Book XI, Chapter 40

Zheng Ti has actually been watching the play at the gate of Tianguan City 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 more beneficial it is to him, so he is also happy to watch the excitement with Yingxue and the two of them at the city gate, seeing that the battle has slowly slowed down, and has released a signal flame, Zheng Ti knew that Lai Rong had won, because if Zhu Xiaochun had won, he would have released a rocket, and if Lai Rong had won, it would have ignited a magic flame, so Zheng Ti ordered the strength of two brigades 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, you all withdraw from the city gate, from now on, we will be under the command of General Lai Rong, and we will obey 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 are too outward, and your guard is not the same. Why bother like that!" Lai Rong said generously, but he felt very useful in his heart. Zheng Ti can take the initiative to put all the Tianguan into his own hands, it seems that Zheng Ti still has merit for 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 as for the one qiē here, of course, all the generals are in charge, and the subordinates have no objections. Zheng Ti said respectfully.

"Well, people like you, I like it, since you have this heart. This general 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 out-of-this. Everyone is their own person, don't need this, don't need to be like this!" Lai Rong said generously, but he saw that Zheng Ti would do things like this. He put everything first, and he was very happy in his heart.

"General, the rules can't be messed up. Besides, these people don't scold. They don't have a long memory. Zheng Ti said respectfully.

"Yes!" the sentry saluted Lai Rong, and then said, "Report to the general." The horses of Xionglingguan may be carrying twenty or thirty thousand people, rushing towards Tianguan, the purpose is unknown!"

"Okay, hard work, you go down first. Lai Rong waved his hand at the sentry. Then he asked Zheng Ti: "Commander Zheng, do you know what Commander Ma is here for?"

Zheng Tai thought for a while and said to Lai Rong: "The general doesn't need to worry, his subordinates think that this horse may definitely come to reinforce his subordinates, he must know that there is news of the battle before Tianguan, so he led the army to support us, usually he supports each other like this, but I was thinking about luring him tomorrow and offering it to the general, but I didn't expect him to send it to the door, please wait a while, I will definitely give the horse or capture to the general, as a meeting gift for my subordinates to meet the general, please approve the general." ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, I'm here waiting for your good news. Lai Rong said happily, if he can take down the horse, then Xionglingguan will be able to catch it.

When Zheng Ti heard that Lai Rong agreed, he took Yingxue, Yanlong, Zeng Zhaoli and other soldiers from the first brigade to capture Ma Or with him, and Ying Xue and others followed Zheng Tie and stopped Ma Or halfway.

The matter is too simple, Zheng Ti caught the horse or caught the horse by surprise, and the horse or saw that the soldiers threw a rat trap, so he asked his soldiers to retreat to the Xiongling Pass, and be sure to guard the Xiongling Pass, Zheng Ti and the others did not chase after him, and took the horse or came back to ask Lai Rong for credit.

Lai Rong was very excited when he saw that Zheng Ti really captured Ma Or came back, and was ready to persuade Ma Or to force him to sacrifice the Xiongling Pass, but Ma Or was unmoved, and scolded Lai Rong and Zheng Ti.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Ti said to Lai Rong: "The general doesn't need to talk to such people, the number of soldiers under him just now is too small, otherwise I will take the opportunity to attack the Xiongling Pass, if the general can go to the strength in person, I am sure that I can use the horse or as a hostage to force the guards of the Xiongling Pass to open the city gate and surrender." ”

"Is Commander Zheng really so sure?!" Lai Rong asked with some skepticism.

"It's not a secret, Ma or the two brigade commanders Liu Xin and Li Biao, and their subordinates are old acquaintances, they see that the Tianguan has been lost, and the general's army is pressing, and the horse or is in my hands, they must be in turmoil, with horses or threaten them, they can let them collapse, the most important thing is that Wang Zhuo does not believe in his subordinates and Ma or the two, how can he treat people with sincerity like the general, so we are not ready to serve him Wang Zhuo loyally, and finally, I will move with affection and persuade each other reasonably, to ensure that they will open the gate of Xionglingguan and welcome the general into the city。 Zheng Ti's analysis is very reasonable.

"Okay, in that case, without further ado, lest there be too many dreams at night, let's go now, and today we will have breakfast at Xionglingguan. Lai Rong looked at the strategists around him, and when he saw that no one objected, he beckoned Zheng Ti to bring all the men and horses to prepare to go straight to Xiongling Pass. Ma He listened to the scolding on the side, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him, and was carried out by the dragon.

In order to build momentum for Zheng Ti, Lai Rong brought all the troops except the First Army of Zhenshoutian to the front of Xiongling Pass. Although he suffered heavy losses in the battle, Lai Rong still has more than two troops in the army. Coupled with Zheng Ti's troops, nearly 100,000 people surrounded Xionglingguan. The defenders of Xiongling Pass saw that the Lord was going to be captured, and Zheng Ti surrendered to them under the city, so the defenders made a mess for the question of whether to surrender or not, although Lai Rong didn't know what the situation was inside Xiongling Pass, but he heard the sound of blades colliding inside and the screams of people continuously, knowing that there was already a strict internal strife inside, however, this didn't matter to him, Lai Rong asked Zheng Tie to lead a brigade to stand in front of Xiongling Pass. Since he boasted about Haikou, he wanted to see if Zheng Ti could really make the defenders of Xiongling Pass surrender in Kaecheng, seeing that there was nothing to worry about, Lai Rong's troops had already been exhausted after a night of fierce fighting, and now some people were already standing and sleeping, Lai Rong couldn't say anything when he saw this, after all, everyone was exhausted, and it was up to the soldiers.

After a while. The voice in the Xiongling Pass gradually weakened, and after a while, Liu Xin, the guard in the Xiongling Pass, stood at the gate of the city and shouted to Zheng Ti: "General Zheng, we have already wiped out all the people who are unwilling to surrender." We are willing to surrender to the General, but you have to make sure of our personal safety and promise us a good position. Otherwise, we'd rather burn all the jade. I won't open the gates and surrender!"

After Zheng Tian listened, he asked Lai Rong for instructions. Seeing that Lai Rong nodded in agreement, he shouted to the head of the city: "Brigade Commander Liu, I have discussed with General Lai Rong just now, as long as you are willing to surrender, we will accept all the conditions you put forward, I will guarantee my personality, I will definitely not deceive you, quickly open the city gate to welcome the general into the city." ”

After a while, the gate of Xionglingguan opened, and the soldiers inside came out of the city, apparently preparing to surrender to Lai Rong to sacrifice the city.

At this time, Liu Xin, the guard of Xiongling Pass, walked out of the army, came to Lai Rong and Zheng Ti, and said to them: "Please wait a while, the city is exterminating those diehards, if you enter the city now, there may be an accident, so please wait a while, we can enter the city immediately." ”

At this time, Lai Rong saw that there seemed to be three fire magicians in the air with magic flames and a group of magicians fighting in the air, it seemed that what Liu Xin said was true, so he nodded and said that he was willing to wait outside the city for a while, and then enter the city, Lai Rong's soldiers saw that the overall situation had been decided, they all took off their battle armor, sat down to rest, and prepared to recuperate their spirits into the city.

Suddenly, a large number of arrows rained out from the left and right, and the unsuspecting soldiers immediately fell a large piece, mutated elbows, and Lai Rong's troops were suddenly in chaos, at this time, Zheng Ti waved his hand and said loudly: "Protect the general, protect the general!" After finishing speaking, he drew his blade and cut the rope on the horse or body, Yingxue, Yan Long and Zeng Zhaoli heard Zheng Ti's code, and immediately attacked, putting down all the soldiers of Lai Rong beside him.

And at this moment, a large number of soldiers were impacted from the woods on the left and right, and it was Xiao Tian who ran in the front, it turned out that Ying Xue actually let Xiao Tian lurk in the woods with the soldiers, Xiao Tian first rushed towards Lai Rong's troops, and instantly rushed into the enemy army, and now no one can stop him at all, Xiao Tian didn't take much time to come to Ying Xue's side.

When Lai Rong's troops were preparing to fight, they didn't prevent another killing from within themselves, it turned out that Zheng arranged for the two brigades mixed in Lai Rong's troops and Tang Bin and others also began to make trouble, Liu Xin and others in front of Xiongling Pass also quickly joined the battle circle and launched an attack from the front. The impact of the left and right sides, all of a sudden caught Lai Rong and his troops off guard, and also lost a large number of troops inexplicably, and when Lai Rong came back to his senses, he knew that he had been on Zheng Ti's big dang, he and Zhu Xiaochun had been played by Zheng Ti and others, and he was pitiful for his own life, but today he was planted in front of this small Tianguan guard, thinking of this, Lai Rong also had a desperate heart, and ordered Zheng to be killed with Ma or the two, so as to vent the hatred in his heart.

It's a pity that his order has been given too late, his troops have been crushed, and they can't organize effective resistance at all, and now that the sky is clear, Zheng Ti and Ma He's troops don't need to scruple about killing the wrong people, because the clothes between them are fundamentally different, as long as it is the enemy's troops, they can see it at a glance, and the power of the Five Elements Battle Array is even more amazing, the army is like a small whirlwind, and wherever they go, they are either dead or wounded. No one could stop it, and Lai Rong's soldiers saw the talisman. They all dodged, lest they could avoid it. And no one listened to Lai Rong's order, because there were Yingxue, Xiaolong and Xiaotian to protect Zheng Ti and Ma or two, and they were not leaking at all, Yingxue saw that the shape was no longer too severe, so he asked Yinglong to capture Lai Rong, and Xiaolong took the order to go, but when Xiaolong missed, he actually punched Lai Rong to death, so he had to come back empty-handed. Seeing this, Yingxue could only shout loudly: "Lai Rong is dead, those who descend will not die, those who descend will not die!"

Hearing that the general was dead, and that the soldiers had heard that those who surrendered would not be killed, in fact, everyone had already lost their fighting spirit, so they immediately threw away their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

Ying Xue ordered the horses to deal with the surrender of troops and clean up the battlefield here, and he and Zheng Ti led the elite troops of these two armies with 40,000 people. Together with Tang Bin, Zeng Zhaoli and the Special Guards, they went straight to Tianguan.

The commander of the First Army, the guard of Tianguan, is also considered to be loyal, and he has not slept all night and is consolidating the fortifications of Tianguan. After receiving a report that Zheng Ti had an urgent order from the general to inform him, he was wondering why the general would send Zheng Ti to give the order. However, he still went to meet Zheng Ti. Because Zheng Ti didn't bring many people, he went to see him with confidence. While he was talking, Ying Xue on the side picked up his sword and killed it with a sword, and the guards under him were also quietly killed by Xiao Tian, Yan Long, Zeng Zhaoli and others.

At this time, most of the soldiers in Tianguan City are still asleep, and they don't know that the change has been born, Zheng Ti solved the defender generals, and immediately led the elite soldiers to the Tianguan City Tower, such a big action will of course attract people's attention, but now the general trend has been decided, and no emergency horn was heard, everyone didn't care, and continued to sleep, Zheng Ti and Yingxue rushed to the Tianguan City Tower, telling the defenders that they were here to change the guard, of course the defenders didn't believe it, and asked for the commander's warrant, but Zheng Ti and Yingxue did not hesitate at all, and immediately killed the leader of the defenders, and the rest of the people saw this situation and obediently withdrew, when Zheng Ti took over the strategic position of the city towerAfter the rest of the people were woken up, they found that they had become prisoners under the stairs, and the general trend had gone, and when they saw this situation, they had no choice but to surrender, of course, a few diehards could only be corrected on the spot. After Ying Xue ordered Zheng Ti to send the army to Xiongling Pass to be handed over to the horse or guard, he ordered Zheng Ti to immediately start repairing the troops, and he immediately rushed to the palace of the northern capital, to see Wang Zhuo, and told Wang Zhuo about the battle situation at night, Wang Zhuo was of course very happy after hearing it, and he was also worried about the battle last night, and today he saw Ying Xue come back safely, so he was relieved.

"General Wang, I don't know how many troops we have now to put into battle? I plan to immediately take Lai Rong's Qingjian City and Zhu Xiaochun's Mianzhong City. Yingxue didn't want to be polite with Wang Zhuo, now the situation was urgent, and the opportunity was lost, he didn't want to waste any more time, so he asked Wang Zhuo directly.

"This, although we have the strength of five armies, but the troops that can be used for the time being are only three armies, and the surrender of the other two armies is still being trained, if we insist on withdrawing them, we can probably draw the strength of 120,000 troops of the three armies, I don't know what the general means?" Wang Zhuo asked tentatively.

"This is also a way to do it, we have to take a risk, if the news that Zhu Xiaochun and Lai Rong were wiped out by us leaks out, the other enemy troops will definitely take advantage of the situation and enjoy the success, since we only have the strength of three armies, then we have to bring them all out, my plan is like this......" Ying Xue explained her plan to Wang Zhuo in detail, and Wang Zhuo nodded continuously.

"Okay, general, I will immediately dispatch the troops of Zhang Luo, Li Li, Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming to Tianguan immediately, while Lu Qi and I continue to guard here. Wang Zhuo immediately began to move troops.

After Wang Zhuo's order was issued, Yingxue also said goodbye to Wang Zhuo, now is not the time to talk about merit, we must rush ahead of other enemies and take over all the territories of Lai Rong and Zhu Xiaochun, otherwise, it will change later.

Ying Xue used the magic array to return to Tianguan before Zhang Luo, Li Li and the others, this back and forth has taken a lot of time, and after Ying Xue came back, she immediately met with Zheng Ti.

Zheng Ti told Yingxue that he had already repaired the troops, and the insufficient soldiers had been drawn from the horses or places to fill up, and the strength of an army was full, and he could enter the battle at any time, Yingxue did not say anything else, and asked Zheng Ti to find Zhu Xiaochun's corpse and be sure to find his token. Then, he rushed to Xiongling Pass to call Ma or find Lai Rong's body, and found his token, Yingxue told Ma or to do a good job of surrendering troops, and not to cause mutiny, and to ask Ma or Xiongling Pass to be martial law, no one is allowed to go out, because there will be a big military operation soon, and there will be a large army from Xiongling Pass to Guò, and the stability of the rear will all depend on Ma or management. After Ying Xue and Ma or said goodbye, they brought Lai Rong's body and tokens back to Tianguan.

After Yingxue found Zheng Ti, seeing that the things on both sides had been found, the two found Tang Bin, and after explaining a few words, they hurried away with Zheng Ti.

Yingxue and Zheng Ti came to Mianzhong City with Zhu Xiaochun's token, first told the defenders that General Zhu had taken over Tianguan smoothly, but Lai Rong was unwilling to fail, and was about to attack Tianguan immediately, the big war was imminent, due to the lack of troops in Tianguan, General Zhu ordered all the troops, except for leaving the necessary defensive forces, all to Tianguan, because Lai Rong's troops were about to attack Tianguan, General Zhu had decided to fight to the death with Lai Rong in front of Tianguan, after hearing the order, he saw Zhu Xiaochun's token, Zhu Xiaochun's troops did not hesitate to mobilize immediately, ready to go to Tianguan。 Zheng Ti added that Lai Rong had received news that he might set up an ambush on the road, and that all army commanders must be careful to guard against it, and if there is an enemy, they must destroy them all halfway.

After Yingxue and Zheng Wei handed over the token to the defenders of Mianzhong City, they immediately took their leave and rushed back to Tianguan, and the defenders of Mianzhong City did not suspect it, because General Zhu's token was genuine, and no one could afford to disobey the military order. And after Yingxue and Zheng Ti got out of Mianzhong City, they immediately rushed to Qingjian City, and it was the same old saying, using Lai Rong's token, sending troops to support Tianguan, the geographical location of Tianguan Everyone knows, if Tianguan is lost, then there will be no place in the three northern provinces, see the general's token, the defenders in Qingjian City did not dare to slack off, and immediately led the troops to support Tianguan. As soon as the matter was done, after Ying Xue and Zheng Ti left Qingjian City, they opened the magic array and returned to Tianguan. (To be continued......)