Road.

The mountain path is very narrow, only allowing one person to pass, and the war horse needs to be pulled to move forward.

On both sides of the mountain road, the jungle is dense, thorns are everywhere, and there are rocks and dirt pits and small ditches.

Marching on such a mountain road, not to mention the baggage, even dry food and water, you can't bring much.

Marching in such an environment, non-elite cannot be completed.

Li Congjing led the army of a hundred battles and marched in such a mountain pass. The mountain road is the road for the people near the foot of the mountain to go into the mountains to cut firewood and hunt, naturally it is not very smooth, but it is not bumpy to the point of impassing, otherwise, even if there is such a road, Li Congjing will not be able to put the army in it and fall into a dilemma.

The seven commanding teams, passing in a single row, spread for several miles, and it was indescribable to say that it was a long snake, and when viewed from a high altitude, it looked more like a stream, a black stream.

The mountain road was inadvertently learned from the people when the sharp soldiers of the military intelligence department surveyed the terrain and drew maps. This matter is a small matter, not enough to attract attention, but in the military intelligence department, every detail will be taken seriously. So this situation was first reported to Tao Yaoyao, then to Mo Li, who was still in command of the Military Intelligence Department at the time, and finally to Li Congjing.

So, there was this march.

"Through this mountain forest, you can go directly to the Tanshui River, which is the only way for the main force of the Liang army to go to Yangba." On the way, Li Congjing introduced the purpose of this march to Li Shaocheng and others, "The mountain road is forty miles long, if it can be completed within two days, you and I can reach the Tanshui River before the main force of the Liang army." ”

"If a single pedestrian walks a forty-mile mountain road, let alone two days, it can be completed in half a day, but the army walks forty miles of mountain ......road in two days," Li Shaocheng weighed with his experienced military experience, "It's difficult, it's very difficult." ”

"It's not difficult, how can you win by surprise?" Li Congjing touched his face, the sweat was brushed directly from his face, and after standing on the side of the road for a while, he said: "This mountain road is difficult to walk, but to avoid the Liang army scouts, it can only be so." The Hundred Battles make good use of scouts, so I know better than the average general how terrible a good scout is. Ordinary people only know that victory is very dazzling and brilliant, but how many people know how much hard sweat they have to pay for this dazzling and brilliant? ”

When Li Congjing said this, there was a noise in front of him, and it turned out that a soldier had fallen into the sinkhole. There was a dense jungle next to the pit that day, and the sergeant was too tired to see clearly.

Li Congjing paused, and said with a serious face: "Sometimes, you have to pay the price of blood and life. ”

Li Shaocheng nodded, "Sometimes, even if you pay blood and life, you may not be able to win, and at that time, there are many people who come to laugh at you." ”

"Therefore, we can only win and not lose this battle!" Li Congjing sighed and said, "The Hundred Battles Army can't afford to be defeated now. ”

After saying this, the two worked hand in hand again.

From morning till night, several sergeants were swallowed up by the treacherous nature of the mountain, some died from the mouths of poisonous snakes, some fell off cliffs, and some fell into sinkholes.

After dark, the army camped on the spot, not even camping, and squatted casually on the side of the road, unable to even lie down. But to be able to rest is a great joy for the sergeants who have worked hard all day.

Lin Ying found a small stone for Li Congjing, which was under his buttocks, and it was much more comfortable to sit on.

Li Congjing glanced at Lin Ying, pointed to his lips and said, "What's the matter with your mouth?" ”

Lin Ying's lips were swollen and blue, like two fat black worms hanging outside his teeth, he was embarrassed to disturb his head, and his pronunciation was indistinct: "Some time ago, a flying insect jumped up and down on my face, and after slapping it to death, it somehow became like this. ”

Li Congjing frowned, "It's not a trivial matter, go to the medical officer to take a look." ”

Lin Ying tossed dry food and water for Li Congjing, and nodded.

He called the military envoy again, and Li Congjing asked him: "How far have you gone today?" ”

The envoy replied, "Less than twenty miles." ”

Li Congjing's brows furrowed a little tighter, waved his hand to let the military envoy go down, called the people from the military intelligence department, and asked him if the road ahead was easy to walk, and when he learned that it was even more difficult to walk, Li Congjing said to Li Shaocheng: "Tomorrow to speed up the march, that is, to leave behind some war horses and weak pawns, but also to reach the Tanshui River before dark." ”

Li Shaocheng nodded in agreement, thought for a while, and said: "According to the return of the scouts before, with the speed of the Liang army's partial division, we should have arrived at Yangba today, I don't know if there is a mistake in Shi Congda and Jing Renzhong's strategy." ”

Li Congjing took a sip of water and said, "Jing Renzhong is a steady character, with him, nothing will happen." ”

"I hope so." Li Shaocheng rubbed his legs and feet, "If Jing Renzhong goes wrong, even if we get out of the mountain smoothly, it will be in vain." ”

Li Congjing didn't speak. As the commander of the Hundred Battles Army, he knew the situation of each general under his command better than Li Shaocheng, and he believed that Jing Renzhong would not make mistakes, so he did not send someone to take his place.

This evening, Yangba.

"There is a Tang army attacking outside the city, and there are torches all over the mountains, and I can't see how many people there are!"

"There was a fire in the city, and people rushed into the streets, and it became a pot of porridge!"

After Dai Siyuan heard these two news, his heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate, but he didn't panic and thought calmly.

He was calm, but the generals beside him were not so calm.

"It's not surprising that there are Tang troops outside the city, but how can there be a fire in the city?" Dai Siming is Dai Siyuan's younger brother, and he jumped to his feet in a hurry.

At this time, how could Dai Siyuan not understand, he snorted coldly: "Needless to say, it must be Li Congjing who arranged for someone to ambush in the city in advance. ”

"But why didn't I find it before I waited?" Dai Siming was surprised.

Dai Siyuan glanced at him and said, "As long as Tang Jun changes out of armor and puts on ordinary robes and blends into the crowd, he is not much different from ordinary people, how can the sergeant identify it?" ”

"That'...... How's that good? Dai Siming was so anxious that he turned around, "In the middle of the night, the Tang army should join forces, first to make chaos in the city, and then to attack the city, although there is no large number of Tang troops in the city, but this method is no less than having a large army on the side!" Now that there are internal and external troubles, if you don't handle it well, you may stumble, big brother, I'm afraid that this Yangba is not a place to stay! This Li Congjing is really insidious, what should we do? ”

"What's the panic? Li Congjing hasn't entered the city yet, how can there be a reason to mess up with himself first? Dai Siyuan reprimanded Dai Siming, and then issued two military orders: "You take two commanders to extinguish the fire, calm the people, restore order in the city, if anyone wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, kill; The rest of the people will go to the city with Ben Shuai! ”

"Order!"

When Dai Siyuan went to the head of the city, the siege had already begun.

Dai Siyuan looked down at the top of the city, and sure enough, he saw a large number of Tang troops outside the city, which was close, and it could be seen that the torches in the distance were even in the sky, and I don't know how many Tang troops there were.

"Marshal, the Tang Army's offensive is fierce, and it seems that you don't want to die!" The ministry will report, "Then Li Congjing won't come out of the nest and want to trap the general here, right?" Shall I go out of the city through the south gate? ”

Dai Siyuan didn't speak, just quietly observed outside the city in the rain of arrows.

After about half a pillar of incense, Dai Siyuan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "Li Congjing's child, you want to terror me Dai at night, and you want me to abandon the city and flee, wishful thinking!" Herald: Dispatch 1,000 elite horsemen and go out of the city with Ben Shuai! ”

The general was shocked, "Marshal, no, I don't know how many Tang troops outside the city, I am afraid that the Tang army will take the opportunity to attack the city!" ”

Dai Siyuan shook his hand and snorted coldly: "You still can't see that this is Li Congjing's suspicious plan?" During the day, he deliberately set up an empty city to confuse us and make me suspicious, and now he is burning the inner city and attacking the city in the middle of the night, just because he thinks that he has already calculated and wants to annihilate us here, so that I can escape from the city! If this is the case, if you and I really go out of the city, then it is his plan, and he will have an ambush outside the south gate! ”

"The way of the art of war, the truth is false, it is difficult to guess, the commander should be careful!" The ministry also wants to persuade.

"Bastard!" Dai Siyuan was furious, threw off his generals, and walked down the city, "Watch carefully, see how Ben Shuai breaks Li Congjing's trick!" ”

Dai Siyuan went down to the city, gathered more than a thousand elite horsemen, opened the city gate, and slaughtered out of the city!

The Tang army outside the city, seeing this change, was immediately in a hurry, but he didn't take the opportunity to seize the door and enter the city.

Dai Siyuan entered the Tang army, no one could stop him, and just as he was about to start killing, the golden gongs outside the city rang out, but the Tang army retreated.

Immediately, Dai Siyuan laughed on horseback, pointed at the retreating Tang Jun and sneered: "Li Congjing, a little girl who has not dried up, let's go back and read a few more military books, and then come to fight with your grandfather Dai!" ”

After scolding, Dai Siyuan said proudly: "Order, tomorrow, the army will attack Jianshanzhai." ”

Seeing this scene, the general threw himself to the ground for Dai Siyuan's admiration.

"The commander is wise and invincible!" The ministry general praised Dai Siyuan from the bottom of his heart.

That night, Dai Siyuan slept peacefully, and on the second day, a small number of soldiers and horses were left to garrison Yangba, and Dai Siyuan led the main force of the Liang army to Jianshanzhai.

Looking at the Jianshan cottage from afar, the city on the hill is like a palace, and the guard is heavy.

Dai Siyuan still rode around the city for a few laps, and then ordered: "Siege the city!" ”

The Liang army rushed towards Jian Cottage in unison.

But this time, until dusk, the Liang army didn't even take a step up to the city.

It was at this time, on the premise of leaving behind a group of wounded people and mules and horses, Li Congjing led the Hundred Battles Army out of the mountains and forests.

On a low mountain bag, Li Congjing rested for a while, and a scout came to report that the Liang army had arrived at the Tanshui River.

"Did the Liang army camp?" Li Congjing asked.

"It's just that I just arrived, and it's still in the form of a marching army, and it hasn't been set up yet. The Liang army should have wanted to camp on the bank of the Tanshui River and get water nearby. "The scout is an old man and has a lot of experience.

Li Congjing glanced back at the Hundred Battles Army winding down from the mountain, pulled out his horizontal knife, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the whole army, assemble, attack!" ”

From the very beginning, Li Congjing didn't take the Liang army that attacked Yangba and Jianshanzhai in his eyes, it was just a partial division, what if he won the war? It's not about the big picture. Dai Siyuan can still continue to send troops to Huaizhou.

Therefore, Yangba's empty city plan, in the final analysis, is just to delay time to attract attention for his attack on the main force of the Liang army this time. Jing Renzhong was able to scare Dai Siyuan away last night, and it was naturally better to give him a heavy blow, no, it could also make Dai Siyuan have no time to pay attention to his back.

And what Li Congjing wants is to defeat the main force of the Liang army at this time!

Therefore, even if Dai Siyuan was able to survive last night's attack, he would not be able to capture Jian Shanzhai today. Because Jian Shanzhai had been prepared for a long time, relying on the geographical advantage, it was well defended, and it was ready for battle, and the army was sufficient.

Jian Shanzhai dragged down the Liang army's partial division, and Li Congjing himself lit up the butcher's knife against the main force of the Liang army, which was originally walking steadily behind the forward.