Li Ben's heart tightened, but his eyes were dripping. Although he was born in the countryside, he has been in the palace for more than half a year, and he has gained a lot of knowledge, and he has become smarter. The middle-aged man just now claimed to be Xiao Dapeng's subordinate, but not long after he left, Liu Wenjing rushed in with someone. If something went wrong, it could only be Xiao Dapeng's accident. Li Ben secretly thought to himself how to get rid of his relationship with Xiao Dapeng.

Nervous all the way, Li Ben was brought to Li Yuan. Li Yuan ignored him, holding a knife and cutting oranges. The oranges are golden in color and look fresh on the surface, but they are shriveled and devoid of moisture on the inside. Li Yuan threw the knife to the ground heavily: "It's all ruined, what use do you want him!" ”

The knife was piercing in front of Li Ben, and the handle was still trembling slightly. Li Ben couldn't help but shudder, lay on the ground, kowtowed: "Lord Wang, the villain is just confused for a while, deceived by others, begging the prince to spare his life!" ”

He tried his best and racked his brains, and he couldn't say a word about the words he had thought of on the road.

Li Yuan glanced at him lightly and said, "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great." Say, what's wrong with you? ”

Li Ben didn't dare to hide it, and told the truth of the matter. Li Yuan slapped his face lightly at this time, and a person came out from behind the screen, it was Li Cheng, the chief eunuch in the palace. Li Cheng walked up to Li Ben and kicked him to the ground: "You brute, you dare to betray the prince!" I'll kill you first! ”

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "That's it, he just lost his mind for a while, and let him be spared." ”

Li Ben was secretly happy in his heart, and was about to speak, but he heard Li Yuan say again: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped." Li Cheng, don't worry about him for the time being in your face, take him down first, and let him think about it. As for the general of the reserve house, he doesn't have to continue to do it. ”

"Brute, don't thank you soon!" Of course, Li Cheng can hope to save the life of his nephew and adopted son. What's more, as long as he is loyal to Li Yuan, when Li Yuan becomes a big deal in the future, he can also ask Li Yuan to give Li Ben a petty official with a job but no power.

A soldier had already come over and dragged Li Ben down, and Li Cheng also said goodbye and returned to the palace. Liu Wenjing said puzzledly: "Lord Wang, isn't it too cheap for him to do this!" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Sparing a Li Ben can make Li Cheng more loyal, why not?" If you want to seize the world, you have to use Li Cheng's head. Keep Li Ben first, and Li Cheng will be dead. Okay, everyone's worked hard, go back and rest. Tomorrow morning, I will enter the palace with Gu. ”

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Gui Haiqiu's goal is Dasanguan. Dasanguan is located in Chencang Mountain, which is the farthest away. This is where the passage between Fufeng and the river pond is controlled. Hechi County belongs to Bahan Road, Xiao Mo made a lot of trouble in Bahan, and Yang Xuangan intended to attack Xiao Mo at Wuguan, so there are also heavy troops stationed here, which can respond to Wuguan Yao. Among the three levels, the Great Scattered Pass is the most difficult to attack.

After receiving this task, Gui Haiqiu still had a lot of complaints in his heart, thinking that Liu Ziqiu handed over the most difficult anything to him, so that he lost the opportunity to fight for the first credit. In fact, he didn't know that Liu Ziqiu didn't expect him to really be able to defeat the Dasanguan, but used his troops and horses to contain the defenders of the Dasanguan.

After capturing Dazhen Pass and Anyi Pass, Liu Ziqiu's army can already drive straight into Fufeng County, and it is not so important whether it can defeat Dasan Pass. But Liu Ziqiu did not plan to compete with Yang Xuangan's army in Fufeng, but wanted to kill all the way to Chang'an. As long as Chang'an is defeated, no matter how many soldiers and horses Yang Xuangan has in other places, it will not help. When the time comes, Liu Ziqiu can recruit and co-opt them. Of course, there will definitely be resistance. But in any case, without Yang Xuangan, the main general, and Yang Hao's golden signboard, no matter what kind of resistance, it is difficult to become a climate, and it can be broken individually.

Arrange for Gui Haiqiu to attack Dasanguan, Liu Ziqiu has another consideration. Gui Haiqiu is cautious, and it is impossible to fight hard in the face of sufficient troops and well-defended Dasanguan. If it were replaced by Wen Hao, Zhang Liang or Shi Danai, as long as it was an order given by Liu Ziqiu, they would do whatever it took to complete it, which would inevitably cause huge casualties. And Liu Ziqiu can't make his intentions too clear, otherwise the soldiers will definitely find it difficult to do their best, and it will even affect the morale of the whole army. Morale is something that can't be seen or touched, but it's real, and it can't be drummed down.

But Liu Ziqiu miscalculated this time, Gui Haiqiu did not give up, along the way he was silently thinking about how to capture the Dasan Pass, he also wanted to make meritorious contributions, the first merit was not, and it was okay to take a second merit. But one thing Liu Ziqiu is not mistaken, Gui Haiqiu is indeed very cautious, or very sorry for his life, in the face of the large scattered pass with sufficient troops, it is definitely not possible to attack strongly, he is thinking about how to outwit. When it was almost dark, he really came up with a solution.

It was late at night, and there was silence in the Great Dispersion. Most of the guards had already fallen asleep, and there were only a few patrolmen in the city. However, countless torches were pierced on the head of the city, which illuminated the situation inside and outside the pass at a glance. Suddenly, someone saw a large number of horses coming from the north of Guancheng, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and it was too far away to see clearly.

The sound of a warning gong immediately sounded when it was closed, and it was particularly harsh in the dark night. Guarding the Dasan Pass is Yang Xuangan's general Zhao Huaiyi, who governs the army very strictly, and the 10,000 people guarding the pass can be regarded as a number of elite soldiers under Yang Xuangan. Hearing the warning, the soldiers reacted quickly, rushed out of the tent, and rushed to the city while busily wearing their armor. Soon, the city was filled with soldiers with swords, guns, bows and arrows.

The group of men outside the city was getting closer and closer, and it could be seen that those people were ragged and embarrassed, but they did not look like they had come to attack the city. And the north is the territory of Fufeng County, which should belong to Yang Xuangan's territory. This army, which emerged from their rear, was even less likely to be an enemy.

But Zhao Huaiyi didn't dare to take it lightly, and still ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

The city was rained with arrows, and the men and horses were struck by a sudden blow and retreated. Because of the distance, there are not many people who are hit by arrows, and occasionally one or two people are not seriously injured by arrows. But the people in the city stopped doing it, and immediately scolded and said anything unpleasant.

Zhao Huaiyi shouted in the city: "Who are you, send your master to come forward to answer!" ”

There was a commotion in the ranks under the city, and a general rode out and said loudly: "A certain is Wei Guihai of Qishan County." Li Yuan took advantage of the emptiness of Chang'an and attacked in a big way, all the way to Fufeng. A certain group of people couldn't defend the city, so they had to come to the general, hoping that the general would accept it. ”

Qishan County is in the northeast of Fufeng County, and Zhao Huaiyi has never been there, nor does he know any Guihai. But looking at the soldiers and horses under the city, the number is less than 2,000, and most of them have no armor, only wearing all kinds of cloth clothes and silk clothes, and even Guihai only wears a torn robe. If he was really the lieutenant of Qishan County, he would definitely have fled in a hurry without defending the city. However, if Guihai says this, I'm afraid that Chang'an has been beaten down by Li Yuan.

Zhao Huaiyi's heart froze. Yang Xuangan gathered military horses in Wuguan and prepared to go out of the pass to attack Xiao Mo and seize grain and grass. Zhao Huaiyi knew about this, and he was ready to assist if necessary. That is to say, Chang'an City is indeed empty, and it is possible for Li Yuan to take advantage of the void to enter. If Chang'an is captured by Li Yuan, Yang Xuangan will definitely fight back with all his might, and there must be men and horses to counterattack, and the garrison of Dasanguan will definitely be mobilized at that time. One more person has more strength, although these routs outside the city are embarrassed, they are also 2,000 people. Maybe they can't let them attack the city, but it should be more than enough to defend the city.

Thinking of this, Zhao Huaiyi hesitated a little and asked left and right: "Look, do you want to let them in?" ”

One of the lieutenants said without hesitation: "Since he is his own brother, why not let him in." ”

Another lieutenant arched his hand and said: "General, it is difficult to know the enemy and me in the middle of the night, so it is better to be careful!" ”

The lieutenant just now laughed and said, "You're too careful." You see, they don't even have armor, and there are only two thousand of them. Even if they are allowed to enter the customs, what big waves can they set off? ”

Zhao Huaiyi thought about it and felt that this lieutenant was reasonable, he could still be afraid of 2,000 people with 10,000 people? So he waved his hand and said, "Open the door!" ”

The door was wide open, and the team of people outside the gate swarmed in, and many people shouted: "Finally open the door, if Lao Tzu is caught up by the Luoyang army outside, wouldn't it be a vain death!" ”

Zhao Huaiyi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and ordered: "Bury the pot to make rice, let them eat a full meal first." ”

After speaking, Zhao Huaiyi turned around and went down to the city and did not go to meet the county lieutenant. Anyone who is woken up in the middle of the night will not feel good, and he has to rush to make up for his sleep.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the pass, as if there was some dispute between this group of routs and the defenders in the pass. Zhao Huaiyi frowned and said, "These guys are really undisciplined, no wonder they have this defeat." Go to a few people and see, there are those who do not obey the order, behead! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a black object flew straight towards him. Zhao Huaiyi hurriedly flashed, grabbed the object with his hand, and smelled a bloody smell coming to his nose, and his hand was also sticky. By the light of the torches, it was clearly a head, and the red and white one in his hand did not need to guess what it was. Zhao Huaiyi was taken aback: "Not good! Hit the trick! ”

It's good that he didn't shout, but the defenders at the head of the city didn't know what was going on, and they immediately became in chaos. The group of "routs" was extremely brave, although there were only 2,000 people, they were divided into several teams, killing all over Guanzhong, and they were invincible, and the defenders under Zhao Huaiyi were not their opponents at all.

Zhao Huaiyi was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and shouted: "Don't mess up! Don't mess around! ”

At this moment, he saw a man rushing straight in front of him, and in the cold light, a bright steel knife slashed at his neck.