Lords of War: Sinicized Dragonborn

Chapter 70, the real and vivid cold history
The entrance to the secret road in Shule City is located on the cliff, so it's fine if you find that the difficult road is not easy to walk.

But when Li Di followed Geng He into the secret path, he discovered that the road inside the secret path was more difficult and even more difficult to walk.

The specifications of the secret passage are carefully calculated, the width of the secret passage is only a little more than the shoulder width of an adult, and as for the height of the secret passage, it would be tears...

With Li Di's height of 1.8 meters, he had to bend his body, shrink his head and bend his legs throughout the whole process, so that he could pass smoothly.

If one didn't pay attention, either his shoulder touched the wall of the tunnel, or his head was raised and touched the top.

This secret passage can be said to be completely based on the level of the physical environment, preventing anyone from running in this secret passage and quickly passing through the secret passage to enter Shule City...

Li Di, who was still unable to straighten his waist all the way up and down, learned to be smart after touching his head a few times. He used the footwork skills of the combination of mud step and coiled snake step all the way, so as to avoid The problem of bumping heads and straightening up.

When it came to the exit of the secret road in Shule City, Geng He, the captain of the sentry cavalry of the big man who led the way, listened.

When he stopped, starting from Li Di behind him, everyone had to stop and half squat on the ground to ease the height restriction of the terrain.

Just when Li Di was puzzled by Geng He's stop, he heard two dog barks from Geng He in front of him.

If Li Di didn't know that the two dog barks were made by Geng He, he might really have thought it was a dog barking.

And at the exit of the secret passage on the slope ahead, behind the tightly sealed wooden door, there were three bird calls after Geng He's two dog barks.

The three bird calls were still the sharp calls of sparrows, which normal people would not be able to learn easily, let alone make similar calls.

After Geng He communicated with the people behind the door, the wooden door in front of Li Di was opened from the outside.

Li Di, who walked through the secret road all the way in the dark, finally saw the sunshine of the outside world again.

Climbing out of the secret passage behind Geng He, Emperor Li realized that the exit of the secret passage in Shule City was actually at the bottom of a dry water cellar.

Moreover, it is still hidden under the blind spot of the outside surface. Outside the wooden door of the secret passage, there are five big Han border guards stationed. This is a regular army of big Han soldiers.

The big man Wuchang standing with a knife at the head, saw Geng He who had crawled out of the secret passage, opened his mouth and cursed with a smile:
"I knew that you, a dog-spirited boy, would definitely find out about the movement of the Huns army in advance, and come in safely and honestly, and bring someone here to wait for you early in the morning. If you don't invite me to eat well this time A drink, that's not enough..."

Although the big man Wuchang's words were vulgar, the worry revealed in his words was beyond words.

"(ˉεˉ乀) get out, you were supposed to be on duty today, but you still want to blackmail me for a drink. If you want to drink, you should go to the general?! Why don't you dare?"

Geng He, the captain of the sentry cavalry who had just stood up, was also not to be outdone, and laughed and cursed back at the big man Wuchang in front of him.

"Every day I think about letting me use my wife's book to treat you to a drink. Why don't you wait until the Huns who have repelled the invasion this time, marry your sister to me as my wife, and I will give you a lifetime of drinking!"

"That's what you said! Give me the wine first, and from now on, my sister will promise to you. At that time, you said that I was the eldest brother, the husband who made the decision for her..."

I thought it was just daily ridicule and scolding, but who knew that this big man, the captain of the frontier guard, actually followed Geng He's jokes and made a lifelong decision for his dear sister in a few words to climb up the ladder.

Hearing the words of the big man Wuchang, not only Li Di was stunned, but even Geng He, the captain of the sentry cavalry, was stunned for a moment, and smiled again:

"Okay, I accept this marriage... But you know, there is an old father in my family..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Di soon realized that the reason why the two of them agreed to get married so hastily was that they were explaining their respective funeral affairs under the guise of getting married.

Knowing this, Emperor Li's eyes rolled. It was obvious that these big Han border guards were not just cold records in the history books, but real people.

Each of them has concerns at home, and the reasons for joining the army may be varied, but they are all the same at this moment about the possibility that their family members will be left unattended in the future.

However, even so, there is obviously a secret way of retreat, but none of the big Han frontier guards said:
Ah, there are too many Xiongnu soldiers, we can't fight, we can't fight, let's retreat first, this kind of weak and discouraged opinions and words that destroy the morale of the army.

The two of them arranged their respective affairs in a few words, and then turned their attention to Li Di and others who were standing quietly at the side.

"Who are these people?"

After looking up and down Li Di's image and face, as well as the soldiers of Liyue who emerged from behind him one after another, the head of the big Han frontier guard asked Geng He, the cheap brother-in-law beside him.

"Oh, this young man originally planned to go back to the Central Plains to find his roots and ask his ancestors..."

After Geng He briefly explained the origins of Li Di and the others to the big fellow Wuchang beside him, he continued:

"Uncle, please make arrangements for me first, take the guests to drink and rest, I still have something to report to the general..."

Geng He explained the arrangements for Emperor Li, and without waiting for his new brother-in-law to reply, he quickly turned around and climbed out of the dry water cellar to report the news to Geng Gong, the guard guarding Shule City.

Li Di and others who were left behind were taken out of the dry water cellar by his cheap brother-in-law. Wait for someone to run around.

Climbing out of the dry water cellar at the exit of the secret passage, and having personally experienced a secret passage that never allowed him to stand up straight and feel aggrieved, Emperor Li, who entered an ancient city, was very sure that even if the Huns discovered this Shule City Secret way, they have nothing to do with this secret way.

It is even more impossible to send a large number of soldiers to sneak into Shule City to carry out a sneak attack through this secret passage.

If there was any stupid and bold leader of the Xiongnu who dared to send people into this secret passage to attack Shule City, it would be no different from asking his men to line up to deliver food.

When the Huns come out of the secret passage one by one, waiting for them will be the big men standing on both sides of the exit of the secret passage, holding high the ring-shouldered knife, facing the neck of the Huns protruding from the secret passage, chopping melons and vegetables Border guards.

On the surface of the dry water cellar is a deserted three-entry small courtyard. In addition to a group of big Han frontier guards at the bottom of the dry water cellar, there are also many big Han frontier guards stationed in the three-entry small courtyard.

Li Di and the others were arranged by the big man border guard corporal to take them to another private house and courtyard where the conditions were not much better than that deserted small courtyard to rest.

(End of this chapter)