The gate of Hangu Pass opened, and a team of soldiers advanced. The huge team could not see at first sight. The dust stirred up under his feet enveloped the team. The heavy steps were like a war drum in his ears. The long team came out under the gate of Hangu Pass and rushed to the battlefield outside the gate. Although the future was uncertain, they were still very morale and lived up to the style of an imperial guard.

The flags whirred suddenly with the cold wind, Sima Jian raised his eyebrows and looked at the flags floating in the wind, listening to the report of the captain below, slowly tapping the table with one hand, dongdongdongdongdongdong... said uncertainly, "The army left Hangu Pass? The Great Honglu still has such courage?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the troops under the command of the General of Qin wanted to take over the attack, but found that the imperial guards left Hangu Pass and seemed to be going to fight our army to a decisive battle." Liu Yao replied with his fist, "General of Qin felt something was wrong, so he withdrew his troops."

"How many people?" Sima Jian's eyes narrowed, but he still kept calm and asked.

"It is vast and tens of thousands of people. It should not be a suspicious soldier." Liu Yao reported solemnly, "I will see it with my own eyes."

"Ten thousand men?" Sima Jian murmured to himself, as if he was in the middle of thinking. You must know that when he was young, he had reviewed the imperial guards, and his troops and forces were not outsiders.

Sima Jian knew how many troops the Central Imperial Army in Luoyang had. He even knew how many military households there were in Sizhou that could be used for potential recruitment. If what Liu Yao said was true, this would be almost half of the troops of the Luoyang Imperial Army.

With the various factors of Luoyang city defense and the military strength of the eight passes, Simalun dared not be like himself to move all his troops. He must leave troops to prepare for emergencies. This is the greatest force Simalun can use. With the elite of the imperial guards, Simalun really has no choice but to defend Hangu Pass. Since the other party is going to go out of the city to fight to the decisive battle, what reason do he have to oppose it?

Just as he was about to speak, a spy outside the tent walked in, and when he came in, he knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the letter from Chang'an."

"Come on!" Sima Jian was stunned and raised his hand. Maybe something appeared in Chang'an. Just take apart. It was Yang Yu who told him that Sima Ying wanted to go north to help Sima Jian, but there was a plank road in Liangzhou in the middle that would cause obstacles. I hope Yang Yu could send the left-behind Guanzhong army to go south and force Luo Shang to submit.

After reading it, Sima Jian was happy and slapped the table, "Cough cough..." Sima Jian picked up a pen to reply while coughing, and wrote only one good word, and said while coughing, "God really helps me, and reinforcements will arrive soon. Since Sima Lun wants to fight to the decisive battle, he ordered the troops to line up to meet the enemy. Liu Yao and Du Jian lead the left and right troops. The king is in charge of the central army, enter Luoyang and kill Sima Jian."

"Come on, put on armor for me." Sima Jian stood up and gritted his teeth and said, "I will go into battle in person in this battle."

"Your Highness, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guard is extraordinary, let's go." General Jianwu Du Jian said to block it, "Your Highness cannot be let to take risks in person, otherwise it would be the dereliction of duty of the last general."

"Stop talking nonsense. I can still go into battle now. I don't want to sit in bed like Sima Ji for three years, and die for the last time." Sima Jian flatly refused, "People say that Luoyang's central imperial guard is the best in the world, I want to give it a try."

"Ode to the Lord!" Du Jian, Liu Yao's eyes flashed with gloomy, and they retreated one after another without stopping them.

"The King of Qin is ill and wants to go into battle personally. Today, let the Luoyang Imperial Army know who is the real number one in the world." Among the various military camps, the senior chief yelled at the soldiers under his command, "Cut off their dog heads and stay for urine jars."

"It's the King of Qin's chariot!" The soldiers suddenly became chaotic, and the gentry who saw this scene shouted.

As the prince, Sima Jian just nodded slightly to show that he knew, but even so, enough soldiers present knelt on the ground and were confused about the upcoming battle. The Guanzhong army camp left only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Sima Jian, who brought 80,000 soldiers and horses, came out in full swing, without leaving any reserve force, and wanted to achieve his contributions in one battle and wipe out the Luoyang Imperial Army who had left Hangu Pass.

Although there are many passes in Luoyang, since ancient times, the army entering Luoyang has always entered from the main road to conquer the passes. Therefore, Sima Jian never thought about dividing his troops, but attacked Hangu Pass fiercely. The Hangu Pass could naturally lead to a smooth journey and enter Luoyang. There was no need to use strategies at all.

The two armies chose an open area to form an array, facing each other from afar. Although the war had not started, the atmosphere of solemnity had already spread. The two most powerful armies of the Great Jin Empire finally had to compete on the battlefield.

Sima Jian divided his Guanzhong army into three armies, while Sun Fu, the general of the army on the other side, divided the Luoyang imperial army into five armies. The responses on both sides were slightly different, but they had nothing to do with the overall situation.

"Clear the king's side!" The Guanzhong army shouted, and walked forward first with steps.

"Kill the rebels!" Luoyang Imperial Army was also unwilling to be outdone, with a shield in front and a spear behind, and also headed forward without hesitation. Finally, two huge armies strangled together.

Both sides moved slowly. When they were waiting for them to be only one arrow away from each other, the generals and officers in the army of both sides immediately ordered "The archer was ready to shoot the arrow!"

Both sides shot a wave of arrows, and thousands of arrows rose up in the wind, shooting towards the enemy soldiers rushing towards the camp. At the same time, both armies increased their charge speed. The shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields, and the falling clusters of arrows made a dull sound, and some of the arrow clusters even plunged into the shields.

After a moment, it seemed as if two large mountains of troops collided fiercely. Even the two generals who watched this scene had visual illusions, from extreme movement to extreme quietness, as if time had stopped. Many soldiers rushing in front died at this moment, either stabbed into a sieve by a spear, or were cut off by a war knife in the gap in the shield.

Their lives were insignificant to the battlefield of more than 100,000 people. Even the bloodline that appeared could not be seen by the generals behind. The dead body was soon trampled into meat paste by soldiers on both sides.

In the face of the fight, every soldier can see any expression of the soldiers on the other side, the fear of the other side, and the hideousness of the other side. Only those who face each other can have the most intuitive feeling. All they can do is to make the enemy on the other side turn into corpses without any means. Everyone has forgotten that they actually belong to the army of an empire and should not have met in this way.

The war drum that soared into the sky was beaten to the sky, aggravated the bloodthirsty of the soldiers on both sides. The 80,000 Guanzhong army and the 50,000 Luoyang imperial guards were like two huge millstones, and what was worn out was the lives of the soldiers.
Chapter completed!