The black panther screamed a few times and slowly stopped its agile body.

Li Hong threw the spear in his hand to the ground, slid to the horse with difficulty, and lay down to the ground. He was too tired, and he led the cavalry to attack and slash and slash, and his whole body was as sore and painful as if it was scattered. Several wounds on his body did not stop bleeding due to violent struggles, and the blood oozed out of his clothes had dyed his armor red.

Due to the crazy attacks of the Xianbei people, the natural danger of Fanting Mountain was lost. The Han army paid a price of nearly 10,000 people and finally supported the fourth day. Li Hong was worried and was waiting for news from Xianyufu day and night.

"Sir, drink some water?" Pang De walked to Li Hong with a cowhide bag containing water and shouted in a low voice.

Li Hong opened his eyes and sat up slowly. His long loose hair was covered with blood, sticking to his face one by one. Li Hong casually put his hair together, revealing his firm face.

"Did you drink it?"

"Sir, let's drink it first?" Pang De said after handing the water bag.

Li Hong shook his head, "Drink first, give it to me after you drink." He turned to look at the Yi Cong soldiers lying around, and asked very tiredly, "Did you see Lord Zheng?"

Pang De raised his head and drank a few sips of water, wiped the blood from the stubble, looked around, and smiled reluctantly, "Mr. Zheng didn't come, which means there is still no news from Lord Xianyu."

Li Hong sighed, took the water bag, and looked at the mountains in the distance, feeling heavy.

If this tragic blocking war continues, the casualties of soldiers will become increasingly greater. In addition, the stock of food and weapons will become less and less. Once it is sold out, the army will be unable to support it. At that time, the army will have to retreat even if it does not retreat.

Haven’t Yan Liang’s 20,000 Jizhou Army arrived in Linjing yet?

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Li Hong heard Zheng Xin's voice in a daze. He was shocked and opened his eyes.

"Shouyin, can there be news about Yuxing?"

Zheng Xin was standing in the distance and chatting with Pang De. He hurried to Li Hong, shook his head and said, "There is no news from Lord Xianyu, it is the imperial edict from the court."

Li Hong got up from the ground and asked with a smile: "What does Your Majesty say? I agree to abandon Liupan Mountain?"

"Your Majesty ordered us to guard Liupan Mountain to the death. Your Majesty said that if a Xianbei person is spared, all officers at the Sima level and above in the army will be killed!"

Li Hong seemed to have known it for a long time, without any surprise. He patted the ashes on his body with a horse whip and said without any mind, "Your will be unwilling to accept your orders, don't listen to him."

"Please hold the imperial edict and don't leak this news." Li Hong smiled and walked towards Zheng Xin and whispered, "If anyone asks about the imperial edict, you will say that His Majesty rewards the army."

Zheng Xinxin nodded with understanding and smiled: "What do the people in the court know? If you have the ability, ask them to come and fight against the Xianbei people."

"Have you sent someone to ask Yu?" Li Hong asked, "His army has not arrived yet?"

"It should be here." Zheng Xin comforted Li Hongdao: "Mr. Xianyu needs time to prepare. He acts safely and will not delay military aircraft."

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At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.

Helian convened leaders of various departments to discuss the march to Chang'an.

"Because we attacked day and night and rushed continuously, we have now completely occupied Fanting Mountain." He Lian said happily, "The gate of Guanzhong has been completely opened by us."

Tuoba Feng glanced at him and bowed to congratulate him: "The king is determined and decisive, commands are determined, and using troops as a god. It is really impressive. Now Chang'an City is just around the corner, and the king will make great achievements and achieve great success for this."

Lu Ri Deduction and Yan Liyou looked at Tuoba Feng, and his eyes were full of sarcasm. Although the two did not agree, they had to follow Tuoba Feng and say a few flattering words.

He Lian's heart is more and more comfortable and full of energy.

"After the Han army retreated from Fanting Mountain, there was no danger to defend, and it was a matter of time before retreating." He Lian pointed to the map and said, "We followed the Han army all the way down the Jing River until Boluogu."

"If the Han army wants to ambush us, this is the best place." He Lian said, "After leaving Boluo Valley, we can pour down and go to Guanzhong."

He Lian looked up at several people and said with a smile: "I invite you to come, just to discuss how to use Bo Luogu to annihilate the leopard's army."

"The king is sure that the leopard will definitely ambush us in Boluogu?" Yan Liyou asked in confusion while touching his bare head habitually, "Their 70,000 troops have been destroyed by us, and more than 10,000 people in the remaining army of less than 60,000 are infantry. Under such a disadvantage, he even felt slow to retreat and would stop to ambush us? Did the king think too much?"

"King, I think the leopard will definitely retreat directly to Guanzhong." Mugaiting also said, "His strength is too disparate from us. Once we are surrounded, it will either be wiped out or suffer heavy losses. After his army is over, what should we do in Chang'an City? Don't defend the soldiers?"

"From the current Han army's forces blocking us, the Leopard's army has basically arrived at Fanting Mountain." Lu Ri laughed and said, "Yesterday, we saw the battle flags of Xian Yufu and Xu Rong. In other words, the three lieutenants under his command have arrived now, and the Leopard has only so many people." He pointed to Bo Luogu on the map, "If Leopard wants to ambush us here, at least it must concentrate several times my troops, otherwise what will he use to attack us? But now does the Han Kingdom have hundreds of thousands of troops? Does the Leopard have it?"

"I think the king's guess is very reasonable." Tuoba Feng retorted everyone: "You only considered the huge gap in the military strength between the two sides, but did not expect that when we marched in Liupan Mountain, we would not be able to advance together. Everyone must have first and later. If the leopard attacks one of us with 60,000 people, he will win."

Luri Deduction sneered: "If you don't save me when you die, then the first one will of course be wiped out."

Tuoba Feng laughed furiously, and pointed at Lu Ri and said, "You must be the one who refuses to save you."

Seeing the two of them being tense, He Lian quickly reached out to stop and said, "Okay, okay, we are about to enter Chang'an City. What we need most at this time is to work together. I don't think you are willing to return empty-handed, right?"

After signaling the two of them to sit down, he continued, "In fact, there is not only the marching order, but also the food problem. Because the leopard burned Guandai Mountain with a fire, we forced us to go around Fanting Mountain from a small road. The army has come, but our livestock is still stranded in the Guandai Mountain area and cannot follow up for a long time."

"We can't bring dry food to Chang'an," He Lian smiled, "On the other hand, we must also arrive at Chang'an City as fast as possible, so as not to let the Han people get news of the fall of Liupan Mountain, and send Luoyang Northern Army to support Guanzhong in advance. So I plan to wait for some of the livestock to come, and the army will set off immediately."

He Lian looked at everyone and shook his head helplessly and said, "This is helpless. The leopard's fire made us feel so uncomfortable. Therefore, I cannot ignore the fact that the leopard's fire burned Guandaishan for another purpose."

"The king thinks that the leopard burns the Guandai Mountain in order to open the distance between our tribes so as to ambush us in Boluo Valley?" Yan Liyou asked with a smile, and anyone could see the mockery in his eyes.

"I just guessed that the leopard might ambush us in Boluogu." He Lian didn't care and explained, "To prevent the leopard from raiding us, of course I have to prepare early."

"The king must have a solution?" Lu Ri laughed and said, "The king will arrange it directly, let's listen to the king."

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Helian was preparing to take the lead in Boluogu with 30,000 people as the front army. If the Leopard's army did have ambush in Boluogu, the 30,000 cavalry could have been able to support the Han army's 60,000 troops for a long time.

The central army followed closely behind the front army, also had 30,000 people. After receiving the request for help from the front army, the central army immediately rushed to Boluogu, striving to drag the leopard's army, and it would be best to surround it.

After receiving the news, the 30,000 troops of the rear army advanced quickly and rushed to Boluogu as quickly as possible to participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the leopards.

There are still 10,000 people who want to stay in Sanguan and Fanting Mountain. This is the retreat of the army, and there must be no mistakes.

After the Xianbei people passed through Lingzhou, Fuping, Sanguan and Fantingshan, they lost 20,000 people, and only 100,000 people could be allocated.

As soon as He Lian finished speaking, Xu Gui, a native of Dongqiang, took the initiative to ask to stay at Sanguan and Fanting Mountain. He said that he would stay north of Liupan Mountain and not go to Chang'an. He Lian was very surprised and asked, "If you don't go, the loss will be great. Do you want to return empty-handed?"

Lu Ri deduced and ridiculed: "When he was in Gaoping City, he said that he would not go south of Liupan Mountain, and he said that the leopard would eat him."

Yan Liyou said with a smile: "It's better if you don't go, it's better if you don't go. If he doesn't go, we can give you more money, haha..."

Tuoba Feng also smiled and cursed, "You are so brave, why do you always attack the Han Kingdom?"

Xu Gui had no expression on his face and did not say a word, allowing them to make fun of it.

"Then the former army..."

"Of course it's the king." Tuoba Feng smiled without waiting to talk to Lian, "This important task is the king. After the king defeated the Leopard, he took the lead and led his army to Chang'an to achieve great achievements for thousands of years."

He Lian hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to take risks himself. This kind of thing should be deduced by Lu Ri and Yan Liyou. These two tribes owed a lot of money and property from the King of Danhanshan. For this trip, he had already written off these debts. The debts were not paid back, so he should do more in the war. However, Tuoba Feng's words made it difficult for him to make such arrangements. He was the king, and he could not let his subordinates think that he was timid and dare not charge into the battle.

He Lian looked at Tuoba Feng, and felt very dissatisfied. It would be fine if you don’t want to take the lead, why should you push me in front? What does Tuoba Feng mean? Does he want to...

"Okay, then I will lead my army to Boluo Valley first." He Lian smiled casually, then turned to look at Mu Gaiting, "Does King Jiuyuan follow me?"

Mugaiting looked at Xu Gui with disdain and said loudly: "I want to see why the leopard ate me. OK, I will follow the king to be the front army."

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Boluo Valley is located on the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, in the upper reaches of Jingshui River, and is more than 100 miles away from Fanting Mountain.

He and his army stopped outside the valley, anxiously waiting for news from the scouts.

The Han army took advantage of the darkness and suddenly withdrew from the battlefield. The speed of the Xianbei people caught the risk of the guard. He Lian took 30,000 people to chase after him without hesitation.

The scouts returned from horseback, but no one found any trace of the Han army.

"Send more people, explore again, expand the search range to eight miles away, and do not miss every forest in Boluo Valley." He Lian thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Everyone rewards with a horn, and fights for time, fast, fast..."

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Mugaiting walked to Helian with a smile and said, "It seems that the king is really worried. The leopard saw that he was defeated and had already escaped."

"Do you think so too?" He Lian asked with a smile while gently stroked the mane of the war horse sitting down.

"King, Leopard led his troops to block the attack on Fanting Mountain, and fought with us with real swords and guns. This is not fake. His soldiers suffered heavy casualties, which is obvious to everyone." Mugaiting said, "If he wanted to lure the enemy and ambush us in Boluo Valley, would it take him to fight like this? Leopard retreated to Boluo Valley earlier and would be more beneficial to him? In my opinion, he could not continue to defend Fanting Mountain, so he had to retreat."

"He still has 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and he can continue to hold on for a while." He Lian said, "It must be a good thing for him to retreat so suddenly."

"The king is too careful." Mu Gaiting smiled, "Look at the Han army's camps, there are war horses with broken belly everywhere. It can be seen that they have lost food and cannot be withdrawn. In addition, if the Han army's food and grass are not enough, then the Han army's weapons will definitely not be supplemented. This kind of blocking war is very consuming, especially long arrows. How can we persist without weapons without weapons?"

He Lian thought about it and felt that what Mu Gaiting said made sense, but he was vaguely uneasy in his heart. Leopard still had 50,000 or 60,000 people in his hands and the cavalry was still intact. He would give up easily? Judging from Leopard's past record, he was a genius who was in danger and should fight back, but if he was not in Boluogu, where would he fight back?

"It's better to be cautious." He Lian said cautiously, "As long as we leave Boluo Valley, we can jump into the horse and whip, and fight to Chang'an City without any obstacles, so we should be careful at this time."

Mugaiting smiled helplessly and shook his head disapprovingly.

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Lei Chong sat on the grass and whispered to several new comrades around him.

Yan Rou's battalion was finally defeated, and the remaining more than 300 people formed a village again and went to Xianyu Yin's army. The Sima who directly commanded their army was Xiaolan.

Lei Chong retreated all the way with the infantry army. After running more than a hundred miles of mountain roads, he did not enter Boluo Valley and continued to retreat south, but turned a corner and went up to Shengtou Mountain. Lei Chong was very strange. Why didn't the army retreat to Linjing City and defend it? Why did he run to this wilderness mountain? Could it be that the Xianbei people have already chased him, and everyone had no time to escape and had to hide on the mountain?

Lei Chong didn't want to think about things that he couldn't understand, just follow them, as long as he had food to eat. He never liked to use his brain, and he was even more unwilling to ask around. He had become accustomed to living a life of being content with everything and being alone. He didn't know if he could see the sun of tomorrow, so he never wanted to do anything in the future. He thought that he could just live a good life today. Of course, if he could eat enough, it would be even better, and he would be satisfied.

In recent years, he has fought with different people. The deepest feeling is walking, walking many different paths, endless roads. Sometimes he thinks, if he continues like this year after year, will he walk all over the mountains and rivers of the Han Dynasty? Then he rejected his absurd idea. He will die soon, and he will think of the thousands of comrades around him, and he will fall in any corner anytime and anywhere, and he will not be able to live any day.

"Is Mr. Sima twenty years old?"

Lei Chong shook his head and smiled, "No? I heard that he was like Lord Leopard, and he used to be a scout. He also participated in the Lulongse War and was a warrior."

"It's good to follow Lord Leopard. You're so young and you're the Sima of the Army." A soldier said enviously, "Lei Chong, you have fought for four or five years, why are you not even a big shot?"

Lei Chong grinned, he didn't speak, his expression was dim.

He had thought about this problem, and he was also angry when he saw others being promoted, but since he had experienced too many deaths and buried hundreds of comrades with his own hands, he never thought about this problem again. He just wanted to live.

Look at how many soldiers who walked into the barracks with him were still alive? Whether they were promoted or not, whether they were jealous or close to him, they are now lying on the cold ground and turning into a pile of bones, and there are even many people without bones. It is not only luck but also great happiness that he can survive and live until now. In his eyes, everything else is like the cold wind in the mountains and fields, with no meaning.

"Lei Chong, why do you think we are running up the mountain?" A soldier patted Lei Chong's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to ambush the Xianbei people?"

"How is it possible, we are just so few?" Another soldier scoffed, "Didn't you see Lord Leopard leaving with the cavalry?"

"This is the Shangguan's business, what are we worried about?" Lei lay down on the ground with a heavy smile, stretching his waist long, "Sleep, go to bed quickly, live one more day."
Chapter completed!