After learning the news of the fall of Luoyang, Luo Tianchu immediately led his army to leave Tongguan and rushed to Qingdonkeypo to meet Lu Fei's vanguard army. Since the www.biquge.info has been walked by the vanguard army along the way, there will be no more ambushes, and the main army will arrive at full speed. Lu Fei, Du Kill, and Cai Lianhua all greeted them outside the village, and after greeting them, they took everyone into the camp.

Luo Tianchu inspected the camp and praised: "The ten villages set up by the master are high and low, and the advance and retreat are well-founded, and they are deeply disciplined. Lu Fei said: "Among them, Jiuzhai is set up for the main army, and the castle owner does not need to let the soldiers set up another village, and they can directly move in." Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "The master is really thoughtful, by the way, why don't you see Lao Zhao?" Lu Fei said with a smile: "He is still challenging under Hangu Pass, and the Qi soldiers we killed three times have returned, and they dare not come out to meet them with their courage." Luo Tianchu smiled: "Let's take a look." ”

The group of heroes came to the front-line position, and saw that the five hundred infantry were lined up in a phalanx, Zhao Hengshan sat on the chair at the front of the horse, the upper body was stripped of the red stripes, the armor and the big knife were thrown on the ground, the two soldiers were holding a basin of water to cool down his back, and they didn't put the Qi soldiers on the pass in their eyes at all, and there was a big flag standing beside him, with a big "Zhao" written on it, and the tip of the flagpole was inserted with the rotten head of Ban Heming, and a few flies were circling around.

Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "Lao Zhao, you can really do it, all the soldiers are scared by you." Zhao Hengshan got up and laughed and said: "Castle master, why are you here so early, the Sprinkle family hasn't fought enough, the Qi soldiers killed in the first three battles are full of fart, and now no matter how insulting I amuse, I don't dare to come out." Luo Tianchu said: "You killed Ban Heming in the first battle, how did you win the last two battles?" Zhao Hengshan said: "I hung up Ban Heming's head and scolded the formation, he Lao Tzu Ban Su came out with 5,000 people to fight in anger, and the old boy also had some ability, and he was beaten back after 30 rounds." In the third battle, he was smart, and let Park Yong and Chen Zhanying flank our army on both sides, and Lu Fei led our cavalry to support them, and defeated them, and since then they have not been able to retreat and dare not engage in battle. Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "Brother Zhao is mighty, you should take credit for the first merit, but I still put down Ban Heming's head, I want to talk to Ban Su." Zhao Hengshan said: "Okay, listen to you." He immediately asked the soldiers to take down Ban Heming's head.

Luo Tianchu came to Hangu Pass alone, carefully looked at the topography of Hangu Pass, only to see that it is based on the plateau in the west, bordering the Jiejian in the east, connecting the Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Yellow River in the north. Luo Tianchu secretly called it a fluke, if it wasn't for the horse gang sneaking up on Luoyang, even if he captured this Xiongguan, he would have to lose his troops.

The soldiers defending the city shouted: "Stop! Luo Tianchu grabbed the reins of the horse and said, "In Xia Luo Tianchu, please ask General Ban Su to come out and speak." As soon as he reported his name, all the soldiers in the city were moved, and they looked at this world-famous young general with wide eyes. A middle-aged general in military uniform appeared on the wall, glared at Luo Tianchu and said, "I am Ban Su, what do you have to say!" Luo Tianchu said: "Does General Ban know what happened in Luoyang?" Ban Su snorted and said: "What do you know?" Luo Tianchu said: "The general should also know that you have cut off supplies, and Hangu Pass is already a lonely city, so why bother to resist again?" Ban Su sneered: "The grain in the Guannei is enough to deal with you, you want to occupy Hangu Pass without a single soldier, but I don't let you get your wish!" Ban will fight you to the death. Luo Tianchu said: "I know that the general is still angry about the death of your son, but life and death on the battlefield are up to heaven, and the general should think of this when he sends his son to the battlefield. ”

Ban Su choked up and said: "Okay! It's not difficult for you to want Hangu Pass, as long as you kill the one surnamed Zhao, I will immediately switch and surrender!" Zhao Hengshan was furious when he heard it in the back, and was about to scold when Lu Fei covered his mouth, pulled him to the back, and said: "The castle master is persuading him to surrender, don't make trouble!" Luo Tianchu smiled and said, "I can't agree to this." Ban Su shouted: "Then there is no need to talk about it!" Luo Tianchu said: "The general can not do without the corpses of the dead, but he can't help but think about the people who are still alive, as far as I know, the other two sons of the general are also serving in the army, does the general want them to starve to death with you? Think about the tens of thousands of soldiers who follow the general, they all have wives and children, can the general bear to let them die together? Please think twice. ”

These words hit the nail on the head of Ban Su, who was silent for a while before he said, "You send my son's body back first, otherwise everything will be suspended." Luo Tianchu said: "Okay, I'll send it, and I'll come back tomorrow to listen to the general's reply." "Then turn the horse back.

On the same day, Ban Heming's body was sewn up, a tree was cut down to make a simple coffin, placed on a cart, and sent back to Hangu Pass. That night, the flagpoles and weapons of Hangu Pass were tied with white cloth strips, and they were all mourning. The next morning, Luo Tianchu came to the city alone to ask Ban Su to speak, Ban Su was a lot haggard overnight, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he asked, "If I surrender, what will you do with us." Luo Tianchu said happily: "Those who wish to stay are welcome, those who are willing to leave are not stopped, and the other will be sent for the journey, I don't know what General Ban wants." Ban Su said: "The lord of Luobao is a person who keeps promises, and he will not deceive me, so Ban will surrender." Luo Tianchu was overjoyed and said: "The general's move to save thousands of lives from misery is really a great merit." Ban Su smiled bitterly: "The castle lord is too famous, please enter the city." With that, he told all the soldiers to throw their weapons down the city.

After a while, the city gate opened, and Luo Tianchu only brought 3,000 soldiers into the city in order to express his sincerity, and Zhao Hengshan was left behind, so as not to ruin the big thing if he didn't agree. Ban Su, Pu Yong, and Chen Zhanying led the Qi soldiers to kneel to greet them, Luo Tianchu jumped off the horse and helped them up, and inspected a circle of Hangu Pass under the leadership of Ban Su. The pass can accommodate 200,000 soldiers, the tools to defend the city are sufficient, and the grain and grass can still last for half a year.

Ban Su entertained the heroes in his camp tent, and during the banquet, Luo Tianchu asked him: "General Ban is willing to stay and fight the world with me, I will never treat the general lightly, and Hangu Pass can always let the general guard." Ban Su drank the wine in the cup and said bitterly: "Thank you to the castle lord for looking up to the old man, but the old man already feels haggard and powerless, so he only hopes to live in seclusion in the mountains with his wife and children and spend this life in peace." Luo Tianchu nodded and sighed: "The general is a wise man, what do General Park and General Chen think?" Park Yong and Chen Zhanying also said that they wanted to go into hiding with Ban Su, and Luo Tianchu was not reluctant, so he stayed in the pass that night.

The next day, the generals of the Qi army who were going to leave left the pass, Luo Tianchu personally sent each other before the gate, and there were one-third of the soldiers who were willing to stay, Luo Tianchu registered them in the register and assigned them to the various armies. Getting Hangu Pass was equivalent to knocking on the door to attack the Central Plains, and that night Luo Tianchu asked Li Xiao to go to Luoyang to find Zhu Yu to explain the situation.

Li Xiao set off that night and arrived in Luoyang at noon the next day, he came as a messenger from the Blood Knife Fort, and after clarifying his identity to the soldiers of the horse gang guarding the city, Zhuo Chong on duty led him to stay in the pavilion post and invited Zhu Yushi.

In the past two days, Lei Zhen asked Zhu Yushi to deal with all kinds of entertainment on both sides of the government and business, this is a big fat difference, in order to let Zhu Yushi relieve the sad feeling of not being able to find Zhu Zhirui, who knows that Zhu Yushi has already seen his wife, and he is not sad at all, but he still has to go to the entertainment, he is drunk and dizzy every day, and his belly is full of fat, and both officials and businessmen will send a large amount of bribes, in order to be afraid that the horse gang will find them trouble. Zhu Yushi handed over everything to Lei Zhen without leaving a penny, and Lei Zhen admired him even more.

Finally freed up a morning, Zhu Yushi first visited his father-in-law Zhu Wanshan, and after explaining his wife's current situation, Zhu Wanshan was very relieved, and finally put his heart at ease, and then discussed how to move his family to Chengdu. After Zhu Yushi left, he went to Heluo Noodle House to visit Zhou Cao's two brothers, the three of them inevitably ate and drank, Zhu Yushi was full of wine and food, got up to say goodbye, just walked out of the noodle shop and met Zhuo Chong, after saying his intentions, Zhu Yushi came to the post house with him to see Li Xiao, Zhuo Chong closed the door and left, let the two talk alone.

After not seeing each other for a year, the two greeted each other warmly, and after sitting down, Zhu Yushi asked: "Is Brother Li's visit related to the war ahead, Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Xiao Luo has encountered difficulties?" Li Xiao smiled: "On the contrary, we have taken Hangu Pass bloodlessly, and I am here to tell you this time that Lei Zhen can hand over Luoyang." Zhu Yushi was overjoyed and said: "There is really Xiao Luo, I will go to see Lei Zhen." Li Xiao said: "Okay, I'll wait for you here." ”

Two hours later, Zhu Yu rushed back and said: "Lei Zhen said that Luoyang could be handed over at any time, and he also invited Xiao Luo to Luoyang as a guest to discuss the matter of sending troops to Shandong, this is his own letter." Li Xiao put it in his arms and said, "I'll go back and ask the castle master." Zhu Yushi said: "Brother Li has worked hard. (To be continued.) )