Du Fugong's team finally entered Yanmen Pass. In order to avoid trouble, after entering the pass, Du Fugong ordered the team to accelerate the journey. Three thousand horses were driven by the horse trainer who was well-trained, galloping like thunder. Du Fugong looked at the huge horse team, but he was quite moved in his heart.

More than a day on the way, people were surprised to see the huge team of thousands of war horses, and some even mistakenly thought that the people of Xiliang had made a comeback.

As soon as Shuoquan approaches, the war horses will naturally not be sent to Shuoquan City, but to the Imperial Guards camp.

The four major camps of the Imperial Guards, the Fengzi Battalion, which was mainly led by Xu Shao, has not developed smoothly. Chu Huan has gathered around the world. To this day, the Fengzi Battalion has only 1,500 cavalry. These are all the cavalry that Chu Huan has. Now thousands of war horses are added at once, and it is also the Xiliang horses. The military camp suddenly cheered, especially those soldiers who were trained in the Fengzi Battalion. Although the troops have expanded to nearly 3,000, half of the soldiers do not have their own horses. Now that they have reached the northwest horses, the officers and soldiers of the Fengzi Battalion are naturally extremely excited.

After relocating the horses, Du Fugong rushed to Shuoquan. When he arrived at the Governor's Office, Chu Huan had already received the news and came out to greet him. Du Fugong entered the mansion and reported what he had done to Chu Huan. Chu Huan nodded and said, "It seems that Mr. Gan is also a person who values ​​love. I am worried that he would ignore his sister for these war horses."

"It's better to plan carefully. If Miss Gan hadn't stayed in Hezhou, these war horses would have been occupied by the Northwest Army." Du Fugong sighed.

Chu Huan was a little excited when more than three thousand war horses came at once. He talked to Du Fu for a while and wanted to go to see the horses. However, before leaving the mansion, someone had already reported it: "Report to the Tutor Chu, there is a change in Jiazhou!"

"What's the matter?"

"The Beishan army crossed Liangzi River and attacked the whole line. General Xuanyuan Feige passed a letter, and the Beishan army had arrived at the city of Qingtang!"

Du Fugong's face changed slightly, but Chu Huan's face did not change, slowly got up, walked to the gate, carried his hands on his back, looked at the sky, and murmured to himself: "What should be come, finally here, Xiao Huanzhang, the showdown between you and me is unavoidable!"

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The Beishan army was ready, and tens of thousands of troops crossed the Liangzi River and entered the territory of Xiguan. The small number of Xiguan army left on the bank of Liangzi River had all retreated to Qingtang City before the Beishan army crossed the river.

The main forces in Beishan were all out, and the people and horses rushed towards Qingtang City like locusts.

On this day, the Beishan Army was waiting, and the Xiguan Army was also waiting. The two sides confronted each other for a long time, and no one knew when the war would actually start, but at this moment, it came very suddenly.

Not many people thought that the showdown between the Beishan Army and the Xiguan Army was the first official showdown between the Qin Empire.

Before this, it was just a war between officers and soldiers and bandits. Whether it was the Xiguan Army or the Beishan Army, in name, or the imperial court officers and soldiers, the showdown also indicates that the imperial civil war officially began.

The morale of the Beishan Army is as dark as Mount Tai, but its formation is not at all chaotic. Luo Dingxi, the general of the army, is also a famous general in the northwest.

Flags were waving, and the Beishan army spread for several miles under Qingtang City. The fierce cold wind blew the battle flag and rustled.

Qingtang City is not big, and the cities in the northwest are already very different from those in the strong cities in the pass.

Above the city, Xuanyuan Shengcai was wearing armor and looked at the Beishan Army like dark clouds under the city, clenched his fists. The main force of the Beishan Army was full of strength. Xuanyuan Shengcai's total strength was only half of the Beishan Army. The most important thing was that in the middle of the Beishan Army, Xuanyuan Shengcai clearly saw a group of cavalry. Thousands of cavalry formed a scene, which was also the ace of Beishan. In Xuanyuan Shengcai's hand, the total number of war horses in the army was less than a hundred, and there were no cavalry available.

The Beishan Army Formation rushed out and arrived at the city. Only then did Xuanyuan Sheng see clearly that he was the first general, wearing heavy armor, tall and big, and majestic. He was holding a long spear in his hand.

"Where is General Xuanyuan?" the general raised his head and said loudly.

Xuanyuan Sheng had just poked out half of his body and shouted: "But you want to surrender?"

The general laughed and said, "General Xuanyuan also likes to joke. I have tens of thousands of troops in the North Mountain. Can General Xuanyuan still see the situation clearly?"

"I only saw tens of thousands of wine bags." Xuanyuan Shengcai sneered: "Luo Dingxi, I am the most important thing in Xiguan. You Beishan have no imperial decree, so you dare to send troops to Xiguan. This is a blatant rebellion. If you know how to repent, you still have time to take your subordinates to withdraw from Xiguan and apologize to the court."

Luo Dingxi sighed: "General Xuanyuan, your soldiers in Xiguan have entered my Beishan, raped women and massacred villagers. Until today, they still do not know how to repent. Governor Xiao loves the people as his son. If you kill innocent people indiscriminately, Duke Xiao will naturally not sit idly by."

Xuanyuan Shengcai smiled coldly and said, "Since that's the case, there is nothing to say."

"General Xuanyuan, I respect you as a man. Once a war begins, countless people will die in vain. Why do you have to be obsessed with it?" Luo Dingxi said loudly: "General, why should we open the city gate? Let's sit down and have a good talk. Maybe we can turn war into jade. Our Beishan Army does not want to fight, and I am afraid that your subordinates will not think about it and die in vain."

Xuanyuan Shengcai said coldly: "The Xiguan Army does not want to start the war easily, but if someone dares to bully it, the Xiguan Army will not surrender."

"It seems that General Xuanyuan has not considered it well." Luo Dingxi shook his head, "General Xuanyuan, I will give you time to consider it. I can't give me a satisfactory reply tomorrow at Mao hour, so I'm sorry." Turning the horse's head and galloping back into the formation.

A general immediately came close by and asked, "Mr. Commander, our army is in full swing now, and the Qingtang City is not strong. Why not take this opportunity to conquer Qingtang in one go?"

"No hurry!" Luo Dingxi smiled faintly, "The time has not come."

"Master, will the Qingtang City be surrounded?" someone said to him: "When the sky dawns, the attack from all sides will definitely be successful."

Luo Dingxi said: "I ordered the entire army to retreat five miles and rest on the spot, but be careful to avoid the Xiguan army attacking at night and not besieging Qingtang City. When the day dawns, I will follow the orders of my general and attack immediately!"

All the generals were a little surprised, but since the military order was issued, they naturally did not dare to disobey. The Beishan Army retreated five miles and did not set up camp. Instead, they rested on the spot and waited for dawn.

Xuanyuan Sheng in the city waited until the Beishan Army retreated and immediately summoned his generals. The generals looked at each other. Xuanyuan Sheng asked in a deep voice: "Are all the troops ready?"

The generals said in unison: "All have been prepared as per the general's instructions."

“When is the time now?”

"The general has passed the third time of Shen, and it is almost time for You."

"You all go back to the headquarters, open the city gate when garrison, and go out of the city toward the direction of Jiazhou City. Remember, after leaving the city, the faster the speed, the better. According to the prior subordinates, you must arrive at the predetermined location within the specified time. There must be no mistakes, but those who have delays will be killed without mercy!"

All the generals bowed, "Abide by the orders with humble duties!"

"General, how do the people in the city deal with it?" A general asked softly: "There are tens of thousands of people in the city. If we withdraw, will the Beishan Army...?"

"They dare not." Xuanyuan Shengcai sneered: "If they really dare to harm the people in the city, they would be dead. No matter how stupid Xiao Huanzhang is, he would not dare to kill innocent people at such a time. Has the order been sent to keep the whole city from leaving and stay at home?"

"The notice has been posted long ago, and the people in the city have followed the orders and stayed in their doors. Now there is no one in the streets of the city." The general replied.

Xuanyuan Shengcai nodded, clenched his fists, glanced at the generals in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, although the Beishan Army is mostly a mob, there are many people and thousands of cavalry in hand. Luo Dingxi is not an ordinary person. You must not underestimate the enemy. In this battle, we must do our best to kill the Beishan Army, so that he can taste the power of our Xiguan Army!"

Many generals have already shown excitement.

In the Beishan Army formation, Luo Dingxi sat on the ground wearing armor, holding a horse whip in his hand, constantly hitting the ground in front of him, with a cold expression and cold eyes under the fire.

At this time, more than a dozen generals had gathered around him.

"Now I can tell you the plan for this battle." Luo Dingxi said in a low voice: "You are curious why I will not attack the city immediately. Then I will tell you that the siege is not the main one. In this battle, we will defeat the Xiguan army in Mazhou in one fell swoop and wipe out their main force. Qingtang City is not our target, our target is Mazhou City."

When the generals heard this, they were a little surprised. They did not know the plan in advance, and they only thought that they were attacking Qingtang City with all their might. Today, Luo Dingxi's troops were at the city. Instead, they did not attack Qingtang City while their morale was strong, but instead retreated five miles and waited for Xuanyuan Sheng to reply tomorrow. Many people only thought this was really incredible. But when they heard Luo Dingxi say this, they suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Du Xiao used tricks to make Chu Huan believe that we were not really going to attack Xiguan, but to join forces with Xiguan to sing a double act to lure the Tianshan Army to send troops." Luo Dingxi looked solemn, "But Xiao Du's real intention was to take advantage of the situation to capture Xiguan Jiazhou, defeat the main force of Xiguan Army in Jiazhou, and then quickly advance towards Shuoquan and conquer Shuoquan in one fell swoop. Xiguan Army may still be self-righteous. If nothing unexpected happens tonight, the Xiguan Army will withdraw from Qingtang City. As long as they withdraw, it proves that they have been deceived, and it is a great opportunity for us to defeat the main force of Xiguan Army in one fell swoop."

A general next to him immediately understood, "Mr. Commander, what do you mean is that we will quickly pursue from behind when the Xiguan army withdraws?"

Luo Dingxi smiled coldly and nodded, "Yes, when they withdraw their troops, they must have no intention of fighting. Qingtang is nearly a hundred miles away from Jiazhou City. They have no wings and cannot fly to Jiazhou. This journey is their way to death!"—
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