The inference of Chuyang Pass comes from the following places.

First of all, there were no more or no less people in the two teams of them, each with about 100 people.

Ordinary mountain bandits encountered neat soldiers and horses, and even if they had an advantage in numbers, they did not dare to do it easily.

There are only two possibilities to force them to act, one is life and death, but the Dingyi army is just in a hurry, and there is really no action to exterminate the mountain bandits, this is probably impossible.

That is the second type, and they are now in urgent need of equipment and grass supplements.

The Liangzhou army was forced out of Liangzhou by the Huaiyang army, and then some people took Tongcheng and wanted to make a stronghold, but they were beaten back by Liu Zhu.

Looking at their plundering behavior, this is indeed in line with this situation.

This was really something that Chu Yangguan didn't expect before he sent his troops.

According to his inference based on the discounted numbers reported by several teams, the number of people who plundered this time was about 1,000, so with his understanding of the Liangzhou army, it was impossible for the other party to come out, at most half.

And this time he only brought 4,000 men and horses, except for those who returned to Dingyi to report the news to Linchao, as well as those who had just been damaged, and those who had lost their blades and horses and had no actual combat effectiveness, there were only more than 3,500 people left, and there were only more than 1,000 people left in the front that came with him.

The 2,500 men in the rear are expected to catch up in half a day, including 500 heavy soldiers.

If the two thousand Liangzhou troops came over, it would definitely not be so easy for him to deal with.

In such a situation, if he didn't want to turn back, the only way out was to enter Tongcheng as soon as possible.

Now that it has been decided, Chuyang Pass will not delay any longer, and order the army to rush towards Tongcheng quickly.

Along the way, they happened to pass through two places where the Liangzhou army ambushed them, and the corpses were still in place, but they were also stripped of their armor, and there were not only horses and blades around, but even a broken arrow remained. I think they were all plundered by those poor and crazy Liangzhou troops.

Although Chuyang Pass was in a hurry, he still asked the soldiers to bury these corpses nearby before continuing on the road.

When I arrived outside the south gate of Tongcheng, it was close to the fourth watch, and it was the time when the night watchman was most likely to get sleepy, and the city guards who were napping at the head of the city were woken up, yawning and going up to the watchtower, but they were suddenly awakened by the momentum of the army.

A team of generals from Chuyang Pass was about to shout, when he heard the city defender shouting in a broken voice, "The mountain bandits are coming!" He turned around and ran down the watchtower with a cigarette smoke and disappeared.

No matter how the party shouted, no one came out of the tower.

Seeing this, a commander wanted to ask for an order to attack the city, but was stopped by Chuyang Pass.

There are more than 1,000 people, if there is no resistance in Tongcheng, let them easily break through the city gate and enter. If anyone resists, their team will definitely lose a lot, and now that men and horses are precious, they can't take such risks.

In a few moments, there was a sudden sound on the top of the city, and then many archers on the battlements poked their heads out and raised their bows and arrows against them, but judging from the strength of the bows drawn by these men, there were few good hands.

In such a situation, Chu Yangguan still endured his anger and reported his name: "I am..."

"Your grandmother, the mountain bandit who should be killed!"

I don't know who scolded at the head of the city, and then someone missed, and an arrow came out of the string, and landed two steps in front of the horse's head in Chuyang Pass.

Chuyangguan's mount hissed, and the Dingyi army became vigilant in an instant, some people set up shields, and some people went forward to protect Chuyangguan and the deputy generals in front of them.

However, this arrow not only caught the Dingyi army under the city by surprise, but also made the defenders at the head of the city unaware of why, seeing that the soldiers and horses under the city had made a prepared formation, they thought that they were about to attack the city, and they didn't listen to anyone's order, so another arrow came out of the bow, and then two or three, dozens of arrows shot down sparsely.

In the confusion, two Dingyi soldiers were shot in the arms and chests, and the rest hurriedly lifted them back and let the medical officer with them deal with them.

At this time, the soldiers were angry, and no matter how big the plan was, Chuyang Pass couldn't tolerate further chaos in the situation, so he simply ordered the left and right to get out of the way, raised his head and said loudly: "I am the commander of Chuyang Pass!" There is an urgent military situation, so please ask the chief of the city to come and discuss it as soon as possible! ”

This sentence worked, and there was a faint discussion at the head of the city, and then the archers all bowed down and hid again beside the battlement. I saw a young general who couldn't see clearly in the dark night poke his head out.

The young general looked at it carefully for a long time before he shouted, "Who do you say you are?" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly took a few steps forward and replied for Chu Yang Pass: "We are the Dingyi Army, this is General Chu of Chu Yang Pass, open the city gate as soon as possible!" ”

The young general obviously hesitated when he heard this, then retreated to the building behind him, and then appeared again, shouting, "Do you have a certificate?" ”

Chu Yangguan saw that he was serious, and he should be more or less in charge, so he asked his followers to fetch the tiger talisman, and asked the soldiers with torches to get closer, and raised his hand to show him.

But he heard the man shout, "It's too dark to see!" Closer to the point. ”

Chu Yangguan wanted to hand over the tiger talisman to the deputy general, but after hesitating, he gave up, urged him to step forward, and raised it again.

I don't know if the young general can see it clearly, in short, he looked carefully for a long time, and finally shouted at the head of the city: "Why did you come to Tongcheng?" ”

Chu Yangguan didn't even have a salutation in his words, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart, but he didn't have a seizure: "Taishou Liu Zhi temporarily entered Beijing, and I will temporarily take care of Tongcheng affairs, At this time, there is an urgent military situation, don't delay the big thing." ”

After shouting this sentence, he heard the young general smile, but shouted to the left and right hands of the city: "Crossbowmen prepare!" Shoot me this birdman. ”

When Chu Yangguan heard this, he hurriedly reined in his horse and retreated to the middle of the formation, and the soldiers on the left and right surrounded him and saw him in the middle. As soon as he prepared his defense, a round of bows and arrows shot out.

Although this round was obviously still negligent in training, it was much more neat and rigorous than the previous round.

Taking advantage of the interval between the crossbow shots, the young general took two steps back, and said to Wen Gu, who was sitting and dozing off with his chin on his chin in the tower behind him: "Miss, you can see clearly, the person who came is Chuyang Pass." ”

Wen specially changed into a gray-green jacket skirt, and even Zhixia, who was already asleep next to him, also wore a cyan shirt, hidden in the tower at night, and did not light the torches, and there was no one here from the city tower.

After reversing day and night once, Wen was not too sleepy, but he also said lazily: "Chuyang Guan actually became a mountain bandit? Let's shoot one more round. ”

This black-faced young general was naturally Zhou Tong, and he whispered "Order", and then returned to the front of the city tower, and shouted loudly towards Chuyangguan: "You pretend to be Shen Jing and I are not afraid of you, not to mention that you pretend to be a Chuyangguan!" ”

After shouting, he said loudly to the left and right: "The mountain bandits pretended to be my Great Chu soldiers and tried in vain to sneak into the city, shoot them back for me!" ”

(End of chapter)