Taibai Mountain in Fufeng County is the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains, and has the name of Taiyi Mountain, it is said that it is the place where Taiyi people cultivate, such as standing out from the crowd and ranking first of the peaks of the Qinling Mountains. Since ancient times, Taibai Mountain has been famous for its characteristics of high, cold, dangerous, strange, rich and mysterious, and it is known in Guanzhong.

Taibai Mountain is the first peak in Guanzhong, Taibai Mountain is imposing, wind and rain all the time, only in the middle of June summer to pass people, commonly called "open mountain", outside June fog and snow jam road, people are inaccessible, so it is commonly known as "closed mountain".

Dongshan belongs to the low mountainous area, the relative height difference is not large, the four seasons are unimpeded, but here the mountains are steep, the mountains are covered with dense forests, and occasionally there are large bare cliffs, these cliffs seem to have been cut by sharp knives, and the cliffs are full of rocks of various forms, some as small as pebbles, some huge as several stories high, and a long curved mountain road passes through the large and small rocks.

The vast Taibai Mountain is exceptionally silent, with rustling sounds coming from the woods and rocky crevices on both sides, and the occasional night owl making a terrible cry from the trees.

Soon, however, the silent mountain road was broken by an army, and an infantry force of about 3,000 men quickly climbed with swords and crossbows.

The leader of the general is Xue Wanjun, next to his fifth brother Xue Wanbei, the two brothers got Yang Dong's order, led three thousand 'mountain soldiers' lurking in the Taibai Mountain, before somehow, until a few days ago, they saw some young people with simple 'weapons' one after another into the mountain, total, not to mention thirty or forty thousand people, the Xue brothers only then knew that someone planned to gather here to rebel. It's just that these thieves have no secret plans, and they are known to the court in advance.

In the morning, they received a letter from the eagle from Chang'an, saying that these people might come down the mountain tonight, and let their brothers destroy these people.

It is ridiculous and absurd to ask their brothers to annihilate 30,000 or 40,000 people with 3,000 people, but it is not impossible to launch an attack by taking advantage of the mountainous situation and geographical advantage.

"Songyang Daoist, you said that there is only one road up and down Dongshan, are you sure?" Xue Wanjun asked the army to rest on the spot, and then observed the terrain with a Taoist priest.

This Taoist priest named Songyang, is a Taoist priest in the Taiyi Palace in the high mountain area of Taibai Mountain, was chased by the rebels when he went down the mountain to purchase, fell from the mountain into a clump of vines, and was rescued by the Sui army, he heard that the imperial court came to suppress the bandits, so he took the initiative to lead the way for Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanjun interrogated, and finally believed that he was really serving the imperial court.

"Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty said in the "Notes on the Book of Water" that 'Taibai Mountain is the most beautiful among the mountains, and the snow is covered in winter and summer, and it is bright to see'. It means that Mount Taibai is covered with snow all year round, and when you look at the top of the mountain, it is often white. Going up the eastern mountains, there are few times of the year when there is no snow, and if the army is stationed upward, the huge supplies consumed every day cannot keep up, which is one of them; Second, the top of the east mountain is extremely steep, which is not conducive to the walking of the army. ”

When Daoist Songyang said this, he pointed his finger in front and said, "General, please take a look." ”

Xue Wanjun took advantage of the situation and saw a huge rock that seemed to fall from the sky, just embedded in the middle of the narrow cliff, blocking the entire valley road tightly, this rock is about eight zhang wide, more than ten zhang high, covered with vines and moss, a five-foot wide stone crack in the middle of the rock, can only be walked through.

"This is the best way to take after the heavy snow covers the mountain, it is difficult to climb in other places, and this gap is nearly a mile long, if I am the commander of an army, until life and death, I will never lead the army to go up, does the general think so?" Songyang Dao Chang said.

"Dao Chang is so knowledgeable!" Xue Wanjun said with a smile

Daoist Songyang shook his head and said: "It's not knowledge, it's that I've lived in the mountains for a long time and know the advantages and disadvantages of Taibai Mountain!" ”

Xue Wanjun reviewed the topography of Dongshan and had already made a plan.

"Is the general going to attack with fire?"

"Yes!" Xue Wanjun nodded and said with a smile: "Does the Dao Chief feel unbearable?" ”

"Nothing to bear!" Daoist Songyang smiled bitterly and said: "Although the poor Dao has not entered the WTO, regardless of the disputes in the world, it has also seen the changes in the public relations and the people's hearts are all in the Great Sui Dynasty; But these people insisted on resisting Wang Shi for the sake of their family's selfish interests, and even if they were temporary, they only plunged the world into a longer war. ”

"If 30,000 or 40,000 people are killed, thousands of Li people can be saved, and thousands of people can be freed from the suffering of war as soon as possible, these 30,000 or 40,000 people should be killed. It doesn't matter if they are right or wrong, because their existence is not good for the people, not for the country, and even less for our people!

Xue Wanjun was in awe: "The Taoist chief can see more thoroughly than most people in the world, which makes me admire it very much... If everyone thinks like the Dao Chief, then it will be a great blessing for our clan..."

"General, it's not too early!" Daoist Songyang looked at the sky and said, "In another half an hour, it will be completely dark, which is not conducive to marching." ”

"Thank you, Chief, for the tip."

Xue Wanjun bowed, returned to the station, and led 3,000 Sui troops to take a shortcut to the back of Dongshan, which was less than six miles away from the rebel camp. With the chief of Songyang Road as the guide, he then sneaked into the rebel camp from a clear stream covered with dense forests.

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At the foot of Taibai Mountain, Wentang Town is short and dilapidated, with a circumference of no more than three miles, because this is a barren mountainous area, the output is not high, and the people of the town have been moved to Tianshui County, where the land is fertile.

In the deepest part of the town, a large-scale wooden building stands in the most conspicuous position, but at this moment, people are constantly hurrying into the building, the building is extremely dilapidated, but the interior is extremely spacious.

A big man sat on the steps, a long scar on the big man's face, this scar dragged from his left face to the right side of his face, directly cut his nose scar into two sections, and the right cheek was sunken with a large hole, and the cheek bone inside could almost be seen.

Below him sat more than 100 people, some of them in their forties and fifties, some in their twenties and thirties, ranging in age, men and women, monks and laymen, and even farmers. Some people hung long swords at their waists, some people wore horizontal swords, these people seemed to know each other and seemed strangers, like people from all over the world who could not be connected, but at this time they gathered in one place at the same time.

But apparently, they all had that terrible man at the head.

"Big brother, these two are from the Wei family, not only are they strong in martial arts, but they are also brave and brave men in General Wei Dao'er's army in the past." A lean man smiled at the big man.

"Oh?" The big man looked down at the two, one of them had broad shoulders and a round waist, and he was angry, obviously he had killed someone, so he couldn't help but nod his head and praise: "Like a man." ”

The other one was more ordinary, but with a beast-like fierce light in his eyes, he nodded slightly, and said to the two: "You two were also subordinates of General Wei Dao'er in the past?" ”

"Not bad." The strong man nodded and said: "At the beginning, I followed General Wei, and then General Wei was defeated in the Bird Mouse Valley, and I hid in Tibet all these years, and then escaped with the protection of Wei, and this time I was ordered to follow the call of the main general, and I never imagined that the main general was actually General Zhen." ”

"Do you recognize me?" The big man was surprised.

"You are General Wei and the general is Zhen Kuan, and I have seen you by General Wei's side."

"Who are you?" Zhen Kuan asked.

"The villain used to be General Wei's personal guard, named Wei Bi."

"Wei Bi? I've heard of you. It is known as the first personal guard under General Wei. Zhen Kuan stood up with a smile: "With the help of General Wei Bi, our army is like a tiger with wings!" ”

"General Zhen is overrated." Wei Bi had a bit of confidence in his eyes.

Zhen Kuan laughed, a look called ambition flashed in his terrifying eyes, he was indeed one of Wei Dao'er's generals, but he was under the command of his cousin Zhen Zhai'er, Zhen Zhai'er led 100,000 people to attack Taiyuan in the twelfth year of the Great Cause, and the Sui general Pan Changwen was defeated and died. Yang Guang ordered Li Yuan, who was still the general of the Right Xiaowei and the Duke of Tang Guogong at that time, to stay in Taiyuan, and Hu Benlang to Wang Wei and Hu Yalang to Gao Junya as his deputy, and the three of them led troops to attack Zhen Zhai'er. Encountered with Zhen Zhai'er In the Bird Mouse Valley, the Sui army broke Wei Dao'er's army of more than 100,000, and Zhen Zhai'er died in battle.

At that time, in order to prepare for the army, Li Yuan incorporated Zhen Zhai'er's strength and constantly expanded his strength, Zhen Kuan was one of them, and was promoted to hussar general because of his courage and good fighting.

Zhen Kuan's thief nature has not been eliminated, and he is not satisfied with the status quo, he has always dreamed of breaking away from Li Yuan's control like his cousin Wei Dao'er, and now he is sent by Li Yuan to take charge of tens of thousands of forces in Guanzhong, so that he sees the opportunity to stand on his own, but he is called the main general, but the more than 100 people in front of him are all confidants of the Guanlong family, and they look down on him who was born in a rogue, so if you want to stand on your own, you must get rid of these people, the best way is to undoubtedly kill these people by the hands of the Sui army, and then sneak into the Qinling Mountains with the soldiers on the mountain, and organize into an army with one heart.

The arrival of Wei Bi, who is also in the same vein, made Zhen Kuan excited, as long as he subdued it, he would add a cadre out of thin air.

At this moment, someone exclaimed: "Fire, there is a fire on the mountain!" ”

Zhen Kuan was stunned for a moment, got up and looked at the mountain, only to see that the fire on Taibai Mountain was really surging into the sky, and the fire was more than ten miles away, it was the fire burning in the direction of the military camp.

He stared blankly at Taibai Mountain with a look of despair.

"Enemy attack...... Ah~"

Before Zhen Kuan could say anything, a short scream came from outside, and the lifeless corpse of the soldier in charge of the guard had fallen from the roof, breaking the dead silence in the courtyard.

"Puff~"

The terrible sound of breaking the air, screams, and the sound of sharp weapons tearing muscles suddenly followed, and the soldiers standing on the high place were shot down one by one, followed by the courtyard door being slammed open.

A slender horseman wearing armor, wearing a Shura mask and a battle robe, jumped in, and it turned out to be a female general.

With her appearance, there was a sudden soft sound on the roof, and nearly a hundred slender and slender figures were like civets under the moon, holding powerful crossbows with cold light in their hands.

The cold killing machine slowly approached with a faint fragrant breeze, and the two people who reacted killed the female general at the door, and then responded to them with a burst of crossbow arrows.

"Kill!" Under the hideous and cold Shura armor, there was a sudden indifferent voice.

In an instant, one by one, the beautiful female soldiers pulled the strong crossbows, and one after another crossbow arrows shot at more than 100 people in the courtyard from all directions.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, and the people inside were shot and screamed again and again, and they fell to the ground one after another, shouting in horror one by one.

"Kill it."

Zhen Kuan grabbed Wei Bi beside him as a shield in time, and escaped by luck, seeing that the crossbow arrows no longer shot down, he swung his knife to kill the female general.

The female general made a move with her arm, a strong crossbow in one hand, and under Zhen Kuan's soul scattered, two crossbow arrows were nailed to his knees, and Zhen Kuan screamed and fell to the ground.

Dozens of female soldiers rushed in from both sides of the female general, and a burst of gunfire stabbed Zhen Kuan to the ground.

"You're good!" The female general said lightly.