"Do you want to disobey?" Huang Zhong glared at the military marquis who insisted on going to fight and said, "Do you don't listen to the general order of this lieutenant?"

When the Junhou saw Huang Zhonghuo, he obediently closed his mouth. He leaned against the chassis and looked at the Xiliang soldiers under the city, and felt a pity in his heart, thinking that if the captain agreed to go to war, he would definitely kill these bandits without leaving any armor.

Seeing Junhou's depressed look, Huang Zhong walked to him and said to him: "To be honest, this lieutenant also wants to lead troops out of the city to kill. However, the lord repeatedly reminded him that although Li Jue and Guo Si were mediocre in martial arts, they had a counselor under them. It was really true that if he went to fight rashly, he would fall into his tricks by accident, so we could only stick to it."

"Captain," said Junhou with a bitter face: "The food and grass in the city can last for up to five days. If we do not repel the Li Guo bandits, once the food is exhausted, we will have to withdraw from Hangu Pass. Thinking of coming here thousands of miles away, but in the end, we will go back in a hurry before we achieve success. I am really unwilling to accept it."

In fact, not only the military marquis thought so, but the group of soldiers around him also thought the same. They all agreed: "Captain, we mobilized troops to such a distance, but we retreated to Jizhou without a fight. When others said that, we were also disgraced."

Although Huang Zhong felt that he would withdraw his troops and return to Jizhou without fighting. If others talked about it, he would be a little dazed. But he remembered what Han Zhan said in his heart. In order to ensure that the Saint-Gao could arrive in Jizhou smoothly, he had to stay in Hangu Pass for more than five days. Because he didn't say anything, he just turned around and left.

After getting off the city tower, he couldn't wait to arrive at the guard general's mansion and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, there are bandits fighting outside the city. I wonder if I can meet the enemy?"

Han Zhan looked up at Huang Zhong and said strangely: "Hansheng, did I tell you that the bandits are powerful and we must stay away from the door. After the Holy Lord left, we will abandon the city and leave."

"But lord, the last general heard that the surplus food in the city was insufficient, so he could only support it for about five days." Although Han Zhan said he did not plan to go to war, Huang Zhong still said unwillingly: "It is better to compete with the two thieves Li and Guo before abandoning the pass."

Han Zhan thought about Huang Zhong's statement, and then said: "Hansheng, we stayed here to ensure that Ju Jianjun and others could safely escort the Shenggui back to Jizhou. If they go out rashly, once they fall into Jia Xu's plan, Hangu Pass will fall into the hands of the two thieves Li Guo, and they can send troops to pursue the Shenggui..."

Although Han Zhan stopped halfway through his words, Huang Zhong knew very well that his lord had no idea of ​​going to fight at all, so he could only leave the conference hall nod.

Seeing Huang Zhong so uneasy, Han Zhan suddenly felt a little uneasy. He stood up and went out of the conference hall, ordered Luo Bu to prepare horses and go to Ximen with him to take a look.

When Han Zhan climbed the city gate tower, the soldiers guarding him saluted him one after another. The military marquis who encouraged Huang Zhong to fight was also there. Seeing Han Zhan waving with the soldiers, he walked over and plucked his courage and said, "Lord, there are bandits outside the city calling for war. Please let your subordinates fight. You must..."

Before he could finish his words, Han Zhan raised his hand to stop him. Han Zhan smiled and said, "This military marquis, do you really think there are only dozens of Xiliang soldiers under the city?"

When Junhou heard Han Zhan say this, he was stunned and asked, "Do they still have ambush? But no, my subordinates carefully checked around, and the rest of the bandits were staying in the camp."

"If all the bandits stayed in the camp, would Li and Guo send these dozens of soldiers out to die?" Han Zhan pointed to the hills on both sides and said to everyone: "Behind the hills on both sides, there is a faint murderous aura. If this marquis expected, the bandits must have ambushed behind the hills."

Han Zhan's words made the soldiers half-believing and half-doubted. But when they thought that the other party was their lord, even if they said it wrong, everyone seemed to be "so that's it", but they were wondering why this lord suddenly became so timid.

Just as Han Zhan turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly heard a soldier shouting, "Look, the bandits who called the formation are gone." Han Zhan turned his head and saw the Xiliang soldiers who were calling out outside the city dragging their weapons and walking back swayingly.

Junhou suddenly punched the pile and said in annoyance: "What a pity, what a pity!"

Seeing this reaction from Junhou, Han Zhan was not in a hurry to leave. He stopped and said to Junhou: "This Junhou, I will make a bet with you. If the Xiliang soldiers who were calling back to the camp will have a stick of incense and have not yet come out of the hills, I will admit defeat. If there are bandits calling for the battle tomorrow, I will allow you to fight."

"That's great, it's great." Junhou was overjoyed when he heard Han Zhan say this. Then he lay down at the trunk, staring at the direction of the hill with wide eyes to see if there were any ambushes.

"Let's go," Han Zhan saw that Junhou was a little too happy, so he asked: "If this Hou lost, he agreed to you to play; but what if you lost?"

Junhou scratched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment: "If my subordinate loses, I am willing to obey the lord's order. The lord's order is to go east, and I will never go west."

The Xiliang soldiers had just returned to the camp. A team of people suddenly appeared behind the hills on the north side, heading towards the camp in the distance along the official road. Seeing this, Junhou could not help but burst into a cold sweat and said inwardly: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous." Because not only did he want to go out of the battle just now, he even encouraged Huang Zhong to go out of the battle. If Huang Zhong really ordered his troops out of the city and attacked the Xiliang soldiers who were scolding, he would be trapped in the siege of the bandits.

It happened that at this time, Huang Zhong heard that Han Zhan had come to the West Gate Tower and also came to meet him. He happened to see the ambush coming out from behind the hill, and he secretly called luck in his heart, thinking that his lord was determined to refuse to fight, otherwise he would have hit the bandits' plan.

Han Zhan turned around and saw Huang Zhong standing not far away, he waved to him and said to everyone on the city wall: "We only need to stay in the city for a few days, and after the Holy Lord left, we can abandon the pass and leave. Since this marquis has brought you out of Jizhou, we will take them all back one by one."

After Ju Su and others left Hangu Pass, they would send messengers to report to Han Zhan every day, saying that the carriage had reached somewhere or something. Han Zhan felt less at ease after reading Ju Su's letter. According to the original plan, the carriage could walk at least seventy or eighty miles a day, and he blocked Li and Guo and the others for five days at Hangu Pass. Then the carriage was hundreds of miles away. Even if Li and Guo occupied Hangu Pass and sent troops to chase him, it would be too late. But now they can only walk fifty miles a day, which means that if they want to wait for them to reach a safe distance, it would take another two or three days.

Thinking of this, he ordered Rob to invite Huang Zhong and discussed with him: "Hansheng, I plan to send troops to rob the camp at night. I wonder if you can take on this important task?"

Seeing that Han Zhan made up his mind to hold on, Huang Zhong had already given up his plan to fight. He heard Han Zhan say this, and then asked back: "Lord, you have been unwilling to fight two days ago. Why did you attack today? Could it be that something happened?"

Han Zhan nodded and frowned and said, "Their march was too slow. They only walked a hundred miles in three days. In other words, we must stay at Hangu Pass for two more days than originally planned to be able to abandon the pass. I plan to send you to the camp tonight, without asking for the number of enemies to kill, just put Li Guo's army in chaos. In this way, when we abandon the pass, they dare not come to the pass for at least one or two days to call for war."

Huang Zhong thought that there were only three thousand cavalry in the city, and Han Zhan asked him to rob the camp, and he would definitely not hand over all the troops to his command, so he asked carefully: "I wonder how many troops can the lord give Huang?"

Han Zhan stretched out a finger and said, "There are limited troops in the pass, and I can only give you a thousand cavalry."

"One thousand is one thousand," Huang Zhong didn't expect to take all his troops away anyway. Anyway, he was going to sneak attack tonight, not forcing him to attack. If there were too many troops, he would easily reveal his whereabouts. Therefore, he agreed readily: "The last general will definitely live up to the lord's trust and will kill the two thieves Li Guo and the other thieves who are so brave."

That night, Huang Zhong led a thousand cavalry, picked bells, and held people, and quietly approached Li Guo's army's camp. After they drove away the antlers outside the village, they rushed into the camp with loud shouts. Huang Zhong led a thousand cavalry to rush left and right in the camp, not only killing the Xiliang soldiers who rushed out of the tent, but also setting fires everywhere, causing Li Guo's camp to fall into panic.

Standing on the city tower watching the battle, Han Zhan couldn't help feeling regretful in his heart when he looked at the fire in the camp in the distance. If he had more than 10,000 troops in his hands, he would definitely defeat Li Guo's army tonight. Unfortunately, only Huang Zhong's robbery was 1,000 troops. Even if Li Guo's camp was in chaos, the Xiliang soldiers that could kill were very limited.

Huang Zhong led the cavalry to rush in the camp for more than half an hour. As Li Guo and others recovered and gathered troops to fight, he turned around and returned to Hangu Pass. After Huang Zhong's robbery camp left, Li Jue and Guo Si sent people to count the troops, and about 5,000 people were killed or injured.

When Han Zhan saw Huang Zhong leading his troops back, he quickly ordered people to open the city gate and lay the suspension bridge, and welcome Huang Zhong and others into Hangu Pass. Seeing Han Zhan greeting him at the city gate, Huang Zhong hurriedly turned over and dismounted, holding his fists and saluted: "The last general will meet the lord! The last general will be lucky enough to be unfair, and will disrupt the camp of the two thieves Li and Guo."

Han Zhan looked at the soldiers behind Huang Zhong and asked, "I wonder how the soldiers were injured or killed?" Huang Zhong quickly ordered people to count the people who robbed the camp, but now only dozens of people were lost and more than a hundred people were injured.

After Li and Guo were robbed by Han Zhan, they were afraid that the other party would come again, so they hurriedly retreated ten miles to the camp. In this way, the Hangu Pass became deserted and did not send any troops to challenge him for five consecutive days.

Although Li and Guo did not send troops to harass him again, something that caused Han Zhan to be troubled again, and the food and grass in the pass were almost exhausted. The three thousand defenders in the pass were all cavalry, and they could still hold on if they didn’t eat for a day or two; but the war horses had no fodder, how could they charge into the battle?

Therefore, after discussing with Huang Zhong, Han Zhan and Huang Zhong, decided to withdraw from Hangu Pass overnight to chase Emperor Xian of Han.

That night, they quietly opened the east gate, and three thousand cavalrymen came out one after another, following the official road to chase the large group of troops led by Ju Su.

Jia Xu, who was escorting the food and grass, was shocked when he saw Li Jue, Guo Si and others' camp, and then retreated for ten miles. After asking about the situation, he couldn't help but stamp his feet and said, "Oh no, the Han family's children want to escape."

"Want to escape?" When Li Jue heard Jia Xu say this, he was stunned and asked in confusion: "Now the Holy Lord is in Hangu Pass, where is he running?"

At this time, Guo Si also came back to his senses and said to Li Jue: "Zhiran, we were trapped. There were only a thousand soldiers and horses that day. There were only five thousand defenders in Hangu Pass. If the troops were still in the city, they would have gone out of the city to fight. You must know that with Lu Bu's courage and Ju Su's strategy, even if we have the help of Military Commander Jia, we would not be able to get it."

"That's right, right," Li Jue was not a fool at this point. After being reminded by Jia Xu and Guo Si, he immediately realized that he had fallen into Han Zhan's plan and quickly ordered someone: "Come on, beat the drum and raise the tent."

An hour later, Li Guo's army came outside Hangu Pass. Jia Xu pointed to the top of the city and said to the two: "Please look, two generals. Although there are flags on the top of the city, there is no guard at all, which is clearly an empty pass."

After hearing this, Li Jue was furious and quickly ordered his soldiers to carry bamboo ladders to climb the city. The soldiers came to the city wall tremblingly, set up bamboo ladders, and climbed up step by step, fearing that several huge rocks would fall. But until they climbed into the marquee, they did not see anyone shooting arrows or throwing wooden rocks.

The soldiers who had climbed the city wall searched around and saw that there were no defenders, so they quickly put down the suspension bridge, opened the city gate, and let Li Guo's army enter the city.

Shortly after seeing his soldiers climbing the city wall, they opened the city gate and put down the suspension bridge. Even if Li Jue was a fool, he knew that Hangu Pass was empty now, so he shouted: "I'm so angry." Then he rode his horse and rushed towards the open door.

After the army entered the pass and searched everywhere, no one appeared. Jia Xu said to the two: "If the two generals rescued the Holy Chariot, it would be better to send a cavalry to pursue it immediately. If Jia expected it was good, he would go day and night and go around in just one or two days to catch up with the Holy Chariot. The Han family's children were alone outside and would definitely not be able to stop our Xiliang Iron Cavalry."

Li Jue looked at Guo Si and said, "I will lead 20,000 cavalry to chase the Holy Chariot. You and Junshi Jia stay in the pass. After the matter here is handled, we will lead the troops to meet with me."
Chapter completed!