Nalan rushed to the garrison camp and saw dozens of sergeants staggering, some holding their stomachs and walking into the thatched bushes, because the latrine was too squeezed to fit in, and vomiting was everywhere.

The military camp is located on the high ground by the Qinglong River between Qinglong Town and Hangu Pass, and there are about 1,000 people stationed here.

Li Hu thought that there was nothing wrong, so he ordered Captain Nalan to come and check on him, while he continued to drink wine in the shop, accompanied by the beauty.

After reading it, Nalan said to Duguyue: "I'm afraid it's cholera." So he said to the soldiers who came to invite him: "Go and invite General Zhonglang quickly, so many sergeants vomit and diarrhea, how can he still eat and burn, he has to find a countermeasure quickly, the medical officer has come to see it?" ”

"The military medical officer is coming from Tongyu."

"Hurry here, won't it be time for Xuhai? Let's go to Qinglong Town first to invite Mr. Zhuge to come, tell these people about the symptoms first, and let him prepare some herbs first, so as to avoid the time of going back and forth. ”

Nalan and Duguyue arrived at the big stove in the barracks, and the sergeants on the stove were vomiting and diarrhea except for one who escaped because he didn't have time to eat.

When asked if the sergeant had made any different meals today, the sergeant replied, "Everything is business as usual, nothing unusual." After thinking for a moment, he said, "Oh! The humble duty remembered that there was a shortage of salt in the army today, so he went to the town to buy it. I never thought that there was no salt in the town, and when I went to Shantangyi to buy it, I suddenly met a sergeant driving in my car halfway through, saying that it was the Hangu Pass guard, and I was ordered by the captain to send some meat and grain and oil. When he went to buy salt, he saw that there was salt in it, so he and the sergeant drove the wagon to deliver the supplies here. ”

Nalan said: "It must have fallen into a trick, your supply and demand are all self-purchased, the military food supplies are all rationed, each eats its own food, when will I send someone to send you supplies." The material received must have been poisoned, so I quickly went to find the sergeant who received the material and asked about the situation. ”

The sergeant returned shortly after his departure, as if frightened, and said, "The man is dead." ”

Nalan and Duguyue hurried over to see, the sergeant was lying on the ground, curled up in a ball, and when he turned over, he was no longer human, the water in his body seemed to have dried up, his eye sockets were deep, his claws and nails were withered, and his belly was shriveled.

Nalan thought quickly in his mind, why did he poison at this time, would he attack Hangu Pass?

Immediately said to Duguyue: "Quickly go and inform General Zhonglang that the rebels may take the opportunity to attack the city." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three rockets rising in the direction of Hangu Pass. Without thinking, Nalan shouted to several pro-soldiers: "Hurry up!" He jumped on his horse, whipped a few lashes, and galloped towards Hangu Pass.

Although the matter was urgent, Duguyue looked at the back of Nalan galloping away, but couldn't help but sigh: "Although you are young, you are still brave." ”

When Nalan arrived at Guanlou, the rebels were about 1,000 people lined up in front of the pass, preparing ladders, siege vehicles and other things, the original defenders of Hangu Pass were only more than 100 people, and Li Hu led 10,000 troops to be stationed in the area of Kunhan, several strongholds, forming a corner trend, but only more than 500 people were stationed in Hangu Pass, and 5,000 were stationed in Tongyu and other places. It can be seen that Li Hu came to support Hangu, which is really in response to the situation, and if he can't resist it, he will definitely withdraw to Tongguan.

But at this critical juncture, the nearest support - more than 1,000 soldiers in Qinglong Town were unable to fight due to poisoning, and when the troops from Shantangyi, Tongyu and other places arrived, Hangu Pass was afraid that it would be lost, and if Hangu was lost, Cuihan would be controlled by the rebels for hundreds of miles, although there was a natural danger in Tongguan, but the buffer zone could be lost.

When Nalan arrived, he immediately ordered all the sergeants to enter the state of guarding, open all the weapons depots, and remove all the blades and ordnance to defend the city.

The other 500 sergeants who could be stationed at Hangu Pass refused to go to the pass for a long time, saying that they had not received orders from the commander-in-chief. This made Nalan very annoyed, and he hurriedly asked someone to ask Li Hu to issue an order.

In a short time, the enemy troops in front of the pass began to beat their drums, and the archers behind the formation began to set up arrows and prepare them for fire. It's going to be attacked. It is unimaginable that more than 100 people have to defend against more than 1,000 people, which makes Nalan feel that this battle is very critical.

After the rebels stopped drumming, they only heard a sound of "release arrows", and the feathered arrows in the air shot like the sky and the sun, piercing the air and making a low roar.

"Shield protection!" Therefore, the sergeants on the upper floor squatted down, put their shields on their bodies, and heard the moans and screams of the sergeants after being hit by arrows. Nalan couldn't care so much, most of these sergeants had never experienced a battle, and it was good that he didn't collapse to the ground in the face of such a scene, he had ordered a few of his own soldiers to break off, and if they encountered those who retreated, they would be dealt with directly by military law.

After the rebels fired three waves of arrows, the infantry rushed over the slamming wood like a swarm of ants, carrying a ladder, and when they were within thirty paces. Guan Lou Nalan gave an order, more than 100 sergeants raised their bows and fired feather arrows into the enemy formation, and after a burst of random shooting, they saw dozens of rebels rushing in front of them fall to the ground, and the wails were muffled by the sound of fighting.

After another rain of arrows, dozens of people were shot, but those who were not shot had already rushed to the bottom of the Guan Tower, ready to erect a ladder.

How could more than 100 people fight against such a fierce opponent? And the personal soldiers came to report, and the 500 soldiers stationed there still refused to go to the gate to help the battle, and they had to wait for the commander's order.

Nalan roared: "Could it be that the pass was seized and slaughtered by the rebels, do they still need the commander's order?" Nalan had a feeling of being in a desperate situation, and the more than 100 sergeants he led who had never seen a real war confrontation also had despair and horror.

What the rebels have encountered since they started their march is a decent resistance. In the past, most of the soldiers surrendered without a fight, or they were defeated at the slightest contact, but I didn't expect that more than 100 people in the Hangu Pass District would dare to resist to the death.

Seeing this, the rebel lieutenant general who was in charge of tackling the key problems said coldly: "It's really a lack of people's hearts, and the snake swallows the elephant." This person dares to fight me. With a wave of the command flag in his hand, hundreds of people in reserve rushed up.

Seeing the dense rebels rushing up, the sergeants who had never seen this formation wanted to rush back, and saw a few sergeants with Mo knives guarding the door with murderous eyes in their eyes, so they had to retreat.

The rebels' shock log had reached the gate and was preparing to storm hard. Once the gate is breached, the Hanya Pass will definitely be lost.

Just when some of the sergeants felt a little desperate, they saw Nalan wave his hand and rush down from the mountains on both sides of the pass, a large pile of rolling logs, and everywhere he went, the rebels were dead and wounded.

This was really an unexpected move, and the morale of the sergeants at the pass increased greatly, and they fired at the rebels under the pass, and there were few people who hit Kinoshita.

Then I heard Nalan shout: Release the rocket! A dozen sergeants ignited rockets and shot them at the rolling logs. After a while, the rolling wood burst into flames, burning the rebels in front of the pass to the ground.

It turned out that after Nalan knew that Fan Yang raised troops, he thought that sooner or later there would be a battle, and according to the experience of the conquest of Nanzhao, he secretly made a lot of preparations for the defense of Hangu Pass, especially the rolling logs were set up on both sides of the mountain, in order to cover people's eyes and ears, and it was rarely mentioned.

The rolling logs were drilled holes, soaked in fire oil, and ignited instantly, and hundreds of rolling logs rolled to the front of the pass, all of them burned, forming a sea of fire, and the rebel sergeants who were shot and wounded by the rolling logs were burned, so that the rebels behind did not dare to move forward, and could only watch the wounded soldiers being burned to death, and could not save them, so they could only coldly release some cold arrows to the pass.

Not long after, Duguyue and Sima Cuo took twenty or thirty people from Qinglong Town, including Li Dao and Mo Si, to the customs building, and they were secretly surprised when they saw this scene.

Duguyue said: "I heard that the five hundred sergeants stationed at the pass refused to send troops without an order, I discussed with Sima Tingchang, and it is estimated that you will not be able to withstand two waves of attacks, and I originally planned to go to the pass and fight to the death with you." I didn't expect you to be so well prepared to kill the rebels so fiercely. ”

"The post chief and the pavilion chief can climb this pass to help the battle to the death under dangerous circumstances, Nalan is really relieved and grateful!" After speaking, Nalan bowed deeply to this Duguyue and Sima Cuo.

Sima Cuo hurriedly helped him up and said: "What are you talking about, Captain is talking about it, Qinglong Town is behind you, and the rebels are attacking, how can you live in peace." I thought that Zhonglang would guard Kuohan, we had to rely on, but I never thought that Zhonglang would smell the Hangu war, so he ignored it, and went to Tongyu with a whip. ”

"Then five hundred soldiers after the pass?"

At this time, a pro-soldier next to him reported: "Five hundred soldiers have quietly left while we are stalemate with the rebels." At that time, the lowly post tried his best to retain, and the captain who led the troops was indifferent. I was worried about the morale of the people, so I didn't report it to the adults......"

"How can it be justified? What is the use of the imperial court raising these soldiers? After Nalan finished speaking, he smashed his fist on the battlement, leaving a blood mark on the masonry on the battlement. When Duguyue saw it, she hurriedly grabbed his hand, looked at it, and hurriedly pulled a strip of cloth from her sleeve and wrapped it around him. Nalan was a little reluctant to see it in front of everyone. Duguyue pulled it into her hand, and said while wrapping it: "The bloody battlefield does not stain the wall!" ”

As he was talking, he only heard the drums of an attack behind the pass, and in an instant, hundreds of soldiers rushed up to the gate, and it was Li Hu who led the team, and after he arrived at the pass, he ordered his soldiers to shoot a volley at the rebels in the distance, the rebels were a little caught off guard, and more than a dozen rebels in front were shot, and the rest retreated backwards when they saw this. Soon the sergeant who was observing from a high place came to report, and the rebels retreated ten miles back and camped.

Li Hu laughed at everyone at this time: "An Lushan is nothing more than that, what Hedong Iron Cavalry, in front of my Tang Army, is just powder!" Hahaha". After speaking, he said to Nalan: "Captain Nalan, this time I have made a meritorious contribution to the enemy, and I should play the Ming court and give a reward." ”

Li Hu's performance really made the guards of the pass, Nalan, Duguyue, and Sima Cuo very dumbfounded. Just when everyone thought that this was the end of the matter, Li Hu suddenly raised his voice and said: "Hangu Pass Zhaowu Captain Nalan Yanghe listens to the order, in view of your unit's meritorious service in resisting the enemy this time, more than half of the sergeants have been killed and wounded, and you are specially ordered to lead your unit back to Qinglong Town to rest, and Hangu Pass is temporarily under the command of Captain Yao Shiguan." ”

"General Zhonglang, what is the reason?" Duguyue wanted to come forward and argue.

Nalan hurriedly grabbed her and said to Li Hu: "General, I will immediately lead my troops to Qinglong Town to rest and recuperate, and dispatch after listening." ”

"So good! This woman is not a member of the army, why is she pointing fingers in front of this general! I won the battle today, and if I don't have the same knowledge as her, I will not forgive you if I do it again in the future. Get out of here! ”

When Duguyue heard this, her temper surged up, and she wanted to step forward and argue again. Nalan grabbed her backwards with one hand, grabbed her by the throat, and kept her from speaking. She struggled hard, wanting to break free and compete with Li Hu. But when she was dragged back, I don't know who touched her, even if it was just a light, she felt the strength so great that she suddenly collapsed. was put down by Nalan, and there was no regeneration.

In this way, Nalan lost control of Hangu Pass and led his troops to station in Qinglong Town.