With the shout of Master Sun, the whole pass was in chaos, and the soldiers who were still resting in the tent were pushed from their sleep, picked up their weapons and were about to climb the wall, and they could see from afar that the cavalry under the moonlight was coming in the direction of the pass, and the soldiers knew very well that there was only this pass within forty or fifty miles around, and since the cavalry came, it was impossible for other places.

"It seems to be a big group of barbarians, this is a bad mile, Xianbei barbarians must have something wrong in the north." Master Sun was holding a spear in his hand, but when he really fought with such a cavalry that came by surprise, the spear would generally not work. The Xianbei people will not take the ladder to forcibly climb the city, the Xianbei people will only fight on horseback, they want to capture these small passes, or find a place for the people to pile up in front of the human wall, so that the soldiers on the head of the city do not dare to start, and then find a log to hit the door, this small pass looks like a swordsman, but it can't withstand the toss, especially there is no moat and other things that can be obstructed, the pass is not big, even if the stone can be smashed down, it will not be too much. The Xianbei people have had a lot of experience in attacking such a small key pass in the past few months.

As the cavalry approached little by little, the more than thirty soldiers standing at the head of the city also raised their hearts to their throats, there were too many cavalry coming, and they had seen small Xianbei cavalry at most in the past, all of which were patrolling or spying on intelligence. Even in the fierce battle that they had experienced before, the Xianbei people only came with seventy or eighty people, plus one hundred and ten people who were captured and used as human walls. This time, from a distance, all the black pressure was cavalry, not to mention a few hundred. Or even more.

"Master Sun, what do you think of this? It seems that there are too many people coming, but why not from the north. And from the east? "The hands of the young soldiers in Jiangdu, who spoke quite easily before, were trembling holding the bow and arrow, and when it was a matter of life and death, it was a lie to say that they were not nervous. Come to a team of Xianbei people and still fight, and you can fight with a hundred and ten, but if you come to fight so much, it will be a death.

"Who knows what's going on?" Master Sun sighed, at this time, the commander and deputy commander of the pass began to supervise the battle, and at the same time, he was also encouraging the soldiers to work hard. But it doesn't make much sense to say these things anymore. Even if the soldiers don't fight, they can't do anything, if the Wei Dynasty people fight in a civil war or even if they fight with the Qi Dynasty, they can surrender, but they are old enemies with the Xianbei barbarians. Either he dies or I die, there is no other way to go, if you don't fight to the death, you have to fight to the end. The black cavalry in the distance had approached, but the cavalry was moving slowly. It was too far away to see what was on the flag. I don't know which one of the people from Xianbei is. But at this time, the vanguard cavalry team came, and the soldiers at the head of the city became nervous, probably scouts sent by the Xianbei people to investigate the situation in advance, and then it could be a stormy attack.

The cavalry in the vanguard had already come, and there were not many of them, about twenty or thirty horsemen, and they seemed to be waving something at hand. Master Sun shouted to the soldiers next to him: "Gua babies, get ready to shoot the people into a sieve!" "Although Master Sun is not an official, he is the oldest in the entire pass. In the Dongwang Army, seniority is very important, and it is also a rule for veterans to lead new soldiers. Except for the orthodox leader and the deputy commander, on weekdays, Master Sun is like the third in command in the pass, and the young soldiers next to him listen to what he says. As his voice shouted, the soldiers at the head of the city raised their bows and arrows from behind the battlements, ready to shoot at the approaching cavalry.

The cavalry at the vanguard finally approached within 200 paces of the city, a distance that was almost within the range of a bow and arrow. But the soldiers did not shoot arrows immediately, after all, there were not many arrows in the pass at all, and the rules formed before that the arrows could not be released empty without a certain number of steps under the head of the city, and the arrows could not withstand unnecessary losses. But today's situation is a little different, there are so many soldiers and horses that even shooting all the arrows on the city is a drop in the water. Maybe he was too nervous, but the young soldier next to Master Sun shot an arrow, but it didn't hit anyone, but the cavalry in the distance had stopped, holding torches in their hands, waving torches to convey some signals.

"It's your own people, don't let go of the arrows!" The commander of the castle suddenly shouted, and the castle head began to respond. The soldiers at the head of the city shouted when they came, and it was not the Xianbei people who came but the soldiers and horses galloping to help, which means that the hard days may be over. Soon the leading cavalry began to withdraw, and the soldiers next to them were already clamoring to go down and open the door.

Master Sun hurriedly said: "These melon babies, aren't you afraid that this is a trap set by the barbarians?" With so many people, they don't want to lose, so they learn our method to pass the news, knowing that we can't spread the beacon fire at night, if we open the city gate for them, they will kill them without a single soldier, and some of you cry! ”

Master Sun's words were like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's faces, and even the commander and deputy commander who were cheering together just now froze on the spot. They were also a little carried away from the change of great sorrow and joy, and even forgot the possibility that the person who came might be a Xianbei person pretending to be a soldier of the Wei Dynasty. The commander said: "It's still Master Sun's thoughtfulness, people are not allowed to open the door when they come, if they dare to come, bow and arrow to serve!" A sentence made those soldiers who wanted to go down and open the door also rush in and return to their posts, still like the enemy, and did not dare to slack off at present.

Soon a large number of soldiers and horses approached, but the first to walk was still those sentinel cavalry who came to deliver the news, these cavalry came quickly, and had reached less than forty or fifty paces far away from the city, and even the voice of shouting came: "The royal driver is here, open the city gate!" He shouted and waved the torches in his hands, as if to let the people in the city know that it was his own and not in disguise. Master Sun frowned and said, "What kind of bird is the royal driver's visit, do you know?" ”

The soldiers stared at each other and didn't know what was going on, and suddenly commanded: "Could it be that His Majesty personally led the troops?" ”

"What the hell? Emperor Lao Tzu...... Ahem, that emperor is still enjoying happiness in Luoyang City, how could he come to a place like ours with a mountain, look at the bottom of the mountain, it looks like there is a big man coming? A group of shrimp soldiers and crabs will dare to pretend to be the emperor! Old Man Sun scoffed, but the soldiers next to him were a little dissatisfied. Except for Master Sun, the rest of the soldiers under the command were all members of the East Prince's Mansion, and the news of the East King's ascension to the throne before was passed through the scouts. The soldiers also knew that the current master of Jiangdu was also the master of the Wei Dynasty in Jiangbei, and they were all proud to be the emperor's personal soldiers. Now this Master Sun has said something that is very rebellious to the emperor, even if they still respect Master Sun on weekdays. I can't stand it anymore.

Master Sun didn't seem to notice the white eyes of the soldiers next to him, after all, it was night, and the outside gradually became brighter, while the city was much darker. More torches approached, and the black cavalry gradually became clear, and it did seem that they were dressed as men and horses of the Wei Dynasty, because the Xianbei cavalry was relatively scattered. Their "wild road" is even worse, the military uniforms of the Xianbei people are very complicated, and many of them are simply coarse linen clothes with no specifications at all.

"It's the order flag of the Wei Dynasty. That's right! The Commander shouted again. At the same time, the herald with the command flag had already stepped forward, and because there was only one cavalryman who came forward, no arrows could be placed on the city. When the soldier came forward, he said the local accent of Jiangdu. The Jiangdu soldiers who heard the local accent felt very kind. There is a thought in their hearts that their own people will not harm their own people, although the Jiangdu soldiers also have the possibility of being captured by the Xianbei people to do things for the Xianbei people, but they don't care much anymore.

"Herald, open the gates!" This time, the people at the head of the city looked more closely.

The commander said: "Open the city gate quickly, it is the handsome flag and the handsome order, there will be no fake!" Only then did the soldier believe that there was no fraud, and even if there was fraud, it would be useless, even if the handsome flag and leadership were taken away by the Xianbei people. Then the north will be completely finished. The gates opened, and the heralds retreated. The soldiers and horses in the distance did not come closer, as if they were already stationed in place, but there was still a group of men and horses, and those men and horses did not seem to be walking very quickly, but they were very neat, and even the horses seemed to be bulging, and when they got closer, they found that the horses were covered with heavy armor.

"Who's on duty?" A very young but medium-thick voice came, and the soldiers who were preparing to meet them at the gate looked at it with some surprise, the torches were very bright, and a man jumped from his horse, and came over angrily as if he wanted to ask for a crime.

The commander and deputy commander immediately stepped forward to salute, but they didn't know the identity of the person who came, but listening to this person's tone, it didn't want to be the accent of Jiangdu, but the accent of the north side, and the soldiers didn't dare to say anything, and at this time, those iron-clad heavy cavalry had already entered the city, and after making sure that it was safe, they had taken over the entire pass. The young man who had just spoken also stepped forward, but he was not wearing a military uniform, but a very simple civilian dress, and even the civilian clothes on his body were only half sleeves like a shoulder, and the soldiers had never seen anyone wear clothes like this. And this young man was accompanied by two people, one seemed to be a woman, to say that the soldiers stationed in Beiguan had not seen a woman for a long time, and when they saw the woman, they felt that they were very beautiful, but their behavior seemed to be rude, and they were picking their noses in front of them.

"Hey, I said it was your soldier, why don't I seem to know you?" The woman spoke first.

The people who came to the bottom of the city and looked at the soldiers present one by one, and the soldiers were lined up as if they were prisoners of war, and the weapons they were holding in their hands were pulled out of the city gate to wait in a queue before they could be put down. Finally, the young man looked around, and finally looked at the commander standing at the front, and shouted, "Who released the cold arrow just now!" ”

The soldiers present looked at each other, and it turned out that they were to blame the person who released the cold arrow. The young soldier heard this and walked out, for everyone was looking at him. At this time, Master Sun suddenly blocked the young soldier, stepped forward by himself, and said, "It's me, what's the matter?" If this lord wants to punish the crime, it would be better to take me alone. ”

The person shouted and shouted: "The military order before the battle, if the enemy attacks, you must not release empty arrows from a distance, and you must not go out of the city to chase the enemy, are you not even familiar with the most basic military orders?" I still want to be a hero, I look like you are a veteran, why don't you even understand this little rule? ”

Hearing that the visitor directly talked about the military orders of the soldiers of Beiguan, the soldiers felt a lot warmer in their hearts. I hadn't heard a stranger speak for a long time, and the person who came could tell the detailed military order on the spot, even if some people still had doubts in their hearts that these people might be pretending to be Xianbei people, they were convinced at this time. The young soldier came out just now and admitted: "Back to this general, I released the cold arrow just now." Too nervous, so ...... Confiscate! ”

Only then did the person walk up to the young soldier and take a closer look at the young soldier, but the young soldier lowered his head and did not dare to face it. The visitor suddenly asked, "Look at your age, how old are you?" ”

"Fifteen...... Not seventeen! "The young soldiers are a bit of a struggle.

"A dozen or so?" The person who came said coldly.

The young man swallowed and said, "Last year's fifteenth, this year's seventeen!" ”

There was a burst of laughter from the side, and even his own people felt ridiculous when this kind of unpopular lie came out. The person who came also smiled and said: "It seems that he is not honest, and it seems that he will not admit it without serving with a military stick." ”

The young soldier also panicked at this time, and hurriedly said, "I'...... I'm actually fifteen, I went on the expedition instead of my brother, my brother just got married, and my father and mother want to hold my grandson, so I want to come to guard Beiguan on behalf of my brother, please don't punish this general! As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee to plead guilty, but was gently helped by the visitor, and the young soldier felt as if his body was lifted by a great force, and he had to stand up.

Come to the human: "Okay, no need for extra etiquette." It's rare to have filial piety, but I don't have much experience, and being a soldier doesn't rely on enthusiasm, send things over, and by the way, straighten out the soldiers in the city, and take them into the barracks for reorganization! After saying that, the man seemed to be very domineering and left, got on his horse and left, and the general behind came over, with a little anger on his face.

The commander walked over with surprise on his face, it turned out that the person who had been standing behind him was the top general within a radius of several hundred miles, and Cai He, who was also a general in the army. The commander immediately saluted, and Cai He was not verbose, at this time someone had already sent some simple things over, and when the box was opened, in addition to the new military uniforms, there were also some silver, and every soldier was greedy for a silver ingot.

Cai He said: "This is the reward that the imperial court has not issued in time since you were stationed in Beiguan for half a year, and there is also a reason for your hard fight with Di Yi last time, as for the reward for military merits and other merits, it will be gradually implemented after you arrive in the army, you don't have to worry." According to the official product, the silver was distributed first! ”

The soldiers were overjoyed, originally thinking that they were going to fight hard or even lose their lives, but it didn't take long for it to become a good time to give out a reward. And this time the reward is very rich, I don't know how much more than Yulu. When the soldiers kicked the reward silver into their arms, they were all thinking that the silver could buy a few acres of land when they went back. The commander took Master Sun forward to salute, and at the same time, he came to confess.

"General Cai, I don't know who the previous general was?" The commander asked with some evasion, in fact, he was also afraid of being questioned from above.

Cai Hedeng said angrily: "There is also a face to ask, just now you didn't say a word about rewarding silver, even your head has to be moved." What general, that is the lord of our Jiangdu, Your Majesty today. You guys, one by one, seem to be quite clever, and when it comes to the critical moment, you will be confused! (To be continued......)