The fire in the valley was raging, and the smoke and dust released by the flames turned half of the sky gray.

On this dark afternoon, the whole valley was filled with terrible screams, one after another, and charred dead bodies everywhere.

The entire canyon has a unique flame orange yellow. Fortunately, the church army dug the fire ditch in advance, so that he would not be set on fire.

The fire burned for two days and two nights, and gradually extinguished, so Cao Cao dared to take Xu Shu, Kong Rong, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Xuan, and Xiahou Yuan to investigate the valley.

This is unbelievable, and after a general inventory, almost all of the 30,000 Xiliang troops were buried in the sea of fire, only a small part escaped, and even the thief buried Li Dao in the sea of fire.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, "As soon as Li Dao dies, Hangu Pass will fall into the hands of us and others!" ”

He didn't know that at the same time that Kongrong Beihai soldiers and horses burned the Demon Mother Niangniang Valley, Hangu Pass had changed its flag and planted the blood red cross banner of the Holy Mother Sect.

It happened late last night. In the middle of the night, [the general of Hangu Pass heard someone shouting under the pass: "I am Chen Qiong, the grain transport envoy under General Li's account, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The general defending the city poked his head out with a torch and looked at it fixedly...... It's really Chen Qiong, "General Li is out on the expedition, why did General Chen come back?" ”

Chen Qiong's dusty face showed a look of joy, and he said happily: "General Li attacked Luanyi's dog thief Dazhai at night, won a complete victory, and killed countless enemies. After taking the camp, he collected a great deal of gold and silver in his tent. No, let me go back to Guan and pull some big carts! ”

"Really?" The eyes of the defending generals lit green. It's right to think about it carefully, Luan Ziqi is a big man and is very rich, and the gold and silver in his hands must be piled up.

"Is that still fake? Just wait for the general to come back and give me equal share of gold and silver! Chen Qiong laughed, "Don't open the city gate yet?" It's too late, so let those soldiers win more gold and silver! ”

As soon as he heard this, the guards knew that before the assets were put into the treasury, the soldiers would have a scramble in advance, and they were trapped in the city and could not participate, and they lost a lot of money. Immediately shocked, "Yes, yes, General Chen is right!" Hurry up and open the door and prepare the carriage for the general, the more the better! ”

"Squeak, bang!" The door was opened, and the guard personally greeted him.

"The last general meets General Li!" The guard had a flattering smile on his face.

"Eh, I'm not a general, I'm just a grain carrier. The post of captain is not worthy of the name of a general! General Lee is a veritable general! ”

"General Li is a talent, his future is bound to be limitless, and he will become a general in the future!" The general surnamed Li spat sweetly, and Chen Qiong, who was boastful, smiled heartily, "I heard that General Chen is in charge of reserve military rations, is the distribution of salaries and silver also taken care of by General Chen?" ”

Chen Qiong's eyes rolled and nodded, "That's nature!" ”

General Li's eyes narrowed with a smile and rubbed his hands, "General Chen, it's not a secret, a certain family has recently wanted to take a concubine's room, but recently they don't have much money...... You see, when the salary is divided, can you give an extra point to a certain family. General Chen rest assured that Li is not a stingy person, and there is a lot of filial piety. ”

The corners of Chen Qiong's mouth rose, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Come here with your ears! ”

When General Li saw that there was a door, he was overjoyed, and leaned on Chen Qiong's side without hesitation. was about to listen to Chen Qiong's whisper, but after a "poof", he felt a heart-piercing pain in his chest. Looking down, a silver dagger pierced through his chest. At the same time, Chen Qiong gritted his teeth and whispered, "Today in the coming year, this general will definitely burn the silver to you!" ”

Standing behind the guard general surnamed Li, the soldiers saw that Chen Qiong had actually killed his own general, and they froze, and only relieved themselves at the moment when the blood fell to the ground. "Huh? Chen Qiong, why did you kill my general! ”

"Why?" Chen Qiongyi is stern, "Dong thief is perverse, everyone will be punished!" General Taishi, follow me to the pass! ”

Tai Shici, dressed as a Xiliang cavalryman, slapped out from behind Chen Qiong, stabbed his spear left and right in his hand and killed two people in a row, and 1,000 church guards followed closely behind and rushed into Hangu to close the gate.

Chen Qiong pushed away the corpse of the guard, lit the torch, and danced wildly at the pass.

Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, who were guarding in the distance, saw the signal sent by Chen Qiong, and led the troops to attack and enter the pass.

When Li Wei sent out his troops, he took most of the guards away, leaving only 5,000 soldiers to guard the pass. Now the main general has been murdered again, and the dragons are in chaos without a leader.

Tai Shi Ci only used one charge to beat the guards to pieces, and Zhang Fei and Xu Chu rushed in after him.

The three killers will rush left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, but in a moment, the enemy will be cleared, and with a shout: "Surrender and don't kill!" "All the soldiers of Xiliang knelt on the ground and begged to surrender. Hangu Pass fell.

Three days later, the armies from all walks of life converged into Hangu Pass, Luan Yi took out the property in Guanzhong to reward the three armies, and praised Chen Qiong without hesitation, and named him a paladin to stay in the tent to obey orders.

At first, Chen Qiong didn't know what the position of a knight was, but later when he heard that there were only ten paladins in the whole Holy Mother Sect and himself, and each paladin was the main general of the first army, he was overjoyed and thanked for a long time. Immediately said that the work of the dogs and horses will be fixed, and strive to make new contributions as soon as possible.

Luan Yi immediately said: "Don't fight for it, now there is an opportunity to make new contributions!" ”

"Oh?" Chen Qiong arched his hand and said, "Listen to the sect leader's orders!" ”

"To the west of Hangu Pass is Tongguan. Do you dare to pretend to be the defeated army of Xiliang, and then go to deceive the door of Tongguan? ”

"Why don't you dare? The Sect Master just hand it over to the Dome! ”

"Good! After the deed is done, there will be serious injuries! Luan Yi waved his hand, "The whole army listens to the order and immediately sends troops to Tongguan!" ”

It turns out that Guo Yan is far more cautious than Li Wei.

When Chen Qiong led the "remnant defeated generals" who lost their armor and lost their armor to Tongguan, Guo Bian refused to open the door and let them enter the pass.

"General Guo, I am Chen Qiong, the grain transporter under General Li Wei. General Li was defeated, his life and death were unknown, Hangu Pass fell, and I finally managed to break out of the encirclement and escape! Please open the gates of the city and let me enter! ”

"What?" Li Dao is defeated! Guo Yan was shocked, he and Li Wei did not agree with each other, but after all, they had worked together for many years, and they had fought nearly 100 battles with the Qiang people, and there was always some love for robes. Now that Pao Ze is defeated, he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he can't help but feel a burst of pantothenic acid in his heart.

At the same time, in the process of fighting side by side, Guo Yan knew that Li Wei was familiar with military books, proficient in the art of war, and his martial arts were also among the best, but he was defeated by Luan Yi in such a short time. The prosperity of Luan Yi's soldiers can be seen in general.

"Against Luan Ziqi, you must be careful and careful. Otherwise, one move is not very good, and the whole game will be lost. Guo Yan silently reminded himself in his heart, and then pointed to Chen Qiong under the gate, and asked the leader of the pro-soldiers, "Do you recognize this person?" ”

The leader of the pro-soldier originally served in Li Wei's camp, and later transferred to Guo Yan's army, because he was very familiar with Li Wei's men. He glanced at Chen Qiong and nodded, "It is indeed General Li's subordinates!" ”

Guo Yan nodded, his eyes looked back and forth among the people under Chen Qiongbiao, and saw that although Chen Qiong's subordinates were all ragged and dusty, their eyes were bright, their waists were straight and their chests were straight, where they looked like they had returned from defeat, they were clearly ambitious and ready to go!

Guo Yan suddenly realized, whispered a few words to the soldiers, and ordered the door to be opened and closed!

"Squeak, knock!" Close the door and open it.

Chen Qiong and Tai Shici led troops in, but they did not meet Guo Yan, who greeted them happily, but overwhelming arrows.

Arrows rained down on the city wall, overwhelmingly shooting at Chen Qiong, Tai Shici and others who had just entered the gate.

Chen Qiong didn't have time to react, he was hit by several arrows in a row, and was fired at the hornet's nest on the spot. Poor Chen Qiong has just made a contribution, and he boasts that he has a bright future. Before he had time to make new contributions, he was buried in Tongguan.

The church guards disguised as Xiliang's soldiers were instantly knocked down by the bow.

Fortunately, Tai Shi Ci was particularly sensitive to the sound of breaking strings, and after hearing the sound of "hum", he immediately made the spear dance impermeable, covering all the vital points in his body. But even so, there were still captured arrows piercing the shoulder, squeezing out a string of blood.

Tai Shici suddenly understood that Guo Yan's plan was planned, and without saying a word, he led the remnants of the army to retreat.

At this time, the strong man on the city wall was struggling to pull bolts to close the huge wooden door. Seeing that the wooden door was about to close, Tai Shici drew a longbow from the side of the horse, bent the bow and set up an arrow, and four arrows came out in a row, and the arrow feathers hit the iron cable on the wooden door with great accuracy.

The four arrows hit one point one after another, and the powerful arrows hit the iron cable, making a series of "ding ding ding" crisp sounds, and then the heretical iron cable broke, and the wooden door could not be closed tightly, leaving a narrow gap.

Tai Shi Ci's riding skills are outstanding, and he actually adjusted the direction at an extreme distance under the high-speed running, and escaped from Tongguan by wiping the gap, and the moment he went out, the iron armor rubbed against the door frame, splashing sparks all over the sky. It is a pity that the other church guards are not as exquisite as Tai Shi Ci's martial arts and riding skills, and they were blocked in the Tongguan, and with a loud shout: "For the glory of the Holy Mother", they rushed back to the Xiliang soldiers who came to encircle and suppress. What followed was a series of screams!

The door was closed, and there was another rain of arrows on the high wall outside.

Tai Shi Ci didn't care about his back, so he had to pounce on the war horse and pray for the blessing of the Holy Mother. Bless yourself with fewer shots.

I never thought that Our Lady would really be apparitioned. It's just that there are not a few arrows, and hundreds of bows and arrows completely cover a large area around him, forming a phalanx and smashing down.

However, at the moment when he approached, it was obviously much looser, and there was a crackling sound with the hail and the smashed armor.

Tai Shi Ci gritted his teeth and endured everything, waiting for the moment of the arrow to ascend to heaven at any time.

But after waiting for a long time, I didn't feel anything unusual, I raised my eyes to feel it, after a round of arrow rain, I didn't have a fatal wound on my body at all, I glanced at the back of my back, and I was shocked, and there were 7 arrows inserted in the back of the hard armor, but only two bows pierced the shell and pierced the skin, and the rest of the bows and arrows were stuck in the iron sheet and could not be stored. What's even more peculiar is that such a dense rain of arrows did not hurt the mount under the crotch.

Tai Shi Ci was overjoyed, and gave all the credit for the rest of his life to the Virgin, shouting "Our Lady bless!" ”