Hangu Pass, about 140 miles long from Natong Pass, was one of the frontlines of Western Qin against Wei.

In the Hangu Pass, the Qin army camp.

At this time, in the camp of the Qin army, dozens of people were standing densely, and the big tent was not big, and these more than ten people were crowded together, and it seemed that the space for the big tent was very small.

They stood in a circle, and in the middle was a young general about twenty years old, the general was dressed in an ink-colored robe, wearing a scarf on his head, with a dignified figure, a dignified appearance, and an indescribable romantic charm, it was hard to imagine that such a character would be Yan Guang, the most prestigious young general of the Great Qin.

If you don't know that he is a general, if you stand out like this, it will only make others think that this is a reading talent.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this understanding. , Although Yan Guang is now a famous major general in the Qin State, he was not a general when he first entered the official career, but successively served as the Yellow Gate Squire and the Lang, and later because he was favored by the Qin Emperor Liu Jian and Du Chong, he was promoted to serve in the army, which is why he has the current Yan Guang.

Although there are many people in the big tent now, there is a depressed and tense atmosphere, everyone's face is full of condensation, and the worry is obvious. Just now, they had received a report from the Tongguan side, saying that the Wei army had used a strange plan to sneak attack Tongguan, and Tongguan was broken in just one night, and now the Wei army that captured Tongguan was resting and waiting, and may be ready to send troops to Hangu at any time to rush to Hangu Pass.

This can not be said to be a shocking news, and it also shocked the generals of the Qin army for a while.

The entire Qin army, or the entire Qin people, would not have expected that the rock-solid Tongguan would be captured by the Wei army in just one night.

In Yan Guang's plan, with 10,000 soldiers and horses at Tongguan, he could at least resist the Wei army for more than a month, and he only needed to deal with the main force of the Wei army outside Hangu Pass within a month. Originally, the plan was foolproof, but he never expected that the Tongguan defenders, who were the most at ease, would be defeated so simply and quickly. I didn't even have the time to prepare a little bit myself.

"General, is the news really true?" Finally, a general asked hesitantly, breaking the strange silence in the tent.

Hearing this, Yan Guang shook his head: "It should be correct, after all, no one will lie about such a big military matter." ”

"Then how did Zhou Feng break through Tongguan? General Zhang Bo has always been cautious and prudent, which is ....... How could this have lost Tongguan in just one night? Another general said in confusion.

General Zhang Bo was Yan Guang's deputy who was personally assigned to Tongguan to assist Qin Shuang, and he had a reputation in the army, and many generals under him were also very convinced of him. It's hard to imagine that such a reliable person would let Tongguan be lost in a day.

When Yan Guang heard this, he frowned, paused, and then slowly spit out: "It is said that a Wei army of less than 500 people crossed the Heishui Mountain, went around to the hinterland of Tongguan, and opened the gate at night to let the Wei army in. ”

When the generals heard this, their eyes widened, and they looked incredulous.

How is that possible? With a team of less than 500 people, can they climb over the fierce and treacherous Heishui Mountain, go around to the back of Tongguan, and then break through the layers of defenders and encirclement in that pass, and come to this gate to blatantly open the gate, is this something that people can do?

They know that it is not a simple matter to say that it is over the Black Water Mountain. The first line of the sky canyon of Heishui Mountain, from south to north, is distributed in a zigzag shape, the two walls of the canyon are about 100 feet high, and the steepness is abnormal, which is ....... How could this man have climbed over that canyon?

Thinking of this, many of the generals couldn't believe it, and after waiting for a while, some generals wondered: "This...... This general, it can't be that the intelligence is mistaken, how can only 500 people pass through the Heishui Mountain and open the gate of this Tongguan? ”

When Yan Guang heard this, he shook his head, sighed, and said slowly: "I also hope that this news is fake, but the truth is so. ”

"Dare to ask the general, this plan was come up with by Zhou Feng?" The general was still unwilling, and immediately asked.

Yan Guang was silent for a while before he said: "The general doesn't know whose plan this is, it may be Yang Wang, it may be He Xifeng, of course, it may be Zhou Feng." ”

"But the top priority now is not to dwell on how the Wei army captured Tongguan, what we need to do now is to discuss what to do next."

Indeed, the generals now also understand in their hearts that it is meaningless to dwell too much on how the Wei army took Tongguan, and the most important thing at the moment is to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Wei army.

"Tongguan and Hangu Pass are two passes connected by life and death, once Tongguan is broken, then Zhou Feng will inevitably lead the army from Hangu to attack in the direction of my Hangu Pass, our army must not only make every effort to deal with the attack of the Xifeng army outside this pass, but also take time to deal with the attack of Zhou Feng." Yan Guang was not in a hurry, and said lightly.

"Guys, do you have a good plan?" As soon as the words fell, he raised his head and glanced at the generals.

The Qin army was stared at by Yan Guang's eyes, and they couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while, so they had to lower their heads in embarrassment, for fear that Yan Guang would call out their names.

Finally, the bold general stood up and said in a deep voice: "General, there is a plan below." ”

"What's the plan?" Yan Guang became curious, and hurriedly replied.

"Zhou Feng's army forcibly tackled the storm, although it succeeded in taking Tongguan, but presumably the loss is also huge, now if they dare to attack my Hangu Pass non-stop, the army must be short of men and horses, the soldiers are exhausted, our army can quickly send an ambush, set up ambushes on both sides of Hangu, waiting for the arrival of the Zhou Feng army, as long as they can successfully ambush the Zhou Feng's army, my Daqin this battle, the chance of victory is still quite large." The general said with a glimpse of air.

It's just that before he finished speaking, Yan Guang just waved his hand and interrupted: "General Duan, this method won't work." ”

"Why?" Listening to Yan Guang's words, the general was suddenly a little embarrassed, showed a surprised expression, and said in doubt.

"If our army divides its troops to set up an ambush, the garrison force in the pass will be even weaker, the general should not forget, there are 80,000 troops of He Xifeng outside the city eyeing my Hangu Pass, once they know that our army is divided, they will definitely launch a crazy attack, when the time comes, even if they can successfully ambush that Zhou Feng, but if they lose Hangu Pass, wouldn't they give up the big book and chase the small one?" That Yan Guang explained to General Duan word by word.

When the general heard this, he was also stunned, then frowned, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "Then if our army sticks to Hangu Pass and waits for reinforcements to arrive, is it okay?" ”

"Someone from the DPRK?" When Yan Guang heard this, he immediately shook his head: "It's good if we can really hold out until the DPRK sends reinforcements, but what the general is worried about is that our army will be attacked by the enemy on both sides and will be attacked by the Wei army on both sides, but I am afraid that it will not last until that time." ”

The generals listened to Yan Guang say that this is not good, that is not good, and for a while they didn't know what Yan Guang wanted to say, they all looked at Yan Guang in confusion, and only expected him to come up with some ideas.

"Then I don't know the general, but there is a good plan?" General Duan thought about it, and finally asked Zhengse.

When Yan Guang heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but suddenly stood up and walked up in the middle of the big tent.

The generals looked at Yan Guang's appearance and knew that he was thinking of a plan, so they stayed quietly in place for a while, and didn't dare to say anything.

All of a sudden, the inside of the tent was unusually quiet, and if the needle fell on the ground at this moment, I am afraid that its sound would be heard clearly.

After thinking for a while, Yan Guang finally shook his head, thought for a long time, and slowly spit out two words: "Seek peace." ”

"What?" When the general heard this, he was stunned, suspecting that his ears had not heard clearly, so he hurriedly asked again.

"I said that the only way to do this today is to seek peace." Yan Guang did not hesitate, he frowned and said immediately.

When the generals heard Yan Guang's strategy, they immediately gasped, could it be that the situation was really urgent now that they had to ask for peace with the Wei State?

"General, is there no other way?" The general's face was very ugly, and he was very unwilling in his heart, so he finally gritted his teeth and asked again.

Yan Guang listened to General Duan's words, slowly closed his eyes, and finally let out a long sigh and shook his head: "Now, the only way to do this is to seek peace. ”

In fact, in Yan Guang's heart, he never wanted to ask for peace with the Wei people, originally he thought that with his foolproof defense and plan, he would definitely be able to block the attack of the nearly 100,000 Wei army, but Tongguan was lost in just one day, but it completely disrupted his plan.

If they don't sue for peace, the best case is that they surrender to the Wei army, and the worst case is that tens of thousands of his Qin army sons and daughters all die at the hands of the Wei army, this worst case, Yan Guang never wants to see, so he would rather seek peace with the Wei State than see the Qin army soldiers die alive in the hands of the Wei people.

When the Qin generals heard the news, they were all like eggplants who wanted to do it, and they couldn't keep their spirits up, and even some of the generals had already begun to sigh in this big tent.

"Then Wei Guo, will you agree?" General Duan finally hesitated, and the emperor spat out the most worried question in everyone's hearts.

If they were from the Wei State, they would never agree to the enemy's request, joke, this war has just begun, and the first battle has not yet been fought, so they will ask for peace? And for the Wei State, this battle is clearly his own chance of winning, so in this case, why accept the Qin State's request for peace.

Yan Guang listened to this, showing a strange expression, and finally said slowly: "They will." ”

"The general is so sure?" General Duan was puzzled and immediately asked.