The heavens begin from practicing swords in the palace

The night in Tongguan is particularly intoxicating.

The pitch-black sky is covered with dots of bright stars, which are extraordinarily dazzling.

A round of bright moon hangs in the sky, and the faint light, like a thin gauze, flutters and falls, reflecting on everything in the world.

At this moment, inside Tongguan, it is very quiet.

On the top of the city, two thousand soldiers still perform their duties.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Tongguan.

At night, they rest in batches.

Once there is an enemy attack, immediately warn.

At the gate of the city, there are also hundreds of energetic soldiers, holding the gate of the city.

At the gate of the city, a lot of logs were placed and a lot of big stones were piled up.

These logs and stones blocked the gate of Tongguan.

This is not only to prevent the enemy from breaking the door, but also to prevent the traitors inside from opening the door to meet the enemy.

At this moment, the night was deep, and dozens of torches were burning in the hands of the soldiers.

Amidst the burning flames, hundreds of armored soldiers walked slowly towards the city gate.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

The general who handles the city gate shouted.

At this time, he didn't get any orders, and there were only a few hundred of them on duty tonight.

Tomorrow morning is the time to switch defenses.

But at this moment, hundreds of armored soldiers came, which made him suspicious.

A group of soldiers holding the gate of the city showed their weapons one after another.

"Brother Liu!"

Oncoming was a middle-aged general. Obviously, he knew the general guarding the city gate.

"Brother Xue!"

The person who came was none other than Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche said to the general surnamed Liu: "Brother Liu, according to King Qin's order, I have led the Erlangs to change defenses!

You are also tired, go back and rest early! "

He said while showing a simple and honest smile.

This Xue Wanche was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. His father was Xue Shixiong, the former Sui Zuo Yuwei General, and he was also the son-in-law of the Li family.

Whoever betrays Li Tang, it will definitely not be him.

"However, Shangfeng explained that it is time to switch defenses when dawn breaks tomorrow morning..."

The general surnamed Liu guarding the city gate couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Brother Xue... Well, General Xue, you said King Qin arranged for you to change defense? Do you have evidence!"

He was cautious, but couldn't help but ask one more question.

Xue Wanche frowned, and said: "King Qin said that he asked me to guard the city gate in case something happened tonight!

It happened suddenly, and there was no token or certificate!

Why, General Liu doesn't even believe me? "

When he said this, his voice was already stern.

His address even changed "Brother Liu" into "General Liu", which shows the dissatisfaction in his heart.

The general surnamed Liu said: "I don't dare! It's just that guarding the city gate is a serious matter, and I dare not be careless.

To change defense at the city gate, a secret password is required.

Please also tell General Xue the password in secret language! "

Xue Wanche was furious, and shouted: "Liu Hongji, how dare you disobey King Qin's orders! Are you going to open the door to meet the enemy?"

The general surnamed Liu was also furious, and shouted: "Xue Wanche, I'm afraid you are the one who opened the door to meet the enemy!"

"Go!"

"Kill without mercy!"

For a moment, in front of the gate of Tongguan, two groups of soldiers started fighting.

"rush!"

At this moment, hundreds of soldiers rushed out from behind Xue Wanche.

These people are also dead soldiers who came to assist Xue Wanche.

Although this Xue Wanche is Li Tang's relative, he still has the word "outside".

Now the situation of the new Sui unifying the north and the south has gradually become clear.

His family has been a famous family since the Sui Dynasty.

If the new Sui Dynasty were unified, as Li Tang's son-in-law, he would be implicated. Not only would he lose his wealth, but he might also be imprisoned, and even his life would be lost.

The more favored he is by Li Tang, the more he will be liquidated in the future.

After all, the way Xin Sui treated the Guanlong Group was almost wiped out.

Therefore, Xue Wanche sent his confidants to meet the Sui Emperor "Yang Xuyan" before the new Sui soldiers came to the border.

Zhao Qiu agreed that as long as he turned against the water at a critical moment, he would keep his Xue family's wealth unchanged.

Therefore, Xue Wanche made a dangerous move.

As long as Tongguan is broken, Li Tang will be defeated.

This new Sui will reunify the north and the south, just like the ancient Han Dynasty, despite the chaos of Wang Mang, it can still stand for another hundred years.

The soldiers led by Xue Wanche are more than double that of the general surnamed Liu.

After a while, more than half of the soldiers in front of General Liu were dead or injured.

Xue Wanche waved his hand and shouted: "Quick! Destroy them quickly, open the city gate as soon as possible!"

"General Liu, don't panic! I, Qin Qiong, are here!"

Just when the general surnamed Liu was about to despair, a brave general came forward with thousands of soldiers.

"Come on! Get Xue Wanche for this general!"

A very rude voice sounded, the person who spoke was a black-faced general with five big and three rough, it was Yuchi Jingde.

Xue Wanche's face was ashen.

"Surrender without killing!"

Yuchi Jingde held his whip and shouted loudly.

Seeing that the general situation was over, those soldiers who followed Xue Wanche dropped their weapons one after another.

"Xue Wanche, the Holy Majesty and the King of Qin treat you well, and you are a relative of the emperor, why did you lead the army to rebel?

How could you do such an unkind and unwise thing? "

Qin Qiong sneered, his eyes were cold.

Xue Wanche sighed, knowing that the situation was over, he said: "If you want to kill or cut, you can do whatever you want!"

Yuchi Jingde shook his head and said: "You are a foreign relative, General Qin and I will never do anything to you! But, you have to explain to the Holy Majesty and the King of Qin face to face!"

"Come here! Tie me up!"

With a wave of Qin Qiong's right hand, several soldiers came forward with ropes, about to restrain Xue Wanche.

Although he and Yuchi Jingde could not kill Xue Wanche on the spot, they could order someone to tie him up.

The spear in Xue Wanche's hand trembled, and he waved forward continuously, forcing back the soldiers.

Yuchi Jingde shouted: "Xue Wanche, you did something rebellious, how dare you resist arrest?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xue Wanche dropped the spear in his hand, immediately took the long sword from his waist, laughed a few times, and said: "I was confused for a while, and I did something rebellious. I also ask the two generals to go back and tell King Qin that I, Xue Wanche, conspired against me The matter of one person has nothing to do with the Xue family!"

After that, he drew his sword and killed himself.

Yuchi Jingde sighed and said, "Why bother?"

...

At the same time as the riots in Tongguan City, there were waves of horseshoes outside the city.

The ground also trembled slightly.