Chapter 150

When Chen Hai and Wu Xiong led their troops close to qintongguan, they rode up a ridge at dusk. From a distance, they can see that Qintong Dachi road extends from east to west into a great rift valley.

It doesn't take twenty or thirty miles to enter from the Great Rift Valley, that is, qintongguan, which controls the entrance to the capital city in the East and Qintong in the West; Qin Tongguan is more than 100 meters high, like a stone gate. The iron wall is embedded in the mountain walls on both sides.

Although Qin Tongguan was in sight, Chen Hai and his team could not directly lead their troops to approach Qin Tongguan.

The entrance of the Great Rift Valley is only two or three thousand steps wide. There are 10000 high cliffs on both sides. The peaks and cliffs are like swords and halberds. They are strange and difficult for birds to cross.

Chen Hai thought that they had no other shortcut to go around before approaching the Qin Tongguan pass. They could only go through the Shixia gorge, but at this time, there were already many exile rebels in formation there with crude soldiers.

The exile rebels should also know that they did not have the strength to fight with the elite cavalry of Huben in the open area, so they shrank inside the valley mouth and formed an array.

In front of the loose and disorderly array, the exile rebels also cut down some trees and brought some falling stones, piled them on the gallop road as obstacles, and there is a light of restriction and leakage on the cliffs on both sides. It seems that their main intention is to delay the pace of the counter attack of Jingying army from Yanjing city on qintongguan.

The exile rebels did not go out of the rift valley to pursue the defeated soldiers, nor did they retreat directly to qintongguan. Chen Hai speculated that it was probably the guards of qintongguan, and some people resisted tenaciously in Guancheng. The exile army had not completely won qintongguan, so it was necessary to extend the defense line to the gorge 20 or 30 miles away.

Although the exile rebels in gukou have simple armour, they are all strong and powerful. They must be brave and elite selected from the exiles. There are hundreds of red eyebrow believers in black robes, standing among the rebels and staring at them.

Even if separated by several miles, Chen Hai can still feel the gloomy eyes in the eyes of these red eyebrows.

Seeing this scene, Chen Hai also took a breath and thought that there were hundreds of Chimei believers in gukou, leading tens of thousands of exile rebels to form an array, and there must be no small number of Chimei believers who stayed in the city of Qin Tongguan to encircle and suppress the remnants of the garrison.

No matter whether it's the Yulong Mountain refugees who make trouble or the raids on the Chishan City, Chen Hai once saw the red eyebrows of the refugees. They were only three or five people hiding behind the scenes to instigate the chaos. Unexpectedly, so many red eyebrows appeared inside and outside qintongguan today. It's almost certain that the raid on qintongguan should have been planned by the red eyebrows for a long time.

Chen Hai looks at TU Chongjin. Tu Chongjin's face is ugly.

At the beginning of the year, when the Hexi delegation passed through Qin Tongguan, GE Xuanqiao and Chen lie both mentioned the disaster of refugees at the banquet. Only Tu Chongjin and other generals didn't care. They thought that refugees and red eyebrow believers were just the disease of scabies. At that time, he would never think that he would become the first sacrifice of the disaster of refugees.

Chen Hai and Wu Xiong led their troops to escort Tu Chongjin to the west to gather up the defeated soldiers. At this time, twelve or three hundred people have returned to Tu Chongjin's command. However, seeing that the gorge has been completely closed by the exile rebels, it means that Qin Tong has shut down ten thousand Huben elite, and these twelve or three hundred people can escape the great disaster.

Chen Hai, they don't have enough strong troops, and the new army of the seventh capital in Xiyuan can't be used at will. At the same time, they don't have a strong leader in daodan territory, and they don't know the details of the exile rebels. It's impossible to rush into the gorge.

The Taiwei mansion may call the Xiyuan army to recapture qintongguan this time, but Chen Hai can't move with the army until the Taiwei mansion makes a decision.

"Tu Shuai, take care of everything!"

Chen Haichao arched Tu Chongjin and said.

"No thanks for your kindness!" Tu chongjinji said first.

Chen Hai and Wu Xiong led their troops to help him collect the disabled soldiers, which was already a great favor. They even lent him more than 400 good horses and more than 20 light chariots to reload their armaments. Tu Chongjin saw the formation of the exile rebels at the gorge, and knew that it was wishful thinking to recapture qintongguan with their strength.

Chen Hai and Wu Xiong ride four or five hundred fine horses. They can't hang out alone for a long time. They don't have the necessity and obligation. They have done everything they should do. They will go back to Meiwu castle to see the situation, but Tu Chongjin wants to lead the remnant to stay outside the mouth of Qintongxia to "make atonement for their achievements".

At least Tu Chongjin can't easily go back and give his head before the Taiwei mansion has a clear decision to ask for a crime; With enough buffer time, Tu had time to operate secretly and reduce Tu Chongjin's guilt.

Chen Hai and Wu Xiong led their troops back to Meiwu castle. It was already the next morning.

During this period, several small groups of scouts in Yanjing City marched westward to monitor the movements of the refugee rebels in qintongguan. However, when returning to Meiwu fort, Chen Hai did not see a large army gathering in the direction of qintongguan.

In addition to the disciples who have worked in the barracks and chaotang departments, Yuecheng Princess Dong Ning and nearly 100 Hexi disciples who have been studying in the learning palace have rushed to Meiwu castle to be on standby to deal with this sudden change.

"What's the resolution of the Taiwei mansion? Have you decided who to use as the general to eliminate the civil unrest?"

Chen Hai and Wu Xiong walked into the hall and saw Dong pan, Pei Jinhua and Dong Ning in the hall. They seemed to be awake day and night. They couldn't wait to ask about the trend of Taiwei mansion.

Different from the civil unrest outside the five passes in the past, this time the exile rebels directly attacked and seized the important place of the west gate of Beijing, and millions of rebels entered the foot of Beijing. The chaotang was shocked. Chen Hai wanted to know whether the Taiwei mansion would call the Xiyuan army nearby, or Send a elite Huben army from the camp of qinglongyu to go west to suppress the rebels and recapture qintongguan.

"..." Dong pan smiled bitterly, shook his head and told Chen Hai about the changes in the court that night, "In the court hall, all the ministers advocated to severely punish Tu Chongjin and other generals for their dereliction of duty, and unanimously decided to send troops to suppress the civil unrest as soon as possible. The prince also asked to lead Huben's elite to make a quick decision to suppress the civil unrest, but Yuhe palace sent a message to scold the prince for being impatient and unable to calm down. Even if it was sending troops to suppress the civil unrest, it should not be the prince's personal enlistment. Yuhe palace scolded, but there was no further criticism When the emperor's decree was issued, the prince was also angry. He ignored it. Instead, he completely handed over the suppression of civil unrest to the officials of the Taiwei house for decision... "

"The Taiwei mansion is also in dispute over who is to be the general and which army to use. At this time, there is no conclusion." Pei Jinhua said reluctantly.

"...." Chen Hai opened his mouth and said nothing except a long sigh.

"It's all burning. What's the Taiwei mansion still fighting for?" Wu Xiong thought that the Taiwei mansion had begun to assemble troops. Unexpectedly, he was still arguing about who to use and which troops to dispatch.

Dong pan, as a direct descendant of the Dong family in Hexi, knew that the Wuwei army was separating Hexi. The weaker Yanjing was, the better. However, he and others were also unable to laugh or cry about the internal struggle of chaotang at this time.

"No matter when the Taiwei mansion can come up with a resolution, I'll go back to fujiaoling and stand by now, so I won't delay here..." Chen Hai saw that Meiwu castle was in full readiness, and there should be no trouble. He had a position and couldn't stay in Meiwu castle, so he stood up and said goodbye to Dong pan.

Chen Hai and Yuecheng Princess Dong Ning and others bowed their hands to leave. Seeing that Dong Ning avoided his sight, Chen Hai sighed slightly in his heart and said nothing more, so he withdrew from the hall.

Chen Hai returns to Taohua stronghold first. He plans to arrange Ge Tong to lead a hundred soldiers to garrison Taohua stronghold and organize craftsmen and craftsmen at the same time.

Although it is unlikely that the exile rebels will attack Yanjing, it is always necessary to make more preparations for Meiwu fort and Taohua fort. Once the situation is chaotic, in addition to the exile rebels, the forces lurking in the secret enemy hate Hexi may be ready to move.

Fortunately, the expansion of Taohua stronghold and Meiwu stronghold has been completed before winter.

In addition to pouring molten iron juice into the castle wall for reinforcement, Meiwu Castle also sets up a defense array, which is not afraid of the strong attack of the exile rebels in a short time. Although the overall defense of Taohua dock is much worse and there is not enough strong troops, it is only two miles away from Meiwu castle, forming a corner. The situation is bad. Ge Tong led his department to escort the craftsman and craftsman to break through and withdraw into Meiwu castle In time.

"Why do you have to take this step? The court is still fighting inside. What are they thinking?"

In Meiwu castle, Wu Meng, Ge Tong and others are not qualified to speak. Even sun Buhui is inconvenient to interrupt, but when they return to Taohua stronghold, they can no longer restrain themselves and ask inexplicably and unfairly.

Chen Hai shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "maybe those people standing on the court thought that the exile rebels and the red eyebrow sect were just a mob, and Tu Chongjin and others would lose qintongguan because they were too stupid."

"Both sides are burning with anger, and the two factions of Ministers still have to compete for merit?" asked Wu Meng, Ge Tong and others in disbelief.

"Qin Tongguan's loss is a great crime, and its recovery is a great achievement. If this great function is obtained by spitting hands, the two factions will naturally compete," Chen Hai said with a bitter smile and said to Zhou Jingyuan, "send someone to invite Cao Feng over. I have something to tell him."

At the end of last year, a large number of refugees gathered in the north of Taohuawu. Years later, they built embankments, beaches and cultivated land. In order to prevent this group of refugees from causing great disasters, Chen Hai had no right to drive them away. In addition, he had to secretly fund 70000 refugees to settle down in the north of Taohuawu.

Chen Hai didn't worry about what right and wrong these settled refugees would cause, but it's hard to say now.

He also didn't know whether Cao Feng, these exile leaders, secretly contacted the red eyebrows behind their backs, or whether Cao Feng and others would become stupid and ready to move after the fall of Qin Tongguan. Now he wants to call Cao Feng over to explore his reality.

"What if Cao Feng doesn't come?" Zhou Jingyuan asked hesitantly.

Everyone also looked at Chen Hai. Cao Feng, these refugee leaders, may refuse to enter Taohua dock at this time. I don't know whether Chen Hai has any follow-up countermeasures.

"Send someone to invite you first." Chen Hai waved his hand. He looked at Cao Feng's reaction first, and then he did the next step. There was no need to think about what was there at this time.