Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Yan Guangshou was really a little anxious.

The resilience of the Southern Dynasty was beyond his imagination.

If they continue like this, their soldiers will soon be exhausted.

The death of the nobleman Han Hai almost brought Yan Guangshou's military career to an end.

After returning, there is even a possibility that you will fall rapidly from your current status level.

This is a situation he absolutely cannot accept!

If Qin Ming cannot be defeated, all of this will be a foregone conclusion.

So he rarely showed any mental panic.

"General, attacking now might just play into their hands."

Several men hurried to dissuade him.

Yan Guangshou snorted coldly:

"Are you scared after being beaten? If we don't fight now, are we going to wait until they have all the supplies and it becomes difficult to break through?"

"Organize the troops and send out!"

Seeing Yan Guangshou's insistence, everyone had no choice but to nod and go down to gather the soldiers.

Tens of thousands of troops soon marched towards Henglan Pass again!

And all of this was also discovered by Chenpi's people.

"General, something is wrong. Yan Guangshou is invading with an astonishing number of troops!"

Chen Pi's heart was filled with alarm at what his subordinates said.

"Quick! Set up the crossbows and gather all the men for defense!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a group of troops came from afar.

Yan Guangshou personally led the troops, blew the horn, and rushed towards the Henglan Pass city wall with a huge shield.

Seeing their posture, Chenpi instantly understood that the other party was determined to fight to the death.

With the existing several thousand troops, even if they fight a battle to defend the city, they will be exhausted to death here.

"No matter the cost, get the weapons!"

After a few strides up the city wall, Chen Pi personally drew his bow and arrow, trying his best to slow down the progress of Yan Guangshou's team.

However, no matter how fast he moved, he could not catch up with the speed of Yan Guangshou's slaves paving the way with their bodies.

Soon, the trenches outside the city walls were filled with corpses.

Even the edge of the city wall was covered with blood and flesh by the charging slaves, forming a small hill.

Everyone rushed forward one after another.

They were beaten back time and time again, but they continued to climb the city wall fearlessly!

Finally, the Yan army appeared climbing up the city wall...

Chen Pi rushed forward, drew his sword and beheaded him.

But more Yan troops have already poured in.

"It's over!"

Everyone was shocked!

No matter how much the Yan army pays, as long as they can climb onto the city wall, they will be able to defeat Chen Pi's remnants.

By then, the road ahead will be smooth and there will be no more obstacles.

All of Qin Ming’s construction in the Central Plains will fail!

Just as Chenpi was fighting hard with the enemy, a sharp sound pierced the sky.

A bright signal that left a trail of yellow smoke in the sky attracted everyone's attention.

"Is this... a retreat!?"

The soldiers of Chenpi and Linzi Camp all looked at this scene in disbelief.

Henglan Pass is very important to them.

To retreat at this time would mean giving up all possibility of survival.

They can't retreat!

But the person in charge of decision-making in the rear suddenly issued such an order, and no one knew who it was.

"Could it be..."

Chenpi took a deep breath and jumped down along the rope behind the city wall.

"Everyone, retreat back to the city."

He suspected that someone had come to support him from behind, but he didn't know who it was.

Now the only way to continue guarding this pass is to return to Henglan Pass and engage in street fighting with the attacking Yan army.

"Yes!"

The troops of the Lin Camp began to withdraw from the city wall one after another.

After paying a huge price, Yan Guangshou finally climbed onto the city wall. Looking at Qin Ming's troops hiding in Henglan Pass, he laughed wildly.

"What Southern Emperor? What Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain Camp?"

"Under the iron hoof of my Yan army, you are all a joke!"

At this time, Chen Pi had retreated to the South Gate and met his old acquaintance Song Dingsheng.

"Master Song, what does the signal you sent mean?"

Seeing Song Dingsheng, who was in charge of Lingnan affairs, coming in person, Chenpi hurriedly asked.

Song Dingsheng pointed to the troops behind him and said:

"This is the combined forces of the Western Regions and Western Shu, totaling 13,000 men. I'll give you 8,000 as a replacement, and I'll take the rest elsewhere."

After Song Dingsheng returned, he told Chen Shimao about Qin Ming's arrangements.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shimao had already thought of this and helped contact people early on.

The Western Regions and Western Shu were also happy to cooperate, or rather, they had been waiting here, wanting to do Qin Ming a favor.

There is no need to send a large number of troops, even ten or twenty thousand people can solve Qin Ming's urgent problem.

Such good business made them agree to arrange people to come immediately.

When Song Dingsheng returned, Chen Shimao was already preparing to load the soldiers onto the train.

This also made him very excited. He quickly took over the task and personally sent the first batch of coalition forces arranged by the Western Regions and Western Shu to the northern part of the Central Plains.

"So it was the Western Regions and Western Shu who came to our aid! Thank you very much!"

Knowing the current situation, Chenpi breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Dingsheng arrived just in time. If he hadn't arrived today, Henglan Pass might have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

"General Chen, there's no need to say that. The Yan Dynasty is supporting the Northern Dynasty with 300,000 troops. We are few in number and weak in strength, so we can only support 20,000 to 30,000. I hope you won't despise us."

Because he had previously guarded the border and had frequent contact with all parties, many generals present knew Chenpi.

"During today's assault, Yan Guangshou has lost more than half of his men, with less than 20,000."

"All you have to do is follow me and defend the warehouse, and then we can fight back."

When Chenpi retreated, he asked people to guard the warehouse where weapons and equipment were stored.

This is also their reliance on a desperate counterattack.

After a brief exchange of views on the situation at the scene, everyone prepared to engage in street fighting to repel the influx of the Yan army.

"Then I'll leave this place to General Chen. Your Majesty has other instructions, so I'll be leaving for now."

Seeing this, Song Dingsheng also bowed and clasped his hands together, then left quickly.

Chen Pi nodded, and then continued to fight fiercely with Yan Guangshou's men in the alley.

……

On the other side, Qin Ming, far away in the Taiping Mountains, had already crossed 80% of the road.

On the way they mapped the Taiping Mountains.

Although their focus was on getting on the road, which resulted in the map they drew being very sloppy, they were able to quickly grasp the rich resources here.

Various types of ores, as well as timber resources and medicinal herb resources can be developed later.

That night, Qin Ming sat by the campfire, took out the compass from his arms and looked at it carefully.

Several soldiers who were exploring the way ahead also returned to the camp at this time.

"Your Majesty, the outskirts of the mountain range are less than thirty miles away. We are almost there."

"It looks like the war is almost over."

Qin Ming closed his eyes, thought carefully for a moment, and then told them:

"Arrange three hundred men to go out of the mountains and explore the route ahead of time. There are hidden guards in the Northern Dynasty. They will report the situation of the Yan army to you. You will bring them to me."

Before coming, Qin Ming had arranged everything after landing.

"Yes!"

Several soldiers nodded immediately.

But at this moment, Qin Ming suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, ask Cao Chuan when he will be back."