"Oops!" Wang Shijie jumped a few times in fear, "His Royal Highness, this is really hurting me! The imperial edict is clearly written, and no one can be allowed to pass. A person like Yuchi, from my perspective I passed the test in my hands, and I will investigate it in the future. How can I explain it? "
"Explain it truthfully. Just say that you have fallen into my trap, Qiu Yizhi. If the emperor blames you in the future, I will naturally come forward to protect you. Huh! Are there not many people in the world who have fallen into my trap?" Qiu Yi Zhigang said these words confidently, and suddenly remembered that the "emperor" in his mouth had passed away. A sadness arose in his heart, and he pursed his lips and stopped talking.
Wang Shijie was still a little worried, so he quickly called a few of his subordinates and ordered them to send people to capture and intercept Wei Chi Lianghong immediately.
Yuchi Lianghong had unparalleled martial arts skills and rich experience in martial arts. Even if he was slightly injured, how could Wang Shijie's stupid soldiers be able to capture him? Therefore, Qiu Yizhi ignored him and went off to close the wall alone with his heart full of worries.
In the next few days, Wang Shijie did not manage other things except sending more manpower and asking his soldiers to strictly guard the doors and walls and not allow anyone to pass through Tongguan. He only went to Qiu Yizhi every day to inquire about information, hoping to get out of it. He asked what exactly Yuchi Lianghong had done? How long will it take to return
How could Qiu Yizhi tell him such a thing? He only said that it was a confidential matter ordered by the emperor himself. It was better for him, Wang Shijie, who was a small guard general, not to know about it.
However, whenever Wang Shijie came to visit, Qiu Yizhi didn't find him troublesome. Instead, he could inquire about the situation from him and ask if there were any new changes in the situation in Tongguan.
Logically speaking, it would take about two days to ride a fast horse from Tongguan to Luoyang, the capital. A round trip plus going to Beijing to handle business would take four days no matter how fast it is. But by the third day, Qiu Yizhi was already very anxious - Yuchi Lianghong was a safe man, and his third brother Zheng Miao was a bit cautious and pedantic. He should have sent someone to report the news, but why is there no news at all now
Every time Qiu Yi climbed up the wall of Tongguan Pass and looked far to the west, what he saw was not the magnificent sight of the Guanzhong Plain, which is thousands of miles away from Jincheng, but layers of thick smoke and dust that could not be blown away and could not be seen through.
Another day passed, Qiu Yi was bored and playing chess with Lin Shuhan. Lin Shuhan can be called a national Go player, but Qiu Yi played a bad game, and he was absent-minded. He saw that after less than a hundred steps, one of his big dragons was about to be slaughtered by Lin Shuhan before it even got up. Just then he scratched his head and thought To remedy.
At this moment, Wang Shijie was heard shouting loudly: "His Royal Highness, what's wrong, there is news from the front of the pass, saying that someone is fighting from the east."
Qiu Yizhi was still focused on the chessboard. Hearing what Wang Shijie said about "fighting", he thought it was an ordinary public security dispute. Zheng Miao and Yuchi Lianghong were not mentioned, so he didn't take it to heart and said angrily. : "You are the general guarding the customs. What are you telling me about this kind of thing? Maybe there is some dispute between the merchants waiting to pass the customs. You should disperse them quickly to avoid missing the big event."
Wang Shijie was not sent away easily, and said to Qiu Yizhi more anxiously: "Your Majesty, you should go over and have a look. It seems a little weird to me."
Only then did Qiu Yizhi become alert and said, "That's fine. You send people to gather the troops first, and I'll let you take a look." After that, he pushed away the chessboard that was destined to be defeated, and stood up. Then walked outside the house.
Halfway through the journey, Zhao Chengxiao saw Qiu Yizhi walking in a hurry and Wang Shijie was following behind him, so he stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
Qiu Yizhi shook his head and said with a serious face: "Something happened, but I don't know what it is yet. You first ask the brothers to get up and gather, and wait for orders at the pass. Also, ask Yuchi Jiming to join you. …”
Zhao Chengxiao heard that Qiu Yizhi and Yuchi Jiming were also summoned. He was afraid that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly agreed and went down to assemble the team.
Qiu Yizhi's current temporary residence is a small barracks specially vacated by Wang Shijie. It is very close to Tongguan. The two of them arrived at the bottom of Tongguan after walking a few steps.
Qiu Yizhi pointed to a small door that could only allow two people to pass through side by side, and said: "General Wang, since you asked me to go to the pass to see the situation, please open this door."
The door Qiu Yizhi pointed to was set up to facilitate the entry and exit of the generals who were guarding the gate on weekdays. Not only was it extremely narrow and low, but the passage inside the door was winding. Once there is a war, this small door will be completely sealed from both inside and outside; even if it is not closed in time, this small door alone will not be able to pass through a large number of troops in a short period of time.
However, it was this small palm-sized door that made Wang Shijie worried. He scratched his head for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind, and said: "His Highness Yi, it is better to go to the top of the wall to check the situation. I am not afraid that His Highness Yi will laugh at me, but I am afraid that when I open the door, His Highness Yi will enter the gate in a flash. When the time comes, I can’t really come here and use force on His Highness, right?”
After hearing this, Qiu Yizhi smiled: "I didn't expect you to have so many clever ideas. I can rest assured that Tongguan is in your hands. Okay, let's go up to the wall to see what's going on. "After that, Qiu Yizhi quickly climbed up the stairs.
Qiu Yizhi climbed too fast, and by the time he reached the top of the wall, he was out of breath. But he didn't have time to calm down his heaving chest, so he quickly walked to the edge of the crenellation, lay down on the edge of the city wall and looked down - he saw that the bottom of the wall was still crowded with business travelers waiting to open the door to cross the border, and they gathered along the wall. The market was relatively calm, but in the distance there seemed to be two teams of people fighting each other. However, the smoke and dust obscured the view, so it was difficult to see the details.
So Qiu Yizhi asked: "Wang Shijie, who are they fighting over there? I see that the battle is huge and it seems that they cannot be underestimated."
Wang Shijie replied cautiously: "The general only found out about the situation after listening to the reports from the soldiers stationed on the wall. I don't know the details."
Qiu Yizhi said again: "Did you send someone over to inquire about the situation? When will Tan Ma come back?"
Wang Shijie was an old military officer from Lao Youyan Road. He knew about this arrangement. He had already sent people out, so he answered truthfully: "The general has sent his trusted scouts to investigate. It will take about a cup of tea." Can come back.”
Qiu Yizhi nodded and said, "Then you summon your sergeants and ask them to prepare early, so that if something happens, they can be prepared."
Although Wang Shijie still felt in his heart that the commotion in the pass was just a slightly bigger commotion and there was no need to mobilize troops, but since it was an order from His Highness Qiu Yi and complete preparations, he really had no reason to refute, so he greeted and followed closely The messenger ordered his soldiers to leave the camp immediately and assemble under the city.
Qiu Yizhi had no time to pay attention to Wang Shijie's deployment, and continued to stare at the commotion in the distance with his eyes wide open.
But I heard someone ask in my ear: "Sir, what happened up front?"
Qiu Yizhi turned around and saw that Lin Shuhan was here, and said, "I don't know, I can't see clearly. Can Mr. Lin see it?"
Lin Shuhan had read too much and was short-sighted, so he couldn't see the situation in the distance even more clearly, so he shook his head and said: "I can't tell..." But his eyes continued to stare into the distance with squints.
After a while, Yuchi Jiming also climbed onto the city wall and said: "Little uncle, you left me alone at the bottom and went to such a high place to see the scenery. How partial!"
Qiu Yizhi said, "Ji Ming, you came just in time. You have good eyesight. Did you see the group of people in front of you? Can you clearly see what they are doing?"
Yuchi Jiming was good at using concealed weapons and had never experienced the pain of reading at night by candlelight. Naturally, he had clear ears and eyesight. He took a quick look and replied: "It's not a big deal. It's just two teams of people hacking at each other..."
"What? Hacking and killing?" Qiu Yizhi said in shock, "Have they all used weapons?"
Yuchi Jiming looked at it a few more times and said: "Weapons are being used. One group of people seems to be only twenty or thirty people, wearing mixed clothes. The other group of people is more shameless, there are more than a hundred people in total. Wearing all black clothes.”
Qiu Yiyi was immediately a little surprised when he heard the news - what surprised him was not the difference in the number of seventy or eighty people between the two parties, but that since the party in black had thought of uniform uniforms, it must have been deliberate. Come prepared.
While he was thinking about it, he heard Yuchi Jiming shout: "It seems that the people in colorful clothes can't compete with the group of people in black. They are coming to Tongguan."
This is nonsense - a team of twenty or thirty people will naturally not be able to defeat people several times their size - and it is also common sense.
"Those people can't beat them and are retreating to Tongguan. Uncle, what do you think we should do?" Yuchi Jiming continued.
Qiu Yizhi frowned and thought - I asked Yuchi Lianghong to go to Beijing to find his third brother Zheng Miao. According to the time, he should be returning in these few days, but by chance, something like this happened under Tongguan with weapons. The events of the fight coincided so well with each other that Qiu Yizhi, who had always been bold and bold, had to consider the worst.
So Qiu Yizhi said to Wang Shijie who was standing next to him: "Tongguan is the most critical place in the world. Although such gatherings and fights are the jurisdiction of local officials, you, the general guarding the pass, cannot turn a blind eye. Hurry up and send troops." Arrest all these people?"
According to common sense, even if there is a robbery or rebellion, the administrative yamen of the jurisdiction will take the lead to put it down; if the yamen soldiers cannot be brought to justice, the military attache will be asked to come forward to settle the case; and even if the yamen wants to use military attachés, We also invited generals at the same level to guard the place. There was never any reason to invite additional soldiers to guard Tongguan.
Therefore, Wang Shijie looked troubled and said: "Your Highness, it is against the rules to mobilize the guards to intervene in local security affairs, isn't it?"
"What method is there? You called me to the top of the wall to talk to me about what method? Send troops down right now and ask questions from above. I will support you." Qiu Yizhi said The tone left no room for doubt.
Since someone took the responsibility, Wang Shijie naturally had nothing to fear, so he sent someone to pass the order: "Send the order to the Tongguan Guards Yamen General to mobilize three hundred soldiers in the pass to maintain order and order those who are fighting and fighting to surrender immediately." !”
The ordering soldier sang "Hey" and was about to go down to deliver the order. Qiu Yizhi added: "Anyone who stubbornly resists and refuses to obey orders will be punished for treason and not killed."
After hearing this order, an expression of joy suddenly flashed across the face of the ordering soldier - since he has been identified as a rebel, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, after killing him, he can use it as military merit. Since it is military merit, it will naturally be rewarded. Really Who wouldn’t smile in front of gold and silver
So when the ordering soldier saw that Wang Shijie had no objection, he happily went to jail.