Dasan Pass is located at the junction of Fufeng County and Tianshui County. It happens to be the watershed between the Longshan Mountains and the Qinling Mountains. The mountains are undulating and the terrain is dangerous, like a screen that separates Guanzhong and Longxi. Dasan Pass is built on the only fall belt of this screen. . The fastest update is

Dasan Pass is built on the hillside, with low sides and high in the middle, and it is a dangerous pass both inside and outside.

That morning, a Taoist priest riding a donkey slowly went up the official road and walked three miles along the ramp. The Taoist priest came to a tall city of Guancheng. The Taoist priest was Wei Zheng. The tragic death of his friend Wang made him completely disappointed with the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty also offered a reward of 10,000 yuan to arrest him, and he had no way out except to join the Zhou Dynasty.

This time he volunteered to surrender Zhou Wenzhong, the defender of Dasan Pass, which was a letter of surrender he handed to Zhang Xuan. Wei Zheng glanced at the tall Guancheng and couldn't help but shake his head secretly. This Guancheng was tall and majestic, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liu Lancheng's 20,000 cavalry could not be captured. At least 30,000 troops were required to carry large siege weapons, and even thousands of casualties were killed or injured before he could take the city.

"stop!"

Wei Zheng was still dozens of steps away from the city gate, and several soldiers on guard stopped him. A soldier rushed up and looked him up and down and asked, "Where are you, a Taoist priest, coming from and where are you going?"

"Please report to General Zhou, his old friend is here to visit!"

When he heard that it was the master's old friend, the soldier's tone immediately became polite, "What do you call Taoist priest?"

"Just say that Master Changyang is asking for a meeting!"

"Please wait, I will report to the general now."

The soldier rushed into the city, and Wei Zheng was waiting at the city gate with a donkey. At this time, he suddenly saw his reward notice posted on the wall of the city gate. The portrait looked like a civil servant, not like him at all. This reward notice was meaningless to those who did not know him. It was less than five feet apart. Wei Zheng suddenly felt a very absurd feeling.

At this time, the soldier who had just run back and bowed, "My general asks the Taoist priest to come over and talk."

Wei Zheng was a little surprised. Zhou Wenzhong did not come out to greet him. Wei Zheng and Zhou Wenzhong had nothing to do with the prince Jiancheng, but Wei Zheng had excellent medical skills. He saved Zhou Wenzhong's mother's life back then. Zhou Wenzhong was always grateful to him, so Wei Zheng was able to escape from Dasan Pass, so Zhou Wenzhong took the risk of letting him go.

Zhou Wenzhong was about 35 or 36 years old this year and was appointed as the General of the Left Wu Guard. He was a member of Li Shentong and followed Li Yuan to raise an army in Taiyuan. He was well-invested, so he was more respected and sent to guard Dasan Pass.

Zhou Wenzhong's mother lived in Taiyuan with her brother Zhou Wensheng. He was very filial to his mother, but he had not seen her for three years, which made him miss her very much. He hoped that the world would be unified as soon as possible and he could take care of her mother.

At this time, the soldier led Wei Zheng into the room. Zhou Wenzhong hurriedly walked forward and asked the soldiers to retreat. Then he whispered: "How dare the envoy of Wei come to Dasan Pass again? Someone who knows you is here."

"who?"

"A new military supervisor is called Ma Zhong."

Wei Zheng had vaguely heard of this name, but he was not familiar with it. However, since he was a military supervisor, it must be a eunuch sent by Li Yuan. Seeing that Zhou Wenzhong was worried, Wei Zheng asked with a smile: "Is the general in trouble?"

Zhou Wen sighed heavily and said, "At noon today, General Ma invited me to drink. As expected, there was no good wine. He actually proposed to sell half of the military rations. He was responsible for replenishing the military rations. Then, the money he got was 40,000 cents, and half of the money he sold was 30,000 stones of grain!"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "He is the military supervisor. He said it's okay. The emperor will definitely listen to him. There should be no risk!"

Zhou Wenzhong shook his head, "There is no risk, but how can I explain to my dead father if I do this? What is the face of seeing my mother? This is a human problem. I will not do such a thing, so I rejected Ma Jianjun."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp voice came from outside the door, "I have such a good relationship with General Zhou, what else do I need to report? I dare to report it again, I'll twist your head."

This is the military supervisor Ma Zhong. Zhou Wen was very anxious. He pointed to the inner room and Wei Zheng understood and quickly flashed into the inner room.

The curtain was opened, and Ma Zhong walked in directly, and two Zhou Wenzhong's personal soldiers followed him, looking helpless.

"Does General Zhou have any guests?" Ma Zhong asked in confusion as he looked at the two cups of tea on the table.

"It was the afternoon when Yang Zengjun came to chat with me, but the cup had not been collected yet."

The two personal soldiers moved quickly and stepped forward to take away the teacup. Fortunately, Ma Zhong was not on the teacup, otherwise he would find that Zhou Wenzhong was lying, and the teacup was still warm.

Zhou Wenzhong asked him to sit down. When Ma Zhong saw that there was no one in the room, he said: "I think some things may not be explained clearly at noon, so I want to talk to the general again."

Zhou Wenzhong said coldly: "I have already made it clear at noon, and I don't think there is anything to say."

Ma Zhong looked at the table and smiled sinisterly for a while, "To be honest with General Zhou, I wrote a report to the emperor this afternoon. I told the emperor that the general not only had secretly surrendered to the Zhou army, but also let Wei Zheng go privately."

“Bad talk!”

Zhou Wenzhong was so angry that he slapped the table, "When will I surrender to Zhou's army secretly? Don't swear at others."

Ma Zhong sneered, "General Zhou thinks that the emperor listens to me, or will listen to you. Besides, letting Wei Zheng go privately, isn't this my slander!"

"I don't know Wei Zheng. If you want to secretly report to the emperor, then you can go. I will tell you openly that I, Zhou Wenzhong, will never sell military rations to you!"

"Okay! Since General Zhou refused to drink my Ma's toast, I had to change to another general."

Ma Zhong hummed twice, turned around and left. As soon as he left the room, Wei Zheng came out and said anxiously: "General, he has the right to kill him in the last battle, so he cannot let him leave."

Zhou Wenzhong was stunned, but still shook his head, "He can't kill me at Dasan Pass, I'm not afraid of him. He reports to the Lord, and I will expose it to the General, and see if the Lord believes in him or the General."

"The general is really stupid! As long as the person who is replaced is Li Shentong's person, will Li Shentong offend the emperor's confidant eunuch for you?"

Zhou Wenzhong was stunned for a moment, he became a little hesitant. His only hope was that Li Shentong would speak for him, but Wei Zheng ruthlessly wiped out his hopes with just one word. Li Shentong really would not offend the emperor's confidant eunuch for himself. So what should he do?

At this moment, Ma Zhong's sharp voice came from outside the door, "I forgot my things with the general, I'll take them."

Zhou Wenzhong hurriedly gave Wei Zheng a wink and told him to go to the inner room quickly, but Wei Zheng took two steps back, hid behind the door, and pulled out a dagger from his waist. He knew that Ma Zhong was already suspicious, so how could the soldiers not take it away after drinking tea at noon? He woke up when he went out on both sides.

As the footsteps rang, the military supervisor Ma Zhong broke in again. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled dryly at Zhou Wenzhong and said, "General Zhou, my jade pendant may have fallen to you just now, I'll look for it."

"I don't have any jade pendants here!"

"That may not be, maybe it will fall to the ground."

He bent down to look under the table, but his eyes glanced at the inner room. At this moment, Wei Zheng stepped forward and a sharp dagger stabbed into Ma Zhong's back from behind. Ma Zhong screamed and his body bent violently backward. He happened to see Wei Zheng, and his eyes suddenly widened, "So it's you!"

"It's me!"

Wei Zheng pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the back. This knife pierced the heart, and Ma Zhong died on the spot.

Zhou Wenzhong thought Wei Zheng would walk away from behind, but when he thought that Wei Zheng actually killed Ma Zhong, he was stunned. When he responded, Ma Zhong had already fallen to the ground and died.

Zhou Wenzhong drew his sword and shouted, "You are not allowed to move!"

At this time, five or six personal soldiers ran in when they heard the movement, but found that the Ma Jianjun was lying in a pool of blood. They were shocked and surrounded Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng threw down his dagger and said lightly: "Ma Zhong is dead. No matter whether the general handed me over or not, the emperor will not spare the general. If the general is willing to listen to me, then the general has a last chance."

Zhou Wenzhong's face was gloomy and sunny. He remembered that his mother was seriously ill many years ago and was unable to cure her. Thanks to Wei Zheng's wonderful moves, he pulled her back from the gate of hell. With this kind of grace of saving his mother, he could not hand over Wei Zheng. But Ma Jianjun died, how could he explain to the emperor?

Zhou Wenzhong was in a mess, but he could hear Wei Zheng's last words, 'The general has one last chance!' He hesitated and asked, "What opportunity?"

Wei Zheng pointed to the inner room, "Let's go in and talk!"
Chapter completed!