The Golden Age Chapter 360: Xiongguan

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The night breeze screamed, Qin Xiao said: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, Du Wei, let's go to Jiayuguan first."

"Is going to Kyoto?" Han Yunong understood immediately.

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "At the moment, I have to rush to Kyoto as soon as possible and report the rebellion in Xiling to the court."

Han Yunong nodded slightly and didn't say much. Several people urged the horse to go east.

By the time of daybreak, it was a hundred miles away from the turtle city.

On the way to Jiayuguan, Qin Xiao explained in more detail what happened in Fanjun, mentioning that Dapeng had assassinated the general, Yuwen Chengchao looked sad, but Han Yunong understood: "Lord, you have done your best. Everything you should do. People’s hearts are separated from each other. Fan Ziqi has already laid out for many years. You are also a victim, so you don’t have to be self-blame. Since the general handed the Tiger Wing Sword to you, he believed that you would be able to help the court recover. Xiling."

"Yes, Grandpa, in order to save the general, you are brave and conspiring to save the general. It is really admirable." Du Hongsheng sighed, "No matter who it is, I will not blame this incident. Up your head."

Wuwen Chengchao received the comfort of these two people, and felt a little more at ease.

Han Yunong was thinking of rushing to Woye Town quickly and sending a letter to the Longevity Army. He learned that Qin Xiao had sent three Night Crows to praise Qin Xiao's proper handling, and decided to join Du Hongsheng and follow Qin Xiao to Beijing.

The two went to Beijing together, and Qin Xiao was even more happy.

Du Hongsheng was originally an official sent by the imperial court, and he was quite familiar with Kyoto, while Han Yunong was a veteran who had followed the general for many years. His connections in Beijing were definitely not comparable to Qin Xiao and Yuwen Chengchao.

The four of them kept running, and finally arrived at Jiayuguan that day.

Jiayuguan is known as the first Xiongguan of the Great Tang. It is a moat in the eastern part of Xiling. There are a total of 29 piers in the Guan. They are intertwined vertically and horizontally. They look out for each other and exchange information. Food and lodging, salary accumulation, iron shop, carpenter's shop and many other needs, in addition, each pier has a certain number of defenders.

From above the wall, you can see the Qilian Mountains clearly.

The largest pier is located at the critical point of exit. It is Jiandun. It is the heart of Jiayuguan. It is composed of inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, city moat and huge stone wall on the north and south wings. There are three lines of defense, gorges through mountains, dangerous slopes forcing roads, easy to defend but not easy to attack, which can be said to be the throat of the western part of Datang.

Three thousand lords of Jiandun are heavily guarded.

Qin Xiao has never seen Jiayu Pass since his life. He only heard that Jiayu Pass is the number one pass. Today, with his own eyes, he knew that this pass was stronger and stronger than he thought.

Suddenly, he understood why Datang had focused on Southern Xinjiang in recent years, but ignored Xiling.

Even if the Wutuo people really captured Xiling, if they wanted to move eastward, it would be even more difficult. This sky trench between Xiling and Datang, blocking one hundred thousand iron horses, is not a boast.

As long as this pass is in hand, even if Xiling is bloody, it will not spread within the pass.

The defenders of Jiayuguan have obviously received news of the changes in Xiling. After all, Guicheng was captured by the rebels. It is impossible to be ignorant here. Therefore, the heavy pass gate has been closed, and the defenders on the front of the city are waiting.

On the way, a few people feared that they would be misunderstood by the pass guards wearing the armor of the Deadwing Cavalry, because they discarded the armor early in the morning.

Under Deguanai, Han Yunong urged him to move forward and shouted toward the city head: "I am Han Yunong, please speak with General Zhang."

On the way, Han Yunong has already said that Jiandun guard Zhang Rang has a close relationship with General Heiyu and is also a loyal and brave general.

Although the top of the city is extremely high, Han Yunong is full of air and his voice is down.

It is to make the guards above hear clearly.

"Who is Han Yunong?" The guard at the front of the city rushed to the following: "General Zhang has an order to block the pass, and no one can enter the pass."

"I am reporting the military situation to General Zhang. I am in a hurry. If I miss the military situation, can you afford it?" Han Yunong said sharply.

The head of the city was silent for a while, and soon there was humanity: "You are waiting."

After waiting for a long time, I finally saw a general who came to the battlement and glanced down from the heights. Han Yunong has waved his hand and said: "General Zhang, I am Han Yunong."

"It turned out to be Brother Han." The guard Zhang Rang finally saw it clearly, and ordered his men to open and close the gate of love, and let a few people into the gate. As soon as Qin Xiao and several people entered the gate, the defending army quickly closed the gate. Qin Xiao In my eyes, my heart is a little cold.

Jiayu Pass is closed and no one is allowed to enter. If a war breaks out in Wutuo and the people enter and escape, I am afraid they will not easily open the door.

"Brother Han, haven't seen you for many years, has always been okay?" Zhang Rang had already come down from above and smiled with his hands: "By the way, the general went out. How good has it been? A few months ago, when the general went out, he was still in I stayed here all night, and I had a long talk with the general all night, and I benefited a lot."

Han Yunong also gave his hand and said: "General Zhang, can you find a place to speak?"

Zhang Rang said in a hurry: "Hurry up!"

In the thick wall of Jiayu Pass, there are many dwellings built, and the defenders of the pass can live in it. Zhang Rang has a spacious dwelling, and he invited a few people in. Seeing a few people in the dust, Ling People prepare wine and food to deliver.

There is a fire inside, and it is slightly warm like spring.

Han Yunong didn’t talk nonsense, and roughly said the changes that happened in Xiling, and asked Yu Wen Chengchao who had experienced it to add some. Zhang Rang was smiling at the beginning. When Han Yunong finished speaking, his face was already green. , Slammed a fist on the table, and said angrily: "What **** prince, it must be the Xiling family who randomly found a puppet to serve as a banner. They actually killed General Heiyu, I...I will never spare them."

Qin Xiao saw that Zhang Rang’s anger came from his bones. He felt a little relieved, knowing that Zhang Rang’s attitude already represents the attitude of most people in the military. As long as the military becomes angry, the court’s will will come. , It must be like a tiger.

"General Zhang, not all of the Xiling family followed the rebellion." Han Yunong said immediately: "The Yuwen family is loyal to the court. This eldest son Yuwen was fighting his life to protect the general at that time."

Zhang Rang knows that he has made a mistake, and Xiang Yuwen Chengchao said: "My son, I am a vulgar person, and I have no words, you can't be surprised."

"Don't dare." Yuwen Chengchao said: "However, Li Tuo holds soldiers and horses. The Xiling family wants to protect themselves and dare not defy. Most Xiling families still have to be under their control. Now Xiling has almost fallen into In their hands, if the court strikes quickly before they have a firm foothold, they will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. If the delay is too long, they will sit firmly in Xiling and want to conquer again, it will not be easy."

Zhang Rang said: "Lord son, with all due respect, although Xiling has a vast land but a small population, it is not difficult for the Tang army to go out of the customs to solve the group of rebels."

"General Zhang, the Xiling rebels may be easy to deal with, but Wutuo cavalry is much stronger than that group of rebels." Qin Xiao finally said: "We suspect that there are Wutuo people behind Li Tuo, they even have secrets. Some kind of agreement was reached."

Zhang made a shock, and immediately asked: "Li Tuo took refuge in the Wutuo people?"

"This is just our guess." Qin Xiaodao: "Outside the Kunlun Pass, thousands of wutuo cavalry have been assembled, but they did not act rashly."

Zhang Rang's face became serious, Han Yunongdao: "We guess, Li Tuo is on guard against the court

They will send troops out quickly, so they reached an agreement with the Wutuo people, and the Wutuo people secretly sent troops, that is, they are preparing to enter Xiling quietly and prepare to ambush the Tang army. But this is just our guess, what their real intention is, we don't know yet. "

Zhang Rang clenched a fist and sneered: "Back then, the Wutuo people burned, killed and looted in Xiling. This is the shame of us as soldiers. I really hope to kill them on the battlefield. Wutuo once bowed to Tang. I, Datang, have always treated them kindly. I didn’t think of their wolf ambitions, fed them, and in turn bit us. Such jackals don’t teach them well, and I don’t know Datang’s military might.” After thinking about it, he said again. : "I will immediately send someone to Kyoto to report this matter."

Han Yu Nongdao: "That's good, a few of us will also go to Kyoto."

"Don't worry, I will send a quick horse to report, you guys rest here for a day before setting off." Zhang Rang said: "I will send someone to Xiling in disguise to investigate the situation there."

Han Yu Nongdao: "It is naturally essential to send people out to inquire about the military situation, but we also have to go to Kyoto as soon as possible, and we cannot delay."

"In that case, I won't keep you." Zhang Rang called his subordinates in, ordered the preparation of the dry food and water needed on the way, and said: "I got a report a few days ago that the turtle city was captured by the rebels, but I don’t know what the specific situation is. Just in case, the pass was ordered to be sealed off, and people were sent to inquire about the information, but the spies have not returned. Since there is a rebellion, the court learned that it will naturally deploy troops to counter the rebellion. The general’s hatred , That must be reported."

Yuwen Cheng Chaodao: "I hope so!"

Zhang Rang glanced at Yu Wencheng, a trace of dissatisfaction passed through his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Several people ate a hot meal. After eating and drinking enough, they took Zhang Rang's prepared dry food and water without stopping, leaving Jiayuguan and galloping towards Kyoto.

Entering Jiayuguan Pass is within the territory of Yongzhou. It takes about ten days to pass through Yongzhou quickly. After arriving at Tongguan, you can enter the Gyeonggi area in a few days after you descend down the Luo River.

The other three are fine. They are in very good physical condition. Du Hongsheng is just a civil servant. The long distance is bumpy, but his body is difficult to bear. Fortunately, Han Yunong understands Du Hongsheng’s body and finds a place to rest at night. .

For seven or eight days in a row, I was about to arrive at Tongguan. At dusk on this day, Du Hongsheng suddenly rolled off his horse. The three of them were all surprised and hurriedly stopped the horse. Du Hongsheng struggled to get up and waved his hand:" It's okay, let's...Let's continue on the road." As soon as the voice fell, he softened and sat down again.

Starting from Guicheng, there were continuous bumps for more than ten days. Although he would find a place to regain his strength at night, Du Hongsheng finally couldn't support it at such an intensity.

Han Yunong saw Du Hongsheng's face pale, his eyes gloomy, and cold sweat was oozing from his forehead. He reached out and probed his forehead, only to feel like a fire, frowning and saying: "Your lord is sick, and you can't drive anymore, you must Find a doctor to see him first."

"No, I can hold it." Du Hongsheng, fearing to delay a few people's trip, shook his head and said: "You don't care about me, you really can't go, you go to Kyoto first."

Qin Xiao looked around and saw that there seemed to be a village in the southeast corner, and said: "Lieutenant Du, there are people over there, let's go over, let Master Du rest for one night, and see if we can recover more tomorrow. If We can go on our way after a one-night rest. Tomorrow we will continue to walk, but it won’t work. Let’s find out if there is a county nearby and send Master Du over and settle it."

"That's good." Han Yunong nodded, and together with Yu Wen Chengchao, he helped Du Hongsheng up without getting on the horse, and led the horse to the village not far away.