The Tang army's ice wall was built along the confluence of the Saohe River and the Jianhe River to the west and north, so there was actually an open space between the Jianhe River and the Jiuban Mountains, which extended to the south of Xin'an Guancheng. Du Mo has been repeatedly frustrated under Xin'an City, and in order to be ashamed of the snow, he has long felt the terrain near Xin'an. Therefore, under the situation of wind and snow, he was still able to lead thousands of people in his department to find this gap and enter the mouth of the soap river valley.

In order to reduce the chance of being spotted as much as possible, Du Mo still ordered that the horses should be chewed well, the horses' hooves should be wrapped tightly in linen, and all the mouths should be crowned, and the slightest sound should not be made.

After entering the valley, you can clearly feel that the wind and snow in the valley are much lighter. Success or failure in this move, Du Mo is not like the mother-in-law of the widow Sun Xiaozhe, indecisive, he needs this big gamble, and if he wins, he will be full of money! If he loses, it's a big deal to start all over again!

The city defense in the east of Xin'an was repaired by the Tang Army, while the west side was much more dilapidated, and under the sudden attack, it was not a problem to go down in one go! In Du Mo's opinion, he had a great chance of winning!

In the enemy tower of Nanguan City, several copper bells suddenly jingled. The solidarity soldiers who were napping were awakened and suddenly fell asleep.

"Did the bell ring just now?"

The sleepy-eyed few were still unsure, but the bell jingled again. The united soldiers were horrified, "Quick, go and report the news, someone has entered the valley!"

The city wall of Nanguan City was built on a rock pedestal, adding up to three or four zhang high from the river surface, and it was impossible to see under the dark snow, in order to monitor it, Qin Jin specially asked people to pull up several thin hemp ropes in the valley, and the other end of the hemp rope extended to the city wall through pulleys, connected with copper bells. Once a man passes by in the dark night, the hemp rope will inevitably be touched, and the bell will ring, and the people in the city will naturally be alert.

Now, the bell has indeed rang, and the solidarity soldiers have rushed to report that tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

As the county magistrate in charge of the affairs of the city, Qin Jin did not live in the county court, but moved to the military camp in Dongguan City to work and live. When the united soldiers arrived, he was discussing countermeasures with Qi Bihe, Chen Qianli and others, and Sun Xiaozhe built large equipment such as pontoon bridges, which showed his determination to attack the city.

Hearing that someone was really coming from the valley, Qi Bihe slapped his thigh and shouted, "Hu Gou really hit the plan! Shaofu Jun is like a god, and now I don't know how much trouble we have been spared!"

"Let's go, go to Nanguan City and have a look!"

It was still pitch black on Nanguan City, and the snow had accumulated more than a foot, except for two wind lanterns hanging high, swaying left and right with the north wind of the call sign.

At this time, the united soldiers had been gathered and stood quietly on the road of the city wall, the reason why they did not light the torches was because they were afraid of startling the grass and snakes, which Qin Jin had already explained.

Qin Jin leaned out against the female wall, listening attentively, the sound of wind and snow passing through the valley and the sound of the drums stimulating his ear drums, but he could still feel the dull sound of horses' hooves clattering, which sounded like there were at least thousands of people. If you don't listen attentively, it's hard for anyone to notice anything unusual in this kind of weather.

"Shaofu-kun, let's do it!"

Qin Jin thought about it, and finally resisted the urge to do it immediately, a few thousand people had not yet reached his expected bottom line, and with the scale of the Saohe River Valley, at least more than 10,000 people had to be loaded in before it was worth doing. What's more, he didn't believe that if Sun Xiaozhe wanted to attack Xin'an back and forth, he would only send a few thousand people.

"Wait!"

"Wait, wait, they will be out of the valley, the defense of Xiguancheng is not as complete as that of Dongguancheng!"

"This is a tempting horse, if you stop now, it is equivalent to startling the snake!"

Qin Jin made a decisive decision to let those people out of the valley.

Chen Qianli suddenly thought of a question: "At the mouth of the valley in Xiguancheng, isn't there a hole more than ten steps wide on the ice surface of the Soahe River?

This reminded Qin Jin that at the mouth of the valley of Xiguancheng, there was indeed a section of the ice surface of the Soap River that had been chiseled, but then the ice was not continuously chiseled for this reason, and after three or four days of freezing, the strength of the ice should not be a problem to withstand people passing by.

But with Chen Qianli's reminder, just in case, Qin Jin ordered that once someone and horses stepped on the ice surface of the valley mouth of Xiguancheng, even if they did not reach the expected goal, they must act immediately.

"Captain Qibi, I order you to gather all the unity soldiers in the city to stand by now, and I will have my own assignment in a while!"

"Chen Shilang, I order you to immediately take someone to inspect Fang City, once you fight with the rebels, you must try to ensure that there is no chaos in the city!"

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After everything was dispatched, Qin Jin's state of mind did not relax in the slightest, he originally did not give hope to the plan to lure the enemy in the Saohe Valley, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was a heavy snow that made the peak turn around. He prayed silently, hoping that this battle would be able to retreat from the enemy in one battle!

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The stronger the wind and snow, the rebel camp, Sun Xiaozhe was rewarded, "The Mo cavalry went out of the valley mouth of Xiguan City, and the Tang army in the city still did not move!"

After receiving this news, Sun Xiaozhe's chest burst into ecstasy, the development of things was so simple and clear, and it seems that all kinds of doubts in the past were too conservative!

"Where is Li Cunzhong!"

"The last general!"

"Let you raise 10,000 foot soldiers, immediately enter the valley, and launch a surprise attack on Xiguan City! After entering the valley, all the mouths are in the mouth, do not make a sound, and startle the snake!"

Li Cunzhong is Sun Xiaozhe's confidant and a Khitan, he responded to his promise heavily, and pulled out the old husband Fan Changming from the crowd.

"Let's go, the old man will lead the way!"

At this moment, Fan Changming was both excited and scared, originally heard that Sun Xiaozhe had canceled the plan in the Soap River Valley, he was lost and sad for a few days, he didn't want to be bright today, thinking that the revenge of his two sons was about to be avenged, he couldn't help but have red eyes. But after all, he was an ordinary old man in the countryside, and when he heard that he was going to enter the valley together, his body trembled a little involuntarily!

Sun Xiaozhe watched Li Cunzhong lead 10,000 foot soldiers to disappear into the dark snowy night, and they had an hour to march through the valley of the Saohe River. In an hour he will give the order to raise fire and attack the city head-on!

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"Listen, there's movement!"

At this time, the sound of the air flow in the valley gradually weakened, and the unity soldiers who were lying on the female wall and listening to the movement under the city kept saying their judgment, "It seems that there are many people, and the sound is very noisy!"

Qin Jin's spirits were lifted when he heard this, the time to come finally came, he also lay on the female wall, trying to see the situation in the valley clearly, but the goose feathers and heavy snow and dark night made him unable to see the slightest thing below. I could only listen to the noise that grew louder with my ears sideways.

"Summons Qi Bihe, pile firewood and grass at the mouth of the valley of Xiguancheng, sprinkle fire oil, and once the dog shows his head, immediately light the fire!"

The voices of the united soldiers were trembling with excitement.

As for the valley mouth of Dongguan City, Qin Jin arranged Zheng Xianli, who had the most experience in the battle array, and only waited for all the rebels to enter the valley, so he led 500 united soldiers to climb over the ice wall built along the Soap River, cutting off the retreat here, and at the same time piling up firewood and grass and splashing fire oil, only to hear the sound of the sound of the city and immediately raise the fire.

The waiting time makes people feel tormented, half an hour, an hour, the road in the valley is rugged, and the short road of five or six miles is more than an hour. In contrast, the previous cavalry marched like the wind, and it didn't take half an hour to get out of the valley, which can also be seen that the combat effectiveness of the two teams in front and back is different.

It's just that the cavalry somehow didn't immediately launch a surprise attack on Xin'an's Xiguan City after leaving the valley, which was also what Qin Jin was looking forward to. As long as the front and rear ends of the valley are successfully blocked, tonight's battle is already half successful.

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After all, Fan Changming, a townsman, is an old arm and an old leg, although the road in the valley is frozen by the river, but due to the air current, the snow falling on the ice is of different heights, and he has fallen down more than a dozen times in a row, and the old bones of the fall are about to fall apart.

Seeing that he was about to leave the valley of the Soap River, Fan Changming took a long breath, and suddenly saw a bright red arc cutting through the night, and suddenly a cluster of fire suddenly lit up in front of him.

The valley was suddenly illuminated, and the Khitan Fan Li Cunzhong was shocked, "It's not good, it's a plan, rush out!" A ball of firewood and grass on the city wall was thrown into the valley with flames and smoke, and while the fire had not yet burned, Li Cunzhong rushed forward and shouted: "Rush out with Lao Tzu, rush out!"

Taniguchi is in front of him, as long as he rushes out, the Tang army's fire attack plan will be difficult to work. Li Cunzhong took the lead, and hundreds of people behind him followed the wolf to rush forward, but unexpectedly, just rushed to the smoky firewood and grass pile, and everyone suddenly fell along with the firewood and grass pile.

In fact, the ice surface cracked, and hundreds of people fell into the icy and biting water of the soap river! Under the light of the fire, after the ice was shattered, a water surface more than ten steps wide suddenly appeared, and the road ahead had been cut off! The city wall was still throwing firewood and grass piles downward, and the infantry of the Fan army was in a mess......

Seeing this, the old red eyes of the countryman Fan Changming showed unbelievable despair!

It's over! It's completely over! He is unwilling, why can Qin Jin, this little vertical, always be counted in front of him!

No, you can't just give up, the revenge has not been avenged, how can you die easily, as soon as you think of this, Fan Changming is like a demon possessed, jumping up from the snow, and now the only way to survive is the little-known mountain road on the cliff, climb out, live!

At the same time, the city of Nanguan has begun to fire crossbow arrows into the valley, and every time the crossbow arrows fall, a scream will echo in the valley, and then a piece of infantry soldiers will fall!

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