The Qinling Mountains, which stretch for hundreds of miles, stretch all the way to the banks of the Yellow River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoHundreds of miles of strange peaks are steep, and a canyon is born here. This is Tongguan, there is a forbidden valley in its southeast, and there are 12 cities in the south of the valley; There are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north, and the Yellow River hugs down, and the west is near Huayue. The surrounding mountains are even mountains, peaks are even peaks, the valleys are deep and the precipices are exclusive, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and there is a narrow sheep intestine path in the middle, and only one car and one horse can be allowed to go back and forth. In the past, people often compared the situation here with "the danger of the road and the ape" and "the danger of the road stopping at Tongguan in the world". The slopes on both sides of the canyon are steep, as if they were created to facilitate the living beings in the Nether Realm, so that they have a north-south passage, and split them with a magical axe. The slopes on both sides are hard rocks. There are all kinds of trees growing tenaciously in the cracks of the stones, ranging from low dense bushes to towering pines and cypresses.

As the most important pass from the northwest to the Central Plains, it has been a necessary way for business travelers for many years, and now it is affected by the war, so that there are few pedestrians here, making the Tongguan at the pass appear particularly quiet and deep. Shortly after noon, the sun was out of sight, and everything was covered in a grayish-black hue. The rocks are gray and black, the trees are gray and black, the ancient Great Wall is gray and black, and the houses dotted nearby are gray and black. Inside and outside the gates, there was a strong solemn atmosphere.

Tongguan is indeed a dangerous pass to defend the northwest.

The Taiping army blew down part of the walls of Tongguan with gunpowder, but most of the walls of Tongguan were largely preserved. And the golden steep pass that does not see the sky has put a heavy historical burden on this thousand-year-old pass, and also added dynamic vitality and interest to it. At the end of the passage of the Golden Steep Pass, the ancient gate tower of Tongguan City is still majestic, and it looks extraordinarily majestic.

In the passage of Jinshuguan, which only barely passed one car, with the shouts of the coachman, donkey carts and mule carts full of grain and grass walked towards Tongguan City, compared to the old city of Tongguan that was blown open by the Taiping army with thousands of catties of gunpowder, this Jinshuguan Pass was almost taken by the Taiping soldiers without blood.

"Waist card ......"

Without waiting for the Taiping army guarding the pass to finish speaking, the man on the horse whipped him, and then the man spoke Hakka dialect that was equivalent to the book of heaven for northerners.

"Waist card, I still need a waist card!"

scolded like this, but Zhao Ziyu's hand was merciless, and the leather whip of the whip fell on the long hair guarding Jin Qiguan, although on the surface he seemed to be extremely arrogant, but in fact her heart was very nervous.

This is the trick she learned from Zhu Yifeng, in the Taiping Army, there are only those "old brothers" from Liangguang, and they also speak Hakka and Cantonese, and Ban's identity is not comparable to the northerners in the Taiping Army.

This leather whip was whipped, and the person who only whipped it kept crying and begging for mercy, where did he dare to fight back. For fear that the other party will not be willing to cut off his head, in this army, anyone who speaks this bird language, even if it is a pawn, is not something that ordinary people can afford to provoke, who knows if there is a relationship between this lord and the prince, with a reason.

In his begging for mercy, Zhao Ziyu scolded hatefully in Henan dialect with a Cantonese accent.

"Now that I know that I am begging for mercy, what did I do just now?"

As she spoke, she yelled at the driver who had stopped.

"You things with no eyesight, why are you still standing here, why don't you send the grain and grass to the city quickly, if it is half an hour at night, when the prince investigates it, Lao Tzu will cut off your heads like the prince is ......"

In his scolding, those coachmen hurriedly drove the car and continued to rush towards Tongguan City, from Jinshuguan to Tongguan City, it was only more than half a mile, but it was only a moment's work, and hundreds of carts full of grain and grass escorted by thousands of people entered Tongguan City, compared to the defenders on the side of Jinshuguan and asked, this side didn't even ask. For them, they have long been accustomed to these carts of grain and grass from Henan. It's not any different from what it used to be.

The convoy entered the city from the East Gate, and drove directly through the streets and alleys towards the West Gate, and now the Western Expedition army has crossed the Tongguan Pass and killed towards the Guanzhong Plain, and these grains and grass are naturally to be sent to the Western Expedition Army.

After mixing into the city, Zhao Ziyu, who was riding on a horse, looked at the Tongguan City in front of him, compared to the past, the current Tongguan City is more deserted than in the past, you can see the burned houses everywhere in this city, and you can see pieces of blood stains on the stone road, I don't know who left it.

Take back Tongguan!

This is Zhang Zipeng's strategy, as long as the Tongguan is recaptured, then it is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Taiping army, even if there are tens of thousands of Taiping troops in the pass, I am afraid that the army will be confused, and the defenders of Xi'an should be combined with the outside, the Taiping army that has been cut off by tens of thousands of back roads is a dead end.

At first, Zhao Ziyu still doubted whether Zhang Zipeng's strategy could succeed, but now, she no longer doubted it - the Taiping army in Tongguan City did not expect that someone would come from Henan to infiltrate this Guancheng. In fact, who would have thought that someone would once again infiltrate the city after the Taiping army seized it.

No one could have imagined!

Even Zeng Lichang, as the king of Yu, did not expect that someone would blend into the city at this time, and it would be several thousand. Almost just as he left the temporary Jin Chamber of Commerce and was about to leave the city, he unexpectedly encountered Zhao Ziyu and his party who had just blended into the city.

When the gong sounded, look at the exalted "Evade! Zhao Ziyu did not hesitate, and immediately glanced at Changshun beside him.

Changshun, who had received the young master's orders, hurriedly glanced at the others. The Tuan Yong who drove the donkey cart were all touching the knives and guns between the grain bags, ready to fight at any time, many of them seemed a little nervous, this was not the first time they went to the battlefield, in fact, when they were in Shaanxi, they had also cleared the bandits.

"When we take Xi'an, we will almost be able to separate from that side......"

Zeng Lichang said in his heart, people are ambitious, and his ambition swelled in Henan, it can be said that it was under the impetus of Liang Zuoshan that it swelled up little by little, and the fact that Henan was the emperor of the soil made him inclined to power, and when he arrived in Xi'an, he would no longer need to take care of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Power is like an aphrodisiac, which will make everyone crazy about it, just like Zeng Lichang even did not hesitate to introduce foreign missionaries in order to consolidate his own power, and replaced God worship with foreign religion, in fact, all this was carried out at the instigation of Liang Zuoshan.

"Liang Zuoshan ......"

Thinking of the merits that Liang Zuoshan has made for himself in the past two years, Zeng Lichang's brows are furrowed, this down-and-out scholar back then is not only his number one staff member now, he is also quite prestigious in the army, if he has a different heart......

Thinking of this, Zeng Lichang's brows furrowed even tighter, and Liang Zuoshan's caution for more than two years has become a proof of his deep scheming.

"I've got to think of a way......

However, this method will have to wait until Xi'an is defeated.

Only by laying down Xi'an and Shaanxi can we slowly solve this problem when the time comes.

Just when Zeng Lichang's you made a decision, a gunshot suddenly came into his ears, and there was another burst of gunfire around the surprised kung fu.

When the procession escorted by hundreds of soldiers passed by, Zhao Ziyu, who drew out his revolver, pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation, and the guards around him also drew their revolvers and shot at the Taiping troops on the street.

More than 20 revolvers purchased from Wuchang formed a dense rain of bullets at this time, and those Taiping troops who did not realize that there would be danger in the city were instantly defeated. I watched almost dumbfounded, as the coachmen around him slashed at them with knives and guns.

Although half of the guards of these palaces were equipped with revolvers made in Wuchang, they hardly had a chance to draw their guns in a hurry, but let the coachmen on the side of the road slash with knives and guns, all this was only two or three seconds, although the time was extremely short, but it was enough.

When the big knife was cut down, these Taiping soldiers who wanted to draw their guns in a hurry had no chance to draw their guns at all, and almost at the moment when they gave the money, the blade of the knife was cut on their bodies, and for a time the narrow streets were full of flesh and blood.

"Protect the prince! Protect the king! ”

The guards on horseback shouted loudly, shouting and trying to shoot at the block.

It doesn't matter if they don't shout, how could Zhao Ziyu, who found out that he had caught a big fish in their shouting, give up, he immediately shouted at Changshun.

"Go, kill the long-haired puppet king, kill the long-haired puppet king!"

As long as you kill the long-haired puppet king, you can naturally make the long-haired army feel in turmoil, and Zhao Ziyu still understands the truth that the thief captures the king first. During his recovery, he even forgot to hide his words, but at this time, no one would pay attention to the sharp voice.

Changshun, who had already killed the red-eyed man, as soon as he heard the young master's order, immediately rushed towards the sedan chair with a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, just when he reached the sedan chair, Zeng Lichang had already rushed out of the sedan chair, rushed out of the sedan chair, took the pistol and rushed at the enemy around him, fired several shots in a row, and then slashed with a knife.

"Kill these thieves!"

Although he didn't know whose team these people were, Zeng Lichang still hurriedly shouted loudly, in his opinion, these people were malicious thieves. Among these thieves were dressed in Taiping military uniforms and coolies.

Could it be Liang Zuoshan?

There are so many Henan people in the army, if he Liang Zuoshan rebels...... But this will not allow Zeng Lichang to think about it, he just desperately waved his knife to slash and kill the approaching anti-thieves, and finally commanded a personal guard around him to repel the nearby anti-thieves, Zeng Lichang's face did not show the slightest joy.

At this time, in the entire Tongguan City, there was a shouting of killing everywhere, even if he was in the narrow street, he could see the burning fire in the distance, and he immediately realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly ordered.

"Quick, go and inform General Hu ......"

Just as Zeng Lichang was giving orders to the guards beside him, he suddenly saw several black shadows thrown at his feet, and before he could react, a violent explosion swallowed the guards near him...... (To be continued.) )