Tongguan fell into the hands of the Chu army, and once such news spreads all over the world, it will inevitably shock the world.

Qi Ning didn't know what Qu Yuangu would do when he got the news of the fire in his lair, whether he would continue to march to Luoyang, or turn his horse's head and return to attack Tongguan and then recapture the northwest?

However, no matter what choice Qu Yuangu makes, since Qi Ning has already controlled Tongguan, he naturally wants to firmly grasp Tongguan in his hands.

Early the next morning, he personally inspected various places in Tongguan.

This is a dangerous pass, and of course the people who have occupied it for generations have spent their time to increase the defense here, and because of this, the thickness of the walls of this pass is really amazing, and the layout of the pass is extremely complete.

Not only is there a special arsenal, but there is also everything to eat, drink, and Lazar, and there are enough food and water reserves in the pass, so it is not a problem at all to hold on for three or four months.

Observing Tongguan carefully, Qi Ning sighed at the majesty of this pass.

Although it is an important pass that everyone in the world is worried about, but if you really want to guard this pass, you really can't waste many troops, as long as the guards are arranged in the right place, it can really play the effect of being a master, and the arrows of Tongguan are extremely well prepared, and there is a lot of inventory, Qi Ning stood on the pass, overlooking the east, and saw that winding path leading to this side, and couldn't help but think that if he attacked from the east, he was afraid that there was really no way to defeat Tongguan.

I have to say that this time to win Tongguan is really luck, and the reason is overwhelming.

If you didn't get the secret letter, Qu Manbao was intercepted halfway, and it was really not easy to take Tongguan.

He has been thinking about who sent the secret letter, which not only did not know Qu Manbao's whereabouts, but also carried a map of Xianyang, which shows that the person is not only very clear about the situation in Xianyang, but also has a very close relationship with Qu Manbao.

Qu Manbao mentioned Daosheng last night, but it was a little surprising to Qi Ning, and he learned some information about Daosheng from Qu Manbao's mouth, Qi Ning also felt that Daosheng's words and deeds were quite strange, and secretly wondered if that secret letter really had something to do with Daosheng?

The soldiers and horses under Qi Ning's command were divided into two teams, one team was specifically responsible for burying the corpses, while the other team was deployed in Tongguan.

Tongguan is armed, in fact, three or four hundred people are enough.

The sun shone on Tongguan, Qi Ning stood at the head of the city, heard the sound of footsteps behind him, turned around, and saw that Lu Kang had arrived behind him, Lu Kang saluted Qi Ning, Qi Ning saw that his right arm was bandaged, yesterday Lu Kang led people to support from behind, and he was also the first soldier, and made a lot of achievements.

"How's the injury?" Qi Ning smiled.

Lu Kang hurriedly said: "Thank you Lord for your care, it's fine, and you can recover in two days." ”

"Tongguan is already in our hands, do you think Qu Yuangu will come back?" Qi Ning asked.

Lu Kang thought for a while, and then said: "My subordinates feel that it is not very likely that Qu Yuangu will transfer all the soldiers and horses back to attack Tongguan, he understands the danger of Tongguan better than anyone else, and knows that it is almost impossible to defeat Tongguan under the current situation. ”

Qi Ning said: "Beitangfeng led the troops into the customs, naturally Luoyang's number one enemy, Luoyang will inevitably always pay attention to the movements of the Northwest Army, Tongguan is lost, Luoyang will soon know, in this way, it will make Beitanghao more firm to defend Luoyang's heart, they know that the Northwest Army's logistics supply is not enough, one more day of delay, the Northwest Army will face a day of difficulty, as long as it holds on for a period of time, the Northwest Army will collapse without a fight." ”

"Exactly." Lu Kang said: "At present, Beitang Hao controls Luoyang after all, and as long as he survives this period of time, the Northern Han people will definitely throw themselves to him, and the longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be to Beitang Hao." After a slight pause, he said: "Qu Yuangu should know that his only hope is to be able to fight with all his strength and defeat Luoyang before the collapse of the Northwest Army, he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, if he really attacks Luoyang with all his might, it is not without a chance." ”

Qi Ning said: "I got the news that Beitang Zhao's border army was also sharp at the beginning, but after a few battles with Beitang Hao, now the consumption is huge, and it is already the end of the crossbow, the Northwest Army and Beitang Zhao are in trouble, they may not reach an agreement in private and join forces to attack Luoyang." ”

Lu Kang said: "If this is really the case, Beitang Hao's strength cannot compete with these two people, and Luoyang is really in danger." However, Qu Yuangu will not ignore the loss of Tongguan, and his subordinates believe that he will send a team of soldiers and horses over, not necessarily because he really wants to take down Tongguan, but to fortify Tongguan Road, so as not to let us enter the pass from the northwest and attack him from behind. ”

Qi Ning smiled: "Yes, you can think of this, it is commendable." Xianyang side doesn't know what the battle situation is, since this side has been taken, the next step is to control Xianyang, I am ready to start troops to Xianyang early tomorrow morning to support, Tongguan side...... I'll leave it to you. ”

Lu Kang was stunned and said in surprise: "Sir, subordinates...... This.....! "I was really surprised in my heart, and secretly thought that Tongguan was so heavy, how could Xiao Guogong hand it over to himself?

"You don't have to think about it." Qi Ning said: "In fact, when I was in the Meridian Road, I discussed with Duan Canghai, at that time I asked Duan Canghai to recommend a loyal and brave general, Duan Canghai was the first to recommend you, saying that you are loyal Needless to say, the most rare thing is that you have a tough temperament, if Tongguan is handed over to you, it will be able to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and because of this, I brought you with me when I attacked Tongguan, and I wanted to arrange you to stay here in Tongguan." ”

Of course, Lu Kang knew how much trust he had in himself by handing over Tongguan to himself, and he hesitated for a moment before he said: "Sir, my subordinates are mediocre, and they may not be able to bear such a heavy responsibility, but ..... If the lord ordered his subordinates to be stationed here, the subordinates obeyed the military orders, and assured the lord that anyone who wanted to pass through Tongguan would not be able to step on the corpses of his subordinates. ”

"Don't say anything unlucky." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Before the imperial court has a new will, Tongguan will be handed over to you, and how to arrange it in the future will be waiting for the will of the imperial court." ”

Lu Kang said yes.

Qi Ning asked Lu Kang to select five hundred people from the army to stay in Tongguan, he didn't have to worry about the shortage of materials in Tongguan, whether it was food or equipment, it was full of stocks here.

Qi Ning knew that Lu Kang and these five hundred people would live and die together in Tongguan in a short period of time, and even for a long time they would be stationed here.

Tongguan is only a few days away from Xianyang, on the third day, I saw the dust in front of me, a small group of cavalry came to meet him, Qi Ning raised his hand and ordered the team to stop, and soon the cavalry had already arrived in front, when they turned over and dismounted together, and ran away, Qi Ning saw that the person's appearance was familiar, and after thinking for a while, he remembered that this person was called Zhou Yunbin, who was also a member of the Black Scale Battalion back then, like Lu Kang, Duan Canghai was recalled when rebuilding the Black Scale Battalion, and this person seemed to be a captain before.

"Sir, Commander Duan reported that Xianyang has been taken, and now our army has been stationed in Xianyang, which has roughly stabilized the situation in Xianyang." Zhou Yunbin said respectfully: "Now in the city."

A grounding order has been issued, and the big and small officials in Xianyang have been controlled, and how to deal with it must be decided by the lord. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers behind Qi Ning cheered.

Qi Ning was also delighted: "Has Xianyang been taken down?" ”

"The night before yesterday, Commander Duan led the main force to approach the west gate of Xianyang, where the defenders were the weakest, and the brothers who had lined up in the city in advance took the arrow as the signal that night, and after sending out the signal, the brothers in the city immediately launched an attack on the west gate and seized the west gate, and the main force of our army immediately attacked the west gate, and before their reinforcements arrived, they had already captured the west gate of Xianyang, and after entering the city, we quickly occupied the warehouse and the general mansion in the west of the town." Zhou Yunbin's voice was also quite excited: "There are not many defenders in the city, and many Han soldiers saw us entering the city, so they immediately disarmed and surrendered, and almost occupied Xianyang City without bloodshed." ”

Qi Ning looked up at the sky, excited, and relaxed.

Of course, he knew that this attack on the northwest seemed to be going well, but in fact, the result was not caused by the Chu army's courage and skill, in the final analysis, the Han army's own problems were too big.

Qu Yuangu commanded the main force of the Northwest Army to enter the pass, and the forces remaining in Xianyang were naturally very weak, which Qi Ning had already judged in advance.

The most important thing is that the garrison of Xianyang is already weak, but the city lord Qu Manbao also left Xianyang for Tongguan, so that the Xianyang defenders are like a group of dragons without a leader.

Of course, it was impossible for the defenders of Xianyang to think that the Qinling narrow road had been breached, let alone that the Chu army had already been prepared for internal and external cooperation.

They thought that with the Qinling Mountains in the south as a barrier and the Tong Pass in the east, the entire northwest would be able to sit back and relax, and of course they would not be prepared for the sudden arrival of the enemy.

When he made the plan to attack Xianyang with the little emperor of Longtai, Qi Ning thought about the danger and knew that this attack would either be solved neatly and quickly, or it would be in an extremely difficult predicament.

It's just that things are developing so smoothly, which Qi Ning really didn't expect.

Looking at the vast sky, Qi Ning suddenly realized a question, is this attack on Xianyang not just his own force, behind this, has the Chu State made more arrangements? Otherwise, things would never have gone so smoothly.

Qi Ning led the team non-stop, all the way to Xianyang, the next day at noon, he saw a magnificent city on the earth from afar, the giant city quietly prostrate on the ground, Qi Ning knew that it was Xianyang City that had fallen into the control of the Chu army.