The offensive launched by the Chuang army against Guanpo quickly came to fruition. In the chaotic environment of soldiers, Xue Zhao held a knife in one hand, a bow in the other, and a feather arrow in his mouth, and jumped to the side of Yang Zhaofeng's horse who was watching the battle, first put away the knife, then took off the arrow, spit out thick phlegm, and said: "The Ming army was defeated, and the banner was grabbed, and this piece is Chen Yong's station." ”

"Caught Chen Yong?" Yang Zhaofeng looked at it, and the soldiers of the Ming army were rushing forward, and it was a complete rout.

"No, I'm afraid this guy is ready to run away a long time ago, and there is no one in the Chinese army's tent." Xue Xuan smiled, "The Ming army has become white tofu, soft and broken. ”

As he was talking, several horsemen came along the hole along the fence at a high speed, and Xue Xuan turned his eyes to see that it was a middle-aged man who was familiar with him, and immediately held his bow and saluted: "I've seen Wang Qigu!" ”

This middle-aged man's real name is Wang Tizhong, and he changed to the current Wang Tizhong because he avoided Li Shouzhong, the father of Li Zicheng. He was originally a member of Shanxi, but later he was coerced by the Chuang army to join Rong, and is now the banner of Liu Zongmin, the pro-military general of the Zhongying. The so-called "banner and drum" is the deputy who assists the general in commanding the leading team in the army, and his status depends on the commander-in-chief, and the level is different. Liu Zongmin is a prominent figure in the army, and he is also very powerful in this royal body. However, compared with most of the reckless and vulgar generals of the Chuang Army, Wang Tizhong has a docile personality and treats people tolerantly, and the Chuang Army occasionally allocates food, grass and weapons to the soldiers of the Imperial Village, which is delayed or insufficient, and Xue Zhao entrusts him to get things done. He is also one of the few people who are pleasing to the eye in Xue Zhao's camp.

Wang Tizhong stopped his horse a little and ordered: "The Ming army of Guanpo has dispersed, and the Ming army of Bai Guangen's department in Tongluochuan has also repelled our army." Liu Ye spoke, take advantage of the courage to advance, you take people to hurry up to attack Nanshui Pass, and the follow-up Ma army will soon support! ”

Tongguanwei has been famous since ancient times, because it is located in the main road of Shanxi, Shanxi and Henan, after thousands of years of development, it has long been transformed from a simple military checkpoint into a densely populated, prosperous city of agriculture and commerce. There is a flow from Tongshui in the territory, meandering in the valley, and finally into the Yellow River, and there are two water passes in the north and south in the middle to control the flow of water, the south water pass is the most important gateway of Tongguan Guancheng in the south, take the Nanshui Pass, Tongguan Guancheng will be directly exposed to the front of the army.

"Let the villain attack Nanshui Pass?" Xue Xuan asked repeatedly, wanting to make sure he heard correctly.

Wang Tizhong nodded and said: "Yes, Guanpo Chen Yong's department is the outpost position of Nanshuiguan, and Bai Guangen's department of Tongluochuan is the strategy, and now they are all defeated, and a large piece of space is pulled, which can allow our army to go directly to Nanshuiguan." You're the closest to each other, and you're right in it. Otherwise, it will be very cost-effective to let the Ming army in Guancheng come back to their senses and redeploy their defenses one step later! "The low fighting spirit of the Ming army is beyond the imagination of the breaking army. According to the predetermined plan of the breaking army, it was necessary to wait for the follow-up main forces to arrive one after another before launching a fierce attack, but since Chen Yong and Bai Guangen's two Ming troops on the periphery were defeated very quickly, of course, they were improvised, and they were guided according to the situation.

"Good!" Xue Shu spat two mouthfuls of dry foam into the palm of his hand, and his eyebrows were happy.

"You have 2,000 people under your command, as long as you can rush into Nanshui Pass and control the traffic to receive the army in, it will be a great achievement!" The king whipped a little, "Without further ado, hurry up, don't bother to pursue the rout!" ”

Waiting for Wang Tizhong and his party to go away, Xue Zhao shouted a few times, unable to hide his excitement, summoned a few small leaders of the royal village, and quickly gathered the soldiers and horses. Not long after, Yang Zhaofeng continued to advance in the direction of Nanshuiguan with the passionate army.

There were many small Ming troops sporadically resisting along the way, but in the face of 2,000 Yuzhai soldiers, it was difficult to continue. The terrain near Nanshuiguan is rugged, and the soldiers of the Imperial Village have been fighting in the mountains for a long time, and they are not afraid of difficulties, they all abandon their horses and walk, and climb like flying.

The outline of Nanshui Pass gradually became clear, and the number of soldiers of the Ming army who were running and crying was also significantly increased. Xue Zhao temporarily rectified half a mile away from the Nanshui Pass of Guancheng, and ordered the soldiers to hide in the bushes, and quietly approached with Yang Zhaofeng and others to observe the situation. But seeing that the Nanshui Pass was open, the Ming army retreated from the periphery, scrambling to enter the city for refuge, the people and horses were chaotic and disorderly, and even anxiously drew their knives to chop the fence and open the road.

"This is a great opportunity!" Xue Zhao licked the corners of his mouth, beckoned back, and the soldiers on standby immediately raised their flags and urged forward.

Soon, the soldiers of the imperial village quickly came out of the forest, waving their flags and shouting to rush to the south water pass, and they arrived in a blink of an eye in half a mile. The frightened Ming army did not know how many pursuers came, and fled in the wind, and the three culverts of Nanshui Pass, two of which were originally used to pass through water, were also crowded with panicked Ming soldiers at this moment. Xue Zhao bravely ascended to the first, killed one person with his hands, and with less than a stick of incense, Nanshuiguan changed hands.

"Where has the army in the rear fallen?" Xue Zhao stood on the city wall at the top of the mouth of the largest culvert and asked Tangma.

"It's two miles away!"

"Very good, the return is that the South Water Pass has been obtained, let them pass quickly!"

As soon as his words fell, Yang Zhaofeng walked quickly and came up to him: "Brother Xue, our army can continue to pursue Guancheng, it's not worth stopping here!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Xue, look!" Yang Zhaofeng pointed to the north, only to see that at this time, because the checkpoint fell, many soldiers of the Ming army who had rested in the pass returned to the north. As far as the eye can see, between the mountains and ridges, there is a dense accumulation of dense points and I can't tell how many defeated troops there are. Although they are scattered, they are generally in the same direction, and they are all Tongguan Chengguan.

Yang Zhaofeng said loudly: "These defeated soldiers of the Ming army must go to Tongguan Guancheng when they go north, and it is conceivable that the scene of Tongguan Guancheng will be 7788 with this Nanshui Pass." Since we can take advantage of the situation to break through the Nanshui Pass, why bother to move forward? It's better to make persistent efforts and break through the city! He added, "That kind of merit is a real merit!" ”

The five words "real great merit" directly hit Xue Zhaofeng's heart, his eyes lit up, and he stared at Yang Zhaofeng.

Yang Zhaofeng continued: "Anyway, the follow-up army is already two miles away, even if we can't take advantage of it in Guancheng, we are not afraid of the Ming army counterattacking if we have backup!" ”

"Brother Yang is right." Xue Zhao acted decisively and nodded his head a few times. Then he and Yang Zhaofeng "Dengden Deng" flew under the city wall and regathered the soldiers.

In Nanshui Pass, in addition to chasing and killing the scattered Ming army, many Yuzhai soldiers began to rummage through boxes and cabinets and loot materials. Seeing this, Xue Xuan shouted: "Brothers, the Chuang army looks down on us, and thinks that we are only worthy of picking up their leftovers, how can we swallow this breath?" No one is half a cut shorter than the other, it is nothing to lay down the Nanshui Pass, and it is only when the Guancheng is defeated that it can be regarded as raising eyebrows! Listen to our old Xue's words, first put aside the broken copper and iron in your hand, and wait until you take the Guancheng, how many gold and silver treasures will be in it! ”

Yang Zhaofeng immediately responded, raised his arms and shouted: "Take the Guancheng and raise the prestige of my imperial village!" ”

"Take the city and raise the prestige of my imperial village!"

The soldiers of the Yuzhai fought successively, and for a while, their hearts were all up to their throats, and everyone's blood was boiling, and all of them were emotional. The morale was available, and Xue Zhao was very happy, so he sent a small number of soldiers to garrison Nanshui Pass, and led a large number of troops out of the checkpoint north and continued to advance.

Nanshui Pass and Tongguan Pass are not far apart, and Xue Zhao ordered the soldiers to drive away the Ming army running all the way, but he did not let them kill. The mountain wind is whistling, and the city is in sight. As Yang Zhaofeng said, the soldiers of the Ming army scattered in the four fields seemed to attract magnets outside the gate of the city, and began to gather towards the city gate like an hourglass.

The situation of the city is also the same as that of the Nanshui Pass, and the city gate is open. As soon as the news of defeat came, not only did the fleeing people desperately want to enter the city, but the families inside also surged and kept looking for their relatives. The defenders couldn't stop it, and the scene was very unbearable. The soldiers of the Imperial Village, who were chasing behind, abandoned their banners and mingled with them, and the defenders did not even notice them.

"Make a name for yourself today!"

Xue Xuan, who successfully rushed into the city, was overjoyed, jumped to a high place and shouted with a knife. Not only him, but looking at the vast and many headless flies in fear of the Ming army, the soldiers of the imperial village were also high-spirited. The soldiers of the imperial village who followed into the city were endless, and the Tongguan Pass City suddenly fell into huge chaos from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside.

Xue Zhao and Yang Zhaofeng took dozens of elites of the imperial village to the governor's mansion in Guancheng, the main force of the army was coming, and the time given to them was running out, and they did not forget their mission.

"The thief Hugh is going to be rampant!"

When they arrived at the gate, several Ming army guards from the oblique stab pounced up. Xue Zhao took a few steps back, started to shoot over one, and the Ming army guards forced him to shoot another one.

Xue Zhao tore off the white cloth wrapped around his face, revealing a hideous appearance, and said sharply: "If you dare to go further, you will die!" ”

The remaining Ming army guards saw the situation and dispersed in a hurry. The soldiers of the imperial village broke out of the door, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, the direction of the city gate was noisy, and Xue Zhaosu said: "Brother Yang, the army is coming, we have to hurry!" ”

Yang Zhaofeng nodded, twisted a person who looked like a master with his backhand, and asked, "Where is Sun Chuanting?" ”

"In, in the backyard, in the backyard study......"

"Tell the truth!"

"The villain doesn't dare to deceive, Sun Jun just called a few adults in front of the door to discuss in the study together, and the villain came out from there!"

Yang Zhaofeng let go of his hand and hurriedly said to Xue: "Brother Xue, you guard the door, I'll go to the backyard!" ”

The two were separated, Yang Zhaofeng was anxious, the wind was under his feet, and he took more than ten soldiers around the two corridors until the study. Push the door in, and in the study, there are several people sitting around, all brushing and brushing to see the coming. One of them, Yang Zhaofeng, a white-faced civil official in civilian clothes, recognized Sun Chuanting at a glance.

"Protect the military gate and kill it!" There was a black-faced civil official beside Sun Chuanting who shouted loudly, this person Yang Zhaofeng had also seen in Nanyang Mansion at the beginning, and it was Sun Chuanting's staff and deputy envoy Qiao Yuanzhu.

Before Yang Zhaofeng could speak, two more people were blocking left and right, both of whom looked like military attachés. The person on the left had a straight face, but he secretly winked at Yang Zhaofeng, it was not someone else, it was Hao Mingluan.

"Maniac, do you dare to harm Sun Junmen?" Hao Mingluan pretended not to know Yang Zhaofeng and stretched out his hand to draw his knife. He Zhen, who stood side by side with him, also gritted his teeth and wanted to fight to the death.

Yang Zhaofeng didn't move, bowed down and clenched his fists, and said in a low voice: "Don't be responsible for the military gate, it's not a thief below, but under the command of Zhao Shuai of Yunxiang Town." ”

Sun Chuanting, who had no bloodless face, was shocked when he heard this, glanced at Qiao Yuanzhu, cleared his throat and said, "Zhao Shuai sent you?" ”

"Below are the eyes and ears of Zhao Shuai in the thief army, and it has been a long time. It was also a coincidence today that he arrived at Guancheng with the army, and because he was worried about the trouble of the army, he came to respond. ”

"Thief, do you think I'm waiting to believe you?" Hao Mingluan continued to act, and with a bang, the cold blade came out of the sheath.

Yang Zhaofeng said: "Don't dare to deceive, now the peripheral officials and troops are retreating, and the thieves have already entered the city." There is a way to pick up Sun Junmen and everyone out of the city, and it will be too late! ”

It is normal for hostile forces to plant eyeliner among each other, and besides, the sound of killing outside is shocking, and the defense line is completely lost. Sun Chuanting only thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then there is Your Excellency Lao!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and beckoned the rest of the people to wait, "Let's go!" ”

Half of the incense passed, Yang Zhaofeng turned back to the courtyard, and Xue Zhao asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

"Found someone."

"Okay." Xue Xuan exhaled, "Let them change into the clothes we have prepared." I'll send someone to escort them out. ”

Yang Zhaofeng nodded and said, "Thank you Brother Xue, if there is no Brother Xue this time, it will be difficult to do a big thing." ”

Xue Xuan smiled and said: "It's a trivial matter, being able to do things for Zhao Shuai is the blessing of my old Xue and Yuzhai." ”

"The green mountains do not change the green water, see you in the future!" The two clenched their fists at each other, and then separated.

After another half an hour, the entire Governor's Mansion was engulfed in flames.

Xue Xuan stood in the doorway, staring at the flames, letting the heat wave hit his face. The other soldiers couldn't stand the heat, but he didn't feel it.

The dirt road at the mouth of the alley, the three riders hurried, and drove together.

One person is the king, and the other two are the pioneer of this battle, Wu Ruyi, and the coach Liu Zongmin.

"Why did it burn?" Liu Zongmin's eyes were straight.

Xue Xuan reported loudly: "Back to Liu Ye, Sun Chuanting would rather die than give in, and set fire to himself!" ”

"Self-immolation?" Wang Tizhong frowned, "Did you snatch the corpse out?" ”

"Snatched it out." Xue Zhao had already prepared, snapped his fingers, and immediately a soldier carried out several stretchers, and on the white cloth of each stretcher, there was a black charred corpse.

"This ......" Liu Zongmin's eyes widened immediately, this dark appearance, who would recognize which one was Sun Chuanting?