Dark Fairy

Chapter 260 Pengshanguan

To the south of the Hong Dynasty, across the broad Tianfeng Plain is a large hilly area starting from Pengshan City.Continuing to the south is the main vein of the Pengshan Mountains, almost like erecting a high wall in the south of the entire Hong Dynasty.

It looks like a high wall but it's not a real wall, so there is always a gap, and this gap is the number one pass that the Hong Dynasty has attracted the attention of the whole country: Pengshan Pass.

The existence of Pengshan Pass has almost witnessed several of the most painful experiences of the Hong Dynasty in hundreds of years.

Every catastrophe in the Hong Dynasty began with the destruction of Pengshan Pass.Then the vast number of Yunyan barbarians will go northward along this gap, sweeping the entire Tianfeng Plain all the way, and after eating and drinking, they will go straight to the capital of the Hong Dynasty, Shunning.Then the royal family moved to Beining City, the northernmost city of the Hong Dynasty, with the Royal Family Yunzong, and the world of the Hong Dynasty could only fight on their own and became a wanton hunting ground for the Yunyan barbarians.

Of course, the Hong Dynasty can survive to this day, and it has never been destroyed by Yunyan. Whenever there is a critical moment, Shangbang Mingyuan will send envoys. South of Guan.Hong Chao was able to recuperate in this way.

So again and again.

In fact, it cannot be said that the royal family and ministers of the Hong Dynasty only ate dry food and did not do practical things.The solution is to think a lot, and work hard enough, but the gap in strength does not mean that a few decades of cultivation can lead to overtaking, and many times it is even impossible to recover to the previous time.How can this resist the Yunyan barbarian who has become more and more powerful after scraping the bone and extracting the marrow again and again?
This time, however, the situation appears to be slightly different.At least the battle at Pengshan Pass has lasted for more than half a year. Although it is in danger every day, it can always stand firm.With a creaking but still turning millstone, the flesh and blood of both parties were constantly worn away.

Half a year may not seem long, but it is not short either.And being able to hold on to Pengshan Pass for more than half a year without breaking it is already the longest record in the history of the Hong Dynasty.

It was also during this period of more than half a year that Hong Chao was able to intensively make unprecedented arrangements for the Tianfeng Plain.

Build forts, fortifications, and strong walls to clear the countryside.Claimed to be arming the entire Tianfeng Plain.

It seems like a simple sentence or two, but in fact it is a kind of coping method that is also cruel to oneself.

The Tianfeng Plain has rich soil and water, and has always been the main planting area for grain and other crops in the Hong Dynasty.Just a strong wall and clearing the field can be regarded as killing one thousand enemies and damaging one's own eight hundred.This is also the reason why the Hong Dynasty immediately issued a ban on alcohol and restricted the sale of grain even before Pengshan Pass was breached.

Because soon the Tianfeng Plain, the largest food producing area, will be turned into scorched earth where soldiers are raging.Save one more bite of food now, and maybe one more person will live in the future.

Today, the Tianfeng Plain is the area most affected by the people in the Hong Dynasty.The Yamen is already evacuating the people.But only the old and weak, women and children can walk, and all men under the age of 50 are not allowed to walk.Whether it is a farmer, a trafficker or a merchant, they are all treated equally, and all of them are left to serve the army.

Of course, the truly wealthy families had already gotten the news and left Tianfeng Plain, and only the vast majority of the middle and lower classes were really trapped.

Every day, cries and lamentations can be heard from all the official roads in Tianfeng Plain almost day and night.It's hard to leave our homeland, and this separation may mean that heaven and earth are separated forever, and the future is uncertain, and everyone will have to feel sad.

And going south along the Tianfeng Plain, I gradually felt the cold and tense fighting spirit and anxiety.

Nowadays, several military villages behind Pengshan Pass have expanded into a large group of military villages.Almost all the hilly areas between Pengshan City and Pengshan Pass were utilized.The total number of garrison troops has also increased from tens of thousands before to 13 today.

And on the Pengshan Pass, which has been bathed in blood so far, it can be said that every brick and stone has been soaked in blood.

From the day when Yunyan's barbarians invaded aggressively, and now more than half a year has passed, nearly [-] of the most elite soldiers of the Hong Dynasty have left their lives in Pengshan Pass.

And the Hong Chao side, which took advantage of the geographical advantage, suffered such heavy losses, and the Yunyan side, which attacked the pass, naturally suffered even greater losses.It is conservatively estimated that at least [-] to [-] lives were lost under the pass.

It is impossible for other countries to afford this level of consumption.Only Yunyan barbarian is not a problem.

Because the people of Yunyan, regardless of gender, old or young, can all be called warriors.Strong physique, tall body, and a lifestyle that combines nomadic herding and farming.Yunyan babies only have less than five years to reach adulthood.The people of Yunyan are very fertile. Twins and triplets, which are rare in Hong Dynasty, are very common in Yunyan. One child is rare.

There are many people, the maturity is very fast, and the food consumption is huge if the body is large.Once the population swells to the point where the land can no longer support it, changes are needed.Either expand the land, or shrink the population.

Yunyan and Hong Chao were both subordinate states, and the size of the land was set aside by the superior state, and they did not have the ability or dare to change it.So we can only take the latter path: reducing the population.

And population is the cornerstone of rule. Killing people for nothing will lead to rebellion.

So there is another saying called "the holy will of heaven".Taking the will of the gods as the shackles of the soul has been rooted in the hearts of all Yunyan people since childhood.Once it's time to start the war, that's when the gods decree that the Yunyan people should sacrifice.

Sacrifice your own bravery, and at the same time sacrifice the blood of your enemies.

Fighting for the gods, not fearing death, is the highest honor!
Even being able to die in a holy war is the biggest dream of most Yunyan people.

So at Pengshan Pass, if the soldiers of the Hong Dynasty were brave and risked their lives, then the people of Yunyan were crazy, a kind of madness originating from the spiritual level of fanaticism!
Even if it is disembowelled, it can strangle the opponent with its own intestines. Even without arms, it can still jump up and bite with its mouth.Even when he was about to die, he would laugh ferociously, hold on to his opponent and let his comrades behind him keep up with the hacking and killing. This scene was played out almost every day on Pengshan Pass.

So much so that this madness is also infecting the defenders at Pengshan Pass.That cruel, beast-like look appeared in the eyes of many veterans.And this may be one of the reasons why this pass has been able to hold for so long.

The tallest Zhenguan Hall in Pengshan Pass is the military office of Zhao Panshan, the highest official in Pengshan Pass.From the beginning of the war to now, Zhao Panshan has never moved even in the most critical moment.His general's flag is the biggest stabilizing stone for the more than [-] people on the entire pass.

At this moment in the main hall, Zhao Panshan, who was already aged, had a sad look on his resolute face that he rarely showed outside.And the same is true of the only three lieutenants left under him.It's just that apart from the sad look on everyone's face, there is more determination and sternness.

"Is there any way to remedy the situation of the city wall?"

(End of this chapter)