Sun Jian thought for a moment and said to Lu Su: "I really don't worry about the front line. I must go to the front line to command the battle personally! Zijing, you can guard Wuling City for me, and you must not make any mistakes!" Lu Su clasped his fists and said: "Love it, lord! The enemy can only come from Yuanshui. The lord resists the enemy in Yuanshui, so Wuling City will naturally be foolproof!" Sun Jian couldn't help but nod. Soon after, Sun Jian led his personal soldiers out of Wuling City and rushed to Qingbi Pass to the east.

When Sun Jian arrived at Qingbi Pass, Lu Bu's army was attacking from both sides of the water and land at the same time, and a huge killing sound echoed between the mountains! The rumbling sound rang out from time to time. It was the rolling stone wood thrown by Sun Jian's army. The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu's army who were climbing hard were smashed down one after another. They attacked many times in a row, but they could not get close to Qingbi Pass. At the same time, Lu Bu's ships attacking from the water broke into the maze-like reef. With the sound of dull collisions, one by one, one by one, amidst the sound of dull collisions, one by one, accused of the water.

The Lu Bu army was only stranded in the reef and could not move. In the end, the Lu Bu army officers and soldiers who were stranded on the ship could only get out of the predicament by taking the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts that came to pick them up! The Lu Bu army's fierce attack continued intermittently from the morning to the evening, but did not put too much pressure on Qingbi Pass at all, but instead lost hundreds of officers and soldiers. The golden bell suddenly rang out in the Lu Bu army, and the exhausted and unearthed Lu Bu army officers and soldiers stopped their attack and retreated. The noisy battlefield returned to peace.

Sun Jian stood at a high place and looked at the Lu Bu army camp at the foot of the mountain, smiling. The battle this day restored his confidence. Although Lu Bu army was strong, it was very difficult to attack in these dangerous mountains and rivers. Sun Jian felt that as long as there was no accident, Zhang Liao's army would not even be able to get the first Qingbi Pass, not to mention breaking three passes in a row and attacking Wuling, he was afraid that even the first Qingbi Pass could not be taken down. But would there be any accident?

Sun Jian frowned when he thought of this. He was wondering whether his opponent could take a detour to avoid the Yuanshui line and attack Wuling County directly? Then he couldn't help laughing, thinking that Wuling County was surrounded by poor mountains and rivers. It was easy to detour to attack, but if there were no generals who were familiar with the terrain, let alone attack Wuling County, he would be lost in the dangerous mountains and forests with a lot of miasma. If Zhang Liao really had this idea, he would not have to do it himself. These dangerous mountains and forests could take their lives. Sun Jian had this idea.

The law is not surprising. In fact, not to mention that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, almost two thousand years ago, even during the Qingming Dynasty, the entire southwestern region of Hunan was basically an uncivilized wilderness. Not only were the mountains and rivers dangerous, but the indigenous people who were not subject to the control of the Han people, it was very difficult to march in these places. Therefore, since the Qin and Han dynasties, although the Han people had expanded their territory in this direction, they could basically only extend along the river channel, while other places were basically regarded as dangerous areas.

Sun Jian did not think that Lu Bu's army could take a detour, so he turned his attention to the current defense, considered Zhang Liao's various possible offensive strategies, and at the same time thought about his own way of dealing with it.

Zhang Liao led his army to attack in front of Qingbi Pass, and five days passed without realizing it. Not only did Zhang Liao not make any progress, but he lost nearly a thousand people. However, his attack was not good, and Dong Xi left without any news!

At this moment, the two thousand elite troops led by Dong Xi lost their direction among the poor mountains and rivers west of Xiangxiang County. As mentioned earlier, the cities in Hunan in this era were basically distributed along these tributaries connecting Dongting Lake. Wuling is on the northern shore of the Yuan River, while Xiangtan County and Xiangxiang County are located in the Xiangjiang River Basin. The method of taking a detour to attack was to go south along the Xiangshui River, and then turn west near Xiangtan Xiangxiang, and cross the wild mountains and forests between the Xiangjiang River and the Yuan River to Wuling. This is nothing strange now, but in this era, it is necessary to travel through unfamiliar primeval forests, and the hardships are hard to describe.

At this time, Dong Xi and the others had been lost in the dense primeval forest for two days. After walking around, the team seemed to be in their original place.

In the evening of that day, Dong Xi and the others returned to the place they passed by this morning. The dense forests and the steep mountains seemed like a huge maze, which made Dong Xi and the others unable to escape. Dong Xi was anxious, but he was worried that it would affect his morale and dared not reveal it. Seeing that his subordinates were trapped, they planned to drive the army to a more open place in front to rest for a night and look for a way out tomorrow.

At this moment, a subtle sound suddenly came from the dense forests on both sides. Before the officers and soldiers could react, several people screamed and fell to the ground! Dong Xi was shocked and shouted loudly: "Form a formation!" The officers and soldiers quickly gathered at Dong Xi, and the shields quickly formed into shield curtains, and the crossbowmen quickly prepared to shoot.

Dong Xi observed the surroundings, and with the dim light before sunset, he saw the surrounding woods full of people, especially in the dense forest not far ahead, which seemed to have gathered many people! At this moment, many black shadows flashed in the sky, and with a light crackling sound, countless arrows hit the shield! Dong Xizheng was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. Seeing this, he immediately pointed at the figures in the dense forest in front of him and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" The crossbowman was ready to go, and when he heard Dong Xi's order, he immediately fired an arrow. The powerful arrow rushed towards the figures with a sharp roar of wind! Almost at the same time, the figures fell down countless times, and the screams were heard! There was no middle scream and running around! Dong Xi kept commanding the crossbowman to shoot arrows, and screams sounded in the afterglow of the sunset!

The enemy seemed to feel that they could not hide it anymore, and made a wild beast-like cry and rushed out from all directions. For a moment, there were only a few people and a thousand people! They were dressed in animal skins and leaves, and they held up various weapons made of stones. Such outfits were clearly local barbarians!

Dong Xi smiled coldly and shouted, "Shoot the arrow!" The crossbowmen fired arrows together, and dense arrows rushed towards the barbarians rushing towards the front, and immediately knocked down a large number of Manchus! However, these crazy barbarians did not retreat at all, roared and rushed forward, hitting the defense line of Lu Bu's army heavily, making a huge sound! They waved their stone axes, stone swords, and stone spears and attacked Lu Bu's army wildly, making heart-wrenching screams!

However, the crazy attack of the barbarians could not shake the Lu Bu army's front. With Dong Zhi's order, the spearmen suddenly stabbed the spear! The barbarians who were wielding the stone sword and axe in front of the Lu Bu army's front were stabbed countless times! The ones in front fell down and the ones in the back immediately rushed up, just like crazy wolves! The spearmen of the Lu Bu army kept assassinating, and the barbarians who rushed forward were stabbed to the ground. The cold light flashed, and blood flew around. The more and more corpses on the ground, the more and more corpses on the ground, and the roars of the barbarians gradually became smaller! When the sky was almost dark, the battle ended! Almost all of these crazy but brainless barbarians fell in pools of blood. More than a thousand corpses were stacked layer by layer, and the blood gathered into a stream flowing between the rocks.

An officer led his officers and soldiers to Dong Xi with two wounded Manchus. The two barbarians glared at Dong Xi angrily, as if they were eager to swallow him alive.

Dong Xi looked at the two of them and asked, "Do you understand Chinese?" The older Manchu man shouted sternly, "You hateful Han people! Sooner or later, I will kill you all!" He was speaking Chinese.

Dong Xi smiled and didn't take his words to heart at all. His eyes turned to another younger barbarian. Seeing that he was frightened, he asked, "What's your name?" The older barbarian quickly blocked the younger barbarian and shouted at Dong Xi, "What are you going to do to come to me, don't make things difficult for my brother!"

Dong Xi looked at him and said, "Of course we can not hurt your brother, as long as you are obedient. Otherwise..." At this point, he winked at the two soldiers escorting the young barbarian. The two soldiers understood and immediately put a long sword on the neck of the young barbarian. The older barbarian was shocked and shouted hurriedly: "Don't hurt him, I will do what you said!"

Dong Xi waved his hand and put two long swords on the neck of the young barbarians. Dong Xi walked to the older barbarians and asked, "Do you know how to go to Wuling County?" He hesitated for a moment, nodded, "I know." Dong Xi was overjoyed and said, "As long as you take us to Wuling County, I will let you go immediately!"

His eyes turned back to Shouchun.

Ailang reviewed the official documents until late at night. He felt very tired, so he wanted to rest, stretched his waist long, stood up, left the study, and walked along the corridor toward the backyard. Ailang was thinking about things while walking. Suddenly he noticed a heavy footstep behind him. He couldn't help but stop and turn around. Dian Wei was following him step by step, and couldn't help but smile: "I said Lao Dian, don't follow me now! Go back to sleep!" Dian Wei clasped his fists and retreated.

Ailang looked at Dian Wei's huge back and couldn't help but smile. He turned around and headed towards his own courtyard in the backyard. Not long after, he arrived at the lake in the backyard. It was midnight, and the bright moon shone westward and the mirror-like lake. The scene was really beautiful! Ailang couldn't help but sigh, wanting to recite poems and talk to express his feelings at this moment, but he had no literary talent when approaching. He couldn't hold it in a long time but couldn't write a word.
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