came back?
Huang Zhong was slightly stunned. He had just been prepared to face a powerful enemy, and now he is back?
"General Huang, let me tell you, where did the enemy come from! You are too nervous!"
Yang Ren also breathed a sigh of relief and began to tease Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong was not in the mood to tease him, so he directly asked the soldier who sent the order.
"Where are they? Let them come to see me quickly. I want to see what they have been doing these two hours!"
"this..."
The messenger was a little embarrassed. He was here to report the matter to Huang Zhong.
"General Huang, every time we put the hanging basket down to pick them up, but this time they asked to open the city gate, saying they had caught a big prey. It's dark now, and we don't dare to open the city gate without authorization."
Huang Zhong, who had just taken a breath, suddenly became nervous again. He opened the city gate in the middle of the night. Could his soldiers be so unreasonable?
Huang Zhong looked at Yang Ren. He originally wanted to ask who was sent to patrol the mountain today. Unexpectedly, Yang Ren, who had always been optimistic, became nervous at this moment.
"General Huang, I once agreed with my brothers that if there is an emergency, we will use the excuse of catching a huge prey. Now..."
It's obvious that these soldiers must have encountered a problem!
"Come on, let's go see it together!"
Huang Zhong didn't dare to delay, so he quickly took Yang Ren to the wall of the city gate, but it was pitch black underneath and couldn't see anything!
Yang Ren was familiar with the soldiers below, so he quickly reached out and shouted.
"Erdanzi, what the hell have you been doing? Why are you back so late!"
"General Yang, don't you want to eat venison? Our brothers were thinking about searching for the general, but unexpectedly we found a deer nest! Now we have brought back a lot of deer meat. Please open the city gate and send people to transport it in!"
"Okay! Just wait!"
Yang Ren shrank back and looked at Huang Zhong in horror.
"General Huang, they were kidnapped by the enemy!"
Huang Zhong was already ready for the battle and was not so nervous now. He couldn't help but glance at Yang Rangao.
"Not bad, you can come up with such a wonderful early warning method. The enemy will definitely not think that we have discovered them!"
Yang Ren had no intention of listening to Huang Zhong's praise. Although he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, Yang Ren had never been on the battlefield and was extremely nervous now.
"Oh, my General Huang, how long has it been, and you still have the heart to make fun of me! The enemy is about to attack!"
"Why panic!"
Huang Zhong scolded in a low voice, showing no fear of the enemy's arrival.
"All the soldiers of our armed shooting battalion are already in position. If the enemy dares to come, they will be shot into sieves! And it is night now, and attacking the city at night is extremely detrimental to them!"
At this time, Yang Ang also ran over panting.
"Huang... General Huang, everything has been arranged! Those who asked for help... have also been sent out!"
Huang Zhong calculated in his mind that according to Jia Xu's reaction speed, reinforcements would arrive early tomorrow morning at the latest, and he would have absolutely no problem holding on for the night!
"Yang Ren, you go and arrange for two hundred soldiers to light the rockets. When I give the order, shoot them far away. I want to see how many enemy troops there are!"
Yang Ren did not dare to delay and quickly ordered the soldiers to light the rockets. After a while, two hundred soldiers were ready.
"put!"
Huang Zhong gave the order, and the soldiers of the Wushe Battalion did not hesitate at all. Two hundred rockets shot out in response, directly lighting up the sky.
"hiss!"
Yang Ren and Yang Ang took a breath of air-conditioning at the same time, and saw where the firelight shone, reflecting countless soldiers who were waiting in full formation. They had prepared ladders in their hands, and they looked like they were attacking the city!
What shocked them the most was that the city wall from Yangping Pass was already less than 100 meters away!
"General Huang!"
Yang and Ren both exclaimed at the same time, preparing to tell Huang Zhong about the situation outside, but unexpectedly Huang Zhong had already issued a combat order!
"Bang the drum! Shoot back the enemy!"
In an instant, arrows rained down from the city wall of Yangpingguan, and countless screams were heard. The enemy troops below the city must have suffered heavy casualties!
Huang Zhong had no time to celebrate the killing of the enemy and quickly shouted to Yang Ang and Yang Ren.
"You two go to the two mountains respectively, and you must guard them for me!"
"Go quickly!"
Yang Ang and Yang Ren were awakened by the roar. After looking at each other, they both ran to both sides at the same time.
The reason why Yangping Pass is called a natural barrier and not easy to defend is because it spans too long and is built on two mountains.
When the enemy attacks, he can spread out his troops. Unlike Hulao Pass or Wuguan, no amount of troops can be deployed.
However, since Yangping Pass is built against a mountain, it is naturally much more difficult for the enemy to attack. If the defense is properly done, it will definitely be easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Why is Huang Zhong so nervous? He is afraid that the enemy troops on the two mountains are already ready and waiting to attack together! Once a mountain is lost, the fall of Yangping Pass is not far away!
After a round of shooting, the darkness seemed to have stopped again, and any movement disappeared, including the screams of soldiers who were hit by arrows. But not long after, drums and horns sounded at the same time.
Huang Zhong knew that the enemy was preparing to attack the city at night!
Hanzhong County, Nanzheng City, County Sheriff's Mansion.
When Liu Zhang was still in Hanzhong, he reserved several rooms in the governor's mansion specifically for his generals and counselors to live in. Among them was Jia Xu's room.
Since Liu Zhang left, all military and political affairs in Hanzhong County have fallen on Jia Xu. The burden was heavy and he had to work more and more hours every day, so Jia Xu simply lived in the Sheriff's Mansion.
On the one hand, it can reduce travel time and increase the efficiency of work. On the other hand, it can also make better arrangements as soon as possible in emergencies.
Even though he has maximized his time, Jia Xu is still very tired. In addition, it is already the end of the year and he can only rest after midnight every day.
Today is another very busy day. Half an hour has passed since midnight, and Jia Xu has just laid down on the cave.
Being so tired recently, Jia Xu soon became confused and fell asleep.
But not long after, there began to be noisy outside, making Jia Xu unable to tell whether it was reality or a dream.
"Jia Changshi, have you rested? Urgent report from Yangping Pass!"
A quick voice came from outside the door, instantly waking up Jia Xu! He knew that this time it must not be a dream!
"Come in, what's going on!"
The door was pushed open by a servant, and Huang Zhong's soldiers quickly walked into the house and knelt down in front of Jia Xu.
"Military advisor, urgent report from Yangping Pass!"
"The patrolling soldiers at Yangping Pass suddenly disappeared. General Huang suspects that there is an enemy invasion. Please prepare early!"
Jia Xu stood up and shook his still confused brain to wake himself up.
After walking back and forth in the room for a long time, Jia Xu finally issued an order to his servant.
"Hurry up and invite General Xu Huang, General Yang Lin, and Yan Juncheng to the county governor's house to discuss matters!"
After the servants left, Jia Xu asked Huang Zhong's soldiers to get up again.
"You go and take a rest first. After I discuss it later, you can go back and resume your life immediately!"
