After Qin Hu saw Yuan Junshi, he knew that Li Jing's matter was done. He had been waiting for a month and spent every day anxiously. He knew that this was the last chance.

Battle reports from Guanzhong appeared on Qin Hu's case all the time, but he had no choice but to break through Tongguan.

Now the time has finally arrived.

"We have paid the deposit. General Dugu is very anxious. It is about the comfort of the country. Although General Dugu wants to be loyal to the emperor, he is not strong enough. We also ask General Qin to march quickly and arrive at Tongguan City to support us."

"Don't worry, I'm the most well-behaved person. I'll do the work after receiving the money. Moreover, if this battle is successful, I can also make contributions to the court. Why not do it? I won't suffer any loss no matter what."

You are really a villain, and your interests come first. Yuan Junshi snorted in his heart and thought, let you be proud for a few days, and then after we succeed, we will go back and deal with you, this idiot.

After Yuan Junshi left, Qin Hu quickly found Yao Junsu and Wang Xingben.

"It's done. Tonight Dugu Huaien will take action to get rid of Wang Changxie. You must quickly rectify your troops and set off early tomorrow morning at full speed. The vanguard light cavalry will enter Tongguan before evening. Hold your troops still and wait.

Dugu Huaien’s arrangements will wait until all our troops arrive.”

"Then what?"

Qin Hu thought for a while: "There are still 15,000 troops in Tongguan, but they are all newly surrendered militias. The core strength of the Li clan will not exceed 50,000 if they die. These people are easy to defeat. But Dugu Huaien killed

After Wang Changxie, he will definitely guard Tongguan personally to appease and intimidate them."

"After we go, Dugu Huaien wants to use us to threaten these people, so he wants to win over us. I think I can treat him to a drink, take the opportunity to poison him, and then declare a pardon for these people in the name of the emperor.

Let them follow us and seize Yongfengcang."

Yao Junsu said: "Now we still have more than 14,000 people, but Puban has to be defended. We must leave one person to guard here."

Wang Xingben said: "Why don't I stay and you two handsome troops enter the pass."

"That's it. Now everyone is going to prepare separately. We will take half of the troops and leave half for the army. If the war is not going well, we will have no choice but to retreat."

Qin Hu is not sure that he can really defeat Li Clan's army of more than 200,000 people. Although everything is developing for the better now, Li Clan will definitely send troops to fight for Yongfengcang. If he can persist for a month, he will win.

If you can't hold on, you will end up defeated in the end.

If his direct lineage Xiaoguo Army was here, Li Clan would definitely be dead this time, but these people he has recruited now, let alone elite or not, do not even have the most basic loyalty.

Lack of confidence.

Early the next morning, Qin Hu and Yao Junsu led 7,000 people to leave Puban City. Two thousand cavalry, wearing only leather armor, galloped ahead, followed by infantry and baggage.

Yao Junsu had a certain mass base in Puban. He was a generous man and won the hearts of the people, so he summoned tens of thousands of people overnight to pull his own donkey carts to help transport the baggage.

Qin Hu asked them to transport only three days' worth of food and grass, and the rest of the transport was cavalry armor. Only in this way can the light cavalry be guaranteed to run quickly without exhausting the horses.

He now has no war horses that he can use to exhaust himself. Every war horse is a valuable property and should not be squandered unless absolutely necessary.

At noon, Qin Hu received news from Dugu Huaien and had successfully eliminated Wang Changxie.

Of course, Qin Hu couldn't believe his news easily. If Dugu Huaien pretended to be dumbfounded, their trip would be like entering the gate of hell. They would die without any possibility of escape.

And Li Jing couldn't take the risk to provide them with any information. Even if he did, he still wouldn't believe it, because Li Jing might have been controlled by someone.

This is the true nature of this operation.

Qin Hu could only rely on his own judgment and caution, and move step by step. The soldiers must also be alert and ready to deal with changes at any time.

He is not stupid, but has a profound understanding of a truth: all military operations are extremely risky operations. The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

All military miracles come from adventure.

Zhuge Wuhou hated Wuzhangyuan because he was too cautious and always pursued foolproof results. If he had followed Wei Yan's strategy of adventurous attack on Ziwu Valley, history would probably have been rewritten.

The Yu Dynasty was about to fall, and he had no other choice. He had to fight this battle even if he knew he would die.

"We don't have armor, we can only rely on bows and arrows. After entering the city, the formation will not be chaotic and we will be ready. As long as we hold on until tomorrow afternoon, the armor will arrive."

Before entering the city, Qin Hu repeatedly announced discipline to the soldiers.

"I am a general. I will sacrifice my life for the sake of the country. I hope you brothers will spare no effort and move forward bravely. I can't guarantee anything else. For all the soldiers who have made meritorious service, I will never lose you a tael of silver, and I will not wear an official position.

Armor, if you want to die, I will be the first to die! Please!"

Qin Hu wore leather armor and came outside Tongguan. There are no roads here at all. There are high mountains everywhere, with skyscrapers touching the ground, reaching into the clouds. The vegetation on the mountains is dense, even if a hundred thousand soldiers and horses are ambushed, it will be no problem. He wants to attack from the front.

, basically impossible.

The soldiers were all on tenterhooks.

After Dugu Huai'en killed Wang Changxie, he did not announce it to the outside world. He personally went to Tongguan to sit down and told Wang Changxie's deployment and that Wang Changxie had been transferred.

What he is waiting for now is Qin Hu's reinforcements.

After Qin Hu arrived, he immediately saw that they had an agreement that Qin Hu could not raise the banner of the Yu Dynasty and the word Qin, but only said that they were reinforcements sent by Taiyuan, so he immediately ordered people to open the city gate and put down the people.

Qin Hu's two thousand soldiers and horses were put in. Now his heart felt at ease.

"What should Qin Hu do if he harbors evil intentions?" Dugu Huaien asked Li Jing.

"It's impossible. He has few soldiers and no armor. Entering Tongguan is like entering the vast ocean. The soldiers must be trembling with fear. Only by working together can we gain mutual security." Li Jing shook his head decisively in denial.

Dugu Huaien thought about it again and again, and felt that Li Jing's words made sense. He immediately went down to the city to meet Qin Hu calmly. After a while of greetings, Qin Hu started to set up camp in an open space under the city.

"General Dugu, don't be anxious. We can only seize Yongfengcang when all my troops are here. Now please general, please continue to suppress Tongguan's deployment. If anyone sees the clues, I, the general, will naturally assist you and make contributions to the country."

In the end, Qin Hu said this to Dugu Huaien and asked him to go back. The reason was that he had too much contact and was afraid that the news would leak out.

Dugu Huaien agreed on the surface, but still sent a team of troops to monitor closely.

At present, he cannot completely trust Qin Hu.


Chapter completed!