Shi Kefa was furious: "Fart! I Shi Kefa was born a man of the Ming Dynasty, and died a ghost of the Ming Dynasty, and if you have the responsibility for the crime, you should be punished, and running away is the work of a coward, if you are afraid of being implicated, go and find a good place by yourself. I have to go back. [No pop-ups. 】”

Seeing that he was resolute, these pro-soldiers didn't want to say anything, so they had to follow Shi Kefa to see Hong Chengchou.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was upset, and overheard a report from the Chinese military that there was a history to see. He was shocked in his heart, according to the distance, Shi Kefa had not been out of Shanxi at this time, how could he come back suddenly?

There is only one reason, there is an accident on the road. Li Yan either died or fled.

He immediately asked Shi Kefa to come to see him, and at this time he silently thought in his heart, hoping that Li Yan was dead, not escaped.

As soon as Shi Kefa entered the big tent and knelt on the ground, Hong Chengchou's heart was cold, and looking at Shi Kefa's face, he knew that Li Yan must have escaped. If he had died halfway, Shi Kefa would not have been so lost.

Before Shi Kefa could speak, Hong Chengchou asked, "Did Li Yan escape?" ”

Elder Shi Ke replied honestly: "Exactly, the young general was incompetent, he was hijacked by someone in the prisoner's car, and Bai Qi led people and horses to rob Li Yan. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "How many people did Bai Qi bring? ”

Shi Kefa said: "About 200 people." These words were spoken by the wounded soldier who was dying. Shi Kefa did not hide it, let alone exaggerate the number, and said it truthfully.

After Hong Chengchou heard this, his anger disappeared a little. He knew that at this time, Shi Kefa could have said that the number of enemies was in the thousands, but he didn't lie, there were as many as there were.

Although the anger has disappeared a little, it has not completely disappeared after all, Hong Chengchou said: "You will finish the things on the road and finish the local road." ”

Shi Kefa said that Bai Qi had robbed Li Yan one by one.

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou got up and walked a few steps in front of Shi Kefa, and said in a deep voice: "Ran away Li Yan, your responsibility is not light, if I didn't go to the court, it would be fine, and this incident should have never happened." However, I have already written a memo to the saint, saying that I will sacrifice the capital prisoner, and this matter will not be easy to handle. You will be punished. ”

Shi Kefa said: "The young general is willing to be punished. It's nothing to kill the head. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "It's not enough to kill the head, but your position as a general will definitely not be kept." In this way, if you ask yourself to go to Beijing to accept your sin, and the Holy Lord sees that you voluntarily accept your sin, the punishment should be lighter. I will also write a letter here to explain your merits, so that maybe you will only be demoted, not dismissed. ”

Shi Kefa was very grateful: "Thank you for your kindness, the young general will go to Beijing to ask for guilt." ”

After sending Shi Kefa down, Hong Chengchou was depressed, although this time it was Shi Kefa's dereliction of duty, but he was also considered to be inappropriate, and once the court investigated it, it would not be comfortable.

Before he could come up with a countermeasure, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing outside the camp.

Hong Chengchou walked out of the big tent, and someone had already come to report: "Your Excellency, the thieves have come to steal the camp." Hong Chengchou said: "How many people are here?" ”

"In the darkness, the number is not clear, and there are many cavalry, our patrol team has been rushed away, and the thieves are about to rush to the camp gate."

Hong Chengchou sneered: "Pass my general order, Cao Wenzhao went around the camp and attacked the enemy from the flank, and the camp used a strong bow and a crossbow to not let a thief rush into the camp." ”

With this order, Cao Wenzhao put on his horse and walked out of the camp from the side with his three thousand Guanning iron horses.

Huanglong's side received Gao Yingxiang's strict order, and with 5,000 men and horses, it was earth-shattering. These people and horses came up like a tide for a while, and the arrows in the official camp were all fired, and these people retreated, and as soon as they retreated, they came up again.

The archers in the peasant army also drew their bows and fired rockets into the official camp.

In the midst of a stalemate, Cao Wenzhao arrived with his men and horses, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was like an arrow, inserted into the peasant army.

The men and horses brought by Huanglong are also elite soldiers under Gao Yingxiang, and they have been mentally prepared in advance. Therefore, they were not flustered about the appearance of Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. Huang Long ordered not to attack the camp gate again, and to deal with Cao Wenzhao with all his might.

5,000 men and horses and 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry fought together, and in the dark night, people shouted and neighed, and the sound was heard for ten miles.

Almost at the same time, Gao Yingxiang took all his men and horses, quietly set up camp and marched towards Tongguan.

He took the lead and walked in the front, with the old battalion and the Chinese army in the middle, and some old and weak soldiers in the middle. Gao Yingxiang is already desperate, putting all the elite soldiers in front, and be sure to open Tongguan.

Li Yan and Bai Qi and others walked in the Chinese army, and the two of them discussed softly from time to time, no one knew how Bai Qi would get out, but looking at his relaxed face, he seemed to be very sure.

Nearly midnight, the army came to Tongguan, Gao Yingxiang reined in the horse, looked at the pass, only to see that the city was closed, the city was brightly lit, and many soldiers were patrolling the city, looking heavily guarded.

Gao Yingxiang ordered his men to rest first and then prepare to attack.

At this moment, Bai Qi looked at Li Yan and nodded to him, Li Yan understood and knew that he was going to use a trick to get out.

After resting for a while, Gao Yingxiang felt that it was almost over, and he ordered a hundred archers to sneak close to the city wall and shoot the soldiers in the city first. The men and horses behind carried the ladder and led the rushing cart, ready to launch a fierce attack.

After the hundred archers received the order, they opened their bows and arrows, and under the leadership of a hundred commanders, quietly moved towards the pass, and when they were almost fifty or sixty paces away, it was the best range of bows and arrows, and he gave the order, and a hundred bows were drawn at the same time, and with the sound of the soaring bowstring, the powerful arrows shot towards the city.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city did not notice these people at all, and when a hundred arrows were fired intensively, it was when they were unprepared, so many people were shot, some of them were hit by four or five arrows, and fell down screaming.

Those who were not hit by the arrow were taken aback, and threw the torch down, at this time the second wave of arrows was shot again, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers were hit by the arrow, and rolled off the road.

At this time, the gong sounded in the city, and the fire at the head of the city was flourishing, and thousands of officers and soldiers rushed up and fired arrows at the gate.

Gao Yingxiang immediately ordered to attack the city.

So the peasant army also lit countless torches and rushed up with shouts.

The officers and soldiers fought back desperately against the rain of arrows fired from the pass.

The peasant army also knew that if it did not defeat Tongguan and rush into the Central Plains at this time, the whole army would inevitably be annihilated. The will to survive dominates them, and they crawl towards the gate desperately. Each ladder was full of people, and one of them climbed up, was killed or wounded by the officers and soldiers, fell, and the one behind continued to go up. Some peasant soldiers cut down the officers and soldiers on the city wall, jumped on the wall, and were killed by the officers and soldiers who surrounded them.

Both sides were already red-eyed, slashing at the bones, snorting without snorting, gritting their teeth and fighting to the death.

The fortress of Tongguan was very strong in the end, and after attacking for a while, the peasant army left a corpse under the city wall, but still failed to climb to the top of the city.

At this time, Bai Qi rode to Gao Yingxiang's side, looked at the battle situation, and said to Gao Yingxiang: "Break the king, it's not a good way to fight hard, I have an idea, I can save some effort and open Tongguan." ”

Gao Yingxiang looked at him: "What good idea does General Bai have?" ”

Bai Qi said: "In the past, when my Qin army was in Huayin, I had captured Tongguan, and I often came here to inspect at that time, and found a very hidden path, which can lead to the side of Tongguan, so it is better for me to lead a group of men and horses, quietly climb up from the side, and send people down with ropes, so that you can avoid the city wall and enter the city." ”

Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed: "There is such a road, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Bai Qi said: "It's not too late to say." This strategy must be accompanied by a frontal siege to attract all the attention of the officers and troops to the city walls, which is useful. ”

Gao Yingxiang nodded: "Since that's the case, let's ask General Bai to be a guide." ”

He did not let Bai Qi lead his men and horses to attack, but called a partial general, this person's surname was Zhou Mingfang, and asked him to bring 2,000 people to follow Bai Qi to the path.

Bai Qi did not shirk, and brought 2,000 people with Zhou Fang, took ropes, knives, guns and other things, and quietly disappeared into the darkness.

Gao Yingxiang continued to oversee the onslaught.

The Tongguan guards also went to the top of the city, and looked down, countless peasant armies were placed outside the city, and they didn't know how many people there were. There was some panic in my heart. Ignoring anything else, he transferred all the soldiers to the head of the city and the horse road, and one officer and soldier fell, and someone immediately made up for it.

And there were more casualties on the peasant army's side, Gao Yingxiang was not worried, because it wouldn't be long before Bai Qi and Zhou Fang would be taken by surprise and killed in the pass. At that time, the switch was locked, and his 30,000 horses rushed in, and the 5,000 officers and troops in the city were not worth sweeping.

As he was fighting, he suddenly saw Zhou Fang running from a distance in a very bad rage, until he was in front of the horse.

Gao Yingxiang was stunned: "Zhou Fang, why did you come back?" Did you find the trail? ”

Zhou Fang was so angry that he spat on the ground: "King Chuang, we have been fooled, and we will take him for nothing...... He ran away! ”

Gao Yingxiang was taken aback: "What did you say?" Zhou Yi said what happened to Fang Cai.

He and Bai Qi took 2,000 people to the outside of Tongguan, where the grass was overgrown, the wild forests were luxuriant, and the mountain peaks were not far away.

Bai Qi pointed to the peak: "Through these trees, you can see a trail that leads directly to the mountain, and along the path on the mountain, you can come to the side of Tongguan, where is a cliff, not very high, and you can send people down with a rope." ”

Zhou Fang was very happy: "Please also ask General Bai to lead the way." ”

So the group went into the woods, walked and walked, and after a few turns, Bai Qi suddenly disappeared.

Zhou Fang didn't care at first, thinking that the grass and trees were too dense and covered his figure, but after walking for a while, he still didn't see Bai Qi. He couldn't help but panic, he sent his men to scatter to look for it, but after searching for a while, he didn't find it.

It may also be that Bai Qi crossed the forest and went down to the mountain peak first.

Thinking about it, Zhou Fang led the two thousand people through the woods and under the mountain peak.

At this time, looking up, Zhou Fang was so angry that he stomped his feet and understood, this was a trick for nothing.

The mountain in front of you is steep and high, and there is no place to climb, let alone any trails.

No need to ask, Bai Qi must have taken advantage of this trick to get out and escape.

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