Chapter 62: Hulao Pass Conquers Pei Renji

Li Ji thought, since I still have the General Card rewarded by the system, I will use it quickly.

At the same time, Li Ji silently said something in his heart and used a fierce general card. He suddenly felt that he could contact a person out of thin air in front of Hulao Pass.

A water curtain appeared in front of Li Ji's eyes, listing this person's information.

Name: Qin Qiong, courtesy name: Shubao;

Age: 15 years old;

Skills: Horseback archery;

Position: General of the Cavalry

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Li Ji was amazed. Qin Qiong's name was very familiar. He was a general in the late Sui Dynasty and a native of Licheng, Qizhou.

During the Sui Dynasty, Qin Qiong served under the Sui general Huer .

Later he followed Zhang Xutuo, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. After Zhang Xutuo was defeated, he surrendered to Pei Renji.

Li Ji and his soldiers slept in the open air and waited until the sun rose in the east.

In the autumn sunshine, Hulao Pass stands tall and majestic.

Ji Hua of the Ji Camp, in accordance with Li Ji's arrangement, rode his horse in front of Hulao Pass and shouted:

"General Pei, you are a coward, why don't you open the door and let Lord Li in?"

"Brothers of the government army, you are suffering from cold and hunger, why don't you surrender quickly and come to Lord Li to drink wine and eat meat."

"Those who surrender first eat meat, those who surrender later drink soup, and those who resist to the end eat bran."

The soldiers guarding Hulao Pass walked back and forth on the city wall, pointing and talking as if they were watching a play.

Li Ji took a look and thought, damn, these government troops are just like your mother's wooden fish heads.

At his command, the soldiers of the Ji Camp drew their bows and shot arrows, and the arrowheads flew towards the pass like swallows in the clouds.

Pei Renji stood on the city wall and laughed.

"A small group of chicken-stealing and dog-thieves want to shake our Hulao Pass. It's like an ant trying to shake a tree."

He shouted fiercely: "Someone, shoot me!"

The soldiers guarding the pass were in a dominant position and fired crossbows at the pass, and most of the soldiers in the Ji camp were hit by arrows.

"Damn it, if I don't show you some of my special skills, you won't know how powerful I am."

He walked up to the "Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart" device and pressed the launch button.

“Bang!”

Thousands of arrows flew towards Hulao Pass like locusts.

All that could be heard from Hulao Pass was the continuous cries of soldiers crying for their parents.

Pei Renji thought, you are just a few thousand bandits, and I have an army of hundreds of thousands, so I can destroy you.

He stood on the wall and shouted:

"Open the door quickly and catch him alive."

At this moment, there was a loud crash and the gate of Hulao Pass opened wide.

Groups of cavalry rushed out from the pass, led by Pei Renji.

"Good boy, the coach is out."

Li Ji silently recited the name of the system in his mind, and suddenly a group of people flashed out from the left, led by a young general in a white robe.

Li Ji shouted, "Where is Qin Qiong?"

At this time, the young general in white robe took the lead.

He clasped his hands together on his horse, nodded and said, "My lord, Qin Shubao is here."

When Li Ji saw it, he was immediately happy.

This system is really powerful. Well, now that I have activated the card of a powerful general and obtained a powerful general from the end of the Sui Dynasty, please help me!

Li Ji shouted angrily:

"General Qin, capture the Sui commander Pei Renji for me!"

Qin Qiong responded loudly on horseback: "Yes, sir!"

He turned around and rushed into the Sui army formation, turned his spear around, and stabbed fiercely.

When Pei Renji saw that Qin Qiong had defected in front of the enemy, he was stunned.

"General Qin, I am your commander! You can't fight your own people."

Qin Qiong shouted, "I'm going to hit you, why don't you dismount and surrender?"

His one gun is more powerful than ten thousand enemies.

He was seen waving his spear and hitting the target with every shot. No one could stop him and the government troops retreated like a tide.

In a blink of an eye, he rushed to Pei Renji.

He raised his hand and with a snap, he lifted Pei Renji off the horse.

With a thud, Pei Renji was thrown off his horse.

Qin Qiong raised his gun to kill Pei Renji, but at this moment, Li Ji shouted:

"Spare his life!"

Li Ji, accompanied by his personal guards, walked slowly to Pei Renji, waving a feather fan in his hand and leaning on a dragon-headed cane, taking square steps.

He smiled and bowed:

"General Pei , I have long heard of your great name. You were very brave when you were young, and you were good at riding horses and shooting arrows."

He pulled Pei Renji up and stared at his face with his deep eyes.

"In the early years of the Kaihuang era (581), you served as a guard to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian."

"In the ninth year of Kaihuang (589), you fought bravely in the battle of Sui's conquest of Chen. For your merits, you were appointed as Yitong and awarded 1,000 pieces of silk."

"Later, you served as a guard in the palace of Yang Liang, the Prince of Han, as a Yitong."

"In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Emperor Wen of Sui died and the current emperor succeeded to the throne. Yang Liang, the Prince of Han, was dissatisfied with the emperor's succession to the throne, so he raised an army to rebel."

"You tried hard to persuade Yang Liang not to rebel, but Yang Liang got angry and put you in jail. Soon, Yang Liang's rebellion failed, and the emperor praised you for your faith and promoted you to the position of guard."

Li Ji told the story in a leisurely manner, as if he knew everything by heart.

He described Pei Renji's resume clearly.

When Pei Renji heard this, he was surprised that a mere fortune teller actually knew the story of my rise to fame.

"Not simple, could it be that King Wen of Zhou is still alive and Jiang Ziya has resurrected?"

He suddenly changed his mind and thought, how can I, the Grand Master of the Sui Dynasty, accept surrender from a humble boy like you?

He suddenly stretched out his arms, and with a clang, a hidden weapon flew directly towards Li Ji.

Li Ji was well prepared. He had already considered that Pei Renji would rather save face than suffer.

As soon as he saw Pei Renji's hidden weapon flying out, he suddenly blocked it lightly with the dragon head soul-catching staff, and saw a red light flying out.

The hidden weapon made a snapping sound and flew a hundred meters away.

Li Ji casually folded the feather fan, and with a snap, pressed his right elbow against Pei Renji's right arm's Tianjing acupoint.

A random sweep of the crutch caused Pei Renji to fall to the ground with a cry of "Aiya!"

Li Ji was still looking at him with a smile. While the soldiers were amazed, he reached out his hand again to help Pei Renji, who was lying on his back.

"General Pei, everyone has his own master. I, Li Ji, admire your character. However, the end of the Celestial Empire is approaching. What should we do? Are you a stubborn person?"

"Now the emperor is living in Jiangdu, waiting for death; Yang Tong, the King of Yue in Dongdu, is powerless to save the situation."

"The Central Plains is full of war and heroes are fighting for supremacy. I, Li Ji, love talents as much as my life. If I wanted to kill you, I would have chopped you off with a knife long ago."

At this time, Qin Qiong came over and looked at Pei Renji silently.

"General Pei, I think you should give up the dark and join the light!"

Pei Renji said in a low voice: "Xiaoxian, my family is still in Dongdu."

Li Ji smiled and said loudly:

"I have sent personal guards to move your family to a safe area. Don't worry, with my token, no one dares to touch them."

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Pei Renji had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.

Li Ji slowly pulled Pei Renji up, and the two hands were tightly clasped together.

He ordered in a low voice: "Yucheng, lead the way, let's go through the customs."

Pei Renji, Qin Qiong, Yu Cheng and the general personal guards surrounded Li Ji as he walked into Hulao Pass like stars surrounding the moon.

Li Ji entered the central army tent and sat on the high-backed chair in the middle.

He glanced at all the generals and leaders with a stern look.

The generals and soldiers didn't know what Li Ji was up to.