On the road to Jiameng Pass through the Sword Pavilion in Yizhou, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan led an army of 30,000 people at a rapid pace, before them, a messenger had already galloped with three horses, changing horses all the way without changing people, and rushed to Jiameng Pass in the fastest possible time to guard Zhuo Ying, asking Zhuo Ying to be vigilant and beware of a surprise attack from Hanzhong.

At this moment, on the road leading to Hanzhong, a large caravan composed of nearly 500 carriages was also moving rapidly, each carriage was full of goods, and there were many merchants accompanying it, and from time to time they beat the horses, as if there was some urgency, and they were in a hurry, bringing up dust in the sky.

When the caravan arrived at a place fifty miles away from Jiameng Pass, it was already noon, and more than a dozen Yizhou soldiers suddenly burst out of the woods next to the road, and the scout captain led by him shouted: "Stop, who are you?" What is pulling? Where to go? ”

The leader of this caravan was a middle-aged man in his forties, and although he was wearing a set of merchant clothes, his face was elegant, and he looked less like a merchant than a Confucian scholar. The middle-aged man saw the captain of the scout of the Yizhou Army blocking the way, and hurriedly took two guys to meet him, one of these two guys was in his thirties with a serious and resolute temperament, and the other was about twenty years old with a red face, and a pair of triangular eyes kept turning, looking very shrewd.

The middle-aged man greeted him and said with a smile: "Master Jun, we are the caravan of the boss of Chang'an Ai, we went to Chengdu to do some business, and all we pulled were some grain, Chang'an paper, sorghum wine or something, the villain's surname is Chen, and he is the shopkeeper of this caravan." ”

The scout captain was a little suspicious, and looked the middle-aged man up and down, "Boss Ai's caravan often passes by us, and I know several shopkeepers, why have I never seen you?" ”

The middle-aged man remained silent, still smiling all over his face, "Boss Ai's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the original six caravans are no longer busy, so a new one has been formed, which is managed by the villain." The middle-aged man pointed to the wagon and said, "Master Jun, please see, these carriages are all brand new, and they are all marked with the name of Chang'an Ai." ”

The captain of the scout took a closer look, and saw that those carriages were indeed brand new, and they were all marked with the name of Ai, and his doubts were slightly solved, and there were often Chang'an caravans to Xichuan for more than a year to do business, and the Xichuan army was accustomed to these Chang'an merchants. At this time, the middle-aged man stuffed a gold ingot into the scout captain's hand, "Master Jun, the villain will run this road for a long distance in the future, please take more care of it in the future." The two men also went up and stuffed a few pieces of money into each of the other scouts in Yizhou.

The scout captain was overjoyed, this shopkeeper Chen was more generous than the previous shopkeepers. Suddenly, the scout captain's voice softened a lot, "Shopkeeper Chen, it's not that I'm embarrassed by you, it's just that the general has a clear order, and now that Hanzhong Zhang Lu is in chaos, we have to check all the passers-by, and open a few of your cargo compartments for us to see." ”

The middle-aged man smiled, "Of course, of course." He turned around and shouted, "Open a few cargo compartments and let the military master inspect them." His men agreed, and immediately opened the carriage compartments in front of them.

The captain of the scout went over to take a look, and saw that the carriages in front of him were indeed full of grain and wine jars or something, and he was about to check the carriages below, when the middle-aged man took out a jar of wine, "Master Jun, it just so happens that we are also going to stop for lunch, how about inviting a few military masters to drink some wine and eat some Chang'an dishes with us?" ”

The captain of the scout was a drunkard, and when he heard of this good thing, he nodded his head and agreed, and the middle-aged man hurriedly took them aside and sat down, opened a few jars of wine, and brought in dried beef and mutton, and beckoned the scouts to eat and drink. The men in the caravan also got off the car to rest, busy preparing lunch, and some of the men went into the woods, probably to make it convenient.

After a while, the secret sentries of the scouts of the Yizhou army couldn't stay still, and they ran out of the woods one by one to share the good wine and food of the shopkeeper Chen with their companions. While they were eating and drinking, the red-faced young man returned from the woods to the middle-aged man, and glanced at the middle-aged man, indicating that there was no more dark whistle in the woods.

The middle-aged man nodded, turned around slowly, and as soon as he turned around, there were continuous screams and exclamations from the scouts of the Yizhou Army behind him, as well as the unique sound of a steel knife inserted into a person's body.

When all the Yizhou army scouts stopped screaming, Chen Gong turned around and said lightly: "Dispose of the corpse and move on." ”

The bodies of more than 20 Yizhou Army scouts were quickly buried, and the bloodstains were also covered by the mud, and those who killed people without blinking an eye just now also turned back into the good men and hard-working ordinary people of Chang'an Ai's big boss, and continued to urge the carriage forward.

Along the way, this caravan caused three Yizhou Army scout teams to suddenly disappear, as if they disappeared out of thin air. By the evening, this business finally arrived at Jiameng Pass, and what was pulled on the carriage behind this caravan did not yet know what was being pulled by the Yizhou army scout.

Jia Meng Pass tightly chokes the throat of Xichuan and Hanzhong traffic, both sides of the pass are lofty mountains and mountains, the terrain is dangerous, the wall is high and the ditch is deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, when Xichuan made the Yellow Turban, the Han general Jia Long is relying on this pass to block the 80,000 Yellow Turban Army in Hanzhong with 3,000 troops, the Yellow Turban Army attacked for several months, morale was greatly damaged, and finally Jia Long who calmly gathered troops easily broke through, Jia Meng Pass has since been known as the first Xiongguan in Shu. Because Liu Yan and Zhang Lu have fought each other this year, they are ready to fight, so at this time, Jia Meng Guanzhong has already stationed more than 10,000 troops, and it is guarded by Zhuo Ying, a famous general in Shuzhong.

When Chen Gong and the others arrived at Jiameng Pass, it was already late, the gate had been closed, and the suspension bridge had been pulled up. Chen Gong is in a hurry, the most urgent thing at the moment is time, if you can't enter the customs today, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Yan's messenger will be able to reach Jiameng Pass tomorrow or even tonight, and if you want to enter the customs in a sneaky way, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Chen Gong walked to the gate alone, and shouted at the gate: "The military master on the pass, the villain is the shopkeeper of the big boss of Chang'an Ai Quanai, and he will transport a batch of grain to Chengdu, the time is urgent, please make it convenient for the military masters, and let us pass the customs now." ”

The captain of the patrol shouted, "No, the gate is closed, you can rest for the night, and then pass through tomorrow." ”

"Master Jun, we are really in a hurry, the business in Chengdu is still waiting for these goods, please make it convenient, the villain will be grateful." Chen Gong still didn't give up, and continued to tempt.

But no matter how Chen Gong promised to plead, his voice was hoarse, but the door was closed and it didn't open, and in the end, the captain of the city patrol was annoyed by Chen Gong, so he simply asked the soldiers to pull their bows and arrows and force Chen Gong to get out, Chen Gong had no choice but to retreat.

Gao Shun and Wei Yan, that is, the two guys, came up, and Gao Shun said in a low voice: "Strategist, they refuse to open and close the door, what should we do?" ”

Wei Yan suggested: "Strategist, since they refuse to open and close the door, we have two ladders anyway, so let's just wait for us to attack in the middle of the night." ”

Chen Gong frowned and shook his head, "No, the wall is very tightly guarded, even if it is attacked in the middle of the night, it is very difficult to attack, and according to the calculation of the distance, Liu Yan's herald should arrive tonight, we can't wait for midnight." ”

"What then?" Gao Shun and Wei Yan asked in unison.

Chen Gong shook his head, "Let me think about it and see if there is any way to open and close the door." ”

Chen Gong sat on the side and hugged his chest and thought hard, Gao Shun and Wei Yan looked at him with blank eyes, waiting for his clever plan, but now Chen Gong is anxious now, the more anxious he is, the more chaotic his thoughts are, and he can come up with any ideas for a while.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but Chen Gong still couldn't think of any way, Gao Shun and Wei Yan didn't even dare to come out, for fear of making any noise to disturb Chen Gong. Just when Chen Gong was almost desperate, a few words in the distance drifted into Chen Gong's ears, "Have you seen Wen Hou's wife?" is the first beauty in the world. "I haven't seen it, but I think General Zhao's fiancée, Miss Ma, is the first beauty in the world, and I was almost stunned when I saw her that time."

Chen Gong's eyes lit up, his heart suddenly brightened, and he said in his heart: "Yes, the intelligence says that Zhuo Ying is the most lustful, and it just so happens that this time, just in case, the Taishi asked me to bring four swallows." ”

In the open space in front of Jiameng Pass, the caravan from Chang'an lit countless bonfires, reflecting the open space as if it were daytime, the guys of the caravan supported the pot to fry vegetables and hot wine, and the aroma of wine and meat drifted to Jiameng Pass along the night wind, provoking the defenders to swallow saliva, and in Luoyang City, the strongest fragrance is the smell of chili fried ham, which floated to Guanzhong, provoking a lot of defenders who were not on duty to run up to the wall, to see what is so fragrant, poor Yizhou Army eats pickles every day, where I have smelled this kind of soul-stirring fragrance, One by one, saliva flowed into a river, and I wanted to rush down the pass to snatch it.

The one who really seduced the defenders of Jiameng Pass was still behind, in the firelight, Chen Gong burned incense and played the piano, and in the sound of music, four stunning girls with moving figures were dressed in light yarns, dancing, dancing lightly, with beautiful movements, and singing softly together, "There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent." One look at the city, and then look at the country. Rather than know the city and the country, it is difficult to get a beautiful woman. "The singing voice is beautiful, the voice is beautiful, and the most rare thing is that the lyrics are extremely provocative, even Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others who are as anxious as burning in their hearts can't help but be moved, not to mention others?

Sure enough, Chen Gong and the others had been waiting for a long time to open the gate rumbling open, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and a well-equipped Yizhou army rushed out of the pass with a horse and rushed towards the caravan. Gao Shun and Wei Yan were overjoyed, and were about to issue a code, but Chen Gong grabbed them and said in a low voice: "Wait, wait until you enter the customs." ”

The Yizhou army rushed to Chen Gong and the others, and the leader of the generals immediately shouted: "I am Zhuo Ying, the general of Jiameng Pass, who are you waiting for?" What's the point? Zhuo Ying asked Chen Gong with great righteousness, but his eyes drifted to the four dancing girls, and the swallow group carefully built by Kang Peng was indeed not blown out, the four swallows who came with the army were all first-class beauties, and they had to be taught by famous prostitutes in Chang'an, and they were full of charm between their gestures, provoking the desire in the hearts of men.

Chen Gong seemed to be surprised and delighted, bowed down and chattered about the nonsense of the new boss of Chang'an Ai, the new shopkeeper selling grain and brocade, but Zhuo Ying had already asked the captain of the city patrol who had rejected Chen Gong just now before he came—this time he just came to ask about the origin of these dancing girls. Zhuo Ying looked selfless, pointed at the four dancing girls with a horsewhip and asked, "Then who are these women?" ”

Chen Gong lowered his eyebrows and replied softly: "General Hui, they are the singers of Boss Ai's family, and Boss Ai is going to give them to General Xichuan, who usually takes more care of our firm." ”

Zhuo Ying's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak, but Chen Gong had already beckoned: "Miss Ling'er, come and see General Zhuo." ”

A girl wearing a translucent pink gauze dress - wearing only a belly pocket inside walked to Chen Gong's side, bowed her body and blessed her, her cherry lips moved slightly, and she spit out a string of silver bell-like voices, "Ling'er has seen General Zhuo, General Zhuo is blessed." ”

Zhuo Yingna had seen such a beauty, and almost pressed Ling'er to the ground without jumping off the horse, at this time Chen Gong said: "General Zhuo, if you don't think Ling'er looks vulgar, the villain will send Ling'er to General Zhuo on behalf of Boss Ai, I don't know what General Zhuo wants?" ”

Zhuo Ying's saliva almost didn't come out, but the corner of his eyes swept the remaining three dancing girls, jumped off the horse and pulled Chen Gong aside, and said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Chen, and then give the green gauze to General Ben, General Ben guarantees, from now on, the goods of the Chang'an Aijia business will pass through Jiameng Pass, and the fixed tax will be less than half, and you will pass with you." ”

Chen Gong is a cheerful and generous person - anyway, he is so generous that he didn't even blink his eyelids, turned around and beckoned: "Xiaoli, come and meet General Zhuo." ”

Zhuo Ying sat on the carriage of the Ai family business and laughed, hugged Ling'er and Xiaoli and kissed left and right, kept moving his hands, and led the Ai family caravan back to Jiameng Pass, and the guys of the Ai family caravan did not stop moving the wine in the carriage to Zhuo Ying's personal soldiers - regardless of whether the business was at a loss this time.

Entering the pass, Zhuo Ying didn't bother to check what was loaded in the caravan, and ordered the priest to open the back door of the gate to let the caravan out, and ran to his room with Ling'er and Xiaoli in his arms, but as soon as he entered the room, even Ling'er and Xiaoli's clothes didn't have time to tear up, so he heard the sound of killing in Guanzhong, Zhuo Ying hurriedly went out to look, but saw that those carriages couldn't stop jumping off the armored warriors, and they were fighting with the soldiers in Guanzhong.

Zhuo Ying yelled, "Fooled! He turned around to kill the two sluts, but found that the window of his room was wide open and the two sluts were gone.

The soldiers who had been in the camp for most of the day in the carriage had already panicked, and rushed out of the carriage to vent their anger on the hapless soldiers of Jiameng Pass, Gao Shun and Wei Yan also took advantage of the chaos to change into armor and command the trapped camp to rampage in Jiameng Pass. Poor Jiameng Pass defenders have seen these unkillable monsters, although the strength is superior, it is useless, although the weapon stabbing on the trapped camp soldiers is splashed, but it can't even tickle the trapped camp soldiers, and the big knife of the trapped camp slashes at them, the limbs and heads are suddenly separated, and the trapped camp steel spear stabs on them, and a transparent hole immediately appears in the body. In the blink of an eye, the defenders of Jiameng Pass had already fallen, and the other trapped camps pretending to be caravan mates had already changed their armor, and 1,500 trapped camp soldiers were fully equipped and formed a battle formation to crush the enemy with an irresistible momentum.

Wielding knives and spears together, the trapped warriors in black iron armor completely ignored the enemy's attacks, like indestructible tanks crisscrossing the enemy array several times their size, and any enemy who dared to stand in their way was torn to pieces, and the blood stained the streets of the Budge Pass in an instant.

Zhuo Ying began to organize the defenders to counterattack the camp, but he saw that the soldiers who went to meet him fell one by one like cutting wheat, and when the soldiers in the camp were safe and sound, Zhuo Ying's confidence was shaken.

Zhuo Ying saw that the situation was not good, and knew that these unkillable monsters alone could not resist, not to mention that the enemy came to reinforcements again, and he hurriedly led his own soldiers out of the back door to flee in the direction of Xichuan, leaving nearly 10,000 Xichuan troops in Jiameng Pass to be a shield for himself.

Zhuo Ying and his entourage escaped from Jiameng Pass less than ten miles, and then met a messenger sent by Liu Yan, when Zhuo Ying read Liu Yan's order to seal the pass, he couldn't help but choke the messenger's neck and yelled, "Why can't you arrive an hour early......"