After crossing the Yellow River into Guanzhong, it is Feng Yi County, 50,000 Chu troops all the way like a bamboo, without any resistance, although Shen Ji also deployed nearly 10,000 troops on the Yellow River and the Wei River, but under the strong pressure of the Chu 50,000 army, the scattered distribution of 10,000 troops fled before the army arrived, that night, 50,000 Chu troops crossed the Wei River, the soldiers arrived behind Tongguan, and the Tongguan guard also knew that the general trend had gone, gave up resistance, and switched and surrendered.

The loss of Tongguan means that the gate of Guanzhong is open, and Huangfu Wujin personally led an army of 150,000 from Tongguan into Guanzhong.

Late at night, in the hunting firelight, a group of Chu troops entered Tongguan in a procession, and Huangfu Wujin rode on a high-headed horse and entered the Tongguan gate surrounded by hundreds of guards.

He looked around at the fortified castle, where many places had collapsed under the continuous shelling of artillery, and most of the buildings inside the pass had been blown up and in shambles.

The Tongguan guard is called Jiang Zitong, he has surrendered to the vanguard of the Chu army, under the leadership of Zhang Yannian, he walked forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and gave the emperor Fu Wujin a salute, "Jiang Zitong, the general of the defeated army, see His Royal Highness the Regent!" ”

Huangfu Wujin saw that he was ashamed, so he dismounted and helped him up, and said with a smile: "General Jiang doesn't have to feel guilty, this is the trend of the times, Luo Zhiyu has led an army of 150,000 to surrender Luojing in northern Jin, Yongjing refers to the breakage, Shenji is about to fall, you surrender in order to save the soldier's life, this is your wise move, make meritorious service in the future, and earn a future for yourself." ”

Jiang Zitong was grateful in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I will definitely do my best to serve His Highness and do my best for the early unification of the Daning Dynasty." ”

Huangfu Wujin nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that your brother Jiang Xiaotong is the general of Xinfeng Cang, right?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Okay, if you can persuade your brother Jiang Xiaotong to surrender, I will make you two brothers county dukes."

Jiang Zitong was overjoyed, and immediately bowed down and said: "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”

He immediately went down to prepare, and Huangfu Wujin ordered someone to call Zhang Yannian and said to him: "Xinfengcang is Shenji's grain and grass land, and it is of great significance to this battle to capture it, you can lead 30,000 cavalry to Xinfengcang with Jiang Zitong, if I guess correctly, Shenji heard that Tongguan was lost, and he will inevitably send heavy troops to protect Xinfengcang, and you can see the opportunity to act." ”

Zhang Yannian clenched his fists, "The lowly job understands that the lowly job will rush to Xinfengcang as quickly as possible." ”

A quarter of an hour later, 30,000 iron cavalry under the leadership of the general Zhang Yannian, galloped towards Xinfengcang, Huangfu Wujin immediately ordered, leaving 10,000 troops to guard Tongguan, and the remaining 170,000 troops under his personal leadership, also swept towards Xinfengcang direction.

．．．．．．．． Xinfengcang is the second largest granary in Guanzhong after the capital Taicang, it is actually a sub-warehouse of Taicang, after the Empress Dowager Shen hit the royal family in Guanzhong, she hoarded 1.8 million stone grain and one million quintals of hay in Xinfengcang, which was used to provide the Shenji army as military rations, and now it is the source of life for the Shenji army.

Xinfeng warehouse is located in the north bank of the Guangtong Canal between Xinfeng County and Weinan County, mainly relying on the transportation of the Guangtong Canal and the capital, it is a huge warehouse group covering an area of nearly 100 acres, the same as the Xingyang granary, there are two zhang high earthen city walls built around, there are currently 10,000 troops stationed here, the main general is Jiang Xiaotong, the brother of Jiang Zitong, the general of Tongguan.

These two brothers have been following Shenji for ten years and are Shenji's trusted henchmen, so they can be stationed in strategic places such as Tongguan and granaries, but the general trend has gone, and even cronies will have their own ideas and consider their own future.

It takes two days from Tongguan to Xinfengcang, and only one day from the capital to Xinfengcang, but if you consider that it will take time for the news of the loss of Tongguan to reach the capital, in terms of time, the two are basically the same.

The 30,000 cavalry of the Chu army galloped in the dark, and 20 cavalry opened the way in front to expel the pedestrians and vehicles on the official road, and the 30,000 iron cavalry were like a long black dragon, speeding west on the boundless Guanzhong Plain.

Like this cavalry Tieliu, a flying pigeon also spread its wings, crossed the vast pass, and slowly landed in the Shenji camp outside the capital.

A soldier ran towards Shenji's commander's camp, "General, Tongguan is urgent!" ”

The Shenji army has besieged the capital for three days, just yesterday, he launched a 10,000-person tentative attack, they did not have advanced siege weapons, only temporarily made dozens of long ladders, although the Shenji army attacked fiercely, but the tenacious defense of the Yongjing defenders, or the Shenji siege army ended in a fiasco, dozens of siege ladders were all destroyed, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, which really made Shenji feel annoyed.

He thought that the defenders were already discouraged and vulnerable, and would finally surrender under his strong military pressure, but he did not expect that the defenders would still be so tenacious, which greatly surprised him.

Shen Ji paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his heart was full of anxiety, he wanted to besiege the city to send reinforcements, and hit the reinforcements of the Empress Dowager Shen, but the other party's reinforcements were delayed, so that he had a feeling of a shot piercing the air, at this time he was worried about the defense of Tongguan, according to his original plan, three to four days to take the capital, and then the army returned to defend Tongguan, in such a short period of time, the Chu army was too late to deal with it, and it was completely possible to fight this time difference, but if the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be to Tongguan.

Shen Ji began to be anxious, but he had nothing to do about attacking Yongjing, he sat in the big tent and was irritable, at this moment, he faintly heard someone shouting: "General Tongguan urgent!" ”

Shen Ji stood up suddenly, his heart was filled with an ominous premonition, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly bring the information!" ”

A soldier ran into the tent and presented a tube of pigeon letters to Shen Ji, who hurriedly opened the pigeon letters, and he read them hurriedly, and there was only one sentence in the pigeon letters, 'Tongguan has been lost, and the defenders have surrendered.' ’

Shen Ji was completely stunned, his hands trembled violently, his legs were weak, and he sat down on the chair, and several personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "General! ”

After a long time, Shen Ji waved his hand slightly, "I'm fine!" ”

He restrained the fear in his heart and calmed himself down, things have not yet reached the fastest point, the intelligence only said that Tongguan was lost, and did not say how many troops there were, when he decided to go west to Chang'an, he got the information that there were only more than 20,000 Chu troops under Tongguan, even if the troops were increased, it would not be so fast, after all, it was still the New Year.

It should be that the Chu army made a detour to Feng Yijun and successfully attacked Tongguan, didn't Huangfu Wujin always like sneak attacks? It should be so, it's still too late.

Shen Ji found countless reasons for himself, and finally strengthened his courage, but he also understood in his heart that Tongguan was lost, the capital could no longer fight, and he had to recapture Tongguan, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of something, he looked at the intelligence himself, 'The defenders surrendered', so did Jiang Zitong surrender? If he also surrenders, wouldn't the Xinfeng granary be dangerous?

Shen Ji suddenly realized where the biggest crisis was? It's not Tongguan, but Xinfeng granary, where the main general Jiang Xiaotong is Jiang Zitong's brother, if Jiang Zitong surrenders, will he persuade his brother to surrender?

Thinking of this, Shen Ji was suddenly anxious, and he immediately ordered: "Order Jian Chen to come to see me!" ”

In a moment, a senior general walked into the big tent and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last general, Chen Jian, see the general!" ”

Shen Ji handed him a gold medal and said: "General Chen, you quickly lead 20,000 cavalry to Xinfengcang, take over the defense of Xinfengcang, and if Jiang Xiaotong has any dissatisfaction, behead him on the spot!" ”

Chen Jian was shocked, Jiang Xiaotong is a veteran who has followed Shenji for ten years! If he takes his power by himself, he will definitely be dissatisfied, so do you want to kill him like this? What the hell is going on?

Shen Ji didn't want to say the news that Tongguan had been lost, but he also knew that he had to say something to Chen Jian, so he said coldly: "I suspect that Jiang Xiaotong has surrendered to the enemy army and is ready to betray Xinfengcang, if you take him, you will be beheaded, and you must defend it closely to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the granary, and my army will arrive later." ”

"I understand the lowly position, let's go to Xinfengcang!"

He bowed and retreated, Shen Ji slowly walked to the big tent, looking at the strong Yongjing City reflected in the sun two miles away, Shen Ji felt a deep sense of frustration, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, he lost the opportunity to think of it, he should enter the city that night, then there is no helplessness now.

"Pass my orders, and the army is assembled!"

The sound of huge drums sounded in the barracks, and the 150,000 troops distributed on three sides were ordered to assemble to the east, and two hours later, the army was assembled and began to withdraw eastward.

At the head of Yongjing City, tens of thousands of defenders watched the Shenji army assemble, and no one knew what was going on? Many people are nervous, is Shenji going to concentrate the army and attack alone?

But as the Shenji army withdrew eastward, the defenders at the head of the city suddenly cheered, and the cheers resounded over Yongjing.

In the palace, Empress Dowager Shen has not closed her eyes for two whole nights, as soon as she closed her eyes, she saw that Yongjing had fallen, countless troops rushed into the city to burn and loot, the entire Yongjing and the palace were engulfed in flames, and only Shen Ji's hideous and distorted face was fluttering in the raging flames.

She waited every day for the news of the arrival of reinforcements, but every day she could not wait, leaving her disappointed again and again, exhaustion and anxiety making her feel like she was going crazy.

At this moment, there was a hurried running sound outside the palace, "Queen Mother!" Queen Mother, good news! ”

Empress Dowager Shen stood up suddenly, suddenly dizzy, she fell heavily on the soft couch again, and the two palace maids beside her hurriedly supported her, "Niangniang, you don't care!" ”

Empress Dowager Shen waved her hand and said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay, let him come in, what's the good news?" The mourners want to know. ”

The palace maid walked quickly to the door and said, "The Queen Mother will let you in." ”

A eunuch walked in quickly and knelt down, "Queen Mother, good news!" ”

"Say it! What's the good news? ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Shen Ji has withdrawn his troops to the east, and it is said that he has withdrawn twenty miles away, without stopping, and is still withdrawing troops to the east."

"This ..... What's going on? ”

The servant asked General Huang, and he said, maybe something happened to the east? Shenji was forced to withdraw his troops. ”

Something to the east? Is it their own reinforcements that have arrived, or has the Chu army already entered Guanzhong? Empress Dowager Shen's brows furrowed, and she was not happy at all.

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(To be continued)