Ma Jinzhong looked at Zhang Dongtao and Li Yan with a fearless expression on his face.

Li Yan originally hated Ma Jinzhong. The Red Lady was also in Mi County at the time. If she had not led the sergeant to rush out, she would have become a ghost under the sword at this moment. However, she has experienced many things, especially this time when she stuck to the Tongguan Guards and encountered

Li Yan also figured out the delicate situation. After all, Ma Jinzhong and Gao Yingdeng were brothers in life and death. Gao Yingdeng was killed by Li Zicheng. Ma Jinzhong could not remain indifferent, and Ma Jinzhong also suffered too much unfair treatment.

Zhang Dongtao's mood is even more complicated. He has no personal relationship with Ma Jinzhong, and his status is much higher than Ma Jinzhong in the rebel army. There is no intersection between them, but occasionally in Wu Zongrui's letters,

Mentioning Ma Jinzhong, he believed that this man was quite brave in combat. Zhang Dongtao certainly understood what Wu Zongrui meant.

Because of Ma Jinzhong, Mi County and Weishi County were captured, causing the rebels to suffer heavy losses. From this perspective, Ma Jinzhong could not be forgiven. In other words, even if Zhang Dongtao wanted to help Ma Jinzhong, he could hardly do it.

arrive.

The key is that Zhang Dongtao doesn't want to do it himself, so he should let Li Zicheng handle such matters.

"Ma Jinzhong, you actually dare to appear in front of us, you are so brave..."

Zhang Dongtao did not speak, but Li Yan was the one who spoke.

Ma Jinzhong smiled indifferently and spoke.

"Sun Chuanting ordered me to persuade you to surrender. He asked me to tell you that as long as you are willing to submit to the imperial court, Sun Chuanting will definitely recommend you to the emperor and the imperial court..."

Li Yan turned to look at Zhang Dongtao and did not continue to speak. At this time, it was Zhang Dongtao who should have expressed his stance.

Zhang Dongtao shook his head gently and looked at Ma Jinzhong to speak.

"Ma Jinzhong, at such a critical moment, Sun Chuanting asked you to persuade us to surrender. What should we do? Sun Chuanting led the imperial army on a long-distance attack and entered Henan to fight. You surrendered to Sun Chuanting and provided important intelligence, allowing Sun Chuanting to capture Mi County.

and Weishi County have severely damaged the morale of our rebel army. It is said that you are indispensable. Why did Sun Chuanting let you enter Tongguan to persuade us to surrender? Doesn't he know that King Chuang hates you to the bone..."

Ma Jinzhong's face suddenly turned pale and his body trembled slightly.

When Li Yan was about to speak again, Zhang Dongtao waved his hand, indicating that Li Yan didn't have to worry.

Soon, Ma Jinzhong controlled his emotions, looked up at Zhang Dongtao and Li Yan and spoke.

"I'm not afraid of death. I just hate my stupidity. I don't regret dealing with Li Zicheng at all. Even if I don't have this opportunity, I will still find ways to deal with Li Zicheng."

"Li Zicheng killed Gao Yingdeng. I was confused. After all, Gao Yingdeng listened to my words and decided to defect to Li Zicheng. However, what Li Zicheng did was not too wrong. If Luo Rucai and Gao Yingdeng were allowed to split the rebel army, eventually

Li Zicheng is very likely to be killed by them. Under such circumstances, it is nothing more than a matter of striking first."

"Obviously I have shown weakness, but Li Zicheng still doesn't want to let me go. He wants to be a bitch and build a memorial arch. He can't kill me openly, so I can't stand in the rebel army. He sends troops all the time.

Monitor my whereabouts. If I perform poorly, I'm afraid they will chop off my head with a steel knife."

Having said this, Ma Jinzhong stretched out his hand and made a gesture on his neck.

"Sun Chuanting asked me to persuade you to surrender. I know it is impossible. I am clearly teaching you a lesson in front of you. How could you be fooled? So, Sun Chuanting did not want me to persuade you to surrender, but to hand me back to you.

Li Zicheng, if Li Zicheng knows that I have been abandoned by Sun Chuanting, he will definitely be very happy."

When Ma Jinzhong said this, he let out a long sigh.

"I have no more requests. I just ask that you kill me immediately without handing me over to Li Zicheng. If you insist on doing this, I will kill myself. I have already suffered too much humiliation and I don't want to continue."

"I almost forgot to tell you two things."

"The first thing is that the army led by Li Zicheng is still about a hundred miles away from Tongguan. In other words, it will take at least more than a day for them to reach Tongguan."

"The second thing is that Sun Chuanting is afraid that he will launch a general attack on Tongguan soon. This time Sun Chuanting should be determined to capture Tongguan. He knows very well that if he cannot capture Tongguan, he cannot return to Shaanxi and wait for him

It is very likely that the entire army will be annihilated."

When Ma Jinzhong said this, his expression relaxed.

Zhang Dongtao looked at Ma Jinzhong carefully, waved his hand, and several sergeants entered the room.

"While under custody, no accidents can occur. If an accident occurs, you will follow him underground."

Ma Jinzhong looked up at Zhang Dongtao, his expression a little indifferent.

After Ma Jinzhong was taken away by the sergeant, Li Yan looked at Zhang Dongtao and spoke.

"What's going on? The army led by King Chuang may not be able to reach Tongguan tomorrow. King Chuang should know that the combat effectiveness of the front army is not very strong. If Sun Chuanting launches a desperate attack tomorrow, Tongguan may not be able to hold it.

, at that time, all Chuang Wang’s plans will be unable to be implemented..."

Zhang Dongtao, who looked straight with his eyes, nodded slightly, as if he understood something.

"Li Yan, what do you think we should do with Ma Jinzhong?"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment and spoke without hesitation.

"What else can be done? Just leave it to King Chuang. We don't need to take action."

Zhang Dongtao smiled.

"Li Yan, didn't you just say that we may not be able to defend Tongguan? If Tongguan is captured by the army under Sun Chuanting, what should we do with Ma Jinzhong?"

Li Yan looked at Zhang Dongtao with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Well, Deputy General Manager Zhang, you don't really want to submit to Sun Chuanting, do you?"

Zhang Dongtao's face showed a smile again.

"Li Yan, do you think I will surrender to Sun Chuanting? There were only a dozen people left by King Chuang, including me. Now we are firmly guarding Tongguan, making it difficult for the officers and soldiers under Sun Chuanting to move. At this time,

Sun Chuanting sent Ma Jinzhong to surrender us, does he think we are fools?"

"What Ma Jinzhong said just now made me feel a lot of emotion. Some of what Ma Jinzhong said is right, but some people around King Chuang went too far. In any case, Ma Jinzhong was once the leader of the Rebel Army. His identity is

There, some people around King Chuang couldn't tolerate those in charge who surrendered to King Chuang. They didn't even think about whether the rebel army would be so powerful now if many rebels hadn't defected to King Chuang.

"

Li Yan was thoughtful and looked at Zhang Dongtao to speak again.

"What Deputy General Manager Zhang means is that if there is danger in Tongguan, we can release Ma Jinzhong and let him tell Sun Chuanting that we will carefully consider Sun Chuanting's suggestions to delay time..."

Zhang Dongtao waved his hand and laughed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things. There are some things that we can't do. Ma Jinzhong just reminded us that Sun Chuanting is about to launch a strong attack on Tongguan. This time Sun Chuanting must use all his strength, so the pressure we face is

It’s huge. King Chuang is still more than a hundred miles away from Tongguan. Even if someone wants to delay, it will only take about a day at most before the army led by King Chuang can reach Tongguan.”

"So, tomorrow is the last day we must persist."

"Li Yan, you have no confidence, and I have no confidence either. Tomorrow's attack and fighting will be particularly fierce and brutal. If Sun Chuanting cannot capture Tongguan, he may not have the chance to return to Shaanxi, so he will not spare any effort, and neither will we."

, in fact, at this time, you and I have no other choice."

Li Yan nodded, with a slightly angry look on his face.

"Deputy General Zhang, don't worry, we will definitely be able to hold on tomorrow. I will tell all the brothers that King Chuang will arrive at Tongguan in more than a day. The moment King Chuang arrives at Tongguan will be the moment for us to win.

I just don’t understand how the army led by King Chuang is marching. It is actually more than three days away from the army under Sun Chuanting. The army has to march at least a hundred miles a day. From this point of view, the army led by King Chuang is far away from the army.

The distance between the officers and soldiers is at least five hundred miles..."

Zhang Dongtao stood up and walked to Li Yan.

"Li Yan, there is no need to say this. Let's get ready right away. I think that at dawn, it is the time for the army to launch an attack. This time we will be able to defend Tongguan. When the time comes, I will defend all the people in front of King Chuang.

Brother please take credit..."

Li Yan went out.

Zhang Dongtao also walked out of the house.

The full moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight illuminates the surrounding area very brightly.

Many times, Zhang Dongtao, who was lurking next to Li Zicheng, did things according to his own understanding. Sometimes, he might not necessarily follow the suggestions put forward by Wu Zongrui in his letters. However, as time went by, Zhang Dongtao discovered that Wu Zongrui

Every suggestion made was targeted. If Zhang Dongtao did not implement Wu Zongrui's suggestions, he would eventually be in trouble.

What is foresight? This is true foresight.

...

Half an hour passed.

A figure hurriedly walked over.

Zhang Dongtao woke up and spoke without looking back.

"Li Yan, the fighting tomorrow will be fierce. You should go and rest as soon as possible. Recharge yourself so that you can command your brothers to defend Tongguan to the death tomorrow..."

Li Yan cupped his fists at Zhang Dongtao.

"Deputy General Zhang, please rest early. Tomorrow's battle will be fought without you..."

Zhang Dongtao turned around and found that Li Yan was already walking towards the stone house not far away.

Looking at Li Yan's back, Zhang Dongtao sighed slightly. Based on his intuition, he knew that it would not be long before he broke with Li Zicheng. He didn't know what would happen to Li Yan and others when that time came.
Chapter completed!