.Kill the enemy!

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In the early morning of April 4, 999, the Empire’s Era was 30 miles from Tongguan between the Shaanxi Road, Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, and Nushi Gorge.

This is a undulating hill. At that time, soil erosion on both sides of the Yellow River and Wei River was not as seen in later generations. Under the nourishment of abundant rain and river water, the hills were lush.

The nine thousand elite Han soldiers led by Jiang Zhuying (one thousand have been distributed to Jing Zhan) were ambushed in a certain part of this hill.

In order to boost the morale of the Tongguan defenders, Jiang Zhuying ordered Meng Zhan to lead the 1,500 white-rod spearmen in his regiment to take the mountain road to Tongguan.

He led the remaining two thousand cavalrymen and 5,500 infantrymen to wait for the opportunity according to Li Ruoxi's plan.

Thirty miles away, the fierce battle was in full swing, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere; Thirty miles away, the knife was unsheathed, waiting for the enemy's head.

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"It's dawn, and the enemy should be coming up soon." Sima Nan, the commander of the Fenwu Army of the Empire, looked at the sky gradually whiter, and took out an exquisite pocket watch from his arms to look at the time.

"Mingmei, if I can't go back, you must take care of yourself." Sima Nan murmured to himself, carefully wiping the pocket watch with his robe. This was the kindness given to him by his wife, produced by the imperial capital Jiangshan Precision Equipment Factory.

Sima Nan, who was trapped in his thoughts, was suddenly pulled back from the memory by his subordinates' reports.

"Sir, an army rushed over from the mountain road behind Guanhou, under the banner of the empire."

"Are the reinforcements arrived? Didn't they tell me to stay as long as possible for three days..." Sima Nan thought to himself and hurriedly said, "Take me to see you."

When Sima Nan came to the gate of the back of the gate, he saw a group of soldiers who had indeed opened on the mountain road, all wearing black light armor and holding long spears. The number of people was only more than a thousand.

Soon, the soldiers arrived at the gates, but the leader was a strong and honest young man.

"Who is the Sima Army?" the man asked.

"I am, Sima Nan answered on the Guanlou."

"Meng Zhan, the commander of the Baigang Guns Corps of the Kuanglan Army, has seen the Sima Army." The young man saluted Sima Nan on the Pass,

Then, the soldier handed over the handwriting issued by Liu Renze and the seal of the Kuanglan Army to Sima Nan.

"It's our brother." Sima Nan said happily, strode down the Guanlou, and ordered people to welcome Meng Zhan and others into Tongguan.

"Sima Legion, my deputy Jiang Zhuying's army was not intentionally delaying and not going to Tongguan, but waiting for an opportunity elsewhere to launch an attack on the Westerners within two days. I also asked the Sima Legion to prepare more." Meng Zhan quietly told Sima Nan what Jiang Zhuying meant.

"Jiang Zhuying, haha, that's my junior. There are two heroes in the academy in the past, and one Ying takes the lead. Well, since that's the case, Commander Meng, you are rushing from afar, lead the team to rest first, and then the enemy attacks during the day, and you have to count on one or two." Compared with the despair of the previous few days, Sima Nan is in a good mood now.

"Sir, just call me Tianli. I will lead the team to rest first, so I can help you during the day." Meng Zhan was not polite and led the team to rest.

"Sir, Chang'an Mansion is in urgent need of the matter." A soldier ran up with a letter.

"Is it because Gao Jianfei and the others sent the letter? No, this was what happened last night." Sima Nanjie passed the letter and opened it to see:

My brother, I met the letter as if I were facing each other. I fought with the Westerners on the front line. I dared not relax in Chang'an Prefecture. I persisted for many days. The four people of Chang'an Prefecture were excited. I took advantage of the opportunity to raise 30,000 people. I had training experience and formed a volunteer army. I will go to Tongguan soon, and I will also go together to live and die with my brother. Li Changlin.

"Mr. Li, Brother Li..." Sima Nan felt his heart full of excitement and strength. There were those greedy people in the empire who were afraid of death, but there were also warriors like Li Changlin and Lei Dongfeng. What difficulties did Sima Nan not be able to overcome?

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In the morning light, the Western coalition forces were stalking on the positions on the river bank and horns rang, people neighed and horses were roaring, and there was a hustle and bustle.

The Western armies on the other side of the Yellow River were also connected by the clarion call. Then, more than a hundred ships appeared on the river on the other side, and soldiers kept boarding the ships.

"The enemy has increased its troops." Sima Nan went to Meng Zhan.

"The more you increase, the more you die. Sima Legion, please let Meng Zhan take the lead today." Meng Zhan bowed.

"This is the sky split. These Western coalition forces have been equipped with powerful crossbows. If they get into battle later, can there be a countermeasure?" Sima Nan asked.

"Haha, it's okay, sir, let's see what's under our armor?" Meng Zhan lifted the bamboo light armor outside.

"Is this? Could this be that vine armor?" Sima Nan said in surprise.

"That is, in order to ensure the success of this battle, my Lei Legion almost brought all the vine armor from the Xuanwu Army and gave it to my Jiang Legion, and the Jiang Legion even gave most of us the White Bar Spear Corps." Meng Zhan slapped the vine armor.

"Combined with the empire's bamboo light armor, it can withstand ordinary strong crossbows and strong bows."

"In this way, Tianli went to war." Sima Nan ordered.

"Here!" Meng Zhan laughed and led the battalion of white-rod spearmen handed over to him by Li Banghao and drove out of the pass.

The Western Alliance's leading position today was the Teutonic heavy infantry regiment, and the Red Battle Axe regiment mixed with shouts rushed towards the 12-company city in front of the pass.

But I never thought that as soon as I rushed to the forbidden ditch, Tongguan closed the door wide open, and then a team of murderous Han soldiers rushed out.

"Are the Han people fooled? Just a few people rushed out to die?" Solinger, the tenement commander of the Red Tomahawks regiment who was in charge of this charge, almost laughed out loud.

"Bad boys, the Han people are here to die, cheer me up. You can also rush me to kill all these life-and-death pigs!" Solinger had been polished by the siege that lasted for several days.

This Red's warrior likes to hold a big axe and slash at will, rather than facing the city like this and being beaten up by others.

"Sir, shoot them to death?" a Teutonic commander suggested to Solinger.

"Arrow? Are all the courage of you Teutonic people covered by heavy armor? Such a few Han soldiers can kill them with one charge! The real warriors have to use the axe in their hands to cut into the enemy's body. With a 'click', that is the most beautiful sound in the world, rather than hiding behind the shield and shooting arrows like a coward..." Thoringer did not hide his contempt for this suggestion.

"Damn Reed..." The Teutonic commander cursed secretly, but he still carried out the order firmly, and charged forward with the other commanders following the madman Thoringer.

Yes, pick up the weapon, slash hard, stab the enemy's body, and listen to their screams! This is the real warrior, but this time it is not the Han soldiers who enjoy this treatment, but the arrogant Thoringer!
Chapter completed!