Fifty thousand Shatu people gathered in a dark crowd outside Baishi Pass, bustling with people. Each of them carried large and small bags, and there were many carriages and horses in the team. Most of these Shatu people were young and strong, with only a few old, young, women and children on the edge of the team, like embellishments and decorations, telling the story that this team came to Baishi Pass to seek refuge.
There were still quite a few Shatu people in the team who were carrying weapons. This was also what Yan Liqiang had agreed upon when he had negotiated with Nanigu and the others. Yan Liqiang allowed the Shatu people who entered the customs to have a certain degree of self-defense capability. The number of people who could carry weapons was limited to 10,000, no more...
Yan Liqiang squinted his eyes and looked at the people and horses below. Those Shatu people were hiding in the carriage, and they were saluting with things on their bodies. Under his spiritual eyes, nothing could escape his sight. Although these Shatu people were dressed in a mess, covered in dust, and almost no uniform clothes, Yan Liqiang still felt a strong aura from these people. Most of these Shatu people should be the elite among the seven Shatu tribes. Yan Liqiang, who had a good attainment in painting, could even distinguish the dust on the faces of those Shatu people, which ones were natural and which ones were deliberately smeared on by hand...
When Yan Liqiang was looking at the Shatu people below, a few of them also raised their heads to look at Yan Liqiang standing on the wall. When they found that Yan Liqiang was looking at them, they immediately lowered their heads...
Yan Liqiang showed a strange smile on his face. For some reason, looking at the Shatu people below, Yan Liqiang didn't feel nervous at all. What appeared in his mind at this moment were the rare scenes of watching concerts in his previous life. He remembered that when he entered the concert, it was also like this, with a dark crowd gathered at the entrance. At that time, he had just started working and was still earning an internship salary. Just because Lu Jiaying said she liked him, he took Lu Jiaying with him and used a month's salary to buy two VIP tickets close to the stage. Then when the concert started, he put one arm around Lu Jiaying to protect her, and followed the surging crowd, like a tide, pouring into the venue from the few entrances of the stadium...
Yan Liqiang still remembers that time, he watched Jacky Cheung’s concert. The inner field seats of 1980, which can accommodate more than 60,000 people, were almost full that night. Even when it rained later, no one left. He didn’t know whether the police caught the fugitive that night, but Lu Jiaying’s excitement that night and the kiss on his face during the concert made Yan Liqiang have the urge to make a vow of eternal love with that woman while listening to Jacky Cheung’s singing. At that time, he was real, and Lu Jiaying was also real, but later, when they were no longer young, and the things Lu Jiaying talked to him about were more and more related to topics such as a three-bedroom, two-living-room house, a good car, and brand-name bags and cosmetics for women, the gap between them became deeper and deeper...
"Sir... the people from the Seventh Division of Shatu are here..."
Hu Haihe's words brought Yan Liqiang back to reality from his previous memories. Yan Liqiang turned around and saw a Shatu man standing in front of him.
This Shatu man is already old. He hunches in front of him with a humble smile on his face. He looks like an uncle selling meat skewers on the street. Even among Shatu people, this man is short. Looking at such a person in front of him, who would be wary
"What's your name? Are Elder Nigu and the others going to let you lead the team into the customs this time?" Yan Liqiang glanced at the man lazily and asked.
"Your Excellency the Inspector, my name is Sura, and it was Elder Nigu who asked me to lead a team to seek refuge inside the pass!" The Shatu man looked very cautious, and when Yan Liqiang asked him questions, he looked at his feet, as if he didn't dare to look Yan Liqiang in the eye.
"You speak Chinese quite well. What did you do before?"
"I used to be a merchant and led a caravan, often bringing medicinal herbs to sell in the interior of the country!"
"Yeah!" Yan Liqiang nodded and stroked his chin with his hand. "I heard that Elder Nigu and his men are forty miles away with tens of thousands of troops. You guys are really mobilizing a lot of troops this time!"
"Sir, you are aware of the current situation on the Gulang Grassland. Without soldiers and horses to escort them, how can these 50,000 people dare to travel through the Gulang Grassland? If they encounter the Black Jie people, then they will be finished. Elder Nigu and his men had no choice but to send soldiers and horses to escort them!"
"Well, what you said makes sense!" Yan Liqiang nodded and pointed at the 50,000 people standing outside the pass. "Is there something wrong with your team?"
Sura raised his eyebrows and finally raised his head, but his expression was one of surprise and confusion, "This... Master Supervisor, do you think there is something wrong with them?"
"It seems like there are more young and strong people, and they carry more things, but there are not many old, young, women and children?"
Sura smiled suddenly, showing a relieved look, "Sir, some of these people below are guards, that's allowed by your lordship, and the rest are mostly young craftsmen from our seven tribes of Shatu. These 50,000 people are all leading the way. Your lordship knows that there are many nobles in our seven tribes of Shatu, and they have many requirements and are particular. If we don't prepare a place to live, the nobles from the tribes behind will not come. These young craftsmen have both skills and are strong and can endure hardships. They can do more work. Once they come, as long as they settle down, they can quickly change the place and make the nobles who come later live more comfortably!"
"Yeah, that's the truth!" Yan Liqiang listened and nodded, "Then they must have brought enough silver to enter the country. I told Nico before that if they don't bring enough silver, I won't let them in..."
"Don't worry, sir. I have brought all the silver. It is in the convoy below. Your guards are counting it now!"
As soon as Sura finished speaking, Xiao Manyu came up and said, "Your Excellency, we have counted the silver down there. Four million cars, enough!" After saying that, Xiao Manyu exchanged a glance with Yan Liqiang.
"Okay then, open the door and let the people below come in!" Yan Liqiang smiled and waved his hand!
"Yes!" Xiao Manyu left!
Half a minute later, the gates of Baishi Pass below were all opened at once, and the Shatu people outside the pass poured in like a tide. Outside the gates, there was a team of soldiers maintaining order, "Don't push, don't push, take your time..."
Seeing a carriage carrying something coming, the soldiers below blocked it and wanted to check the things on the carriage.
"Sir Inspector, why do we need to check this further..." Sura looked at Yan Liqiang, frowning.
"What's the matter? Is there something in the carriage that cannot be inspected? If you want to pass through the customs, there should be no problem in checking it, right?" Yan Liqiang said with a smile.
"Of course there is no problem, of course there is no problem. I just hope that your men can check it faster. This carriage will take a lot of time..." Sura said quickly.
The soldiers at the checkpoint below checked the carriage and found no problems, then allowed the carriage to enter the checkpoint.
The Shatu people behind continued to pour in, and another carriage came over. The soldiers at the checkpoint below checked it again and then let it pass. They checked six or seven carriages in succession and found that there was nothing in the carriages that was not allowed to be taken away. Yan Liqiang waved his hand on the top of the wall, and the soldiers guarding outside the checkpoint finally stopped checking the carriages and let the Shatu people pass quickly and enter the checkpoint.
"It seems that you really didn't bring anything that cannot be inspected..."
"Of course!"
Both sides looked at each other and laughed.
A fortress like Baishi Pass that emphasizes defensive capabilities has a very different structure from that of ordinary cities. A lot of thought was put into its construction. Behind the city gate, there are three interlocking urns and three towers, which run through the central axis of the entire Baishi Pass. Anyone who wants to enter the pass must pass through three city gates and three urns before they can enter the territory of Qiyun County.
The three 瓮城 were all of considerable size, and the training sessions for the Guanzhong defenders were usually conducted in the 瓮城 grounds.
The Shatu people who rushed through the first gate filled the first city wall in the blink of an eye, and then the gate of the second city wall was opened. Then the Shatu people continued to rush to the second city wall. After the second city wall was filled, the gate of the second city wall was opened, and all the Shatu people rushed to the third city wall. After the third city wall was almost filled, the 50,000 Shatu people had almost all entered the city wall of Baishi Pass...
However, the third gate of the city wall, the last barrier leading to Qiyun County, the last line of defense, was not opened...
The Shatu people in the city below looked at the last gate of the city. Many of them were breathing faster and their eyes were bloodshot. Tens of thousands of Shatu people were crowded in the city and there was still some commotion. However, the third gate was not opened and the capstan was not put away. All the Shatu people were still holding back...
"Sir, the third door hasn't been opened yet?" Sura was still beside Yan Liqiang, smiling and saying to him...
Yan Liqiang shook his head and smiled, "Then the third door cannot be opened!"
"Ah, why?"
"If I open it, my Baishi Pass will fall into the hands of you Shatu people, and Elder Nigu and his army will be able to march straight into my Qiyun County and sweep through it..."
Sura's expression suddenly changed. He was about to move and had just retracted his hands into his sleeves, but Shi Dafeng, who was standing behind him, had already chopped down with a knife. In just a flash of the knife, he chopped off his head, and blood spurted more than two feet high on the top of the city wall...
Seeing the action here, there was a bang, and the ground of the entire Baishi Pass trembled. The ten thousand jin gate on the first gate was released at once. Almost at the same time, before the Shatu people below could react, countless crossbowmen suddenly appeared from behind the four walls of the three city walls, and thousands of arrows were shot at the Shatu people in the city walls like rain...
(End of this chapter)