Zhu Li's expeditionary army had just arrived at the Fanyang Territory when he met Zhang Guimou.

Zhang Guimu took the guards at the north entrance and hastily set up a simple camp tent on the side of the road from Yizhou to Fanyang, as if he was waiting for Zhu Li.

As soon as he saw Zhu Li, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My subordinate Beikou guard and capture envoy, Zhang Guimu, meet the general." ”

Zhu Li hurriedly jumped off the war horse, walked a few steps, pulled him up, and complained: "Brother Gui Mu, don't be like this, by the way, why did you run here, what about the people in Beikou?" ”

He hurried to Lulong to repay Li Keju's kindness, which was sincere, but more importantly, he held on to protect the people's minds, especially the people in Beikou, which made him even more worried.

Most of the people in Beikou are the brothers who left Shuozhou with him at the beginning, and the family members left behind, how can he not be concerned.

When Zhang Guimu heard this, he said with a smug and puzzled face: "The people of Beikou have all been sent to Shuozhou by me, don't you know?" ”

When Zhu Li heard this, his face sank, and he immediately asked: "Who did you send to give away, which way to go, why did I come all the way and not see a single figure?" ”

"Uh" When Zhang Guimu heard this, he was also shocked, his expression immediately sank, and he said solemnly: "I asked Don't General Zhang Dong and Shuzuo Zhao Jing to lead three thousand guards to escort them over." ”

"Are you sure which way to go?"

Zhang Guimu groaned for a moment, and a general beside him immediately took two steps forward and arched his hand: "General, Your Excellency, Zhang moved them to go to Ulzhou, turn to Shuozhou, and they should pass through Yanmen." ”

"Are you sure?" Zhu Li's expression was serious, and he immediately looked at the general.

"Subordinates are sure." Zhang Guimu's farewell general looked serious and said very firmly.

There was a false alarm, Zhu Li's marching route was to send troops out of the capital and rush all the way to Fanyang, no wonder they didn't encounter it.

But even so, he was still not at ease, and immediately signaled to Li Hanzhi, Li Hanzhi understood, waved his big hand, and several tooth soldiers galloped out of the formation.

"Go, along the direction of Ulju and Daiju, and check all the way to see if there are traces of a large number of people migrating." Li Hanzhi immediately instructed.

"No," several tooth soldiers immediately responded.

After making such an arrangement, Zhu Li was a little relieved, turned his head to look at Zhang Guimu, and said cordially: "Brother Guimu, are you moving very fast, where are you going, are you not guarding the north entrance?" ”

Zhang Guimou's expression was also a little worried, but in the face of Zhu Li's question, he still responded: "Of course, I followed the general to Juyong Pass, where in the north entrance, General Pengju has already made arrangements, and my more than 10,000 men and horses, with his consent, can be used as a mobile force." ”

"General Yue is defending Juyong Pass, there should be no war there at the north entrance for the time being, I want to go to Juyong Pass to see if I can help."

Sure enough, it was a militant, Zhu Li sighed helplessly, but he didn't refuse, he jumped directly on the red rabbit horse, waved his hand at Zhang Guimu and said: "Let's go, Juyong Pass is a big canyon, one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, and it is not easy for the Khitans to come over." ”

As soon as he saw Zhu Li's answer, Zhang Guimou's expression was greatly lifted, and he hurriedly rushed back to his main formation, waving his hand to signal his subordinates to follow Zhu Li's army, and the group went directly north.

Juyong Pass, an important pass on the Great Wall, is located in

In Youzhou.

It can also be said that it is an important gateway to Fanyang.

The whole pass is built in the middle of the canyon, more than 30 miles long, and there are lush mountains on both sides, which is the pass where the Di people enter the Kolulong and must focus on attacking.

The terrain here is dangerous, and it has a reputation of being a husband and a man since ancient times.

When Zhu Li arrived here, outside the city pass, across the opposite side of the Great Wall, was fighting, Yue Pengju, who had not seen him for several years, heard that Zhu Li was coming, hurried over, saw Zhu Li, bowed his hand and said: "General, you are here, please forgive your subordinates for being in armor, you can't pay full salutes." ”

"Don't worry about that, what's going on now?" Zhu Li walked towards the city wall first, and asked Yue Peng solemnly.

Yue Pengju saw the inquiry, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "When the subordinates received the news and rushed to come, the Di people had been attacking the key problems for five consecutive days, the Khitan went south, and the Guangbian army that was originally stationed in Yanzhou was destroyed, and the Qingyi army was forced to retreat to Juyong Pass. ”

"Fortunately, the reinforcements under his subordinates are timely, the Khitans can't attack for a long time, so they will go out to fight, wanting to use this to destroy the will of our army, in addition to our Zhenyuan Army and Qingyi Army, Li Quanzhong also sent people to reinforce, the five tigers of the Gao family under his command, this time there are two, one is called Gao Siji, the other is called Gao Mian, and the one who fights with Di Jiang under the city is Gao Siji." Yue Pengju only briefly talked about the situation, and several people came to the city.

Some people say that there are more than 10,000 people and a sea of people, but what is the situation of an army of nearly 200,000?

Standing on the head of the city, you can only see the heads of people everywhere, and you can't see the edge at a glance, and the scimitar out of the sheath, even in the dark night, can reflect the light in all directions.

The flag is like a wave, the crowd is like a sea, and there is no end in sight.

The fierce aura came to his face, if he was a timid person, he could be scared to death just by seeing so many people, let alone resist the other party's attack.

In front of the Di people's military formation, a young man with a white horse and a silver spear was wielding a spear and fighting with a rough and bearish Di general, and the battle was in full swing and fierce.

Nadi will look five big and three thick, like a chimpanzee that has not fully evolved, with a big iron spear in his hand, he is playing colorfully, and his martial arts are very exquisite, not like those Di people he has encountered before, who only know how to use brute force.

Obviously, this is a rare fierce general, and now he is gaining the upper hand, and Gao Siji is being pressed into the inferior by the other party.

Who is Gao Siji, this person is the most famous general in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, listening to what Wei Chixin said, even if he is not much different from Yue Pengju, but now he is being pressed into the downwind, which makes Zhu Li have some interest in that Di general.

"Who is that person, the one who fought against Gao Siji?" Zhu Li spoke up and asked Yue Pengju beside him.

When Yue Pengju heard this, he hurriedly said: "The other party is the warrior of the Khitan Darabu, Jelu Sara, known as Azhu Shali. ”

"Ajushari?" Zhu Li was puzzled.

"Lord Shali, in the words of our Han people, is the meaning of the master of the warriors, this person is the fourth son of Yelu Junde, brave and fierce, before the general arrived, he had already beheaded Li Quanzhong's three yuan generals, which led to Gao Siji personally fighting

。 Yue Pengju's words were full of ridicule and schadenfreude, and a fool could feel it.

It's no wonder that the Khitan couldn't tackle the fortifications and came to fight, according to Yue Pengju's meaning, no matter how they shouted and cursed, the Tang army just didn't move, and there was no need to pay attention to the other party.

What's more, most of the Di people on the other side don't understand Chinese, even if they scold, ordinary soldiers can't understand it, and they can't shake their morale at all.

But when Gao Siji and Gao Mian brothers heard it, they thought that Yue Pengju was too cautious and did not dare to fight, but wanted to go and try the weight of this Khitan warrior, and the result evolved into what it is now.

was beheaded three times by the other party, not only shook the morale of the army, but even Gao Siji personally went to battle, but he didn't have the upper hand at all, isn't this a lack of success and more than a bad thing?

Zhu Li glanced at Yue Peng strangely, but he didn't expect this national hero of later generations to have such a cautious side.

However, it is not difficult for him to understand Yue Pengju's mood, originally it was okay to do nothing, these guys wanted to go out to play prestige, but now the prestige has not been played, and as a result, Yue Pengju has been forced to a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger, and whoever he is replaced will inevitably be resentful.

If Zhu Li and the others don't come, is it better for Yue Pengju to fight, or not to fight?

Yue Pengju is not like Li Quanzhong and others, how long has Li Quanzhong been operating in this place of Youzhou, and there are countless generals under his command who can stand alone; It is very rare for Yue Pengju to have a capable person under his command, if he goes to war, in case Gao Siji's brother has bad intentions and locks him out, he has ten lives that are not enough to send.

But if there is no fight, the morale of the entire army has now been brought to the lowest point by these guys, and they don't want to find a way to boost their morale, and then ask the Di people to take the opportunity to attack the city, it is foreseeable that even if they hold the city pass without losing it, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses, which is inevitable.

Once morale is such an ethereal thing, once it collapses, even a million heroes may collapse in an instant, and no general dares not to pay attention to morale.

Now that Zhu Li is here, it can be said that Yue Pengju's worries have been relieved in an instant, and he can fight whenever he wants, and he is very relieved.

Although Yue Pengju is in Youzhou, his loyalty is still Zhu Li, so the soldiers he brought out, especially some generals with enough weight, know who is their real "boss".

Sure enough, Gao Siji and Jeruzara continued to fight for more than 30 rounds, and if they were careless, they were swept away by the other party, and the weapons were gone.

When Yue Pengju saw this scene, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed, although he was very angry, but at this time, he couldn't pick on it, and he turned around and wanted to go down to the city to fight.

"Slow" Zhu Li suddenly shouted to stop him, making Yue Peng turn his head in confusion, Zhu Li looked directly into the other party's eyes, and said indifferently: "Let Hanzhi try it, this guy should have been impatient for a long time." ”

When Li Hanzhi heard this, his black face suddenly rose two blushes, he was already trying to suppress it, but he still couldn't escape Zhu Li's eyes, hearing this, he scratched his shiny bald head, and said suddenly: "I still haven't escaped the general's eyes, my subordinates have been itching recently, that Brother Pengju, what kind of wild donkey is this, just let it go to me, and ask you to drink when you go back." ”

As soon as the words came out, he couldn't wait to walk down the city with an iron stick, passed by Yue Pengju's side, and patted him on the shoulder, no matter how Yue Pengju felt, he said straightforwardly: "Thank you, brother." ”