There are a total of 1,000 defenders in Fukou Pass, usually divided into three classes to guard the pass, at this time they did find the enemy, and the reason for finding the Jin army is also very simple, the owner of the grocery store below found the Jin army from afar, and hurriedly closed the door of the shop and ran back to report.

Fukou Pass is like a great enemy, five hundred soldiers are on the battlefield, bring a large number of arrows and rolling wood and stones, they stay awake all night, vigilantly look at the mountain road, the master of Fukou Pass has sent a pigeon letter to inform the lord Li Wujun, to report to him the situation of Fukou Road, and at the same time sent a pigeon letter to the general of Fuzhou, begging him to immediately increase the troops of Fukou Pass.

The general of Fukou Pass is called Wang Qinglian, a native of Zhaozhou, although he only has a thousand soldiers under his command, but his official position is not low, and he is a lieutenant general.

Wang Qinglian stared at the mountain road tightly, his heart was nervous, two trembling, he has been guarding the Fukou Pass for four years, has been safe and sound, next month will be transferred out of the Fukou Pass to Zhaozhou as a general, I didn't expect that there was an enemy situation at this juncture.

Of course, the enemy came from Hedong, and everyone was joking, saying that they didn't know when Guo Song would start attacking Hebei, but he hoped that he would not encounter it, but he didn't expect it to be his own.

Wang Qinglian cursed his luck in a low voice, but he didn't dare to be careless, and kept scolding some soldiers who were sitting and dozing off.

At the third watch, the soldier standing on the high place suddenly shouted: "General, there is an enemy situation!" ”

Wang Qinglian, who was sitting on the edge of the stone wall and was sleepy, quickly stood up, stared at the mountain road for a while, and sure enough, he saw a lot of black shadows moving towards this side.

Wang Qinglian shouted: "Everyone get up for me and get ready to fight!" ”

Five hundred soldiers guarding the gate stood in their respective positions, with bows and arrows, ready for battle........

Gan Xin led 3,000 soldiers slowly approaching the city, about a hundred paces apart, they were attacking upwards with their heads up, a slope of about forty-five degrees, the ramp was only one zhang wide, one side was against the mountain, and the other side was a deep ditch.

Gan Xin got the drawings drawn by the Jin Wei Mansion in advance, and knew the situation here well, His Royal Highness the King of Jin specially designed a mountain attack weapon, this weapon is called Pippen, it actually uses rough wood to build a shelf, the surface is covered with two layers of cowhide, the front is slightly skewed, it is covered with grease, it is extremely slippery, and the rolling wood stone hits it, and the impact will be removed by the elastic force, and then fly along the angle to the outside of the cliff.

Even if the arrows pierced the cowhide, it was lined with a layer of wood to effectively resist the arrows, and this kind of pippen was six feet high and eight feet wide, and there were wooden wheels underneath, and dozens of soldiers were required to propel it forward, and a total of three were made, and thirty soldiers hid behind each pippen.

This type of pippen is generally used to defend against trebuchet flying stone attacks at the head of the city, but it is much larger and can be miniaturized to attack the passes in the mountains.

Gan Xin took the lead, and he was behind the first Pippen, leading thirty soldiers to push Pippen slowly up.

'Bang! Bang! Bang! Suddenly there was a bang above the city, followed by the sound of arrows in the air. Sou! Gan Xin shouted, "Get down! ”

The soldiers lowered their bodies, and a dense stream of arrows rained down on Pippen, followed by 'Boom! With a loud bang, Pippen shook for a moment, and it was a piece of rolling wood that hit Pippen, but the slippery leather and bevel unloaded most of the impact, and the giant log slipped out and was thrown out of the cliff.

Immediately after that, another boulder hit the leather shield, and the impact was not great, and the boulder slid out.

A dozen rolling logs hit Pippen in a row, but none of them caused serious damage, and the impact was skillfully unloaded, like a thunderball on cotton.

Several pieces of rolling log flew over their heads, smashing downwards with a Pippen underneath.

Gan Xin waved his hand, signaling his men to continue upward, they were under the rain of arrows and rolling wood and stones to walk upward, the impact still brought great damage to Pippen, the wooden frame was gradually smashed to pieces, at this time, a boulder weighing more than 30 pounds smashed the cowhide frame, and another piece of giant wood smashed, it penetrated Pippen, directly to the top of the soldier's head.

Gan Xin was quick-eyed, blocked the rolling log with his shield, and shouted, "Stand aside, let the tent come up!" ”

The soldiers stood against the rocks, shielding them from the point, and Gansin kicked the tattered Pippen off the cliff with a single kick.

A Pippen in the back continued to attract enemy fire, and he and his soldiers slowly stepped forward against the stone wall, holding shields in their hands to defend against enemy arrows, which was actually a good way, except that the arrows could hurt them, and the rolling wood and stones were ineffective.

At this time, they were only about twenty steps away from the city, and Gan Xin shouted, "Do it! ”

A soldier lit an iron fire thunder, quickly passed it, and passed it to Gan Xin's hands, Gan Xin threw away his shield and threw the iron fire thunder into the city, which was a small iron fire thunder weighing more than 20 catties.

Gan Xin was infinitely powerful and threw it on the city with precision, 'Boom! The iron fire and thunder exploded, and more than a dozen soldiers were blown up, and the iron pieces burst out, and nearly a hundred soldiers were injured by the shock wave and iron plates, and the attack on the city stopped.

Gansin shouted, "Rush forward!" ”

The soldiers swarmed up, and more than fifty soldiers rushed up with a bumper stick, and they shouted and sprinted hard, 'Boom! There was a muffled sound, the city gate shook violently, the masonry dust fell in a plop, and then everyone retreated, and there was another violent impact, the old wooden door could not withstand two violent impacts in a row, the bolt broke, the gate was smashed open, and hundreds of soldiers swarmed in.

The soldiers in the city fled, the dead died, the wounded, the city was in a mess, the main general Wang Qinglian was shot in the head by a piece of iron, killed on the spot, the deputy general was also blown off the cliff, the soldiers who could move fled, and the remaining wounded soldiers lay on the ground groaning in pain, completely losing their combat effectiveness.

Gan Xin shook his head and ordered to the left and right: "Bandage their wounds!" ”

The 3,000 troops occupied the Fukou Pass, and then occupied the barracks at the foot of the mountain, the soldiers fled in a hurry, and the bridge over the Fuyang River was too late to be destroyed, which reduced the Jin army a lot of trouble.

In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Song led the army to arrive at Fukou Pass, and Gan Xin went out of the pass to welcome the arrival of the lord.

"How many casualties did the brothers have?"

Guo Song is not worried about not being able to take it, he is more concerned about how much it cost to win Fukou Pass.

"His Royal Highness Qiqi, more than 20 people were injured, all of them were injured by rolling wood and stones, two of them were too seriously injured to die, and the rest were minor injuries."

"Didn't that Pippen work?" Guo Song asked with a frown.

"The effect was very good, there were no casualties under Pippen, but the enemy's rolling logs were so dense that a few of them flew far away and fell right into the crowd behind. So ......."

"I see, did the defenders inform Li Wujun?"

"It seems that the notice has been given, and the troops said that the master of the gate will release two characters yesterday afternoon, one is to send it to Xindu County, Jizhou to Li Wujun, and the other is to send it to Yongnian County, Zhaozhou for help."

"How far is it from Yongnian County?" Guo Song turned around and asked.

Marching Sima Liu Qiang bowed and said: "Back to His Royal Highness, it is about two hundred miles, and it is eighty miles away from Handan." ”

"How far is Xindu from Yongnian County?" Guo Song asked again.

"About three hundred miles."

Guo Song quickly calculated in his heart that Li Wujun would probably receive the pigeon letter around noon today, and he immediately sent an army to support Yongnian County, which would take a hundred miles away from him, but if it was cavalry, the two armies would arrive almost at the same time.

Guo Song immediately ordered: "The army will rest for an hour and set off immediately!" ”

The army only rested for one hour at Fukou Pass, the army continued to march to the northeast, they needed to walk for two and a half days to go to Yongnian County, Zhaozhou Prefecture, the elite side of the 30,000 army was fully reflected at this time, marching for nine hours a day, only resting for three hours, and the journey that was supposed to walk for three and a half days was shortened by them by one day.

As Guo Song expected, at this time, Li Wujun sent the general Hong Xingnan to lead 3,000 cavalry to Yongnian County to support Yongnian County first, and he immediately led 20,000 troops to rush to Yuzhou.

There is a Gaosheng Inn near the South City Gate of Xindu County, covering an area of about five acres, with small buildings and yards, and more than 100 guest rooms, and its scale can also enter the top five in Xindu County.

Like the Gaosheng Inn in other states, the Gaosheng Inn in Xindu County is also one of the intelligence points of Jinwei Mansion in Hebei, from the shopkeeper to the guys, more than ten people are members of Jinwei Mansion, they are mainly responsible for collecting intelligence, usually very low-key, no one would have thought that the shopkeeper and diligent guys with a full face of blessings would actually be the intelligence spies sent by Chang'an.

Just after noon, the guy Zhang Niu'er ran back to the inn like a gust of wind, "Shopkeeper! There is important news. ”

Shopkeeper Yue stood inside the counter and glared at him fiercely, "How many times have I warned you, don't talk nonsense here, make a surprise, the guests still think something is wrong." ”

Zhang Niu'er stuck out his tongue and scratched: "Isn't it a big deal that the price of meat has fallen?" ”

The drop in the price of meat is their hidden word, which means that the intelligence is related to the army, but others do not understand it.

"You come with me!"

Shopkeeper Yue took his man to the backyard shopkeeper's room, he closed the door and asked, "What important information?" ”

"Li Wujun sent troops, a total of 23,000 people, 3,000 cavalry first, he personally led 20,000 to Yongnian County, Zhaozhou."

"Is the information reliable?"

"What Luo Senjun told me must be reliable!"

Luo joined the army as a soldier under Li Wujun's account, Cao joined the army, and was bought by them with a lot of money, and he also wanted to leave a way back for himself, and the important information of the shopkeeper Yue was obtained from him.

Shopkeeper Yue hurriedly said: "You go to the outside of the city and ride a fast horse, and immediately rush to Zhaozhou to report the news to the commander of the Jin army." ”

(End of chapter)