The two sides fought bloodily to seize the door, and when the team rushed to the gate, several Chu cavalry arranged in advance immediately took their bows to the sky, and several arrows flew into the sky, making a sharp sound.

Although Tongguan is the northwest gateway, there are not many soldiers and horses guarding it, and the total number is only a few hundred, and the three hundred cavalry are swarmed up, and they are not in a weak position in terms of strength, and after the arrow is issued, the reserve reinforcements who have already been waiting for the day immediately rushed towards Tongguan.

Lu Kang followed Qi Ning to seize Tongguan this time, Qi Ning led the team to seize the door, and Lu Kang led the rest of the soldiers and horses to respond, and when he heard the sound of arrows over there, he did not hesitate to give the order for the whole army to charge.

The cavalry of the Chu army is not much, and the two thousand soldiers and horses who attacked Tongguan are only two hundred cavalry, but fortunately, they snatched hundreds of war horses from Qu Manbao in the middle of the road, at this time there are less than two hundred horses on Lu Kang's side, and the rest are almost all foot soldiers, he is only worried about the lack of soldiers and horses on the Qi Ning side, so he led more than 100 horsemen to gallop towards Tongguan, and the foot soldiers also spread their legs to Tongguan to quickly support.

Tongguan, the first Xiongguan in the northwest, is now fighting fiercely.

The Han soldiers guarding Tongguan knew that if Tongguan was lost, even if they escaped alive, they would have to be dealt with by military law in the future, in this case, it was better to fight hard, and the Chu army was bent on controlling Tongguan in their hands, everyone actually understood in their hearts what it meant to take Tongguan to the Great Chu Empire, not to mention that the small country prince did not distinguish between status and dignity, and took the lead, the so-called will have the heart of death, and the soldier has no greed for life.

was killed by a group of cavalry wearing Xiaoshi uniforms into the pass, in fact, many Han soldiers only knew that the other party was the enemy, but what the other party came from, many people were still confused.

But at this time, it doesn't matter where the other party comes from, the important thing is that Tongguan must not be lost.

The hundreds of guards in Tongguan have already gathered from all over the gate one after another, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the gate was already piled up with thick corpses, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

This is the first time Qi Ning has really fought on the battlefield, and he really understands that there are only four words on the battlefield.

Without mercy, without mercy, if you don't kill, people will kill you.

He had thought many times that it would be a bloody battle when he captured Tongguan, and when he was there, he realized that the battle was even more cruel than he had imagined.

Compared to the bloody attack on the Black Lotus Sect by the Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions, the battle on the battlefield was completely another world.

Simple and original.

The fierce Qi Ning of the Northwest people really appreciated this time, although the Tongguan guards would be killed by themselves at the first time, but these Northwest soldiers stationed in Tongguan were still fierce and abnormal, although he brought the elite of the Chu army, but the Han soldiers stationed in Tongguan were also warriors in the Northwest Army.

The corpses piled up at the gate had made it impossible for the horses to rush in at all, and those Chu cavalry who were behind could only dismount and rush forward with their knives.

Qi Ning didn't know how many people he had killed, he only knew that the Han soldiers pounced on him one after another, and if he killed one person, the second person would quickly pounce on him, not afraid of death, one knife had been cut dull, and he snatched another knife from the enemy, and the armor on his body had been stained red with blood, and even his face was stained with blood.

After all, it was difficult for the Han soldiers to resist the fierce attack of the Chu people, and the entire formation had been forced back into the pass.

Qi Ning didn't even know when the men and horses led by Lu Kang pounced, he only cut until his hands were soft, only to find that the sound around him was getting smaller and smaller, until in the end, there was no sound, and no Han soldiers pounced on him.

An unprecedented feeling of tiredness swept through his body, Qi Ning even felt that the strength of his whole body seemed to be used up, he staggered to the side, and held on to the wall, at this time, someone had already grabbed his side, worried: "Sir, you .....!" ”

Qi Ning looked over, and by the light of the fire, he saw that the person was Lu Kang, and smiled reluctantly, looking around, corpses were everywhere, and there were blood everywhere, and there were many Chu soldiers who had been bathed in blood after the bloody battle, everything had calmed down, and everyone was looking at him, and everyone's eyes were full of awe.

"Sir, Tongguan has been taken." Lu Kang was indescribably excited: "We have taken Tongguan." ”

The entire Tongguan was shrouded in night, and in this battle, the hundreds of defenders of Tongguan were captured except for more than 40 people, and the others were almost completely annihilated, and Lu Kang quickly deployed in Tongguan and completely controlled the entire Tongguan in the hands of the Chu army.

The Chu army also paid more than 200 lives in this bloody battle, and hundreds of people were injured.

Qi Ning knew that it was almost impossible to transport the bodies of these soldiers who died in battle back to Xichuan at the moment, so he asked every soldier who died in battle to be registered, and ordered that all the corpses, including the Han soldiers, be buried near Tongguan.

Hundreds of corpses are not something that can be disposed of overnight.

There is a special guard's room in Tongguan, which is very simple, but it is quite spacious.

Qi Ning cleaned up a little and cleaned it up, which made people bring Qu Manbao over.

When the two sides fought bloodily, someone in the Chu army controlled Qu Manbao to prevent him from escaping.

After Qu Manbao saw Qi Ning's incident, his face turned a little pale, Qi Ning glanced at him, and didn't let him sit down, but said lightly: "If there is no help from the eldest prince, Tongguan will not be able to be taken, maybe throughout the ages, I am the first general to take Tongguan so easily." ”

Of course, Qu Manbao saw the scene of almost all the Tongguan guards being wiped out.

Of course, he knew that now that the Chu army controlled Tongguan, the entire northwest would soon fall into the hands of the Chu army, and the vast northwest land would soon be incorporated into the territory of the Chu state.

The northwest, on which the Qu family depended, was completely lost in his own hands.

He didn't know what Qu Yuangu's expression would be after knowing the loss of Tongguan, but he also understood that the Northwest Army led by Qu Yuangu to attack Luoyang had no way back, if the Northwest Army could not take Luoyang within two months, it would be in an unprecedented crisis, the grain and grass carried by the Northwest Army was only enough for two months, and when Qu Yuangu set out on the expedition, he was not worried about his logistics being cut off, after all, the grain he had hoarded in the northwest for many years was fully able to support the Northwest Army's offensive against Luoyang.

But now that the nest has been copied, Qu Yuangu has already advanced and retreated.

The princes of the Northern Han Dynasty competed for the throne, and the local forces naturally had their own votes, Beitang Hao sat in Luoyang, Beitang Zhao led the border army from the north to capture Luoyang, and Beitang Feng sent troops from the northwest, and only one of the three princes could achieve the final victory in the end.

If you follow the right person, you will naturally be on the rise, but once you follow the wrong person, the clan will be ruined.

Among the three princes, Beitang Showa and Beitang Hao were the first to confront, and the two had several confrontations, and the strength consumption was huge, and the local forces that had not yet participated in it were naturally waiting to see what was going on, and then they would bet all the bets when the time was ripe.

Beitangfeng led tens of thousands of troops into the pass from the northwest, and Zhong Liao on the front line was dragged by the Chu people, in this case, Beitangfeng's advantage was naturally extremely obvious.

Once the Northwest Army is like a bamboo, then the Northern Han forces will naturally defect to Beitang Feng, and even in Luoyang, there will be the possibility of officials fornicating with the Northwest Army, so that Beitang Feng's ascension to the throne is just around the corner, and once Beitang Feng ascends the throne, then the Qu family will become a powerful family in the Northern Han Dynasty.

But now that the northwest is occupied by the Chu people and the Northwest Army's nest is lost, even no matter how optimistic the Northwest Army is, it is impossible for people to believe that Beitang Feng can achieve the final victory.

Qu Manbao knew that it was not only the hundreds of guards in Tongguan who were destroyed, but also the tens of thousands of soldiers in the northwest who entered the pass, as well as the Qu family who had been dominant in the northwest for more than ten years, all because of his extremely miserable end.

His hands and feet were cold, the young Lord of Chu in front of him made him full of resentment, at this time there were only himself and Lord Chu in the room, he even wanted to rush up and tear the other party to pieces, but his legs were weak, thinking in his heart, but he didn't dare to make any movement at all.

However, Qi Ning's harsh words still made him angry, and he said coldly: "Congratulations to General Qi for his immortal achievements." ”

"The immortal merit is not in me, but in you." Qi Ning said with a smile: "I am a talker, you are the first person to win Tongguan, after returning to Xianyang, I will immediately write an excerpt, to the emperor to state your merits, I believe that it will not be long before the emperor's edict will be sent to the northwest, I believe that the emperor will be very generous to the eldest prince." ”

"Xianyang?" The corners of Qu Manbao's eyes twitched.

Qi Ning sighed: "The eldest prince should understand that my Great Chu Emperor is ambitious, for the sake of the people of the world, it is natural to sweep away all rebellions, and my Chu army came to the northwest, of course, not just for the small Tongguan, if everything goes well, when we arrive in Xianyang, Xianyang has already changed the flag." Gazing at Qu Manbao, he said word by word: "The northwest is no longer from the Northern Han Dynasty, nor is it from your Qu family, but from my Great Chu Empire!" ”

The more Qu Manbao thought about it, the more angry he became, and the events of the past few days quickly flashed in his mind, and he suddenly said: "Despicable! ”

"Despicable?"

Qu Manbao stared at Qi Ning and said, "You guys...... If I hadn't fallen for you, how would the northwest allow you to set foot in it? Clenched his fists, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he regretted not doing it at the beginning.

"Spies?" Qi Ning didn't understand what he meant, but he immediately thought of the secret letter, and said quietly: "Who are you talking about?" ”

Qu Manbao sneered: "Don't think I don't know, that Dao Sheng must be a spy you planted in the northwest, only blame me for being blind, I actually regarded him as my own, and listened to his bewitchment, which caused the current catastrophe, I ...... I'm going to tear him to pieces. ”

"Daosheng?" Qi Ning looked at the oil lamp on the table thoughtfully, and muttered to himself: "Where is Dao Sheng sacred?" ”