There are two great passes across the border between Zhou State and Northern Xinjiang. One is Sanshan Pass, guarded by General Hong Jin, and the latter is Jiameng Pass, guarded by General Hu Sheng.
At this time, under Jiameng Pass, Ji Chang led an army of 300,000 soldiers who had returned from the grassland to the city. The majestic military presence and the powerful front made Hong Jin tremble.
Now that Northern Xinjiang is in decline, the warriors of the Zhou Kingdom are comparable to Chaoge's most elite Wang Shi, not to mention that we are outnumbered. Hong Jin has no hope that his 50,000 people can hold on and break the city. The slaughter was only a matter of time.
On the city wall, Hong Jin kept sighing. He didn't understand why Xibohou didn't attack. He kept gathering people and horses to wander around the pass without attacking the city. He just sent people to shout every day, scolding Chonghou for his barbarism, and Chonghou. The country's injustice.
He had no time to care about the truth or falsehood of the matter, and he was not in the mood to care about Boyikao's life and death. What he cared about was his own life and death.
A short dwarf suddenly emerged from the ground. After identifying the direction, he trotted straight towards Hong Jin.
"General Tu Xingsun, how are you? What did Hu Sheng say?"
The short man is Tu Xingsun, the deputy general of Sanshanguan. It is quite interesting to talk about it. Hong Jin was originally a disciple of Jie Jiao, and Tu Xingsun was the senior disciple of Chan Jiao, the Twelve Golden Immortal who was afraid of leaving his grandson. I don’t know how the two got involved. When they got together, they got into the positions of the chief general and deputy general of Sanshanguan.
"That kid Hu Sheng refused to help us. He said that we should each do our duty and guard the pass."
Hong Jin angrily pointed at the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the pass and asked: "Hold the pass? Does he want to come in person to see how many people are there? Can it be defended? Hu Sheng, the straight mother-in-law, is not concentrating his troops at this time. Defensively, he can hide comfortably behind and let me act as a shield for him, right?"
Tu Xingsun was also scolding angrily, but little did he know that these two Taoists might not have understood that attacking and defending a city is not actually better with more people.
Xibohou, who was in the army camp in the city, also had a gloomy look on his face. Boyi did not die in the exam, but was seriously injured. Now Prime Minister Bigan personally sent an army to escort him, preparing to send this hot potato back to Xiqi.
It's just that this time, legally speaking, Northern Xinjiang is naturally at a disadvantage, which provides a good reason and opportunity to launch an army to attack.
Similarly, Xibohou was also hesitating. According to Dashang's inertial thinking, he definitely wanted to maintain stability and finish the battle with Mi Mu in the middle. Northern Xinjiang definitely didn't want to fight. It was rare for him to start recuperating. Now Northern Xinjiang needs at least five years of recuperation. It takes time to catch your breath again.
But Ji Chang wanted to fight, really wanted to fight. Even after the Quanrong Rebellion, Ji Chang still wanted to fight, and wanted to tear off a piece of flesh from Beijiang. Otherwise, if he had such an opportunity next time, it would be difficult to do it again. There is such a reasonable and well-founded legal principle.
The Zhou Kingdom is not a barbarian, and every war does not require the division to be famous, but it cannot be too outrageous, and there must always be a decent excuse.
The most important thing is that the rise of Meng Jiguo has put pressure on this old man. If he doesn't harvest at this time, it will be hard to say who will harvest in the future. Everyone wants to make progress.
He wants to fight, but he is a little entangled. He is afraid that once he starts fighting, there will be no turning back, which will cause Dashang and Beijiang to join forces to punish Zhou State. Today, Zhou State can say that he does not hate Dashang, but it does not mean that he can win against Dashang. The risk lies in the gap between 50 and 50. If there is no provocation and harassment from the big merchants, the balance will continue to tilt towards the big merchants.
Just when Ji Chang hesitated to the point of grabbing his hair, San Yi ran all the way to Ji Chang's main camp panting angrily, and said loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Ji Bohou, San...Sanshan Pass Xiancheng surrendered!"
"What?"
Ji Chang was shocked, and even San Yisheng was a little unbelievable.
"Hong Jin and Tu Xingsun of Sanshan Pass just shot a surrender signal from the city gate, expressing their intention to surrender the city!"
Ji Chang was silent for a while and then asked hesitantly: "You said they wanted to surrender the city? Why? Why?"
"I think it may be because I am afraid of your reputation, my lord, and the military front of my Kingdom of Zhou."
"call!"
The surprise came too quickly. Ji Chang rubbed his face and looked at San Yisheng with a smile: "Yisheng, maybe this is God's will. God will take the blame instead."
"Master, aren't you waiting for Dongyi's battle report?"
"Everyone has opened the door, why should I hesitate? Come on, follow me into the pass. The most difficult Three Mountain Pass has been broken. We can break through the Jiameng Pass before the king's order arrives and seize everything in the northern Xinjiang. As long as we eat it, won't we still vomit it out?"
Such a dreamy start gave everyone in the Zhou Kingdom an unreal feeling. It was not until the army entered the pass that they believed that they had really captured the fortified city and pass that had been blocking them in front of them for decades without a single blow.
When Ji Chang led the Zhou army to rest at Sanshan Pass for a few days, the army immediately set out to attack Jiameng Pass. Hong Jin took the lead and came to Jiameng Pass to persuade him to surrender, in order to win more territory for Zhou. time.
"General Hu, open the city gate quickly. We have already surrendered to the Zhou Kingdom. Stop making unnecessary resistance. Surrender to the Zhou Kingdom as soon as possible. Like Hong, you can also occupy the main area of an area with 30,000 soldiers. status."
Hu Sheng angrily denounced Hong Jin's shamelessness, and drove away Hong Jin who persuaded him to surrender with a tough attitude. He immediately mobilized the defenders in the pass to prepare for the siege of the Zhou army.
As long as he could hold out until the heavy snowfall this year, he would have a chance to wait for reinforcements from Chaoge.
Hong Jin returned to the main formation in disgrace. Looking at the busy defenders at the top of the city, he waved his hand and launched an advance attack on Jiameng Pass.
The vanguard of Hongjin, who were originally wearing white armor, had now changed into red armor. They attacked the city with crazy ants. Tu Xingsun even went into battle in person, constantly using earth escape techniques to kill the defenders. Some key city defense positions and captains and military princes.
Looking at the flexible Tu Xingsun, Hu Sheng felt resentful in his heart: "I only regret that my brother Hu Lei is not here. Otherwise, how could this dwarf be allowed to show off his power here?"
"Who can go out into battle and lead the cavalry out of the city to disrupt the enemy's offensive?"
"The last general, Xu Kun, is willing to serve the general."
Hu Sheng took a closer look and saw that it was Xu Kun, the deputy general in the pass. This man was always brave and highly skilled in martial arts. Hu Sheng didn't waste any time and directly ordered three thousand cavalry to Xu Kun to go out of the city to disrupt the enemy's offensive.
Seeing Xu Kun charging into the formation and interrupting the siege rhythm under the ladder, Tu Xingsun was itching with hatred. The advantage he had finally built up after so much work was completely destroyed by this general.
A golden hemp rope flew out of Tu Xingsun's hand, and flew out with a swish, tying Xu Kun firmly. Then Tu Xingsun emerged from the ground, and hit Xu Kun with a short iron stick in his hand. Behind his head, a brave general who was fighting on the battlefield fell off his horse, his brain burst, and a heroic spirit went straight to the list of gods.
Hu Sheng was angry, but had nothing to do. The offensive that had just been interrupted immediately became like a tide, and he clung to the city wall and continued to launch.
"Who dares to fight again and lead three thousand cavalry to prevent the enemy from attacking the city?"
This time, no one stepped forward to take orders. Xu Kun's tragic situation was still vivid in his mind, and no one felt that they could get anything good under that weird rope.
Seeing that many enemy troops had climbed onto the city wall, Hu Sheng immediately pointed at the most powerful general among the generals, Hu Yunpeng, and said fiercely: "General Yunpeng is our number one warrior in Jiameng Pass. This battle must be fought by you. Please ask General Yunpeng to take action."
Hu Yunpeng swallowed his saliva and looked at Hu Sheng's straight eyes. He was also complaining in his heart. If he were to fight against other mortal generals, he would not be afraid in his heart. However, the little dwarf opposite him obviously possesses evil powers. He is just a mere one. How can a mortal, not a super general like Meng Jibo, win?
However, the general had already spoken, and it was difficult to disobey the military order. He could only bite the bullet and led three thousand cavalry out of the city gate, once again clearing away the siege troops near the ladder.
At the same time, he also observed his surroundings carefully, until a golden light flashed before his eyes. Hu Yunpeng immediately waved the copper hammer in his hand, hit the golden light hard, and knocked it to the ground.
"Haha, what a broken rope, it seems like nothing more than that."
As soon as he finished speaking, the golden hemp rope immediately straightened, causing Hu Yunpeng's horse to stumble. Taking advantage of the general's fall from his horse, he repeated his old trick and immediately stepped forward to tie him into a ball.
"It's ridiculous. Is my fairy binding rope such an inconvenient thing?"
Tu Xingsun killed Hu Yunpeng again with a stick, and the two first-class warriors in the world to earn money for the list of gods took back the immortal rope with contempt and disdain, and raised his fingers at Hu Sheng on the city wall, indicating that he should send more people. Come and deliver.
Unexpectedly, Hu Sheng was directly blinded by this. In the panic, Hu Sheng ordered the last deputy general Fang Jixian to continue to defend the city, while he abandoned the city with his personal camp. After escaping from the city, he went straight to Binzhou, saying They don't want to be like the two lieutenants, who serve as a stepping stone for Tu Xingsun to become famous in the first battle.
By the time Ji Chang's Zhou army arrived at Jiameng Pass, the flag of Zhou had already been hung high above the city gate. For a moment, Ji Chang was overjoyed, saying that he had picked up a treasure. He did not expect that the two generals would surrender. He actually has such great ability.
"Hahaha, Ji Chang is overjoyed to have two generals helping him."
"Everyone, this is not a good opportunity for us to rest. The three sons of Binzhou are ridiculous. How can such a person be a marquis? Follow me and go straight to Binzhou to save the people of Binzhou from the fire."
The Zhou army did not stop for a moment, and immediately set off. The small and medium-sized vassal states watched the wind and surrendered along the way. They did not stop the invincible offensive until they reached the foot of Binzhou City.
Perhaps the northern border was really in such bad shape that most of the princes no longer had enough strength to form an effective defense against the invading Zhou Kingdom.
It was not until they pushed all the way to Binzhou, where nearly 400,000 troops spread out in a large area, that they encountered fierce resistance from the new Binzhou Hou Taolin.
Tao Lin had no choice but to gain fruit if others surrendered. The reason for Zhou's crusade was to use the title he had gained from competing with his eldest brother and third brother for his unfair position.
However, before Zhou State started to attack the city, the reconnaissance cavalry battalion traveled from Binzhou to Jizhou on Chidao, bringing the latest news to Ji Chang.
"My lord, reinforcements from Chaoge have been found in the direction of Jizhou."
"Who is coming?"
"Looking at the great banner in the distance, it should be... the king's army!"
"What? Isn't Di Xin in Dongyi? Why did he come so fast? Doesn't it mean that Di Xin gave up the attack on Dongyi but also wanted to support Chong Hu?"
The ones who were most panicked were Hong Jin and Tu Xingsun. They did not expect Chaoge's reinforcements to come so quickly, with such a determined attitude, and that it was actually the king who came in person.
Tu Xingsun frowned and said: "Why should Ji Bohou panic? With me and General Hong taking action, what will happen even if the king comes in person? We will defeat the king directly and capture the king. Since Cheng Tang can replace Xia Jie , why can’t I, Ji Zhou, replace Shang Emperor Xin?”
Ji Chang's expression was as usual, but his brows slightly raised, indicating the thoughts in his heart. Ji Bohou asked as if nothing had happened: "How many soldiers and horses does the emperor...have brought with him?"
The scout thought for a moment and then immediately replied: "It should be a hundred thousand people."
"It's only one hundred thousand, this..."
"Isn't this putting the king in danger? No, as the most loyal prince of the Zhou Dynasty in Dashang, it is our duty to protect the king."
"Come here, gather the generals, we are ready to welcome the King and protect King Qin."
Just as Xibohou gathered his troops and waited quietly for Emperor Xin's troops to approach, San Yisheng rushed into the camp as if he was crazy, asked Ji Chang to retreat all the generals, and said in fear.
"My lord, think twice. I just came from the military market and a piece of news has gone viral."
"Uncle Meng Ji defeated the Dongyi army with three hundred thousand against three hundred thousand. The leader of Dongyi, Li Wu, died in the battle. General Longyi, the great shaman of Fengyi, and the leader of Quanyi died in the battle. The others were missing. Lone Only the eldest son of Daoyi, Laihu, returned to Huaidu with an army of 20,000 Daoyi."
"Such a ferocious force has never been seen in ancient times. Whether it is war or peace, please consider it carefully, my lord."
Ji Chang's jaw almost dropped to the ground in surprise. Three hundred thousand people were killed in the battle. Since he was sensible, he has never heard of such an outrageous thing, either from history books or from the stories he heard. How could this be? fight? This was clearly a massacre. Even if 300,000 pigs were killed, it wouldn't be so fast!
The enthusiasm was like a bucket of cold water, pouring a chill on Ji Chang's heart. He kept calculating in his heart and silently counting all the achievements since Meng Chang's "debut", and his mood became particularly heavy.
Di Xin is not an obedient little daughter-in-law who can be manipulated by others. Just to fight against Di Xin's elites requires a lot of effort. Now it seems that winning or losing is not that important.
"Yisheng, postpone the expedition, go and kidnap Hong Jin and Tu Xingsun, and send them to the king! The guard of Sanshan Pass, Hong Jin, and the deputy general, Tu Xingsun, intend to rebel. As a loyal uncle of the Zhou Dynasty of the Great Shang Dynasty, I will pursue the two thieves for thousands of miles. Only a short distance away, the two thieves were captured alive. Thanks to the king's personal visit, Ji Chang is willing to sacrifice the two thieves to congratulate the king on Dongyi's conquest!"
"But, Lord, what should we do if we have already taken over two hundred miles of northern Xinjiang?"
Ji Chang took a deep look at San Yisheng and said righteously: "Yisheng, when did we take back two hundred miles of land? That was the land we defeated the Hong Jin rebels and recovered for the princes of northern Xinjiang. This was also the land they regained. In order to express our gratitude for our kindness, this is a special thank you gift.”
"It is impossible to spit out the meat you eat. I think resolving the war with Chonghou will be worth the two hundred miles!"
(End of chapter)
