In the scorching sun, Guo Jin looked at the boring sand and gravel in the distance while directing the repair of Shiling Pass. He took out a water bag and drank it hard.

The sprinkled water was quickly absorbed by the ground, and in a short while, it disappeared.

Guo Jin glanced at the sun in the sky and couldn't help saying, "God helps me too-"

"In such weather, we can't hold on for a few days before the Han people, and the Khitans are even more difficult to support-"

But he looked into the distance, where the Hutuo River is located and a crucial link in Shiling Pass.

"Report——" At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from a distance. Soon, a rider rushed over and rushed up, knelt on one knee: "Tong, the Khitans have passed Yanmen Pass, about 70,000 or 80,000 cavalrymen, and they are invisible. They are only thirty miles away-"

"Thirty miles?"

Guo Jin frowned and said in a deep voice: "Let everyone stop and hide them all, don't let the Khitans see the truth."

Immediately, he quickly walked away, called Yao Neibin, Dang Jin and the other two to discuss countermeasures.

"The chief executive, the Khitans are good at field battles, especially cavalrymen, and they should not be underestimated-"

Yao Neibin served as the Waqiao Pass envoy in Youzhou. He was very familiar with the Khitans. He couldn't help but say: "The Khitan arranged 100,000 cavalry in the land of Youyun, including Han, Xi, Bohai and Khitan. These soldiers and horses were organized and trained all year round and were strong."

"So, this time the Khitan attack is probably to use this army!"

"But the Khitans have a lot of big things to do, and they use their skin soldiers, which are the elite Khitan troops."

"Hundreds of thousands of cavalry?"

Even though Dang Jin was fierce, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He murmured: "How did the Khitans come from so many cavalry? There are so many."

"What's the use of cavalry?" Guo Jin shook his head and said straight: "War horses cannot fly up the city wall. Shiling Pass is a man who is the pass, and ten thousand men cannot drive it. Unless the Khitans use their own lives to fill it, they have not consumed 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, so they can't take it down."

"Besides—" Guo Jin looked at the two of them and said seriously: "Although Shiling Pass is important, its main purpose is to consume the Khitan spirit. Its aura comes and goes down again. It is exhausted. Even if he conquered Shiling Pass, we will win if he is exhausted."

"Besides, Shiling Pass is just the last level..."

Thirty miles away, tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry, one man and two horses, even one man and three horses, the earth thundered, and the yellow sand flying all over the ground swept across, making many Khitans covered in mud and sand, looking quite wolves.

Yelu Sha raised his head proudly, and his beard was covered with yellow sand, but he didn't care. Instead, he said proudly: "Khitan men are not afraid of war. What does some sand count as?"

"Where did you get there?" Yelusha touched his beard and asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the general, there is Hutuo River ahead, and Shiling Pass in the past!"

"Shiling Pass?" Yelu Sha said angrily when he heard this name: "The Han people are too useless. If I remember correctly, this Shiling Pass was discarded not once or twice. He still didn't have a memory and let the Tang people take it away!"

"The Han people are more useless than the sheep on the grassland!"

Yelu Sha cursed bluntly, and then said proudly: "No matter how powerful the Tang people are, they are still as cowardly as before, and they dare not fight with us!"

"Hahaha--"

The Khitan generals around him also laughed when they heard this, and their eyebrows contained contempt for the Han people. Obviously, the long-term strength had made the Khitans not afraid of anyone.

"Gather--" Yelu Sha rode forward, looking at the Hutuo River several feet wide and turbulent in the distance, frowned: "This bird river is so wide and so fast, it's probably not easy to live!"

The Hutuo River in front of you flows through between Hengshan and Wutai Mountain, and is connected to Zhoushan and Taihang Mountain. The water flows rapidly and carries a large amount of mud and sand. It can be said that it has made great contributions to the shaping of the Hebei Plain.

The length is in Xinzhou area, and the width of the riverbed is several feet long, and the river is covered with mud, sand, stones, and many wooden blocks, which are both urgent and rushing, making it difficult to cross.

As for the bridge, it has long disappeared.

"Go, send people to find Han people, search along this river, hundreds of miles away, I don't believe I can't get a ship-"

Looking at Shiling Pass in the distance, Yelu Sha sneered: "It's simply a dream to stop me with a river—"

Whether it is building a floating bridge or building a boat, it is a suitable method. Therefore, Yelusha sent people to search for the ships while asking people to build a floating bridge.

At this time, Shilingguan sent someone to send a letter, which was about telling the story of the Khitan and Tang dynasties that had no grievances in the past and no grudges in the near future. There was no need to hurt the harmony for the Northern Han Dynasty. Instead of fighting, it would be better to go back and be a good neighbor. Wouldn't it be a beautiful thing?

Yelu Sha looked at the letter and showed it to the generals, and said disdainfully: "The Han people are weak and have already fallen short of their wrath before they even started fighting. They are destined to be brave. Such sheep should be swallowed by us. The so-called Tang Kingdom is not worth mentioning-"

Immediately, Yelu Sha was more eager to take down this group of Tang soldiers and make great achievements.

So, under his urging, dozens of floating bridges were built on the Hutuo River in two or three days. Moreover, Yelusha also used the searched ships to form a boat bridge, which was more suitable for war horses to cross.

After building a bridge for several days, no Tang people came to obstruct him. Yelu Sha was even more convinced that the Tang people were determined but not brave, and had no morale. He became more and more arrogant in his heart, and he was more and more unable to see him.

"The General——" Dang Jin was anxious. He red eyes, stretched his neck, and shouted: "The others have built the floating bridge. Let's go and burn the floating bridge overnight. I'm afraid the Khitans will have to cross the bridge tomorrow."

"Yes, the governor—" Yao Neibin was also anxious. He hurriedly said: "The Khitan cavalry is really powerful. We can't let them cross the river!"

"No hurry-" Guo Jin shook his head and said, "The Hutuo River is hundreds of miles long, how can we stop it?"

"Instead of this, it's better to let them cross the river and to clearly grasp their whereabouts-"

Seeing the two of them thinking, Guo Jin couldn't help but smile and said, "Previously, I went to a letter to show weakness, making him think we were timid. Now I let him build a floating bridge, which is even more indulging in his arrogance."

"Didn't you hear that you are careless and lose the words of Jingzhou?"

Immediately, Guo Jin made arrangements overnight, preparing to make this Khitan people pay the price for their arrogance.

The next day, the Khitans looked at Shilingguan's indifferent appearance, and were no longer prepared. They lowered their vigilance and crossed the river openly.
Chapter completed!