He Li Chixin is not a savior, nor is he an immortal emperor; Li Chixin only wants to do what he can, and to save people, he must first consider the safety of himself and his family.

This matter about Sun Chengzong is basically done, and the following is the tiger camp that once fought with him. Before leaving, he told Liu Xiyao to break into the army, and arranged for the junior general Ma Shiyao to be Liu Xiyao's assistant, as for his second father Li Zicheng, he pushed the burden of nearly 10,000 people such as all his family members and soldiers to the Huben camp, Li Chixin did not know at the moment. In fact, even if he knew that it was useless, it was impossible for him to change this fait accompli.

At this time, Li Chixin's mood was soothing and stable, and he was looking at the topography map of Tongguan and its surroundings. Li Chixin already knew the fate of the Huben battalion, and his second father would take advantage of the desperate opportunity of the Huben battalion and the official army to lead the old eighth team of his descendants to go north out of Tongguan and return to his hometown of northern Shaanxi after a long absence; then, the Tongguan in front of Li Zicheng became the key to this game of chess.

He looked at the Tongguan on the map, this Xiongguan in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain, located at the key point of Qin, Jin, and Henan provinces, and the situation was very dangerous. There are Qinling Mountains in the south of Guannan, there is the Forbidden Valley in the southeast, and there are 12 cities in the south of the valley; there are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north of Guan, and the Yellow River hugs down the pass, and the west is close to Huayue, when he was a crazy mountaineering enthusiast, he once tried to climb Huashan, but it was a holiday, the colorful flags fluttered under the mountain, and the mountain was crowded, even if the parking required more than three hours, so he had to reluctantly say goodbye to Xiyue.

He knows that in the surroundings of Tongguan, it can be said that there are mountains and mountains, valleys are deep and precipices are exclusive, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the only way to pass is a narrow road, even in today's developed traffic, it is only a two-way four-lane high-speed; of course, there are two railway lines, one goes to Hebei and Henan to Shaanxi, and the other goes to Hebei and Shanxi to Shaanxi.

I can't always transfer the shield machine and follow the example of Baocheng Chengkun Line to dig through the Qinling Mountains. In the past, people often compared the situation here with "the danger of the road and the ape" and "the danger of stopping the road in the world". Since then, Du Fu has also had "a narrow and narrow bicycle." Struggle for a long halberd, eternal use of a husband", even in the eyes of today's people, here is an almost insurmountable gap.

These days, the army in Tongguan City, which is dangerous, has gathered, and in the words of He Renlong to Gao Jie, the Great Heavenly King, "This place is so guarded that you can't even let out a fart." ”

Tongguan does not have a north gate, only the east gate, the west gate, the south gate and the upper south gate. Three days ago, since Hong Chengchou's men and horses arrived at Tongguan, every city gate here has been guarded by a thousand generals and soldiers to strictly check the entry and exit; the Beijing battalion soldiers stationed in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty were divided into three battalions, and only the descendants of such three battalions as the three major battalions had a thousand generals and generals and other leading officers. Although the position of the general manager is not high, he is usually called the general manager of the battalion, but he is also an upright six-rank military attaché, and the general principle is actually awarded to the seven-rank military attaché.

Now outside the city of Tongguan, all the strategic places, such as the road to Luochuan and Jinpenpo, are full of horse infantry troops under the command of Hong and Sun, not only all the households in the pass are occupied by the army, but even the four suburbs of Tongguan have been tabernacles, war horses are in groups. When night falls, drums and horns play and neigh, and even if there are detailed investigations here, they don't know how many officers and soldiers there are.

Hong Chengchou issued a strict order, ordering all pedestrians from the south to the north to go through layers of interrogation and retention, and passengers from the north to the south were not allowed to pass.

Hong Chengchou, who hung the title of the crown prince and the imperial secretary of the military department and the right capital, and the military governor of Shaanxi and the trilateral governor of Henan and other five provinces, came to Tongguan before dusk today.

When he arrived, except for Ding Qirui, the Tongguan soldier stationed here, no one else knew about Hong Chengchou's arrival; he did not use a guard of honor, gongs and drums to open the way, nor did he sit in a sedan chair. Hong Chengchou was dressed in civilian clothes from the second grade, riding a licorice yellow war horse, mixed in the middle of a large group of staff on horseback, and suddenly came to Guanzhong in front of the guards of hundreds of cronies, generals and guards.

Because of the ups and downs of the Ming Dynasty, his decree is like a colander, and there is no secret to anyone who cares; just two days ago, Tongguan coaxed the governor Hong Chengchou to leave Xi'an, and is on his way north to King Qin. Therefore, even the local gentry did not know about his arrival in advance, and of course they did not come out to greet him.

Only Ding Qirui, the commander of Tongguan, was temporarily notified by Hong Chengchou that he would set up his line in Tongguan, and asked Ding Qirui not to make any noise about it, but only to vacate his Daotai Yamen, including the lobby and the signing room, for the governor's emergency use.

Ding Qirui gave an order, and the entire Tongguan City was immediately under martial law, and every house was closed, and idle people were not allowed to walk on the street during the day. Guards have been set up on the four gates to prevent accidents, and Ding Qirui has also sent horse sentry officers to lead soldiers to patrol the streets.

Outside the gate of Ding Qirui's Daotai Yamen, there are many more guards than usual, they are divided into two compartments, each arrow is wound, the knife is out of the sheath, and the bright helmet and armor are solemn. After Ding Qirui himself learned the news of Hong Chengchou's arrival, he quickly changed into the crown uniform of his four-rank civil official, took a few personal entourage, and rode out of the west gate of Tongguan to greet him.

Out of the gate, Ding Qirui and his entourage only walked four or five miles, and met several general officers stationed in Tongluochuan and Jinpenpo and other places, they led their important generals no less than 100 people, and hundreds of personal soldiers and guards of generals were waiting for Ding Qirui's arrival.

After people saw each other, they ran to the ten-mile long pavilion together, everyone got off the horse here and waited, and after less than half an hour, Hong Chengchou and his party arrived. Ding Qirui led all the civil and military officials who rushed over, on the left and on the right, according to the size of the grade, kneeling on both sides of the official road to greet them.

Hong Chengchou dismounted and returned the salute, he smiled and nodded to the people, said a few words of encouragement to everyone, and then continued to hurry, taking advantage of the vast twilight, into the Tongguan City.

Hong Chengchou is a miracle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, he was very young when he ascended to the top, but since then he has risen step by step, it can be said that he has been smooth sailing in his official career, a few years ago he has been the governor of Shaanxi, the trilateral governor, and also hangs the title of the military department, in fact, he just arrived at the year of the mandate of fifty years this spring.

Years of fighting on horses have made Hong Chengchou, a middle-aged uncle, prematurely dyed with wind and frost in his plump and fair cheeks, and only a pair of unusually sharp eyes show that this is not only a talented scribe, but also a decisive commander.

Thank you to Dorkin's mother and many readers who love this book for their love and reward!

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