Where Mengshan is located, about seven days away from the Gaoliang River, there is a dangerous pass here, called Mengshan Pass, this place is the place where the Northern Expedition is a battleground, if there are soldiers, although the Song army will not be blocked here, but it is always necessary to delay some time, but when the Song army soldiers pressed the border, they found that there were no elite soldiers stationed here.

Yes, there are only a few local garrisons, these garrisons, which have not been fighting for a long time, but they can't even move their weapons, and Dashi Linya disdains to use such people when he was training the Khitan New Army in Yanjing.

These soldiers and horses are only dozens of people, operating some of the fields in this Mengshan Mountain, making a living, the defense of Mengshan Pass has long been irrational repairs, and the guards will develop the soldiers under their command into their own tenants, and the days are dashing, when the Song people hit here, the guards directly abandoned here, packed up and ran to Yanjing, and the soldiers below have long become honest farmers, but they have descended to the Great Song Dynasty.

After the old and small army crossed the border, they only handed over this back road to Yang Ling, and Yang Ling's soldiers and horses came here to rest for a while, and dozens of people were left here.

Slowly it has entered the autumn, the rain is also more, Tang Huai led the team to walk here, not far in front, is the Mengshan Pass, about a dozen miles away, in the valley, the rain and fog are filled, almost dozens of steps away is difficult to distinguish.

Tang Huai's department, escorting this Ma Xiaoying and the few months old Xiao Fang Xu, turned back to Zhuoyi Erzhou, in front of which was Mengshan Pass, and when he arrived there, he could be regarded as having his own brothers staying behind, resting temporarily, feeding the war horses with grain and grass, and boiling hot water to warm up.

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts seem less impetuous, although the rain is a little smaller, but it is still dripping and falling, the autumn rain is like oil, pouring the mountain road to the extreme. Tang Huai took nearly 100 riders, just walking step by step in the mountain road with a flat horse.

Everyone was soaked, the helmets were lifted on their backs, just struggling forward, Tang Huai walked in the forefront, his steps were steady, just looking around in fear, since Mengshan Pass is called a mouth, the pass is stuck in the passage between the two mountains, this pass is the nearest pass facing Yanjing, stuck on the road to the Youyan Plain, on both sides of the pass, is a small mountain, called Mengshan.

Although the terrain of Mengshan Pass is a little dangerous, it is limited to this, the mountain is quite gentle, not to mention that there are only dozens of people stationed there, if you pay the price of a hundred people, you can also fight down, and Ma Xiaoying and others are behind.

It rained so heavily last night, and the rain and fog rose again this morning, and it was difficult to distinguish the movement on the opposite side dozens of steps away, which was a good time for the soldiers to sneak through the breach, but it was expected that the Liao people were fighting in the Gaoliang River, and this Mengshan back road should be safe.

Tang Huai's brothers behind him, all of them have already walked sleepy, this muddy road is really a little distressing, Jianma shook his head uneasily, spitting out a heavy nose. In the mouths and noses of the centaurs, long white gas spewed out. Regardless of the people and horses, when they were blown by the morning breeze, they were all frozen and swayed.

With Ma Xiaoying Tang Huai and the people and horses who came north, the Changsheng army surrendered troops well, accustomed to the weather of Youyan, and has always been poorly fed and clothed, and is used to suffering, following Tang Huai forward just silently, some soldiers who used to be the Western Army came out with a low depressed voice.

They are all soldiers and horses raised under the favorable conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, and although there are not a few battles between the battles of the Western Xia, they are always better, somewhat arrogant, if a convincing commander leads them, there is nothing to say.

Yang Ling led them at the beginning, and he must be the first in the battle, and he made great achievements in pouring the sky. These soldiers and horses were obedient to him, and now Tang Huai led them to the back road, but he may not be able to suppress them. Tang Huai was born, and some of the soldiers who followed Yang Ling to snatch Zhuoyi Erzhou also knew about it.

Hebei dare to be a warrior, the four of them were the first to get acquainted with Xiao Yang, less than a year later, the brothers are all rubbing their heads up, Tang Huai's appearance, but also a little weak, not necessarily admirable, the face is simple, not surprising, not even twenty years old.

The so-called hairless mouth and poor work, although Tang Huai's bearing is naturally calm and his demeanor is solemn. In the army, he also endured hardships in the back, but he didn't have a decent military exploit in his hand, and he didn't have the merit to be in charge, which always made these proud soldiers unable to confidant.

Although there is no doubt about the ability of Yue Fei and others now, what they show on the surface is not enough to convince the public.

What they lack is to fight a tough battle and make a reputation, and now, everyone has a lot of complaints about Tang Huai, "We can be regarded as holding the back road, and we can be regarded as admitting it, following Xiao Yang will be the master, and it will be our turn to go out to cover the back road, then there is nothing to say, now it's good, follow this bird to Zhuoyi, all pull out and get wet!" ”

"Our lives are hard, follow the north, eat food as soldiers, and act according to orders is also our duty, but we can't use people as cattle! Eat dry food and sleep in the field, if you follow General Xiao Yang, although the main credit of the Northern Expedition is not shared, but some soup is drinkable, pick up the heads of a few Liao defeated soldiers, and you can also exchange a few rewards for money. ”

"This Tang Huai, to be honest, although it is the marquis of Xiao Yang's command, how many times have he really patrolled the outpost? How many foreign enemy levels have you had? Which of us doesn't have dozens of lives in our accounts. ”

These complaints were not loud or small, just for Tang Huai to hear, Chang Sheng's sergeants did not dare to speak, they all exchanged glances, to see how Tang Huai responded, Tang Huai of course listened to these complaints in his ears, but he just smiled in his heart, and a group of gods was still all focused on the foggy front.

Brother Yue Fei once said that to convince these veterans, it is not by talking about military law, but by the ability of generals, Xiao Yang has given him the status, and whether he can achieve his ambitions in life is only by himself!

The greatest brilliance of the bloody battle in Zhuoyi Erzhou is still Yang Ling, and even Wang Gui's credit is much greater than that of others, even if there is a fight, it is already impossible to get on the stage, and now even he doesn't know if Tang Huai is looking forward to the Liao people really coming to outflank the back road, fight an encounter with himself, and show his skills!

For these gossips, Tang Huai just didn't move, didn't even look back, just walked forward step by step, and suddenly a cold wind blew in the mountains, making people shiver!