March 13, the tenth year of the Xuanli calendar, at the end of the Yin hour.

The moon had not yet set, but a dark cloud floated in the sky at some point, blocking the moonlight and starlight, and the Qinling Mountains were shrouded in darkness.

The lanterns and Qisifeng lamps on Qipan Pass are all lit. If you stand in the distance, you can see many shadowy figures on the majestic gate tower.

This was the darkest moment before dawn, but a long string of bright torches lit up at the foot of Qipan Pass, illuminating the darkness of the night and the majestic appearance of Qipan Pass.

Red Lady Xi Hua looked up at the pass and breathed a sigh of relief. "Go tell the soldiers guarding the pass to open it. After we enter, everyone should rest here. After three hours, we'll continue our journey!"

The messenger passed her order to the front army. The general of the front army came to the gate tower, looked up and shouted: "Red Lady's troops of the Western Border Army have returned. Please open the gate!"

At this moment, the new soldiers standing on the gate tower were very nervous. Firstly, their former general's wife was at the foot of the gate. Secondly, looking around, they could see that the fire dragon was winding around and there were no end in sight. There were a total of 130,000 enemies!

It's six times stronger than ours. Although the Qipan Pass is solid, people can still pile up corpses to the top of the pass.

Guan Xiaoxi took a look and frowned. He took the bow and arrow from a defender, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the enemy general outside the pass.

With a "Swish..." sound, arrows flew down from above. The enemy general had no idea that the tower had changed hands. Coupled with the fatigue of marching all night, he did not dodge at all. Guan Xiaoxi's sword hit him on the forehead, and he fell to the ground with a bang, scaring the other soldiers.

What is...going on?

How could the brothers on the upper floor of the Guanlou shoot their own people to death?

Then, another soldier looked up and shouted, "Brothers up there, make no mistake. We are from the Qifeng Battalion of the Western Frontier Army. One of you just shot an arrow and killed our centurion! Quickly open the city gate! I'm starving!"

Guan Xiaoxi grinned evilly, drew his bow and shot the soldier dead with one arrow.

The enemies below noticed something was wrong, and at this time Guan Xiaoxi waved his hand and gave an order: "Brothers, the time to make achievements has come, shoot them to death!"

Zhao Laoliu lit the fireworks with a "bang!" The fireworks shot up into the sky and suddenly bloomed above Xi Hua's troops. When the eight arrow towers on the gate tower saw the signal, a barrage of arrows poured down, like a swarm of locusts, and swooped down on the enemy's front line.

The enemy never expected the sudden changes at Qipan Pass, they were so close!

This round of rain of arrows came in whizzing, and at least a thousand people in the front army lost their lives in an instant.

The enemy army was in chaos, with screams and wails echoing across the mountains. Many soldiers who had survived the arrows fled in panic. They ran towards the central army, shouting as they ran: "This is not good! Qipan Pass has been lost, General Xi, run!"

Xi Hua was suddenly shocked. The result she feared most actually happened!

Who occupied Qipan Pass?

Could it be Fei An?

Only Fei An!

Fei An came from Jiannan, so her husband... She suddenly felt cold all over. Could it be that Xue Dingshan's entire army was wiped out?

What should I do?

She calmed down in an instant, her brows raised, and she swung her sword. "Hurry and pass on this general's order: The Qianyu Battalion will provide cover with arrows, the front army's Huben Battalion will use flying claws to scale the tower, the rear army will cut down trees and quickly build ladders, and the Supervisory Battalion will oversee the battle. Anyone who retreats even one step will be executed!"

The battle entered a fierce stage at this moment. The Thousand Feather Battalion of the Western Border Army was very famous because they used heavy crossbows, which had a range twice as long as that of bows and arrows.

The Qianyu Camp set up crossbows and shot arrows outside the range of bows and arrows. Dense arrow feathers shot up into the sky and headed straight for the gate tower.

After a round of rain of arrows, a hundred new soldiers on the gate tower were shot dead.

"Get down, all of you, get down!"

It was the first time that Guan Xiaoxi saw such a powerful crossbow. He was also shocked. He bent his body and jogged on the top of the gate tower, pressing down those soldiers who showed up.

The crossbow arrows had little effect on the arrow towers. The eight arrow towers could not hit the Qianyu Camp, but they could hit the Huben Army that was rushing towards the pass.

Five thousand Tiger Guards rushed to the bottom of the gate tower with shields on their heads like moths to a flame. That was a blind spot for the arrow tower, unless the defenders on the gate tower used rolling logs or kerosene.

"Raise your shields, First Guard, charge!"

Arrows from the arrow tower flew over, and a series of loud clanging sounds were heard. After a round of volleys, only dozens of casualties were suffered by the first thousand soldiers of the Huben Army, and the main force arrived under the arrow tower.

They threw out their flying claws and grabbed the wall of the gate tower with a clang.

Guan Xiaoxi looked up and yelled, "Kerosene! Pour kerosene down there! Be careful and hide behind the arrow emplacements. Be smart, don't get shot to death!"

Pots of kerosene poured down and splashed onto the Tiger Guards below, causing them to instantly catch fire. Heart-wrenching wails were heard everywhere, and the burning soldiers rolled around frantically on the ground. The scene was horrific.

"Go, go, go, Second Guard, charge for me quickly. There aren't many enemies. As long as we capture the gate tower, we will win!"

Groups of enemy soldiers rushed madly towards the walls of the gate tower, and they flew up one after another, following the ropes, they climbed towards the gate tower one after another.

Guan Xiaoxi took a breath of cold air. The opponent's Thousand Feather Guards were too powerful and directly suppressed half of his side's combat effectiveness. How the hell could he kill the opponent's crossbowman?

That team of mysterious martial arts masters has not yet appeared, and the mountain division's guns are ready to kill those martial arts masters, but now they can't wait any longer. If they wait any longer, the enemy will really climb up to the tower.

So, Guan Xiaoxi gritted his teeth and said, "Mountain Division, prepare your flintlock rifles... shoot at the target, enemy crossbowmen, aim... and fire!"

Three thousand mountain division soldiers aimed at the crossbowmen five hundred meters away through the arrow slits. This distance was quite far. With a burst of "bang bang bang..." gunshots, only a few hundred of the three thousand guns hit the enemy.

But this guy also scared Qianyuwei - flintlock rifle?

Could it be that the people in Qipan Pass are the Divine Sword Army?

Xi Hua also frowned suddenly - it wasn't Fei An's troops, which was good news, indicating that her husband had not been killed by Fei An. But it was not good news, because the troops inside were actually the invincible Excalibur Army!

When did they come?

The Fourth Prince Yu Wenshu... She took a breath of cold air. Since the Divine Sword Army occupied Qipan Pass, the Fourth Prince must have become a prisoner.

She stared fiercely at the blazing frontline battlefield and said with gritted teeth, "Even the Excalibur Army can't stop me!"

"Have the shield guards cover the Thousand Feather Guards. Their guns can't penetrate our shields. Shoot them hard!"

Some of the vanguard had already climbed up to the gate tower. Guan Xiaoxi drew the broadsword from his waist and chopped off a bloody head with one blow. He shouted viciously, "Don't stop the kerosene and the rolling logs. The rest of you, wait, follow me and chop these bastards to death!"

At this moment, there was sudden burst of intensive gunfire from behind the enemy.