On the third day, they left the alpine meadow area and entered the real wasteland and high mountains, the temperature dropped sharply, the ground was full of large and small stones, not a single inch of grass grows, and the ice and snow that had not yet melted could be seen everywhere, and in another month, it would be covered by heavy snow again, and it would be unrealistic to climb over the Qilian Mountains. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three hundred Zhou soldiers followed the two guides on the mountain at nearly seventy degrees, and in front of them there were huge rocky cliffs, the cliffs stood up, putting great pressure on the small human beings, the soldiers did not speak, the steel short spears became their trekking sticks, and the cracks in the mountain became the only way for them to climb the mountain, and there were no vines on the stone wall, so they could only climb up with the help of ropes.

There are about ten miles of cliffs in this area, it is the most difficult part of the journey, more than ten miles of mountain road they climbed for a day and a half before finally reaching the snow-capped Qilian Mountain Peak Area, there are two miles away from the top, at this time, no one dares to look back, the plains between the world and the earth are open, human beings are extremely small, they are like a swarm of ants, as if a gust of wind can blow them off the cliff.

"General, that's the mouth of the Black She!" The guide shouted as he pointed to a swarthy mountain crack in front of him.

Liu Lancheng also saw clearly, the so-called black snake mouth is actually a huge mountain crack, about one mile long, two or three zhang wide, the rock is black, like a black giant snake with a big mouth open, on both sides are dozens of miles of smooth cliffs, can only pass through this crack to the top of the mountain.

Most of the snow in the cracks has melted, and although there is still a lot of snow and ice, it is barely able to climb, and the stones on the ground have been washed by the ice and snow for thousands of years, and they have become very broken, and fist-sized stones can be seen everywhere.

"Ah Wang, I didn't see any snow lotus along the way!" Liu Lancheng asked with a smile at the guide.

Ngawang is the second of the guide brothers, more active, can speak a few words of Chinese, and is very familiar with the soldiers, the eldest is called Ah Cai, is a bearded Qiang hunter, few words, but all kinds of survival experience is much richer than his brother, he is the head of the cliff, he makes the climbing rope is very strong, everyone trusts him very much.

Ngawang smiled and said: "If there is a snow lotus in this kind of place, we will be rich, we don't need to enter the mouth of the black snake, the snow lotus is on the top of the mountain, and it has been picked too much, now there are very few, the elders have decided to close the mountain, and we can only go up the mountain once every five years in the future, and we can only hunt to make money in the future." ”

In the end, Ngawang's tone also became sad, they began to go up the mountain to collect medicine hundreds of years ago, and their ancestors did not know how many years, and there were not many opportunities to go up the mountain in the future, and he was also stunned.

Liu Lancheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Join our army!" After making military achievements to earn some land for their children and grandchildren, there are already many Qiang people who have joined the army, how about it? ”

Ngawang was so happy that he volleyed a heel, "Okay! The credit will be counted from now on, and the villain will go to explore the way. ”

He rushed to the top of the mountain, and after a while, his figure turned into a small black dot, and the soldiers laughed: "This kid is really good at climbing the mountain, and if you train it, you will be an excellent outpost." ”

Liu Lancheng secretly thought that he was going to organize a Qiang scout team to prepare for the future attack on Tuyuhun, in fact, in comparison, his brother Ah Cai was a real mountain scout, and these two brothers Liu Lancheng decided to take them under his command.

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Climbing to the top of Qilian Mountain, three hundred Zhou soldiers entered the real serious consideration, here is a snowy ice and snow world, the air is thin, extremely cold, walking is extremely difficult, three hundred soldiers are ten teams, each team of soldiers is tied together with a long rope, walk together, sleep together, eat dry food together, wake up and talk together in the middle of the night, only in this way can the soldiers be prevented from falling behind and freezing to death.

The distance to the top of the mountain was only more than thirty miles, but they walked for five days, did not dare to sleep all night, fought with death at every step, and finally went through this extremely painful journey at the expense of five soldiers, when they climbed over the top of the mountain and walked down a long way, the air began to normalize, and the soldiers huddled together and slept for a whole day, and then they regained their strength.

It was much easier to descend from the south, and when they had eaten their last dry rations and stripped off their bulky sheepskin jackets, they finally reached the foot of the mountain and went around the back of the Don army camp.

In the more than 100 miles long in the Dadou Ba Valley, the Tang army controlled more than 30 li to the south, in addition to the Tang army camp at the forefront, it was built on the mouth of the Da Dou Ba Valley to prevent the enemy from killing from the south, but the number of strong forts is not much, only more than 100 people, and the vast majority of the Tang army still live in the big camp in the valley.

The Great Dou Tu Valley is not a narrow valley road, on the contrary, its interior is quite wide, and there is even a small village at the widest point, but the village has long been deserted, and this slightly open flat land has become the garrison of the Tang army's camp.

The place where the 300 Zhou troops landed was in the valley controlled by the Tang army, about 10 miles away from the mouth of the South Valley, and about 20 miles away from the Tang army's camp, they used ropes to quietly slide down from a huge gap, this area is also the open area of the valley, as wide as one mile, there are many boulders, and the 300 soldiers can easily find a hiding place.

To be exact, there were only two hundred and ninety-four of them, plus two guides, and six brothers had died during the nine-day arduous journey, and when they entered the valley, Liu Lancheng immediately faced the first problem, whether to attack the castle at the mouth of the South Valley or directly attack the camp of the Tang army.

"General, the castle in Taniguchi is very small, with less than a hundred people, but the one-time sneak attack is successful, and if the castle is captured, it will cut off the retreat of the Tang army, and the south castle should be attacked first." Several lieutenants suggested that Minamiguchi be attacked first.

But Liu Lancheng finally decided not to fight the castle, directly hit the big camp, he is very experienced, he knows that as long as the big camp is defeated, the soldiers of the castle will also flee without a fight, their purpose is not to annihilate how many Tang troops, but to open up a strategic passage to enter the river Huang.

The Tang army's barracks were limited by the conditions of the valley, covering a small area, only 50 acres, and this 50 acres of land was also the largest piece of flat land in the valley.

The large camp of the Sui army is relatively sporadic, and it is also limited by the terrain, there are as many as four or five, and it is only ten miles away from the Tang army camp, so the Tang army built a stone wall with stones about three miles north of the camp to intercept the entire valley, stationed 300 soldiers, and monitored the Zhou army on the opposite side day and night, and at the same time built a high guard tower, and specially arranged a soldier to observe the movements of the Zhou army's camp.

Coincidentally, the Zhou army also built a stone wall two miles opposite the stone wall of the Tang army, which was two zhang high, and also monitored the Tang army on the opposite side day and night.

The valley between the two stone walls is sprinkled with a large number of thistles, covered with all kinds of fire-causing things, no matter which side wants to break through from the front, I am afraid that it will have to pay an extremely heavy price, which is also the main reason why Liu Lancheng decided to cross the mountain to attack the Tang army from the rear, the combat effectiveness of the internal guard army, of course, can force a breakthrough from the front, but he does not want too many casualties.

The two armies have been facing each other for a whole year, and the two sides have not fired a single arrow or killed or injured a soldier in a year, and they have formed a tacit understanding that perhaps the Zhou army will not have to go through the big fight to attack Hehuang at all.

Since September last year, the two sides have entered a one-year armistice, under Li Shimin's order, none of the troops under his control have relaxed and slackened, they are actively training, and they are ready to guard against the Zhou army to tear up the agreement and sneak attack, and the big fight is also Li Shimin's army, although they have not relaxed their vigilance, and they are still monitoring each other day and night, but this is only the case at the stone wall, and the military camp is more or less slack.

Of course, there are good reasons for the slack in the military camp, whether it is in the south or in the north, there is defense, only the Zhou army is coming, there will inevitably be an alarm, and they have plenty of time to defend.

The dark night in the valley is extraordinarily deep, the moonlight can not shine into the valley, making the valley pitch black, only the two torches at the gate of the camp are burning, which is particularly dazzling and eye-catching in the dark night, at the third watch, Liu Lancheng led three hundred soldiers to appear in a small forest about 100 steps away from the camp.