Martial Arts: Breaking the thunder with a snap of a finger, do you think you are a doctor?

After pretending to think for a moment, Zhu Wushi looked at Shangguan Haitang and said:

"Haitang, this matter is in your charge."

"Report to me in time if there is any situation."

"Yes, godfather!"

Shangguan Haitang nodded in response.

Shangguan Haitang could naturally understand the meaning behind Zhu Wushi's words.

After all, Duan Tianya didn't know the forces behind Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue, but Shangguan Haitang knew it very well.

In fact, it was precisely because Shangguan Haitang used the intelligence power of the world's No. 1 manor to cover up that Dongfang Bubai and others had not attracted the attention of other forces until now.

Duan Tianya didn't raise any objections to Zhu Wushi's arrangement.

After all, Shangguan Haitang was responsible for the intelligence of the Hulong Villa, and this kind of thing was indeed within her scope of responsibility.

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Liyang Dynasty.

Since receiving the news that Zhao Bing, the Prince of Yan, had surrendered after being defeated, Xu Xiao ordered the remaining 150,000 Beiliang troops to return to Beiliang at full speed.

After five days of long journeys, Xu Xiao and his men had already entered Qingzhou, and were only two days away from Beiliang.

"What's the situation now?"

Xu Xiao, riding on a horse, looked up and glanced ahead, then spoke.

"Replying to my foster father, the Chu army, led by Li Jing, has been following us, and is about half a day away from us."

Ye Xizhen, who was standing next to him, reported.

After Yuan Zuozong led the light cavalry to leave first, the overall coordination of the Beiliang army was now completed by Ye Xizhen.

After listening to Ye Xizhen's words, Xu Xiao's calm expression became even more solemn.

"It seems that they are worried about forcing us."

Xu Xiao spoke slowly.

With Xu Xiao's intelligence, he could naturally see that Li Jing and his men were not unable to catch up with them, but were deliberately keeping a certain distance from them.

Such a situation could only mean one thing, that is, Chu had other arrangements on their way back to Beiliang.

Now they did not catch up with them immediately, just to consume some of their energy and wait for them to tire themselves out.

"Is there any news from Beiliang?"

Xu Xiao asked again.

"Not yet."

Ye Xizhen shook his head.

Just then, there was a commotion in the front army.

Then Xu Xiao and his men saw Yuan Zuozong riding his horse and whipping his whip, coming to them in a dusty state.

"Zuozong, what's going on?"

Looking at the blood and scars on Yuan Zuozong's armor, Xu Xiao hurriedly asked with concern.

Yuan Zuozong turned over and dismounted, kneeling directly in front of Xu Xiao, and said with his face to the ground:

"Adoptive father..."

"Get up and talk!"

Xu Xiao said in a deep voice.

Hearing Xu Xiao's words, Ye XizhenThe general Yuan Zuozong helped him up and asked:

"Tell me what's going on now?"

Yuan Zuozong said with a guilty and sad face:

"Father... Qingliang Pass has... fallen!"

"What?"

"How is this possible?"

After hearing Yuan Zuozong's words, Ye Xizhen retorted with a look of astonishment:

"This is impossible!"

"Even if the Chu army stationed in Baidi City marched as fast as we did, it should take another day to reach Qingliang Pass. How could Qingliang Pass be lost?"

"Could it be that those Chu soldiers can fly?"

Xu Fengnian, Yao Jian, Qi Dangguo and others did not believe it at all.

In Qingliang Pass, there are 50,000 elite Beiliang soldiers stationed, led by Chu Lushan himself.

According to their previous expectations, even if Yue Fei personally led the army to attack the city, Chu Lushan should be able to hold out for a day thanks to the strategic location of Qingliang Pass.

Then their army would have been able to rush back to Qingliang Pass.

But now Yuan Zuozong actually said that Qingliang Pass had been lost.

How could they accept this?

"The one who conquered Qingliang Pass was not Yue Wumu!"

"The one who led the troops was a general named Xiang Yu."

"He looked younger than 20, but his martial arts skills were very impressive, and his strength was not inferior to Huang Man'er at all."

"The 10,000 light cavalry I led were ambushed by the Chu army when they were approaching Qingliang Pass."

"If it weren't for my brothers who fought to the death to cover me, even I would have found it difficult to rush out."

"Judging from this, Qingliang Pass might have been conquered by the Chu army long ago."

Yuan Zuozong told all his experiences in detail.

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After listening to Yuan Zuozong's story, Ye Xizhen and others fell into silence.

"Xiang Yu?"

"A descendant of the Xiang clan of the former Chu State?"

Xu Xiao murmured in surprise.

When fighting against the Chu State, Xu Xiao had never fought with Xiang Yan, but he still knew about Xiang Yan's ability.

Although the Xiang Camp led by Xiang Yan was small in number, it was the real first elite of the Chu State and caused great trouble to the Qin State on the Qin-Chu battlefield.

"But if it was not the Baidi City defenders, where did the Chu army that broke through Qingliang Pass come from?"

"Does the Chu State have other hidden military forces?"

Ye Xizhen asked in confusion.

Xu Xiao and Li Yishan had already guessed something at this time.

Li Yishan shook his head with some emotion and said:

"The Chu army that broke through Qingliang Pass came from Li Jing's army."

"Li Jing?"

"That's impossible!"[]

"Isn't Li Jing's army still behind us..."

Speaking of this, Ye Xizhen suddenly thought of something, and stood there in a daze, opening his mouth and saying:

"Is it... those Chu soldiers who "died in battle" at Kuimen Pass?"

Ye Xizhen also thought of this at this time. Before breaking through Tai'an City, Xu Xiao summoned them to discuss matters in the central tent and said that Gu Jiantang and the Chu State had reached a deal in secret, wanting to use the Liyang defenders to consume the combat power of their Beiliang Army.

If this is the case, then the Chu State should not have so many dead soldiers.

But in the battles along the way, the Chu Army has always maintained casualties similar to their Beiliang Army.

That's why they were deceived for so long before.

Now that I think about it, those soldiers of the Chu Army were not actually killed in battle, but they were hidden by them as a cover.

In order to capture Qingliang Pass unexpectedly and cut off their retreat.

"This..."

Yao Jian and Qi Dangguo also understood everything at this time.

But it was too late.

Qingliang Pass was their only route back to Beiliang.

Now that Qingliang Pass has fallen, they really can't go back.

...Chuan...