Qin Zhao's idea was purely to lighten the burden of the emperor and share some difficulties. But it is also a typical crooked beating, which makes Zhu Youzhen extremely uncomfortable.

The current Qin Zhao is like a buzzing mosquito, flying back and forth around him, screaming. Ignore him, it's annoying, and if you're not careful, he'll pounce on you and bite you, sucking a belly full of blood. But when you want to beat him up, he doesn't know where to fly, or he just punches him hard and swings it in the air, which makes people uncomfortable.

It is impossible to leave it alone. Qin Zhao's cavalry also has considerable destructive power, after entering the Zhaoyi area, Xuanwu's logistics supply has actually become fragile, this is not in Xuanwu, Luoyang, Guanzhong These places, the developed canal area can make the Xuanwu army have sufficient supplies, in Zhaoyi, can only rely on manpower to transport grain and grass supplies, the possibility of being hit by the enemy is greatly increased.

Zhu Youzhen could only send his most elite cavalry to follow the opponent around, and at the same time ordered the foot soldiers to set up a card to encircle, hoping to block the opponent and then gather and annihilate him.

However, after Emperor Li Yan's team entered Luzhou, he suddenly turned around and took Huguan, Zhu Youzhen had already woken up, and in addition to continuing to send people to pursue the cavalry of Qin Zhao, the main forces under his command had already come to Huguan.

At this time, the Tianping Department that was originally in Changzhi also pulled out the camp and went to Huguan, and for a while, the small Huguan actually gathered more than 50,000 troops including Xuanwu, Weibo, and Zhaoyi. On the other hand, Huguan formed a solid defensive system with the two large battalions in the north and south and Huguan itself, taking advantage of the favorable terrain of Huguan to contend with the attackers.

After Tian Ping arrived at Huguan first, he immediately took the lead in attacking.

The battle of Huguan began.

And when the first arrow was fired in the Battle of Huguan, the Wuwei army also launched an attack at the same time in Wuxiang, Yangyuan, and Licheng. The speed of the mobilization of the army in Wuwei Festival Town, the speed of the march, far exceeded Tian Yue's imagination.

A month ago, Wuwei Jiezhen was still lazy and didn't seem to have done anything, but sent 20,000 armor soldiers led by Shi Zhuang to enter Xingzhou, and then took control of Beizhou and Zhaozhou. But a month later, Wuwei suddenly gathered more than 100,000 troops and launched a full-scale attack on Luzhou.

Even if you don't count the troops of Han Qi in Hedong, Li Ze's concentrated troops have exceeded 120,000 troops, how to count the 20,000 cavalry he has assembled, under his command, the strength has exceeded 150,000.

In the face of the rapid attack of such a huge army, Wuxiang County, Yangyuan County, and Licheng County were almost powerless to resist, and after a little contact, they were defeated one after another, and fled all the way back to Luzhou City.

With the rout of the northern front, the soldiers and horses of the Tian clan who stayed in the eastern line could no longer hold on, and the clan abandoned Tunliu County and retreated all the way to Luzhou. Han Qi's troops and Li Ze's troops drove straight in, and on the tenth day after the outbreak of the war, the troops reached Luzhou City and surrounded it on three sides.

Han Qi's subordinate Li Cunzhong even divided one part and captured Changzhi, and the front of the army pointed to Huguan.

There is not much time left for Zhu Youzhen.

"General Zhu, Huguan is a natural danger, and the other party has made full preparations, even if it is a long-term siege, it will not be able to trap them to death because of the existence of the two large battalions in the north and south, in a short time, even if we are willing to exchange our lives, we will definitely not be able to defeat it. Retreat, the opportunity is gone. Xue Xiong looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was a little angry, and admonished.

"I want to try again." Zhu Youzhen, whose eyes were red, clenched her fists: "The goal is in front of you, how can there be a reason to go back without trying." No matter how difficult it is to fight, it is also guarded. ”

Tian Ping, who was silent on the side, snorted coldly and said: "General Zhu, it's not that I poured cold water on you, I have already tried it before you came, and I didn't fight Huguan, but the big camp on Baigu Mountain in the north. Those ones were prepared to hold on here from the beginning. Those Shence troops were originally vulnerable, but after letting them see the emperor, they became outlaws one by one as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. If you want to play the kettle, you can turn it off, but my department can't help much. ”

"I don't need you to help me, you can just keep an eye on the north side for me." Zhu Youzhen said: "General Xue Xiong, the south will be handed over to you, keep an eye on Chen Bing, and don't let him have a chance to reinforce Huguan." ”

"Naturally, there is no problem with this, but General Zhu, the mouth of the pot is so large, are you sure you want to attack?"

"If you don't give it a try, how can you die?" Zhu Youzhen said: "I Xuanwu Army, I will never retreat when I see difficulties. Let's all go down and prepare, tomorrow at dawn, I will lead the main force of my department to fight as hard as possible, if there is really no chance, let's talk about retreating. ”

"Yes!" Tian Ping and Xue Xiong hugged their fists and left.

There was only the general Xuanwu Yansu left in the tent, Zhu Youzhen walked between them, looked at them and said: "Everyone, at this moment, the commander has broken through Tongguan, and the army will take Chang'an, just around the corner." Luoyang Chang'an, it's all in my hands, I think everyone knows what this means, Datang is finished. A change of dynasty is coming now. ”

In the big tent, there was a slight commotion, and everyone's faces showed an inexplicable look of excitement, speaking of which, everyone followed Zhu Wen, and what they were looking for was not to be able to seal their wives and sons, and to wait for the generals?

The change of dynasty is equivalent to a splash of wealth for them, the Xuanwu lineage.

"Li Yan is the last loophole. The reason why Li Ze tried every possible way to get him was nothing more than to find a righteous and bright opponent with us, and use Li Yan to call on the world, if Li Yan died, with Li Ze such a yellow-haired breast, a hero in the world, how many people could obey him? How can he be on par with my father? ”

Everyone nodded their heads one after another.

"Therefore, in the battle tomorrow, please also ask the monarchs to fight bravely, and those who ascend to the city first will be sealed, and those who kill Li Yan will be crowned king." Zhu Youzhen said sharply.

The generals in the room, suddenly everyone's faces were greedy.

"Let's all go down and prepare, the third watch will reorganize the army, the fourth watch will eat, and the fifth watch will be the whole army attacking." Zhu Youzhen said.

The generals turned and left.

In the big tent, only Zhu Youzhen and a few guards remained. Slowly sitting behind the big case, Zhu Youzhen lowered his head and pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand to beckon, and a tall officer next to him immediately walked up.

"Hao Meng, how many years have you followed me?"

"General Hui, I've been following you for ten years." Hao Meng said.

"Your father has organized a group of people in Chang'an, and when our army storms Chang'an, it will cooperate with the outside and open the city gate to welcome our army into the city, and after our army enters Chang'an, your father's contribution can be regarded as the first share, from now on, he no longer has to be a gang leader, he wants to be an official, we can satisfy him."

"Thank you, General."

"Hao Meng, are you afraid of death?" Zhu Youzhen asked suddenly.

"General, I have been fighting with you for so many years, when did you see me afraid of death?" Hao Meng smiled: "Hao has no other ability, so that's all he can do." ”

"Okay, I have a very important task for you next, and this task, ten likely, you won't be able to come back." Zhu Youzhen stared at Hao Meng and said.

Hao Meng's face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to normal: "General, please speak." ”

"You're not afraid?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of, even if I die, my wife and children are still taken care of by my father and brothers, general, you won't let it go if you want to, if I don't die, then naturally there will be more wealth waiting for me, wealth and danger are sought, what's so terrible?"

"Good!" Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands and said, "I really didn't misunderstand you." If you can come back alive, the credit will naturally be yours, and if you do it but don't come back, I will naturally count the credit on your brother. ”

"Does the general want me to be lifted into the pot to assassinate the emperor?" Hao Meng asked.

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

"The pot is difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to attack effectively. Even if our army fights to the death tomorrow, I am afraid that it will return in vain. But one thing can be guaranteed, our unpriced strong attack will also make Guanzhong put all his forces into the battle with us, and the forces around the emperor will definitely be extremely weak, this is our only chance. You come from an underworld background, you've been an assassin before, and you have experience with things like this. ”

"Understood." Hao Meng nodded and said: "Although there are enemy soldiers stationed in the north and south mountains, they can only block the avenue, but they can't block the infiltration of the team, I led a team of elites to lurk in." General, if there is a guide, then it will be twice the result with half the effort. ”

"I've got the guide ready for you." Zhu Youzhen said.

"The last general will leave immediately." Hao Meng took a breath, turned around and strode out of the military tent.

As the night deepened, Zhu Youzhen walked out of the big tent and stared at the Huguan in the distance in silence.

Li Ze's sudden burst of power made him frightened, and he suddenly understood Li Ze's purpose, Li Ze not only wanted to win the emperor, but also to capture Luzhou, and take this strategic place, where the gateway is. At this time, Xuanwu's main force was still committed to taking Chang'an, and when his father took Chang'an and turned back, Luzhou was afraid that he would not be afraid for a long time.

But the more this is the case, the more Li Yan can't be left to Li Ze, although this banner is now in tatters, but there are still 3,000 nails in the broken ship! Only when Li Yan, the nominal co-leader of the world, dies, will the world truly enter the era of a hundred schools of thought, and the father who occupies Heluo in Guanzhong and has Xuanwu and other places naturally occupies an innate advantage.

Even if all his subordinates die here tomorrow, they will be buried with Li Yan. This is an incomparably important key for the Zhu family to rule the world.