"They are still dispatching troops?" When Guan Ping came to Hulao Pass, it was already April. Scouts from both sides would confront each other every day, and there were also people who died in battle, but not many of them were tentatively intercepting them. Guan Ping had been trying every means to consolidate the defense around Luoyang during this period. After all, if it comes to military strength, the Han Dynasty must be at a disadvantage.

Liu Yi left Zhou Huai in Luoyang in order to make the defense in Luoyang in time.

"No," Zhou Cang came to Guan Ping and nodded, "But Xu Huang didn't seem to have the intention to send troops."

Now that Guan Yu is promoted to general, he is worried that Guan Ping will not be able to stabilize the situation alone, so he stayed Zhou Cang to assist Guan Ping. After staying with Guan Yu for so many years, Zhou Cang is still fine with his basic military command. After all, Guan Yu is old and Zhou Cang is no longer young. Guan Yu can't bear to continue to be a brave general, so he transferred Zhou Cang to Guan Ping and promoted to Yueqi Captain.

Guan Ping came to the city silently. Looking around, the terrain in front of Hulao Pass was in his eyes. It was more than 70 miles away from Xingyang, so he naturally couldn't see it. But he also realized that Xu Huang might not really want to fight, or the Wei army's target was not Heluo, but even so, Guan Ping could not take it lightly. In Liu Yi's words, even if there is one thousandth of the possibility, he had to make 300% preparations.

This is also the reason why Guan Ping rarely makes mistakes in the war. He knew that he did not have the talent of his father. No matter what kind of troops he had, he could exert his combat power in Guan Yu's hands. Including sailors he had never met before, Guan Yu could still lead the war with him, and he was not inferior to those generals with many years of experience in water warfare.

If you don’t have enough talent, come and make it up carefully. On the battlefield, if you don’t lose, you will win. Of course, Guan Ping still doesn’t understand this sentence very thoroughly.

"Is there any news about Sikong recently?" Thinking of this, Guan Ping suddenly became curious. Liu Yi was also the governor of Xiliang this time, and he was also dealing with the Huns. He didn't know what actions would Liu Yi take to deal with such an opponent?

"I heard from Yuan Jian that Sikong built more than 30 camps and hundreds of high platforms along the river along the river. At the same time, a large number of farms and pastures were built west of Lian County, with only one in a radius of more than ten miles. He organized hand-farming or grazing. He was not very clear about the others. I heard that there were other actions." Zhou Cang thought for a while and said, "I heard that Lian County has been very good recently, but I don't know if it is true."

"The place where Sikong is there is naturally not too bad." Guan Ping couldn't help but smile. He was running around for a while and didn't know much about the news from the court. However, this is indeed like Liu Yi's style. It is unlikely to attack Hetao, but it is not easy for the Huns to cross the river to fight: "If you have the chance, I want to go and have a look."

Zhou Cang nodded, and he was also curious about what Liu Yi would make the northwest.

Just as they were about to leave, a loud arrow suddenly rose into the air on the mountain top in the distance. Guan Ping and Zhou Cang's eyes narrowed, which was a signal that an enemy was invading.

"Beware!" Guan Ping waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to prepare. At the same time, he took off the bamboo telescope that Liu Yi gave him from his waist and looked into the distance.

Along the river in the distance, a group of people were slowly moving towards this side. Looking from the telescope, there were not many people on the other side. Judging from Guan Ping's experience, there were only about three or five thousand people. Not to mention attacking Hulao Pass, it was impossible to touch the city wall.

Hulao Pass is surrounded by mountains, with the Yellow River flowing from the north on one side, and the cliffs on the other side. There is only such a large area where the enemy can attack.

In order to improve the defense of Hulao Pass, Liu Yi dug a corridor on the mountain wall, which was as long as a hundred steps, just like a right angle. If an enemy attacked, he would not only be attacked by bows and arrows from the city wall, but also attacked from the side from the corridor. Even shields might not be able to be blocked. Although Hulao Pass has not been rebuilt, Liu Yi was more at ease in terms of defense.

Not to mention three to five thousand people, even if the 30,000 troops want to eat the Hulao Pass, which has three to five thousand soldiers and horses, they will have to break a few teeth. Xu Huang had sent someone to investigate the defense of Hulao Pass before, so how could he bring three to five thousand people to come? What is the difference between this and seeking death?

Thirty Breaking Crossbows quickly filled the crossbow box, and a strong archer holding a strong bow quickly took his place. Three hundred crossbowmen walked onto the corridor with a crossbow machine in their arms, waiting for the enemy to enter the shooting range, and immediately fired thousands of arrows, leaving the Wei army without returning.

Xu Huang had experienced the advantages of the Han army's crossbows more than once before, so he did not get too close. He was still two hundred steps away from the city and two hundred steps away from the corridor. He rode out quickly and came to the city and said loudly: "Can General Guan Ping be there?"

Zhou Cang looked at Guan Ping, but Guan Ping did not answer, but looked at the Wei army's array carefully. The other party obviously had a good understanding of the Han army's crossbows and avoided possible attacks from the beginning.

Guan Ping looked towards the river channel. If Xu Huang had any tricks, he could only attack from the river channel. But does Cao's army have a naval army?

He had repeatedly confirmed that it was impossible for Cao's army to cross the river to attack. Zhou Huai set up 400 fixed stone-cattering platforms there. If Cao's army dared to cross the water and attack, these stone-cattering platforms alone might have lost more than half of the Cao army.

What exactly does Xu Huang want to do?

"Do you dare to ask General Guan Ping if he is here?" General Wei shouted, but no one answered. Instead, the cold arrow clusters on the top of the city pointed at him. He felt a little panicked and plucked up his courage to shout again.

"I am Guan Ping, what's the matter?" Guan Ping, who had not found any flaws, thought in his heart about what path the Wei army would go if he was determined to regain the land of Heluo, and asked loudly.

"My general Xu Huang is an old friend with General Yun Chang and has a friendship with fellow countrymen. I want to ask the general to leave the city for a lecture, and I hope the general will agree." The cavalry general said loudly.

See me?

Guan Ping frowned. He and Xu Huang had never met before. What did Xu Huang do when he saw him?

"What's the matter?" Guan Ping said vigilantly. This was a bit abnormal. Xu Huang suddenly came to reminisce about the past. What was his intention? And how did he know that he was in the Hulao Guanzhong?

Could it be that Xu Huang wants to capture himself alive?

Guan Ping remembered the fact that Liu Yi was asked to go out in a fishing town and was almost captured by Lu Meng alive. But does Xu Huang have the confidence to capture himself alive?

"Don't worry, General, my general is just to reminisce about the past!" the general shouted.

"Tell him, I'm not available." Guan Ping shook his head. If his father had been here, he might have agreed. After all, among the generals of Cao's camp, he had a good relationship with Guan Yu. One was Zhang Liao, who had passed away, and the other was Xu Huang. Maybe Guan Yu would really not be able to hide his face and agree, but Guan Ping would not. One was that he really couldn't think of anything to talk to Xu Huang, and the other, he was also worried about Xu Huang's tricks.

Lu Meng was an amazing person back then, what was the result? He was not trying to force the kidnapping, but was dragged back to the city by Liu Yi. Guan Ping didn't want to take advantage of the safety of the entire Heluo land because of an inexplicable invitation.

Seeing that Guan Ping refused, the cavalry general had to turn his horse's head and return to the army.

"General, Guan Ping refused to leave the city." The cavalryman came to Xu Huang and bowed.

"What a pity." Xu Huang's face showed regret and took out a small hand crossbow from his arms. This crossbow was a weapon recently developed by craftsmen of the Wei Dynasty. Within fifteen steps, it was powerful and could at least penetrate the armor of the Han army. A groove was opened on the arrow. It was a killing weapon developed by Cao Cao when he was still alive. It was also covered with poison. As long as he was shot, he would definitely die.

He originally wanted to lure Guan Ping out in this way and then shoot him to kill him. Once Guan Ping died, Heluo would be in chaos. His own troops could turn the weak into the real, and directly take advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang and regain the land of Heluo.

However, Guan Ping was different from Guan Yu and did not agree, which made Xu Huang, who had made a lot of mental preparations, a little disappointed. If Guan Yu were here, he would definitely come out to meet him without hesitation?

But if he faces Guan Yu, he may not be able to do it.

"General, what should I do?" asked the cavalry general.

"Retreat first!" Xu Huang looked at the corridor in the distance, and the three hundred crossbowmen were staring at it. It is probably more difficult to break through Hulao Pass now than before. Xu Huang has never seen such a defensive system in his life. If it is a head-on attack, it will be difficult to break through.

His eyes finally stayed in the direction of the city head for a moment. Xu Huang decisively led his troops to withdraw. Today, we came to see if we could trick Guan Ping out and wait for an opportunity to shoot him. Another point was that he wanted to come to the city in person and feel how awesome the defense system after the reconstruction of Hulao Pass was.

Now it seems that what they can see when exposed outside makes Xu Huang feel even more difficult. He had sent someone to pretend to be a fisherman to go around the river, but before he was halfway through, he suddenly couldn't move and was later captured by the defenders of Hulao Pass.

Although I don’t know the specific reason, the river in that section must not be as simple as it seems!

The defense of Hulao Pass really makes people unable to start. Although this time it was a feint attack, based on the detailed rewards made by Wei Dynasty on the Han side, there was no obvious mobilization of troops from Guanzhong to Luoyang. So what is the significance of his own troops here?

Seeing that the attack time set by Sima Yi was almost here, and he was unable to restrain more Han troops as expected, Xu Huang wanted to try whether he could break through the Hulao Pass. If he could break through the Hulao, the situation would be different.

However, Guan Ping is not trapped, so Xu Huang can only retreat first and find another way, or find a way to detour Hedong and directly attack Mengjin from Hedong?

Upstairs of the enemy, Guan Ping watched the Wei army slowly retreat. It was really hard to chase without cavalry at this distance. Zhou Cang, who was standing beside him, looked at Guan Ping in confusion: "Why did Xu Huang come from?"
Chapter completed!