Yinshan Pass.
Lao Pei, wearing Qin armor and Qin sword, stood at the checkpoint.
Because of General Hu Jin's order, the Yinshan Pass is now heavily guarded and everyone is on alert.
But Lao Pei knew that he was going to Gaonu with the official Meng Yu from Xianyang. In a few days, with Bai Yan resigning, he would get the order to withdraw his troops.
Speaking of which, Lao Pei was also wondering why Bai Yan asked all the Gaonu people to migrate to Yuzhong. This was completely unreasonable.
In Lao Pei's eyes, even if the Xiongnu army really goes south, when the Xiongnu army arrives, its numbers will be too large for Bai Yan to resist. With General Hu Jin here, he can withdraw his troops. Even Xianyang will not blame Bai Yan.
There is absolutely no need to act like this.
At present, it is not known whether the Xiongnu army is going south, but Master Meng from Xianyang already knows about it and has rushed to Gaonu.
What's more serious is that the county governor Yang Xian and the censor Mr. Li have written to Xianyang a few days ago.
Bai Yan is afraid that he will really fall into trouble this time.
"I don't know how General Hu Jin will respond."
Lao Pei looked in the direction of Yuzhong. After learning that Minister Meng Yu did not enter Yuzhong and rushed to Gaonu overnight, he had already ordered someone to inform General Hu Jin.
Just wait and see if there will be any orders from General Hu Jin.
Gulu gulu~!
While he was frowning, Lao Pei suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind him at the checkpoint.
When Lao Pei turned around, he saw a Hun man, with his wife and children, holding a Qin wooden sign, riding a horse in a panic to the checkpoint.
See this.
Lao Pei knew that this Huns must have lived in Gaonu City before, but now he has surrendered to Qin and became a Qin citizen.
But Lao Pei was very confused as to why the Huns appeared here at this time.
With doubts, Lao Pei soon saw two Qin soldiers hurriedly bringing the Huns and a child to the checkpoint.
"General! This man said that the 150,000 Xiongnu and Yuezhi troops have gone south and are now fighting against the Gaonu cavalry!"
A Qin official came to Lao Pei with a panicked expression, raised his hands and said, and handed the Huns' wooden sign and a roll of bamboo slips to Lao Pei.
"What?"
When Lao Pei heard this, his first reaction was that it was false, especially since the person who passed on the news was a Huns.
However, when I opened the bamboo slips, there was indeed news from the Yunshan Pass. It not only had the mark of Gao Nu, but also a seal. It did say that the Yuezhi and Xiongnu armies had moved south, numbering 150,000.
If you think it is fake at first.
But after reading the bamboo slips, Lao Pei immediately realized that something was wrong. What if it was true?
Thinking of this, Lao Pei's expression suddenly changed and he became panicked, especially since Bai Yan had been saying before that the Huns army would go south.
"Why are the bamboo slips here with you?"
Lao Pei looked at the name on the wooden sign, and then looked at the Hun man named Wu Muhu. He was still confused at the moment.
"General, this is what Wumuhu rashly snatched from the hands of other Huns."
Wu Muhu said to Lao Pei, and then told the general Lao Pei in front of him the origin and process of the matter.
Wu Muhu actually didn't know much. The story started after he left Gaonu City. Under the order of the city guard Bai Yan, he left Gaonu City with his wife and children.
Just halfway, eight Huns stopped him.
Because these eight Huns all knew that when he was young, he offended the tribal leader because of his strength and fled to Qin. After meeting his wife later, he settled in Gaonu.
The purpose of those Huns stopping him was also very simple, because according to the original plan, these eight Huns had already been responsible for ambushing the Qin army two days in advance and intercepting the news of the Qin army.
But when they discovered that Bai Yan, the guard of Gaonu City, suddenly asked all the people to leave Gaonu, the eight Huns all realized that Bai Yan, the leader of the cavalry, had guessed that the tribe was heading south.
However, the eight Huns who had already left Gaonu City had no idea about the arrangements of the city guard Bai Yan, and because of their status as Huns, they could not get close to Gaonu, and they did not even dare to let the Qin army see them.
Fortunately, later on, they suddenly saw nearly a thousand people suddenly returning to Gaonu with the governor's bamboo slips, so the six of them divided into two people and returned to Gaonu.
Worried that there were not enough manpower, the eight people found him.
"The bodies of the four border Qin soldiers are five miles away."
Wu Muhu said to Lao Pei.
The moment Wu Muhu finished speaking, Lao Pei yelled angrily.
"Come here! Send a hundred cavalry to hunt down those Huns!"
Lao Pei was really confused. Five miles away from the Yinshan Pass, the Huns were actually ambushing them and intercepting the news.
Although news from other passes will still be sent to Yuzhong from other places.
But at the nearest Yinshan Pass, the laborers who were ordered to station here learned about this, how could they not be angry.
What scares the laborers even more is.
What Bai Yan said before was true. Not only the Xiongnu army, but also the Yuezhi army went south together, and their number was a full 150,000.
Looking towards the direction of Gaonu City, Lao Pei's face became paler when he thought that Bai Yan was probably leading his cavalry to fight fiercely against the Xiongnu and Yuezhi armies alone.
"Why do you want to help the Qin people?"
Lao Pei looked at Wu Muhu and asked. This was his last doubt.
Because Wumuhu is a Huns, and those Huns also promised that the Huns now have a leader, Man Chanyu, which is different from ten years ago. As long as Wumuhu performs meritorious service this time, he can return to the Xiongnu tribe to become a small leader and obtain sheep.
It stands to reason.
Wumuhu would not risk his life and take the opportunity to send the news regardless of his wife and children.
"hey-hey!"
Wu Muhu looked at Lao Pei, a smile appeared on his rough face, and then looked at his son.
Next to Wu Muhu, the ten-year-old child looked at Lao Pei timidly. Perhaps because of the blood relationship, the child was very scared when facing Lao Pei and Qin Zu.
But as if something had occurred to him, the ten-year-old child's timid eyes, as if he wanted to cry, gradually became firmer.
"General Bai Yan is a good man, the best man. I want to follow General Bai Yan when I grow up. I want to become a soldier under Lord Bai Yan."
The ten-year-old child looked at Lao Pei. After finishing speaking, his little face was panting, and he lowered his head as if he had exhausted all his courage.
above the level.
All the Qin soldiers holding Changge heard the children's voices. The Qin soldiers who didn't know what was going on in the distance looked at the children with puzzled faces.
When they saw that the child had Xiongnu blood and still looked timid, and recalled what the child had just said, the Qin soldiers looked at each other.
It was hard for them to imagine why a child with Xiongnu blood determined to follow Bai Yan when he grew up.
Even Lao Pei was filled with astonishment when he looked at this little child.
Bai Yan has only been in Gaonu for a long time, but even if he spends money to bribe an adult, he can't even do this, let alone a child with a sweet voice.
But this moment.
Lao Pei looked at the child and understood why Wumuhu would help Qin to send news.
"Pass my order and tell General Hu Jin the news immediately."
Lao Pei turned around and handed the bamboo slips to his cronies and hurriedly gave orders.
"promise!"
The cronies beside Lao Pei took the bamboo slips and hurriedly turned around and left.
"You go to Yuzhong first. The general will definitely give you rewards in the future."
After seeing his cronies leaving, Lao Pei said to Wu Muhu, and then looked at the child with a worried look on his face.
Lao Pei knew that Master Meng Yu had already gone to Gaonu, and he might not be able to catch up now.
What is even more frightening is that with the number of Xiongnu and Yuezhi armies, Shangjun would be in danger without reinforcements.
Let alone Bai Yan's army of iron cavalry, they couldn't resist it at all.
Even here at the Yinshan Pass, there was no way it could withstand the Xiongnu and Yuezhi armies.
"As you command!"
Wu Muhu nodded to Lao Pei, and then led his son down the checkpoint under the leadership of Qin Zu.
Half an hour later.
Knowing that the matter was urgent, the laborers ordered to start carrying the baggage needed for the battle to the pass.
Regardless of whether he can resist it in the future, he must not take a step back before General Hu's order arrives.
"Get out of the way, let me pass!"
Lao Pei was directing his subordinates, and suddenly there was the sound of arguing.
Soon after, a Qin soldier came to the pass with a Qin soldier also wearing Qin armor.
"General, this man must go to Gaonu!"
Qin Zu, who was guarding the pass, raised his hands to Lao Pei and said.
When Lao Pei heard this, he looked at the Qin soldier with doubts.
"The Xiongnu and the Yuezhi, there are 150,000 people in Gaonu, why are you going? Wherever you go you will definitely die, hurry up."
Lao Pei frowned, and after finishing speaking, he was about to let someone take the Qin soldier down.
But I never thought that the words were not finished yet.
Qin Zu smiled.
"General, if this is the case, then I am willing to die!"
At a word from Qin soldiers, not to mention Lao Pei, even the other Qin soldiers who were busy carrying arrows were all stunned on the spot.
"Why?"
Lao Pei frowned and looked at Qin Zu with confusion.
"Come back to the general, my name is Gui, and I am a soldier under the fifth doctor Bai Yan!"
Gui looked at Lao Pei, bent down and cupped his hands, then stood up and pointed to the north: "Now my general is in Gaonu. Even if there are 150,000 enemy troops, Gui is willing to go to Gaonu and die."
As he spoke, Gui looked to the north. He already knew where the 150,000 Xiongnu and Yuezhi troops were in Gaonu City in the north.
But he still has to go.
"I hope the general will let me pass!"
Gui turned his head and looked at Lao Pan without evading his gaze.
In his eyes, Bai Yan is under the northern sky, so no matter how many enemy troops there are in the north, he will still go there one man and one horse.
"You're only one person, so you can't help much. If you go, you'll just die!"
Lao Pei looked at Gui in disbelief and spoke to persuade him.
With a smile on her face, Gui answered Lao Pan without any hesitation.
"Hey! I'm willing to die!"
Gui said with a smile.
Lao Pei looked at Gui. At this moment, he suddenly envied Bai Yan.
Thinking of the previous child with Xiongnu blood, it was hard for him to imagine that the young man in Yangcheng, holding a Qin sword and covered in blood, had unknowingly made him envious.
But it was also at this moment that Lao Pei suddenly thought of why Bai Yan had risked losing his official position and letting the Gaonu people leave based on just speculation.
Perhaps it was just like that that these people appeared around Bai Yan.
"Go!"
Lao Pei, who wanted to understand, no longer stopped the Qin soldiers in front of him.
Lao Pei knew that, let alone the Yinshan Pass, no pass in the world could stop a person who was not even afraid of death and would rather die than follow Bai Yan.
"Thank you, General!"
Gui said with a smile, as if he had received a gift, he hurried towards the bottom of the city tower.
Then one person and one horse headed north at the Yinshan Pass, under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"Bai Yan!"
Lao Pei looked at the north and murmured.
(End of chapter)
