books44 Chapter 302 Yang Sui's Story
Chapter 302 Yang Sui's Story
Between the two mountains there was thick white clouds, which merged with the clouds on the distant mountain tops, rolling and vast, with no one knowing how thick and deep they were.
Arriving at a slightly wider depression, Zuo Heng ordered the entire camp to stop and rest, saying, "Although we can see Humu Pass, it still takes two hours to get there, and the road is not easy to walk on, so it's almost the same whether you walk or ride a horse. Zhou Zhongjun didn't tell us the purpose of our visit, he only said that the commander guarding the pass is Yang Zhongjun, and asked us to listen to his detailed arrangements after we arrive at the pass."
Yang Sui said, "Why don't I take two people there first and ask him how to make arrangements, and then come back to inform Zuoying. It's a good opportunity for everyone to rest here for a while."
Zuo Heng thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yang, it would be best if you went over there. You two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. This is a good opportunity to have a good chat." Chu Xiaomu thought, it turns out that Yang Yingguan and Yang Luo, the commander of the Beicheng Army, are brothers. No wonder they look so similar. However, judging from his facial features, Yang Sui should be older. How come Yang Luo has become one of the five commanders, but his elder brother is still a small battalion officer?
Yang Sui selected two soldiers with light legs to walk with him, and left his mount behind, taking the opportunity to drink water and eat grass.
Chu Xiaomu looked at the vast white fog under his feet, and at the Humu Pass built on the almost vertical cliff on the opposite side of the mountain, thinking that such a dangerous place would be difficult to capture unless the Claw Clan assassins attacked suddenly. However, the cavalry of Bicheng had no advantage in such a place, so why not take advantage of the cavalry to choose a place to defend, instead of defending such a dangerous pass that was not convenient for them?
After Yang Sui left, the soldiers were not idle either. After eating some dry food, they began to feed the horses.
After Chu Xiaomu fed his mount, he took out the hay and fed Qisheng. Qisheng was very well behaved, snuggling beside Chu Xiaomu, chewing the hay carefully, making a slurping sound. Chu Xiaomu gently turned Qisheng's hair over, and saw that there was a lot of gold mixed in with the black hair. He had never heard of this kind of horse changing its coat color as it grew up, let alone seen it, and thought that this might be one of the reasons why Chenghuang was different from ordinary horses.
It seemed that it got dark faster in the mountains than on the grasslands. It was already pitch black here when there should have been bright afterglow. Zuo Heng paced back and forth, constantly looking in the direction where Yang Sui and the others were coming back, looking very anxious and worried.
None of the soldiers spoke loudly. Seeing the camp officer pacing anxiously, everyone felt uneasy. They thought that the Claw Tribe might attack Hubu Pass again at any time. What if it happened now? What should they do?
It was not until midnight that they finally saw a fire in the direction they came from. After a closer look, they saw that it was exactly three o'clock. Zuo Heng asked loudly, "Is that Brother Yang?"
The man replied, "I am Yang Sui. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Most of the 400 people in Nan Dui Camp were still awake. They felt relieved when they heard Yang Sui's response. People like Zhang Hou who were very sleepy fell asleep immediately after they relaxed.
Zuo Heng happily took Yang Sui to the fire and asked, "What did General Yang say?"
Yang Sui said, "He said he had received a message from the general via eagle. The Claw tribe had just been defeated and would not dare to attack our Green City again. However, we cannot relax our vigilance. Our main task now is to act as scouts and keep an eye on their movements. We must not let the Claw tribe's assassins get close to Humu Pass again."
Zuo Heng said: "It would be best to deploy sentries on the Chui Ke Road. As long as the Claw Tribe assassins approach, we can notify the soldiers guarding the pass in advance to prevent the Claw Tribe from launching a sneak attack."
Yang Sui said, "My third brother and you share the same idea, Zuoying, but it's a pity that this method doesn't work."
Zuo Heng was very puzzled and asked, "Why is that?"
Yang Sui said, "He arranged several teams to cross the Humu Pass five or six days ago and secretly stood guard on both sides of Chuike Road. It was fine at first, but it didn't take long for them to be discovered by the beast spirits."
Everyone who was listening was shocked and asked, "What kind of animal spirit discovered him? What happened next?"
Yang Sui said, "My third brother said there are several kinds of beast spirits, one of which is a red-haired ape. Cangmuguo spoke clearly and fiercely, telling our people to retreat to Humu Pass as soon as possible and not to cross the pass again, otherwise they will not be polite."
Everyone held their breath and listened to him quietly.
"Of course our soldiers refused, saying that this time they passed through Humu Pass and entered Chuike Road not to invade Beast Mountain, but to deal with the evil Claw Clan in the south. And they would only use this road for a period of time and would not continue all the way here."
"That red-haired ape didn't listen to our soldiers' explanations, and just kept telling our Green City soldiers to get out of the Beast Mountain, saying something about the Green Wilderness... The general had an agreement with their Ten Thousand Beast Kings that, except for ordinary people, our city soldiers are not allowed to cross the Tiger Mu Pass, and the beast spirits of their Beast Mountain will never leave the mountain."
"Later, when they got anxious, our soldiers started to scold them, saying that everyone from the King of Ten Thousand Beasts down in Beast Mountain was a bunch of hypocritical evil spirits. You didn't allow our Green City soldiers to enter Beast Mountain, but why did you let the Claw Clan's assassins walk along the Chuike Road all the way to the Humu Pass? You are a traitor, you are so shameless!"
Zuo Heng said: "You scolded me well and you were right! I have always wondered why the Claw Clan's thorn disciples could easily walk all the way to the Tiger Dusk Pass and attack us by surprise. It turns out that the King of Beasts didn't care about this at all!"
"But Zuoying, do you know what the red-haired ape beast spirit said?"
"How did he say?"
"He actually said that this is their business in Beast Mountain. Chuikelu can let whoever they want to leave go, and won't let whoever they don't want to leave go. There's no need for our little brats from Bicheng to make a fuss here!"
Zuo Heng said angrily, "This is outrageous! No matter what, Beast Mountain belongs to the same Cangmu Country as us. Everyone knows that they don't have a good relationship with Bicheng. It's understandable that they don't help Bicheng. But they help the evil followers of the Claw Clan of the Sand Country. This... this... is really outrageous!"
Yang Sui said, "My third brother told me that our soldiers cursed the beast spirit in much the same way. The two sides had a disagreement and started fighting..."
Everyone asked hurriedly: "Which side won?"
Yang Sui's face looked a little ugly, and he said, "I heard that although the red-haired ape was unarmed, it was very skilled, flying around like a strange bird with arms. The two sergeants leading the team had already activated their Force, and their martial arts were not weak, but they couldn't last more than ten rounds under the red-haired ape. Soon, more than a dozen soldiers were knocked down by the three beast spirits... Fortunately, they didn't want to kill anyone..."