This is completely different from the brutality of Jinlin Pass. The passes spread over the mountains and plains, like giant rats gnawing at a giant dragon.
Qi State and Zhou State gathered all their last forces to attack Jing State.
Therefore, the pressure faced by Jingguo is no less than that of Qianguo.
But fortunately, most of the elites were in the hands of Huo En and Yan Wenyuan, and the soldiers of Jing State were slightly stronger than those of Qian State, so they were able to keep the enemy at bay.
Another round of attacks was repelled, and the generals of Jing State gathered in the stronghold. The backbone of the attack was Xu Ning, the protector of the country who arrived temporarily.
The veteran had already planned to retire, but he never expected that the murderous intentions of Zhou and Qi would be so strong this time.
At first, I thought it was to contain Jingguo, but after several victories, both countries began to invest a lot of resources in this battlefield.
As a result, he had to go into battle again.
"There is no room for error on Guanshan Road. Once the enemy breaks through from here, they will penetrate directly into the heart of our army."
"At the same time, it is converging with the army on the side of Wild Wolf Valley, so our vanguard army will face the situation of being attacked from both sides."
"I agree with General Guo. We should continue to send troops to reinforce Linshan Road. What do you think, Commander?"
Several generals looked at Xu Ning, who nodded slightly, agreeing with their views.
One person asked: "The old commander seems to have doubts?"
Xu Ning sighed: "We are fine here for the time being. The mountainous terrain in the north is difficult and the Zhou cavalry cannot use it. This kind of mountain warfare is also what we are good at."
"For a while, Qi State and Zhou State have nothing to do with us. What I'm worried about now is Qian State."
Several generals frowned slightly, and one of them said: "With the national masters Zhao Kang and Lord Ye here, they should be able to stop the opponent, right?"
"It's hard to say!"
Xu Ning crossed his fingers: "Before I came, I received a war report from the Qian Kingdom. So far, Zhou and Qi have lost nearly 200,000 people, and the Qian Kingdom is not feeling well either, with similar battle losses. "
"Now we can only retreat to Jinlin Pass, but the troops attacking Qian State are the most elite troops of Zhou and Qi. Once Qian State falls, we will be attacked from both sides."
Several people nodded, knowing in their hearts that Ganguo had endured the greatest offensive pressure from the enemy in this battle.
Although Jingguo also sent reinforcements, they were only more than 50,000 people. Now all the troops of Qianguo are in Jinlin and Tongzhou.
Once these two places are conquered, even Qian Guo still has some reserve troops.
But when a recruit like that who has never been on the battlefield meets Zhou Qi's army that looks like tigers and wolves, there is basically nothing he can do except kill people.
If Qian's country is defeated, the enemy's elite troops will turn their guns and face Jing's country, and Jing's country will be in danger.
"Even so, Commander, we are currently at a loss. The enemy's offensive is too intensive." A general said.
Xu Ning looked at the defense map and suddenly said quietly: "We still have 20,000 elite cavalry behind us to escort food and grass, right?"
The battlefield here is mostly mountainous and horses cannot run at all, so the Zhou cavalry attacking Jingguo treated themselves as infantry and dismounted to fight.
One person was horrified: "Commander, are you going to do it?"
"Assemble 20,000 cavalry, go out from Linzhou, pass through Yexiong Ridge and go behind Huo En and Yan Wenyuan."
"They are busy attacking Jinling Pass now, leaving Gao Yuan waiting for the opportunity to reinforce Jinling Pass at the critical moment."
Xu Ning said.
Everyone was startled, and one person said: "Commander, is this too risky? Once the situation at Jinlin Pass is not as anxious as you think, and Gao Yuan's 20,000 riders are discovered, there will be no return!"
"When necessary, we have to take risks."
Xu Ning laughed: "I bet on him this time, Zhao Kang, if I can force Yan Wenyuan and Huo En to jump over the wall. As long as it works, defeating Zhou Qi and our Jingguo this time will be the key to victory."
"With Zhao Kang's character, he will only repay our kindness a hundred times. What's more, in the current situation, saving Qianguo means saving our Jingguo. Why not? Go and inform Gao Yuan. I think this guy will be a food delivery person every day. The officer is also bored."
"Old handsome and righteous!"
The generals couldn't help but admire Xu Ning's integrity from the bottom of their hearts.
It can be said that it is rare in ancient and modern times to be able to do this in the face of a person who has a grudge against him for killing his children.
Xu Ning didn't know that it was precisely because of his dangerous military expedition that the future Jingguo escaped the disaster of destroying the country.
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The army besieged Jinlin Pass for the seventh day.
The corpses outside the pass have piled up like a mountain. There is no way to clean up the battlefield. At most, they can just dig a hole outside Jinlin Pass during the night and throw the corpses in. That's it.
In seven days, as many as 30,000 Zhao Kang's soldiers defending the city were killed.
In addition to the more than 10,000 prisoners of war in the pass, Zhao Kang only had less than 40,000 troops left.
There are still more than 200,000 troops attacking the city from Zhou Qi.
More than five times the strength of Jinlin Pass!
Both the attackers and defenders have become numb, truly used to seeing life and death.
What you can do is no longer survive, but kill the enemy or be killed by the enemy!
With the help of two thousand bombs, the enemy's offensive was repulsed.
Zhao Kang patted the trebuchet made by the craftsmen around him. Compared with the large trebuchets seen in TV series, it was dozens of times smaller and weighed only more than 20 kilograms.
But the advantage is convenience. There are hundreds of them placed on the three city walls in the southeast and west.
Not only can it be used to throw bombs, it can also be used to throw kerosene barrels. With this thing, three enemy generals were killed today.
Chen Xuanlong walked over with tired eyes, squatted down next to Zhao Kang, and took out two cakes from his arms.
The general-style battle armor on his body was riddled with holes. He had no less than twenty major and minor injuries on his body these days, but he still did not go down to the city to rest for even a moment.
He has always been on the front line with Zhao Kang.
This reminded Zhao Kang of Zhou Tai of Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period.
"It's hard to imagine that a scholar like you, Imperial Master, could have such wild moments." Chen Xuanlong laughed.
Zhao Kang took a bite of the bloody cake and said with a grin: "I never said what kind of scholar I am, that's all made up by your own imagination. How about Zhou Long?"
"You can't die yet!"
There was a shout in the distance, and Zhou Long, who was also covered in blood, walked over with a bowstring in hand, and unceremoniously took half of the cake from Zhao Kang's hand. After swallowing it in a few mouthfuls, he cursed.
"The food made by the fucking Huotou Army is getting worse and worse!"
"Come on, I just walked down from the city, and I'm pretty good at drying your mouth. How are the casualties of Tianyu's army?" Zhao Kang leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
Zhou Long's face stiffened and he sighed: "Nearly half of the casualties were killed. The number of arrows is already seriously insufficient. Those officials in the imperial court are so damn unworthy! It's been almost a month and a half, not to mention the explosives and even the arrow shafts. I didn’t even see it brought in, damn!”
