Chapter 68: The Soul Returns to Its Homeland
Hangu Pass, according to the plateau in the west, borders the Jiejian in the east, connects the Qinling Mountains in the south, and connects the Yellow River in the north.
The land of Guanzhong west of Hangu Pass, including Great Qin, has always been regarded as the land of Western Yi by the Central Plains countries, and there is never a lack of contempt in the words, even if Great Qin is already the most powerful existence among the Seven Kingdoms, although fearful, this disdain has always existed in the hearts of the Central Plains countries!
In 516 B.C., the Zhou royal family was in turmoil, the vassal states were keen on power struggle, wars were frequent, and the people were struggling to make a living.
Hangu Pass ordered Yin Xiyao to see the purple qi coming from the east, and sure enough, Lao Tzu rode a bull after a few days.
Yin Xi entertained Lao Tzu for a few words and asked him to write, but Lao Tzu couldn't refuse, so he left the famous 5,000 words. The world calls it "Tao Te Ching", also known as "Lao Tzu" or "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Texts".
It is said that after Lao Tzu left a letter to Guguan, he rode a big green ox and continued to travel west, and there has been no news since then.
Since the old Qin tribe was established as a vassal state, for many years, this Hangu Pass has been the gate of the Qin state.
With Hangu in his hand, the old Qin people were calm and calm, and they were not afraid of anything. Losing Hangu Pass, the Qin people in the middle of the pass were like facing the enemy's spears and swords with their chests exposed, and the whole country was nervous.
This was originally the Hangu Pass of the Great Qin Xiongguan and even the first Xiongguan in the world, after thousands of years of war and wind and rain, in later generations, there is only a broken wall and a blank of loess, and it will never return to the glory of the past!
It was not the first time Hu Hai had come to Hangu Pass, and when he returned from his eastern tour, he had entered the pass from Hangu Pass and returned to Xianyang! It's just that at that time, he was still worried about his family and surname, and he had no time to pay homage to this Xiongguan that had guarded Great Qin for hundreds of years!
This time I came back to my hometown and saw this Xiongguan again, my mood was different, and Hu Hai saw and felt something different from the first time!
More than ten miles away, Hu Hai, who was riding a black electric in black soft armor, wearing a black and gold woven cloak, and wearing a small bun, saw the majestic and tall pass that suddenly appeared between the mountains in the distance and pierced the sky!
Hu Hai is already regarded as a light car, and the emperor's honor guard and other things are not wanted, but with the accompanying Long Wei and Weng Zhong's more than 6,000 Xuanwu troops, as well as the children of the Ying clan and the Wang clan who came after receiving Hu Hai's edict, there are nearly 10,000 people!
Xianyang out of the Han Valley Pass out of the gallop road, along the south bank of Weishui through Liyang, Xiabang, into the Taolin Heights, through the Han Valley, out of the Han Valley Pass, and the two gallop roads outside the pass respectively.
As the main passage of Daqin to the east, even if it is restless today, it is still bustling with people, and merchants from all over the country enter Xianyang from outside the customs to the west to Longxi, Jiuyuan and other places; Or travel from Xianyang East to the hometown of Qi Zhao outside the Guan.
Therefore, the emperor traveled, although Huhai Province was necessary cumbersome ceremonial guards, but it was still a banner waving, with the Huhai brigade moving forward, the two sides of the Hangu Chi Road began to place boundless sacrificial incense tables, fluttering white cloth flags that were connected to each other.
On both sides of the avenue, they followed the Hu Hai brigade all the way, and all kinds of people who didn't know or knew or weren't sure whether Wang Li was really martyred and whether Daqin was really defeated by Xiang Liang were all shocked at this moment!
What His Majesty Emperor Daqin II has done along the way has obviously clearly shown the truth of the rumors!
By the time Huhai's brigade arrived at Hangu Pass, the number of civilians, traveling merchants, or people with a little different thinking who had followed Huhai all the way had accumulated to more than 200,000 people!
Hundreds of thousands of people are crowded on both sides of the road, and if someone is not careful, it will cause a big disaster!
The most important thing is that Hu Hai went out of Xianyang this time to protect only more than 6,000 Weng Zhong Xuanwu troops who have not yet been named, although judging from the appearance of these big men who are more than eight feet tall, it is estimated that even if there are twice as many civilians, they may not be able to break through the opponents of these giants who are completely made of steel!
But Zhang Han, who has never seen these seemingly powerful and mighty Xuanwu Army, has always been a little apprehensive!
Hu Hai rejected Zhang Han's proposal with rare force, and when he arrived in Xiabang, he dispatched the Black Ice Terrace Iron Eagle Swordsmen and the seventh to fifteenth captains of Longwei to all the dead soldiers out of Xianyang, mixed with the civilians on both sides of the road!
Hu Hai didn't know how many people there were in the Black Ice Terrace Iron Eagle Swordsman and Dragon Guard Ninth Lieutenant, but Hu Hai believed that if these measures were not enough, Win One would definitely remind himself, but judging from Win One's performance, there should be no problem!
Therefore, Hu Hai once again vetoed Zhang Han's proposal to send 200,000 troops to guard along the way.
It's okay to show some hole cards appropriately to show the strong force of Daqin, but it doesn't mean that Hu Hai wants to put all his hole cards in front of the public and let everyone know!
You must know that within twenty miles of the camp on the Ba Shang are forbidden areas! There are countless dragon guards hidden in the shadows and trainee scouts selected from the Bashang camp to patrol every night, and if anyone comes close, they will all be killed!
The 600,000 troops on the Ba are currently known to the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and only the hundreds of sons who are now under semi-house arrest in the Wenxin Academy of the Great Qin Empire know about it!
However, although Hu Hai rejected Zhang Han's proposal to send a large battalion of troops to guard it, he ordered the officials in the lieutenant office of Lieutenant Yang Ruihe and all the officials and guards in Hangu Pass except for the guards to maintain order!
Hu Hai was surrounded by the Dragon Guard Regiment in the center of the brigade!
In front of and behind him were all Xuanwu Army heavy armor foot soldiers who had already worn armor!
It's getting closer and closer to Hangu Pass!
There are still two or three miles away, Hu Hai saw an elegy hanging on the Xiongguan and the same height as the Guanshan, and the black characters the size of the chariot were shocking two or three miles away.
More than 6,000 heavy armor foot soldiers' heavy footsteps were connected but like a person, moving forward slowly and firmly, approaching Hangu Pass step by step, every time he took a step forward, Hu Hai's heart clenched!
He didn't know, he didn't know how he was going to face the tens of thousands of soldiers lined up outside the gate!
Li Xin's 10,000 Nine Yuan Elite Cavalry and Yang Xiong's remnants of more than 10,000 guards in the Huaihe Battle have all lined up outside the pass!
Meng Tian's more than 20,000 wounded soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army who went north and were ordered by Hu Hai to return to the customs were also lined up outside the pass!
The two armors are as broken, their eyes are as sharp, and even the disabled soldiers are also the same as the upright and straight soldiers on both sides of the avenue!
In the middle of the avenue was a simple carriage, and Yang Xiong and seventeen guards were guarding the simple but solemn coffin on the carriage! In the coffin is the body of the Marquis of Wucheng and the general Wang Li wrapped in ice!
Li Xin personally held a three-zhang high black big silk that hunted in the wind, and a line of big white characters on the flag "Wucheng Hou Wang Li", and four big white characters in the center of this black big silk - "The soul returns to the homeland"!
Although the armor of the two armies on both sides of the avenue is different, there are two things in common, one is that most of the soldiers of the two armies are holding one or two inky black clay pots in their hands!
There is also a similarity between the two armies, all over the field, covered in white flags!
As the Huhai Brigade approached Hangu Pass, the steps of more than 6,000 heavily armored foot soldiers made the entire land tremble slightly!
Hu Hai waved his hand, and the army stopped!
"Approve the flag!"
Hu Hai turned over and dismounted, and said solemnly! As he spoke, he took off the black and gold cloak on his body, and reached out to take the Su Su batch handed over by Ying Yi on his body!
In a matter of moments, the team of more than 10,000 people was exhausted! Countless white flags raised!
Hundreds of thousands of civilians and people of all kinds have gathered inside and outside Hangu Pass!
Seeing Hu Hai, who slowly appeared outside Hangu Pass, tens of thousands of Great Qin soldiers lined up outside Hangu Pass knelt on one knee and shouted in unison: "Welcome Your Majesty!" ”
The grand sound made the majestic Hangu Pass tremble slightly!
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Whether they want to or not, more than 100,000 people of all colors gathered outside the gate bowed down in unison!
"Wait for you!" Hu Hai said loudly with all his might!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After all the soldiers got up, Hu Hai slowly walked along the left side of the road.
The 100,000 guards and soldiers sent out by Hu Hai were all standing in the array on this side, and now there are less than 10,000 people left in the battle after entering the Huai River!
Regarding what happened to these soldiers, Li Xin had already reported Hu Hai in every detail! The courage of tens of thousands of wounded soldiers to kill themselves made Hu Hai feel what it means to be shocked for the first time!
How much courage does it take to be able to leave the hope of life to others? The most important thing is that it was not one person or two people who made such a choice, but tens of thousands!
This is the first time these guards have seen His Majesty the Emperor on high above!
As Hu Hai approached, these soldiers whose armor was broken, and who did not have a trace of nervousness and fear even in the face of more than 200,000 fierce Baiyue barbarians rushing to kill, suddenly became nervous one by one, and unconsciously straightened their bodies even straighter, and the fingers holding the weapons were slightly white!
Hu Hai walked up to one of the foot soldiers at the front, and gently raised his hand to brush over a finger-length scar on his face, if this scar was half a point away, it would pass through his eyes!
Feeling Hu Hai's sweaty palm, the soldier's face turned red, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly! Hu Hai keenly sensed the nervousness of this soldier, smiled slightly and carefully sorted out the torn armor on his body with his hands.
Immediately, Hu Hai stretched out his hand to take the clay pot in his arms, and the soldier felt that someone was going to take the clay pot in his arms, and he was shocked, and reflexively hugged the clay pot tightly in his arms!
Then I suddenly found out that I was snatching it from His Majesty the Emperor! As soon as he let go of his hand in shock, the clay pot suddenly fell! Hu Hai quickly leaned over and caught the clay pot that was about to fall to the ground with both hands, and then gently patted his shoulder and walked slowly!
With the departure of His Majesty the Emperor! The soldier let out a long sigh of relief, the fall of the clay pot just now made him feel like he wanted to die for a moment!
It was the remains of his own robe, he had taken him outside Hangu Pass, and he was about to bring him back to his homeland in Guanzhong, if he fell and broke in this place, he would never forgive himself!
Perhaps by illusion, he suddenly found himself splashing a hot drop of water on the back of his hand!
The soldier looked up suspiciously, but it was the blazing sun in the sky!
(To be continued)