Chapter 155: Before Luoshui Pass
Xiao Ding was chatting with Gao Wanjun about the bet. Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps. It's just that after the person who came over found Xiao Ding and Gao Wanjun, he turned around and left.
Xiao Ding recognized that the person was Huang Wenlong from the back, so he hurriedly shouted: "Lord Huang, is there something wrong with you?" ”
Huang Wenlong stopped wanting to leave, turned his head, and said, "Oh, it's okay, it's okay, you go on, I won't bother you two." A "I understand, I understand" expression appeared on his face.
As soon as Xiao Ding saw Huang Wenlong's expression, he knew that he had misunderstood himself and Gao Wanjun. Huang Wenlong must be thinking that he is dating Gao Wanjun, so he turned around and left.
But Xiao Ding thought about it, under the moon on this snowy night, lonely men and widows, this situation and this scene does have a bit of ambiguity! No wonder it was misunderstood by Huang Wenlong.
"Lord Huang, if you have something to say, Tian Dutong and I are discussing the exchange of prisoners." Gao Wanjun also saw that Huang Wenlong had misunderstood, so he explained.
"Oh, I actually just want to discuss with General Gao where our garrison will be tomorrow, and I heard a report from Tanma that Li Daocheng has led his troops and horses to retreat to Luoshui Pass. There are two counties outside Luoshui Pass, Jiuyuan and Yunzhong, which county will we garrison tomorrow? ”
"Li Daocheng retreated to Luoshui Pass?" Gao Wanjun didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically.
"Yes, I just received news from the visit. I want to go back to General Gao! Huang Wenlong said.
"Okay, then we'll go to Luoshuiguan tomorrow." Gao Wanjun was very happy to hear the news.
Because as long as Luoshui Pass is captured, it will be regarded as driving the Hu people out of the Great Song Kingdom.
Early the next morning, Bian Hongtai rushed over from Dingbian City with grain, grass and supplies. The soldiers were finally able to eat. Last night they were hungry all night on empty stomachs, and there were not enough tents to sleep in at night, many of them made makeshift huts with tree branches, and many people just squeezed into the open air where they slept together, and spent the night cold and hungry
After a full meal of war, the morale of the soldiers was restored. Gao Wanjun gave an order, and the army marched and went straight to Luoshui Pass.
Passing through the two counties of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong, the county town has long been looted by the Hu people, and the previous residents have also been killed, plundered, and escaped. It has become two empty cities entirely.
In this era, the county was at the same level as the county, but the jurisdiction of the county was different, and the jurisdiction of the county belonged to the state, and although the area of the county was about the same as the area of the county, the county official position and the county official position were also the same level, but the county was under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, which was equivalent to the municipality directly under the central government in later generations. Generally speaking, counties are set up in frontier places, which is convenient for the imperial court to control the frontier.
Now, the county guards of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong have long been killed by the Hu people, and the city is in ruins, not to mention human figures, not even stray dogs can be seen.
The army did not stop in the two county towns, and drove directly to camp in front of Luoshui Pass.
Xiao Ding and the generals rode on their horses and looked at Luoshui Pass, and said secretly: What a precipitous city! I saw that the city wall of Luoshuiguan was tall and majestic, and the mountains of Jianyu Ridge on both sides of the Guancheng were full of cliffs, towering and precipitous, upright and steep. And Luoshui Pass is just blocked at the mountain pass of the mountain gap, which can really be described as a one-man pass, and it is impossible to open it!
After observing Luoshui Pass, Xiao Ding sighed secretly, if Luoshui Pass is stormed, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, if the Hu people defend it, it will be difficult for the army of the Great Song Kingdom to take this pass without paying a considerable price.
Gao Wanjun and the generals also frowned when they saw that Luoshui Pass was so steep.
The army set up camp, and Gao Wanjun immediately gathered all the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss how to break through the Luoshui Pass.
Everyone has just seen the tall and majestic Luoshui Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they don't have a good idea for a while.
"If we force a hard attack, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and if the Hu people defend it, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to capture this pass for a while and a half. Therefore, it is best to outwit this level and avoid strong attacks, everyone must come up with a foolproof strategy! Gao Wanjun said after glancing at the generals.
"That's true, if you don't get it right, our army may also be like the Hu people attacking the three cities of Dingbian, Pubian, and Xinquan, losing troops and losing generals, and the effort is thankless!" Huang Wenlong opened his mouth on the side, and he also agreed with Gao Wanjun's opinion.
In fact, everyone understands the truth, but if you want to come up with a foolproof siege plan, everyone still has no clue.
Just when everyone was frowning and thinking about a way to break the barrier, a soldier came in to report that the Hu people had sent a messenger to deliver the letter.
Gao Wanjun hurriedly ordered someone to bring the messenger into the tent.
It turned out that this messenger was sent by Li Daocheng, mainly to talk about exchanging Fei Wen for the country of Kangle.
After reading Li Daocheng's letter, Gao Wanjun glanced at Xiao Ding, his face was slightly red, but he didn't expect to be guessed correctly by Xiao Ding, this army had just set up camp, and the Hu people took the lead in sending people over to discuss the change of generals. It seems that she lost her bet with Xiaoding.
In the eyes of the Hu people, the lives of the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom are much more valuable than the lives of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. What's more, the red cloth hooked was a wrecked Fei Wen.
At the beginning, Li Daocheng heard that Chibu Gou had captured the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty alive, and he was very happy and praised Chibu Gou greatly. Later, when I saw that it was Fei Wen, I was not so happy. Just this nest of waste, any soldier can catch him, and can he still use the well-known generals of the Great Xia Kingdom?
In Li Daocheng's eyes, Fei Wen's life is not as valuable as a dog's life, and if a dog is slaughtered, it can fill the stomachs of the soldiers, what use can this Fei Wen have?
Just wanted to order someone to pull Fei Wen out and cut him, but was stopped by Mao Yanshun, the military advisor on the side.
"The eldest prince has forgotten that our military general Kangle Kingdom is still in the hands of the Great Song Kingdom, we might as well use this Feiwen to exchange for Kangle Kingdom!" Mao Yanshun reminded Li Daocheng.
"Change? Kangle Country is also a waste, it's not okay to be caught once, there is a second time, hum! I think he might as well be dead! Li Daocheng said with a snort.
"Don't say that, the eldest prince, although Kangle Kingdom's skills are not as good as others, he is also a well-known military general in my Great Xia Kingdom, but he is a hundred times stronger than this Fei Wen. Even if we kill Fei Wen now, it will not be a loss for the army of the Great Song Kingdom, but just a lack of waste. Exchange a waste for my Great Xia military general, no matter how you look at it, we have earned it. In my opinion, we might as well return this waste to the Great Song Kingdom, and let this waste go to the Great Song Kingdom. Mao Yanshun patiently helped Li Daocheng analyze.
When Li Daocheng heard Mao Yanshun say this, he thought to himself that it was also the case, so he agreed to Mao Yanshun's suggestion and immediately wrote a letter to send someone to the camp of the Great Song Army.
Gao Wanjun circulated Li Daocheng's letter to everyone, and then asked for everyone's opinions. Although everyone thinks that Fei Wen is a waste in their hearts, it doesn't matter if he changes it or not, but no one will be stupid enough to say it to his face, after all, no matter what, Fei Wen is also a general of the Great Song Kingdom, since Hu Ren proposed to change generals, it is not impossible to exchange Kangle Country for it.
Gao Wanjun saw that everyone had no objection to the change of generals, so she immediately wrote a reply to Li Daocheng and agreed that tomorrow morning, she would change generals in front of Luoshui Pass.
The messenger returned to Luoshuiguan with Gao Wanjun's letter, and Li Daocheng read the reply letter, and was very happy to see that the Great Song Kingdom had agreed to the change of generals. Exchanging a waste for a military general of the Great Xia State is certainly not a loss.
At this time, the military advisor Mao Yanshun suddenly opened his mouth on the side: "Great prince, it is better to be cautious." The Great Song Kingdom agreed to the change of generals so quickly, do you think they will take advantage of the change of generals tomorrow to take the opportunity to attack Luoshui Pass? ”