Tongguan

Zhao Ling frowned and looked at the letter in his hand, the source of this letter turned out to be the direction of Taiyao Town, which was not far from him, and the person who wrote the letter was a person who claimed to be a pawn soldier and a soldier who guarded Zudi in Jiyin.

Zhao Ling didn't know who Zu Di was (Zu Di was not famous at that time, and the world may know the story of "smelling the chicken and dancing", but at that time, that story was more about Liu Kun. But he actually claimed that he was the man of King Laiqin, which made Zhao Ling's heart a little flustered, and the reason for his panic was not because of Zu Di, but because he thought of another person.

This person is none other than Princess Mingyue, because Zhao Ling clearly knows that Princess Mingyue has issued a message to the world to come to King Qin's aid to Chang'an, but what makes Zhao Ling puzzled is that it is not the children of the Fu family who came to Guanzhong with Princess Mingyue? Why did a Zudi suddenly appear? And this person's letter doesn't say that he came on behalf of Princess Mingyue, is there still a righteous man in the Jin Dynasty who responded to Princess Mingyue's call? It's puzzling!

Zhao Ling stood on the city wall and looked in the direction of Taiyao Town, and muttered unconsciously: "Are there more than 10,000 people?" Not to be underestimated......"

"Come on, go to Taiyao Town for me once, just say that Tongguan is fine, let them wait in Taiyao Town."

"Yes, General!"

Zhao Yi, who was on the side, saw that after the herald left, he slowly stepped forward and asked Zhao Ling: "General, why don't you let them come to Tongguan?" We can deal with them the same way we did with Chun Yuding, first trick them into the urn city, and then annihilate them all! ”

"Shut up! You know what! Go down, don't follow me in the future, I'll look for you when something happens! ”

"Yes, yes, general, the last general will go down ......"

Zhao Ling didn't glance at Zhao Yi, nor did he pay attention to when Zhao Yi left, his mind was completely caught in thinking about Princess Mingyue......

Of course, Zhao Ling knew why he didn't lure Zu Di from Taiyao Town to come to Tongguan, because he was afraid that this group of people and horses was really Princess Mingyue's people, and if Princess Mingyue was damaged, he could neither bear nor be willing to face Princess Mingyue's people......

Therefore, Zhao Ling consciously wanted to let go of this Zu Di, he hoped that after his people went over to report, these people would leave on their own because of the lack of food and grass, and he really didn't want to fight with these righteous soldiers......

And Zhao Yi, who got off the city wall, was already resentful, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his suggestion was obviously correct, this damn Zhao Ling not only disagreed but also humiliated himself, this is simply a delay in the fighter, he must find a way to kill this Zhao Ling, why are everyone from the Zhao clan, but you Zhao Ling did Tongguan Taishou!? And what is my Zhao Yi that is inferior to you Zhao Ling?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi suddenly remembered some of the things that the people around Liu Yao, the king of Shi'an, had said to him......

Zhao Yi nodded unconsciously, and said in his heart: It seems that I should report some news to Liu Yao, the king of Shi'an, and I can't be too rigid anymore, and follow a Zhao Ran road to the dark......

Taiyao Town (located in the southeast of Tongguan County 13 kilometers, belongs to one of the important towns of Tongguan, the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, in the form of steps, from south to north is divided into three landform types: mountains, remnants and ravines and rivers, bordering Yuling Town, Lingbao City, Henan Province in the east, and Luonan County, Shangluo City, this province is adjacent to the south)

After Zu Di left Xuejiaying Village, he forcibly marched all the way to Taiyao Town, not far from Tongguan, where he melted away the old weapons, and then rebuilt them, and by the way, he carried out large-scale drills for all parts of his army.

Zu Di's heart was very anxious, because his own team really did not have the ability to fight a tough battle, even if it was a small-scale battle, Zu Di estimated that he was not sure of victory, and the worst thing was that his opponent was the Huns, so it was basically a battle to death.

Zu Di knew in his heart that even if he had sufficient troops and perfect weapons, he would not be sure to win against the Hun cavalry, so he must improve the combat effectiveness and equipment of his men and horses as soon as possible after getting in touch with the Tongguan defenders, otherwise even Zu Di himself would not have much confidence to confront the Hun cavalry head-on.

And the most troublesome thing for Zu Di is that he came out with not only soldiers this time, but also a large number of family members, the reason why he didn't leave them in Chengguan City was also because he was not at ease with Chengguan City, and there was no way to divide his troops to protect these thousands of family members.

And after two consecutive forced marches, the family members have been left behind, and I also need to wait for their arrival.

Three hours later, Zu Di received a letter from the defenders of Tongguan, signed by Zhang Dan, the Taishou of Tongguan.

Zu Di opened the letter and looked at it carefully, word by word, for fear of missing a detail.

After a long time, Zu Di breathed a sigh of relief.

From the content of the letter, it can be seen that Tongguan is now firmly in the hands of Taishou Zhang Dan, although a few small-scale Huns were indeed found near Tongguan, but everything is normal and does not need their own reinforcements.

This made Zu Di a little puzzled, but he couldn't say why he was puzzled, so Zu Di was going to go to Xu Zhong and his eldest brother Zu Ying to discuss.

Zugai Station

Zu Cai was discussing various things with Xu Xian, and suddenly saw Zu Di walking into the camp with a sad brow.

Xu Yan first asked worriedly, "Third brother, what's wrong with you?" Why are you so sad? ”

Zu Cai also found out that Zu Di was wrong, and said with concern: "Third brother, but are you still worried about the weapon?" ”

Zu Di saw that the two of them cared about themselves from the bottom of their hearts, and their hearts were indescribably warm, and even their worries about Tongguan and the Wuqiao Army were diluted a lot.

Zu Di replied: "Big brother, fifth brother, it's not all these things, but I just received a letter from Tongguan!" ”

Zu Cai and Xu Yan were moved at the same time: "Is there a letter from Tongguan?" ”

Zu Di looked at the excitement of his eldest brother and fifth brother, and smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: It seems that these two people have also pinned all their hopes on the movements of Tongguan and Nanyang King Sima Mo......

However, Zu Di thought about it, he didn't have the strength to fight with the Xiongnu at all, so he naturally needed to rely on the main force of Tongguan and Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, to defend against the attack of the Xiongnu, and now they were naturally happy when they heard the news from Tongguan.

Thinking of this, Zu Di was also relieved, handed over the letter in his hand to Zu Gai, and then replied softly: "Yes, Tongguan Taishou Zhang Dan wrote it himself, and there is his seal on it."

Zu Cai took the letter from Zu Di's hand, read it carefully, and then passed it to Xu Xun after reading it.

After reading it, Zu Gai and Xu Yan glanced at each other, and then said in unison again: "Not good! There is fraud! ”