Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1109 Tongguan

  Tongguan.

It was originally the hardest-hit area of ​​the plague, but as time went by, the virus that likes heat and humidity slowly lost its battle in front of the dry and cold nature. The neighborhood came back to life.

  Although Yang Biao left Guanzhong, it is naturally impossible for a dangerous pass like Tongguan to be fake, so he left two thousand soldiers, with Yang Tong and Yang Ziran as the main generals, and Li Xian and Li Boren as the deputy generals.

  Yang Tong is naturally a member of the Hongnong Yang family, while Li Xian is a descendant of the Longxi Li family.

   I have to say that the Longxi Li family was a complete tragedy starting from Li Guang. According to later generations, Li Guang is not only a complete road idiot, but even his luck value is negative...

   But Li Guang is not the end of the tragedy for the Longxi Li family, but the beginning of the tragedy.

  After Li Guang, there was Li Ling.

  Although this unlucky child is not as miserable as Li Guangzai, in other respects, he is even worse than Li Guang. When Li Ling was conquering the Xiongnu, when he returned, when he was only less than a thousand miles away from the Han territory, he encountered the main force of the Xiongnu and was besieged. Li Ling struggled several times, but couldn't get away, and there was no reinforcements for a long time. When he was about to break out, he made an appointment to beat the drum in the middle of the night.

Li Ling was eventually taken prisoner by the Huns, but he hadn't surrendered at first. As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked the alchemists to check the faces of Li Ling's mother and wife, and said that there was no "look of death". Emperor Wu of the Han became suspicious, and later he believed Gongsun Ao's words The exoneration said that the defeat was caused by Li Ling training soldiers for the Huns, so he became furious and directly ordered Li Ling's family to be executed.

   Li Ling learned from the Huns, vomited blood several times, and finally surrendered to the Huns...

  The Li family in Longxi fell into a slump and has not been able to recover until today.

Tongguan is the gateway between Guanzhong and Hongnong, but now Hongnong belongs to the Yang family, Zhao Wen in Guanzhong is also a goodwill party, and General Zhengxi's troops are far away near Diaoyin, so Yang Tong spent the early period After taking time to be cautious, slowly and naturally slack off.

  Especially now when the cold winter days are coming.

  According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, for any important military pass, the chief general in the army must visit the pass every three hours, and the deputy general in the army must visit the pass every other hour. Although Yang Tong is the chief general, but most of the time Yang Tong does not patrol the customs, but often nests in the Tongguan government office, so for most of Tongguan's current military affairs, Li Xian is in charge.

   Once an hour to patrol the customs, it almost means that there is no way to go down the city wall to rest, so Li Xian simply moved the bedding to the turret, and just get confused when he is tired.

  The winter sun also seems to be lazy. It comes out every day to show its face, punch a card, and deal with errands, then lazily sinks westward, ready to get off work.

  Because Tongguan is close to a big river, it is not only cold, but also more humid than other places. If you stand on top of a city without shelter, your clothes will be completely wet after one night, and if the cold wind blows on you all night, even if you don’t have any illnesses, you may still be sick. Therefore, after nightfall, the soldiers on duty will nest together and curl up in a sheltered place.

   In fact, I can’t blame Yang Tong for being lazy. Shou Tongguan, a place where there is no front to the village or back to the store, after staying for a long time, everyone will feel bored, and the energy will become less and less...

After the lazy sun slid down the western mountain smoothly, the sky darkened quickly, the icy cold wind began to howl, and the chirping of wild beasts and birds could be faintly heard from the surrounding cliffs, as if they were catching up on the last A glimmer of light is in motion.

The little food in the afternoon can't resist for a long time. Before the night comes, the food and hot soup eaten have been digested, and there is still a long night and a difficult morning waiting for these Tongguan guards .

  In the distance, in the dim night, some sounds came.

   "Attention! Someone is coming!"

  The defenders above Tongguan shouted loudly.

  A war horse rushed out of the night, and a small flag was hung behind the cavalry on the horse. Although the night was dim, it could be vaguely seen that it belonged to the Chang'an Forbidden Army.

The cavalry reined in the horses under the city. The horses panted heavily and turned around in circles, looking a little tired, "Tongguan garrison listen! By the order of Jing Zhaoyin Zhao envoy, bring cattle, wine, food, grass, etc. Things come to work for the army! The baggage has already reached ten miles away! Quickly call the garrison and get ready to meet!"

  The cavalry turned around a few times, and after repeating their shouts several times, they rode their horses back...

"What does it mean?"

   "It sounds like who is coming and wants to work?"

   "So, there is meat to eat and wine to drink? Ahaha, this relationship is good..."

   "Come on, you are so beautiful, you can eat wine and meat? There are two thick pancakes, add some bacon strips, it is not bad!"

   "Oh, it's okay to have thick pancakes..."

  The guards were chattering, but they didn't dare to neglect, and quickly reported to Li Xian.

   "Lieutenant Yang, this inexplicable laborer...somewhat strange..."

  In Tongguan government office, Li Xian cupped his hands and said.

Yang Tong frowned and said: "What's wrong? Zhao Shijun has always been on good terms with the Patriarch, and the labor force is what it should be... and we have suffered for a long time in this remote and cold place, and the labor supplies should have been given away long ago. coming…"

   "Lieutenant Yang..." Li Xian waited to persuade him, but Yang Tong cut him off.

   "Okay! Got it! Just let Erlang be on guard! If it's a real laborer, it's fine, if it's a fake, just intercept and kill him!" Yang Tong waved his hand, and ended the conversation impatiently.

   "..." Li Xian had no choice but to back down.

  Under the eager anticipation of the Tongguan defenders, the creaking convoy finally arrived.

   There are a total of fifteen trucks, escorting about a hundred soldiers.

   Banner, it is indeed Zhao's banner, but Li Xian doesn't recognize a middle-aged man in the team leader.

  Of course, it’s normal not to recognize them. There are nearly 10,000 Guanzhong Chang’an Imperial Guards, who can recognize them all?

   "A certain person is under the command of Jing Zhaoyin Zhao Shijun! The special **** came to work for the army! Please open the city gate quickly so that the errands can be handed over!" The middle-aged strong man shouted loudly towards Tongguan.

  Li Xian looked at the convoy carefully, but he couldn’t see very clearly in the dim light, so he couldn’t tell if it was true or not, so he could only shout: “There are texts and seals, please take a look!”

  The middle-aged man did not hesitate, he took out a wooden tablet and a square seal from the cloth bag on the horse's back, and put them in the bamboo basket hanging from Tongguan.

  Li Xian delivered the copper seal and transferred text to Yang Tong.

   "Army Sima Zhao?"

  Yang Tong turned the copper seal over. There was a lot of copper rust on the copper seal, as well as some traces of wear and bumps. Obviously, it had been used for a period of time, and it was not a new one.

But the wooden tablet, the sealant on it is indeed the imprint of Jing Zhaoyin, but the handwriting is a little blurred, some words may have been touched by water, or they were touched before the ink was dry when writing, anyway It can only be seen that fifty jars of wine, fifteen cows, some bacon, corn and so on were given away...

   "...the procedures are considered complete... um... a hundred people..." Yang Tong pondered for a while and said: "Open the door and let them in!"

  Li Xian was a little surprised, and quickly said: "Captain, according to the usual practice, the door will not be opened after dark!"

  Yang Tong let out a "huh", waved his hand and said, "Isn't it still dark... What else? Let these people stay up all night outside the city? There are only a hundred people, why do this!"

The military supplies were right in front of us, and seeing that they were about to eat and drink spicy food, everyone in Tongguan was excited and worked a lot. He quickly removed the huge door latch, and pushed the heavy city gate open with creaking noises, so that Baggage carts can enter the customs.

During this period of time, Tongguan was so busy that they had to clean up the surrounding areas and repair the city walls. It was finally winter, and there was less work. But every day I watched the school captain eating and drinking hot food in the government office. There are still some camp prostitutes to add to the fun, but the big-headed soldiers can only eat rough cakes and suffer in the cold wind. It is inevitable that there is some guilt in my heart. Nowadays, it is rare to have labor supplies delivered, but I can’t even close my mouth from laughing Wake up, the captain eats a lot of food, but no matter how he will share a bowl of soup to drink, they are all people who lick blood to survive, and it is rare to have a chance to relax.

  Amidst the creaking and rolling of the wheels of the luggage, the middle-aged strong man outside the city led his soldiers across the suspension bridge and entered the city gate.

On both sides of the road, many Tongguan defenders who had heard the news stood and waited laughingly, while the Tongguan soldiers who were in charge of opening the city gate gathered together, laughing and greeting the soldiers entering the city, while It is necessary to feel in the middle of the cloth of the baggage cart. These are all veterans in the military, and they are all the type who are uncomfortable if they are not cheap. Generally speaking, the luggage truck must be full of supplies, big and small, and just picking out a couple of them is enough to give you an extra meal or two. Besides, if you can pull out bacon or something, wouldn’t it be a big profit? sent?

Li Xian walked down the road of the city, but saw the soldiers who had entered the city standing next to the baggage wagon one by one, driving away those old soldiers who were trying to dig on the baggage wagon, causing the soldiers to be in a hurry. He was chattering and chattering, but he didn't say anything good anyway...

   Li Xian stood still suddenly, looked at the middle-aged man in front, frowned, and said loudly, "Why don't you get off your horse now that you've entered the city?"

  The middle-aged man chuckled, then led the horse's head, and said to Li Xian: "More reminders! I'm tired of walking, and this is a bit slow... My boys, hahaha..."

   "Let's do it!"

Amidst the laughter, the middle-aged man had already knocked on the horse's belly, swung his spear, and headed straight for Li Xian's gallop. He thoughtlessly chopped off at the surrounding Tongguan defenders!

   "No..." The old man who wanted to take advantage of it, hadn't finished saying "not good", a saber had already slashed to the head, and with a sound of "kla", a canopy of blood donations was sprayed in the air!

   A head flew up from the wide-eyed head, mixed with the light of blood, and landed on the covering cloth of the lorry, the bones just turned around, and the initial panic was still frozen in a pair of eyes!

"kill!"

  The cover of the supply cart was lifted suddenly, and the soldiers hiding in the cart jumped up one after another, jumped out of the cart, and rushed towards the Tongguan defenders.

  Some rice sacks and straw sacks used to cover up were overturned to the side, and some yellow, white and white beans and corn were scattered on the ground, but at this moment, no one took a second look...

  Suddenly encountered such a change, the Tongguan defenders had no time to react. These fierce soldiers rushed into the crowd, hacked left and right, blood spurted out one after another, and screams rang out.

The Tongguan defenders were happily waiting to receive the labor supplies. Many of them didn't even take their weapons, but just thought about what they would eat and drink next. , It's really like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing Tongguan guards without the ability to resist!

In the face of the sudden attack, these Tongguan defenders screamed and fled in a disorderly manner. Some rolled and crawled on the ground, trying to get out in a daze, but they were stepped on by the feet of whoever rushed over. Afterwards, there was not much breath left; although some were carrying weapons, other guards around them were fleeing, so they had no intention of resisting, and could only run along with the flow of people, yelling in panic...

   "Don't run! Don't run around!" Li Xian was on the road, and was suddenly hit by the Tongguan guards who poured in.

   "Oops! It's been tricked!" Yang Tong was on the city wall, his face turned pale with fright, and he kept shouting, "Drumming! Drumming! Team up, team up, block them!"

  The middle-aged man who led the team was already dripping with blood, and I don’t know how many people’s blood he had drunk. Seeing this, he just raised his gun and shouted: "Kill! Take the bridge! Take the pass!"

  As the middle-aged man's voice fell, several rockets were ignited and shot obliquely into the air.

  Accompanied by the rockets drawing arcs in the night sky, there was a faint thunderous sound outside Tongguan...

  On the city wall, the Tongguan garrison lying on the battlements pointed to the outside of the pass and opened his mouth to shout something, but his throat was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Yang Tong's face turned pale. Looking at the open city gate, he just wanted someone to forcibly twist the suspension bridge when he heard a sound of axes and chisels, followed by two "boom boom", two iron cables pulling the suspension bridge. It was cut off, floated back and hit the wall...

  In the last ray of light in the sky, Yang Tong saw countless cavalry rushing out of the darkness, urging their horses to gallop towards Tongguan, seemingly endless. In the cavalry, the three-color flag fluttering in the wind is so dazzling!

   "It's over! Zhengxi...it's Zhengxi...here..." Yang Tong made a crying voice, and repeated in a murmur, "Zhengxi is here, here..."

  (end of this chapter)