Ugly moment.

Tongguan has fallen asleep, the bright moon has already jumped high from the top of the tree and hung in the air, and the city head is full of silver light.

The two Shi Jin brothers led the battalion generals and soldiers down Tongguan, and a patrol team of twenty people walked in front of them, and the leader saluted: "General Shi, there is nothing important tonight, why don't you go to rest?" ”

"Tens of thousands of troops outside the gate are eyeing me, and General Xu entrusts me with the heavy responsibility of guarding the city, how dare I go to bed early?" Shi Jin smiled bitterly and glanced at the man, the man's surname was Jia Mingtao, the word Yangbo, he was a member of Xu Huang's lieutenant general, and he was also Xu Huang's confidant.

"Yes, the last general feels the same way, the coalition army outside the gate is like a sleeping tiger, and no one knows when they will wake up." Jia Tao sighed and waved his hand at Shi Jin, "General Shi, the last general has to go on patrol again, so I won't bother!" ”

Shi Jin grabbed Na Jia Tao and said: "Deputy General Jia, Shi was originally a general under General Niu Fu, Hongnong was defeated, and General Meng Xu did not give up the important task. What I admire most in my life is the heroes who serve the country and the people, and the heroes who are loyal and conscientious.

What I hated the most was my boss-like figure. Shi wants to wait for the Guanwai coalition army to withdraw and transfer to General Xu, and have a pot of rice with Vice General Jia, a group of heroes and heroes, and I want to ask for your support.

Adjutant General Jia, Shi and you hit it off at first sight, today happened to let Shi Mou's arrow fall off the horse, and the coalition forces outside the border have no action, we can also rest for one night. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, why don't you accompany Shi to have a drink now? ”

The men in the army are all good drinkers, Jia Tao didn't realize that his eyes were bright when he heard this, and his mouth was dry, but there was another sentence in his mouth: "General Shi, General Xu is highly disciplined, and alcohol is forbidden in the army, I'd better go on patrol, and wait for the next time to accompany General Shi to drink a few more glasses!" ”

Where did Shi Jin let Jia Tao leave, and tightly grabbed Deputy General Jia and smiled: "Haha, Vice General Jia, you won't even give Shi this face, right?" General Xu's law is strict, and Shi naturally knows that Shi will have to mix under General Xu's account in the future, how dare he forget this military regulation and law?

However, now that you and I have not fallen asleep in this Tongguan, General Xu has worked hard for the past two days and slept peacefully tonight, I have a few drinks with you, God knows about this, how do other people know? ”

"But, this patrol is a matter of the general's confession, I..." Jia Tao hesitated.

Shi Jin glanced at Ishihara and the others, and Ishihara immediately understood: "Deputy General Jia, this Tongguan is a husband who is not open, although Shi is not as outstanding as his brother's archery skills, he is also familiar with things in the army." You can take a good rest tonight and chat with my brother, and leave this patrol to a few of us and your brothers, and Shi will keep it and not a single fly will fly in! ”

……

A quarter and a half of an hour later, Shi Jin walked out of the big tent, his eyes swept around, and when he saw that it was still as quiet as ever, he put his hand in his mouth and whistled, and several figures came to him from the darkness in a flash, and the leader was Shi Yuan.

"How are they?" Regarding the arrival of Ishihara, Yang Chun and others, Shi Jin was not surprised, but asked.

"They're all gone!" Ishihara swiped his right hand in front of his neck, sneered and pouted at the grass not far from the tent, "It's all there!" What about your side? ”

"Drunk as mud!"

"Why didn't you kill him?"

Shi Jin's eyes swept sharply over everyone: "Xu Gongming is strong and strong, and he is a talented general who can attack and defend, if this person serves the lord, why worry about the world not being peaceful?" This person is Xu Gongming's confidant and favorite general, and he can't be killed, and there must be a gap between Xu Gongming and the lord who kills him.

You are all brothers who have followed me for many years, and you are also the shadow of the lord. The lord has already killed the Quartet with the White Horse Congyi and Zhu Yanying, and if we want to get ahead, we can't do things with all our enthusiasm, but also use our brains to think about what the lord needs, and blindly conspiracy and assassination can't solve the problem. ”

It turned out that these people, including Shi Jin and Shi Yuan brothers, were all brothers of Wang Lidi's listening camp, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they took refuge in Wang Li and began to settle outside the pass very early.

Shi Yuan is Shi Jin's brother-in-law, and Yang Chun and the others are also Shi Jin's confidant brothers, seeing that Shi Jin's words are full of emotion, he hurriedly nodded.

Shi Jin had already taken out a token from his arms and handed it to Yang Chun and said, "Little monkey, although you and Feng Bo and the others have always been in our army, Niu Fu doesn't know each other. Now that Ishihara and I have been exposed, we will be transferred back to the Qinghe main hall by order of the camp master after the Tongguan incident.

I will hand over the Guanxi Hall to you and Feng Bo, although the procedure still needs the battalion master's order, but now it is a war, and I will deal with this matter first. This token is my order to listen to the main order of the camp in the Guanxi Hall, which is related to the safety of the 100 people in the hall and the deployment of the lord in the Guanxi, which is of great significance and is not trivial, remember not to venture! ”

Yang Chun looked at the token in his hand, his eyes were hot, and he solemnly gave a military salute: "Don't worry, hall master, dang."

Year we will follow the heavens... At the time of the rebellion, the court regarded us as a mustard and wanted to kill them all, if it were not for the lord's bold advice, we would have died and had no place to be buried.

In the past, when he was under the city of Guangzong, it was the lord who risked being impeached and asked Yang to transport the remains of the brigade commander and his brothers back to his hometown for burial. Yang only listens to the orders of the lord in this life, and will never smear the face of the boy and the lord in Jizhou! ”

"Yes!" Shi Jin nodded, patted Yang Chun and comforted, "The lord also said that Lvshuai Ding is a person worthy of respect. But after all, we are gone, and according to the Lord, we have to live in the present. Later, we will open the city gate to greet the lord, and you will quietly go to Niu Fu and flee back to Chang'an with him. ”

"You don't hand over Niu Fu to the lord?" Yang Chun looked at Shi Jin in surprise.

Shi Jin shook his head, raised his head and looked at Guanshan Mountain, hundreds of miles away, as if he saw the drunken dreams and splendor in Chang'an City, and slowly exhaled: "Niu Fu is just a small shrimp, what we want to catch is a big fish!" ”

After saying that, he waved his hand at Yang Chun and Feng Bo, and Shi Jin led more than a dozen people to part ways with Shi Yuan and others, and went straight to the gate of Tongguan to close the gate.

On the Tong Pass, several Xiliang defenders huddled tightly together.

"The weather is getting colder and colder on this dog day, Lao Tzu will tell the general tomorrow that Lao Tzu will change to daylight." A Xiliang soldier yawned and shrunk his hand into his long sleeve.

Another Xiliang soldier sneered: "What kind of Spring and Autumn fart are you putting out, you don't know how many brothers died during the day, the gang of butchers under Cao Cao and Wang Li have been attacking frantically in the past two days, how many of the 20,000 brothers in Tongguan can stand up now?" I don't care if it's cold or hot, as long as this guy who eats is still there! ”

"Well said!"

A burst of applause sounded from the darkness, and all the soldiers were startled, and hurriedly raised their heads and straightened their waists: "General! ”

Shi Jin nodded: "Is there any situation under the gate?" ”

The soldiers replied in unison: "No! ”

"You're all there, aren't you?"

"General Yu, we have just changed our guards, two squads of twenty people, except for Zhang Jia, who was injured during the day and was resting, the remaining nineteen people are here!"

"Well, that's good, it's okay!" Shi Jin nodded, walked to the arrow stomp and looked down, only to see a long dragon faintly below, and suddenly his eyes narrowed slightly into the distance, and his face was shocked: "What is that?" ”

Everyone stomped on the arrows and looked out, and more than a dozen men in black rushed out of the darkness like cheetahs, the short swords in their hands emitting a cold light in the moonlight.

Looking at the nineteen soldiers defending the city who fell in a pool of blood, one of them had stepped forward and took out three white flags and shook them at the mouth of the arrow, and saw one hundred and eighty torches suddenly rising under the gate. Shi Jin nodded and smiled: "Switch!" ”

More than a dozen people rushed to the winch and worked hard in unison, the machine sounded, the Qianjun stone gate of Tongguan was slowly hoisted, and the fire dragon four or five miles long meandered silently and silently, leaving only traces of the camp on the flat ground in the distance.

……

Xu Huang was so tired in the past two days that he had fallen asleep when he fell on the bed.

In his sleep, he seemed to have returned to his hometown, he rode a high-headed horse, like a groom and a pheasant feather, swaying left and right. In front of him is his childhood sweetheart's cousin, with a phoenix crown and a curtain on her face.

He was just about to stretch out his hand, but his cousin had already knocked his hand off, pulled the obstacle on his head, pointed at him and scolded: "The surname is Xu, you are embarrassed to come back and marry me if you don't distinguish between loyalty and treachery, good and evil?" Dong Thief committed a blood debt in Luoyang, and you still take refuge in this thief? Although I, Yang Hua'er, am just a mountain and weed, I would rather not marry than be your wife in this life! ”

"Yang Hua'er is doing well!"

"Hit him!"

One by one eggs fell on Xu Huang's face and body, full of egg yolks, and even the pheasant feather was knocked off, so he was not embarrassed.

As soon as the style of painting changed, Xu Huang was already standing in the Tongguan lobby, and there were a few people sitting in the hall, Yang Feng, Niu Fu, Jia Tao, etc., all of them were in the column, all of them were blurred with flesh and blood, and their faces were covered with blood.

Seeing himself walking into the lobby, Yang Feng waved the long sword in his hand and scolded him angrily: "Xu Gongming, Yang has always regarded you as a humerus, promoted you to the rank of cavalry captain, and put the safety of Tongguan in your hands. ”

"Huh!"

The brilliance flashed, his forehead was cold, and a steel knife brushed his scalp, Jia Tao also stood in front of him and pointed at himself and scolded: "General Xu, I, Jia Tao, have followed you for many years, and I have always been loyal, I don't want you to open the door and die in your hands, I will break off with you today!" ”

Steel

Hit the ground and make a deep groove in the ground.

Xu Huang screamed and woke up from his sleep, sweating profusely. Xu Huang sighed, but saw that the torches outside the camp tent were burning red, the sound of fighting continued, the tent door had been opened, and several generals walked in, and the tiger and dragon were majestic.

It was Wang Li, Cao Cao, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Xiahou Yuan, and Man Chong, the generals of the Cao Wang coalition army outside the pass, and when they saw that Xu Huang had woken up, Man Chong stepped forward and said: "Gongming, do you still know the old people of Shanyang?" ”

"Manberning?"

Xu Huang nodded, had already stood up from the couch, and looked at everyone with a sneer, "Wang Deyu, Cao Mengde, as well as Zhao Zilong, Gao Boxun, Xiahou Miaocai, in terms of martial arts alone, you Zhao Zilong and Xiahou Miaocai are at will, and I Xu Gongming may not be an opponent, you come to my account together, you can really afford me!" ”

"Of course I can afford you! Otherwise, wouldn't it disappoint the heroes of the world? Could it be that you still think that the lord and the generals are here to arrest you? ”

Belch? Xu Huang was stunned for a while, and Man Zhong had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "The courage of the public is rare in the world, so why succumb to Dong Thief and Yang Feng?" General Cao is a hero in the world, and he is known all over the world; Tongguan match, see the public is very respectful, can't bear to fight to the death with a strong general, specially invited. Why don't you abandon the dark and turn to the light and achieve a great cause together? ”

Hey? This Xu Gongming Wang has already booked, you Man Boning actually dug the corner of the wall in front of him, and he didn't want to be cheeky?

Before Wang Li could speak, the curtain was lifted and two people turned out: "Man Boning, if you want to talk about the old love of the homeland, are we more advantageous?" ”

Yang Xiu and Pei Juan arched their hands towards Wang Li, turned to Xu Huang and said, "Brother Gongming, don't you hear that good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to do things." When you meet the master of things, and you miss it, it's not your husband. ”

People often say that dreams are born from the heart, and the scene in the dream of Shicai, the scolding of my cousin, and the kindness of Yang Feng and Jia Tao appeared in front of me again.

My heart is moving, but I don't know what to do.

Xu Huang looked at the two groups of people dumbfounded, and said after a while: "I want to keep Yang Feng safe!" ”

Cao Cao hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Gongming, don't worry, this Cao can promise you!" ”

Wang Li also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Killing the lord with a minister is a great injustice." Gongming is really a big husband, Wang and Meng De will never interfere! What else do you have, just ask! ”

Xu Huang nodded, and then said, "I want Jia Tao to be worry-free!" ”

Who knows who this Jia Tao is? Cao Cao was stunned, looking at Man Chong and Xiahou Yuan, the two of them were also blindfolded for a while, and a few embarrassments were written on their heads.

Zhou Cang, who had already helped Jia Tao, who was weak on his hands and feet, walked in and said to Xu Huang: "General Xu, Vice General Jia is not harmful, Brother Shi just invited him to drink a few glasses of wine." Brother Shi concealed you first, and if you are ashamed to see the old man, you won't come! ”

Jia Tao buried his head in front of his chest with a flushed face, Xu Huang patted Jia Tao and sighed, looked at Cao Cao and Wang Li and continued: "I still have one more request, my troops should also be equipped with Bai Yujing!" Moreover, I want Shi Jin to be my lieutenant! ”

Cao Cao almost got sick out of anger: "Gongming, for the generals to know the time, the place, understand the hearts of the people, be familiar with the military books and be familiar with the chest, proficient in the three talents and integrate in the heart, and command the army to play freely, how can you indulge in such a small way as strange tricks and tricks!" Moreover, that Shi Jin is just a lieutenant general, Cao can match you with three or five lieutenants who are not weaker than him! ”

Xu Huang arched his hand towards Cao Cao, and said, "What Gong Cao said is right. However, as a general, he must not only consider the victory or defeat of the battlefield, but also the life and death of his brothers.

There is a way: water is impermanent, the army is not normal, the battlefield is even more ever-changing, the art of war and the three talents of heaven, earth and man, of course, are the way to win, but if there are more choices of ordnance and equipment, more than one percent of the chance of victory under the command of the soldiers can be less damaged, wouldn't it be better! ”

After a pause, Xu Huang then said "viciously": "As for Shi Jin, he dared to drunk my brother with wine and misunderstood my big event, how can he be a man without revenge, I want to kill him with wine!" ”

Cao Cao's face was full of black lines, Gao Shun also took a step forward, changed his previous majesty, nodded at Xu Huang and said coolly: "The opponent has already done it, let's do it again!" ”

"Haha, Bo Xun and General Komeito are so right!" Wang Li turned around and patted Cao Cao's shoulder, laughing, "Meng De, mourn, General Gongming will be Wang's person from now on!" ”

……

On the avenue from Tongguan to Chang'an, Niu Fu looked back at the bright lights of Tongguan, listened to the bursts of shouting and killing under his feet, felt the evening breeze of freedom all over the mountain, patted his chest and let out a long breath, and turned his head to run with Yang Chun and Feng Bo.

Only the sound of horses' hooves remained on the avenue.