Now, it seems that the only thing to save people is important.

Wei Chenliang knew that he was inseparable from the Wei family and that he would not save him when he was dead. This was something that he could not forgive him.

But... he just smiled bitterly. Although the soldiers in Xuzhou looked like there were more than 100,000, it was a "coalition" composed of seven or eight towns. Now they had just gathered together, and the divisions were not subordinate to each other and seemed to be quite powerful. However, smart people knew that it was not easy to coordinate in the center.

Not only that, there are also some shortages of food and grass transported from various places. Once attacked, there must be enough civilians to ensure the transportation of money and grain. These...the preparations are also insufficient.

In fact, from the beginning, Wei Chenliang did not intend to attack like this impatiently. At most, it would be harassment without pain. But now Wei Xuanzhen is anxious and delaying any effort may make the situation worse than irreversible. How could Wei Chenliang not know that as long as Hangu Pass falls, it means that from then on, Chang'an will be under Qin Shaoyou's iron hooves. What's even more terrifying is that when the princes of the town who see the wind direction will definitely choose to surrender to Qin Shaoyou. At that time, if the princes of the town are scrambling to the forefront, the first one to suffer will be the princes of the Wei family. Once these people tore off their last hypocrisy, they will definitely eat them alive without hesitation. After all... they still have some concerns and fears to deal with the court, but if the governors of the towns of the Wei family can not only take the opportunity to show their position, but also take this opportunity to embezzle the territory of the governors of the Wei family.

So... I have to save you, no matter how difficult it is, this soldier will be out.

Without hesitation, Wei Chenliang quickly assembled the governors of various towns, took out Wei Xuanzhen's letters to everyone to watch, and then said, "At this point, the arrow is on the string, and fortunately, Qin Shaoyou has tried his best to seize Hangu Pass. Most of his troops were on the front line of Hangu Pass, and the mountains and rivers are far away from here. There are not many soldiers left in the southern prefectures and counties, and most of them are old and weak. With more than 100,000 people, the ones that blocked us were just thieves.

More than 10,000 old and weak. Besides, they still need to divide their troops to guard all the prefectures and counties. If they don’t advance at this time, when will they wait? In the letter, Mr. Wei said that our life, death, honor and disgrace are all in this battle. This is a great good thing... Now, whether we are rich or not, or whether we are alive or not, it depends on this battle. If we can win this battle, our wealth and honor can last for ten lifetimes, otherwise... we are all in different places, and the defeated general will have nothing to say when he falls into that situation."

He waved his fist, obviously not asking everyone for advice, but more like the morale encouragement before the war: "So we should do our best like the thief army, and we must not have any rifts between the various divisions. Let the thief army have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Although these tens of thousands of troops and horses were allocated by each town, they must be united. Without distinction between each other, if the soldiers are gone, we can recruit them again, and if the money and food are consumed, we can still collect them in the future, but... Once the war is defeated, everything will be gone. Since this is the case, I will take the lead in making a

As for who will cover the left and right wings, who will protect the central army, and who will come to the palace, you will discuss with each other. I will not hesitate to this Shenwei army. Although they are my private soldiers and are closely related to me, as long as they can win, break through various prefectures and counties, directly threaten or even capture Luoyang, they will all be ruined. I will never frown. Most of the people here are my relatives. Now that the tribe is in trouble, please ask you to work together."

Wei Chenliang's words were quite sigh-like, especially when he was determined to let his Shenwei Army be the vanguard, he finally made everyone cheer up.

Although these Wei family members came to rescue, it does not mean that they have no selfish intentions. They have gradually become warlords who dominate the country from the so-called governor appointed by the court. For warlords, soldiers, money and food are their own private property. Since it is private property, this is their foundation. If a warlord loses his own soldiers and food, it is equivalent to losing everything.

So... although everyone is from the Wei family and they come to help, this does not mean that they are willing to do their best.

This is like, if the Wei family is in trouble, they are willing to work hard, but once some people contribute more and others contribute less, some people will inevitably lose their balance. Why do I have to do a lot of effort, but you are a foreign worker?

Wei Chenliang was very happy. He first told the seriousness of the matter, and then set an example by himself, and everyone was convinced.

After an hour, the general strategy was formulated. Time was rushed and there was no time to make a too detailed plan. It was nothing more than dividing the troops and advancing together, and then meeting together in Xingyang.

Xingyang is the gateway to Henan Prefecture. Once it is broken, Luoyang will be in sight.

Therefore, nearly 4,000 five-army camp guards were stationed there. As long as they seized it, they could directly capture Luoyang.

The next morning, the vast army began to set off. Wei Chenliang was wearing military uniform and looked energetic. He rode a tall horse and personally led the front army to advance first. Tens of thousands of troops were winding like long snakes, and there was no end at a glance.

This battle was indeed much hasty, but no matter what, Wei Chenliang felt quite relaxed, because he knew very well that the main force of Qin Shaoyou is now in Hangu Pass, which is far from here. Now he is heading north directly at lightning speed. Even if Qin Shaoyou hurriedly wants to come back for rescue, it is probably too late. What's more, the defenders of Hangu Pass will never allow the thief army to withdraw easily. Therefore... what he faces are just some scattered soldiers and gamblers, which is not worth worrying about.

He pulled forward and released many scouts. Although he knew that the opponent's main force was at Hangu Pass, he was still cautious and did not dare to take it lightly.

Countless scouts, the news that came back was not unusual. Then, good news came from the front, and the vanguards took Xingze County. There were only more than 500 defenders in the city. Seeing that the situation was too great and could not resist, they had already withdrawn. Then, good news came from the left and right wings, everything... seemed to be smooth sailing, and even Wei Chenliang felt unbelievable.

It seems... Qin Shaoyou is really determined to bet on his own. He is racing against time with himself. He is determined to be Hangu Pass, while he is determined to be Luoyang. At present, it depends on whether Qin Shaoyou breaks the pass first or takes Luoyang first. Anyone takes the lead. The situation will reverse. Wei Chenliang cheers up and urges the army to continue to advance.

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The situation at Hangu Pass seemed a bit unexpected. Zhang Jin was most worried about Qin Shaoyou's powerful weapon to siege the city, so he was very careful. However, the mighty Qin Shaoyou's army arrived at the gate, but it seemed that it was not in a hurry to siege the city. It only set up artillery at the bottom and bombed it every day, with hundreds of artillery. It almost stopped day and night.

At first, Zhang Jin was still very worried, but gradually, he became accustomed to the rumbling artillery, so he felt relieved. It was impossible to break the city easily with the artillery. Under the cover of the artillery, there were teams of warriors from the fifth barracks holding large shields and pushing a cart to rush to the pass and laying gunpowder. However, Zhang Jin found it very timely and refused to give them an opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, he had to retreat several times to rush to the fifth barracks under the city. The rain of arrows on the pass was quite sharp because they were condescending. The crossbows of the Shence Army were actually difficult to gain the upper hand under this situation.

Qin Shaoyou seemed to have no effective means besides constantly using artillery.

But is the artillery really effective? It would be fine if it was used against an ordinary city, but when facing Hangu Pass, Zhang Jin couldn't help but sneer. After siege for several days, Qin Shaoyou's ultimate skill seemed to be useless, which made Zhang Jin gradually feel relieved, thinking that Qin Shaoyou had no ultimate skill with Ben.

He patrols back and forth on the walls every day. At first, the defenders were a little worried. But gradually, when they got used to artillery, they gradually stopped panicing. This was obviously a good sign in Zhang Jin's opinion. At noon, he was about to drink tea at the city tower, but someone came to report: "General, Mr. Wei asked the general to come over and talk."

When he heard that Taishan was invited, he certainly did not dare to be negligent. He rushed over in a hurry. When he saw Wei Xuanzhen's eyes lit up: "What, how is the city guarding? I heard that the cannons roared under the gate, and the soldiers on the city were suffering, right?"

Zhang Jin hurriedly said, "It was the case at the beginning, but later I gradually knew how to avoid it. The city walls of this pass are very high. After all, the artillery that can fall into the pass is a minority. Even if it hurts people, it is even less. Although this Hangu Pass cannot be considered a nemesis of any artillery, at least it is enough to make the artillery useless."

Wei Xuanzhen seemed to be in a good mood today, and he stroked his beard and said, "Is that right? As a result, I feel relieved. Look, this city has been attacked for a while, but the only one that Qin Shaoyou has taken effect is this cannon. But the cannon can't do anything to us, but Qin Shaoyou's killing move still doesn't move. Now, Qin Shaoyou seems to be nothing scary. I will tell you another good news. Wei Chenliang has just sent a letter.

It was said that ten days ago, he led his troops north and went to several cities all the way. Now he has surrounded Xingyang. There are only thousands of soldiers in Xingyang. Although he is still defending, Wei Chenliang suffered a little, but it is a matter of time to break the city. He took Xingyang and then Luoyang. At that time, Qin Shaoyou should be frightened. Haha... Qin Shaoyou is just such a skill, but I looked down on him."

Wei Xuanzhen was in a good mood. At first, she was worried for so long, and she was worried every day. She was really anxious and angry. Who knew that the so-called thing Qin Shaoyou had in the box was still missing. Now Wei Chenliang has copied his way of retreat, and he is still attacking the city with cannons. From this, it can be seen that Qin Shaoyou has no unique skills. If he had it, he would have used it long ago. His back would have been copied, and there was no action. It seemed that he was just a tiger's skin.

Zhang Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed. Wei Chenliang's progress was smooth, and Hangu Pass attracted most of Qin Shaoyou's troops. If Wei Chenliang could take Xingyang, then Luoyang would be next. At that time, Qin Shaoyou would be really crying without tears.

Zhang Jin hurriedly said, "This is all due to the blessing of His Majesty and the Empress. Although Qin Shaoyou is undefeated in all battles, he is used to being arrogant after all. The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Now, I am afraid that he will also be in a dilemma. If he returns to the army to rescue and cannot get Hangu Pass, he is worried that we will pursue him, but if he doesn't save him, Luoyang may change hands. Wei Chenliang takes Luoyang, and Qin Shaoyou will be a rootless duckweed, which is not worth worrying."

Wei Xuanzhen nodded, but said, "Although this is the case, you should not be careless. Be cautious and never neglect."

Zhang Jin said: "It's important. How dare the son-in-law neglect his duties? He will definitely not give Qin Shaoyou an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Wei Xuanzhen looked at him with appreciation: "If you take down Qin Shaoyou in the future, you will be the most important thing. I must write a letter to let the court reward you."

As he was speaking, someone came hurriedly and said, "Report... the army and horses under the pass suddenly showed abnormal movements. Tens of thousands of people suddenly retreated halfway and headed towards Luoyang."

When they heard this, Wei Xuanzhen and Zhang Jin couldn't help but look at each other, and a hint of ecstasy flashed through their eyes.

Obviously, Qin Shaoyou should have received the news. He heard that Luoyang might be out of protection, so why would he continue to waste here? I guess because of this, I hurriedly wanted to go back to rescue Luoyang. From this point of view, Qin Shaoyou is really in a mess.

Wei Xuanzhen snorted coldly: "Is that so? I'm going to rescue him now. It's ridiculous. Don't he understand that his army is hundreds of miles away from Wei Chenliang. Even if he rescues, he will not be able to even touch the edge of Luoyang. With this time, Wei Chenliang will do a lot of things."

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Chapter completed!