At the same time that Li Baochen led the army to the east, there was also a group of men and horses on the reckless snow field from north to south rushing, this is the main road extending from Hedong City to Fengling Pass, due to the fall of Tongguan, along the way has long been rumored, ordinary people have long been by the local government to Jiangzhou and other places in the north. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fall of Tongguan also led to the danger of facing the rebels directly on the back of the Hedong City, and after the Yellow River froze in the cold winter and lost its natural barrier, it was even more precarious. Although the Shenwu Army did not give up this place, it had already prepared for the worst, which was basically similar to Feng Yijun's disposal.

Once the rebels attacked and there was no danger to defend from Fengling to Hedong City, they abandoned the strong walls of Hedong County and withdrew to Jiangzhou, relying on the mountains from Gushan to Jishan to resist.

At this moment, the Fengling Pass, which is located on the side of the Fengling Ferry, is like a flat boat in the angry waves of the ocean, and this Guancheng located at the corner of the Yellow River is to the west and south is the place where the Yan army is rampant. In fact, there are already Yan army rangers and horses exploring horses between the Fengling Pass in Hedong County, but the Yan army should not be able to free up their hands to capture this small Guancheng for the time being.

Pei Jing looked up at the sky, he had to rush to Fengling Pass before noon, his subordinates had secretly gathered here in hundreds of people in the past month. Only in this way can we cross the Yellow River south and rush to Tongguan at the first time of nightfall, under the cover of darkness.

"Report! There are more than 100 rebel rangers advancing in front!"

Exploring the horse galloping back, Pei Jing's brows were furrowed, his eyes were sharp, and he raised his eyes to look south, and saw more than 100 rebel rangers coming with great fanfare.

Unexpectedly, the rebels have become so arrogant in this place of Hedong Road, in fact, it is no wonder that Pei Jing tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, and only brought more than 100 followers. In the consciousness of the rebels, the Tang army has always been incompetent, and with more than 100 people against the enemy, more than 100 people are naturally in their hands!

Of course, Pei Jing was not afraid of these extremely arrogant rebel rangers, but in order to arrive at Fenglingdu as scheduled, he was unwilling to make any extraneous trouble.

"Go around, fight hard, these rebels can't catch up and give up. ”

Pei Jing's more than 100 people are all one person and three horses in order to make a concurrent journey, if they compete in horsepower, those rebel rangers who ride alone will definitely not be able to catch up.

Perhaps it is precisely because Pei Jing's more than 100 people are all one person and three horses that this has aroused the covetousness of the rebels.

War horses are sharp weapons in the army, and no one will be indifferent to the fat meat that is right in their mouths!

The rebel rangers moved quickly, and Pei Jing could almost hear their excited shouts, but the more than 100 people did not panic, only drew an arc on the road, and easily drove away with them, and by the time the rebel rangers turned to catch up, the two sides had already driven nearly three miles.

In order to confuse this difficult group of rangers, Pei Jing simply changed the direction of the march, turned from south to west, and after crossing the Yellow River to the east, he entered the territory of Fengyi County, and galloped out for more than 30 miles, and those rangers finally disappeared.

Pei Jing therefore resolutely ordered to turn south, and the delay in this time was likely to make them too late to reach Fengling Pass before noon.

At this time, Pei Jing was already very anxious, if he couldn't arrive at Fengling Pass as scheduled, the entire plan of the Shenwu Army might fall short because of his own mistakes. So he no longer cherished horsepower, and turned to a lifeless gallop, although he did not miss the time, but nearly half of the war horses brought by the army ran to death.

Distress is distress, but compared to delaying the plan, it is already insignificant.

The person in charge of receiving Pei Jing in Fengling Pass was an old acquaintance Chen Qianli, and when he saw him, Pei Jing secretly sighed that the fat man in this impression had suffered many circles at the moment, and it was even difficult to call him a fat man anymore.

Obviously, this was not because he was not eating well, but because he was working hard. It would be nice if this person could share the same heart as the Imperial Doctor. However, people have their own ambitions, and they can't ask for anything, and some loyal monarchs can give up everything to serve the country, although it seems a little pedantic, but it is enough to make people awe-inspired.

At the time of the national crisis, Chen Qianli and Qin Jin had the same goal, so they could naturally be entrusted with an important task, otherwise how could they be placed in Fengling Pass, which is the closest to the rebels?

Fengling Pass crosses the Yellow River to the south, and it is only a few dozen miles away from Tongguan, and the fast horse gallops and can be reached in half a day, which is also the destination of Pei Jing's trip.

"General Pei, Chen has been waiting here for a long time, but fortunately he arrived in time!"

Pei Jing sighed.

"I met the rebel rangers on the way, and I went around Feng Yijun in a big circle before I got rid of them, but unfortunately, I was tired of a hundred and ten war horses!"

Whether it is a general or an ordinary soldier, the war horse is the meat of the heart, and when the army is marching and fighting, the grain and grain that they carry with them are not willing to eat, and they must be fed to the war horse at the critical moment. Now that a battle has not been fought, a hundred and ten war horses have died, and many of the soldiers have red eyes.

"If you can succeed in one battle, the horses will die as they deserve, and General Pei doesn't have to be too sad!"

Pei Jing suddenly felt that his nose was sour and his eyes were hot, not entirely out of regret for the war horse, but also contained a complex state of mind about the Tang Dynasty mansion. As far as his eyes could see, he suddenly found that the soldiers on the city wall were pouring water into ice outside the female wall, and he was puzzled and asked:

"Doctor Yushi has already ordered that once the rebels come to attack, they will abandon the city and clear the wilderness, so why should Chen Changshi bother to cultivate?

Chen Qianli glanced back at the city, his eyes suddenly became a little deep, and he smiled bitterly:

"The mountains and rivers are broken, Chen is heartbroken, and he has sworn as early as a month ago that he will live and die with this city!"

Pei Jing was shocked when he heard this, and he had an indescribable admiration for Chen Qianli. The city wall of Fengling Pass is only ten miles in radius, although it is much larger than some county towns in the poor countryside, but after all, it is a small city that is no more than three zhang high, if the rebels attack the east of the river, the nail of Fengling Pass must be removed, and there is almost no hope of holding it under the strong attack of the army.

However, Pei Jing also thought of another question, Chen Qianli was willing to die, what about the soldiers who defended the city with him? You must know that there are still 5,000 defenders in Fengling Pass, are they willing to die?

Chen Qianli seemed to see through Pei Jing's thoughts, and said with a sad smile:

"Chen Mou has long made it clear to the soldiers in the city that the guard general Gao Qi also has the heart to defend to the death, and the same is true of the five thousand soldiers under his command!" Saying that, Chen Qianli retracted his gaze, his face flushed a little, "The horse died well, Chen also died well, and there are no regrets in this life!"

Hearing this, Pei Jing burst into tears, knowing that Chen Qianli's choice was beyond his means, but if there were such loyal people in the world, how could the Tang Dynasty die at the hands of Yan thieves?

After being silent for a long time, Pei Jing suddenly dismounted and slammed Chen Qianli's long body to the ground.

Chen Qianli was taken aback by Pei Jing's actions, and quickly jumped off the horse and shook off his face.

"General Pei, why is this?"

"Chen Changshi Gaoyi, Pei Jing is ashamed, please accept it!"

After Chen Qianli shook it, he helped Pei Jing up, and squeezed out some stiff smiles on his face.

"General Pei's words are wrong, Chen is mediocre, so he has the heart to serve the country with death. The general is here, he is a heavy burden for his family and country, I hope you will take care, if the war is successful, Chen will die blindly!"

For a moment, the two will look at each other and weep.

Pei Jing suddenly cried in public because of the disadvantage of the army, so he forced a smile and said:

"Don't say anything frustrating, Pei will definitely succeed when he goes, and Chen Changshi will definitely see the day when he recovers the eastern capital Luoyang!"

"I hope so, I hope so!"

With that, the two laughed heartily.

Chen Qianli led Pei Jing into the city, which was originally built for the garrison, because there were only a few family members of soldiers in the city, and there were no ordinary people living in the city. Pei Jing was also surprised that Chen Qianli was able to stuff 25,000 people into this small city with a radius of less than ten miles for a month, which was really embarrassing for him, and it was extremely difficult for him to supply food alone.

was secretly questioning, but heard Chen Qianli sigh with emotion:

"Thanks to the fact that Yongfeng Cang is very close to Fengling Pass, Dr. Yu Shi originally transported the grain from Yongfeng Cang, and if it is shipped to Hedong Road, it must pass through Fengling Pass. ”

At this time, Pei Jing's 20,000 subordinates had already assembled in the school field, and he was very satisfied, so he just waited for it to get dark and drove out of the city.

"It took us more than a month to hide the whereabouts of these 20,000 people, and now it is not in vain. Lu Qi sent people to Hedong City yesterday to deliver the news, just three days ago, he burned hundreds of thousands of stone of military rations for the rebels, and the fire stretched for several miles, and Sun Xiaozhe's 200,000 troops were afraid that they would be hungry!"

Chen Qianli was overjoyed when he heard this, for more than a month, especially in the recent days, all he heard was bad news. From the fall of the counties in Guanzhong to the surrender of many officials to the rebels, there was not a single one that did not make him indignant. Now when I heard that the military rations of Sun Xiaozhe's army of 200,000 were burned on the way, my face was red with excitement.

It was as if a key question had come to his mind.

"If the rebel rations are burned several times in a row, won't the 200,000 rebels besieging Chang'an have to go hungry? Maybe, perhaps, it is very possible that the siege of Chang'an will be solved without a fight!"

Pei Jing nodded and said:

"That's right, but Sun Xiaozhe has long been planning to raid the counties in Guanzhong, and the main purpose is to loot grain in case of emergency. Doctor Yu Shi once said that Sun Xiaozhe is as cunning as a fox, so we must not underestimate this person, and Pei has judged that just cutting off the grain road may not drive him into a dead end!"

Speaking of Sun Xiaozhe, Chen Qianli gritted his teeth.

Chen hated to pick his skin and eat his flesh...... At the beginning of Xin'an City, this guy was not the opponent of the Imperial Doctor, tens of thousands of troops were scattered and destroyed by a fire attack, this time under Chang'an City, it will definitely re-enact the scene under Xin'an City!"

Pei Jing looked directly at Chen Qianli, and when he saw him talking, his expression was full of confidence, and he secretly sighed that Chen Qianli was once the old subordinate of the Imperial Doctor, although the differences were difficult to reconcile, but after all, they were inextricably linked...... It's no wonder that Doctor Yu Shi has shown mercy to this person's betrayal many times.