"Secure Tongguan and cut off Sun Chuanting's retreat. Now you are your own master, so there is no need to worry..."

The sound came from outside the tent. Zhang Dongtao suddenly stood up and walked out of the tent quickly.

The soldiers guarded the door of the tent and saw Zhang Dongtao hurriedly walking out of the tent with a confused look on his face.

Although it was dark, the camp was still very lively, and most of the sergeants did not rest. After the former army arrived at Tongguan, they set up camp on the spot. They did not encounter any fighting, and the food and grass could still be maintained. Zhang Dongtao told Li Yan, let

The sergeant should relax appropriately and not be so strict, so the camp will appear lively.

Zhang Dongtao turned to look at the soldiers, said nothing, and stood there.

Tongguan has always been an important military town. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court specially set up the Tongguan Guard Qianhu Station in Xiongguan, which was under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Dusi. Two years later, Tongguan Guard was established and placed under the jurisdiction of the Henan Dusi. During the Yongle period, Tongguan Guard was under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Army.

It was under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion. During the Tianqi period, Tongguanwei was once again placed under the jurisdiction of the Henan Dusi.

The successive governors of the five provinces paid great attention to the defense of Tongguan. Under normal circumstances, they would send sergeants to station here. The sergeants guarded the pass, which was quite a situation where one man was in charge of the pass and no one could open it.

The fall of Tongguan Guard was at the hands of Hong Chengchou, the former governor of the five provinces. Hong Chengchou was defeated miserably in the Battle of Zhuxian Town. Later, Kaifeng Fucheng was captured by Li Zicheng, and the whole of Henan fell into the hands of Li Zicheng. Hong Chengchou was accused by the court, and Li Zicheng continued to

When a large-scale attack on Shaanxi was launched, all the sergeants stationed at Tongguan were evacuated to the Fucheng area of ​​Xi'an. Sun Chuanting, who took over as the governor of the five provinces, had a weak army and could not send sergeants to defend Tongguan, so he simply abandoned Tongguan and reduced his troops to the Fucheng area of ​​Xi'an.

The 100,000 former troops led by Zhang Dongtao entered Shaanxi from Tongguan and headed towards Shangzhou. They cleverly avoided the imperial army under Sun Chuanting who was out of Tongguan to conquer, and saved the 100,000 soldiers of the former army. When Sun Chuanting led the army

After entering Henan, Zhang Dongtao once again led 100,000 former troops to garrison Tongguan.

Zhang Dongtao led 100,000 former troops to defend Tongguan, which was like beating a dog behind closed doors. No matter how successful the imperial army led by Sun Chuanting could achieve, they would eventually choose to withdraw from Tongguan to Shaanxi. Unless Sun Chuanting could completely defeat Li Zicheng in Henan, he would wait until

When Sun Chuanting led his army to retreat, Tongguan would become his dream.

All this was arranged by Wu Zongrui.

Zhang Dongtao obtained information very quickly. Of course, most of this information came from the Xinyi Security Bureau. For example, the information about Sun Chuanting's capture of Mi County and Weishi County was sent by the Xinyi Security Division several days before the Chinese army's scouts

When the intelligence came in, Zhang Dongtao was leading the front army in the direction of Tongguan.

Sun Chuanting captured Mi County, which shocked Li Yan. After all, the Red Lady was stationed in Mi County. The news later reassured Li Yan. The Red Lady led some of the sergeants stationed in Mi County to quickly evacuate and went to report the news to Li Zicheng.

One day ago, Zhang Dongtao received intelligence again that Sun Chuanting's army was fighting with the army led by Li Zicheng in Qixian County. Li Zicheng wiped out Sun Chuanting's chariot battalion at the cost of nearly 100,000 soldiers in the new battalion, and destroyed Sun Chuanting's largest army.

Rely on, next, Li Zicheng will lead an elite army and start a fierce face-to-face fight with Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting probably anticipated the danger, and marched hastily, bypassing Weishi County, and marched in the direction of Luoyang, probably thinking of retreating to Shaanxi. Li Zicheng also discovered Sun Chuanting's intention, and immediately led the army to pursue him.

At such a critical moment, it is crucial for Zhang Dongtao to stick to Tongguan.

Slowly walking to the back of the tent, Zhang Dongtao saw a pair of obvious footprints on the ground.

Being able to leave footprints on the ground proves that this person has extraordinary skills. No wonder the soldiers guarding in front of the tent did not notice it.

Walking in front of the footprints, Zhang Dongtao kicked the loose soil next to him and covered the footprints.

The soldiers who followed were several meters away from Zhang Dongtao. Although there were torches around the tent, they could not see clearly.

The situation has reached a critical moment, and the exchange of letters is full of dangers. If a certain letter is accidentally discovered by outsiders, Zhang Dongtao will be in great danger, so Wu Zongrui selected dozens of capable, strong and loyal people from the scout camp.

, and placed them in the Xinyi Police Department, specifically responsible for delivering oral intelligence to Zhang Dongtao.

The words brought by the scouts just now meant that Zhang Dongtao should defend Tongguan and prevent Sun Chuanting from returning to Shaanxi. Moreover, the words also mentioned that everyone was their own master, so that Zhang Dongtao would not feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Dongtao can imagine that Sun Chuanting was anxious to evacuate to Shaanxi. If he did not choose to pass through Tongguan, he could only go south to Yunyang, Huguang, and from Yunyang to Hanzhong, Shaanxi, and then detour to Fengxiang Mansion and return to Xi'an Fucheng. Such a long-distance attack would definitely mean that Sun Chuanting's army would not have enough food and grass.

Inadequately, if you are not careful, the army may completely disperse on the way.

As long as Zhang Dongtao leads the front army to defend Tongguan, Sun Chuanting and his army will not be able to capture Tongguan quickly. They will definitely encounter front and rear attacks near the Tongguan guards. Even if the Qin army under Sun Chuanting is strong, insufficient food and grass is the biggest problem, and it is also Sun Chuanting's.

There is no way to solve the problem. Once the food and grass are exhausted, Sun Chuanting will definitely lose.

Zhang Dongtao didn't understand why Sun Chuanting took the risk. You must know that when leading an army to conquer Henan, you must think of all possibilities, especially sufficient food and grass. If there is not enough food and grass, a disastrous defeat awaits the army.

When footsteps sounded behind him, Zhang Dongtao didn't look back and spoke directly.

"Brother Li, it's so late and you haven't rested yet."

The footsteps behind him stopped.

"Deputy General Zhang, you haven't rested yet..."

Zhang Dongtao looked back at Li Yan, smiled and spoke.

"That's right, we haven't rested, and we can't sleep anyway. Let's walk around and take a look..."

Zhang Dongtao and Li Yan headed towards the open space in the middle of the camp, and more than a dozen soldiers quickly followed them.

Li Yan looked at Zhang Dongtao, hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"Deputy General Zhang, are the former troops stationed in Tongguan planning to block Sun Chuanting's retreat?"

Zhang Dongtao nodded. There was no need to hide this. What he was thinking about was whether the intelligence he received yesterday indirectly told Li Yan that it was foreseeable that the former army stationed in Tongguan blocked Sun Chuanting's retreat. Here would be

There was an extremely brutal fight. If the front army blocked Sun Chuanting, then after the army led by Li Zicheng arrived at Tongguan, Sun Chuanting would be trapped in a pincer attack from both front and rear, and the entire army would most likely be annihilated.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting will definitely try his best to capture Tongguan and withdraw the army from Tongguan to Shaanxi.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Dongtao looked at Li Yan and spoke.

"Brother Li, Sun Chuanting led the imperial army on a long-distance attack and entered Henan to fight. He should be fully confident. The imperial army captured Mi County and Weishi County, which indeed dealt a certain blow to the rebel army. However, I think King Chuang will definitely be able to

To deal with situations like this.”

Li Yan nodded.

"What Deputy General Manager Zhang said is that I also think King Chuang can handle it..."

Zhang Dongtao narrowed his eyes and spoke again.

"If King Chuang confronts Sun Chuanting, I think Sun Chuanting will definitely lead his soldiers to evacuate to Shaanxi and conduct long-distance raids. If he cannot win in a short time, or cannot win a quick victory, quick evacuation is the inevitable choice.

Once Sun Chuanting chooses to evacuate from Tongguan, the pressure our front army will face will be huge..."

After Zhang Dongtao finished speaking, Li Yan was thoughtful.

"Deputy General Zhang, does King Chuang have an order requiring us to garrison in Tongguan?"

Zhang Dongtao paused, stood there, looked at Li Yan and spoke.

"What do you mean? Do you think the former army can stop garrisoning Tongguan?"

Li Yan sighed, looked at Zhang Dongtao and spoke.

"Deputy General Zhang, although there are 100,000 sergeants in the former army, there are only 10,000 sergeants in the old camp. The remaining sergeants in the new camp are obviously not strong in combat effectiveness. At first, you had a dispute with Niu Jinxing and others because of this matter. Now, now

If Sun Chuanting wants to withdraw to Shaanxi, he will definitely launch an attack on Tongguan with all his strength. I am worried that with the 100,000 sergeants of the front army, we may not be able to stop Sun Chuanting. If we fail, we still don’t know what Niu Jinxing and Niu Jinxing will do.

What will Song Xiance and others say..."

Zhang Dongtao smiled and patted Li Yan hard on the shoulder.

"Brother Li, I understand what you mean. The former army is responsible for exploring the road. It is true that the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the food and grass are not very sufficient. However, at the critical moment, we must prove ourselves. Since we choose to garrison in Tongguan, then we will try our best

We will fight to the last man with all our strength to prevent Sun Chuanting from withdrawing to Shaanxi. No matter what Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance think or plan to do, or what King Chuang thinks, we will do what we should do.

.”

Li Yan's body trembled slightly and he turned to look at Zhang Dongtao, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Dongtao frowned slightly and continued to speak.

"Brother Li, there are some things that I can only say in front of you. I think God is watching what people do. Maybe in the future, if Chuangwang succeeds, we people have been abandoned aside. But since I

As a member of the rebel army, I will fulfill my duty. I don't like calculations, and I don't want situations of mutual calculation and intrigue among the rebel army, but I can't prevent these situations from happening.

.”

"Maybe one day, when I can't bear it anymore, I will make other choices. I just hope that Brother Li will not point the knife at me..."

Li Yan, whose body was trembling slightly, took a long time to speak.

"Deputy General Zhang, I understand what you mean. In fact, I think that among the rebels, you have made the greatest contribution and are the most low-key. However, some people just look at you as an eyesore. The Red Lady and I entered the rebels and have been there all the time.
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