Tao Dai, who had been non-stop all the way, soon rushed to the south gate of Youling City, and two guards set up halberds to stop him and asked, "Who wants to go out of the city late at night?"

Tao Dai hurriedly rushed up and shouted: "On the orders of the lord's general, I will go to Bozhou to borrow troops to help Youling, and open the city gate quickly!"

After hearing the shout, the captain of the city gate on the city tower poked his head down, and through the torches held high by the soldiers below, he saw at a glance that this person was Tao Dai, the lieutenant general of the army.

"Is there a document that is too guarded?" But even if the fourth rank Zhonglang suddenly called to open the city gate in the middle of the night, he didn't dare to obey it easily, and it was wartime, if something happened, it would be a sin to lose his head!

"I was in a hurry, and I didn't get it!" Tao Dai shouted as he peeked behind him, afraid that someone would suddenly kill him at this time.

"I beg your pardon for not daring to obey the order, please go back and get the paperwork to open the door, and then go through the city gate!" shouted the lieutenant as he rushed down.

Tao Dai sighed, and said in his heart: During the war, it is not easy to easily open the city gate, it seems that you can only find another place to hide for a while, and then turn into a civilian to go out of the city after a while.

Tao Dai had just turned the horse, and suddenly he had an idea, and when he was not paying attention, he reached under the hem of his clothes, grabbed the corner of the thin white coat inside, tore off a piece of the hem of his clothes with his hand, and then rolled it into a roll in his hand.

He turned around again, held up the corner of his clothes rolled up and shouted to the city tower: "There is a letter from Taishou borrowing troops as proof here, if you don't believe it, you can read it yourself! But don't blame me for not reminding you, if you delay the important matter of borrowing soldiers, I will ensure that your whole family will fall to the ground!"

It's just a roll of clothes, if it is placed in the daytime, it will definitely be able to see through it at a glance, but Tao Dai is gambling with the blurred vision of the night! Not only can the captain of the gambling city gate not see clearly, but he also bets that he does not dare to take it and read the contents on it!

And when you say it, you must be tough, you must not show cowardice, if you only speak as promised, you don't need to see whether the letter is true or false, you can know that this is lying!

In the afternoon, he received an order to strengthen the city defense, to beware of Qiaozhou soldiers and horses to attack at any time, and now after Tao Dai said this, the captain suddenly panicked, and really didn't know what to do.

Letting people run away without opening the door is a disobedience to their duties, and they will definitely lose their heads!

And he held Taishou's handwritten letter to borrow soldiers, if he was delayed, he would definitely lose his head!

When the lieutenant was having a hard time making a choice, a junior colonel next to him said to his partner: "If you really delay borrowing troops to save Youling, I'm afraid you will lose more than one head!" "Yes, but I don't know if it's true or not, unless I look at the content of the letter." "Nonsense! Who dares to look at it! A secret letter can be completely defined as collaborating with the enemy and treason! That is a crime of being beheaded all over the house!"

When the captain heard this, he was immediately frightened, delaying the major affairs of the soldiers and horses, according to Ma Zhong's temperament to do things, how can it be so simple to lose his head?

The frightened lieutenant wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, hurriedly leaned down and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly! Let the general out of the city!"

Tao Dai breathed a sigh of relief, but he knew that there were countless changes before he left the city, and he didn't dare to show the joy in his heart, so he only nodded the captain on the city tower fiercely, pretending to express the anger of being delayed for this time, if you open a little later, ensure that Taishou will condemn you!

After seeing this, the captain couldn't help but have a cold sweat on his back, and he hurriedly clenched his fists to Tao Dai and begged for mercy: "I am also in his position, I have to be like this, please don't mention this matter to the lord." ”

Tao Dai knew that he couldn't go too far, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"

With the gradually opening of the city gate, Tao Dai did not dare to delay for another quarter of an hour, and hurriedly slapped his horse and rushed out, until he heard the sound of the city gate closing behind him, Tao Dai dared to believe that he had indeed escaped from Shengtian!

Seeing Tao Dai gradually disappear until he couldn't see it, the captain let out a heavy breath, he sat on the ground and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and sighed: "I almost buried the whole family!"

With the support of the soldiers on the side, the captain sat on the stone steps on the side, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly stood up, and the cold sweat on his forehead was like rain!

The little colonel on the side looked at it and asked suspiciously, "General, what's wrong with you?"

"Something's wrong! He's not going to borrow troops at all!" the captain rushed to the edge of the castle tower and looked south, but it had been a long time, and there was still any figure to be seen!

"Why?" the Colonel asked, puzzled.

"Bozhou is in the north of Youling, if he really received the order of the Taishou general to go to Bozhou to borrow troops, why did he go out from the south gate!" the captain slammed his fist on the stone wall.

The junior colonel also reacted, and the lieutenant said: "Go to the Taishou Mansion to tell the lord that the lieutenant of the army will escape!"

After speaking, he led the people down the city tower, ready to step on the horse and go out of the city to chase Tao Dai.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and the captain turned his head to look, and saw a masked man in black galloping towards the city, and the captain hurriedly waved his hand to stop the soldiers.

Zhang Jiu, who rushed over, saw the battle of the soldiers in front of him, and immediately reacted, he tore off the black scarf on his face, and then shouted to the captain on the horse: "I am the lord guard Zhang Jiu!

While running and talking, as soon as he finished speaking, the person happened to be close, and the captain fixed his eyes and saw that it was indeed the guard who had been accompanying Taishou, although he was dressed strangely, but his words did verify his guess, and the captain believed everything Zhang Jiu said on the spot.

"The rebel Tao Dai has just fled, and I'm waiting to chase him!" the lieutenant waved his hand and withdrew the guards, then pointed to the city gate that had just been opened.

"What?!, you dare to open the city gate privately without being too booky, you are so bold!" Zhang Jiuyi was immediately furious when he heard this, and with a loud snort, he pulled out his ring knife and pointed at the captain of the city gate.

The official position of the captain of the city gate is far greater than that of a small guard, but he can't bear that Zhang Jiu is the person next to Ma Zhong, and the captain dares to be angry about this, he turned over and got off the horse, hugged his fist to Zhang Jiu and said: "He only led the general Taishou to go to Bozhou to borrow troops, and the last general knew that the war was going to be urgent and did not dare to delay, so he let go of the city gate, and he really didn't know it!"

"Go to Bozhou to borrow troops?!Don't you know that Bozhou is north of Youling?!...... "Zhang Jiu was completely speechless at this time, why did Taishou find such a fool to guard the city gate before his death!

"It's the last general's dereliction of duty, and the last general will lead his troops to chase after him!" the captain also knew his mistake, and hurriedly turned over on the horse.

At this time, another sound of horses' hooves approached behind him, and Zhang Jiu looked at it from a distance to see that it was Liu Fang, who was originally guarding Ma Zhong's spirit, and led the cavalry to chase after him, and he didn't have to think about it to know that he must have asked Ma Zhu to chase Tao Dai after the guards' report.

Zhang Jiu hurriedly withdrew from the crowd and shouted at Liu Fang from afar: "General Liu! Tao Dai is leaving from the south gate!"

Liu Fang, who was on the horse, snorted when he heard it, and led fifty light cavalry to rush out of the city gate and chase in the direction where Tao Dai had fled.

Seeing that Liu Fang had already chased out, Zhang Jiu knew that he didn't need to go any more, so he waved his hand to the captain of the city gate and said, "You follow me to see Taishou!"