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Zhennan Pass, later known as Youyi Pass, is located at the junction of Pingxiang Prefecture and Jiaozhi. Ma Liuliang hurried as fast as he could, even without bringing any logistics, but finally arrived at Zhennan Pass.
He had tens of thousands of mountain divisions and five thousand chieftain soldiers, which looked messy and chaotic.
But no matter what, 15,000 troops are not a small number. They are pressing towards Zhennan Pass like a black cloud, and the momentum is still very scary.
Xie Yichao, the Qin guerrilla who was defending Zhennan Pass, was not prepared for the arrival of Ma Liuda's army. He hurried out to greet them: "Marquis Jiande, what are you doing..."
"Stop talking nonsense, open the door, open the door quickly!"
"Marquis Jiande, why don't you take a rest? I, a general..." Xie Yichao wanted to follow the enemy into Jiaozhi and was just trying to make some friends so that Ma Liuliang would take him along.
As a result, Ma Liuliang said hurriedly: "I'm going to take a break. I've eaten all the food and grass. If I take a break, I'll need food and water. Can you afford it?"
There were only 300 soldiers guarding Zhenlong Pass, and suddenly a 15,000-strong army came and asked them to provide food and fodder. Who could provide it? Even if the 300 soldiers guarding Zhenlong Pass were cooked, it would not be enough to eat.
"So stop talking nonsense, open the door quickly, I'm going to kill the Cochin monkey and ask for food, hurry up..."
"Yes, yes, yes." Xie Yichao asked someone to open and close the door, and asked politely, "Marquis Jiande, can you..."
"No! Brother, it's not that I don't have loyalty. We are both in the army. Seeing those bastards in the navy want to enjoy the feast alone, I also want to take you with me. But there must be someone to guard Zhennan Pass. Don't worry, I will have someone bring back a few female monkeys for you to play with."
These don't sound like words from a marquis, but this is the Marquis of Jiande.
As soon as the Zhennan Pass was opened, 15,000 soldiers shouted and rushed through the pass like a tide. Everyone tightened their belts and stared with hungry eyes, like a group of wolves looking for meat.
"Listen everyone, five heads for one dragon coin, no debt. But if anyone uses civilians' heads to make up the number, I will use his head as a chamber pot. And 50% of all the spoils must be handed over. If anyone dares to keep it all for himself, I will swallow him up and leave even a bone unspitted out!"
Ma Liu shouted at the chieftains fiercely. Everyone's ears were buzzing, but they were happy. Why? Didn't they hear clearly? Five heads for one dragon coin, and half of all the captured spoils. The Qin army was there to attack, and everyone was fighting with the wind. There was such a good thing. What were we waiting for if we didn't charge forward with all our might
The five thousand Tusi soldiers were delighted when they heard the news.
They lived in hardship. In the past, they helped the chieftains to fight for wars, but received very little reward. The chieftains were greedy. Many soldiers even lost their lives. Not only did their families not receive any compensation, but their wives and daughters could also become playthings of others.
It was different when they fought with the Qin army, the Ma Liuliang rule was in place. The chieftain was only allowed to take 20% of the spoils from his soldiers, and the other 30% belonged to the soldiers themselves.
This made the local soldiers very happy to follow the Qin army to fight. Seeing that it was time for the wild boars to enter the vegetable garden again, everyone couldn't help but rush forward, waving long-handled hook knives in their hands, as if they were rushing to the fields to harvest rice.
Ma Liu took a look at the scene and couldn't help laughing. As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep. Anyway, the court doesn't have to pay for it, and in the end, you have to be alive to get it.
Zhennan Pass used to be Lang Son Province in Jiaozhi. The northern part of Lang Son Province near Zhennan Pass is a mountainous area with undulating hills and dense jungles. South of Lang Son is the northern plain with rice fields and endless flat land, extending all the way to the capital Thang Long Province (Hanoi), and there is no longer any strategic location to defend.
Therefore, the Zheng family of Jiaozhi placed the main defensive forces in the mountainous area in the northern part of Lang Son Province. Zheng's general Zheng Kaiping led a full 20,000 troops and had long been cautiously guarding against the Qin Dynasty.
Zheng Kaiping built three solid fortifications on the mountain pass leading to Thang Long Prefecture. All of them were made of huge stone walls and were stuck between two mountains, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The first pass is called the Dragon-Catching Pass, the second pass is called the Tiger-Slaying Pass, and the third pass is called the Ghost-Seeing Pass.
The names of these three dangerous passes were so impressive that Ma Liuliang couldn't help laughing. Wu Xiaoliu beside him exaggeratedly shouted, "Capturing dragons and slaying tigers, and seeing ghosts, how scary!"
Hou San rushed to say, "My Lord, leave this matter of capturing dragons and slaying tigers and ghosts to me. I promise that when you arrive, I will let Zheng Kaiping crawl out and lick your boots."
"Hou San, stop stealing food. With your skills, do you think you can compete with the Cochin monkeys in tree climbing? Forget it, Lord Hou, let me do it."
"Wu Xiaoliu!"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing, let's take turns. Hou San will take the first level, and Wu Xiaoliu will take the second level."
"My Lord, what about the third level?"
"What third level? Damn it, do you have pig brains? We have beaten two levels like a whirlwind. Even if there are monkeys at the third level, they will probably be scared to death."
"My Lord is wise."
"My Lord is wise."
Although Ma Liuliang appears to be nonchalant on the surface, he actually spared no effort and went to great lengths to reach Thang Long Prefecture before the navy.
As soon as the army advanced to Qinlong Pass, they immediately ordered Hou San to rush up with thirty rockets.
Qinlong Pass was built on the mountainside, with sharp peaks on both sides and a pass city about five or six feet wide in the middle. The path in front of the pass was still slanting upwards.
As soon as Hou San and his men rushed forward, the Zheng army on the city wall immediately pushed down huge rocks as big as millstones, which rolled down the mountain road with a loud rumble. The sound was like the collapse of the sky and the earth, and it was extremely scary.
"Hide!"
The boulder rumbled down and Hou San shouted loudly. Hundreds of Qin soldiers were so scared that they pressed their bodies against the rock wall on the left. The boulder kept bouncing and hitting on the mountain road. Unfortunately, two Qin soldiers were hit. Their flesh and blood flew everywhere and they were no longer human. Hou San and others gnashed their teeth and their eyes were red with anger.
"Go!" Hou San grabbed a rocket and carried it on his shoulder, braving the occasional rolling rocks. The straight mountain road was only about three hundred steps long. Hou San and his men risked their lives to rush up twenty or thirty steps, then immediately pulled the trigger. Dazzling tail flames flew across the more than two hundred steps long mountain road and slammed heavily into the city gate.
boom!
Boom boom boom!
Balls of fire rose up from the walls of the pass. The fierce explosions were like thunder, shaking the whole valley. The Zheng troops on the pass were blown into the air and shattered to pieces.
Thirty or forty powerful rockets bombarded continuously, and even the huge stone walls could not withstand it, and the city gate collapsed. Huge balls of fire devoured everything, and individual lives were so fragile that they could not even tell which piece of meat belonged to whom.
"rush!"
Ma Liuliang shouted loudly, and the drums of the central army began to rumble. The five thousand Tusi soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed up the mountain road with a roar, like a flood, rushing through the collapsed city gate and chasing the fleeing Zheng army behind them;
These Guangxi wolf soldiers ran wildly in the mountains as if they were walking on flat ground. The sharp long-handled hook knives in their hands were used to reap heads. After chasing the enemy from behind, they stretched out the long-handled hook knives and pulled hard. The enemy's body was still rushing forward, but his head had already fallen behind him, and blood spurted out like a fountain.
Hou San paid the price of eight casualties and quickly broke through the Qinlong Pass, which was considered a one-man-block pass. The 3,000 Zheng troops were defeated and chased all the way. When they fled to Tuhu Pass, more than ten miles to the south, there were less than 300 people left.
The Zheng army defending Tuhu Pass saw that the two sides were chasing each other head to head. They didn't even dare to open the gate. They could only watch countless wolf soldiers wielding long-handled hook knives wantonly reaping the heads of their companions. The screams resounded through the sky, and the bloody scene made people's scalps numb.
What's even more amazing is that this time Wu Xiaoliu pressed those fleeing soldiers all the way to Tuhu Pass. The defenders at the pass couldn't bear to shoot their comrades below the pass, but this gave Wu Xiaoliu an opportunity. In the chaos of the army, there were continuous chirping sounds, and brilliant flames rose into the sky and whistled towards the city wall of Tuhu Pass.
The guards on the pass saw flames flying towards them, and their pupils could not help but shrink rapidly. Boom! Boom! Boom! This was the Qin army's greatest killing weapon. Balls of fire exploded with loud rumbling noises. Before the guards on the pass could figure out what was going on, they were blown into the sky by the fierce shock wave, their bodies were instantly torn into pieces, and they didn't even have time to scream.
Balls of fire rose up one after another, making people's eardrums buzz. Under the billowing smoke, shrapnel flew and gravel flew everywhere, creating a tragic scene of hell on earth.
It seemed like ten thousand years had passed. When the explosions died down, the wooden gate of Tuhu Pass had already turned into countless pieces of wood. Five thousand wolf soldiers rushed over again like a torrent. The so-called capturing dragons and slaying tigers was a joke in front of them, and they could not stop it even for a moment.
In the face of such a violent and violent attack, the Zheng army, armed with swords and bows, could only be lambs to be slaughtered even though they had the fortress at their fingertips.
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.(To be continued..)
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