Chapter 128 - Transformation of the Dazhang Pass
"General Wang Shu, you haven't changed much in a year!" When everyone entered the Dazhang Pass, the Academy Officer looked at Wang Shu and said.
"May I dare to ask for your name?" Wang Shu cupped his hands and laughed.
"I am Li Yan!" The Academy Officer said.
"General Li, my soldiers have been extremely tired since they came here from Jingyuan. We need to rest for the afternoon and we'll continue our journey tomorrow! I wonder if the general can arrange a place for us to stay? " Wang Shu said.
Wang Shu smiled and nodded. When Li Yan left, his eyes revealed a look of ridicule!
He brought the two soldiers to the walls of the Dazhang Pass to look at the scenery in the distance.
He still remembered last June when he and Curved End stood here discussing the way ahead! He offered three strategies to Curved End, but Curved End did not listen to him! Curved End had no ambition, he only wanted to protect himself! Wang Shu was really not willing to follow him along the way! Until now, Wang Shu could only choose to rely on Zhao Chen! He believed that by following Zhao Chen, he would be able to obtain glory and riches, and would be able to display his talent! He could still remember the Zhao Chen's appearance that day in the Middle Han Area. Zhao Chen's face was handsome, his expression gentle, but the determination in his eyes! This young man had experienced so much suffering, so he must be extraordinary!
"Generals, I have wronged you both this time!" After a while, Wang Shu looked at the two soldiers beside him and suddenly said.
"What's wrong with that?" In order to accomplish this major task, we have no choice but to disguise ourselves! " One of the soldiers laughed.
The soldier looked to be in his thirties, with a resolute face and a tall stature. He was actually Jing Road's envoy, Zhao Zhe!
"Tonight, we will take down Dazhang Pass!" Another soldier said.
The other soldier was slightly younger, had a refined look on his face, and was actually Liu Qi!
So it turned out that Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi had actually disguised themselves as ordinary soldiers, and followed Wang Shu to the Dazhang Pass! Both of them were important generals of the Jingyuan Army, and their martial arts were extremely high! With their help, it would be much easier to take down Dazhang Pass! If it were not for the two of them, with just Wang Shu and his 1,000 odd subordinates, it would be difficult for him to take down Dazhang Pass!
"General Zhao, General Liu, we need to discuss this properly!" Wang Shu said.
"There's nothing for us to discuss, so let's do it as we agreed!" Zhao Zhe said.
Before they came, they had already discussed the changes in the battlefield, so they were prepared to observe the terrain of the Dazhang Pass carefully, and maybe change the battle plan! After looking around, he realised that the Home Breaker Soldiers here were all listless and sluggish, thus Zhao Zhe felt that there was no need to discuss any further, and decided to do as he had agreed!
"When it is time, I will lead 500 soldiers to seize the gate behind us!" You will bring people to seize the city gate in front of us! As long as we capture the city gate in front of us, we can immediately open the gate. Our fifty thousand strong army is outside, we can enter the Dazhang Pass at any time! If the fifty thousand army enters the pass, this Dazhang Pass will definitely belong to us! " Liu Qi said.
"Good!" Just do it! " Wang Shu nodded.
The trio's eyes were filled with confidence! They had sufficient forces, and this Dazhang Pass only had a mere 5000 troops, it was impossible for him to be a match for their 50,000 strong army! The reason they wanted to snatch the gate behind them, was mainly because they were afraid that someone would escape from the Dazhang Pass and leak out the news!
"Master Li Gang Li is probably here soon!" Wang Shu said again.
"As long as Dazhang Pass gets her hands on it, he will definitely arrive at the first possible moment! In the future, after we kill Zhe Keqiu, we will need to rely on him to stabilize the situation in the various regions of Middle Han Area! " Zhao Zhe said.
"Let's go, let's not stay here for too long, so that the Home Breaker won't suspect anything!" We've been traveling for a long time, and now we really need to rest! Wait until tonight, when we can recuperate and gather our energy, before we start our operation! " Liu Qi said.
The three of them walked down from the city wall!
That afternoon, they rested at Dazhang Pass. The Dazhang Pass was very big, there were many military camps and rooms! The soldiers of the Jingyuan Army had indeed gone through a long journey, and were exhausted!
It wasn't until Zi that they started to get up!
At this moment, all the Jingyuan Army soldiers quietly climbed down from their beds. They took out their weapons, and waited for the order from above.
Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi had already taken the lead to come out of the room!
Outside their room were patrolling Home Breaker Soldiers! Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi pretended to walk in front of the Home Breaker Soldiers s unintentionally! Following that, two blade lights flashed, and in a moment, all the patrolling Home Breaker Soldiers s fell to the ground, no one had time to scream!
Both of them were well-known figures in the Western Army, their martial arts had long entered the Innate Realm! Especially Liu Qi, he was already a master at the peak of the Innate Realm, his strength was as strong as Wang Gui and Zhang Xian! There was naturally no problem at all for the two of them to personally take care of these ordinary soldiers of the Home Breaker!
"Quick!" The forward camp will immediately follow me to the back door! "Faster, faster, faster!" Liu Qi said in a low voice!
Immediately, the sound of footsteps could be heard incessantly, and over five hundred people followed Liu Qi and ran crazily behind the city gates! Meanwhile, Zhao Zhe and Wang Shu brought the other five hundred people and quickly rushed to the city gates!
As they were already sons, almost all the officers and soldiers of Home Breaker were already fast asleep! Occasionally, the patrolling soldiers would come into contact with them and would immediately turn into hedgehogs by the arrows in their hands! Occasionally, someone would let out a scream, but that scream was too quick, almost no one heard it!
In less than half a quarter of an hour, Liu Qi had already arrived at the back gate!
He was incomparably brave and fierce as he charged to the front! Several soldiers of the Home Breaker were yawning at the city gate, while many of the Home Breaker Soldiers s were fast asleep! Liu Qi rushed into the middle of Home Breaker Soldiers, the blade in his hand flickered, and immediately, the entire Home Breaker Soldiers released waves of miserable cries!
The 500 over people behind him moved forward, and in a short moment, all the Home Breaker Soldiers s at the city gate fell to the ground!
"Home Breaker must have discovered the situation here!" Liu Qi secretly thought.
He wiped the blood off his face. He knew that the fierce battle was about to begin!
Very quickly, screams came from the front, Liu Qi knew that Zhao Zhe and the rest had already reached the front door! If nothing unexpected happened, Zhao Zhe and the rest could successfully take down the front door, and at that time, fifty thousand Jingyuan Army s would rush into the Dazhang Pass, massacring all the Home Breaker soldiers who dared to resist!
"Why isn't anyone here yet?" After another quarter of an hour, Liu Qi's face showed an expression of shock!
It had been such a long time, but no one from Home Breaker Soldiers came. It was too strange!
It was at this moment that even larger footsteps came from afar. Liu Qi's face revealed an excited expression, he knew that the fifty thousand Jingyuan Army s had entered the stage!
It was only at this point that the officers and soldiers of the Home Breaker woke up. They put on their clothes and headed out! So it turned out that the quality of the Home Breaker Soldiers was too low. Even if someone was woken up by the noise, they would only feel skeptical. After the sound disappeared, those Home Breaker Soldiers s actually went back to sleep!
This was an army that was not much different from the armies of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. They were the product of the weakened Northern Song Dynasty! The Northern Song has been destroyed, and they still haven't changed much! Although Zhe Keqiu had been recruiting soldiers, the quality of his army was far worse than what anyone would ever imagine.
"He actually took down the Dazhang Pass that easily?" Liu Qi said in disbelief!
At this moment, the Dazhang Pass was filled with miserable screams! Not long after that, countless of routed soldiers came over to Liu Qi's side. When they saw that the city gates behind them were already occupied by Liu Qi and the rest, all of the defeated soldiers were dumbfounded!
The Academy Officer named Li Yan, whose clothes were disheveled, rushed in with hundreds of people. At this moment, he was shocked and fearful, and did not dare to charge forward. After he knelt down, the countless soldiers behind him also followed suit and fell to their knees!
"This …" Liu Qi was stunned!
He knew that the Home Breaker was very weak, but he never expected the Home Breaker to be weak to such an extent!
"The Dazhang Pass belongs to us now!" Liu Qi heaved a sigh of relief!
Early in the morning on the second day, Liu Qi, Zhao Zhe and Wang Shu calculated the number of casualties, the number of casualties in Jingyuan Army was actually less than 100, while the 5000 people in Home Breaker had more than 2000 people killed, the rest had all surrendered, and no one could escape from Dazhang Pass!
"Are we going to enter the level now?" Wang Shu said.
"Waiting for Lord Li Gang to come!" Zhao Zhe said.
Wang Shu nodded.
When noon arrived, Li Gang finally arrived!
Standing on top of the Dazhang Pass's fortress, Li Gang cried! On that day, when he left the Middle Han Area, he swore to return to it. He never expected that this day would come so soon!
"There is still half a month until His Majesty's grand wedding. Fifty thousand Jingyuan Army s will leave behind three thousand people to defend the Dazhang Pass, and the rest will enter the Middle Han Area!" Li Gang said.
"Master Li, the Dazhang Pass is extremely important, we only have 3000 people, I'm afraid that's not appropriate! If the Nvzhen comes from Chang An, the three thousand people might not even be able to defend! " Liu Qi said.
"Don't worry General Liu, I'm afraid he has no time to bother with us right now!" A young man stood up behind Li Gang and said.
This youth looked way too ordinary, he was simply just like a farmer. Previously, when he was standing beside Li Gang, no one had noticed him!
Hearing him speak, Wang Shu then asked: "Who are you?"
The young man laughed, and said: "I am Yue Fei!"