Since the last time Zheng Ti was punished by Wang Zhuo for violating military law, the enemies who were eyeing Tianguan felt that there was an opportunity, so they immediately sent their own envoys to win over Zheng Ti, Zheng Ti was not moved, after discussing with Yingxue, he selected the general Lai Rong and the guerrilla general Zhu Xiaochun, the two more powerful forces, however, Zheng Ti still pretended to resign, after Lai Rong and Zhu Xiaochun's envoys mobilized and rebelled, Zheng Ti also nodded, expressing his willingness to surrender to them, Zheng Ti secretly contacted the envoy they sent, and made an insatiable look, wantonly asking for food, and Lai Rong and Zhu Xiaochun in order to win over Zheng Ti, and seeing that Zheng Ti was just such a greedy person, they also met Zheng Ti's request and sent him a large number of gold coins, Zheng Ti also did not refuse to accept them all, but Zheng Ti tried his best to deal with the envoys sent by these two forces, because this matter must not be leaked, nor can it be known to the envoys of both sides, otherwise, Zheng Ti may not be human inside and out.

Fortunately, the time did not drag on for too long, it was only a short seven days, Wang Zhuo's secrecy work was not bad, and the matter of conquering and eliminating Gao Yuanhao was not leaked. And Lai Rong and Zhu Xiaochun, the envoys of these two forces, sought merit, in order to show their merits, of course, they got a lot of benefits from Zheng Ti, and went back to report Zheng Ti's surrender, of course, they spoke to Zheng Ti, so that Lai Rong and Zhu Xiaochun both thought that the capture of Tianguan was a matter that could be captured and was just around the corner, and they completely eliminated their vigilance against Zheng Ti.

When Yingxue came to Tianguan the day after that, Zhu Xiaochun sent a messenger, and it seemed that he was already a little out of breath. And he didn't want to delay the time too long, he just wanted to take over Tianguan as soon as possible. When he saw that Zheng Ti was willing to surrender to him, he eagerly sent an envoy to tell Zheng Ti that he wanted to discuss with him in detail about surrender. Asked to meet Zheng Tie tonight, Ying Xue still appeared as Zheng Ti's guard, Zheng Ti listened to the words of the envoy, did not hesitate, and immediately agreed, of course, he gave the envoy a lot of gifts, which made the envoy smile, and praised Zheng Ti for being an understanding person, and Zheng Ti was naturally old-fashioned. The envoy who asked Zhu Xiaochun to give himself a lot of good words, and to find a better position in Zhu Xiaochun's army, the envoy said that General Zhu would definitely not treat Commander Zheng badly, and the two sides agreed on a time, and Zheng Ti sent the envoy out of the city secretly.

Ying Xue saw that the envoy had left, so she said to Zheng Ti: "General Zheng, the two of us can go tonight, I don't think Zhu Xiaochun will do anything to us, this matter should not be dangerous." Too many people will get in the way and easily attract the attention of others, but for the sake of safety, you should take care of the aftermath. The defense here will be taken over by your four brigade commanders for the time being, and tonight, we must convince Zhu Xiaochun. And make an agreement with him to let him take over Tianguan tomorrow night. Then a qiē went according to the original plan. ”

After hearing this, Zheng Ti hurriedly nodded yes. Expressed complete agreement. As soon as night fell, Yingxue and Zheng Ti secretly went out of the city and came to the camp of the guerrilla general Zhu Xiaochun, fifty miles away from Tianguan.

I didn't expect Zheng Ti to come alone, which was much more unexpected than Zhu Xiaochun, but he believed in Zheng Ti's sincerity even more, and Zheng Ti was also respectful to Zhu Xiaochun during the conversation, which made Zhu Xiaochun feel even more reassured, believing that Tianguan was already in his bag, and he completely believed in Zheng Ti, and swore that Zheng Ti was the commander, and still led his original team, Zheng Ti was of course very grateful, and said that he must be loyal to Zhu Xiaochun, Zhu Xiaochun and Zheng Ti agreed to lead the army into Tianguan at midnight tomorrow night, Zheng Ti expressed his willingness to surrender to Tianguan, and the two agreed to take the flame as the signal tomorrow nightAs long as the flame signal was issued, Zheng Ti opened the gate of Tianguan to welcome Zhu Xiaochun's army. After the two agreed on the details, Zheng Ti excused that there were still some things that had not been done in Tianguan, and there might be some resistance from individual brigade commanders, so he was in a hurry to go back to deal with it, and after the general was settled, he paved the way for the arrival of General Zhu, and Yingxue said goodbye and left Zhu Xiaochun's camp.

After Yingxue and Zheng Ti returned to Tianguan, it was already midnight, and after the two discussed for a while, they immediately came to Lai Rong's camp according to the code agreed with Lai Rong's envoy, Lai Rong's envoy saw Zheng Ti coming in person, knowing that the matter was urgent, and immediately passed on Lai Rong, after Lai Rong listened to the report, he saw that Zheng Ti came in person, so he had to get up and come to meet Zheng Ti.

"General, the matter is really urgent, and my subordinates have to come late at night to disturb the general, and I ask the general to understand, if the general doesn't help this time, then our plan to surrender will be all in vain. Zheng Ti's words made Lai Rong nervous for a while, he didn't know what was going on, seeing Zheng Ti say it so strictly, he knew that something was unusual.

"Commander Zheng, don't worry, take your time, General Ben will call the shots for you!" Lai Rong was very relieved to see Zheng Ti call himself a subordinate in front of him, since Zheng Ti believed in himself so much, then his surrender must be real, I didn't expect that he dreamed of getting the Tianguan so easily, Lai Rong was really relieved.

"General, according to reliable sources, because his subordinates refused Zhu Xiaochun's surrender, he was actually angry, tomorrow night he is going to attack Tianguan, I will garrison Tianguan with the strength of an army, it will definitely not be able to hold it, but if I ask for help from the horses of Xionglingguan, then our plan will be difficult to achieve, because he is a person I know very well, it is impossible for him to surrender to the general, but if he comes to reinforce me, then it will be difficult for me to open the gate of Tianguan and welcome the general into the city。 The subordinates felt that the situation was serious, so they came to report to the general late at night and asked the general to decide. Zheng Ti said anxiously.

"Commander Zheng doesn't need to worry, how many people know about this?" Lai Rong asked Zheng Ti with a stern expression.

"The subordinates have detained this information and have not reported it to Wang Zhuo, at present, it seems that only you know, the general, have not leaked it for the time being. Zheng Ti replied respectfully.

"Well, this is a little more dangerous for you, though. But it is very beneficial to our plan, since he Zhu Xiaochun is willing to come. Then I'll tell him to go and never return. "Lai Rong was originally a general of a border country, and he had also fought for many years. What kind of scene has not been seen, he already feels that now is a perfect opportunity.

"Could it be that the general already has a countermeasure, and he asked the general to tell his subordinates, so that his subordinates can rest assured. Zheng asked with a pretended panic.

"Hehe, don't hide this matter from you, you don't have to be bored, I will immediately convene a meeting of the commanders of the various armies, and you will understand immediately. Come, convene a meeting of the commanders of the various armies immediately. Lai Rong commanded loudly to the guards. It seems that he is already in the chest.

After Zheng Ti and Ying Xue glanced at each other, they sat down on the chair to see what Lai Rong had to do, and then make a plan.

"Commanders, tonight's emergency meeting is because there is an urgent matter, everyone knows that Tianguan is the key to our success or failure, I won't say much about gossip, now our opportunity has come. Zhu Xiaochun will attack Tianguan tomorrow night, and I am ready to destroy him in Tianguan, I don't know what you think?" Lai Rong said confidently.

"General, I don't know where I got this news. Is this information true?" asked a military commander standing up.

"Hahaha, of course it's true, oh. I forgot to introduce it, this is the commander of the guard of Tianguan, Zheng Ti. Commander Zheng has been subordinated to me, and his position will remain that of commander in the future. This time the information was reported by him overnight, and the details will be explained by Commander Zheng, everyone will work together in the future, they are all their own people, we must take care of each other, support each other, please don't worry about Commander Zheng. Lai Rong said happily.

"Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, Zheng Ti swears allegiance to the general, and I would like to ask you for more advice in the future. I will introduce Zhu Xiaochun's situation to you, in fact, the situation is very simple, because I refused Zhu Xiaochun's surrender, he was afraid that I would surrender to the general, so he wanted to strike first, take advantage of my unpreparedness, and attack Tianguan first, fortunately, the spy I sent to him got the news, so he immediately rushed to report to the general. Zheng Ti hurriedly stood up and saluted the army commanders.

"He turned out to be Zheng Ti, the guard of Tianguan, I really didn't expect it. ”

"It seems that he has truly surrendered to us. ”

"Congratulations to the General, my wish has been granted. ”

The military commanders present collectively congratulated Lai Rong, of course Lai Rong was 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. ”

"As soon as the general orders are ordered, we are willing to go to the soup and fight the 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 Tian stood up and said to Lai Rong respectfully: "There are about three armies and 120,000 people. ”

"Okay, in this way, we will send the troops of the four armies to ambush him, and there will be Commander Zheng to meet us at that time, the forces of the five armies are combined, I believe that Zhu Xiaochun will definitely be wiped out, 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. The subordinates will open the gates of Tianguan and welcome the general to take over Tianguan. 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, as a sign of the sincerity of his subordinates. Zheng said flatteringly.

"Okay, since you have this heart, then this matter will be fully entrusted to you, tomorrow we will join forces, and after eliminating Zhu Xiaochun, we will all meet in Tianguan. Then we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds. Since Commander Zheng is busy with military affairs, please go back quickly to avoid changes. Lai Rong said happily.

"Yes, my subordinates will go back and wait for the good news from the general. After Zheng Ti listened to Lai Rong's words, he said goodbye to him.

"Okay, General Zheng, please. Lai Rong knows that now is a critical time, and he can't make any 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?

"Hehe, General Ben doesn't believe him. However, 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. Again, this man is just an insatiable man. However, he still has the value of use, since he has boasted of Haikou today. Tomorrow, after we enter the Heavenly Pass, if he does not bring the horse or capture the male spirit pass to me, I will slowly punish his sin, otherwise, will not be true, and who will be willing to surrender to me in the future, will we 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 stern 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 the distribution of one qiē, Zheng Ti separated Zeng Zhaoli and Tang Bin, and also separated the three hundred special guards in the cottage, and ordered each of them to 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 Tizhen guard Tianguan, he will definitely be guarded by his henchmen, tomorrow is a tough battle, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, however, Zheng is already in an advantage, first, Lai Rong's mutated elbow is born, it must be caught off guard, and secondly, after the enemy army fights in the middle of the night, it must be 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 Ying Xue hurried to Xiongling Pass, called the horse from his sleep, and told Ma or Ma in detail about his and Zheng Ti's movements tonight and the plan for tomorrow night. Tomorrow we will fully cooperate with Eagle Snow's actions.

"Okay, now the big picture is decided. Just look at 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 and lose both, and then we surround and annihilate Lai Rong, it will be much easier, tomorrow night we have to find a way to let Zhu Xiaochun know that Lai Rong has an ambush in the Dragon Path, so that there will be no one-sided shape in the fight, 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 Yingxue planning, even if they could have thought of it. I don't dare to put it into practice.

"It's a shame that I didn't get involved in such an exciting program. After listening to Zheng Ti's words, Ma Or felt a little regretful.

"Commander Ma, you don't have to regret this, we still have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, what you have to do now is to arrange tomorrow's first thing, arrange it properly, of course, it's not too late to arrange it tomorrow morning." However, you must be careful that this plan cannot be lost, and you must proceed with caution. Now I am most worried about General Zheng's safety, and General Zheng will definitely bear the brunt of tomorrow's fierce battle. Lai Rong will definitely not let General Zheng go, but I will transfer Long Li and Xiaotian tomorrow. He was solely responsible for the safety of General Zheng. Ying Xue said with a stern expression, of course he had to take Zheng Ti's personal safety to heart.

"Yes. General!" Ma or also said solemnly, of course he knew the severity of this matter. If they fail, not only will they lose the Tianguan Barrier, but they will also be eaten by Lai Rong gradually.

"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.

First of all, Zheng wrote a letter asking Ying Xue to send the magic array to Zhu Xiaochun, still using yesterday's strategy, telling 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 Ti was truly 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 Ying Xue 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 strength of the army, just in case.

After Yingxue got Zhu Xiaochun's affirmative reply, he immediately rushed back to Tianguan, and told Zheng Tie about Zhu Xiaochun's attitude, and the two discussed it and 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 in accordance with the arrangement of Yingxue, completely ready to respond.

That 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 a distance of fifty miles before arriving at Longjing.

The terrain of the Dragon Path is dangerous, and it is the best place to set up an ambush, of course Zhu Xiaochun knows that this position is very dangerous, and once again told the troops to prepare for battle, as long as the Dragon Path is crossed, Tianguan is already in sight. However, the troops had been on guard all night, but 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 and only responded to the orders from above. (To be continued......)