There are 300 garrisons in Xingyang County, all of them are local militia troops, Xingyang's sons, the first lieutenant named Wang Xiaode, is the nephew of Wang Xiong, the county commander, he got the report of the officials, a group of Wagang bandits forcibly occupied the county government, and his uncle was taken hostage by the bandits, he was immediately shocked and angry, and immediately led 300 subordinates to surround the county government.

"Listen to the heroes inside, release the county order, you can ask for money and food, I will send you out of the city, everyone is good to talk about and disperse, if you don't know each other, I will kill you and chop you into meat sauce!" Wang Xiaode carried a gun on his horse and shouted loudly outside the county office.

In the official room, the county commander Wang Xiong was tied with his arms and feet tied and fell to the ground, while Cheng Yanjin sat on his seat, holding his favorite official kiln teacup and sipping tea.

The thief in the corner of his eyes swept from time to time from the county lady and the two daughters, the county lady was holding the two daughters and crying in a low voice, and in the corner of the wall, Wang Xianling's elderly parents were sitting on the ground with a sluggish expression, guarded by a soldier with a knife.

Although Wang Xiong, the county commander, is not afraid of death, but his parents, wife and daughter are his fatal key, Cheng Biting Jin's eyes swept over his wife and daughter, he would be terrified, and his elderly parents, Wang Xianling has completely softened, he kept begging: "King, if you want money and food, I can give it to you, please don't hurt my parents, wife and daughter!" ”

After a while, Cheng Biting Jin squinted his eyes and asked him, "Whose hands is the tiger prison in now?" ”

Wang Xian Ling was stunned for a moment, the Wagang bandits actually asked this sentence, Cheng Yanjin was a little impatient to wait for him, and said viciously: "If you don't say it again, Lao Tzu will let your brothers drag your lady to the back!" ”

Wang Xianling was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Tiger Prison Pass was originally guarded by 10,000 troops, and Wang Xuanying, the prince of Zheng, personally led the troops to defend it, but just ten days ago, the main force of Zheng's army withdrew to Luoyang. Now the defenders are only a thousand people. The guard's name is Zhang Zhi, who was originally Wang Xuanying's general, but now he has been rebelled by us. ”

Saying this. Wang Xianling was a little suspicious in his heart, these people are not very similar to the Wagang bandits, it stands to reason. As long as they are willing to give money and food, they will definitely ask for it impatiently, but in fact, they don't take money and food to heart, who are they?

Outside the county office, the school captain Wang Xiaode was so anxious that he wanted to rush in immediately, but he didn't dare, his grandfather and grandmother, and the lives of his uncle's family were in the hands of the bandits. He had to wait patiently for the group of Wagang bandits to leave on their own.

Outside the city, Luo Shixin led a thousand cavalry to kill. The gates are closed. The drawbridge was raised and there were only a few defenders in the city. The rest of the soldiers were all transferred to besiege the county office.

At this moment, five of Cheng Jin's men rushed to the city, drew their swords and rushed up, a burst of slashing, several defenders were killed, they immediately put down the drawbridge, opened the city gate, Luo Shixin was overjoyed, an order, led a thousand cavalry into the city......

Wang Xiaode was still shouting and scolding in front of the gate of the county government, and the soldiers of the 300 militia regiment were holding spears in their hands and wearing leather armor, and they also shouted with the captain, they had been in a stalemate for nearly an hour, and the soldiers were a little tired.

At that moment, they suddenly heard a muffled thunderous sound in the distance, and the earth began to tremble, and the soldiers looked at each other with doubts and panic in their eyes, and they did not know what had happened.

"Run!"

Someone ran in the streets and shouted, "There are cavalry killing!" ”

Before the soldiers could react, two cavalry suddenly rushed out of the streets on both sides of the county office, and the war horses galloped, like a surging tide, brandishing war knives and spears and pounced on them, and the three hundred soldiers suddenly shouted in terror like cockroaches that had exploded their nests, dropped their weapons and fled wildly......

Luo Shixin didn't expect Cheng Yanjin to do so beautifully, in less than an hour, without hurting a single soldier, he would take down Xingyang County, which made him have to admire, Cheng Yanjin does have crooked talents, and he is not as good as Cheng Yanjin in deceiving the city.

After a while, Wang Xiong, the county commander, was brought into the room by several soldiers, and he knew that these guys were not Wagang bandits, but the Sui army, as long as they were officers and soldiers, his heart fell, at least the officers and soldiers were not as vicious as the bandits, and they still talked about a little rule.

Wang Xiong walked into the room and bowed to Luo Shixin, "Xiaguan Xingyang County Commander Wang Xiong, see General Luo!" ”

Luo Shixin smiled slightly, "Let the county order be frightened, please take a seat!" ”

Luo Shixin's friendly attitude greatly relieved Wang Xiong, he sat down and sighed: "I never thought it would be the Sui army, if it was the Sui army, I would definitely cooperate, and there would not be so many misunderstandings, your General Cheng is really ...... Ay! Really not like officers and soldiers. ”

Luo Shixin recognized Cheng Biting Jin's way, if he had said that it was the Sui Army, I am afraid that this Wang County Order would immediately send someone to the Tiger Prison Pass to report the news, although Cheng Biting Jin's methods were disgraceful, but it was very effective, only by taking his wife and daughter's parents hostage, he would honestly do things for the Sui Army.

"General Cheng was originally from Wagangzhai, if he is rude, I apologize to the county order, this time we are ordered to seize the Tiger Prison Pass, all some things want to ask the county commander to help, only the county commander does things for us, we will never hurt your parents, wife and daughter."

Although Luo Shixin was polite, he still took Wang Xiong's parents, wife and daughter hostage like Cheng Biting Jin, Wang Xiong sighed for a long time, and this General Luo was still the same for a long time, so he had to say helplessly: "Okay! I wonder what your army needs me to do? ”……

From Xingyang County to Tiger Prison Pass is only more than 30 miles, the terrain is hilly and mountainous, full of dense forests, there is a river in the undulating hills, called Bishui, from Xingyang to Hugao Pass, the official road is along the Bianshui, although there are gentle hills and ups and downs all the way, but in general, the terrain is still relatively flat, suitable for vehicles and horse teams Tongguan.

A few miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass is Bishui Town, so the Tiger Prison Pass is also called Bishui Pass, every year the war is chaotic, Bishui Pass has already become an empty town, the ruins are broken, the houses are barren, the town is a desolate and dilapidated scene, in the afternoon, a grain transport team composed of more than 1,000 carriages and ox carts passes through Bishui Town.

This is a grain transport team from Xingyang, the vehicle is collected from Xingyang County Township, in addition to a bag of grain, there are some bundled pigs and sheep, a total of 2,000 stone of grain.

The coachmen who drove the car were basically Xingyang peasants, and on both sides of the team were on horseback with 300 militia soldiers, but they were dressed up by the Sui army, and at the front of the team was the general Luo Shixin, who was not worried about Cheng Biting Jin to seize the city, so he let Cheng Biting Jin lead 700 cavalry to follow far behind.

"Wang County Order, how did Bishui Town become so dilapidated?"

Luo Shixin looked at this town without any people, his brows furrowed, he remembered that two years ago the town was quite popular, business was prosperous, merchants were constantly coming and going, and the streets of the town were full of shouts and sales, and now it has become a dead town.

Wang Xiong sighed, "At the beginning of the year, the town was still quite lively, Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought for the Tiger Prison Pass, the two armies fought for nearly a month, Bishui Town suffered repeated military disasters, the dead died, the escaped, no one can stay, the town will be abandoned, miserable!" ”

At this time, Luo Shixin suddenly saw a red shadow flashing behind an abandoned house dozens of steps ahead, and he was stunned, isn't there no one? How can there be a figure, his eyes are sharp, different from ordinary people, except for him, no one else has seen it.

Luo Shixin urged him to step forward, this is a house that has been burned down for most of the time, there is only a remnant wall of a zhang high, just now the red shadow flashed behind the remnant wall, Luo Shixin went around to the remnant wall, the wall was covered with wild grass, there was no half a figure, behind the house was a dense mountain forest, the forest was dark and swarthy, and the light could not shine in.

"General Luo, what do you see?" Wang Xiong immediately stepped forward and asked.

"It looks like a red shadow ran through here just now!"

Wang Xiong smiled, "That's a mountain fox, its fur is brownish-red, it went down the mountain to forage, it was alarmed by us, and it scared back, there are many such foxes in this area." ”

Luo Shixin didn't feel like a fox, he saw a very tall figure, but like a person, if it was a ghost, it was impossible, he secretly thought in his heart: "It's really strange, what could it be?" ’

"General Luo, let's go!"

Wang Xiong urged, Luo Shixin had to turn the horse's head and continue to move forward, but in the depths of the dense forest, a pair of unusually bright eyes stared at Luo Shixin's figure, and his eyes were full of tenderness......

A few months ago, Li Mijun and Wang Shichong's army broke out in a fierce battle in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, with tens of thousands of dead on both sides, white bones accumulating, and the souls of grievances gathering.

Months had passed since the war, and the bodies had long since been buried, and there was no trace of the war except for the broken trees and the rusty knives that appeared from time to time in the grass.

The main general of the Tiger Prison Pass is called Zhang Zhi, at this time he is still the general of Wang Xuanying, the crown prince of Zheng State, and the 1,000 defenders under him are still Zheng Jun, but in fact, Zhang Zhi has secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and he is defending this Central Plains Xiongguan for the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Zhi had already sent his men to contact Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and he hoped that he could clarify his identity as soon as possible, and that he would be able to receive awards for meritorious service and get a good future.

In the afternoon, Zhang Zhi inspected the pass as usual, in front of the pass was an open land covering an area of hundreds of acres, in which the three British battles of Lu Bu were carried out, and in the distance were continuous mountain beams, and an official road from Xingyang extended from the hills.

Not far from the north is the Bishui River Valley, but the mountain stream is steep and the water is turbulent, so you can no longer walk from the river, you can only take the official road.

At this time, a soldier suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, there is a grain team on the official road!" ”

Zhang Zhi also saw that a grain transport team was winding out of the official road, driving horse-drawn carts and ox carts, full of grain, and some militia soldiers waving yellow flags with words printed on them.

Zhang Zhi was a little stunned, why didn't he have any news? Where did this grain team come from, is it from Guancheng County, Taishou Wei Lu told him that a large number of people will go to Luoyang recently.

"General, it's the grain team of Xingyang County!"

Zhang Zhi also saw the three words on the yellow flag clearly, it was 'Xingyang County'