In the first month of the second year of Qiande (965), in the middle of winter, the wind and snow came again, it was the month, and the capital was snowing. ↖，

The war reports in Shu have also arrived in Kaifeng one after another, and the Song State has already known that the war against Shu has entered the most critical moment. And on this day, in the court, in the martial arts hall, Zhao Kuangyin set up a war tent, and the emperor's civil and military officials all felt that the palace was mild.

The huge lecture hall, connecting the hall has several underground tunnels and wall compartments, which are similar to a central air conditioner, and there is a steady stream of heat transfer, which is improved by Zhao Dezhao on the premise of the warm kang.

Zhao Dezhao was immersed in the warmth of the hall, listening to the smooth battle ahead, and there was some inexplicable excitement in his heart.

The snowflakes outside the hall scattered, and suddenly the door of the hall was blown open by the wind and snow, and a chill hit, and several officials close to the door of the hall subconsciously shivered.

"Ahh

Zhao Kuangyin paused, and the sound of sneezing was also heard in the hall. Zhao Dezhao seemed to realize something, thinking of the Great Song soldiers on the front line, he immediately bowed his hand and said: "Father, the weather is cold now, and Shuzhong is also cold, and I also ask my father to order the generals to keep out the cold." ”

Only then did Zhao Kuangyin realize that the soldiers of Shu lacked clothes to resist the cold. He immediately untied his fur and hat, and sent the Huangmen to gallop to Wang Quanbin, and ordered the generals to not be able to cover it, and issued an edict to transport some clothes and other baggage to Shuzhong.

Outside the hall is still windy and snowy, but the hearts of the ministers in the hall are warm.

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Shuzhong.

The remnants of the army led by Wang Zhaoyuan have retreated to the vicinity of Jianmen, and Jianmen, which is a man who is not open, stands on a steep cliff.

At this moment, Wang Zhaoyuan's army has arrived here, and the guards at the pass saw a handsome flag with the word "Wang" and a big banner with the word "Shu", and after seeing Wang Zhaoyuan, he immediately ordered the switch.

The door was closed, and Wang Zhao sighed from afar, now that he was in this pass, with the sword gate tiger standing on the dragon plate and the steep mountain, he was still afraid of the Song army's attack.

"Hmph, the Three Kingdoms Shu general Jiang Wei is guarding this pass, the sword gate can reach the 100,000 elite division of the Wei State, and the Song army will go again, how can it enter the pass at once." Wang Zhaoyuan felt some inexplicable excitement in his heart.

In the evening, the Shu army began to set up a banquet in the Jianmen Pass.

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The upper reaches of the Jialing River, Lizhou, now Wang Zhaoyuan abandoned the city and left, Wang Quanbin's army was like a bamboo, the army had driven through Zhaohua County, and the troops were stationed in the north of Jiange.

In Zhaohua County, the Song army was discussing the next march plan in the palace.

Cui Yanjin pointed to the marching map and the sand table and said: "Wang Shuai, Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Chongtao and others are bound to retreat to Jianmen Pass. ”

Wang Quanbin pondered on the ground, according to the sand table, the next battle of the Song army is to seize the Jianmen Pass, but it is so strong, what is the plan?

At this time, Li Jilong saw the sand table, and he said: "Wang Shuai, why don't you bypass the Sword Gate?" ”

"Bypass, how to bypass?"

Li Jilong said: "Wang Shuai, there is a letter here, you will know after reading it." ”

After Wang Quanbin took the letter and read it, his face changed, of course, this letter was written by the secret agent of Changchun Hall where the Shu Kingdom was located and stamped with Zhao Dezhao's personal seal.

“…… There is a Wangxi town in the north of Jianmen, from which you can reach Yiguang Town by walking southeast along the Jialing River. This town is in the middle of ten thousand mountains, as long as you insist on climbing over the mountains for several times, you can lead to the river. After crossing the river and going around to the south of Jianmen Pass, the danger of Jianmen Pass is useless. ”

Wang Quanbin then showed the letter to all the generals.

Cui Yanjin, Zhao Xin and other generals said: "Wang Shuai, in order to ensure that it happens, it is better to ask the local people to see if this is the case." ”

"Hmm." In order to be cautious, Wang Quanbin asked the local people.

"Come to Su Jing? This road winds for dozens of miles, crossing more than ten mountains, not only people and horses can pass, but also the trail is hidden in the dense forest, and no one will notice when traveling. ”

"Qingjiang Village south of Jianmen Pass...... The last stockade on the official road from Chengdu to Jianmen Guanguan ......"

"Oh?"

After Cao Can and others asked a few people, they all got this answer.

"In this case, it is better to send a partial army to Su Jing to cross the river, and the main force of the marshal is still stationed here to confuse the Shu army...... If the partial army can really reach the south of Jianmen Pass, and we attack from the north and south, wouldn't we have a chance to win? Cui Yanjin said, "Wang Shuai, it's better to let the last general lead the army to give it a try." ”

Wang Quanbin immediately agreed: "Ben Shuai also thinks so, this time I will hand over to General Cui when I come to Sujing to cross the river, and a few more students will be handed over to you." ”

……

A group of soldiers led by Cui Yanjin, Cao Can, Shi Baoxing, Hu Yanzan, Li Jilong, He Lingtu and others walked for three days among the barren mountain trails and woods.

Cao Can said: "Do you guys hear the sound of water in front of you?" ”

"Yes, there is the Jialing River ahead." Li Jilong said, "I'll tell General Cui now." ”

Cui Yanjin heard Cao Can and several other young generals say this, and also realized that there was a river ahead, and immediately urged: "Everyone continue to march, there is a river ahead......

The sound of rushing water, mixed with angry waves, suddenly appeared a canyon on both sides of the mountain.

"Jialingjiang, we've arrived." The Song soldiers cheered. But the next thing they have to face is to go down the Jialing River, and they have to cut bamboo to make rafts at this time.

Now in winter, the water potential is not big, Cui Yanjin ordered to cut bamboo, everything is in the tense and orderly preparation, most of the day later, about fifty bamboo rafts have been tied, and then use rattan ropes to connect all these bamboo rafts, so that people who are familiar with the nature of the water, from this side of the river, will be lined up in a row, connecting the two banks.

Although all this seems simple, it is very complicated, and Cao Can, Hu Yanzan and several other students know how to water, and several people took off their clothes, did warm-up exercises, and immediately jumped into the icy river.

A quarter of an hour did make Cao Can and them a little physically and mentally exhausted, and in the end, the pontoon bridge was finally laid.

Cui Yanjin saw that the pontoon bridge was successful, and waved his hand to let everyone cross. Everyone picked up their knives and led the horses, and with great effort, they finally crossed the river crookedly, Cui Yanjin breathed a long sigh of relief and ordered people to rest in place. Here, Cao Can and the others took out the flint, found some firewood, and began to bake the wet clothes on their bodies.

Cui Yanjin also doesn't know where the main force of the Song army is now? After resting, the next target was Qingjiang Village, and the Song army began to march slowly.

According to the intelligence of the Song army scouts, there are not many defenders of Qingjiang Village, most of them gathered in Jianmen Pass, presumably Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Chongtao and others did not know that the Song army came to Qingjiang Village along the trail. And the Song army happened to take advantage of the emptiness of Qingjiang Village's troops, lead the army to attack, and make a noise to attack the west, so that the Shu army thought that the Song army had broken through the Jianmen Pass.

According to the day, Wang Quanbin and they should not be far from the Sword Gate.

Cui Yanjin immediately ordered the Song army to raid Qingjiang Village, and the army began to march towards Qingjiang Village, and Cui Yanjin ordered people to attack Qingjiang Village with their lives.

"Song Jun is here. It's not good, go and move the rescuers. In front of Qingjiang Village, the Shu army suddenly saw the Song army raiding, and the horn was blown in the village, and the gate was immediately closed, and at the same time the soldiers were ordered to go to Jianmen Pass to move the rescuers.

Everything is in the plan, the Song army arrived at Qingjiang Village, fiercely attacked the gate of the village, in order to highlight the momentum, Cao Can and others "sacrificed" a few hand * grenade * bombs, "boom boom boom - " explosions came and went, the Shu army retreated in the wall, and waited for reinforcements. *

* "Turtle son, don't you dare to come to battle? Cao Can and the others rushed out of their throats and shouted.

Hu Yanzan said with a smile: "Wang Zhaoyuan is a turtle king bastard, no wonder the surname is Wang, it turns out to be a turtle......"

The Song army surrounded Qingjiang Village to the death, and the Shu army in the village still shrank.

In a moment, the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves resounded through the valley in the northwest corner.

"It's the Shu army, is the Shu army finally here?" Cui Yanjin and a few others shouted.

"We have saved ......" The guards of the Shu army in the village seemed to see a glimmer of light.

"What about coming? It's not that I, Cui Yanjin, are defeated. ”

"How can it be?" The defenders of Qingjiang Village immediately went out of the village to meet the battle.

"Okay, well, the turtle has finally shown its head......" Shi Baoxing and the others sneered.

I don't know who in the Shu army went to war, brandishing a mace, shouting: "Wu that thief, eat me." ”

"Eat me Li Batu with a knife."

Although Li Jilong was young, the big knife in his hand had already been swung out, and the big knife collided with the mace, and both of them were shocked and leaned backwards on the horse.

"Good boy, it's really a hero out of a boy."

"Don't say more, fight again......" Li Jilong immediately stabbed again, and the knife and mace hit head-on again.

The sound of the horses' hooves of the Shu army approached, and the person at the head was Zhao Chongtao, who was stationed at Jianmen Pass, and heard that Qingjiang Village was besieged, and the main force of the Song army must have bypassed Jianmen Pass, "Come to Su Xiaolu, and meet with the road from Qingqiangdian in the south of Jianmen." ”

So what's the use of being stationed at the Sword Gate Pass, in order to regain the lost territory, he didn't even think about it, and immediately came over.

Zhao Chongtao rushed to the front of the village and shouted: "Song thief, your grandfather Zhao is here." ”

"Haha—it's Zhao Jianjun."

Cui Yanjin and Shi Yande heard that Zhao Chongtao of the Shu army was coming with a large army, and they felt a little happy in their hearts, it seems that the defense of Jianmen Pass has been weakened, and if Wang Shuai suddenly attacks Jianmen Pass at this moment, then it must be easy to take.

Li Jilong fought a fierce battle with another Shu general, but he couldn't tell the winner. Here, Zhao Chongtao is already dealing with Cui Yanjin and them. Cui Yanjin said, "It's not good." When Cui Yanjin originally planned to capture Zhao Chongtao alive, he was stabbed by Zhao Chongtao and picked off the horse.

The hearts of the Song army soldiers tightened, "General Cui-"

"I'm fine." Cui Yanjin patted the dirt on his body, swept his body up, and straddled the horse.

"Zhao Chongtao, you have this ability."

When Zhao Chongtao saw it, the big knife continued to swing, the blade swept over, and Cui Yanjin added a few hideous blood wounds to his arm again.

Hu Yanzan came from behind, holding a soldier in his hand, and came towards Zhao Chongtao, "General Cui, you and I will fight together." ”

After finishing speaking, Cui Yanjin and Hu Yanzan fought against Zhao Chongtao.

On the entire battlefield, the Shu army came like a mountain, and the Song army could no longer resist it.

"Go up, quick—"

How could the Shu soldiers surge more and more, and the Song army couldn't parry, so they could only fight and retreat. The Shu army on Zhao Chongtao's side became more and more courageous, rampage, and the Shu army began to rush into the crowd and wantonly kill.

Shi Baoxing and the others immediately found a place where no one was around, went out to release the signal, and suddenly a burst of light rose from the ground, flew up in the air, and scattered around, "bang, bang" several times, like thunder.

"What kind of monster is this?" The Shu army all looked at the place where the thunder sounded and there was a pungent smell.

"Is it poisonous smoke?" The Shu army began to panic, trying to hold their breath as much as possible, "Hurry-"

"Ignorant Shu soldiers." Cui Yanjin and the others laughed, "You guys are ...... Became a ......"

"Kill, take advantage of the small number of Song troops now, kill-" The Shu army immediately raised the attack at this time.

An hour later, the two armies faced each other to kill the enemy, and Cui Yanjin was waiting for Wang Quanbin's main force to come.

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