On the morning of October 22, until midnight, the Tibetan army did not send any more people to rush down and attack the stone fort. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Zhao Ziliang used a telescope to observe the situation above the Jinding Pass for a while, and the guards were heavily guarded, and the Tubo soldiers were waiting on the wall of the pass.

Zhao Ziliang said to the generals: "It seems that the Tubo army already knows that it is impossible to recapture the stone fort, so it is not going to send people to attack the stone fort again, so it is time for us to attack!" Zhao Bei, Zamu, mercenaries and servant armies are ready? ”

Zhao Bei replied: "King, the soldiers are ready, but the siege camp has not yet created the equipment for siege!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Has the siege ladder been built?" ”

An official next to him stood up and replied: "King, Weichen only received the notice late yesterday night, so the siege equipment has not been completed, and only eleven siege ladders have been built so far!" ”

"Then build while attacking the city!" Zhao Ziliang said and beckoned to Zamu.

Zamu trotted over and nodded: "King! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Start with your people, then the mercenaries of Zhao Bei, and then the Tianzhu soldiers of Xuanjiu, from now on attack Jinding Pass in turn, each person will attack for one day, whoever captures Jinding Pass first, this king will have a heavy reward, if you have not captured Jinding Pass after ten days, you will all be punished!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zamu hurriedly agreed.

The tragic siege battle began, and the difficulty of attacking Jinding Pass was much greater than that of attacking a fortified city, because to attack from the bottom up, this terrain had a natural disadvantage to the attacker, and this pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it cost ten times the casualties, it may not be able to attack.

On the sixth day of the siege, the total number of casualties among the Tibetan servants, mercenaries, and Tianzhu soldiers in charge of the attack had risen to 5,000, and corpses and wounded soldiers were constantly being carried down from the mountain at every moment.

Zhao Ziliang's handsome tent was stationed at the foot of the mountain, the army was attacking the city, he and all the generals and colonels were sitting on horseback in the open air to watch, Zhao Bei reported to him: "Because it is a back attack, many of our siege equipment are not used, such as the well fence, the trebuchet, the well fence can not be pushed up, the stone catapult fired by the trebuchet can not be ejected on the Jinding Pass, and the only thing is the bed crossbow that can be regarded as causing certain casualties to the Tubo army on the Jinding Pass!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took the telescope and observed for a while, and asked the generals: "Does the Zhuqing family have a good plan to break through this pass?" ”

The generals and officials were all thinking, but none of them spoke, and obviously they didn't think of a good way.

Chen Qing hugged his fists to Zhao Ziliang and said: "King, if you can't think of any other way, you can only strengthen the offensive on the one hand, and let the Huya Army dispatch on the other hand, see if you can climb the cliff from the Yalu River and climb the Jinding Pass!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted when he heard this; "Where is the commander of the Huya Army?"

A thirty-year-old major general rode a horse and ran over to hug his fists and said: "King, Zhang Ben, the commander of the Huya Army, has seen the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Just now, General Chen suggested using the Huya Army to climb the cliff from the river to climb the Jinding Pass, and suddenly appeared from an unexpected place of the Tubo army, killing them by surprise, so as to break through this pass." You are the commander of the Huya Army, do you think this method is feasible? ”

Zhang Ben hugged his fists and said: "King, the last general has observed the terrain around Jinding Pass, the cliff on the side of Jinding Pass is at least 100 zhang high, this distance far exceeds the climbing training distance of the soldiers in this subject, and the lower half of this cliff does not have any slope, the difficulty of climbing it is too great, if you climb it forcibly, even if there is no accident, the soldiers will be exhausted if they can climb to the Jinding Pass!" The probability of winning the level will not exceed 60%! ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said: "It's not the most difficult battle, and this king will not use the Huya Army, once the Huya Army is used, it means that we have no other way." The existence of the Huya Army is to make the impossible possible, otherwise there is no need for the Huya Army to exist! No matter what method you use, no matter how you sneak into Jinding Pass, your task is to burn the grain and grass in Jinding Pass and pollute their water source! You can use all the equipment you can use, in order to protect the safety of the soldiers, use all the things you can use, and do everything you can to supply you with all the manpower, financial and material resources of the army. ”

Zhang Ben hugged his fists and said: "The minister has the order, but the minister needs time to think about the tactical arrangement!" ”

"Okay, this king gives you three days to think and arrange tactics, and another three days to prepare!"

"Yes, King!"

Zhang Ben returned to the camp of the Huya Army and immediately convened all the officers above the rank of major to discuss the matter. The Huya Army has been formed for ten years, and it has always only been maintained at about 500 people, the first person in command is Xuan 18, Zhang Ben was his deputy at that time, after the formation of the West Factory, Xuan 18 was transferred to be in charge of the West Factory, Zhang Ben took over the Huya Army, and the officers and men in the army have changed many times, but some of the main officers are still in service, and these people were once personally trained by Zhao Ziliang.

The rank of any soldier and officer of the Huya Army is more than two ranks higher than that of any army of the Standing Army, and the recruits of the Standing Army have become corporals since they have completed their training, while the soldiers of the Huya Army are at least sergeants, and their salaries are much higher.

The officers rushed in and saluted Zhang Ben, who was sitting on the main seat: "Meet the general!" ”

"Sit down!" Zhang Ben waved his hand and said.

The officers all sat on the ponies on either side, and each one sat with their waists straight and did not squint.

Zhang Ben said: "Just now the king ordered that our Huya Army find a way to infiltrate the Jinding Pass and assist the army to take this pass!" General Ben has already received the order, the king has given the order, and the general can't do it if he doesn't accept it! We had three days to think about the tactics we had and three days to prepare. Everyone, think about any way to infiltrate the Golden Dome Pass! ”

The first officer on the left stood up and hugged his fists and said: "General, let's not talk about how to sneak into Jinding Pass, according to the estimation of subordinates, Jinding Pass has suffered a total of about 5,000 casualties these days, if they are not replenished by troops, there should be 10,000 people, and even if our Huya Army is all dispatched, there are only 500 people, even if our army can contain them 5,000 people in a frontal attack, they still have 5,000 people to use against us, a ratio of ten to one!" It's not that subordinates raise the morale of others to destroy their own prestige, the risk of this battle is too high! ”

Zhang Ben nodded and said, "I don't need you to say it, General Ben also knows that the risk of this battle is very high, and it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out if you don't get it!" Just now, the king said something to General Ben, he said that the meaning of the existence of the Huya Army is to make the impossible possible, otherwise there is no need to exist! It can be seen that the king's expectations for our Huya Army are very high, and he also attaches great importance to us! Ladies and gentlemen, it is not the style of our Huya Army to eat and wait for death, and it is not what our Huya Army needs if it is not valued by the king, since our Huya Army exists, it must be valued and relied on by the superiors, otherwise the Huya Army will be disbanded on the spot. I don't want to hear any discouraged words in the future, completing the task is our first purpose, there are no conditions, we also have to find a way to create conditions that can be infiltrated, do you understand? ”

All the officers stood up and shouted in unison: "Understood! ”

"Okay, hang up the map of Jinding Pass! Let's see how we can sneak in."

Several soldiers immediately hung up the visual plans of the front, left and right sides of the Golden Dome Pass.

Zhang Ben said: "Our task is not to break through the Jinding Pass, our task is to assist the army to break through the Jinding Pass!" Find a way to infiltrate the Jinding Pass to burn the grain and grass of the Tubo people and pollute their water sources! Without food and water, they couldn't last two days! Maybe they won't be able to last for half a day, because once the grain and grass are burned, they will be discouraged, and even the gods will not be able to return to the sky! You all express your opinions, talk about your thoughts, we put your ideas together, there will always be the most practical way! ”

An officer stood up and hugged his fists and said: "General, if we want to sneak into Jinding Pass, there are only two ways: first, climb the cliff from the river on the right side of Jinding Pass; Second, climb up from the mountain stream on the left side of Jinding Pass. If you want to choose, the subordinates think that it should be easier to climb up from the bottom of the mountain stream, after all, there is at least some slope to climb up from the bottom of the mountain stream, although there are too many thorns and shrubs, and it is easy to slip, but we can send someone to force a road first, we have six days, enough to cut a road to the top of the mountain! ”

Another black and thin officer stood up and hugged his fists and said: "General, don't look at the difficulty of climbing the cliff from the river on the right, in fact, I think that climbing the cliff is much more hidden than climbing up from the bottom of the mountain stream, is it very certain, but the Tubo people definitely didn't expect that we would sneak in from this side, because they didn't dare to imagine that we would have this ability!" ”

Someone stood up again and said: "General, I think it is too difficult to climb the cliff, the height of this cliff is at least a hundred zhang, I am afraid that the brothers will be exhausted before they have climbed to the top of the mountain, what kind of battle are they fighting?" ”

"General, it seems easier to climb up from the bottom of the mountain stream, but in fact it is more dangerous, because there are a lot of shrubs and thorns growing on one side of the mountain stream, which makes the mountain stream dark all year round, and there must be a lot of moss growing in the stone walls or cracks in the stone walls, this kind of thing has a fatal obstacle to our climbing, because it will slip when we step on it, and once someone falls down and makes a noise, we will be discovered, and climbing up from the cliff on the side of the river, although it is very difficult, but there is no danger that exists at this time!"

At this time, a captain named Chen Jin stood up and hugged his fists and said: "General, my subordinates have thought of a protective measure when climbing the cliff, and at the same time, it can also allow the soldiers to take a little rest when they are tired while climbing!" In this way, the height of the cliff is not too much of a problem, but you must prepare some excellent equipment in advance! ”

When Zhang Ben heard this, he immediately said: "You say! ”