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Chapter 396 Take down Wuguan
Since the decline of Guanzhong, the status of Wuguan has been very embarrassing, and it has no longer been the glory of the past.

In recent years, most of the contacts between Guanzhong and the outside world have been through Tongguan Road. Only in recent days, after the Qing army took control of Northern Henan, many businessmen changed to Wuguan Road to enter the customs, and the importance of Wuguan was re-emerged. .

The guard of Wuguan is called Yuan Shouxi, who is Yuan Shizhong's cousin. He has followed Yuan Shizhong for many years and is his confidant general.

Originally Yuan Shouxi was stationed at Danfeng, but Gao Yihuan was sent to Wuguan to strengthen the defense after he defected to the Ming Dynasty in June and July.

This time Yuan Shouxi was sent to Wuguan. Apart from the need to strengthen the defense because of Gao Yihuan's vote, the main task was to collect taxes for passing the pass.

When Li Zicheng was strong, Xiao Yuan Ying shrank near Danfeng and did not dare to move, but now that Li Zicheng is weak, he has no energy to pay attention to Xiao Yuan Ying, so Xiao Yuan Ying began to collect fees for caravans to pass the customs, even if it is Dashun The court's convoy can't pass the customs without paying.

Previously, Li Zicheng's Dashun court did not provide Xiao Yuan Ying with the slightest supply, which made the brothers in Xiao Yuan Ying afraid of poverty. Now that they have the opportunity to make money, they naturally searched vigorously.

In the early morning of this day, on the head of Wuguan City, soldiers dressed in rags stood on the top of the wall with spears in hand as in the past.

Suddenly, a soldier saw a convoy approaching in the distance, his eyes lit up and his spirits lifted.

Inside the city tower, Yuan Shouxi sat in front of a square table with four dishes and a jug of wine in front of him. He ate alone with a satisfied look on his face.

At this time, a small school suddenly barged in with a happy face, "General, business is here!"

Yuan Shouxi regained his spirits, with a look of greed in his eyes. He put down his wine glass, stood up immediately, and took the saber from the wall. The junior quickly put on the helmet for him, and hurried out.

At this time, the convoy came outside the city and was stopped by soldiers. A businessman dressed in fine silk was brought to Cheng.

Yuan Shouxi took a look at him and asked, "What are you transporting?"

The businessman hurriedly nodded and bowed, and said with a smile on his face: "General, the villain is transporting food, and he is doing things for General Zhou."

"Zhou Ronghua!" Yuan Shouxi's eyes flashed brightly, knowing that Guanzhong used Zhou Ronghua to buy grain before.

Before the Battle of Fuping, Li Zicheng's prestige was still very high. Although Yuan Shouxi had collected road taxes, he did not dare to ask for more.

The teams that come and go are just like sending beggars, just giving some tea money casually.

Now that the news of Li Zicheng's defeat came, Yuan Shouxi became more courageous.

He glanced at more than 50 large carts outside the city, turned his head and held out three fingers to the merchant, and said, "You hand over [-]% of these grains, and you will be allowed to pass the customs."

The businessman was startled, "General, I am delivering food for the Shun army. I have passed the customs before, and it was not at this price."

"You also said that it was in the past." Yuan Shouxi said coldly: "I will tell you that the price is now. Today's test, you have passed."

After finishing speaking, he winked at the people around him, and several soldiers immediately surrounded him, trying to make him pass.

The businessman showed a look of panic on purpose, and tremblingly said: "This~this~well, I agree to the general's conditions and keep [-]% of the food."

"Haha~ Don't make a sad face!" Yuan Shouxi smiled and patted the merchant's shoulder, "There is a shortage of supplies in Guanzhong, you still have something to earn, and you have to share your wealth! Well, let the convoy come over, don't be so narrow-minded , take a long-term view, I will give you a discount next time!"

As he spoke, he ordered his subordinates to go out with a hundred soldiers to prevent this group of businessmen from turning around and slipping away.

Outside the city, Hu Dawei accompanied the caravan as the leader of the guards. Seeing Fang Jiayu leading more than 100 defenders out of the customs, he couldn't help frowning slightly. He didn't understand what the trick was, and the guards also raised their vigilance one after another.

In a forest not far from the pass, Wang Chang saw a defender coming out, his expression changed, and he clenched his saber tightly.

At this time Fang Jiayu came over and gave Hu Dawei a wink, and then the convoy calmed down and did not act rashly.

When they got back to the convoy, the small defending officer who came out with him took a look at the grain truck. There were bags of grain in the truck, and his face immediately beamed with joy.He looked again, and found that the coolies transporting food did not have any weapons, so he urged impatiently, "Enter the customs quickly!"

Fang Jiayu waved his hand to let the convoy move forward, then walked to Hu Dawei's side, and heard Hu Dawei whisper: "What's going on?"

"Damn it, begging us to enter the customs!" Fang Jiayu sneered.

Hu Dawei was shocked, and then he narrowed his eyes, "There is another thing!"

Seeing that he was approaching the trench bridge, Fang Jiayu didn't say any more, and said in a low voice: "The guard will need [-]% of the food, let's follow the plan."

At that moment, the carts passed the trench bridge one by one and arrived at the closing gate. Hundreds of steps away, Wang Chang stared intently at the convoy, raising one hand high, and the soldiers behind him clenched their sabers, ready to fight out.

At this time, as soon as the vehicle arrived at Guancheng, Yuan Shouxi walked down from the top of the city with an excited expression on his face.

If he hadn't cared about Li Zicheng a little bit, he really wanted to not swallow all this batch of food.

"Open the grain bag!" Yuan Shouxi stopped the vehicle and pointed at Hu Dawei.

Hu Dawei nodded to his subordinates, while Fang Jiayu smiled and said, "Show the general!"

A soldier hurriedly stepped forward to untie a bag, Yuan Shouxi hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and grabbed a handful of rice. Hu Dawei at the side suddenly made a move and kicked him.

Before Yuan Shouxi could react, he flew upside down, and at the same time there was a "chuckle" sound from his waist, and the moment his body flew upside down, the waist knife was pulled out by Hu Dawei.

With a sound of "bang", Yuan Shouxi hit the ground heavily. Before he could react, Hu Dawei jumped up and stepped on his chest. There was a flash of white light, and the sword rested on his neck.

"Zhiniang thief, do you want more food?" Hu Dawei roared angrily.

The sudden change stunned the defenders, Fang Jiayu yelled instantly, "Do it!"

The soldiers beside the grain cart drew out their sabers from under the grain bags one after another, and chopped down the defenders around them.

Wei Wujun's elite soldiers and strong generals are no match for the miscellaneous soldiers of Xiaoyuan's battalion.

Hu Dawei sent people to tie up Yuan Shouxi, and then led his troops to kill the defenders at the closed gate.

The soldiers of the Wei Army lying in ambush outside the city saw that Hu Dawei had succeeded, and Wang Chang raised his hand and waved it down again, so he shouted, "Kill!"

The soldiers of Wei Wu who had been hiding for a long time roared angrily, followed Wang Chang and rushed out of the woods, rushed across the moat bridge, and rushed into the pass.

On a high mountain in the distance, Gao Yihuan put away the binoculars, and immediately ordered: "Command Zhao Daxian to seize Shangnan County immediately!"

(Thanks to the 10000 reward from the big brother, You Daxing, to become the guardian of this book! I am practicing the car recently, and I don’t have much time. After I pass the test, try to add more. Thank you for your support.)
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