Chapter 357: Emperor Xian's Eastward Movement (17)
After confirming the safety of Hanya Pass, the men and horses who had been piled up outside entered the pass through the city gate.
"Your Majesty, we are finally safe" Helping Liu Xie down from the carriage, Yang Biao arched his hand at Liu Xie.
"Yes, when we arrive at Hangu Pass, even if the two traitors Li Dao and Guo Yan catch up, we can rely on Hangu Pass to defend it. I still know the current situation of the Xiliang Army, there are not many siege ordnance at all, and the troops in hand alone cannot pose any threat to Hangu Pass, and it takes a lot of time to build it temporarily, and we will already arrive in Luoyang by the time they build it" Yang Feng also agreed beside him, perhaps because he realized that he was due to the Han family, he seemed very spirited.
Finally standing firm, Liu Xie glanced around.
Compared with the original Xiongguan, today's Hangu Pass has developed into a village in the middle of the pass. There are 20 or 30 households living in the Kannai, and there are nearly 100 people, and all kinds of daily necessities are hung everywhere. And these people, who have been living in Hangu Pass for a long time, are looking at these people who have broken into their lives with worried and frightened expressions.
"Now that it's safe, can we stop here and recuperate?" Signaling the maid to follow his queen, Liu Xie said to the two of them with some expectation.
Although Liu Xie is still very young and is not afraid of tossing, he has been tossing a little too much along the way. In addition, he was frightened and frightened, it can be said that he couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep well, and when he arrived at Hangu Pass, Liu Xie's weight lost at least three catties. He is so as the Supreme, let alone anyone else? In fact, I was so tired that I still said that the key was to be afraid.
Along the way, Liu Xie was worried about being caught up all the time, although he was still very young, he was very smart, and he knew very well that if he was really caught up, these people around him would definitely not end well, and even if it was him, even if he didn't worry about his life, he might end up being imprisoned for the rest of his life.
Such an ending is definitely not what he wants. But along the way, Li Dao and Guo Yan were chasing after him, which made him worry all the time.
Now that he has finally arrived in a safe place, Liu Xie naturally hopes to take a good rest.
"Naturally, when you arrive at Hangu Pass, you are already safe, and with the soldiers and horses of the last general guarding you, Your Majesty can have a good rest" Yang Feng immediately patted his chest and promised.
He knows Hangu Pass very well, this is definitely one of the most dangerous Xiongguan in the world, when the world coalition army crusaded against Qin, Qin State was relying on the natural danger of Hangu Pass to ensure the safety of Qin, but also let the coalition forces of various countries suffer heavy losses. Stationed here, with his soldiers and horses, there is no problem in ensuring the safety of the Son of Heaven.
Although Yang Biao is not a general, and he does not know what to do about leading troops to fight, he still knows a lot about history books, and he also knows how easy and difficult Hangu Pass is to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, I also agree with Yang Feng's words.
With these two people saying this, Liu Xie naturally became full of confidence.
However, just when Liu Xie was about to give such an order, Xu Huang, who had just rushed to reply, heard this. "No, we should leave some of the soldiers and horses here, and then immediately escort the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, so it is the best strategy."
"The general is alarmist again," an unknown minister next to him couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this. "We have all arrived at Hangu Pass, and it is unlikely that the steep general of Hangu Pass will not know. At this point, are you still afraid that Li Dao and them will catch up? ”
"Yes, even if they catch up, they will only be hit on the head in front of Hangu Pass and bleed," the other minister agreed.
Obviously, the people present can be said to be full of confidence in Hanguguan. After all, this can be said to be one of the most dangerous levels in the world, and there is no need to worry about anyone being able to break through it.
This time, Xu Huang and Yang Feng obviously agreed with the previous two people, not Xu Huang. Seeing everyone like this, Xu Huang was a little helpless, but he still defended. "Although Hangu Pass is steep, it is not unbreakable, not to mention that this place has been abandoned for a long time, and there is no ordnance for defending the city. Moreover, the Son of Heaven shoulders the hope of reviving the Han family, and there must not be the slightest mistake, even if it is only a danger in case, it should be avoided."
The more important reason is
There was a trace of uneasiness in Xu Huang's heart, an inexplicable uneasiness, as if there was something he had overlooked.
Xu Huang was originally a very cautious person, and he was even more reluctant to take a little risk in this situation. After all, the Han family is already very dangerous at this point, and the princes of the world are beginning to have a heart of disobedience, at this time, if the Son of Heaven can go to Luoyang, there may be a turnaround, but if there is really any accident, even let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of the two thieves, Li Dao and Guo Yan, that
The last bit of hope for the Han family to revive will probably be completely lost
It's a pity that Xu Huang is a soft-spoken person in the end, although his status here is quite good, but there are too many people with a status above him
In this case, even if Xu Huang tried his best, he couldn't make Yang Biao and Yang Feng obey him, but he was a little bored. After all, it was Xu Huang who had been trying his best to dissuade them from rushing as soon as possible, but after they were tired and half dead, they found that Li Dao and Guo Yan had not chased after them at all, and now Xu Huang began to let them continue to hurry, but now Li Dao and Guo Yan are not chasing, not even a shadow yet
If it weren't for the fact that Xu Huang had fought a bloody battle with the soldiers and horses who had caught up before, ensuring the safety of the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid he would have been reprimanded by now. Even so, Xu Huang has suffered a lot of eyes now.
"Why should the general be angry, since they are not afraid of death, then let them rest" Leaving from the Son of Heaven, a Xu Huang's cronies saw that he was in a bad mood and persuaded him on the side.
"Yes, they are not afraid of death, so why should the general worry about them?"
"But, Li Dao, will they really catch up?" said the other sergeant with some hesitation. "We have arrived at Hangu Pass, even if it is deserted here, it is also one of the most dangerous Xiongguan in the world, even if Li Dao and them catch up, it is useless if there is not enough siege ordnance, not to mention that we can leave calmly at that time, even if they want to catch up, this pass is enough to stop them for a long time, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped talking.
In the final analysis, in fact, everyone present agreed with the opinions of Yang Biao and others. Because Hangu Pass is indeed a difficult pass to break through in everyone's impression, even if there are many military horses, it is impossible to break through here in a short time. It's just that because of Xu Huang's face, and they are all people under Xu Huang's account, they have to comfort a few words.
"It would be nice if that was the case" Xu Huang also shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Actually, I don't know why, I just don't know why, I always have a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, as if something will happen, but I don't think about what it will be, that's why I'm so restless."
This feeling is more akin to an intuition
Xu Huang was able to survive so many vicious battles, thanks to his intuition, but it is enough to understand such things as intuition, and it is really easy to make people laugh when they say it
After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with anything, and Xu Huang also gave up on himself. "Forget it, no matter about him, it's going to rain and the mother is going to get married, since everyone is unwilling to leave immediately, let's take a good rest here, if something really happens, wait for Li Dao and them to come to the door."
Seeing that Xu Huang seemed to be looking away, several of his subordinates also breathed a sigh of relief, and one of them hurriedly said. "General, I just found a jar of wine from a house, why don't we find a place to drink it for a while!"
"Huh? Wine! ”
"You actually found wine?!" His remarks immediately caused quite a stir.
To be reasonable, today's wine can be regarded as a rare item, even in Chang'an, there is no way, who makes the materials scarce?
Over the years, few caravans were willing to go to Chang'an, but Chang'an was messed up by these warlords, and the people were not in the mood to cultivate at all. Wine is generally made from crops, and later in Chang'an City, wine has become very scarce, and it is difficult for even ordinary generals to taste it. Many soldiers in today's Xiliang Army have not tasted wine for a long time, and now they can actually find wine here, which is indeed something worth celebrating.
Even Xu Huang himself was the same, he was also happy to hear that there was wine, and then he laughed and scolded. "How can it be just a jar? But you should have paid according to the rules, right? ”
"Don't worry, General, I have all the money," the sergeant hurriedly said.
Xu Huang is still very strict in governing the army, especially when he treats his subordinates, although he is kind, but it is limited to ordinary things, if his subordinates really do something that should not be done, Xu Huang will definitely not protect him, and it is even very likely that he will do it himself. However, Xu Huang himself is also very fair, and he usually rewards his subordinates, so his subordinates agree with him very much.
After hearing that his subordinate had given money according to the rules, Xu Huang nodded with satisfaction.
Of course, he also knows very well that in today's world, money may not be useful, at least it is definitely not as useful as a jar of wine or enough cloth and grain, but at this point, they themselves do not have enough food to exchange for wine, so they can only deceive themselves. Fortunately, not long ago, he had learned from the mouths of the locals that there would occasionally be caravans passing by here, and money was not completely useless, which also dispelled many of Xu Huang's concerns.
Although it was just a jar of wine, it was enough for Xu Huang and them to treat themselves. Just like those people said before, since they are not willing to listen to their own opinions, then forget it, there is wine today and drunk today, if something really happens, just wait until Li Dao and them come to the door.
What's more, Hangu Pass is indeed a natural danger in Xiongguan, and Xu Huang himself doesn't really believe that Li Dao and them can break through here, and he is also wondering if there is something wrong with his intuition
At the same time, seeing Xu Huang and their departure, a minister couldn't help but complain. "Your Majesty, although General Xu has made a lot of contributions, he is too self-righteous."
"yes!" The other minister couldn't help but say. "This has been urging us to hurry all the way, as if Li Dao and they may catch up at any time, but what is the result? Now that we finally arrived at a safe place, they began to urge us to hurry again, if Li Dao and they really caught up, it would be okay, now there is not even a shadow, we are tired to this point again, what if he misjudged again! ”
"Shut up!" Hearing that they had been complaining all the time, after glancing at Yang Feng's face, Yang Biao hurriedly stopped. "General Xu is also for the Han family, for the sake of the Son of Heaven, it's okay to be careful, how can you complain so much" After all, Xu Huang is Yang Feng's subordinate, and now Yang Feng is next to him, so he keeps complaining and is afraid that Yang Feng will be a little dissatisfied.
didn't know that in fact, Yang Feng also agreed with them a little, after all, Xu Huang really choked them along the way, and Yang Feng didn't agree with Xu Huang's words before, also because he also felt that Li Huang and them couldn't catch up so quickly
Seeing that Yang Feng didn't seem to mind much, Yang Biao was also relieved.
When it was getting late, Yang Feng sent people to close the gate of Hangu Pass, and at the same time left a certain number of soldiers and horses for the vigil.
At the same time, he and Yang Biao and the others found the largest room in the gate and began to discuss the next journey.
In the darkness of the night, there was only a bright moon hanging high, as the only light, and at the same time the only source of light, which almost everyone looked up to.
However, just outside Hangu Pass, neither Yang Feng nor Yang Biao knew that just as they were discussing what to do next, a group of soldiers and horses were slowly detouring from the mountain road of Hangu Pass
Although the path on the mountain was rugged and unusually steep, the soldiers still crawled on the mountain with difficulty under the light of torches
"Two generals, the time is almost up, we should also appear on the stage" In the camp tent, looking at the moonlight in the sky, calculating the time in his heart, after making sure that it was almost over, Jia Xu turned his head and said to Li Dao, Guo Yan and the others.
At this time, Li Wei and Guo Yan were already dressed in military uniforms, and they were standing behind Jia Xu looking at him.
Hearing Jia Xu's words, the two nodded.
After a while, the originally silent military camp moved, like a giant beast, but after half an hour's effort, I saw a large number of military horses pounce on Hangu Pass in the distance like a long dragon