Huang Zhong received the reward of the horse exploration. Knowing that Han Zhan's personal companion Luo Bu was recovering from a small town more than 20 miles away, he called a cavalry supervisor and ordered him to stay in the camp. He took two hundred cavalrymen and followed the horses who were sending the letter to the town without stopping.

When Huang Zhong rushed to the inn in the town, the boss was standing in the corridor not far from Bagu's room, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. After seeing the sergeant entering Bagu's room, he didn't come out for a long time, and sent someone out to report the news. If he hadn't seen the fierce soldier standing at the door, he would have entered the room and begged Bagu to leave and pay for the money, hoping that the other party would not cause unnecessary trouble for himself.

Hearing the rapid sound of horse hooves on the street outside, he stopped outside his inn, and the boss complained even more, secretly saying that the trouble had come, and the disaster had come. There was a fight outside, and he heard something from the guests who stayed in. He was worried that the enemy soldiers would come as soon as the front and front, and the two sides would start a big battle in the town. Not to mention that their inn could not be saved, they might even have their lives to be taken.

Suddenly, he heard heavy footsteps coming from the entrance of the stairs, and it seemed that a group of people were walking upstairs. The boss turned his head and looked at him and saw a middle-aged general, surrounded by seven or eight soldiers, climbing up the stairs and walking towards him.

When the boss was hesitating whether he should come forward to see the salute, he saw the soldier guarding the door rushing to the person kneeling down on one knee and bowing with his fists: "See Captain Huang!"

When the boss saw a man called Huang Zhengwei, he held his left hand on the hilt of his waist and put his right hand on his hip. When he swept his eyes towards him, he hurriedly crawled on the ground and said, "Small, please see the general!"

When Huang Zhong heard the boss call him a general, he guessed that the other party must have been frightened, so he hurriedly possessed himself to support him and said, "No need to be polite, please get up quickly!" After the boss got up, Huang Zhong winked at a soldier following behind, and then continued to walk forward and walked into the room where Bagu lived.

The sergeant walked around the house with his hands behind his back. When he saw Huang Zhong coming in, he quickly knelt on one knee and saluted: "I am the one who is in charge of the Captain Huang!"

"No need to be polite!" Huang Zhong waved his hand at him and asked impatiently: "Where is Rob?"

"General, here." Before the sergeant could speak, the eighth aunt who was kneeling beside the couch was already surprised and said in surprise: "His eyelids are moving, and he may be awake!"

Huang Zhong quickly walked to the couch and squatted down, staring at Rob on the couch intently, and found that it was really like what the eight aunt said. Rob's eyelids were moving, and it seemed that he would open his eyes the next moment. Seeing this, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and quickly shouted: "Rob, wake up! Rob, wake up!..."

Amid Huang Zhong's shouting, Rob finally opened his eyes with difficulty. He tried his best to see who was squatting in front of him. He tried hard to squeeze out a smile on his face, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "Huang...Capital Huang, you... are here!"

Seeing Rob woke up, Huang Zhong felt relieved, and then asked nervously: "Rob, what happened? Where is the lord now?"

"I...we are...on the road, we are...intercepted by thieves...thieves." Rob, who was weak, said in a angrily manner: "I led a few brothers to kill them to death... to kill a blood...the bloody road, cover the lord...the lord ran south...the south..."

"This general," Seeing the dying Luo B, the eighth aunt was worried that he would not be able to catch it at any time, so she quickly reminded Huang Zhong in a low voice: "Ruo Junye is too weak and he is afraid he can't speak for a long time. You should let him rest more."

Only then did Huang Zhong notice the eighth aunt who was kneeling beside the couch, and couldn't help looking at her and asked curiously: "Who are you?"

"Reply to the general," Bagu heard Huang Zhong's question and quickly replied respectfully: "I am called Bagu, who is the madam in the Huahun Pavilion in Sheguo County. I met the injured Luo Junye on the road and rescued him here."

Although Huang Zhong and Ba Gu had never met, when he heard the other party mentioning Sheguo County, he knew that this person must have recognized Han Zhan and Luo Bu's people. In addition, she saved Luo Bu's life not long ago. He quickly stood up and bowed to the other party with his fists: "Snatch this lady and help you for justice. Huang thanks you on behalf of my lord!"

"What are the general saying?" Seeing Huang Zhong so polite to him, the eighth aunt said with a smile: "Don't say that I and Mr. Luo are old acquaintances. Even if I have been a simple person for life, I will not be able to save you."

Huang Zhong exchanged a few more greetings with Bagu, and when he couldn't ask anything from here, he thanked him, got up and walked to the door. Seeing the boss standing respectfully in the corridor, he quickly waved to him and signaled him to come.

When the boss saw Huang Zhong standing at the door, he guessed that something important must be happening, he quickly walked over, nodded and asked, "General, do you know what instructions?"

"I'll ask you," Huang Zhong asked the boss politely: "From here to the south, is there any city?"

The boss thought about it and then replied: "There is a pass called Arc destiny, also known as Hulao Pass. It was one of the eight passes set up by the late emperor to resist the Yellow Turban thieves. It was an important pass to guard the East Gate of Luoyang, and the terrain was dangerous..."

After hearing the boss' introduction, Huang Zhong's cold sweat came down. He thought that his troops were guarding Hangu Pass, leaving Li and Guo Si's tens of thousands of troops helpless. Now Han Zhan only led a few people, and it was harder to pass this pass than climbing the sky. Thinking of this, he thanked the inn owner and ordered a Du Bo to lead a hundred cavalry to stay. He hurried back to the barracks with the remaining people, preparing to lead troops to find Han Zhan.

The cavalry commander who stayed in the camp saw Huang Zhong and rushed back in a hurry, he asked: "Person Huang, how about it? Is there any whereabouts of the lord?"

Huang Zhong said with a serious expression: "Robu is too seriously injured and is not very clear. He can't tell where his lord is. He only knows to go south. I heard from the locals that Arc destiny is in that direction."

The cavalry governor is from Chenliu County and is quite familiar with the terrain here. When he heard that Han Zhan was heading south, he was shocked: "What, the lord went south?! Didn't that fall into the trap?"

"What are you talking nonsense?" Huang Zhong, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but shout when he heard the cavalry governor say this: "The lord will never be in trouble. Summon people immediately. I will rush to pick up the lord as soon as possible."

"Captain, wait!" Although the cavalry commander was scolded, he persuaded him after hearing the order issued by Huang Zhong: "According to the horse probing, the bandit Yang Feng's troops set up camp twenty miles southwest of our army. If our entire army goes to Hulao Pass to rescue the lord, Yang Feng sends troops to kill from behind and cut off our army's retreat, then he will be in a desperate situation because he is attacked from both sides."

Huang Zhong frowned and thought about the statement of the cavalry commander, thinking that what the other party said was somewhat reasonable. He had only two thousand people left under his command. If the retreat was really cut off, there would be a danger of the entire army being destroyed. It seems that to go to save the lord, the troops in the southwest must be dealt with first.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhong asked the cavalry commander: "What good way can you do?"

"Night attack!" After the cavalry commander expressed his thoughts, he was afraid that Huang Zhong would disagree and made further explanation: "The bandits are all infantry. Even if our camp cannot succeed, they can escape far away. They cannot catch up. As long as we defeat this bandit, we can go south with confidence and boldness to look for the lord."

The words of the cavalry governor made Huang Zhong think seriously. He was considering whether he should defeat Yang Feng's troops through night attacks as suggested by his subordinates, and then lead his troops to rescue Han Zhan.

Seeing that Huang Zhong was not speaking for a long time, the cavalry commander guessed that the other party was considering his suggestion, he quickly said carefully: "Person Huang, I have another sentence under him. I don't know whether to say it or not!"

"What should I say or not?" Huang Zhong saw that the cavalry commander was a little hesitant and said unhappy: "You can say whatever you think. Even if you say it wrong, I will not blame you."

"Prince Huang," the cavalry commander looked around and saw that no one could hear the conversation between them. But for the sake of safety, he lowered his voice and said, "The lord's trip to Hulao Pass is just our guess. If we don't eliminate the thief army like Yang Feng first, we will rush to Hulao Pass regardless of it. If we don't find the lord and are trapped by the thief soldiers, we will be in danger because of being isolated and helpless."

If the words before the cavalry governor were just aroused Huang Zhong's heart. The words just now mentioned the problems Huang Zhong was worried about. Therefore, Huang Zhong made a decisive decision: "Call the horses who came to the provost near the bandit camp, and I want to ask about the situation of the bandit camp."

Hearing Huang Zhong say this, the captain immediately understood that Huang Zhong followed his advice and planned to lead his troops to attack Yang Feng's camp. He quickly agreed excitedly and turned to look for the horse.

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Just when Huang Zhong and others were worried about Han Zhan's safety, Han Zhan was now carrying eighteen cavalrymen in the mountains. Since the snow on the mountain had not melted yet, he could not find anything to eat. Whether it was Han Zhan or the cavalry, they were all trapped and exhausted.

Seeing that the road ahead was rugged and difficult, the Qin team suggested to Han Zhan: "Lord, brothers are all tired and hungry, so let's find a place to rest first."

"Okay." Han Zhan saw that the road was difficult to move forward and knew that he could not bear it. Not only could the troops not stand it, but there might be some danger. He agreed to the Qin team leader's suggestion and said to him: "After we settle down, you send two soldiers to the nearby area to find out if there is someone else and find some food for everyone to come back."

"Subordinates obey the order."

Everyone came to a cliff that sheltered from the wind. Seeing that the environment here was pretty good, Han Zhan ordered everyone to get off the horse and rest. After Qin led Han Zhan to a corner, he began to issue orders to his subordinates. He called two strong knights and said to them: "You continue on the road along the mountain road to see if there are any villages nearby. If so, remember to find some food to come back." When he said this, he quickly glanced at Han Zhan, "The lord is already hungry."

The remaining people sat around the newly raised fire, quietly waiting for the brothers who were inquiring about the news to return. After waiting for more than half an hour, the rider who was exploring the way did not come back. The sergeant who was watching nearby brought a mountain citizen in first.

Han Zhan saw that this was an elderly man wearing a coarse cloth clothes, wearing a fox vest on his upper body, and carrying a bow and arrow in his hand. From his outfit, Han Zhan judged that this was a hunter and asked the other party politely: "Brother-in-law, I and my subordinates are lost in this mountain. I wonder if I can guide us on the road?"

The hunter narrowed his eyes and looked Han Zhan carefully, but did not speak. The Qin team on the side saw that the hunter did not speak, and he was a little anxious: "Old man, why don't you answer my lord talk to you?"

After hearing the words of Team Qin, the hunter just smiled faintly and said, "This general, if the old man is right, you must have been chased and fled here?"

Team Qin was startled by the hunter's words, and instinctively put his hand on the hilt of the knife, ready to draw the knife at any time. But Han Zhan put his hand on his arm to stop his actions. Han Zhan smiled and said to the hunter, "You have a good look. I'll tell you, we have indeed escaped here. I wonder if your father can tell us where is this?"

The hunter pointed to the north and said, "If you want to go out of the mountain, unless you walk twenty miles north, there is a pass there. If you can pass through the pass successfully, you can escape safely."

Han Zhan looked at the direction the hunter pointed and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, I don't know what pass there is, and whose soldiers are guarding it?"

"Arc Pass." The hunter said lightly: "The troops guarding the pass belong to the court. Whether they can let you go depends on your personal luck."

"Arc Pass?" Han Zhan was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat when he heard this place name: "Brother-in-law, what you are talking about is Hulao Pass?"

When the hunter heard Han Zhan’s question, he thought for a while, then nodded and replied: “The little old man seems to have heard of this. It seems that there is another name for Arc detention, which is Hulao Pass.”

Han Zhan naturally knew very well that the soldiers guarding Hulao Pass were all loyal to Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo was dead, if he rashly went through the pass, it was still unknown whether the other party could pass the pass. This was due to this consideration, so he asked the hunter cautiously: "Old man, don't you know that there are other roads besides this road that can be left here?"

"It's hard!" the hunter sighed and said, "If it's summer, there are wild animals in the mountains to hunt and wild fruits to satisfy your hunger. But at this time, there are ice and snow everywhere and nothing can be found. It's harder to cross this mountain than climbing to the sky."
Chapter completed!