The Tang army buried the horses, cremated the corpses of the soldiers, and the army reorganized and went back on the road.

All the way north, they did not encounter geological disasters, very smoothly walked to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, this morning, they arrived at a mountain pasture about thirty miles away from the exit of the Tianshan Mountains, in the distance actually saw snow-white sheep, there are people here.

Not far away there is also a lake called Wusun Lake, which is about four or five square kilometers.

Tang Jun rested in a pine forest, and the guide Basha went to inquire about the news, and an hour later, Basha rode back and said: "It's Wusun herdsmen, not Shatuo people, there are about a dozen families, and I still know one family, do you need to contact him for a long time?" ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "What is their attitude towards Tang Jun?" ”

"In the past, the Tang army never taxed them, but now the Shatuo people are very ruthless, and they have to levy thirty percent of the sheep tax every year, and if they don't pay, they will be driven out of the pasture, they hate the Shatuo people to the core, but they are helpless."

Guo Song nodded, "Okay! Invite him to meet him. ”

Basha hurriedly went, and after a while, he brought an old man of the Wusun tribe with a white beard and introduced to Guo Song: "This is the old shepherd Achak, who is over seventy years old. ”

The old man stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow to Guo Song, "Xiaomin see Guo Changshi!" ”

Guo Song saw that he spoke Chinese well, so he smiled and asked, "How can the old man speak Chinese?" ”

"When Xiaomin was young, he transported grain and grass for the Tang army in Tingzhou, worked as a coachman for ten years, and could speak a little Chinese."

Guo Song was in awe, hurriedly invited him to sit down, and asked him again: "What is the situation of the Tang Army in Beiting now?" ”

"The situation is not very good, the Xizhou and Yizhou of the three states of Beiting have been lost, only the two counties of Jinman and Luntai in Tingzhou and a few cities are left, and most of the rest of the land is occupied by the Shatuo people, this is only the three states of Beiting, and several protectorates outside Beiting have surrendered to the Hui, and the Huifu have stationed tens of thousands of troops in this area."

"Is there an army at the exit of the Tianshan Mountains?"

The old man nodded, "There is a Hui army of more than 2,000 people stationed. ”

Guo Song inquired about other things in Beiting, so he rewarded the old man with ten taels of silver, and asked Shaba to send him back, and at the same time rewarded Shaba with one hundred taels of silver, as his reward for this guide, and Shaba thanked him for leaving.

Guo Song immediately sent Li Ji to lead several scouts to Gukou to investigate the situation.

Outside the mouth of the valley is a large area of extremely beautiful plateau pastures, green grass, gurgling water, distributed large forests, high is the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains, the mountains are magnificent blue, as if above the clouds, serene, quiet, is an extremely beautiful picture.

However, on a highland grassland, 300 tents were stationed, forming a military camp, which was the big tent of the Hui army that controlled Wusun Road, with a total of 2,000 people.

In addition, there is a military fort on the left side of the valley mouth, which holds half of the exit, which is a fort built by the Tang Army, which can garrison 300 people, and now there are also 300 Hui soldiers stationed here, they are the real army to defend the valley, and they have to patrol the valley every day.

The fort is built in a dangerous place, the city walls are made of big stones, extremely tall and strong, it can be said that this fort is the first pass out of the Wusun ancient road, it must be captured, otherwise it is difficult to get out of the Wusun road.

In the afternoon, Li Ji left two soldiers to continue to monitor the enemy forces at the mouth of the valley, and he led several other soldiers back to the Tang army garrison.

Guo Song immediately summoned the generals to discuss the military situation.

"Before leaving, I asked the Son of Heaven if we went to war with the Hui, would it affect the relationship between the imperial court and the Hui? The Son of Heaven told me not to think about this issue and to proceed from reality. ”

He glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "The military fort at the mouth of the valley is a hurdle that we can't bypass, either negotiate with the Hui and let us pass, or we can fight over!" ”

Li Ji said without hesitation: "Negotiation is impossible, they can't call the shots, they have to go to the above, there will be news in a month or two, but the result will inevitably be to let us go back, since we have already been mentally prepared for a bloody battle in the North Courtyard, then we will fight over!" ”

At this time, Guo Chongqing said slowly: "Actually, we can make a compromise, we don't have to fight with them, and rush out of the valley in one go, the key is that the other party doesn't know that we are coming, as long as we take advantage of the night to suppress the other party's sentinels, then our opportunity will come." ”

I have to say that Guo Chongqing's suggestion is very reasonable, since there is still a compromise route to take, there is no need to go to extremes, if the real and Hui army kills, the last unlucky is the Beiting Tang army.

Guo Song unfolded the sketch drawn by Li Ji and looked at it carefully, and he pointed to the military fort and asked Li Jidao: "Tell me about the specific situation of the military fort." ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "The military fort was built on the hillside, and then a section of the city wall was built, extending from the hillside to the exit, occupying most of the seat at the exit of the valley. ”

"How wide is the exit of the vacated valley road, and can you run fast?" Guo Song asked again.

Li Ji thought for a while and said: "The width is about ten zhang, and it is completely possible to run war horses, but they have placed twenty large wooden piers in the vacancy, which are very tightly blocked, and they need to be removed in advance."

As for the number of soldiers on the city wall, there are about a hundred people, but I don't know how many soldiers will be in the evening, but I have left two of my men near the valley mouth, and they will send the latest information early tomorrow morning. ”

Success or failure decisions and details, if things are not so urgent, then try to grasp the information clearly, everything can not rely on imagination.

That night, the soldiers were still resting and did not do anything.

Early the next morning, the two scouts brought back important intelligence supplements.

Guo Song marked the latest information on the sketch, there are only about 20 soldiers on the city wall at night, three corrections and changing guards, the wooden piers are three feet high, each weighing about 100 catties, the Hui army will have soldiers into the valley to patrol during the day, but they will rush back to the military fort before dark, and the number of the entire military fort is about 300 people.

Guo Song synthesized all the information, and he formed a bold and effective plan in his mind.

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At the second watch, 270 Tang troops gradually approached a bend about 300 paces from the valley mouth, and they covered their figures with the help of the turning rocks.

They were hidden in the darkness, and from their position they could see a lantern hanging outside the city wall, looming to illuminate the exit, and there was a row of about twenty large wooden piers.

Guo Chongqing led forty soldiers with high martial arts skills to crawl on the ground, slowly approaching the exit of the valley, stopping when they were still thirty steps away from the exit, and lying on the ground tightly, their task was to remove twenty wooden piers.

Guo Song also has anything, his task is to solve the twenty sentry posts at night, for him, the top master, is not a big problem.

He ran directly to the bottom of the hillside, climbed the steep mountain rock more than ten zhang high like a monkey, stood under the military fort, his body was close to the city wall, he took out two more chisels, inserted them into the cracks in the stone of the city wall, and began to climb up.

The city wall is two zhang high, plus the steep mountain rock ten zhang high, it is inconceivable for the Tang army to climb up to the military fort from such a steep place, let alone the Hui army.

Precisely because it was impossible, there were no sentinels on the military fort, and the sentinels were concentrated on the walls below.

The walls of the city were like stairs, and every few steps stood a soldier, but the soldiers were very sleepy, and they were napping against the wall with their spears.

But at the bottom of the square stand five soldiers on a square platform next to the exit, and they were very vigilant, watching the movements around them.

This is also a way for the Hui army to be lazy, among the twenty soldiers on duty at night, fifteen are lazy to sleep, leaving five to be vigilant, once the situation is discovered, the others can be quickly woken up.

The downward wall is a curved shape,

Guo Song's body walked slowly against the city wall, and soon came to the first soldier, the soldier leaned on the city wall with a spear to sleep, making a low snoring sound, Guo Song's hand was as fast as lightning, and a palm knife hit the opponent's left neck, the soldier immediately fainted, and he had to be unconscious for at least half an hour to wake up.

Guo Song concocted the same method, and stunned five soldiers in a row, and the city wall gradually turned into a straight line, and the five soldiers on the platform below could easily spot him.

Guo Song changed his path, jumped behind the battlements of the city wall, and moved down from outside the city wall so that the five soldiers on the square platform could not see him.

He was cautious and swift as the wind, and in one succession stunned ten soldiers, and at this time, he was only three feet away from the lowest platform, and the five soldiers still did not notice the change in the situation above, they were in the light, and the upper part was in the dark, and it was difficult to see that the sleeping soldiers were stunned unless someone walked down.

Guo Song was hiding behind the nearest battlement, and the five soldiers were talking about something, and it seemed that there was still an argument, and they couldn't hear it clearly.

Guo Song suddenly jumped up from behind the battlements and pounced on the five soldiers like a big bird........

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[Lao Gao has a little cold in the past two days, and he is groggy, and this chapter is a little late today, sorry everyone! ] 】