The Heiya Pass chosen by Su Rong is two hundred and fifty miles away from Qihuan Mountain.
She led a large number of troops in front, and Yuan Zhao also led a large number of troops in pursuit. After chasing me for a day and night, Su Rong arrived at Heiya Pass with 500,000 troops.
At this time, there were still ten miles away from the pursuers led by Yuan Zhao behind him.
After entering the city gate of Heiyaguan, Su Rong ordered a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to guard the pass. The rest of the people rested in the city and listened to their orders. Then she began to set up the defense line in the city.
Zhou Gu and Zhang Yun were helped out of the carriage, and Zhang Yun handed Su Rong a piece of paper, "Prince, this is the defense plan for Heiya Pass that I studied with Brother Zhou and Brother Gui Xue on the carriage. "
Su Rong took it without looking at it, and handed it to Fei Ling who was standing aside, "Just use this defense map to arrange it quickly."
Fengling responded and went immediately.
Su Rong turned around and said to Shen Yi: "Senior sister, I will send you to the royal capital, so you should not stay in Heiya Pass any longer. You are not suitable to fight with me now."
Shen Yi held her belly and shook her head, "Why can't you? Don't underestimate me, I won't leave."
Su Rong looked at her, "You go."
"No, stop talking nonsense." Shen Yi said angrily, "I'm tired. Find a place for me to sleep first."
Su Rong had no choice but to send Shen Yi to be resettled.
It took half an hour for half a million soldiers and horses to quickly prepare the defenses at Heiya Pass.
Heiyaguan occupies a natural barrier, and the Xiongguan Fortress is also the only way for Yuan Zhao to lead his troops to the capital of Southern Chu. If he wants to seize the royal capital, he must first capture Heiyaguan.
With 500,000 soldiers and horses, plus the natural fortress and defenses at Heiyaguan, it is not like a mantis trying to fight against 800,000 Wei soldiers and horses.
"Everyone, let's rest! Yuan Zhao may not be able to attack the city today." Zhou Gu said.
Xie Yuan nodded, "You have been chasing me for so long. Our soldiers are tired, and the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty are also tired, especially Yuan Zhao's soldiers and horses. They must have never stopped since they came out of the Wei Dynasty."
Ye Guixue said: "Your Majesty, your husband, Brother Zhou Gu, and Brother Zhang Yun, please go and have a rest. I will take some people to guard you."
"How can that be done?" Su Rong had not forgotten that Ye Guixue had been recuperating on the roadside while fighting. Although her injuries seemed to be cured now, overwork would inevitably lead to the disease. She objected: "You all go, I won't I'm tired, I slept in Senior Sister's car, I'll watch over you."
"Ahem, princess, don't argue about that. Brother Zhang Mao and Brother Jiang Zhu are on guard together with me. We only walked along the way and there is no battle to fight. The three of us are really not tired. Ning Ze came over and said, "You all go to rest. Don't worry, the three of us will definitely defend the city. Once Yuan Zhao launches an attack, we will immediately send someone to call you."
Su Rong thought it was right. Why argue? She nodded and said happily: "Then I'll leave it to you three."
Ning Ze suddenly felt that he was respected by the princess, and he patted his chest and promised that he would guard the city gate.
Zhang Mao and Jiang Zhu also nodded in unison.
Everyone had no objections and stopped arguing. They handed the city gate to the three people and entered the inner city one after another.
After everyone left, Ning Ze took Zhang Mao and Jiang Zhu to the gate tower of the city wall, "Come on, let's stand up and take a look at the Wei Crown Prince Yuan Zhao. What does he look like? I heard that he has a beautiful androgynous appearance. I don’t know whether it is true or not.”
"You may not be able to see clearly if you go up to the city gate tower," Zhang Mao said.
"If we don't attack the city, I'm afraid the Wei Crown Prince Yuan Zhao won't even show his face." Jiang Zhu said again.
"Then take a look." Ning Ze stood tall and looked far away, "Let me see the formation of 800,000 troops."
The three of them went up to the tower together, and sure enough they saw smoke billowing in the distance, the black army, the iron cavalry weapons and armor, the combined weight of which made the earth tremble.
Ning Ze took a breath and said, "The soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty are fat and strong just by looking at them."
"The Wei Dynasty has been ambitious for many years. The monarchs of the Wei Dynasty all advocated enriching the country and strengthening the army, expanding the territory and enclosing the territory, and wanted to unify the world." Zhang Mao said: "The military strength of the Wei Dynasty is stronger than that of Liang. It is understandable."
"Yes, your Majesty, Daliang, thinks that he can rest easy after signing a thirty-year non-violation treaty. He cannot tolerate the ability and talent of his prince, nor can he tolerate the military power in the hands of the Protector of the Country, who blindly consolidates the imperial power. , is suspicious and suspicious, and although he is not lazy in political affairs, he can only barely stabilize the country and balance the situation of the court." Jiang Zhudao: "Thanks to the prince for being patient and standing, His Majesty Daliang never found a reason to depose the prince. Thanks to the Duke Protector's keeping a low profile, being able to bend and stretch, retaining the military power in his hands, and not leaving others behind, now, when His Majesty delegates power to the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince secures his position, Daliang has not become a piece of sand, otherwise he will never be a match for the Wei Dynasty."
"The troops and horses my father raised are not as good as those of the Wei Dynasty. If my third brother and I hadn't taken refuge with the princess, these troops and horses my father had been the sharp sword that penetrated the heart of Daliang, allowing the Wei Dynasty to succeed." Zhang Mao mentioned Zhang Ping said in a calm tone, "The soldiers that the princess borrowed from Daliang are all soldiers from the General's Mansion in Northern Hebei in the past. Don't worry, they are capable of fighting. Apart from the disparity in strength, the armor and iron cavalry weapons are all defective."
Ning Ze heard this and patted Zhang Mao's shoulder heavily, "Brother Zhang Mao, I like what you say. If you don't have the ambition of others, you will destroy your own prestige. Even if there is a disparity in strength, we will definitely be able to defend Heiya Pass."
Zhang Mao nodded.
Jiang Zhudao: "We must defend the Black Cliff Pass. The Southern Chu Kingdom is a small country. There are not many checkpoints and fortresses. There are only two natural dangers, one is the Seven Rings Mountain and the other is the Black Cliff Pass. The Seven Rings Mountain was blocked by the Wei Dynasty. 800,000 soldiers and horses broke through like a broken bamboo. The princess's troops were small and she could not resist them head-on, so she had to retreat. Now the Heiya Pass is the last barrier. Once it is broken, the Wei soldiers and horses can march straight into the royal capital. , if the royal capital is lost, it will be difficult to take it back."
Ning Ze gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely be able to hold on."
While the three of them were talking, the soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty had arrived at the Black Cliff Pass. Although the dark soldiers and horses were huge in number, their formations were not chaotic and neat.
The thundercloud-like momentum shocked the hearts of the soldiers stationed on the wall of Heiyaguan.
Ning Ze took out his telescope and looked down. He saw the flag of the Wei Dynasty fluttering, and the character "Zhao" written by Prince Yuan Zhao was extremely eye-catching. Yuan Zhao did not ride a horse, but sat in a carriage. There was a chariot in the middle of the team, surrounded by guards. Lin Li.
There was a young man with outstanding appearance, riding a horse and standing in front of the car, looking in the direction of the Heiyaguan city wall, as if he was talking to the people in the car.
After a moment, a hand stretched out from the car and lifted the curtain. A person in the car looked towards the Heiyaguan Tower. The man's face was like a crown jewel, and he was indeed very beautiful.
"Sure enough, what he said is true." Ning Ze sighed.
"Show me." Jiang Zhu took the telescope, took a look at it twice, handed it to Zhang Mao who was standing aside, and said, "The person in the car is Yuan Zhao, the prince of the Wei Dynasty. The young man standing in front of his car talking to him, It should be Nangong Zheng.”
(End of chapter)
