Chapter 35 Tongguan

Tongguan, although it is not called the first level in the world, is definitely one of the most important levels in ancient times!

In a way, this is the place where the fate of the world is decided! At the end of the Han Dynasty, the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Chao was here, and then Cao Cao pacified Guanzhong and occupied the north! At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan and Li Shimin also entered Guanzhong from here, and then they guarded Tongguan, slowly developed in Guanzhong, and then went out of Tongguan to calm the world! At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang laid down Tongguan and cut off the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains, making it difficult for the Yuan troops in Guanzhong, Sichuan, and Yunnan to go north, laying a solid foundation for the smooth destruction of the Yuan Dynasty in the future! At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng also fought with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty here, but he was defeated by the officers and soldiers, and he could only become a rogue wandering around the Central Plains, without his own base!

The strategic location here is too important, and it has been a battleground for all dynasties! Whoever wants to get the world must first win this position!

Now, in the first month of 1127 A.D., it will play an important role again!

Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others have come to the bank of the Yellow River, the weather is cold, the Yellow River is still frozen, several people got off the horse, led the horse to cross the Yellow River carefully.

After crossing the Yellow River, they didn't go forward for long, and they finally cut down the Tongguan Pass in front!

In modern times, Tongguan has long been destroyed, leaving only some relics, and now Tongguan is intact! Looking from afar, I saw the peaks and peaks like gathering, Tongguan is located in the mountain stream, only from here can you enter the pass, you can't go around at all!

"The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road! Looking at the western capital, hesitating, sad Qin and Han meridians, the palace has turned into soil! Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer! Looking at Tongguan in the distance, Zhao Chen couldn't help but think of the Tong care of the Yuan Dynasty composer Zhang Yanghao, and read it softly at the moment.

"Good tune, good tune!" Li Gang clapped his hands and exclaimed.

The so-called Tang poems and Song words and Yuan songs, the Song Dynasty was mainly based on words, but the Song Dynasty also had loose songs, but most of them were sung by some folk artists! In the Song Dynasty, loose songs were not elegant, but Zhao Chen actually "composed" such a profound song, and Li Gang couldn't help but admire.

"I don't know how many wars this Tongguan has experienced and how many dynasties have prospered! The prosperity of the dynasty began here, and once it prospered, the emperor wanted to build palaces and build a large number of buildings, and the people could not eat enough and could not live! Not to mention the far away, there is the disaster of the emperor's grandfather Huashigang nearby, the emperor's grandfather built a royal garden that is unique in the world, but unfortunately there was a Songjiang uprising in the north, and there was a Fangla uprising in the south, why did the people revolt, isn't it that they can't survive? The fall of the dynasty also began here, the dynasty perished, the war was full of disasters, and the people naturally suffered even more! Zhao Chen said softly.

After hearing Zhao Chen's words, Li Gang, Yue Fei and the others all stayed there!

They agree with Zhao Chen's statement that "the people are bitter in the rise and fall", but Zhao Chen actually used Zhao Ji of Song Huizong as an example, and it was difficult for them to accept it! The Song Dynasty is a thriving dynasty of Confucianism, science is the most important to pay attention to the rules of law, the so-called "the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die", "the father wants the son to die, the son has to die", even if Song Huizong has a big mistake, as a descendant of Zhao Chen can not be blamed, this is to some extent also a big rebellion! However, Zhao Chen is the king of Li Gang, Yue Fei and others, and it is difficult for them to accuse Zhao Chen!

"The rise and fall of the people are bitter, I used to only see these things in books, since the city of Kaifeng was broken, I really felt the truth! In the future, from my hands, I will put an end to the suffering of the people of the rise and fall, so that the people of the world will no longer suffer from the suffering of the rise and fall! Zhao Chen said.

"It's really good that Your Highness has such ambitions, and the old minister will definitely assist His Highness in this matter in his lifetime!" Li Gang said at this time.

"Let's go, Tongguan is ahead!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

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They looked at their horses, and a quarter of an hour later they had come to the bottom of Tongguan.

From a distance, they could see that there were still soldiers stationed at the head of Tongguan, but these soldiers looked loose, one by one they leaned against the city wall, some were laughing there, some were playing chess there, and some were making a fire to barbecue, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't look like soldiers!

It wasn't until Zhao Chen and the others had already come to the city that a few soldiers stood up and shouted at the bottom: "Who are you?" ”

The Tongguan city wall is extremely high, Li Gang's voice may not be able to pass up, at that moment Yue Fei looked at Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen nodded, only to hear Yue Fei say loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, we escort His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to arrive, you quickly open the city gate!" ”

After hearing Yue Fei's words, the soldiers above were stunned for a moment, then glanced at each other, and some laughed.

"We just got the news the day before yesterday that someone is pretending to be His Royal Highness the Prince, presumably those people below?"

"It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been killed by the Jurchens, and it is impossible to escape here!"

The soldiers above talked a lot, more and more soldiers came to the city wall, and after a while, a captain arrived, he looked below, and sneered: "Pretending to be His Royal Highness the Prince, the crime deserves death!" Come on, kill them all! ”

With the captain's order, the soldiers above raised their bows and arrows and shot downward.

For a while, the sound of swishing was constant, but the garrison of Tongguan was too poor, and when their arrows shot below, there was not much strength, and Yue Fei didn't need much effort to pick all the arrows aside!

Everyone slowly retreated to the back, and Zhao Chen said, "What is it like now?" ”

Li Gang gritted his teeth and said, "Who spread the news here?" It was even said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was killed by the Jurchens? Either the news spread by the Jurchens themselves, or King Kang...... Your Highness, I'll go and talk to them! ”

He ignored Zhao Chen's obstruction, and went forward again, Zhao Chen had no choice but to let Yue Fei go up to protect Li Gang, only to see Li Gang come to the city again, and said loudly: "Old man Li Gang, can anyone recognize the old man?" Back then, the old man once came to Tongguan to read the holy decree, and drank with you generals, you take a closer look, is it the old man! ”

His voice spread far away, and it had become extremely ethereal, but after all, a few people still heard Li Gang's voice! A few soldiers carefully identified it, and they were shocked at the moment!

"That's right, it's Master Li Gang!"

"I followed the Zhejia Army back then, and I once greeted Master Li in Tongguan!"

"It's him!"

The bows and arrows above had stopped, and the soldiers stood there bewildered.

"It turns out that it's really Lord Li, I'm rude! Lord Li, we have sent someone to inform the two generals that they are in Tongguan now and will be here soon!" The captain above said.

"Tell them, come here! Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is under Tongguan City, let them come and see him quickly! Li Gang said.

"Master Li, is it really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince below? His Royal Highness King Kang sent someone to inform him that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been killed by Jin Bing! The lieutenant hesitated for a moment and said.

"Sure enough, it's King Kang, a traitor! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince escaped from Kaifeng City a few days ago, how could he be killed by Jin Bing? Li Gang gritted his teeth and said.

"100,000 golden soldiers surround Kaifeng City, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince escape?" The captain above didn't believe it.

"I was also in Kaifeng City at the time, I was a Wenchen, didn't I also escape? Let Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yan come over, they have also been to Kaifeng City back then, and they have also seen His Royal Highness the Prince, they naturally know the truth and falsehood! Li Gang said.

"Master Li, wait!" The lieutenant nodded.

There were no more bows and arrows shooting down above, Li Gang beckoned to Zhao Chen and the others, and Zhao Chen and the others came here again. They waited here for half an hour, but they still didn't come, and everyone was already a little impatient in their hearts, and at this time, the gate of Tongguan slowly opened!

Everyone thought that they could ask for it and that they would appear soon, but only a group of soldiers rushed out of it, and these soldiers surrounded everyone with spears and broadswords in their hands! The lieutenant was among them!

"What are you doing here? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, are you going to rebel? What about the quality of folding? Why don't you see them? Li Gang said angrily.

"Master Li, the Zhejiajun said that your identity is unknown! We won't kill you until we've identified you, but we can't let you go! Now you stay in Tongguan City, and wait until we have identified you before we decide what to do with you!" The lieutenant said.

"Damn it!" Li Gang couldn't help but scold.

"Teacher, what shall we do now?" Zhao Chen looked at the soldiers around him and said lightly.

There are not many soldiers around here, there are only more than a hundred, there are Yue Fei and the three of them here, if they want to leave, these people can't stop them at all! But Zhao Chen doesn't want to leave here now, if they leave here, they really have nowhere to go!

"Your Highness...... Let's go in with them! Li Gang thought for a long time and said suddenly.

"Good! Just listen to the teacher, I believe the teacher! Zhao Chen smiled and said.

He knows that his political experience is far inferior to Li Gang, and now that Li Gang has made such a judgment, there must be a reason for him, so listen to Li Gang!

At that moment, Zhao Chen and the others were escorted into Tongguan City by these soldiers, and Zhao Chen's face did not change much along the way, still looking at Tongguan City in front of him curiously! This is the level that determines the fate of the world, and it is impossible to see such an ancient level in modern times!

Soon, they were sent to a small courtyard, and the soldiers retreated, but the soldiers stayed outside and did not let them leave.