Although only the 500 cavalry of Dian Wei and Bao came to the pass, as soon as these cavalry who shouted the slogan "General Pingbei has arrived" appeared, it still became the last straw that overwhelmed Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others.

The gate of Tongguan was open, and on the narrow mountain road, a long line of cavalry galloped and galloped.

Duan Xuan's soldiers, who had received reinforcements and had greatly boosted their morale, also moved away from the antlers and went out of the camp to invite the battle, wanting to compete with the chaotic army.

Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, who were boosting morale, sadly found that the fighting spirit that the soldiers had just mustered up had dissipated without a trace in an instant with the reversal of the situation.

With the fierce shooting of bows and crossbows and the handover of short soldiers, first those old men and horses who surrendered to Zhang Xiu were the first to collapse, then Dong Cheng's men and horses and Yang Ding's men and horses were defeated and retreated one after another, and finally they collapsed completely.

Zhang Xiu, who was wounded several times and was bleeding nonstop, had broken the spear in his hand at this time, and the war horse under his crotch was also shot.

As there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Zhang Xiu was finally hit hard, a spear pierced his ribs from the side, although the spear was cut off by Zhang Xiu at the first time, but Zhang Xiu, who was hit hard, knew that the tip of the spear that remained in his body had stabbed his internal organs, and he would soon be unable to hold on to the bleeding.

Holding a short spear in one hand and a sword in the other, Zhang Xiu's eyes were red as he gasped in pain, and he looked viciously at the enemy soldiers around him, but his combat boots, which had been stained red with his own blood, could not move half a step, and could only support them on the spot, confronting the enemy soldiers around him with one person.

"This man is a strong man, let me come!"

There was a loud roar from the crowd of enemy soldiers.

After the cavalry in Hedong entered the pass, they quickly went around to the flank of Yang and Zhang's chaotic army, and took advantage of the chaos of the rebel army's heart and the change in the battle situation of the rout, and successfully outflanked the rear road of Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses who fought to the death

At this time, seeing the madness of Zhang Xiu's death battle, Dian Wei, who was brave and brave, was also aroused to the boiling morale, and couldn't help but see that Hunting was happy, his hands were itching, he yelled, dismounted and separated from the soldiers, and came to Zhang Xiu, who was seriously injured and did not retreat.

Dian Wei, who was majestic and bearded like a halberd, stood out in front of Zhang Xiu, looking at Zhang Xiu, who was already seriously injured, he just thought about it a little, and did not hesitate to stick the halberd in his hand on the ground, and took out the double iron halberd with his backhand, not intending to take advantage of Zhang Xiu in weapons.

Zhang Xiu, whose vision was becoming blurred, saw this tower-like man give up his long weapon, smiled coldly, endured the severe pain, moved the center of gravity of his body to the supporting spear shaft, and pointed the sword that had been cut out of the gap in his hand at Dian Wei.

There was no need for words, just the sneer of the madman on his face expressed his deep disdain for Dian Wei.

Dian Wei was not angry when he saw this, his eyes showed a fierce light, he stepped forward, and went straight to Zhang Xiu with a big stride.

"Bell!"

The sparks flashed, and Dian Wei's right-hand iron halberd easily knocked away the sword in Zhang Xiu's hand, and the left-hand iron halberd hit Zhang Xiu's breastplate like an iron vertebrae, and the breastplate was dented to the extent that it was visible to the naked eye, and Zhang Xiu, who was still sneering, spurted blood, and the whole person flew directly to the rear.

Seeing the situation, the soldiers in the rear stretched out their spears and picked up Zhang Xiu from behind, and the soldiers on both sides also rushed up and stabbed out the spears, stabbing Zhang Xiu's abdomen from both sides, and picked up Zhang Xiu together.

Zhang Xiu didn't snort, he was covered in blood, and the sneer on his face had not disappeared, but he had already lost his breath!

Dian Wei watched this scene, this tower-like man did not personally cut off Zhang Xiu's head, but slowly put away the double iron halberd, and silently gave a military salute to Zhang Xiu's corpse.

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When Yan Xing led a large group of horsemen and horses into Tongguan, the bloody battle was over, and the rebel army who failed to capture Tongguan in time saw the banner of the Hedong reinforcements, and their morale immediately declined, and they fled one after another.

Zhang Xiu's head had been cut off, and Duan Xuan ordered the soldiers to stick this head and some of the heads of the rebels into their spears, line them up, and stand in front of the camp to deter people's hearts.

Yang Ding had nowhere to go with the remnants of the army, so he could only run back to his camp, but he was soon surrounded by Duan Xuan, Dian Wei, and Bao Zhu's soldiers and horses, and fell into a situation where it was impossible to escape.

Dong Cheng fled to the camp of the Son of Heaven alone, trying to seek refuge from the Son of Heaven.

Seeing that a large number of reinforcements from Hedong arrived, the morale of the soldiers under Duan Xuan's command was high again, and they were ready to attack Yang Ding's camp.

But when Yan Xing arrived at the open space outside the Yangding camp, he saw that the soldiers in the camp had no heart to fight, but he thought about it for a while, and did not send troops and horses to attack, but sent Dong Dai as a messenger to the Yangding camp to persuade him to surrender.

This is a decision he discussed with Xi Zhicai, Zhou Liang and other staff members on the way here, if the Hedong army successfully enters Tongguan, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng can be broken in a moment, and Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, who have lost their soldiers and horses, are like tigers without minions, and there is no threat to Hedong, killing them is a matter of fingers, and it is insignificant.

Leaving them behind can instead calm the hearts of the panicked Son of Heaven and the courtiers.

Of course, the premise of this decision was that the Son of Heaven and the courtiers had never been involved in the incident of Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu, and Dong Cheng leading the army to attack Duan Xuan at night.

Rushed to the pass, Yan Xing, who had been in contact with the victorious Duan Xuan, had already learned about Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others raising troops, so he decided to follow the original plan to persuade Yang Ding, who was already in a desperate situation.

Duan Xuan was almost killed, he was full of anger, and he was planning to take this opportunity to kill them all and never suffer in the future, although the soldiers and horses in Hedong were strong, they couldn't agree.

After the successive persuasions of Yan Xing, Xi Zhicai and others, and after clarifying the current situation, Duan Xuancai was reluctant to retreat and take away the military power of Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, but left the lives of the two.

So, everyone soon saw Dong Dai, who was the messenger, enter Yang Ding's camp alone.

in the military tent.

Yang Ding, who was defeated and fled, was embarrassed and calmed down, and looked coldly at the enemy envoy who was carried into the tent by his own soldiers and called himself "the old man of Dong Ying".

Although this envoy was wearing the clothes and armor of the Hedong soldiers, his beautiful face still made Yang Ding's heart move, as if he was touched, he quickly thought about this face in his mind, and soon came up with the true identity of the person who came.

"Haha, it's really an old man, you guys should step back first!"

Yang Ding smiled miserably, waved his hand, and went straight to let the soldiers withdraw from the tent.

After Yang Ding's personal soldiers retreated outside the tent, Dong Dai showed a smile on his face, and said with a slow smile:

"General Yang has a good memory, he can still remember me!"

"Hehe, you are the daughter of Dong Gong, you are a dignified king, and the veteran is deeply favored by Dong Gong, even if you are deaf and weak, you will not forget the monarch!"

When Yang Ding talked about her father, Dong Dai couldn't help but have a complicated look on her face, but she quickly reacted and said lightly:

"General Yang is also a major general under his father's command in the past, and he and General Duan can be regarded as working together in the army, and they have the friendship of comrades, how can they get to the point of fighting each other today, is it irretrievable?"

"Don't say anything more, if you come to be a lobbyist for Duan Xuan and persuade me to tie my hands and arrest him, then please go back, don't bother thinking in vain, just go back and tell him Duan Xuan, although I, Yang Ding, am not a famous general, but this good head on the neck is not something that a coward in the turtle camp can cut off."

As soon as Yang Ding heard Dong Dai's words, he knew what she was going to do, so he rejected her directly, waved his hand, and turned around to let her go back.

A sneer appeared on Dong Dai's face, but her footsteps did not move a bit.

"I'm afraid General Yang is wrong, I entered the camp as an envoy from Hedong, not an envoy from Hongnong."

"Oh?" Yang Ding turned around again, looked at Dong Dai, and asked:

"Back then, it was Yan Xing from Hedong who saved the monarch?"

Dong Dai nodded and said:

"After I escaped from Hewu, I originally wanted to defect to my sister-in-law, but my sister-in-law had unfortunately been killed by his subordinate Hu Chi'er.

Yang Ding also knew about this matter, when Chang'an assassinated Dong, Dong Yingzhu died, and those who fled, the situation changed repeatedly. In the end, the biggest gain, in addition to the three lieutenants who attacked Chang'an, was Yan Xing, who was in Hedong at the time, but won a strong army under Niu Fu for nothing.

"I see, I think so, Duan Xuan, that thief, the two ends of the head and the rat, how can he be the one who can protect the monarch and the girl!"

Dong Dai noticed the loosening of Yang Ding's tone, she smiled faintly, and was noncommittal to Yang Ding's unrevealing method of praising Yan and degrading the paragraph, but continued:

"As the envoy of Hedong, I brought the original words of General Pingbei, and General Pingbei wanted me to tell General Yang, 'I am now creating an army and doing things, except for the old hatred, the only thing I can use is to use it, and I am familiar with the world, not only the general, but also the general."

"What a big breath!"

Yang Ding listened to Dong Dai's original words of Yan Xing, and snorted secretly in his heart, the only one who dared to say such words in front of him in his life was the former benefactor Dong Zhuo.

However, thinking of the sharp soldiers in Hedong now, as well as those elite generals, Yang Ding had to admit that Yan Xing was qualified to say such a thing.

Even Duan Xuan, who had always endured danger, bowed his head to Yan Xing in Hedong, not to mention treating himself who was already a general of the defeated army.

It's just that I don't know how much benefit he can give himself as a general of the defeated army.

Yang Ding looked at Dong Dai with a little caution, and finally asked:

"If I demote General Pingbei, I don't know how General Pingbei will treat me?"

Seeing that Yang Ding finally showed his inner desire for survival, Dong Dai also had a sly smile on his face.

"General Pingbei's original words, 'If Yang is willing to surrender, it is just to avoid death!' ”