Starting from Chang'an, more than 500 people, all the way non-stop, running for a whole day, Zhao Chen felt that the whole person was about to fall apart.

Fortunately, at this time, the snow on the road was already thick, and Zhao Chen immediately asked someone to set up the climbing plow, lay down on the climbing plow, and the speed of the entire team was raised in an instant.

Dawangzhuang, in the previous dynasty, it belonged to Shuofang County, and there were about 100 households in the entire Zhuangzi, however, since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks have been committing crimes year after year, and the people on the village have walked and scattered, and the rest of the people have been brought to Shuofang City by Liang Shi.

Today's Dawangzhuang has been abandoned for many years, and what remains on the village is the house that has been decayed, with broken walls, barren grass, and a desolate scene.

In fact, not only Dawangzhuang, but all the Zhuangzi within a radius of several miles, like this Dawangzhuang, have become a pile of ruins, and more than half of the people have been brought to Shuofang City by Liang Shidu.

And the soldiers and horses of Xia Sui and Xia Sui led by Zhao Chen are in Dawangzhuang at this moment.

It is only about thirty miles away from Shuofang City, and it is only four or five miles away from the mountain col where Chai Shao was trapped.

Starting from Chang'an, all the way non-stop, in just five days, Zhao Chen rushed to Shuofang with 500 Xuanjia troops. Then, he gathered the soldiers and horses of Xia Sui and the two states and rushed to this Dawangzhuang, which had long been in ruins.

However, now things have gone wrong, when he was in Chang'an, he just gave the soldiers and horses of Xia Sui and the two states, threw down the gasoline barrels, and completed the task.

The rest were soldiers and horses from the two states, armed with incendiary bombs, and forcibly joined Chai Shaoli. Enter the col. But when they got here. When they looked at it from afar, they realized that things were not as simple as they thought.

Outside the col where Chai Shao was trapped. As long as this side shows its head slightly, the Turkic army will immediately find out, and it is simply a fool's dream to attack the entrance of the mountain col with a mere 1,000 soldiers and horses.

What's even more troublesome is that the mountain col chosen by Chai Shao is gourd-shaped and the mountain pass is narrow. This kind of terrain is very suitable for defense, but if you want to combine the inside and the outside, you can't do it at all.

When I didn't get it, the two sides were entangled together, so the Turks were killed!

The original plan could only end in failure!

"We have to find a way to inform General Chai of the situation here!" On one side of the slope of Dawangzhuang. Zhao Chen held the binoculars and looked at the Turks and Liang Jun around the mountain pass from a distance. Seeing such a scene, Zhao Chen put down the binoculars. couldn't help but sigh and said to Liu Lan beside him.

Liu Lannai is the governor of Xia, a thirty-year-old man. The standard looks like a northern man, and he was also born in Wagang in his early years. It's a pity that the times are not good, and he followed Li Mi to the Tang Dynasty. has been left in Xiazhou.

"There are a lot of locals in the army!" When Liu Lan heard Zhao Chen's words, she almost didn't think twice, so she said to Zhao Chen: "Why don't you find this for Hou Ye?" ”

Xiazhou soldiers and horses, half of them are locals, so they are naturally very familiar with this place, Zhao Chen heard Liu Lan's words and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Liu Lan immediately turned around and walked towards the bottom of the slope, Zhao Chen frowned, and glanced at the movement over there again. Then, he also walked down the slope.

At the time of this incident, more than 1,500 people gathered in the Dawang Village, which made this long-abandoned Zhuangzi more angry.

Dozens of temporary military tents were set up in Dawangzhuang, and on this kind of snowy day, if you stay outside for a while, your hands and feet will immediately become numb from the cold.

However, Zhao Chen did not allow anyone to light a fire, this place is only four or five miles away from the camp of the Turks, once the smoke rises, it will be immediately detected by the Turks, and what awaits them is doom.

Back in his tent, it didn't take long for Liu Lan to walk in with a soldier. He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his face was delicate, but it could be seen that he was very nervous about coming to see Zhao Chen.

In the northern borderlands, there are naturally high-ranking generals such as generals and generals, and these people all have knighthoods, and the soldiers are naturally used to it.

However, Zhao Chen, the marquis, is different, in addition to the identity of the marquis, he is also the identity of an immortal disciple. Especially in the past few days, the constant taking out things out of thin air has made the whole camp even more miraculous.

Inexplicably, these low-level soldiers have a sense of awe for Zhao Chen!

"What's your name?" Zhao Chen sat behind the handsome case, looked at the soldier in front of him who was about the same age as him, and asked in a kind tone.

"Back... Back to the manager, the small one is called a plug! ”

"Brother Bolt, where are you from?"

“… Dawangzhuang! ”

The soldier named Bolt paused slightly when he heard Zhao Chen's words, bowed his head and spoke. There is a forbearance in the tone, the people of Dawangzhuang back then, and now they come to this ruined Dawangzhuang, and the feelings in their hearts can be imagined.

When Zhao Chen heard this, he was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that there were really people from Dawangzhuang in the army of Xiazhou.

Since it is a person from Dawangzhuang, then things are much easier, Zhao Chen glanced at Liu Lan, and then looked at the soldier of the bolt, and said: "Brother bolt, presumably Liu Changshi has already told you about the matter, so Ben Hou asks you, do you know where there is a secret passage into the mountain?" ”

The col where Chai Shao was trapped is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountain pass is controlled by the Turks, while the other three mountains are covered by heavy snow, not to mention, the mountain is also extremely steep, not suitable for climbing at all.

"Yes!" When the bolt heard this, he replied simply without thinking about it: "I know a path that can go up to the mountain!" ”

"Good!" As soon as Zhao Chen heard the bolt talk about the path, he immediately became interested, and now he was most afraid that he would not be able to get in touch with Chai Shao, and with this path, it would be completely different.

"Brother Bolt, Benhou asked you to pick ten people!" Zhao Chen stood up from behind the handsome case, looked directly at the bolt and said, "You take Benhou's letter, immediately follow this path, enter the mountains and hand it over to General Chai there!" ”

When the words fell, Zhao Chen immediately wrote a letter and explained the situation here to Chai Shao one by one. Then, after it was scalded with fire paint, he handed it to the bolt, and sent the bolt and ten people to deliver the letter.

For the time being, the supplies could not be sent into the mountains, and only when the bolt came back from the mountains and the mountain road was determined to be feasible, the supplies were possible, and the soldiers carried them into the mountains.

After sending away the bolt and the others, Zhao Chen returned to the slope, observing the movements of the Turks, but in his mind, he was repeatedly thinking of ways to break the enemy.

And when Zhao Chen was standing on the slope and watching, Chai Shao, who was also in the col, was also standing on a slope at this moment, silently observing the movement outside.

Turning his gaze to Chai Shao's back, he saw tens of thousands of people, all crowded together at this time, and hundreds of military tents were densely spread all over the mountain pass. However, tens of thousands of horses, hundreds of tents, did not help at all.

Chai Shao had no choice but to order someone to dismantle the frame of the cart transporting grain and grass, and left the people outside the tent in pain.

At this time, you must not be soft-hearted, there are Turks outside, there is the possibility of breaking through the defense line anytime and anywhere, and the lives of soldiers are more precious than anything else.

It was already the twelfth day, and Chai Shao didn't know if the reinforcements from the imperial court had arrived, and the camp was already short of grain and grass, although he had strictly controlled the consumption of grain and grass from the beginning. However, tens of thousands of horses and horses have been consumed for a full twelve days, and the grain and grass have also been exhausted!

If the reinforcements are not yet available, next, Chai Shao should order the horse to be killed, but this is not a last resort, it is absolutely impossible.

There was a sudden commotion in the back camp, and Chai Shao was almost nervous when he heard the sound of the commotion, and turned his head sharply.

The col was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and while he put his troops in the mountain pass, in fact, he was always worried that the Turks would suddenly climb the mountain and enter, although this possibility was very small.

"General, it's the imperial court reinforcements that have arrived!" A general under Chai Shao, with the bolt and others who had just entered the mountain, said excitedly.

"Where are the reinforcements?" When Chai Shao heard the word reinforcements, his heart was like that general, and he couldn't help but be happy.

"Back to the general's words, the soldiers and horses brought by the Hou Ye are in Dawangzhuang at this time!" As soon as the bolt saw Chai Shao, he carefully took out Zhao Chen's letter from his arms, presented it to Chai Shao with both hands and said, "This is the letter from Master Hou, let the small one be handed over to the general!" ”

"Chang'an Hou!" Chai Shao listened to the bolt talking about the Hou Ye, and was still thinking in his mind, who is this Hou Ye, and even opened the envelope and looked at it, and suddenly said with some surprise.

Then, his eyes read along the hard pen words on the letter, and Chai Shao's heart, which was still a little excited, immediately poured a basin of cold water.

Jingyang's soldiers and horses have not yet arrived, but they have arrived in the two states of Xia Sui led by the Marquis of Chang'an, with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.

Disappointed! Extremely disappointed!

Zhao Chen made it very clear in the letter that before the arrival of the Jingyang soldiers and horses brought by Wei Chigong, he must be told to defend the mountain pass, that is to say, the 1,000 soldiers and horses in Xia and Sui Prefectures had no way to help them.

"Hold on! Hold on! After reading the letter, Chai Shao suddenly became a little annoyed, shook the letter paper fiercely, and said angrily: "Don't Chai Mou know how to defend it, do you still need you to teach Chai Mou this kind of thing?" ”

After sending out a wave of anger, Chai Shao immediately ordered to strengthen the defense line of the mountain pass, and add another defense line to the original two defense lines, with a posture of stumbling to the end with the Turks.

Reinforcements can't be counted on for the time being, but the only thing that makes Chai Shao feel relieved is that Zhao Chen promised that he could find a way to send supplies into the mountains.

Chai Shao is now facing the situation of running out of ammunition and food, and with Zhao Chen's promise, it undoubtedly gives him the determination to keep going!

After sending Zhao Chen's letter, he returned from the same way with Chai Shao's secret letter, but when he passed, it was ten people, but when he came back, it became fifty people, including Chai Lingwu who followed him out of the mountain! (To be continued......)