The Western Qin army did not recruit Tubo people who were willing to fight for the Western Qin army in Qusangda, and the Tubo people in Qusangda only had old and weak women and children, and even if these people were willing, they were not capable of fighting on horseback, and Zhao Ziliang still handed over the more than 1,000 Tubo soldiers who had surrendered to the Zhamu Command. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the army rested in the riverside camp for more than ten days, Zhao Ziliang led the army eastward along the south bank of the Yalu River, and Zhao Hu and Zhamu led the Tibetan mercenaries and the Tubo servant army to the east along the north bank of the Yalu River.

On September 27, the first day of the army's march, a huge mountain range appeared in front of it that stretched into the distance, and Zhao Ziliang asked, "What is this place?" ”

Xuan Eighteen, the governor of Xichang, replied with a fist: "Your Majesty, the local Tubo people say that this is the westernmost point of the Sacred Mountain, and it is the place where the sun shines first!" The sacred mountain they are talking about is Nianqing Tangla, which is one of the three sacred mountains of Tibet! ”

At this time, a fast horse galloped from east to west, Zhao Ziliang immediately stopped his horse, and the advancing army also stopped advancing.

"Report to the king, there is a pass called Jinding Pass in front of 30 places, there is a Tubo army in the pass, with more than 15,000 troops, according to the local Tubo people, this Jinding Pass has only 3,000 defenders on weekdays, but after the news of our army's capture of Qusanda reached the city of Luo, the king of Luoda sent an additional 12,000 people to garrison this pass, to block our army's westward advance here!"

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked Chen Qing, "Where are the Zhao Bei and Zamu Department in Jiangbei now?" ”

Chen Qing replied: "Back to the king, the army of General Zhao and Zhamu is set up at the confluence between the two rivers, and there are Tubo troops on the other side of the river to monitor and patrol, and the army cannot advance, and just now I have sent someone to ask the army for the next move!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and instructed Chen Qing: "In this case, there is no point in Zhao Bei and the Zhamu Department staying in Jiangbei, and they are ordered to cross the river and come over to join my main army!" Ordered the whole army to camp on the spot, and wait for Zhao Bei and Zamu to converge before entering Jinding Pass! ”

"Yes!" Chen Qing immediately conveyed the order, and the army began to camp in the same place, on the one hand, resting and waiting for Zhao Bei and Zhamu in Jiangbei to cross the river to converge, on the other hand, Zhao Ziliang also had to study the strategy of attacking Jinding Pass.

After the construction of the Chinese army's tent, the military Chinese scholars quickly entered and began to redraw the surrounding terrain on a standard scale according to the topographic maps drawn by the outpost scouts, especially the terrain around Jinding Pass and Jinding Pass.

"King, eat some, this is freshly roasted mutton!" A eunuch led two soldiers into battle carrying a freshly roasted sheep.

Zhao Ziliang, who was watching the military Chinese books draw maps, heard the words and pressed his hand: "Put it down!" ”

After the soldiers withdrew, Zhao Ziliang tore off a leg of mutton and gnawed it, and the military map was quickly drawn, among which the plan and three-dimensional renderings of Jindingguan were drawn relatively blurry.

Xuan 18 pointed to the hanging map and explained to Zhao Ziliang: "The minister personally rode a horse to observe the situation of Jinding Pass, please see, this Jinding Pass is on the top of the mountain, the north is the Yalu River, the south is a bottomless ravine, one by one, there is no road, and there is no way, so if you want to go east, you can only capture Jinding Pass, and Jindingguang is on the top of the mountain, the terrain is very high, there is only one road on the mountain, and the Tubo army used the terrain on the road up the mountain to temporarily build some earthen forts, these earthen forts not only hindered our army's attack, You can also use bows and arrows to effectively kill and injure attacking soldiers, Weichen has seen it, and always feels that there are some evil sects here! ”

Zhao Ziliang was surprised: "Evil sect? How to Evil Door? ”

"As long as you enter the road on the mountain, people will feel dizzy, this is not only Wei Chen alone, but also the other sentinels have also felt it, the scene seen from near is very different from the scene seen from close, and it is cloudy and misty above the mountainside, I can't see it really, I don't know how to enter the halfway up the mountain!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Let's go, this king will go and see it in person!" ”

Xuan 18 and some soldiers escorted Zhao Ziliang to the road to Jinding Pass, at first Zhao Ziliang did not have Xuan 18 said that as long as he walked into this road, there would be dizziness, he thought that the dizziness was only caused by the sudden increase in altitude, but after walking for a while, he also began to feel a little dizzy, and others couldn't stand it, staggering, Zhao Ziliang felt that this place was indeed very evil.

Zhao Ziliang saw that Xuan Shibai and the others were a little unsupportable, he immediately looked up at the mountain, the mountain was densely covered with trees, a road stretched upward, and some clouds and mist were swirling in the distance.

"Oh, that's not right!" Zhao Ziliang rubbed his eyes and patted his cheeks again, "Since entering Tibet, most of the high mountains and dangerous peaks are bare, and at most some shrubs and weeds grow, how have you ever seen so many tall trees and dense forests?" Not normal, this is definitely not normal! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head, trying to sober himself up, then took out his bow and arrow, and shot it towards an extremely thick tree.

There was a "whoosh", followed by a scream: "Ahh

"I'm rubbing, what's the situation?" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but scold, daring to feel that the arrow shot at the thick tree just now actually hit a person? ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately thought of something, his face changed, and he immediately shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" After speaking, he turned around and ran down the mountain, Xuan 18 and the others were groggy at this time, and they were shouted by Zhao Ziliang, and they were much more conscious, and all the soldiers ran down the mountain with him.

As soon as they ran out of a distance, they heard a large number of "swishing ・・・・・・" archery sounds in the air, Zhao Ziliang and others ran down the mountain, while looking back, and found that countless sharp arrows flew down from the mountain, they just ran over, there was a wave of arrows shot behind them, until the soldiers all withdrew to the bottom of the mountain, Zhao Ziliang and the soldiers still had palpitations.

Xuan *** said to Zhao Ziliang in a cold sweat: "King, this pass is really evil, let's break through this golden top pass, I'm afraid it's not very easy!" I'm afraid I'll have to think of other ways! ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned, and said: "I am afraid that there are Tubo aliens on this mountain who use the surrounding natural terrain to arrange unknown formations, which will lead to this phenomenon, since entering the road up the mountain, I have already had illusions, everything I see is not real, just now this king obviously shot the trunk of a thick tree, but what came out was a miserable scream, unless the tree has been cultivated to the essence, knowing the pain and shouting, in fact, it is a person!" ”

Xuan 18 asked, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The mountain is too weird, and a forcible attack will only cause heavy casualties among the soldiers. ”

"Yes!"

This time, the army was stationed in the same place for half a month, Zhao Ziliang and others were helpless at the Jinding Pass, and Zhao Bei and Zamu had already led the army across the river to join the main army.

During this time, the temperature began to drop sharply, but fortunately, the army captured a lot of second-hand sheepskin jackets in the early stage of the war, although these things were stripped from the dead, but who cares if they can keep out the cold? Each soldier was given a piece, plus the soldiers carried cotton clothes and pants with them before leaving, and they had sheepskin jackets, which were warmer to wear, and they could also sleep under cover at night.

On October 15, Zheng San reported to Zhao Ziliang: "My lord, the merchants have entered the various areas of Tubo captured by our army, and the army's logistics and baggage are constantly being transported over, and there is no shortage of bows, crossbows and arrows, and they can continue to support the battle in the future!" ”

Chen Qing then stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, 50,000 Tianzhu soldiers have arrived and begun to take over the land occupied by our army, and most of the soldiers of our army who have been stationed in various places have now returned to the establishment!" General Xuanyi sent someone to report and ask for instructions, can he continue to attack the Ali Dynasty in the northwest direction? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "They have Master Shang Luo over there, they shouldn't need to worry too much about having Tibetan strangers to make trouble, but their troops are too thin, pass on the will of the king, send 10,000 Tianzhu soldiers to Xuanyi's command, send them warm clothes, don't freeze these Tianzhu soldiers to death!" After the Tianzhu soldiers arrived, they could attack the Ali Dynasty after a little rest! ”

Chen Qing took out a few more parchment scrolls and said, "This is sent back by Master Shang Kaluo, saying that he has caught the Inhumans who used the Alien Array, and got these from this person, and the minister thinks that these parchment scrolls may have recorded the method of how to use the Alien Array!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took these sheepskins and opened them one by one, but he couldn't read a word, and immediately shouted: "Come on, go find someone who is proficient in Tubo, go quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang asked Du Fu again: "Haven't the Qingluo Daoist of Qintianjian, the Chiba Zen Master of Huachan Temple, the Padmasambhava Master of Nalanda Temple, and the Innocent Master have not yet arrived?" ”

Du Fu hurriedly said: "Master Innocent and Master Padmasambhava have arrived near Qusanda and should be able to arrive within two days, and it is estimated that it will take several days for the Qingluo Daoist of Qin Tianjian and the Chiba Zen Master of Huachan Temple."

Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Send people to urge, let them speed up the formation, my army has been blocked here alone for more than half a month, in vain food and grass, morale has also dropped sharply, we must break the city as soon as possible This golden top pass arranged with strange arts!" ”

"Yes, the minister immediately sent someone to urge!"

Chen Qing then reported to Zhao Ziliang: "King, we have recruited 5,000 warriors in Nibhara, but the population of Nibora is not large, and it is already the limit to be able to recruit 5,000 warriors. ”

Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied, and instructed: "Speed up the training, this king still expects to rely on them to fight!" ”

"Yes, King!"