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Chapter 755 Traitor
June fourteenth.

Dong Wenzhong led his troops to Jindou Pass, looked up from his horseback, and saw the Mongolian flag flying on the pass city.

"Brother really won Jindouguan?"

"Is there a fake one?"

Dong Wenyong arrived a few days earlier than him, and today he came out of the pass to pick him up. He replied, "Just wait for the troops you brought to arrive, and we can attack Tongguan tomorrow. Liu Yuan is attacking the west of Tongguan, attacking from both sides." , can be conquered in one fell swoop."

"That's good." Dong Wenzhong said: "The danger of Tongguan is one in Jingou and the other in Jindouguan. The elder brother has taken Jindouguan, and he has a good fighting power in defeating the enemy camp. He will attack from the west and be sure."

"How was the battle in Nanyang? Li Xia didn't send troops after he withdrew into Wuguan, right?"

"No." Dong Wenzhong said with a smile: "It was useful to let Liu Zheng enter Guanzhong. It really restrained Li Xia and prevented him from attacking Nanyang. After that, General Du's reinforcements arrived, and Lu Wenhuan had withdrawn from Dengzhou."

"Finally, the situation in Nanyang has been stabilized."

"It's our turn to attack Li Xia."

The two brothers led their soldiers and horses into Jindou Pass, and soon met their elder brother Dong Wenbing.

Since Dong Wenbing asked Liu Zhengsha to enter Guanzhong, he promised to cooperate. As soon as he got the news, he immediately led his troops to cooperate with Liu Yuan, even if he could only mobilize more than a thousand troops.

Afterwards, when Li Xia withdrew from the Nanyang battlefield, he transferred Dong Wenyong back to Heluo, and finally captured Jindou Pass.

……

"You don't have to be complacent, Li Xia and Zhang Jue are definitely not that simple, they took back Xia Yangdu."

This was the first sentence that Dong Wenbing and his two younger brothers spoke.

One sentence set the tone for the army and dispelled the atmosphere of arrogance and belittling the enemy, before Dong Wenbing continued to speak.

"Don't forget, we deployed our troops to prevent Li Xia from sending troops to respond when Li Fen rebelled, and he did respond, and we counted as defending, this is one of them.

Second, as long as Li Fen is defeated, at least another [-] to [-] troops can be transferred from Shandong to attack the key point. We are not in a hurry to tackle the key point at this time, and it is enough to win Tongguan.

Thirdly, since Liu Zheng sent troops, Li Xia will definitely destroy Li Fen before he is destroyed, so we must not sit idly by..."

Dong Wenyong and Dong Wenzhong listened carefully, with respectful expressions.

Because Dong Wenbing is able to convince people.

The difference between him and Liu Zheng is not that Liu Zheng is a surrendered general, but the Dong family is also a surrendered general.

How many generals in the entire Mongolian Kingdom are not surrendered generals?Even the Mongolian generals, many of them surrendered to the Golden Family when they were their parents.

Dong Wenbing's high prestige lies in his strength.

And his popularity lies in his character.

He lost his father at the age of 16 and raised several younger brothers single-handedly.

When governing the area, Dong Wenbing used his own grain to help the victims in case of drought and locusts; he sold his own land to repay the loans for the people; he measured the land and gave it to the poor.

He lightened the taxation of the people, resisted the insatiable demands of government officials, abandoned the official and left, and said angrily that "the people can't be stripped for profit in the end".

When Kublai Khan marched south to Dali, Dong Wenbing resolutely rushed to join the expedition, so he was loved by Kublai Khan.

Others only think that what a prince like him does is for power and wealth.

Yes, everyone loves power, and everyone loves wealth.

Dong Wenbing didn't shy away from these things either.

However, he resigned from office when he was in Mengge Khan, and then traveled thousands of miles to Tibet to join Kublai Khan, and he had his own ambitions.

He was called "Big Brother Dong" by Kublai Khan not because of his age or status, but because of his steady work, honest personality, elder brother's demeanor and reliable character.

Only Dong Wenbing himself has the clearest mind, and this kind of personality is sometimes the reason why he can succeed...

~~
To the west of Tongguan, the Mongolian army camp.

"Brother, there's news." Liu Jun quickly rushed into Liu Yuan's big tent.

Before Liu Yuan took off the armor on his body, he turned around and hurriedly asked, "Any news about your father?"

"Not yet. It was Dong Shuai who sent someone across the Song army's defense line in a small boat to deliver the news. He has captured Jindou Pass and will join forces to attack the city tomorrow."

Liu Yuan met the messenger immediately, and after confirming the authenticity of the news, his heart settled down.

"As expected of 'Brother Dong', he is really reliable."

"It's true. Xia Yangdu was lost, and there was no news of my father. I feel even more uneasy. Fortunately, I got this news." Liu Jun said: "Among the princes of the North, I admire Dong Shuai the most."

While laying out a map, Liu Yuan said, "As soon as we attack the city tomorrow, we would have known that reinforcements were attacking east of Tongguan, but Dong Shuai still passed on the news first, which shows that he values ​​us in his heart."

Liu Jun nodded his head.

Dong Wenbing only led 1000 people to attack Jindou at the beginning, and then quickly transferred troops from Nanyang. This cannot be faked.

The two brothers discussed military affairs later, and the atmosphere was different from before.

Thanks to Dong Wenbing's support, the morale of the army was immediately boosted.

The next day, Liu Yuan attacked Tongguan again, and sure enough, he discovered that there was also a war in the east of Tongguan.

Looking from the battle platform, artillery fire, fireballs, and gunpowder smoke are faintly visible.

Tongguan, obviously can't hold it for too long...

~~
June sixteenth.

Tongguan.

An offensive and defensive battle finally ended in the evening.

On the west wall, Mao Yi'er let go of his hand, and the single knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "Dang".

He grinned, concealing the momentary trance caused by exhaustion just now, and said: "The handle of the knife seems to be a little loose, but not loose."

Said, picked up the single knife.

"General, Tongguan is surrounded on both sides, why haven't there been any reinforcements yet?"

The person who asked the question was Niu Ping, a captain under Mao Yi'er's command, who defended the city today and saved Mao Yi'er's life.

"Didn't the reinforcements come?" Mao Yi'er raised his knife and pointed, "Zhang Shuai sent troops to attack the Mongolian army in the west, did you see that?"

"It's too few." Niu Ping muttered, "No matter what, we must send 1 people to wipe out these Mongolian troops as soon as possible."

"It's coming soon, really."

Mao Yi'er patted Niu Ping on the shoulder, smiled, showing all his teeth, and said, "Soon."

But yesterday, a courier risked his life and sent a message from the Yellow River in a small boat. Zhang Jue wanted to pursue and suppress the Mongolian army in the plateau north of Guanzhong, and also to support Yan'an Mansion. In addition, Xiayangdu and Pujindu also had to defend... In short, I hope Mao Yi'er can last a little longer.

He can hold on.

It's nothing more than a fight to the death.

After another two days of hard work like this, on the night of the eighteenth, Mao Yi'er was so tired that he fell asleep leaning on the tower, and was dazedly awakened by someone.

When he opened his eyes, he realized that his hands and feet had been tied up, and a cold knife had been placed around his neck.

"you……"

"Don't shout, general, it's useless to shout, everyone has been dismissed by us, but we don't want to hurt you either."

"Niu Ping? Mao Wu? What do you want to do?"

"I want to say a few words to the general... why don't we...surrender?"

"what?"

Mao Yi'er didn't expect such a traitor to emerge from his command, so he didn't know what to say.

"General, the brothers who have withdrawn from Jindouguan, some people have already surrendered to the Mongolian army. Marshal Dong has persuaded many people to surrender, and he has also talked to us a lot, which is very reasonable."

"Yes, Tongguan is about to lose its hold. Is it really going to die here? I'm not afraid of death, but what's the use?"

"Mao Wu, that's not what you usually say. Did you forget what you said when you begged me to allow you to join the army?" Mao Yi'er said, "And you, Niu Ping, you just saved my life two days ago... ..."

"General, I can't hold on any longer. It's too hard to wait to die every day when I open my eyes."

"General, what is the difference between the Mongolian Kingdom and the Song Kingdom? Aren't they all working as soldiers to farm the land, and it is better to live than to die."

"Marshal Dong said that when we surrendered, we will also be stationed in the city to protect the environment and the people. We will be promoted three times and become generals, like Sai Cunxiao, who voted for Mongolia and became a marshal..."

"Marshal Dong also said that there will be more and more declines in these years, which is the general trend..."

"The general only got a wife a few years ago, didn't he? The baby is only one year old, how can I bear to die in Tongguan, Xiancheng has surrendered, and I went to fetch my little one..."

After being persuaded for a while, Mao Yi'er asked, "Should I agree? Will you kill me?"

"We don't want to, either lift the general's head to open the city gate, or follow the general to open the city gate, these two ways..."

"Ok."

Mao Yi'er was in a dilemma for a moment, and finally responded: "To tell you the truth, Zhang Jue has no time to send reinforcements, I have been lying to you all this time."

"We knew it. He really wanted to trick us into giving up our lives. The general is really willing to surrender?"

"Tongguan is surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, why don't you surrender me to die? To be honest, I wanted to vote for a long time, but I just wish I had no way out." After Mao Yi'er finished speaking, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Really?"

"Really. One side is to save life and wealth, and the other is to die. What's the fake?" Mao Yi'er simply agreed, and asked, "Have you persuaded the guards of the city gate?"

"Not yet."

"I'm coming, untie me."

"That won't work." Niu Ping said, "General, please issue a military order first to..."

"Oh!"

Taking advantage of their slack, Mao Yi'er hit his forehead heavily on Niu Ping's head.

Although the single knife on his neck was removed a bit, it still cut blood on his face.

Niu Pingcai was knocked unconscious, and Mao Yi'er had thrown Mao Wu down, pressing his knee firmly against his throat, pressing so hard that Mao Wu's face turned blue, and he struggled desperately but couldn't get away.

Mao Yi'er was obviously extremely angry, his eyes were cracked, and he struck fiercely.

The two big men had been entangled like this for an unknown amount of time, and Mao Wu's bloodshot eyes gradually lost their vitality.

"Uh……"

But Niu Ping had already got up on the ground, reaching out to pick up the dropped sword.

Mao Yi'er suddenly turned around and threw him down again, grabbed Niu Ping's hair with his tied hands, and slammed him on the ground.

"Oh!"

"General... please forgive me..."

"Oh!"

"Don't... General... There are all our people outside... They are all persuaded by us... Please forgive me..."

Mao Yi'er was panting heavily, and kept holding his hands.

"I guard Tongguan... I guard Tongguan... You want me to learn from Zhao Yanna who let the barbarians go to Chengdu to slaughter the common people... Shameless...shameless?!"

"Oh!"

Mao Yi'er finally smashed Niu Ping to the ground.

And the sound of footsteps under the city tower has already sounded, and soldiers rushed in.

Mao Yi'er thought of the phrase "there are all our people outside", and when he turned around, his eyes were full of astonishment...

~~
A dim oil lamp lit the prison.

Liu Zheng, who had been in a coma for several days due to the injury, woke up slowly, squinting his eyes, not knowing where he was.

He struggled to get up from the thatch bed, sat and thought for half the night, and suddenly shook the iron chain with all his strength, shouting endlessly.

"Come here! I want to see Li Xia... tell him! I can persuade my soldiers to surrender, I agree..."

After a long time, I saw soldiers in armor coming.

At this time Liu Zheng had gone mad, and was sitting on the thatch, calmly again, and said, "I want to see Li Xia."

"You just said that you wanted to persuade your soldiers to surrender, didn't you?"

"I want to see Li Xia." Liu Zheng said again.

"The king of the county will not see you, but I have asked for instructions. If you plan to see your son and your subordinates, you can let them come to see you."

Liu Zhengwei was a little surprised, and asked, "Let me see Gai'er?"

The soldier didn't answer, just glanced at Liu Zheng lightly, arranged for someone to carry a stretcher, and took him out of the prison and into the carriage.

It was not until daylight that Liu Zheng was carried into a camp.

He was placed in a tent, and after waiting for a while, he saw several people being detained.

"Father?"

Liu Zheng took a closer look and couldn't believe it.

"This... Yuan... Yuan'er? Where is this? How... how could you be captured so quickly?"

(End of this chapter)