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Chapter 205 - Liu Jiajia

The weather was abnormally cold, and the Yellow River had already been frozen solid!

Qin Gui had long made people spread the dry grass on top of the Yellow River's ice.

Different from Zhao Chen's subordinates, the military discipline under Zhao Gou's command was extremely bad! It had been three or four years since the last year of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they still hadn't changed much! Those regular soldiers in particular were better off. The rebel army was originally a group of guerrillas. They had never met on such a large scale before, but now, they were all laughing loudly!

Amidst the cold wind, their voices floated far away!

"We were planning to ambush Tongguan! But with the way things were, how could they ambush Tongguan? I'm afraid that the guards of the Tongguan have long known of our arrival! " Qin Gui frowned.

"So what if they know? Their main force had already been transferred away by the Nvzhen, so they only had a maximum of ten to twenty thousand men left in the Tongguan! We have eight hundred thousand men under our command! No matter how strong the Tongguan is, we eight hundred thousand soldiers can flatten the entire Tongguan! " The handsome Young Generals laughed and said.

"That's right!" Qin Gui thought for a moment, then nodded his head!

With regards to this operation, Qin Gui was still quite confident! He felt that even without the Nvzhen, defeating the Tongguan might not be impossible! Moreover, after the Nvzhen entered the Guan Shan from the Dragon Gate, the guards of the Tongguan would definitely go and stop the Nvzhen! Just as the Young Generals had said, even if she was found out, it didn't matter!

Although the ice surface of the Yellow River was solid, the number of their troops was simply too great! After a while, a crack had appeared on the surface of the ice, and Qin Gui immediately ordered his men to cross the river by the side, he did not even need to mention this!

And at this time, within the Tongguan, the sound of an emergency assembly had already sounded!

To the east, the army crossing the river was simply too loud. Even the Tongguan could hear them!

Right now, the one guarding Tongguan was a veteran of ten thousand Imperial Guards, their commander was called Yang Zhong! This Yang Zhong was precisely the general of the Home Breaker that Zhao Chen had just seen after she killed Zhe Keqiu! He was a martial arts expert, but she had a simple and honest personality. She was loyal to her duty! When Yue Fei left, he specially asked to stay behind to guard the Tongguan!

"General, what happened?" A Academy Officer came to Yang Zhong's side and said.

"I've already sent people down to investigate! Enemies are coming! " Yang Zhong said.

"Who could it be? Didn't the Nvzhen land on the Dragon Gate? Are they going to land here again? " Academy Officer said in disbelief.

"I don't know!" Yang Zhong frowned!

After a while, a few soldiers rushed in. One of the soldiers said, "General, it's not Nvzhen below, it's the rebel army!"

Yang Zhong stared blankly for a moment, then said: "An army that defends the enemy?"

That soldier said: "That's right, it's the army of the Conan's traitor! There was an extremely large number of them. There was simply an endless sea of people; it was unknown just how many there were! General, their target is the Tongguan!

Yang Zhong's brows tightly knitted together, and said: "Quickly! Tell all the soldiers to go up to the city walls and take out all the garrison equipment! This time it's going to be very dangerous, we have to stop the rebel army! "

Academy Officer and the soldiers below immediately passed down their orders, not to mention!

Yang Zhong himself had already walked up the city wall with large strides. After arriving at the top of the city wall, he said, "Immediately order for men to head to Chang'an and inform Your Majesty of the situation here … If possible, get His Majesty to leave Chang'an immediately. Right now, it is far too dangerous! I'm worried that we might not even be able to defend Tongguan! "

A Academy Officer at the side was startled, and said: "We will definitely be able to protect Tongguan!"

Yang Zhong shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty's life is as heavy as the heavens, we absolutely cannot let Your Majesty be in danger! We must inform His Majesty! "

Academy Officer nodded, and immediately arranged for people to head to Chang An to report!

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers had arrived at the top of the city wall. Countless weapons were raised up to the city walls! The entire city wall was bustling with activity!

It was snowing heavily outside, and one could hear noises coming from afar through the snow! This clamor seemed to come from three to four miles away, while some seemed to come from over ten miles away! Just hearing this sound was enough to guess how long the enemy's team was!

"General Yue, General Yue, you probably never thought that an army of traitors would actually attack Tongguan at this time!" Yang Zhong was already extremely anxious!

Slowly, Zhao Gou's army appeared below!

At first, there were only a few dozen people, but it quickly became a few dozen. In the end, it became tens of thousands! And behind these tens of thousands of people, there were countless other people!

"There are at least a hundred thousand rebel troops!" Yang Zhong said, his heart was filled with pressure!

Unfortunately, he did not know whether it was the "one hundred thousand" or the number of people who had underestimated the size of Zhao Gou's army!

"The military discipline of the rebel army is extremely poor. It's so noisy and the troops are in complete chaos! If we are of the same numbers, they are not a match for us! " Looking at the state of Zhao Gou's army below, Yang Zhong finally had more confidence!

Just then, a young man wearing silver armor and a silver helmet walked out from the group. He was the Young Generals who had talked to Qin Gui earlier!

He was just too handsome, even Yang Zhong who was above was startled!

"The high-ranking officer above, come out and speak!" The Young Generals pointed his silver spear at the top and shouted.

"What do you have to say?" Yang Zhong stood out and said.

"This general is the one who controls Liu Guangshi under the Emperor Jianyan! The Emperor Jianyan was personally bestowed the title of an army throttling! Aren't you going to come down and pay your respects? " The handsome Young Generals said with a mocking tone.

He was Liu Guangshi, who had originally defected to Zhao Gou's side, and was now titled as the "throttling" by Zhao Gou! He was from a general class family, so he naturally had a proud aura, looking down on Yang Zhong, this kind of general who came from a dirty family.

"Liu Guangshi? So you are Liu Guangshi! Back then, it was you who wanted to assassinate His Majesty! You deserve to die a thousand deaths! If I have the chance, I won't let you off! " Yang Zhong said coldly.

"You won't let me go? What are you? Alright, today I won't waste any words with you guys, Emperor Jianyan's army has arrived, you guys immediately come down to surrender! When you all kneel in front of me, Liu Guangshi, if your attitude is still alright, I will forgive you all! " Liu Guangshi said in disdain.

"Emperor Jianyan is a traitor, how can we surrender to him?" Yang Zhong sneered.

"If my guess is not wrong, the main force of your Tongguan's garrison has already left for the north! You only have ten or twenty thousand men and horses right now. Do you know how many warriors we have sent out this time? Liu Guangshi laughed.

"I don't know!" Yang Zhong said indifferently.

While he chatted with Liu Guangshi, he also looked behind them. Behind them, countless Expeditionary soldiers were bringing up their defensive equipment! As more and more weapons were placed here, he felt more and more at ease!

"Eight hundred thousand!" Liu Guangshi laughed.

"What?" This time, Yang Zhong was really shocked!

"How is it? You guys are not our match! Hurry and get down, kneel down and surrender, and I'll spare your lives! " Liu Guangshi laughed.

"The eight hundred thousand strong army is indeed huge! But, we are subordinates of the Emperor Xuanwu! If we were to die in battle for the Emperor Xuanwu, we can also enter the Heavenly Court in the future! If we submit to a traitor, we will be sent to the 18 Hells of Flame in the future! Do you think that I, Yang Zhong, am an idiot that would actually submit to a traitor? " Yang Zhong said in disdain.

Hearing Yang Zhong's words, Liu Guangshi was stunned! He did not expect Yang Zhong to actually say such a "prodigy" speech!

Wang Shu's Advocacy Division was the first to enter the Imperial Guard, they were in the Imperial Guard to conduct education! Later on, this ideological education was also more focused on the individual worship type of education! As for Yang Zhong, even though he looked extremely simple and honest, with a very simple personality, he actually believed without a doubt in the theory Advocacy Division spoke of as "God of Heaven descending to the mortal world"! At the moment, his words were exactly the same as the words of a cult disciple. Liu Guangshi was at a loss for words!

"Are you crazy?" After a long while, Liu Guangshi said.

"To die for His Majesty the Xuanwu, death is worth it! If he were to betray the Emperor Xuanwu, it would be miserable! Hmph, forget about the eight hundred thousand strong army, even if it's an eight million strong army, I, Yang Zhong, will never surrender! Not to mention me, none of the soldiers around me will surrender! "Say, isn't it?" Yang Zhong laughed out loud!

"Yes sir!"

"General Yang is right, why would we surrender?"

"Even if we die in battle, our lives will be lost in the Loyalty Temple! The glory of our deaths! "

"Damned traitor, what do you take us for? You actually want us to submit to a traitor? Ridiculous, ridiculous! "

Such voices were everywhere, the Imperial Guard Army warriors up above laughed, and ridiculed Liu Guangshi who was below!

"Damn it!" Damn it! These people were all lunatics! Attack the city immediately! " Liu Guangshi gnashed his teeth!

Immediately following Liu Guangshi's orders, his subordinate, the Liu Jiajia, began to attack the Tongguan!

The path of the Tongguan was difficult, they were unable to bring up their siege weapons in a short period of time, so at this moment, only a hundred ladders were erected!

The soldiers of the Liu Jiajia started to rush up the ladder and climb!

"Smash it!" Smash! " Yang Zhong sneered from above.

Following Yang Zhong's order, countless boulders came crashing down from above! Suddenly, countless Liu's soldiers were smashed into a bloody mess!

With just a wave of the giant boulder smashing down, the soldiers of Liu Jiajia all retreated, no one continued to move forward!

Although Liu Guangshi was one of the four generals of the Southern Song, his own abilities were too limited! The army he trained was also famous for running away. If there were any casualties, the army would not dare to persist and would retreat!

"Damn thing! Supervising team, chase them up for me! If you see someone retreating, you will be shot to death immediately! " Liu Guangshi scolded.

He was originally exceptionally handsome, but at this moment, the angry curses were extremely malevolent!

The supervisors behind them charged forward. They used their bows and arrows to force those ordinary soldiers forward! In the ancient Chinese army, the "supervising army" was something that almost every army had! In ancient times, soldiers only served for the sake of salary. Many people even became soldiers for the sake of being strong. In ancient times, soldiers only served for the sake of salary. Of course, this was only in the ordinary army, there were also some elites like the Yue family army, the Han Army army, the Qi family army and other soldiers who bravely advanced, different from the rest! The same was true for the other Imperial Guards. They all bravely advanced forward, not backing down at all!

However, they were not very enthusiastic. The soldiers in front held onto their shields while the soldiers behind them hid behind the soldiers in the front, not daring to stride forward!

"Release the arrows!" Seeing that more and more Liu's soldiers s were charging over, with a loud shout from Yang Zhong, arrows fell like rain!

There were even over a thousand brachial arch above. The brachial arch's penetrating power was too strong, causing the people below to scream in pain!

The Liu Jiajia retreated once again. Liu Guangshi ordered the supervising team to chase the soldiers once again.

Just like that, a full two hours passed, and Liu Guangshi was really unable to continue any longer!

One of the Young Generals was slightly black and he went in front of Qin Gui and said: "Lord Qin, we need to immediately take down the Tongguan and head for Chang'an, we cannot waste too much time here! General Liu might not be able to do it, but let me do it! "

Qin Gui frowned as he looked ahead. After a while, he nodded his head and said: "Okay, General Zhang, this time it's your turn!"

Immediately, Qin Gui gave the order as he led the Liu Jiajia to retreat. The slightly black Young Generals led his army and rushed towards the Tongguan!