Chapter 226 Entering the Pass
The city gate of Yangguan is closed tightly and the suspension bridge is raised high.
On the top of the city, flags were flying, soldiers were shining, soldiers wore helmets and armor, swords were sheathed, arrows were strung, all kinds of strong bows and crossbows took off their felt clothes, and aimed murderously. Under the city. The most powerful Ba Niu crossbow, the crossbow arrows are as thick as a child's arm, and it can easily penetrate iron armor with a range of more than a thousand steps.
In the distance, the banner of Linghu of the Andong Protectorate was fluttering in the wind. Tens of thousands of vanguard troops carrying the first batch of more than 50,000 family members stopped in the wilderness.
The border troops were extremely angry, but the family members were full of uneasiness.
Linghu Zhishu angrily rode to the foot of Yangguan City alone, shouted and demanded to see Ma Liang.
The suspension bridge was not lowered in the city, but the city gate was slightly opened.
Linghu Zhishu had no choice but to give up the horse, picked up a few wood chips, and flew up. His true energy was exhausted, and he threw a wood chip into the water. His toes touched the wood chip. He stood up again, and after two ups and downs, he landed at the city gate and slipped in through the small gap.
Ma Liang was on the city gate building, half-lying on a bamboo couch with a look of laziness on his face. When he saw Linghu Zhishu, he clapped his hands repeatedly and said, "Brother Linghu's Qinggong is incredible. , if it were me, I would have to take at least three breaths to jump over!"
Linghu Zhishu said with a dark face: "General Ma, we gave you the one million you asked for, but why is Yangguan there? Still closed? ”
Ma Liang laughed, stood up, walked to the battlements, pointed at the army in the distance, and said, "Brother Linghu, do you think I'm stupid?"
"What do you mean?" Linghu Zhishu was a little puzzled.
"Who in the world doesn't know the strength of the border army?" Ma Liang said: "I'm afraid! I'm afraid that you will suddenly attack while passing the border and rob me of my sun. It's only a million. "Two, it's okay to buy a passage, but the price is too low to buy Yangguan."
"Who wants to steal your Yangguan?" Linghu Zhishu said angrily.
"People's hearts are separated from each other. Who knows what you are thinking?" Ma Liang said with a smile: "You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Brother Linghu, don't you think so?"
Linghu Zhishu looked at the other party with a dark face, and with a conscience, he really had no intention of seizing the ownership of Yangguan this time, because for Linghuye, this was meaningless.
What he wants to fight for is the world. Every bit of strength is precious. What's the use of taking Yangguan? He assigned troops to defend it.
If he doesn't defend, the Yuan people will attack him, and he will be scolded.
It can be defended. Who knows how much effort and money it takes to defend?
It’s better to leave this stall to others, so that you can have an explanation in front of the world. If Guanwai is really lost, Yangguan will be the first line. If something goes wrong, you won’t do anything for the world. The disease.
But if Ma Liang says this, there's nothing you can do.
"Is it possible that we have to disarm our army before we can pass?" Linghu Zhishu said carefully: "Then we have to try to see if we can conquer Yangguan!"
"No, no, no!" Ma Liang waved his hands repeatedly: "I received the money, but I still have to talk about my credibility. Your family members and logistics can be provided by me. There is no problem with this, but our army, We can only go to Volcano Castle!”
Linghu Zhishu’s face suddenly turned red with anger.
The Volcano Fort is a small pass attached to Yangguan. There is indeed a road leading to the pass, but the road is rugged and difficult to travel. The most dangerous part can only allow one person and one horse to pass through at the same time. If you really want to go there, However, the efficiency must be extremely low, and if someone wants to plot against him in that place, it will really make the world not respond and the earth will not work.
"You are afraid that we will take the opportunity to seize the gate, but am I not afraid that you will take the opportunity to make a sneak attack?" Linghu Zhishu said angrily.
"Do I have the courage?" Ma Liang called out to Tianqu: "Even if I have the courage, I don't have the strength! Brother Linghu knows how many people we have in Yangguan. Clearly. Besides, you have only arrived with more than 10,000 people, but your frontier army has 100,000 people! If I kill 10,000 of you, Commander Linghu will come with the main force. I tear it up and eat it? Besides, I can allow you to take over the Volcano Castle completely, and then you can live whatever you want. Doesn’t this reflect my sincerity?”
“No need to discuss? "Linghu Zhishu said: "Let us pass through the volcanic castle, it will delay us for at least ten to twenty days!"
"Brother Linghu, fighting for the world, what is ten to twenty days? Is this calculated in years? We might not be able to get a result in ten to twenty years!" Ma Liang didn't care.
The struggle for hegemony in the world, of course, does not care about these ten or twenty days.
However, the battle between Guanwai Zhebie and Anxi Protectorate Xiao Changche and Li Dachui was about to break out. Both armies focused on solving the problem with offense.
Charge your strength fully and attack with thunder. The outcome will be decided in one battle.
This is Linghuye’s judgment on the form of this war that will determine the direction outside the pass.
Ten days and twenty days are enough for these two families to solve their problems.
No matter who wins or loses, as long as the war is over and he wants to leave, it will not be so smooth.
But Ma Liang can't get enough oil and salt here.
Linghu Zhishu could only leave in anger.
Instead of struggling with Ma Liang here, it is better to rush to the Volcano Castle, take full control of it, and then make good arrangements and organize cleverly to speed up the passage of the army as much as possible.
As for the family’s logistics, we can only leave it to Yangguan.
Linghu Zhishu also knew what Ma Liang meant. If he had any thoughts that he shouldn't have at Volcano Castle, he could take action on the family members and relatives of the border army here.
These Yangguan bastards may not be good at killing enemies, but they must be experts at killing old, weak, women and children.
Looking at Linghu Zhishu and his army who left with hatred, and then looking at the large number of family members still staying in the city, Ma Liang smiled like a thousand-year-old fox.
"Inform them that starting from tonight, they can start passing the customs. Remember, pass one by one!" Ma Liang ordered.
“Yes!”
"Also, you have to pick out those people I want and send them to the city to hide them. If others come to ask, they will just deny it!" Ma Liang said. "Can it be done?"
"General, don't worry, it's not easy to get dozens of family members out of tens of thousands of people?" a general said with a smile. "By the time they find out, it will be over! By then, the deal will be done, and they won't have any need to pursue it!"
"That's the truth! In fact, now I am trying to harden the family members of Chen Liang and others. What can they do if they seize it? Wait for his army to come back from the crater and teach me a lesson?" Ma Liang laughed.
In Zhenwu City, Linghuye is also preparing to leave.
I came to Guanwai more than thirty years ago and started as a small captain holding a halberd. Over the past thirty years, I have worked step by step to get to where I am today. Looking back on the past, Linghu's ambition is full of pride.
The Linghu family used to be considered a mid-level family in Da Qin, but under their own management, they have become a first-class family in the past few years.
And now among these first-class aristocratic families, he should be considered the first to be truly able to gradually dominate the world.
Not everyone can have a hundred thousand elite troops.
The wealthy families in the pass do have a lot of money and great influence, but when it comes to military strength, they are far from satisfactory. There may be three to five thousand well-trained elites, but usually they can only hide them and dare not take them out. Even if there is an uprising, relying on the support of three to five thousand elites to form a strong fighting force within a few years is not an easy task.
As for the iron-blooded warrior I have built over the past thirty years, who can stop him once he steps into the pass?
Think about it, He Zudao brought 5,000 Jiangnan troops and turned the pass upside down. The always arrogant Kou Zhongwei Zhengdao was made disgraced. Now, except for Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, other places no longer obey the imperial decree.
Even the Guanlong area where the Li family’s base camp is now showing signs of waiting and watching.
Time to go home!
Ling Huye thought with emotion that thirty years of struggle, more than a dozen scars, and several narrow escapes from death were all worth it today.
Linghu Zhishu has led the vanguard team to escort the first batch of family members and has set off first. The 30,000 Chinese army led by him will follow with the logistics of more than 20 family members, adjourning the formation. , is the army controlled by Chang Jian, whom Linghuye trusts, and the Chang family.
As for Chen Liang, he was originally supposed to set off with Linghuye, but because Yuntaihuang was too close to the battlefield, and Linghuye was also skeptical about whether Yuanren was trustworthy, in case Zhebie took advantage of it. When Chen Liang retreats, what about a follow-up pursuit?
Chen Liang's troops were divided into half infantry and cavalry.
Zhebei's main force, including the newly conquered barbarians, were all cavalry. If Chen Liang was bitten by Zhebei, Stay, let alone the return of the entire army, even safe retreat has become a problem.
The final decision was to evacuate Chen Liang and the family members of more than a dozen major generals above him, while Chen Liang chose the right opportunity to retreat after the two sides started fighting.
As for the left general Wang De, there is no room for bargaining.
We must act together with the Chinese army.
At this point, Wang De is extremely honest, because he knows very well that if he dares to jump around casually, he is afraid that he will be captured by Linghuye and sacrificed to the flag.
Amidst the rumbling war drums, Linghuye turned around and left the city where he had lived for more than thirty years.
Amidst the officers' roars, the soldiers looked back frequently. On both sides of the road, there were crowds of people dragging their families, carrying burdens, leading livestock or pushing carts, all with tears in their eyes.
Zhenwu City is a military city.
The people living here are all soldiers and their families.
Of course, there were also a large number of slaves who were not slaves.
Of course these people are not included in the retreat, they will be left to fend for themselves.
On the top of the city, Chang Jian clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the Chinese army flag that was gradually moving away from Linghuye, with an extremely solemn expression on his face.
(End of this chapter)