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"Wang Ping!?"

Jiang Qi didn't know who Wang Ping was, but he was deeply impressed by the three words Zhao Botao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info was in a hurry and was really ready to draw his sword to fight, but he found that a big knife had already slashed his head.

"Hurry up and get into battle!" After yelling the last four words of his life, Jiang Qi had already pulled out the knife, but it was too late. Although he avoided Wang Ping's knife, Niu Jin's spear had already pierced into his chest.

"They, where did they come from?" In the consciousness that is about to dissipate, such a question still emerges. But before he could answer, Jiang Qi had already fallen to the ground. He came to inspect the grain and grass, and he brought dozens of entourage and personal soldiers with him, and he was killed by Wang Ping and Niu Jin in a short time. And at this moment, the defenders who had just heard the news came over with more than a thousand people under the leadership of a school captain to check the situation. Seeing Jiang Qi and the others who had fallen in a pool of blood, this person was also stunned.

"Jiang Qi is dead, those who descend will not be killed!" It was not Zhao Feng or Wang Ping who roared out this voice, nor Niu Jin or Zhang Wei, but the military marquis Hu Ji. This kid was able to enter the role so quickly after surrendering, which also surprised Zhao Feng. In my memory, except for Meng Da back then, there has never been such a thing.

However, it is obvious that Hu Ji's pawn is used for propaganda, and the effect is still very good. The defenders, who were already stunned, immediately scratched when they heard this, and they talked about it one after another. Zhao Feng knew that drastic measures had to be taken to restrain the scene now, otherwise, these people were likely to cause chaos because of a little stimulation. Although he is not afraid, but he is now short of troops, and it is good to be able to recruit more manpower.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng stepped forward and said: "I am Zhao Feng Zhao Botao, your lord Jiang Qi is dead, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, I will ensure that you are safe and sound!" Now my army of 50,000 is outside the door, and whoever dares to resist will be destroyed! He bragged that he didn't want to spend money, and immediately expanded the number of troops several times.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the defenders who were already hesitating suddenly became even more unsightly. The captain who took the lead looked left and right, and saw that Jiang Qi was already dead on the ground, and his living colleagues really didn't look like they could continue to fight. As the leader, this person could only stubbornly ask: "General, do you really not want to kill me?" ”

"I have never killed a captive in my life!" Zhao Feng said lightly, and there was a majesty in his gentle tone. The man looked around, his hands trembled, and finally dropped his blade, and said dejectedly, "I am willing to surrender!" The leader surrendered, and the rest of the people were even less tenacious, and they threw down their swords and surrendered. Zhao Feng was also a little surprised by such an easy persuasion, and later learned that Jiang Qi was a violent man and abused soldiers, and he had already lost the heart of the army. Therefore, Wang Ping killed Jiang Qi, but instead accelerated the surrender of the defenders.

Tongguan is a rare dangerous pass in the world, and Sima Yi sent Jiang Qi to lead an army of 4,000 to garrison Tongguan. These days, Xu Huang attacked the pass, and the defenders were killed and wounded in the hundreds. In addition to killing more than 100 people in the chaos, the remaining 3,000 people were successfully disarmed and surrendered. At that moment, Zhao Feng left 2,000 men and horses, and cooperated with the original 3,000 defenders to leave more than half, a total of 4,000 people, led by Wang Ping, to block Xu Huang. He led the remaining 5,000 mixed military horses to attack Kasakatsu.

"Zijun, the Guanzhong army has just surrendered, you need to be careful, fortunately, they and Xu Huang are also friends and enemies, plus Jiang Qi is not sympathetic to the soldiers, you don't have to worry too much!" Zhao Feng said carefully. Stick to Tongguan to block Xu Huang, this task should have been undertaken by himself, but he still needs to take Pubanjin as soon as possible, so this task can only be undertaken by Wang Ping, who is the best at defending the city.

"General rest assured, Wang Ping will definitely be able to hold the pass!" Wang Ping said with a bang. After a pause, Wang Ping comforted Zhao Feng and said: "General rest assured, General Zhang Ren marched from Wuguan to Guanzhong, if it goes well, he should be able to arrive soon!" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Feng nodded and said, even if the road to Lantian is a little difficult, but if it goes well, in another three or four days, Zhang Ren and they will be able to kill here. The distance between Pubanjin and Tongguan from north to south is only more than 60 miles, and as long as Zhang Ren can arrive, at least he can ensure that these two passes are safe. As long as he guards these two places, Cao Ying can only watch the situation in the pass, but he has no choice but to intervene if he wants to.

But these two places are so easy to guard, Tongguan is still self-sufficient, after all, it is a rare Xiongguan in the world, and Xu Huang also led tens of thousands of horses to come. However, Pubanjin is connected to Hedong County, and Cao Ying only needs to capture Hedong County, and the army of Hebei can continue to drive over. With a mixed army of about 5,000 on hand, it is really a lot of pressure to hold Pujin Pass before Zhang Ren's army arrives under the attack of Sima Yi and Cao Ying.

According to Hu Ji's words, Zhong Miao had already sent reinforcements to support Tongguan and Pujin Pass, and he and Wang Ping would inevitably face the realm of being attacked on both sides. However, fortunately, the number of reinforcements in Guanzhong must be limited, as long as Zhang Ren's 40,000 people come, there is no need to worry about coming. Thinking about this, Zhao Feng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered his men and horses to go north to Pujin Pass.

For more than sixty miles, it was only a matter of time for the army to march in a hurry, and when Zhao Feng led the army to a few miles away from Pujin Pass, it was only late at night. Under his instruction, thousands of people in the former army were wearing the uniforms and armor of the Guanzhong Army, and they brought them to defraud Pujin Pass. Hu Ji, who was escorting the grain and grass, also came with him. It's better to have acquaintances come to this kind of thing. Just now in Tongguan, that is, this Hu Ji deceived the city gate, and he was able to enter the customs easily.

"Hu Junhou, do you know what to say?" Before leaving, Zhao Feng still gave a word of advice to this Hu Ji. The success or failure of this time depends to a large extent on this Hu Ji.

"Don't worry, the general can save the villain!" Hu Ji nodded. The two led dozens of soldiers and drove the cart to Pujin Pass. The lights on the city were bright, and the defenders saw it clearly, and hurriedly asked.

"It's me, Hu Ji, escorting grain and grass here!" Hu Ji replied loudly, and the defenders hurriedly reported to the guard general Sima Dao, who hurriedly came to check in person when he heard the words.

"Calm down, it's okay!" Zhao Feng comforted. It seems that this Sima Dao is a little more cautious than Jiang Qi, and he doesn't open the city gate without asking about the situation, but this level of caution is really useless to himself. After a while, Sima Dao came to the gate, looked at Hu Ji and more than ten carts under the city, Sima Dao interrogated a few words, felt that there was nothing wrong, and ordered the city gate to be opened.

"Kill me!" After all the carts advanced, with Zhao Feng's order, all the tarpaulins of the carts were lifted, and then a forward-flying sergeant with a short knife jumped on the cart and cut down at the unsuspecting defenders.

Pubanjin is the key to connecting Guanzhong and Hedong County, but because Hedong County is still in the hands of Sima Yi at this time, Pubanjin is theoretically just a pass in the hinterland of Sima Yi's army, and he did not send too many soldiers and horses to garrison, and there are more than 800 defenders on the entire pass.

"Quick, resist, resist with me!" Sima Dao saw the sudden change and suddenly became anxious. Just as he was roaring happily, a large knife had already slashed at him.

With a "click", Sima Dao's good head flew into the sky. With Niu Jin's knife, Sima Dao was killed, and Pujin Pass was also successfully taken by Zhao Feng. After all the 5,000 men and horses were stationed in Pujin Pass, Zhao Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't until two hours later that the sky was bright, and Zhao Feng saw the situation around Pujin Pass clearly. Originally, this Pujin Pass was built on the west bank of the Yellow River to guard the crossing of the Yellow River. Once the enemy army attacked from Hedong County, even if it crossed the Yellow River and attacked Pujin Pass along the road, the number of people would inevitably be quite limited. Therefore, this Pujin Pass became a fortress that held the advance from Hedong County to Guanzhong.

In history, when Ma Chao and Cao Ying fought in Guanzhong, Ma Chao once captured Chang'an and Tongguan, Cao Ying led the army to fight, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry killed Cao Ying in the field. Later, Cao Ying took Jia Xu's suggestion and asked Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to lead the army north to detour to Pujin Pass, attack Ma Chao from behind, and divide Ma Chao and Han Sui with a divisive strategy, which completely defeated the Xiliang army.

In view of this, although others may not value this Pusakajin very much, but Zhao Feng, as a traverser, how could he turn a blind eye to it? Only then did he immediately lead the army to Pujin Pass after he pacified Tongguan. After capturing the pass, Zhao Feng also sent scouts to inquire about the news in all aspects, what happened to Hedong, Guanzhong, and Zhang Ren's reinforcements.

In the afternoon, various news came one after another. First of all, the reinforcements sent by Zhong Miao have already crossed the Wei River and are rushing here. But the number of this support force is only a few thousand, so there is no cause for concern; Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao have no accurate news for the time being; In terms of Tongguan, after Xu Huang found that the banner on the pass had been replaced by Liu Beijun, he immediately commanded the soldiers to attack the pass, preparing to take advantage of the instability of the army to take Tongguan in one fell swoop. Under Wang Ping's defense, Tongguan is still fine.

All of this is not as shocking as Cao Ying's news. According to the Tanmalai report, Cao Ying has personally led the army into Hedong County, and has broken through several counties to kill Guanzhong, and it is estimated that his army is nearly 100,000. Zhao Feng noticed that when Tanma said the news, Niu Jin, who had always been not afraid of heaven and earth, turned pale, and Zhang Wei sat on the ground with his butt in his ass.

"It is impossible for Cao Ying to know about the realization of our plan, so he should only want to enter the pass from Pujin Pass, and he does not know that we have already occupied the pass. Now we are waiting to be stationed at Pujin Pass, and we should strictly guard the pass, and after General Zhang Ren's reinforcements arrive, we will make plans! Zhao Feng could only force himself to calm down at this time and prepare to guard Pujin Pass. According to the Tanmalai report, Cao Ying's capture of Hedong County was extremely fast, and now it is at most a day or two away from here. If Sima Yi's defenders in Hedong surrendered, Cao Ying would not be able to reach the other side of the Yellow River tomorrow afternoon. And even if Zhang Ren and the others are fast, they will not arrive until at least three days later. Although he has the Yellow River natural danger to rely on, but after all, the Cao army has nearly 100,000 people, and Zhao Feng now only has 5,000 defenders on hand, and you only cross one-tenth of it, which is enough for him to drink a pot.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng didn't dare to slack off, and ordered people to demolish the ferry by the Yellow River as soon as possible, and then collect the boats on both sides of the river as much as possible, which should be able to delay for some time. At the same time, Zhao Feng also sent people to urge Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao to come and join him as soon as possible.

(To be continued)