"Unless Zhao Pengju tells him." Li Guanqi snorted and said, "I told you how to contact the personnel of the Intelligence Department before, have you contacted them?" Did Zhao Pengju go to report to Li Moran? If there is, we must kill all the messengers who left Lingyundu in time, and we must not let the movements of our army be known to Li Moran. ”

"Got in touch." Xie Chen replied with a smile on his face, "Yuwen ......" He glanced at He Bijun next to him, and then said, "Lord Yuwen arrived on the other side of Lingyundu ten days ago, and these days I haven't found any messengers and carrier pigeons from Lingyundu, and if there is, none of them can reach Li Moran's place. ”

"That's good!" Li Guanqi breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, his heart was filled with thoughts of Yuwen Xiyue, but he quickly glanced at He Bijun, restrained his mind, and continued to ask, "Have you found any other way to cross the Jinsha River?" ”

Xie Chen shook his head and said, "The Jinsha River is already turbulent, and now it is the flood season, our horses may be able to swim, but it is not possible to carry heavily armed people, and it is impossible to cross the river safely without going to the ferry." ”

"We can build rafts!" Wei Bijiang interjected on the side.

"But we don't have time!" Li Guanqi shook his head and said, "Li Moran is now in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with the main force of our army, so the battle line is relatively scattered, it is a good time to raid, once he surrounds Zhu Yi or lets him calmly reorganize the army, our army will lose its advantage, after all, the number of his troops is several times that of ours." ”

"Chen thinks it's better to cross the river from Lingyun according to the original plan! If Zhao Pengju wants to stop us, he is killing himself. Xie Chen said confidently, "Our troops are three or four times that of his, and they are all elite cavalry!" Your Majesty, as long as you give the order, the minister will immediately take someone to take Lingyundu. ”

"I'm afraid it's not as easy as you think!" Li Guanqi shook his head and said. "Lingyundu as the only ferry on the Jinsha River, the military position is prominent, for so many years, the construction of the city defense has not stopped, although our cavalry is outstanding, but not good at attacking the city. At least not in a short period of time. ”

"Why do you all think that Zhao Pengju must be on Li Moran's side?" He Bijun asked with her cheeks puffed.

"Back to my mother's words! Because now all of Zhao Pengju's troops are in the city. But the gates were tightly closed. Xie Chen replied.

"Is he going to rebel too?" He Bijun said angrily, "If that's the case, I don't care if he's my uncle or not?" Your Majesty, if he refuses to let us cross the river, you will order someone to attack the city and tear down his Lingyundu, see what he will do?"

Li Guanqi smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Attacking the city is the next strategy, even if it can be captured." There will also be serious losses, so we should think about how to let Zhao Pengju take the initiative to open the door and let him go! ”

He Bijun's face turned slightly red, and said, "Isn't he closed now?" What's your plan? ”

"Although Lingyundu is dangerous, the defenders are only 3,000 people, why didn't Zhao Pengju send someone to ask Li Moran for help? Is he really arrogant that he alone can resist our army? Li Guanqi said meaningfully.

"Yes! Why? He Bijun frowned and asked.

Li Guanqi said with a smile: "If what I expected is not bad, Zhao Pengju doesn't want to fight at all!" ”

"Then I don't understand, he doesn't want to fight. Why do you have to close the gates? He Bijun's brows furrowed even deeper.

Li Guanqi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Because he wants to ask me for a river crossing fee!" Now is a good time to sit on the ground and raise the price, how can he let it go? ”

He Bijun's eyes widened. said: "Is he trying to take the opportunity to blackmail you?" ”

Li Guanqi touched his nose and said, "It's more vivid for you to say that!" ”

"Will you blackmail him obediently?" He Bijun glared at Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi deliberately frowned and said: "At present, it seems that he can only be blackmailed obediently!" Of course, if we can all grow wings and fly across the river, we don't need to look at his face......"

Early the next morning, the army continued on its way, and it did not take long. The Lingyundu Pass came into everyone's sight.

The Jinsha River here is deep and fast, and when it was still in the Wuzong Dynasty, Daqian began to build bridges and passes here. A porous stone bridge made of huge stones across the Jinsha River is wide enough for eight horses to cross side-by-side. But at the head of the bridge there are also huge passes and tall arrow towers, which are densely covered with arrow holes, and on the bridge there are also four arrow towers.

When everyone saw this pass with their own eyes, even Xie Chen had to admit that unless he paid a great price, it was impossible to break through this dangerous pass in a short period of time.

At this time, the city wall was full of spears and swords, and archers were deployed at every pheasant wall and arrow mouth, and the iron-clad gate had been lowered, and the city gate was closed, and the door was fastened.

"Your Majesty! Such a pass, even if we have sufficient siege equipment, it will take enough time to break through! Wei Bijiang said slightly depressed.

"But we don't have a lot of time." Li Guanqi smiled bitterly, he now realized that maybe he guessed wrong, Zhao Pengju may not have any intention of falling to himself at all, and it is very likely that he really wants to firmly block himself on the Jiang side by himself.

Just as Li Guanqi and the others were looking at Guan and sighing, a side door suddenly opened, the side door was only one meter wide, and it could only allow one person and one rider to pass through at a time, and it was almost impossible to carry out a surprise attack from here.

After the side door opened, more than a dozen knights came out of the gate and walked slowly towards Li Guanqi and the others.

Among the more than ten knights who came out of the Lingyundu Pass, one of the leaders was about thirty years old, with a national face, a steel beard, and a relatively strong beard, but when he came to the front, he was also full of courtesy, and he arched his hand on the horse and said: "The last general, Huo Kunlun, came to greet you by General Zhao's order, and dared to ask why your army is here?" Who is the commander of the army? ”

"It's me." Li Guanqi urged him forward, and the rising sun shone on his bright silver armor, reflecting a halo of light, and his figure also looked unusually tall.

Huo Kunlun had never seen Li Guanqi, but from the imperial aura exuded by the young man in front of him, he knew that what he was in front of him was indeed Long Live Today, but now each is his master, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and he adjusted his sitting posture on the mount to drive away the psychological embarrassment of seeing the monarch and not worshipping, "Please forgive the last general for being mortal with naked eyes, and not knowing the dragon's face!" General Zhao has set up a banquet in the city, and if you are willing to meet General Zhao in Guanli and express your intention, I believe he will be very honored. ”

Huo Kunlun's attitude and words provoked the people behind Li Guanqi to be very dissatisfied, they either cursed, or argued, and shouted at each other. (To be continued......)