Chapter 358: Emperor Xian's Eastward Movement (18)

After confirming that there were indeed only some people living here in Hangu Pass, Liu Xie and the others lived here with peace of mind. Although Xu Huang felt a little uneasy in his heart, he couldn't come up with any strong evidence at all. In addition, the other ministers, including his lord Yang Feng, almost did not support him, no matter how depressed he was, it was useless.

Carrying a jar of wine bought by his subordinates, Xu Huang took a few of his subordinates to the top of the city wall to drink to relieve his boredom.

This may be the only thing Xu Huang can do right now...

In ancient times, the late night was terrifying, because there was no artificial light source around, and the only source of light was the moon overhead and the countless stars. In this case, in the wild, it is very likely that you will fall into a situation where you can't see your fingers. This statement is by no means a lie, but a fact. Without an additional light source, it is impossible to see the surroundings clearly, and at best it is a little better than a completely sealed chamber. This is why people in ancient times rarely left the village or even their residence in the middle of the night, and why in ancient times, as long as there was a night attack and other things, it was easy to cause chaos, and even made out the myth that Gan Ning robbed the camp with a hundred horses, but no one was lostβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” because Gan Ning didn't need to do anything extra at all, he just needed to break into the camp of the Cao army, and then take his soldiers and horses to light fires everywhere, as for the rest of the things can be done by other people in the Cao camp...

Even now, all Xu Huang can see is the small distance illuminated by the torches on the city wall, and everything else is in darkness, and it is impossible to give you a perspective like the movies of later generations, even if it is late at night, you can see it clearly.

But it's not surprising, if it's completely realistic, I guess I won't see anything in the cinema...

"It's good that the wind is blowing today..."Pouring himself a bowl of wine, Xu Huang took a sip and said leisurely.

"yes," a sergeant nodded to him. Today, the wind is not in a hurry at all, and it is a pleasure to just blow the wind on the city wall for a while. The sergeant shook his head again. Speaking of self-congregation, we haven't been so comfortable for a long time since we entered Chang'an City..."

"Yes, when I was in Chang'an City, I had to worry that several other generals would kill me every day, and after leaving Chang'an City, I had to worry that I would be chased by Li Dao and them, I was really scared, and I didn't even dare to get drunk, where can I enjoy it like now..."

Looking at several of his subordinates, Xu Huang also sighed, but didn't say much, just drank the wine in the bowl and added another bowl to himself.

"Maybe I'm too worried..."

In fact, Xu Huang himself was very hesitant, after all, he was not the famous general he was later, let alone one of the five good generals of Wei. He is still very young and immature, with little experience and no enough confidence to assert his own judgment. At first, it was fine, but after a mistake in judgment, although he was still insisting on his judgment, his heart was not shaken at all.

But just as he was talking, faintly, Xu Huang suddenly heard what seemed to be a voice coming from a distant direction along the wind.

It's hard to describe what it was, but one thing is for sure, Xu Huang had never heard it before.

"Did you hear that?" Xu Huang got up and looked out of the city wall.

However, the pitch-black night obscured everything, so that Xu Huang couldn't find any signs at all, and he couldn't see anything at all...

Unlike Xu Huang, several of his subordinates were drinking happily, and they didn't pay attention to the movement outside at all, and they were stunned when they saw Xu Huang suddenly stand up. Only one of them vaguely seemed to hear something, and also looked outside, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything, and finally he could only speculate. "Maybe some beast is howling outside?"

It's just that the voice is coming too far away to be heard clearly.

Xu Huang was a little skeptical, but he didn't know what the sound was at all, and there were no other voices after this voice. In the end, it could only be over, at this time, neither Xu Huang nor anyone else knew that this voice was actually coming from the soldiers and horses who were flipping through Hangu Pass.

Since ancient times, as long as there are slightly steeper mountains, the lower road above is usually rugged and difficult. In fact, even if it is not a particularly high mountain, even if it is an ordinary mountain, the trail is relatively difficult to walk. As one of the most precipitous Xiongguan in this era, the path next to him is even more dangerous, and it is okay during the day, at least you can see it clearly, but late at night...

A few torches alone are not entirely reliable, as in the case of one soldier who rolled down the hill because he had stumbled...

Although the slope of the mountain is not like Huashan, it is basically impossible to go up when you go down, but it is by no means comparable to an ordinary mountain. And the sound before was the scream when he stumbled, and it happened to be transmitted to Hangu Pass along the wind...

"Keep on your way!" Looking at the soldier who rolled down, the general who led the team did not feel pity at all. "Tell everyone to be careful, if anyone falls, dare to make a sound, even if he doesn't fall to his death, I will shoot him with an arrow!"

The most important thing about this plan is that it must not be discovered before reaching the other direction of Hangu Pass, otherwise it is impossible for them to stop the Son of Heaven's car with their 1,800 people. Only after arriving at the Hangu Pass, with the advantage of topography and numbers, can it be regarded as a real advantageous position.

In this way, even if there are thousands of troops, it is impossible to repel them in a hurry, let alone Yang Feng and their remnants?

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Maybe it was because he had already rested for a day before, but this time Xu Huang didn't sleep until noon, but woke up in the early morning. Climbing up from the somewhat wet city wall, Xu Huang stroked the battlements with his hand and looked in the direction of the outside.

Everything is still the same as before...

Well, in fact, it's not really that there has been no change at all, at least at the bottom of the city wall, there are dozens of people squatting there, looking up at Xu Huang and them.

Seeing that Xu Huang seemed to be a general, he immediately shouted, hoping that Xu Huang could open the city gate and let them in.

"What are these?" Looking at these people, Xu Huang asked a little confused.

"General, these were all left down before, and it was not easy to follow them last night, but because it was late at night, we couldn't see the situation in the distance clearly, and you fell asleep again, and General Yang and other adults were also discussing other things, so we didn't want to disturb them, so we let them wait outside all night..."

It turned out that Liu Xie and the others were okay along the way, at least there were cars and horses to ride, but many people did not have such good conditions, so after walking for a long time, people began to be thrown off one after another.

Those who were the slowest were those who were slaughtered by the Xiliang army on the road, but there were also some who walked faster, although they were thrown down, but they were not thrown far away, and they actually followed after Xu Huang and them rested for a night.

It's just that it was late at night yesterday, and no one dared to guarantee that these people were not sent by the Xiliang Army to cheat them, and the people who could call the shots were either already resting, or there were other more important things to do, and they didn't dare to make claims, so they had to let these people wait for more time under the city wall.

And this is the time of the whole night.

After listening to the narration of his subordinates, Xu Huang looked down and found that the people below were indeed just ordinary people, with tattered clothes and gray faces, just like many people around him.

Noticing this, Xu Huang nodded.

"Let them in..."Anyway, there's nothing special going on here, and he doesn't mind letting some people in.

"Yes!" Those sergeants actually tended to let people in, but no one spoke, and they didn't have this right, and now that Xu Huang opened his mouth, they naturally had no reason to object, and immediately sent someone to open the city gate.

Seeing that the city gate that had originally locked themselves and others outside was opened, the people outside the city gate were also excited, and they could be said to be grateful to Xu Huang and the others one by one, and they were saying some words of gratitude along the way.

And after entering the city wall, these people immediately found a place and began to rest.

It's no wonder how can you not be tired after a night's journey?

"General, do you want to close the city gate first?" After settling down the people, a sergeant next to him immediately walked to Xu Huang's side and asked softly.

"Hmm..." Xu Huang groaned for a moment, and then shook his head after a while. Don't use it for the time being, maybe there will be other people coming up one after another, if every time some people come to open the city gate, it will be too troublesome, or just open it like this, but you also have to be vigilant, once something is wrong, close the city gate immediately, now that the Son of Heaven is in the gate, there must not be any situation..."

"Yes!"

After making sure that his subordinates would strictly follow his orders, Xu Huang nodded, but just as he was about to go down from the city wall and discuss what to do next with Yang Biao and the others, he suddenly felt that the city wall under his feet seemed to shake slightly.

Although it was only a very slight shock, it made Xu Huang suddenly stiffen in the distance.

And then...

Again...

Again...

Again.........

The rhythm of that moment is like the pace of human beings...

Some of them turned their heads stiffly, faintly, and could see that there was a long black line looming in the position of the horizon...

"Close the gates !!"

Almost shouted, Xu Huang said hoarsely.

Where do you need him to say, after discovering this situation, the sergeants below have already run down and hurriedly closed the city gate, while a group of people ran out from the other direction and ran to Liu Xie and Yang Biao to report the situation.

Originally, Liu Xie and the others were still discussing how long they should stay in Hangu Pass, but they were immediately shocked when they learned the news.

Although they have considerable confidence in the solidity of Hangu Pass, to be honest, the shadow left by Li Dao and others is too great. is so big that even if there are a few heroes in the world under his feet, he is still a little frightened.

"Let's go!" After arranging people to protect Liu Xie, Yang Biao, Yang Feng and others immediately rushed towards the direction of the city wall.

Soon the group came to the city wall of Hangu Pass, looking at the black shadow that appeared faintly in the distance, the faces of the group were a little pale.

Originally, there were no figures of Li Dao and Guo Yan and others along the way, they thought that they had given up, but who would have thought that they would catch up again...

"What to do now, what to do now...", a minister said in a somewhat flustered manner, almost turning in circles...

Like him, there were several other ministers, all of whom looked like six gods and no masters, as if the majestic pass under their feet was about to fall.

"Give me composure!" Seeing that they were so unsuccessful, Yang Biao couldn't help but say angrily.

I have to say that as an old minister of the Three Dynasties, Yang Biao was still very shocked by the scene, and Yang Biao's voice just came out, which calmed these people, at least on the surface.

"General, Hangu Pass should be able to stop Li Dao and them!" Ignoring those useless guys, Yang Biao turned his head to look at Xu Huang and Yang Feng.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured..."Yang Feng hurriedly stepped forward. Hangu Pass is the Xiongguan Pass in the world, not to mention that Li Dao and they don't have any siege weapons, even if they have, they can't help this Xiongguan moat..."

"Not bad!" Although he always likes to go against the grain, Xu Huang also knows that he should give everyone more confidence at this time, instead of going against it at this time. "The topography of Hangu Pass is not suitable for too many soldiers and horses, even if Li Wei and they are powerful, it is impossible to easily capture here, and if they don't do it, they will be hit on the head and broken blood. However, my lord, since Li Dao and the others have arrived, it proves that Hangu Pass is no longer safe, at least the Son of Heaven should not continue to stay here, so I suggest that we should send an elite team to escort the Son of Heaven to a safe place first, and we will guard this place! ”

I have to say that if it was before, Xu Huang's words might not have been heard by Yang Biao and others, but now it is different...

Hearing Xu Huang's words, Yang Biao immediately nodded. "I'll go to the Son of Heaven, and ask the general to immediately arrange for people to escort Your Majesty..."

This sentence was said to Yang Feng, after all, he was Xu Huang's boss.

However, just as the group was about to take action, a desperate voice came from another direction.

"There's one over there, too!"