It is said that Di Qingzheng led the army to bite the back of Xiao Yunjin's westward fleeing army, and kept a proper distance from it, so as not to startle the snake, and they had arrived at the foot of Xiangshan at this time.

Xiao Yunjin's team rushed all the way non-stop, after several days of non-stop running, the whole team was tired and sleepy, many horses were too tired to walk, and the cavalry were also worn out between their hips, bloody look, and their pants were stuck to the wounds.

Xiao Pidi saw this situation, and hurriedly played the good concubine Xiao Yunjin, she heard it and hurriedly let the horse settle down, at this time the sky had begun to darken, she asked people to bury the stove to make a fire to cook, from time to time to see the fireworks ignited, and soon smelled a tempting smell of meat.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of Di Qing's 1st Brigade did not dare to cook on the fire, and they could only gnaw hard flatbread in the cold wind, and of course they would swallow on the dried horse meat; They were each given five pounds of salted horse jerky, and a large bag of water.

At this time, Xiao Yunjin called Yang Youxuan, Liu Shenxing, Xiao Pidi and others to come to discuss the matter, the red candles in the camp were shining, and there were four braziers, which were warm at that time, and she had already taken the prince with her, but also to prevent people with ulterior motives from holding the prince hostage.

After a while, Yang Youxuan and others came to the palace tent, and saw them respectfully greeting the prince and concubine one by one.

I heard Yang Youxuan ask: "What did Niangniang call us for?" ”

Xiao Yunjin said: "Yang Shumi, I have always been restless and have nightmares these days; My eyelids jumped, as if something bad was going to happen, so I asked you to come and take a closer look at it, so that I might be able to solve my doubts. ”

Yang Youxuan said: "Niangniang looks very good in spirit, but she has been running around all the way in the past few days, and she is nervous, so she will be exhausted and panicked all day long; Please also ask the lady to relax her spirit, soak her feet in hot water, and let someone give you a massage, and it will be fine. ”

Xiao Pidi said: "Envoy Yang, I am also frightened in my heart, I have always had an ominous feeling in my heart, that is, I feel that we are being followed, and there has always been a large army quietly following behind, hiding in the shadows and wanting to launch a sneak attack on us at any time. ”

Liu Shenxing said: "General Xiao is very right, I also feel this way, none of our broken team has come back, and the scouts sent out have also not returned, isn't this strange?" Who's following us? ”

Yang Youxuanzhi said: "What you say, I also feel that something is wrong, I am sure that it is definitely not the palace army sent by the emperor, and it is not the army of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Xiao Pidi and Yang Youxuan were shocked when they heard this, and at the same time agreed with Yang Youxuan's speculation, after all, there was no other possibility.

At this time, Xiao Yunjin hurriedly said: "Secret envoy Xiao, then we can't set off yet, so as not to be taken by them and wipe us out." ”

Yang Youxuan comforted: "Don't worry, Niangniang, this Song army may have been following us for a long time, why hasn't it been launched?" I think there may be two possibilities: one is that the younger brother has fewer troops, and when he sees that we have many soldiers and horses, he does not dare to hit the stone with an egg; The second possibility is that they are following us, with other intentions and great intentions. So we are safe for the time being, and we don't have to worry too much. ”

Di Qing came to the periphery of the Liao army's camp alone at this time, he was undecided on the idea of whether to take down this Liao army, although his own side had twice as many troops as theirs, and had the advantage of firearms, it would be a piece of cake to take them, but Meng Ming clearly explained that the first task was to take Juyong Pass.

In the end, Di Qing felt that he was following them very much, and then he would talk about it depending on the situation, after all, he found that the marching route of this Liao army was almost the same as that of his own side, and now it had arrived at Xiangshan, and it would soon be Badaling, which was less than a hundred miles away from Juyong Pass.

And in the camp tent of the Liao army, Xiao Yunjin said: "This place is very close to Juyong Pass, and we can arrive tomorrow afternoon, I have written a letter to Xiao Chinu, the guard of Juyong Pass, the day before yesterday, and he also replied, saying that he is welcoming the prince and me." ”

Yang Youxuan was overjoyed when he heard this, after passing the Juyong Pass, they would be safe, they would no longer have to be frightened, and they would definitely show their hands and feet at that time.

He said to Xiao Yunjin: "Niangniang, when we arrived in Xijing, we were already fighting against the Shangjing Imperial Court; As long as we stick to the line of the Great Wall, what can the Shangjing court do? Of course, we must make friends with the Great Song Dynasty and use it as a helper, otherwise we will not be able to compete with the Shangjing Imperial Court for a long time. ”

Xiao Pidi said: "Privy Envoy Yang said very well that between countries, there are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies. We will make peace with the Great Song Dynasty at that time, and at the same time guard against the surprise attack of Western Xia; We can also work with the Great Song Dynasty to conquer the Western Xia and divide the land of the Hetao equally. ”

Liu Shenxing said: "We can export war horses to the Great Song Dynasty, advocate the Great Song Dynasty to occupy the land of the seven states in front of the mountain, let it fight with the Shangjing Imperial Court, and let the Shangjing Imperial Court have no time to attack us." ”

Speaking of the seven states in front of the mountain, it is bounded by the Taihang Mountain, and the seven states in front of the mountain are Yan (You), Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, and Shun seven states, with Youzhou (Beijing) as the center of gravity, of which Ying and Mo are now the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

The sixteen states of Youyun are divided into seven states in front of the mountain and nine states in the back of the mountain, and the nine states behind the mountain are Yun, Confucian, Confucian, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo Kyushu, with Yunzhou (Taiyuan) as the center of gravity.

In the end, Xiao Yunjin also adopted the suggestions of the three of them, and she asked them to draw up a statement, which could be set as a national policy; Xiao Yunjin even made a promise to award them high-ranking officials at that time.

The night passed quickly, the sky was slightly bright, Xiao Yunjin's team set off, and Di Qing also set off with them.

At noon on this day, Xiao Yunjin led the army to cross Badaling, there was no garrison above the Badaling chief, and their group came to the Great Wall of Juyongguan.

This section of the Great Wall was built on the ridge of the winding and majestic Jundu Mountain, which is tall and sturdy, and is made of huge stones and city bricks.

The bronze stone bricks were built into a heavy stone wall, and the horse paths on the city walls were paved with square bricks, which were very smooth, like a wide road, and five or six horses could walk side by side.

On the outer edge of the city wall, there are rows of battlements more than two meters high, and there are square lookouts and shooting ports on the battlements for lookout and shooting.

On the top of the city wall, there is a house-shaped city platform every more than 300 meters, which is the fortress of the garrison; When there is a war, the castles can echo each other.

Of course, the most majestic and magnificent is the Guancheng of Juyongguan, it stands majestically, there is a tall and strong city gate, and there is a heavy eaves rest mountain city tower above the city gate.

There are 3,000 Liao troops stationed here, and at this time there is a Liao army general on the city tower looking in the distance, when he sees a line of Liao army troops winding in, and a banner is erected inside, he is overjoyed, because he recognizes this flag, it is the prince's banner; This Liao general is Concubine Liang's cousin Xiao Chinu.

He hurriedly asked the city gate guards to open the city gate, and suddenly the city gate opened, and he led the men and horses to pick up the car, at this time, Xiao Yunjin's convoy also slowly drove to the front and stopped, and saw Xiao Chinu kneeling forward on one knee and giving a military salute.

I heard him shout loudly: "Welcome the prince and the concubine to Juyongguan." ”

At this time, Concubine Xiao Yunjin pulled the prince down and came to him, and then said softly: "General Xiao, let's get even, you and I are my own family, so you don't have to make this big gift." ”

Xiao Chinu said: "The prince and the mother are the lords, and as subordinates, the courtesy cannot be abolished. ”

After he finished speaking, he got up and greeted Xiao Yunjin and his party into Juyong Pass, and then the gate closed with a bang.

Di Qing's army also came to the front of Juyong Pass, the boiling movement of the people and horses also aroused the vigilance of the Liao army in the pass, the Liao soldiers on the head of the city hurriedly poked their heads out to check, when he saw that the black pressure outside the pass pressed a large army to the front of the pass, and saw that it was not the clothing of the Liao army, and hurriedly shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack...";

Then he rang the alarm bell with all his might, and suddenly the heart-wrenching bell rang all over the corners of the pass, and at this time a large number of Liao troops rushed onto the horse road, and began to be on alert, ready to meet the invading enemy.

Di Qing knew that his troops could no longer hide their whereabouts at this time, so he swaggered towards the front of the pass, and then lined up to make a pre-battle deployment.

At this time, Xiao Yunjin and Yang Youxuan and others climbed the city tower under the leadership of Xiao Chinu, they saw a large number of troops under the city, Xiao Pidi recognized this army as the Song army, he was immediately surprised, he did not expect that the Song army would go deep into the Liao border to attack Juyong Pass.

At this time, Xiao Chinu shouted: "Who is the army under the city, who dares to invade Juyong Pass; Juyong Pass is the first male pass in the world, and there is a tendency that a husband is not open; Your attack is futile, and General Ben advises you to die of this heart, and go home; Otherwise, it will only increase casualties and defeat the army. ”

Di Qing didn't pay attention to him, he asked the artillery to break the city gate, and saw a few loud bangs, and the cannonball dragged the flames to hit the city gate accurately, and suddenly the city gate was torn apart and collapsed; The Song army immediately launched a charge towards the city gate.

At this time, the Liao army was frightened by the rumbling cannons, and forgot to counterattack for a while, at this time, Xiao Pidi's ears were buzzing, like gongs and drums ringing in his ears, but he quickly came back to his senses, and hurriedly pulled Xiao Yunjin and the prince to escape from the city tower, Yang Youxuan, Liu Shenxing and Xiao Chinu followed, and they hurriedly rode their horses and fled outside the pass.

The officers and men of the 401st Brigade all rushed into Juyong Pass and slaughtered the Liao army, because these Liao troops had not experienced war for a long time, so their combat strength was weak, and they had no intention of fighting, and they were all scattered like birds and beasts.

Di Qing only wanted to occupy Juyong Pass, so he did not pursue these fleeing Liao soldiers, and they killed less than 100 Liao soldiers during this period, but captured nearly 1,000 prisoners.

And Xiao Yunjin and the others panicked, and fled in embarrassment, they fled for half an hour, but they didn't see the Song army chasing after them, and their hearts gradually settled down, and they came to a small pass city, where there were 300 Liao soldiers guarding.

They rested here, and at this time, Xiao Yunjin and the others were still a little frightened, and they had not yet recovered from the shock.

At this time, Yang Youxuan said:

"Niangniang, the Song army has already captured Juyong Pass, if I expect it to be good, that is, the Song army will capture the five states in front of the mountains of Daliao in a few days, pushing the border line of Song Liao to the Great Wall.

As long as the Great Song Dynasty can hold the passes of Juyong Pass, Gubei Pass, Xifeng Pass, and Shanhaiguan, then the Great Liao will no longer be able to invade south.

At that time, the Great Song Dynasty would save a lot of troops, and the strength of the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty would immediately reverse; Therefore, Xia Guan wanted to send people to Tokyo to make friends with the Great Song Dynasty, and sought the support of the Great Song Dynasty. ”