There is a mountain in the Minshan Mountain Range that is very famous in later generations, that is, the Great Snow Mountain that the heroic army once crossed during the Long March. However, this snowy mountain is located at the southern end of the Minshan Mountain Range, on the west side of Chengdu, and is not on the route of Xin'er's march.

The altitude of the Daxue Mountain is very high, the temperature on the mountain is very low, the adult snow, it is the midsummer June, it is also icy and snowy, the mountains in the northern section of the Minshan Mountain Range are not as high as the Daxue Mountain, but it is late spring below, and the temperature in the mountains is also very low, but Xin Er has been prepared early, the soldiers who went south from him all brought cotton clothes, and they all put them on, so that they can resist some cold, and fortunately, the climate in Longdi is low, in winter, the dripping water becomes ice, and the soldiers are relatively cold-resistant, so the low temperature in the mountains does not cause great trouble to the march.

On the higher slopes of the mountain, covered with snow, you climb along the trail over the top of the mountain, and when you descend to the halfway point of the mountain, the snow melts and merges into a stream of clear streams, where you pass through the bushes and green weeds, draped over the mountain walls.

When the leg is sore, Xin Er stopped to look into the distance, only to see the blue sky and white clouds in front of him, the mountains are endless, the near place is turquoise, the slightly farther shade is black and brown, and then in the distance, it is the snow-covered peak, only to feel that this mountain range seems to be boundless.

On the third day, I came across a lake.

The north side of this lake is an open Gobi Desert, the remaining three sides are gray-yellow mountains, the lake occupies a large area, the water color is rich, like an emerald, the breeze blows, the surface of the lake is sparkling. Herds of wild goats, deer, and other animals, many of which were drinking water by the lake, suddenly saw thousands of people flying in formation, holding flags and spears, coming from the north, and fleeing in all directions.

Guo Daoqing wrapped in a thick cotton coat, came to Xin Er's side, pointed to the lake, and said: "Ming Gong, I don't know the name of this lake, but the scenery is beautiful. At that time, there were several Hu people grazing here by the lake, and I bought a few of their lambs and roasted them to eat, which were tender and delicious. After a pause, he said again, "One of them, Hu Mu, has a daughter at home, fifteen years old, beautiful and very tender, I wanted to buy her too, but her parents didn't want to." His tone was full of regret, he looked around, but there was only the lake, the escaped wild goats and deer, etc., and there was not a tent in sight, and speculated, "Summer is about to begin, and the Hu herdsmen who originally lived here should have gone out of the mountains and driven the sheep to the summer pasture." ”

He was right.

After a few miles of further travel, dry sheep eggs were found in the grass by the lake, as well as traces left by tents, which indicated that there were still a few tents of Hu people living near the lake not long ago.

Perhaps for the same reason, the Hu herds who originally avoided the winter and entered the valley may have gone out of the mountains, but until they crossed the mountains and entered the territory of Yinping County, Xin Er and the others did not meet anyone. The previous worries about Tuyuhun Xianbei now seem to be a little too worried. However, for soldiers, it is better to worry more about the country's affairs than to worry less.

From entering the mountain to leaving the mountain, it took ten days, how far did the journey go? Xin Er is not clear. Only the 5,000 soldiers who came here from him were all first-class elites in Dingxi, but now they are all tired and exhausted.

Although tired, but looking back behind him, looking at the mountains and mountains that have been crossed through hard work, he is full of full joy, "I like the snow of Minshan for thousands of miles, and the three armies are happy after the poem", which floated to Xin Er's heart.

The soldiers were divided into battalions and teams, and sat on the ground to rest.

Xin Er climbed to a high place and overlooked the soldiers who sat neatly below, occupying several miles of ground.

The soldiers' faces were red from the low temperature in the mountains, some of them had frostbite, and some of the soldiers' soles were blistered. According to Xin'er's previous orders, the military doctors dispersed, or applied medicine to the soldiers with frostbite, or picked up the blood blisters from the soldiers who blistered on their feet. Rao is a military general like Wei Shu and Wei Xian, who usually has no shortage of meat and is physically strong, and they all look tired at this time.

Estimating the distance, from this place to the east, about two or three hundred miles is Yinping County.

Although there are still mountain roads on the remaining road, it is much easier to walk than the previous road, and the estimated time is that it will take three or four days at most to reach Yinping County, and once you arrive at Yinping County, it is likely that you will soon enter a state of battle.

Xin Er said in his heart: "After ten days of climbing mountains and mountains, the soldiers are tired, and the so-called 'tired soldiers' are also." I need to boost my morale for the next few days. ”

His sentence just now, "I like the snow of Minshan Mountain for thousands of miles" is originally intended to have the effect of inspiring the morale of the army, and it is very suitable for use now.

So, Xin Er hung up the red cloak, took his own riding lance in his hand, crossed in front of him, made a dragon and tiger stride, stood under the sky, on the rocks, leaning on the boundless steep mountains with his back, facing the soldiers resting under the banner of the Sassa Army, and said loudly to the people on the left and right: "It only took ten days for our department to cross the danger of Minshan!" Looking at the sea, there are only a handful of elite soldiers like our army! I was moved by a poem. ”

Tang Ai is the mastermind of Xin Er, of course, from the army.

He was a scribe, and Xin Er knew that his physical fitness was not very good, so along the way, like the last time he entered Shu, he was still replaced by soldiers and carried him on his shoulders. He was refreshed and didn't feel tired.

After listening to Xin Er's words, Tang Ai asked, "What kind of poem did Ming Gong get?" ”

Xin Er chanted sonorously and powerfully: "I like the snow of Minshan Mountain for thousands of miles, and the three armies will be happy after the end!" ”

Nowadays, the poems are mainly five words, but the seven words are already there, and they are more mature.

Therefore, his seven-character poem did not cause Tang Ai and others to be surprised in terms of rhythm.

Tang Ai recited both sides in a low voice and praised: "It's a good poem! ”

Begging Dali was also in the army, he pretended to taste it for a while, and said in a stammering manner: "The villain has just started to learn to read "Poems", but Ming Gong This poem is catchy, which is better than the "Poems" What is elegant, small elegant, and national style!" ”

Guo Daoqing clapped his hands and applauded, and said: "Ming Gong, both the cloud is 'more happy', it should be the previous sentence." These two sentences alone are already wonderful, and if you can hear the whole article, it will be even more brilliant. Dare to ask for a clear announcement to listen to the whole article and the subordinates. ”

The first sentence is indeed there, but it can't be taken out, but it is not difficult to be difficult, he changed the first sentence of this poem slightly, held his head high, and read: "Wang Shi is not afraid of difficult expeditions, thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure!" ”

Guo Daoqing slapped his palms and praised and said: "'Thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains are just waiting for leisure', okay, a good one is just waiting for leisure!" Thinking of Xin Er's masterpiece "Theory of Contradiction", I unconsciously compared Xin Er with Koji Shuang, and thought in my heart, "The conquest of literary talents and martial arts is very comparable!" ”

Tang Ai understood Xin Er's intention to make this poem, and said: "Ming Gong's poem is heroic and dry, and it is advisable to let the soldiers of the three armies know it." He immediately issued an order on behalf of Xin Er, and asked Wei Shu, Wei Xian, Qi Dali and other pro-soldier generals to send people to tell the poem to the soldiers of each battalion.

The soldiers heard this poem, and then looked at the high place of the mountains and rocks, and the heroic demeanor of Xin Er could not help but have the same feeling of full joy as Xin Er after crossing the mountains, and the feeling of tiredness was suddenly eliminated a lot, and the morale was greatly improved.

After resting for an hour, it was still early, and the three armies set off, continued to drive, and rushed to Yinping County.

……

Wudu County, Qiuchi Mountain.

After many years of operation by the Ran family, the hundred places on the top of Qiuchi Mountain have not only been opened up a large area of fertile land, it is March, the wheat seedlings in the field are green and lovely, and dozens of big houses have been built around the spring water on the top of the mountain.

The top of the hill has its own residents, but they all gather at the edge of the fields.

The dozens of big houses are usually vacant, but now they are inhabited by the soldiers brought by Zhang Daochong and Li Liang.

Zhang Daochong chose the largest one as the auditorium.

On this day, when Xin Er led the troops out of Minshan and rushed to Yinping County, Zhang Daochong, Li Liang and others gathered in the hearing hall to discuss matters.

Although he was praised by Beigong Yue and Wang Shuwang as "although a scribe and courageous", Zhang Daochong, as a son of the Zhang family, is the eldest son of Zhang Hun, born in Gaohua, and has been in the central and local positions of the Qing Dynasty in Dingxi, but he has never experienced a war, especially now, he and Li Liang and a lone army of less than a thousand people are trapped on Qiuchi Mountain, and his pressure is still quite large, because although he is calm on the outside, he is really anxious and worried in his heart, and anxiety leads to fire, making his lips blister, and there is a big fire on his left eyebrow.

Zhang Daochong relayed the latest enemy situation he had just obtained to Li Liang and other generals, and while looking at the information, he said: "Ran Seng Nu summoned the Di and Qiang chieftains of Wudu County, and selected a total of thousands of Rong people who are good at climbing from their various Hu tribes. Now, these Rong people have gathered at the bottom of Qiuchi Mountain. After saying the content passed by the scout, he put down the information, raised his head, looked at the people in the room, and analyzed, "Guan Ran's move by the monk and slave, he should attack Qiu Chi Mountain in three or two days." ”

One person said: "Qiuchi Mountain is steep, as long as I hold the mountain road, I am not afraid of him coming to attack." ”

The person who spoke was Zhang Daochong's master book.

Zhang Daochong shook his head and said, "No." If you want to change to another mountain, you are not wrong. I think this Qiuchi Mountain is the ancestral land of the Ran family, which road under the mountain leads to the top of the mountain? Where are the cliffs easy to climb? How many places are there that are dangerous? Monk Ran may know better than us! And on the top of this mountain, there are hundreds of Qiang people, such Qiang people are all old slaves of the Ran family, will they collaborate with the enemy? This is also something that is not known. Yes, although I have a mountain road to defend, if the monks and slaves attack on a large scale, whether our department can hold the mountain, in my opinion, is still between the two! And if we can't hold it, we have no way back, and we have no way out! ”

Seeing Li Liang thoughtful, Zhang Daochong asked him and said, "Bo Ming, does Qing have a countermeasure?" ”

Li Liang is a person who loves grooming, and he always cleans up and down his body, but since he arrived at the mountain, he is also worried about the situation in front of him, and he has no heart to take care of himself, his beard has not been trimmed for a long time, and his chin is unkempt, like a weed.

He stroked his beard and said, "Liang has a plan, maybe he can keep my Qiu Chishan safe for the time being." ”

Zhang Daochong asked, "What's the plan?" ”

Li Liang said: "Since the prince of the palace is worried that the Rong people on the mountain may be the internal response of the monk slaves, why don't you torture their heads first, ask if there is a secret path from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then kill them all." In this way, once the situation in the mountain is clear, the prince can choose troops and guard them separately; It also breaks the hidden dangers, and there is no need to worry about civil strife. ”

Zhang Daochong looked at Li Liang in surprise, and said in his heart: "I didn't know him before, but after getting to know him, I feel that this person is lenient and a good person, but I don't want to be so ruthless?" ”

In the end, Zhang Daochong is a literary Confucian, influenced by the education he received since childhood, and he attaches great importance to "benevolence" in the area of killing.

Zhang Daochong said: "There are hundreds of Rong people on the mountain, thousands of people, old and weak, women and children, how can we kill them all because of a guess from us?" Once this matter is done, it will spread in the future, and it will definitely arouse the indignation and dissatisfaction of the Rong people in Wudu and even Yinping County, and it will not be conducive to the governance of these two counties in the future! Bo Ming, this strategy is not available! ”

Zhang Daochong's words are also right, he looks at the future, not limited to the present.

Li Liang saw that his plan was useless, and he was not angry, and said: "The prince of the palace is far-sighted, but Liang thinks badly. ”

Zhang Daochong asked, "Besides, does Qing have any other plans?" ”

Li Liang pondered for a while and said, "Liang still has a plan, maybe he can also solve the current crisis of our department." ”

Zhang Daochong asked, "What's the plan?" ”

Li Liang said: "Dare to ask the prince to give Liang Jing a hundred people, and after dark, Liang will lead down the mountain and cut off the monk slave camp!" ”

Zhang Daochong was speechless for a long time, and said in his heart: "You have already cut the Qin camp twice, and you failed both times!" Why, do you have to cut it a third time? Courage is commendable, but I am afraid this strategy will not work. Said euphemistically, "Qing has already captured the camp twice, and Ran Seng and slaves are afraid that they will be on guard." Even if you go further, I am afraid it will not work. ”

Li Liang had the reason why he proposed the third camp, and said: "Fujun, I failed to cut the camp in the first two times, and I expect that in the Qin army, I can't say it, and the monks and slaves will take it lightly, which means that they may not necessarily have strict vigilance." This is the first benefit of my three trips to the camp. Ran Seng Nu summoned thousands of Wudu Rong people to his army, these Rong people are no better than the soldiers of Qin Lu, they lack military discipline, suddenly heard that our army cut the camp, they will inevitably have night terrors, and their panic will inevitably cause chaos in the Qin Lu camp. This is the second profit of the camp that I will go to cut three times. Mr. Fu, I think this strategy can be tried! ”

Zhang Daochong pondered for a long time and said: "Qing's words are reasonable. He changed his mind and agreed with Li Liangsan's suggestion to go to the camp.

Just do what he said, Li Liang had already cut the Qin camp twice, and he was familiar with the road, and in less than half an hour, he had selected a hundred daring soldiers and was ready for battle. When nightfall, he said goodbye to Zhang Daochong, put on his armor, led the hundred people, all with short blades, and went down the mountain.

Zhang Daochong stood at the end of the mountain road, watching the figures of Li Liang and others disappear into the night.

It was night, the sky was covered with clouds, the stars and the moon were dark, the night was as dark as ink, and I couldn't see my fingers.

Zhang Daochong thought: "Tonight is the beauty of adults, such a night, it is a good time to camp!" I didn't feel that there was a glimmer of hope for Li Liang's success this time.

Li Liang ignored the danger, and went to the place of life and death to do such a major thing as the camp, he had no intention of sleeping, so he found a high ground, supported by the guards, climbed up, and looked at the foot of the mountain. Qin Ying was not at the foot of the mountain, but stationed more than ten miles outside the mountain, and of course he couldn't see anything on the mountain. Zhang Daochong also knew that he couldn't see anything, and this behavior was nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction.

At night, there is silence everywhere, only the sound of insects is heard.

Zhang Daochong waited in the cold mountain wind for two or three hours, listening carefully from time to time, but no sound came from outside the mountain.

I don't know if Li Liang has already touched the outside of the Qin camp? I wonder if his third camp will be successful? The first two failures were due to Li Liang's bravery, and he escaped back, if he still failed this time, would he be able to escape back smoothly?

From nightfall to dawn, Zhang Daochong was nervous when he heard the sound of the soldiers drawing knives on the mountain road about 100 steps away.

Immediately, the nervous voice of the officer in the squad of soldiers came, and asked, "What man!" Password! ”

A familiar voice reached Zhang Daochong's ears: "It's me!" Li Liang. ”

Zhang Daochong hurriedly went down from the height and stepped forward.

When he got closer, he saw Li Liang and the hundred armor soldiers who came down from him all with gray faces, and they were embarrassed.

Zhang Daochong asked, "What's going on?" ”

Li Liang wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable.

Zhang Daochong said: "Is it that Qin Yu has been on guard and failed to cut it?" Looking at Li Liang's body, seeing that he was not injured, and then looking at the soldiers behind him, none of them were injured, he put down some heart, comforted Li Liang, and said, "Although I lost again this time, fortunately Qing and the soldiers were not injured!" And tomorrow, let's make another plan. ”

Li Liang said: "But it's not without defeat. ”

"Oh?"

"After going down the mountain,...... Fuck it! The night was too dark! The last general and others are lost. ”