Before Xie Mingxuan entered Ningyuan City, the war started outside Yanmen Pass.

The Seven Kingdoms can't wait any longer.

Millions of troops gathered in the south of the Sirius Dynasty, and the cost was extremely staggering. Every extra day of waiting would be a huge pressure on the Seven Kingdoms.

On the second day of November, snow began to fall at Yanmen Pass.

The snowflakes flew from small to large, then from large to small, back and forth for three whole days.

On the tenth day of November, the snow melted heavily.

On November 12, the snow melted away, and the Seven-Nation Allied Forces outside Yanmen Pass also completed their final preparations for war.

On November 13, a dull horn sounded in the buffer zone thirty miles deep outside Yanmen Pass.

The Seven Kingdoms launched.

Those who actually participated in the war were the armies of the Six Nations, excluding the Golden Crow.

There was no declaration, no negotiation, not even a test. As soon as the battle began, the armies of the six countries approached Yanmen Pass with overwhelming force.

In front of Yanmen Pass, on the land less than five miles wide, the six countries directly sent a team of 50,000 people to pave the entire land.

This is also the most powerful formation that the Six Nations can put up in this narrow space.

Yanmen Pass is extremely wide both inside and outside. However, at the section before the gate, the terrain narrows sharply. The mountains on both sides converge here, forming a bell mouth less than five miles wide.

From ancient times to the present, all dynasties in the Central Plains have relied on the terrain and the danger of Yanmen Pass to keep foreign enemies out of the country countless times.

On the city wall above the main gate of Yanmen Pass, more than a dozen generals of the Chu army were fully clothed, standing in the wind, looking at the dark enemy troops approaching Yanmen Pass.

In other places above and below the city wall, more generals were walking around, giving final mobilization and instructions to the soldiers guarding the gate before the war.

Among them, there is Ning Buque.

Although he was the highest-ranking general here, Ning Buque did not serve as the commander-in-chief of this battle.

This battle belongs to everyone in Dachu, especially Ningyuan.

The coach of this battle was Yang Yanping, the Marquis of Ningyuan of Great Chu.

The main guard guarding the pass was General Chang Da of the Ningyuan Frontier Army.

During the war twenty years ago, Chang Da was just a new soldier. However, today's Chang Da has already become a powerful figure in the border areas.

"You bastards, are you afraid?" Ning Buque looked at the rows of straight-backed soldiers in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Don't be afraid!" All the soldiers responded in unison, the sound shaking the city wall.

"Erdan, are you afraid?" Ning Buque looked at a young soldier with a baby face and shouted with a tigerish face.

On the third day after arriving in Ningyuan, Ning Buque ran to Yanmen Pass and hung out with the soldiers guarding the pass for more than half a month. Ning Buque could now name many of them.

"Don't be afraid!" the baby-faced young man said loudly.

"What about you? What about you? What about you? Are you afraid of death?" Ning Buque pointed at several soldiers beside the baby-faced young man one by one and continued to shout.

"Don't be afraid of death!"

"Don't be afraid of death!"

"Don't be afraid of death!"

Several soldiers straightened their already straight chests and responded loudly.

"What will you do when the other side shoots arrows later?" Ning Buque shouted again.

"Shoot him back!" several soldiers shouted at the same time.

"Fart!" Ning Buque yelled.

Seeing that the soldiers in front of him were stunned, Ning Buque scolded with a dark face: "You bastards, have you turned a deaf ear to what I said?! Dou Tiezhu, tell me, what will happen to the people across from you later?"

What should you do when the wolf cubs are throwing stones and shooting arrows?"

While cursing, Ning Buque pointed at a primary school student in front of him and shouted.

"Don't worry!" the principal said loudly.

When the other soldiers heard this, they all burst into laughter.

"You are so ridiculous! You bastards! You have to be cowardly when you should be cowardly! You have to be afraid when you should be afraid!" Ning Buque kicked a soldier who was laughing happily next to the primary school, and then cursed.

:"Listen to me! Not being afraid of death does not mean not willing to die! When you should hide, hide your head in your crotch for me! If someone shows up randomly, I will strip him naked and slap him! Do you understand?

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"I understand!" the soldiers replied loudly with laughter.

Not far away, Chang Da had a sullen face, somewhat dumbfounded.

The officers and soldiers of Ningyuan had no longer used the practice of swearing and kicking like General Ning in recent years. When General Ning came, he brought this trend back.

But, strangely enough, many soldiers seemed to just follow his example.

In front of Yanmen Pass, 50,000 coalition troops are getting closer and closer.

When they advanced more than 300 steps to the Yanmenguan moat, the coalition troops at the front stopped.

For them, this distance is not only a relatively safe distance, but also the best distance for shooting.

Although there are many sharpshooters in the armies of various countries, even if the Yanmen defenders fired arrows at the coalition forces from a high position, after flying more than 300 steps, the power of the arrows would be extremely limited. On the contrary, the coalition forces had a very limited power at this distance.

A huge advantage.

Since the beginning of winter, the north wind has been blowing all year round at Yanmen Pass.

The coalition forces have a favorable wind.

Moreover, although it is a sunny day today, the wind is not light.

A distance of more than 300 steps, the arrows and stones thrown by the coalition forces could be easily crossed by the wind, and their power could even remain unchanged under the influence of the wind.

In front of the coalition formation, dozens of generals holding command flags came out of the formation, waving the command flags while galloping back and forth in the formation.

The coalition formation began to change.

Rows of shield bearers holding giant shields came out of the formation, walked to the front of the formation, and put the giant shields in their hands on the ground to form a shield wall.

Following the shield bearers came the spearmen.

These spearmen and shield bearers stood staggered, extending the spears in their hands from the gaps in the shield wall, diagonally upward, forming a forest of spears.

Behind the spearmen are rows of archers holding longbows.

Protecting the archers, in addition to the shield wall and the forest of spears in front, was a neat phalanx of infantry carrying ladders and battering rams.

Behind the infantry phalanx, a huge catapult was being set up.

At the very back of the formation, there are murderous cavalry sitting on tall horses.

Five teams of 10,000 people moved according to the order flag. Not only did they move quickly, but they also moved in an orderly manner without any chaos. They appeared to be well-trained and organized.

"It seems that these bastards have been fighting a lot over the years! They are so damn arrogant, they didn't even arrange a horse in front of the battle." On the city wall, Ning Buque had already walked back to Chang Da and said.

With a distance of more than 300 steps, if the guarding soldiers sent fine cavalry to charge, they could rush to the enemy's formation in a blink of an eye. However, the enemy's formation did not have any horses to slow down the cavalry charge, which was indeed a bit arrogant.

"The general seems to be happy to see the hunting spirit." Chang Da turned to look at Ning Buque and said with a smile: "However, the Marquis has a strict order, strictly prohibiting the general from taking risks. In this battle, we can only wrong the general."

The general is taking command."

"Sitting in command is nothing!" Ning Buque said angrily: "Chang Da, you kid, don't set a trap for me! You are the commander in chief in this battle, and the command is your business! I am a veteran! I will not violate your orders.

General, please don’t bring your marquis out to attack me! I won’t charge, but don’t stop me from killing the enemy on the city wall later!”

Although Chang Da is already the commander-in-chief of a large army in a state and a powerful general in the border areas, the treatment he receives here in Ning Buque is not much different from other soldiers.

"Don't worry, General! As long as the General doesn't charge, I promise that I won't stop the General." Being scolded by Ning Buque, Chang Da not only didn't feel dissatisfied at all, but felt more cordial, as if

It's back to the time when I was still a new recruit.

"Damn it, what are these bastards doing?" Ning Buque looked at the enemy troops in the distance and wondered.

Chang Da turned his gaze back to the enemy formation, and saw three archers holding giant bows in front of the enemy formation. They raised their giant bows, attached arrows, and pointed at where Chang Da and others were standing from a distance.

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"General, this is their old trick over the years, they want to establish their authority." Chang Da said with a smile.

"Damn it, from such a distance, how could they still hit you and me?" Ning Buque said scornfully.

"It doesn't matter whether the shot hits the mark or not. What they want is arrogance." Chang Da waved his hand gently, and several shield bearers stepped forward.

In front of the enemy's formation, a flag bearer standing next to three archers waved his flag down and shouted something. At the same time, the three archers stretched the giant bows in their hands almost to the full moon, then let go, and the three bows flew apart.

The string of arrows flew towards the place where Chang Da and others were standing with a sharp whistling sound.

Without waiting for Chang Da's order, several shield bearers stepped forward at the same time, leaned in front of Chang Da and others, and stood their shields in front of them.

With three snaps, the shield caught three arrows.

"Damn it, these bastards can really shoot!" Ning Buque glanced at the shield and said.

At a distance of more than 300 steps, three enemy archers shot upwards. Not only did the arrows hit the target accurately, but after hitting the shield, the arrows actually stayed on the shield without falling.
To be continued...