Suddenly, a soldier hurried over, "Report!"

"Say!"

"Qi Yu Dutong, General Wang flew a pigeon to send a message, the county lord was found, in order to avoid a long night of dreams, he has led his troops to escort the county lord out of the mountain, back to Shanhaiguan. ”

Xia Guoxiang was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, and scolded with a smile, "Why do you have a lot ......of dreams at night, aren't you afraid that I will rob him of the credit, but this news is really timely, God help me, God help me!"

When the soldier saw this, his face turned anxious, and he said, "Dutong, there is another matter, there is a large group of men and horses from the west hurrying to arrive, and at their speed, they will arrive in less than a moment or three. ”

"The brigade of people?" Xia Guoxiang's laughter stopped abruptly, "What kind of people can you find out, how many people are there?"

"There is no doubt that the outfit should be a white-pole army, with a strength of around five hundred. The soldier replied.

Xia Guoxiang's face suddenly became gloomy, "I said that the surnamed Tong only led five hundred people to come, it turns out that the follow-up people have not yet arrived." ”

At this time, a young general next to him stepped forward and said, "Xia Dutong, almost all the leaders of the White Pole Army are among the five hundred people before, and the leader of this follow-up is likely to be the leader of the White Pole Army, the former Sichuan General Qin Liangyu." ”

Xia Guoxiang nodded slightly, "Yes, there will be no one else but her." ”

The general's face changed slightly, "All the generals, we have to make a decision early on whether to fight or return, otherwise let them copy the back road, and we will be passive." ”

"No......" Xia Guoxiang shook his head decisively, "Let me think about it, think about it again." ”

Seeing this, the others couldn't help but look anxious, at this moment, the position of the main force of the Black Armor Army was quite awkward, it was located at the pass in and out of the canyon, once the rear was blocked, and the Wangwushan forces inside rushed out again, the consequences were unimaginable.

After a while, just when the young general wanted to speak again, Xia Guoxiang suddenly spoke, "Pass the order, withdraw the black armor army that is entangled with Tong Zhong, and the whole army will defend the entrance of the canyon. ”

The young general was taken aback when he heard this, "Dutong, is it too late?"

Xia Guoxiang muttered, "This place is only more than twenty miles away from Jiaomen Pass, as long as you are faster, it won't take an hour to go back and forth, it's too late." ”

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and whispered a few words to him.

"The last general commands!"

Then the young general changed into a soldier's costume, mixed with a few heralds, and quickly ran out of the crowd.

Xia Guoxiang looked at the depths of the canyon, with a slight sneer on his face, "This time, I want to catch you all......"

At the same time, in a makeshift camp deep in the canyon, about three or four hundred men in blue gathered, lying or sitting resting, while others were suffering injuries of varying severity and were being bandaged.

There was a simple tent in the middle of the camp, and there were four or five people standing in the tent, one of whom was a woman in golden armor, with picturesque eyebrows, dignified appearance, and an empty arm.

Among them, there is an old man and a young man, the old one is over the age of sixties, the beard is gray, the face is full of wind and frost, the young heaven is full, the appearance is dignified, and there is a resolute and resolute color between the eyebrows, these two people are none other than Situ Boley, the person in charge of the Wangwu faction, and Situ He, father and son.

Because of Murong Fu's interference, Situ Bolei did not die at the hands of the assassins sent by Wu Sangui.

As for the rest of the people, they are also the leaders of the Wangwu faction.

I only heard Ah Jiu ask everyone, "How is the situation of the reinforcements of the White Pole Army?"

Situ He immediately bowed down and replied, "Princess Hui, all the spies are almost dead, and the last news I got is that the White Pole Army led by General Tong is pinned down by half of the Black Armor Army, and the current battle situation is unknown. ”

Ah Jiu pondered for a moment, then asked, "General Situ, what did I ask you to do before retreating into the canyon?"

Situ He replied, "Fang Cai's subordinates reported that all the saltpeter powder was buried on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon according to the princess's orders, and as long as the black armor army advanced another twenty zhang, it could be detonated and all of them buried." ”

It turned out that Ah Jiu had thought of this strategy before leading the Wangwu faction to retreat into the canyon, and let people lurk on both sides of the canyon in advance and bury a large amount of saltpeter powder, this saltpeter powder is not ordinary saltpeter powder, but an explosive powder secretly made by the Shenlong Island Military Factory.

As for Ah Jiu's identity, it is no secret among the high-level leaders of the Wangwu faction, in fact, with the current situation of the Wangwu faction, it is not necessarily more advantageous to announce her identity.

Ah Jiu's face was slightly happy after hearing this, but immediately Situ He said again, "It's just a princess, if you detonate the saltpeter powder, those brothers who attracted the attention of the Black Armor Army will also not be able to come back, and ...... And there is no way out of the depths of this canyon, once the mountain rock collapses, we are likely to be trapped inside. ”

"The kindness of a woman!" Suddenly Situ Boley stood up and glared at Situ He, "At present, the safety of the princess is paramount, and it is inevitable that there will be sacrifices, if the black armor army is allowed to attack in, it is not a pity for me to die, but if the princess falls into the hands of a big traitor, I will become a sinner for thousands of years, and a little sacrifice is nothing." ”

"That mountain rock collapsed, don't we also can't get out?" Situ He muttered quietly.

When Situ Boley heard this, he was furious, ", a big living person can still suffocate urine to death, there are so many of us, even if we open a mountain and dig stones, it is more than enough." ”

After speaking, he suddenly remembered that Ah Jiu was also here, his old face was slightly red, and he owed a debt to Ah Jiu, "The old minister does not choose what to say, and I hope that the princess will forgive his sins." ”

Ah Jiu waved his hand, "It's okay, just do what the old general wants, and order the soldiers who are resisting the Black Armor Army in front to retreat immediately, as quickly as they can, and in addition, let the person who detonated the saltpeter powder be clever and find the right time, and try to save it if he can." ”

"Yes!"

Situ He answered, and was about to go out to give an order, when suddenly the curtain was lifted, and a blue-clothed disciple rushed in, "Report!" There was news from the front, and the black-armored army suddenly contracted its formation, blocking the entrance of the canyon, and did not move forward an inch. ”

"What?" Ah Jiu was startled, "Did they find out?"

The reason why she dared to lead the army to retreat into the canyon, in addition to waiting for the rescue of the white pole army, the biggest reliance was those saltpeter powder, as long as it could be used, most of the black armor army could be buried in an instant, but at this moment, the black armor army refused to step into the trap, isn't it that the abacus has failed, and it has caused herself and others to fall into a desperate situation?

For a while, Ah Jiu's face turned pale and panicked.

Seeing this, Stuart Borough hurriedly said, "Don't panic, princess, the situation may not be as bad as you think. ”

Ah Jiuqiang calmed down and asked the disciple who reported the news, "Besides, what else is the situation? For example, the Black Armor Army sent people up the mountain to search?"

The disciple who reported the news was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, "I didn't see any of them go up the mountain, but another group of black-armored soldiers rushed over, it seems that ...... It seems that it was the part of the White Pole Army that had previously pinned down them. ”

"Oh?" said Stubery, frowning slightly, "are you sure?"

"Little ......" The disciple hesitated, "The little one is not sure, but there are only those black armor troops in this mountain, except for the people who besiege the white pole army, the little one really can't figure out where these people came from." ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, and after a while, Situ Bolei's face suddenly changed, "It's not good, Xia Guoxiang must have sent someone to ask for help." ”

"Asking for help?" Ah Jiu wondered.

"That's good!" Situ Borei nodded, and then said, "The princess doesn't know, about twenty miles away from here is where the defenders of Jiaomen Pass are stationed, and the guard there is called Guo Zhuangtu, with 20,000 troops, and is one of Wu Sangui's right-hand men. ”

After a pause, he continued, "Since Xia Guoxiang has gathered his troops and is not moving forward, he must have sent someone to find Guo Zhuangtu. ”

"If you ask for help, you ask for help, why does he want to gather his troops?" Situ He asked puzzled.

Situ Bolei twisted his white beard under his chin, "I think it must be that our reinforcements have arrived, don't forget, the troops led by General Tong who arrived earlier are not all the strength of the White Pole Army." ”

Everyone suddenly realized that eight or nine were not far from ten.

"Then what should I do now?" Ah Jiu was still young and had no experience, and the original plan was disrupted, so he immediately ran out of ideas.

Situ Bolei pondered for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "No matter whether we come for reinforcements or not, and no matter who Xia Guoxiang invites, they will always enter this canyon, and order the disciples on the mountain to wait in place, and not act rashly." ”

"Yes!"

"Also, bury all the remaining saltpeter powder on the way into the valley, the battle line is as long as possible, it is best to dig a few more traps, since Xia Guoxiang wants to buy time, let's give him time. ”

......

Stuberley was worthy of his old calculations, and a series of orders were issued in an orderly manner, and in the blink of an eye, the desperate situation that seemed unsolvable seemed to have hope again.

After everyone dispersed, Ah Jiu's body went limp, he sat on the ground, his eyes stared in a certain direction in a daze, and he muttered in his mouth, "Master, where are you, Ah Jiu can't hold on......

At this moment, at the entrance of the canyon, Murong Fu was stunned and looked at the black-armored army with an iron bucket-like formation not far ahead, and was speechless for a long time.

Just when he was about to assassinate Xia Guoxiang, suddenly the other party seemed to sense something, and immediately ordered all the black armor army shields to form a huge turtle shell to protect themselves.

How did he know, it turned out that after the Xia Guoxiang ordered the recall of the Black Armor Army, he suddenly felt terrified, just in case, he ordered protection, how many times he had fought on the battlefield over the years and survived, but most of it was because of this intuition.

Don't underestimate this kind of defensive battle formation in the army, once you fall into it, you will be struggling, and you will have a dilemma of life and death.

Of course, if Murong Fu was in his heyday, and he had the Heavenly Sword in his hand, it would not be difficult to break it, but now that his martial arts have fallen to a realm and he has been seriously injured, he will not be desperate to kill a Xia Guoxiang, so he endured it.

"Okay, I'll go and see how Ah Jiu is doing first, it's a big deal to take Ah Jiu alone. Murong Fu thought so in his heart, and his figure gradually turned into a pale white shadow, and he leaped along the cliff on the right side of the canyon.