It is located three hundred miles outside the southwest pass of Jingguo, with huge mountains and winding roads. Five hundred miles back through the gorge, you can see Tongzhou of Qianguo.
And these 500 miles are all open plains. It can be said that the gorges and mountains are a natural barrier to Qian Country.
Therefore, the Qianguo army attaches great importance to the movements around Xiashan, and Tongzhou is also a war-prepared state among the five states of the Qianguo.
On weekdays, there are 100,000 troops stationed there.
Under the command of Tongzhou Prefecture Mu Zhang Zhengtong, the entire Qian Kingdom could raise only about 300,000 troops and horses in the five states.
Compared with Zhou and Qi, this number of troops and horses is really too few.
But fighting a war does not rely solely on large numbers of people.
Ye Hongxue led Jingguo's 50,000 elites to attack quickly and arrived at Xiashan first.
In addition to the 50,000 elites, there are also 3,000 people.
These three thousand people are different from the well-equipped 50,000 troops. They all wear cloth armor and carry two fine iron swords on their waists. Their belts are special, with fifteen vacancies sewn into them, and each vacancy has a Holding a small, hard poison dart.
In addition, they placed two short knives on the outside of their legs, and carried a thirty-pound saber behind their backs.
The saber can be disassembled, and there are three iron rods in the knife holder that are combined and are up to one meter long.
If you are surrounded by cavalry, you can form a phalanx with long swords and cut horses to defend against the enemy.
If you are fighting at close quarters, there is no need to assemble it.
It can be said that these three thousand are covered with weapons.
The troops armed to the teeth are the famous trappers of Jingguo.
Jingguo's warriors quickly had the reputation of being able to stop ten at a time. In hand-to-hand combat with the same number of people, no army among the four kingdoms could be their opponent.
Because they are all composed of Jingguo warriors.
Ordinary martial arts warriors, unless they are third-grade or fourth-grade masters like Ye Hongxue and Xiao Linglong, who can be called the hegemons of one party in the martial arts world, can they possibly achieve seven-to-seven advancement among thousands of armies with their own strength? out.
Otherwise, ordinary warriors would never survive when encountering an army.
Because soldiers are different from warriors, they train every day and learn how to kill people and kill people faster.
In terms of individual combat power, the martial artist is definitely more powerful, but it changes when there are more people.
The military formation encirclement, riding and riding, combined with various military tactics, once used, can chop the warrior into pulp in an instant.
And the trappers are a group of warriors who have been trained in this way. This alone is enough to show how powerful the trappers are.
There was once a cavalry general from the Zhou State who saw the performance of Jing State's trapped soldiers after the battlefield and said:
"The warriors of Jing State can not only fight against ten infantrymen, but also can block the cavalry of Zhou State with one man!"
You must know that the combat effectiveness of cavalry is not comparable to that of infantry, not to mention that the person who said this was a general of Zhou who was recognized as unparalleled in cavalry combat.
The minimum requirement to join the trapping warriors is a sixth-grade warrior, and the captain of a thousand must be a middle-level fifth-grade warrior.
As for the commander-in-chief of Jingguo's 10,000 soldiers, it was none other than Ye Hongxue.
Among the countless masters in the Jing Kingdom, except for Emperor Jing Wu Rulong, she is the invincible person in the world!
The fifty-three thousand people were basically Ye Hongxue's subordinates when he was a general.
When they arrived at Xia Mountain, Ye Hongxue didn't even need to give orders, they just collected rolling stones and thunderwood to prepare to block the Zhou Qi coalition forces.
"Sun Fang, Dai Yan, you two each lead your troops to retreat to the rear."
"Zhang Chen and Li Mi will guard the mountain roads on both sides. If the enemy comes, let them go and ambush them in the middle section."
"The last general takes orders."
The four generals who were called quickly led their men to prepare.
Looking at the mountain road ahead, it can roughly accommodate a carriage.
Ye Hongxue was worried.
As a general, she knew that she could not stop Zhou Qi's army with only 50,000 or 3,000 men.
Especially since her skills have not yet recovered, she can only try her best to buy more time for Qian Guo.
after one day.
The Zhou Qi army finally arrived at the outskirts of Xiashan.
The first to arrive were Li Jingyuan, the pioneer general of the Zhou Kingdom, and Guan Chang, the pioneer general of the Qi Kingdom.
Looking at the lush mountain forest ahead, Li Jingyuan clasped his hands together and looked at Guan Chang next to him: "General Guan, there is Xia Mountain ahead. Qian Guo may have received the news and made arrangements, so you and I must be careful."
"What General Li said is that people are coming to explore and open a way forward."
Guan Chang ordered a dozen Qi scouts and a small group of about a hundred Qi troops to take the lead.
About half an hour later, the scout reported back.
"Tell the two generals that there is nothing unusual on the mountain road ahead."
"March."
Guan Chang said calmly, then looked at Li Jingyuan: "General Li, let me, the Qi army, lead the way, and your army will be behind?"
Li Jingyuan did not refuse. Of his 20,000 vanguard troops and 15,000 cavalry, they were indeed not suitable to clear the way ahead.
The army set off and walked along the mountain road. Guan Chang's eyes looked at the mountains and forests on the left and right from time to time.
Suddenly a whistle sounded, and Guan Chang suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately shouted: "Sword and shield soldiers defend the enemy!"
The next moment, countless people appeared from the mountain forest, and the people on the hillside pushed dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of rocks down.
Upon seeing this, the sword and shield soldiers who were opening the way for the Qi army raised their wooden shields to form a barrier.
But this was all in vain, as the impact of rolling rocks and crossbars rushing down the hillside could not be resisted, especially by the wooden shields in their hands.
The shield was shattered and people died in an instant!
At the same time, a sharp arrow shot through the sky towards Guan Chang with lightning speed!
Guan Chang felt a shiver in his heart, and felt like his back was being stared at by a hungry tiger.
As a vanguard general, he naturally had a few brushes, and he blocked the incoming sharp arrow with a spear in his hand.
But he was shocked and his hands went numb.
"What a terrible strong bow!"
The one who can draw such a powerful bow must be the empress Xiao Linglong setting an ambush in front!
On the top of a mountain in the distance, Ye Hongxue held an iron bow, drew three arrows with his backhand and stepped on the rocks. He opened the bow with a big arrow and looked heroic.
The long wind stirs up the green hair, and at the moment when the phoenix rises, three arrows shoot out at the same time! Chasing souls and killing lives!
"This is!"
Just when Guan Changcai escaped from death, he saw three more arrows coming through the air. He was immediately frightened and tried his best to knock off one of the arrows with his spear.
The same powerful impact made his hands numb and he was about to let go of the spear. How could he block the remaining two arrows?
At the critical moment, a big knife split an arrow for him, but the third arrow hit Guan Chang's breastplate solidly.
A mouthful of blood spurted out from Guan Chang's mouth, and he fell off his horse.
When Li Jingyuan saw this, he immediately shouted: "The whole army retreats!"
After saying that, he bent down and picked up the injured Guan Chang with one arm and ran back as fast as possible.
Because the Zhou cavalry was at the rear, they retreated very quickly.
Qi's army lost hundreds of people before they saw anyone.
Mountain top.
Ye Hongxue looked at the iron bow in his hand with a cold face and sighed softly. If the arrowhead was made of steel refined by Zhao Kang, maybe it would be.
