On the road from Hongnong to Tongguan, the withered grass and trees are all buried by the snow, and the snow layer is densely covered with all kinds of messy trampling marks, and it looks like a withered and messy scene.

Li Tai rode his horse in the group, but his thoughts flew back to the scene where he was walking on this road many years ago.

At that time, he had just come to this world, and he was defeated by the army and retreated to Tongguan. Although the seasonal scenery is different from that time, and the skinny donkey he originally rode has been replaced by the famous horse with a mighty horse under his crotch today, there are still quite similarities in the atmosphere.

Previously, because he was worried that the situation in Guanzhong would continue to deteriorate, he did not wait for the army to accompany him, and only led two thousand elite horsemen to take the first step, passing through Xin'an and Kuiban all the way west.

When his troops crossed the Kunsaka and entered the territory of Hongnong, there were constantly rout soldiers along the way to join in, most of these people were the defeated army that had been killed and scattered in Hongnong before, because there was no material supply to maintain it was difficult to escape from other places, so they could only wander around Hongnong, and they did not dare to go to Tongguan for fear that the thief division did not go, until Li Tai led his troops to arrive here, they rushed to cling to each other.

On the way from Kuosaka to Hongnong, the number of troops who came one after another reached several thousand, so it can be inferred that the chaos of the rout of the battle that day. Most of these personnel are hungry and cold, and their state is worrisome, and Li Tai's elite cavalry does not carry much baggage, and with the increasing number of soldiers who are attached, it is difficult to give immediate relief, so they can only lead these soldiers to Tongguan together.

Because of the infection of the miserable emotions of these defeated troops, Li Tai couldn't help but recall his experience of fleeing Tongguan in defeat. It's just that at that time, he was also a member of the defeated masses, also drifting with the tide and involuntarily, but now he has become a big hero and savior in the eyes of these soldiers, and all kinds of praises are heard on the way.

The courteous compliments of these people, as well as the anticipation in their eyes, also made Lee Tae-you feel that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier. At that time, he was still struggling with how to integrate into this era, but now he has to think about where he wants to lead this era!

"Ah Lang, Tongguan has arrived!"

Li Qu, who was exploring the way ahead, hurried back to the team, and came to Li Tai to report to him.

When Li Tai heard this, he felt like a world away for a while, he first took a deep breath, and then raised his eyes to look at the Tongguan Pass City in front of him. At this time, the Guancheng was hunting with flags, and the armor soldiers were like a forest, and the soldiers' armor swords were shining in the light of the morning sun.

Li Tai looked at the heavily guarded Guancheng, and then looked at the eager eyes of the apprentices around him, he raised his arm and pointed at Guancheng from afar, and said in a deep voice: "Tell the soldiers in the city, you are lonely and live up to the expectations of the Guanxi fathers, return to the country with all the scattered sons, guard the city, and quickly go out to greet you!"

"The king of Taiyuan is in danger and has triumphantly come here, and the guards of the city will quickly come out to greet him!"

The surrounding soldiers shouted to the opposite Guancheng, and the guards who were clearly arrayed up and down the Guancheng heard this, and they were all excited, but due to the restrictions of the military order, they still did not dare to step out of the formation and move forward to meet them for a while.

"The Baishui villagers went to the hundred members together, and the twenty-three were killed in battle, and the king of Taiyuan was recruited to return to the thirty-five, but there are still villagers in the city? Keeping Erlang out of the country?"

In addition to those exciting retributions, there were many other defeated soldiers shouting to the opposite battle array, and those sad and hoarse voices listened to the ears of the soldiers who had withdrawn to Tongguan for a while, and they were also very sad for a while.

Finally, someone couldn't help but throw away the swords and guns in his hands, and shouted loudly: "The king of Taiyuan broke the enemy and raised his might, and some of the defeated and retreating people dared to refuse to greet him!"

In the midst of all kinds of shouts, there was no shortage of soldiers who ran straight to the place where the king of Taiyuan was, and asked eagerly, "May I ask the king, have my Ganquan villagers been saved?"

Several governors on the city were still struggling with whether to obey the military order and continue to defend the city, but when they saw that the battle in front of the city was no longer strict and the soldiers left the battle one after another to meet them, they all turned their hearts and ordered the soldiers to put down their weapons and line up to meet them.

The Tongguan Pass Defense, which was originally inspected and arranged by Li Bi, Da Xiwu and other generals, soon collapsed with the arrival of the Taiyuan Wang Division.

When Yuwen Hu and the others in the city lord's mansion rushed to hear the news, they saw that the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the defense line had already opened the door and left the city, lining up in front of the Taiyuan King's formation

Greet each other with courtesy. And Li Tai was surrounded by the soldiers in front and behind, and the whole person was bathed in the morning sun, looking at the head of the city with a cold and serious expression.

"The king of Taiyuan returned victoriously and rescued many scattered people along the way, so he should not be taken lightly, and he should indeed go out of the city to greet him."

Li Bi looked at this scene and was silent for a long time, and then waved his hand to the other generals who also looked gloomy and embarrassed, and then he took the lead in walking down the head of Guancheng, raised his hand and retreated from the soldiers who followed behind, and came to stand in front of the gate of Guancheng.

After the rest of the generals saw this, they also packed up their moods and followed Li Bi to stand in front of the pass and make a respectful gesture.

At this time, Li Taicai rode his horse to the front of the pass in the midst of the cheers of the soldiers before and after, and waited until Li Bi stepped forward and raised his hand to hold the bridle for him, Li Tai turned over and dismounted, and saw no response in the face of the generals' salutes, and his eyes crossed the faces of everyone before finally falling on Yuwen Hu's face, and he asked in a deep voice: "Where is the coffin of Otsuka Zai?"

"In, still in the city, in the main hall of the city lord's mansion."

Yuwen Hu had already seen cold sweat on his forehead, and after hearing this question, his tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed, and he replied in a respectful voice.

When Li Tai heard this, he bowed his head slightly, turned his head and signaled his own soldiers to enter to replace Li Bi, who was still holding the war horse for him, and then raised his hand to Li Bi to make a slight false introduction, signaling him to enter the city side by side with him.

When Li Bi saw this, he also stepped forward, and walked into the city with Li Tai, who was half a body behind. The other generals also followed the two of them into the city together, while Yuwen Hu took two quick steps, followed by Li Tai, leaned sideways and whispered, "When the Lord was critically ill, he still regretted that he could not see the uncle and the king in person......

Li Tai didn't hear this, just strode straight away, Yuwen Hu could only keep his mouth shut when he saw this, and his originally hopeful eyes gradually dimmed, and he lowered his head and silently followed behind.

In the main hall of the city lord's mansion, Li Tai first bowed to the coffin of Yuwentai placed in the hall, and all the generals in the rear also followed him to worship on the ground after seeing this, and when Li Tai stood up, the generals behind him were supposed to follow and get up, but they saw that Li Bi and a few others in front of him were still bowing and not moving, and the upper body that had been erect quickly bowed down again.

"Liang Lang, you come, Otsuka Zai asked you to pass on my order?"

After Li Tai stood up, he raised his hand to summon Liang Rui, who had arrived with the army, to the front and asked him.

After Liang Rui heard this, he hurriedly relayed Otsuka Zai's previous order again, and after he finished speaking, without waiting for others present to speak, Li Tai sighed first: "After receiving the order, I immediately led my troops to Heluo, I thought that I could meet you in Yiyang, but I didn't want Tongguan to meet, but the matter came to this, why did you sue me?" Why sue Otsuka? Why did you tell the teacher who threw his body on the way?"

Hearing Li Tai's aggressive question, although Yuwen Hu also understood that the general trend was gone, as the main decision-maker in Yiyang, he couldn't help but whisper and argued: "King Qiqi, there is a reason for Yiyang's withdrawal from the military. The lowly rank was ordered by Otsuka Zai, and he did have the intention of sticking to Yiyang to wait for reinforcements, but the great uncle and the great Sima ...... first."

As soon as he said this, Li Tai's eyes suddenly became colder, and he walked in front of Yuwen Hu, looked down at his person and said in a deep voice: "May I ask the Duke of Zhongshan, what are the duties of these two Otsuka Zai? At that time, many and a few abandoned the city?"

"This, this ......"

Yuwen Hu was a little speechless when he heard this question, and when he looked left and right and wanted to ask everyone to support the withdrawal of the army at that time, Xi Wu, the pillar next to him, suddenly said: "Before Da Sima and the others left the army, I also discussed with him, at that time, Otsuka Zai was in a critical condition and could not see things, because he was afraid of chaos in the country, Da Zongbo and I both advised Da Sima to return to the country and enter the court to calm down the people's feelings. At that time, the situation in Yiyang was still severe, and I asked myself to stay in the army, and I didn't know much about what the Great Sima and the others were going to west."

"Dasikong, how can you ......?"

Yuwen Hu didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by Da Xiwu, you must know that when Yiyang withdrew the army, the generals unanimously agreed, but he didn't expect Da Xiwu to say nothing about it, but instead endorsed Duguxin's escape.

However, before he had time to reprimand Da Xiwu here, Li Bi on the other side also spoke: "When Da Sima passed through Hongnong, he once sent a message to me about this matter, and I also did

recognized Da Sima to return to the country first to settle the situation, but he didn't expect that it was a serious plan, but it was blocked by the villain. Fortunately, the sky has not abandoned our country, and the king of Taiyuan has tried his best to save the sky and make the operation of our country safe!"

When Li Bi finished speaking, not to mention that Yuwen Hu was even more surprised, even Li Tai was surprised.

He knew that after Heluo's victory, he had a layer of awe-inspiring righteousness in him, but he never thought that he could be able to deter everyone with this alone.

It must be known that Duguxin's abandonment of the army is always a stain, as long as these people bite this point to death, then when Li Tai is held accountable for the defeat, as long as he still has a little consideration for Duguxin's mourning and dignity, then he must be more or less open to them.

But now they took the initiative to give up this point and chose to cover up for Dugu Xin, especially Li Bi's performance in this war was quite remarkable, and he didn't have much responsibility, but now he put his posture so low, which inevitably made Li Tai a little puzzled.

The reason why he is puzzled is most likely still in the situation in Guanzhong. Due to the news blockade here in Tongguan, his current understanding of the situation in Guanzhong is still limited to the previous reports of Han Xiong and others, and the latest situation is still unknown.

After a short period of silence, he said in a deep voice, "The loss of the teacher and the loss of the land, the public and others are to blame! I was ordered to take charge of the military plane temporarily, from the big Situ down, everyone has been seized from office pending trial, and the court has returned to the court, do you have any objections?"

Although some information is missing, it does not prevent him from establishing the biggest initiative first and holding everyone accountable, including Li Bi.

"Otsuka Zai has already ordered the King of Taiyuan to be in charge of the Chinese and foreign military, and the king has made a decision, and the last general will never object!"

This time, it was Li Bi who took the lead in speaking out, and his attitude was even a little eager, not caring at all about his authority being deprived, as if he wanted to quickly determine something.