There are 300 garrisons in Xingyang County, all of which are local militia troops, and the head lieutenant is Wang Xiaode, who is the nephew of the county magistrate Wang Xiong. He received a report from the yamen runners, and a group of Wagang bandits occupied the county yamen.

His uncle was taken hostage by the bandits. He was shocked and angry and immediately led three hundred subordinates to surround the county government.

"Listen to the hero inside, let the county magistrate come out and you can ask for money and food. I'll send you out of the city. Everyone can tell you how to disperse. If you don't know the truth, I'll kill you and chop you into meat sauce!" Wang Xiaode rode his horse and carried a gun.

, shouted loudly outside the county government office.

The county yamen was a different scene. In the official room, the county magistrate Wang Xiong was tied with his arms and feet and fell to the ground, while Cheng Yaojin sat in his seat, holding his favorite official kiln teacup and savoring the tea carefully.

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The corner of his eyes flashed through the county magistrate and his two daughters from time to time. The county magistrate held his two daughters and was crying quietly. In the corner, the elderly parents of Wang County magistrate sat on the ground with a dull expression and were

A soldier was holding a knife.

Although the county magistrate Wang Xiong is not afraid of death, his parents, wife and daughter are his fatal keys. Every time Cheng Yaojin's eyes swept over his wife and daughter, he would be frightened. As well as his elderly parents, the county magistrate Wang has completely

After giving in, he kept begging: "King, if you want money and food, I can give it to you. Please don't hurt my parents, wife and daughter!"

After a while, Cheng Yaojin squinted his eyes and asked him, "Whose Hulao Pass is now?"

County Magistrate Wang was stunned for a moment, and the Wagang bandits actually asked this question. Cheng Yaojin was impatient to wait for him, and then said viciously: "If you don't say it anymore, I will let your brothers drag your wife behind you."

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County Magistrate Wang was frightened and said quickly: "There were originally ten thousand troops guarding Hulao Pass, and the Prince of Zheng Wang Xuanying personally led the troops to guard it. But just ten days ago, the main forces of the Zheng army retreated to Luoyang, and now there are only a thousand defenders.

The guardian general is called Zhang Zhi, who was originally Wang Xuanying's subordinate. Now we have been instigated to rebel."

As he said this, the county magistrate Wang felt a little suspicious. These people did not look like the Wagang bandits. Logically, as long as they were willing to give money and food, they would definitely ask for it impatiently. But in fact, they did not take the money and food to heart.

, Who are they?

Outside the county government, the captain Wang Xiaode was anxious and he wanted to rush in immediately, but he did not dare. His grandparents and uncles' lives were all in the hands of the bandits, so he had to wait for the group of tiles to be patient and waste time.

The bandits left on their own.

Outside the city, Luo Shixin led a thousand cavalry to kill. The city gate was closed and the suspension bridge was high. There were only a few defenders on the city, and the rest of the soldiers were all transferred to the besieged county governments.

At this moment, five Cheng Yaojin's men rushed to the top of the city. They drew their swords and rushed up. With a series of random swords, several defenders were killed. They then put down the suspension bridge and opened the city gate. Luo Shixin was very happy.

.After a command, he led a thousand cavalry into the city...

Wang Xiaode was still yelling loudly in front of the county government gate. The three hundred militia soldiers held spears and were wearing leather armor, and shouted with the captain. They had been in a stalemate for nearly an hour, and the soldiers were a little exhausted.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a muffled thunder sound coming from a distance, and the earth began to tremble. The soldiers looked at each other, with doubts and panic in their eyes, and they didn't know what had happened.

"Run!"

Someone ran and shouted, "There are cavalrymen coming!"

Before the soldiers could react, two cavalry suddenly rushed out of the streets on both sides of the county government. The horses galloped like a surging craze, waving swords and spears toward them. The three hundred soldiers suddenly seemed to have exploded.

Cockroaches shouted in horror, threw down their weapons and ran away in scattered life...

Luo Shixin did not expect that Cheng Yaojin was so beautiful. In less than an hour, he took down Xingyang County without any injuries. This made him admire him. Cheng Yaojin was indeed a bad talent and was cheating on the city and the city was deceiving.

He is not as good as Cheng Yaojin.

After a moment, the county magistrate Wang Xiong was taken into the room by several soldiers. Only then did he realize that these guys were not Wagang bandits, but Sui army. As long as they were officers and soldiers, his heart would be lost, at least the officers and soldiers would not.

He is as vicious as a bandit, and he still has some rules.

Wang Xiong walked into the room and bowed deeply to Luo Shixin, "Secretary of Xingyang County Magistrate Wang Xiong, see General Luo!"

Luo Shixin smiled slightly, "I'm scared to the county magistrate, please sit down!"

Luo Shixin's friendly attitude comforted Wang Xiong. He sat down and sighed: "I never thought it would be the Sui army. If it had been said that it was the Sui army, I would definitely cooperate without so many misunderstandings. Your General Cheng

It's really...ah! I really don't look like a soldier."

Luo Shixin recognized Cheng Yaojin's method. If it were said to be the Sui army, I'm afraid that the magistrate of Wang County would immediately send someone to Hulao to report the news. Although Cheng Yaojin's methods were not glorious, they were very effective. He could only detain his wife, daughter and parents as

Only when he is hostage can he be honest in his service for the Sui army.

"General Cheng was originally from Wagang Village. If he was rude, I apologize to the county magistrate. This time we were ordered to seize Hulao Pass. I would like to ask Wang County Magistrate for help in all the things, but Wang County Magistrate did his best to do his best to do anything.

When we do things, we will never hurt your parents, wife and daughter.”

Although Luo Shixin spoke politely, he still took Wang Xiong's parents, wife and daughter as hostages like Cheng Yaojin. Wang Xiong sighed for a while. General Luo was still the same for a long time. He had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay! I don't know

What does your army need me to do?”…

There are only more than 30 miles from Xingyang County to Hulao Pass. The terrain is full of hills and mountains, covered with dense forests. There is a river called Sishui. From Xingyang to Hulao Pass, the official road is

Walking along the water, although there are also gentle hills and undulating along the way, the terrain is relatively flat, suitable for vehicles and horse teams to Tongguan.

A few miles away from Hulao Pass is Sishui Town, so Hulao Pass is also called Sishui Pass. Every year, wars and chaos, Sishui Pass has long become an empty town with ruins and deserted houses. The town is a desolate and dilapidated scene.

In the afternoon, a grain transport team composed of more than a thousand horse and ox carriages passed by Sishui Town.

This is a grain transport team from Xingyang. The vehicles were collected from Xingyang County and Township. In addition to bags of grain, there were also some bundles of pigs and sheep on the carriage, which totaled 2,000 stones of grain.

The drivers who drove the car were basically Xingyang farmers. On both sides of the team, they rode horses and followed 300 militia soldiers. However, they were changed to be disguised by the Sui army. At the front of the team was General Luo Shixin. He was worried that Cheng Yaojin would seize the city, so he asked Cheng Yao to

Jin led seven hundred cavalrymen to follow far behind.

"Mr. Wang County, why did Sishui Town become so dilapidated?"

Luo Shixin looked at the town without any trace and frowned. He remembered that two years ago, the town was quite popular, with prosperous business and constant exchanges of merchants. The streets of the town were shouting hawking sounds one after another, but now it has become a dead town.

Wang Xiong sighed, "At the beginning of the year, the town was still quite lively. Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought for Hulao Pass for nearly a month. Sishui Town suffered repeated military disasters, and those who died, those who fled, and those who fled, and no one else was left.

If you can stay, the town will be ruined, it will be miserable!"

At this moment, Luo Shixin suddenly saw a red shadow flashing behind a abandoned house dozens of steps ahead. He was stunned. Isn’t there anyone else? Why are there still figures? His eyes are sharp, different from ordinary people, except for him

No one else saw it.

Luo Shixin urged him to come forward. This was a house that had been burned, with only a broken wall about a meter high left. Just now, the red shadow flashed behind the broken wall. Luo Shixin walked around behind the broken wall, and the wall was covered with weeds.

, without a half-person figure, behind the house is a dense forest, with darkness inside the forest and light cannot be shined in.

"General Luo, what did you see?" Wang Xiong urged him to come forward and asked.

"I feel like a red shadow ran past here just now!"

Wang Xiong laughed, "That's a mountain fox, with brown-red fur. He went down the mountain to find food. He was alarmed by us and was scared back. There are many such foxes in this area."

Luo Shixin felt that he didn't look like a fox. He saw a tall figure, but it looked like a human. If it were a ghost, it was impossible. He thought to himself: "It's really strange, what would it be?"

"General Luo, go!"

Wang Xiong urged Luo Shixin had to turn his horse's head and continue moving forward, but in the depths of the dense forest, an extremely bright pair of eyes staring at Luo Shixin's figure, his eyes full of tenderness...

Hulao Pass is still majestic and stands between two steep hills, breaking the road to the west. A few months ago, Li Mijun and Wang Shichong's army broke out in front of Hulao Pass.

Tens of thousands of people were killed in both sides, bones accumulated and wronged souls gathered.

Several months have passed since the war, and the bodies have been buried deep. Apart from the broken trees and a rusty sword that appears from time to time in the weeds, the traces of that war can no longer be seen.

The chief general of Hulao Pass was named Zhang Zhi. At this time, he was still the general of Zheng State's crown prince Wang Xuanying. The thousand defenders under him were still the Zheng army. But in fact, Zhang Zhi had secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. He was

Guarding this heroic pass in the Central Plains for the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Zhi has sent his men to contact Qin King Li Shimin. He hopes to clarify his identity as soon as possible, be able to make contributions and receive a good future.

In the afternoon, Zhang Zhi inspected the pass as usual. In front of the pass was a vast land covering hundreds of acres. The three heroes fought against Lu Bu in this open land. In the distance were continuous ridges, one from Xingyang.

The official road that came extended from the hills.

Not far from the north is the Sishui River Valley, but the mountain stream is steep and the water flows fast. You can no longer walk by the river, you can only walk on the official road.

At this time, a soldier suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, a grain team came from the official road!"

Zhang Zhi also saw a grain transport team winding out from the official road, driving horse and ox carts, full of grain, and some militia soldiers were wearing yellow flags with words printed on them.

Zhang Zhi was a little stunned. Why didn’t he have any news? Where did the grain team come from? Could it be that it was from Guancheng County? The prefect Wei Lu told him that a large number of civilians would pass the customs and go to Luoyang recently.

"General, he is the grain team of Xingyang County!"
Chapter completed!