In the valley, blood flowed like a river, leaving corpses and arrows everywhere.
Many Xirong soldiers were still covered with bloody boulders.
This ambush made Xianda run away with his head in his arms. He originally wanted to pass through Belvedere, but now not only did he not even see Belvedere, but he suffered heavy losses on the right forest road.
After finally exiting the valley, Xianda took another check and found that the 50,000-man army was no longer 40,000.
In the Youlin Road, he left nearly 10,000 corpses.
At this time, he even considered committing suicide. Listening to the deputy general's report, he closed his eyes deeply: "Our army is in danger."
"General!" The deputy general said with a cry from the side: "Now there is an ambush of the Qin army here. There must be a Qin general stationed in the beautiful city. We can't go back!"
Things have developed to this point. In this situation, how can he be used to remind Xianda? Hearing this, he took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said: "It's my fault for underestimating Qin Jun. Unexpectedly, Qin Jun My combat power is completely different from before. It was me who harmed the warriors..."
"General -" the deputy general continued to cry, looking like he was grieving in his heart.
Seeing him like this, Xianda undoubtedly became more and more irritated, and couldn't help but glare at him: "Stop crying!"
After scolding him, he immediately clenched his fist and said sternly: "Since we can't go back, then we will fight the Qin army!"
"Ah? The general said..." the deputy general stopped crying and asked.
"Switch to Xipingguan and fight them to the death!"
"But general, our army has no food and grass, and no siege equipment. How can we break through..." the deputy general said tremblingly.
"If we don't have food and grass, we'll kill the horses! If we don't have ladders, we'll cut down the trees! Our army is now in a desperate situation. Only by conquering Xiping Pass can we turn defeat into victory!" Xianda said sternly.
"But……"
"It's nothing! Go and give the order quickly!" Xianda directly interrupted the deputy general.
He is also a ruthless person. Knowing that there is no way out, he is ready to fight the Qin army for the last time.
There was an ambush in front and they could not enter Belvedere. Even if Beiling behind was broken, there would be no supplies and it would be meaningless. Returning to Xuecheng would be even worse, so Xianda could only choose Xiping Pass.
He wanted to fight the Qin army to the death, but the Xirong soldiers below still had the will to fight.
After being ambushed on Youlin Road, the morale of Xirong became even more depressed. Many of the soldiers below were supporting the wounded, and many were sick and could not receive medical treatment. They were weak and pale.
But Xianda was the commander-in-chief of Xirong. When he gave the order, the soldiers below had no choice but to cheer up and follow him back.
At night, he first found a place to rest temporarily, then killed horses to satisfy his hunger, and prepared to go again during the day.
Xianda's situation is not bad now. After he retreated from the Snow Mountain, he first went to Beiling. Seeing that Beiling was heavily fortified, he was afraid and did not dare to attack the city. Then he turned to Belvedere, but was ambushed halfway. Now, we have to go back to attack Xiping Pass.
It can be said that this Xirong soldier is like a headless fly, wandering around. When he goes to one place, he hits a nail, then changes to another place, only to be beaten again, and then turns around and runs around again.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine the psychology of the Xirong soldiers below.
The news came back to Beiling. After Xiao Yuan read the military situation, he said with a smile: "Since Su Yi set up an ambush on Youlin Road and severely damaged the Xirong army, let's also set up an ambush at Fulong Ridge."
Fulong Ridge is the only way to attack Xipingguan from Beiling. Before Xiao Yuan sent troops, he planned to set up an ambush here, but at that time Xianda chose to go through the snow mountain.
Now, if the Xirong Army wants to reach Xiping Pass, it must go here. There is no second way to choose!
Two days later, Xianda finally led his army to the vicinity of Fulongling.
At this time, after the last ambush, he did not dare to march rashly again. Instead, he carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and asked for a map to study it in detail.
After he finished studying, his brows also wrinkled. While looking around the mountains, he couldn't help but murmured: "The terrain here is dangerous, I'm afraid there may be an ambush by the Qin army."
When the deputy general heard this, he swallowed hard and asked cautiously: "Then, general, what should we do..."
"Well..." Xianda began to ponder. After turning his eyes, he looked at the deputy general again: "What good countermeasures do you have?"
"This, the general is incompetent..." The deputy general lowered his head.
Seeing that he had no idea, Xianda said directly: "In that case, we can only rush over."
"But this." The deputy general didn't know what to say.
Xianda said: "The matter has come to this. Even if there is an ambush here, there is nothing we can do. If we turn around, where will we go? To Beiling? Or to Belvedere? We can't go there."
Although he knew that there was an ambush in front of him, Xianda still gritted his teeth and prepared to rush through.
This time, the ambush in Fulongling was more fierce than in Youlin Road, and the random arrows were fired more quickly. The boulders rolled down from the hillsides on both sides in a wide range.
The screams filled the entire valley.
There is no doubt that Xirong is destined to die all the way.
Fortunately, this time Xianda was prepared, and the soldiers below were not caught off guard, but rushed out of the ambush while being prepared.
But despite this, after leaving Fulong Ridge, Xianda took another test and still lost more than 10,000 troops.
At this point, his main army of 70,000 Xirong has less than 30,000 people left. Adding in some wounded and sick people, there are probably only more than 10,000 soldiers left to fight.
At this moment, he had been wasting several days between Beiling and Licheng, and then Fulongling. Qinzhou's new army had already arrived at Xiping Pass, with a total of 40,000 troops.
Not to mention the defeated generals like Xian Da, even in the heyday of the Xirong army, trying to break through the Xiping Pass garrisoned by 40,000 people was nothing more than a dream.
But Xianda now has no choice but to make the final blow to Xipingguan!
Considering that Xiping Pass belonged to the new army, Xiao Yuan immediately wrote a letter to the guard Guan Kui and asked Mu Lianying to use a falcon to convey it to Xiping Pass.
You know, on a real battlefield, the difference between recruits and veterans is huge.
Xipingguan.
Under Mu Lianying's instructions, Lin Chu, a young man from the Snow Clan, had already arrived here and began to be responsible for relaying military information to Guan Kui.
After receiving the letter, he immediately found the latter and handed over Xiao Yuan's letter.
Guan Kui was tall and thick-set, and he was also a former rebel general, but he was illiterate.
Fortunately, there are civilian officials in each military department.
At this time, the civil servant was also called over by Guan Kui and was reading the letter seriously.
"Sir, what military orders does the governor have?" Guan Kui couldn't help but ask from the side.
After the civil servant read it, he put away the letter and handed it to Guan Kui, saying:
"There are military orders, but inside, there are instructions written personally by the prefect to the general."
"Oh? What is it?"
"In my opinion, the whole army should be summoned and read out in person to encourage the soldiers, boost morale, and boost the morale of the army."
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