-- Back to October 19 --

Half a month after the Great Zhou West conscription horses launched an offensive against Qin Pass to dig tunnels, some rebel generals in Qin Pass gradually felt a little uneasy, such as Ma Dan. (, Novels are faster and better)

Ma Dan is a native of Bingzhou, he did not participate in any imperial examinations, he was originally the general of the local garrison of the party in Bingzhou, leading 3,000 generals, and was ordered to encircle and suppress the Taihang Mountain bandits many times, only because he offended the local power in the process of suppressing bandits, so he was framed, moved to Hongnong County, and was demoted to 500 generals.

After the rebels gained power, Ma Dan, like Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, Ou Peng and others, did not mean that they were forced to commit to thieves out of desperation, it should be said that they were inexplicably classified by the imperial court into the ranks of the rebels.

Obviously, Hongnong was still guarding the land the day before, but when they woke up, Hongnong had been obtained by the rebels, so it was not counted, and the imperial court even issued an edict, saying that they were communicating with the rebels and opening the city to meet the enemy.

Just as Zhang Dong and the others still can't figure out why Luoyang fell into their hands in the first place, Ma Dan can't figure out how Hongnong, who they were holding on to at the beginning, could change hands in one day.

For many nights, Ma Dan tossed and turned, recalling that if he and his colleagues had been able to hold Hongnong, perhaps they would not have been wanted by the Great Zhou court and charged with treason.

But he also knew that the matter had come to this point, and it was useless to say more, and now what he should be thinking about was how to resist the 150,000 Zhou army of the Western Expedition outside Qin Pass.

Thinking of this, Ma Dan felt a little funny, he knew very well that among the 150,000 troops outside Qin Pass, only 60,000 were actually regular Western Expeditionary Army, and the remaining 90,000 were rebels like him before.

Especially Tang Hao, you must know that when he was in Hanhan Guguan, Ma Dan also drank with this person several times, and even, before Tang Hao led 40,000 rebels to aid Gucheng, Ma Dan and some generals set up a banquet to celebrate him, wishing him smooth sailing, but as a result, Tang Hao took the 40,000 rebels under his command to surrender the Zhou army, turned into a turn, and attacked Qinguan in turn.

As for the reason for Tang Hao's surrender, Ma Dan can understand it to some extent, to put it mildly, if it weren't for the fact that his family was still in Chang'an, how could he not want to surrender to the Zhou army?

Thinking of this, Ma Dan took out an extremely crumpled piece of paper from his arms and slowly spread it on his knees.

It can be seen from the words on the paper that it was one of the 10,000 documents that Xie An asked Tang Hao and others to shoot into Hanhan Guguan at the beginning.

"Alas!" Stroking the yellowed paper, Ma Dan let out a long sigh.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps beside him, looked up, and saw that it was someone he was familiar with, Wu Xing, who didn't care, nodded slightly towards the person.

"Old Ma, you're here!" The rebel general Wu Xing walked over, glanced at the yellowed paper in Ma Dan's hand, showed a strange smile on his face, and then looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he squatted down beside Ma Dan and said in a low voice, "Old Ma, how are you thinking about it?" -- According to Tang Hao, the Zhou army will conquer Qin Pass at the end of October, if this is the case, we will have to make arrangements as soon as possible......"

Hearing this, Ma Dan raised his head and asked in surprise, "The person you sent to contact Tang Hao is back?" ――Didn't you say that you took the opportunity to escape? ”

Wu Xing shook his head with a smile, lowered his voice and said, "How can it!" -- Those stinky boys were quite cautious and hid in Qinling for several days, no, I used the excuse of inspecting Qinling yesterday to bring them back...... Although it has been delayed for several days, it is good that Kang Cheng, Qin Wei and others will not notice! ”

Hearing this, Ma Dan pondered for a moment, frowned and asked, "Can the Zhou army really conquer Qin Pass?" ”

Wu Xing nodded, lowered his voice and said, "According to what those boys said, Tang Hao said so at the time, and in addition, Tang Hao also warned me that it is not Xie An who is in charge of the army in Zhou Jun at the moment, but a woman named Changsun Xiangyu......

"What do you mean?"

Wu Xing looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Old Ma, do you remember that when I was waiting in the Han Pass, Tang Hao once shouted to us in the pass, saying that once the Han Pass falls, except for Qin Wei, the rest of the people will be exempted from the death penalty of Ling Chi?" ”

"yes!"

At that time, the person who made this suggestion in the Zhou army was to join the army in the Zhou army, Xie An Xie, this person was the confidant of Li Shou, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, so what Lord Xie said was equivalent to what General Li Shou said...... But this time, there won't be that kind of good thing again! ”

"That Xie An was cut off?" Ma Dan was stunned.

"That's not it," Wu Xing shook his head, frowned and said, "I don't know the specifics, it's just that Tang Hao warned me to wait, that eldest grandson Xiangyu is not as merciful as that Lord Xie, but all the rebels who fall into her hands will be killed, therefore, we will not have the opportunity to sit back and enjoy the success before, if we want to live, we must surrender to the Zhou army under Qin Pass before the fall of Qin Pass......"

"Do you think Qin Guan will fall?" Ma Dan frowned and glanced at Wu Xing, and said, "You also know that two days ago, our army dug the Qinguan Canal and poured it into the tunnel, making the Zhou army camp like a sea of ......."

"Old Ma, how is Hanguan? Isn't it broken? ”

"......" Ma Dan was speechless and nodded slowly.

"Anyway, I'll think about it first......"

"Hmm!" Ma Dan nodded.

After chatting a few words, Wu Xing left, leaving Ma Dan alone to sit on a pile of haystacks under the inner side of the Qinguan city wall, quietly thinking.

I don't know how long it took, Ma Dan sighed, got up and prepared to inspect the city tower, and walked along the canal that led the water from the Qinguan Canal into the tunnel, and walked towards the stairs on the inner side of the city wall.

At the end of October, Qinguan Bike?

Tang Hao would actually say such a thing?

Ma shook his head with a smile.

What is Qinguan?

That's the world's No. 1 hero!

Is it a barrier that can be easily breached?

Well, it must have been Tang Hao who saw Wu Xing sending someone to contact him, and deliberately said that so as to make the defenders in Qin Pass panic......

Thinking of this, Ma Dan nodded secretly.

At this moment, a large piece of earth fell into the water with a clatter on the inner wall of the canal and disappeared.

"......" Ma Dan was slightly stunned, stopped, and stared straight at the canal.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a small piece of earth fell from the inside of the canal, and rushed down the water in the canal into the underground tunnel.

Looking at this scene, Ma Dan was thoughtful.

This stop lasted for several hours, so that Wu Xing came back from a tour of the city wall, and strangely saw Ma Dan standing stupidly by the canal.

"Old horse? - What are you doing standing here? ”

I saw Ma Dan glance back at Wu Xing, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "How many days have we been digging the Qinguan Canal and leading the water of the Yellow River into the ground?" ”

"Well, seven or eight days, what's wrong?"

Ma Dan's expression gradually changed from confusion to horror, under Wu Xing's puzzled gaze, he ran to the bottom of the Qinguan city wall in a few steps, squinted one eye, looked up at the inside of the city wall, and I don't know how long it took, he let out a long breath, looked at Wu Xing and said in a deep voice, "Tang Hao is right, the woman who is in charge of the army in the Zhou army right now...... It's definitely not as kind as Xie An before! -- If this continues, by the end of October, the Qin Pass will be broken! ”

"What do you mean?" Wu Xing looked puzzled.

Ma Dan looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention around, so he pulled Wu Xing to the inside of the city wall, and said in a low voice, "Look up, ......"

"What? Is there something wrong? ”

I saw Ma Dan looking at Wu Xing deeply for a while, and said in a low voice, "The city wall is tilted inward......

"......" Wu Xing glanced at Ma Dan blankly, looked up again, and then, his face showed a look of horror.

"Shh Ma Dan made a silent gesture.

Seeing this, Wu Xing hurriedly covered his mouth, glanced left and right as if he was afraid, and saw that no one seemed to be paying attention around, and said in a low voice, "Old Ma, what did Tang Hao say?" -- At the end of October, the Qin Pass will be broken! ――If I don't make plans sooner, I will be buried with Qin Wei and the others! ”

Ma Dan frowned when he heard this, and then said in a low voice, "You have to remember, my wife and children are all in Chang'an, once we surrender to the Zhou army, they will definitely have no way to live......

"That ......"

"Today is the two of you and I in office, if this is the case, you will send your henchmen to the Zhou army again to find Tang Hao......"

“…… Not! After hesitating for a moment, Wu Xing nodded heavily

-- Back to October 24 --

It has been four or five days since Ma Dan noticed that something was wrong with the city wall of Qinguan, and in the past few days, he had to watch under the city wall every day, as he expected, the wall of Qinguan that was more than 20 zhang high was gradually tilting inward.

At first it was not very obvious, but as the days went by, the walls leaned more and more obviously, and at a faster rate, until they reached a full foot.

"Old horse, those stinky boys are back......"

While Ma Dan was observing the tilt of the city wall, Wu Xing came and brought the latest news on the negotiations with Tang Hao.

Ma Dan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked urgently, "What do you say?" ”

Wu Xing glanced left and right, and said a few words in Ma Dan's ear.

"What? Changan? Ma Dan's face was shocked.

"Shh Wu Xing made a silent move, lowered his voice and said, "Tang Hao said that he had asked the woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and the woman said that as long as we can take the initiative to open the city gate and let the Zhou army enter when his army attacks Chang'an, we will be pardoned for our sins......"

"What about my family?"

"Pardon them all!"

"That's ......" Ma Dan thought for a while, nodded quite excitedly, and suddenly asked, "Then ...... Qin Pass here?"

"You don't need me to come forward, just stand by and watch! ――If you can, try to delay Qin Wei and the others from discovering this matter! ”

Ma Dan thought for a moment and nodded.

On the same day, Ma Dan and Wu Xing gathered some trusted acquaintances and friends in the rebel army, conveyed Tang Hao's words to them, and learned that the Zhou army was going to destroy Qin Pass, and the generals looked at each other, and after thinking for a while, they all nodded and expressed their desire to join Ma Dan and Wu Xing.

In this way, until October 27, the wall of Qinguan became more and more tilted, to the point that everyone could notice that something was wrong.

Therefore, Ma Dan, Wu Xing and others planned to tell Qin Guan Coach Kang Cheng and Qin Wei together.

As soon as they heard that the city wall of Qinguan was tilted, Kang Cheng and Qin Wei were shocked, and hurriedly went to the city wall to watch, and when they saw that it was really like this, Ma Dan, Wu Xing and others said, they were shocked and angry.

"I didn't expect that these waffle-diggers of the Zhou army were thinking about completely destroying my Qin Pass......" Glancing at the direction of the city wall with a shocked face, Kang Cheng gritted his teeth and cursed, suddenly, he turned his head suddenly, looked directly at Ma Dan and other generals, and scolded angrily, "Such a very important matter, why don't you wait until now to tell you?" ”

Since Ma Dan and the other generals had already summed it up, they pretended to be innocent when they heard this, and said with a wry smile, "Kang Shuai, the last general and the others never thought that the Zhou army would tackle such a problem, besides, digging the Qinguan Canal and leading the water of the Yellow River into the ground is also the idea of Kang Shuai and Qin Shuai......"

Kang Cheng's momentum froze when he heard this, and he glanced at Qin Wei, who also had a sad face.

On October 30, as planned by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the wall of Qinguan, which was more than 20 zhang high, collapsed inward due to the unstable foundation.

This ancient pass, which had stood for thousands of years, finally collapsed.

Because they had sensed that something was wrong before, the rebels in Qin Pass did not suffer any serious casualties, but their morale inevitably plummeted.

On the other hand, the soldiers of Zhou, although they had been soaked in water for nearly a month and their morale was low, when they saw the collapse of the dangerous pass of Qinguan with their own eyes, their morale was immediately high, and they raised their arms and cheered, although they didn't understand what was going on, and thought it was God's help.

On the same day, when he noticed the collapse of Qin Pass, Changsun Xiangyu immediately ordered the whole army to enter Qinhan Valley Pass, and the 150,000 Zhou troops with high morale poured into Qin Pass like wolves and tigers.

But despite this, the 150,000 Zhou army is still full of morale, after all, Qin Pass is the most difficult pass of the Zhou army's western expedition to Chang'an rebels, and now, the Zhou army has conquered Qin Pass with a loss of more than 1,000 people, what else can resist the Zhou army?

On November 2, after a few days of reorganization at Qinguan, the 150,000-strong Zhou army marched west again and headed straight for Tongguan.

In fact, between Tongguan and Qinguan, there is a lake city, but when the Zhou army arrived in the lake city, the rebels had already been empty.

Obviously, the inexplicable loss of the Han Pass and the Qin Pass before and after really had an immeasurable impact on the rebels, both in terms of morale and momentum.

However, there was also a downside to the Zhou army.

Due to the winter, the weather is getting colder, the cold wind is cold, and the snow is falling, it can be said that compared with the rebels in Tongguan, the cold weather is the biggest problem that the Zhou army of the Western Expedition will face.

But the embarrassing thing is that the imperial court did not seem to expect that this western expedition would last so long and achieve such brilliant results, so that cotton clothes and other cold things have not been delivered for a long time.

Taking a step back, not to mention anything about cotton clothes and other things to keep out the cold, even the transportation of food in the army has become a problem.

Fortunately, the rebels had piled up a lot of rice grain in Luoyang, Gucheng and other places, and they were worry-free for the time being, but in the final analysis, the Zhou army had as many as 150,000, and the daily consumption of rice and grain was an astronomical amount.

For this reason, on the day the army arrived at Tongguan, that is, on November 3, Xie An summoned all the generals of the army to discuss the military affairs in the commander's tent.

It is worth mentioning that after a month and a half of recuperation, Nanguo Gong Lu Song's injury has also improved greatly, and he has been able to stay and walk.

Looking at the old man's smiling expression, looking at the look of loneliness that vaguely flashed in his eyes, Xie Anxin sighed secretly.

He knew that because he was picked off by Chen Bei, the commander of the Taiping Army, his hands and tendons, even if Lu Gong's injuries healed in the future, he would not be able to fight on the battlefield as before.

The current Lu Gong is just a twilight old man who has lost his only son, pitiful and lamentable......

Thinking of this, Xie An raised his hand to stop the discussion of the generals in the tent, and asked Lu Gongdao, "Lu Gong, I don't know what you think?" ――You are a veteran of the battlefield, and you have been fighting all your life, can you give me some advice to juniors? ”

Nanguo Gong Lu Song was stunned, and then realized that this was Xie An's kindness, glanced at Xie An gratefully, and said with a wry smile, "Xiao An is too uplifting the old man, how can the old man be ......" As he spoke, he raised his head, looked at Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and said with a little teasing, "The old man can't take the Han Pass and the Qin Pass without blood!" - Really? Mr. Xie? The eldest grandson military division? ”

"What Lu Gong said ......"

Uncle Lu laughed......

Xie An and Eldest Sun Xiangyu glanced at each other, and said modestly, compared to Xie An, the expression on Eldest Sun Xiangyu's face was obviously more complicated.

As if he had seen through the thoughts of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Lu Gong smiled slightly, then shook his head, sighed and said, "Fighting eagles all day long, but the eagles peck their eyes...... The old man prides himself on being brave, but he doesn't know how big the sky is, and there are many heroes, and he will eventually get bitter fruits......" he said, silently looking at his trembling hands.

"Grandpa......" Lin Zhen couldn't bear to persuade on the side.

Looking at Lin Zhen and nodded, Lu Gong glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu intentionally or unintentionally, and then said to Li Shou and Xie An, "Right now, the old man is just a guilty body, and after returning to Jijing, he will be blamed by His Majesty for not respecting the emperor's order, but before that, and let the old man wait and see with the army, the old man's only wish at the moment is to watch our army sweep away the rebels in Chang'an, and call the thief who killed my son ......" Speaking of this, his breathing gradually became short.

Seeing this, Lin Zhen and Le Jun's faces were slightly anxious, and while stroking Lu Gong's back, they said in a tight voice, "Don't worry, my Southern Army, even if it is broken to pieces, it will make Chen Bei's blood debt repayable!" ”

When Xie An heard this, Li Shou and the eldest grandson Xiangyu glanced at each other, and stopped talking.

After all, they hadn't told Lu Gong about Chen Bei's true identity and anything about the Taiping Army.

After the meeting was dismissed, Xie An and his eldest grandson Xiangyu strolled through the barracks.

Looking at the falling snow in the sky, looking at the white expanse in the distance, it is quite interesting.

As he walked, Xie An licked his lips and whispered, "The Taiping Army's affairs ......"

Before he finished his words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head and said, "For the time being, I want to tell Lu Gong, you must remember that the top priority for us at the moment is how to conquer Tongguan and how to conquer Chang'an...... Don't want to make extraneous branches! ”

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly asked, "Xiangyu, when I was discussing countermeasures, I saw that Chengzhu was in my chest, didn't I already have a countermeasure?" ”

"Giggles," Eldest Sun Xiangyu smiled slightly, blinked and said, "Guess? ”

"Again?" Xie An couldn't cry or laugh, then smiled and said, "Xiangyu, do you know what a smart gambler is?" ”

"What?"

"A smart gambler knows what to do...... It won't give you a chance to regret it! As he spoke, Xie An stretched out his hand and gently hugged the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"Shhhh - Boring! The woman pouted sullenly, then sneered, and buried herself obediently in Xie An's arms. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )