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On October 12, as the last Qin army withdrew from the gate, 400,000 Qi troops poured in like a flood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Baisheng army, which was in the lead, did not stop for a moment, and then passed through the city and launched a great pursuit towards the Qin army.

Although Li Xun and Huangfu Xian were on guard, the offensive of the Qi army was too fierce, and in the face of the overwhelming Baisheng army, the two were frightened, and they wanted to lead the army all the way to the west, but they were driven into Luoyang City by the Baisheng cavalry and surrounded by them.

Zhao Wuyi personally led 20,000 grassland light horses, drove straight into the starry night, crossed the pond and Caoyang at the fastest speed, and approached Hangu Pass.

The so-called grassland light cavalry is a cavalry recruited by Zhao Wuyi to follow the Qin State and lure the grassland tribes to move inward with land and grain, making them vassals of the Qi State, and then recruited them with heavy money. These soldiers were hard-working, brave, and savage, and were his secret weapons that had not been used in previous campaigns. It wasn't until the Tiger Prison Pass was re-attacked that it was taken out for the purpose of attacking.

These people have just gotten rid of nomadism, and they are still very disobedient, and only Lao Zhao can be subdued, so he has to endure the pain of bumps at the age of seventy, and he is willing to take the risk of arrows and stones with the dignity of a marshal, which also shows the great determination of his determination!

The night was like ink, and the wind swept the withered grass. It was dark at night when the wind was high, and although there was a row of dead wind lamps hanging on the Hangu Gate, it could only illuminate a part of the city, and it was impossible to see clearly under the city gates, let alone farther away.

The rumors were tight these days, and according to the lieutenant who reported to the central capital, Zhao Wuji led an army of one million people, taking the captured emperor as a hostage, and knocked on the tiger prison city strongly. But the soldiers were not too afraid, after all, after obtaining the Tiger Prison Pass, they had become the second line of defense here, and even if the front line was lively, as long as they did not break through, they would not be hurt in the slightest.

But the guard general Zhou Pan doesn't think so, after so many years, he has earned enough money, and the money he earned can't be spent in three lifetimes. As long as you can survive until the end of the year, you will be a soldier for 30 years, and you can apply to the Taiwei Mansion to leave your post and apply to the Ministry of War to remove your armor.

At this pass, he didn't want to make any mistakes, so he unusually inspected the city defense day and night, so that the soldiers had to cheer up and brave the cold weather to stand guard and patrol the city.

After completing the night patrol, it was already late at night, and Zhou Pan was still quite satisfied with the night duty, and said loudly to the deputy general next to him: "There shouldn't be a problem with this, right?" As soon as he opened his mouth, the north wind poured in, choking him and coughing.

The deputy general was a simple man in his forties, and hurriedly supported him and said, "The general should go back and rest, I'm here tonight, and I'm sure there will be no problems." ”

Zhou Pan is used to being pampered, and he really can't stand not sleeping in the middle of the night, and he is quite moved when he hears the words, but he is not sure in his heart and says: "What should I do if there is a situation?" ”

The adjutant general smiled and said: "There are so many people in the city, hundreds of pairs of eyes staring around, and you are still missing?" He waved his hand and said, "Just go back, I'll ring the alarm if something happens." ”

Zhou Pan was relieved at this time, nodded and smiled: "I really can't fucking stand it," he patted the deputy general's arm and said, "Old Xiao, you can cheer up." ”

Vice General Xiao hurriedly saluted and said: "It's been more than ten years, and my subordinates were picked up by the general, don't you know who they are?" ”

"Yes, then I won't be worried." After speaking, he tightened his grip and went down to the city to go home.

Back in the general's mansion, the seventeenth concubine hurriedly served the warm-up soup, and waited for him to take a hot bath, and the two got into the quilt that had already been warmed.

It is said that the warm room brocade quilt, the beauty in the arms, should fall asleep soon, but despite the exhaustion to death, Zhou Pan has always been difficult to sleep, he has carefully inspected all parts of the customs during the inspection, and strictly implemented the duty system, and is also equipped with elite reserves at the gate, so closely deployed, he does not dare to boast that it is foolproof, but at least it can be regarded as impregnable.

But why can't I sleep?

Zhou Pan felt uneasy, but he didn't know that it came from the darkness in the east......

Zhao Wuji's 20,000 light horsemen arrived outside Hangu Pass at midnight. After a short rest, after a bite of dry food, the horse was tied, the horse's feet were bound, and the horse's mouth was strangled by the halter to prevent any noise, and everything was done in silence. The 20,000 troops stalked in the darkness and did not stop until a mile before the pass...... Further ahead is where the Qin army's lanterns can shine.

Zhao Wuyi was seventy years old, and like ordinary soldiers, he patiently lay on the cold ground, and the north wind cut his face like a knife, and his heart trembled in pain. But it was as motionless as a sculpture.

The old marshal's example gave the soldiers a great encouragement, looking at him like a wolf, and in this cold night, he felt his blood boiling!

But Zhao Wuyi stared at the city head, his expression was extremely focused, as if he was waiting for something......

At the head of the city, the soldiers who had been standing for half the night were cold and sleepy, shivering with their spears in their arms, and occasionally taking a nap.

Vice General Xiao, who was patrolling back and forth, scolded with a smile: "*** guys, cheer up!" ”

He had always been kind, and the soldiers were not very afraid of him, so they all smiled shyly: "My lord, we are all frozen for a night, you can do it, let us go back early." "That's right, sir. Anyway, it's not a quarter of an hour, so let's let the T-team come in the morning. ”

Vice Admiral Xiao feigned anger and said, "Is there still a bargain here? What if they had been laid off sooner? ”

"We'll give them two quarters of an hour!" The soldiers are indeed frozen chickens, and they can go back to warm up first, and then talk about it, no matter what happens tomorrow.

"That's what you said." Vice Admiral Xiao smiled: "Don't regret it? ”

"It's a certainty!"

"Then get out of here." Vice Admiral Xiao laughed roughly and waved his hand.

As if they had been pardoned, the soldiers went down from the city in a few moments and withdrew cleanly.

Only Adjutant Na Xiao and his own soldiers were left in the city. But he did not send someone to call the next group of sentries to change the guard, but waved his hand nervously, and more than a dozen personal soldiers gathered up to listen to the adults' lectures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, twenty years of lurking is for this moment." Vice General Xiao said in a shocking voice: "The army is waiting outside, go, if it doesn't succeed, it will become benevolent!" The group of soldiers were not surprised, saluted Vice General Xiao, and walked towards the city gate.

Vice General Xiao took more than a dozen other people and walked to the city tower with an anxious expression, although the weather was cold, his palms were full of sweat, and his heart was full of nervousness. In fact, his real surname is Zhao, called Zhao Qi, is a distant brother of the Zhao family, twenty years ago when he was sixteen years old, he followed Baisheng Gong to attack the territory of Qin, but did not withdraw with the army, but secretly lurked, and became a secret son of Zhao Wuyi for the next attack.

In fact, there are too many spies like him...... At that time, Zhao Wuyi swept through the twenty-seven prefectures of the three eastern provinces of the Qin State, killing a 'thousands of miles without a rooster crowing and white bones exposed in the wild', and the people of the whole township and county fled to death, and when they returned to their homes after the war, where could they tell who was who? Taking advantage of the God-given opportunity of reorganizing the household registration, Qi Guo like Zhao Qi became a good citizen of the Qin State who was righteous and bright.

In the past twenty years, these people have taken root in the Qin State, spread their branches, and extended their tentacles to all aspects of the three eastern provinces, and it is not surprising that some people can mix with the deputy general of Hanguguan.

These people are the source of confidence for Zhao Wuyi to brazenly launch a national war, and once the power accumulated in the past twenty years is released, how can it be stopped by leisure?

"Who?" The city gate tower is guarded by Zhou Pan's direct subordinates.

"It's us," Vice General Xiao's personal captain scolded with a smile as he knocked on the door, "Lord Xiao said that the brothers have worked hard, so let's send supper." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shaw." The door opened immediately, and the people inside stretched out their faces and smiled: "Is there any wine?" These days fade out of the birds. ”

"Yes, good wine and good meat." The captain of the pro-soldiers waved his hand, and the pro-soldiers carried baskets of fish into the door.

"Hehe, so many ......" The guard smiled at first, but then said in surprise: "You can also use so many people to deliver a meal?" ”

"There's no need to deliver food," the captain of the pro-soldier sneered, "but it's for killing!" As he spoke, he stabbed the guard into the body, and the guard trembled with horror on his face, "Why...... What ......"

"Because Lao Tzu is a native of Qi!" The captain of the pro-soldier smiled sinisterly, and pushed the guard's limp body to the ground.

The killing in the room also began, attracted by the aroma of wine and meat, and the twenty or thirty defenders in the city gate tower were all concentrated in the lobby, and most of them did not carry weapons, which brought great convenience to the Qi State of Xizuo, who suddenly attacked, and killed all the defenders in three times and five by two.

"Quick! Put down the drawbridge! Seeing that the general situation had been decided, the captain of the pro-soldier shouted. He was holding a string of three red lanterns in one hand, and pushed open the window with the other, and tried to look into the distance, but he couldn't see anything, so he had to hang them out first.

As a few of the soldiers shook their wheels vigorously, the huge drawbridge erected on the city gate made a 'creaking' sound and slowly released.

Hearing the creaking sound, Zhao Qi, who was standing in the cave of the city gate, also waved his hand violently, and the closed heavy iron door slowly cracked a big crack under the vigorous push of more than a dozen personal soldiers......

It all came so suddenly that all the other soldiers patrolling around froze.

A lieutenant ran up with a hundred and ten soldiers, and when he saw that it was Adjutant General Xiao, he slowed down, forcibly suppressed his doubts, and saluted and asked, "My lord, why are you opening the city gate at this time?" ”

"Oh, on the orders of the general, the marshal will return from the front line tonight, and the general will be ordered to welcome his old man into the city." His heart is popping, but he has to pretend to be casual on his face, and it's really difficult for him. As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "Go back to your post and let the marshal see what kind of system it is?" ”

Although he didn't know anything about it, the lieutenant still chose to obey the order, scratched his head, and was about to turn around and return to his post, but the more he pondered in his heart, the more wrong he became.

Seeing him turn around, Zhao Qi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard a clever soldier scream: "No, if the commander comes, our general will definitely greet him personally!" ”

The captain Huo Ran turned around, looked at Zhao Qi with a shocked face, and said with hostility: "My lord, how do you explain?" The soldiers also cheered and surrounded them.

Zhao Qi's heart was about to jump out, sweating profusely, and he couldn't speak. Finally he couldn't help but flinch back, then he turned and rushed through the doorway, rushing out of the wide open gate.

At this point, even a fool could see that something was wrong, and the lieutenant screamed, "Close the gates!" The soldiers rushed up to the open gate.

Zhao Qi's subordinates were more urinous than him, and they drew their blades one after another, shouting loudly to resist the impact of the Qin army.

Suddenly the city whistles sounded, and more and more officers and soldiers rushed in the direction of the city gate, but the city gate was narrow, although it was several times larger than the enemy, but it was still blocked by the dozen or so fine works for a while.

When the last one fell, a rain of horses' hooves swept towards the city gate.

While shouting "Enemy attack!" The Qin soldiers tried to close the city gate, but it was too late, and the swift cavalry rushed in and knocked out the soldiers who were blocking the door.

The frightened and terrible shouts pierced the night sky, and the defenders of the Qin State, who were caught off guard, could not resist the onslaught of the wolf-like Qi army at all, and they were cut down under the strange-shaped scimitars.

When the 5,000 Qin troops stationed nearby heard the news, the Qi army had firmly controlled the gates of Hangu Pass, which was crucial to the survival of Hangu Pass.

The steppe cavalry, which had risen up, roared and ran head-on into the Qin infantry. Between the flying scimitars, there were waves of blood, and the sleepy-eyed and unprepared loose military formations were simply powerless to resist these natural cavalry, and the wide avenue inside the city gate became the best place to show the fierceness of the prairie boys!

The soldiers fell in rows under the surging iron hooves, and the stunned Qin army could no longer organize an effective defense, and wave after wave of grassland cavalry poured into the city pass, chasing and killing the Qin soldiers who were scattered and fleeing, and firmly controlled the situation in Hangu Pass.

Zhou Pan had long been awakened by the deafening shouts of killing, and he didn't have time to get dressed, so he ran naked into the street, but he saw that his eyes were full of fire, and the soldiers were fleeing in all directions, and those cavalry who came out of nowhere had completely controlled the situation in the pass......

Zhou Pan closed his eyes in pain, killing himself became his best choice, his family was still in the middle capital, if he didn't want to involve that big family, it was better to die in his post.

Stumbling back to the room, pulling out the sword hanging on the wall, Zhou Pan first stabbed the frightened concubine to death, and then took out a small package of Hedinghong from the drawer, poured it into the best Wuliang spring wine, drank it all, and died without pain......

When the sky was bright, the killing in the city had come to an end, because Zhao Wuyi promised that as long as he was obedient and did as he was told, no one would reward a beautiful woman and a large amount of money after the war.

Stroking the cold city bricks of Hangu Pass, Zhao Wuji did not have a trace of smugness on his face, and said softly to a member kneeling on the ground: "Big ears, you have made a good head, it stands to reason that you should rest and wait for a reward, but the military situation is like fire, and we still need to work hard to open the last pass of the Qin State!" ”

"The marshal is talking about Tongguan?" Zhao Qi raised his head and said.

"Yes, if Tongguan is down, it will be a horse and a flat river when you go to Zhongdu." Zhao Wuyi said in a deep voice: "This merit belongs to you!" Waiting for you to come back, my champion Hou! ”

"The last general dares not to die!" Zhao Qi said with a fanatical expression.