More than a dozen embarrassed cavalrymen kicked up a cloud of smoke and dust from the loess road. "Tick! Tick! The sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly on the tamped loess road, and the owner of the horse was in a hurry just by listening to the sound.

Soon, the cavalry turned a corner, and saw a majestic pass caught in the mountain road, and the city wall made of bluestone slabs collected from the mountains reflected a thin white light as if it were sacred in the soft morning light. The gate of Tianjing Pass with three big characters is carved on the top, and the iron painting is like a silver hook.

But at this moment, neither the visitors nor the soldiers on the city walls had any intention of appreciating this beautiful view.

"Who's coming?" The soldier at the head of the city asked nervously, and the crossbow in his hand pointed steadily at the rushing soldier. If the other party makes any abnormal moves, I believe that the next moment they will be greeted by countless crossbow arrows that shoot out vigorously.

"We are the soldiers under the command of Chen Baozi, the cavalry of the Shenjie Army, and we were ambushed by the Lu Long Thief Army outside Jincheng! Only a few of my brothers escaped! Hurry up and open the city gates, or the Lu Long thief army will kill you! The voices of the cavalry under the walls were very nervous and hurried, and many of the cavalry did not look back at the rear.

"What the hell is going on up ahead? What about General Zhang Guiben? This time it was no longer a small soldier who spoke, but a general in fish scale armor, with a scarlet hood on his head, and a one-foot-long white feather at the top of the vermilion hood, like a proud rooster. It seems that it should be the guard who stayed at Tianjing Pass instead of Zhang Guiben, but the appearance is not bad, but it looks a little bit golden and jade, and the taste of defeat.

A cavalryman who looked like a small officer below said anxiously: "General Zhang Guiben has died in battle, please open the gate quickly, otherwise the Lu Long thief army is coming, and we can't say it even if we have a hundred mouths!" If there are any more problems, please let me enter, and I will spit them out one by one! ”

When the general heard this, he pondered for a moment, looked up and saw a puff of smoke and dust rising in the distance, which was probably the pursuer in the mouth of the cavalry below. The general's mouth also felt reasonable, so he said, "Open the door!" ”

A scribe dressed as a literati on the side couldn't help but say anxiously: "General, this can't be helped!" Since ancient times, large armies have encountered nearby and sent cavalry to pretend to be routed and come to win the city gates. ”

When a famous lieutenant heard this, he couldn't help but be furious. "Whew! You are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you are so righteous and awe-inspiring! The following are all soldiers of our army, if they are allowed to be tortured and killed by the Lu Long Thief Army, how will we face the army in the future! ”

The words of the captain seem to be righteous and thin, but in fact, there is a hidden meaning in the words. When the general heard this, he was slightly stunned, and after a little pondering, he understood that how we would face other armies in the future was actually how to face King Liang Chitose. If it were another army, it would be fine, but the Shenjie Army was Zhu Wen's heart. There are 3,000 people here, 3,000 pairs of eyes, and those who are not on the right path are more than their fingers. If someone stabs the matter of not saving himself today, where is King Liang Chitose, with the temper of King Liang Chitose, even if he guards the Tianjing Pass, I am afraid that dozens of military sticks are indispensable, and the credit this time is also offset by merit and demerits, I am afraid that it is better than this, at least there is a bubble.

The general figured out the joints, so he waved his hand impatiently and said, "It's just a dozen rides!" What a storm it can make! Besides, there are clouds in the art of war, knowing each other and knowing oneself will not be defeated in a hundred battles! If we have a black eye and don't know anything, wouldn't it be easier for the city to fall! You don't have to say much, otherwise don't blame someone for not recognizing the sword in his hand! ”

When the scribe heard this, he immediately shut his mouth, and now everyone knows that these martial artists are lawless at the moment, and they will never give a second knife if they say that they will never give themselves a second sword. The scribe could only pray secretly in his heart that the cavalry below was not a rout in the enemy's disguise, and even if it were, the defenders of the city gate could capture and kill the other party.

In an atmosphere of anxiety, the gates slowly opened with the cacophony of deadbolts. Before the city gate could be fully opened, a cavalryman had already rushed into the patio pass like an arrow from the string.

The generals who were watching the cavalry on the city tower didn't care, but the cavalry had been killed by Lu Longjun, and they didn't even dare to stay outside for a moment, so although they despised it in their hearts, they didn't care.

But it was this indifferent cavalryman, after rushing into the city gate, that took out a wide long knife wrapped in bloody linen, and the extraordinaryness of this knife could be seen from the blade alone. I don't know what to use for this knife, the snow-white blade exudes a dark red luster, and a phoenix pattern of lust and nirvana, carved on the knife body with a thin red line, which is very gorgeous. It is as if the knife is the phoenix, and the phoenix is the knife.

"Kill!" There was only a loud shout, and the cavalryman raised his sword and slashed a soldier with a spear into two pieces. The sharpness of this phoenix sword is simply rare in the world.

"Not good! It's the Lu Long Thief Army pretending! "The guards are not stupid, and when they see the current situation, they know what is going on. Reacting in a hurry, three or four spears stabbed at the cavalryman.

The cavalryman's martial arts were very good, and his reaction was very fast, the spear had not yet touched his body, and the phoenix sword in his hand had been swung out, only to see a slightly reddish brilliance flashing with a knife light.

"Poof! Burst! After a soft sound, the spearman only felt a slight stagnation in his hand, and the person involuntarily pounced forward, and the soldier hurriedly raised one leg and took a step forward to stabilize his body. When I came back to my senses, everyone was shocked, only to see that the spear in his hand had gone to the iron spearhead and only the bare spear shaft remained, looking at the smooth top, no need to ask, I also knew that it must have been cut by the phoenix treasure knife, and I didn't feel anything, what kind of magic weapon is this! It's so powerful! It's like the legendary iron is like clay!!

The guards under the city gate were frightened and took four or five steps back before they stabilized their figures.

"Good knives!" A slightly immature excited voice spat out from the mouth of the cavalryman, and at this moment, the defenders of the city gate suddenly discovered that the cavalry who had entered was not very old. Through the dim light, it can be seen that this cavalryman only has a faint childish beard on his lips, and he doesn't know if he has a crown salute or not!

(Note: The crown ceremony is an ancient coming-of-age ceremony, which is generally performed at the age of 20, and is inherently called the year of the weak crown, which generally refers to the age of 20.) ）

Suddenly, one person exclaimed: "Shi Xianxian! How could it be him, he actually surrendered to Li Cunhuan! ”

The person who came was none other than Shi Jianjiao, the former Hedong general, although at first Shi Jianjiao would rather die than give in. But Li Cunhuan came out with a magic weapon, let his mother persuade him, let his friends and colleagues persuade him, and persuade him personally. At the beginning, Shi Jianjian's attitude was very simple. Not long ago, Shi Jianjin lowered Li Cunhuan, Li Cunhuan thought about his life, and asked Shi Jianjiao to be the commander of the Iron Eagle Capital and personally protect himself. However, this time, for the sake of Tianjing Pass, Li Cunhuan invested enough money and sent Shi Jianjiao to come, and he was not afraid of breaking this fierce general.

Although Shi Jianjiao is young, he has a lot of fame, mainly because Shi Jianjian's force value is really amazing, and he has been able to compete with the world's first fierce general Li Cunxiao in a short period of time, and Wang Yanzhang, the first general of Xuanwu, is equal to each other. The second is that Li Ke used the role of replacing Li Cunxiao with the urgent need for someone to come at that time, and vigorously publicized. After losing Li Cunxiao, Li Keyong went downhill, although Li Keyong did not admit that it was Li Cunxiao's reason, but this is an undeniable fact.

It is precisely because of these two factors that Shi Jianjiao is very famous in the land of Hedong and Hebei.

As the saying goes, the name of a man is the shadow of a tree. Shi Jianjiao's nickname, Shi Xianxian, came out. Coupled with the phoenix sword in his hand, he killed a lot of defenders. Shi Jianjiao and others did not chase and kill, and used war horses as walls to block the city gate. In order to prevent the jack gate and the cavalry, I don't know where to find four three-zhang giant logs with thick bowls and put them on the edge of the city gate. Even if the jack gate is lowered, it is useless.

When the guard heard the report from the soldiers at the city gate, his face was shocked. A lieutenant hurriedly wrote: "General! Send someone down to attack and take back the city gate! ”

The guard general glanced at the smoke and dust in the distance, and couldn't help but look gloomy, and muttered, "It's too late!" Who of you can be sure that you will take the gates of the city guarded by the pioneers in a quarter of an hour! ”

Indeed, although the words of the defender are frustrating, the city gate is not big, but the width is less than two zhang, Shi Jianjiao alone is already difficult enough, and the cavalry that came with him, needless to say, is at least one in a thousand warriors in Lu Long's army. In such a narrow terrain, they can only use the method of refueling to slowly grind their physical strength. Will Lu Longjun give them this time? Even the jack gate didn't have time to put it down, so he asked the other party to find a big wooden pillar to stand on the slideway where the jack gate fell, and it was useless to put the jack gate down.

The captain was also speechless, and the surrender of the defenders quickly achieved unanimous unity, allowing Li Cunhuan to unexpectedly capture Tianjing Pass.

There are not many roads in ancient times, but Tianjing Pass is the main road between Hebei and Henan, and it is impossible to capture Tianjing Pass, Li Cunhuan really has to flee back to Lulong in a gray manner. Don't look at the front line of Taihang Mountain, but the road is difficult, if it weren't for Jiang You's incompetence, and surrender without fighting, Deng Ai would starve to death, not to mention Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan was overjoyed and asked Zhu Jin to take Zhang Guiben and the Tianjing guards to the city to persuade Zhang Guiba to surrender, but it was not of much use for Zhang Guiba to surrender or not, and the morale of Jincheng had already dispersed, and he had become a dispensable outcast. What Li Cunhuan has to do now is to capture Heyang, as long as he captures Heyang, this game of chess, his chess pieces will be alive, but the chess pieces on Zhu Wen's side will fall into a dead end.

Li Cunhuan can attack Jiangzhou, compress Zhu Wen in Puzhou, a small land, retreat, and go to Luoyang City to hang out. Luoyang City certainly didn't have many soldiers and horses. At present, Zhu Wen's soldiers and horses are concentrated in Puzhou and Tongguan on the western front and Yanzhou on the east front. If Li Cunhuan doesn't make a big havoc in the Heavenly Palace, I'm afraid he will be sorry for Zhu Wen's "cooperation".

(To be continued)