"General Hou, how far are we from the entrance of the culvert you mentioned?" Lu Biao asked in a low voice.
Hou Tai briefly recalled his current position, and then said: "After passing the hill in front, below is the mountain col near Xiguan. The culvert leads directly to the mountain col. The col is about five hundred meters away from the city gate. .”
"General Hou, you are more familiar with the terrain here. Please take the trouble of leading five hundred brothers to enter through the culvert at the entrance of the mountain. I will lead the main force along the road to approach the city gate. After the completion of the matter, using the rocket as a signal, I will lead the people to attack the city. .”
"no problem."
Lu Biao assigned fifty brothers from the guard to Hou Tai to protect Hou Tai's safety. Hou Tai then led 500 people over the hills and into the col, while Lu Biao and others got on the road, approaching Xiguan little by little under the cover of night.
At this time, the Jie people in Xiguan were eating meat and drinking in groups. After they captured Xiguan, they not only found a large amount of grain in the warehouses of Xiguan, but also found a lot of fine wine. The mare's milk wine on the grassland was also It tastes good, but it is still very different from the wine from the Central Plains. These Jie people particularly like the grain wine of the Central Plains people.
At present, the big leader is taking the main force to attack Yancheng, and the rest of them are doing nothing. In their opinion, the Daxia army has no courage and ability to attack Xiguan.
A Jie soldier held the wine jar depressedly and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't attack Yancheng with the big leader, otherwise I could have had a good time robbing a few women from Yancheng."
"What's the rush? As soon as the Great Khan and others arrive, someone will take over Xiguan. Then we can go to Yancheng."
"Hahaha, you kid, you don't know, Han women have very good skin, soft and elastic."
Several soldiers were chatting and drinking around the fire. Hou Tai led 500 soldiers into the mountain col, and found the entrance to the passage blocked by an iron fence in a relatively secluded place. The soldiers used weapons to pry it open, then lit torches and got into the passage.
Since it is still spring and the rainy season has not yet arrived, the tunnel seems relatively dry. However, as we go deeper, the tunnel begins to become slippery and the stone walls are covered with moss.
After traveling along the slippery road for about a quarter of an hour, the soldiers in front stopped, and voices could be faintly heard.
"Put out the torches. Go up and have a look." Hou Tai ordered softly. The soldiers in the front row extinguished the torches and groped forward in the darkness.
Not long after, the soldier came under a stone slab. The stone slab was hollow, and rainwater could flow into the culvert below through the gaps. Through the gaps, he could see a dim firelight above, and many people were talking.
The passage did not stop here, but divided into different directions and extended along the city wall, one leading to the north gate of Xiguan and the other leading to the south gate.
Their purpose this time was to quickly capture the soldiers guarding the south gate, and then open the door to allow the large forces to enter.
The soldiers continued to move forward along the southern passage. After walking for a certain distance, they did not hear any other unusual noises. Then he turned back.
"General, there are still a lot of people moving around in the inner city, so it's not convenient to go out at this time." The soldier whispered to Hou Tai.
"Then just wait! Keep watching from the front."
"yes"
Hou Tai turned around and whispered to the soldiers behind him: Let the people at the back send a message to General Lu and others, and tell them to act later.
Time passed little by little, and after an hour, no more voices were heard through the gaps in the stone slabs. The soldiers returned to the team and talked about the current situation.
"Walk!"
Five hundred people walked inward along the long and narrow passage. After crossing several bluestone slabs, Hou Tai ordered a group of five people to gently lift the bluestone slab upwards and move it upward little by little. The soldiers quietly poked their heads out to check. The situation within the customs.
On the opposite city wall, there were Jie tribesmen patrolling back and forth. The soldier made a sign, and was immediately lifted up. Then several bluestone slabs were pushed away at the same time, and more than a dozen soldiers were lifted out of the ground one by one. .
Then he leaned into the darkness of the city wall. As soon as the fifty royal guards reached the ground, they set up their crossbows and moved slowly towards the city gate.
A Jie soldier at the city gate was the first to notice the dark moving figure and asked, "Who is it?"
No one understood what he was saying, and no one responded to him. Then came a crossbow arrow. Against the backdrop of the firelight, the crossbow arrow shot into the throat of the Jie tribesman.
The Jie tribesman who was on duty with him realized something was wrong and wanted to shout, but before he could make a sound, two crossbow arrows had already shot into his chest and neck.
Despite this, it still alerted the other soldiers guarding the city. The Jie people started shouting, and dozens of soldiers no longer cared about it. They quickly rushed to the city gate and shot the other soldiers dead. The soldiers on the city wall hurried down when they heard the commotion. Come rushing
Five soldiers rushed to the city gate. After removing the beams of the city gate, they immediately opened the city gate, lit the arrows with the brazier at the city gate, and shot into the distance with a whoosh.
"Woo!" At the same time, the horn at the top of the city sounded.
The five hundred soldiers soon fought with the Jie tribesmen who rushed down from the city wall, but many Jie tribesmen who had drunk wine in the camp did not wake up at all.
Lu Biao and his men rushed up at a sprint speed of 100 meters. The remaining Jie tribesmen on the top of the city also began to shoot arrows towards the outside of the city, but they could not see anything clearly in the darkness and had to shoot arrows randomly.
The horns at the top of the city were still ringing, and the shouts of killing were getting louder and louder. It was only then that a large number of soldiers rushed out of the Jie tribe's camp. Lu Biao rushed to the city gate and shouted "kill" .
The soldiers swarmed in, and the soldiers on the outside kept firing arrows at the city wall. Through the dim lights, the Jie soldiers defending the city wall could be seen.
The soldiers pouring into the city continued to attack inward. Some of them rushed to the top of the city, while others rushed to the inner city.
Shaerzhu left only a few thousand soldiers in Xiguan City. In less than half an hour, all the Jie tribesmen in the city were dead and wounded. Some soldiers near the north city gate saw the Xia army's strength and opened the city gate. The door ran towards the grassland.
Lu Biao and Hou Tai went up to the city wall again, and Lu Biao took a deep look in the direction of the grassland. Then he ordered: "Come here, send a message to the prince, saying that Xiguan has been captured. Be careful to avoid the main force of the Dianji clan."
"Yes!" A guard brother responded, and then headed down the city wall. Soon a horse took advantage of the night and left Xiguan and headed towards Yancheng.
"Congratulations, General Hou," Lu Biao said meaningfully to Hou Tai.
Although Hou Tai had a smile on his face, he was a little embarrassed and could only smile helplessly. Lu Biao took out his telescope and handed it to Hou Tai.
"Brother Lu, don't take your words seriously. How can I really want such a rare treasure?" Hou Tai refused with some embarrassment.
"General Hou, what do you mean by this? A man is a man of his word. Since we have made an agreement, we must fulfill our promise. Take it." Lu Biao said and thrust the telescope into Hou Tai's hand.
"This...then I would be disrespectful"
"Hahaha, just take it."
Hou Tai looked back at the situation in the pass where the battlefield was still being cleaned, and then thought of Yancheng, so he asked: "Now that Xiguan has been taken, what should we do next? Should we immediately divide our troops and return to Yancheng for support?"
