In the city of Taiyuan, it is early in the morning, the morning sun is shining, the autumn breeze is cool, the blue sky and white clouds are very pleasant.

On the city walls, streets and alleys, there are solemn and majestic figures of the soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and their faces are as proud as a layer of pride. After a series of bloody battles, especially the Taiyuan Battle just past, these half-baked recruits repelled the strong Jurchen warriors and finally became qualified soldiers.

The Jurchen army retreated, and there was no such thing as killing a "return horse gun", and Wang Song's worries were completely superfluous. The Jurchen cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and the Han Er was almost completely annihilated.

"Xianggong, it is not appropriate to wave the army to the north at this moment, Shiling Pass is still in the hands of the Jurchens. If you want to have a safe back road, it is inevitable to break through the three passes of Shiling. ”

Lin Feng saw Wang Song bowing his head and thinking, kept looking at the map, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

Wang Song nodded, his fingers tapped on the map on the table, and his brows furrowed.

"The ravines in northern Shaanxi are vertical and horizontal, barren and avoidable, and the Jin people have been harassing year after year, behind this map, how the people live, how displaced, it is difficult to sleep and eat when you think about it!"

In view of the fact that in history, Wang Song has always been particularly concerned about the three states outside the river. If the army of Yan Lou is to go west, I don't know how long it can hold out?

"The public is benevolent and righteous, and the lower officials are ashamed!"

Chen Dong and Ouyang Che stood up and bowed solemnly.

Although Wang Song is suspected of being a martial artist in charge of the army, he is benevolent and benevolent for the country and the people, and he is sincere.

"Xianggong, in the opinion of the villain, it is better to wait for time to see the changes."

Ma Kuo stepped forward and said: "Our army has broken through Taiyuan City, and it is unknown whether Wanyan Lou will move his troops westward. If he led a large army to the south, besieged Taiyuan City, and went north to the three states beyond the river, it seemed meaningless. ”

Wang Song bowed his head and was silent. It was imperative to go north to help him, but he didn't dare to take the risk and lose this bridgehead of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, as Ma Kuo said, now that Taiyuan City has been broken, it remains to be seen whether Wanyan Lou's room will move his army south.

"Xianggong, in the battle of Taiyuan City, our army suffered heavy losses, in addition to repairing the city wall, we also need to recruit troops and horses to control the people. It is better to let Dong Ping lead the army north, otherwise once the Jin army besieges the remnants of Taiyuan and countless wounded soldiers, I am afraid that it will not be enough. ”

As soon as Ma Kuo's voice fell, Zhang Heng also echoed on the side.

Ma Xuanzan is reasonable. Now that our army has captured Taiyuan, there is no need for Pantuo to hoard a large army. Let Dong Ping go north, and the walls of Taiyuan City can also be guaranteed!"

Wang Song nodded. Now that Taiyuan has become the target of public criticism, a big war is inevitable, and Dong Ping came to make up for the losses in the army.

The Jin people burned and looted in Taiyuan, and the people were almost slaughtered, and if they wanted to recruit soldiers, they were afraid that they would have to wait for the refugees to return, which would take time.

"It's a pity that the Jin people cut off the north of Taiyuan, otherwise as long as they send scouts, they can know the movement of the Jurchen army. Now that his eyes are black, he can only wait for the movements of the Jurchens!"

Yang Zaixing shook his head and sighed again and again. It seems that Taiyuan has become a bloody battle, which makes him a little nervous.

"If our army has enough cavalry, on the day of breaking the city, we can go directly north, kill the Jurchens, and occupy the three passes of Shiling!"

As soon as Yang Zaixing finished speaking, the scout had already hurried in from outside the hall.

"Xianggong, the Jin people retreated to Xinzhou, with the three passes of Shiling as a screen, and the surrounding villages were slaughtered by them, and the people were killed and wounded, amounting to thousands of people......"

After Shao Xing's speech, there was silence in the lobby for a moment, and Niu Gao shouted loudly.

"Xianggong, these thieves are not as good as beasts, the villain is willing to lead the army to capture the three passes of Shiling, if you can't win the pass, you are willing to be dealt with by military law!"

"Xianggong, the villain is willing to lead the troops to kill the thieves!"

The generals in the hall were filled with righteous indignation, and they stood up one after another and stepped forward to ask for their lives.

Wang Song was furious, slapped the table with a "snap", and stood up.

"If I don't kill all these thieves, how can I be worthy of the souls of thousands of people, and how can I eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

The anger in Wang Song's heart burned brightly and was out of control.

Why did they kill innocent and unarmed people? What qualifications do they have to wantonly take the lives of the Song people?

Not killing is not enough to anger the people, not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao, and not killing is not enough to comfort the common people.

"Niu Gao, Yang Jin, immediately march north with the whole army and capture the three passes of Shiling. Bring all the cavalry and artillery, with all the earth-shattering thunder, capture the three passes, and erect a "Jingguan" in the north of the Guanbei for me. I want to see who dares to slaughter my people like this in the future!"

Taiyuan, the mountain is surrounded on three sides, the river is blocked on one side, the terrain is dangerous, there is like Qin Shu. In ancient times, there were three roads in Xiongguan to prevent foreign troubles from invading. The so-called "Taiyuan Three Passes", namely Tianmen Pass, Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass. Among these three passes, Tianmen Pass is the most precipitous, and Shiling Pass is the most important.

In the last year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zonghan invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, and Geng Shouzhong, the general of the Yisheng Army who guarded Shiling Pass, led the Han Er to open the door and robber, which led to the opening of the gate of Taiyuan City, and finally lost in the first year of Jingkang, and the Great Song Dynasty lost the northern barrier.

Shiling Kanto is close to Xiaowutai in the east and Guanmao Mountain in the west. The ridge crosses the east and west, the road runs north and south, and it has always been the main road of Taiyuan to Xin, Dai, Yun and Shuozhou. The gate of the cave is narrow and dark, the approach road slope is steep and bends, the mountain is steep and dangerous, and the pass is majestic.

It was noon, and the top and bottom of Shiling Pass were shrouded in smoke and shouts of killing. After the Song army broke through Taiyuan City, within a few days, it actually waved its troops to the north, intending to recapture the three passes of Shiling.

Although Shiling Pass is not as solid as Yanmen Pass, it is also on a high mountain, and it is extremely steep. The sergeants on both sides engaged in the battle, the Jin soldiers guarded by the mountain, condescending, and the loyal and righteous army relied on the sharpness of firearms, and everyone fought bravely.

"Boom! Boom!"

The sound of artillery continued to sound, and the golden soldiers on the wall were beaten so that they couldn't raise their heads. The grenadiers of the Loyal Rebels raised their shields and climbed up the hillside, and soon reached the bottom of the wall.

Smoking earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown onto the wall, explosions occurred one after another, and the golden soldiers on it suffered heavy casualties.

Five or six huge explosive packets were stacked on top of each other in front of the huge wooden door, and Song Jun lit the fuse and dodged it one after another.

The loud explosion shook the heavens and the earth, and the wooden door was blown apart. The loyal soldiers flicked the earth-shaking thunder wildly, and at the same time broke into the pass along the pass.

On the wall, the golden soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the flesh and blood blurred abounded, and some of the golden soldiers could no longer bear the terrifying lethality brought by the explosion, so they ran to the mountains on both sides.

"Come back! You dog thieves raised the grass on the wall!"

The Jurchen officers shouted angrily, they were not afraid of casualties, and they were still willing to sacrifice their lives.

"Rush!"

Li Sanwa held a shield in her left hand and a spear in her right hand, and under the cover of artillery, she stepped on the corpses of her compatriots and struggled to climb up.

Countless smoking earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown out, and the stubborn golden soldiers on the wall were swept away, and Li Sanwa was under the wall in an instant.

"Take the ladder!"

As soon as the ladder was erected, Li Sanwa stood up. The cave was so big that it was impossible for a large army to crowd in. Under the wall, you can die at any time, and no one wants to stay here for a long time.

He had barely taken a few steps when his eyes caught a glimpse of another ladder beside him, and his companion had already scurried to the end of the ladder.

Xu San had just climbed the wall, and a spear had already pierced out. He twisted his waist in a flash, grabbed Jin Bing's spear, and climbed the wall with force.

He stabbed his spear sharply, stabbed the golden soldier, and forward, stabbed down another golden soldier who was covered in blood and wanted to throw a rolling stone.

More and more Loyal Volunteers jumped onto the wall, and a hand-to-hand fight quickly began.

The pikemen of the Song army advanced like a wall, the Jin soldiers retreated frequently, and they were tripped and fell to the ground, the Song soldiers stepped forward quickly, the spears stabbed continuously, the Jin soldiers were covered with countless blood holes, and the screams sounded one after another, and the wall was instantly covered with corpses.

Xu San sacrificed his life to fight, and the original idea of wanting to make meritorious service has long been gone at this moment.

In the battlefield, life and death are instantaneous. Once the hand-to-hand battle is met, all distractions disappear, and there is only one thing left in the mind, and that is to kill the other party.

"Straight lady thief, how can this golden soldier guarding the pass be so fierce!"

Yang Jin couldn't help frowning as he watched the fierce fighting on the city wall.

"These thieves, let them pay for their blood debts today!"

Niu Gao waved the iron shovel in his hand, led his subordinates, and joined the battle group.

Fortunately, many of the Han people guarding the pass escaped, otherwise the loyal army might not be able to take advantage.

"Shao Xing, you sweep the formation behind, I'll take people up to kill for a while!"

Niu Gao took the lead, and Yang Jin naturally couldn't watch from the wall. He raised his long knife, led a group of sergeants, and rushed out in stride.

Yang Jin climbed the wall and was confronted by a female real giant. I just cut down two Song soldiers, and I saw a tall and strong man on the opposite side on the wall, and the Jurchen giant man was stabbed head-on.

Yang Jin slashed horizontally, and couldn't help but feel numb in his arm, and the Jurchen man also took a step back. The two of them were amazingly powerful, and they were evenly matched, and they each pounced on each other and fought together.

Salu and Yang Jin fought for more than a dozen moves, and their strength was already lacking. Taiyuan City, he has seen Wang Song's bravery. Now that a member of the Song General has come, he actually has such power.

Seeing that Shao Xing and other strong men in the back caught up again, Niu Gao in the crowd was tall and mighty, and it seemed that it was the person who stoned Puluhu to death in Taiyuan City, Salu was frightened, swung Yang Jin's long knife, and retreated under the wall.

"General, don't chase, it's important to control the pass!"

Yang Jin cut down a Jin soldier who was blocking the way, and wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Shao Xing, who caught up.

"Today we will go on a killing spree to seek justice for the dead people!"

Yang Jin glanced at Shao Xing and shouted loudly: "Set up all the cannons, grenadiers come up, blow up these dogs for me!"

"Brothers, get on your horse and join forces and kill the thief with me!"

Niu Gao looked at the golden soldiers who were retreating outside the pass like a tide, and led the cavalry to chase after the rout.

The cavalry pursued all the way, and the sound of artillery and earth-shattering explosions spread across the field, and the golden soldiers were killed and wounded, leaving corpses all over the ground. Those Jin soldiers who surrendered on the spot were not spared, and they all became the souls of the Song army.

Before the sun set, the banner of the Song army was planted high on the wall, and all the soldiers of the whole army climbed the wall of Shiling Pass.

The soldiers brandished their swords and guns, and shouted wildly, which could not be calmed down for a long time.

In August of the third year of Jingkang, the prefectures and counties around Taiyuan Prefecture were basically under the control of the Loyal and Righteous Army. The gateway to the north of Taiyuan, the three passes of Shiling, was also occupied by the Song army.

Under the north wall of Shiling Pass, a huge "Jingguan" was erected, and the heads of thousands of golden soldiers were piled up into the shape of a pyramid, facing the north, looking at it from afar, making people tremble and chill.