Exhausted, Yan Yuyao fell asleep. Zhang Lang covered her with a quilt and left the study gently.

At this time, the stars were all over the sky, the bright moon hung in the middle of the canopy, and the sky and the earth were unusually quiet, only the sound of the watch from a distance sounded rhythmically.

Zhang Lang took a deep breath, thinking about some current things, and unconsciously came to the lotus pond.

Looking at his palm, he felt that the experience of this period of time was like a dream, and he felt that the past twenty years were like a dream of Nan Ke. Zhang Lang couldn't help but be a little confused, is it in a dream at this moment, or is the experience of the past 20 years just a dream?

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

Back in the study, Yan Yuyao was still immersed in sleep. Zhang Lang didn't bother her, walked to the bookcase, picked up a report sent by Jia Xu during the day today, and read it.

The eyes turned to Xuchang.

In the flower hall, the emperor said to the princess of Allure with a sad face: "Sister Huang, this Cao Cao is probably not a loyal minister who is loyal to the monarch and patriotic!" Today, the widow wanted to let Dong Cheng and others take charge of the army, but they were all rudely rejected by Cao Cao! And he also forced me to confer on a few of his cronies the high-ranking officials! Sister Huang, what should a widow do? ”

Princess Allure said angrily: "I originally thought that Cao Cao would be a good person, but I didn't want to be a traitor!" He glanced at the sad emperor and comforted: "Your Majesty don't worry too much!" I think there are many princes in the world, there will always be a few loyal ministers! ”

The Emperor smiled wryly and nodded, "I hope so." ”

Princess Allure frowned and said: "Today's palace guards are all Cao Cao's people, Yang Feng and others have been transferred to other places by Cao Cao, we must not act rashly!" We can't let the thieves be wary of us! ”

The Emperor nodded, his heart filled with sorrow.

Look back.

This morning, just as Zhang Lang and everyone were discussing in the lobby, an urgent report suddenly came from Xiliang.

After reading the report, Zhang Lang frowned, and said to everyone: "The Xiliangqiang people have rebelled!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, and Jia Xu frowned and said, "This is really not the right time!" ”

Zhang Lang said: "I don't want to happen and it happened, now I have to find a way to solve the problem!" This time the scale of the Qiang rebellion was extraordinary, almost all the tribes participated, and it must be suppressed immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

"General, my subordinates are willing to lead the army to quell the chaos!" Ma Chao hugged his fists and asked for battle.

Zhang Lang thought for a while, "Meng Qi is the main general, Gongming is the deputy general, order 100,000 troops, and set off immediately!" ”

Ma Chao and Xu Huang hugged their fists and promised.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Lang left Jia Xu.

"I didn't expect the Qiang people to rebel at this time, it's really better to be a human being!" Zhang Lang said a little depressed.

Jia Xu smiled and said, "The lord can think about it from a different angle!" If we can take advantage of this time to completely solve the problem of the Qiang people, it will not be a good thing! ”

Zhang Lang nodded and glanced at Jia Xu, "The operation to seize Hangu Pass, I think it should be carried out as usual!" ”

"The general is wise! It is imperative to capture Hangu Pass! This is important to us! ”

Zhang Lang looked at the sky in the distance, "Wen He, you will guard Chang'an for me, and I will personally attack Hangu Pass!" Jia Xu nodded, his eyes showing some worry, but he didn't say anything.

Ma Chao and Xu Huang led an army of 100,000 to Xiliang, while Zhang Lang led Ma Teng and Dong Ying to lead 50,000 troops into Hangu Pass, and Jia Xu stayed behind.

The scout galloped into Hangu Pass, and Yuan Shao's 10,000 defenders immediately closed the gate and waited for it, and at the same time sent people to Luoyang to report the emergency. This battle will never be easy! Although Yuan Shao only had 10,000 troops in Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass was extremely steep and unusual, and although Zhang Lang had an army of 50,000, it was unknown whether he could capture Hangu Pass before the reinforcements from Luoyang arrived!

In the hall of Hanguguan, the main general Chun Yuqiong feasted on the generals under his command. Chun Yuqiong raised the wine bowl and said loudly: "Brothers, we will fight with Lu Bu in a few days!" I'm going to have a good drink today, and I won't go home if I don't get drunk! The generals raised their bowls and drank a bowl of wine with Chun Yuqiong.

That night, the main general Chun Yuqiong and all the generals were drunk, and the ordinary sergeants were also staggering, and the entire Hangu Pass was full of alcohol!

At this moment, many black-clothed people appeared silently under Hangu Pass.

They watched under the city for a moment, then used their crossbows to shoot their hooks into several remote locations on the wall, and the men in black climbed up the ropes.

The man in black went up to the city wall, and at this time, most of the guards on the city wall were still in a drunken dream. The man in black killed a few of the sentries standing guard and quickly descended the inner wall ladder to the city gate, where several soldiers were patrolling back and forth.

The leading man in black immediately flashed out with a strong crossbow and pulled the trigger on the soldiers, only to hear a few bowstring sounds, and those soldiers fell down in response!

The men in black immediately rushed out and quickly opened the city gates.

Boom, boom, boom......!

Chun Yuqiong and the generals who were drunk in the lobby were suddenly awakened by a huge roar! They all staggered to their feet, and Chun Yuqiong shouted unhappily: "What are you doing outside?" Why is it so noisy? ”

As soon as the words fell, an officer stumbled in, knelt down with a thud, and shouted in a panic: "Oh no, General! Lu Bujun has come in! ”

Chun Yuqiong didn't react for a while, "What? ”

"Lu Bujun has come in!"

Chun Yuqiong came to his senses, "Lu Bujun came in?" That's impossible! ”

Before the words fell, there was an astonishing sound of rushing and killing outside!

Chun Yuqiong and the generals immediately panicked and looked for their weapons.

When they rushed out of the government office in a hurry, they saw their own army being driven around by the opposing cavalry like a panicked flock!

Chun Yuqiong and the others couldn't help but change color, looked up at the city gatehouse, but saw that their own banner was torn off. Chun Yuqiong knew that the general trend had gone, and hurriedly climbed on the war horse and fled towards the east gate, and the generals followed!

Not long after Chun Yuqiong and the others escaped, the battle at Hangu Pass was basically over. From the launch of the attack to the end of the battle, it took less than half an hour. The reason why it is so smooth is completely because the other party was caught off guard. In fact, when Chun Yuqiong received the information of Zhang Lang's troops, Zhang Lang had already set off with five thousand light cavalry a few days ago, along the way, five thousand light cavalry hid in the dense forest during the day, and hurried at full speed at night, so when the five thousand light cavalry led by Zhang Lang arrived nearby, Chun Yuqiong was unaware, he thought that Zhang Lang's army would arrive in a few days!

After Zhang Lang occupied Hangu Pass, he immediately set up defenses, and all kinds of heavy equipment, including crossbows and other things, that had been piled up on the western city wall, fell on the eastern city wall.