Under the city of Tongguan, the rebels launched the most fierce attack in history, 280,000 soldiers and horses, day and night, and even the soldiers guarding the grain road were shouted over, that is, to fight to break Tongguan before Lu Gongyou arrived.

Zhao Sui swept away the decadence of the past, and even went to the front line to supervise the battle in person.

Such a result, naturally, the soldiers are more courageous, but at the same time, it has provoked the disdain of the seventeen anti-kings, in this Lu Gongyou is about to come, everyone is planning to retreat at the same time, but you turn your head to fight Tongguan, so do you not save a trace of combat effectiveness, do you really want to wait for Lu Gongyou's army to surrender and surrender?

All kinds of suspicions continued among the rebels, but Zhao Sui couldn't do it, and the momentum of the attack became more and more fierce.

As a result, many of his relatives, who were also vassal kings, expressed their intention to withdraw their troops.

But Zhao Sui only vetoed it on the pretext of taking Tongguan before Lu Gongyou arrived.

At the head of Tongguan City, Ning Shiguang looked at the rebels who were retreating one after another like a tide, and sighed, at this time, he hung one hand on his neck, and the other hand pressed against the female wall, and he was injured no less than twenty: "Since yesterday, the rebels' attacks have been more and more fierce wave after wave, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold Tongguan." ”

Xian Jingyu, who was standing with him, pursed his lips and did not speak, he was used to silence, and he was busy recovering the arrows of the repeater, in the past few days of fighting, it was inevitable that there would be lost arrows, which also led to the fact that in the wave of defense just now, the crossbow troops he brought did not play a too critical role.

"General, why don't you let me take my brothers to rush in a wave, push the battle line forward, and if nothing else, at least destroy the rebels' siege engines." Lei Chong said with a glance.

When Ning Shiguang heard this, he thought about it again and again, and then shook his head: "Forget it, now there are less than 8,000 defenders in the city, and they still maintain combat effectiveness, that is, the difference between six and four. ”

Lei Chong was anxious: "But Marquis Lu's reinforcements are still three days away, if we don't do something, we won't be able to hold out at all." ”

Ning Shiguang shouted: "Even if you can't hold on, you have to insist, even if there is only one person left in the city, you have to fight to the death, Tongguan is the last barrier of Daxing City, Your Majesty will hand over this important task to me, what to say, I can't let the rebels break the city." ”

Lei Chong: "···"

Ning Shiguang turned to look at the sea of corpses and blood all over the ground: "If the city is broken, then this Tongguan is the coffin we are waiting for." ”

After saying this, Ning Shiguang turned around and went down the city wall to comfort the soldiers who had been wounded in the battle.

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On the road to Tongguan, spies sent the latest battle reports from the front line every day, including how many times Zhao Sui launched an attack on Tongguan these days, what the battle situation was, what the losses of both sides were, and everything hooked Lu Gongyou's heart.

Military advisor Yu Ziqing and Lu Gongyou walked side by side, with sorrow on their faces, and said: "Master Hou, if it is according to our speed, I am afraid that Zhao Sui will have succeeded before we reach Tongguan, otherwise, let's give up the baggage and speed up the march." ”

Lu Gongyou shook his head: "No, I have a better way." ”

"Better, way?" Yu Ziqing was stunned.

Lu Gongyou nodded, then opened his mouth and shouted, "Big Eagle, call Shen Xiping to me." ”

The guard Daying listened, replied loudly, turned around and left, and after a while, Shen Xiping was taken.

"Master Hou, what do you command?"

Shen Xiping, who stopped in front of Lu Gongyou, asked.

Lu Gongyou took off the Yunjin cloak behind him, took off all his armor, and handed it to Shen Xiping.

Seeing this, Shen Xiping was just stunned and didn't know what was going on.

When he was surprised, he heard Lu Gongyou say: "I'll give you enough to ride a hundred horses, you take these people, put on my clothes, take my handsome flag, and go to Tongguan to relieve the siege in the starry night, do you have the guts?" ”

When Shen Xiping heard this, his blood instantly rose, and he beat his chest hard, grinning and laughing: "Master Hou, don't worry, don't say anything else, Lao Shen is this courage, and he is born to be more than ordinary people." ”

Lu Gongyou nodded: "Well, it's best, remember, you only need to scare the rebels, don't attack at will, I said later." ”

"Yes."

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In the Imperial Study of the Imperial Palace, Narcissus has been protected by Zhao Liwen with his skills, and the methods of those old assassins are indeed strong, not only their skills, but also their ability to use poison are all first-class.

Tai Hospital has collected such a complete range of prescriptions and prescriptions in the world, and they are all helpless against the poison in narcissus, so they have no choice but to let Zhao Liwen take action.

At this time, except for the empress in the imperial study, only a few people stood in the hall, like the old Xiangguo Liu Maolin, the servant Wang Xiaolai, and the white body in the eyes of the new empress.

In addition, Wei Qianliu, the lieutenant of the imperial court, was also kneeling in the hall, sweating on his head, and he didn't even dare to make a loud sound.

"Haven't the assassins been recruited yet?" The empress asked after sitting on the dragon chair.

Wei Qianliu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then nodded with difficulty: "Return, back to Your Majesty's words, those assassins are abusing all day long, no matter how Wei Chen is punished, they will not recruit." ”

The empress hehe: "Yes, is it because they are stubborn, or are you Wei Qianliu incapable?" ”

As soon as the empress's words came out, Wei Qianliu broke out in a cold sweat.

"Hmph, useless thing!" The empress scolded angrily.

Wei Qianliu hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty.

"Your Majesty, there is a way to recruit all those assassins."

At this moment, Feng Qingyun, who had been silent, arched his hand and spoke, and his tone was full of respect.

As soon as the empress heard this, she sighed and looked up: "Mr. Feng has a way to recruit them?" ”

Feng Qingyun nodded, and then said: "I consulted the ancient books below, there are some criminal laws recorded on them, and I feel that I might as well try them on these assassins to ensure that they can't bear it." ”

When Feng Qingyun finished saying this, Wang Xiaolai and Liu Maolin looked at each other, and gasped at the same time.

Sure enough, the empress smiled after hearing this, and said, "Okay, it's rare that Mr. Feng has a heart, since this is the case, then I will leave the matter of interrogating the assassin to you, don't let me down." ”

Feng Qingyun was overjoyed when he heard this, but his face was still calm: "Obey the order." ”

The empress followed and looked at Wei Qianliu, and snorted: "Get up, for Mr. Feng's sake, I'll spare you this time." ”

Wei Qianliu got up in panic: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Thank you, you can help Mr. Feng interrogate the group of assassins, and if you haven't made any progress, take off your hat and go back to the countryside to farm."

Wei Qianliu was immediately embarrassed.

After the empress finished speaking, she deliberately glanced at Wang Xiaolai, and saw that the latter was standing in place and looked like she was not moving, so she lowered her head and thought for a moment, and then said, "Little Laizi." ”

Wang Xiaolai looked up blankly: "Ah, what's wrong?" ”

The empress pointed at Feng Qingyun and Wei Qianliu with her chin, and said, "I see that you are also idle, how about it, or how about you go with Mr. Feng and Master Wei to interrogate those assassins?" ”

Wang Xiaolai waved his hand and refused: "Forget it, Your Majesty, I can't see blood, you know, especially the interrogation of assassins, I don't know anything at all, in case I faint again, it will be Your Majesty's face that will be lost, you say yes." ”

Wang Xiaolai's words have made it clear that he doesn't want to get involved in this matter, but in the ears of the empress, it is not the same thing.

I only saw that the empress had a gloomy face, staring at Wang Xiao faintly, and for a long time, she sneered and said, "Since this is the case, then all Aiqing should retreat first." ”

Seeing the empress like this, Feng Qingyun was a little happy in his heart, and the first one to clasp his fists and answer yes.

On the contrary, it was Liu Maolin, but he glanced at the empress worriedly and retreated.

Everyone left and walked to the door of the imperial study, and the empress spoke again: "Little Laizi, you stay, I have something to say to you." ”

Originally, Feng Qingyun was happy in his heart, but when he heard this, he still stiffened his body, followed his head sideways, glanced at Wang Xiaolai, and said with a smile: "Lord Shizhong, Your Majesty told you to stay." ”