The military commanders present collectively congratulated Lai Rong, Lai Rong was of course very happy in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time to invite merit and commendation, he must first eliminate Zhu Xiaochun, and then the three northern provinces could all belong to him, so that he could completely control all the territory of the three northern provinces and the east, at that time, he could fight back and attack Kyoto, however, these are all future matters, and now the top priority is how to eliminate Zhu Xiaochun, he held back his smugness and said to everyone: " Everyone, now let's talk about how to eliminate Zhu Xiaochun, my opinion is to set up an ambush, wait for Zhu Xiaochun's arrival, then we will be surprised, attack him unprepared, be sure to eliminate him in front of Tianguan, and then we will advance into Tianguan, eliminate Wang Zhuo and Gao Yuanhao, and unify the three northern provinces. ”

"Everything is at the command of the general, and we are willing to go to the soup and fire, do our best, and do our best. Everyone swore that Lai Rong usually made the decision, and Lai Rong was also relatively dictatorial, so they didn't need to worry about it at all, as long as they obeyed Lai Rong's orders, they just carried it out.

"Well, good. Lai Rong glanced at everyone, expressed satisfaction, and then said: "Zhu Xiaochun, Tianguan and our three forces are each other's horns, since Zhu Xiaochun wants to attack Tianguan, he must pass through the dragon path, which is overgrown with grass and trees, and it is the best ambush location, so we will set up an ambush here, and when Zhu Xiaochun's men and horses arrive, we will kill him by surprise and be sure to annihilate them in one fell swoop." After Lai Rong finished speaking, he asked Zheng Ti: "Does Commander Zheng know how many troops Zhu Xiaochun dispatched this time?"

Seeing that Lai Rong asked about him, Zheng Ti stood up and said to Lai Rong respectfully: "There are about three armies. 120,000 people. ”

"Well, that's right. We sent four armies to ambush him, and Commander Zheng came to meet us. The strength of the five armies is combined, and I believe that Zhu Xiaochun will definitely be annihilated, hahaha!" Lai Rong laughed happily, as if he was already in control.

"Since the general has made a clever plan, then ask the general to use the magic flame as the number, and his subordinates will immediately go out of the city to meet the general, and we will attack back and forth to eliminate that Zhu Xiaochun in Tianguanmen. Without further ado, the subordinates will go back and prepare. After eliminating Zhu Xiaochun tomorrow night, his subordinates will open the gate of Tianguan and welcome the general to take over Tianguan. In order to show my sincerity, I will take down the guard of Xiongling Pass, Ma Or, and use him to coerce the guard of Xiongling Pass to open the city gate as a greeting gift to the general, to show the sincerity of my subordinates. Zheng said flatteringly.

"Well, since you have this heart, then this matter will be left to you to take full responsibility. Tomorrow we will join forces together, and after eliminating Zhu Xiaochun, we will all meet at Tianguan and then reward our meritorious deeds. Since Commander Zheng is busy with military affairs. Please go back quickly to avoid any changes. Lai Rong said happily.

"Yes, my subordinates will go back and wait for the good news from the general. Zheng Ti listened to Lai Rong's words. and took his leave of him.

"Okay, General Zheng, please. Lai Rong knows that now is a critical time. There can be no mistakes.

After Ying Xue and Zheng Ti left, Lai Rong's advisors asked with some concern, "Does the general really believe in this Zheng Ti so much?

"Huh. General Ben didn't believe him, but I think the information he sent today is absolutely true, Zhu Xiaochun is what I have always wanted to destroy, since there is such a good opportunity, how can I let it go, as for this Zheng Ti, wait for me to see if his surrender is also sincere, and then make plans, this person is just an insatiable person, but he still has the value of use, since he has boasted of Haikou today, tomorrow after we enter Tianguan, if he does not capture the horse of Xionglingguan or come to see me, I will slowly punish his crimes, otherwise, will not be true, who will be willing to surrender to me in the future, we will not cut off our own way。 Now I am preparing that the commanders of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth armies will go to Longjing to set up an ambush now, and when Zhu Xiaochun passes through Longjing tomorrow night, he must be eliminated at Longjing, and I will personally lead one army to meet him, and the rest of the armies will stay in the base camp in case there is a loss! Everyone, success or failure will be done tomorrow, and you must do your best to wait for this general to unify the three northern provinces before rewarding meritorious deeds. Lai Rong said with a lot of experience.

"Yes, I didn't wait for the general's orders, and I went to prepare immediately. The four army commanders who were ordered by Lai Rong, after hearing the order, immediately prepared to set off overnight, lurking in the dragon path in the night, preparing to ambush Zhu Xiaochun.

"Okay, the four generals must pay attention to hiding your traces, and don't let Zhu Xiaochun discover your traces, otherwise we will be doomed and defeated. Lai Rong said with a serious expression.

"Yes, please rest assured that the subordinates will definitely act carefully, and the subordinates will retire. The four commanders said in unison.

After Yingxue and Zheng Ti returned to Tianguan, Zheng Ti immediately convened a meeting of brigade commanders and informed the brigade commanders of what had just happened, although the brigade commanders were surprised, after all, such a plan was too bold, but this was also a dangerous victory, and the brigade commanders immediately said that they would destroy the enemy army to the death, after all, they were all Zheng Ti's confidants. Zheng Ti saw that everyone had no objections, so he ordered the brigades to prepare for battle, ordered 10,000 elite soldiers to bring enough dry food, divided into two teams on the left and right, and rushed to the mountains of Xiongling Pass overnight to lurk, and in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, with the fire in front of Xiongling Pass as the signal, from the left and right flanks to impact the enemy's formation, and cooperate with other brigades to eliminate Lai Rong's in front of Xiongling Pass, and the remaining three brigades were divided into two parts, one part walked in front of the enemy, the first to kill the enemy by surprise, and the other part was mixed with the enemy, ambushes and reinforcements from Xiongling Pass wiped out Lai Rong's troops.

After everything was distributed, Zheng Ti separated Zeng Zhaoli and Tang Bin, and also separated the three hundred special guards in the cottage, and ordered them to each bring thirty five-element battle formations to cooperate with the actions of the large army. After destroying the enemy army in front of Xiongling Pass, and then returning to Tianguan, Yingxue has expected that after Lai Rong takes over Tianguan, he will definitely not let Zheng Wei guard Tianguan again, and he will definitely be guarded by his henchmen, tomorrow is a tough battle, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, but Zheng is already in an advantage for them. First, Lai Rong was born with a mutated elbow, and he must have been caught off guard. Second, after fighting in the middle of the night, the enemy must have been exhausted. And Zheng Ti will be able to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. The battle before Tianguan, after all, was dominated by Lai Rong, and Zheng Ti was responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and doing the aftermath.

After Zheng Ti announced the order, he ordered the brigade commanders to arrange the implementation, and he and Yingxue hurried to Xiongling Pass, called Ma Or out of his sleep, and told Ma Or in detail about his and Zheng Ti's movements tonight and the plan for tomorrow night. After hearing this, Ma Or immediately said that everything was arranged by Ying Xue, and he would fully cooperate with Ying Xue's actions tomorrow.

"Okay, now that the overall situation has been decided, it depends on the performances of Zhu Xiaochun and Lai Rong, Zhu Xiaochun will definitely be wiped out tomorrow, we just want him and Lai Rong to fight for both defeats, and then we will surround and annihilate Lai Rong, it will be much easier. Tomorrow night, I have to find a way to let Zhu Xiaochun know that Lai Rong has an ambush in Longjing, so that there will not be a one-sided situation in the fight, and at least it can effectively consume Lai Rong's living force. Zheng Ti said with a sense of accomplishment, such a bold and complex plan. If there was no Eagle Snow plan, even if they could think of it, they would not dare to put it into practice.

"Such a stimulating plan. It's a shame I wasn't personally involved, which is a shame. After Ma or listened to Zheng Ti's words. I feel some regrets.

"Commander Ma, you don't have to regret this. In the future, we still have the opportunity to cooperate, what you have to do now is to arrange everything tomorrow, arrange it properly, of course, tomorrow morning it is not too late, but you must pay attention to this plan, you must be cautious. Now I am most worried about General Zheng's safety, tomorrow night's fierce battle General Zheng will definitely bear the brunt, Lai Rong will definitely not let General Zheng go, but I will go tomorrow to transfer Long Li and Xiaotian, and be fully responsible for protecting General Zheng's safety. Ying Xue said with a serious expression, of course he had to take Zheng Ti's personal safety to heart.

"Yes, General!" Ma or Ye said solemnly, of course he knew the seriousness of this matter, if they failed, not only would they lose the Tianguan barrier, but they would also be gradually eaten by Lai Rong.

"Hahaha! The general will inevitably die on the battlefield, if tomorrow I Zheng someone really dies in front of the Xiongling Pass, I have no regrets, I can have a few times in my life, I am willing to fight to the death. Zheng Ti said with emotion.

"General Zheng don't worry, there are two of them, Long Li and Xiaotian, they should be able to protect you. Well, it's getting dark, and General Zheng and I should go back to sleep, recuperate, and prepare for the decisive battle tomorrow night. Alas, there are so many things going on tonight, our legs are all broken, aren't they, General Zheng?" Ying Xue saw that everything had been arranged, and the person was a little more relaxed, and said to Zheng Ti and Ma or the two half-jokingly.

"Yes, we should go back too, Brother Ma, we have to say goodbye first, our lives are all in your hands, hehe. Zheng Ti saw that Yingxue was like this, although the battle tomorrow night, life and death were unpredictable, but now he didn't need to think so much, life and death were fate, thinking too much, but he was afraid, so he also easily said goodbye to the horse, ready to rush back to Tianguan.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements too, general, Brother Zheng, don't worry, I promise to return your lives to you completely, let's meet again tomorrow night." Ma or also said lightly, only by putting down their hearts can they fight with all their might, so as to protect the lives of Zheng Ti and Yingxue to the greatest extent, of course, he and Zheng Ti don't know the scene of the battle between Yingxue and Xiaotian in the Northern Capital Palace, otherwise, they will definitely be more confident.

Everything is going according to Ying Xue's expectations, first of all, Zheng Ti wrote a letter asking Ying Xue to send it to Zhu Xiaochun through the magic array, and still used yesterday's strategy to tell him that because Zheng Ti rejected Lai Rong's surrender, Lai Rong wanted to strike first, according to reliable information, he might come to attack Tianguan recently, and Lai Rong seemed to have taken action last night, he might come to attack Tianguan, or set up ambushes on the road to attack Zhu Xiaochun and other Yunyun, Zhu Xiaochun saw it, and he believed even more that Zheng Di was really obedient to him. However, now that time is pressing, and it is related to the survival of both parties, if Lai Rong is allowed to succeed, he Zhu Xiaochun will have no place to stand, and now, he can't take care of anything else. Since it was something that was agreed upon yesterday, it will never change, regardless of any resistance. He asked Yingxue to tell Zheng Ti that tonight with the rocket as the number, he would personally lead the army to take over Tianguan, and for the sake of safety, he added another army to the force. Just in case.

After Yingxue got Zhu Xiaochun's affirmative reply, she immediately rushed back to Tianguan. told Zheng Di about Zhu Xiaochun's attitude, and the two discussed. It was decided that when the time came, prepare two brigades of 20,000 troops to clean up the battlefield, no matter who loses or wins, the losing side will be wiped out, and the winning side will be brought back to Tianguan, and lured it to the front of the Xiongling Pass, and the horse or the force will be wiped out in front of the Xiongling Pass, and the horse or this side has been completely prepared to respond according to the arrangement of Yingxue.

It's night. Zhu Xiaochun took four armies of 160,000 people, sneaking all the way to prepare to take over Tianguan, because he had received the news of Zheng Ti in advance, maybe Lai Rong would come to ambush, so Zhu Xiaochun told all the troops to prepare for battle, because he was too cautious, he walked for most of the night for fifty miles before arriving at Longjing.

The terrain of the Dragon Trail is treacherous, and it is also the best place to set up an ambush. Of course, Zhu Xiaochun knew that this position was very dangerous, and once again told the troops to prepare for battle, as long as they crossed the Dragon Path, Tianguan was already in sight. But the troops had been on guard all night. However, there were no ambushes, so everyone had doubts about the source and accuracy of this information, and now they were about to reach their destination. But there was still no movement, and everyone was no longer on full alert, but only responded to orders from above.

The troops were walking cautiously, though. But he was no longer on guard, when the vanguard of Zhu Xiaochun's troops passed half of the dragon path. An overwhelming rain of arrows shot out from the woods and grass on both sides, and the unsuspecting soldiers suddenly fell in large pieces, and there was an uproar. However, although Zhu Xiaochun's troops were not careful to be on guard, they still made some precautions after all, at least psychologically, so they were not disorganized by this rain of arrows, and they were immediately ready for battle.

At this time, it was the middle of the night, Lai Rong's ambush soldiers thought that an unexpected rain of arrows would definitely cause Zhu Xiaochun's troops to be in chaos, and after the rain of arrows, they quickly killed from the flanks on both sides, trying to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but what they didn't expect to see was the enemy army who were waiting for the battle, but now they were ready to shoot, and without the slightest hesitation, the two sides immediately fought fiercely.

The number and strength of both sides are the same, this battle is extremely fierce, a brutal tug-of-war, this battle has no skills at all, the troops on both sides can only fight bravely, only if they will knock themselves down have a chance to survive, the soldiers also know the reason, everyone is fighting desperately, and Zhu Xiaochun's side, because the commander personally went into battle to fight, morale was greatly boosted, gradually, on the contrary, the ambush of Lai Rong's four armies was still at a disadvantage, Zhu Xiaochun had already killed the red eye, saw that he had the upper hand, and immediately ordered the troops to be completely wiped out, and all the enemy troops must be wiped out, no need to leave a living mouth, give an order, the battle is even more fierce, Lai Rong's troops know, anyway, there is no way to live, it is better to fight to the death, and the two sides are in a stalemate, and it is difficult to separate.

Just when Zhu Xiaochun saw that he had gained the upper hand and saw that it would not take long to eliminate the ambush soldiers, suddenly a sound of rushing and killing sounded from behind him, and Zhu Xiaochun's troops were killed in a big mess by surprise.

"The general Lai Rong is here, and those who block it will die!" With a burst of shouts, all the way troops, from Zhu Xiaochun's back to kill, Zhu Xiaochun himself was also caught off guard, was killed by the people of this army, and Lai Rong's soldiers of the four armies heard that their commander came to reinforce themselves, immediately morale greatly increased, came a big counterattack, Zhu Xiaochun's troops saw that the commander was dead, and they were surrounded again, immediately lost their fighting spirit, the situation immediately came to a big reversal, Zhu Xiaochun's soldiers rushed with their heads, scrambling to flee for their lives, Lai Rong was also the same as Zhu Xiaochun, issued a kill order, Zhu Xiaochun's soldiers were all killed, leaving no mouth。

Lai Rong saw that he had uprooted Zhu Xiaochun, thinking that he would take over Tianguan today, and he would be able to take over Zhu Xiaochun's territory tomorrow, he couldn't help laughing, and only then did he think that he was here to take over Tianguan, so he urgently ordered his subordinates to release magic flames and inform Zheng Ti to open the gate of Tianguan City to answer him.

Zheng Ti has actually been watching the play at the gate of Tianguan for a long time, seeing that the two sides are inseparable, and he doesn't know who has the upper hand, however, who has the upper hand seems to have nothing to do with him, the more tragic the battle, the situation is the most favorable to him, so he is also happy to occupy the city gate with Yingxue to watch the excitement, seeing that the battle has slowly slowed down, and has released a signal flame, Zheng Ti knows that Lai Rong has won, because if Zhu Xiaochun wins, he released a rocket, and if Lai Rong wins, then ignite the magic flame, so Zheng Ti ordered two brigades of troops and went out of the city to meet Lai Rong。

When Zheng Ti arrived, after seeing Lai Rong, the battle was almost over, but there were still some fragmentary small battles still going on, Ying Xue looked at the dead corpses all over the ground, and sighed, the people who were alive just now had all been killed in a blink of an eye, at best, it was only four hours, the strength of Zhu Xiaochun's four armies, the lives of 160,000 people, plus Lai Rong's losses, there may be no less than 200,000 casualties, and there are many wounded soldiers, wailing constantly, life is so fragile and lowly, and the disaster of war is also!

Lai Rongke didn't have so many feelings, seeing that Zheng Dai came to answer him, he immediately asked Zheng Dai to take him into Tianguan, and now he completely believes that Zheng Tian is truly obedient to him. Zheng Tie did not shirk, and immediately took Lai Rong and his troops into Tianguan, Zheng Tie mixed the strength of his two brigades with Lai Rong's troops, and walked towards Tianguan.

"The first brigade obeys the order, all of you withdraw from the city gate, from now on, we will be under the command of General Lai Rong, and everything will be under the instructions of the general. After Zheng Ti entered Tianguan, he immediately ordered all the personnel to withdraw and let Lai Rong replace his troops to guard Tianguan.

"Hey, Commander Zheng, you're too outside, you're not the same as guarding the town, why bother like this!" Lai Rong said generously, but he felt very useful in his heart, Zheng Ti can take the initiative to hand over all the Tianguan into his own hands, it seems that Zheng Ti still has merit in this guy, and it is still useful for such a person to stay.

"General, his subordinates will only be loyal to the general in the future, and of course everything here is in charge of the general, and his subordinates have no objections. Zheng Ti said respectfully.

"Okay, people like you, I like it, since you have this heart, General Ben is no longer polite, the first army obeys the order, from now on, you are fully responsible for the defense of Tianguan. Lai Rong immediately replaced his descendant unit, the First Army, to guard Tianguan.

After giving the order, Lai Rong happily patted Zheng Ti's shoulder, and just as he wanted to speak, suddenly a sentry came to report: "Report to Commander Zheng!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Zheng Ti, "What Commander Zheng! There is a situation that needs to be reported directly to the general in the future, do you know?" Zheng Ti scolded the sentry loudly.

"Hey, Commander Zheng is too outside, everyone is their own person, don't need this, don't need to be like this!" Lai Rong said magnanimously, but he was very happy when he saw that Zheng was able to do things like this, and he put him first in everything.

"General, the rules can't be messed up, besides, these people don't scold, they won't have a long memory. Zheng Ti said respectfully. (To be continued.) )