing Pass is only a palm-sized shadow close to the horizon, and the army outside the city is even more vague and difficult to discern, but the array composed of thousands of troops and horses outside the Pingxing Pass is difficult to see, but their gradual withdrawal from the city The trend can still make Zhou Yafu and Wang Ping on the Hengshan Mountain Road see clearly.

After all, this is the world of martial arts, as long as it is a top master, in an unobstructed area, it is natural to be able to see the scene dozens of miles away!

This is actually the power of those famous generals in the world at this time, with their eyesight, they can observe the terrain from afar, and fall into the ambush of the enemy!

"It seems that the planned plan won't work......" After looking at it for a while, he sighed, and Zhou Yafu turned back to Wang Ping and said.

Wang Ping nodded with a gloomy face at this time, all the way to the rout, and fell into the siege of the players, forced to flee Datong with Zhou Yafu, the two of them wanted to atone for their crimes, first ran to the Bauhinia Pass in the Puyin Pass of the seventh path of the "Taihang Eight Paths", but when they came to the pass, they had already found that something was wrong, the guards here had rebelled, and the Sui army was guarding the city.

Zhou Yafu could only retreat in a hurry, crossed the mountain and went south, and went straight to Pingxingguan, but he was also embellished by the enemy along the way, and after abandoning some of the weak soldiers, he was able to get out.

Due to the relationship with the front, they no longer know the development of the current situation, and even the messenger has not found them now.

These heroes are naturally more likely to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and those who are young can be used by being fooled into their feelings for their family and country, and these people are still young after all, but their martial arts are not good, and they are easily damaged, so Zhou Yafu was caught blind at this time!

Just retreated in such a gray way, not to mention the materials, just the grain, after all, they are the Han army, and it is still easy to collect grain in the villages around the country, so there is not much problem with the materials; But at this time, the army had no heart to fight, and they were scattered all the way, and at this time he and Wang Ping also brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses!

This is the army composed of the top legendary troops, 15,000 "Willow Battalions", and 10,000 "Wudang Flying Army"!

This is also the last family background of Zhou Yafu and Wang Ping, and this is also where the courage of the two dares to make trouble!

There are Heng Mountains in the north of Pingxing Guan, such as Ping Gaozhi, there are Wutai Mountains in the south towering majestically, and the sea is now these two mountains are towering into the clouds, and the mountains on both sides have also become natural hazards; There is a trench-type lowland between these two mountains, and the Pingxingling where Pingxingguan is located is the uplifted part of this belt-like lowland, so the situation is very dangerous.

Because Hengshan and Wutai are both fault-block mountains, which are very steep, they have become a huge traffic barrier in the north of Bingzhou, so this belt-like lowland has become the most convenient way to communicate with Bingzhou in the northern part of the Jizhou Plain; An east-west road passes through the Ping-type Guancheng, connects the Bauhinia Pass in the east, and connects the Yanmen Pass in the west, which is connected to each other and forms a strict defense line, which is an important feudal screen in the hinterland of Bingzhou.

Judging from reason, Pingxingguan is very important, and the Sui people should not let go of this piece of fat.

However, now looking at the military situation under Pingxing Pass, as long as you know a little about the military, you will know what kind of level the number of soldiers and horses under the city is, not to mention the number of more than 50,000, no matter who looks at it, it is undoubtedly a main army.

And that's it, if it's just these 10,000 people, Zhou Yafu will definitely rush up at this time, the Pingxing Pass is extremely important, if they can't break through the Pingxing Pass at this time, then there will be no way out soon!

After the Sui army occupied Pingxingguan, they must eliminate all unstable factors inside and outside the country, and their Han army, although in order to keep secrets, all the small villages encountered along the way were extinct, but it couldn't be hidden for long!

But looking at the Pingxingguan City, in addition to the 10,000 people outside the city, the banner of Di Zi fluttering in the city, I don't know how many people there are in the city now, and those "celestial people" who are making a lot of noise outside the city, it is roughly estimated that there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000!

Compared with the strength of the Sui army, the strength in their hands was very pitiful, and the soldiers he brought out from Datong at that time were more than 50,000.

If he was naturalized and had such a force, then he would definitely dare to fight a surprise battle, but at this time, after the attrition along the way and the hasty retreat from the Bauhinia Pass, the attrition caused by crossing the mountains has now been lost by more than half!

Originally, according to Zhou Yafu's strategy, he took the Bauhinia Pass first, and if the enemy dared to fight the Pingxing Pass, he would turn around and annihilate the enemy under the Pingxing Pass, but Zhou Yafu and Wang Ping were not fortune tellers who could predict the prophet, where could they have expected the city to be lost so quickly, the Bauhinia Pass was lost, and the Pingxing Pass was also lost!

This made him not know what to say, is the Han army so bad now? How many years did the two Han Dynasty fight in the south and the north, and those generals were so corrupted and degenerate? Why can't you fight to the death? It wouldn't have been possible to lose so quickly!

Looking at the past from the perspective of the mountain road on which Zhou Yafu and Wang Ping are now standing, they can't tell whether the army under the Pingxing Pass is a victorious return to the division after breaking the city and plundering, or preparing to clear the Quartet! Two different situations have the most direct impact on his next move!

Wang Ping was also a little confused, and asked Zhou Yafu: "General, what should I do now?" ”

Without sufficient intelligence support, any strategic planning is just empty talk, Zhou Yafu is essentially a cautious character, and the sharpness he shows on the outside is only because he has calculated the possible consequences clearly in advance, so that he does not hesitate to act.

It was precisely because he knew the emperor's character that he was able to fight and gain a huge harvest!

Before learning more information, Zhou Yafu would not risk falling into the enemy formation by mistake, he wanted to wait, or the same sentence: Hold on, there will always be changes!

Of course, I don't know whether this change is good or bad, and at this moment, how to think about it, it is also a change in the direction of bad!

"Let's send someone up to investigate first, and then we'll go forward, but beware of possible ambushes on the mountain."

"No!" The adjutant general nodded in agreement, and then passed Zhou Yafu's order down.

Dozens of capable sentinels rushed out of the army and hurried westward, at this time, Zhou Yafu also led the army to sneak carefully in the mountains; Soon, however, the rumbling footsteps of thousands of troops and horses as they marched forward echoed on the mountain path below the valley.

"General ......" followed the Chinese army, and Zhiyuan Wang Ping, who had been silent, called Zhou Yafu and stopped talking.

Zhou Yafu knew what Wang Ping wanted to ask, Wang Ping's question was already an obvious matter, there was no need to waste saliva, and his voice lowered: "If Di Qing is not stupid, he should have discovered us." ”

Di Qing is not a stupid talent, there is a Song generation, and there are few military ministers, and Di Qing can stand out, not only because of his brilliant military exploits, but also because his wisdom should not be underestimated!

On the more than a dozen avenues and trails around Pingxingguan, Di Qing had already laid out enough sentinels from afar, and released hundreds of rangers, and this place was on the verge of Beiyue Heng Mountain, and the Hengshan faction on Beiyue Heng Mountain was also persuaded to surrender early!

With the head snake of the Hengshan faction pointing out the geography for him, every passage that allowed Pingxingguan to be attacked was firmly blocked and monitored.

is different from the Han Kingdom at this time, the Han Kingdom is seeing the sunset, so those heroes who were originally worshiped scattered in a hurry; But the Sui State is in full swing, not only did no one flee, but more people took refuge!

Di Qing also has enough manpower to arrange, and someone to explore the Quartet, where there is movement, you can lead the cavalry there, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the Pingxing Pass have just returned from clearing a Han army!

Relying on the intelligence network arranged in advance, Di Qing found the team led by Zhou Yafu and Wang Ping who came straight from the mountains and forests at the first time. And now in addition to Wei Qing's army in the north of the Han army, there is also Zhou Yafu!

After Li Cunxiao easily captured Datong that day, he learned the news of Zhou Yafu's escape, and naturally summoned all parties to pay attention!

When he heard about this emergency military situation from the sentry agent who rushed back, Di Qing was overjoyed, these days he followed Li Cunxiao to the east and west, and almost didn't take much effort to collect one city after another, and the enemy was looking at the scenery, that is, when he hit the leveling pass, it took a little time!

However, Zhou Yafu came a little slower, and when he was originally tied again, Di Qing was still worried about whether Zhou Yafu would be ambushed in the rear!

For this reason, he was also very careful, because he knew best what kind of virtue the soldiers he led at this time, and what he led at this time was not the guards he had painstakingly trained, but the surrenderers who had been screened from the Han army over the years, and most of them were like this!

This is because the Sui army can't supply too many troops at this time, and after defending against foreign enemies on the northern grasslands and accepting the northern border of the Han State, it naturally has to deal with the threat from the north!

Outside the three passes, there is still a vast land, and the three passes are the last barrier to natural danger, not the border!

Although the battles of the Central Plains and Jiangnan are over, there are still rebellions and turmoil in various places, and a large amount of military strength is still needed to fight a "war of public security", so there are not many troops that can be deployed, so a large number of surrendered Han troops were screened and screened and included in the Sui army!

Di Qing only had 30,000 people at this time, and 20,000 of them were the original Han army, so once he attacked the city unfavorably, if Zhou Yafu was ambushed behind his back, it would be enough for him to recover.

However, Zhou Yafu did not appear after he laid the Pingxing Pass, and after that, he also received information from his brother troops, and learned that Zhou Yafu actually went to the Bauhinia Pass first, and then abandoned his troops and armor, and now he is missing!

Di Qing naturally guessed Zhou Yafu's destination very easily, at this time the Bauhinia Pass is gone, if he doesn't come to take the Pingxing Pass, then the Han army will no longer be in danger to defend, not only that, but also the Yanmen Pass Qianwei Qing's army, if it is besieged by hundreds of thousands of people from Pingxing Pass, then the Han Kingdom will be really dangerous!

At this time, the Han State can still hold on, but if Wei Qing's million-strong army is defeated and destroyed, it will be a real catastrophe!

It is not difficult to guess what kind of intention and purpose this army rushed to Pingxingguan by taking the mountain road; It's not that no one proposed to Di Qing that the plan would be set up to annihilate Zhou Yafu's army.

But this proposal was directly rejected by Di Qing, and the temporary ambush could not be perfectly hidden, and if the ambush failed, Pingxingguan might be dangerous!

and annihilating the enemy army, guarding the Pingxing Pass is the most important thing, which is also the most important reason why Li Cunxiao and Han Shizhong asked him to come to this level!

After all, with 20,000 Han troops who had just surrendered, that is, Di Qing could greatly improve the loyalty of his soldiers with his military skills such as "sharing weal and woe" and "clear rewards and punishments", and could make these Han soldiers his own people!

Therefore, he knows very well that his real purpose is not to kill the enemy, but to defend the city!

The two very different qualities of prudence and boldness are perfectly integrated in Di Qing; Di Qing was born in a poor family, and he could eventually become the highest military attache in the Great Song Kingdom, and he had a lot of adventures in this life, but at this time he was very cautious!

After several temptations, Zhou Yafu's military formation skills are also a lot, Wang Ping is also a famous general in the world, and he has some ability, but after holding each other for a day, it is still fruitless!

And on this day, the Sui army's army actually had reinforcements arriving, and Zhou Yafu could only order to put away the battle flag that was originally flying high, and the low morale could be felt from the silence in the army; The fruitless ending made it extremely difficult for the soldiers who had climbed back and forth for so long to accept; After working hard for so long and achieving nothing, Zhou Yafu could clearly feel that his prestige in the army was declining step by step.

"Retreat to Heng Mountain...... Zhou Yafu was about to continue, although Heng Mountain is a natural danger, but it can still be climbed with all his might, as long as he bypasses the Pingxing Pass, it will not be far away from the Han Kingdom, and he can go back; But at this time, from the Pingxing Pass that he threw behind him, there was a majestic drum sound.

In the confrontation, the war drums of the Sui army, which had done nothing, were finally sounded for the first time, and the loud cheers were like a slap in the face, which made the Han soldiers who were at a loss on the mountain road ashamed.

The Sui army in Pingxingguan dared to go out of the city to pursue at this time!

It's just that at this time, Zhou Yafu looked back at the city that was still in the hands of the Sui people, and secretly gritted his teeth, in his annoyed and angry mood, he was still able to restrain himself, still silent, and ordered, "Go to Hengshan first, detour!" ”

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"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

After so many days, the monarchs and ministers of the Han State also received the news of the defeat of the northern states and counties, and the news that the Chen soldiers of the Weiqing army had not advanced an inch at the Yanmen Pass were sent together; This series of bad news made Liu Bang have the idea of bowing his head!

It shouldn't be a shame to surrender to the Empress of the Great Sui, and besides, it's nothing to lose face, but Liu Bang hasn't told anyone about his idea at this time, after all, although the Han Kingdom has lost more than half of its country, it still has a lot of territory!

Han Guo is not as soft as the Jin Kingdom, and if you look at it again, maybe there will be good news for Wei Qing tomorrow!

(End of chapter)