"Under the festival, beware of deception."

A staff officer reminded Zhao Gui that at this time, Xie Ling suddenly sent someone to ask for the internal response to be attached, and asked the Qin army to respond, which seemed very subtle.

"It's quite possible, but it's only possible." As the commander of the first army, Zhao Gui has many issues to consider. For example, he was ordered to send troops to attack Zhuojun, although it was going well, but now he is also in trouble. First, with the successive victories of the offensive, his soldiers and horses have been sent out of the army for more than 200 miles.

If it is more than 200 miles on the plain, it can be reached by galloping in a day and night.

However, after leaving the military capital pass, the terrain along the way is uneven, especially the thirty-six miles of canyon trail that goes out of the military capital pass, which is even more difficult. In addition, it is extremely inconvenient to transport grain during the summer at this time. During the period when Zhuo County was occupied by Gao Tansheng, not only did it have no production reserves, but it was empty everywhere.

It's also hard to resupply on the spot.

The more soldiers come out, the greater the logistical pressure on Zhao Gui.

But now Gao Kaidao has led a large army back to aid Huairong, if there is not enough food and grass, Zhao Gui will not be able to fight this battle.

"Gao Kaidao is this person, I know some details."

This founding hero, known as the purple-faced Heavenly King, used to follow the emperor to the north to the east, and when he passed through Pingyuan County, he suppressed bandits by the way.

"Speaking of which, that was still six years of the Great Cause, and it has been eight years since then. We were ordered to go north to Zhuo County to assemble and prepare for the eastward expedition, and when we passed through Pingyuan County, Liu Zhen of Lujiao Pass asked His Majesty to help exterminate the uncle thief Liu Badao in Douzi Gang······"

Speaking of that past, Zhao Gui was still very excited, he was just a team leader at that time.

"Gao Kaidao is a native of Hejian, and he first followed Ge Qian, and Ge Qian is Liu Badao's righteous brother. Gao Kai Taoist used to be a salt farmer who boiled salt for generations, he had great strength when he was young, and when he grew up, he ran and ran very fast. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the life of the common people was very difficult, especially the people in Hebei and Henan, because of the heavy conscription of Liao, many people began to flee. ”

Gao Kaidao also fled, and later joined his fellow villager Ge Qian, he was very hard and brave, but he was not valued by Ge Qian, until Luo Cheng and they surrounded Douzigang, Ge Qian was surrounded, it was Gao Kaidao who desperately got up and was seriously injured Ge Qian, and escaped with him to break through the siege, after that, Ge Qian regarded him as a brother and valued him very much.

Although Douzigang was surrounded and suppressed by Luo Cheng at that time, his vitality was greatly damaged. But after Luo Cheng went north, Ge Qian and others quickly made a comeback, and their power quickly recovered, they attacked the city and broke the ground, looting everywhere, and during this time, Gao Kaidao also became an important general under Ge Qian.

Not only that, Luo Cheng returned from the Eastern Expedition and served as the ambassador of Henan to arrest, Ge Qian defeated Luo Cheng again, but this time he lost his life.

Gao Kaidao escaped with only more than 100 people and hid on the beach for a long time.

Later, after Luo Cheng re-entered Liao, he reappeared in the rivers and lakes.

In the years since, he has stood on his own and has also attached himself to other forces, but he has not made a name for himself when he fights back and forth.

Later, Shandong was controlled by Luo Cheng, and most of Hebei was taken by Dou Jiande.

Soon after, Wang Xuba died, the Shanggu thieves joined the Qin army, and Gao Kaidao also surrendered and was awarded the post of captain.

Originally, if he was doing his duty, then this was a good opportunity to wash his name, and he could start anew, abandon his past identity as a bandit, and become a Great Qin officer.

It's just that a person who is used to being the leader of the thieves has suddenly adapted to the rules and regulations of the officialdom and the army, and besides, a surrendered officer like him is not very well received.

So when the north was in turmoil, Gao Kaidao simply reversed.

But after all, he was just a grass coward, and he was soon defeated again, so he went to vote for Gao Tansheng. When he got support from Jieli's side, he came back and killed Gao Tansheng, who had already figured out the details of him.

"In a certain opinion, Gao Kaidao has always been just a thief, and he is a thief who has no skills." Zhao Gui looked down on Gao Kaidao very much, he once had a precious opportunity in front of him, but he didn't know how to cherish it.

When you are an emperor, how can you be an emperor so well?

Zhao Gui hadn't heard of Xie Ling's name, and he didn't know about this person, but since this person used to be Gao Tansheng's righteous son, and he was also the general of Zuo Wuwei, the king of Yanjun, who was awarded the title by him, then now after Gao Kaidao killed Gao Tansheng, Xie Ling wanted to surrender to sincerity, which made perfect sense.

"If Xie Ling is the internal response, then our army can easily capture Zhuojun Huairong, defeat Gao Kaidao, and avoid the current predicament, so it is completely worth a try."

"What if it's a trap?"

"There is no risk in war, as long as we are well prepared."

Zhao Gui ordered Deng Wei, the former army's Yuyang County, to lead the army to meet Xie Ling, and he came later.

Huairong.

Deng Wei received Zhao Guijun's order and was not without worries.

But now that the military order has been issued, he has no choice but to carry it out.

Late at night.

Several red lanterns lit up on the head of Huairong City, and when Deng Wei saw it, he ordered the soldiers who had already been prepared to quietly touch the city gate.

When the swordsmen came to the front of the city, they found that there was no defense in front of the city, and the gates of the city were wide open.

"It's Xie Ling, follow me into the city to kill the thief!"

Before the city gate, a general shouted.

Deng Wei no longer had any suspicions, and ordered the whole army to rush into the city.

The inner city, in the middle of the government.

Gao Kaidao drank tea leisurely, and his general Zhang Jinshu strode in.

"Qin thieves have already entered the city?"

"Your Majesty, the Qin army has already been counted in the city."

"Hahaha, as I expected, it's good, send a signal to the Turks outside the city to attack, it's time to close the net."

It's just that Zhang Jinshu didn't move for a long time.

"What else?"

Zhang Jinshu stood there and said slowly, "I have been following Your Majesty for ten years. ”

"Yes, ten years have passed in a flash, and time flies so fast."

Zhang Jinshu continued, "It's been ten years, fighting and killing, running around, and I haven't had a day of stability. Honestly, I've had enough of these days, and I'm tired. Originally, the brothers had settled down with His Majesty to Daqin last year. ”

Gao Kaidao frowned.

"Ah Shu, when I took my brothers to join the Qin army, it was also a temporary expedient measure, but you have also seen that those Qin officers will not treat us as their own at all, and look down on us everywhere, what is the meaning of being extremely aggrieved in those days?"

"But after all, this is an opportunity to wash your hands and go ashore, to be honest, the brothers have had too much blood on their hands over the years, and everyone is tired of it."

"Ah Shu, what do you want to say?"

"Actually, when I was in Shanggu, many of us didn't want to rebel anymore, you forced everyone to rebel again, but looking back, what is the point of all this, is it just so that you can be the emperor today, but this emperor can be the emperor for a few days?"

"Presumptuous!" Gao Kaidao felt wrong.

"Hahaha, I've been with you for ten years, and I've called you big brother for ten years, I'm sorry, I'm tired and I don't want to rebel with you anymore."

"Here, escort!" Gao Kaidao shouted.

"It's useless, I'll take precautions against your more than 100 adopted sons, and during the day I sent someone over and pretended to drink with them, and took the opportunity to cut their bowstrings, and just now let people take away their knives and guns, and besides, more than half of your adopted sons are actually disgusted to continue like this."

At this time, there was finally a rumor outside.

"Let me tell you one more thing, Xie Ling has actually been persuaded by me a long time ago, so he is not a fake surrender to the Qin army, but a real surrender, and now he has entered the city with the Qin army."

"Bastard!"

Gao Kaidao was furious, got up and lifted the big knife on the side.

Zhang Jinshu drew his knife and shouted.

The outside door was slammed open, and Zhang Jinshu's personal soldiers had already rushed in with knives.

Half an hour later, Deng Wei entered Yacheng with the support of his own soldiers.

Zhang Jinshu greeted him with the head of Gao Kaidao.

"Is this Gao Kaidao?"

"Yes."

After verification, Deng Wei asked people to put it in a mercury box and send it to Zhao Gui to report the victory.

A generation of heroes opened the way, and after killing the Mahayana Buddhist Emperor Gao Tansheng, he called himself Emperor Yan, but he was killed by his general Zhang Jinshu after only three days as emperor.

Originally, he wanted to set up an ambush to lure the Qin army into the city to gather and annihilate, but unexpectedly, the fake drama came true, not only did the Qin army really enter the city, but he also lost his head.

5,000 Turkic soldiers have been waiting outside the city for the order to attack, but they can't wait left and right, but wait for the joint attack of the Qin army and the Yan army when it is almost dawn.

A few days later, Zhao Gui led his own troops to Huairong in Zhuo County.

At this time, the battle had already ended, and the Qin army had recovered the land of Zhuo County, and Deng Wei also sent an army out of the Great Wall, stationed in Huaihuang, and guarded the road out of the fortress here.

When Zhao Gui saw Gao Kaidao's lifelike head that was immersed in mercury and preserved, he couldn't help but exclaim, "I really can't imagine such twists and turns, if it weren't for Zhang Jinshu and others who were war-weary, Ben Shuai would almost fall into Gao Kaidao's trap." ”

"Jiexia, now that Zhuojun has been recovered, next?"

"Zhuojun has been restored, and then we will go to the clouds." Zhao Gui asked people to take the map and pointed to the Outer Great Wall on the map, "We will march along the ancient road at the foot of the Outer Great Wall and go to the clouds." ”

Deng Wei looked at the map, "The ancient road of the Great Wall, the road is dangerous and difficult, and there are five or six hundred miles to the clouds from now on, but I am afraid that the grain and grass will not be able to keep up." ”

"I know, but we don't need to rush directly to Yunzhong City, as long as we can appear in the northeast of Yunzhong County, we can also put pressure on the Turks to stop them."

"Why don't you go to Lingqiu first?" Deng Wei asked.

"Liu Heimin of Lingqiu is General Feng's mission, not ours. We have already recovered Zhuojun, so now we need to rush to reinforce Yunzhong, and Lingqiu's side should be handed over to General Feng. ”

"As for the problem of grain and grass, there is no difficulty to solve, and if there are difficulties, we have to find a way to solve them."

"What about the soldiers and horses who surrendered here?"

"Select its elite to supplement the army, and the rest will be settled on the spot as the people of Tuntian and granted land."

"Also, report to Your Majesty!"