Hao Meng came to the soldiers and looked at them and said.
"Lying about military intelligence is a capital offense!"
Hao Meng still didn't believe that the emperor actually killed the general in battle.
"The humble post is a personal soldier of General Song. I witnessed the emperor beheading General Song with my own eyes. How can this be false? If it hadn't been for the humble post, I would have been captured by the imperial army at this time."
Seeing the soldiers say this, Hao Meng believed it.
After hearing this, Wei Xu came forward, grabbed the soldier by the collar, and asked.
"How many troops did the emperor bring with him on this trip?"
"Five thousand."
"You only have five thousand to kill you all?"
"General Song was beheaded, the morale of the imperial army was high, and the brothers couldn't resist it."
While several people were talking, the first batch of deserters had already arrived at Tongguan Pass.
Tongguan was originally a small pass. After Lu Bu fled to Chang'an, construction of Tongguan began.
After all, the terrain of Chang'an is really good, with the barrier of the Qinling Mountains and the natural dangers of the Yellow River.
The north is not good at boating, so it is impossible to cross the Yellow River by force, and there is no need to think about forcing it through the Qinling Mountains.
Therefore, the only way out is Tongguan. Lu Bu stationed Song Xian's 10,000 troops here, not only to guard Tongguan, but also to continuously reinforce Tongguan.
Today, Tongguan is eight meters high. The passes are all made of stones. The stones are filled with rice slurry. After the rice slurry dries, the stones are glued together. Without siege equipment, it can be said to be almost unbreakable.
But Tongguan is surrounded by the Yellow River on one side and mountains on the other. Even with siege equipment, it is impossible to push it here.
Therefore, Lu Bu only needs to defend Tongguan. No matter how bad Lu Bu is, he is still a prince, sitting on the land of the Three Qins.
With this danger, although the three of them were uneasy because Song Xian was killed, they were not too panicked.
Cao Xing and the other three came to Tongguan and looked at the soldiers piling up below.
Hao Meng looked at Guanxia's soldiers and felt a little unbearable.
"Now that the imperial army is about to knock on the door, why not open the door and let them in..."
"No!"
Before Hao Meng finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cao Xing.
"Now that the imperial court is approaching, what if we open the door to allow the defeated troops to enter the pass? Once the army knocks on the gate, the gate is occupied by the defeated troops and cannot be closed or even breaks through."
In fact, Cao Xing was not worried about the imperial army knocking on the pass, but opposed for the sake of opposition.
Now that the three of them are not in charge of each other, if he follows Hao Meng, he will lose command of the army.
At this critical moment, once someone else's first general order is obeyed, there will be no reason to object to the second or third order.
Wei Xu also felt that the city gate should be opened to accept the defeated troops, so he spoke.
"How can the imperial army break through such a narrow pass quickly? If the imperial army knocks on the pass, random arrows will force the soldiers occupying the gate to retreat."
Seeing that Wei Xu also felt that he should open the door, Cao Xing could only snort and say nothing.
The three of them are all one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu's command, and they have no high or low status.
Both of them agreed to open the door, but even if Cao Xing refused, there was nothing they could do.
The door was slowly opened, and the soldiers under the barrier saw the bee pupae entering the barrier.
Soon there were not many soldiers left after being imprisoned, but soldiers kept coming.
Most of the first soldiers to arrive at Tongguan were horse soldiers, and there were not many of them.
But as time passed, ordinary infantry began to arrive at Tongguan.
And this group of soldiers was the largest. When these soldiers were halfway into Tongguan, they suddenly heard someone shouting.
"The emperor is coming to kill you!"
When the soldiers in Guanxia heard this, they immediately crowded into Tongguan like crazy.
"Close the door! Close the door! Lift the door!"
Cao Xing looked overjoyed at this moment. He had just said not to open the door. Hao Meng and Wei Xu let the door open. At this time, the imperial army came to kill them.
Hao Meng and Wei Xu turned pale and did not dare to say anything when Cao Xing issued the order.
Cao Xing's military order had been issued, and the soldiers behind the gate wanted to use a winch to lift the gate, but at this time there were more than hundreds of defeated soldiers. These defeated soldiers grabbed the gate, pressed it down with all their strength, and then jumped into the door.
Seeing that the door could not be lifted, Cao Xing ordered again.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
When the archers who closed the door heard the general's order, arrows rained down immediately. The soldiers who had originally held the door closed quickly let go of the city gate to avoid the arrows, and then the city gate was slowly raised.
Suddenly at the end of the pass, a horse jumped out.
When the soldiers at Guanxia saw this man, they suddenly panicked and many even jumped into the river on the side of Tongguan.
He kept shouting.
"The emperor is coming to kill, the emperor is coming to kill!"
Upon seeing this, Cao Xing hurriedly came to the pass and looked out.
He saw the man rushing toward the door, making Cao Xing marvel at the man's courage and pitiful for his IQ.
It doesn’t matter whether this person can pass the test alone, but what if he does?
Cao Xing stretched out his hand, and a soldier hurriedly handed the bow and arrow to Cao Xing. Cao Xing was good at shooting, and it was because of him that Xiahou Dun became one-eyed.
"Let him in!"
After the military order, the door closed immediately slowed down.
Cao Xing took the bow and arrow in his hand, drew the bow into the shape of a full moon, and pointed it at the charging man and horse.
Lin Mu chased these deserters all the way, and unknowingly they reached Guanxia.
When he saw Lin Mu in Tongguan, he wanted to retreat, because for Lin Mu, the strength of Olaf's template was that it could suck blood, not how high his physical fitness was.
After all, Lin Mu only had Olaf's template, rather than inheriting Olaf's original body.
In a chaotic battle, if someone is constantly slashing, there is no need to worry about health points.
But once you encounter a dangerous pass like Tongguan, it will be dangerous.
The closed bow only needs to be shot continuously, and it cannot kill people. It will soon run out of health and die.
This is also a drawback of the digital body, because no matter whether the arrow is shot on one's head or one's butt, the damage will be the same.
But what Lin Mu didn't expect was that the gate to Tongguan was actually open.
Immediately, Lin Mu rushed towards Tongguan. Seeing that Tongguan was firing arrows to drive away the rebels, the gate slowly closed. He thought he would return in vain, but he didn't expect that the gate suddenly slowed down for some reason.
When the forest trees rushed to the front of the pass, there was suddenly a volley of arrows.
Countless arrows were shot from the gate, knocking out some of Lin Mu's health points.
But Lin Mu didn't stop at all. He rushed to the door. The door had already been raised halfway. Lin Mu jumped on his horse. Before he could reach the gate, an arrow shot through Lin Mu's neck.
The war horse knocked on the half-raised door and threw the forest trees into the door.
Cao Xing put away his bow, his face showing a hint of joy, he was going to accept this great achievement.
Cao Xing walked quickly toward the door, followed by Wei Xu and Hao Meng.
Just when the three of them arrived at Guanxia, they saw Lin Mu pulling the arrow out of his neck.
