Just as the three hundred people rushed to the city wall, the dark clouds left the moon, and the earth was covered with bright silver again. At this time, the three hundred soldiers squatted down tightly against the city wall, waiting for the next order.

"What's wrong with him?" Ren Ping came to the side of the soldier who had just groaned and asked in a low voice.

"He sprained his ankle."

Seeing the soldier sweating profusely and biting the belt in his mouth, Ren Ping knew that he was seriously injured. Ren Ping patted his shoulder, "No need to go to the city, just stay here!"

"Abide by the order!" The soldier lowered his head in frustration, and the eagle attacked the army with orders as he had no room for explanation.

At this moment, a scream suddenly appeared on the top of the city. Ren Ping was shocked and looked up at the city. He did not see the scene of the Hun soldiers protruding their heads and looking at them. Ren Ping immediately realized that it was Wei Yan launching an attack in the north.

Ren Ping immediately looked up the cliff again. He was waiting for the signal on the cliff. After a long time, a fire finally appeared on the cliff. In just a moment, it flashed by. This was the signal they had agreed on, indicating that there were no more or only very few soldiers in the west city.

"Up to the city!"

Ren Ping's order was very short, but it was irresistible. Three hundred soldiers lined up under the city, and ten ropes had been thrown up to the city, accurately covering the battlements. Ren Ping jumped up and led his head to climb up the city. The soldiers jumped up and climbed upwards, with extremely rapid movements. At this time, they were no longer afraid of being discovered by the defenders, and they had to climb to the city as fast as possible.

"There is an enemy here!"

Finally, some Hun soldiers discovered the rope on the top of the city. A group of Hun patrols heard the shouts and ran over quickly. The first Hun soldiers who discovered the rope swung their swords and chopped the rope. At this critical moment, Ren Ping jumped onto the top of the city, and the short spear in his hand pierced the other party's chest like lightning.

Ren Ping kicked him over, roared, and rushed towards the Huns' patrol. At this time, nine other soldiers also climbed to the top of the city, wielded their spears and fought with the Huns' soldiers, protecting the rope from being cut off.

Fierce battle broke out at the west city, but outside the north city was thrilling. Wei Yan ordered the Han army to assemble ten medium-sized catapults and threw huge burning fireballs into the city. The Hun soldiers on the top of the city were in chaos. The leader of the thousand-man commander forced the soldiers to run to the north city, but many soldiers emerged at the south city, saying that they wanted to defend against the south city, but in fact they were afraid of the fireballs.

This is Ren Ping's rich experience. He knew that under Wei Yan's attack, the enemy might not all run to the north city, and the south city would also have soldiers to defend. In this case, only the city walls on both sides of the east and west will be ignored, because soldiers cannot escape from both sides of the east and west, and the enemy generally will not attack from both sides of the east and west.

Ren Ping seized this impossible mentality and led his army to climb the city wall from the west city. Twenty patrol Hun soldiers had been killed by them, and all three hundred Eagle Strike soldiers had entered the city. Under Ren Ping's leadership, they rushed towards the north city.

The fireball thrown by the Han army did not fall directly on the north city, but crossed the city wall and fell into the city. The city was already a sea of ​​fire. More than twenty wooden buildings were lit, and the fire was connected into one, with thick smoke rolling, rushing straight into the sky.

More than a thousand Hun soldiers gathered in the northern city, hiding behind the city wall, and shot arrows outwards. They were already in a panic by the fire. They didn't care whether there was anyone outside attacking, but they just shot arrows outwards to relieve their inner fear.

At this moment, there was a chaos at the west end of the northern city wall. Countless Han soldiers came to kill. Although the number was not large, they were extremely fierce. They killed the Hun soldiers crying for their parents and retreated step by step. Wei Yan of the city also discovered the chaos on the top of the city. He knew that the Eagle Strike Army had succeeded. He was overjoyed and ordered: "Stop throwing, line up in the army, and prepare to kill into the city."

All three hundred Eagle Strike soldiers could do one to ten. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than half of the more than a thousand Hun soldiers at the north city were killed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining soldiers did not dare to resist anymore, and rushed to the south city.

"Open the city gate!"

Under Ren Ping's order, two huge iron doors finally opened. Wei Yan raised his knife and shouted, "Get into the city and kill!"

Ten thousand Han soldiers rushed into Wuting Pass like a tide. They were not resisted. Han soldiers rushed into Wuting Pass. The Huns had known that the situation was going, and before the Han army could enter the city, they opened the south gate, fled out of the south city, and fled south along the straight road.

Wei Yan seized Wuting Pass without hurting a soldier. He was extremely happy, but Wei Yan also knew that 30,000 Hun cavalry might return overnight. They had no time left. Wei Yan immediately ordered the fire to be wiped out and the city gates were closed. Ten thousand soldiers began to prepare for battle quickly.

At this time, Ren Ping found Wei Yan and bowed: "I am willing to lead the soldiers of our troops to guard the top of the mountain to prevent the Xiongnu army from crossing Wuting Pass from the small path."

Wei Yan was very grateful to Ren Ping, so he smiled and said, "My soldiers will guard the mountain road. General Ren has made great contributions. Let's have a good rest first!"

Ren Ping shook his head, "If the Huns fought their best, ordinary people might not be able to defend the mountain road. We will be guarded by our Eagle Strike Army so that we can be foolproof."

Seeing that he insisted, Wei Yan had to agree with his plan. He thought for a while and said, "There is no 10,000 people to guard Wuting Pass, and eight thousand people are enough. I will give you another two thousand people. You will be in charge of your full command. Be sure to guard the mountain road for me. I will express your first contribution to His Highness the King of Han."

"Thank you General Wei for your accomplishment!"

Ren Ping led 300 Eagle Strike Army and 2,000 Han troops to leave Wuting Pass and run towards the mountain road to the west. Although the mountain road is hidden, it is not difficult to walk. He can lead a horse to go up the mountain, so Ren Ping's first thing was to destroy the mountain road and make the mountain road that had originally had roads difficult to walk.

The method is very simple. They poured tinder on the rocks with tinder. When the rocks were burning red, they poured them on them with cold water. The huge rocks cracked. The Han soldiers pried open the rocks and threw them down the cliffs. They did the same. More than two thousand soldiers took action together and continuously destroyed the rocky mountain roads.

By the fifth hour, the mountain road was beyond recognition. The soil was dug up, trees and shrubs were cut down, large pieces of rock were burned and destroyed, and the slanting became straight cliffs. The path that could have been led to the mountain no longer existed, and became steep cliffs. The highest cliff was three feet high. Even if the Hun soldiers climbed up with ropes, the war horses could not go up the mountain.

Ren Ping looked at his masterpiece proudly. In fact, there was no need for soldiers to guard it. The mountain road no longer existed. The Hun soldiers could not cross the Wuting Mountains. Now they just need to hold on to Wuting Pass, and 30,000 Hun cavalry would eventually be trapped in the straight road.

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Wei Yan was worried that it was reasonable, so about three hours after they seized Wuting Pass, Liu Qubei led 25,000 Hun soldiers back to Wuting Pass.

A fire in Pinghu Pass to the south burned three thousand Jie soldiers who were attacking the pass, and also burned the Huns' army to lose their souls and lost their morale. At the same time, it also burned Liu Qubei's ambition to enter Guanzhong.

Liu Qubei began to lead his army to retreat north. Just when he was still sixty miles away from Wuting Pass, they suddenly discovered the fire and smoke above Wuting Pass, which surprised Liu Qubei. He immediately realized that he had made a fatal strategic mistake.

A few days ago, Li Ling repeatedly advised him not to rush south, and could send out surprise troops to the Maling River. Only 10,000 troops would enter Guanzhong, and the defense of the Han army collapsed.

But Li Ling was killed unexpectedly, which made him give up the plan of Zuomaling River. Liu Qubei could not understand the real reason why Li Ling asked him to send only 10,000 troops into Guanzhong.

At that time, he was determined to enter Guanzhong and left Li Ling's advice behind him. Now he finally understood why Li Ling repeatedly advised him to send only 10,000 troops, because they had to use heavy troops to defend the retreat. Once they failed to attack Guanzhong, they could retreat from the straight road to the north.

Now, he forgot to protect his retreat. Once the Han army seized Wuting Pass and cut off his retreat, his army's food and supplies would be trapped on the straight road. Understanding this, Liu Qubei began to panic and rushed to Wuting Pass regardless of everything.

When Liu Qubei was still thirty miles away from Wuting Pass, he was desperate. They met the Wuting Pass defenders who retreated south. The bad news he refused to hear happened. The Han army had already seized Wuting Pass. Liu Qubei was furious and killed the commander who had lost his pass with his own hands, and killed dozens of soldiers who had escaped from the pass in a row.

No matter how much Liu Qubei killed people, it would be difficult to regain his decline. They were like being blocked in a slender bamboo tube. Pinghu Pass to the south and Wuting Pass to the north, blocking the passages at both ends. This was a desperate situation that Liu Qubei had never encountered in thirty years. Only then did he realize that his ambition and impulse would make him pay an unbearable price.

But no matter what, Liu Qubei still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He still had 25,000 soldiers. Even if 24,000 people were killed in battle, as long as one thousand people escaped from Wuting Pass, Liu Qubei would definitely be among them. He had made up his mind that he would use the bodies of 25,000 soldiers to set him a way out.

Liu Qubei urged his horse to the west of the pass. The west is the towering and steep Wuting Ridge, which is different from the south of the pass. The mountain path leading to the south is easy to find. There are no many forks and ditches. In fact, it is a small path up the mountain, leading directly to the ankle between the two mountains. After Liu Qubei seized Wuting Pass the day before yesterday, he also visited this mountain path.

But the mountain path that Liu Qubei saw was completely different from the day before yesterday. The day before yesterday was a winding path up the mountain, but there was a steep cliff in front of him. The mountain path was gone. Liu Qubei suddenly looked up at the top of the mountain and saw a battle flag floating faintly on the top of the mountain.

Liu Qubei's fist slowly clenched, his teeth clattered, and he suddenly ordered: "Attack Wuting Pass immediately and take the pass for me at all costs."
Chapter completed!