Early the next morning.

There is a glimmer of light in the sky.

There was still hoarfrost on the grass on the ground, and Li Mao rode together on a tall horse to Tongguan.

Behind him was 20,000 heavily armed Beiya Forbidden Army.

Even though most of them were new recruits and had not been trained hard, Li Mao still brought them with him.

Because apart from this unit, he no longer has mobile forces in his hands.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Tongguan was attacked, it should be because the intelligence work has not been done well!" Zhao Gao said with blazing eyes.

Li Mao nodded, also deeply agreed.

Li Longji sent a large army to sneak attack, and it was definitely impossible to hide his whereabouts, but the intelligence department did not notify them in advance, and it was indeed their dereliction of duty.

But Zhao Gao's purpose in saying this has a deeper meaning.

That is to slander Wei Zhongxian on the side.

He wanted to take the power of the East Factory into his hands.

Recently, Wei Zhongxian has become famous in Chang'an City, and his murderous reputation can almost stop a child from crying.

This made Zhao Gao, who had been playing soy sauce in the inner court, envious.

So taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Gao wanted to try to grab the position of the governor of the East Factory.

Li Mao saw through his mind in an instant, and naturally he would not let him get his wish.

"There are too many things to do in the East Factory, and it is inevitable that there will be places that cannot be taken into account."

"I'm going to set up a new department with full responsibility for intelligence."

When Zhao Gao heard this, he thought that his power would be improved again.

While riding the horse, he smiled flatteringly: "The slave is willing to share the worries of His Majesty!" ”

"Haha, you old dog is really loyal! However, don't worry about this matter first, let's talk about it when Tongguan is rescued! ”

Li Mao's face was full of smiling expressions.

How could such an important matter be handed over to Zhao Gao, who is good at deceiving superiors and subordinates?

It's okay to put people in the celebrant and keep an eye on them at all times.

If Zhao Gao is released to establish an intelligence agency, maybe he will hide some important news!

Now the celebrant Zhang Youfu, Zhao Gao, and Wei Zhongxian contain each other, and each is responsible for a part of the matter, which can also play a role in supervising each other.

Li Mao did not intend to give another very powerful intelligence agency to the eunuch.

Zhao Gao rode his horse half a step behind, and could only see a majestic back, and he couldn't see the expression on the emperor's face at all.

He also thought that the emperor had agreed, and immediately responded excitedly, "The slave obeys." ”

Li Mao didn't bother to explain.

Seeing that the sun had already hung on the hill and that he could see the ground without a torch, he immediately gave an order: "Order, everyone speed up, and strive to rush to Huayin County at noon tomorrow." ”

After Zhao Gao heard this, he turned back to the sergeant behind him and shouted, "Your Majesty has an order, rush to Huayin County at noon tomorrow." ”

Under the oral transmission of one sergeant after another, half an hour later, the 20,000 people of the Beiya Forbidden Army received an order that they must arrive in Huayin County at noon tomorrow.

Because they were marching on their own territory, they did not need to guard against the enemy, so the march speed of the army was very fast.

Huayin County is 300 miles away from Chang'an, and according to the speed of marching ten miles per hour, it only takes 30 hours to reach Huayin in total.

But for Li Mao, the time is still too long.

There is no specific information, and it is not known whether the enemy forces in front of Tongguan have arrived.

If Tongguan is surrounded on both sides, whether the will to resist of the soldiers in the city is strong enough, this is a question.

Although Li Mao had confidence in Gao Shun, he did not expect much from those soldiers who were almost recruits.

"You must arrive at Tongguan before the morning of the ninth day of the new year!"

After making up his mind, Li Mao couldn't help but wave his long whip and speed up the horse again.

This is a pain for the soldiers who are running behind.

With only two legs, they could barely keep up with almost double the strength of a normal march.

Fortunately, these people are the first batch of people to enlist, and they have been eating meat every day for more than a month, and they have not relaxed their usual training.

Otherwise, they really might not be able to keep up with Li Mao's speed at this time.

Meanwhile.

On the wall facing Guanzhong in Tongguan, Gao Shun was staring ahead with a tired face.

That was where Wang Yu and Pei Kuan, who were dressed in full body armor, were.

"The Gao Shun who guards the city is really not to be underestimated! It should be more powerful than the general of the same name in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wang Yu sighed.

"That man is indeed a fierce general. During the change in Chang'an, he personally led 800 sword and shield soldiers to carry the elite cavalry of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army led by Chen Xuanli. ”

Pei Kuan shuddered when he thought of yesterday's battle, and his tone of voice was also extremely admirable!

Yesterday morning, before dawn.

Pei Kuan led the soldiers of the pioneer battalion and secretly went to the Tongguan city wall.

Taking advantage of the lack of vision, and the fact that the defensive direction of Tongguan was mainly on the banks of the Yellow River, he was not discovered until he began to climb the city wall.

Just as he was climbing to the battlement, a soldier happened to want to pee and happened to come over and find him.

"Enemy attack!"

Even if a day has passed, Pei Kuan still has this terrible scream in his mind from time to time.

Although the man was directly killed by him.

"General Wang, the last general should continue to lead people to charge today!" Pei Kuan gritted his teeth and stared at Tongguan City.

He was really unwilling.

Yesterday he climbed the walls three times in a row, but was repulsed in succession.

The first was a sneak attack, and the next two were strong attacks.

He was also a fortune teller, so he didn't become one of the thousands of corpses under the city walls.

Wang Yu stared at the large corpse with a heavy face.

These people are all the elite of Hedong, and even if they fight with the Turkic cavalry, they will not fall behind.

But now these people have become corpses lying on the ground.

This made Wang Yu very distressed.

At the same time, he was also worried in his heart that if he could not attack Tongguan for a long time, whether the Turks would take the opportunity to go south at the beginning of spring.

"Go, it's best to take Tongguan today!"

Wang Yu said in a deep voice.

The wolf smoke in Tongguan City had risen early yesterday morning, indicating that Chang'an had already received the news last night.

Reinforcements from Tongguan will arrive as soon as tonight.

So he didn't dare to wait any longer.

If he can't attack it for a long time, the person who will be made dumplings will be himself.

Knock knock!

The drums of war sounded again.

Pei Kuan put on his armor with the help of his own soldiers.

"Brothers, follow me!"

With a loud roar, Pei Kuan, who was the first soldier, once again led his troops to rush to the Tongguan city wall.

The road is nearly 50 meters wide, and thousands of people can be charged at the same time.

"Rush!"

The elite of Hedong has been fighting against the Turks for many years, and they are naturally people who are not afraid of death.

After seeing the Lord so heroic, he also rushed up.

Gao Shun on the city wall watched a group of people coming over, and his expression did not panic at all.

"Archer prepare!"