One or three thousand cavalrymen, all of whom were the elite of the Tang Army, Li Jiancheng was still very generous at this point, but in fact, he had no intention of using Zhang Shigui as cannon fodder.

According to the art of war, guarding the pass must go out to fight, and the enemy army cannot be allowed to attack the city with all its might, in addition to the benefits of boosting the morale of the defenders.

Of course, this is only for general combat, if the troops are insufficient, it is better for you to stay at home honestly, otherwise you will not be sent to death when you go out of the customs?

In the art of war, there are also many conditions for fighting out of the customs, and the strength of troops is on the one hand, and there are other cities as support, and mutual assistance is also necessary.

If a key pass like Tongguan near Chang'an is not out of the battle, there will be nothing to say except to show the incompetence of the defenders.

Zhang Shigui was chosen as a general, not because of anything on the side, not because Li Jiancheng wanted to play this Henan thief, but because Zhang Shigui was a native of Hongnong and was very familiar with the terrain.

It's a good idea, but Li Jiancheng doesn't know Zhang Shigui's character too well, and he will only make Zhang Shigui angry, and after leaving the customs, Zhang Shigui immediately ordered Lu Chengye to lead people to hurry up and probe the enemy's movements.

Zhang Shigui and Ashina Danai stood side by side under Tongguan, and the warm summer breeze blew on Zhang Shigui's face, but it made him feel a little depressed.

Looking to the east, the wilderness mountains and rivers of Henan seem to be in full view, so the mountains and rivers should be the place where the good man indulges in galloping and making contributions.

Ignoring his self-proclaimed heroism, he could not establish meritorious deeds and glorify the lintel of the Zhang family, nor could he protect the township from the suffering of chaos.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shigui looked back at the towering Guancheng, and snorted heavily in his heart, he was confused by Li Yuanxian's name, and he actually voted for such a person, he was really blind......

At this time, Zhang Shigui was actually very similar to Zhang Lun at the beginning, they both felt that they had made a lot of meritorious contributions to Li Yuan at the beginning, but in the end they did not get any benefits, but were repeatedly suspicious and excluded, which made them very dissatisfied and unhappy, so they had complaints in their hearts and gradually had different aspirations.

There is no need to beautify them too much, this is actually the inevitable result of Li Tang's expansion coming to a standstill, some talented people with poor family backgrounds cannot continue to make military achievements, and they will not be able to rise to high positions, so resentment will follow.

You can't keep your promise to make me prosperous and rich, but you have been treated unfairly, so why should I serve you?

Zhang Shigui's experience is not as good as Zhang Lun, both the official position and military power are much worse than Zhang Lun at the beginning, for the arrogant Zhang Shigui, the resentment in his heart can be imagined.

At this time, he was wrapped in a fire in his heart, but he was also very entangled, after all, his family members were all in Tongguan, and it was not so simple to leave.

But once a person like him has a different heart, he can't stop it.

So after Lu Chengye was opened, he said lightly with Ashina Danai: "The virtuous brother followed the King of Qin to fight in the south and the north, and made countless meritorious contributions, I can't compare, but now the leader of the troops is my brother, I am really ashamed." ”

Ashina Danai is also in his early twenties, with a stout figure, a lot of stubble on his face, and he already has a tendency to grow into a big beard, and he also has a big nose, standing in the middle of his face like a mountain, occupying a large and very important position, a pair of eyes are not big, but there is always a fierce light.

Yes, this patriarch of the Western Turkic royal clan is ugly, irascible, but not a brainless person, with a standard Turkic aristocratic character.

Listening to Zhang Shigui's words, this person opened a mouthful of big white teeth, and laughed coldly, "What did General Zhang say, I look at everyone in this pass, only General Zhang is the most heroic, with General Zhang leading the army, I am convinced." ”

Zhang Shigui immediately made a big joy when he heard this, patted the other party's shoulder and laughed, but in fact, he said in his heart, you Turkic people also came to play with Lao Tzu, hum, you can't cry after that.

But he said: "I have said it, the virtuous brother has been in battle for a long time, and he is better than me, but I actually just want to ask, the virtuous brother thinks that more than 50,000 horses is not much?" ”

Ashina Danai blinked his eyes a little blind, and said in his heart, why are you telling me this?

But he didn't want to lose his courage in front of Zhang Shigui, so he immediately said: "Not much, not much, it's just 50,000 lambs, I will lead the troops to kill it, maybe it will be scattered." ”

Zhang Shigui wanted this sentence, but he restrained his smile, squinted at the other party and said: "I want to kill a big fight and come back with some credit, so that people can be impressed, I'm afraid that the virtuous brother said it very well, but when the time comes, it will be ......."

Underestimated? Ashina Danai looked at Zhang Shigui's appearance, listening to what he said, he was a little annoyed at the time, and he wanted to go back when he opened his mouth.

But the people's eyes rolled, the stubble twitched, and they swallowed this breath, "General Zhang, we have an old Turkic saying, the reins of the horse are always in the hands of the master, so that it will not fall, and the knife is always in the hands of the warriors, so as not to hurt themselves, the prince has an order, so that we must not ......."

Zhang Shigui pursed his lips, turned around and pointed to Tongguan and said: "I thought that the virtuous brother had made countless contributions and was a hero, but I didn't want to be like those people in Guanzhong, timid, what big things can be done, or not, it doesn't take a lot of effort, the enemy is not far away, let General Lu go on a trip, let's wait here for the return, and save horsepower." ”

After speaking, he sneered several times, which was particularly exciting.

Now Ashina Danai is really hot, and he wants to punch him over and beat this guy who looks down on him to death here.

"You don't have to provoke me, if there is any good way to just say it, as long as you don't let me come back and be scolded, hmph, even if you keep running behind your horse's ass, what is it?"

Zhang Shigui finally regained his sense of superiority, and the Turkic royal family was tricked back and forth by him, so he naturally wanted to be proud.

But the look on his face was extremely solemn, "Brother Xian, rest assured...... You see, if you send Lu Chengye out for your brother and let him lead 500 soldiers to cruise behind the enemy's flank, it will make the enemy suspicious......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shigui looked at the sky, and then said: "When the sky is about to get dark tonight, let's lead the army to rush over...... Think that Wang Shiwei is a scoundrel, and Shan Xiongxin is a Henan bandit leader, what talent can he lead the troops? ”

"Under the suspicion of such people, they must gather soldiers, and see that we have few soldiers, and divide the troops into two places, I must think that we are just a sentinel to detect the enemy's situation, so there is slackness, I expect them to rest early tonight, waiting for the follow-up Chinese army, this is a good opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop, as long as the virtuous brother and I are of the same heart, the first battle to break the enemy is you and my brother's."