After the rank award ceremony, Lu Shengzhong was busy training the recruits. According to the calculation, Hu Guo General may launch a counterattack in more than 20 days, so he must train the recruits well in another twenty days. Although he cannot have the combat effectiveness of a veteran, he should at least achieve the quality that a soldier should have, so the task is very arduous.

Qian Xiaoxing stayed at the construction site of Cangkong Pass. The wooden rail road has not been opened yet, so the stone has not started to be transported yet, but some cement, bricks and construction tools have been transported here.

The key difficulty in building Cangqiong Pass is the bridge on the river surface. Qian Xiaoxing has commanded the people to build a cofferdam upstream of the river, first blocking half of the river surface, and then cofferdams at the place where the bridge piers are to be dug. Fortunately, the water on the river surface is not deep at present, and it is not troublesome to surround it.

After the enclosure was completed, the bottom of the river was dug. The people came on the stage one after another, and seized the time to clean up the silt and silt at the bottom of the river. They dug up the hard rock layer under the river before they surrounded it with wooden boards. Many copper rods were added in the middle to skeletons, and the bridge pillars were prepared to pour.

With cement, the mud and sand dug at the bottom of the river were immediately poured. Qian Xiaoxing's bridge design is that there are three sections of piers in the river. The designed wall has a width of twenty meters at the bottom, so the piers must be twenty meters long, and the task is still very arduous.

While pouring the bridge piers and digging the moat in front of Cangkong Pass, tens of thousands of people were busy on the construction site. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Qian Xiaoxing was confident that he could complete the construction of the pass in 20 days.

On the other hand, Qian Xiaoxing asked the Mo brothers' intelligence station to pay close attention to the trends of Hu. Communication in ancient times was inconvenient, but there was also an advantage, that was, the transmission of war reports was slow. If it was modern, you would know it by calling King Hu. Then there would be no time to build this pass.

Three days later, the Mugui Road was finally laid under Huang Wenqiang's overtime work. For this reason, Huang Wenqiang's eyes were red and his hair was messy, and he became much haggard. He had almost lost his sleep. He saw that the Mugui Road was finally laid and fell asleep. After two days and one night, Qian Xiaoxing saw Huang Wenqiang's spirit of working hard, and secretly admired him. He was hardworking and convenient, so Qian Xiaoxing still had to learn more from them.

As soon as the two-way lane was opened, traffic flowed continuously. There were many stones neatly stacked on the flatbed trucks. Many people in front of them were wearing ropes on their shoulders, pulling these cars. Although the people were sweating profusely, no one retreated and they were eager to do their best.

The prefabricated parts for the bridge have also been hardened. With everyone working together, they were carried to the flat carriage of the wooden rail road. In the past, it was almost impossible to transport such a huge object. Only in the wooden rail lane can it be transported smoothly.

The construction of Cangqiu Valley is in full swing. In order to speed up the construction period, the people of Longzhan City and Juma City have also summoned them to the public, and the manpower has increased by tens of thousands. The original budget of twenty days seems to be completed ahead of schedule.

Eight days later, the Minister of the Military Affairs Department received the report of the defeat in Long Zhancheng and looked panicked. He immediately went into the palace to ask for a meeting with King Hu. After hearing this, King Hu immediately summoned the ministers to discuss the matter.

In the hall, all civil and military officials were summoned urgently, and the 80,000 elite troops who went south to attack Si State were wiped out. When the ministers heard the news, they were in an uproar. Many of them could not believe it was true and they all doubted the accuracy of the military newspaper.

Sima Yiqing folded his hands on his chest, just closing his eyes, and seemed to have not heard everyone's comments.

Some minister questioned: "Emperor, will this military report have a trick of the Si army? Eighty thousand elite troops, so it may be destroyed by a few thousand troops in the Si country. A few days ago, the military report only said that it would cost 20,000 yuan to attack Panlong Pass. Later, they all defended Longzhan City. How could the entire army be wiped out?"

King Hu couldn't believe it either and asked the Minister of the Military Affairs Department and said, "How come my 80,000 soldiers of Hu Country disappeared out of thin air? What's going on?"

The Minister of the Military Affairs Department said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the entire army of 80,000 elite troops was wiped out. I have brought the people who reported to the military newspaper, so let him tell everyone in person."

After a while, the soldier who reported to the military was taken to the court. He looked covered in dust. It seemed that he was coming all the way. Queen Hu knelt on the ground and couldn't get up, waiting to ask questions.

King Hu asked angrily: "Tell me quickly, the 80,000 soldiers from the south will be wiped out. What's going on!"

The soldier replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, our troops southward arrived at Longzhan City, and the journey was safe and sound. However, when we went from Longzhan City to Panlong Pass, the 40,000 vanguard troops were designed by the Si army to block the road with earth. They could not reach Panlong Pass overnight. They could only camp in a huge forest. As a result, they were hit by the Si army's fire plan that night and lost more than 20,000 people."

Sima Yiqing opened his eyes and asked sternly: "How can I spend the night in the woods? It's such a nonsense!"

The soldier was scared for a day and stammered and replied: "General Chen, General Chen Xuan has always advocated rushing all night, but was stopped by General Hu."

Sima Yiqing sighed, but Hu Baojin was still a mess, but it was useless to blame him at this point. He asked, "What about it later?"

The soldier replied: "Later, after gathering with the subsequent troops in Longzhan City again, he rushed to Panlong Pass that night and attacked Panlong Pass the next day. However, the Si army was prepared for a long time. Our siege cars and rushing cars were blocked by the opponent with big stones and could not be used. Moreover, the Si army had an extremely powerful weapon that could throw oil tanks from the air and blocked the retreat of the soldiers attacking Panlong Pass. Later, he lost more than 30,000 people, leaving only 20,000 to retreat to Longzhan City."

When King Hu heard this, he roared: "The previous military newspaper just said that the loss of 20,000 yuan was lost when attacking Panlong Pass, but it turned out that there were only 20,000 yuan left! He actually dared to lie about military information, where is Hu Baojin!"

"General Hu Baojin has been captured by the Si army, and his life and death are unknown now." The soldier replied frightenedly.

Sima Yiqing was shocked after hearing this and asked again: "Even so, we have 20,000 people stationed in Longzhan City, how could we be wiped out by the entire army!"

The little soldier continued: "After seeing the Taishi's treasure, General Hu retreated to Longzhan City, and sent two thousand soldiers to garrison the important roads, cut off the Si army's business roads, and wanted to use these two thousand people to lure the Si army out."

After hearing this, Sima Yiqing asked in confusion: "Yes, this strategy was what I thought of. There should be no problem with this layout. How did the thousands of troops in Si destroy Longzhan City and destroy our army?"

The soldier then talked about how the Si army used the plan to lure the Hu army into an internal strife, and then went to the city to take advantage of the situation. After saying that, he knelt down and looked down, not daring to say anything.

After hearing this, King Hu's face, whose originally fat face bulged even more, as if it was a meat ball, cursed loudly: "How is it possible? Eighty thousand elites, eighty thousand, then they were destroyed by a few thousand troops in Siguo!"

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All the officials in the court were also very shocked. Sima Yiqing leaned over and replied, "Don't calm down. In my opinion, it's not that our army has poor combat effectiveness, but that Si State has an extremely powerful figure who has made so many plans to destroy my 80,000 soldiers. It seems that I underestimated him before." Then Sima Yiqing turned around and asked Xiaobing, "Do you know who the other commander is?"

Xiaobing replied: "The Siguo troops call themselves the independent regiment, the regiment commander is Lu Shengzhong, and the regiment chief staff is Qian Xiaoxing. You know, the previous strategy to take down Panlong Pass was made by Qian Xiaoxing."

"Qian Xiaoxing!" Sima Yiqing pondered for a moment and said, "I have never heard of this person. I didn't expect that Si Guo had such a talented person who was good at strategy. I underestimated him. The fact that he could seize Panlong Pass proved that he was strong. I just blamed me for thinking that they only had a few thousand soldiers and there was no possibility of causing storms. I didn't expect that he could take the initiative and fight more with less. This person is limitless in the future, which is a huge threat to Hu Guo."

After hearing this, King Hu said angrily: "So what if it's so powerful? Just a little Si State dares to pull teeth from the tiger's mouth. He must destroy them for me!"

"Prince, please calm down. This revenge must be avenged." Then Sima Yiqing asked Xiaobing, "What are the movements of Si Jun later?"

"The Si army attacked Xia Zhang City and occupied Juma City. Currently, the Si army is stationed in Long Zhan City. Later, the matter is unknown. I came back overnight to report." The soldier replied.

After hearing this, Sima Yiqing thought about it, and felt something was wrong with this matter, and said, "If Qian Xiaoxing was indeed a powerful strategist, I wouldn't understand this trick."

The military minister asked, "Tai Shi, how can you explain this?"

Sima Yiqing explained: "If the Si army occupied Longzhan City and regained Juma City, it should be the regaining of the former territory of Si State, but Longzhan City and Juma City are not what their current strength can hold on to."

King Hu calmed down his anger a little now and said, "Taoshi, didn't you say that Qian Xiaoxing is very powerful? Since he can destroy my 80,000 soldiers, there may be a way to defend it."
Chapter completed!