Chapter 172: Break the Pass

The riot at Sunset Pass was quelled. The officers and soldiers of the Sunset Pass guard pushed all their bodies into large pits and burned them, and then buried them to avoid a plague.

Deputy General He Ling said, "General, the last general thinks that these corpses should be left in Guanzhong."

Qiu Changshou frowned and looked at him, and whispered to Ling: "Please move with the general."

The two walked to a secluded place and whispered to Ling: "General, the military rations must be burned. At this moment, I am afraid that the army of Zeguo is on the way to Sunset Pass. The General thinks that Sunset Pass can still be defended?"

Qiu Changshou had a gloomy face and did not answer, and He Ling whispered: "If you can't defend, these corpses are just left to the army of Zeguo. Even if there is no plague, burning and burying will consume their physical strength and delay their entry, so that we can also buy some time for our reinforcements."

Qiu Changshou was silent. Although this is true, the problem is that he is different from He Ling. He is the leader of the pass. If he abandons the pass, how can he explain to the court?

He Ling whispered again: "General, it is better to retreat early and demolish the city walls in the south. In this way, even if the enemy occupy Sunset Pass, there is no danger to defend. We retreat to Lingyu County and wait for reinforcements and food to arrive, and we can counterattack Sunset Pass and drive the enemy out of the pass again."

Qiu Changshou stared at He Ling with his eyes widened. Although He Ling was right, he ignored the most important question, that is... Qiu Changshou is the general at Sunset Pass. It is correct to do this, but how should he explain to the court?

The victims were in chaos, the national treasury had no food, and his military rations were burned again. This was a severity and made the emperor extremely unhappy. If the pass was destroyed and retreated, could his life be saved? Can his family still be saved?

The Ling Emperor was cruel and suspicious and deceitful. Although the Ling Emperor had just ascended the throne for a few years, he first forced Gu Du and Li Xia away, and then used 50,000 soldiers as dead soldiers when he personally fought for the imperial guards, and then asked Chu Qin to serve as an envoy to discuss peace.

No one is a fool. As long as you calm down and think about it carefully, you can come up with some clues. The spirit of the Emperor of Ling can be imagined in this way and the soldiers of the three armies!

If you abandon the gate, you will be afraid that the outcome will not be better than Gu Du, let alone Qiu Changshou, who has the ability of Gu Du?

Qiu Changshou said, "If there is no imperial edict, you and I must serve the country with death."

He Ling frowned, thought for a while and said, "Can you leave the body for two days to wait for the Holy Will?"

Qiu Changshou said: "No, the weather is hot. If there is an epidemic, the soldiers of our army will be burned and buried immediately."

He Ling sighed and whispered, "General, there is no food."

Qiu Changshou asked, "Is there food in Lingyu County?"

He Ling said: "Although Lingyu County has no grain, it is more than 200 miles south of Sunset Pass. The grain our army snatched is up to five days. If it is returned to Lingyu County, it will be able to connect with the supportive food and grass."

Qiu Changshou was silent. He said to Ling correctly, but it was useless. Without the imperial edict, he would never dare to abandon the pass and retreat, saying, "I have decided, so I don't need to say anything more."

Di Qiuhan sent people to stare at the official road leading to Sunset Pass, and at the same time sent people to stare at the official road leading to Zhenbei Pass, with the purpose of robbing and killing the postman who sent the orders to explore the movements of Zhenbei Pass.

When the military rations of Sunset Pass were burned, the rear must immediately replenish food and grass. With such obvious intention, we should increase troops to Sunset Pass, but we don’t know whether to mobilize from the rear or divide the troops from Zhenbei Pass.

Two more days later, the disciple of Jueling Sect robbed and killed the Northwest Post Office and took the edict back. Di Qiuhan immediately sent someone to find Gu Du with the edict.

When Gu Du received the news, he was more than 200 miles away from Sunset Pass. After listening to the news and reading the edict, Gu Du said to Dongfang Xia Lan: "Hurry up and go to Suxian Mountain, tell Di Qiuhan, keep a close eye on Sunset Pass and try not to let the enemy destroy the pass."

After Dongfang Xia Lan left, Gu Du ordered the order to go urgently. At this time, the 10,000 reinforcements sent by Lingguo from the imperial city were only one day away from Lingyu County, and the food and supplies for the support were only two days away.

One day later, reinforcements arrived in Lingyu County, but saw that there was no one in the city. The chief general Zhao Dongcheng knew something was wrong. It should be that the postman was robbed and killed. Otherwise, the defenders at Sunset Pass should have retreated to Lingyu County at this time.

Zhao Dongcheng hesitated for a moment and sent an order to move forward quickly. The army rushed to Sunset Pass at night, and at the same time sent a small team to send orders to the rear, ordering food and grass to Sunset Pass.

The next afternoon, Gu Du led a 100,000 army to the gates and ordered them to make rice.

Qiu Changshou climbed to the top of the city and saw the dark enemy army, his heart felt as cold as if he had poured a can of cold water in the cold moon.

The deputy general and Ling said, "General, the enemy did not set up camps, but just built pots and made rice. After eating, they would attack the city."

Qiu Changshou gritted his teeth and said, "Why are there no reinforcements and food?"

One hour later, Gu Du ordered the array to be arranged, ten throwing machines placed turbulent oil tanks, and then ignited them to Sunset Pass.

After three years of dormant, it finally started fighting again.

After more than a dozen rounds of throwing, Gu Duling said: "Siege the city!"

The war drums were beating, and the Qifeng Camp carried the ladder toward the city wall, and arrows shot towards the city like locusts. Ten ox-horned crossbows stared at the ten marches on both sides of the city gate, and crossbow arrows as thick as babies' arms were shot out frequently.

Jifeng Camp was organized by Gu Du's instructions and Li Xia personally trained it. He chose a person with a short stature but strong muscles and bones. He did not wear armor and only had a hindrance knife. He was as fast as the wind and as fierce as a tiger.

In just a quarter of an hour, the city gates broke open, and the rapid wind camp rushed into Sunset Pass and rushed to the top of the city on both sides.

"Kill!" Gu Du drew his sword and shouted, and rushed towards the city gate first. A hundred thousand troops were neighing and pounced on Sunset Pass.

The defenders of Guanzhong had no intention of fighting because they had no food. When they saw that they broke through the gate, they fled in a hurry. However, the Ze army did not relax and chased after them. Any enemy they killed must be cut off and tied to their belts to keep them as evidence to seek merit.

Di Qiuhan originally led the crowd to ambush on both sides of the official road, thinking of robbing and killing reinforcements or killing the defeated troops who fled south of Sunset Pass, but he didn't expect that he could see the Ze army chasing out of Sunset Pass, killing the defeated troops all the way, and even scrambling to cut off the heads. He couldn't help but look at Duan Yuechan in shock.

All 30,000 defenders were beheaded, including two yellow-robed soul masters, as well as Liu Jie, the county magistrate of Lingyu County, and Li Ke, the commander of the garrison.

The front army returned and said that they had seen the enemy reinforcements. Gu Du passed the order: "The whole team will take the battle!"

The Ling Army reinforcements were moving in a hurry. The front team suddenly saw the Zejun who was covered in blood and tied with his head rushing towards him. They immediately panicked and were unable to line up and were dispersed by the Zejun.

Gu Du rushed into the enemy formation and shot down the main general Zhao Dongcheng and captured him alive.

Gu Du did not want to make contributions, but wanted to leave a living person to go back to report the message to the Linghuang. Zejun went crazy and truly did not keep his family. This also proved that his method of winning and fighting played its due role, but he could not kill them all, so he had to leave a living person to go back to report the message to the Linghuang.
Chapter completed!