In mid-September, the majesty of the "Autumn Tiger" finally passed, and the temperature gradually became comfortable, Zhang Qingping and Li Bao were relieved, after all, marching in a high temperature environment was a test of morale and military discipline.

After several days of arduous marching and trekking, the Weizhou Huwei Army and the Hu Brigade finally arrived in front of the Jianmen Pass.

The Jianmen Mountain Range is a branch of Longmen Mountain, which lies in the north of Zhaohua District and Jiange County of Guangyuan City in the later generations, extends for hundreds of miles in the southeast, the peaks here are abrupt, and the mountains are cloudy. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, the plane is slightly elliptical, mainly in the low mountain landform, the mountains are dense, the ravines are staggered, the mountains are extremely dangerous, and the mountains are horizontal. Jianmen Mountain forms the barrier of northern Sichuan with the place of natural danger, and the pass is extremely dangerous, and the soldiers must fight.

Starting from Tianxiong Pass in the northwest of Zhaohua, there are Baiweiling, Yuntai Mountain, Maojiazhai, Motianling and Land Pass on the north side. On the south side, there are: Dongshan Village, Jianmen Pass, Kuzhu Village, Xiaojiaoyan, Yanshi Village, Qingqiangling, etc., together constitute the famous dangerous pass on the Shu Road. The so-called "Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky", and "the fear of the road and the rock cannot be climbed" refers to this place.

During the Three Kingdoms, after Liu Bei established the capital in Chengdu, he established Jiange County in the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217 AD), which was subordinate to Jianmen Pass and strengthened the defense of Jiange. Not only that, but also with the Sword Pavilion as the center, the Hanzhong to Chengdu more than 1,000 miles connected into a whole, to ensure that from Chengdu to Zitong, through the Sword Pavilion through Jiameng, Baishui, to Shaanxi Mianxian Yang'an Pass, Hanzhong this Sword Pavilion Road is safe and unimpeded, for the future Zhuge Liang out of Qishan, Jiang Bo about the Central Plains to create conditions to lay the foundation.

Li Bao instructed Zhang Qingping and them to wait for the envoy of Niu Miao to come and discuss the surrender.

When Niu Miao got the contact of Xuanyuan Mingguang five days ago, he was overjoyed, and someone sent a pillow when he was really sleepy, and he was even more satisfied with Xuanyuan Mingguang's relay of Li Bao's promise to him.

As a traitor to the Xichuan Army, Xuanyuan Mingguang despised him in his heart. But a traitor like him is helpful to King Ji's great cause of cutting down Shu, and Xuanyuan Mingguang immediately showed his professional ethics as a professional spy, and used the skills he had cultivated in his youth to Niu Miao, and praised Niu Miao so much that he seemed to have gone to heaven.

After Niu Miao's iron heart took refuge, Xuanyuan Mingguang followed Niu Miao's envoy into Chengdu Mansion again. and met Luo Yuangao for the first time, Luo Yuangao is a contemptible person with no loyalty like Niu Miao. Xuanyuan Mingguang, a close confidant of King Ji, was very enthusiastic, and arranged Xuanyuan Mingguang in the house.

Xuanyuan Mingguang saw that Luo Yuangao was in the middle of this arrangement, and he was very happy to live in Luo Yuangao's mansion and wait for the opportunity.

After Niu Miao learned of the arrival of the Weizhou army for the first time, he immediately ordered the whole army and all the fortresses to prepare for battle, and stationed those die-hard elements in the remote fortresses, and arranged their henchmen in the Jianmen Pass, and then waited until after dark to secretly send envoys to agree on the siege time.

At the beginning of the night, all parts of Jianmen Pass were already on alert, and the Weizhou military camp outside the city had also quietly raised its interest. After waiting for the dead of night, someone came down from the head of the Jianmen Pass, slowly blended into the night, and after a short walk, he was intercepted by the Weizhou army scouts waiting under the pass, and brought to Li Bao's Chinese army camp.

Li Bao and Zhang Qingping, the generals, have been waiting for the envoy in Guancheng, and now that it has arrived, Li Bao and the others are very happy.

The envoy is Niu Miao's cronies, after he entered the Chinese military tent, facing the coercion of Li Bao and others, he immediately bowed down, bowed to Li Bao, and then took out Niu Miao's handwritten letter and handed it over.

After Hu Sanbao took the secret letter, he handed it to Li Bao with both hands. Li Bao took the secret letter, carefully checked the seal and found that there was no abnormality, and then let the messenger get up.

The envoy breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that the tent was very solemn, which showed that the discipline of the Weizhou army was strict, unlike those of their comrades in Shu. When the big guys and the military envoys gather to discuss the army, most of the big guys whisper to each other, and there are few such solemn and solemn times.

After Li Bao finished reading the secret letter, he said to the envoy: "Gu has already read the secret letter, you go back and reply to the envoy of Niu Jun, and everything will be done according to plan." ”

When the messenger heard this, he immediately nodded yes. Then he slowly got up and withdrew from the big tent of the Chinese army. Hu Sanbao followed the envoy out of the Chinese military tent, and then grabbed the envoy and said some words before letting him go back.

Li Bao watched the envoy go back, and then said to the people in the tent: "Niu Miao's letter promised that the city could be attacked at midnight (3:00-5:00 a.m.), and he would send his henchmen to open the gate at that time. ”

After Zhang Qingping listened to Li Bao's words, he muttered: "Is this bull reliable? If his surrender is fake, and the fraud is true, we are only afraid that we will suffer a big setback. ”

Li Bao nodded and said, "Well, what Zhang Junenvoy said is right, we have to guard against it." At that time, the Huwei army will attack on the left wing, and behind the palace on the right, Ouyang Hui's Hu brigade will wait and see the situation, once you find that the defenders of the Sword Gate are cheating, you will act immediately, don't be polite. ”

In addition, after preparing all kinds of siege and assault weapons, and then attacking the city, once the city gate is opened, our people will control the city gate as soon as possible, and then Ouyang Brigade Marshal will lead the Hu Brigade to enter the customs immediately, first control all the key places, with military camps, arsenals and baggage.

Zhang Qingping, Ouyang Hui and the others immediately nodded loudly in response, and then Li Bao ordered: "Yin Shi is attacking the city immediately, so you can go down and arrange it." ”

After Li Bao issued the order, Zhang Qingping and others immediately left and returned to the camp.

Li Bao looked at Hu Sanbao, who had returned to the big tent, and inquired, "How is it?" ”

"When the slave looked at the messenger, he didn't look like he was hiding his thoughts. This person is very simple, not like a scheming person. ”

"Well, that's good. Okay, you go and rest first, there will be no time to rest when the siege begins. ”

Hu Sanbao glanced at Li Bao gratefully, and then withdrew from the big tent according to his words, and found a low couch in the side tent to close his eyes and recuperate.

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Time flies, the ugly time is about to pass, the time has come, and the Tiger Wing Army and the Hu Brigade have already moved. Although the soldiers of Weizhou were busy, they hardly made any noise at night.

The moonlight was soft, providing them with some light, and they were silent, and the occasional neighing of horses did not break the dullness of the Weizhou army.

The soldiers of Weizhou have eaten the military meal under the moonlight, although they are busy today, the nutrition of the military meal is still enough, one salted duck egg per person plus two large flour cakes, and the milk soup mixed with cold boiled water.

The captain and the team members were counting the hours, and if it was almost the appointed hour, they would gently urge the soldiers in the team to pack up their personal belongings and equipment. When everything is ready, the team members will also say some words of encouragement to the soldiers in the team, the team members are all old people, and many of the soldiers in the team or in the team are new additions and have not been on the battlefield, so they should focus on treating them and try to dispel their nervousness.

Most of the recruits listened to the teachings of their superiors, and although they basically couldn't listen to the words of the team leader or the captain, they would still nod their heads vigorously, as if doing so would not only make themselves not nervous but also reassure the team leaders.

When a low trumpet came, all the team members or captains who heard the trumpet immediately cleaned up Fang Cai's kind eyes, and they all had serious faces, as if Fang Cai's bitter words were others.

When the soldiers saw Shangfeng's face change, they immediately entered the state. They follow the orders of the team leader or the captain, and immediately take action, this is the conditioned reflex they have trained and cultivated, as long as someone gives them orders, they will feel inexplicably relieved, maybe this is the tacit understanding between life and death comrades that the leaders talked about.

With the low sound of the horn, the soldiers gathered in one place, and they would only follow their own captain, the captain followed the captain, the team was followed by the head of the team, the head of the battalion followed the commander of the battalion, the commander of the battalion followed the commander of the brigade, and the commander of the brigade followed the owner. The connection between the layers is close and natural, thinking about the location of the prescribed assembly.

After the places were in place, the various units began to inspect the ordnance, the artillery brigade began to set up artillery in the designated positions, and the Hu knights of the Hu brigade checked their horizontal swords and horses, as well as armor and stirrups. They are all organized and organized.

Zhang Qingping looked up at the night sky, the curved semi-circular moon was sprinkled with silver light, and the Jianmen Pass not far away seemed to be much more peaceful and quiet in the night.

Li Bao, accompanied by Hu Sanbao, also slowly came to the front of the military formation, and after nodding with Zhang Qingping, Ouyang Hui and other military leaders, he quietly looked at the military formation behind him.

The soldiers of the Tiger Wing Army and the Hu Brigade were solemn and quiet in the moonlight, and he was very satisfied. He nodded at Hu Sanbao, "Let's start!" ”

Hu Sanbao nodded, then took out a Kong Ming lantern and slowly lit it, the lampshade reflected an orange light in the moonlight, and slowly floated into the sky.

Then someone at the head of the Jianmen Pass drew three and a half circles around the city with a torch, and then Zhang Qingping nodded to Yang Gan, the commander of the artillery brigade behind him, who understood and immediately ordered his sons and daughters to start preparing.

The sharp and piercing sound of "squeak" was heard far away in the solemn night. Li Bao and the others listened to Xianle, and Ouyang Hui was in high spirits.

As the squeak continued, the Sword Gate Gate opened wider and wider. Ouyang Hui whistled, and then rode his horse and went straight to the city gate. Then the Hu brigade also moved, and the galloping array was like a moving drumstick, knocking on the heavens and the earth echoed.

It was the messenger who opened the city gate in the middle of the night, he wanted to say a few words to the new King Ji of the city, but he found Ouyang Hui rushing straight forward, Ouyang Hui was like a killing god in the night, and the messenger was so frightened that he immediately peed on his trouser legs.

The soldiers behind the messenger smelled the smell of urine in the autumn night, and they didn't dare to say anything, but everyone had an unbearable smile on their faces.

Ouyang Hui's Hu Brigade had more than 2,000 people, and this group of Hu people who rushed over were like a terrifying hurricane, disturbing the entire Jianmen Gate.

And the Jianmen guard Niu Miao was escorted by the Hu Ren Brigade and finally met Li Bao, the king of Ji, but it was already the morning of the next day.

Li Bao didn't have time to pay attention to the Niu Shou capture envoy who was devastated overnight, he immediately ordered Zhang Qingping to lead the Tiger Wing Army to leave two brigades to guard the Jianmen Pass and the prisoners, and the remaining eight brigades to cooperate with the Hu brigade to immediately attack Chengdu Mansion, he wanted to take Xichuan as quickly as possible, and then Dongchuan could slowly figure it out.