Over in Liangzhou, Xue Zan, who had successfully completed the task, was naturally very satisfied and even returned home with a full load, because Lu Guang knew that Xue Zan loved collecting gold and stones and loved antiques. Before leaving, Lu Guang gave him many famous paintings and rare treasures, hoping that through Xue Zan established a relationship with Xu Zongwen.
But just when Xue Zan returned to Luoyang in high spirits, Tian Luo's Tianshu battalion, which had been blocked for three days under Tongguan, suffered its biggest loss since sending troops!
Tian Luo's main force of the Tianshu Battalion consisted of thousands of troops, plus more than 10,000 strong men selected from the surrendered troops from various places. After arriving, they attacked Tongguan day and night within three days, but there was no progress. Not only that. , and lost nearly 30% of the troops in vain!
Morale was low and in desperation, Tian Luo could only pack up the corpses of the soldiers and retreat to camp outside the city, waiting for reinforcements from Zheng Lue and Zhao Lunzhi from the direction of Shangluo, hoping that the two battalions would join forces and break the situation as soon as possible.
Otherwise, once the heroic cavalry army is frustrated and hits a wall at Tongguan, it will really be impossible to even enter the gate in the pass!
Within two days, when Tian Luo and Yang Tan were in dire straits, Zheng Lue and Zhao Lunzhi finally led the main force of the Zhaozhao Battalion and nearly 10,000 auxiliary troops to the east bank of the Yellow River.
"The guard general of Tongguan is Li Bian, the Imperial Army general under Fu Jian. This person is Fu Jian's confidant. After Fu Jian was killed in Xinping, Murong Chong took advantage of the situation to seize Chang'an, and then sent people to recruit Li Bian to surrender, but he refused to surrender. This man's mentality Tenacity, relying on Tongguan to consume us, no matter how the soldiers insulted him, he was not fooled, it is a very difficult bone to crack!" Tian Luo spent a lot of thought, but he only found out this about Li Bian's situation.
"Tongguan can only be defeated by intelligence but not by force. This has been proven by the previous losses. Li Bian cannot be judged by common sense. Let's try to attack his heart." Zhao Lunzhi stroked his beard and said after careful consideration.
Tian Luoshen thought so, and he agreed with this point, but he no longer cared about how to do it, so he curiously asked Zhao Lunzhi: "Does Master Zhao have any good ideas?"
Hearing this, Yang Tan also concentrated his attention, and Zheng Lue even widened his eyes, trying his best to support himself from the fatigue that had not faded away from the continuous march.
After taking Tongguan, you will see the vast Guanzhong Plain in front of you, and there are even more high-ranking officials waiting for you. However, if you can't take Tongguan, everyone can only watch the turbidity and drink water by the Yellow River, drink the northwest wind and eat sand, and sigh with joy when looking at the city!
Zhao Lunzhi looked at the bright red flag that was blown up by the wind and swaying slightly in the air outside the camp, and suddenly became trance-like: "Maybe there is someone who can help us. And maybe this time we can win without fighting."
"Who is it?" Zheng Lue became interested immediately and hurriedly lined up his chest and promised: "As long as he is in the army, I can find him for you. Even if I kidnap him from the end of the world, I will kidnap him! "
Having said that, Zheng Lue did not boast about Haikou out of thin air. He had a good relationship with Pang Bai, the commander of the Jinyiwei. The two often drank together in private. Jinyiwei had no other skills. Isn't it easy to find someone?
"Fourth brother, please don't be impatient. You wait until Chief Zhao finishes his words." Tian Luo smiled. No matter how many battles Zheng Lue went through, he could never change his impatient temper.
Zheng Lue nodded, stopped interrupting, and stared at Zhao Lunzhi quietly, looking forward to the next step. He wanted to know who could help the Xiaoqi Army capture Tongguan without any effort.
"This person is King Fu Jian of Qin." Under everyone's gaze, Zhao Lunzhi finally said the person's name.
The result left Zheng Lue disappointed. Where could he find a dead person?
I'm afraid that Fu Jian's body has already been thrown away by Yao Chang, an ungrateful man, to be fed to wild dogs. What's more, how can a dead man who can't speak help the Xiaoqi army break the city?
"Yes, Master Zhao. King Qin is dead and there is no body left. We can't invite his soul to help our army, right?" Tian Luo was also a little confused. He didn't know what Zhao Lun's gourd was selling. medicine.
However, Yang Tan on the side seemed to have figured something out. He pointed out Zhao Lunzhi's intention: "Could it be that Master Zhao wants to use Fu Jian's throne to help us enter the city?"
God's position?
After Yang Tan's explanation, Tian Luo's worries finally dissipated. He now understood why his eldest brother Xu Zongwen hired Yang Tan and Zhao Lunzhi to serve as their military advisor.
Sure enough, when the two armies are in battle, they will do anything to win!
In terms of conspiracy and conspiracy, rough guys like myself are indeed not as good as the gentle scribes in front of us.
The idea of using Fu Jian's divine throne to attack the city is really... ingenious and quite innovative, and it can indeed have a miraculous effect of taking the enemy by surprise and attacking them unprepared!
As long as Li Bian still has the slightest affection for his old master, he will not order an attack on Fu Jian's throne. In this way, it will become inevitable for the Xiaoqi Army to capture Tongguan!
"In this case, summon the craftsmen immediately to build Fu Jian's shrine. It should be as big as possible, and it would be even better if it can cover our soldiers!" The idea was made, and Tian Luo ordered the preparations.
"Okay, Lao Wu, this battle will avenge the humiliation of your Tianshu camp, so I will take the troops from the Zhaozhuo camp to raid the formation for you!"
Zheng Lue generously gave up the main offensive power, and he did not want to take credit. After all, they were all brothers, and Tianshu Camp had received a blow at Tongguan before, and its morale was low. If Zhao Lunzhi's strategy could be used, it would be helpful to revive the morale of Tianshu Camp. is very important!
"Okay, I will remember this favor from Fourth Brother!" Tian Luo was even more unpretentious. Taking down Tongguan and avenging his shame was the most urgent thing for him at the moment, and he had to do it.
Zheng Lue replied casually: "What is this? It's just a pass. Big brother wants to recover the lost territory. In the future, Guanzhong and the Central Plains, as well as Liangzhou and Liaodong will all be recovered sooner or later. We have too many cities to capture... …”
Zheng Lueyue talked more and more enthusiastically, and even mentioned that Xu Zongwen would dominate the world and become a prince. Tian Luo was so frightened that he hurriedly covered it up for him: "My fourth brother drank too much and started talking nonsense, Yangzhubu and Zhaozhuji Just treat it as nonsense and don’t take it seriously!”
Recover the homeland, the cause of the king!
These eight words are extremely important.
Both Yang Tan and Zhao Lunzhi saw shock and surprise in each other's eyes. Even Xu Zongwen's general thought so. It seemed that the whole Knight Cavalry Army was determined to follow Xu Zongwen's footsteps. After the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition, in the future, In the days to come, the Qiaoqi Army will continue to start one war after another!
However, despite being shocked, both of them also admired Xu Zongwen for being able to achieve today's achievements within two years. This was something that even the great Sima Huanwen could not do!
Deep in the hearts of the two of them, at some point, an earth-shattering idea began to brew...
