Yang Wenguang had already learned the news of Di Qing's capture of Juyong Pass, and he immediately transferred 1,000 cavalry and 10 artillery pieces from Di Qing's brigade headquarters; At this time, he was leading his troops to the front line of Shunzhou, Shanzhou and Gubeikou, and marched to ten miles south of Danzhou City, where he met Cao Zongjun.

Yang Wenguang hurriedly went forward to meet Cao Zong, and Cao Zong also rushed to hear the news, after the two of them were meritorious, they usually had a close relationship, so the two immediately smiled when they saw each other, and then immediately greeted and joked.

At this time, I heard Cao Zong say: "Brother Pingzhong, your Lu 1st Division is now famous, and it wiped out 5,000 Liao troops in the first battle; In the second battle, the Liao army camp was attacked at night, and the 80,000 Liao army elites were defeated; In the three battles under the city of Youzhou, the strong city gate was broken, and the first contribution was made to the capture of Youzhou by our Great Song Dynasty. Moreover, the 1st Army Division is a new recruit, who has entered the battlefield for the first time and has gone through a series of battles, but has never been defeated, which is really admirable. ”

Yang Wenguang said modestly: "Brother Yuting has won the award, and it is a fluke that these officers and soldiers under the command of the junior brother can achieve such results."

In the first battle, there were also many soldiers who cowered, greedy for life and afraid of death, and almost collapsed, the situation was very critical, and the younger brother and Meng Juma finally managed to control the situation; After the first battle, only these recruits saw blood, and their minds were stabilized; In the later battles, it will enter the state, and it will become more and more courageous; Moreover, the Liao army despised our army quite lightly and carelessly lost Jingzhou, which gave us an opportunity;

The most important thing is that our 1st Army Division relied on the advantages of firearms, muskets, grenades, artillery and other divine weapons to exert its might, so that the Liao army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. ”

Cao Zong said with a smile at this time: "Brother Pingzhong, don't be humble, your military achievements are very great, and you can't push it off if you want to retreat, and the court will definitely reward you greatly; After all, you are a new army instructed by the official family to organize and train, and you have already played the role of an exemplary benchmark, and in the future, the imperial court will definitely take your 1st Army Division as a model, and then organize and train the new army, and wantonly reduce and dismantle the redundant army. ”

Yang Wenguang was also amazed when he heard it, and a sense of accomplishment and pride sprouted in his heart, and he suddenly felt full of strength, full of enthusiasm and momentum.

Both of them are of the same high rank in the army, but Yang Wenguang assisted Cao Zong, so he still took Cao Zong as the main general and obeyed his dispatch.

The army soon came to the city of Shunzhou, which was a small city with low walls and was difficult to defend, and the garrison was only 2,000 people, so the Song army conquered it without much effort.

Danzhou left 3,000 soldiers stationed in the city of Shunzhou, and then marched to Danzhou without stopping, the defenders of Danzhou had heard the news of the attack of the Southern Dynasty army, so they hurriedly abandoned the city and fled to the area of the Great Wall, and the residents of the city fled to the mountains and forests; Therefore, after the Song army arrived outside the city of Danzhou, they found that the city gate was wide open.

Cao Zong thought there was fraud, so he hurriedly sent scouts to check, and the news he got was that Danzhou had become an empty city; After hearing the news, Cao Zong led the army into the city and pressed the camp tent in the state office.

The army was also tired of carriages and horses at this time, so Cao Zong decided to repair in Danzhou overnight, and after recuperating his spirits, he would launch an attack on Gubeikou early tomorrow morning, and he was bound to go down with a drum.

At this time, the defenders of Danzhou had fled to Gubeikou, where the garrison originally had 500 people, but now it is only 2,000 people.

The guard here is a twenty-year-old young man named Yelu Hongbo, the youngest son of Yeluye, who was only transferred here in March this year to serve as the battalion commander, and he came here entirely for gilding and paving the way for future promotions.

At this time, the guard general of Danzhou was a Han man, named Liu Quanfu, in his thirties, although his military rank was higher than Yelu Hongbo, but the army he commanded was only a box army, and Yelu Hongbo led the leather room army was not comparable, so at this time Yelu Hongbo was respected.

At this time, Yelu Hongbo was furious, and whipped Liu Quanfu with a whip, only to beat him until his skin was open and he screamed.

I heard Yelu Hongbo shouting: "Okay, you Liu Quanfu, when Song Dog attacked, he didn't resist, abandoned the city and fled, this should be a capital crime; See if I don't beat you coward. ”

At this moment, Liu Quanfu shouted:

"Yelu commanded the envoy, the Song army had more than 20,000 troops, and the small walls of Danzhou City were low, making it difficult to reach the attack of the Song army; There are only more than 1,000 of us, and fighting against the Song army is undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg, which is meaningless.

So I evacuated the people in the city, let them all hide in the mountains, and then fortified the walls, and then we went to the commander, hoping to assist the commander in the battle, and make meritorious deeds;

Moreover, the Gubeikou Mountain is high and dangerous, and there is a tendency that the Song army will definitely return here without success. ”

When Yelu Hongbo heard that he was also justified, he stopped the whip in his hand, and by this time he was also a little tired from the beating, and his mouth was panting, so he sat back in his place, and then let the guard bring him a glass of water, and saw him raise his head and drink it all.

He wiped his mouth and said:

"Liu Quanfu, what you said also has some truth, then I will not pursue your crime of abandoning the city and fleeing for the time being, and allow you to make meritorious contributions here;

I hope you can take the lead, be ashamed of yourself, and make meritorious contributions; If there is negligence, the punishment will be combined with the previous crime, and the punishment will not be punished. ”

He asked again, "Liu Quanfu, do you understand?" ”

Liu Quanfu hurriedly shouted yes, and patted his chest to promise him, and then Yelu Hongbo nodded with satisfaction, and then personally stepped forward to untie him, and comforted him, and asked the military doctor to treat his injuries.

The night passed quickly, Cao Zong led an army of 15,000 to the Gubeikou, from time to time the army entered the mountains, and saw the rolling mountains like a giant dragon lying on the ground, and the Great Wall was winding on its back

The road grew rougher and narrower, and at its widest point could only be passed by a four-wheeled carriage, or two horses side by side; The trail runs through the mountains, and the cliffs below;

The ranks of the Song army were like a long dragon roaming on this rugged mountain path, and at this time Cao Zong had the cavalry dismount and march forward in an infantry formation, and Yang Wenguang also had people with artillery followers.

After walking for more than an hour, I saw the tall and majestic Gubeikou Great Wall, of which the Gubeikou Beiqi Great Wall is 20 kilometers long from the West Eighth Building to the East Simatai Great Wall, which constitutes the military defense line of Gubeikou. The Great Wall still retains the famous Dahualou beacon tower and has seven famous passes.

In the north of Gubeikou City, there is Panlong Mountain in the east, there is Wohu Mountain in the west, the mountain is steep, the cliff wall is steep, the two mountains are locked in the tide river, and there is only one car on the river bank to pass through the road.