Qin Ming was still undefeated with one against three, and the three of them tried their best to remain undefeated. It was too difficult to defeat the master master with the weak and the strong. Even the leader of the Galaxy Sect found it difficult to do so.
The battle between the two armies was in a stalemate, but Dongxia still had the upper hand in terms of overall strength. Ordinary soldiers in Taichu suffered heavy casualties.
Outside Yinma Pass, the commander of the 100,000 Qinghe Army, Qianji Sanlang, began to order an attack on the city. However, this time there was no Qingyantang shikigami to open the way, but the clumsy ant-possession method was used. A large number of Qinghe soldiers arrived carrying ladders. Under the city wall of Yinmaguan.
The moat of Yinma Pass was also covered with thick ice like the moat of Wuwei Pass. It was obvious that Qingyantang Shishen had taken action again.
Qinghe soldiers began to set up ladders to attack the city. They were not afraid of death and braved the rain of arrows to climb up the ladders one after another.
The Dongxia defenders stationed at Yinmaguan kept pushing away the ladders, throwing stones and pouring kerosene at the Qinghe soldiers on the ladders, maximizing their advantage in defending the city. For a while, the Qinghe soldiers were unable to break through the city wall.
While Bai Lingshuang, the commander-in-chief of Eastern Xia, was constantly commanding the Eastern Xia Army and the Taichu Army to fight to the death, a scout came to report that a large number of Taichu Army had appeared outside Xiaguan City where the main force of Eastern Xia had previously been stationed. Bai Lingshuang was shocked and immediately sent messengers to Yinma Pass. , asked the Yinma Pass guard general to lead his army to come to the rescue, hoping for a quick victory and rescue Xiaguan City.
Because Bai Lingshuang knows that at this moment, all the elites in Xiaguan City are gone, leaving only more than 30,000 soldiers. These people are all the Wuwei Pass defenders who escaped. With the help of the Qinghe people, the Taichu Army is unpredictable. It is very likely that Xiaguan City will be destroyed in a short time. If the interior is breached, then his 200,000 elite soldiers will be completely wiped out if they are not careful.
The messenger quickly reported that the Taichu Army had launched an attack on Yinma Pass. The defender of Yinma Pass was resisting with all his strength and was unable to support Bai Lingshuang.
Bai Lingshuang was horrified. She seemed to have fallen into the enemy's trap and was in a dilemma.
Suddenly, a large number of the Taichu Army appeared in the east and joined the battle. They were densely packed with people, and the number was no less than 100,000. The battle situation immediately changed. The Taichu Army, which was originally at a disadvantage, regained its vitality and began to launch a counterattack against the Dongxia Army.
If he didn't make a decision, his whole army might really be annihilated here. Bai Lingshuang once again sent messengers to Yinma Pass, asking the guard to leave some soldiers behind and abandon Yinma Pass and go out of the city to ambush.
Under the order of commander Bai Lingshuang, the Dongxia Army began to retreat towards Yinma Pass.
How could the Taichu Army let the Dongxia Army leave so easily? Ni Feihong, the former general of the Taichu Army, ordered to press forward step by step and hunt down the retreating Dongxia Army.
A few miles away from Yinma Pass, the defenders of Yinma Pass suddenly appeared. Bai Lingshuang immediately ordered the entire army to stop retreating and instead attack the Taichu Army. The two armies were in a stalemate again.
Bai Lingshuang ordered the troops to rush to Jinguan City southwest of Yinma Pass for help, where 200,000 elite soldiers of the Eastern Xia were stationed.
In Bai Lingshuang's heart, Xiaguancheng could no longer be counted on. If he returned to Xiaguancheng, he would probably face a double attack from the enemy.
Finally, those Qinghe shikigami seemed to have reached their limit and disappeared out of thin air, and the pressure on the Dongxia Army suddenly decreased.
Bai Lingshuang once again ordered the withdrawal of troops to Jinguan City. This time, the Taichu Army stopped going deep after a brief pursuit, fearing that there would be an ambush in Jinguan City.
Former general Ni Feihong ordered to attack Yinma Pass instead. There were less than 10,000 defenders left in Yinma Pass. Under attack from two sides, they were quickly breached. Two of the three great passes of the Eastern Xia Dynasty had been breached.
The Eastern Xia Army led by Bai Lingshuang retreated to Jinguan City with the support of the defenders of Jinguan City.
Huyang Pass in Eastern Xia.
Han Gongfu, the guard of Huyang Pass, stood on the south wall of Huyang Pass and looked into the distance with a sad look on his face.
"Damn, I didn't expect that one day we would be attacked from both sides. It seems that Wuwei Pass has been lost." Han Gongfu said to the deputy general.
Lieutenant General Liu An looked solemn and said: "General, now that the enemy is approaching the city, what are our army's plans?"
Han Gongfu shook his head helplessly and said: "Let's take it one step at a time. To be able to break through a great pass so quickly, the Taichu Army's methods are simply terrifying. Now I am in a dilemma at Huyang Pass. I just don't know what the Taichu Army is waiting for below the city?"
Liu An said with some anxiety: "There is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Han Gongfu smiled bitterly and said, "It's already this time, what else can't you say?"
Liu An pointed at the Taichu Army a few miles away from the city and said: "There are only two reasons why these Taichu Army did not launch an attack on the city. One is that they are afraid of our army rushing to reinforce Huyang Pass. They have been stationed here for more than two At that time, the news that the Taichu Army sent troops to Huyang Pass must have reached the ears of the commander-in-chief. If reinforcements have not come for so long, it must be that the main force of our army has no time to take care of Huyang Pass!"
"Obviously this reason is unlikely. The other reason is that the other side is waiting for reinforcements. Now that they have blocked the retreat from Huyang Pass, they will only need to send some more troops to the north of Huyang Pass to form a pincer attack. Regardless of the situation, whether it is an attack or a siege, Huyang Pass will be lost."
"Today's Huyang Pass is an isolated island, isolated and helpless, waiting for death."
The more Liu An talked, the more excited he became, and Han Gongfu's face became increasingly ugly.
Han Gongfu said with a gloomy face: "Now that there is no one in the north, I can lead the 70,000 soldiers of Huyang Pass out of the city and attack the territory of Taichu. I kill one to make up for my capital, and I kill two to earn one!"
Liu An smiled bitterly and said: "General, if you really want to send troops, you must think carefully. Taichu is known as a million-strong army. Does the general think that Taichu Marshal Lin Chuhe's strategy will give the soldiers of Huyang Pass a chance to enter Taichu's interior?"
Han Gongfu was shocked at first, and then said: "Lin Chuhe is a conspiracy..."
Liu An nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, this is a conspiracy. If the general dares not leave the city, he will be trapped and die in Huyang Pass. If the general leaves the city, then the general will most likely be encircled and suppressed by Taichu's army."
"Lin Chuhe is sure to kill me! What a great Marshal, you have never looked down on me from the beginning to the end! Either way, I will die. I will bet today that you didn't set up an ambush!" Han Gongfu slapped the city wall bricks with his hand. Go up, said angrily.
Han Gongfu took out a token from his arms and said to Liu An: "Send my order, and the whole army is ready to go to war!" Seeing that Liu An was trying to dissuade him, he glared at Liu An fiercely, which made Liu An say something. He swallowed his words again and had no choice but to obey his orders and leave.
In a dense forest twenty miles away from Huyang Pass, Taichu Marshal Lin Chuhe was talking with Left General Xu Shixun.
Xu Shixun asked in confusion: "Marshal, why don't our army directly attack Lingfeng from the front and back? It is impossible for Huyang Pass to stop it."
The Ling Feng named by Xu Shixun was Zhang Lingfeng, the right general of the Taichu Army and the commander of the army sent to Huyang Pass.
Lin Chuhe smiled and said: "Huyang Pass is now in the possession of our Taichu Army. The problem is how to capture Huyang Pass at the minimum cost. My commander's order to Ling Feng is to station at Huyang Pass and stand still."
The doubts in Xu Shixun's eyes deepened, and he said, "Marshal, are you so sure that Duke Han will leave the city?"
Lin Chuhe looked towards the direction of Huyangguan and said: "Han Gongfu has a hot temper, is irritable, and is a bit headstrong. This kind of person is the easiest to be provoked. I have my own means to make him fall into a trap."
Xu Shixun looked at Lin Chuhe with an expression full of admiration, and said excitedly: "I really look forward to Duke Han's expression after seeing us."
Lin Chuhe patted Xu Shixun on the shoulder and said seriously: "Shixun, you must remember that you can't fight out of composure!"
Xu Shixun nodded deeply, the admiration in his eyes getting stronger.
There was still half of what Lin Chuhe said that he did not say out loud, and that was that the Lord could not raise an army out of anger. This was something he could not control.
A figure suddenly appeared in the shadow of the dense forest. Lin Chuhe was naturally surrounded by many expert guards, but no one noticed this figure. This shows how clever this person is at hiding his figure.
The figure suddenly appeared in front of Lin Chuhe. Lin Chuhe did not show any surprise and said, "Brother Yinghuo, how is the situation at Huyang Pass?"
The man called Yinghuo was young and a little thin. He saluted Lin Chuhe and said, "Marshal Lin, the defenders of Huyang Pass have left the pass and are moving north."
A hint of joy appeared on Lin Chuhe's face, and he said to Xu Shixun: "Shixun, prepare to fight!"
Then he looked at the young man named Yinghuo and said, "Brother Yinghuo, please go and investigate again."
Xu Shixun began to mobilize his troops to the rear, while Yinghuo disappeared into the shadows again.
Yinghuo and Chonghua are the most popular agents of the Seven Kills Camp in recent years, known as the Seven Kills Twin Stars. Among them, Chonghua is Gu Xifeng, and Yinghuo's identity is self-evident, it is the monkey Xiao Houzai.
No matter how bad the relationship with the Taichu court was, the Xinghe Sect could not stand idly by in this war that was related to Taichu's life and death. In addition, Marshal Lin Chuhe personally asked for help, and the Seven Kills Battalion sent a large number of spies to the Eastern Xia border. The leader was Monkey. .
With the intelligence support of Monkey, Xu Shixun led 200,000 city guards transferred from various places to defeat the defenders of Huyang Pass. Han Gongfu, the defender of Huyang Pass, surrendered after suffering a large number of casualties. Huyang Pass was defeated without attack. .
Two soldiers brought the tied-up Han Gongfu to Lin Chuhe. Xu Shixun next to Lin Chuhe looked at Han Gongfu proudly like a bereaved dog. Also brought with Han Gongfu was the deputy general Liu An who was also tied up.
Han Gongfu also surrendered to the Taichu Army under Liu An's persuasion.
Han Gongfu glared at Lin Chuhe fiercely and said: "Lin Chuhe, you are so powerful, I, Han, am willing to be the loser. If you want to kill or behead me, I will do whatever you want!"
Lin Chuhe ignored him, instead walked to the deputy general Liu An and untied the rope from Liu An.
After Liu An was untied, he saluted Lin Chuhe respectfully and said, "Wei Anmin from the Xinghe Sect's Seventh Killing Battalion pays homage to Marshal Lin."
Han Gongfu looked at this scene in shock. It took him a while to recover, and he said angrily: "Liu An, your uncle is actually a spy!"
Wei Anmin, who went by the pseudonym Liu An, apologized and said: "I'm sorry general, everyone is his own master and cannot help himself."
Lin Chuhe smiled and said: "Brother Wei, thank you for your hard work. You can win the Huyang Pass so easily this time. Brother Wei's first achievement!"
Han Gongfu glared at Wei Anmin as if he wanted to eat him alive.
Xu Shixun said from the side: "Han Gongfu, don't be so resentful. Marshal Lin asked you to know the truth before you die and be an understanding ghost. It can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous thing."
Han Gongfu spat at Lin Chuhe, but Xu Shixun kicked him to the ground. He roared: "Even if you are a ghost, I will not let you go!"
Lin Chuhe looked pitifully and shook his head silently.
While taking Huyang Pass, leaving 80,000 defenders at Yinma Pass, former general Ni Feihong led his troops from Yinma Pass to Xiaguan City. Night fell again, and the Taichu army followed the same method as Wuwei Pass to destroy the city. , and soon blasted a big hole in Xiaguancheng.
The defenders of Xiaguan were soldiers who had escaped from Wuwei Pass. They suffered the same blow again, which made the defenders with low morale no longer willing to resist. After the Taichu Army entered Xiaguan City, a large number of Eastern Xia defenders gave up resistance and raised their flags to surrender.
Dongxia City was easily captured by Taichu. After a day of fighting, the four city gates known as Wuwei Pass, Yinma Pass, Huyang Pass, and Xiaguan City among the five passes of Eastern Xia fell into the hands of Taichu's army, and Dongxia had to defend it alone. Jinguan City.
Under the command of Lin Chuhe, while seizing the city pass, the Taichu Army killed more than 100,000 enemy troops and captured more than 120,000 prisoners at the cost of more than 60,000 casualties. The place where the two armies fought was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. , there were stumps of limbs and broken arms everywhere, it was quite tragic.
Yu She, the guard general of Wuwei Pass, and Han Gongfu, the guard general of Huyang Pass, were ordered to be killed by Lin Chuhe. The Taichu Army sent the captured 120,000 Dongxia soldiers to Taichu territory in batches for detention.
The first day of Taichu's expedition to Eastern Xia ended with Taichu's army winning a complete victory.
