As Zhang Qi ascended the city, more and more torches were lit, but in the rapidly sinking night, it was still a little insignificant, and he could only see the situation within ten meters of the city, and farther away, it was vague and dark.

More than a hundred war horses galloped, even if the sound was not loud, but it still caused a lot of sensation at this narrow pass, and there was no tendency to stop at all, so that Zhang Qi in the city couldn't help but tighten his brows together. Looking at the rapid movement of a dark shadow not far away, Zhang Qi had to wave his hand to the soldiers on the side and order: "Release the arrow!" Stop them from getting closer! ”

The soldiers who had been waiting on the side for a long time drew their bows and fired a volley, and there was a sound of breaking through the air, and dozens of carved arrows shot at a distance of more than two hundred meters from the pass, either inserting into the ground, or falling to the side weakly, and there was a sparse sound of metal impact.

And Lin Feng and the others had already pulled the reins when they heard the sound of breaking the air, and slowly stopped at the position where they had just jumped over a distance of three hundred meters, and then Chen Wansan and Yuan Biao glanced at each other and nodded to each other, Chen Wansan urged the war horse to move forward and slowly approach, and shouted loudly at the same time: "General Zhang Qi Zhang can be on it?" Liu An, General Liu, too! I'm waiting to be sent to report it! Hurry up and open the gates, and let me wait to enter! ”

As he spoke, Chen Wansan also raised the captured General Zhaowu's saber above his head, and continued to add in a loud voice: "We are the corporal of General Zhaowu!" This is General Zhaowu's sword, the battle situation ahead is urgent, General Zhaowu sent me to ask for help! Hurry up and open the door, let me wait for the customs to enter the customs and talk about it! ”

"General Zhang, what should I do?" Deputy General Liu An frowned, even if he tried to tiptoe and look down through the battlement, it was still dark in his eyes, and even the figure of Chen Wansan under the city was only a rough outline, and then Liu An shook his head again, and proposed with a vigilant face: "General Zhang, I can't see the other party's appearance clearly at all, it's better to wait until dawn." ”

"No!" Without waiting for Liu An to finish speaking, Zhang Qi stretched out his hand to stop the other party, and explained in a deep voice: "Even if you can't see the other party clearly, you can't be sure of the other party's identity, and you can't wait until dawn, it's just night, and there are still five or six hours until dawn!" If it was indeed the person sent by General Zhaowu at the front to urgently ask for reinforcements, these five or six hours were too important for our army! It is even possible to delay military aircraft! ”

"Then, you can't let the other party open and close the door with a word!" Liu An was also a little anxious on the side, he couldn't open it, he couldn't open it, he couldn't even wait until dawn, he really didn't know what to do.

"Who is under the city? Register your name! Zhang Qi did not continue to answer, but leaned in front of the battlement and asked loudly at the city.

"General Zhaowu's personal soldiers! Bring General Zhaowu with a sword to ask for help! Chen Wansan urged the horse to take a few steps forward again, and raised the saber in his hand again, as if he wanted to prove his identity, but everyone knew that this was impossible, and in the absence of any light, the saber was not even a silhouette in the eyes of everyone.

And Chen Wansan, who was slowly approaching the city wall of the pass, could see the approximate distribution of some of the soldiers in the city through the light of the fire in the city, and then couldn't help but secretly speak, this meridian pass is indeed as General Zhaowu said, it is really a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although Chen Wansan can only see fifty or sixty archers standing at the battlement, but Chen Wansan knows that if there is really a war, the bows and arrows on this city may be shot at a frequency of two or three seconds or even one or two seconds, which is not counting whether there are other heavy weapons in the city, such as bed crossbows and other things.

"Pro-soldiers." Zhang Qi's question just now was just in accordance with the usual practice, but in fact, he didn't know what to do next, especially whether the door was closed or not, Zhang Qi didn't know in his heart.

"General Zhang! Since it is the personal soldier of General Zhaowu in the front, the last general should be able to recognize it! Seeing that his old boss was hesitating, Liu An thought for a while, and then proposed in a deep voice: "It's better to go down to the last general, not only to distinguish the authenticity of the person who came, but also to see if General Zhaowu's saber is real!" ”

"No! It's too dangerous! Zhang Qi immediately shook his head and vetoed, seeing that Liu An, who was anxious, still wanted to open his mouth to persuade, Zhang Qi first shook his head at the other party, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and patted the other party's shoulder and sighed: "Brother!" You've been following me for so many years, and you've had no complaints! At such a time, how can you let yourself take risks! ”

"But, General Zhang, this is also our only way!" Liu An's heart suddenly warmed, but after all, the situation was already in front of him, and he still refused to give up and continued to propose: "Since the general trusts me Liu An so much!" I, Liu An, should repay the general's kindness! And now, the opportunity is just around the corner! How can I, Liu An, hold back because there will be danger! ”

"Nonsense!" Zhang Qi was suddenly angry, scolded in a deep voice, and then continued to add: "If you want to talk about General Zhaowu's personal soldiers, General Ben will naturally know it!" Don't think that General Ben's memory is inferior to yours! Although two or three years have passed, the memory of General Ben is still there! And it's clearer than you! ”

"General! Never! Hearing this, Liu An realized that his proposal not only did not achieve the desired effect, but reminded Zhang Qi, as soon as he heard this, Liu An understood that Zhang Qi wanted to go by himself, and when he thought that Zhang Qi's approach was for himself, Liu An couldn't accept it, and took Zhang Qi's arm and proposed again: "General Zhang!" That doesn't work, we can change it to something else! With so many brothers present, how could they not think of a better and more suitable way! ”

"I can wait, everyone can wait, even the people in the city can wait! Could it be that General Zhaowu and his brothers in front of him can also wait? Zhang Qi shook his head slowly, and sighed helplessly: "The military situation is urgent!" How can the whole army be delayed because of the safety of one person? That's it! General Liu led the army to continue to garrison, and General Ben personally went down to the city to distinguish the true from the false! ”

"General Zhang! Think again! Liu An saw that he couldn't be persuaded anymore, so he suddenly bent his legs, knelt on one knee, and clenched his fists to persuade.

"Think twice, general!" And the surrounding generals, seeing this, also knelt down one after another, solemnly clenching their fists and requesting. On weekdays, Zhang Qi was very kind to the generals under his command, and when everyone heard that General Zhang was about to risk his life, how could they easily agree, and knelt on the ground one by one and issued sincere persuasion.

"The matter is decided!" Zhang Qi glanced at everyone, took a deep breath, repeated in a deep voice, and shouted at the soldiers on the side: "Someone!" Take the sling! Send General Ben down! ”

"General! Think again! ”

"General! The end will be wished! ”

"The end will be wished! I implore the general to stay here! ”

In the face of the persuasion of the generals, Zhang Qi's personal soldiers did not know whether to listen to the orders of their own generals to get the hanging rope, and they also stood in place for a while and hesitated, and then several personal soldiers looked at each other, and slowly knelt down with fists clenched: "General! Think again! ”