Qi Ning didn't even know when the secret letter had arrived in his hands.

Before walking out of the Meridian Road, Qi Ning summoned Duan Canghai and other cadres to deploy the specific battle plan, and when the distribution was completed, he found that a letter appeared inexplicably at his feet, if he hadn't looked underground at that time, he didn't even notice the existence of the letter.

He felt strange in his heart, and when he opened the letter, he couldn't help but be surprised.

The letter did not make a payment, but informed Qi Ning of a major news, Xianyang guard Qu Manbao will leave Xianyang in the near future, to Tongguan, and the number of soldiers and horses accompanying him will not exceed 500 people, the letter even clearly suggested that Qi Ning set up an ambush on Qu Manbao's way to Tongguan, as long as Qu Manbao is captured, then it will be easy to capture Tongguan.

Not only that, but the letter also made the deployment of Xianyang's troops and horses clear, and even put a brief map of Xianyang in the envelope, indicating that the layout of Xianyang City had been clearly deployed.

The battle was imminent, and the appearance of such an unbelievable secret letter really surprised Qi Ning.

Of course, he couldn't be sure whether what this letter said was true or false, and immediately summoned Duan Canghai, Duan Canghai read the secret letter, and was also surprised, but the two didn't know where this letter came from.

If the information on the letter is accurate, of course, it is impossible to ask for it, and if you know yourself and the enemy, you can naturally carefully design the next battle plan, but if this letter has other plans, is it necessary to renegotiate the combat deployment because of this letter?

At this critical juncture, such a secret letter appeared really unexpected.

The two discussed for a long time, but the original battle plan did not change much, and the two thousand soldiers and horses under the command of Qi Ning turned northeast and rushed towards Tongguan, while Duan Canghai led the main force of the Chu army to attack Xianyang in the north.

Qi Ning led his troops day and night, the speed was not fast, and sent scouts to pay attention to whether Qu Manbao would really lead people to Tongguan, but the facts proved that what the secret letter said was true, Qu Manbao set off from Xianyang, and soon fell into Qi Ning's field of vision, Qi Ning sent people to pay close attention to Qu Manbao's movements, but Qu Manbao did not think that he had become the prey in Qi Ning's eyes.

Qi Ning did not act rashly, but waited for the best time, and two thousand soldiers and horses surrounded Qu Manbao and three hundred Xiaoshi at night, and captured the eldest prince of the Qu family without much effort.

When the scouts discovered Qu Manbao's whereabouts, Qi Ning already knew that Qu Manbao was the turtle in the urn, and at that time he had already thought of a way to capture Tongguan.

Tongguan is steep and strong, it was Qi Ning's heart disease from the beginning, he knew that to take Tongguan, it was really the next strategy to attack it, but in the face of such an important pass, it was really difficult to have other good ways to take it.

He didn't even think that he could hit it with one blow, as long as the Tongguan defenders were in danger, even if they had ten times the opponent's strength, it would be difficult to take them down.

In the plan, if he can't take Tongguan as quickly as possible, he can only wait until Duan Canghai takes Xianyang first, and then the main force of the Chu army quickly rushes to Tongguan, and lays down Tongguan before Qu Yuangu returns to help, and it is extremely difficult to attack Tongguan from Guannei to Guanzhong, but if Tongguan is attacked from the direction of Guanzhong, the difficulty will be weaker, and when the whole army storms Tongguan, it may not be impossible to take it.

It's just that he never imagined that things would go much smoother than he thought.

Qu Manbao waited for God to give him the key to open Tongguan, after holding Qu Manbao, Qi Ning ordered three hundred elite soldiers to change into the equipment of Xiaoshi, and took Qu Manbao to the Tongguan fortress, as long as Tongguan opened the door, three hundred tigers and wolves rushed in, and quickly released a signal, as long as the reserve troops in ambush in the distance received the signal, they would rush to help.

The only variable is that Qu Manbao has the backbone to the battle, and in order to prevent Tongguan from being taken by the Chu army, he leaks the heavenly opportunity to the defenders.

But Qi Ning believed that Qu Manbao was not such a backbone person, and if he really had backbone, this person would not kneel down and beg to him.

Qu Manbao did not disappoint Qi Ning.

Qi Ning is ready, as long as Qu Manbao leaks the heavenly secret, he will be the first to kill this person to deter the Tongguan defenders, but fortunately, Qu Manbao puts his life first after all, and it is just a pass, of course, it is far from being comparable to the life of Qu Dagongzi.

The gate of the pass slowly opened, and the three hundred elite soldiers of the Chu State who were disguised as warriors tensed all over, knowing that the battle was imminent.

The door was open, Xue Ren was the first to come out from inside, and Qi Ning was already saying, "Go!" ”

Qu Manbao knew that if he made a slight move at this time, Qi Ning would kill him mercilessly, so he could only follow what Qi Ning said, shook the reins of the horse, and took the lead in passing to the gate, and Qi Ning and the cavalry immediately followed.

Xue Ren saw three hundred cavalry coming towards the gate with Qu Manbao, and stepped forward, six or seven steps away, and arched his hand: "The eldest prince, the general has an order, except for the guards in Tongguan, no other soldiers and horses are allowed to approach easily, the eldest prince will go first to rest for a rest, but these brothers are still .....!" He raised his hand and pointed at the cavalry behind Qu Manbao, and said with a smile: "The subordinates will arrange for someone to send food out." ”

Qu Manbao let out an "ah", the horses didn't stop, and the three hundred warriors behind him still had no intention of stopping.

Xue Ren frowned, glanced at it, and saw that the cavalry had already held down the handle of the saber on his waist, and saw that Qu Manbao's face was a little wrong, and suddenly realized something, his body shook, and he turned around and rushed towards the gate, shouting loudly: "Close the door!" ”

His feet were fast, but Qi Ning had already shouted, and the war horse rushed out, and in the blink of an eye, he had already reached behind Xue Ren, and at this time, he had already pulled out his knife and slashed down at Xue Ren's head.

Xue Ren is worthy of being the Tongguan guard, hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he has already pulled out his saber, and felt the strong wind above his head, he turned around, and the big knife in his hand has been met.

At this time, the elite cavalry of the Chu State, dressed as a warrior, had already rushed towards the open Tongguan gate like a tide.

Everyone knows that the small country has been waiting for this moment with all its might, the gate of Tongguan has been opened, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you miss this time, it is impossible to have a second chance, no matter what, you have to rush in before the gate closes.

Although the guards saw that Xue Ren had been entangled, they had already had a set of strict military orders for being stationed here for many years, and they couldn't care about Xue Ren at all at this time, and the guards immediately pushed the gate from both sides, ready to lock it firmly.

It's just that the gate of Tongguan is extraordinary, extremely heavy, even heavier and stronger than the city gate of Xianyang, not that it is closed, there are ten strong soldiers on the left and right to push the door, and the two doors are slowly closed in the middle.

Seeing the cavalry on the opposite side rushing over, dozens of people had rushed out from behind the gate, that is, they were going to sacrifice themselves to block the enemy soldiers, and the archers above the pass had already found that the situation was not right, and reacted quickly, opened their bows and arrows, and shot arrows at the cavalry that rushed straight over.

Both sides are buying time.

Xue Ren blocked Qi Ning's slash, and there were already cavalry rushing straight towards him.

Qi Ning was blocked by Xue Ren with a knife, the blade slid down the surface of Xue Ren's knife, and with a flick of his hand, the blade had already cut Xue Ren's wrist, Xue Ren's wrist hurt, the meridians on his wrist had been cut off, and the whole arm suddenly lost his strength, the big knife in his hand fell out of his hand, and Qi Ning slashed over with a knife again, Xue Ren's eyes widened, his neck had been cut by the big knife, and blood splattered out.

The cavalry who rushed to the front brandished their swords, and saw dozens of guards rushing from the pass, and they were about to hand it over, but they heard the sound of "whoosh" sounded, and a round of arrow rain hit the city, several cavalry were shot by sharp arrows, and people turned over on their horses, and at this time, the group of Tongguan guards who rushed over were also shot by arrows and fell to the ground.

But it turned out that these three hundred Chu Guojing were skilled in riding bows and horses, and when they saw the guards coming out to resist, they knew that once they fought, they would inevitably delay time, and the Tongguan gate was closed little by little, as long as it was closed, everything would be wasted, and many soldiers collected their swords and bows when they charged, and shot at the group of soldiers.

The archers on the head of the city shot Chu Cai, and the archers of Chu also shot the guards of the pass, and for a time the arrows flew wildly and the horses neighed.

Qi Ning slashed Xue Ren with a knife, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse shot towards the gate like an arrow from the string.

The cavalry and the cavalry were not far from the gate, and at this time they rushed over on horseback, and in the blink of an eye, many cavalry were already close to the gate, and the archers at the pass were also extremely alert, not shooting indiscriminately, but only aiming at the cavalry who were charging at the front.

Although Qi Ning did not ride a thrilling horse in order not to be too eye-catching, the war horse under his crotch was also a good horse in a hundred, fat and long legs, and extremely fast, although he delayed killing Xue Ren, but in the blink of an eye, he rushed to the front.

The archer bridge at the juncture saw that Qi Ning was the murderer of the main general, and saw him rushing over first, and for a while, seven or eight sharp arrows had already shot straight at Qi Ning.

Qi Ning swung his knife to block the arrows, opened several of them, but still two of them shot at him, but the arrows did not pierce Qi Ning's body, those archers naturally didn't know that Qi Ning was wearing black python scales, not to mention that even the sword and sword could hardly hurt his skin.

It's just that at this moment, Qi Ning's war horse has already rushed to the gate.

The gate was about to close, Qi Ning shouted, the war horse under the crotch rushed over like lightning, Qi Ning raised the knife in his hand, the knife flashed, and he had already beheaded two people in a row, the war horse neighed, and a person stood up, Qi Ning's face was cold, and the knife was bloody, and for a while it was like a god descending to earth.

A few pikemen stabbed at Qi Ning next to him, but the tip of the spear had not yet touched Qi Ning, several fast horses rushed over, and the cavalry immediately slashed with a knife, and several pikemen were shocked in their hearts, slashing and poking their guns, and for a while the two sides fought to the death at the gate.