Tongguan.

"Give me some money!"

Mixed with the crackling of whips and loud shouts, a fierce soldier was viciously reprimanding the servant in front of him, his helmet was crooked, and the stalk of grass in his mouth, he still looked very energetic despite the scorching sun.

In stark contrast, however, was the group of laborers in front of him, who worked in groups of several to drag the boulders on the ground. The scorching sun shone on them, and they could not sweat a drop of sweat due to the severe lack of water in their bodies, and the only thing that was wet was the deep blood marks on their shoulders with hemp ropes, not that they did not know how to prepare the protective cloth for their shoulders, but that the labor itself was a punishment.

"Smack!"

There was another whiplash, and one of the servants fell to the ground, and there was no miserable wail, only a muffled grunt. The servant stood silently, his eyes not on the overseer sergeant who had drawn the whip, but his eyes burned with undisguised anger.

"Hah! This batch of labor is really forbidden to toss, and ordinary labor will be out of gas after two whips, you look at these ......"

The overseer laughed at his colleague, and with that, he struck the servant again, and the servant fell to the ground again, but this time, he could no longer stand up as quickly as he had before.

"This ......"

The servant did not stand up as quickly as the overseer had said, which made the overseer's face a little unbearable, and the embarrassment on his face flashed for a moment, and then changed to anger.

"Get up for me! You get up for Lao Tzu! ”

In the midst of the scolding, the overseer punched and kicked the laborer, but the laborer was not a vegetarian, he endured the punching and kicking at the same time, but he grabbed the other party's flaws, hugged the overseer's thigh, and opened his mouth to bite hard!

"Eh! You brute! Loosen! Loosen it for me! ”

The overseer hurriedly whipped at the labor, but no matter how hard he tried, the laborer did not let go, he was annoyed, and directly pulled out the short sword on his waist and slashed it fiercely!

"Damn it!"

In the bushes not far away, Zhou Ping had a full view of this scene, he scolded angrily, but he had no impulse, although it was easy for him to deal with these two soldiers, but the team of laborers in their hands was only a small part, and before they figured out the other party's arrangement, rash action would only put more laborers in danger.

And at this moment, the bushes around him shook for a while, but it was Dong Bai who came back from the investigation.

"How?"

Sensing Dong Bai's breath, Zhou Ping's eyes were still staring ahead, and he didn't look back.

"There are two groups on the north side of the river beach, more than a dozen people are in charge of more than 60 people on our side, and they are digging stones by the river, which should be used to repair houses."

"Are there any characters that look tricky?"

Tongguan is a dangerous pass, and the person guarding the pass must be a general, maybe there is more than one, and the tricky role in Zhou Ping's mouth is also what it means.

"Probably not, they look like they're all big-headed soldiers."

"Very good, the next thing is to wait for news from Liu Scareye and Han Ji."

Zhou Ping nodded, although there was anxiety in his eyes, he consciously suppressed it.

This time to rescue more than 100 brothers, including Ma Dali, Zhou Ping actually did not lead many people, except for the aforementioned ones, only a few were selected. Tongguan is the gateway to Guanzhong, although there are only more than 1,000 defenders in peacetime, as long as there is no military attack, they can still hold the attack of tens of thousands of people. Therefore, if you want to rescue Ma Dali's gang in Tongguan, you can't attack it, you can only outwit it.

didn't wait too long, Liu Scareye also came back with a few of his subordinates. At this time, it is a little inappropriate to call her scar, under the treatment of Hua Tuo's miraculous ointment, the scar on her face has miraculously healed, and although she is not beautiful when her appearance returns to normal, but for herself, the original vague inferiority complex in temperament is gone.

"Good teacher! After the exploration in the south, there is a team of twelve people on the opposite side, in charge of our more than eighty brothers to repair the city wall, although the small leader led by him seems to have two brushes, but it should not be Miss Dong and the virtuous master Your opponent, just be careful, it may alarm the defenders in the pass. ”

"More than sixty to the north...... Forty or fifty here...... More than 80 ...... to the south"

Zhou Ping picked up a branch and grunted while writing on the ground. The situation is already relatively clear, these people brought their men to repair the city wall, and the guard is very loose, it is not difficult to save people.

"The total number of people should be about the same, now we are waiting for news from Han Ji's side."

Now it's time for Ma Dali's news, although according to Dong Bai, Ma Dali's luck is mostly more than lucky, but before there is definite news, Zhou Ping still doesn't plan to act rashly.

……

Different from the famous passes such as Hangu Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, although Tongguan is also widely known in the future, it is a newly built pass at this time, but the new construction also has the advantages of new construction, one of the advantages is that all kinds of facilities are first-class and complete. Dungeons, for example, are something that many other passes don't have.

In the gloomy dungeon, Ma Dali was tied to the deepest hanger, his hands were tied, and his feet needed to stand on tiptoe to touch the ground, but at this time he was tortured to the point that he had no strength to tiptoe, his naked upper body was covered with staggered whip marks, and the whole person was half-conscious, and his mouth was spitting out indistinguishable unconscious muttering.

Unlike what I imagined, there are a lot of soldiers in the small dungeon, but these soldiers are not here to guard, but to escape the heat.

Ma Dali's side, several soldiers were talking and laughing, while whipping Ma Dali's body, for such bandits, they have nothing to interrogate, such torture Ma Dali, just for fun.

"Take it easy, don't play him to death."

On the only seat, a round-faced man in civilian clothes said leisurely, but having said that, he raised the whip in his hand, dipped it in cold water, and twitched it twice somewhat casually.

This person is the guard of Tongguan, named Zhu Peng. According to common sense, a bandit leader like Ma Dali naturally wants to be executed, but he has a deeper plan.

Now Guo Yan and Li Dao occupy Chang'an, snatch the Son of Heaven, and have power in their hands, so naturally a reward is indispensable, one of them named himself General Yangwu, and the other named himself General Yanglie, and the rest of his official positions are also rising, and naturally he Zhu Peng is indispensable, he has changed from a small captain to a guard general of Tongguan.

But this Tong Guan guard will talk about the scenery, but in fact, he can't get in touch with the flower world of Chang'an, although he Zhu Peng is not angry in his heart, but he can't say it clearly, but at the moment, this Ma Dali has given him a chance to make a fuss.

Capturing Ma Dali, the bandit leader, is naturally not a big achievement, but what if he is said to be a military general under the princes of one side?

After all, this person has occupied the Tongguan wharf, and occupying the wharf is not the same thing as attacking Tongguan!