Li Sheng finally sent troops. www.biquge.info In the middle of December of the 17th year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei were preparing for another big battle in Linhuai, he quietly did not notify anyone, and took 30,000 horses from Jiameng Pass to quietly throw himself into Baishui Pass in the north.

Jiameng Pass is not a pass, although it has a dangerous terrain, the city is high and deep, and it does have a bit of a dangerous posture, but it is indeed not a pass, at most it can only be regarded as a pass. It existed as a logistics base to resist the enemy from the north, and the pass that was really used to resist Zhang Lu's army in the north was the Baishui Pass in his north. That is the first line of defense of the Yizhou army.

The guards of Baishui Pass are Gao Pei and Yang Huai, both of whom are generals appointed by Liu Zhang, and have also participated in several defensive battles of Baishui Pass, so they have a certain talent, but their personalities are quite arrogant. Although there was not the slightest revelation on the surface, under the wanton observation of Pang Tong's narrowed eyes, they came to the conclusion that they were not convinced by Li Sheng.

"Give the grain road in the rear to these two people who are not with us, my lord, can you rest assured?" After discovering the inappropriateness of Gao Pei and Yang Huai, Pang Tong quickly found Li Sheng and persuaded him: "Lord, I think we should control Baishui in our hands. Gao Pei and Yang Huai are arrogant, not people who can be persuaded, and the location of Baishui Pass is too important, whether we want to capture Yizhou or go north to Hanzhong, we must pass through Baishui Pass to travel - the terrain of Jiameng Pass is like a pocket, and the exit of this pocket is Baishui Pass. Without him in our own hands, we will not succeed after all. ”

"So how do we get this exit? Do you want to do it directly to Gao and Yang? That's not right, isn't it? Attacking Gao Pei and Yang Huai is tantamount to starting a war against Liu Zhang. Li Sheng shook his head and said.

"I know that, so I don't think I'm going to do that. In fact, if we want Gao Pei and Yang Huai not to endanger us for the time being, we only need to set up our own people on this Baishui Pass. Pang Tong narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

"Your own people? That's a good idea. Li Sheng thought about it slightly, and immediately echoed, and he asked Pang Tong: "Who do you plan to let stay?" Is it Songde? Li Sheng thought about it and thought of his childhood brother.

"Apart from General Song De, is there any other better candidate for the lord?" Pang Tong smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically.

The three people who have played with Li Sheng since childhood, Zhou Li is good at walking, Zhou Rui is good at riding, and only Song Debu is good at riding, not only can command the cavalry for field battles, but also is better at relying on the city wall for defense. Although under the successive glories achieved by Zhou Rui commanding the cavalry, Song De, who has always been entrusted with the important task of defense by Li Sheng, is not eye-catching, but in Li Sheng's heart, Song De is undoubtedly a general who can rest assured that he can entrust his back. Giving him the task of holding Baishui Pass, Li Sheng and Pang Tong had nothing to worry about.

"That's it." Li Sheng made a decision with a hammer. Immediately asked Song De to join the queue to Baishui Pass, and as for the task of defending the general headquarters of Jiameng Pass, Li Sheng handed it over to his other military advisor, Xu Shu. He believes that he, a military classmate of Yunwen Yunwu, can take a good look at his "home".

After five days of marching, Li Sheng's soldiers and horses finally arrived at Baishui Pass. Li Sheng did not let the army enter the customs, but ordered someone to invite Gao Pei and Yang Huai at the pass and told them the news of his troops.

"What, you're planning to send troops at this time?" After listening to what Li Sheng said, Gao Pei and Yang Huai looked surprised.

It's the end of December, the coldest time of the year. The snow had enveloped the entire world in silvery armor, depriving almost all living beings of life. In such a day as the year approaches, most people should not think about how to fight the enemy and how to conquer the city. After all, New Year's Day is coming, and it is the day of the year's reunion, and it seems that it is not appropriate to use knives and guns.

"It's very difficult to send troops at this time. It's so cold! Gao and Yang planned to persuade Li Sheng. Although Li Sheng used his own soldiers, he just asked Gao Pei and Yang Huai to cooperate with his subordinate Song De to guard Baishui Pass and be responsible for the grain route in his rear, and he had no intention of letting them participate in the battle, but Gao Pei and Yang Huai were still unwilling. The cold weather had already made them lose most of their strength, and they were too lazy to move now.

"Soldiers, treacherous! You don't really want to move, so don't the people on the other side of Yangpingguan also don't want to move? It's hard to march in the snow on this winter day, I'll admit it, but my soldier has been trained to do so, and he's able to handle it. In such a situation, I do not require us to attack the enemy in a favorable environment, we only need to attack in a situation where 'we are difficult, but the enemy is more difficult than us.' Li Sheng explained with a smile: "In such a harsh environment, suddenly driving your army to Yangping Pass, and suddenly carrying out a surprise attack on Yangping Pass, I think it should be able to quickly resolve the battle." 'Surprise and unpreparedness' is the key to our victory in this battle. ”

Gao Pei and Yang Huai were convinced, and they could naturally see how likely Li Sheng's plan was. If Li Sheng's army could really reach Yangping Pass within a few days, then it would not be impossible to capture Yangping Pass. But if Li Shengjun can't do this, then the fiasco of these 40,000 people will become inevitable. However, this seems to be impossible, the road from Jiameng Pass to Baishui Pass is not much easier than the road from Baishui Pass to Yangping Pass, and Li Sheng's arrival here from Jiameng Pass in only five days has already shown Li Shengjun's strong snow marching ability. Although they did not know exactly how Li Shengjun did this, the facts were clearly laid out in front of them, and they could not deny it.

"Since the general has so decided, then the general should honor the general's orders. Please leave the rear to us with confidence. Although we have been disrespectful to the general in the past, as long as the general is sincere in helping us fight Zhang Lu, we will never pull the general back in the rear. The two of them saluted Li Sheng vigorously, and assured Li Sheng earnestly.

"In that case, it's all up to you." Li Sheng didn't dare to fully believe the assurances of Gao Pei and Yang Huai, two generals who were not with him, but he was also embarrassed and ignored them completely, so he had to say this half-truths at the moment.

After agreeing on the result, Li Sheng asked Song De to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Baishui Pass, while he himself took the remaining 25,000 men to the north in the snow and disappeared into the falling wind and snow.

Although it is estimated that in the past in this cold day, it is unlikely that the Hou of Yangping Pass will go out to inspect the surrounding enemy situation, Li Sheng is still very careful to let the team wade through the mountains as much as possible, and if they can take the mountain road, they should not take the official road, and would rather be slow than make too much noise. Day and night, he sent out the Hou in his hand, and divided all the places in front and behind the team within a five-mile radius as his own reconnaissance circle. "Arrest anyone who comes across us, and kill them if they want to escape." Li Sheng planned a surprise attack, so he had high requirements for the secrecy of the march. Fortunately, he marched in the wind and snow, and the snowflakes that kept falling covered the traces of their journey, making people not know that there was such an army in the reckless mountains, slowly advancing towards Yangpingguan.

Ten days, after ten days of hard work, Li Sheng finally went around to Yangping Pass after paying the price of nearly a thousand soldiers freezing to death and frostbite. Looking at the level that stood majestically in the wind and snow, Li Sheng smiled faintly.

"Soon, you'll be mine." Li Sheng said softly.

After resting in place for an hour, Li Sheng began to act: he selected 500 elite soldiers to change into Zhang Lujun's clothes, and escorted the ox cart that had been preserved for more than ten years to Yangping Pass. Grasping the city, this is a very old means of breaking the city. But at this moment, it is the most suitable for Li Sheng. "Unexpectedly arrived at the mountain behind Yangping Pass, and before the defenders could react, they pretended to reward the defenders' team, deceived and opened the door, and then swarmed in to seize the pass." This was Li Sheng's first plan for Yangping Pass, and it was also the plan with the least cost. If this plan does not work, then Li Shengjun has only one way to attack. In the face of the towering pass, anyone can imagine what kind of price they will pay for the attack.

"However, this is unlikely to happen." Li Sheng smiled and said to Zhao Yun who was performing this task with a pure Nanzheng accent. Such an important task, of course, needs to be completed by the general himself, and Huang Zhong, as a veteran, has too obvious characteristics and is not suitable for showing up in broad daylight, so only Zhao Yun can be dispatched.

"Of course that's not going to happen. After all, our accent is no different from theirs. Zhao Yun also replied with Nan Zheng's accent. After arriving at Jiameng Pass, Li Sheng's first order to everyone was to learn the dialect of the Nanzheng region and learn everything about the Wudou Rice Sect.

"And that's not all. What's more, everything you have, from military uniforms to generals' armor, to customs clearance documents and **** orders, is a genuine Nanzheng official document. Huang Zhong on the side also laughed in the Nanzheng dialect.

"I really owe it to Yang Song. If it weren't for him, how could we have gotten all of this? Alas...... It cost us three thousand taels of gold. Pang Tong sighed, as if there was some pain in his flesh.

"Three thousand taels is three thousand taels, and it should be sent to Yang Song's house. If I can really take Hanzhong, are I still worried that I won't be able to get this gold back? Li Sheng smiled faintly and waved his hand indifferently, "Zhong Ming, the white clothes under your command should make further contact with Yang Song in Hanzhong as soon as possible." You can tell him that if he can help me achieve great things, I will not only give him 10,000,000 yuan, but I will also give him three years of taxes in Hanzhong. I will make him the candidate of Hanzhong and let him take charge of everything in Hanzhong. ”

"Ah......?" Hearing Li Sheng's explanation, everyone couldn't help but be surprised: "How can the lord be like this, I think that Yang Song is just a villain." The lord asked him to do something for me, and we hastily gave them a sum of money, how could we even distribute such an official position? Xiang Yang Song, a man who is greedy for money, does the lord still want to take him in? ”

"The embezzler is stupid! How would I have wanted to take him in? Giving him a hope of being promoted and making a fortune is just to ask him to keep himself in Hanzhong. It's also to be able to get back the money we sent him. If he runs away, to whom do I want the three thousand taels of gold? Li Sheng shook his head and said.

"I see, Lord Shengming!" Everyone understood Li Sheng's thoughts, and they all bowed to him.

Zhao Yun, who was ready, set off quickly. He wore the kind of armor with a strong religious flavor that was commonly worn by Hanzhong military cadets, and deliberately lowered his helmet so that people could not see his face clearly at once. He led the convoy out of the mountains, walked to the official road, and then followed the official road to the bottom of Yangping Pass. At this moment, the wind and snow in the sky are still there.

Zhang Lu's rule in Hanzhong was a ******** regime with the Five Dou Mi Sect as the main theme. Zhang Lu called himself "Shijun" and was at the top of his reign. Under the "Shijun" is the "Governing Sacrifice Wine" of the 24th Governance of Hanzhong, which oversees the civil affairs, sacrifices, witch blessings and other matters within the governance. Under the "Zhizhong Sacrificial Wine", there are divided into "Sacrificial Wine" to assist the "Sacrificial Wine" to manage the "Sacrificial Wine" with many "ghost pawns". The "sacrificial wine" under the "Litou Sacrificial Wine" is the direct management of the low-level "ghost pawns", and it is also the ancestor who directly teaches the scriptures of the "ghost pawns". "Ghost pawn" is the name given to those who are new to the Wudoumi Sect. According to the theory of the Five Doumi Sect, it is believed that whether it is wind, thunder, rain and electricity, or mountain spirits between heaven and earth, they are all ghosts and gods. And the "ghost pawns" are the characters who serve these ghosts and gods.

Such a complicated tongue-twisting name made Li Sheng, an outsider, frown when he heard it. So Li Sheng directly transformed Zhang Lu's organization of the Wudoumi Sect into a martial arts gang structure that is easy for modern people to understand: "Shijun" is the "gang leader", "Zhizhong Sacrificial Wine" is the "hall master" under the "gang leader", "Litou Sacrificial Wine" is regarded as the "helmsman", and "Sacrificial Wine" is regarded as the "leader", as for the lowest-level "ghost pawn", of course, it is an ordinary "gang".

Yangpingguan is the southern gate of Hanzhong, and it is natural to have a sacrificial wine to manage. Zhang Lu appointed Yang Bai as the "Yangping Zhizhong Sacrificial Wine", leading 20,000 ghosts to guard this place. Yang Bai is a rare general under Zhang Lu, who is not only very proficient in the scriptures of the Tao Te Ching, but also good at military affairs. Several raids by the Hanzhong army on Yizhou were commanded by Yang Bai.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, as the snow flakes falling in the sky continue to increase, the temperature is getting lower and lower, and it seems that the whole world is going to be frozen into a solid stone with the snow falling.

"It's damn weather. It's so cold, it's really that the thief doesn't let people live. Gao Wu curled up in a corner of the city, curled up with his body, and hugged his weapon. He is one of the 20,000 ghost pawns in Yangping Pass, and he is a guy who is likely to only be one ghost pawn for the rest of his life. for he did not believe. This is also a very normal thing, unlike those who become ghost pawns because of their faith, Gao Wu joined Zhang Lujun with the purpose of being a soldier and eating food, which was more than ten years ago. Before this, Gao Wu lived in Kanto with his relatives and had nothing to do with the Five Doumi Sect at all.

Although he became a ghost pawn because of the regular thinking that you gave me food to eat and I would work for you, he was still very dedicated to the order he received to defend Yangping Pass. He curled up, his mouth grumbling, but his eyes kept looking at it. As soldiers guarding the pass, their task is not only to participate in the military operations led by Yang Bai in the Zhizhong Festival, that is, to watch the road that passes through the pass, pay attention to the people and convoys coming and going on this road, and collect appropriate customs fees from them.

"Old Five, don't be so serious. You see, it's a cold day, and there's no way anyone can come here. You might as well come in and take a sip of the hot soup. Looking at Gao Wu's shrinking appearance, the comrades hiding in the city tower were a little unbearable, and they shouted to Gao Wu.

"Thank you, thank you! Let's eat first. It's not time for me to rest. Although it was shivering cold, the senior who insisted on it in his heart still declined the kindness of his comrades.

"You're really brainless......!" The people in the castle tower seemed to be trying to persuade something, but they were suddenly startled by the exclamation from outside—it was the voice of Gao Wu. "What's wrong?"

"Yes...... Someone is coming, it seems to be the army! Gao Wu's surprised voice sounded high.

"The army?" The comrades on the city tower braved the wind and snow to rush out of the shelter of the city tower, ran to Gao Wu's side, and looked north along Gao Wu's outstretched hand. I saw that in the silver-white distance, a team faintly flashed out in the wind and snow, and a large flag painted with the Tai Chi Bagua map was faintly fluttering, which made these people on the city tower involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief: "What are you panicking about?" That's our team. "They were relieved to see this. Although he was also a little strange in his heart, what happened to Nanzheng's side to let such a team brave the wind and snow to come to Yangping Pass?

Of course, this is not something that these little soldiers can think, although they are also a little curious about it, but if such a big thing happens, they still dare not have any slackness to report the news to the commander of their own sacrificial wine, and some sacrificial wine will report the news to the Zhizhong Mansion in the pass one by one, so that Yang Bai, the Zhizhong sacrificial wine in Yangping Pass, got the news.

"In this weather, there will be troops coming from Nanzheng?" Yang Bai couldn't help frowning tightly when he heard the report, and he asked the soldiers who came to report the news: "Are you sure that it is our flag?" ”

"Yes!" The soldier nodded heavily.

"Since that's the case...... Yang Bai groaned for a while, and stood up suddenly: "Then let's go and see what the hell is going on, right?" He had him dressed and clothed, and then ordered his pawns: "Just in case, you send someone to inform the priests below, that they are all ready to prepare their soldiers and horses." There was a team coming over on a snowy day, and no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel wrong. "Yang Bai is still quite cautious in leading the army.

After arranging the precautions, Yang Bai took his personal ghost guards and a few sacrificial wines to the back city tower of Yangping Pass. At this moment, the team that braved the wind and snow had come to the pass. They were very bold, and just went straight into the range of the archers of Yangping Pass, and stopped less than ten zhang away from Yangping Pass.

The Tai Chi Bagua banner was lived on the ground, and under the north wind of hunting, the flag horn floated south. Yang Bai on the city tower leaned on the pass and looked down: I saw that the convoy that had been stretching for more than a mile was meandering to a stop, and the people and horses guarding the convoy were all dressed in black, and many people's faces were smeared with bells and whistles.

"This is indeed our team." Yang Bai looked at them and breathed a sigh of relief slightly-only Zhang Lujun was the only one in the world who used black clothes as his military uniform and was proud of the soldiers' faces painted with colored stains.

"Where are you on the team?" Although they believed that they were their own people, they still had to ask, and the soldiers on the city tower opened their voices at Yang Bai's signal and asked loudly at the people below.

"We are the subordinates of Zhang Xijiu in the middle of Nan Zheng Zhizhong, and on the order of the master, we escorted 3,000 gold of bacon and 500 jars of fine wine to Yangpingguan to reward all the soldiers. Now that it is approaching the end of the year, Shijun is worried about the hard work of the soldiers, so he issued this order. Please also close the gates and open them quickly. The people under the pass also opened their voices and responded. Although the conversation between the closed and closed in the sound of the wind and snow was a little blurry, they could still know some of each other's meanings. Yang Bai could hear that the person who answered his question was using an authentic Nanzheng accent.

Authentic accent, complete banner uniform, and a completely different dress from others, all of this made Yang Bai affirm the judgment of the person under the gate for his own person, and after hearing that the other party brought so many good things to treat himself, Yang Bai's suspicion in his heart was no longer there, he had never shown up as a ghost pawn who spoke in his place, and quickly agreed to the request to enter the city: "Oh! 3,000 pounds of bacon and 500 jars of fine wine? My lord really pitied us. Please wait a moment for the sake of the wine below, and I will send someone down to open the door. ”

"That's great!" The people who closed it were also very polite.

After a while, the huge gate slowly opened, pushed by nearly a hundred soldiers. In this way, the teams outside the gate drove the carriages to the customs one after another. Perhaps because he was in a hurry, the one in front of him accidentally tore off the curtain to shield him from the wind and snow, and a cart full of bacon was exposed in front of everyone. Although the bacon was frozen into lumps because of the cold, such a large lump of meat was placed there, which still made everyone who saw it salivate.

"There's something good to eat now." That's what they thought.

The carriages entered the customs one by one, and the soldiers who followed the carriage also entered one by one, and soon there was no one outside the gate.

"Close the door for me." Yang Bai, who was watching all this, but nothing had changed, ordered loudly, and he felt that he could finally be completely relieved, "Go, take me to the sacrificial bar where the horse convoy will be escorted." A person who can brave the wind and snow to complete the task is worthy of respect. Yang Bai commanded, and walked down the city tower quickly.

However, it was at this time that the accident happened, and a loud shout of killing suddenly erupted from the gate. The ghost guards who escorted the carriage took up their blades and beckoned to the nearest "comrade" to him. The veil on the carriage was lifted, and hundreds of soldiers with bows and arrows stood up from the carriage, drew their bows and arrows, and shot the mans in their hands.

"What's going on? Is it the enemy? Yang Bai was taken aback, and then reacted: "Quick, quickly bring the ghost pawn behind me forward." Damn, I just wondered how Yang Song, who was in charge of Shijun's finances, could be so kind and actually sent someone to treat us. It turns out that they are really enemies. Fight back, give me a fight back. He shouted sharply, and quickly rolled over and mounted a nearby warhorse. Perhaps, in his view, there is indeed something irreparable in the current situation.

"Wishful thinking!" Zhao Yun, who rushed directly to the front line, saw Yang Bai's movements, and also heard Yang Bai's words clearly, for his good expectations, Zhao Yun coldly gave such an evaluation: "They shouldn't let us enter the customs, once we enter the customs, even if they are well prepared, they will be disappointed." Zhao Yun thinks so.

The fact is indeed as Zhao Yun said, when the battle began, smearing his face, the black-clothed Li Shengjun soldiers waved their blades and rushed towards the Yangping Pass defenders who were also wearing black military clothes and had a flowery face. A scuffle began, facing an enemy with the same accent and almost exactly the same dress as themselves, the defenders of Yangping Pass were simply dizzy, they didn't know which was their comrade-in-arms and which was the enemy. They panicked, they became confused, and they always felt like a small boat writhing in the sea, and there was danger everywhere, and there was no place to reassure them. For a while, the pass was completely chaotic, except for Zhao Yun, who could clearly see that it was the enemy, the defenders of Yangping Pass had deep suspicions about being around them. Most of them wield knives based on their own feelings, and naturally there are cases of manslaughter.

"Damn ......" Faced with such a chaotic situation, Yang Bai naturally knew that something was wrong, but he still didn't plan to give up: "Hmph...... Think you can beat me this way? You're still underestimating me. He waved his knife and directed the soldiers around him to rush forward: "Did you see the general on the horse?" Rush up with me and kill him! As long as he, the leader, is gone, and the rabble in this level will naturally be decided in one go. ”

Capturing the thief and capturing the king first was a very correct move, but Yang Bai didn't know what kind of ability the opponent he encountered had, so it was a pity that he had a different result.

"Qiang ......" Yang Bai and Zhao Yun passed by by mistake. Zhao Yun ignored Yang Bai and rushed forward, while Yang Bai sat upright on the horse, allowing the mount under him to run twice, and then he fell off the horse holding his neck. "How fast to grab ......?" He couldn't believe that there was someone in this world who could swing such a powerful lightning-like gun, and his eyes were wide open for a while, and he looked like he was dead.

Zhao Yun didn't cut off Yang Bai's head, because he had already gone to kill Yang Bai's personal guards alone after riding his horse with Yang Bai, and he didn't have time to do it at all. However, Yang Bai's death was not buried because of Zhao Yun's ignorance. Zhao Yun doesn't care, but it doesn't mean that those who follow him don't care. They are Li Sheng's personal guards, and they are here to cooperate with Zhao Yun at this moment, and to a certain extent, they also have their own rights.

Yang Bai's head was cut off and raised high on the barrel of the gun. Chen Xu, who had cut off his head, held this freshly baked head high and shouted loudly: "Yang Bai is dead, surrender and don't kill!" Yang Bai is dead, surrender and don't kill! "His voice alone is loud, but after all, it can't be transmitted throughout Yangpingguan. However, as he shouted, the echo of his comrades, and the shouts of Li Shengjun's sergeants who were mixed with the guards of Yangping Pass, made the same sound resounded inside and outside Yangping Pass. Li Shengjun's soldiers burst out with even more astonishing courage after receiving the news, and they swung their swords vigorously, shouting as they beckoned towards the defenders who were obviously in a daze. The defenders couldn't tell who was their own and who was the enemy, but Li Shengjun, who launched all this, knew very well - each of them had a white thread embroidered on his shirt.

Soon, Yangping Pass fell. Li Sheng led more than 20,000 soldiers into this pass, which was captured by 5,000 people led by Zhao Yunqin. This day is December 26 of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, and it will be New Year's Day in five days.

[bookid=3676858,bookname="The Legend of the Otherworld"]

Starting Point Chinese www.qidian.com welcome book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest and most popular serialized works are all original at Starting Point!