Wang Qianhe sat there until noon, when Yuan Tianxin disappeared.

Wang Qianhe still didn't move, because he knew that the general Xiao Chaotian had already left Chang'an City and couldn't catch up anymore!

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The general Xiao Chaotian's car left Chang'an City, and the town's border troops stationed outside the city had been waiting for a long time.

The speed of walking was very fast, and it only took an hour to leave Chang'an City for sixty or seventy miles.

The general Xiao Chaotian got out of the car, dressed in the outfit of an ordinary soldier, together with Yuwen Feiyang, with a battalion of two hundred knights, and galloped away.

Yan Danqing sat in the car of the general Xiao Chaotian, and the rest of the town's border troops supported it, everything was as usual, heading towards Tongguan.

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When Xiao Chaotian left Beijing, Prime Minister Yang Hanwen's secret order had been issued, and he immediately entered the palace to continue to persuade Emperor Qiyuan, hoping to recover the general Xiao Chaotian!

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Tongguan, one of the four passes in Guanzhong, is known as: "the first risk in Jinnei", "the throat of the four towns", and "one hundred and two heavy passes." "Since ancient times, soldiers have fought for a place,

The Tang Empire paid more attention to it, because Tongguan was still the last line of defense of Chang'an City. Therefore, the Tongguan guard was set up and heavy troops were stationed.

The name of the guard is Li Wenzhong, a son of the clan, and he is the general of Tongguan Wei Sanpin, leading 20,000 troops.

Li Wenzhong has received a secret order from Prime Minister Yang Hanwen, demanding that he block the general Xiao Chaotian's journey at any cost. According to the intelligence, it will take at least a day and a half for the general's car to arrive at Tongguan.

For blocking the general Xiao Chaotian, Li Wenzhong is confident and confident. There are 8,000 garrisons in Tongguan City, and 12,000 garrisons in the military town outside the city, which can be said to be an iron wall.

As long as the general's car enters the city, Li Wenzhong will invite him into the general's mansion as a guest, as long as he does not open the city gate, no one will want to enter or leave!

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Ten miles away from Tongguan, in Huaxing Town, a military town, there are 5,000 garrisons guarding Tongguan, the commander of the army is named Li Zhong, and the nephew of the general Li Wenzhong.

At this time, it was almost evening, and the remnant sun was weak.

Lee Jong was about to have dinner when someone reported it.

"Qiqi Li Duwei, there are two hundred cavalry approaching, and the other party said that they are from the capital and want to meet Duwei. ”

"People from the capital, not the border army of the town, right?"

"My lord, no, is it? General Xiao Chaotian's car is still one hundred and eighty miles away! Is it someone sent by the Prime Minister?"

"Well, let them in first!"

Two hundred cavalry, drowned in an army of five thousand, even if there is any trickery, what can be done?

Li Zhong didn't think much of the people who came.

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Not long after, two hundred cavalry arrived and were surrounded by the garrison of Huaxing Town.

Li Zhong looked at the people, unlike the army in the capital, it was really a bit like the army on the edge of the town, and he didn't dare to get too close and keep his distance.

"Who's coming? The captain of the leading army came out to reply!"

Soon, the cavalry on the opposite side came out to ride, the horses were tall and mighty, and the people were also extraordinary, their hands were empty, and they did not carry weapons.

Li Zhong was also shocked when he saw the other party's momentum, and when he saw that he came empty-handed, he calmed down a little.

"Alright, stop talking!"

Li Zhong didn't want the other party to get too close, and asked the other party to stop if there was still a distance of four or five zhang.

In this way, the opponent is bare-handed, and he cannot threaten himself, but he is within the effective range of the bow and crossbow on his side.

The people who came reined in the war horse, turned over and landed, and gave a salute.

Li Zhong and the soldiers behind him felt a lot more relaxed, and the soldiers with bows and crossbows were even a little relaxed.

When someone came to give a salute, his footsteps paused, his body flew longitudinally, like an arrow from the string shot at Li Zhong, and before everyone could react, he had already landed beside Li Zhong, his right hand was on Li Zhong's shoulder, and a dark and cold chain stretched out from the cuff and wrapped around Li Zhong's neck.

"Captain Li, I'm Yuwen Feiyang!"

Li Zhong felt it, and the chains wrapped around his neck exuded a cold meaning, like the breath of death.

I heard Yuwen Feiyang's flat voice ringing in my ears, like a life-urging magic sound.

Unsteady on his feet, almost on his knees. Many of the soldiers around him were also at a loss.

"Captain Li, should we let them retreat first, so as not to hurt you!"

Li Zhong hurriedly waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat.

"General Yuwen, you are not guarding the general, why did you come here?"

"This is not bothering Captain Li, I want to enter Tongguan. ”

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Several heralds in the barracks wanted to go to Tongguan to report the news, but they were intercepted by the townside troops who went around to the back.

Yuwen Feiyang and Li Zhong rode side by side, because it was about to get dark, and the chain that stretched out from Yuwen Feiyang's cuffs and was wrapped around Li Zhong's waist was not obvious.

Li Zhong could feel that the end of the chain extending stayed in his heart, like a poisonous snake asking for his life.

It was followed by two hundred cavalry border troops and several heralds who were intercepted, and the general Xiao Chaotian was mixed in it.

Because it was not time to close the city gate, the group entered the city directly, and the soldiers guarding the city also felt strange when they saw Li Zhong.

"Lord Captain, but you are looking for the general in the city?"

"Well, there's something to do with the general. ”

Li Zhong said unhurriedly.

Because it was not a military order to block the general Xiao Chaotian, and besides, it was just Yuwen Feiyang who wanted to pass the test, and Li Zhong did not want to risk his life.

More than 200 horsemen slowly passed through Tongguan City, and the soldiers guarding the city felt that something was wrong, so it was too late to report to Li Wenzhong.

"Chase! Zhang Ping immediately led 2,000 men to chase! Summoned the order to Hangu Pass ahead to block the attack!"

Li Wenzhong looked at Captain Zhang Ping, Zuo Guoyi, who had just arrived from the military camp in Huaxing Town, and gritted his teeth.

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"General Yuwen, I can't open Hangu Pass ahead, can you let me go?"

Yuwen Feiyang smiled.

"Yes, you're useless!"

With a slight flick of his wrist, the top of the chain pierced Li Zhong's heart, killing him instantly.

Several heralds were also killed, their clothes were stripped off, and Yuwen Feiyang asked several soldiers of the town border army to change into them.

"Leave a group of people behind and lay an ambush here to delay the pursuers. The rest of the men marched at great speed!"

Although it was night and the mountain road was difficult to walk, Yuwen Feiyang and the general Xiao Chaotian led the remaining 150 town border troops to still run quickly.

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Zhang Ping led 2,000 cavalry and pursued along the mountain road.

It has been chased out for more than 20 miles, the road is even more difficult to walk, there are still 30 miles away from Hangu Pass in front, and it is impossible for Yuwen Feiyang to open Hangu Pass!

Two thousand people against two hundred people, Zhang Ping really can't figure out what way Yuwen Feiyang has to live!

No matter how strong the martial arts are, they can't turn the sky in the battlefield!

The torches of the soldiers in front of them were suddenly extinguished, followed by a volley of bows and crossbows, and dozens of soldiers in the lead fell off their horses!

Zhang Ping didn't expect Yuwen Feiyang to dare to set up an ambush! However, thinking that there were only two hundred people on the other side, he couldn't help laughing.

"Order a battalion to charge!"

Because the mountain road is narrow, it is impossible to charge on a large scale, so let's try it with two hundred people first!

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I didn't expect to fight for more than half an hour, and dozens of people died under the opponent's traps, rockets, and finally saw the other party, and rushed to kill for half an hour.

At the end of the battle, only fifty corpses of the town's border army were found, which made Zhang Ping very heartwarming!

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Hangu Pass.

Since receiving the flying pigeon transmission from Tongguan Wei, Duwei Jiangbei has ordered people to close the city gate!

Although there are less than 2,000 garrisons, Hangu Pass is also one of the four passes.

Suddenly, someone called the door from under the city.

By the light of the fire, the soldiers defending the city could see that they were two heralds of Tongguan.

Jiangbei ordered someone to open the city gate and let the two of them enter the city!

"Report to your lordship, the Tongguan defenders pursued the town border army, and launched a fierce battle at thirty miles, the town border army has more than 500 people, occupying a favorable location, it is difficult to annihilate for a while, please send troops to attack front and back!"

Jiangbei didn't expect that there were more than 200 troops on the border of the town, so he hurriedly ordered someone to lead a thousand defenders to support.

The city gate was opened, and the 1,000 soldiers and horses who went out of the city were mostly infantry, because Hangu Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defense was the mainstay, and there were not many cavalry.

A thousand people rushed out of the city, and the last soldier was already dozens of feet away from the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate were ready to close the gate.

At this time, a tall figure suddenly appeared, killed six soldiers at the gate with a raised hand, and occupied the city gate.

Then more than 100 horsemen rushed out from the hillsides on both sides of the city gate and went straight to the city gate!

There was immediately chaos at the gates.

The soldiers inside the city gate tried to close the city gate, but they couldn't knock down the tall figure!

One hundred and fifty town border troops entered the city gate, and Yuwen flew on his horse.

Leaving a team of fifty people to occupy the city gate and block the soldiers outside the city, the remaining hundred people rushed to the opposite city gate!

When someone reported to Jiangbei and wanted to gather the remaining defenders to close the city gate, Yuwen Feiyang had already led a hundred town border troops to start a fierce battle at the city gate!

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One hundred and twenty miles out of Guguan, it is Hezhong Mansion, lively and prosperous.

Yuwen Feiyang and the general Xiao Chaotian took the remaining thirteen people, and they all changed into the costumes of merchants.

Board a merchant ship from the Yellow River crossing in Hazhong Province.

At this time, the military advisor Yan Danqing was about to arrive in Tongguan in the general's car!

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