Shi Zhuang's identity has always been a mystery.

But at the top of Wuyi, everyone knows that Shi Zhuang's origin must be unusual. Because he himself is too good from both civil and military levels. It is not uncommon for martial arts to be outstanding in such troubled times, but it is very unusual for literary talent to far surpass ordinary people.

You must know that before Li Ze really took power, reading was still a rather luxurious thing for most people. Not to mention any advanced knowledge. Without the guidance of famous teachers and the feeding of vast books, at most they can be regarded as literate and not learned.

Shi Zhuang has actually been very low-key, but in the pocket, even if he inadvertently shows his edge occasionally, it is enough to make people look sideways, not to mention that in Wuyi, there are also people like Gongsun Changming and Zhang Hui.

Everyone has been together for a long time, and there is no way to hide it.

And Shi Zhuang didn't deliberately hide anything.

Gongsun Changming wanted to check Shi Zhuang more than once, but was stopped by Li Ze.

In fact, after so many years, everyone has long regarded Shi Zhuang as their partner, even if Gongsun Changming wants to find out, it is just a personal curiosity.

Now that Shi Zhuang had sent his son to explain the matter to Li Ze, You Yong would not say anything more.

Shi Zhuang has married Xia Zhu, Li Ze's mother's personal maid in the past, and Xia Zhu is now pregnant, in You Yong's opinion, everyone has long become one. And Shi Zhuang has become one of the top people in this system, and there is really nothing worth exploring too much about the past.

Except for Li Ze, no one could possibly give Shi Zhuang so much trust and authority.

"Cao Xuan is running away!" You Yongdao.

"Of course, Zhu Youzhen has already run away, Cao Xuan just wants to buy a little more time for Zhu Youzhen, now that the Jin Steep Pass is broken, Tongguan is in danger, and Cao Xuan is of course going to run." Shi Zhuang nodded and said, "According to my estimate, within three days, this guy will run away." ”

"But he didn't know that something was wrong with Chang'an." You Yong bent down and dug out a ball of snow from the snow, made a ball in his hand, waved his arm vigorously, and threw it into the distance.

"So, Cao Xuan is finished." Shi Zhuang smiled: "But we can't expect too much from Zhao Xi to honor them, as long as they can rob Cao Xuan's grain and grass, it will be a great achievement." ”

"Where is the high elephant rising, he knows what to do!" You Yong said: "We have to be ready to attack at any time." Do you think Cao Xuan is going to stop our pursuit if he wants to run? He wants to run, and it is impossible for him to hide from us. ”

"If it's me, it's naturally a fire Tongguan!" Shi Zhuang stopped and looked at the majestic Tongguan city wall in the distance, "In Tongguan, there are enough fierce fire oil and other fire-igniting things, once it burns, we have no other way than to look at the fire and sigh." And this is the only thing that can allow Cao Xuan to buy time to escape. ”

"If that's the case, it's a pity that such a majestic pass is gone!" You Yong shook his head.

The two stood side by side, looking at Tongguan in the distance, or, this is what it means to take a look at one less glance.

In Tongguan, Cao Xuan was in full swing to arrange the retreat, and Cao Zhen had already escorted a large number of grain and grass baggage, and withdrew from Tongguan all the way to Chang'an.

Cao Xuan's plan is very clear. Zhu Youzhen left, but in Chang'an, he still left forty or fifty thousand Shence troops, and he, these days, has suffered great losses in troops, and after retreating all the way to Chang'an, he has annexed these Shence troops for the first time, and selected a group of elite ones from them to fill his own team.

Now these Shence troops in Chang'an, without the supply of food and grass, should be very easy to win over. As long as they have food, can they come up with anything other than to take refuge in themselves?

After annexing these people, he followed Zhu Youzhen's footprints all the way, crossed the Qinling Mountains, and entered Hanzhong.

With Zhu Youzhen's men and horses opening the way in front, it would not be so difficult for him to walk in Qinling.

Although this departure is tantamount to abandoning the entire north and the entire foundation, as long as a certain military strength is maintained, there is still some hope for the future, and it will not be completely hopeless.

I think when Li Ze started his family, he didn't have the power they have now.

Li Zexing, why can't they?

Yizhou, in Tianfu, whether it is military or people's livelihood conditions, compared with the four wars of the year, Chengde, I don't know how much better. It's really not good, can't you just stand by the sword gate and cut off the passage into Yizhou, can't you also become a family of your own?

Rumbling artillery sounded outside, and it was the Tang army bombarding Tongguan again.

Cao Xuan sighed, and a feeling of powerlessness appeared in his heart.

The Tang Army can always make weapons that make people feel desperate.

In the earliest days, it was a fierce fire oil bomb. This thing was originally first made by Zhang Zhongwu's subordinates, and it once made Liu Chenglin almost annihilated, but after it fell into the hands of Li Ze, its power became better day by day, and on the bank of the Yishui River, it even used its own way to govern others, so that Zhang Zhongwu's 20,000 iron cavalry was scattered.

Once everyone had figured out how to deal with the flaming bombs, they came up with something new.

As an experienced general, although he immediately identified the weakness of this powerful weapon, he was only avoiding risks and was far from dealing with it.

When the enemy's artillery fired, all the soldiers hid in the hiding holes and various corners, and when the enemy charged, they rushed to the city to fight the enemy hand-to-hand. And this weapon is also extremely slow to fire, and if it is properly handled, it is not as great as the damage caused by the opponent's trebuchet.

Of course, this is a completely passive style of play, but he really can't think of any other way. The long-range weapons such as trebuchets and crossbows arranged in the city have been destroyed one by one by the other party's weapons in the past two days. So much so that every time the Tang army approached, he was left with only one last method, hand-to-hand combat.

The only good thing is that from the very beginning there were ten such guns, and until now, only half of them are still ringing.

This shows that the attrition rate of such weapons is extremely high.

This made him a little relieved.

If that's the case, then it's not enough to be the winner on the battlefield. The loss of the Golden Steep Pass is due to the defenselessness of the Pass, and secondly, it is also caused by the fact that the entire level of the Golden Steep Pass is too small and there is no room for maneuver.

"Marshal, according to your orders, all the key points in the city have been arranged to ignite the fire, and when we leave, Tongguan will become a sea of fire, completely blocking the Tang army from chasing us. We have plenty of time to retreat to Chang'an. A general walked in and bowed to Cao Xuan.

"How's the morale of the soldiers?"

"I heard that it was going to retreat, but the morale has improved a lot!" The officer said: "Marshal, everyone is already afraid of going head-to-head with the Tang Army. ”

"There's no way to do it." Cao Xuan sighed: "Who let us lose in a row?" In addition, the Tang Army's new weapons are endless. When we win two battles in the future, this mentality can be reversed. ”

"From today, let's withdraw the troops one after another!" Cao Xuan said.

"When are you leaving?"

"I'll be the last one to go!" Cao Xuan said: "If I leave, the soldiers after the break will inevitably be disheartened and unable to resist the attack of the Tang army, as long as I am still standing at the head of the city, I can boost morale." Where did Cao Zhen go? ”

"At this moment, they have arrived in Xinfeng, according to your instructions, Cao Zhen's troops will directly garrison the troops, and then contact Zhao Xi, Gou Rong them, and reorganize them, and when you arrive there, everything should be ready, and we can go directly to Qinling."

"You go, arrange for the troops to be withdrawn in batches." Cao Xuan waved his hand.

Cao Xuan is buying some time for his son Cao Zhen to reorganize the broken fish and shrimp in Chang'an. If it was in the past, these rotten soldiers Cao Xuan would not be able to look down on them at all, but now, there is really no way, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they can also pick up a little bit of meat. Forty or fifty thousand horses, it should be no problem to organize 10,000 people out! Even if you don't need them to fight, you can be a coolie, carry some supplies, and explore the way in the Qinling Mountains, that's okay!

Of course, Cao Xuan knew the danger he faced when he entered the Qinling Mountains at this time.

He had to do everything in his power to preserve what little money he had left. Therefore, using money and food to seduce those short-sighted but limited talent of the Shence Army generals has become his first choice.

But what he never expected was that in Chang'an, there was also a high elephant sheng.

Cao Zhen garrisoned Xinfeng and sent people to contact Gou Rong, Zhao Xi, and Wu Hou, the three generals of the Shence Army. As Cao Xuan expected, these three generals of the Divine Army had already panicked, and as soon as they heard that Cao Zhen had money and food, they immediately agreed to Cao Zhen's proposal, and the premise was that the soldiers and horses after rectification would still be led by the three of them.

Of course, Cao Zhen agreed.

When the rectification is completed, after passing the Qinling Mountains, and arriving in Hanzhong, how to clean up these three people, isn't that still holding a handle?

Cao Zhen slowly marched from Xinfeng to Bashang.

However, what awaited him was not the welcome of these three Divine Commanders, but a deliberate ambush.

After all, it's forty or fifty thousand gods, and no matter how rubbish it is, it's a guy with a weapon! What's more, the large amount of grain and grass that Cao Zhen carried made these guys, who were close to running out of food, even more red-eyed.

After a night of fierce fighting, Cao Zhen's entire army was annihilated. All the grain and grass he brought fell into the hands of Gao Xiangsheng, and Gao Xiangsheng also based on the current situation, without the slightest idea of making more credit, he immediately made a decision and ordered the army to carry these grains and grass and retreat to Chang'an City.

Cao Xuan will definitely work hard after knowing about this.

And once this Shence army and Cao Xuan's department are head-on, defeat is inevitable.

And now, where does Gao Xiangsheng need to confront Cao Xuan head-on, Cao Xuan's department, who has lost his grain and grass, is already a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't jump a few times. Not to mention the weather, hunger, behind them, there are wolf-like Tang army pursuit troops!

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