I really became a king.

Chapter 359: Risking Your Life

While Chixu and Moro were having a secret meeting in Chifu, more than 3,000 Chiye soldiers also arrived at the Demon Realm Pass, but were blocked at the pass.

Because the Chifu is located at the east gate of the Demon Realm, the defense here is very strict and the entry and exit are extremely strict.

Normally, the Chiye Army could enter and exit at any time only with the presence of the young master of the Chi family. But now that the young master of the Chi family is missing, the generals guarding the pass refuse to let them in no matter what.

The middle-aged general Li Yan was extremely anxious, but he dared not show it on his face. Instead, he waited quietly at the gate calmly and just said to the people above the gate: If this will ruin my master's good deeds, I hope you can bear the anger.

He knew that the more urgent it was, the less anxious they had to be. It would depend on who could remain calm.

Sure enough, not long after, the gate of the Demon Realm Pass slowly opened a crack, and the general guarding the pass came out with a team of guards. Looking at the more than 3,000 Chiye soldiers, he frowned and said:

"Li Yan, we're just getting some drinks, why are we bringing so many people?"

Li Yan replied: "I think so too, but my master sent so many people."

The general guarding the pass was not surprised at all when he heard this. He knew very well what kind of person his young master was. He must be trying to show off in front of someone.

"Do you have a token?"

Li Yan nodded, took out a token from his arms and threw it to the other party without saying anything.

The general guarding the pass flipped it over and took a look, confirming that it was undoubtedly his young master's token. He nodded and said, "We are not deliberately making things difficult for you. The general has an important guest to meet today, and has issued a seal on the pass. No one is allowed to enter or leave."

Li Yan smiled and nodded, saying: "In that case, let's go back."

After saying this, he turned around and was about to lead thousands of Chiye soldiers back.

The general guarding the pass's face changed and he cursed in his heart: "A dog relying on the power of his master."

But he said with his face: "I wonder how much wine your master wants? You wait here, I will send someone to get it."

He knew the character of his young master. If he really let these Chiye soldiers return empty-handed, they might come to trouble him. A beating would be the lightest punishment. The outcome might be either death or disability.

"Two thousand kilograms will be enough." Li Yan casually said a number.

The general guarding the pass frowned: "So many?"

Li Yan nodded. He said more on purpose. To carry two thousand kilograms, it would take at least several horse-drawn carriages. Only in this way could the door be closed to create a large opening instead of the gap that could only allow one person to enter and exit like now.

In fact, according to his plan, the best thing to do now is to kill the defender with one blow, and then lead the troops into the pass and occupy the gate. He only needs to hold on for a short while, and Prince Yi's army will come to kill him.

However, the gate of the Demon Realm Pass is not an ordinary gate, but a specially built one. No matter how many people push it, it can only be opened little by little at an extremely slow speed.

It takes a full quarter of an hour to completely open the door.

However, if you want to close it, it will be much easier and only take a few breaths.

This is also the reason why he did not dare to act rashly, because even if he succeeded in killing the general, the defenders at the pass were too close and would arrive soon.

By then, the gate had not been completely opened. Even if Prince Yi's army arrived, they could only wait outside the gate and become a sitting duck for the defenders.

Therefore, you have to wait until the gate is opened wide enough before you can take action to kill the general and seize the gate.

"For so much wine, we must ask the general for permission. Bring a few people with me to the general's mansion." said the general guarding the pass.

Seeing Li Yan nod, he turned around and walked inside. When Li Yan followed the other party into the gate, there was no expression on his face, but he was a little anxious in his heart. He did not expect that there would be so many guards in the arched passage inside the gate today. Except for the middle passage, almost the entire passage was filled with guards.

"I'm afraid we'll have to go through a life-and-death battle..."

He sighed in his heart. Even if the door was closed and a large gap was opened for carriages to pass through, it would cost a heavy price to guard it.

By then, I wonder how many of the 3,000 Akano troops will be left...

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of loud exclamations from Guanshang, followed by the sound of fighting, and a cry of surprise rang out: "Red Iron is rebelling!"

Then a figure ran down from the gate in a panic and said to the general guarding the gate, "It's bad. Chi Tie has rebelled and is leading thousands of soldiers to attack the gate. It seems that he wants to break out of the gate."

The general guarding the pass turned pale. He did not rebel earlier or later, but chose to rebel when his own general was meeting a distinguished guest. He was afraid that he would be punished later.

"Humph, you have evil intentions!"

"You guys go and stop him, don't let them get close to the door no matter what!"

After saying that, he turned around and said to Li Yan: "Your master's matter will have to wait for a while. You guys go to the general's mansion first. I will come to find you after I deal with these traitors."

"After saying that, he turned around and said to the dozen or so guards at the gate: "You stay and close the city gate immediately!"

"This is a serious matter. General, please go ahead. We will help guard the city gate here..."

As Li Yan was speaking, the sounds of fighting at the pass became more and more intense. From time to time, defenders fell down from the city walls. The general guarding the pass did not think much about it. He turned around and followed the defenders in the passage to charge towards the pass.

He did not dare to look down on Chi Tie, the adopted son of the great general. After all, the other party had been guarding the East City Gate for many years and must have cultivated many trusted and loyal warriors.

If you're not careful, you might end up causing a big mess.

At the same time, he was a little confused: Chitie is the adopted son of the general, why did he suddenly rebel?
Looking at the empty passage in the city wall all of a sudden, Li Yan almost laughed out loud. It really was God’s help. When should he take action now?
He winked at his attendant and shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Help close the city gate!"

A dozen or so soldiers of the Akano Army understood what was going on and hurriedly walked towards the dozen or so guards of the Demon Realm Pass who were closing the city gate. The other party was caught off guard and their necks were directly cut.

A few hundred meters away from the Demon Realm Pass, although Chai Mu ordered the transport team to stop, after seeing the big flag, he was inexplicably led to follow it from a distance.

He himself didn't know why he did this, and even gave up the escort's source of drinking water.

The thousands of patrolling cavalry that appeared around them just cruised quietly around and did not stop them from following from a distance.

"Could it be that Prince Yi wants to capture the Demon Realm Pass with these 100,000 troops?" Chai Mu found it a little hard to believe. Just the city gate that was easy to close but difficult to open was probably enough to cause more than half of the 100,000 troops to be killed or injured, or even all of them to fall at the Demon Realm Pass.

Then his eyes focused, because he found that the nearly 100,000 cavalrymen who were originally holding the reins lightly and marching slowly began to speed up.

It accelerated slowly at first, and then became faster and faster. Even though the horse's hooves were wrapped in thick cotton cloth, the rumbling sound of the hooves was still earth-shaking, and wherever it passed, it raised a cloud of dust.

"Charge? Charge towards the Demon Realm Pass?" While Chai Mu was shocked, some emotions suddenly began to surge in his heart.

At this time, the sound of fighting from the direction of Demon Realm Pass finally came over. Thousands of patrolling cavalry who had been patrolling far away and surrounding them also rushed towards Demon Realm Pass together.

Chai Mu's expression kept changing. He suddenly threw the kettle on the ground and said in a tearing voice: "No matter what, I'm going to risk my life. If you want to risk your life, follow me!"

After saying that, he slapped his mount fiercely and galloped towards the Demon Realm Pass. Behind him, all the transport soldiers followed.

They are really fed up with this kind of life with no end in sight, so they might as well take a chance with their lives, maybe they can get rid of this lowly status!
(End of this chapter)