"Zhi~~Xi~~Qi~Qi reported to General Zuo, the scouts in front came to report that they had seen Yang'an Pass."

"Ho~~~Huh~~ Oh my god, I finally arrived."

On December 10, the first year of Yanxing, starting from Xindu City, Guan Yi team ran wildly for a full twelve days. Yang'an Pass was finally in sight.

Along the way, the Guan Yi team first crossed Dongguanghan County of Shu Han and entered Langzhong of Baxi County. This section belonged to the mainland of Shu Han. Not only was the flat terrain, but the official road was also well-connected. It took only three days. However, after passing Langzhong, Guan Yi did not dare to go north directly to Hanshou - it was too close to Jiange.

The area they went to was roughly equivalent to Wangcang County under Guangyuan City in later generations and Ningqiang County under Hanzhong City. In later generations, these two counties were located at the junction of Micang Mountain and the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, so the landforms within the entire county were absolutely dominant with mountains. In the 21st century population census, the combined population of the two counties was only about 800,000.

And now this place... belongs to the no-man's land!

Of course, this no-man's land is relative - humans are the most adaptable species on the earth, and there are actually not many truly absolute no-man's land on the earth. The meaning of the no-man's land here is: basically no Han people live here permanently.

Moreover, because Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang consciously blocked the traffic in Ba County to avoid making more breakthroughs in Cao Wei. Therefore, in more than 40 years since the founding of Shu Han, the roads here have never been repaired.

So the Guanyi Detachment that entered Micang Mountain suffered a lot.

By the time they walked out of the mountains and Yang'an Pass was far away from sight, the entire team had completely lost its shape.

More than 10,000 civilians who were carrying food and grass in the early stage had all fallen behind. The 12,000 Fuxing Army also suffered more than 1,000 personnel due to various reasons such as fatigue, illness, falling off the cliff, etc. Although these people were supported by the Ba Di people in the mountains because of Ju Ning's relationship, such a reception was not free. In order to prevent the fallen people from placing a burden on the originally poor life of the Ba Di people. Every Ba Di people who came to plague the Ba Di people who came to placate the back were given more or less food from the Fuxing Army. So, now, when they walked out of the mountains, Sun Gang, in charge of logistics, reported sadly: the food and grass in the army could only last for another five days.

Guan Yi and others were in very bad condition. In addition to the unprecedented terrifying thinness of everyone, Guan Yi, Zhang Zun, Zhao Yi... There is one counting one. Everyone's feet were worn out, bleeding, scabbed, and then worn out, and then bleeding...

"Paji", the dirty black hand reached into the armor and groped for a while, and after pressing a lice that made him itchy, Guan Yi sighed: "Huh~~~ I understand why the Prime Minister didn't adopt Wei Wenchang's Ziwu Valley strategy back then. This long-distance raid was not something that humans did at all. Well, how many days have we been out again?"

"Let me see, one, two...eleven, twelve. Brother, every time I get sunrise, I make a mark on my battle robe. Today is the twelfth day."

"Twelve Days..." Guan Yi frowned: We are walking too fast.

There is no way. In such an era when remote communication is impossible, the two teams are rushing toward different targets for a long distance. Once one side is exposed, the other side will definitely be exposed. The commander of the two teams must fully consider the safety of the other side.

"The order was sent by the Fuling Army to send twenty Yuanyang formations to open the warning screen. If anyone approaches our troops, try to catch the living. If you can't catch them, kill them!"

"promise!"

"Another order, the entire army will rest on the spot for one day. We will head to Yang'an Pass after night tomorrow."

"Brother, why do you have to take a day off? Shouldn't you be in one go?"

"Stupid! Look at how we are like this, we really want to rush out immediately. Will we be able to take the knife later? Besides, if we take Yang'an Pass tonight, Zhong Hui will be alarmed the day after tomorrow. At that time, it was only fourteen days before we set out from Xindu. Do you want to kill General Huo? Tonight, tomorrow night, first, everyone should have a good rest. Second, after tomorrow, Zhong Hui will at least have to know the news. It was exactly the fifteenth day."

"Uh...brother, what if the elder General Huo and the others had already taken Baishui Pass?"

"Hey, then we will inevitably be ambushed by the enemy's heavy troops in Yang'an Pass, and the entire army will be destroyed! Well, this is impossible. Don't think so much now, execute the order!"

"promise!"

I was speechless all night, and time came on December 11 (the thirteenth day of the Xindu Raid).

"Hizz~~~" Just as the time of Xu (7 o'clock in the evening), Huangfu Kai, the governor of Yang'an Pass of Cao Wei, was already full of wine and food. After patrolling the city walls of Yang'an Pass, he was ready to go down to the pass to rest.

Speaking of which, Huangfu Kai has been living a good life in the past two months.

The Huangfu family had a long blood relationship and noble family. They had been deeply rooted in Guanzhong and Longxi areas for many years. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, an extraordinary figure emerged: Huangfu Song. This man suppressed the Liangzhou rebellion and wiped out the Yellow Turban Uprising. He was at the level of a god of war on the battlefield and could not have suffered a defeat for decades.

Unfortunately, Huangfu Song, who abides by the rules of the monarch and his subjects, met Dong Zhuo, who was unruly. In the end, he died of resentment. The Huangfu family disappeared from the high-end political stage for a long time.

Huangfu Kai is far apart from Huangfu Song's branch in terms of blood. But he has been the highest official position in the Huangfu family in the past fifty years. Therefore, he has received all the support from the entire Huangfu family.

Of course, Huangfu Kai himself was also very successful. He was the first to win over Yang'an Pass at the end of August.

It is precisely because of this that when a large number of Cao Wei generals had to sit outside the gate of Jiange and endure the cold and humid winters of the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains, he could live in Yang'an Pass with two thousand soldiers, comfortable around the stove and drink wine. Not to mention how comfortable it was.

In the past two months, Huangfu Kai's main job is to go north every five days, take thirty miles northward and receive the food escorted by Xun Kai's army outside Seoul City. Then send another army to escort the food 70 miles southward and hand over the troops heading north to the Jiange side. Apart from that, there is nothing to do.

In fact, for the past two months, the Wei army was blocked in various strongholds, so the food supply of the Wei army was always unobstructed. Therefore, Huangfu Kai's vigilance was already very low.

At this time, shortly after Huangfu Kai lay down, a soldier knocked on the door: "Join the army, please get up and go to the south city tower to look around."

Dressing and taking off clothes in the middle of winter is a very troublesome thing. Not to mention that it takes great courage to climb out of the warm bed. Hearing such a report, Huangfu Kai was unhappy: "What's the matter?"

"A team of soldiers who claimed to be part of the General of the Western Expedition came outside the south gate of Guancheng, with about 200 soldiers. The leader claimed to be the son of the General of the Western Expedition, Deng Zhong, the Marquis of Huitangting."

"Ah!?" Hearing this news, Huangfu Kai could no longer calm down. He quickly bounced off the bed.

In the past two months, 120,000 troops have been sitting outside the Gate of Jiange, and the soldiers in the army have complained. But the reason why everyone persevered was that Luoyang did not have a clear order to withdraw troops. On the other hand, everyone was waiting for news from Deng Ai's army - the sneak attack was successful, everyone went south smoothly. It failed, so they went home early. So when they heard Deng Zhong appear, Huangfu Kai immediately realized: It's time for us to go home.

I hurried to the city tower and saw that the troops under the city cooperated very much and lit up the torches. Huangfu Kai, who was not much vigilant, was less: If the Shu army really came to steal the city, wouldn't he take the initiative to illuminate himself?

Then I looked at the team below in the bright fire. Well, all of them were wearing the Great Wei standard armor, even the shield and the Pu sword were in the Great Wei army's style. It was very real!

Look again, oh, this team of humans stands tall and thin, and it is absolutely impossible for them to be a human. This is definitely not a unit of the Shu army - they are eating well in the Jiange.

When he arrived here, Huangfu Kai had basically let go of his vigilance, but after all, the procedure still had to be done. So he began to ask: This general is Huangfu Kai, the general of the general's mansion in Zhenxi. Who is the leader of the city? Please come out and answer.

"I have seen Huangfu join the army. The general was the son of Deng Shizai, the general of the Western Expedition. Deng Zhong, the general of Longxi. After winning in Mianzhu, he took advantage of the situation to go south to CD. As a result, the new capital, forty miles north of the CD, was defeated by the Shu army. Almost... the entire army was wiped out! The general of the general of the army struggled to lead these brothers from Micang Mountain to cross the mountains. Now the whole team has been out of food for three days. I also asked Huangfu joining the army to open the city gate and let us go in and rest for a while."

"Break!? They all fought forty miles north of the CD but were defeated?" Huangfu Kai couldn't help but feel deeply regretful when he heard "Deng Zhong"'s words. However, he still did not let the door open: "Where is the General of the West?"

"My father... wuwuwu.... My father has already died in his country. If my father had not cut off his back and attracted the pursuers, he would have been guilty, so he would not have been here!"

Well, when I was defeated and fled, it was normal for the father to let the son to leave first. But... I don’t know Deng Zhong. For many years, I was in the Central Army of Luoyang, and Deng Ai and his son were in the Longxi Army. No one had ever met. Even Deng Ai went to Jiange two months ago, and I was not there at that time. Also, I was in the Central Army in my city, and I basically had no contact with the Longxi Army.

Looking at Huangfu Kai on the city tower, he remained silent. "Deng Zhong" down the city tower was anxious: "Join the army, the general knows that the late-night switch is not in accordance with the rules. The general does not make such inappropriate requests. Can you ask the general to send someone out of the city to send some firewood, food, water, tents and other items tonight? Let us spend the night outside the city. How about putting us in the city again tomorrow morning?"

This can be done. Hearing such reasonable words from "Deng Zhong", Huangfu Kai did not hesitate anymore: "Come here, send someone out of the city first to provide some food to the brothers under the city. I will send some tents out later. Dear brothers, it is not that I, Huangfu Kai, are unreasonable. It is really that Yang'an is related to our military rations. I have to be more cautious. Today I will ask you brothers to make aggrieved outside the city for one night. I will apologize to you after you enter the city tomorrow."

"How dare you? Thank you for joining the army!"

With the sound of "brain", the south gate of Yang'an Pass opened. Dozens of Wei soldiers walked out with food.

When he arrived here, Huangfu made two fatal mistakes due to his serious lack of vigilance.

First, the army below did not allow the city gate to retreat a certain distance before opening. Second, he forgot that Yang'an Pass was built by Shu Han, mainly to guard against the enemy's level in the north. The north city had a urn city, but the south city did not!

When the Wei army in the city opened the city gate and came out, the atmosphere was still very happy at first. The soldiers under the city said a lot of gratitude and thanks, which made the archers on the city tower unconsciously put down their bowstrings. However, when the Wei army in the city was about to return to the city, the army suddenly began to draw their swords toward each other!
Chapter completed!