Chapter 23 Dongning Pass

Inside Dongning Pass at this time.

The night is like a curtain, the stars are twinkling, the Milky Way is casting shadows, and the moonlight is like silver.

The moonlight sprinkled on the bluestone slabs, creating a faint silver luster, like a splash-ink landscape painting.

Occasionally, the sound of horse hooves broke the quiet night.

Zuo Lipeng, the commander of Dongning Pass, was standing in his study, pacing restlessly.

Zuo Lipeng, who had just been reading a military book in the study, suddenly felt a little irritated and uneasy.

At this time, in the City Lord's Mansion of Dongning Pass, six sword slaves appeared on the roof at the same time, their eyes fixed on the study below and the uneasy Zuo Lipeng inside, as if they were staring at prey.

"Forget it, maybe there's something wrong with the weather."

"Dongning Pass is the rear base of Cangzhou, how could there be any problems?"

After thinking for a long time without any clue, Zuo Lipeng shook his head and forced himself to convince himself.

He turned and walked towards his original desk.

Dongning Pass, as the rear base of Cangzhou, has been peaceful for a long time. Even in history, the northern gate of Cangzhou has been breached several times.
But it was quickly taken back by the Jiuxiao Army that went north to provide support and the support forces from the central region within the Great Wall.

However, just when Zuo Lipeng’s hand was about to touch the desk!

Sonorous!

As the sound of the sword being drawn rang out, Zuo Lipeng's hair instantly stood up and his muscles tensed up.

Unfortunately, it was too late to react.

I saw six sharp sword lights falling from the sky!

He attacked every vital point of Zuo Lipeng's body, while at the same time blocking all his space to dodge.

The Six Sword Slaves of Luowang, six in one, have extraordinary skills and are good at killing with one move!

For most people, a round of combined attack is almost an instant kill.

The initial joint attack of the Six Sword Slaves was their peak moment!
With the six of them having master-level martial arts skills, in this situation, even a celestial being or a god of war could be severely injured or even killed on the spot if they are not careful!

But can Zuo Lipeng, the defender of Dongning Pass, be a god of war?

of course not!

Daqian is not that luxurious yet.

Dongning Pass, as the gateway between Cangzhou and Central Region, is located in the rear of Cangzhou.

If the enemy had reached Dongning Pass, it would mean that Cangzhou had been completely occupied, and the supporting Jiuxiao Army would have been wiped out as well.

In this case, it doesn’t matter whether the defender is a god of war or not.

The reason why a divine general could be sent to Dongning Pass was because Yunzhou had been a little restless in recent years, and a divine general was squeezed out.

Otherwise, it would be enough to just send a warrior to Dongning Pass, which had been peaceful for a long time.

After all, being sent to Dongning Pass where there is no war is basically equivalent to being hidden away, and there is no chance for him to make any meritorious service.

But now, some people have set their sights on Dongning Pass.

Faced with the attack of the Six Sword Slaves that would make even the God of War retreat, Zuo Lipeng, a divine general, had already used all his strength to resist.

But it didn't have much effect because the strength of the two sides was too different.

Zuo Lipeng's hands, which had just been raised, instantly left his body and flew in the air.

Then, two sword lights came one after the other, piercing his heart and throat in an instant.

"Ho ho!"

Feeling the life force rapidly ebbing from his body, Zuo Lipeng, who had lost both arms, stared with wide eyes at the six men in black who appeared in front of him.

"Go inform General Chengdu that the plan can begin!"

The leader of the six sword slaves, Zhen Gang, stepped forward.

He chopped off Zuo Lipeng's head in the face of his unwilling gaze, and then gave instructions to the ghost beside him. Since Su Ye has decided to start taking Cangzhou, then Dongning Pass, the rear of Cangzhou, is naturally the first problem that needs to be solved.

At this moment, in the woods not far from Dongning Pass City.

Yuwen Chengdu, who had split up with Chang Ke not long ago, was squatting here quietly with his sworn brother, the Red-bearded Dragon Jin Wushu.

Behind them were several small tribes on the grassland, as well as many grassland refugees who had fled south due to the winter disaster.

At this moment, they were being hyped up by Jin Wushu, who was close to them by virtue of his status as a member of the Yuwen and Wanyan clans.

He was dreaming of breaking through Dongning Pass and entering the prosperous Central Region to plunder at will, and he did not notice the subtle smiles on the lips of Yuwen Chengdu and Jin Wushu beside him.

"Cuckoo, cuckoo."

At this time, Yuwen Chengdu, who had taken off his iconic golden armor, was folding his arms, leaning against a tree and closing his eyes to rest.

After hearing the familiar bird call, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Jin Wushu who had also reacted.

"Wu Shu, I'll leave this to you."

Although Yuwen Chengdu is the main general of this operation, it is okay to let him charge into battle, but it is not impossible to let him formulate a series of plans.

But he was very self-aware and knew that his ability in this area was far inferior to that of his sworn brother, who in his memory had shown talent as a commander since childhood.

In terms of martial arts, Yuwen Chengdu could kill Jin Wushu in just a few rounds after unleashing his full strength.

But if we talk about leading troops and commanders, the situation of the two brothers would be reversed.

"Brother Chengdu, rest assured. With Wushu here, Dongning Pass will be easily captured by our Jiuxiao Army!"

Jin Wushu, who was standing aside with a ruddy complexion and holding a golden sparrow axe, patted his chest and said with confidence.

"Well, you better be careful."

Nodding to Jin Wushu, Yuwen Chengdu's figure quietly disappeared into the dark woods, and none of the aliens who were immersed in their own world noticed it.

"Hey!"

"Eagles of the grassland, it's time to show our bravery."

"If we can break through this barrier, we will have all the food, beauties, and various cold-weather supplies in the Central Region."

After Yuwen Chengdu left, Jin Wushu spoke in a grassland dialect with an accent, encouraging this group of idiots.

For this group of grassland refugees who did not even dare to invade and fled south.

You tell them about conquering Dongning and competing for the world, but they don't care about that at all.

But if you tell them that after breaking through Dongning Pass, there will be food, beauties and even the most important cold-proof supplies for this group of people.

Then their eyes would definitely glow green, and they would all be screaming and yelling as if they were injected with chicken blood.

There is no way. They are a group of refugees fleeing from the grassland. What else can you expect from them?
The poor ones don’t even have pants to wear.

When people are poor, they have low aspirations. Even though this group of foreigners have been fooled by Jin Wushu, they still remember basic common sense. Conquering the world is too far away for them.

Their only thought now was to break through Dongning Pass, eat enough food, fill their stomachs, and preferably get some beauties.

All we can say is that there is no absolute right or wrong in wars in the world.

For this group of grassland people, they just want to have a full meal and survive.

That's all, it's not even a request.

This is a basic right that every life should have.

But for them, it is a supreme gift.

However, their humble request has to be built on the suffering of innocent people in the Central Plains.

The world is not black and white. Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

The law of survival in the world is that either the wolf starves to death or the sheep is bitten to death!
This was also the irreconcilable conflict between nomadic civilization and agricultural civilization when productivity was underdeveloped in ancient times!

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