Hu Xin was not a stupid person after all, he faintly understood something at this time, his face changed slightly, and he lost his voice: "My lord, isn't the target of the Northwest Army us?" ”

Xu Qing said with a wry smile: "Xigu Pass is only a three-day journey away, if the goal of the Northwest Army is to take Tongzhou directly, even if the cavalry arrives first, the infantry and baggage troops behind will not be too slow, it has been a day, and the troops behind should have come up at this time." But at this moment, there was no trace of reinforcements behind them, only these thousands of soldiers camped outside the city! ”

Xu Hai's face was even more pale at this time, and he didn't say anything beside him.

"I see." Hu Xin finally understood, "Chu Huan is concerned about whether we send a messenger for help, that is, he hopes that our reinforcements will come to save him, and he is not worried about us asking for help, just worried that we didn't send someone out." He frowned and said, "Then why did Chu Huan pretend to promise our conditions, delay it for three days, and release Xu Hai back?" ”

"Just because he's going to let us down." Xu Qingdao: "He wants us to defend the city with all our strength and wait for reinforcements, hoping to confuse our rangers outside the city, of course, not to check the terrain, but to block us in the city, he is worried that we will send people out of the city to deliver the letter again!" ”

"Chu Huan is really cunning." Hu Xin clenched his fists and said: "He deliberately led troops to the city, not to defeat Tongzhou, but to use this as a bait to lure our reinforcements over!" ”

Xu Qing's expression was solemn: "The Wei Commander and the Governor don't know much about the situation here, we sent people to ask for help, they must have thought that Chu Huan's target was really Tongzhou!" He hurriedly said: "Hu Qianhu, if nothing happens, our messenger should have delivered the letter for help at this time, and the Wei Commander and the Governor will definitely send troops to help, can you send someone out of the city, Pegasus to report the news, and let them beware of Chu Huan's fraud." ”

Hu Xin frowned and said, "My lord, it is not difficult to send people out of the city, but it is not easy to send a letter out." Since Chu Huan wants to lure reinforcements, he must have made careful arrangements, and now that the four gates have been targeted to death by them, every move at the city gate will definitely be under their surveillance. Most of them are cavalry, and once they are discovered, they can immediately catch up. ”

"That's good." Xu Qing was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Once the reinforcements are lost, not to mention that we are not guilty, when the time comes, Tongzhou will not be the opponent of the Northwest Army at all!" ”

Hu Xin thought for a moment before he said: "My lord, there may be a method, you can try it, but you can't get it nine out of ten." ”

"Oh?" Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Hu Qianhu said quickly." ”

Hu Xin leaned close to Xu Qing's ear and whispered a few words, Xu Qing bowed slightly, and said, "This can only be the case at the moment." He said in a low voice: "Hu Qianhu, this matter will be arranged by you." ”

Hu Xin arched his hand, and then retreated.

Xu Qing looked a little tired, glanced at Xu Hai, saw that Xu Hai's face was not good-looking, and frowned: "Do you have something to say?" ”

Xu Hai hesitated for a moment before he said, "Big brother, you sent your little brother to see Chu Huan, are you not sure that your little brother can come back?" ”

"What are you doing at this point?" Xu Qingdao: "Aren't you safe and sound?" ”

Xu Haidao: "If it weren't for Chu Huan's fearlessness and deliberately letting me back, once he was taken hostage, after three days, you couldn't keep your promise, would I, the human head, be in a different place?" ”

Xu Qing lowered his face coldly and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"You and I are just cousins, but we are brothers." Xu Hai was a little annoyed and said, "Since you know that this trip is extremely dangerous, and I won't even go back, why did you send me to death?" ”

"You're asking me for sin?" Xu Qing had a calm face: "Not to mention that you are still alive now, even if there are really three long and two short, it is also loyal to the country, the food of the king, and the matter of loyalty to the king, you can have today, it is all my hand, but I have done a little thing, so unwilling?" He waved his hand and said, "Don't retreat!" ”

Xu Hai's lips moved, but he didn't speak, turned around and left.

Whether it is the defenders in the city or the Northwest Army outside the city, there is no big move on both sides, only the rangers sent by the Northwest Army are haunted on all sides of Tongzhou City, and the guards at the head of the city see three or five fast horses galloping through the city from time to time, and occasionally glimpse the distance outside the city, and from time to time there is a group of rangers who appear and disappear like ghosts.

The Northwest Army has set up camp outside the city, nearly 100 tents are densely packed, after dark, bonfires have been lit, countless bonfires are like stars, scattered around the Northwest Army camp.

Above the city, Hu Xin led a group of people to appear quietly, it was dark outside the city, Hu Xin stood on the edge of the battlements and swept for a moment, then turned around, nodded slightly, and a person came up from behind, this person was dressed in black clothes and black pants, and someone next to him had already stepped forward to tie a rope around his waist, Hu Xin whispered to this person: "After leaving the city, you must be cautious, you must buy a horse as much as possible, and then quickly go to the Wei system, tell the Wei system, Chu Huan attacked the city of Tongzhou, it is very likely to encircle the point to send reinforcements, lure reinforcements, If the Wei command system is prepared, the Northwest Army will not be able to succeed! ”

"The little one understands!"

"When it is done, there will be a great reward." Hu Xin said in a low voice: "Be careful of the rangers of the Northwest Army, they are haunted outside the city, elusive, don't be discovered by them!" ”

By this time the rope had been trapped in the man, and the man arched his hand and climbed down from the battlements, and the soldiers pulled the rope and carefully lowered the man, and the rope was extremely long, and when the man landed, he untied the rope himself, and soon drowned in darkness.

"Lord Qianhu, six brothers have been dispatched." Someone on the side said softly: "The attention of the Northwest Army is mainly on the city gate, and I shouldn't have thought that we would let people down from the city wall." ”

Hu Xin's expression was grim, his hands were on the battlements, and he looked at the dark outside of the city, with a solemn expression.

This night, Hu Xin spent time in the city, a night of continuous inspection of various places, tired, leaning on the wall of the city to sleep, I don't know how long it took, in a daze heard an anxious voice in the ear: "Thousand households, thousands of households!" ”

Hu Xin woke up, grabbed his saber for the first time, opened his eyes, but saw two soldiers standing on the side with a frightened face, he was stunned at first, then got up, looked out of the city, early in the morning, the air was fresh, there was a dead silence outside the city, and a person beside him had already said: "My lord, you go to the city gate to take a look!" ”

Hu Xin frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The soldiers looked at each other, but they all lowered their heads, not daring to say more, Hu Xin was walking quickly along the city wall to the city gate, a moment later, to the city gate, then saw that a large group of people had gathered at the city head, was discussing, when Hu Xin came, all the soldiers dispersed, someone had pointed to the city and said: "Lord Qianhu, look! ”

Hu Xin looked over, and his face had sunk.

I saw that it was only a few miles away from the city gate, and the two figures were clearly visible, and the figures in front were lined up, and at a glance of mutual trust, they recognized a total of six people, and although they saw vaguely, Hu Xin still recognized at a glance that the six people were dressed in black clothes and black pants, and they were the messengers he sent last night.

Seeing that six people appeared under the city one by one, the corners of Hu Xin's eyes twitched, not far behind the six people, but there were more than a dozen northwest cavalry, all the cavalry saw that the city was quiet, but they didn't say a word, turned their horses' heads, and patted their horses away.

The six men looked at each other, but they came to the city gate.

The air in the early morning was very fresh, but Hu Xin felt that he was short of breath, and last night he sent these six people to secretly go out of the city along the city wall from six places, but they were arrested by the Northwest Army one by one.

There is no doubt that the Northwest Army completely controlled the city of Tongzhou in its hands.

"It's over!" Hu Xin muttered to himself, "Something big is going to happen this time!" ”

Long spears are like forests, the night sky is dotted with stars, but it is not enough to illuminate the road of soldiers and horses, Wei Tianqing sent troops from Liangzhou, along the way, almost without stopping, marching for two consecutive days, in the early morning, you can enter the territory of Tongzhou, after entering the territory of Tongzhou, at the current speed, one day and one night will inevitably be able to reach Tongzhou City.

Wei Tianqing was only worried that Tongzhou City would be breached before the reinforcements arrived.

The strategic location of Tongzhou City, Wei Tianqing is naturally clear, so no matter what, he must arrive at Tongzhou City before the city is broken.

The whole army was silent, but the huge army still woke up the birds in the forest, chirping and flying, circling and refusing to leave, the smoke had risen, and the birds were also a little uneasy, they had seen too much human fighting, and they knew more or less that the earth would be filled with bright red blood, and the delicate grass would be trampled by the horses' hooves, but in an instant, it would be irrigated by the bones and grow more vigorously.

The faces of the soldiers were less excited than when they were sent out, and more tired.

They marched day and night, two days and two nights, they were already sleepy and tired, at this time they didn't want to fight, they just wanted to find a place to sleep well, even if there was no marching tent, as long as they slept in the open air, it was already a great enjoyment, but it was a pity that the military order was like a mountain, Wei Tianqing did not give the order to stop, and the officers and men of the whole army not only did not dare to stop, but even the speed did not dare to slow down.

Wei Tianqing was anxious, but in fact, he also created a big miracle on the march, starting from Liangzhou, it was extremely fast, and it usually took four days, but at the current speed, it would definitely be possible to arrive in three days.

"Lord Domination!" As soon as he rode up, it was a guard general under Wei Tianqing, who also looked a little tired, "There is the Liuzi River in front, do you want everyone to take a rest by the river and eat something?" ”

Wei Tianqing frowned slightly, and the guard general hurriedly said: "My lord, we are going to fight with the Northwest Army, the Northwest Army is waiting for work, if we are tired and go into battle, we will get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

Wei Tianqing glanced back, and saw that the soldiers under his command were all tired, and knew that what the generals said was not bad, just marching so tired, even if there was a military order, but after all, people are flesh and blood, and the speed can only be slower and slower, take a break, let the officers and soldiers of the whole army take a break, and maintain the body is also a necessary thing at the moment.

Wei Tianqing naturally knows that the Liuzi River, the Liuzi River is actually just a tributary river, the deepest part of the river is only waist-deep, and most places are only knee-deep, which is not a barrier, but it can replenish drinking water in the Liuzi River, after all, the weather is hot and humid, and drinking water is indispensable for continuous marching. R1058