Under the blue sky, huge hot air balloons floated into the sky in the distance.
Every hot air balloon is filled with glittering gold. A soldier in golden armor shines brightly in the sun, reflecting golden light. Such a scene fell on Yang Pingguan, and it was even more golden light, as if a god in golden armor appeared.
Horrifying.
Even more shocking.
Xia Houyuan was completely lost, his body was numb, and his mind was no longer functioning. His eyes remained motionless, staring into the sky like dead fish eyes, watching the hot air balloon flying in the direction of Yang Pingguan.
Gudong! Gudong!
On the silent level, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard.
call! !
Xia Houyuan suddenly took a sharp breath, recovered from the shock of his numb scalp, twisted his slightly stiff neck, and then looked at Lu Xuan who stood up from his meditation state outside Yangping Pass, his eyes were more frightened than ever before.
Xia Houyuan instinctively thought of retreating.
However, the moment the idea just arose, he thought of Cao Cao who was far away in Nanzheng. Once he abandons Yangping Pass and retreats, and Lu Xuan marches in, Cao Cao's situation will be extremely dangerous.
The entire Cao army will be in trouble.
No retreat.
Xia Houyuan's eyes gradually returned to normal, and his restless heart regained its composure. Although there was still a trace of fear in his eyes, Xia Houyuan clenched his fists, and there was madness emerging deep in his eyes.
Cao Hong is dead!
Cao Ren is dead too!
At worst, Xia Houyuan will also die in Yangping Pass.
Not even afraid of death?
What else are you afraid of?
Xia Houyuan took a few deep breaths again, completely calmed down his emotions, and said loudly: "Send the order and prepare the whole army for war. Beat the drums for this general to boost his fighting spirit."
Sonorous!
Xia Houyuan unsheathed his sword and stood on the tower of Yangpingguan with the sword in hand, looking like a madman. There was no fear on his face, only madness.
However, others are different.
Xia Houyuan has good psychological quality and dares to fight to the death. The other soldiers did not have such fighting spirit, and all of them were still shocked by the golden-armored heavenly soldiers and generals floating in the air.
The hot air balloons approaching each other are scary.
Such an unprecedented and strange divine object makes people involuntarily fearful and unable to resist.
The same goes for Ding Xiao.
He was not a warrior, but a scholar. Seeing such a scene, he had already thought of retreating and said quickly: "General, Lu Xuan has summoned the gods to help, and the military spirit is strong. When Lu Xuan's army attacks, it will be invincible."
"On the contrary, it's us who are confused. Look at the soldiers on the checkpoint towers, panicked and losing their fighting spirit."
"We cannot fight in this situation."
"I suggest you withdraw your troops and quickly retreat to Nanzheng, join the King of Qin, and ask the King of Qin to go north from Ziwu Road and return to Guanzhong. As long as the army blocks Ziwu Road, Lu Xuan's army will not be able to kill them."
Ding Xiao said anxiously: "General, retreat. Otherwise, if these heavenly soldiers descend on the pass, we will not be able to stop them, or we will not be able to escape."
Xia Houyuan looked cold and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"there is none left!"
Ding Xiao shook his head and answered.
ah! !
A scream came from Ding Xiao's mouth.
Ding Xiao looked down and saw Xia Houyuan's sword piercing his heart and piercing his body. Drops of blood overflowed from his chest, staining his clothes red. Ding Xiao's face was full of pain, his eyes were panicked, and he said in shock: "General, you, you..."
"Anyone who disturbs the morale of our army will be killed!"
Xia Houyuan spoke coldly.
The sword blade was drawn out, bringing out a cloud of blood.
Before Ding Xiao could finish her words, her body fell to the ground with a plop, her breath cut off.
Xia Houyuan's eyes were like lightning, he swept around and said coldly: "I, Xia Houyuan, are here, and Yang Pingguan is here. Ding Xiao is a lesson learned from the past. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed on the spot."
Under Xia Houyuan's strong suppression, the discussing soldiers were silenced, and their impetuous, panic, and fearful emotions were gradually controlled by Xia Houyuan.
Everyone clenched their weapons.
Xia Houyuan looked into the sky again. Huge hot air balloons reached the top of Yangping Pass. It's just that the height of the hot air balloon is more than thirty feet above the level. At this distance, looking up and seeing a scene in the sky is horrifying and shocking.
"Shoot arrows, shoot arrows at the level and shoot everyone down."
Xia Houyuan gave the order decisively.
He was determined to die. Even if Lu Xuan summoned heavenly soldiers, he would dare to kill for a while.
Archers who had been prepared for a long time stepped forward and shot arrows into the sky. The role of the archers was originally to shoot at the Wu soldiers attacking outside the pass. Now that Lu Xuan's army has not attacked yet, the archers are all shooting at the hot air balloons in the air.
However, shooting an arrow into the sky has a shorter range. The arrow rises a certain distance and begins to fall before it touches the hot air balloon. One by one, the hot air balloons passed over Yangping Pass smoothly and flew towards the interior of the pass.
After seeing this, Lu Xuan looked cold and solemn, pointed his sword at the majestic and steep Yangping Pass, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"
At the command, the trumpets and drums sounded again, the rhythm more urgent and violent. Under the guidance of eager drums, a large number of soldiers charged. Under the cover of archers and catapults from the rear, the soldiers came to Yangping Pass and climbed up with the help of ladders and ladder trucks.
Compared with the cities in Juxian, the checkpoints at Yangpingguan are much steeper, higher and stronger, making it difficult to attack.
Even so, Wu Jun still attacked fiercely.
Xia Houyuan ordered a counterattack, and the stones, hammers, and boiling oil that had been prepared long ago were sent continuously.
When Xia Houyuan resisted with all his strength, he thought that the balloons were flying into the pass one after another, and it couldn't end like this. Therefore, when Xia Houyuan was on defense, he dispatched a thousand elite soldiers to search the rear, heading in the direction of the hot air balloon.
When the hot air balloon entered the customs, the soldiers reduced their firepower in an orderly and steady manner, causing the hot air balloon to descend little by little.
Gan Ning, Zhang Ren and Xu Chu were in the same hot air balloon basket.
When the hot air balloon lands, it all comes out quickly.
Xu Chu patted his strong chest and said naively: "Damn, this is how it feels when you fly into the sky for the first time. It's very exciting, but your thighs are a little soft."
Gan Ning held the knife and said excitedly: "It does feel different, very good."
He swept around and saw many hot air balloons landing continuously, and said: "General Zhang, you can blow the trumpet to gather the troops. I heard the shouts of death outside the pass, and the king has ordered an attack. We successfully broke through and entered Yangping Pass, kill directly and join the king."
"Blow the trumpet and gather the troops."
Zhang Ren gave the order decisively.
The soldier took out the horn he carried and blew it.
Among the many hot air balloons that landed, soldiers wearing golden armor heard the sound of the horn and quickly ran to join them. Every soldier has high morale and excited eyes. This time flying is a different experience for many soldiers.
Groups of soldiers gathered.
In a short period of time, there were more than 300 people.
Xu Chu, Zhang Ren and Gan Ning stood at the front.
Gan Ning's eager eyes fell on the road leading to the pass. When he saw an army of Cao coming, his eyes flashed and he ordered forcefully: "Cao's army is coming. This is our first target. Let's go straight through. Meet the king."
"Kill through."
Zhang Ren echoed loudly.
"kill!"
Xu Chu also roared loudly.
Gan Ning, Zhang Ren and Xu Chu roared and charged with more than 300 people. Under the golden sunshine, the three hundred soldiers seemed to become a raging golden wave, sweeping forward.
