There is no moonlight tonight, and it is dark in the mansion of the assassin in Yizhou City.

Zhao Kuangyin, the soldiers of the forbidden army, and the generals and civil officials of Yizhou are all in the mansion.

The servants brought more candles and oil lamps burned with fierce oil to illuminate the whole hall.

In the hall, the sand table in front of you is assembled together, mountains, rivers, towns, etc., everything displayed on it gives people a clear and clear feeling, there is a pass around the Juma River and the Yishui River, this pass is Jinpo Pass.

Jinpo Pass is composed of five small cities: Xiaojin City on the north bank of the Juma River, Guancheng on the south bank, Xiaopanshi City, Qifengkou City, and Guanzuoling City.

These five small cities, each other into a corner of the momentum, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to break through the Jinpo Pass, you must uproot one or two of them, so that it can not become a vertical and horizontal trend.

Now that the war is approaching, they can't think of a good way for Jinpoguan for the time being, because Jinpoguan is now in the hands of the Liao army.

Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others also really put a lot of thought into it, looking at the situation inside and outside Jinpo Pass, they couldn't think of any good way.

As soon as the Jinpo Pass was broken, a pass in the south of Youzhou in the north was also broken, and the Song army could also go north to attack Zhuozhou and Youzhou, and to the west could also attack the Flying Fox.

Zhao Kuangyin remembered that when he left the capital, Zhao Dezhao once said that the south of Jinpo Pass was dangerously obstructed, the north was near Futu Pass as the gateway, and Wuzhou Wende County [Xuanhua] and Yunzhou [Datong] were far away as the fence.

It's just that Wuzhou and Yunzhou were ceded to the Liao army by Shi Jingjiao, the emperor, and now they are in the hands of the Liao army, so that the Liao army can go down from the north unscrupulously and invade every year.

Looking at the border stops, towns, and mountain passes around Jinpo Pass on the sand table, as well as the Liao army's self-consolidation, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little indignant in his heart, his fingers were pinched tightly, and his flesh hurt a little.

The rest of the generals also saw the emperor's indignant expression, and they were the same as the emperor in their hearts.

Everyone agreed that if the sixteen states in front of the mountain and behind the mountain were not recovered, the Song army would continue to be harassed by the Liao army, and now Zhao Kuangyin also understood that their first priority was to destroy the puppet Han, not the Liao State, and Zhao Kuangyin had also calmed down for a long time.

Zhao Kuangyin looked around, he saw that all the soldiers were bowing their heads and frowning, thoughtfully, he said slowly: "This matter still needs to be discussed, do you have a good plan?" ”

Everyone in the hall was meditating, and at this time, Cao Bin suddenly said: "The official, the minister thinks that you can use gunpowder to attack Jinpo Pass, and the gold and stone gunpowder is extremely violent, and it has played a great role in the battle of Jiangnan. ”

Zhao Kuangyin heard Cao Bin say this, he knew that the power of gunpowder was indeed very terrifying, and also helped the Song army in the battle of Jiangnan to make great contributions, at this moment he said: "Jinpo Pass is made of earth and stone, if the earth and stone are used gunpowder, it can be broken, but the gunpowder brought up this time is probably not enough, I don't know if there is excess saltpeter and other things in Yizhou City?" ”

Sun Xingyou immediately bowed his hand and said: "Official, there is a nail making workshop in Yizhou City. ”

Zhao Kuangyin asked, "Oh, how many?" ”

Sun Xingyou said: "The official family, there are a thousand stones, I don't know if it's enough?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin estimated: "A thousand stones, that's enough, you can make a lot of fire pills." ”

The rest of the generals said: "A thousand stones, let the Khitan people be wiped out." ”

As for the dispensing of medicines, Zhao Kuangyin asked Sun Xingyou: "Sun Qing, I wonder if the craftsmen here in the armor making workshop in Yizhou City can be competent?" ”

Sun Xingyou looked very restrained, and his face was one by one: "The official family, in the armor-making workshop, there are many craftsmen and porters, and they eat and drink in the armor-making workshop. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "That's good, in the past few days, our army's first thing is to investigate the situation outside the city, and I have to ask you for the matter in the city." ”

"Please rest assured!"

Since Gao Xun went south, Xiao Siwen also had to face Yelu Jing's order, Ye Lu Jing's violent and suspicious character, Xiao Siwen knew very well that the fate of anyone who disobeyed was death, and he Xiao Siwen also had to obey the order.

A few days ago, Xiao Siwen, at the suggestion of Gao Xun, moved to Jinpo Pass on the west side of Yizhou.

Although Jinpo Pass is a pass, the layout of the pass is very rigorous, and it looks like it is not leaky, which can be called a fortress.

It's just that the walls around this pass look a little dilapidated, but the Liao troops stationed on the pass are laughing and laughing, and they think that they will be safe and sound if they hide in this pass.

Xiao Siwen also ordered the soldiers to step up the repair of the damaged city wall in the past few days.

At night, among the undulating mountains, Jinpo Pass was completely wrapped, and the candlelight in Jinpo Pass was also shaking little by little, and only one or two stars were lit overhead.

In the second half of the night, the night wind blew, it was a little cold on the mountain, and the flag of the Liao army was blown loudly.

Above the pass, the generals also tightened their necks and shrunk their hands in long sleeves.

Xiao Siwen couldn't sleep at night, and today he heard from the scout that Emperor Song had arrived in Yizhou City.

Three times a day, the Song army had arrived in Yizhou, and the pressure on the side plug increased a lot at once, Xiao Siwen felt a lot of pressure, but the rest of the generals of the Liao army did not feel any pressure.

Xiao Siwen suddenly got up and took a sharp breath of cold air.

He became more and more interested in Zhao Kuangyin.

Time flies, just like yesterday, Xiao Siwen remembered that when Zhou Shizong went north, he was defeated, but when Zhou Liao fought a battle, he led the army in Fengmu Town, the Liao army was less than the Zhou army, Xiao Siwen played reinforcements, but Yelujing did not agree that Xiao Siwen felt that he was not wrong, but Yelujing was wrong, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't have enough troops under his hands, he would not have been defeated under the hands of the Zhou army that year.

"The enemy is sharp, and if the battle is unfavorable, there will be trouble. It's better to use the old army and attack it on tiptoe, and you can win. Xiao Siwen still remembers what he said to the generals back then.

Now, Xiao Siwen also feels that this sentence can still be used on the Song army, the Song army is marching north, and as long as he does not go out of Jinpo Pass, relying on the terrain of Jinpo Pass to defend to the death, the Song army will not be able to help the Liao army, not to mention that they still have enough grain to go south to fight the grass valley, and when the Song army is almost consumed, Xiao Siwen can rely on the troops in his hand to lead the army out from the pass and fight with the Song army.

In this way, he could also complete the appointment of Jerechen.

Xiao Siwen meditated hard, but he couldn't sleep anymore, so he came out of the house directly and went to the pass.

At this time, Gao Xun put on a round-necked robe and hurriedly trotted out.

The night wind blew and blew Gao Xun's robe, Xiao Siwen heard the voice and turned his head to see Gao Xun coming, he immediately said, "Why is Gao Xianggong also interested in coming out tonight?" ”

Gao Xun tightened his clothes, shrunk his head and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Liushou, what I'm worried about is Song Jun, so I came here to tell you." ”

"What is Gao Xianggong worried about?" Xiao Siwen said suspiciously.

"Xiao stayed behind, can you know that there is a killing weapon in the Song army?" Gao Xun said.

"Gao Xianggong is talking about the gunpowder?"

Gao Xun nodded.

Xiao Siwen looked indifferent, he said: "I thought it was something, but it was just the gunpowder, and I didn't have that thing in the Liao army." ”

Gao Xun saw that Xiao Siwen was not worried at all, and he said: "Gunpowder, Xiao Liushou should not underestimate the utility of this thing, once this thing is used, it can penetrate stone and crack gold, especially after the transformation of the Song army, its effect is greater." ”

"Oh, really?" Xiao Siwen still didn't believe it in his heart, gunpowder was also used in the Liao army, but it was often soaked due to humid weather and other reasons, and he could only be injured a little bit.

"If Xiao Liushou doesn't believe it, please wait and see when the time comes." Gao Xun raised his head, and a night wind blew violently, blowing his clothes to the ground, and he lowered himself and began to pick up his clothes.

"That's fine." Xiao Siwen stood in place and pursed his lips and smiled, he was wearing a round felt hat on his head, he put the hat down, and then raised his head to look at the gate in front of him, Gao Xun on the side also took a sharp breath of cold air, and then looked at this pass.

This time to the south to fight the grass valley, the Liao army took advantage of the situation to capture Jinpo Pass, as a stronghold, Xu Xu Nantu, they sent troops to loot several military towns near Yizhou, and gained a lot.

Gao Xun looked excited, he came to Jinpo Pass for the second time, the first time was when he surrendered to the Liao State, when he crossed the Jinpo Pass, he was received by Yelu House, he introduced to Xiao Siwen: "Xiao stays behind, this pass is called Jinpo Pass, the east of the Guanxi is based on Wan Ling Mountain, the west is according to the Rhino Mountain, the wide riverbed of the Juma River is lined up in the north of the Great Wall, its situation is extremely dangerous, and it has always been a place where soldiers must fight. ”

"I know that, Gao Xianggong." Xiao Siwen raised his head and looked at the brightest morning star in the night sky, and after a long time, he sighed, "It's almost dawn." ”

At this moment, there are a lot of business travelers in Jinpo Pass, and they are now living in an inn in the pass, which is called: Jinpo Inn.

The inn was already crowded with guests, including businessmen from all over the world.

Upstairs, a dim oil lamp was dimly lit.

There were two people living in the room, and although they slept in the same bed, they were separated by a large long pillow in between.

Neither of them fell asleep, but slept on the bed and in his clothes, and the man inside turned on his side, facing the man outside, and his face could not be seen clearly under the oil lamp, and for some reason, the man seemed a little restrained, and a little shy, and sometimes tossed and turned in bed.

The man outside turned his body over, and then said, "Leng Wu, aren't you sleeping yet?" ”

The person inside was Leng Wu, she was also wearing men's clothes, and she didn't take it off, and the person outside was Yang Zan, the two of them had been coming south with the caravan from Shangjing some time ago, and they happened to arrive at Guannei in the past few days.

"Brother Zan, I" Leng Wu said, his face became more and more ruddy, and his heart was pounding.

After a while, Leng Wu was at ease for a while, she suppressed her anxious heart, and then said: "Now that we are in Jinpo Pass, I don't know what Brother Zan will arrange next?" ”

Yang Zan took a long breath and said with a calm expression: "Our people are all mixed in the caravan, this time we will go south together, this Jinpo Pass is now in the hands of the Liao army, our task is to cooperate with the outside and break the pass together when the time comes." ”

"I don't know if Brother Zan has a big plan in his heart?" Leng Wu looked at Yang Zan and said in a low voice.

Yang Zan got up and sat up, and he said: "The Liao army is fighting the grass valley to the south this time, and all they rely on is food, and they have no supplies. If there is a problem with the grain and straw, then our Song army will win without a fight. ”

Leng Wu asked rhetorically: "What Brother Zan said is extremely true, when will we act?" ”

"Leng Wu, it's only been a day or two. Tomorrow we will go to the tea shop to meet the black-clothed commander. ”

"Hmm." When Leng Wu spoke, his eyes closed involuntarily, "I'm tired, Brother Zan, let's rest as soon as possible." ”

Ps. Thank you for the cold dance, the laughing Song Ying reward!