Chapter 314: Leopard Jade Pass Defense Battle

Hua Kai was not surprised at all by the Donghu army's attack method. When the wall of Baoyu Pass was built, he had already considered all these. Now it depends on how the White Tiger Corps performs.

When the Donghu army approached the wall of Baoyu Pass for 2 kilometers, the gate of Baoyu Pass opened wide, and the Qinglong Corps and the Qinglong Reserve Corps went out of the pass in a row. They had rested for a few days, but some people were too heavy in karma and could not follow the corps out of the city this time.

Seeing that more than 7,000 people from the Qinglong Corps and the Reserve Corps had left Baoyu Pass, the Donghu army did not dare to stop them at will. They were fine in defense against the Qinglong Corps. If they organized an offensive pursuit formation, the Qinglong Corps had the strength to break through any of their offensive formations, so they could only send 3,000 elite cavalry to guard behind the infantry.

Hua Zichen led the Qinglong Corps and the Reserve Corps out of the pass, and did not attack when he came behind the Donghu army, as if he was just watching the other side's performance.

But the Donghu army did not dare to be careless at all. They let more than 30,000 elite cavalrymen get as close as possible to the infantry formation, organizing the attack on Leopard Jade Pass while preparing to resist the attack of the Azure Dragon Corps.

Although the Azure Dragon Corps is powerful, its number is small after all. The Donghu Kingdom has dominated the grassland Donghu for thousands of years. The national culture and fighting will are not weak. They will not be easily deprived of their fighting spirit by the Azure Dragon Corps. As long as they can break through Leopard Jade Pass, the entire Gaoliu County will open the door for them. At that time, what can these light cavalry do even if they are powerful?

Many middle-level generals of the Donghu army think so. What they are looking forward to now is that the slave soldiers they lead can break through Leopard Jade Pass. If it was before, let alone 100,000 troops, 5,000 people could easily open the door of the Central Plains, but seeing the Leopard Jade Pass today, they actually lost their confidence.

Driven by the Donghu soldiers, the Donghu slave soldiers carried siege equipment and walked towards Baoyu Pass step by step. When they were close to 100 meters away, countless arrows were shot from the arrow tower on the wall, and Donghu slave soldiers kept falling down.

But this could not stop the Donghu army from advancing. Some slave soldiers were a little late, and the soldiers next to them whipped them. If they were disobedient, the soldiers would directly meet them with swords and guns. The Donghu Kingdom treated slaves the most cruelly in the grassland.

Hua Kai saw those slaves with faces from the Central Plains, approaching the wall step by step with lifeless eyes. Some of them were shot and killed halfway with bad luck, and some were killed by the Donghu soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground. They didn't want the injured slaves to affect their pace.

Seeing that the Donghu soldiers killed slaves as easily as killing a sheep, Hua Kai felt a burst of anger in his heart. These slaves were originally people from the Central Plains! Now they can only let the Donghu people manipulate them in order to survive.

The Donghu slave soldiers were trying to survive, and so were all the people in Baoyu Pass. If they were soft-hearted towards these slave soldiers, it would be cruel to themselves, and to the entire Gaoliu County, as well as the Central Plains countries such as Yan, Qi, Dai, and Zhao.

When the Donghu slave soldiers finally arrived at Baoyu Pass, hundreds of them pushed huge battering rams towards the city gate. Countless boulders from Baoyu Pass fell from the ten-meter-high city gate, and a large number of slave soldiers and Donghu soldiers were crushed to death. When they were only 5 meters away from the city wall, more than 70% of the hundreds of people were killed or injured. They were surrounded by stones, and countless bows and arrows on the wall shot at them. The Donghu army began to clear the stones blocking the way in front of them in the rain of arrows and the boulders on the wall.

But it seemed that the stones on Baoyu Pass could not be thrown away no matter how hard they tried. Thousands of Donghu slave soldiers had been killed or injured in less than half an hour. At this time, the catapults in the distance began to show their power.

In the distance, catapults flew towards Baoyu Pass like ordinary cannonballs. Many of them hit the city wall and fell under the corner of the wall. Occasionally, some hit the wall and the inside of the pass, destroying many houses.

The deterrent power of catapults is far greater than their actual effect. As long as they don't hit people directly, they are basically no threat to those above the Qidong realm. Hua Kai saw the captains of the White Tiger Legion commanding the battle on the city wall while telling the soldiers how to deal with the catapult attacks. They were all professional city defenders, and they had already memorized the methods to deal with these ordinary catapults, even though they had only seen them for the first time!

Countless slave soldiers began to carry ladders and rush towards the wall of Baoyu Pass. The catapults of the Donghu army still did not stop. Several soldiers of the White Tiger Legion on Baoyu Pass used long poles to push out the ladders on the wall of the pass. Some slave soldiers who had only climbed halfway could only choose to jump the ladder when they saw this.

Hua Kai stood motionless on the wall. A stone as big as a head flew from afar and landed right where he was. Hua Kai held the [Dragon Gallbladder Spear] and stabbed the flying stone. The stone turned into powder when it hit the tip of the [Dragon Gallbladder Spear]. Ordinary stones could not withstand the innate level of true qi.

There were shouts and screams outside the wall. Facing the flying stones, the captains of the White Tiger Corps who were above the Qidong Realm were busy picking up the stones. The soldiers lowered their heads and fought against the enemies who were climbing the ladders on the wall.

The slave soldiers of Baoyu Pass were also very busy. They transported stones from the armament warehouse to the wall. They also treated the wounded or dead soldiers in time. Therefore, although there were only 1,000 White Tiger Corps soldiers fighting on the wall, there were more than three times as many people assisting them.

The battle lasted for more than 4 hours. The Donghu army did not attack Leopard Jade Pass. They left more than 10,000 bodies and began to retreat. Although the battle at Leopard Jade Pass seemed fierce, the losses were very small. Three soldiers were killed by catapults and nearly 100 soldiers were injured, most of whom were slightly injured.

Compared with the White Tiger Legion, the slaves suffered heavy losses. More than a dozen of them were killed by catapults and more than 300 were injured. The main reason was that they had to carry supplies up and down the wall and were most likely to be splashed by falling stone fragments.

The Qinglong Legion and the Reserve Corps had been waiting outside the pass until the battle was over, but they had not taken action. As long as they stood here, they would have been very useful. If they wanted to take action, they had to wait until the Donghu army climbed the wall. That was when they should take action.

Seeing that all the Donghu cavalrymen returned to their camps one by one, the Qinglong Legion and the Reserve Corps no longer entangled with each other, and they returned to Leopard Jade Pass together.

As soon as the Qinglong Legion left, Hua Kai saw the Donghu army split a hundred-man team and headed towards the east side of Leopard Jade Pass.

"Kai'er, will this team of 100 people go to the Donghu Kingdom for help again? Do you want me to take people to kill them?" Hua Zichen said when he saw the figure of the Donghu 100 people leaving in the distance.

"You don't have to. It's already mid-October. Winter will come in less than a month. If the Donghu Kingdom wants to expand the scale of the war, it must send most of its elite troops. Now they don't have that time.

Besides, look at those 100 soldiers. Are they all full of water bottles? They are out of water and have to go get water!" Hua Kai said as he looked at the Donghu cavalry leaving in the distance.

The core area of ​​the Donghu Kingdom is nearly a thousand miles away from the Baoyu Pass. Every time they go south for hunting, the biggest supply problem is water.

The soldiers can make dried meat early, but people and horses need to drink water along the way. The daily water consumption of 100,000 people is not a small number.

There is a small river two miles east of the Baoyu Pass. I guess they went there to get water.

Looking back at the Donghu camp, Hua Kai looked at the sky and an idea came to his mind.

In order to resist the surprise attack of the Qinglong Corps, the Donghu army built a camp on a 500-acre low hill. All their tents were close together. If they used fire attack, it would be very easy for them to burn the camp. Moreover, Baoyu Pass was on the south side of the Donghu army camp. In this season, the north wind usually blows...

Hua Kai carefully checked the layout of the Donghu army camp and knew that the Donghu army camp was just short of water. This fire attack method could be tried.

As soon as he said it, Hua Kai asked the Qinglong reserve group to rob and kill the Donghu water team, and he and his uncle began to discuss how to fire attack the Donghu army camp.

For three consecutive days, the Donghu army relied on slave soldiers and the defenders of Baoyu Pass, as if they wanted to consume all their arrows, rolling logs, and stones. However, even if the Donghu army attacked for ten days or half a month, it might not be able to consume all the defense materials prepared by Hua Kai at Baoyu Pass.

In three days, the Donghu army's water-fetching team was robbed and killed many times by the Qinglong Reserve Corps. In order not to be led too far by the Qinglong Reserve Corps, the elite cavalry did not dare to leave the infantry behind and go too far. Therefore, when they were withdrawing troops in the afternoon of that day, several innate realms of the Donghu army could not help but quarrel together.

Baoyu Pass is no longer the Baoyu Pass of the past. It is too difficult for them to climb the ten-meter-high wall. In the three days of siege, more than 20,000 slave soldiers were sacrificed, but they did not even climb to the top of the wall once.

Facing the defense of Baoyu Pass, these slaves have only one role, that is, to consume the opponent's defense materials. As a result, their arrows, rolling stones, and stones have not decreased at all. If they want to make a breakthrough next, they can only let the Donghu soldiers come by themselves.

It's almost the end of October, and they can't afford to waste time! The drinking water in the camp has almost run out in the past few days. The enemy's elite cavalry is watching them. If they want to get water, they may have to go to the river with the whole army to be absolutely safe. They have seen the strength of the enemy's elite light cavalry.

Some Donghu generals think that they should send the main force to attack the wall of Baoyu Pass tomorrow. As long as they can break through the pass, all problems will be solved naturally.

Some people think that the camp should be moved to the river now. Baoyu Pass is completely different from before. They need to slowly understand each other and then find a suitable opportunity to attack the city. After all, they still have about 80,000 soldiers. It is not a problem to capture a Baoyu Pass that is only 500 meters wide.

Just as they were arguing, a soldier suddenly ran in: "General, the gate of Baoyu Pass is open, and the opponent's elite cavalry has come out again!"