The predecessor of Yulei Pass, one of the two most important passes on the west side of the Daba Mountains, is currently in front of ten thousand Qin troops.

The exhausted people sat there to rest, looking around at the surrounding scenery from time to time.

Contrary to the surging Min River, the Bailong River and Baishui River here have no ripples. Against the background of the dark green mountain leaves, there is a quiet scenery that is rare in Qin.

"Your Majesty, there are no waves in this water. The most dangerous part of this road must be over, right?" Mao Qiao was slightly pleased and asked Ziying with a smile.

"The most dangerous water...is over." Ziying replied with a sad expression and a hint of meaning.

"So there are still dangerous mountains?"

Mao Qiao stood up and stood on the high stone, overlooking the mountain road behind Yulei Pass.

"Although this mountain is steep, you don't need to go straight down. You can easily go down by winding in many places. Your Majesty, don't worry." Mao Qiao said.

Lu Matong followed, and after observing, he nodded and said, "That's true. The king is too worried, so he brings so many useless things."

Ziying smiled bitterly and did not answer.

Walking along the Yulei Pass is naturally the Andao. Otherwise, the Three Kingdoms in later generations would not have the nine-curved Yinping Road. The Tang Dynasty, which is famous in the world, would not set the Yulei Pass as the pass between Tibet and Tubo.

"If we travel along this road, we can get out of the mountain in less than five days. After that, we should go eastward and help Li Xin to fight out of the Golden Bull Road." Lu Matong became more energetic, "At that time, even if the troops were not as large as those of Bashu,

You can win even if you don't expect it!"

"Surprise?" Ziying rolled his eyes, "From now on, passing by will not be a surprise."

Zhang Er once said that Lu Pheasant, relying on Liu Bang's reputation, could muster at least 100,000 troops. Ziying knew that it must be more than 100,000.

After the Qin Dynasty conquered Bashu, Li Bing built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, and Bashu became the "Land of Abundance". The wars outside would not affect it, and it would definitely have more people and more resources if it cultivated and lived for a long time.

In addition, Bashu was also a place where prisoners of the Qin Dynasty were exiled, and the people here were definitely dissatisfied with the Qin Dynasty.

If so, if Lu Pheasant informs the people of Bashu that there is a war with Qin, I am afraid that it will cost no more than 150,000 people.

There must be someone guarding Yinping's right path! There is no shortage of manpower at Jiangyou Pass.

When Deng Ai crossed 700 miles of no-man's land, three thousand soldiers who were exhausted and short of food suddenly attacked Jiangyou Pass, which was also a dangerous move.

Jiangyou Pass is surrounded by mountains and has flowing water. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In the past, Zhuge Liang sent heavy troops to guard it.

Interestingly, the Shu Han was weak. Ma Miao, the general guarding Jiangyou Pass, was disappointed with the Shu Han and was frightened by the sudden appearance of the Wei army. He actually surrendered and gave Jiangyou Pass to Deng Ai. His angry wife, Li, hanged herself with a blood letter in her mouth.

Deng Ai captured Jiangyou Pass and successfully repaired it before leading his rear army to attack Mianzhu directly, killing Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan, and went all the way to Chengdu to force Liu Chan to surrender.

At that time, the Wei army was at least twice that of Shu, and half of the Shu army was in Jiang Wei's hands, so that Deng Ai could succeed.

Nowadays, the Qin army does not have an advantage in strength, and both the right and dangerous paths are dangerous.

"Going south from here and passing the ancient road dug by the Qiang people, you may face 30,000 to 40,000 Bashu troops and be unable to move forward." Ziying said to himself, "If you dig a dangerous road from the south of the mountain, you can reach Jiangyou directly.

The garrison there... is also extremely difficult to break..."

"This...are dangerous roads on both sides?!" Mao Qiao said in shock.

"That's right." Ziying suddenly smiled, "But the land of Bashu is very strange. It is always known to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is always attacked by outsiders. People who rely on natural dangers will often relax their vigilance."

Ziying stood up, and an army of ten thousand followed him.

"Captain Mao led the Qin soldiers and followed the few people. The remaining nine thousand people were led by Commander Lu and went south from here." Ziying ordered, "These one thousand Qin soldiers handed over their bows, arrows and weapons to the nine thousand people, and only took their luggage.

Tools for breaking mountains.”

"Your Majesty, let me alone...?" Lu Matong was suddenly startled, "We are outnumbered by Bashu. I have never led an army before, so I am no match for Bashu."

"It's not a forceful attack. These nine thousand Qin soldiers are feigning an attack. There is no need to be stingy with arrows. They must make the Bashu army think that a large army is coming. There are tens of thousands of troops. Perhaps Jiangyou garrison can be attracted to the army to give the few people a chance to surprise Jiangyou garrison.

" Ziying thought.

"But...why doesn't the king bring a weapon?" Mao Qiao asked puzzledly, "Even if there is a chance, it is impossible to win without a weapon."

Ziying looked to the southwest, "It's useless to take it with you. I have my own clever plan..."

Lu Matong thought for a long time, gritted his teeth, nodded, and headed southeast with nine thousand people.

Three to four hundred Yue people and six to seven hundred Qin soldiers handed over their weapons and set off with Ziying and Mao Qiao.

...

On the Jinniu Road, Li Xin and the others had passed the Jiange Pavilion and were about to rush out of the plank road. The overwhelming red-clothed Bashu army with bows and arrows filled the entrance of the road.

Li Xin suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted, "Set up the shield in front, and the archers in the back quickly draw their bows. We will pass today!"

Tens of thousands of Qin troops drew their bows in unison, gritted their teeth, and glared at the enemy in front.

In the battle here, even if the people on the plank road have shields in front of them, they have nowhere to hide. They are just moving targets, but people outside will expose their bodies if they want to shoot arrows.

It's more like exchanging lives for lives than fighting.

"Commander Li Xin, the Qin army does not have an advantage in numbers. If they fight like this, the entire army will be wiped out!" Zhao Ji on the side quickly reminded.

"In the past month of the Qin Dynasty, I have worked hard to practice archery, just for this moment!" Li Xin said with determination, "Madam, take King Changshan to hide away, so as not to be injured by the arrows."

"Can..."

"Today's soldiers are far inferior to those of the First Emperor. The soldiers trained by this general will not be weaker than the Bashu army!"

Zhao Ji felt uneasy and still wanted to persuade her. Li Xin ignored the order and shot out arrows all over the sky.

Almost at the same time, arrows from the Bashu army fell like raindrops.

The arrows shot out diagonally upwards from a long distance, and the shields in front could only defend against a few Qin soldiers.

"Haha...sheath the arrows and mount the shield!" Li Xin laughed evilly and shouted.

The archer shot an arrow and immediately picked up the shield behind him to block his body.

Almost all the arrows raining from the sky were blocked by shields, and only a few arrows hit the mountain wall and returned to the Qin soldiers.

The sound of clanging shields was heard, and Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment behind the shield.

"this..."

In the past, when fighting, if the enemy was far away, archers would shoot arrows in front of the formation to respond to the enemy, and the infantry would be on both sides. If the enemy was close, the infantry would retreat to the formation, and the infantry would charge forward.

In the face of enemy bows and arrows, or cavalry charges, it is wise to trade casualties for combat opportunities. Relying on their rapid speed, Zhao's light cavalry often breaks through enemy formations and defeats the enemy. Holding your shield high to guard against it gives the enemy a chance to attack first.

Chance.

When releasing the arrow, the archer used both hands without a shield! Zhao Ji had never heard of the archer's defensive strategy of raising the shield after releasing the arrow.

Zhang Er was dumbfounded, huddled up and repeatedly raised his hands, "Li Xin's commander changes randomly, I admire him."

"King Changshan is honored. This is a skill that generals should know." Li Xin said with a smile, ""Sun Tzu's Art of War" says, 'Don't chase the enemy when you are poor.' Pursuing a cornered enemy will lead to backlash. But I, Bai Qi, the commander of Great Qin, have never

The goal is to annihilate all the enemy forces. I thought about it for a long time before I understood the meaning, and figured out how to change the formation. No need for praise."

"The Qin Dynasty wiped out the enemy's army. Firstly, it was to destroy all the enemy's fighting power and seize the city with confidence. Secondly, it was to deter the princes. Sun Tzu helped the Wu Kingdom fight. The Wu Kingdom did not have the strength of the Qin Dynasty, so it did not dare to provoke the remnants of the Qin Dynasty.

Kou." Zhao Ji nodded.

"That's right." Li Xin secretly sighed at Zhao Ji's knowledge.

Seeing that the Bashu army failed to hit a single blow, the arrows rained more heavily, but they were all blocked by shields.

Behind the Bashu army, a middle-aged man wearing armor and elegant appearance frowned slightly.

"Archers with shields? Who came up with that?"

"Haha... Although this method seems clumsy, it actually saved the Qin army from casualties. Apart from the surviving Li family, Li Xin, the Qin State has no other famous generals." The bearded man next to him laughed, "Smart.

Enemies make war more interesting."

The elegant man rolled his eyes slightly, unable to understand the ruffian look of the bearded man.

"The Qin army is so stingy with its troops, so it must be that there are not enough men and horses." The elegant man said loudly, "The whole army retreats quickly! Let the Qin army pass through and fight to the death!"

"Wait a minute." The bearded man stopped and said, "Li Xin has long been famous, and the Qin army is also known as the 'tiger and wolf division'. In infantry fighting, even if the Qin army has few soldiers, we may not be our opponents."

"Then what's Commander Chen's clever plan?" the elegant man asked displeasedly.

"No fight~" the bearded man said with a smile, "They are already here and have no intention of turning back, so it is better to be trapped here. When their food and grass are cut off, it will not be too late to send troops again."

The elegant man suddenly became furious and shouted, "The king does not have so much time to wait! If Lu Pheasant returns victorious, the king will have no chance to seize power!"

The bearded man was slightly displeased and said mockingly, "Commander Kong has missed a chance to fight, so there is nothing to worry about at this moment."

"That is to leave soldiers and horses for the king, and they cannot die on the plank road!" the elegant man said angrily, "Now that we can't set up an ambush, we can only fight to the death!"

"Commander Kong is really interesting." The bearded man smiled disdainfully, "If we didn't send troops earlier, we wasted time. Now that the time has passed, we are worried about the troops. People in the Kong family should still study in Qilu instead of going to the battlefield.

.”

As early as when the Qin army entered the plank road, the bearded man wanted to lead his army to fight on the plank road.

The reason at that time was that the plank road was difficult to travel, and the Qin army would retreat due to the mutual loss of troops on both sides.

However, the elegant man tried his best to stop him. If he wanted to fight on the plank road, he must first capture the sword pavilion. If so, more than 20,000 men and horses were lost. Lu Pheasant was the proud one. He also wanted to use these Liu Bang soldiers to fight back to Chengdu and capture Lu Shi alive.

Of.

"You...! Stop, don't shoot arrows!" the elegant man shouted.

As soon as the rain of arrows stopped, Li Xin suddenly poked his head out to check the situation.
To be continued...