At this moment, the Wei Qing army is getting closer and closer to Jinguan City, but at this time there is still a pass that hinders the Wei Qing army, this pass is far from Baishui Pass, whether it is the height of the city, the thickness, or even the strength of the city is far from enough.

This pass is called Quyu Pass, which is mainly a pass set up to guard against Dafan, but Yizhou has already negotiated terms with Dafan, relying on the supply of money, the two sides are also peaceful, and there have been several years of peace.

Therefore, Qu Yuguan's defense must be lax, and this gave Wei Qing a chance.

That night, Wang Ping, Luo Cheng, Zhou Bo, and Hua Rong personally hung up, taking advantage of the lax guard guards, and directly led the army into the pass, and waited for the general general to be killed by Hua Rong with an arrow, and the overall situation was decided.

Wei Qing didn't care about the rest of the soldiers, and directly looted the grain and war horses in the city, in addition to leaving a hundred people to guard the city and waiting for the 5,000 foot soldiers in the rear, he set off overnight and went to Jinguan City.

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Late at night, the county commander of a small county town in Yizhou was woken up by the county lieutenant guarding the city: "Wang county order, the whereabouts of the army have been found outside the city!" It's all cavalry, about thousands! ”

"Army!"

The county commander, who was still a little sleepy, woke up in an instant, and under the service of the maid, he hurriedly put on his clothes and exclaimed: "Thousands of cavalry, is it our soldiers and horses?" ”

"Probably not, it's not in the right direction!"

Wang Xianling's mouth opened wide in an instant: "That's the enemy army?" How can we have enemy troops here? This is the hinterland of Yizhou, and it is only a hundred miles away from Jinguan City..."

"It's broken!"

Wang Xianling slapped his thigh and said to the county lieutenant urgently: "Quick! Quickly send a fast horse to inform Jinguancheng! ”

The county lieutenant arched his hand: "Yes!" ”

I also hurried down to make arrangements.

However, the soldiers who set out from the city were killed by an arrow from Hua Rong, who was hiding on both sides of the road, before they could set off too long.

And the county magistrate and the county lieutenant in the county town did not know anything about it.

When the day dawns, Wei Qing's army really can't hide, it can also be said that there is no use for hiding, the cities are relatively close and dense, Yizhou has been stable for several years, and the population is relatively large.

Therefore, in hindsight, Jinguancheng reacted that there was a Han army that had arrived outside Jinguancheng, although there were not many of them, but the shock to the officials and soldiers in Jinguancheng was still too great.

"The hall is wrong for me!"

Ji Changrun patted the handle of the chair and was furious in the hall.

A general came out and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Han army is only three or five thousand soldiers and horses, and our Jinguan City is high and deep, and there are 10,000 soldiers guarding the city, all of whom are elite soldiers with complete armor."

What's more, my brother is leading his troops to Baishui Pass, according to the time, but two days, will inevitably pass through Jinguan City, as long as the sentry cavalry is dispatched, with my brother's commanding means, it will definitely be able to arrive at Jinguan City in one day to escort, please rest assured. ”

The brother mentioned by this person is Wu Zheng, the first general of Yizhou, and this person is Wu Zheng's brother, Wu Kui.

Only then did Ji Changrun put away his thunderous anger, slowly bowed his head, and said, "Then I can rest assured." ”

Yu Wencheng Du wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Yu Wenhua's eyes.

Wu Kui continued: "Your Majesty, that thief will only be three or five thousand soldiers and horses dare to be so rampant, please allow your Majesty to lead three thousand soldiers out of the city to meet the enemy, maybe you don't need to wait for a certain brother to arrive, you can dedicate the head of that Wei Qing to Your Majesty." ”

At this time, Wang Mi, the guard of the civil ministers, that is, the prime minister of the current Zhou Dynasty (the Zhou Dynasty established by Ji Changrun), came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Han army can penetrate dozens of Dafan tribes from the Jingbo Trail, and even take Quyu Pass, and the strength should not be underestimated. ”

Wu Kui didn't think so, relying on his brother's status, he couldn't help but mock Wang Yu: "Prime Minister Wang Cheng is really too timid, the Han army outside the city is a tired army of 3,000, and now it is not stable, if you don't take this opportunity to kill and injure the enemy army, do you have to wait for the enemy army to rest?" ”

Wu Kui's words really made the hundreds of officials in the palace bow, and what he said was indeed reasonable.

And Wang Mi was silent for a moment, and then he said to Ji Changrun: "Your Majesty, even so, the minister also agreed to go out of the city to fight, if it is General Wu Zheng to fight, the minister has nothing to say, but if it is General Wu Kui..."

Wang Mi ignored Wu Kui's fire-breathing eyes next to him, and said: "If it is General Wu Kui, the minister suggests that it is better to take General Yuwen Cheng Du as the main general, General Yuwen is brave and brave, which is also recognized by the whole army." ”

"You..."

Wu Kui, who was angry at Wang Yu's words, went crazy, and a series of swear words had already reached his mouth and could immediately gush out.

Ji Changrun is not very capable, and he is even a little timid and cowardly, but being able to sit in the position of the lord of Yizhou for so long has made everyone dare not underestimate him.

Ji Changrun directly stopped the quarrel between the two and said, "I know General Yuwen's skills. ”

Yu Wencheng listened to it and hurriedly came out to thank him.

Ji Changrun waved his hand and continued: "However, General Xiao Wu is also a veteran general in the army, and the battle out of the city was also proposed by General Xiao Wu, so this time the battle out of the city is still dominated by General Xiao Wu, and the rest of the deputy generals and staff generals are all selected by General Xiao Wu himself, and I hope that General Xiao Wu will triumph." ”

Wu Kui said excitedly: "The last general will live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

Then he glanced at Wang Yu and Yuwen Chengdu, and left the hall with a cold snort.

Ji Changrun waved his hand and signaled to retreat, and returned to the inner hall with a yawn.

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"Marshal, there are enemy troops out of the city, and there are about 3,000 people. The banner is the general Wu of the Ping Thief. ”

A sentry hurried to report.

"General Ping? Wu Zheng's younger brother Wu Kui, this is the person! ”

Wei Qing asked the generals beside him.

Zhou Bo said: "That's right, it's this person." ”

"Very good, but I have some skills, and I know that while our foothold is not stable, we will go out of the city to attack and disturb."

Wei Qing nodded slightly, and then ordered: "General Luo, it's up to you to do it this time." ”

Luo Cheng immediately stepped out of the queue and responded: "The last general will give orders and will behead this bureaucracy." ”

Subsequently, Luo Cheng only led a thousand cavalry to attack Wu Kui's department, Wu Kui was even more overjoyed to see the Han army attacking, not defending the camp, but also daring to attack, it was really the way to die, and immediately ordered to speed up the horse, and a total of 4,000 men and horses on both sides instantly collided together.

What no one expected was that in just a quarter of an hour, Wu Kui's department was defeated by Luo Cheng, and Wu Kui was directly picked off the horse by Luo Cheng's silver spear, and under the horse's step, the bones turned into mud.

The 3,000 Yizhou army retrieved only a few hundred people in the city, and Wu Kui's defeat also cast a shadow on Jinguan City, Ji Changrun ignored Wang Yu's request to fight again, but ordered to strictly guard the city and wait for the arrival of Wu Zheng's army.

At this time, heavy rain suddenly fell in Jinguan City, which also gave Ji Changrun a better excuse to defend the city, although Wei Qing also delayed the opportunity to attack the city quickly, but also gave the Han army time to rest.

Wei Qing also learned the news of the arrival of Wu Zheng's army after interrogating the prisoners.

How many people does Wu Zheng have?

According to the captives, there are no less than 30,000.

30,000 horses, so that the generals were a little silent for a while. After all, there are only 4,000 people now, and they are still a tired army, and I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat the 30,000 horses led by Wu Zheng.

Wei Qing looked at the pouring rain outside the camp tent, but asked an irrelevant question: "You say, does the foot hall of Baishui Pass know that our soldiers are coming to Jinguan City?" ”

Zhou Bo thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Jinguancheng has sent a number of troops, including those who go to Baishui Pass, according to the time, within five days, presumably the Bu Hall will know all the situations here." ”

"Then you say, will the Bu Hall lead troops to save Jinguan City?" Wei Qing asked.

"This..."

Zhou Bo hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "We are only 4,000 cavalry, and Baishui Pass is guarding the key point, and there are 40,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Deputy Marshal Zhao.

"Unless what?"

"Unless Ji Changrun strongly asks for it."

"That's right!"

Wei Qing affirmed Zhou Bo's reply, "If it weren't for Wu Kui's defeat, Ji Changrun might not have given way to the retreat, but now that Wu Kui is defeated, the possibility of Ji Changrun ordering the retreat of the chamber has greatly increased." ”

"What does that mean?"

Wang Ping asked cautiously.

Wei Qing was happy, but he didn't answer, but continued to ask: "If you are a general in the city, how do you think we will act?" ”

Zhou Bo said: "One is to start attacking the city after the heavy rain, the other is to ambush Wu Zheng, and the other is to withdraw the army." ”

"That's right, there are only these three possibilities, but they would never have expected that we would go to Baishui Pass!"

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