After all, Hu Xin was not a fool. At this time, he understood something slightly, his face changed slightly, and he said in a lost voice: "Sir, isn't the target of the Northwest Army not us?"

Xu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Xigu Pass is only three days away. If the Northwest Army's goal is to take Tongzhou directly, even if the cavalry arrives first, the infantry and baggage troops behind will not be too slow. It has been a day since then, and the troops behind should have come up. But at this moment, there are no traces of reinforcements behind them, and only these thousands of uprising camped outside the city!"

Xu Hai's face turned pale at this time and he didn't say anything.

"So that's it." Hu Xin finally understood, "Chu Huan was concerned about whether we sent a messenger for help, but hoped that our reinforcements would come to rescue him. He was not worried that we would ask for help, but only worried that we did not send anyone out." Frowning, "Why did Chu Huan pretend to behave and promised our conditions to delay for three days, and even put Xu Hai back?"

"Just because he also wants us to relax our guard." Xu Qing said: "He hopes that we will defend the city with all our might and wait for reinforcements, hoping to confuse the Rangers outside our city, of course, not to check the terrain, but to block us in the city. He is worried that we will send people out of the city to deliver letters!"

"Chu Huan is indeed cunning." Hu Xin clenched his fists and said, "He deliberately led his troops to the city, not to capture Tongzhou, but to use this as bait to lure our reinforcements!"

Xu Qing looked solemn: "The General of the Wei Dynasty and the Governor did not understand the situation here. We sent people to ask for help. They thought Chu Huan's target was really Tongzhou!" said anxiously: "Hu Qianhu, if nothing unexpected happens, our messenger should have delivered the letter of help at this time. The General of the Wei Dynasty and the Governor will definitely send troops to help. Can you send people out of the city and report the message to them and let them be wary of Chu Huan's fraud?"

Hu Xin frowned and said, "Sir, it is not difficult to send people out of the city, but it is not easy to send a letter. Since Chu Huan wants to lure reinforcements, he must have made careful arrangements. Now they have been stared at by them. Every move at the city gate will definitely be under their surveillance. Most of them are cavalry, and once they are discovered, they will be caught up by them immediately."

"What should I do?" Xu Qing was so anxious that he stamped his feet: "Once reinforcements are inaccurate, let alone our guilt is a serious crime. If there is no support in Tongzhou, he will not be the enemy of the Northwest Army at all!"

Hu Xin thought for a while before saying, "Sir, there may be a way to try it, but it cannot be sure."

"Oh?" Xu Qing said anxiously: "Hu Qianhu, tell me."

Hu Xin leaned close to Xu Qing's ear and whispered a few words. Xu Qing nodded slightly and said, "This is the only way now." He whispered, "Hu Qianhu, you will arrange this matter."

Hu Xin bowed and then stepped back.

Xu Qing looked quite tired. He glanced at Xu Hai, and saw that Xu Hai's face was not good-looking, frowned and said, "Do you have something to say?"

Xu Hai hesitated for a moment before saying, "Brother, you sent me to see Chu Huan. Are you not sure I can come back?"

"What are you doing when you say this?" Xu Qing said: "Aren't you safe and sound?"

Xu Hai said: "If Chu Huan had no fear and deliberately let me go back, once he took him as a hostage, three days later, you cannot keep your promise. Will my head be different from my head?"

Xu Qing turned cold and said, "What do you mean?"

"Although you and I are just cousins, they are also brothers." Xu Hai said angrily: "Since you know that this trip is extremely dangerous, I will not even go back, why do you send me to die?"

"Are you asking me for guilt?" Xu Qing said with a calm face: "Not to mention that you are still alive now. Even if you really have a few shortcomings, you will be loyal to the country, eat the king's fortune, and be loyal to the king. If you can do today, I will promote it. It's just because you did a small thing, so unwilling to accept it?" Waves: "I won't retreat yet!"

Xu Hai's lips moved, but he didn't say anything, so he turned around and left.

Whether it was the defenders in the city or the Northwest Army outside the city, neither side made any major moves. Only the rangers sent by the Northwest Army were elusive on all sides of Tongzhou City. The defenders on the city occasionally saw three or five fast horses flying past the city, and occasionally glanced at the distance outside the city, and from time to time, a group of rangers appeared and disappeared like ghosts.

The Northwest Army has set up camp outside the city, with nearly a hundred tents densely packed. After dark, the bonfire has been lit. Countless bonfires are like stars, scattered around the Northwest Army camp.

On the top of the city, Hu Xin led a group of people to appear silently. Outside the city was pitch black. Hu Xin stood by the battlements and swept for a moment before turning around, nodding slightly, and a person came up from behind. This man was dressed in black clothes and black pants. Someone next to him had already stepped forward and tied a rope around his waist. Hu Xin whispered to this person: "After leaving the city, you must be careful. You must buy a horse as soon as possible, and then quickly go to the Weizheng and tell the Weizheng that Chu Huan attacked Tongzhou City, which is very likely to be a surround and attack reinforcements and lure reinforcements. Once the Weizheng is prepared, the Northwest Army will not succeed!"

"Little understand!"

"After things are done, there will be a great reward." Hu Xin whispered: "Be careful of the rangers of the Northwest Army. They are out of the city and are elusive. Never discover them!"

At this time, the rope was trapped on the man. The man bowed his hand and climbed down from the battlements. The soldiers pulled the rope and carefully put the man down. The rope was extremely long. After the man landed on the ground, he untied the rope himself and soon drowned in the darkness.

"Master Qianhu, six brothers have been sent." Someone from the side whispered: "The Northwest Army's attention is mainly on the city gate. We should have never expected that we would release people from the city wall."

Hu Xin looked cold and put his hands on the battlements, looking at the dark outside the city with a serious look on his face.

That night, Hu Xin spent the city and patrolled various places overnight. When he was tired, he leaned against the walls on the city wall and fell asleep. I don’t know how long it took, but he heard an anxious voice in his ears in a daze: “Thousand Houses, Thousand Houses, Thousand Houses!”

Hu Xin woke up in shock and grabbed his sword as soon as possible. When he opened his eyes, he saw two soldiers standing by the side with horror. He was stunned at first, then got up and looked out of the city. In the early morning, the air was fresh and the outside of the city was silent. One person beside him said: "Sir, go to the city gate to take a look!"

Hu Xin frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

The soldiers looked at each other, but they all lowered their heads and dared not say much. Hu Xin quickly walked along the city wall to the city gate. After a while, when he arrived at the city gate, he saw a large group of people gathered on the top of the city and were talking. When Hu Xin came over, the soldiers dispersed one after another, and someone pointed at the bottom of the city and said, "Sir Qianhu, look!"

Hu Xin looked over and his face had already sunk.

I saw that only a few miles away from the city gate, two figures were clearly visible. The figures in front were lined up in a row. When Mutual Trust glanced at each other, they realized that there were six people in total. Although they were blurred, Hu Xin still recognized them at first glance. The six people were all covered in black clothes and black pants, which were the messengers he sent last night.

Seeing that six people appeared under the city one by one, Hu Xin's eyes twitched. Not far behind the six people, there were more than a dozen northwestern cavalry. When the cavalry saw that the city was quiet, they didn't say a word, turned their heads and slapped their horses away.

The six people looked at each other, but came to the city gate.

The air in the morning was very fresh, but Hu Xin felt that he was breathing rapidly. Last night, he sent these six people to secretly leave the city from six places along the city wall, but was arrested by the Northwest Army without any missed.

There is no doubt that the Northwest Army completely controlled Tongzhou City.

"It's over!" Hu Xin murmured to himself, "What's going to happen this time!"

The spear is like a forest, and the stars in the night sky are not enough to illuminate the road of the troops. Wei Tianqing sent troops from Liangzhou, and he almost stopped along the way. He marched for two consecutive days in the morning. In the early morning, he could enter Tongzhou. After entering Tongzhou, he would definitely be able to arrive at Tongzhou City one day and one night at the current speed.

Wei Tianqing was only worried that Tongzhou City would have been captured before reinforcements arrived.

Wei Tianqing naturally knew the strategic location of Tongzhou City, so no matter what, he had to arrive at the foot of Tongzhou City before the city was broken.

The whole army was silent, but the huge army woke up the birds in the forest, chirping and circling, refusing to leave. The war was already rising, and the birds were a little uneasy. They saw too much human fighting, and they knew that the earth would be filled with bright red blood, and the delicate grass would be trampled by horse hooves, but in a flash, it was irrigated by corpses and grew stronger.

The soldiers' faces were less excited when they sent troops and a little more tired.

They marched day and night, and after two days and two nights, they were already trapped and exhausted. At this time, they didn't want to fight, but just wanted to find a place to have a good sleep. Even if there was no marching tent, it would be a great enjoyment as long as they slept in the open air. Unfortunately, the military orders were as high as a mountain, and Wei Tianqing did not give a stop order. The soldiers of the entire army did not dare to stop, but they did not dare to slow down.

Wei Tianqing was anxious, but in fact he created a big miracle on the march. He set off from Liangzhou at a very fast speed, usually four days, but at the current speed, he would definitely arrive in three days.

"Master General!" Yiqi followed, a general under Wei Tianqing, who looked a little tired, "The Liuzihe is ahead. Should you let everyone rest by the river and eat something?"

Wei Tianqing frowned slightly, and General Wei hurriedly said, "Sir, we are going to fight with the Northwest Army. The Northwest Army is waiting for work. If we are tired, we will get half the result with twice the effort!"

Wei Tianqing looked back and saw that the soldiers under his command were exhausted. He knew that what the general said was not bad, so he marched so tiredly. Even if there was a military order, the person was flesh and blood after all, and his speed could only be slower and slower. Taking a break for the entire army to rest for a while and maintain his physical strength was also a necessary matter at the moment.
Chapter completed!