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As a representative of the investor in the Northern Han Dynasty, Lu Zan performed very conscientiously and paid great attention to Li Yun's military operations and often asked.**(...).

Li Yun felt very awkward. What's so great about you, Northern Han? You sent thousands of elderly, weak and disabled people, so why are you pretending to be big-headed garlic? I have been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and I have defeated your Northern Han army dozens of times. What qualifications do you have to ask about my resolution and question my decision?

Li Yun was angry and became more impatient with Lu Zan. However, Lu Zan felt that since he had served as the military supervisor, he should do his duty and be more attentive to the Central Army tent. On this day, Lu Zan walked into the Central Army tent and said to Li Yun: "General, I heard that the front army had already captured Zezhou. As long as we take down Tianjing Pass, we could easily cross Taiping Mountain. Then why don't we attack Tianjing Pass?"

Li Yun said angrily: "Are you questioning my decision? Am I not as good as you? A few days ago, I sent my general Dan Gui to lead 5,000 troops to attack Tianjingguan! I pointed at you to remind me, wouldn't I live in vain! In fact, Lord Lu would just sit in the central army tent and listen to the briefing. You don't understand the war!"

Lu Zan was furious. He was familiar with military affairs and had led the army to fight. Otherwise, Liu Jun would not have handed him an important mission like the military supervisor. Li Yun said openly that he did not understand military affairs, which made him angry. At that moment, Lu Zan shook his sleeves and turned around and left!

Li Yun sneered and said, "This guy is really abominable. I just read a few books of soldiers and think he is Sun Wu's rebirth! If it's so easy to fight, then just choose some good fools in the war. What do we generals who can fight well do?!"

Everyone laughed, but Lu Zan didn't actually go far and heard the ridicule of the generals in the tent. *1*1* Now Lu Zan's face turned ashen, and she stomped her feet hard and left with great strides.

At this time, Dan Gui also led 5,000 troops to the front of Tianjing Pass. Dan Gui gently urged the horse under his crotch. He ran to the front of Tianjing Pass and shouted loudly: "Listen, the general at the gate, I am Dan Gui under the command of Li Shuai. Now, lead 10,000 troops to your Tianjing Pass. If you turn on and surrender quickly, you can save your life and enjoy wealth and honor! You may have heard that Li Shuai has officially raised an army to clear the emperor. If you resist stubbornly, not only will your life be lost, but your family will also suffer!"

The information obtained by Dan Gui in advance showed that there were only more than a thousand defenders in the courtyard, and the guards were even more unknown. Not worth mentioning. He proudly carried a long spear and showed off his power in front of the pass. The five thousand troops behind him kept knocking on the ground with their weapons in their hands to create momentum for him.

He heard someone laughing loudly at the moment, and stood up with someone, Shi Shouxin. He shouted loudly: "Listen to the rebels in Guanxia, ​​I am Shi Shouxin, the governor of the Yicheng Army. The court has sent more than 100,000 troops to quell your rebellion. My troops are the vanguard! If you surrender, you can still save your lives; otherwise, you will be waiting to be killed by our army!"

After Shi Shouxin finished speaking, many soldiers immediately emerged on the walls around him, posing a lot of banners. At first glance, the walls seemed to be covered with defenders. In fact, Shi Shouxin and Dan Gui both exaggerated the number of people on their side. Shi Shouxin announced that the court would have more than 100,000 troops coming to quell the rebellion. Dan Gui also exaggerated his 5,000 troops into a 10,000 army.

Seeing that the city was ready, Dan Gui frowned. Although he had five thousand troops here, the number of enemy troops on the city was quite large. If he attacked rashly, he would not even have a place to retreat. If he could not gather the troops, the enemy would be rushed to the city of Zezhou! Thinking of this, Dan Gui shouted loudly: "Let's camp first, and settle the score with the enemy later!"

Shi Shouxin looked at Dangui's army slowly retreating and smiled and shouted, "You soft-legged crabs, surrender quickly. There is hot water and food in the city. Hurry up and throw away your weapons to come for dinner!"

Dan Gui was too lazy to argue with him, but only restrained the soldiers to retreat. Shi Shouxin looked at the retreating Dan Gui's army and couldn't help but breathe a long breath! After receiving the order, he and Gao Huaide immediately led 3,000 infantry to reinforce Tianjing Pass. In order to hurry up, the soldiers left all their armor and ran towards Tianjing Pass with only weapons. However, the mountain road was rugged and difficult to move, and many soldiers were left behind. Now only nearly a thousand people arrived at Tianjing Pass on time under the leadership of Shi Shouxin, and Gao Huaide was still busy collecting the fallen soldiers along the way. The soldiers under Shi Shouxin's command are now at the end of their strength. If Dan Gui leads his army to attack immediately, it will be difficult for Shi Shouxin's troops to hold on. Fortunately, Dan Gui was too cautious and did not seize this opportunity.

That night, another three or four hundred soldiers rushed to the Tianjing Pass. At dawn, after a night of rest, the soldiers finally recovered their strength and found armor and weapons suitable for them from the arsenal at the gate. Of course, Dan Gui was not idle either. He used this night to send people to cut down trees and build dozens of long ladders, waiting for dawn to attack.

It was finally dawn, and Shi Shouxin's troops and Dangui's troops finished breakfast together and were ready to fight. Dangui shouted loudly: "Attack!" His soldiers immediately carried the ladders and rushed forward.

Shi Shouxin stood on the enemy's stairs, looking at the enemy soldiers rushing from afar with long bows on their backs. He knew that they were just enemy archers, so he shouted loudly: "Be careful of enemy shooting and be prepared for arrows!"

Hearing his shouts, his soldiers immediately approached the battlements in front of him and bent down to reduce their area of ​​arrows. The original defenders on the city were of varying quality, and only a few people followed suit, and most of them were still stupid.

At this time, the soldiers of Dangui's troops had already rushed to a distance below the gate. Many soldiers really stopped, pulled the longbow from behind, and shot at the top of the city. The remaining soldiers, regardless of the situation, continued to carry the long ladder and ran to the bottom of the city.

Just as he heard "swoosh swish swish swish swish", the arrows kept shooting towards Guancheng, and then plunged into the body of the defenders, causing a lot of screams. As the number one main general under Li Yun, the archers in Dangui's army were all selected from the best, and the long arrows used were even more selected. The range was very long, completely catching up with the range of the guards with the advantage of geographical advantages.

Shi Shouxin shouted loudly: "Rely on battlements and avoid arrows!"

He could hear his voice and act according to his instructions, all the veterans he brought. The original defenders on the city were panicked, running around like headless flies, and then being shot and killed on the top of the city. At this time, he heard the sound of the long ladder leaning against the battlement, and the enemy was about to take the opportunity to attack the city! (To be continued...)


Chapter completed!