Although they marched in the tunnel for such a long time, all the soldiers of the Liang army still maintained a very high combat quality, and with Zhu Muwu's order, more than 2,000 soldiers immediately set up a defensive formation around the exit of the tunnel, and sent more than ten scouts to set up a guard in Fangyuan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this time, Wan He found out that the location of this tunnel exit was actually under a small hillside. With the dense weeds and soil, as well as the stone slabs that were broken by Cheng Yanjin and them before, the exit was obscured, which made this exit unknown! After figuring out the location of this tunnel exit, Du Ruhui immediately asked people to seal this tunnel entrance, and Wan He immediately pulled everyone around to discuss the next thing.

First of all, what is to be figured out, what time is it now, and how long have they been walking in the tunnels? Regarding this question, Wan He's subordinates couldn't come up with a clear answer, but Shang Ruyun's second son Shang Ke gave the answer. It turned out that when Shang Ke was in a hurry in the tunnel, he was idle, and he counted the time hour by hour! Although it is not very accurate, the approximate time has also been calculated, starting from the cave in Jianyang Valley to now coming out of the tunnel, about seventeen days have passed! It's been more than half a month!

Now that you've figured out the approximate time, the next thing you have to figure out is what exactly this place is. Although the map indicates that this exit is near Tongguan, there are many places near Tongguan, which location is it, whether it is outside the pass or inside the pass, these are not clear! Of course, these are not all problems, because in addition to being vigilant, the scouts sent out before will also check the surrounding directions, and I believe that there will be answers soon!

And now the most critical question is how to get in touch with Luoyang! After entering the tunnel before, Wan He also released the letter harrier used to contact Luoyang, although there were still two letter harriers left, but for so many days in the tunnel, although there was nothing to do, but the letter harrier was unbearable, and he had already died. Without the letter harrier, if the current location is in the pass, Wan He really doesn't know how to restore contact with Luoyang and let Qin Qiong's army cooperate to rescue them from the pass!

"Lord Wang!" Du Ruhui stroked his beard lightly and said to Wan He: "It's better to send some clever soldiers first, put on the clothes of the people, go to the surrounding areas to find villages, and inquire about the surrounding situation." If this is already outside Tongguan, it will naturally be easy to do! If this is the Guannei, it is better to let them try to get out of Tongguan, one or two soldiers, as long as they are not armed, there should be no problem if they want to get out, right? As long as we get out of the customs and let General Qin send a letter harrier, we can reply to Luoyang! ”

"Hmmm! That's a solution! After listening to Du Ruhui's words, Wan He also nodded, this can be regarded as a helpless way. It's just that I don't know if Li Yuan is still searching for Wanhe's traces now, if Li Yuan orders the blockade of Tongguan, then the matter will be even more troublesome! Immediately, Wan He seemed to remember something, and said: "It's been more than half a month now, and I don't know the previous plan, how are they going?" If everything goes well, then we can not only get out of the customs, but also pit Li Yuan fiercely! ”

What Wan He said was a plan that Wan He had set up before he went to Jianyang Valley, the purpose of which was to prepare for Wan He's escape from Chang'an! Hearing Wan He's question, Du Ruhui also lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said: "That plan is handled by Lord Eldest Sun and Brother Qiao Song, and General Qin personally executes it, so there should be no problem!" It's just that this person's heart is separated from his belly, whether this matter can be successful or not, and his subordinates can't be sure, Brother Shuju, you are familiar with that Qu Tutong, what do you think of this matter? ”

As soon as Du Ruhui asked, Wang Qi, who was sitting opposite Du Ruhui, also pondered for a moment, and then said: "Actually, I have only met Qu Tutong a few times, but in my opinion, this Qu Tutong still has a trace of loyalty to the Great Sui!" The reason why he surrendered to Li Tang back then was really bad luck! I heard that Li Yuan once caught Qu Tutong's family and successively sent Qu Tutong's domestic servants, subordinates and even Qu Tutong's son to persuade him to surrender, but he refused! In the end, if he wasn't in a desperate situation, he was afraid that he wouldn't surrender to Li Tang! And it is precisely because of this that although Li Yuan praised Qu Tutong's loyalty on the surface, he actually didn't trust Qu Tutong too much, even if he let Qu Tutong stay in Tongguan, he secretly transferred all Qu Tutong's subordinates away, and completely overthrew Qu Tutong! This was not enough, and he also sent his general Yin Kaishan to garrison Weicheng to monitor him! It can be seen that Qu Tutong is not doing well under the Li family! Now that Li Yuan has usurped Sui and become self-reliant, this is another bad news for Qu Tutong, so I think this plan is very feasible! ”

Speaking of which, Wan He's plan couldn't be more obvious, that is, to use the opportunity of Li Yuan's usurpation of Sui to make Qu Tu rebel! What Qu Tutong guarded, that is the most critical pass from Chang'an to Luoyang! As long as Qu Tutong is reversed, then Wanhe wants to return to Luoyang, which is naturally much easier!

Of course, this is just Wan He's plan when he was still in Chang'an, according to the original plan, Wan He wanted to take advantage of Li Yuan's usurpation of Sui and make Qu Tutong dissatisfied, and then let Qin Qiong lead his troops to suppress the realm. At the same time, he held high the banner of rescuing Emperor Gong Yang Yu, which gave Qu Tutong a hint that only Luoyang's side was the orthodoxy of the Great Sui, and finally sent an envoy to contact Qu Tutong, so that Qu Tutong would betray Li Tang and take refuge in Wanhe!

And after Wan He arrived at Jianyang Valley that day, the information he got was that Qin Qiong had begun to send troops from Luoyang and rushed to Tongguan. Next, Wan He led the army directly into the tunnel, but he had time to send the last message, as for how Qin Qiong implemented the plan, Wan He now knows nothing. Immediately, Zhu Muwu also said to Wan He: "According to Lord Wang, now that Qu Tutong has been set up in Tongguan, even if we successfully rebelled against Qu Tutong, it seems that it is not much use to estimate it now!" ”

Hearing Zhu Muwu's questioning, Wang Jue couldn't help laughing, looked at Zhu Muwu and said, "General Zhu!" Don't underestimate this Qu Tutong! When he was in the Great Sui, he was a famous general, although he was not as famous as General Zhang Xutuo, but I am sure that his ability will definitely not be worse than General Zhang Xutuo! Yang Guangken handed over Chang'an to Qu Tutong to guard, which shows how much Yang Guang trusts Qu Tutong's strength! Although Li Yuan set aside Qu Tutong, in my opinion, this is just Qu Tutong deliberately letting Li Yuan empty himself, after all, he also knows that Li Yuan does not trust him, and he doesn't want to provoke Li Yuan to be suspicious of him! And Li Yuan's methods in Tongguan were useless to Qu Tutong! As long as we can really plot against Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong will naturally grasp the military power of Tongguan as soon as possible! ”

Hearing that Wang Jue was so confident in Qu Tutong, Wan He couldn't help but look forward to it. At that time, the four strong armies of the Great Sui, among which the counterinsurgency army had been completely wiped out, and the new counterinsurgency army has now become the cornerstone of the Liang army. With the battle of Luoyang, the Jianghuai soldiers have disappeared between heaven and earth with Wang Shichong! As for the Yandi soldiers, they are now divided into two armies, one under Xue Shixiong and the other under Luo Yi, and before the north was turbulent, under the planning of Liu Wenjing, a strategist under Wan He, both armies were also used by Wan He! Now the four strong soldiers, three of which have fallen apart, only the Western Capital Iron Armor still maintains an almost complete structure, although the command is no longer in the hands of Qu Tutong, but if Wan He recruits Qu Tutong over, then maybe this Western Capital Iron Armor can be drawn under Wan He's command, wouldn't it be wonderful!

Of course, everything is just Wan He's intention now, and he doesn't even know whether Qu Tutong will surrender, let alone what kind of Western Capital Iron Armor is! Immediately, Wan He discussed some matters with everyone, and at this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and the direction of the coming was the east side of the hillside where Wan He stayed!

Wan He raised his head and looked in that direction, and his heart immediately sank, only to see that the one who rushed over was the scout he had sent out to inquire about the news earlier. Sure enough, after the scout rode up the hillside, he ran straight to Wan He and the others, knelt down with his fists in front of Wan He, and shouted: "Lord Qiqi!" The villain has figured it out! This is still in the pass, three hundred miles to the southeast, is Tongguan! The villain inquired with the local people, Tongguan was completely blocked today, and he was not allowed to go out or enter! ”

Hearing the scout's return, Wan He and the others' hearts immediately sank to the bottom, and it seemed that the worst had happened! Li Yuan has already ordered Tongguan to be blocked, in this way, unless Qin Qiong implements the plan in place, otherwise, it is almost impossible for Wanhe's people to pass through Tongguan!

What to do? Everyone looked at each other one by one, if they couldn't pass Tongguan, then there would be no way to reconnect with Qin Qiong outside the gate, and they didn't know what the situation was outside the gate! If this continues, Wan He and the others will be trapped and killed in the pass! Even if Li Yuan can't find any trace of Wan He for a while, but after a long time, the soldiers and horses of more than 2,000 people will be defeated because of lack of food, and even if Li Yuan doesn't come to find it, Wan He will take the initiative to appear!

Everyone was silent for a long time, and then, Wang Jue suddenly raised his head, glanced at Wan He and the others, as if he had made a very important decision, and shouted in a deep voice: "It's better to let me go to Tongguan, and I'll go and meet Qu Tutong in person!" ”