The chief general in charge of guarding Tongguan is Liu Xin, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Forbidden Army.

To be honest, he was under a lot of pressure, because the three front-line levels lost two at once, and all the pressure was concentrated in the important town of Tongguan.

First, he dealt with all the young families who lost the city pass, and later, he directly changed the guards of Tongguan and sent him here.

Because of this incident, Su Xuanyong didn't trust the main general of the city at all, and only trusted the royal forbidden army.

That's why he came to Tongguan as the main general.

But this main general is not so easy to be, and the one who came on the opposite side was the famous general Yamulei.

Although he is the deputy commander of the forbidden army and has a lot of power in his hands, most of the tasks are still responsible for the security of the imperial city of Kyoto.

Fighting alone, this is easy for him to capture, but in the face of such a large-scale siege battle, and the opposite side is a famous general of Darong, it is strange for Liu Xinli to say that he is not nervous.

Fortunately, the city wall of Tongguan is high and thick, and he has 40,000 troops in his hands, and his task is also simple, no matter what the cost, just drag Yamulei down.

Taking the initiative or something is not what he should do.

But this errand, only when I take over, do I know how much pressure there is.

Amurai attacked for two days, although Tongguan was still in his hands, but their losses were not small, 40,000 troops, two days down, more than 5,000 casualties.

This is still a passive defense, if it is really a face-to-face fight, Liu Xin absolutely believes that their tens of thousands of troops will be eaten by Yamulei properly.

The wolf soldiers are worthy of being the elite of Darong, and when they fight, they really don't want to die, and they are like crazy, regardless of them, and storm Tongguan.

If this continues, Liu is really uncertain in his confidence, whether he can hold on for seven to ten days.

This is still external, internal, and his worries are indispensable.

Originally, there were 15,000 troops that Kyoto could support this time, but in fact, only 10,000 came.

And the 5,000 men and horses who didn't come were the veteran soldiers led by Su Qi'an.

Su Qi'an's army, not only did not come, but more importantly, after leaving Kyoto, his whereabouts were completely gone, as if he had disappeared.

Whether it was Kyoto or him, the two sides sent scouts, but they did not find any trace of Su Qi'an's army.

The five thousand people disappeared out of thin air.

Liu Xin still has some understanding of Su Qi'an, what he did in the northern battlefield, Liu Xin has seen it, and understands that the fighting style of this descendant of the royal family must be different.

Therefore, he didn't blame too much for the disappearance of Su Qi'an's team, and only hoped that Su Qi'an could help him at a critical moment.

Liu Xin can figure it out like this, it doesn't mean that some people around him have no opinions.

The biggest opinion is the powerful Hou Ye who came to support, that guy, the powerful Hou Ye of three or four people, the noise is bigger than that of thirty or forty people.

Liu Xin had to tense his nerves externally and actively defend against Yamulei's attack, and internally, he had to work hard to appease these powerful marquis.

In the past two days, Liu Xin's spirit is quite tired.

If it weren't for Yamulei's continuous attacks, these powerful marquis would have to return to Kyoto and sue Su Qi'an in front of the emperor.

The fact that they failed to do so did not mean that they did not move, and they directly sent the complaint back to Kyoto in the rear along with the military report.

Liu Xin was dissatisfied with what they did, but he couldn't stop it, what he could do was to state the facts, lest the other party exaggerate, and believe that His Majesty should have a judgment.

Liu Xin, who was standing on the city wall, looked at the wolf soldiers who had temporarily retreated, relaxed a little in his heart, looked at the sky, and could be regarded as surviving today.

With the addition of this day, it has been three days in total, and as long as you stick to it for a week, the crisis in Tongguan can be solved.

Turning his head, he instructed his subordinates to rein in the fallen soldiers and speed up the repair of the fortifications.

In the rear, one after another, all kinds of soldiers were busy, among them, in a remote corner position.

Several powerful marquis led by Zheng Liang gathered together.

Looking at the fallen soldier who was carried down in front of him, Zheng Liang covered his mouth with a look of disgust on his face.

A powerful marquis beside him said, "Brother Liang, you said that if we do this, can we bring down that person surnamed Su?"

"What? Are you scared?" Zheng Liang raised his eyebrows.

The powerful Marquis shook his head again and again, "What did Brother Liang say, if we don't get rid of Su Qi'an, we people don't want to have a good life, but I think Your Majesty still trusts him very much, and my complaint is afraid that it will be difficult to have an effect."

Zheng Liang disagreed, "You're right, Your Majesty does trust him very much, but this trust is only based on absolute loyalty to Your Majesty, do you think Su Qi'an is the kind of obedient person, this time he lost contact, I think he will be caught off guard like the Ningzhou battlefield last time."

"Last time it was Ningzhou, far away from Kyoto, this time it's Kyoto, his silence hurts His Majesty's trust, as long as we can plant a seed of doubt, the rest is Your Majesty's own play."

"I see, he is worthy of being a good brother, killing people and attacking the heart, this trick is high."

As soon as the praise of the powerful marquis fell, beside him, an untimely voice sounded.

"Brother Liang, I think it's a bit too much, isn't it a bit too much for us to do this, after all, Su Qi'an is here to defend Kyoto, if Kyoto is lost, we are also in danger."

It was Chen Zhi who spoke, his father was a first-class Chen Guogong, and he also contributed to the Ningzhou battlefield last time, and he also won a small military achievement.

Zheng Liang looked at Chen Dao and said coldly, "Chen Dao, when did you become such a mother-in-law, hmph, don't think that last time on the battlefield in Ningzhou, Su Qi'an helped you a little and helped you gain military merits, so you will read him well."

"Don't forget, how did Zhao Ang die, this Su Qi'an is not as harmless as you think, he is ruthless, he will kill you."

"And we are not all the way with him, you want to speak for you, go back and ask your grandfather, see if your grandfather agrees, don't miss the future because of a momentary soft-heartedness!"

"That's right, Brother Liang is right, Chen Dao, there are some things, don't distinguish between right and wrong because of your soft-heartedness, otherwise, you will lose your life in the future, don't blame us for not reminding you."

was warned by Zheng Liang and others, Chen Zhi nodded again and again, and then left with them.

At the same time, inside the camp of the wolf army.

A man in armor, about forty years of age, sat at the back of a square table.

He held a military book in his hand, and the candle flame on the table flickered, reflecting his face, with a bit of determination.

Looking at his face and dress, he is very different from Rongren, but he is somewhat similar to Liangren.

His long hair was raised high, and his resolute face was full of vicissitudes, but his eyes flashed with a little cunning.

This person is none other than the famous general of Daiei, the master of maneuvering, Yamurai.

Yamu Lei is not a pure Rong person, in fact, his background is the same as that of Thorn Mu in Tannin City, he is a Liangrong half-blood.

But the difference between Yamulei is that he really relied on his own military exploits, and little by little he went from an unknown soldier to the position of a general.

Darong occupied Qingyou Erzhou for a hundred years, although there was great discrimination against the local Liang people, and his status was very low.

However, with the accession of Kukshu's father to the throne, a series of reforms were introduced to the two states.

In the current generation of Cook, it has been almost thirty or forty years, and there are still a lot of talents.

Liu Shengming and Yamulei are among the best.

The latter, in particular, is very sensitive to warfare and is best at surprise attacks.

Among the several famous generals of Daiei, Amurai was deeply trusted by the Cook technique.

The battlefield that Yamulei was originally in charge of was the Northwest Battlefield, and Wang Zhenshan was an old rival, because the second prince was in power, he was specially transferred away from the Northwest Battlefield.

And then he has been on the northern border, silently lurking, waiting for the opportunity.

Because of the defeat on the battlefield of Ningzhou last time, the second prince understood that the price of pulling out the Ningzhou military city one by one with a large army was too great.

It's better to have a long-drive sneak attack, although it is very risky, but once it is done, it can immediately turn the entire tide of the battle.

What made Cook Shu change his mentality so much was only Da Liang Su Qi'an, who impressed him.

If it weren't for his long drive and making trouble behind him, his losses would not have been so great in the last battle of Ningzhou.

Therefore, this time, Cook is a big general, and he also plans to make a surprise attack deep into the hinterland.

With a regular harassment of the honored soldiers, the wolf soldiers of Amurai waited for the opportunity, first pretended to harass the honored soldiers in general, and came to show the enemy with weakness, and easily deceived several powerful people in Da Liang.

Basically, it cost a small price, and within one day, he directly took Juyong and Hangu.

At the same time as the capture, Kukeshu immediately sent an army of 200,000 to the south, taking advantage of the opportunity to invade the south, the follow-up tens of thousands of troops hidden in the army converged with Yamulei, who occupied Juyong and Hangu, at the fastest speed.

The thrill of this is the most frightening of Amurley's many years in the army.

After all, every step of the action must be just right, once the other party reacts, their lone army, not the trapped and annihilated army, has to be defeated and retreated.

Fortunately, the end result was very smooth.

and the follow-up wolf soldiers, a full 50,000 people, the army on the battlefield of Ningzhou in front was dragged by the army of Kukeshu.

And the reinforcements from the prefectures near Kyoto will take seven to ten days to reach the rescue.

The vacuum that appeared during this period of time was the best chance for him Yamulei to take Tongguan in one fell swoop and approach Daliang Kyoto.

Once Daliang Kyoto can be conquered, this will definitely be the highlight of Amurai's military achievements.

And if he really does this, Na Yamulei will definitely be written into the biography of famous generals and admired by later generals.

But after three days of hard work, they stopped and were blocked in Tongguan, unable to move forward half a step.

Although the defenders of Tongguan suffered heavy casualties, they were the same, if they continued to consume, even if they took Tongguan, they would not have enough troops to attack Kyoto.

Because by then, the reinforcements from Daliang Kyoto will arrive.

Gradually, there were some voices of discord in the military camp of Amurai, and several lieutenants did not understand why the commander-in-chief, who had always been good at mobile tactics, would make such a very clumsy war of attrition.