Emperor Sun made his fortune from scratch

After Shi Ai occupied Chengdu, he didn't have time to do anything, and the heroes in the city enthusiastically sent money, food and women. Coupled with the incorporated surrendered troops, it didn't take long for the Zhaowu army under his command to expand to more than 50,000 people.

Most of the cities in Shu have been surrendered, and only a few are still resisting. Recently, the Zhaowu army has been attacking everywhere, attacking cities and plundering land in Shu.

Deng Yu of Nanzhong took the initiative to send a letter, saying that he did not dare to be an enemy of the Zhaowu army. When Li Zhao comes to Chengdu, he will come to meet him in person.

Considering that Deng Yu had nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, Shi Ai did not attack Nanzhong for the time being. While sending a letter to pacify, he sent troops to continue to monitor Nanzhong.

What upset him was that in addition to Zhang Mingxu, there were other people who persuaded him to break away from Li Zhao and stand on his own in Shudi, most of these people were sent by local tyrants. Shi Ai beat the lobbyists hard and then ordered that they were not allowed to enter the house again.

Li Zhao had slaughtered Haoqiang in Hanzhong before, and even beheaded all over the house, which made Haoqiang in Shu fearful. They could accept Shi Ai, but they really didn't want Li Zhao to enter Chengdu.

Seeing that they couldn't convince Shi Ai, the powerful people sent people to spread rumors around the city, saying that Shi Ai would establish himself as king in Chengdu and establish the Shu Kingdom. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and soon even Chu Shiqun, Chen Lu, Ma Yanbin and others heard about it.

Chen Lu didn't know whether it was true or not, he hid a short knife on his body, and went to ask Shi Ai.

Shi Ai categorically denied it, and according to the information sent by the Black Ice Terrace secret agent, he found the mastermind behind the scenes. He was also a little scared, worried that he would be misunderstood by Li Zhao in the future. In order to show his intentions and stabilize the morale of the army, Shi Ai slaughtered three powerful families in the city. After this incident, the rumors were quickly quelled.

After dealing with these things, the next thing to do is to overcome the Jianmen Pass as soon as possible and open up the connection between Shu and Hanzhong.

Shi Ai didn't know what the battle situation in Hanzhong was, if Li Zhao won the battle, he would naturally be happy. If the two armies are in a stalemate now, he can also send troops from Jianmen to Hanzhong to assist Li Zhao in attacking the Qi army.

Ma Yanbin sent a letter to Wei Hongyang, and the Zhaowu army also sent an envoy, hoping that he would lay down his arms and give various promises. Wei Hongyang ignored him, did not reply to the letter, and did not see the messenger.

Seeing that Wei Hongyang did not enter, Shi Ai decisively ordered Ma Yanbin to lead 20,000 troops and approach Jianmen Pass from behind. And the grain route of Jianmen has long been cut off, and without food, the defenders will not be able to hold out for long.

Ma Yanbin, as a former Jianmen Pass guard, was familiar with the surrounding terrain and terrain, and the Zhaowu army advanced rapidly. In the old department of Jianmen before, I learned that Ma Yanbin led the troops, and took the initiative to lead two thousand Qi troops to vote.

After Wei Hongyang learned about this, he still had no intention of surrendering.

In fact, he was under so much pressure that he was almost out of breath that he could sleep two or three hours a day at most. Chen Zhe led his troops in the front, day and night to attack Jianmen Pass, and behind him there were Ma Yanbin's 20,000 Zhaowu troops, and the Qi army suffered from the enemy on its back.

The worst thing is that there is not much food in the army. After the fall of Chengdu, in order to save food, the defenders of Jianmen only ate one meal per day.

The hearts of the people in the army fluctuated, and even if Wei Hongyang blocked the news of Shen Tian's defeat, many people were still aware of it. After all, if Shen Tian's army was still in Hanzhong, Chen Zhe would not have been able to attack the Sword Gate so unscrupulously.

Not everyone has the strong willpower he has, including Wei Hongyang's wife and children. In their view, there is neither food nor reinforcements at present, so in such a desperate situation, why is it necessary to continue to defend it? They persuaded Wei Hongyang to open the Sword Gate Pass as soon as possible and return to Li Zhao.

Wei Hongyang suddenly became murderous, and executed dozens of military commanders in public, but everyone did not dare to persuade them again.

What made him helpless was that there were still frequent Qi troops who surrendered out of the pass. There were even Qi soldiers who opened the gate without authorization, wanting to lure the Zhaowu army in, but unfortunately they were discovered in advance.

Inside the closed door, every moment, the soldiers of the Qi army spent their time in torment. The food is getting scarcer and less, and the offensive of the Zhaowu army outside is becoming more and more ferocious, and almost no one believes that the Sword Gate Pass can still be defended.

Wei Hongyang had a premonition of what would happen next, so he called his eldest son Wei Hanchen and asked him to drink with him.

"Father, the current situation is critical, what to say, the son has already said a few days ago. My son just doesn't understand, why are you so stubborn?" Wei Hanchen was not in the mood to drink at all, and his eyes were full of anxiety.

"Loyal to the monarch and serving the country, that's all!" Wei Hongyang said lightly.

"After General Ma's defeat, my father has been loyal to his duties and has blocked the Zhaowu army many times. Father is worthy of the Qi country, and even more worthy of the Son of Heaven, the government and the opposition, who dares to accuse his father ...........

" "Well, it makes sense, then open the sword gate." Wei Hongyang finally compromised.

Wei Hanchen was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly got up and said, "Without further ado, my son will go and open the door now."

Wei Hongyang smiled, waved his hand, and motioned for him to sit down, "Don't be in a hurry at this time, everything has been complicated recently, and I don't have time to have a good chat with you, so I will have a few drinks with my father first."

Wei Hanchen forcibly suppressed his excitement and sat down again.

"Last time, I heard your mother say that you like the second daughter of the Huo family in Chengdu, is there such a thing?"

Wei Hanchen was stunned, now that the army outside is pressing, is it appropriate to talk about this? Shouldn't we talk about it first, after the Zhaowu Army entered the customs.

"Yes, this woman is virtuous and understanding.

"Well, that's good. Wei Hongyang raised his wine glass and drank it slowly, his expression was as calm as water, "Your younger brother is playful and doesn't like to read, as a big brother, you should urge him more." "

My son got it.

Seeing Wei Hanchen's perfunctory answer, Wei Hongyang smiled bitterly: "That's it, I see that you are also absent-minded, go open and close the door."

Wei Hanchen immediately stood up, hurriedly saluted, and then left the room quickly.

Looking at his departing back, Wei Hongyang's eyes were full of reluctance.

Many years ago, Wei Hongyang was only a junior officer, with only 100 people under his command. He followed Jiang Ningxian to crusade against the Mindi rebellion, and in that battle, he fought bravely and was received by the emperor.

The emperor gave him a short knife, expecting him to become the general of Qi in the future.

From then on, Wei Hongyang secretly swore that in this life, he would be loyal to the Son of Heaven.

He took out a packet of powder from his bosom, poured it into the wine, and drank it slowly.

Wei Hanchen ran to the door and shouted to open and close!

Everyone at the door was happy. After a while, the sword gate slowly opened.

Chen Zhe was about to attack Jianmen Pass, when he suddenly saw the gate open, and a large number of Qi troops came out of it, all of whom did not carry weapons.

Chen Zhe laughed, and for the sake of prudence, he first sent five hundred Zhaowu troops into the house, controlled the wall and other places, and made sure that there was no ambush. After that, thousands of Zhaowu troops poured into Jianmen Pass.

The subordinates asked Chen Zhe to enter the customs, Chen Zhe just took a step, retreated back, and said: "Quickly send someone to inform the marshal, please enter the sword gate first." "