In the long night of waiting, another two hours passed.

In the end, the remaining thousand people waited with anticipation to lead the way, and everyone rushed towards the direction of the woods.

Everyone was full of expectations, everyone was fed up with waiting, everyone wanted to get their weapons as soon as possible and stand in the queue of the Qin army again.

Actually, everyone doesn't want to die.

In the darkness, some people tripped and fell to the ground, and were quickly pulled up by the people next to them.

Some people stumbled while walking in a hurry, and were laughed at by their companions on the side: "Look at your anxious appearance." ”

The procession of thousands of people was supposed to walk slowly in this dark wilderness, but for some reason the crowd was moving faster and faster.

People kept tripping and scraping over stones or bushes under their feet, but no one shouted at them, just looked at the trees in the distance, looked at the hope in the distance, and walked silently.

Entering the woods, the first of the thousand people suddenly found themselves walking downward, and in the darkness, they felt like they were walking into a large pit.

They felt something wrong and wanted to stop, but the people behind them kept pushing and pushing themselves to keep walking forward, and they shouted not to push, but the people behind them would not care about this, just keep walking forward in the dark.

Finally, the last man stepped into the pit.

Everyone sensed that something was wrong, and the crowd gradually quieted down, stepping on the soft dirt under their feet, twisting their necks and watching the movement around them.

They were looking for someone who had interrogated them, but they couldn't find them.

Standing alone in the crowd, he felt as if he had stepped on a man's hand under his feet, and it was always a bad experience to step on a human hand in this strange silence, and after trying to make sure it was a human hand a few more times, he shouted: "We have been deceived, run out of it." ”

The people who were standing in the pit and had already sensed that something was wrong also understood under this shout, and rushed to the surroundings.

For a while, there were shouts and curses.

But they didn't see it, and there were sergeants standing all around the pit, and they drew their bows and arrows, and with a command, they continued to shoot arrows at the people in the pit.

……

When the sky gradually brightened, more than 1,000 Xuanjia riders once again embarked on the gallop road to Yuanzhou.

Unlike yesterday's march, each of them had four or five heads on his horse.

These Xuanjia riders have been told that if you don't want to die, you must rot the events of last night in your stomach, it is a capital crime to lose the city and trap the pass, it is a capital crime to kill your comrades, and the only ones who can survive are these heads, the heads of these rebels.

Yong Yunqi walked at the forefront of the team, he no longer had the decadence of last night, his eyes shone again, he had planned a plan to turn the crisis into safety in his heart, although he could not offset his guilt for losing Xiao Guan, but if the plan could be implemented perfectly, maybe this disaster could be turned into a blessing.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, and after a smile he couldn't help but ask, to the military marquis beside him:

"Zhao Junhou, the brothers can tell me."

That Zhao Junhou was the commander of the massacre last night, and he knew that he had become a grasshopper on a rope with Yongyun, so he simply let go of the burden in his heart and followed this eldest son.

Hearing Yongyun's question, Zhao Yu immediately replied: "Rest assured, the eldest son, the humble position has been arranged, and the brothers also know that they are powerful, and they will not say it." ”

Yongyunqi nodded, and still said to Zhao Yu: "People's hearts are unpredictable, if you can turn over again this time, I will not treat you badly."

After returning to Yuanzhou, give each of the brothers some more money, as for you, the military marquis may have been a captain for a long time, and it is not impossible to be a captain. ”

After that, ignoring Zhao Yu, who was overjoyed when he heard the words, he continued to ask, "Has Wei Lin ever found it?" ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly replied: "After our army's surprise attack last night, we have not found any trace of Captain Wei. ”

"The body hasn't been found?"

Zhao Yu heard Yongyunqi's displeasure, and hurriedly said:

"My subordinates have sent someone to investigate, and I was doing things in the dark last night, so I guess Captain Wei has already died and is buried in the pile of dead people."

Yongyunqi turned his head to look at Zhao Yu and said, "It's better to be careful, once you find his traces, get rid of him, otherwise, you and I will be in big trouble." ”

After that, he patted the war horse and galloped away.

……

In the general palace, Zhao Zhize, who was on the main seat, was pale, looking at the Jieyuan beside him like a chicken, and seeing that the Jieyuan, who was usually high, also opened his eyes wide and looked dumbfounded, he couldn't help but panic, and subconsciously wanted the soldiers on both sides to take down Yongyunqi standing in the hall.

Although he had this right, the only shred of reason allowed him to stop him before giving the order, he understood the forces behind Yongyunqi, and he also understood the consequences of arresting people.

In the end, he let out a big breath, stretched out his trembling hand, pointed at Yongyun and prayed, "Xiao Guan is really lost?" ”

"My lord, Xiao Guan is lost." Yongyunqi looked at Zhao Zhize and said word by word.

"Yongyunqi, as the chief general of Xiao Guan, you lost the city and lost the land, and you deserve death!" Zhao Zhize scolded loudly with red eyes.

But seeing that Yongyun didn't feel the slightest guilt after hearing this, he said coldly: "Lord Zhao, you don't have to be so hysterical, this Xiao Guan City is broken, and there is also a credit to Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Zhize was stunned and said, "My credit? What do you mean by that? ”

Yongyun stared at Zhao Zhize and said: "Since I led the troops into Xiaoguan to break the city, I have fought more than ten times with the Rong people, and the two sides have each other's successes and failures, but in general, although the number of our army is at a disadvantage, but with the command of General Fang Mingxin and me, with the bravery and fearlessness of our soldiers, we have killed more than 20,000 Rong people, and killed one of the enemy's commanders before the battle. ”

Yongyun Qi ignored the ugly Zhao Zhize and continued: "Xiaoguan was besieged by an army of 50,000 Rong people, although it killed a lot of enemy troops after several days of fighting, but its own casualties were also large, and Yuanzhou did not send a single soldier, but it was guarded by tens of thousands of troops.

I want to ask Lord Zhao why he learned that the Rong people had besieged Xiao Pass for nearly a month and did not send a single soldier to help.

Could it be that as the rumors say, your Lord Zhao's life is more important than my Xiao Guan's safety? ”

After that, Yongyunqi's eyes seemed to be about to erupt into flames, staring at Zhao Zhize.

That Zhao Zhize also knew the reason when he heard it, and his face suddenly turned white and red, if it wasn't for Jie Yuan's insistence, I'm afraid that he really didn't send reinforcements to Xiao Guan until now.

But thinking of this, Zhao Zhize hurriedly said: "You don't want to spew blood, I have sent 5,000 reinforcements to your Xiao Pass, and the person who sent the letter has sent a reply letter, but there is a letter from your General Yong on it." ”

"Hahahaha"

Before Zhao Zhize finished speaking, Yong Yunqi suddenly burst out laughing, laughing and crying.

He originally wanted to play a crying scene, but when he thought of Fang Hengxin who died in Xiao Pass, thought of thousands of robes who died in battle, and thought of his embarrassment and running away day and night, he really came from his heart and cried.

Seeing Yongyun praying like this, Zhao Zhize and Jieyuan couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, especially Zhao Zhize, who understood that this catastrophe might cast a shadow on his future future.

Although Yongyunqi and Fang Mingxin are the first evils to lose their land, as the governor of the general government, the monarch will definitely take him first.

But the only good news is that a letter has been sent from home yesterday that his elder brother Zhao Zhihai, who was the middle guard at the time, has led 100,000 troops and will soon reach Yuanzhou to preside over the battle against Rong Di.

At that time, my brother will definitely make the decision for himself, and at the same time recapture Xiao Pass, he will give himself a few more battle exploits, so that he may be able to redeem his merits.

was thinking about it, but saw that Yongyun Qi stopped crying, pointed at himself and scolded: "Lord Zhao, do you know why Xiao Guan was lost?" ”

Zhao Zhize was asked by Yongyunqi pointing his nose, and he was also a little surprised under the extreme qi, and his intuition told him that there must be something strange.

He looked at Jieyuan on the side, and asked Yongyunqi: "Why didn't you tell me the reason?" ”

"Five days ago, I and Deputy General Fang Mingxin commanded the army to break the enemy's army, and at this moment, reinforcements from Yuanzhou arrived, and we had no time to take care of it, so we let them enter the pass to defend the east gate of Xiaoguan.

Who would have thought that as soon as these reinforcements entered the city, they immediately attacked, and aimed their weapons at their own people, and the soldiers guarding the pass were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

The deputy general Fang, who fought with the Rong people before the battle, could only turn from victory to defeat, and transferred troops into the pass to resist the rebels in the pass, but he didn't want to be killed by the rebels' arrows.

Seeing that the general trend has gone, I fought to the death with the Xuanjia cavalry, killing more than 4,000 rebels, but finally I was outnumbered and led the remnants to return to Yuanzhou. ”

Speaking of this, Yong Yunqi's face changed suddenly, and he pointed at Zhao Zhize and scolded angrily:

"Lord Zhao, this rebel is sent from your Yuanzhou, you said it has nothing to do with you.

What are you doing with the Rong people, pity my 30,000 comrades and brothers who died at the hands of the rebels, I will kill you here, avenge the brothers for Deputy General Fang. ”

After speaking, Yongyunqi drew his sword and came towards Zhao Zhize.

The hall was so abnormal, not only Zhao Zhize and Jie Yuan did not expect it, but also the civil and military officials sitting under the hall did not expect it.

Seeing that Yongyun was about to cut Zhao Zhize, everyone was so shocked that their mouths grew.

At the last moment, I saw the Jieyuan beside Zhao Zhize stand up, walked in front of Zhao Zhize first, and said to Yongyunqi, who came with a sword:

"General Yong, the reinforcements were sent by the old man to reinforce Xiao Guan, if they betray my Great Qin, then the old man is also responsible. You will behead the old man first. ”

Seeing that Yongyun Qi really didn't step forward anymore, but just stood there in a daze, he said again:

"At this moment, only retaking Xiao Pass is the right thing, otherwise Daqin is in danger."

Speaking of this, he looked at Yong Yunqi who stopped in front of him, and saw that he listened to his speech and did not have a seizure, and said again:

"Now that the matter has come to this, who is right and who is wrong or waiting for Xijing to decide, the general is the pillar of the country, and at this time, it is necessary to work together with the governor to discuss the strategy of resisting the enemy, how can he mess up the overall situation with a moment of anger."

With that, he stretched out his hand to Yong Yunqi.

Yong Yunqi just wanted to act in front of everyone, seeing this, he didn't know that the white-haired old man was giving him the stairs, so he handed the sword in his hand to Jie Yuan, and he collapsed to the ground and cried.