Chapter 1094: Surprise attack on Hangu (Part 2)


    Chapter 1092: Surprise attack to destroy Hangu (Part 2)


    On the other hand, Li Shimin was almost scared to death. He didn''t expect that he had already been like this, but he was almost recognized by Li Cunxiao.


    In this regard, Li Shimin could only sigh: The new world''s number one is indeed well-deserved.


    Of course, Li Shimin could not be bored and deliberately ran to Li Cunxiao to wander, but his life was always full of surprises.


    The meeting before going to war, Li Shimin had already aroused Li Cunxiao''s curiosity, but he did not expect to meet Li Cunxiao by chance later. If Dugu Qiubai had not arrived in time, his identity would have been exposed.


    "Senior Dugu, thank you."


    Li Shimin said with lingering fear. After all, if his identity is exposed, he doesn''t know what will happen.


    Dugu Qiubai glanced at Li Shimin indifferently and said coldly: "Don''t provoke Li Cunxiao anymore. If he really attacks you at all costs, even I can''t stop him."


    Li Shimin felt a little aggrieved when he heard this. How dare he provoke Li Cunxiao? He always hides when he sees Li Cunxiao!


    ———


    Through several days of emergency marching, the five thousand Qin troops, led by Zhou Yu and Li Cunxiao, finally arrived at Hangu Pass without knowing it.


    Late at night, Zhou Yu led a large army to ambush outside the pass. Seeing the agreed time getting closer, but seeing the heroic pass in front of him without any change, even Zhou Yu couldn''t help but feel a little anxious.


    "Gongjin, can''t he lose his links, right?" Li Cunxiao asked impatiently.


    Zhou Yu wiped the sweat stains on his forehead and smiled bitterly, "I don''t know either."


    In the communication with Dugu Qiubai, Zhou Yu already knew that there was an insider in Hangu Pass, and would open the city gate when it was Chou tonight to pick up his army to attack Hangu Pass.


    After learning this, Zhou Yu felt completely relieved. After all, although there were not many defenders in Hangu Pass, it was absolutely impossible to forcibly capture Hangu Pass with the 5,000 troops in his hands.


    During the Warring States Period, after Duke Xiao of Qin seized the land of Wu Han from the hands of Wei, Hangu Pass was set up here. The gate city is 7.5 kilometers long from east to west, and the valley road only allows one car to pass through. It is said that "one man should be a gate, and ten thousand men cannot open."


    In the third year of King Shenliang of Zhou, King Huai of Chu promoted troops from the six countries to attack Qin. Qin followed the natural danger of Hangu, causing the troops of the six countries to "hide millions of corpses and drifted blood."


    In the sixth year of Qin Shihuang, the army of five countries including Chu, Zhao, Wei and others invaded Qin and "when they arrived at Hangu, they were all defeated."


    Since Hangu Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, after the uprisings in various places in the late Qin Dynasty resisted Qin, the newly established King Huai of Chu declared who would enter Guanzhong first to become the King of Guanzhong in order to quell the war as soon as possible. The Guan here is also Hangu Pass.


    Liu Bang first entered Guanzhong, but he did not enter Hangu Pass directly. The reason was that Hangu Pass was easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, the inner pass was Xianyang, the capital of Qin, and the Qin army guarding Hangu Pass must be elite.


    In order to avoid attacking the tough situation, Liu Bang accepted Zhang Liang''s suggestion to take a detour and attacked Wuguan, which was empty, and was able to enter the pass.


    Liu Bang still needed a detour to enter Guanzhong, let alone Zhou Yu?


    Therefore, if there is no inner man who opens the city gate, not to mention that Zhou Yu only has five thousand troops in his hands, even if there is 50,000 Qin troops, it may not be able to break through Hangu Pass.


    Although Zhou Yu was anxious, he forced himself to calm down and said to Li Cunxiao in a deep voice: "It''s not yet the agreed time, wait a little longer."


    "At this point, I can only wait." Li Cunxiao said helplessly. After all, with the strength of their hands, it is impossible to forcibly break through Hangu Pass.


    As time passes little by little, the ugly time finally comes, and the city of Hangu Pass is also opened as agreed.


    Li Cunxiao pointed to the city gate and said excitedly, "Gongjin, it''s opened, the city gate is opened."


    Zhou Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart and seriously reminded Li Cunxiao: "General Li Cunxiao, you don''t need to participate in the attack in a while. You only need to lead some elite troops to the city lord''s mansion and kill the Hangu Pass guards as quickly as possible." "I understand." Li Cunxiao nodded seriously.


    Zhou Yu felt relieved when he saw this, then drew out his sword and shouted softly: "Action now."


    "No."


    Five thousand elite soldiers took advantage of the night and ran towards the car door. When they arrived at the city gate, there was still no abnormality in the defenders in the city.


    Seeing this, Li Cunxiao couldn''t help but smile, waved his long spear and shouted, "Kill!"


    Five thousand Qin troops rushed into Hangu Pass like a tide. Although the defenders in the city discovered the invaders, it was too late.


    Outside Hangu Pass, Dugu Qiubai finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Qin army successfully entering Hangu Pass.


    Dugu Qiubai was not sure whether the people who were placed in the Li family in the pass were reliable. After all, Li Yuan was dead and Li Shimin was also captured for several months. Yang Jian took over a lot of the power of the Li family during this period, so how could Li Shimin confirm that person''s loyalty?


    Unlike Dugu Qiubai''s uneasiness, Li Shimin was not surprised by this, as if he had guessed the current situation long ago.


    Looking at Li Shimin with a calm face, Dugu Qiubai finally understood why the young master Qin Hao attached so much importance to him.


    No wonder the young master asked himself, as a grandmaster, to come to see Li Shimin personally. He is really a person with infinite possibilities. Dugu Qiubai said in his heart.


    In the past few months, Dugu Qiubai witnessed with his own eyes that Li Shimin went from a prisoner who was undoubtedly dead to a glimmer of hope, and then to being regained freedom now.


    The difficulty of the process made Dugu Qiubai feel a little unbelievable. If it were someone else, he would probably lose hope. However, Li Shimin persisted tenaciously until the last moment. This perseverance alone was not something that ordinary people could have.


    "Li Shimin, congratulations." Dugu Qiubai said lightly.


    Li Shimin glanced at Dugu Qiubai and asked, "Congratulations on my regaining freedom?"


    "Yes."


    Dugu Qiubai nodded: "When I receive the news that Li Yuanba has left the Wild King, I will follow the order and release you."


    “Thank you.”


    Li Shimin said sincerely that his freedom is hard-won!


    The garrison of Hangu Pass was the seventh King of Changping, Qiu Rui, who was ranked seventh among the nine elders of Xingsui.


    Hangu Pass can be described as stable as Mount Tai on the surface, but Qiu Rui still has not relaxed in defense at all, but it is difficult to defend against thieves every day and night. No matter how strict he arranged the defense of Hangu Pass, it is still difficult to stop the enemies from the inside.


    As soon as he heard the shouting outside, Qiu Rui realized that the situation was not good. He even had time to put on his armor and ran out in his pajamas.


    After pulling a defeated soldier, Qiu Rui shouted and asked, "What''s going on? What''s going on?"


    "General, it''s bad that the Qin army has come in, and the brothers are almost unable to withstand it."


    "What…"


    (This chapter ends)