Leaving Yucheng Lingdao and going down along the remaining water, there are Nankang, Ganyi, Yandu, Luling, and Linchuan Zhucheng. Nankang, Ganyi, and Yan are all located in the river valley between Huaiyu Mountain and Jingshan Mountain. In the past ten years, Huo's army has never been able to penetrate into the area south of Linchuan City, and Nankang, Ganyi and other places have always been the hinterland of Jingnan, with poor armor and unrepaired cities.

As early as the Lishui River Valley period, the annexation of Huaiyu Cottage made Huaiyu Mountain, the southern boundary mountain of Yue County and Jing County, controlled by Jiangning.

Yuan Zhen led his troops into Jingbei, and Jimo Mingxi, who was far away in Qingjiang, was ordered to assemble a garrison army, and transferred more than 10,000 troops from the Lishui River Valley across the Qingjiang River to make preparations for crossing Huaiyu Mountain, and the garrison army in the eastern part of the Qingjiang River also went to Fengling, Xuancheng, Lishui and other places in an orderly manner.

The hole road between Huaiyu Mountain is rugged and bumpy, not conducive to the passage of the army, the terrain of the western slope of Huaiyu Mountain is steep, even more than Huaiyu Mountain, there are countless mountains of Baizhang, between the mountains and the mountains, are deep valleys and ravines. The trail leans against the cliff, hundreds of people guard each other, and thousands of troops and horses cannot cross. However, the gathering of a large number of Miao people in the Dayu area made the situation in the hinterland of Jingnan, such as Nankang, Ganyi, and Yandu, suddenly tense.

In the ten-year Jingjun War, in the face of Huo's powerful offensive, the troops were concentrated in Luling, Xingan, Nancheng and other Jingzhong areas to confront the Huo invasion army, and the loose Jingnan forces gradually gathered into a whole, but it was far from the point where Yuan Longyi covered the sky with one hand.

With the acquiescence of Yuan Longyi, Yuan Zhen led his troops from Luling, Xingan and other places to quietly return to the western foot of Jingshan Mountain, occupying the steep terrain of the northern section of Jingshan Mountain, and trapping the Su Guard army in Pengze Mansion.

Yuan Longyi's acquiescence shocked the Jingnan family even more than Yuan Zhenxing's army in Jingbei, and even made the Linchuan Mansion family adjacent to Jiangning extremely frightened.

Yuan Longyi's actions alone caused the entire Jingnan forces to fall into the arms of Nanping. It is not difficult for people with keen eyes to find that Yuan Zhen does not represent the entire Nanping, in fact, Yuan Longyi promoted Jing Nan to the weak faction of Nanping.

This choice of disaster surname made people in Jingnan disheartened and uneasy.

Yuan Longyi firmly controlled the tens of thousands of troops in Jingnan in the central part of Jingnan County, but it was limited to this, and his control over the hinterland of Jingnan was far from enough.

Yuan Longyi knew very well in his heart that Jingnan did not directly participate in the war, Jiangning would not use troops against Jingnan, and Jiangning's movements in Qingjiang and Dayu were just to disperse Jingnan's forces.

However, in order to prevent the families of Nankang, Ganyi, and Yandu from making other choices under the pressure of Jiangning's powerful troops, Yuan Longyi had to transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses loyal to him to the southern line to deploy defenses, monitor the local families, and strengthen control over the above-mentioned areas.

In this way, Jing Nan's troops left in the central part of Jing County could not completely blockade the Su Guards.

Jingshan Qimen.

Yang Shang took off his saber and stood on the ground.

The mountain road that only allows horses to pass is open between the cliffs, one side is a hundred-foot-deep dangerous ravine, the clouds are steaming in the deep ravine, and the green ancient pines are on the cliffs, and the branches are vigorous.

Yang has no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mountains, and there is Qimen in front of him.

A month ago, Ban Zhaolin led thousands of Su Guards through Jingshan, and was ambushed in the Qimen Valley, and the Su Guards hurriedly withdrew from Qimen.

When Xu Ruyu was in Baishi, he ordered that the Fengling camp must seize a Jingshan Kongdao so that they could spy on Pengze in the west and attract Nanping's troops in Pengze to relieve the pressure of the trapped Su guards.

Qimen, bordering Wuyuan in the south and Xinchang in the west, is the gateway to the central part of Pengze. The Anle River that originates from Wuyuan and the Changjiang River that originates from Xinchang will meet in Raozhou City, an important town on the east bank of Pengli Lake.

Let Jiangning's soldiers and horses capture Qimen, Yuan Zhen still wants to firmly occupy Jingbei, and he must garrison heavy troops on both Wuyuan and Xinchang roads.

Qimen is located in the Jingshan Mountains, whether from Jingyi in Liyang, or Wuyuan and Xinchang in Pengze, it is very difficult to enter Qimen through mountains and mountains. Ban Zhaolin's defeat in Qimen made Jiangning and Nanping's attack and defense in Jingshan fall at a disadvantage, and Jiangning will pay a great price if he wants to recapture Qimen.

Ban Zhao's adjacent arrow part is indecent, and the arrow is poisoned, the wound is erosive, and the medicine is applied for more than ten days, only to see improvement, not good for walking, and it is inconvenient to ride, just lying on the back of the horse, the posture is very ugly.

Qimen was defeated, and the remnants of Ban Zhaolin were stationed in Jingyi to rest. Wei Yu issued a military order, removing the post of captain of the neighborhood Su Guard, detaining the Xiao Guard on standby, and the remnants of the Su Guard Army resting in Jingyi were temporarily under Feng Yuan's control.

Qimen will not go down, the Su guards trapped in Peng Ze will not be able to get out of trouble, and Ban Zhaolin will have no chance to wash away his shame.

Feng Yuanyuan ordered Yang Shang to lead two battalions of elite guards into Qimen first, and Ban Zhaolin insisted on requesting to accompany him, despite his injuries.

After this section of the cliff and dangerous road, the terrain is slightly open, and then it is the Qingyang Ridge on the east side of the Qimen. At the moment when the men and horses in the front turned the corner of the mountain.

On the Qingyang Ridge, the beacon pier ignited black wolf smoke and pierced the vast sky, and the sound of the horn shook the sky and the earth.

Yang Shang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and more than a dozen beacon piers had been built on the ridge and peak of Qingyang Ridge, extending to the Qimen Valley. Yang Shang was slightly surprised: the Nanping soldiers and horses of Qimen set up an outpost outside Qingyang Ridge.

Ban Zhaolin dismounted, and the left and right servants wanted to come over to support, let him break away, staggering, and locked between his eyebrows, but he didn't know whether to remember the humiliation of defeat or endure the pain of the wounded part.

Yang Shang frowned slightly, and said, "Qimen is difficult to fight. ”

Ban Zhaolin said: "Yuan Zhen is determined to defend Jingbei. ”

The gateway to the Jingshan Mountains in Qimen is not easy to enter and exit, and the roads between Wuyuan and Xinchang are dangerous, and it is not easy to import grain and grass, and the most dangerous thing is that once the battle is defeated, it cannot be calmly withdrawn from the dangerous road. If Yuan Zhen did not have the determination to defend Jingbei, he would never have set up a heavy defense in a place like Qimen.

If Yuan Zhen abandons Qimen, the Xiao Guards can send troops from Qimen to threaten Wuyuan and Xinchang, and the Su Guards who are trapped in the inner line of Pengze can choose to go up the Chang River and attack Xinchang with the Xiao Guards; Or go up the Anle River and attack Wuyuan with the Xiao Guards.

Yuan Zhen's insistence on Jingbei was what Jiang Ning was happy to see, but for Yang Shang, the Nanping army that deployed the defense line in the outer ridge of Qingyang was really a headache for him.

Yang Shang looked at the narrow gentle slope under him, stretched down about 100 zhang, and slowly lifted up, the houses in the valley were scattered, there were about 20 families, and there was no trace of them, so it should be for the Nanping army to be captured and used for labor.

Yang Shang said: "It is the early spring season, the spring water has not risen, do not take the valley road, our army can still follow the dry waterline to find a way into Qimen, but the enemy can still block the valley road to create some trouble for us." ”

Qimen is blocked, scouts are not easy to penetrate, Nanping's guards and troops in Qimen, Yang Shang is not sure, but the guards built a barrier outside Qingyangling, it can be inferred that Yuan Zhen will not be less than 10,000 troops under Qimen.

Yang Shang turned his head sideways and said: "The enemy army opens its door, please let me enter the urn, if I lead the army in, the enemy army will rush up, we can't resist, we will flee in rout, this valley road is not enough for us to escape."

Ban Zhaolin said: "This place is still twenty miles away from Qimen Cottage, and it is already easy to enter and difficult to get out. ”

Yang Shang said: "Yuan Zhen is determined to occupy Jingbei and not let it, Qimen is the place he must defend, General Feng is about to lead the troops to press up, how can I have time to wait and see the reality?" ”

Ban Zhaolin used his troops to follow the rules, no need to take risks, and occasionally defeated, but it was not out of control. When Qimen was ambushed, Ban Zhaolin ordered the army to retreat, and he led the escort to the palace and was injured. Later, it was learned that Nanping's troops entering Qimen first were less than 5,000, and although they occupied a favorable location, they were also quite hasty and poorly prepared. Ban Zhaolin dared to take risks at that time and forcibly broke through the ambush, and it was possible to take Qimen.

Although Ban Zhaolin was removed from his post as a general, he only accompanied him as a marching army, but Yang Shang did not dare to slack off.

Yang Shang thought for a while, and said: "Wei Shuai is about to move the tent to Qiupu, if our army is blocked outside Qimen, there is no way to contain the main force of the enemy." The enemy Yanmen invited me into the urn, and it was the idea of the soldiers of the three battalions behind me, if I only led a thousand men and horses in, the enemy generals would only show weakness and give in. ”

Qiupu is in the north of Jing, the riverside water, the west of Liyang, crossing the river in the past, and the northwest fifty miles is Jiangjin Tongchengyi. Climbing over the north slope of Cui Wei's upright Jingshan Mountain, which lies on the south bank of the river, is Peng Zeyi. The Qiupu River, which originates at the eastern foot of Jingshan Mountain, joins the river from there, and Wei Yu moves the Shuai Tent to Qiupu, and the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Five School Army assembled in Wuzhou will also go to Qiupu.

With Ban Zhaolin as the commander of the rear army, Yang Shang led a thousand elites out of the valley road, climbed the gentle slope, and looked at Qingyangling.

Cangshan is like a screen, Cuiling is like a mountain, the horn of the cracked clouds is whining, Yang Shangle stopped the mount, and a high flag was raised at the mouth of the ridge in the distance, so that the wind was wrapped and the font size could not be seen. More than ten war horses of the flag and the flag guard took the lead in galloping out from the ridge mouth, divided into two columns, the person who held the flag shook the flag in the wind, and Yang Shang vaguely saw a small seal written on it "Xu".

Xu Bodang.

Yang Shang was slightly startled, but he also couldn't suppress his excitement, and his eyes flashed with snow light at that moment.

At this moment, countless armor soldiers with neat armor and swords and halberds poured out of the ridge mouth, and one of them rode a black armor and black helmet.

Xu Bodang's appearance is beautiful, but his armor has not left his body for many years, even if he is acting in government affairs, his face is covered by the phoenix head wing crown with exquisite inscriptions, and few people can see his true face, and the cold light in his eyes makes Yang Shangyou, who is hundreds of steps away, feel cold in his bones.

Xu Bo has been famous for a long time, although the bad luck is not good, after the setback in the East China Sea, the situation is getting worse, until he quits Baishi and defects to Nanping, but he is still one of the few famous generals in Zhongzhou.

There were no less than 3,000 foot soldiers pouring out of the ridge mouth, and Yang Shangren was fierce and did not dare to charge on his back.

Xu Bo is a person in Qimen, and Yuan Zhen is really iron-hearted.

Yang Shang did not dare to advance lightly, waved his army and retreated slightly, retreating to the hill on the right. The remnant mound is three or four hundred steps away from the valley road, and the height is not more than 100 feet, but if you retreat, you can only retreat to the valley road entrance.

Yang Shang originally thought that the enemy army would show weakness, and he could take this opportunity to lead a thousand elites to capture the outer ridge of Qingyangling first, gain a foothold, and transfer the soldiers of the two battalions together.

Feng Yuanyuan led the main force of the Xiao Guard Army to set off from Jingyi, and Yang Shangke was not afraid of a tough battle with the enemy army in Wailing.

Unexpectedly, Xu Bodang did not give him a chance, and personally led the superior forces to press him at this time. Ban Zhaolin also saw the abnormality in Gudao, reluctantly rode his horse over, and said: "Xu Bodang knows that our army is eager to enter Qimen, and wants to lure and annihilate our army. ”

Jingyi and Qimen are less than 100 miles apart, but the mountain road is circling, nearly 300 miles, there are many mountain roads open on the cliff in the meantime, now the spring water has not risen, there are many valleys and ravines in the deep mountains for marching.

This valley road is opened in the Yiyang Mountain, out of the valley road, over the Qingyang Ridge, is the Qimen Valley.

Qimen belongs to Xinchangyi, which once built a small city, but it is only surrounded by miles. Huo's invasion of Jing, the city was destroyed in the war, the surrounding mountain people were chased, Huo's was unable to build a new city, and set up a pavilion and beacon fire pier here, thinking that it was a border defense.

The westernmost peak of Yiyang Mountain is separated by four miles from the outer ridge of Qingyang Ridge, more than ten remnant hills are erected, and the stream is murmuring between the hills and mountains, if you can capture the outer ridge of Qingyang Mountain, tens of thousands of male soldiers can be hidden here, and the Qimen Valley City is confronted. But first of all, we must capture the outer ridge of Qingyang Ridge, Xu Bodang saw through this, and pressed heavy troops, only allowing Jiang Ning to send a small number of troops through the valley every time, which can be described as very vicious.

Yang Shang spat and said, "Jiang Ning's plan for Jingbei is not a day's thought. Glancing at the enemy troops approaching here in the distance, there was no trace of panic on his face, so he asked Sui Hu to take the topographic map, hold one end of each hand, slowly unfold it, and said, "Nanping has never had such a detailed topographic map. ”

This picture shows the depth of Danqing to show the water veins of the mountains, and a zigzag yellow line crosses it, which is the mountain road from Jingyi to Qimen, but there are many brown thin lines between the huge mountains shown in Danqing, and these are the water lines between Jingshan Mountains.

The streams in the deep ravines of the mountains cannot be navigated, but they represent possible routes hidden deep in the mountains.

Yang Shang looked at the topographic map while raising his eyes into the distance, comparing the surrounding terrain with the graphics. Although Jingshan is steep, the highest peak is no more than a thousand miles, and there is more than one valley road to enter here.

Yang Shang slowly rolled up the topographic map, turned to Ban Zhaolin and said, "The battle of Qimen will be the first major battle with Nanping, and I will wait here for General Feng to lead the troops over." You retreat into the valley road, send someone to send the news back to Jingyi, the valley crossing with high shields, spears, and swords, let the soldiers in front send all the crossbow arrows to this side, and the enemy will first separate the valley crossing from here. ”

There will be a hard battle here, and Ban Zhaolin is still from his wounds, and he will not fight with him to defend the remnant hill, so that the left and right servants will untie their quivers and ride their horses back to the valley road.

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