Sima Yue and Wang Yan both firmly disagreed to stay at Tiemenguan overnight, and many generals of the Jin army were worried about the safety of their families and firmly disagreed. Fu Ning had no choice but to continue to open the way.

Fortunately, there is only about fifty miles left from Iron Gate Pass to Luoyang. I grit my teeth and can return to Luoyang tomorrow morning. It’s not that I can’t persevere. As for whether the stragglers of the Forbidden Army sergeants will catch up, then

There is no need to worry. Their families are all in Luoyang. Where can they go if they don't go back to Luoyang?

Fu Ning's only worry was that the barbarian army was chasing after them. At this time, the morale of the Forbidden Army was already in chaos. After running for another day, the men and horses were exhausted. If they were pursued by the barbarians at this time, they were afraid that they would collapse without a fight, and the consequences would be disastrous!

Fortunately, the Hu people had no intention of pursuing them and allowed them to retreat to Luoyang. Fu Ning felt a little relieved when he saw that the journey was smooth. He directed the Hu cavalry to follow the official road and open towards the iron gate.

Tiemenguan is just a very inconspicuous small town today, but during the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties it was a fortress, shouldering the important task of guarding the west gate of Luoyang. There is no way, although there are mountains to the west of Luoyang, but this

The mountains are leaking from all sides, and there are too many gaps that can accommodate the passage of the army. Since the capital is set here, we must find a way to block these gaps, otherwise we will not even sleep well. In order to solve this fatal problem,

The rulers of the past dynasties built a large number of solid fortresses from Tongguan to Mianchi, Xin'an and then to Luoyang. Once the enemy attacked from the west, this series of fortresses would be a tenacious blocker, delaying the enemy step by step and wearing down the enemy.

, to buy time for the assembly and deployment of the Central Forbidden Army. Tiemenguan is such a fortress. It is located in the southwest of Xin'an County, bordering Mianchi and Yima to the west, and Yiyang to the south. It is a typical terrain of Nanling and North Mountains sandwiching a river.

: The north is the remnants of Mang Mountain, and the south is hills; the middle is Jianhe River, and the terrain is flat. It firmly blocks the road from Hongnong and Tongguan to Luoyang. If you want to attack Luoyang, you must not pull out this nail.

Doesn't make sense.

However, no matter how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack, there must be people who are willing to defend it with all their lives. From the Eight Kings Rebellion to the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty's invasion of the city several times, Tiemenguan failed to play its due role and was repeatedly defeated by the enemy.

It was easily broken. When Sima Yue regained Iron Gate Pass, the fortress had almost turned into ruins, and even the city walls were riddled with holes. At that time, he only focused on pushing forward, not caring about the dilapidated fortress.

We organized manpower to repair it, so the current Iron Gate Pass is still in that bad state, which is too miserable to look at.

Tiemenguan was left behind...

Fu Ning looked back at the dilapidated fortress and sighed inwardly. If they could enter the Iron Gate to rest for a night, wait for the stragglers to catch up, and set out again tomorrow, the mental outlook of the Forbidden Army would be much better. But now the captain

The Tutor and I just wanted to rush back to Luoyang, but we couldn't listen to anyone else's words. No matter what, no what!

In his opinion, the Taiwei and the Tutor had lost their bearings. Didn't they know that they were easily ambushed when traveling at night? Even if the barbarians did not pursue them, the Forbidden Army was still in chaos. A gust of wind blew the trees and grass halfway along the way.

Or a few roars of beasts may cause the army to blow up the camp. At that time, everyone will panic and scramble to escape, and the situation will be simply out of control!

I hope the barbarians won’t catch up... I hope...

However, if he is afraid of the dark, there must be ghosts, and if he is afraid of the cold, there must be wind. Just when he was uneasy, the earth-shattering sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the hills to the south. Fu Ning escaped and saw the familiar building in shock.

I don’t know when the hills were already filled with fierce Hu cavalry, one after another, pouring down from the hills like opening flood gates and rushing towards this side!

The scout ranger captain who was closest to that side was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split apart, and his voice trembled: "Hulu————"

With a pop, a wolf-fang arrow came through the air, hit him in the throat, and blocked his next words. Huqi came from the wild, the sound of hooves shook the sky and the earth, the smoke and dust rolled like a wall, and sharp arrows were dense.

Like the slanting rain, dozens of rangers were submerged in just an instant. The rolling waves were unstoppable and in an instant they approached the Jin army that was marching and was almost unsuspecting!

The Jin army was stunned for a moment, and then burst out with earth-shaking exclamations. Now that they were extremely exhausted and exposed in the wilderness with no cover, how could they withstand the barbarian cavalry coming like a terrifying wave?

Some of the Forbidden Army generals hissed and roared: "Don't mess up the formation! Form the formation! The spearmen are in front and the archers are behind. We must stabilize our position, otherwise we will all die here!" The more impatient ones even drew their swords directly.

, beheaded all the guys who had lost their minds and were running around, killing dozens of people in a row, and finally stabilized their position.

Sima Yue remained motionless, which gave the imperial army a little courage: Their captain was calm and composed, so what did they have to fear? Little did they know that this old turtle was so frightened that his mind went blank, his hands and feet were cold, and he was barely incontinent.

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He looked at the Hu Qi that swept in like a terrifying wave, his head was buzzing, and he couldn't believe his eyes. What the hell were the Hu Qi doing? If they wanted to pursue them, why didn't they do it from the beginning?

Launching a pursuit? At that time, the Jin army was also in disarray, and there were 70,000 to 80,000 people in a chaotic mess. Wouldn't it be more effective to launch an attack at this time? Why did he wait until he retreated to Tiemenguan, which was only fifty miles away from Luoyang, before launching an attack?

?What the hell are these despicable bastards planning?

In fact, he really wronged Liu Cong. Liu Cong really didn't intend to pursue him. He was going to let him go back and let him fight with Gou Xi in a dog-eat-dog fight. Both sides would be hurt. Then he would launch a full-scale attack and take out both of them at the same time. But nothing could be done.

Just because he didn't plan to pursue, it doesn't mean that his subordinates wouldn't pursue. For example, Shi Le took Liu Cong's order as if it were nothing and quietly pursued him with thousands of Jiehu cavalry. In his words:

"Now that the Jin army is in chaos, it will be easy to eliminate them. After the main force of the Western Jin Forbidden Army is eliminated, it will be a good idea to deal with Gou Xi. I can't let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

To put it nicely, in fact, he hated Sima to the core. At the same time, during this period of time in Xincheng, Piaoliu and Yiyang suffered consecutive defeats. The troops suffered heavy losses and their morale was low. They needed a big victory to boost their morale.

The composition of the Jiehu people ruled by Shi Le is extremely complex. There are only a few hundred thousand real Jiehu people, and the rest are miscellaneous Hus who were issued eunuch ID cards by him——As long as you want to join the big family of the Jie people

, then you are a member of the Jie tribe from now on, there is no threshold! The advantage of this is that the originally sparse Jie tribe can gain a large population and grow like a snowball, but the disadvantage is that the entire Jie tribe is like a large gangster.

, most of the miscellaneous people who joined the Jie tribe only joined after seeing that Shi Le was good at fighting and could grab things by following him. Once Shi Le could no longer lead them to win the battle, they ran faster than anyone else. They lost the three battles.

Shi Le's prestige among the Jie tribe was severely damaged. It was really necessary for him to win a big victory and tell everyone that he was still the invincible leader.

What better way to prove one's ability than to kill the Western Jin Taiwei and annihilate the main force of the Western Jin Forbidden Army in one battle?

So, shortly after the Jin army retreated hastily, he made an excuse and led eight thousand Jiehu cavalry to pursue them. He ignored the miscellaneous troops who fell behind, but followed a trail from the south over the hills, all the way

He galloped forward and headed straight for Tiemen Pass, which was the only way for the Jin army to retreat. Zhang Bin, the counselor, judged that the Jin army would probably spend the night at Tiemen Pass to recover their strength, and at the same time, they were waiting for the laggard Jin troops to catch up, so they went to Tiemen Pass.

An ambush near the gate is a sure bet!

The facts were slightly different from Zhang Bin's expectation: Sima Yue had no intention of spending the night at Tiemenguan, he wanted to drive hundreds of miles directly from Mianchi back to Luoyang!

But the problem is not big. Shi Le’s original plan was to fight Sima Yue outside the Iron Gate Fortress. Sima Yue did not enter the Iron Gate Pass for the night, which was exactly what he wanted. He did not want to have another tough battle, even if it was to attack a dilapidated building.

The unbearable fortress. Seeing the chaotic appearance of Sima Yue's army, Shi Le laughed ferociously, waved his hand, and thousands of cavalry swooped down from the hills like a flash flood, heading straight for the Jin army!

The barbarians were getting closer and closer, and the army was in chaos. It was a desperate situation no matter how you looked at it. Fu Ning took a deep breath, rode her horse to Sima Yue's carriage and said: "Captain, the barbarians are coming fiercely. Our army is exhausted and it is difficult to resist."

.For the current plan, we can only retreat to Tiemen Pass and hold on, waiting for the army behind to catch up and support... Please lead the army to retreat to Tiemen Pass quickly, and we will eventually stop the Hulu for you!"

Sima Yue composed himself and said in a deep voice: "Go, this battle is over, as long as I don't die, I will make you the governor!"

Fu Ning gave a bitter smile. He didn't dare to think about being a governor or anything like that. He was extremely lucky to survive this battle. He turned his horse's head and led three hundred private soldiers to face the spearhead of Jiehu's cavalry attack.

Go up and roar loudly: "Three thousand barbarians, all follow me! Let these bastards have a taste of the power of the strong bows in our hands!"

The Hu Qi were a powerful force selected from the Hu tribes in the Western Jin Dynasty who were good at riding and archery. All of them were masters of riding and archery. Not only could they shoot arrows accurately, but they also had superb skills with the sabers in their hands, and their swords were deadly.

These warriors selected from the Hu tribes were very fierce in character. Seeing the Hu cavalry coming from the wild, all the Forbidden Army camps were in panic, but they did not change their expressions. Seeing Fu Ning taking the lead and rushing forward, they all

Raising the strong bow in his hand and roaring loudly, he galloped up with his horse and followed the war cavalry. He opened his bow and set an arrow, and met the Jiehu cavalry with a wave of arrows. The Jiehu cavalry was also unceremonious, holding the horse's bow and arrow like beads.
Chapter completed!