Piercing the clouds, barracks.

"Report! Marshal Lu, Prime Minister Jiang Cheng sent a letter, Nanbohou Eshun led his soldiers to Xiqi to come to Xiqi to help, and to fight Yin Shang together, Prime Minister Jiang Cheng specially ordered me to come, please let go of the military affairs in his hands for the time being, and return to Xiqi to discuss matters. ”

Lu Zhi nodded at the messenger and said, "The marshal knows about this matter, so you can go down and rest first." ”

After sending away the heralds, Lu Zhi did not delay, even if he summoned the Winged Immortal, turned into the true body of Dapeng, stepped on his back, and returned to Xiqi City.

Since Xiqi repelled several times, and even defeated the Yin Shang army, seeing that Yin Shang had declined to this point, the princes in the world couldn't sit still, and they all followed Xiqi and turned against the song.

Of course, the reason why they oppose Yin Shang is not because of any Emperor Xin's cruelty and stupidity, but purely for their own interests.

And speaking of which, I have to mention that Di Xin's talent is rough... There is no irony in this sentence, it is literal.

It may be a little surprising to say, the hedonistic, brutal and stupid Di Xin is actually quite a visionary and ambitious person.... At least it used to be.

After he succeeded to the throne, because he was worried that the princes in various places would support themselves and divide the royal power, he had been 'cutting the feudal domain' openly and secretly, intending to bring back the power and the control of all the people in the world and implement centralized power.

And what is even more surprising is that this tyrant, who regards all the people in the world like mustard, actually wants to break the current slavery system and liberate those slaves in the world.

Regardless of his true thoughts and intentions, judging from these few deeds alone, it is enough to prove that Di Xin is obviously a far-sighted and intelligent person, and he once thought about tidying up the mountains and rivers of the world under the rule of the Yin Shang Dynasty.

But it's a pity that this person is ambitious and talented, has vision, but has no means, and his will is not firm, and his means of acting are quite criticized.

He wanted to 'cut the feudal domain' and abolish slavery, which was a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and if it was done, it would almost be a feat of re-establishing a prosperous dynasty for the Yin Shang Dynasty.

But when Di Xin acted, he was completely disorganized, and he did not see clever means.

It is clear that the reduction of power and the abolition of slavery cannot be accomplished overnight, and it is all the more prudent to act and boil frogs in warm water.

But Di Xin didn't know what was going on, he didn't hide it at all, and made it clear from the beginning that he wanted to take away the power in their hands, liberate their slaves, and leave them with nothing.

What's even more criticized is that Di Xin's methods are also extremely brutal and vulgar, and he directly summoned several of the most powerful princes in the world that day, either killed or trapped, and didn't even make up a reason.

As the biggest vested interests in the world, how could those princes be willing to see the power in their hands deprived? Willing to compromise your interests?

But Na Di Xin didn't know it, he just thought that he was the co-master of the world, and he should kill those people, and no one dared to resist.

So, Beihai rebelled, Bohai also rebelled, Di Xin still didn't care, only thought that his Chaoge army was invincible, and had been mobilizing the army to quell the rebellion for many years.

At the beginning, the army of Yin Shang was indeed invincible, and everywhere it went, all the rebellions were exterminated, and it did make the land and power controlled by Chaogecheng even more, and the eight hundred princes in the world were also afraid when they saw this, and bowed their heads to the vassals, which seemed to be the peak of a dynasty.

However, in private, there is an undercurrent in the world, how can those princes be willing to sit back and wait for death, under the surface of submission, in fact, there is already a rebellious heart in their hearts, secretly plotting, lurking.

Therefore, after a few years, Di Xin's plan became more and more difficult to implement, and there was no progress for more than ten years.

Then, Di Xin simply gave up in frustration, and no longer cared about his eloquence, but began to turn his head and enjoy it, just wanting to present all the best things in the world to him and let him enjoy it.

And Di Xin gave up halfway, but the eight hundred princes in the world will not! Especially after the nine-tailed fox demon entered the palace, Di Xin became more and more indulgent, and he almost didn't even attend the court meeting, which made those princes excited and inexplicably saw the opportunity.

With Di Xin's indulgence and wantonness, this Yin Shang country, which was already suffering from internal and external troubles, has become even more stormy, so that it has developed to the extent that the world is against the current level!

Therefore, the fall of Yin Shang is almost doomed, which many people have already seen, and the eight hundred princes, without exception, want to come to get a piece of the pie.

It's like this Nanbohou Eshun, who led his troops to Xiqi to form an alliance, didn't he deliberately rush here when he saw that the Xiqi side had the momentum to overthrow Yin Shang and replace him?

In order to continue to ensure his interests and power after the world is changed.

And Lu Zhi is not interested in these things that seek benefits, but he is somewhat interested in the army under the command of Na Eshun.

Lu Zhi was still secretly thinking about Na Eshun and the army under his command, Xiqi City had already arrived, and Lu Zhi had withdrawn his thoughts.

After letting the Winged Immortal return to the Shuai Mansion to wait for the summons, Lu Zhi turned into a streamer of light and went straight to the Xibohou Mansion.

After Lu Zhi arrived at Xibohou Mansion, he didn't have any special tasks, but as the commander of Xiqi, he met with Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya with Na Eshun and the rest of the princes who came to form an alliance, and the next discussion was all in charge of Jiang Ziya, and Lu Zhi was also happy to be idle.

An hour later, Lu Zhi left Xiqi City again and returned to the Chuanyun Pass, and three days later, Na E led his subordinates and the 140,000 princes formed by the rest of the small princes, and stationed in the Chuanyun Pass together, and fought against Yin Shang with the Xiqi army.

However, even with the help of these hundreds of thousands of princes, I am afraid that Tongguan will not be so easy to take, after all, the merchant army in Tongguan is full of 400,000 people, and it is definitely not easy to capture.

The other is Eshun and others, although they have formed an alliance with Xiqi and are in one place, but the generals under his command are not something that Lu Zhi can mobilize at will, so it is definitely not possible to count on these people to help him capture Tongguan.

So in the end, it is still necessary to rely on the Xiqi soldiers under his command, these princes' coalition forces, at best, can help to fight cover, just do a feint, really let them fight a tough battle, I am afraid that if they just lose 1,800 people, they will 'the enemy's fire is fierce, and we can only retreat'.

The climate gradually warmed up, but in just a few days, the winter cold had completely receded, the snow in the mountains and forests had completely melted, and Lu Zhi also led the troops to set off again, starting the first battle of the year.

This time, Lu Zhi was not prepared to achieve much success, but was just ready to test it first to see the garrison in the Tong Pass.

But he didn't expect that before his army reached the Tongguan Pass, he suffered its first defeat.

Lu Zhi sent Yang Jian, Li Jing, and Nezha as the advance army, leading 6,000 soldiers to open the way for the head of the army and investigate the situation.

However, the next day, the advance army was defeated, 6,000 soldiers, half of them were broken, Yang Jian, Nezha were wounded and returned, and Li Jing was captured by the merchant army again...

In the handsome tent, Yang Jian pleaded guilty to Lu Zhi with a ashamed face, only saying that he was not good at leading the army, causing the soldiers under his command to suffer losses and living up to Lu Zhi's expectations.

"Okay, Yang Jian, you don't have to blame yourself, this defeat is not your responsibility, and Ben Shuai will not hold you accountable."

Yang Jian's defeat situation, Lu Zhi had already known through Gao Ming and Gao Jue, and this matter was indeed not their fault.

After all, even Lu Zhi didn't expect that there would be so many 'celebrities' in Tongguan.

Previously, Yang Jian and the others had just traveled to the ten miles of Natong Pass when they encountered an ambush by the defenders of Tong Pass.

This was originally a normal thing, after all, the role of the advance army was to explore the road for the army and relieve the hidden dangers of the army's march, so it was normal for the advance army to encounter the enemy.

But the problem is that Yang Jian and the people in the business business they met.... Those few people were not what Lu Zhi expected at all.