It borders the Yellow River in the north and the Songyue in the south. It has a dangerous terrain. It has the Hulao Pass, which is the gateway to the Sanqin, and became the last line of defense for Xu Fu to attack the Tang army in attacking Luoyang.

Xu Fu, who knew that if Hulao Pass was lost, would inevitably lose his protection in Luoyang, left Cao Xuan to manage Luoyang's defense, and he led 30,000 elite troops to station in Hulao Pass.

With the loss of most parts of Henan, especially the fall of Xuanwu area, the morale of the Liang army was quite low. As the foundation of Zhu Wen's origin, the backbone of the Liang army was basically composed of soldiers from Xuanwu area. The fall of his hometown caused the Liang army to fall into an extremely pessimistic atmosphere.

In other words, Xu Fu can still rely on his extremely high prestige to prevent this army from falling apart. If another person is replaced, he will probably be defeated.

It has been a month since the Tang army arrived at Hulao Pass. Several guards attacked one by one, removing the Liang army garrisons around Hulao Pass one by one. Until now, Hulao Pass has truly become an isolated pass.

But the extremely steep Hulao Pass is still a roadblock on the Tang army's way forward.

More than a hundred catapults were arranged under the inner city walls of the inner city. Because of the cover of the tall city walls, the Tang army catapults outside the city had a rate of fire, and the advantage of range could not pose too much threat to these catapults. The countless cannons set on the city walls were a great threat to the attacking Tang army.

This type of cannon is not big and has a long range. However, with the blessing of the tall city walls, the several kilograms of stones they shot out were a huge threat to the Tang army infantry.

Even a small stone falls from such a high place, which is enough to cause serious injuries to people, let alone such stones weighing several pounds. Good armor can effectively prevent the damage of arrows, but there is no way to deal with such blunt attacks.

If you get caught with each other, you may not be killed on the spot, but being injured is even more of a big trouble for the Tang army’s logistics.

Until now, Tian Ping's medical camp has been overcrowded, and most of them have been injured by such cannons.

Tian Ping stood under the banner of the central army, and saw that the trench under his command were digging hard was approaching Hulao Pass infinitely, and a trace of smile appeared on his face.

He was the main attacker when attacking Hulao Pass, but he still hadn't won the battle yet, which made him feel quite dull. Compared with the brilliant achievements of the other guards, he hoped that the Right Jinwu Guard would have a great victory to establish his position. Not to mention that he was above other guards, at least he could not be suppressed.

Defeating Xu Fu and winning the Hulao Pass is undoubtedly the best touchstone.

"You have a good idea." Looking back at Tian An beside him, Tian Ping smiled: "Those cannons are just wave shots and cannot accurately aim at the target. If we use such digging to advance, we can greatly reduce casualties."

"Brother, when we saw us digging a ditch outside, Xu Fu also asked someone to dig a cross ditch outside Hulao Pass, and then there will be a fierce battle." Tian Anduo.

Tian Ping smiled and said, "Who are we afraid of when we fight each other?"

Before the two of them finished speaking, a fierce battle ahead had already erupted.

When more than a dozen trenches were dug into the cross-ditch of Liang's army, the Liang army opposite rushed out with shouts and rushed towards the Tang army that was digging in the straight ditch.

The Tang army was not showing any weakness. Although the Tang army at the forefront was only holding an engineer shovel in his hand, they still roared out of the straight ditch, waved the engineer shovel, and chopped towards Liang army.

The engineer shovel in the hand of the Tang army was a heavy weapon. It was swung and slashed horizontally. The armor on Liang's body could not stop their momentum. As Tian Ping said, when the close forces were connected, the Tang army had never been afraid of anyone coming.

Better armor, better weapons, stronger physique, and more complete medical facilities have kept the Tang army's combat effectiveness at an extremely high level.

Compared with the Liang army, except for the complete off-production of the core troops as professional soldiers, the remaining troops still maintained the system of the palace soldiers and were only recruited and requisitioned during wartime.

However, the hundreds of thousands of guards in the Tang army were all professional soldiers. Under high salaries, abundant meat and high-intensity training, these people had combat capabilities far exceeding those of ordinary soldiers.

Everyone knows why the Tang army is strong, but other forces cannot imitate it. Now the Tang army's Caodian has long been acquired by other forces, and there are not many imitators. However, this imitation can only be maintained by a few direct troops. If all the troops are like the Tang army, then there is no need for the Tang army to fight, and they will collapse themselves.

Because it takes a lot of financial support to maintain the training method and logistics supply of Tang Jun, Li Ze now basically controls the two foreign trade channels on land and water, and can earn the most money from these foreign trades every year. Internally, land annexation is strongly curbed, re-registered the population, and recreated the civilian resources, which has led to a large increase in the taxpayer population. It seems that Li Ze's taxes to the people have been reduced again and again, but due to the increase in the taxpayer population, the tax income has been increasing steadily.

Then there is the development of business.

Although the tax rate for business is very high, the profits of engaging in industry and commerce are also extremely high. A large number of wealthy people who lost their land can only turn their attention to business. Li Ze also created a good business environment for these people, of course, on the basis of paying taxes according to regulations.

These policies cannot be implemented in Liang Jun or in Xiangxun, the south.

It is undoubtedly painful to know how the other party did it but cannot do it yourself.

The two sides were close forces at Hulao Pass, and the Tang army quickly gained an overwhelming advantage.

It was at this time that the gate of Hulao Pass opened wide, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the open closed door. The leader was the leader of the Liang army, Xu Fu.

Seeing Xu Fu going to fight, Tian Ping was not surprised but happy. This was the first time in a month that Xu Fu personally led his troops out of the city to fight back.

"The left and right wings are pressed up to attack the city. The central army follows me to fight Xu Fu and keep the old thief. The Hulao Pass will be destroyed!" Tian Ping yelled.

The flag was shaken, and Tian Tong, the left-wing wing, Pei Zhiqing, immediately destroyed the troops from the left and right wings to launch a suppressive attack on Hulao City. In the middle, Tian Ping led his three thousand personal soldiers to face Xu Fu directly.

The Tang army's movement was equivalent to forming a reverse-shaped battle formation under the Hulao Pass City, embedding Xu Fu in the middle, giving him space to fight against Tian Ping.

Xu Fu is much older than a year ago.

The death of his only son Xu Chong hit him hard, but also greatly increased his ruthlessness. The short person rode on an extremely divine horse, forming a huge contrast. The huge mace waving in his hand made this visual abnormality reach its extreme.

The short Xu Fu had suffered a lot of discrimination in the army, so after he became famous, except for his unchangeable figure, he pursued the maximization of everything else. The horse should have the largest and the most powerful weapon. There seemed to be endless power hidden in his small body. Not everyone can run this mace weighing more than ten pounds freely in his hands.

The white hair was tied with only a black strap. Xu Fu's eyes widened and he plunged into Tang Jun's pocket. Tang Jun, who was standing in front of him, was instantly overturned.

With a stick, a Tang Junya blocked the spear, and the gun rod broke from the middle. The mace hit the man's upper body heavily, and in an instant, the man's upper body was directly folded. When the mace was lifted, it not only hooked the tooth general's breastplate, but also a trace of flesh and blood.

The mace swept across the road, and the spears in the hands of several Tang soldiers who rushed up flew into the sky one by one. Before the Tang soldiers could turn around and escape, the mace that came back in a circle knocked the people away one by one.

The three thousand Liang troops who left the city were led by Xu Fu, and did not attack the Tang army's original formation, but instead rotated like a millstone on the battlefield, constantly killing the Tang army in this area.

Xu Fu, who was like a god of killing, made the Tang army, who had always been fearless, frightened. Wherever Xu Fu fought, the Tang army fled one after another.

In a short period of time, the attack on the Tang army in front of the central army was beaten to an extreme appearance by Xu Fu.

Seeing this scene, Tian Ping was furious and rushed towards Xu Fu.

Xu Fu held the mace in one hand and rotated around the air, lifting Tian Ping from bottom to top, but the horse spear in Tian Ping stabbed Xu Fu's chest flatly.

The moment the two horses approached, the mace and the horse spear were entangled.

The inverted hook on the mace and the mercy ring on the horse spear were connected to each other. One stick and one spear could not get rid of anyone for a moment.

"Save it!" Tian Ping shouted violently, holding the spear in both hands and stirring it hard, trying to lift Xu Fu and the spear into the air. Xu Fu sneered, and the other hand also put on the mace pole. With a loud shout, Tian Ping suddenly felt like a thousand kilogram of rock was pressed on his hands, and his bones were clattering.

"Save it!" Xu Fu shouted loudly.

Tian Ping did not let go, even though his whole body was pressed close to the horse's back at this time, and the spear rod was bent into a semicircle. If it weren't for the quality of this family-born horse spear, it would have been broken into two at this moment.

Seeing that Tian Ping's horse spear had not been taken off, Xu Fu was also a little surprised. He twisted his hands hard. Tian Ping felt that the horse spear was constantly beating in his hand, his palm was hot, and he was almost about to fly out of his hand.

Tian Ping knew that if Xu Fu twisted for half a circle, he would definitely not be able to hold the spear. When his heart was cold, another horse spear pierced in the diagonal direction towards Xu Fu, but Tian An saw Tian Ping's fearlessness and came to save him.

Xu Fu snorted coldly, his wrist trembled, and the mace took off the entanglement of the horse spear. When he smashed the horizontal rod, Tian An screamed. The horse spear in his hand was already flying without a trace. Seeing the other party's mace hitting his head, he was invisible.

Tian Ping, who was out of danger, once again stabbed Xu Fu.

In this short moment, he could see clearly that the only one who was powerful in the Liang army was Xu Fu. The remaining people were defeated step by step under the attack of his personal guards. As long as he could entangle Xu Fu, the old thief would have no way out in the end. When he was surrounded on all sides, even if this old thief was a god, he would have to be here today.

Before he could kill Tian An, Xu Fu swung his baton to block Tian Ping's horse spear. Tian An, who had gotten rid of a broken head, leaned over and picked up another spear, and stabbed him.

At this moment, even though I knew that the little dwarf might be smashed to the brain, I still had no way out.

Xu Fu did not entangle. After knocking away Tian Ping's horse spear, he grabbed the horse's belly and turned away. Tian Ping and Tian An looked at each other at Xu Furu's no-man's realm, gathered his subordinates, and then rushed towards the right-wing Pei Zhiqing.

In a blink of an eye, Pei Zhiqing was broken by someone. Xu Fu led his men to the other side. The city there opened at the right time, and Xu Fu broke the back one by one.
Chapter completed!