On October 12, as the last Qin army retreated from the closing gate, 400,000 Qi troops poured in like a flood. The Yusheng Army, who was leading the battle, stopped for a moment, then passed through the city and launched a great pursuit towards the Qin army.

Although Li Zhuo and Huangfu Xian were prepared, the Qi army's offensive was too fierce. Facing the overwhelming Yumeng Army, the two were so scared that they were both scared. They wanted to lead their troops to flee westward, but were driven into Luoyang City by the Yumeng Cavalry and surrounded them.

Zhao Wujiu personally led 20,000 light cavalry on the grassland, drove straight into the starry night, and passed Mianchi as fast as possible, crossed Caoyang, and headed straight to Hangu Pass.

The so-called light cavalry of the grassland was his secret weapon that Zhao Wujiu imitated Qin and used his land and food to lure the grassland tribes into moving inward, making them a vassal of Qi, and then recruited a lot of money from it. These soldiers were hard-working, brave and good at fighting, and were savage and fierce, and were his secret weapon and was not used in previous battles. It was not until he attacked Hulao Pass again that he was used as a raid.

These people have just gotten rid of the nomadic world and are still very disobedient. Only Lao Zhao can subdue them. Therefore, he had to endure the pain of bumps at the age of seventy. With the marshal's honor, he was willing to take the risk of arrows and stones, which also shows how determined he is!

The night was like ink, and the strong wind was swept with the decaying grass. It was the time when the night was dark and high. Although a row of storm lights hung on Hangu, it could only illuminate a piece of the city. Even the city gate could not be seen clearly, let alone a little farther away.

The wind was very loud these days. According to the Weiwei, who reported to Zhongdu, Zhao Wujiu led a million troops to take the captured emperor as hostage and knocked on the Hulao City. But the soldiers were not too scared. After all, after obtaining Hulao Pass, they became the second line of defense. No matter how lively the front line was, as long as they did not break the pass, they would not hurt them at all.

But the guard general Zhou Pan doesn't think so. Over the years, he has made enough money and can't spend all the money he earns in three lifetimes. As long as he can survive the year, he will be in the army for 30 years and can apply to the Taiwei Mansion to leave his post and the Ministry of War to remove his armor.

At this gate, he did not want to make any mistakes, so he inspected the city defense day and night, which forced the soldiers to cheer up and braved the cold weather to stand guard and patrol the city.

After completing the night patrol, it was already late at night. Zhou Pan was quite satisfied with the night duty situation and shouted to the deputy general beside him: "There should be no problem, right?" As soon as he opened his mouth, Beifeng poured in, choking him and coughing.

The deputy general was a honest man in his forties. He quickly supported him and said, "General, go back and rest. I will be watching here tonight, so there will be no problem."

Zhou Pan was used to being generous and could not stand it. He didn't sleep for the middle of the night. He was quite moved when he heard this, but he said uneasy, "What should I do if there is any situation?"

The deputy general laughed and said, "There are so many people on the top of the city, hundreds of pairs of eyes staring around, but you still lack this pair?" He said, "Just go back, I will ring the alarm if there is something wrong."

Zhou Pan then felt relieved, nodded and smiled, "It's really fucking he can't stand it anymore," and said, patting the deputy general's arm and said, "Old Xiao, please cheer up."

Deputy General Xiao quickly saluted and said, "For more than ten years, my subordinates were promoted by the general. Don't you know who they are?"

"Yes, then I won't worry." After saying that, he tightened his cloak and went down to the city to go home.

When they returned to the general's mansion, the seventeenth concubine quickly brought warm soup and served him to take a hot bath. The two of them got into the bed that had been warmed up.

It is said that the brocade quilt in the warm room and the beauty should fall asleep quickly, but despite his fatigue, Zhou Pan still finds it difficult to rest. During his inspection, he has carefully inspected all parts of the pass, strictly implemented the duty system, and equipped the doors with elite reserve teams. With such strict deployment, he dared not boast that everything was foolproof, but at least it can be considered as solid.

But why can't you sleep?

Zhou Pan felt uneasy, but he didn't know that this uneasy came from the darkness in the east...

Zhao Wujiu's 20,000 light cavalry was outside Hangu Pass at midnight. After a short rest, he ate a bite of dry food, he would hold a piece of cake, wrap his feet, and his horse's mouth was also tied to a bridle to prevent any sound from making any noise. Everything was carried out silently. The 20,000 troops sneaked in the dark, and stopped until a mile or outside in front of the pass... Further forward was where the Qin army's lanterns could shine.

Zhao Wujiu was seventy years old, like an ordinary soldier, patiently leaned on the cold ground, cutting his face like a knife, causing his heart to tremble. But he was motionless like a sculpture.

The old marshal's leader gave the soldiers a great encouragement, as if he was looking at him like a wolf. He felt his blood boiling in this cold night!

Zhao Wujiu stared at the city wall with a very focused expression, as if waiting for something...

On the top of the city, the soldiers who had stood for a long hill were cold and sleepy, trembling with their spears, and sometimes even napping.

Deputy General Xiao, who was inspecting back and forth, laughed and scolded: "Dog god, all of you cheer up!"

He has always been kind, and the soldiers were not afraid of him. They smiled with a shy face: "Sir, we have been frozen for a night, so you can do it and let us go back soon." "That's right, sir. Anyway, it's not a quarter of an hour, so let the T-Te team come for a moment in the morning."

Deputy General Xiao pretended to be angry and said, "There are still bargaining people? What if they were laid off sooner?"

"We'll give them two quarters of an hour!" The soldiers did have frozen grass chickens. They could go back to warm up first, so they didn't care what tomorrow was.

"This is what you said." Deputy General Xiao smiled and said, "Don't you regret it?"

"It's a must!"

"Then get out." Deputy General Xiao said with a rough smile and waved his hand.

The soldiers were as if they were amnesty, and soon they went down from the city and retreated cleanly.

Only Vice General Xiao and his personal soldiers were left in the city. But he did not send anyone to call the next group of sentries to change the guards, but waved his hand nervously, and more than a dozen personal soldiers gathered up to listen to the admiral's lecture.

"Everyone, the 20-year lurking is for this moment." Deputy General Xiao said in a shocking voice: "The army will wait outside, go, if you don't succeed, you will be successful!" The personal soldiers were not surprised, and bowed heavily to Deputy General Xiao, and walked towards the city gate tower.

Deputy General Xiao walked down the city tower with a dozen other people with an anxious expression. Although the weather was cold, his palms were covered with sweat and his heart was full of nervousness. In fact, his original surname was Zhao, and his name was Zhao Da, and he was a distant child of the Zhao family. Twenty years ago, when he was sixteen years old, he followed Yum Shenggong to attack the Qin territory, but did not retreat with the army. Instead, he secretly lurked down, becoming a secret son that Zhao Wujiu had been hiding for the next attack.

In fact, there were too many spies like him... At that time, Zhao Wujiu swept through the 27th prefectures of the three eastern provinces of Qin and killed a "thousands of miles without roosters, with white bones exposed in the wild". The people in the whole country and county died and fled. When they returned to their homeland after the war, how could they tell who was who? Taking advantage of the god-given opportunity to reorganize their household registration, the Qi State like Zhao Da became a righteous and open-minded Qin State good citizen.

For twenty years, these people have taken root and sprouted in Qin State, and their tentacles have extended to all aspects of the three eastern provinces. It is not surprising that some people can become deputy generals of Hangu Pass.

These people are the source of confidence for Zhao Wujiu to launch a national war. How can the power accumulated over twenty years be temporarily released?

"Who?" The city gate tower was guarded by Zhou Pan's direct subordinates.

"It's us," Deputy General Xiao's personal captain knocked on the door and scolded: "Mr. Xiao said, "Brothers, thank you for your hard work, let's give us midnight snacks."

"Thank you, Lord Xiao." The door opened immediately, and the person inside stretched out his face and smiled, "Is there any wine? Birds can be found these days."

"Yes, good wine and good meat." The captain of the personal soldiers waved his hand, and the personal soldiers carried baskets into the door.

"Haha, so many..." The guard smiled at first, but later he said in surprise: "It would take so many people to deliver a meal?"

"No need to deliver food," the captain of the personal soldiers sneered, "But kill people!" As he said that, he stabbed into the body of the guard, and the guard shivered in horror, "Why......"

"Because I am from Qi!" The captain of the personal soldiers smiled fiercely, pushing the guard's soft body to the ground.

The killings in the room also began, attracted by the aroma of wine and meat. The No. 20 and 30 defenders in the city gate tower were all concentrated in the lobby, and most of them did not carry weapons. This brought great convenience to the Qi State's careful work that was suddenly launched, and they killed all the defenders in a few seconds.

"Quick! Put down the suspension bridge!" Seeing that the situation was settled, the captain of the personal soldiers shouted. He was holding a string of three big red lanterns in one hand and pushed open the window with the other. He focused on looking into the distance, but could not see anything, so he had to hang it out first.

As several personal soldiers struggled to shake the wheel, the huge suspension bridge mounted on the city gate made a 'cry' sound and slowly came.

Hearing the creaking sound, Zhao Da, who was standing in the city gate, waved his hand suddenly. The thick iron gate was closed tightly, and a large crack was slowly cracked with the force of more than a dozen personal soldiers...

All this came so suddenly that all the other soldiers patrolling around were stunned.

A lieutenant ran up with a hundred soldiers. When he saw that it was Deputy General Xiao, he slowed down. He suppressed his doubts and asked, "Sir, why did you open the city gate at this time?"

"Oh, under the order of General, the general is going to come back from the front line tonight. I will be ordered to welcome him into the city." A thud in my heart, but I have to pretend to be nothing on my face, which is really difficult for him. As he said that, he waved his hand and said, "Go back to your post, let the general see what kind of morality it is?"

Although he was not aware of it at all, the Lieutenant chose to obey the order, scratched his head, and turned around and returned to his post, but the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

Seeing him turn around, Zhao Da was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but a clever soldier screamed: "No, if the commander comes, our general will definitely welcome you in person!"

The lieutenant suddenly turned around, looked at Zhao Da with a look of surprise, and said hostilely: "Sir, how do you explain?" The soldiers also surrounded him with a whistle.

Zhao Da's heart was about to jump out, sweating profusely, and he couldn't speak. Finally, he couldn't help but retreat, then turned around and rushed through the door opening and rushed out of the wide open city gate.

At this time, even a fool could see something was wrong. The lieutenant screamed, "Close the city gate!" The soldiers rushed up and rushed towards the open city gate.

Zhao Da's subordinates were more urinating than him, and they pulled out their weapons and shouted loudly to resist the Qin army's attack.

Suddenly, police whistles erupted in the city, and more and more officers and soldiers rushed towards the city gate. However, the gate entrance was small, and although several times that of the enemy, it was still blocked by the dozen or so fine works for a while.

When the last slight work fell down, a sound of horse hooves like showers swept quickly towards the city gate from far away.

While shouting "Enemy attack!", the Qin soldiers tried to close the city gate, but it was too late. The rushing cavalrymen entered one after another and knocked out the soldiers who were blocking the door.

The frightened and shrill shouts pierced the night sky. The Qin defenders, caught off guard, could not resist the attack of the wolf-like Qi army, and were cut down under the strange-shaped scimitar.

When the five thousand Qin troops stationed nearby arrived after hearing the news, the Qi army had firmly controlled the city gate that was related to the survival of Hangu Pass.

The grassland cavalry that was so fierce that they were yelling and hit the Qin army infantry head-on. As the scimitar danced, waves of blood were rolled up. The loose army formation with sleepy eyes and unprepared eyes were unable to resist these natural cavalry. The wide avenue inside the city gate became the best place to show the brilliance of the grassland men!

The soldiers fell in rows under the surging iron hooves. The Qin army, who was stunned, could no longer organize effective resistance. Waves of grassland cavalry rushed into the city gate, chasing the Qin soldiers who fled in all directions, firmly controlling the situation in Hangu Pass.

Zhou Pan had long been awakened by the deafening shouts of killing. Before he could get dressed, he ran to the street naked, but saw the light of fire soaring into the sky, and the figures of soldiers running around everywhere. The cavalry that emerged from somewhere had completely controlled the situation inside the pass...

Zhou Pan closed his eyes in pain, and killing himself became his best choice. His family is still in Zhongdu City. If he doesn't want to implicate that family, it will be more cost-effective to die.

After stumbled back to the room, he pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, Zhou Pan first stabbed the terrified concubine to death, then took out the small Baohehong from the drawer, poured it into the best Wuliangchun wine, drank it all in one go, and died without any pain...

When it was dawn, the killings in the city had come to an end, because Zhao Wujiu promised that as long as he was obedient and did it, no one would reward one beauty after the war, with a large amount of 5,000 jin. Therefore, these cavalrymen could still suppress the urge to massacre the city and gathered honestly at the west gate, waiting for the commander's order.

Touching the cold bricks of Hangu Pass, Zhao Wujiu had no smug expression on his face, and said warmly to a kneeling member on the ground: "Da Er, you have made a first contribution. It is logical that you should have a good rest and wait for the reward. However, the military situation is like fire, and we still need to work hard to open up the last pass of Qin!"

"What the Grand Marshal is talking about Tongguan?" Zhao Da raised his head and said.

"Yes, if you go down to Tongguan, you will be smooth all the way here." Zhao Wujiu said in a deep voice: "You must be yours! When you come back, my champion!"
Chapter completed!