Tongguan is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, Artemisia Chayu in the south of the Qinling Mountains, and after crossing the east of the city is a fertile field in the Central Plains. Forty miles further on is Taiyuan Gorge.

At this time, it was not a period of martial law, and the gates of Tongguan were wide open, but there was not a single pedestrian to be seen. Seven or eight officers and men guarding the gate stood listlessly, lit a bonfire, and from time to time exchanged heads and ears, laughing and scolding. The subordinate tun chief sat on the side and did not blame, and let his subordinates frolick.

This is not that the military discipline of the Tongguan defenders is loose, it is really not out of the New Year, and few people have traveled far to pass the pass.

The carriage came slowly, and Wu turned around and said to the inside of the car, "We are going to enter Tongguan." ”

The car curtain was opened, Lu Rong poked his head out, raised his hand and raised his eyebrows to look around, a gust of cold wind blew in along the place where the car curtain was opened, and the old man Chen Ti Chen was lying with Erlang's legs crossed and closed his eyes to recuperate, and was blown by the cold wind, and raised his neck and scolded: "Either go out, or come in!" With the car door open and trying to freeze me? ”

Lu Rong had no choice but to get out of the car, sit beside Wu's back, and frown at the Xiongguan Mountains in front of him.

Although Lu Rong is already a prince, this sloppy old man is drinking to himself as always, and he doesn't pay attention to him at all.

Wu kept raising the whip in his back hand, and said slowly: "After this, it is Taiyuan Mansion, and Xiazhou City is not far ahead." ”

Lu Rong nodded slightly, tightening the cotton robe on his body.

Before coming out of Chang'an City, the shopkeeper Liang secretly contacted several spies who hooked Chenzi, and traveled in the snow a day before the three of them, and there was no return when they came here, and there seemed to be nothing abnormal.

Wu Bei drove to the gate, checked the ultimatum, and let him enter the gate, the line went smoothly, and Lu Rong was slightly relieved.

It's just noon, it stands to reason that there should be a military horse drill, or because of the Spring Festival, Guanzhong seems to have no morning and lunch exercises for a long time, and on the huge playground in the south, a piece of snow white is as deep as the ankles, smooth as ever. There was only a dense string of horseshoe prints, leading to the barracks.

There was silence in the pass, seeing a few sergeants patrolling, and not hearing the common sound of cheering in the barracks, somehow Lu Rong faintly felt that the cold wind was colder, piercing his heart.

Lu Rong and Wu Bei didn't speak, they were all looking around and on guard, hurrying away.

Tongguan is not as wide as the inverted horse pass, the shape is more flat and long, there is only less than 300 steps between the east and west gates, and the east gate can be seen when you enter the pass, which is also open, and the guard is not strict, and no one cares about them. After a while, the car went out of the east gate, the towering Tongguan was already behind, and the foot was already under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Mansion.

Before he could get into the car, he suddenly heard Chen Ti in the car say coldly: "It's here!" ”

Lu Rong was stunned when he heard this, and he hurriedly looked around, but there was no one in sight. And Wu Bei was also taken aback, and hurriedly beat the horse and walked quickly.

The surroundings are still unharmed, only the white expanse of snow white and the continuous Qin Mountains across the river.

Lu Ronggang wanted to ask, but saw Chen Ti actually lift the curtain, lean out, and stand in the wind, Huzi also followed under him, his back hair was erect, and his mouth was whining warning.

Lu Rong furrowed his eyebrows, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Sure enough, a moment later, there was a sudden change in Tongguan behind him!

I only heard a golden sound, the sound of armor colliding suddenly, and the horses roared Xiao Xiao, as if thousands of people were on the horse and gathered!

There was a rider at the gate of the city behind the carriage, dressed in black armor, with a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers, a leopard's head and eyes, and a spear in front of the door.

In front of the carriage, five people could be seen standing in the distance, tall or short, of different shapes, all dressed in white robes and holding a single sword, hidden in the snow and not easy to detect. One of them is missing an arm, and standing on the very side, it is Meng Da of the Orchestra Pit Sword Sect!

It turned out that it was not the Qinzhou Lechi Sword Sect that swallowed its anger, but had already laid a net under Tongguanguan, the only place to pass through on the road to Qin's return to the secluded world!

When Lu Rong saw the scene in front of him, he was not afraid at all, only sneered.

Hum! I should have thought of it a long time ago, or in fact, I had already thought that the battle of Tupo and the breaking of people's arms would be nothing good in this matter. It's just that he never expected that he would deploy heavy troops and intercept and kill himself when he was out of Tongguan.

Want to kill yourself a let down guard by surprise?

Could it be that the relationship between an edict and Zhao Jingde here is not enough to point out his identity?

Lu Rong, who was not far-reaching enough, couldn't help but think that the other party was too simple.

The Lechi Sword Sect has been in Qinzhou for hundreds of years, and the relationship between the army and the army is deep-rooted, and in the early years, he bet on Ji Shan, who was still not famous at that time, Ji Shan, who was also quite competitive, and used the soldiers treacherously, especially good at a small number of elite cavalry to carry out a thousand-mile raid, winning with odds, and repeatedly making military exploits in front of the army, and after years of planning and climbing, paying countless money, blood and sweat, and finally holding Ji Shan step by step to the current position of the current four-grade Zhenwu general.

And now Meng Da has broken his arm, Meng Gongxun was humiliated before the banquet, and the Lechi Sword Sect has suffered two defeats, and its reputation in Qinzhou has plummeted. As Meng Gongxun's sister-in-law and Meng Da's uncle's leading general, Ji Shan, who has been fighting all his life, how can he endure such a slump from the tyrant behind him?

Others may still have deep scruples about Lu Rong's identity, but as a famous general Ji Shan, who has stood in the military circle of Qinzhou for more than 20 years and is only in the position of Su Lie, how can he not know what King Qin thinks? Not to mention that Lu Rong's identity is unknown now, even if he is really the prince of King Yan as he guessed, so what? If you kill it, you will kill it, if Lu Yuan starts to fight, it will just make the cautious staff officers in the palace of King Qin in Chang'an City have no reason to delay King Qin's pursuit of the Central Plains.

As for why he didn't do it in Tongguan City, he was well versed in military affairs and people's hearts, and he had already instructed Qin Tong, the Tongguan guard he had single-handedly, to try his best to do it outside Qinzhou, so as not to give the imperial court a handle. And these days Tongguan seems to be normal, but it has already been allowed to go out and not allowed to enter, and a few Gou Chenzi spies are one step ahead, even if they have great ability, even if they can see an ambush after Tongguan, they can no longer cross the ten-zhang high wall and report to Lu Rong.

In addition to Ji Shan's desire to avenge this, the Lechi Sword Sect was even more unwilling, although the sect master Meng Gongxun was inconvenient to show up because of the incident on the Lanting Terrace, the four contemporary masters of the Sword Sect had already been waiting outside Tongguan for a long time, and one of them was an old swordsman who had not been born for a long time than Meng Gongxun. I will definitely be able to cut off Meng Da's left arm with a sword!

Chen Ti stood proudly and said lightly: "Lu Rong boy, it seems that your face is not small, four masters of the Lechi Sword Sect, hundreds of Qin army iron horses, this is to press you to death in front of Tongguan." ”

Lu Rong's death in such a desperate situation had aroused the arrogance in his heart, and at this moment there was no wave, and he smiled slightly: "I didn't expect them to fight so much, it seems that today is not an auspicious day." ”

Chen Ti sneered: "Whether the auspicious day is auspicious or not is determined by heaven, and whether it can be done or not is man-made." ”

Lu Rong said narrowly: "At this moment, Uncle Chen still wants to be artificial? ”

Chen Ti snorted: "Look at your appearance, whether you practice swords, or become a king, you just have to do what others don't do." ”

Lu Rong smiled bitterly and said yes again and again.

The two talked and laughed, but Wu Bei looked solemn, and he regretted it in his heart at this moment. It's not that he regrets coming to Qin with Lu Rong, but that he regrets why he didn't expect this time. Half a month of caution was exchanged for being in death, how could it not make Wu Ke feel indignant.

In this situation, Wu Bei was extremely eager to palm the armored soldiers, just like Lu Rong on the dirt slope that day, hating his own powerlessness.

Behind him, the iron cavalry had lined up in front of the pass, the gate of Tongguan had been closed, and the first general was Qin Tong, holding the spear horizontally, and suddenly put down his helmet.

With another golden sound, it suddenly sounded like a landslide behind him!

The five people in front of them had drawn their swords out of their sheaths, breathing long, not moving.

The mountain rain is about to come but the wind is cold, and the clouds and screens of the Qinling Mountains across the river are swirling, like a fairyland.

Chen Ti looked back at the iron cavalry and commanded: "Wu Bei, you just drive the horse and don't stop." As he spoke, he took out an ordinary long sword, which Wu Bei wanted to use at the shopkeeper Liang for self-defense.

Slowly pulling out his sword, the old fairy Chen Ti woke up his nose and said coldly: "The road ahead, wait for me to open it for you!" ”

Suddenly, Lu Rong was full of pride!