Hurried footsteps sounded, Yang Peng and Han Bing followed the sound and looked, only to see Wang Kai trotting over. Came to the two of them, bowed and saluted: "Master, general!" "Then I presented a letter," a letter from General Yang Gui. Han Bing stepped forward to take the letter, did not read it, but handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter, opened it, and looked at it. Yang Peng's expression did not change at all, but the careful Han Bing still saw a faint hint of worry in his eyes.

"Is it that the Tangut people have moved?" Han Bing asked.

Yang Peng nodded, handed the letter to Han Bing, and said with a smile: "The movements of the Western Xia people are faster than we expected, the 400,000 army has already appeared in Hexi, looking at the situation, they may attack us one step ahead of the Khitan army!" I'm so impatient! ”

Han Bing finished reading the letter, frowned, and said: "The leading general of Western Xia turned out to be the crown prince Li Bingchang, and the 30,000 Iron Harrier Army actually poured out, and the Western Xia people are bound to win!" When he looked up, he saw that Yang Peng was still looking careless, and he was angry, and said angrily: "Now that the situation is sinister, you are still so careless!" Yang Peng laughed and said: "Otherwise, you can't cry!" If crying can solve the problem, then I am willing, but unfortunately not! ”

Han Bing glared at Yang Peng with disgust, "Full of nonsense!" Yang Peng smiled and deliberately licked his lips with his tongue. Han Bing didn't know what to think, his face suddenly turned red, and he glared at Yang Peng fiercely. Yang Peng laughed.

Han Bing was angry, but there was no way to take Yang Peng. Returning to the matter in front of him, he couldn't help frowning, and muttered: "Now that the situation is sinister, the battle against Yanmen Pass must be carried out as soon as possible!" "Hmm!" Yang Peng nodded.

Wang Kai led two secret guards disguised as the Khitan army, crossed the mountains and mountains on the side of Yanmen Pass, and came to the north side of Yanmen Pass. Looking from a distance, I found that the defenders on the north side of the city wall were really very scarce, and it was not at all like the appearance of the south side. Wang Kai and the three of them stayed in the woods until midnight and came out quietly. Went straight to the city wall, found a remote and silent place and shot the hook on the city with a strong crossbow, and popped, there was a soft sound from above. Wang Kai and the others did not act immediately, but waited below for a while, and when they saw that there was no movement on the top of the city, they immediately climbed up through the rope. When I came to the city, I observed the situation on the city, and saw that the sentry in the distance was leaning on the wall with a spear and dozing, and in the distance, several Khitan soldiers were drinking and chatting around a bonfire.

Wang Kai carefully put away the rope, and then the three of them hung down the rope from the other side and entered the city. It was already very deep, but Guo Tong, who was the deputy general of Yanmen Pass, still did not rest, standing in front of the map with his brows furrowed tightly, the lights beside him were beating gently, and the entire study was reflected in the flickering light, making Guo Tong's face flickering and darkening.

Ay! Guo Tong suddenly sighed. Bang, the door suddenly rang, and it seemed to be pushed open. Guo Tongdeng became annoyed, he had already ordered the subordinates not to disturb him, but he didn't expect someone to be so disobedient. Following the prestige, I saw three Khitan soldiers walking in quickly, one person coming quickly, and the other two quickly closed the door. Guo Tong was stunned, and then said in great surprise: "You, why are you ......?" ”

Wang Kai took off his hat, put it on the small table next to him, and hugged his fists and said, "General Guo!" Guo Tong hurriedly clenched his fists in return, "General Wang, what is the intention of coming to visit suddenly?" ”

Wang Kai took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Guo Tong, "This is the master's handwritten letter, take a look at it, general!" Guo Tong hurriedly untied the letter with both hands, opened the envelope, took out the stationery, opened it, and read it again. Frowning slightly, he raised his head and asked Wang Kai: "King Yan is going to attack Yanmen Pass?" Wang Kai nodded, "The master said, this battle is extremely critical, if General Guo can keep his promise and make the first contribution, not only will he not be guilty of the past, but he will also be reinstated!" If General Guo makes such a contribution, all the officers and men of the Yanyun Army will also be very admired! ”

Guo Tong thought for a moment, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "I will do my best in this matter!" ”

Wang Kai was very happy when he saw that Guo Tong agreed, "That's great, please ask General Guo to act according to the master's letter!" "Yes, yes, general, don't worry! It's been very hard for the general to come all the way, so please go to the backyard and rest! Wang Kai nodded. Guo Tong raised his voice and said: "Someone! After a while, the door opened, and a soldier entered, and was surprised to see three other sergeants in the room who did not know. Guo Tong's personal soldiers were all guarding outside the courtyard where the study was located, so they only came in after a while.

Guo Tong pointed to Wang Kai and the three of them: "These three are my friends, you take them to live in the backyard and entertain them." The pro-soldier felt very strange, and said to the three people: "Please come with the villain!" Wang Kai hugged Guo Tong with his fists, and then led the other two to leave with the pro-soldier.

Guo Tong frowned and pondered, looking hesitant. Raising his head, he beckoned, "Someone! A moment later, another soldier rushed in. Guo Tong instructed: "Call the two generals Chang Sheng and Guo Tong to me immediately, and say that I have something important to discuss with them!" The soldier said yes and ran out. Guo Tong stood next to the desk, raising his eyes to look out the window into the distance, his right index finger kept tapping on the tabletop, obviously he was thinking about something difficult.

Soon after, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, Guo Tong retracted his thoughts, looked out of the door, and saw two generals in helmets and armor striding in with his own soldiers. The pro-soldier clasped his fists and said: "The two generals have arrived!" Then he withdrew. The two generals hugged their fists at Guo Tongtong, and Chang Sheng asked, "What is the reason why the eldest brother called us over at night?" ”

Guo Tong didn't answer, walked to the door, looked around, and saw that no one was near him, so he closed the door. Seeing that Guo Tong was so cautious, the two generals were very surprised, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

Guo Tong returned to his desk, picked up the letter he had just received, turned around, and handed it to the two brothers, "Take a look." Chang Sheng untied the letter with curiosity and doubt, and read it, while Guo Tong craned his neck to watch. After a while, the faces of the two changed in unison, and they both looked very surprised. Chang Sheng hurriedly raised his head, "General, this, this ......"

Guo Tong walked behind the desk and sat down, "When we were in Luanhe before, we saw that we were trapped in a heavy siege and it was impossible to escape, but in the end, we miraculously broke out of the encirclement, and we didn't encounter any obstacles, don't you feel strange?" ”

The two generals looked at each other, and Guo Tong said in disbelief: "Could it be that King Yan intends to let us go?" Guo Tong nodded, "That's it." At that time, King Yan's secret envoy arrived, and forced me to write a letter of conspiracy with King Yan, and pressed my handprint, and then King Yan opened up to me, and we were able to escape! The two generals finally understood the cause and effect of the whole thing, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Guo Tong frowned and said, "Just now, King Yan's secret envoy arrived again and sent this letter!" Hey, it's time to repay the grace of not killing that day! Glancing at the two of them, "I have no one to discuss this matter, you two are my cronies, and you have always lived and died with me, so I can only discuss with you!" What do you think I should do about this? ”

Chang Sheng frowned and said: "Since there is a handle in the hands of King Yan, what else is there to say, naturally I can only serve it!" Guo Daodao: "That's not true!" As long as we openly and honestly tell General Xiao Gan about the cause and effect of this matter, and hand over this letter and King Yan's secret envoy to Xiao Gan, I believe that General Xiao Gan will forgive us; If we can still help the general to defeat King Yan, then not only will there be no fault, but we will have merit! ”

Guo Tong couldn't help but act, and looked at Guo Tong, "You mean, we should help the Khitans deal with Yanyun?" ”

Guo Daodao: "The subordinates don't mean this, the subordinates just illustrate a possibility." In fact, it is also risky to do this, then King Yan and Han Bing are both brave and outstanding, to say that they will believe in the general wholeheartedly, it is really unlikely! Therefore, if you want to defeat Yan Yun, it is difficult to say! If the plan fails to achieve its wishes, I am afraid that the situation of our people will be very bad! At that time, it was true that there was a complete break with Yan Yun, and there was no possibility of reuniting, and the Liao side would not necessarily treat us well, after all, we had sneaked into contact with Yan Yun, we were like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not people inside and out! ”

Guo Tong frowned. Chang Sheng said: "Since this is the case, then follow the orders of King Yan, cooperate with King Yan to seize Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, and redeem the merits, I believe that King Yan is a person who believes in his word!" ”

Guo Daodao: "King Yan is naturally a person who believes in his word, but this matter itself is very risky!" The Khitan army doesn't trust us too much, so we don't take on the key figures! If you want to act according to the content of the letter, you are afraid, and you are afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable! I'm most afraid that before we even get close to the city gate, we will be surrounded by the Khitan army! At that time, we were turtles in the urn, and there was no reason to be lucky! ”

Chang Sheng said angrily: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should I do?" Guo Tong clasped his fists at Guo Tong and said: "The subordinates just tell all kinds of possible situations, as for how to act in the end, it depends on the general!" Chang Sheng looked at Guo Tong. Guo Tong frowned and pondered, didn't speak for a while, and muttered: "The road ahead is a cliff, and the back road is also a cliff, which is really difficult to choose!" ”

The two generals looked at Guo Tong and did not make a sound. Guo Tong frowned, "That's it!" "He's clearly made up his mind. The two generals were about to ask Guo Tong about his decision, when a personal soldier suddenly broke in and reported urgently: "General, the general has sent someone to give an order, asking the general to go to the camp hall immediately to discuss the military!" ”

Guo Tong was shocked, wondering if he had noticed something? As soon as he thought of this, he wanted to order someone to arrest Wang Kai and send them there, so that even if he noticed something, he would be able to save the day. However, Guo Tong finally did not take action, and said to the second general: "I'll go to see the general, don't go away, I'll come to discuss this matter with you later!" The two generals clenched their fists and promised.

Guo Tong took off his coat, changed into an armor and cloak, and hurriedly left his residence to go to the camp.

Guo Tongxin had a ghost, as soon as he entered the camp gate, he saw a line of soldiers lined up in front of the door, and the hall was full of generals, and he subconsciously felt that these were all coming at him. Guo Tong almost wanted to turn around and run away immediately, but after thinking about it: If these are really aimed at himself, I am afraid that it will be too late to escape at this moment, maybe he is too careful, why scare himself!

As soon as I thought of this, I settled down and walked in. When he came to the hall, he clasped his fists and bowed to Xiao Gan, who was standing at the top: "General! "My heart is up and down. Gan Buli nodded. Seeing this, Guo Tong's heart settled down a little, walked to the right head to stand, and saw Han Chang standing on the left opposite side looking at him, so he nodded at him, and Han Chang also nodded in response. The two of them were the deputy generals of Yanmen Pass appointed by Ye Yu Guanyin, so Xiao Gan was led by the two of them.

Xiao Gan frowned and said: "I just received an urgent military situation, and the Yanyun army is personally led by Yang Peng, the king of Yan, and has already come to my Yanmen Pass!" ”

The generals were shocked and whispered, Guo Tong couldn't help but be a little flustered when he thought of King Yan's request. Looking up at Xiao Gan, he glanced at him, and the words had reached his throat, but he never said it.

Xiao Gan couldn't leave Guo Tong's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, so he asked, "Does General Guo have any opinion?" Guo Tong was shocked, his mind was racing, and he hugged his fists and said: "The last general feels that this matter is not to be feared!" "Oh? Why? ”

"My Yanmen Pass is dangerous, and there are 200,000 troops to garrison, although the Yanyun army is strong, I am afraid that it is impossible to break through the pass! And in the war, the princess will definitely lead a large army to help, and at that time our army will have the advantage, and the offensive and defensive will definitely change the situation! Moreover, the 400,000 troops of the Western Xia have been assembled in Hexi, if the king of Yan does not know whether to live or die and put the main force in the north to fight with our army, the Western Xia army will definitely be able to drive straight in, and Yang Peng will not want to retreat at that time! In fact, the current situation is very unfavorable for Yan Yun, and the last general thinks that Yan Yun's big attack is actually just a fluke, and there is not much of a threat! ”

Xiao Gan didn't leave thinking that Guo Tongneng had any unique opinions, but he didn't expect it to be such nonsense, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart. Han Chang said: "That King Yan is not a reckless man, since he has taken such an action, I am afraid that there are some calculations behind this, we must be cautious!" Guo Tong felt as if he was saying this to him, and he was shocked and didn't make a sound.

Xiao Gan frowned and thought for a moment, "There is no need to worry too much about this matter," he glanced at the generals, "Yanmen is dangerous, as long as we strictly guard it, I don't believe that Yang Peng can break through the Yanmen Pass, and he is not an immortal!" The generals smiled. "From now on, the patrol force in the city will be doubled, the guard force on the city wall will be tripled, and scouts will be sent to reconnoiter outside the city, so as not to play any tricks in the Yan Yun army!" After a pause, he said to Han Chang: "Your troops are gathered near the city gate and will support at any time if there is a situation." Han Chang clenched his fists and promised.

Xiao Gan's inseparable gaze fell on Guo Tong's body, and he paused, but did not say anything. Guo Tongxin was not angry, and felt that the Khitan people had always distrusted him. After the meeting ended, Guo Tong returned to his residence, and Chang Sheng and Guo Tong, who had been waiting, immediately greeted him, and Chang Sheng hurriedly asked, "General, what did the general say?" ”

Guo Tong sat down and said, "Yanyun's army is here, and the general wants us to defend it strictly!" The two generals glanced at each other, and Guo Tong asked, "I don't know what task the general sent to the general?" Guo Tong snorted coldly, "We are raised by the stepmother, although Lao Tzu is nominally the deputy general of Yanmen, but he is more idle than a small soldier, and I have nothing to do at all!" ”

The two generals couldn't help but get annoyed, and Chang Sheng said angrily: "******, since the Khitans don't take us seriously, we don't need to die for them!" Guo Tong frowned and said, "Chang Sheng is right!" In fact, looking at the current situation, Yan Yun's power is getting stronger and stronger, while the Khitan people are gradually declining, although it seems that the situation is unfavorable to Yan Yun at the moment, but I think Yan Yun will definitely be the final winner! Instead of having to surrender to Yan Yun in the future, it is better to take the initiative to serve Yan Yun at this moment, and you can get a good result! ”

Guo Tong has made up his mind, and Huo Ran got up, "My heart has been determined, and I will cooperate with King Yan to seize Yanmen Pass!" Both generals were excited. Guo Tong said to the two generals: "From now on, we must be ready to do it, fortunately, now that the Yanyun army is pressing, no one will suspect that we are preparing openly!" You two go down at once, from now on, all the sergeants and officers are not allowed to take a step out of the barracks at once! The stakes are too high for you to tell the fourth person until the moment before we start! The two generals nodded. ……

Yang Peng led the arrival at Yanmen Pass and challenged in formation, but the gate was unmoved, regardless of how Yang Peng insulted. Yang Peng saw that the other party had made up his mind to be a shrunken turtle, so he didn't waste his strength, and ordered the army to retreat more than ten miles to the village.

Yang Peng stood in front of the map and thought, the generals stood behind Yang Peng and looked at Yang Peng, and no one dared to disturb him. Yang Peng was thinking about Guo Tong's affairs, and he always felt unstable in his heart. As Guo Tong himself said, Yang Peng didn't trust him. Yang Peng doesn't like the current state very much, all the hopes of success are actually in the hands of others, and he seems to be completely unable to control it! If the worst happens, then you can only implement the second set of plans of Hongyu, stick to the state and wait for the opportunity to fight back, in that case, I am afraid that the prospects will be very unoptimistic!

At this moment, a person rushed in from outside the big tent, a dusty secret guard, one of the two secret guards who followed Wang Kai to Yanmen Pass secretly. I saw him kneeling down and saying, "King Yan, the villain is back!" ”

Yang Peng immediately turned around, saw him, his face was happy, and he asked urgently, "How?" The secret guard hugged his fists and said: "Guo Tong promised to seize the city gate in two days to welcome our army into the customs!" The generals didn't know about this before, but now when they heard the words of the secret guard, they all felt incredulous. Yang Peng listened to Mi Wei's words and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but other worries came to his heart: Does Guo Tong really want to cooperate with his own side inside and outside, or will he plan it? For such a capricious guy, Yang Peng can't be sure.

After thinking for a moment, he asked the hidden killing: "In the past few days, has Guo Tong had any abnormalities?" The secret guard thought carefully and shook his head, "There is nothing out of the ordinary! Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, and said to the hidden kill: "You have worked hard, go down and rest!" The secret guard answered, stood up, bowed to Yang Peng, and withdrew from the big tent. Yang Jing, who had been holding back his doubts for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, what's going on?" Is that Guo bastard going to betray the Khitans again? Hmph, you can't ask for this kind of person! ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "Could it be that he atoned for our sins and helped us seize Yanmen Pass and set up a head attack, can't we ask for it?" Yang Jing picked his head, "This, this, if that's the case, I Yang Jing won't care about him!" The crowd laughed. Yang Peng glanced at everyone and advised: "This matter is still top secret, and no one can say it!" The generals agreed in unison.

"Okay, let's go down and prepare, two days later, the matter of this Yanmen Pass will be clear!" The generals bowed to Yang Peng, and Yuguan left the big tent, only Han Bing, Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya and the three daughters stayed. Han Bing said to Yang Peng: "Guo Tong's promise is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and you must be cautious!" Yang Peng nodded, "I know." ”

Hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the big tent, and the four of them couldn't help but follow the voice, only to see a secret guard leading a dusty herald rushed in, hugged his fists and said: "Master, General Yang Gui's messenger has arrived!" As soon as the words fell, the herald next to him knelt down towards Yang Peng, hugged his fists and said, "The villain greets King Yan!" The villain was ordered by General Yang Gui to send a letter to King Yan! Then he untied the bamboo tube on his back and held his hands high.

Yang Jiumei stepped forward to take the bamboo tube, turned around and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, picked up the sealing mud, and poured out a letter. I opened the letter, took out the letter, opened it, read it, frowned, and said to the third girl with a look of concern: "The Western Xia army has launched an attack!" The 400,000-strong army was divided into two routes to attack Shizhou and Cizhou respectively! In addition, 100,000 soldiers and horses are approaching Hezhong Mansion! ”

The three girls were taken aback, and Qiong Ying said: "The Xixia people actually dispatched 500,000? Yang Peng nodded, "The previous information was wrong!" Looking at the letter in his hand, he frowned and said, "500,000 troops!" Hmph, the Xixia people want to swallow Shanxi in one bite, but they are afraid that their teeth are not good! He raised his head and said to the herald kneeling in front of him: "Tell Yang Gui, I will hand over Hedong to him, and I must guard it for me no matter what!" "Yes!" Yang Peng thought for a while, and then said, "I will send the Xuanjia Army to support him." The military situation is urgent, don't be afraid of hard work, rush back immediately! The herald promised, bowed to Yang Peng, and quickly left.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.