The moon is like water, and everything is quiet.

Chu Huan stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the majestic shadow in the distance, that pass, which was his biggest obstacle at present, and the power of this tiger was too fierce, if he couldn't surrender, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The land in the northwest is too barren, and once it is cut off from Kannai, there will definitely be chaos.

Chu Huan knew very well that the implementation of the Juntian Order and the mutual transfer of renters in the northwest had indeed won a large number of people's hearts, and his reputation in the northwest was also in full swing.

However, he also knew that there had already been a phenomenon of starvation in many places in the northwest, and there was still some time before the autumn harvest, but the grain stocks in the northwest could not provide relief to the refugees in the northwest at all.

When the people are hungry, they no longer care about the clean officials, their first thing is to fill their stomachs, at least let their families live.

At present, the number of victims is still limited and has not caused major chaos, but with the passage of time, once the number of refugees increases, there will never be a shortage of ambitious people in the northwest, and they will inevitably provoke civil unrest.

Chu Huan believed that as long as the chaos in the northwest was together, the Juntian order that he had painstakingly implemented would fall apart, and the local governments would strictly prohibit the people from harvesting grain before it was ripe, but the hungry people would obviously not care about these when the time came.

"Chu Du, there is still an hour." Chu Huan looked at Xigu Pass for a long time, and the soldiers and horses behind him were like clouds, but they were all silent, and no one dared to come forward to disturb Chu Huan.

Chu Huan nodded slightly, turned around, and there was a black group of soldiers and horses behind him, countless war horses were formed in formation, and the cavalry soldiers were holding the reins of the horses and sitting on the side of the war horses.

Everyone is recuperating.

Hou Jingang and the others were not far behind Chu Huan, and when they saw Chu Huan turn around, they came forward one after another, Chu Huan glanced at the generals, and then said softly: "The rise and fall of the northwest is in this battle." Generals, if we can't take Xigu Pass tonight, we will have no face to see the old folks in the northwest again. ”

Hou Jingang and Gu Liangchen were originally Zhu Weiyue's Black Wind Cavalry generals, in addition to these two, there were not a few generals who were originally subordinate to the Black Wind Cavalry under Chu Huan's command, and the current Northwest Cavalry Legion is actually based on the original Black Wind Cavalry.

Xu Shao and the wolf baby looked very calm, but Hou Jingang and Gu Liangchen were quite excited, their eyes were blazing, after being under Chu Huan, both of them followed Xu Shao to train the Northwest Cavalry Legion, but they did not have the opportunity to make meritorious achievements, today can be said to be the first battle under Chu Huan, and both of them have the intention of making meritorious contributions.

"Chu Du!" Hou Jingang stepped forward and arched his hand: "Thanks to the trust of Chu Du, the last general did not have the merit of establishing a size, but he had to be taken care of by Chu Du many times, today I implore Chu Du to hand over the position of vanguard to the last general, if you can't take the Xigu Pass, the last general will come to see you." ”

"Chu Du, the last general is willing to be the vanguard." Gu Liangchen arched his hand and said: "The last general will not only take Xigu Pass, but also sacrifice the head of Da Xizhang!" ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "The two generals are eager to fight, your feelings are naturally understandable, and tonight really requires the two generals to do their best!" ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both showed joy.

Chu Huan said in a deep voice: "Hou Jingang, Gu Liangchen listen to the order!" ”

The two knelt down on one knee, and Chu Huan said: "This governor orders you two to lead two thousand men and horses, and at the appointed time, you must rush to the Xigu Pass, once the gate is opened, no matter what method you use, you must plant the flag of our army at the pass!" ”

The two of them said solemnly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

At the juncture of the West Valley, He Yuanqing still did not have the slightest sleepiness, the night breeze was gentle, standing on the juncture, under the night breeze, it was able to relieve the sultry heat of the summer night.

It's just that for some reason, He Yuanqing's right eyelid has been beating, and this feeling makes He Yuanqing always a little uneasy.

Guan Lei was in a relaxed mood, seeing that He Yuanqing was full of worries all night, but he also knew that He Yuanqing had always been cautious and suspicious, so he didn't care.

"It's already time." Guan Lei stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Lao He, since you can't sleep, I'll go and squint for a while, the general won't get drunk for a long time, and I don't know when I'll wake up when I'm drunk, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get up tomorrow." When it is dawn, I will change you again, and you will sleep well tomorrow. ”

He Yuanqing smiled and said, "Leave it to me here!" ”

Guan Lei patted He Yuanqing on the shoulder, and without saying much, he was about to go down to rest, and he didn't take a few steps when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the side of the wall: "Look, what is that!" ”

Together, several shouts were heard: "Look, there are people!" ”

"Something is wrong!"

He Yuanqing and Guan Lei changed color at the same time, rushed over, approached the edge of the wall, and looked into the distance, at first glance, it was not clear, but when they took a closer look through the moonlight, they saw that on the distant earth, a black cloud suddenly appeared, and it was faintly clear that the dark cloud was rapidly moving in the direction of Xiguguan.

"Lao He!" Guan Lei's expression was solemn, "What do you see?" ”

"It's human!" The black cloud was still some distance away, and He Yuanqing couldn't see it completely, so he leaned out half of his body, held his breath and looked carefully, and soon, the pupils in his eyes contracted: "It's a cavalry, it must be a cavalry!" ”

He Yuanqing is a veteran, at first glance, the dark cloud does not seem to be fast, but He Yuanqing knows that it is only the reason for the distance, in fact, the speed of the other party's movement is extremely fast, and as it moves towards this side, the dark cloud seems to be expanding rapidly and gradually spreading.

"Blow the trumpet!" He Yuanqing immediately made a decision and immediately ordered: "Send an order to the whole army, the enemy is coming, prepare for battle!" ”

The low horn sounded quickly, and then spread to both sides of the pass, the soldiers guarding the pass under the training and management of Da Xizhang, quite combative, disciplined, in the sound of the horn, the figure above the pass flashed, everyone acted in the shortest possible time, the catapult was quickly erected, the soldiers quickly moved the stones hoarded in the city to the catapult, and the archers were already holding the bow in their hands, carrying the quiver, and quickly moved to the edge of the wall.

The muffled sound of the horn not only caused the defenders to react quickly, but also woke up many of the sleeping people east of the pass.

The camp of the homeless camp, which stretched for more than ten miles, also began to sound in the low sound of horns, and many people who were supposed to be bedridden by the ground had already sat up at this time, and the people lying in the tents had also lifted their tents and poked their heads out.

Although most of the people did not know what the sound of the trumpet meant, the low sound of the trumpet, like a choked voice, still caused a sense of unease in the hearts of many people.

Among the people who were going to the northwest, there were many eunuchs, gentry and wealthy families, and they naturally understood what the sound of the horn meant, and many people's faces immediately changed.

Someone already whispered: "Someone is going to attack Xigu Pass, but Xigu Pass is blocked, and the Northwest Army can't hold on, so send troops to attack!" ”

"Xigu Pass is so strong, doesn't it mean that even if there are 100,000 troops, it will be difficult to take the page?" Someone next to him wondered.

"Since you called, naturally they have their way, but don't blame so much, we're here, if we don't do it, we're going to hurt the pond fish, hurry, pack up your things, and get out of here quickly!"

In the camp, the people who guessed the truth of the matter immediately moved.

This kind of thing spread very quickly, spreading rapidly in the camp, and people had already begun to flee to the east.

He Yuanqing had already pulled out his knife at this time, standing on the edge of the wall, Guan Lei shouted loudly, ordered the defenders to guard their positions, and then said to He Yuanqing: "Old He, I will send someone to wake up the general!" ”

"The general is drunk like that, and I don't know if I can wake up." He Yuanqing's expression was solemn, "I have only been there once, and the general is sleeping very deeply, so let's send someone to call quickly, can you wake up!" ”

Guan Lei immediately sent someone to report it, and then walked to He Yuanqing's side, looked at the black cavalry that was rolling over here, and said: "Old He, don't worry too much, we are heavily defended here, they can't bear to kill them, let them see what is called an iron wall." ”

He Yuanqing's expression was solemn, and he suddenly thought of something, and his face changed color slightly.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that He Yuanqing's expression changed greatly, Guan Lei knew that things were not good, and hurriedly asked, "Old He, you!" ”

"Xuanyuan Shengcai!" He Yuanqing said sharply: "Go quickly, Xuanyuan Shengcai must have a problem, hurry up and send someone to guard the organ room!" ”

"Xuanyuan Shengcai?" Guan Lei frowned and said, "Lao He, you mean!" ”

He Yuanqing hurriedly said: "You don't want to think about it, why did Xuanyuan Shengcai's army follow Chu Huan as soon as his front foot arrived?" Look at those soldiers and horses, there are thousands of people and horses, and they are all cavalry, if you think about it carefully, how many cavalry can there be in the northwest, these cavalry can be regarded as pouring out, in order to hunt down Xuanyuan Shengcai, how can all the cavalry in the northwest be mobilized? And Xuanyuan Shengcai has no deep friendship with the general, why should he get the general drunk, and he still has to worship as a brother! ”

Guan Lei had already reacted at this time, stomped his feet, and scolded: "This bastard who eats inside and out!" Pulling out his saber, turning around and leaving, He Yuanqing shouted loudly again: "Also, Shimen, Shimen, seal them in the passage, don't let them occupy Shimen!" ”

Guan Lei was already furious at this time, leading a few soldiers and rushing away.

In the passage, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already woken up the soldiers in advance, and the three hundred cavalry naturally did not all get up, and they were all pretending to sleep.

"General, it seems to be the sound of a trumpet!" Ye Jun faintly heard the voice, reminded in a low voice, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already nodded, looked at the hourglass, the armor had been taken away, saw the hourglass Xuanyuan Shengcai immediately stood up, took the big knife, and glanced at Ye Jun, Ye Jun nodded slightly, Xuanyuan Shengcai went to the stone gate, in front of the stone gate, the stone door was closed, but above the door, there was a round hole thick with an arm, used to talk, Xuanyuan Shengcai shouted inside: "Open the door, I am Xuanyuan Shengcai, open the door!" ”

Behind the stone gate, there were two soldiers on duty day and night, and when they heard the shouting, they knew that Xuanyuan Shengcai was a distinguished guest of Xigu Pass, so they did not hesitate and opened the door.

The stone door opened, and a soldier was about to say something, but he felt a strong wind, and before he could react, a big knife had been chopped down in the air, and it was slashing at his head, and the soldier on the side was stunned, Xuanyuan Shengcai did not hesitate, and he had a backhand knife again, which had already cut off the man's neck.

Seeing the stone door open, Xuanyuan Sheng made a move, Ye Jun suddenly got up, had already pulled out his knife, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the time has come!" He roared and rushed towards the stone gate.