On a snowy night, east of Chang'an, Baqiao in the wind and snow, the sound of fire and killing shook the sky, the Zhou army that broke through Lantian pursued the scattered Sui army, chased all the way here, and engaged the Baqiao garrison, they wanted to rush across the Baqiao to attack Chang'an. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Baqiao is the key to Chang'an, it is the traffic throat of the east of Beijing, and the stone arch bridge is built next to the old bridge in the second year of the emperor, so as to withstand the endless stream of cars and horses every day, and now the situation is urgent but can not be demolished.

Early this morning, the prince led the army to Lantian and the Baqiao post at the Baqiao Bridge also increased the garrison, as a result of the fall of Lantian and the Baqiao became the last line of defense in Chang'an.

The Bashui and Chanshui flowing from the Qinling Mountains in the south converge here, and the Baqiao across the Bashui is a bridge between the east and west banks, and the Zhou army did not fight to the death here, and grabbed the wooden bridge at the same time in the two bifurcated rivers upstream to make preparations with both hands.

In the middle of winter, the river water was cold, but many Zhou soldiers carried the wood directly down the river to build a bridge, and they used door-shaped iron nails to nail the wood directly, and the construction speed was extremely fast.

The bridge has been built on the Ba River, the Zhou army is now rushing to build the bridge on the Chan River, the Sui army from Chang'an out of the city to reinforce the Sui army on the west bank of the Chan River and the Zhou soldiers who first waded ashore to fight, the two sides around the Ba Bridge and here to fight to the death, one side to delay time, one side to gain time.

Yu Wenliang, the commander of the Zhou army, stood on the east bank of Bashui, looking at the two battlefields in front of him, and then at Chang'an City in the distance, his face was impatient, the stubborn resistance of the Sui army was expected, but if it dragged on like this, the variables would become bigger and bigger.

Yu Wenliang took out a pocket watch from the cloth pocket on his belt, looked at the time in the light of the fire, and then looked in the direction of Chang'an, and then signaled to his subordinates: "Build the bridge faster!" ”

War horses galloped, the cavalry of the Zhou army was led by the torches held by the vanguard, and advanced towards Chang'an, when the main force attacked Lantian, they went west to Bailu Plateau, and it was easy to walk through the ravines and river beaches and then turn into the official road, and run to the south side of Chang'an according to the commander's instructions.

Dark clouds cover the moon, the surroundings are pitch black, the previous walk is the wilderness, many horses accidentally broke their legs, fortunately the horses are sufficient and did not delay the trip, but after passing the White Deer Plateau, the horses are also lost in half.

If it is a normal marching battle, it will never act like this, first, the loss of war horses in vain, and second, the logistics cannot be guaranteed, and it is very easy to be cut off by people, but now only by dividing the troops to outflank can it be possible to add a little weight to the final success.

The army broke through Lantian, and the cavalry pursued and killed the routs all the way, and attacked in the direction of Chang'an, but it was still unknown whether they could break through the Baqiao east of Chang'an, so their way became the key.

Next to the official road are scattered villages and manors, even if the movement of the cavalry of the Zhou army is very large, causing the dogs in the village to bark constantly, no one dares to show their heads out to see, the outline of Chang'an City faintly appears in front, and the towering city wall is like a mountain range in front of them.

Chang'an, just around the corner!

"Stop!! This is the neighborhood! ”

The leading horsemen suddenly slowed down, and even a group of cavalry behind them stopped, and when one of them took out a piece of paper, he looked at it in the light of the torch, and a scene was drawn on the paper, which was somewhat similar to the one in front of him.

On the left side of the road was a small courtyard of its own, which was somewhat detached from the rest of the village, and the cavalry dismounted and stepped forward to take a closer look at the gate by the fire.

On the left side of the gate hung a peach charm with a strange symbol carved on it, and the soldier looked at the symbol drawn on the corner of the paper, and the two were exactly the same.

As written on the paper, the soldier banged on the door at a frequency of three long and one short, and after a few moments a man opened the door, saw the paper that the soldier had presented, and immediately said, "It's finally here." ”

"Flames out, hurry!"

In a series of dog barking around, Zhou Bing dismounted one after another, leaving some people to watch the horses, and the rest entered the courtyard, and the man led the people to the side room, and moved a water tank away, revealing a swarthy tunnel entrance.

Seeing that as the boss said, there is a tunnel here, the soldiers of Zhou couldn't help but look happy, the man was about to lead people in, but the general asked: "How long will it take to get to the end?" ”

"If the first person is the first person, it will take nearly one stick of incense, and if all the people arrive, at least four sticks of incense."

"Do you have incense here?"

"Yes."

The general handed a few sticks of incense from the man to the soldiers left behind: "Now start to point one by one, and the fifth incense stick will be lit halfway through and send a signal." ”

"Yes!"

The man explained: "The Sui army has set up a ground near the city wall, and it is manned day and night, and it is necessary to keep quiet in the tunnel. ”

"Got it."

Lighting a torch, the man entered the tunnel, and the Zhou soldiers rushed in, except for some of the soldiers who stayed behind, a team of hundreds of people, just disappeared into the small courtyard.

In the small courtyard, several soldiers who stayed behind set up a few bamboo tubes, lit a stick of incense, and waited for the fifth stick of incense to burn halfway before sending a signal.

After a while, the piercing gong sounded, and the village soldiers on duty plucked up their courage and sounded the gong to report the enemy situation to the defenders of Chang'an, and the Zhou soldiers who stayed behind immediately rushed to the place where the gong sounded.

In the tunnel, a group of people walked forward quickly, and to the surprise of the Zhou soldiers, the tunnel did not look like it was newly dug, allowing a person to pass through straight, with wooden planks on the top and sides, and it could be seen that a lot of effort had been spent.

What's even more surprising is that there is light at every other distance, and the light source is actually a night pearl, although the interval distance is very long, but the cumulative number is also quite a lot.

This made many people's eyes wide, if it weren't for the night pearls in a small iron cage, some people really wanted to "take the sheep by the hand".

"It's... The Night Pearl has always been placed in the tunnel? ”

"No, we learned early this morning that the official army had broken through Lantian Pass, so we let it go."

We, these two words reveal some information, but think about it, you also know that a tunnel of this scale is not something that one or two people can complete overnight, but it is narrower, it seems that it was originally used for emergency escape, otherwise the main force can enter the city from here.

As pioneers, these Zhou soldiers have put life and death on the line, and since the coach has arranged it in advance, the chances of success are much higher, and their confidence is even stronger.

The tunnel is straight, but the air is turbid, and I don't know how long I walked, a wall appeared in front of me, and the tunnel also sloped downward, passing through under the wall, seeing that there was a brick and stone support under the wall, the generals of the Zhou army wondered if this was the southern city wall of Chang'an?

"Above is the city wall, I originally wanted to use the thunder to make a fortune, but the Chang'an realm is very tight on all kinds of medicinal materials, and someone has to guarantee and trace the amount if you buy more than a certain amount, and you really can't make enough thunder."

"I see, can this tunnel lead to the bottom of the palace?"

"No, there is water seeping out of the ground in that area, and then there is a ground to listen, and there is no way to dig it."

"Then you dig this tunnel so that you are not afraid of being detected by the ground near the city wall?"

"This tunnel has been dug for a long time."

The general was surprised when he heard this: This tunnel has already been dug up? It seems to be used to escape?

It was easy to bypass the root of the city wall, and the generals pondered that if they wanted to step on such a thick city wall, they would probably use the thunderbolts, and with their light galloping state, there was really no way to transport so many thunderbolts.

Walking on, at last he came to the end, where the leading man pulled a rope hanging from the dirt wall, and after a few moments moved the floor above.

The group came out of the tunnel, several men in cloth waited for a long time, and several Zhou soldiers went out of the door, breathing in the fresh air that they had not seen for a long time, and found that they were in a large mansion.

Looking up, there are houses all around, it seems that they have successfully entered Chang'an City, and there are many places in the city where there is a noise, it seems that someone is fighting.

The soldiers remained quiet and entered each room to wait, and several generals looked at a map by firelight, and the man in cloth pointed at the map and whispered something.

Soldiers continued to drill out of the tunnel, and all the rooms in the courtyard were gradually crowded with people, just when the front and back yards were almost full, but they saw a whistling sound from the south direction, and the people in the courtyard looked up, only to see several fires flying into the sky, blooming brilliant red, dyeing the snowy night into a bloody night.

"Just the right time, do it!!" (To be continued.) )