After hearing this, Taishici said, "Okay, according to General Zhang today, we will decide the winner and lose. You can't run away at that time. If you are captured by us, I want to ask you to surrender to my elder brother."

Zhang Xiu said, "General Taishi, you are my defeated general. How could I lose to you? How could I be captured by you? I'm afraid you are captured by me."

Taishici smiled and said, "General Zhang, then let's wave the army over."

Zhang Xiu led his army to rush towards Taishi Ci's central army, and the crossbow cavalry, crossbowmen, crossbow bed, and crossbow arrows under Taishi Ci's army were shooting into Zhang Xiu's formation. There were shouts in Zhang Xiu's formation, and some of Zhang Xiu's cavalry rushed to Taishi Ci's army formation. However, Taishi Ci had already prepared a group of gunners, and the javelins in his hands were thrown at Zhang Xiu's soldiers. Zhang Xiu's cavalry fell off one after another. Even a few of them could be avoided were solved by the spearmen. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Xiu threw down thousands of cavalry corpses, and various crossbows, bows, and crossbow beds under Taishi Ci were still shooting continuously. Zhang Xiu's formation was already in scattered and was in a mess.

When Taishi Ci saw that the time came, he immediately led 20,000 flying bears troops to rush into Zhang Xiu's army. Han Meng led more than 5,000 violent bear troops to turn into the Six Flower Formation and rushed into Zhang Xiu's formation. Taishi Ci's flying bear army was amazing. It was really a tiger and wolf army. With one block, it was a pediatric department. Zhang Xiu's army was immediately spitted by Gao Shun's soldiers, which made Zhang Xiu feel very angry. He took the gun and came to Taishi Ci's generals. Of course, Taishi Ci's martial arts are not worse than others, and he also brought the gun to fight. Both sides fought back and forth for more than 30 rounds, but Zhang Xiu's soldiers were retreating, and the entire formation was terrible by Taishi Ci's army. Zhang Xiu saw it and was anxious, but he was entangled by Taishi Ci's soldiers. Yesterday's defeated general suddenly became powerful today, which made people unable to figure it out no matter how they thought about it.

The battle between Zhang Xiu and Taishi Ci continued. After the two fought for 70 or 80 rounds, Zhang Xiu was defeated. He was stabbed in the arm by Taishi Ci. Zhang Xiu was defeated in panic. Taishi Ci led a large army to chase and kill him. After Zhang Xiu lost more than 30 miles, the entire army was panting and out of breath, but their retreat was blocked by the soldiers of the Big Bear Army. What blocked them were the Three Thousand Flying Bear Army and the Two Thousand Furious Bear Army led by Gao Lan, who had fled two days ago. Gao Lan's soldiers were not only elite soldiers, but also rested for a long time, just waiting.

Until now, it is called a hundred times more energetic and has nowhere to use strength. However, Zhang Xiu's soldiers were exhausted. They had just fought with Taishi Ci's army and fled for more than 30 miles. Their bodies seemed to be disbanded. This is really called pursuing soldiers behind them and blocking roads in front. Zhang Xiu knew that they could only fight to the death, otherwise they would be two situations: death or being captured. Zhang Xiu could not control his soldiers. He himself fought a bloody road and fled to Hongnong City. The 30,000 troops following him now have at most 5,000 people.

Zhang Xiu led 5,000 defeated soldiers to escape desperately. In less than ten miles, Guan Hai led 5,000 elite big bear army to wait a long time ago. When he saw Zhang Xiu's defeated army, he was too lazy to even speak. He immediately ordered crossbow archers to shoot and then directly rushed over. Zhang Xiu felt depressed when he saw Guan Hai's army. How could he fight? The soldiers under his command were exhausted and panting. Some could not even run, and some had already thrown weapons to the place.

Although Zhang Xiu was in pain, he still cheered up and fought bravely to break out of a bloody path, leading Hu Cheer and more than a dozen personal soldiers out of the siege and rushed towards Hongnong City.

In Hongnong City, Zhang Ji saw that his nephew lost all the 30,000 most elite army, so he was so angry that he didn't even bother to say anything. It was useless to say anything now. The key was to solve the current difficulties. There are only nearly 70,000 troops in Hongnong City, and only a little more than 30,000 people have real combat power. Others will not have much effect in the decisive battle.

Zhang Ji invited Jia Xu to the official residence and apologized: "Wenhe, I haven't listened to you for a long time, so Xiu'er's defeat is now gone. Now I don't say anything. Why don't you ask Wenhe to show me a clear way?"

After hearing this, Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General, he has lost 30,000 elite troops now. If you want to resist the attack of Taishi Ci's army and defend Hongnong City, it is already a dream. It is better to choose a place to settle down quickly. Taishi Ci's army will not give the general much time. If you hesitate, you will probably not even have a chance to escape unstoppable."

Zhang Ji said: "Wenhe, what should our army do? Multiple attacks?"

Jia Xu said: "General, if you think about it, you should set off now. He will immediately lead the Dagu to withdraw from Hongnong and send heavy troops to station Hangu Pass and Tongguan to delay the attack of the Big Bear Army as much as possible and give the general a little more time to get arrows. The general immediately sends troops from Sunzi Gu Pass and raids Wancheng. As long as Wancheng is taken into his pocket, the general should have a few years of rest and then determine the future path according to the development of the situation."

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Ji no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the withdrawal of Hongnong City and led the army back to Hangu Pass overnight. The next day, he immediately led the army to kill Wancheng, leaving only Lei Xu to lead 5,000 troops to garrison the Hangu Pass, with the purpose of delaying the speed of Taishici's army's attack on Hangu Pass.

Two days later, Taishi Ci led a large army to Hongnong City. After a little attack, he found that it was an empty city. Taishi Ci's manager immediately occupied the city, issued a notice to calm the people, stabilize the people's hearts, and open warehouses and release grain.

A few days later, Taishici handed over internal affairs to internal affairs personnel, and he and Ju Su and others led a large army to kill Hangu Pass. After the army arrived at Hangu Pass, they immediately sent scouts to conduct detailed reconnaissance. They knew that there were only 5,000 troops on the level, and Zhang Ji's army had already killed Wancheng, which means that Zhang Ji was also ready to give up Hangu Pass and Tongguan. Taishici was not prepared to attack the level, and first let the crossbow archers shoot indiscriminately on the level, scaring the city guards on the level to flee.

Every day, Taishi Ci asked the crossbow archers to shoot the city walls of the level. The level still made necessary resistance with the soldiers and horses defending the city, with the purpose of winning time for Zhang Ji's army. If there is no force attack, there is no problem with the steepness of Hangu Pass. With three rounds of arrows every day, a few days later, the soldiers guarding the city pass also fled. Of course, this was also what Zhang Ji allowed when he retreated. He also knew that this number of troops could not resist the attack of Taishi Ci's army, and it was better to gather strength and give up voluntarily.

After Taishici's army took Hangu Pass, they immediately used troops to Tongguan. The soldiers and horses of Tongguan were unwilling to fight again. Before Taishici's army arrived, they all fled out of Tongguan. In this way, Taishici's army won the two great passes without any effort.
Chapter completed!