Chapter 1331

Duan Yu also followed Dong Zhuo's gaze and looked out.

In the distance, on the opposite bank of the Hongnong River, teams of Han soldiers were pushing bed crossbows mounted on horse-drawn carts and positioning them across the riverbank.

Beyond the dense rows of bed crossbows were massive shields.

Only gaps were left for the bed crossbows to fire their bolts.

Looking from afar, it was as if they had built a fortress of steel.

In addition to the bed crossbows along the riverbank, many were also mounted on the siege towers.

A dozen towers, several zhang high, were all aimed in the direction of Hangu Pass.

Seeing this scene, Duan Yu immediately smiled.

"Why does Ziyi laugh?" Dong Zhuo asked, somewhat puzzled by the Han army's actions in the distance.

This didn't look like they were about to attack Hangu Pass; instead, it looked like... it looked like they were defending.

"Father-in-law, they are probably... a bit afraid," Duan Yu said with a chuckle.

The only things that could threaten him now were these powerful bed crossbows and heavy crossbows.

Generally, the range of such bed crossbows was eight hundred paces, while the range of heavy crossbows was three hundred paces.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were both his old acquaintances.

They also knew his archery was invincible, and that if he were to charge to the front, it would be like reaping grass.

That was why they had come up with this method.

Using the same method Beigong Boyu had once devised to surround and kill him, they were preventing him from leaving Hangu Pass.

Using a formation of bed crossbows and heavy crossbows to keep him from getting close.

But then again, this trick was still effective.

With so many bed crossbows and heavy crossbows, no one could get through.

A perfectly good offensive had now been turned into a defensive by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

Duan Yu was now very suspicious.

He wondered if, after some time, they would build a fortress on the opposite bank of the Hongnong River, or perhaps build a city to block him from leaving Hangu Pass.

The soldiers on Hangu Pass, who had been prepared for battle, were also looking curiously at the Han army on the opposite bank of the Hongnong River in the distance.

Duan Yu had originally intended to come to Hangu Pass to give the Han army outside a show of force.

Now that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were acting like this, it was a bit tricky.

On the opposite bank of the Hongnong River outside Hangu Pass.

Hundreds of meters away from the bed crossbow formation, Grand Commandant Zhang Wen, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Yuan Ji, and others were looking at Hangu Pass from afar.

The situation where Duan Yu had used only his bow and arrows to shoot down Guo Tai and the others last time was already well known to everyone.

So, at this moment, no one dared to get too close to Hangu Pass.

Who knew if Duan Yu would snipe them with a cold arrow?

Now, they just wanted to see what Duan Yu's true intention was in coming to Hangu Pass.

Yang Feng followed behind them, and seeing the hundreds of bed crossbows and the bed crossbows mounted on the dozen towers all aimed at Hangu Pass, he finally didn't feel so afraid anymore.

As time passed, accompanied by a soft sound of surprise from Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

The long-closed gates of Hangu Pass suddenly opened.

Immediately afterward, a tall and burly figure riding a black tiger slowly walked out from the thick gate.

Duan Yu!

"It's Duan Yu!"

Zhu Jun widened his eyes as he looked at Duan Yu, who was slowly walking out from within Hangu Pass. ===== CHAPTER 1333 =====