The official road leading from Taiyuan Mansion City to Xinzhou City is about two hundred miles long, a frank official road on the plain, flat and solid, the roadbed is very stable, even if the carriage and horse gallop will not appear crowded and narrow.

The official road goes all the way to the north, passing through Yangqu County along the mountains of Jinzhong out of the Jinzhong Basin into the Xinding Basin, between the two basins, there is a section of the road over the mountain that is not so easy to walk.

The Shiling Pass, which was built from the Tang Dynasty, happens to be at the critical point of this mountain road.

The mountain road to Yangqu, the plain terrain is blocked by the remaining veins of Luliang Mountain in the west and Wutai Mountain in the east, forming a mountainous hilly, the road becomes winding and rugged, two miles to the north of Shangyuan Village, Dameng Town, Yangqu County, is just the junction of the two mountains, the Yumai Guanmao Mountain of Luliang Mountain and the Yumai Xiaowutai of Wutai Mountain are facing each other here, such as a pair of heartsweets with affection for the veins, passing through the millennium here eyebrows and eyes.

The two mountains are steep, the mountain is dangerous, the trees on the mountain are dense, the mountains are densely covered with rocks, high and not easy to climb, the two basins are naturally separated, and here, it is the only valley that can build a road between the mountains, and the official road connecting Taiyuan and Xinzhou follows this valley and continues to extend to the north.

Shiling Pass, built between the two mountains, built at the bottom of the valley, the east and west two mountain ranges, such as the two giant arms stretched out by the pass, will all try to pass through the mountains and the north and south of the free passage of the intention to smash all the smashed, no matter who it is, as long as you want to go up to Xinzhou and down Taiyuan, you have to obediently follow the official road, through the Shiling Pass.

Of course, as long as you are willing to take a detour, it is not that there is no other way, although Luliang Mountain is dangerous, there is not only one road. But most of the roads are bird roads, woodcutters are feasible, the army is difficult to walk, and the roads that can pass a large number of personnel and vehicles, in addition to Shiling Pass, there are two other roads, but this road is in Shiling Pass one left and one right, respectively, there are two passes of Tianmen Pass and Chitang Pass, all of which are built in the place of picking up danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, relatively speaking, Shiling Pass is still easier.

These three passes, and called the three passes of Taiyuan, will be Taiyuan city mountain around three sides, the terrain of the river block one side to guard the Bashu.

A team of white-helmeted and white-armored Kuizhou soldiers, as early as a few days ago, had been stationed in Shiling Pass, no soldiers and no pawns on the pass, this was originally Taiyuan Mansion was responsible for garrisoning, but Zhu Shichang had already recruited all the soldiers who could be used into Taiyuan City, this critical pass was actually abandoned, but it was cheap Wang Huan.

The castle is not large, but it is very compact. The terrain between the two mountains is already incomprehensible, the uneven place is not big, the Ming Dynasty began to expand and strengthen on the basis of the previous dynasty's Guancheng, after several years, finally formed such a fortress with three layers inside and outside, and a radius of three miles.

Guancheng will be the territory between the two mountains is stuffed full, both sides also built more than 100 meters of the wall, all the way to the mountain, to ensure that there is no hole to drill here, there are a total of three gates in the city by the rising mountain, a total of 50 zhang apart, a broken defender can immediately retreat to the second gate, even if the two doors are broken, there is a third gate can last struggle, it can be said that it is foolproof.

At this moment, the door was closed, and a team of white-armored and red-tasseled knights whipped out of the gate, with iron hooves and dust, and the occasional passers-by on the road were all frightened and avoided.

Wang Huan rode his horse and galloped in front, a stainless steel bright light armor shining with silver light, and two huge cuirass reflected the sunlight like a mirror, looking at its thickness, I am afraid that ordinary arrows could not penetrate it at all.

Coming to the distance of five miles outside the city, here is a huge flat land, there is a wheat field and vegetable garden, but because of the war, there are no farmers here to cultivate, the fields are barren and grassy, and the birds are flying, and it has become a paradise for wild beasts.

Wang Huan turned his head back to look at the distance of Guancheng, and with one hand, the healthy horse under the seat neighed, and the person stood up.

The generals of the Kuizhou army who followed behind were all good players, and immediately followed Wang Huan to stop their horses, and a team of white-armored knights surrounded everyone, looking around vigilantly.

"It's a good place, it has a wide field of vision, and it is great to be able to put down a lot of military horses, and it is better to use it as a battlefield." Wang Huan rode his horse in a circle, raised his whip and pointed to all directions.

Li Tingyu followed him and said in surprise: "Yes, it's not bad, but the terrain is clear at a glance, there is nothing to hide, don't you want to set up an ambush?" ”

Since Wang Huan's debut into the army, he has been playing conspiracies and tricks for a long time, setting up ambushes and guerrillas, and the whole person is very tidy, either relying on the terrain to defend and then copying people's back roads, or throwing stones and smashing iron bullets in the place where the enemy must pass, cunning and insidious, so everyone reflexively thinks that Pinglianghou still has to do the same this time, catch the tail of the Tartar in the dangerous place of Shiling Pass, dig a pit and wait for the Tartar to jump.

"No, a strong army fights, when a dignified military formation, a mighty division to meet the enemy head-on, set up an ambush to resist the enemy, is a temporary measure, now we are strong and strong, the soldier will fight against the front of the general and the Tartar." Wang Huan said solemnly, looking at the mountains in the distance with deep eyes, as if he wanted to penetrate the mountains and see the movements of the Datong Qing soldiers in the distance.

"Huh?!"

Everyone was stunned, and they all exclaimed together.

No, what's wrong?

Everyone had strange faces, as if they had swallowed a fly, Wang Huan felt different, looked back, and shouted angrily: "What? Not used to it? ”

"Habit, habit!" Zu Bian hurriedly replied: "It's just that it's been a long time since I've faced the enemy so head-on, and I'm really a little unaccustomed to it." ”

Li Tingyu hurriedly diverted from the ancestral side, in case his contradictory words were noticed by Wang Huan and said: "My lord, there is a flat ground here, there is no danger and no reliance, how to play, please explain it first, let us have a preparation in our hearts." ”

Wang Huan nodded, stretched out his finger, attracted everyone's attention to the direction he was pointing, and said slowly: "You see, there are mountains on all sides here, only here is a flat land, which can be used as a battlefield, once the Tartars are defeated, they have nowhere to escape, only to scatter, we only need to line up here, and arrange the rebel army on the mountains on both sides, then no matter how many strong soldiers there are in the Tartars, as long as they are defeated, they will be captured by us as easily as catching turtles in the urn." ”

He spoke easily, which made everyone laugh for a while, but some people were steady and said loudly: "My lord, it is the soldiers and horses besieging the city of Datong of the Tartars, the elite of the Eight Banners is the majority, and no matter how bad it is, it is the Han army of the original Ming Border Army, all of which are strong armies. ”

Everyone can see that it is Ma Xintian, the head of the fire word battalion, who speaks, and this poker face does not speak easily, once he speaks, he will win after defeat, and he will be thoughtful, taking into account all the possibilities that may affect the battle situation.

(End of chapter)