Twilight in Chang'an City (1)

Chang'an City stands on the Guanzhong Plain, on the edge of the Wei River, and is the capital at the beginning of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty; At this time, guarding the city of Chang'an was the general of Wei Anxi, Xiahou Nan.

Xiahou Nan was close and friendly to Cao Pi when he was young. In the first year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi ascended the throne by Chan, established the Wei State, appointed Xiahou Nan as the general of Anxi, held the festival, and succeeded Xiahou Yuan to supervise Guanzhong and garrison Chang'an. Although Xiahou Nan had no use of military strategy, he was the son of Xiahou Xuan, who was loyal to the Wei court and was good at running the family business. Xiahou Nan was later named a liehou and married Cao Cao's daughter and Cao Pi's sister Qinghe Princess Cao as his wife.

Due to the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Army, Yongzhou was dispatching troops at this time, and there were originally 30,000 elite soldiers left in Yongzhou, but in order to resist the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, Xiahou Nan sent Guo Huai and led 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison the city of Yiguo. At this time, there were only 5,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers in the city. The other 5,000 elite soldiers were used for the defense of the border fortress in the hands of Zhang Ji, the assassin of Yongzhou.

Although there is a big war ahead, but compared to Chang'an, there is not too much panic, although Shu Han represents the Han family, but at this time it is a thin day, even if there are still some people who are always loyal to the Han family, but it is very few.

When the battle report of Longyou reached Chang'an, the people in the city finally panicked, but most of the people still didn't worry too much, Shu Han was known as a million army, but everyone knew that there was a falsehood; Moreover, the Wei general Cao Zhen had just led 130,000 Central Plains lions to fight the Han army, which could be regarded as a reassurance to the people in the city.

The city is still the same as before, and the defenses have not been strengthened by the war, after all, it is too far away from the main battlefield of Longyou; Although there is a tendency for the downtown to be depressed, it is nothing in this city where nearly 100,000 people live.

"Captain, the underground passage has been opened" Zhuge Qiao had just returned from the Nagato Dart Bureau, and the guards reported.

"This is the time to wait, Lantian, go down with me!" Zhuge Qiao came and called out with interest.

The entrance of the tunnel is a side hall in the courtyard, and the position in the courtyard is quite secret; However, at this time, it was easy to find that the living room of the other rooms was already full of dirt, and only this room could accommodate it at this time.

The tunnel entrance is brightly lit, and the people inside are doing their final checks;

"Captain," shouted the wolf-toothed soldier guarding the entrance to the tunnel.

"Can I go in now?" Zhuge Qiao asked softly. The eyes did stay at the entrance of the tunnel without moving, and the entrance to the passage was relatively wide, about two meters in diameter;

"People from outside the city have already come in once, but there are still people inside doing the final cleanup;" The soldier replied.

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, Zhuge Qiao didn't think about it, and walked down, as if it was too late to wait; Chang'an City is the old capital of the Han Dynasty, and the city defense force is not trivial, at this time, all the hopes were placed in the underground passage by Zhuge Qiao, as for the Changmen Dart Bureau, there are not too many expectations.

The underground passage is not as rosy as it seems, and in order to prevent the soil from loosening, the entire passage takes on an elliptical shape; The diameter of the top and bottom is about eight feet, and the diameter of the left and right sides is about four feet; The passage was not as brightly lit as expected, on the contrary, he could only vaguely see five fingers when he stretched out his hand, and the oxygen underground was already thin, and only a few oil lamps were placed in the passage as the direction of the guide.

Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan went deeper and deeper, and the passage kept bumping.

"Captain, it seems that Chang'an City is within reach! I didn't expect that the generals guarding the city were so negligent, and the huge city didn't even have people to listen to the movements underground; Qin Shan said slowly with a tone;

"How can we push them if they are so gracious!" Zhuge Qiao responded.

"It's here," Zhuge Qiao said, pointing to a vague bright spot in front of him.

The passage is more than two miles long, two miles outside the city, and less than half a mile inside the city. "Who is it?" The soldier at the crossing shouted loudly when he saw someone approaching this way.

"Captain inspects the passage," Qin Shan also responded loudly.

The entrance to the passage is much larger than the exit from the city; "How's the preparation?" Zhuge Qiao had just gone up and saw Qin Hong.

"The soldiers in the forest have been withdrawn, more than 100 ladders have been built, one city chariot, and more than 100 trench bridges, which are still guarded by guards in the dense forest at this time, and they can be transported over as soon as General Wei's army arrives, and it will come in handy immediately!" Qin Hong responded, but he was also quite confident in the equipment he had built.

"Great work! General Wei will arrive tomorrow night; Wei Jun must have sensed that the news is on the way to be delivered, and once Xiahou Nan gets the news, he will definitely step up the city defense, and we must not give him this time to prepare! ”

"Qin Shan!" Zhuge Qiao shouted.

"Immediately lead a team of men and horses, lurking five miles outside the south gate, the news of the Meridian Valley will definitely pass there, and you must capture the person who delivered the news; Stop anyone who rides a fast horse whenever you see him, but remember not to reveal his identity! Zhuge Qiao commanded.

"No" Qin Shan responded.

Nagato Dart Board; "Master of the door, my son-in-law asked me to come to deliver the message, and my son-in-law will come to the house as a guest tomorrow night!" A man who looks like an ordinary person, said.

"Sure tomorrow night!" Luo Xiong asked in disbelief, and then led him to a more private location to talk.

"Sure! Childe said, only according to the plan to greet the line, hope that the master of the door is careful, remember not to show the news! The man whispered.

"Please tell Childe, you will definitely not breach the contract, and please rest assured!" Luo Xiong responded.

"By all means!"

As soon as the man left, Luo Xiong fell into deep thought, standing there motionless, Zhuge Qiao's behavior puzzled him! It's no wonder that he can't figure it out, who in the entire Chang'an City can figure it out at this time; Who would have thought that after the Han army went out of the Baoxiao Valley with a large army, after the two armies fought, the real army appeared in Longyou, causing the rebellion of the three counties, when everyone thought that this was the strategy of Shu Hansheng attacking the west, who could still pay attention to the movement of the Meridian Valley.

"What are you thinking?" Chen Mubing happened to pass by and asked.

"What else can I think about, but about the latest shipment! Wang Yuanwai is very anxious, it must be shipped in the next few days, I am thinking if I will go, or Han Long will go! Luo Xiong covered up in confusion.

"This won't delay Zhuge Gongzi's affairs!" Chen Mubing asked a little keenly.

"How so! The Han army was still fighting with the Wei army in Longyou at this time, and when they came to the city of Chang'an, they didn't know how long it would take; Since you're worried, then I'll let Han Long go to the dart for me," Luo Xiong disguised; It seemed that he didn't want to let Chen Mubing know the information he had just gotten.

"It's the best, it's the best of both worlds! But why is Zhuge Gongzi so confident, the Han army is still in Longyou, and he began to arrange the situation in Chang'an! Chen Mubing's eyes widened, and he asked slowly.

[During the Three Kingdoms period, 1 li was equal to the current 0.4158 kilometers and was equal to 415.2 meters. May everyone have a good mood every day! 】