Luo Rucai took his team, walked without hurry, he felt very unusual for the arrival of Li Yan and his party, in a certain sense, he even doubted whether Li Yan was a member of the official army, he came to persuade himself and Zhang Xianzhong to return to Shaanxi, whether he wanted to lead the two into the encirclement, gather and annihilate them.

Luo Rucai is known as Cao Cao, it is by no means unreasonable, for everything, Luo Rucai will plan for the worst, and then prepare for the worst.

Therefore, the two decided to discuss and send Zhou Shun to Li Yan's camp.

Zhou Shun was saved by Zhang Xianzhong twice, needless to say that he was extremely loyal to Zhang Xianzhong, he escaped from the official army, and it was impossible to surrender to the official army, so he had to follow Zhang Xianzhong and run all the way to the black.

When the two of them sent Zhou Shun, they secretly ordered: pay close attention to this group of men and horses, and if there is any abnormality, immediately send someone to report, and at the same time let these five hundred cavalry be careful not to be eaten by others.

Zhou Shun is very smart, otherwise Zhang Xianzhong would not have promoted him, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were at ease with Li Dang, and it was Li Yan who was really not at ease, so his attention was more on Li Yan and the Red Lady.

Sent Zhou Shun away, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong discussed, the two of them separated, as far away as possible, so as not to be made dumplings, Zhang Xianzhong decided to walk in the middle, on the one hand to monitor Li Yan's people, on the other hand echoing Luo Rucai.

The two major rebel elites at the end of the Ming Dynasty really didn't eat dry food.

At this time, Li Yan and the Red Lady were not idle, Li Yan ordered his own men and horses to take the lead, Zhou Shun, the five hundred people in the back, and he and the Red Lady walked side by side, walking in the middle.

The red lady whispered: "It seems that Brother Li Kang's difficult brother is not worried about us. Li Yan smiled: "If you are replaced, will you rest assured?" The red lady said: "It must be the same." We suddenly appeared and caused them to change the direction of their march, and people would suspect that we were going to lead them into a trap. ”

Li Yan nodded: "This is obvious. Therefore, the battle of Tongguan must be carried out by us to eliminate the suspicions of Zhang Luo and the others. This will be beneficial to the enemy in the future alliance. ”

The red lady said: "You are right. Li Yan said: "But to attack Tongguan, we don't have enough people, in fact, even if there are many people, it's useless, Tongguan is extremely dangerous, and almost no one can attack it." Sneaking through the Forbidden Valley can only be a small group of people, which is embarrassing and useful, so I have never had any good ideas. But when I look at you, it seems that you have already made a bamboo in your chest. ”

The red lady smiled: "Yes, I have an idea, but in front of others, I can't say that if the news leaks, the officials and soldiers will not be fooled." I'll tell you when we're not far from Tongguan. ”

Li Yan nodded: "I understand, so I didn't ask you at that time, and I still have a concern, this time to attack Tongguan, we must not lose too much, otherwise it is likely that Zhang Luo and the others will take advantage of the fire to rob us, annex us, and incorporate us into their team." When the time comes, we will have no soldiers, and we will have to be strategists. ”

The red lady snorted: "At a young age, my ambition is not small, what do you want to do?" Could it be the emperor? ”

Li Yan grinned: "The emperor is not bad, three palaces and six courtyards, seventy-two concubines, all of them are beautiful and beautiful, and the country and the city are ......" The red lady took a sip: "I'm sorry, you're beautiful......"

Xiaoqing ran up from behind coldly, and answered: "If you want to be the emperor, you must make our sister Hong the mother of the main palace, otherwise I will ......fight hard with you."

The red lady was so ashamed that her face was red, she beat her whip, and the little green horse ran away, and the red lady chased after her.

Li Yanwan smiled, but his heart was still heavy, because Tongguan was too difficult to attack. In history, as long as Tongguan is broken, the Guanzhong area is in the bag. For example, during the rebellion of Tang Anshi, An Lushan could not capture Tongguan, so he used a counter-strategy to force the Tongguan guard to go out of the pass to meet the battle, which captured Ge Shuhan and broke the Tongguan.

At present, there will not be too many defenders in Tongguan, but with his 2,000 people, it is not easy to take the city. I don't know what the red lady can do.

After three days of marching, it was not far from Tongguan, Li Yan ordered the whole army to rest, sent someone to inform Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and the brigade began to camp.

That night, Li Yan and Li Danghong discussed how to enter Tongguan. The red lady no longer hid it at this time, and told her plan and discernment: "Tongguan is difficult to attack, the world knows that our two thousand people attack head-on, and there is no chance of victory, only with the help of surprise soldiers to sneak attack." ”

Li Dare said: "But it is very difficult to sneak through the Forbidden Valley, and the team can't get through, this idea has been said a long time ago, no." ”

The red lady smiled: "I wanted to sneak through the Forbidden Valley, but I didn't say that I would use our men and horses to sneak attack." ”

Li Yan was stunned: "Then what do you mean?" ”

The red lady said: "Use the men and horses of the Qin army to carry out a sneak attack." ”

Li Dang was taken aback: "What did you say?" With Qin Jun? The red lady nodded: "Yes, they have already attacked once, do it again, you are familiar with the road." Li dared to say: "But who will contact you?" Will Qin Jun believe it? ”

The red lady said: "Naturally, we went to contact, and no one else has even seen Qin Jun's face." ”

Li Dang shook his hand again and again: "That's not possible, as soon as we show up, we will be killed by Bai Qi." Li Yan said suddenly: "Not necessarily." You know, the last time they attacked and killed us, those people covered their faces, indicating that they were afraid of being recognized, and I think this matter is definitely not known in the Qin army. We suddenly appeared, and in a panic, we must not dare to openly attack us. Li dared to say: "If he doesn't do it openly, he will do it secretly." ”

The red lady shook her head: "Well, it depends on what we say." ”

Li dared to say: "What do you say? The red lady said: "Naturally, it's bragging." If you want to scare Bai Qi, he won't dare to do anything to us. Li Dare smiled: "Scare Bai Qi? As far as I know, Bai Qi has never been afraid of anyone. ”

Li Yan said: "This is otherwise, Bai Qi is a smart person, he knows very well that if Shaanxi only has his rebel army, it will be difficult to survive." We put the stakes in front of Him and trust Him to join forces with us. ”

Li Dang still didn't believe it: "Our people can't be brought over, why should he believe us?" ”

Li Yan smiled: "I can't bring it over, but he can come to us to take a look, tens of thousands of horses are here, I believe that as long as he is not blind, he can see it." ”

The red lady said: "Yes, let's go over, let them send someone to see our military appearance, and when the time comes, we will attack the city together, and under the attack on both sides, Tongguan will be broken." ”

Li Kang always felt that it was too risky to return to the Qin army, and his life and death were nothing, and it was a big injustice to affect Li Yan and the Red Lady. But seeing that Li Yan and the others had made up their minds, they knew that they couldn't persuade them, so in the end, they had to be cross-minded, a manly husband, and let go out, sacrificing their lives to accompany the gentleman, even if they died, they had to try their best to keep them safe.

So Li Dang picked ten sturdy men as guards, and early the next morning, he came to Tongguan with Li Yan and the Red Lady. They carried no weapons, loaded a few boxes of silk on their horses, disguised themselves as merchants, and successfully passed the checkpoint.

At this time, they saw that Tongguan was heavily guarded inside and outside, needless to say, because Huayin was occupied by the Qin army. Hong Chengchou did not have any extra soldiers to encircle and suppress at this time, so he had to send orders to various places, recruit soldiers, and defend on the spot to prevent the Qin army from attacking. Hong Chengchou believed that this Qin army was not large in number, and as long as the men and horses he sent to Shanxi and Henan came back, he would be able to set foot in Huayin immediately.

The Tongguan guards will receive the order, so they naturally dare not slack off, strengthen the defense all day long, and pay close attention to Huayin's movements.

But he didn't expect that tens of thousands of peasant troops would come outside Tongguan, and they were staring at it at this time.