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Yue Fei was covered in blood. With his left hand, he raised his halberd to knock away the huge rock that was coming towards him. With his right hand, he rolled up the Beiwei army flag and stuck it into the ground. He dismounted and fought on foot with the Beimang army. With a wave of his sword, he chopped down one Beimang soldier after another.

As long as the Beiwei army flag remains, the Xiongshan Pass will not be lost!

The aftermath of the destruction of Xiongshan City finally dissipated, and the Beiwei troops that were scattered along the way all rushed towards the direction of the military flag fluttering in the wind.

Tuoba Jin Gang's attack caused about 20% casualties in the Beiwei Army, which was the most serious loss suffered by this army since it entered Xiongshan.

Fortunately, when the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, most of the Beiwei army hid in the tunnels. After the aftermath of the disaster, they were able to return to the battlefield. Overall, the losses were not too great.

On the other hand, the situation in Beimang was even worse. The city walls collapsed and rocks rolled down. The first few waves that rushed into the city were basically wiped out, and more than half of those surrounded by the city walls were also damaged.

At least 20,000 Beimang soldiers died in this wave.

Tuoba Jin Gang's eyes were cold. Just one look at Wang Li's army coming to support him made him know that this battle could not be fought any longer. He thought to himself that the marshal of the Great Zhou had made a very thorough plan.

He has completed the task of breaking the city with one sword, and it is time to leave this place and return to the Beimang Imperial Court.

Moreover, he had a vague feeling that behind the Great Zhou coalition forces, there seemed to be an aura that was no weaker than his, and was about to come here.

It is still unclear what kind of trouble the Great Zhou Marshal can cause, and Tuoba Jin Gang does not want to suffer too much loss here.

He leaped onto the hill, walking freely, as if what happened on the battlefield had nothing to do with him.

Yue Fei looked at Tuoba Jin Gang's departing back with a grim expression. Now was not the time for revenge. The most important thing was to regroup the Beiwei Army.

On the hill, Hong Jingyan led the last reserve troops to the battlefield. He knew very well that Tuoba Jin Gang had withdrawn from the battlefield, but the battle had to continue. He stared into the distance.

A black wave emerged from the horizon and roared down towards the battlefield. It was a cavalry legion clad in black armor.

"Xiongshan Pass has been breached. Victory or defeat depends on this one move. All troops, form a battle formation!"

Hong Jingyan yelled at the Beimang general beside him. As one who commanded the Rouran cavalry, he naturally knew the lethality of cavalry against infantry. If the enemy cavalry really entered the battlefield, it would be too late for the Beimang army to form a battle formation.

But even so, the Northern Mang Army, which had already been in chaos, had little organizational ability for a while. Those who had the courage not to flee when seeing the cavalry attack were considered elite troops.

The cavalry charged like a raging storm, overturning the entire battlefield like a huge wave and crashing into the Northern Mang army formation.

The battle-hardened armored army was unstoppable, like an extremely sharp knife, cutting the Beimang army formation, which was as thin as straw paper, into pieces, and killing all the way to the Beimang central army, unmatched!

In the first encounter, the Beimang army was broken up by the enemy cavalry. After suffering heavy blows one after another, the Beimang army had no morale left. The army was scattered, and countless Beimang soldiers abandoned their armor and weapons and fled in panic towards the valley.

The military orders issued by Hong Jingyan earlier had long been forgotten by the soldiers. As soon as the front army turned around, they found that the rear army was nowhere to be found and had almost all run away.

Hong Jingyan waved the Beimang flag in his hand, and the blood-colored true energy was like a long sword, chopping the enemy troops that came before him into pieces, including the men and horses.

Even though the guards around him fought hard, cavalry still charged in front of their general.

"General! Order the troops to withdraw immediately. If the fighting continues, all the soldiers will be killed!" A deputy commander, covered in blood, looked at Hong Jingyan with sorrow in his eyes.

Hong Jingyan took a look at the ruined Xiongshan Pass and felt a sweet and fishy taste in his throat. He was furious, but it was of no use.

This pass, which can be called the nightmare of the Northern Wilderness, is only one step away from being crossed. All the lofty sentiments before the war have now turned into nothing.

Since he entered the Northern Mang military, he has set Tuoba Jin Gang as his target, and watched how the other party accumulated military merits step by step and eventually rose to become the strongest general under the emperor.

This road to success was clearly laid out before him.

Now that the Northern Mang Kingdom War has begun, Dong Zhuo, who was once known as the pillar of the Southern Dynasty, is also dead. It is finally his turn to have such great luck.

As long as the Xiongshan Pass is breached, the Sanggan River defense line will be as fragile as thin paper, and the invasion of the Liao Kingdom will be just around the corner.

By then, no matter what the Northern Mang court thinks, no matter how much those noisy people in the Southern Dynasty talk, they will not be able to stop Hong Jingyan from rising to the top.

But today, all ambitions and dreams have been shattered at this small pass.

"Pass on my military order, sound the retreat!"

Hong Jingyan shouted this loudly towards the sky, his eyes bloodshot, and he wished he could bite his teeth to pieces!

The Northern Mang army finally waited until the retreat horn sounded, and they rushed back into the passage they came from, like the tide receding, coming and going quickly. They were unable to organize even the forces to resist the enemy's pursuit, and allowed the Great Zhou cavalry to follow behind and reap the fruits of victory like chopping melons and vegetables.

The pursuit lasted for three hours, and the Hundred Battles Armored Army only gave up when they reached the outside of the Beimang camp.

In the Battle of Beimang, 70,000 troops were killed and countless high-ranking generals were defeated. Apart from destroying the Xiongshan Pass, no other results were achieved, and only corpses were left.

Wang Li was checking the battlefield while looking for Yue Fei.

Yue Fei sat alone beside a mountain of corpses, with the Beiwei army flag fluttering in the wind. The Beiwei army faced the Beimang army, which was several times larger than theirs, and with the help of powerful men who had achieved the unity of man and nature, even so, the flag did not fall.

This military spirit alone made Wang Li admire him deeply.

"I am Wang Li, following the Marshal's orders, and have come to support the Xiongshan Pass."

Wang Li gave the other party a standard Great Zhou military salute. Seeing that Yue Fei looked a little distressed, he comforted him:

"General Yue's bravery is unparalleled. He left those Northern Mang barbarians helpless. The Beiwei Army faced an enemy force several times their size, yet not a single one fled. They are truly the best in the world. General, there is no need for this."

Even as Yue Fei descended, he said with a bitter expression, "Before the Marshal left, he specifically handed the Xiongshan Pass over to me, and I solemnly swore to ensure that he would be kept at the pass."

"But now... Alas, if General Wang hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Xiongshan Pass was breached, and it's ultimately my responsibility!"

After saying that, Yue Fei stood up and put away the Beiwei army flag, looking at the soldiers fighting bloody battles around him. Only 5,000 of the 10,000 Beiwei soldiers were left, most of whom died in the final counterattack of the Beimang army.

Tuoba Jingang, the culprit who caused the breach of Xiongshan Pass, was still escaping in front of him.

Yue Fei suddenly felt ashamed of himself and bowed to the remaining Beiwei soldiers, saying, "I am Yue Fei. I apologize to all of you soldiers!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the exhausted Beiwei soldiers, those who still had their weapons in their hands, began to pound the ground with all their might, while those who only had their armor left pounded their chests with their fists.

On the desolate battlefield, only the sound of armor could be heard, and all the Beiwei soldiers shed tears.

The military spirit needs to be tempered in bloody battles and is a monument forged by countless heroic souls.

Wang Li left quietly, leaving this glory that belonged only to the soldiers on the battlefield to this unshakable army.

As soon as the earth-shaking battle ended, the Beimang army retreated to the Sanggan River, fearing that Wang Li's army would take advantage of the Beimang army's unstable morale and break out of Xiongshan in one fell swoop.

The Beiwei Army suffered heavy losses, and Yue Fei led his troops back to the rear to rest.

The Xiongshan Pass was destroyed, and there was no point in blocking the river valley. Wang Li personally led the army to station upstream of the river. If the enemy crossed the Xiongshan Mountain, he would lead the army down the river to fight the enemy in the field.