Chapter 678: Surprise attack

The cold wind from the north blew the flags closed by Hu Lao and hunted.
Chen Guodong's heart was even colder than the wind at this time. He looked at the murderous Niu Ben and had to let his subordinates take off all the armor.
Because Chen Guodong took the initiative to surrender, Hulao Pass was easily taken down, but Niu Ben didn't think it was just because of Chen Guodong's two-sided swordsman.
Chen Guodong has always seen the wind make the rudder. At this time, he chose to surrender, indicating that the situation of King Zhao is gone, and those who once called King Zhao are reduced to the dog of the family.
But even so, Niu Ben will not completely trust Chen Guodong.
Soldiers, the country's major event, if the tiger prison is handed over to the soldiers of Chen Guodong, if there is an accident, their back will be cut off and become trapped beasts in the cage.
Let the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army put on the traditional armor of the country of Da Yu, and Niu Ben temporarily took the soldiers in Hulao Pass into custody.
In Niu Ben's view, King Zhao is already struggling to death, because anyone who wants to get the world will not do such a frantic thing at this time.
The more delay for him, the more likely King Zhao would do crazy things, so he was prepared to let Chen Guodong lead soldiers pretending to be the defenders of Hulao Pass to sneak into Tongguan to take down Tongguan in one fell swoop and block the news that Tongguan was broken.
In this way, they could quickly reach Chang'an City and be caught off guard against King Zhao.
After a rest for the night, Niu Ben led the army directly to Luoyang the next day, and they arrived in Luoyang in the evening.
Just as Chen Guodong said, Luoyang at this time was already an empty city, and there were no traces of the people in this city. Some were just burnt down private buildings and messy streets.
"This Luoyang was also a prosperous city second only to Chang'an, but now it has become like this!" Luo Hong was a little bit distressed.
Lu Fei said: "This area around Chang'an and Luoyang will probably be completely wiped out by King Zhao."
"It's a pity that the former prosperous place has become like this now." Ye Qingyun looked at the empty Luoyang city with emotion, but he continued: "Chang'an and Luoyang are densely populated, while Dengzhou is sparsely populated. To save the people, it’s okay to move some of the past."
Niu Ben frowned, "This is the business of the emperor and ministers. I only need to execute the emperor's orders."
After all, Niu Ben asked the army to be stationed in Luoyang City to light a fire and cook.
Because Liang Guo and Yan Guo were taken, the route from Yunzhou to Chang'an is now safe, and the grain and grass can be delivered smoothly.
It can be said that they have the right time and place to occupy them and all of them. If they fail, it is really difficult for him to meet Xiao Ming.
The next day, the army set off from Luoyang to Tongguan. At this time, the army led by Liang Guodong walked in front, and Niu Ben led the follow-up army behind.
This time their strategy was to allow Chen Guodong to deceive the gate of Tongguan. The disguised Qingzhou army immediately attacked the gate after entering the city.
After receiving the signal, the subsequent troops will quickly attack and control Tongguan, and then use Tongguan as a stronghold to directly reach Chang'an City.
Three days later, Chen Guodong and Ye Qingyun arrived under Tongguan.
In order to prevent Chen Guodong from coming out of moths, Niu Ben ordered Ye Qingyun to enter the city with Chen Guodong, so that if Chen Guodong dared to play tricks, Ye Qingyun should be able to kill Chen Guodong.
"Yo, isn't this General Chen?"
When Chen Guodong and Ye Qingyun arrived at Tongguan, a guardian figure appeared on the wall.
Seeing this person, Chen Guodong laughed. This person is a close friend of King Zhao, named Sun Lirong. He flatly said: "It turns out that it is General Sun. Please trouble General Sun to open the gate to let the little brother in."
With a condescending look, Sun Lirong said, "General Chen, aren't you in Hulao Pass? Why are you back? Your Highness said that in order to prevent spies from entering Tong Pass, none of these are allowed to enter the city."
"Brother Sun, this king Qi's army is really powerful. The little brother resisted for a day and it was too low to stop. Only then led the army to come here, hoping to fight the Qi army here."
Sun Lirong's face changed when he heard the words, "So Hulao Pass is lost?"
"Brother Sun, it's lost." Chen Guodong told the truth, "It only takes one day for King Qi's army to attack the city. This is not a false report."
Sun Lirong's face became more and more ugly. He glanced at the soldiers under the city and said, "If this were the case, I wouldn't be able to let you in."
"Why is this? You and I both work for King Zhao, why did Brother Sun treat me like this?" Chen Guodong was a little anxious, and at the same time he began to curse King Zhao in his heart.
Now he understands that he is just an abandoned son. The Zhao Wang kept him in the prison for the sake of death.
Thinking of this, his teeth tickled with hatred, and he wanted to kill King Zhao himself.
Sun Lirong said lazily: "It's just because Zhao Wang doesn't trust you at all."
The conversation between the two made Ye Qingyun frown. Using this method to win Tongguan was their first plan.
The second plan is to attack as if attacking Hulao Pass, but in this way, it will inevitably be horrified.
However, based on the current situation, it seems that only a second plan can be adopted.
Chen Guodong noticed Ye Qingyun's look. He gave Ye Qingyun a reassuring look. Turning his head, he said to Sun Lirong, "Brother Sun, it doesn't matter how little brother, it's just a pity that the money that the little brother grabbed can't be brought back."
After all, Chen Guodong pointed to the box carried by the soldier and said.
When he was in Luoyang, Chen Guodong and Niu Ben talked about the Tongguan guard Sun Lirong. According to Chen Guodong, this Sun Lirong was an extremely greedy person, and he often had the disadvantage of deducting military pay in the army.
Therefore, he asked to bring the Yinliang from Hulao Pass, also to lure Sun Lirong to switch.
Sure enough, Sun Lirong showed greed when he learned that the box was silver.
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Because of this, King Zhao ordered the army to ransack Luoyang and entrained the people of Luoyang to go to the Kingdom of Zhao. If King Qi's army still attacked Tongguan, this Chang'an would be the next target of the Zhao army.
So in Sun Lirong's view, this will only be withdrawn sooner or later. In that case, it is better to make more money and go back.
Turning his eyes, Sun Lirong said, "How much silver is there in total?"
"There are still more than one million taels." Chen Guodong knew that Sun Lirong was tempted.
After hesitating, he glanced at more than 5,000 soldiers under the city. Sun Lirong realized that this person could not pose a threat to the 30,000 horses in the pass.
He finally nodded and said, "Switch!"
A smile appeared at the corner of Ye Qingyun's mouth. Under Sun Lirong's order, the gate of Tongguan slowly opened. As long as the gate was captured, Tongguan belonged to them.