After Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Suzhou Xiang Army, agreed to the plan of the general Zhou Jiling under his command, Zhou Jiling took the initiative to ask Ying, hoping to lead a team of elite troops to cross the mountains and mountains between the two passes, opening the door to the capital for the entire Suzhou Xiang Army.

To tell the truth, the mountains and mountains around Canglong City, the terrain is extremely steep, Zhang Mingqi is actually unwilling to let his general Zhou Jiling take risks, once Zhou Jiling has an accident, it will be a very big loss for the entire Suzhou Xiang army.

However, Zhou Jiling was very insistent on this, hoping that he could lead the team, and even did not hesitate to issue a military order to Zhang Mingqi.

Zhang Mingqi finally agreed to be led by Zhou Jiling to carry out the task of crossing the mountains and mountains and seizing the gates of the pass, and also sent Zhang Shaohua to Zhou Jiling at the request of Zhou Jiling.

On the afternoon of September 4, Zhou Jiling took a hand-picked 1,000 elite soldiers, as well as several martial arts generals and fierce generals Zhang Shaohua under Zhou Jiling's command, and directly entered the lofty mountains and mountains between Mengjin Pass and Revolving Gate Pass.

In order to cooperate with Zhou Jiling's operation, Zhang Mingqi not only asked Wu Zhan, the leading general, to mobilize the main forces of the two guards under his command to move closer to the revolving gate pass, but also transferred a guard from Mengjin Pass and secretly transferred them to outside the revolving gate pass.

In addition, in order not to let the imperial army notice, the Suzhou Xiang army continued to attack Mengjin Pass, and at the same time organized a lot of auxiliary troops and began to dig tunnels into Mengjin Pass.

Zhou Jiling's elite army encountered unimaginable difficulties in the lofty mountains between Mengjin Pass and Revolving Gate Pass, and more than 50 soldiers fell to their deaths in the process of climbing just to climb a cliff.

By the time Zhou Jiling's elite army had gone through many difficulties and dangers, and finally entered the outskirts of Beijing on the morning of 8 September, there were only 560 of the 1,000 elite soldiers of the Suzhou Xiang Army, almost half of which had been lost.

There are also two brave generals under the command of Zhou Jiling, who have also been left in the mountains and mountains forever, which makes Zhou Jiling feel distressed enough.

In the woods at the foot of a mountain, Zhou Jiling took a look at the surrounding environment, and then said in a deep voice to his confidant Wang Bo: "Let the soldiers rest in this forest for half an hour, eat a little something, and then we will advance towards the revolving gate pass, and strive to win the revolving gate pass tonight!" ”

At this time, the remaining Suzhou soldiers, because of the mountains and mountains, everyone's clothes were in tatters, if it weren't for weapons and armor, they would be like a group of victims.

Wang Bo said to Zhou Jiling with some concern: "Dashuai, we don't have much to eat, and it's enough for the brothers to eat." ”

Zhou Jiling said indifferently: "Give all the things that can be eaten to the brothers, if we can't take the revolving door pass tonight, it's useless for us to keep what we eat!" ”

Zhou Jiling and the others were lucky, and on the afternoon of September 8, they came to the north gate of the revolving gate without any waves.

The revolving gate pass is the same as the Mengjin pass, it is also built with the pass, the circumference of the whole revolving gate pass is about four thousand meters, the city wall is also twelve meters high, the thickness is also seven meters, there are also two city gates in the north and south, at this time the large army of the Suzhou Xiang army is outside the south gate of the revolving gate pass.

In order to deal with Mengjin Pass, more than 10,000 people under the command of Wu Zhan, the general of the Suzhou Xiang Army, had already come to the south gate of the revolving gate pass, and also launched several tentative sieges.

The court defenders of the revolving gate pass, in order to guard against the Suzhou Xiang army outside the city, have been tightly closing the south city gate, but the north gate of the revolving gate pass has not been closed, and there are constantly grain, grass and various materials from Canglong City to the revolving gate pass.

The imperial army would not have thought that the army of Suzhou Xiang would cross the mountains and mountains between the passes and enter the suburbs of Beijing, and the garrison force in the entire suburbs of Beijing was not strong.

At this time, the imperial army stationed at the Revolving Gate Pass included 20,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 family members of various families, as well as the 25,000 troops of Luo Youpeng, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, Yuzhou, and these troops were currently stationed in the Revolving Gate Pass.

Zhou Jiling observed the situation of the north gate of the Revolving Gate Pass for a while, and immediately led people to set up an ambush on the road from the capital to the Revolving Gate Pass, and soon ambushed a grain transport team of hundreds of people, and hundreds of auxiliaries of this grain transport team were easily captured by Zhou Jiling and others, and hundreds of ox carts full of grain also fell into the hands of Zhou Jiling and others.

By the time the grain convoy continued to advance towards the revolving gate, all the auxiliaries of the grain convoy had become the Suzhou Xiang Army, and the hundreds of auxiliaries had turned into corpses stripped of their clothes and were hidden in the depths of a forest.

The soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the north gate of the revolving gate did not suspect that the grain transportation team was dressed up by the Suzhou Xiang Army, after all, the Suzhou Xiang Army had been blocked from the Canglong Eight Passes, and the entire Beijing suburb area was still very safe.

After Zhou Jiling and others escorted the grain to the granary in the revolving gate gate, they began to carry the grain on hundreds of ox carts into the granary, and they were busy until the evening before they finished transporting all the grain.

Later, Zhou Jiling and others were arranged by the forbidden soldiers guarding the granary to some tents near the granary, so that Zhou Jiling and others could rest here for one night, and then return to Canglong City early tomorrow morning, and also sent someone to bring dinner to Zhou Jiling and others.

During the meal, Wang Bo, the general under Zhou Jiling, sat next to Zhou Jiling and asked in a low voice: "Dashuai, we are also too smooth, and I am a little panicked." ”

Zhou Jiling took a bite of the dough cake in his hand, and said proudly: "The imperial army of the Revolving Gate Pass would never have thought that our Suzhou Xiang Army would come from the direction of the capital, and it is normal to relax like this, so that the brothers can eat and drink enough, and we will take the Revolving Gate Pass this night!" ”

Wang Bo nodded and said: "Dashuai is right, even I can't believe it, we can really cross the mountains and enter the suburbs of Beijing!" ”

Zhou Jiling glanced at Zhang Shaohua, who was eating bread, and said: "Brother Zhang, tonight to seize the south gate of the revolving gate pass, we still have to rely on you, from the time we open the city gate, to the large army outside the city to enter the revolving gate pass, there will be a long time, we must block the counterattack of the imperial army at all costs during this time, and guard the south city gate!" ”

Zhang Shaohua just nodded, still fighting with the bread in his hand, compared to seizing the revolving gate, Zhang Shaohua thinks that the bread in his hand is more important, and Zhou Jiling doesn't care about Zhang Shaohua's attitude at all, this way Zhou Jiling has a certain understanding of Zhang Shaohua, except for a terrifying martial arts and strength, Zhang Shaohua can be said to be useless, such a tenacious person, you just need to tell him what to do.

At midnight that night, Zhou Jiling and others came to the south gate of the revolving gate unimpeded, and some of the imperial court soldiers who were responsible for patrolling were quietly solved by Zhou Jiling and others.

In order to guard against the Suzhou Xiang army outside the city, the guards here at the south gate are very strict, and Zhou Jiling saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he led people to the south gate to kill him.

There were at least a thousand forbidden troops near the south gate of the revolving gate, but under the sudden attack of Zhou Jiling and others, the forbidden army here at the south gate was suddenly a little caught off guard, and Zhou Jiling and others quickly entered the hole of the city gate.

Zhou Jiling, who was covered in blood, roared loudly: "Kill them all!" Open the gates! ”

The forbidden soldiers in the city gate were quickly killed, and then the south gate of the revolving gate was opened, and according to the previous agreement, a general under the command of Zhou Jiling held a torch and sent a signal to the large army of Suzhou outside the city.

The imperial army in the revolving gate pass, found that the south city gate was opened by spies, and immediately launched a crazy counterattack, hoping to recapture the south city gate, but under the desperate blocking of Zhang Shaohua, a peerless military general and other Suzhou Xiang army soldiers, the Suzhou Xiang army outside the revolving gate still entered the revolving gate from the south gate.

As more and more Suzhou Xiang troops entered the revolving gate gate, the troops of Luo Youpeng, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, Yuzhou, in the city were first unable to hold up and were defeated, and a large number of soldiers fled outside the city from the north gate of the revolving gate.

The collapse of Luo Youpeng's troops, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, Yuzhou, suddenly made the forbidden army and the Jiading troops in the city of Revolving Gate lose the courage to continue to resist, and soon batches of imperial troops also fled from the north gate to the outside of the city.

In the early morning of the next day, one of the eight passes of Canglong, the revolving gate pass, fell into the hands of the Suzhou Xiang army, at this time the elite soldiers led by Zhou Jiling, there were less than fifty people left, and even Zhang Shaohua, a peerless general, was injured in several places.

However, in the entire battle to capture the pass, the Suzhou Xiang army only lost less than 4,000 people, including the losses of nearly 1,000 soldiers led by Zhou Jiling.

In the mansion of Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department of Canglong City, after Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department, learned the news of the loss of the revolving gate pass, he quickly sent someone to find the hussar general Li Hong and the hussar general He Guangzong.

"Bang-" Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, slammed the wooden table with his fist and roared angrily: "How could the revolving gate pass be occupied by the Suzhou Xiang army overnight?" With the loss of the revolving gate, the capital was directly exposed to the soldiers of the Suzhou Xiang Army! ”

Hussar general Li Hong said with a wry smile: "There are hundreds of Suzhou Xiang Army, I don't know how to enter the suburbs of Beijing, ambushed a grain transport team, and then pretended to be the auxiliary soldiers of the grain transport team, mixed into the Spiral Gate Pass, at night these Suzhou Xiang Army suddenly attacked, captured the south gate of the Spiral Gate Pass, and welcomed the large army of the Suzhou Xiang Army outside the city into the Spiral Gate Pass. ”

After a pause, the hussar general Li Hong continued: "Those hundreds of Suzhou Xiang troops are likely to cross into the suburbs of Beijing from between the mountains and mountains. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, asked angrily, "What about our army?" Inside the revolving gate, didn't we have more than 60,000 troops? It's rare that these more than 60,000 people watched the Suzhou Xiang army capture the entire revolving gate gate? ”

Hussar general Li Hong sighed and said: "Originally, the Suzhou Xiang army wanted to capture the Spiral Gate Pass, and it would not be so easy, but stationed in the Turngate Pass City, the army under the command of Luo Youpeng, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, Yuzhou, was in turmoil, so that the forbidden army and the Jiading troops in the city were also affected. ”

Captain Dou Yan angrily smashed the wooden table again, "Waste! It's really a waste that has more than enough success and more than failure! Immediately arrest Luo Youpeng, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, to the old man, and the old man is going to cut him! ”

He Guangzong, the hussar general next to him, reminded Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, at this time: "Captain Dou, Luo Youpeng Taishou is the brother-in-law of Han Renji, the secretary of the military department. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, then remembered the relationship between Luo Youpeng, the Taishou of Ganmeng County, and Han Renji, the secretary of the military department, so he shook his head helplessly, and could only divert the topic, and asked the hussar general Li Hong and the hussar general He Guangzong: "Now that the revolving gate pass has fallen into the hands of the Suzhou Xiang army, the Canglong Eight Pass is equivalent to losing its effect, and the two generals think, how should we deal with it next?" ”

The hussar general Li Hong immediately said: "Captain Dou, I think we should mobilize the army as soon as possible, and take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Suzhou Xiang army to take back the revolving gate." ”

The hussar general He Guangzong said with different opinions: "Since the revolving gate pass has fallen into the hands of the Suzhou Xiang army, if we want to recapture it, we will definitely pay a very heavy price, and it is likely to pay a heavy price, but we still can't recapture the revolving gate pass, after all, the revolving gate pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I think we should transfer the armies of the other seven passes back to the capital as soon as possible, and rely on the capital to start a decisive battle with the Suzhou Xiang army!" ”

Hussar General Li Hong frowned and said: "General He, once the Suzhou Xiang army is allowed to besiege the capital, it will inevitably cause chaos in the capital and easily make the situation worse. ”

The hussar general He Guangzong sighed and said, "I don't want the capital to be surrounded by the Suzhou Xiang army, but I don't think we have much hope of retaking the revolving gate." ”

Dou Yan, the commander of the military department, then pondered for a long time before deciding to adopt the suggestion of the hussar general He Guangzong, "Immediately transfer the troops at all passes back to the capital, and strive to defeat this rebel army in Suzhou under Canglong City!" ”

Hussar General Li Hong and Hussar General He Guangzong looked at each other, and both nodded solemnly, once the Suzhou Xiang army came to the city, there would be no way out for the Thirteenth Family!

Xiao Su, the hussar general who had been leading troops to resist the main force of the Suzhou Xiang Army in Mengjin Pass, received the order from Dou Yan, the commander of the military department, to lead the troops back to Canglong City, and said with a wry smile to the cavalry general Dou Bing: "I never thought that the natural danger of Canglong Eight Passes would be easily broken by the Suzhou Xiang Army, so that there is no point in guarding Mengjin Pass." ”

Dou Yan sighed and said: "The Suzhou Xiang army that suddenly appeared in the revolving gate and seized the south city gate is likely to enter the suburbs of Beijing from between the mountains and mountains. ”

The hussar general Xiao Su shook his head and said, "It's too late to say anything, let's lead the troops back to Canglong City and wait for a decisive battle with the Suzhou Xiang Army!" ”