Qin's troubles did not stop there. The entire Yiqu surrendered and the aristocratic families rebelled. Many of Qin's soldiers were killed. Yiqu seemed to be breaking away from Qin's control.
When Qin sent out a large number of troops to suppress the rebels, how could the tribes of the grassland give up such an easy opportunity to enter the pass? They began to wantonly plunder the northern part of Yiqu. At this time, the newly conquered Ba and Shu countries were also becoming unstable.
Large numbers of rebels appeared in Ba and Shu countries at the same time. They rose up together to resist Qin's oppression.
The Qin State completely adopted a policy of coercion to the newly occupied countries. One of the labor laws was that all the families in the country were divided into three, six, and nine ranks according to military merit. The lower the rank, the longer the annual service time, at most more than six months a year.
Ba and Shu countries were the granaries of Qin. They had sent a large number of experts to Ba and Shu countries. Because of the obstruction of the Qinling Mountains, ordinary soldiers could not reach Ba and Shu countries.
Qin controlled a large number of aristocratic families in Ba and Shu, but the experts could not control all the people of Ba and Shu. These people who rebelled had the consent of the aristocratic families. Qin experts could only urge the aristocratic families to suppress these ordinary people's rebellion.
When Hua Kai heard this, he knew that there must be a rank 1 aristocratic family behind this. Other than Chu, Han, Wei and Zhao, no one could cause such a scale of rebellion. Qin's head and feet were on fire at the same time.
All the major countries knew that these rebellions could not shake the foundation of Qin. They could only cause some trouble for Qin.
But this could delay the development of the Qin Kingdom and give some countries more time to prepare. Hua Kai could feel that a great war was brewing. When the effect of the drought was over and the people had a little rest, this great war would come.
Hua Kai also felt the urgency of time. Thinking about the advice of Saint Zeng Can, if the Hua family wanted to make a difference in the great war in the future, now was the time to accumulate strength.
September 19th, early morning, outside Baoyu Pass, Northern Mountain Bandit Camp.
After spending half a month here, the Northern Mountain bandits had almost finished all the food they had brought. The bandit leader had yet to recover from his serious injuries, so he didn't dare to show his face for fear of being discovered by the young general who had injured him last time. He knew how terrifying that young man was.
A few of his subordinates had already come looking for him many times, asking him when they would launch the attack. In the past few days, they had already dismantled many tents and gathered some wood to make some simple climbing ladders. As long as they could break through Leopard Jade Pass and Tall Willow City would be within reach, even if they had to pay some casualties, it would be worth it.
The leader of the Northern Mountain Bandits also knew that it was time for him to make a choice. Now, the defenders of the pass would definitely not come out to negotiate with him like before. If they wanted to attack Leopard Jade Pass, they would have to fight for real.
Early morning, the Northern Mountain Bandits once again walked out of their camp. Hua Kai stood on top of Leopard Jade Pass and looked at the enemies below as they arranged themselves in a tight formation. To be honest, whether it was discipline or strength, these bandits were much stronger than the sixth rank Fang family that Hua Kai had encountered a few days ago. Quietly watching them move the ladders out from the rear, he knew that the enemy was finally about to launch their attack.
Hua Kai originally arrived at Leopard Jade Pass yesterday, accompanied by 5000 cavalrymen. Now, about 80% of the cavalrymen in the entire Tall Willow Region were at Leopard Jade Pass. Hua Kai had checked the Northern Mountain Bandits' camp yesterday, he discovered that if he forcefully attacked the enemy's camp, he would suffer great losses, so he decided to wait for a few more days.
He didn't expect that the enemy would attack early in the morning, and from the looks of it, they intended to do it for real.
Looking at the tens of thousands of people rushing towards Leopard Jade Pass, this was the first time Hua Kai saw such a huge formation, but he wasn't nervous at all, his heart was filled with excitement!
"Hua Kai, we have to leave. If we don't leave now, it will be difficult for the cavalrymen to exit the pass!" Hua Zichen rode his Heavenly Dragon Colt and said to Hua Kai at the gate.
The Northern Mountain Bandits had already formed a formation and were walking towards Leopard Jade Pass. If they were allowed to walk to the bottom of the city walls and the gate couldn't be opened, then the Hua family's cavalrymen wouldn't be able to display their superiority.
"Go!
Remember to wait for them to attack before you move, don't let a single one escape! "Hua Kai shouted from the city walls.
"Don't worry!
The Hua family's elites are all mobilized, if we still can't take down the Northern Mountain Bandits, then we won't have the face to stay in High Willow Region. Since they dare to leave the camp, then today is the day the war ends! "Hua Zichen finished speaking and led all the cavalrymen out of Leopard Jade Pass.
This time, not only did he bring along the 2600 Hua family's light cavalry, he also brought along the main fighting force from Guang County. These people were the future seeds of the entire High Willow Region's army.
When the Northern Mountain Bandits saw Leopard Jade Pass' gate open, they quickly charged towards the gate.
Hua Zichen took the lead and charged into the enemy's formation, with the Hua family's light cavalry following closely behind. Along the way, they encountered people who dismounted from their horses. When the number of people exiting the pass exceeded 5000, the Northern Mountain Bandits could only form a spear formation to defend from afar. If they continued to obstruct the Hua family's cavalrymen, their losses would only be greater.
The Northern Mountain Bandits had no choice but to be forced to this extent. Since they were obstructed by Hua Zichen's 300 light cavalry a hundred li outside of Leopard Jade Pass, they had been forced into a passive position.
They couldn't run, they couldn't break through, and they were already out of food. Now, they could only place their hopes on breaching Leopard Jade Pass.
Close to 10,000 cavalrymen left Leopard Jade Pass and walked towards the distance. They stood a kilometer away from the Northern Mountain Bandits and quietly watched them, as though they were enjoying the wonderful siege battle that was about to happen.
The Northern Mountain Bandits had no other choice. They could only send out 5000 soldiers to form a defensive formation, while leaving 4000 cavalrymen to take care of the outside. This way, the remaining 17000 men would be enough to attack Leopard Jade Pass.
The siege battle began amidst the shouts of the Northern Mountain Bandits.
They formed more than 10 teams and started to attack Leopard Jade Pass's walls from more than 10 points. When the Leopard Jade Pass's garrison saw the enemy approaching within a hundred meters of the wall, they started to shoot their arrows. There weren't many arrows, so their killing power was limited. They could only injure the bandits below the Initial Element Realm.
The enemy's ladders were already placed on the wall. The Hua family used their weapons to push the ladders away. The bandits below the wall began to return fire with their bows and arrows. The siege battle had finally begun.
The four meter tall wall wasn't difficult for the bandits. Some of them quickly climbed up the wall using the ladders. When the garrison saw this, they hurriedly went up to stop them. The Leopard Jade Pass's garrison was at least at the late stage of Body Tempering Realm. After attacking for half an hour, the bandits still couldn't step onto the wall. As for the Hua family cavalry led by Hua Zichen, they were still observing from afar.
Hua Kai saw that the bandits had finally started to send out their elites. Many bandits above the Initial Element Realm had started to climb the ladders themselves. However, the strength of the Leopard Jade Pass' garrison was beyond their imagination. After another hour, more and more bandits' corpses were piling up, but they still couldn't step onto the wall.
When the bandit army saw this, they sent out a hundred elites from their cavalry division. They followed the hundred leaders of the siege army and started to organize the siege. The weakest of them was at the Qi Transformation Realm. There were even some who were at the Initial Element Realm. Hua Kai saw that all the important forces of the bandits had been mobilized. He instructed the Household Servant to be careful when dealing with the enemy. At this time, some bandits finally managed to break through the wall. The various captains of the garrison were busy dealing with them.
Hua Kai and Yu Jun saw that there were more bandits breaking through the wall. The Initial Element Realm bandits couldn't last more than a few moves from them. When the bandits saw that there were a few Initial Element Realm bandits riding on BMW's, they caused some chaos on the Leopard Jade Pass's wall.
When the bandit army saw that their leaders were riding their horses up the wall, their morale was instantly raised. In an instant, there were dozens of bandits that managed to gain a foothold on the wall. The bandit elites behind them had already broken through the wall and were rushing over. When the Hua family elites saw this, they also rushed over to provide support. In an instant, the Leopard Jade Pass was filled with battle cries.
Hua Kai purposely waited for those BMW Initial Element Realm bandits to jump up the wall. In this short period of time, he had killed more than twenty Initial Element Realm bandits, leaving behind more than twenty BMW's. The number of BMW's among the bandits had exceeded his expectations.
A Initial Element Realm bandit riding a BMW landed near Hua Kai. Before he could land on the wall, Hua Kai fired two shots and took his life. The garrison soldiers came up to stop the BMW from hurting anyone. At this time, Hua Kai saw that the gap on the wall was getting bigger and bigger. This was somewhat abnormal.
Right now, the Hua family had more than thirty Initial Element Realm experts on the wall. With the advantage of the wall, even if the bandits managed to climb up the wall, they wouldn't be able to last for long. One of the bandits had a tall stature and was wearing a full body armor. He was actually able to suppress several Hua family Initial Element Realm experts and forced them to retreat. Hua Kai checked his status and saw that he was actually a Xiantian Realm expert.
This was the bandit leader that Fifth Uncle mentioned. Perhaps he saw that Fifth Uncle was outside the pass, so he decided to take action. Hua Kai quietly approached the bandit leader. When he saw Yu Jun rushing over from afar, he signaled him not to be anxious.
Yu Jun also knew Hua Kai's intentions. He quietly went to block the bandit leader's path of retreat. Hua Kai arrived within five meters of the bandit leader and raised his spear. When the Hua family saw that Hua Kai had come to support them, they immediately surrounded the bandit leader, wanting to stop this Xiantian Realm expert.
The bandit leader also sensed that Hua Kai was a Xiantian Realm expert. However, he wasn't worried at all. With a loud roar, he repelled the surrounding people and charged towards Hua Kai.
The two weapons clashed for the first time. Hua Kai continuously used his [Space Splitter Spear] technique. The bandit leader didn't expect that Hua Kai's spear technique would be so good as well.
After more than ten moves, Hua Kai's [Ice Power] had already caused the bandit leader's face to turn ashen. His hair and eyebrows were covered with a layer of frost. The bandit leader's movements became more and more sluggish. He had no choice but to use his True Qi to remove the [Ice Power] from the Hua family's body.
Yu Jun killed a few bandit experts who had broken through the wall. Seeing that the garrison troops had once again taken control of the wall, he stopped at the edge of the wall and watched Hua Kai fight with the bandit leader. He wanted to prevent the bandit leader from escaping.
Hua Kai fought for twenty rounds with the bandit leader. His spear pierced through the bandit leader's breastplate. The bandit leader hurriedly retreated. He knew that if he continued to fight, he might die here. Therefore, he circulated all his True Qi and wanted to jump down the wall to escape. However, at this time, he felt a gust of wind coming from behind him. He didn't have time to use his True Qi to defend himself before the spear pierced through his chest.
Hua Kai saw that Yu Jun had already heavily injured the bandit leader. He chased after the bandit leader and pierced his neck with his spear. Seeing the bandit leader closing his eyes with a look of unwillingness, the garrison troops of Leopard Jade Pass were all excited.
When the bandit leader climbed up the wall, Hua Zichen saw it clearly from afar. He led the Hua family cavalry and charged towards the enemy camp. The enemy's 3000 cavalry stood at a distance and didn't dare to block them. They could only harass them from the side. There were only 500 people left in the bandit camp. The Hua family cavalry easily broke through the enemy's line of defense. Hua Zichen led over a hundred Hua family elites and killed all the bandits they encountered. They removed all the barricades and the Hua family cavalry quickly broke into the enemy camp.