"General Zhang, immediately send detective horses to the direction of Heiyan Pass to inquire about the Xixia Army. If there is any trouble with the Xixia Army, report it immediately," Hua Ju said.

"I humbly obey my orders." Zhang Qing responded, then turned around and walked out.

Hua Ju looked at the other generals and said: "We won't stay here too long. We will march to Heiyan Pass at noon tomorrow at most, so let the soldiers take the time to rest."

Huaju knew that Xixia should have received news of the loss of Shengzhou and Longweizhou at this time, and would inevitably send troops to reinforce and strengthen defense. Therefore, the faster they move, the less prepared Xixia will be, and it will be difficult for them to win the pass.

Relatively easier.

Therefore, they decided not to rest in Yuqiongzhou and quickly captured Heiyan Pass.

"Yes." The generals responded and retreated.

Later, Hua Ju asked someone to find him a place to rest, and he also went to rest.

The night passed quickly.

When he got up the next morning, after breakfast, Hua Ju asked Sun An to go to the prison and release all the innocent prisoners. He made them the same promise as he did in Shengzhou, and then asked them to walk along the streets and alleys to the city.

The people shouted.

Then, Hua Ju prepared to send people to call those knowledgeable and prestigious people in the city and talk to them face to face. At this time, Zhang Qing came in from outside and said, "Sir, the detectives we sent out are back.

Already."

"What's going on?" Hua Ju asked.

Zhang Qing said: "Looking at the horse, I heard that a Xixia army of 50,000 people has left Heiyan Pass and is rushing towards Yuqiong Prefecture. It is estimated that they will arrive at noon at most."

This 50,000-strong Xixia army was led by Tuoba Yezheng, the reinforcements sent to Longwei Prefecture under the order of the Xixia King. The leader was a general named Tuoba Zhong.

"It seems that these are reinforcements sent by the Xixia Army, but they are already too late at this time." Hua Ju said with a smile.

"My lord, humbled by my duty, is willing to lead troops to destroy this Xixia army." Guan Sheng said to Hua Ju.

Hua Ju asked Liu Shun to bring the map, looked at it carefully, and said, "There are still more than three hours between now and noon, which is enough."

Then, he pointed to a place called Jingye Ridge on the map and said to Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Sun An: "You three will immediately lead your army to this place to set up an ambush. When the Xixia army comes, kill them immediately."

Destroy it for me."

"I obey my orders," Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Sun An responded in unison, and then left with Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen.

After they left, Hua Ju followed the original plan and asked people to find knowledgeable people from Yuqiong Prefecture and elders with high local prestige. He explained to them the Song Dynasty's new policy and the inclusion of the current Xixia territory into the Song Dynasty.

The advantage of the Song Dynasty territory is that they should go back and tell the people to accept the reality, recognize them as the people of the Song Dynasty, and enjoy the prosperity and peace with the Han people.

Although these people still had doubts about what Hua Ju said, they saw that Hua Ju and the others were not harassing the people in the city, nor were they killing party members wantonly, so they did not show any hostility towards them and said they would go back.

Will convey it to everyone.

Hua Ju also knew that it was impossible to convince them completely in a short while, but through face-to-face conversations, he had conveyed all his consciousness to them, so he also believed that they would not rashly rise up against Song Jun.

After meeting with these people, Hua Ju said to Zhang Qing, Qiu Qiongying, and Hu Sanniang: "The three of you will lead your men to guard here. Don't let any mistakes happen to this city."

"Old men of lower rank obey your orders." Zhang Qing, Qiu Qiongying, and Hu Sanniang responded.

After giving orders to Zhang Qing and the others, Hua Ju immediately led the rest of the army to leave and headed towards Black Rock Pass.

Fifty miles away.

Sun An led his 25,000 men to ambush on the left side of the avenue, Lin Chong led his 25,000 men to ambush on the right side of the avenue, and Guan Sheng divided the team into two parts, with 12 million men in front.

They stayed on the way out, while the remaining 13,000 people blocked the retreat behind.

About noon, a Tanma who had gone to the front to inquire about the news came back and told Guan Sheng, "To General Guan, the Xixia army is only ten miles away from us."

"I know, hurry up and inform General Lin and General Sun." Guan Sheng said.

"yes."

Afterwards, Tan Ma quickly went to tell Lin Chong and Sun An the news. Lin Chong and Sun An immediately ordered their men to prepare for the attack.

About ten minutes later, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats suddenly came from ahead. Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, and Sun An knew that the Xixia army they were about to ambush was coming.

Soon, the Xixia Army appeared in their field of vision and followed the vanguard into the ambush circle. However, due to their large number, the team was stretched for several miles, so Lin Chong and the others did not take action immediately, but kept

Waiting patiently for all of them to enter the ambush circle.

The ambush circle set up by Sun An and the others was ten miles long, with towering mountains on both sides of the road. Sun An and the others hid on the mountain fifty meters away from the official road.

Since the Xixia army was all mounted on war horses this time, the march was relatively fast, and within a few minutes all 50,000 troops entered the ambush circle.

"General, they have all entered the ambush circle." A soldier said to Sun An.

Sun An had already seen it and said to the soldiers: "Give me the order to attack."

"yes."

Following Sun An's order, the soldiers who had been prepared immediately attacked the Xixia army on the official road with muskets and gunpowder sticks.

At the same time as Sun An gave the order, Lin Chong on the right also gave the order to attack.

"No, there's an ambush, everyone hurry up..."

Before the leader Tuoba finished speaking, a fire bomb hit his neck. He screamed and fell off his horse. Then six or seven gunpowder sticks exploded around him.

, the men and horses around him were hit by the iron pellets and fell to the ground.

"Quick, everyone rush out."

Another Xixia general saw that the attacks from both sides were too fierce, so he led his troops to rush out from the front. However, as soon as they turned the corner in front, they found that the road in front had been blocked with stones.

"No, the road ahead is blocked. Everyone, run back. Hurry up."

The general turned his horse around and prepared to run back. However, there were so many soldiers rushing over that they were all blocked together. In addition, the sound of gunpowder sticks exploding was so loud that the soldiers coming behind him could not hear his shouts.

sound, so they were all blocked together.

"Stop running this way, turn around and run back, run back," the general shouted.

At this time, a sound of "bang, bang, bang" suddenly came from in front of the stone pile, and dozens of flying thunder bombs with burning fuses landed from the sky in the middle of these Xixia troops.

It turned out that Guan Sheng not only had people block the road with stones, but also set up flying thunder cannons at the back, because he knew that after the Xixia army ran to this place, it would be difficult to turn around quickly, and a blockage would inevitably form, and at this time

This is the best time to attack them with thunder cannons.

boom!

boom!

boom!

As the thunder shells exploded one after another, the bodies of the Xixia soldiers who were jammed together were scattered all over the ground. No one was spared.

The Xixia soldiers who were coming from behind also saw that they were being attacked in front of them. They quickly stopped, turned their horses and ran back. But by this time, there was already a chaos behind them. Not only was there a crowd, but there was also explosive gunpowder everywhere.

Sticks and firecrackers flew randomly. Every time they took a step forward, many people were killed by explosions and firecrackers.

After finally rushing to the back, they were about to rush out. Unexpectedly, a large number of thunder and artillery shells fell from the sky at this time. The explosion made them howl. Following the fire blunderbuss, gunpowder rods came like raindrops. The Xixia army could not dodge at all and stayed behind.

Lots of corpses.

A total of 75,000 Song soldiers on the left, right, front and back took turns attacking the Xixia army on the official road. The 50,000 Xixia soldiers had no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground. They had no chance to resist. In less than ten minutes

There was no longer a single person or horse stationed along the entire official road.

Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen saw that all the 50,000 soldiers had lost all their strength in just a moment, and their faces turned pale with fear. They were even more wary of the Song army's firepower. They were secretly glad that they had surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, they will suffer the same fate as these Xixia troops.

Sun An, Lin Chong, and Guan Sheng asked the soldiers to stop the attack and carefully led the soldiers to the official road to check. Whenever they found injured Xixia soldiers who were not dead, they were killed with swords.

About half an hour later, the inspecting soldiers reported to Sun An and the others: "Report to General Qi Guan, General Lin, and General Sun. We have already inspected it. All 50,000 Xixia troops died, and no one survived."

At this time, Hua Ju led his army, and Sun An, Lin Chong, and Guan Sheng hurried over to report to him.

After hearing this, Hua Ju ordered: "Take off the uniforms of these Xixia troops immediately."

The soldiers immediately took off all the military uniforms from the Xixia army. Hua Ju asked Sun An and his men to put on these military uniforms. Then he called Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen and gave them detailed instructions, and then asked them to lead them.

He followed Sun An and his army to Heiyan Pass.

"Dispose of the bodies of the Xixia army immediately. We will go out in half an hour."

"Yes." All the generals responded in unison.

Then, all the soldiers worked together to drag all the corpses of Xixia troops and war horses on the official road to the mountains and forests on both sides and bury them on the spot, so as not to affect the people's exchanges.

Half an hour later, the soldiers reported to Hua Ju that they had finished burying the bodies of the Xixia army.

Hua Ju then led Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Bian Xiang and other generals and troops to move forward.

Heiyan Pass is more than 80 miles away from the place where Sun An and his friends ambush 50,000 Xixia troops. It is a pass built between two straight cliffs. There are no civilians in the pass except the defenders. The terrain is very dangerous and one man is responsible for the pass.

Wanfu Yinkai is the last hurdle leading to Xingqing Mansion. As long as you win here, you can approach Xingqing Mansion.

In order to reach Heiyan Pass before dark, Sun An and the others marched hurriedly all the way, only stopping twice to let their horses rest, and finally arrived at Heiyan Pass at midnight in the afternoon.

Because the guards on Heiyan Pass City did not understand what was going on, they suddenly saw so many troops coming. They were frightened and quickly closed the gate. While preparing for the attack, they sent people to attack Tuoba Liang, the general guarding the pass.

True report.

Sun An and the others stopped three hundred meters away from Guancheng. Xiao Xingzhong came to the bottom of the city wall alone and shouted to the soldiers on the wall: "Brothers guarding the city, we are going to reinforce with General Tuoba Zhong."
Chapter completed!