Volume XII, Chapter 1

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 out of their sleep, and told Ma or Ma in detail about his and Zheng Ti's movements tonight and the plan for tomorrow night, and immediately said that they would listen to Ying Xue's arrangements and fully cooperate with Ying Xue's actions tomorrow.

"Okay, now that the overall situation has been decided, it's up to Zhu Xiaochun and Lai Rong's performance, 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 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 is no Yingxue planning. Even if they could think of it, they wouldn't 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, 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 is not too late to arrange it tomorrow morning, but you must pay attention to this plan, you must not be disappointed, you must be cautious." Now I am most worried about General Zheng's safety. General Zheng will definitely bear the brunt of tomorrow's fierce battle, and Lai Rong will definitely not let General Zheng go, but I will transfer Long Li and Xiaotian tomorrow and take full responsibility for protecting General Zheng's safety. Ying Xue said with a stern expression, of course he had to take Zheng Ti's personal safety to heart.

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

"Hahaha! The general will inevitably die in battle, and if tomorrow I, Zheng someone, really die in front of the Xiongling Pass, I will have no regrets. There can be a few times in life, and 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. It should be able to take care of you. Well, it's getting dark. It's time for General Zheng and I to go back to sleep and recuperate. 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, 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 army passed through the halfway 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.

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 they didn't expect to see the enemy army who was waiting for them, but now they had to send arrows on the bow, and without the slightest hesitation, the two sides immediately fought fiercely.

Both sides were equal in number and in strength, and the battle was unusually fierce, a brutal tug-of-war. There was no skill at all in this battle, and the troops on both sides had to fight fiercely and bravely, and only by defeating themselves could they have a chance to survive, and the soldiers knew the reason. Everyone is fighting to the death, and Zhu Xiaochun's side, because the coach personally went into battle to fight. Morale boosted, gradually. On the contrary, the ambush soldiers of Lai Rong's four armies were still at a disadvantage, and Zhu Xiaochun was already red-eyed. Seeing that he had the upper hand, he immediately ordered the troops to wipe out all the enemy troops, and there was no need to leave them alive, and the order was given, and the battle was even more fierce, Lai Rong's troops knew that there was no way to survive anyway, so it was better to fight to the death, and the two sides were in a stalemate, and it was 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 four army soldiers 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 he was surrounded again, immediately lost his fighting spirit, and immediately came to a big reversal, Zhu Xiaochun's soldiers rushed with their heads in their hands, scrambling to flee for their lives, Lai Rong was also the same as Zhu Xiaochun, issued a killing order, and killed all Zhu Xiaochun's soldiers, leaving no room for survival。

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 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're too out-of-the-box. You're not the same as guarding the town, so why bother with that!" Lai Rong said generously. However, he felt very useful in his heart, Zheng Lian could take the initiative to put all the Tianguan into his 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, General Ben is no longer polite. The First Army obeyed the order, and from now on, you will be 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 outward, everyone is their own people. 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, and he would come first in everything. He was very happy.

"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. Then he said: "Report to the general, the horses of Xionglingguan may bring 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 Xiongling Pass, although he suffered heavy losses in the battle. But now Lai Rong still has more than two troops, plus Zheng Ti's troops. Nearly 100,000 people surrounded Xiongling Pass, and the defenders of Xiongling Pass saw that the Lord would be captured. And Zheng Ti surrendered to them under the city, so the defenders made a mess for the question of surrendering or not surrendering, although Lai Rong didn't know what the situation inside the Xiongling Pass was, but he heard the sound of the blades colliding inside and the screams of the people continued, knowing that there was already a Yan zhòng internal strife, however, this didn't matter to him, Lai Rong asked Zheng Rong to lead a brigade to stand in front of the Xiongling Pass, since he boasted about Haikou. He wanted to see if Zheng Ti could really make the guards of Xiongling Pass surrender in Kaicheng, 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. After a while, Liu Xin, the guard general in the Xiongling Pass, stood at the gate of the city and shouted to Zheng Ti: "General Zheng, we have eliminated all those who are unwilling to surrender, and we are willing to surrender to the general." But you have to make sure of our personal safety and make sure to get us a good position, otherwise. We'd rather burn all the jade than open the gates and surrender!"

Zheng Ti listened. asked Lai Rong for instructions, and saw Lai Rong nodding in agreement. So 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 collapsed, 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 to kill their own people, because the clothes between them are fundamentally different, as long as it is the enemy's troops, you 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, everywhere you go, either dead or wounded, no one can stop it, Lai Rong's soldiers have avoided it if they see the amulet, lest they avoid it, and Lai Rong's order is even more unlistened, because there is Yingxue, the dragon and Xiaotian three protection Zheng Ti and Ma or two, it is not leaky at all, Ying Xue saw that the shape was not too severe, so he asked the dragon to capture Lai Rong, the dragon led the order to go, who knew that the dragon missed, he actually punched Lai Rong to death, so he had to come back empty-handed, Ying Xue saw this, only shouted loudly: "Lai Rong is dead, the one who descends does not die, the one who descends does 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 horse to deal with the surrender of troops and clean up the battlefield here, while 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, and went straight to Tianguan. (To be continued......)