This warrior is so fierce

Chapter 337 Xiguan
The majestic Xiguan, rejects things.

The Shendu Plain is rich in products and has been blessed with good weather since ancient times.

Xiguan is close to the Luoshui River. After thousands of years of scouring, it has created a terrain with deep ditches, steep slopes and narrow roads, becoming the first danger in the country.

Since ancient times, Xiguan has lived on the ridge of the sky, like black clouds in the sky.

Closed on the top of Wanshan Mountain, the bird's path stretches for more than ten miles, and one man is on the road, and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it, so there is no danger.

In the north of Xiguan, the Luoshui River sweeps across, and in the south there are many mountains and peaks. Its structure is similar to that of Shenguan.

Moreover, because of the elevated west mountain, it blocks the high wind blowing from the northwest and becomes the main throat to enter the Shendu Plain.

Cao Su led [-] elite troops and arrived at Xiguan at the end of October.

Two days earlier than expected.

The current general guarding the West Gate is Yang Rui, the court's Zhenxi General. Yang Rui is also the enemy of General Yang Ming. The Yang family is very prominent.

General Zhenxi is also a heavy-ranked general. Because there are not many "four campaigns" generals in non-wartimes, General Zhenxi ranks below the front, back, left, and right, and belongs to the third rank of the imperial court.

Xiguan hoarded a total of [-] soldiers and horses. Except for the permanent [-] guards and horses, the remaining [-] soldiers and horses were stationed in rotation with the Forbidden Army of the Divine Capital.

Arrived with Cao Su's 1 elite soldiers, there were two other battalions of troops, totaling about [-] people, and exchanged with the Xiguan defenders.

After that, Cao Su led his army into Xiguan.

As soon as I entered Xiguan, I felt that the atmosphere in the whole pass was not very good, and it seemed a little dignified.

The streets in Guannei are full of sergeants coming and going, and all kinds of ordnance and equipment are transported to the west part of the city wall.

The sergeants kept their eyes on each other and walked in a hurry.

Soon, the captain of the Xiguan garrison came to greet Cao Su and arranged Cao Su into the Xiguan garrison formation.

Because it has a fixed process, the speed of this defense change is very fast.

In half a day, Cao Su and his troops had been arranged properly.

"After noon tomorrow, go to the guards."

The first garrison time will last for three hours tomorrow, and at night, you can wait for the next battalion of soldiers to come to change defense.

After the captain left, Zhang Ke hurried into Cao Su's camp after his investigation.

"My lord, something happened."

Zhang Ke's expression was solemn, exactly the same as the soldiers in the pass he had seen before.

"What's the matter?"

Cao Su has been in the army for the past few days and has not received any news.

Zhang Kening said in a low voice: "My lord, according to the news in the army, Xizhou has encountered a Qiang rebellion, several cities have fallen, wars are raging everywhere, and Anzhou is in a hurry."

Xizhou Rebellion!

When Cao Su was studying in the Guozijian, he also knew about the situation in Xizhou.

The Qiang people are not the same as the Qianyuan people.

The Qiang people are nomadic people, and they invaded the frontier of Qianyuan in the early days of the founding of the country.

Their ethnicity is fundamentally different from the Qianyuan people in terms of beliefs, living habits, language, customs, etc., so they have never merged before.

Until these hundreds of years, through continuous use of troops to the west, Xizhou expanded to the border of today's Anzhou.

The Qiang people were also driven to farther places, and some of the Qiang people married the Qianyuan people on the spot, which was equivalent to a mixed blood fusion, and then gradually stabilized.

Unexpectedly, the Qiang people are in chaos again now.

"It is said that there are [-] Qiang cavalry going south, and the Anzhou soldiers are weak. The frontier army's twelve towns have not yet reacted, and the peak of the soldiers has already pointed at Liangzhou."

Zhang Ke sighed, there is really no stable life in this world.

The Wanping rebellion was just beginning to be extinguished, and chaos began again in the west.

Moreover, this rebellion was caused by the Qiang people, and the [-] cavalry were all capable of conscripting and fighting, and the threat was probably more terrifying than the early Wanping rebellion, which was all peasants.

"This matter is serious? What does the court say?"

Cao Su asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Ke shook his head: "The news from the imperial court has not yet come, but this is what the caravans who came from Xizhou these days said, and it should be absolutely true."

The imperial court must have responded, but the reaction speed will not be so fast.

Countering the rebellion requires careful discussion. What kind of troops to send, how many troops to send, who will lead the troops, what route to take, and how much food and grass to prepare are all issues.

In less than ten days and half a month, the imperial court has no way to send a large army to suppress the rebellion.

Zhang Ke became a little excited: "Now that Xizhou is in chaos, will we be sent to suppress the rebellion?"

Xizhou is in chaos, what are you happy about?
Cao Su glanced at Zhang Ke.

The group of people under him had been imprisoned in the Northern Army camp for too long.

But before that, she had been traveling with him all the time, and she was not used to such a life at all.

In particular, he also introduced a point system and a reward system to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of his warriors.

To put it bluntly, the people below are more aggressive.

"I haven't been notified yet, but if the imperial army goes to battle, I feel that these masters of the imperial army who have recuperated in the capital for a long time are not willing to go out. The chances of our turn will be greater."

Cao Su also had a hunch that he would be sent out to fight.

The only problem is who is the leading general in this battle. If this general is unwilling to take him out, there is no way.

noon the next day.

Cao Su walked up to the west wall.

The city wall of Xiguan is extremely majestic, not under Shenguan.

With this city wall and the height of the mountains, it is difficult for ordinary warriors to climb the wall with light work.

Only the masters of the mid-level power realm should be able to climb over the city wall with the help of some equipment.

But on the city wall, there are alchemy monks in the Taoist palace.

Ascetics set up the Lingtian Great Formation, and any stowaway in the sky will inevitably trigger the Great Formation warning.

In this way, from a certain level, Xiguan was isolated from the strength of warriors.

But if warriors don't go to Xiguan, but fly south through the mountains, there is no way.

Cao Su, in full military uniform, walked up to the city wall with a big moon knife in his hand.

The whole section of the wall was guarded for them, and in every wall stood sergeants.

In addition to the sergeants, there are city gate generals below who specially give caravans and pedestrians who enter the customs to check the documents.

With the turmoil in Xizhou, the inspection of Xiguan has become more strict.

There are long queues inside and outside the customs.

Cao Su sat on the tower in the middle of the city, and practiced here when guarding the pass.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a loud sound when it was closed.

The city gate general hurried upstairs and reported to Cao Su.

"General Zhaowu, two caravans below are arguing, please go downstairs to deal with it."

Cao Su opened his eyes and accepted the generals, who were the highest generals in the entire Xiguan city wall section.

In the past, some small matters were dealt with by the city gate order.

Now it's obviously not a trivial matter to actually come to alarm him.

Cao Su frowned and walked out of the tower.

The city gate general looked at Cao Su's face and couldn't help being secretly surprised at his youth.

The generals of the first battalion who came here to guard are all captains of the Imperial Army, ranking in the fifth rank.

And Cao Su himself has the miscellaneous name of Zhaowu, so he belongs to the fifth-rank level, which is one level higher than the general captain of the forbidden army.

"lead the way."

Cao Su put the Dayue Dao beside him.

Zhao Xi hurried over to receive the knife.

Cao Su himself was only equipped with a horizontal knife at his waist, and he followed the order of the city gate to close.

After closing the huge city gate, two caravans were blocked inside and outside.

One goes east and the other goes west.

There are many camels and pack horses in the westward caravan, and the people in the caravan have high noses and big eyes, which is a typical appearance of Xizhou businessmen.

The eastward caravan was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and there were several leading strong men waiting for the other party's caravan very angrily.

Cao Su brought a group of soldiers over in the tense atmosphere and stood in the middle.

Cao Su was secretly surprised, the two caravans were not simple, and both had fifth-rank masters in command.

Feeling the fourth-rank aura of Cao Su, the fifth-rank masters in the two caravans couldn't sit still, rushed out of the caravan, and walked to the side of their respective patriarchs, showing a trace of dignity.

"what happened?"

The owners on both sides are very strange.

The fifth-rank master was sweating slightly on his forehead, feeling Cao Su's sense of oppression, and said in a low voice: "Patriarch, be careful, the general guarding the gate is a fourth-rank master."

Cao Su walked into the circle and asked in a muffled voice, "Why are you making such a fuss here?"

"My lord, please make the decision for us. It is obviously our advanced city gate, but this caravan insists on letting us withdraw and let them advance. It is too arrogant!"

The businessman from Xizhou came to complain to Cao Su, and the businessman from Shendu was not to be outdone: "My lord, my caravan only has a little goods, unlike this caravan that brought so much goods, they let us have a little tea time." , we all entered the customs, and we let them pass first, and the delay was longer."

"And we have already entered the city gate, why let us get out of the way?"

Both caravans passed the inspection and entered the city gate passage.

The city gate passage was considered spacious in the past, but the two teams of merchants led camels and horses, and there were so many goods that they were all blocked.

Cao Su glanced slightly, and saw that several people had already fallen to the ground in the fight.

Moaning in pain.

Is this little thing bothering me?
Cao Su was a little dissatisfied, and gave the city gate general a cold look.

(End of this chapter)