There are five mountains in heaven and earth, and Hengyue lives in its north.

Huashan chokes Qin, and Hengshan locks Jin.

If the Xiyue Huashan across the north of the Qinling Mountains is the key to the entry and exit of the customs, then the Beiyue Hengshan from the Yin Mountain is the Great Wall overlooking the Sanjin Dynasty to protect the Central Plains. This majestic and precipitous mountain stretches for thousands of miles across the five states, the east of the river and the west of the Taihang more than 20 states and counties and the nomadic people of the Mobei grassland shield separated, along the mountain to build the ancient Great Wall winding, the beacon tower across the ridge, the wind and sand of the years have devastated for thousands of years, the city has long been broken, but the natural power of the sky is still the same, even if it is the emperor Taizong of the great Liao, when he whipped the south crossing, stationed in the Central Plains, he also had to avoid the power of creation, detour to the east of Taihang. Shi Jingjiao smashed the pot and sold the iron to sell the sixteen states of Youji, but after all, he did not sell this heaven-sent domain, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei and others were able to raise troops to clean up the mountains and rivers, and the Han dynasty in the Central Plains was able to preserve some vitality.

If there was no Heng Mountain, it was unknown whether Yelude's Guangbing would have taken Hedong and Hebei by two routes, and after occupying Bianliang, the male lord of the northern kingdom would still be willing to take the initiative to go home as he had already lived in history.

Shannan is Daizhou Xinzhou, the gateway of Hebei Road, Shanbei is Shuozhou Yingzhou, Liaoxi Jingdao Jifu, whether it is Huma to the south or the Han army to the north, there are only two roads to cross this natural barrier.

One is between Daizhou Shuozhou in the west, from the west west of Dai County to the north of the Great Wall through the Shijie Valley up and down Langya Village to Shanyang County, during which not only to pass through the terrain is dangerous and narrow path of dozens of miles of valley road, but also to cross the water potential turbulent and unfathomable gray water river, and the West Path Xiongguan that is a husband and a man can not be opened, but also since the Tang Dynasty has stood on the Juzhu Mountain, has achieved the prestige of generation after generation of Longcheng flying generals.

There are nine stops in the world, one of the western paths.

The north goose comes to the south, enters from the west path, the south goose returns to the north, and comes out from the west path, the west path pass, also known as the wild goose gate.

The other road is the East Road, this road. Relatively wide, suitable for vehicle brigade walking, from Dai County along the Hutuo River all the way to the northeast, through the Fanzhi through the Hengshan Mountains straight into the Lingqiu of Ulzhou, this road is from the ancient river east of the land and the northern nomads to carry out the official trade of the city, along the way there are post stations, not only the road is smooth and wide, and parallel to the water source, the drinking water of people and horses will not have problems at any time.

The intersection of this road and the Hengshan Mountains is in. In the southwest corner of Yingzhou, the roads and rivers here are suddenly narrowed, the water flow also becomes turbulent, the peaks on both sides of the road are steep, and the height difference between the peaks is similar, so it is named "Pingxingling".

This place is conducive to setting up a village to hold on, and it is more conducive to setting up ambushes.

In the original time and space of Li Wenge, hundreds of years later, the Ming court rebuilt this section of the Great Wall and set up a city pass in the mountain pass, which was called "Pingxing Pass".

In that time and space, the grandfather of Li Wenge's classmate once used his life. Someone who followed him had fought a famous ambush here - or had picked up a big bargain here.

In addition to these two access roads, Hebei Road and Daliao West Beijing Road. In between, there is only a piece of lofty mountains and mountains that only birds can easily come and go......

"The so-called natural insurance actually varies from person to person......

At this moment, at the entrance of Shijiegu Road outside Yanmen Pass on West Road, a branch of one. There is no end in sight of the cavalry team is marching, the dress and armor of this team is very different from that of China, the generals who lead the team are mostly robes made of precious animal fur, the appearance is rough and has a short beard, and the faces are full of nomadic people's unique wind and frost. During the march of the procession, only the horses could occasionally be heard whistling, but the noisy whispers of the Central Plains army on the march could hardly be heard. Standing on a high place and looking at it, countless white horse flags fluttering in the wind in the team that stretched for dozens of miles, and the military appearance was amazing.

Since it was on the march. In this state, the vast majority of the team did not wear armor, and only the railing horses that came out to protect the front of the army and undertake the task of scouting and riding were draped in light armor made of leather on key parts of their bodies, ready to engage the enemy at any time.

The Khitan column horse was famous in later generations, just like the harrier of the party, but the Khitan military system was much more formal than the party, so there was no perverted monarch who used this kind of elite cavalry for battlefield reconnaissance missions in a centralized manner.

In fact, in this era, the Khitan nation, which was named after iron, had not yet exhibited the terrifying military power of later generations, and iron armor was still a scarce resource in the Khitan army at this time, and only the core guards were equipped - such as the main guard battalion of the Wuding Army, which is now walking in the middle of the ranks.

In the Khitan military system, the men in the country are over 15 years old and under 50 years old, and each regular soldier is equipped with three horses and two family members, one family member is called Da Cao Gu, and the other is called guarding the barracks. As the name suggests, one of the family members is responsible for looting supplies during the march, the other is responsible for guarding the barracks, cooking and feeding the horses and other logistical support, while the regular soldiers themselves are only responsible for combat missions.

As far as the daily march is concerned, although a regular soldier is actually the standard equipment of three people and three horses, it is actually not a simple combination of three people riding three horses, and the family members are not allowed to ride horses during the march, and the three horses must all be used for the combat operations of the regular soldiers, and the two family members march on foot most of the time during the march. Therefore, when the Khitan army marched, it was often a regular soldier on a horse, and two family members each led a horse to follow, and the horse was more or less loaded with some daily food supplies.

This is the standard for the establishment of the Khitan Palace Guard, but the deployment division of the Jingdao Capital of Western Liaoning Province that sent troops this time did not have a formed palace guard, so the establishment was relatively more complicated. Only as the core of the armed forces of the Wuding Army, because it is a direct military force of Xijing Province, so its main force is the same as the palace guard army, the left and right front and rear four battalions are single and single horse configuration, and a few of the personal guards of the battalion commander are two horses and single ding or three horses and two dings, and the strength of each battalion ranges from about 1,000 to 1,500 people; However, the Chinese Army's personal guard battalion is all equipped with the standard configuration of one soldier, three horses and two horses, with a total number of nearly 5,000 people, of which the full combat strength is 1,500 people.

Even so, once a team with tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of horses is in motion, the momentum of marching with a mere routine is enough to suffocate people.

The person who spoke just now was the envoy of the Northern Yuan of Xuanhui of the Great Liao, who slowly followed the brigade forward under the protection of the pro-guard battalion, and the political order of Xijing Province and the Xijing Province deployed Yelu Enemy. He also has a Chinese name called Yang Gon, but it was given by Emperor Taizong himself after following Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang to cross the river in the south to conquer Bianliang, this name is mostly used in the Han land, but not much is known in the Khitan country.

He spoke to two people, one was Wang Dezhong, a privy councillor who was ordered by Liu Min, the Shenwu Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, to send troops to the north, and the other was Liu Chengjun, the prince of Taiyuan Mansion, who was ordered to come to Daizhou to meet the southward army of the Liao State and take care of the grain and baggage matters for the army.

Wang Dezhong glanced at Yelu Dilu, his face was solemn, but he didn't answer, Liu Chengjun hung his head and thought about it, his mouth opened, but he still didn't answer Yelu's words.

Yelu has been in and out of the Central Plains many times, and he has long spoken Chinese quite fluently, and he can speak freely with Liu Chengjun and Wang Dezhong without translation. It's just that at this moment, the two of them pretended to be dumb and refused to answer, which made him feel quite uncomfortable, as the leader of the Xijing Dao military and political affairs of Da Liao, he had long been accustomed to the deliberate greeting and flattery of the ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty, and the only one who refused to bend his eyebrows in front of him for decades was the sour old man who was now sitting firmly in Bianliang - but that person was Feng Dao after all, Feng Dao who even Emperor Taizong had to fold and hand over, what are these two people in front of him?

He smiled reservedly—the kind of thing reserved was one of the few things he had learned from the Han people, and it was better suited for certain occasions aimed at despising people than direct insults and kicks.

"Only those who are cowardly and afraid of fighting need to comfort themselves with the so-called natural danger, and the truly brave person will always think about how to move forward, and will never need to hide behind the natural danger and wait for the enemy to attack......" Yelu said lightly stroking his beard with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

"The benevolent are not worried, the knowers are not confused, the brave are not afraid, the unkind and ignorant, the brave are vain, but the horseman who kills pigs and dogs is the ear-" To the surprise of Yelu Dilu, as soon as his words fell, Wang Dezhong, who was originally silent, retorted without hesitation, he said so naturally, as if he had expected what he was going to say, and just waited for himself to say it and refuted it - there was no need to think at all.

Yelu Dilu's face changed, his right hand trembled a little, at this moment, he really had the urge to let Emperor Taizong repeatedly warn and discipline himself before his death to see his so-called reserved and self-cultivation to see his ** ghost, in his opinion, the father and son of the Liu family in the Northern Han Dynasty are just two dogs of the same size crawling at the feet of the kingdom, and the slave in front of him who is on an errand in the kennel dares to confront himself in such a face-to-face, which is really unexpected.

Whether it is Zheng Heng, who has become a laughing stock in the northern country, or Wei Rong, who is full of ghost ideas and cunning, who is not only nodding in front of himself to be flattering and flattering?

The poor scholar in front of him...... What is it?

However, his right hand holding the horsewhip was still put down, this scholar had just been to Beijing, and the emperor in the capital, who seemed to have no other hobbies except sleeping since his accession to the throne, not only personally received this person, but also personally promised him to hand over the invitation seal on behalf of the Northern Han court, according to the news from the Linhuang Mansion, the emperor even made it clear when giving the banquet that he hoped that this person could stay in the Northern Dynasty as an official, and even personally promised him to be sent to "know the affairs of the Han Dynasty". This is the kind of preferential treatment that Chinese envoys have never had since Feng Dao - of course, Emperor Taizong promised Feng Dao the position of Taifu and Zhinan Privy Council, and in comparison, a mere Tongzhi Han'er Si is nothing.

But this shows an attitude - the attitude of the emperor.

The current emperor, or the sleepy worm called Yelu Shulu in Linhuang Mansion, if it was two years ago, Yelu Dilu would not take him seriously at all, and a fool who can't wake up all day, what is there to be afraid of?

However, in the past two years, many old and important ministers of the Taizong Shizong era fell into the hands of this sleepy insect one by one, raiding the family and the Yi clan, and being in a different place......

His backer in the court, Yelu Tartlie, the king of the Southern Courtyard, has repeatedly sent secret letters from Shangjing over the past year, asking him to restrain his deeds and be cautious in his words and deeds, even this high-ranking and powerful minister of the clan is so trembling, and he can't help but be secretly frightened by Yelu's enemies.

Although they are also the descendants of Emperor Taizu...... After all, I am too far away from Shangjing......

Thinking about this, Yelu Dilu couldn't help laughing: "Bachelor Wang really has the style of a southerner, and his bones are no less than those of Taifu Feng......"

Liu Chengjun on the side listened, and the color on his face was a little softer, but unexpectedly, Yelu Dilu then sighed: "It's a pity that in the Southern Dynasty, there are too few people who are as strong as the bachelor......

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the dust rise in front of him, the sound of horses' hooves sounded like a drum, and the originally solemn marching column suddenly stirred.

Yelu Dilu was suddenly startled, looked up and looked fixedly, but saw two people and two horses galloping in the distance, the Khitan army occupied the road, the left and right sides were up to more than 100 zhang straight cliffs, the gap left in the middle was extremely narrow, and the two people and two horses ignored it, so obliquely from the side of the army column, the horse's hooves fell from time to time at the junction of the steep wall and the road, but the knight on the horse always controlled the horses steadily, the body was outside the saddle, and the gravel on the inclined wall was trampled down, scattered and splashed, The surrounding Khitan soldiers raised their hands to cover their faces so as not to be injured by the rubble.

Yelu Dilu's face suddenly sank, and the horse that came out of the front did not stop these two people, which was already an incredible thing, and the two of them rode into the narrow gap between the self-defense brigade and the cliff, and the vanguard team did not have time to react at all, even if the other party's riding skills were amazing, their own enemy vigilance was too embarrassing.

The Khitan cavalry in front shouted one after another, and the sound of blade collision sounded intensively, Yelu Dilu saw clearly, the two knights did not use their blades, but ran all the way unabated, and their own soldiers were trampled by the two of them in formation, while holding the horses while turning around and waving the blade to intercept, but always a line slower, until the direction of the blade poked out, only to eat the other party's tail dust not to say, their own weapons could not be retracted and touched together, sounding a sound of gold and iron.

Fortunately, his Chinese army guards are all warriors, seeing this without panic, the generals who led the team have ordered, the knights have reined in their horses, and they have stopped in a moment, with the whistle of the guard battalion, the team has dispersed, the strong Yanbei rubber bow opened, the sharp arrows were wound, dozens of sharp arrows were aimed at the two people who were galloping from afar, and more than ten spear guns of the front team had been raised, just waiting for the other party to come over to stab the past.

Liu Chengjun on the side saw it clearly, and hurriedly said to Yelu Dilu: "Don't be surprised, the marshal, that is the general of the country, and it is your own ......."

Yelu Dilu's face was pale, and he did not answer, he had already seen this situation clearly, the person who came was not wearing armor, although he rode wildly and was rude, but he did not open his bow and hold a gun, and he really did not look like an enemy.

As the two horses stopped, the surrounding Khitan soldiers surrounded them one after another, surrounding the two horses and the two horses in the middle of the road.

Only then did Yelu see the appearance of the person sitting on the first horse, only to see that this person's face was as pale as snow, two thick eyebrows and sharp swords were folded on the eye sockets like inverted figures, a slender scar extended from the eyebrows to the corners of the mouth, he wore a white cross-legged head, he was wearing a white battle robe, and under his crotch was riding a horse as translucent as black charcoal, and a nine-foot spear was hanging diagonally on the side of the saddle. The man strangled the horse and stood in the road, gently stroked the horse's mane with his left hand, and ignored the spears that were pointed at him like hedgehogs around him, and his clear and transparent eyes only looked at Yelu from afar.

When the eyes of Yelu and the man met, it was like a bucket of cold snow water pouring down from his head and feet, and he couldn't help but shiver all over his body.

It's not that this person's gaze is majestic, but that those two gazes are really too cold.

The person in front of him seemed to be wrapped in a layer of frost, he stood dozens of steps away, but there was an endless stream of cold air spewing out from his body, so that the Liao soldiers around him couldn't help but clench the spears in their hands one by one to cope with the sudden drop in temperature in the air around him.

The man's gaze just turned on Yelu Dilu, and Yelu Dilu had a cold feeling that had been completely seen through, and the blood all over his body seemed to be stiff, and he had been fighting on the battlefield since he was a child, and he had been wounded more than a dozen times in the past few decades, even on the battlefield where there were enemies on all sides, Yelu Dilu had never felt so embarrassed and frustrated. What made it even more unbearable was that the person opposite was not a battle-hardened general, but just a young man with a weak crown......

The one-line beard on his lips was neatly trimmed and bright enough to rival the horse under his crotch that was so calm in the midst of hosts, and even so, the beard seemed too new......

This guy who dared to break into the Khitan army with his own horse, so arrogant that the world-famous Khitan iron cavalry lost face - the actual age would never be more than twenty years old.

Yelu Dilu's expression at this time was so good-looking, he looked at the white-robed young general in front of him with black lines, his breathing unconsciously became heavy, and just a moment before his nerves completely collapsed, Liu Chengjun's voice sounded in his ears.

"Good for the marshal's introduction, this is the commander of the defense of the Chengjun Mansion, Linzhou Yang Chonggui!"

Yelu Dilu snorted heavily in his nostrils, and was gritting his teeth thinking about what to do with this young man who didn't know the height of the sky, but he heard that Yang Chonggui had already opened his mouth while sitting on the horse, and his voice was not high, but every word seemed to spit out from his chest, with the texture of gold and stone.

"There are signs of cavalry infestation at the mouth of Chenjia Valley, the number is between twenty and hundred, and the flank of the army is no longer safe!"

……

At the mouth of the valley of Chenjia, hundreds of infantry in fiery red coats stood solemnly with spears, they were not wearing armor, the hats on their heads shook slightly in the early spring wind, but no one spoke, everyone's eyes were calm and indifferent, without the slightest excitement or timidity, which was the peculiar gaze of people who were accustomed to seeing blood and death.

In front of the military formation, an officer who was not tall stood straight, dressed in thin armor with fish scales, a wisp of red tassels fluttering in the wind on the iron helmet on his head, a long sword with a slight arc in his hand, a short pinto obliquely inserted on the back waist, a pair of combat boots with cowhide soles on his feet, standing in the middle of the valley mouth, a pair of phoenix eyes like autumn water on his jade face stared coldly into the dark depths of the valley. Only those who look closely can feel that under those long eyelashes, there are white blazing flames flickering from time to time.

"Phew...... I actually called a lady to lead the troops......"

Guo Huan spat out the straw stick in his mouth, and said in a slightly hoarse voice to Kang Shishi, who was lying beside him, and the latter's eyes were still staring at the distant figure at the moment, and - the fire like a fire between heaven and earth behind him.

"There are eighteen of us, we can rush out!" Guo Huan suggested fiercely.

Eighteen armored cavalry, plus eighteen cavalry crossbows and eighteen hand crossbows, it should not be a problem to open the general infantry line, as long as you break through a gap, you can immediately fly away, even between the mountains and mountains, the cavalry's mobility advantage is still not to be underestimated.

"Abandon the horse—" Kang Shi spit out two words lightly, his voice was extremely soft, but there was no hesitation or hesitation.

"Ahh......h

Kang Shishi, who was lying on the mountain peak, retracted his body and made a gesture: "Throw away the horses and armor, take the sword and crossbow, and let's go south - copy the ridge on the back!" ”

"The nearest point of contact is more than eighty miles away...... Guo Huan reminded in frustration, he had studied cavalry combat in Liutao Pavilion for half a year, but he did not expect to abandon his horse and flee in front of the infantry on his first mission.

"Our mission is not to fight!" Kang Shishi's face was solemn and he lowered his voice and said, "We can't figure out the geography of the soldiers here, the adults send troops are blind men riding blind horses, we are scouts, and we are the eyes of the army." The war zone map has been drawn, and it's worthless for us to stay any longer......"

He paused, glanced at Guo Huan and several scouts behind him who were on a mission for the first time, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and said slowly: "If you want to be a qualified scout, you must understand that meaningless sacrifices are worthless!" ”