readx; Tumen Pass is located in the territory of Luquan County, about 80 miles away from Zhending County, here is the east entrance of the Jingcheng channel, and the Jingcheng is the most strategically valuable passage in the Taihang Eight Mountains, through the Jingcheng, it will directly enter the territory of Taiyuan Prefecture, so it is the place where the soldiers must fight since ancient times. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The east entrance of Jingcheng Tumen Pass is located on a huge fault zone, from Tumen Pass to the west is the Taihang Mountains of the lofty mountains, Hanging Cloud Mountain, Baoqi Ridge, Jiuli Mountain, Longchi Mountain, the mountains are towering, the mountains are stacked and green, from here, a long passage crosses the Taihang, the carriage and horses are feasible, forming a strategic road between Jin and Yan.

And from the east of Tumen Pass is the gentle hills and plains, here there are many rivers, the land is fertile, it is a densely populated place since ancient times, there is Shiyi County in the south, and the word "Shiyi" is not popular enough, so it was renamed Shijiazhuang.

It is precisely because Tumen Pass chokes Jin Yan's throat that it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, Tumen Pass has increased to 1,500 people after the last massacre, and the leader is still the young general Yu Fang last time, but he was promoted to Lang General because of his merit in rescuing immigrants last time, and he was still ordered to guard Tumen Pass.

Tumen Pass is built on the Baoqian Ridge, the Baoqian Ridge is like a huge rock protruding from the Taihang Mountains, there is no road around, there is a low valley in the middle, cross the low and rush to another mountain, the eyes suddenly open up, slowly descend the Baoqian Ridge along the mountain beam, the front is the gentle hills and plains, the Taibai Canal flows from north to south like a jade belt, under the sunlight, the river surface is sparkling.

After the news of An Lushan's army came, the atmosphere at Tumen Pass immediately became tense, a large number of military supplies were continuously sent from Taiyuan, the army strengthened the patrol of the city, and hundreds of scouts were sent to the surrounding states and counties to monitor the movements of An Lushan's army.

Since Guo Ziyi's army entered Hedong, the 20,000 troops of Lei Wanchun's army under the Anxi army moved north to Shuo, Dai and other four states, Lei Wanchun served as the envoy of Shuo, Dai, Yun and Wei four states, so that Jingcheng also belonged to Guo Ziyi's defense, but because Tumen Pass was located in Hebei Province, the 1,500 defenders of Tumen Pass still belonged to the Anxi system and were ordered by Lei Wanchun, not Guo Ziyi.

On this morning, a cavalry composed of more than a dozen people galloped in, this is a scout team returning to the camp, but following Ji Sheng and the other three among them, the cavalry team rushed up the stone ridge and came to the city gate of Tumen Pass, and the scout team was looking up and shouting: "General Yu is here?" ”

Yu Fang probed and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"We met General Ji on the way."

"Which General Ji?"

Ji Sheng rode out and laughed at Yu Fang at the head of the city: "General Yu, do you remember me?" ”

After the last raid on the Youzhou Powder Field, the five hundred scouts retreated from Tumen Pass, how could the rest of the party not remember.

"It turned out to be General Ji, open the city gate quickly!"

The city gate slowly opened, and Yu Fang strode out of the city, knelt down on one knee and saluted Ji Sheng: "The last general, Yu Fang, see General Ji." ”

The hierarchy in the Anxi army is strict, the subordinates must kneel down on one knee to meet the superiors, and the rest of the party is only a third-level general, and Ji Sheng has been promoted to a first-class lieutenant general after the successful attack on the Youzhou gunpowder field, and even his loose official rank General Yunlu has reached the status of a general, and the status of the two sides in the army is very different.

"General Yu, please get up, I have something important to discuss with you!"

"General, please come to the castle tower to speak."

The two walked up to the city tower, sat down in front of a stone table stacked with arrows, and a soldier brought two bowls of hot tea, Ji Sheng ran all the way, he was really a little thirsty, he took the tea bowl and drank it all, and then smiled: "General Yu, I came this time to ask you for reinforcements." ”

As he spoke, he took out a gold medal and put it on the stone table, this is the gold medal given to him by Li Qing'an for troop transfer, with which he can mobilize troops below 5,000, Yu Fang was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and said: "Don't dare to be humble, please give the general an order!" ”

"Excellent! You have 1,500 men under your command, and I will lend 1,000 people to Zhending County. ”

"But ....."

Yu Fang hesitated a little, "I'm worried that five hundred people guarding the pass will not be able to resist An Lushan's tens of thousands of troops." ”

"Don't worry, I know it."

In fact, Ji Sheng only has a certain grasp in his heart, he just got the news that Guo Ziyi's vanguard has arrived at the hometown pass (that is, today's Niangzi Pass), but Jingcheng Road is not easy to go, it will take at least two days to arrive at Tumen Pass, and An Lushan's front army has entered Hengzhou, Li Qing'an's task to Ji Sheng is to keep the strategic place of Hengzhou, he can only count on Guo Ziyi's army to come to the rescue, from the distance, Guo Ziyi's army can't catch up with An Lushan's forward anyway, they are at least one day apart, Then Zhending County must hold on for a day.

Although according to common sense, An Lushan's army will continue to attack Tumen Pass only after conquering Zhending County, if the enemy ignores Zhending County and directly attacks Tumen Pass, if Guo Ziyi's reinforcements have not arrived at that time, the situation in Tumen Pass will be a bit dangerous.

But in any case, Ji Sheng decided to bet on this time.

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From the early morning, the sky in Zhending County is overcast and gloomy, and at dusk, the sky finally floats fine snow foam, as night falls, the snow foam gradually turns into snow flakes and snow clusters, becoming more and more dense, falling from the sky, and the earth becomes white.

The vanguard of An Lushan's army has arrived at Dingdong Town, twenty miles east of Zhending County, hundreds of families in the town have all withdrawn into Zhending County, leaving only an empty dead town, the army drove to Dingdong Town, because the snow is too big, Li Qincao had to order a temporary garrison in Dingdong Town, 20,000 troops immediately rushed into the town to seize the houses, they asked for women, food, cattle, sheep, chickens and poultry, but the result was extremely disappointed to them, the residents have run out, only two elderly people remained, there were no grain grains, Cattle, sheep, chickens and poultry are nowhere to be seen, and even wells are mostly filled.

Li Qincuo was hunting with torches in front of the big tent, Li Qincao was sitting in the middle of the big tent, surrounded by dozens of pro-soldiers and sanitation, murderous,

Li Qincuo is one of An Lushan's righteous sons, the twelve sons are known as the twelve Taibao, all of them are brave generals in the Yan army, Li Qincuo sits on the top spot, is one of An Lushan's most trusted henchmen, this time Shi Siming led an army of 100,000 to fight Hedong, of which Shi Siming's own subordinates have 80,000 people, and the other 20,000 people are led by Li Qincuo, making it clear that An Lushan does not fully trust Shi Siming, and sent Li Qincuo to supervise him.

Several fierce soldiers brought in the two old men who had been left behind, but unfortunately the arms and ribs of the two old men were broken, and the people were in a half-dead state.

The soldier threw the old man in front of Li Qincuo, and Li Qincuo said viciously: "Say it quickly!" Where have all the people in town gone? ”

Li Qincao is a mixed race of Hu and Han, with an unusually burly figure and infinite strength, making a big knife in the gate, known as the enemy of ten thousand people, An Lushan made him a pioneer, and he also wanted to borrow his momentum to break through the bamboo all the way to Taiyuan.

Perhaps because of his excessive energy, Li Qincao has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, he is extremely lustful, and he has to have several maids to sleep every night, and he must have a good young woman, who cannot be older than sixteen years old, although Shi Siming has a strict order that he is not allowed to plunder before taking Hengzhou, but Li Qincao still indulges his subordinates, looting the villages and towns around the county, and then kills them all, and the women are captured in the big tent wheel camp, which meets the requirements of the soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, also collects young women for him.

Today he ran for a day, he was already horny, originally stationed after a good enjoyment, but unexpectedly all the people in the surrounding villages and towns ran away, the soldiers complained, and he himself gritted his teeth with hatred, at this time, he stared at the two old men like beasts, and the handle of the knife in his hand was almost crushed by him.

One old man was already dying and couldn't speak, and the other said with a weak breath: "Master Jun, they all hid in the city, Zhending County." ”

"What else? Is there anything hidden in the neighborhood that hasn't been left? ”

"No.... Someone. ”

"Damn it, drag these two old bastards out and cut them down."

A few soldiers picked up the two old men and went out, Li Qincao was upset, pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, he couldn't help it, Shi Siming gave him the task of taking Jingcheng, and then plundering with his troops, but before taking the Tumen Pass, he was strictly forbidden to enter the city, Shi Siming's intentions Li Qincao was very clear, that is, the soldiers were fast, and they would take the strategic places as soon as possible, but thinking of the flower-like women of those big families in Zhending County, his heart was full of lust, and it was difficult to restrain himself, damn it, Tonight, he must enter the county seat to kidnap people, regardless of Shi Siming's orders.

At this time, a report from the soldiers suddenly came from outside the tent: "General, Hengzhou Taishou Yan Gaoqing and Changshi Yuan Fuqian ask to see." ”

Li Qincao was stunned, he thought he had heard it wrong, and asked again, "Who is it?" ”

"Hengzhou Taishou Yan Gaoqing and Changshi Yuan Fuqian ask to meet!"

Li Qincuo couldn't figure it out, Yizhou Taishou was killed, Dingzhou Taishou ran away, and Changshi was nowhere to be seen, but Hengzhou Taishou Yan Gaoqing came to surrender, although it was just a request to see, but in Li Qincuo's view, there was no difference between asking to see and surrendering.

"Bring them in!"

After a while, the soldiers led Yan Gaoqing and Yuan Fuqian into the big tent in a hurry, and the two knelt down and said: "On behalf of hundreds of thousands of fathers and villagers in Hengzhou, Yan Gaoqing welcomes the general of the Heavenly Army. ”

"Humph! Welcome? ”

Li Qincuo suddenly remembered that all the people in the town had run away, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "There is no one left in Dingdong Town, is this your welcome?" ”

"General Li doesn't know that the people of Dingdong Town ran away not because of the arrival of King Yan's heavenly army, but for another reason."

"Why?"

"Alas!" Yan Gaoqing sighed and said, "This is all the sin created by the regiment's military training. ”

Only then did Li Qincao suddenly remember that there were still 1,000 regiments training in Zhending County, and hurriedly asked, "What about these regiments for training?" Where did it go? ”

"General, please listen to me."

"Oh well! Get up and take your seats. ”

Li Qincao's face softened a little, but the bad guy is a state Taishou and Changshi, and his attitude is also very good, and it is not like to let others kneel all the time.

Yan Gaoqing and Yuan Fuqian got up and sat down, Yan Gaoqing said slowly: "The regimental training soldiers Guo Yi Du Lieutenant resisted wholeheartedly and wanted to live and die with the city, and I wanted to protect the people of the city, and persuaded him not to use the mantis arm as a car, but he didn't listen, and in desperation, I had to kill him. ”

"Fuck, these bastards!"

Li Qin scolded with hatred, startled the snakes, and caused them to have no oil and water to fish, and he asked again: "You said that Zhang Jiliang is dead, what about his head!" ”

Yan Gaoqing gave Yuan Fuqian a look, Yuan Fuqian took off the small bag on his back, put it on the small table and untied the burden, it was Zhang Jiliang's head.

Li Qincao knew Zhang Jiliang, and when he saw that it was really good, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay! Good! Well killed, I'm going to reward you well. ”

Yan Gaoqing knelt down again and said: "Yan someone doesn't dare to ask for the general's reward, the heavenly army has passed, all the people admire, we look forward to the arrival of the general, like a baby looking forward to their parents, I only hope that the general can restrain military discipline, I will definitely build a shrine for King Yan and the general, and let the villagers burn incense and pay homage at four o'clock." ”

Yan Gaoqing's compliments made Li Qincao very useful, in fact, he also knew that these civil officials may not have surrendered sincerely, but they were all to protect the people, he knew it in his heart, but before he left, his father-in-law An Lushan also told him to try his best to make Yan Gaoqing surrender, Yan Gaoqing is a famous Taishou in Hebei with an outstanding reputation, and his surrender will undoubtedly play a good role in taking the lead in making Hebei Prefecture and counties surrender.

Li Qincao hurriedly helped Yan Gaoqing up and said with a smile: "Yan Taishou rest assured, do you see that I have slaughtered the city along the way?" Have you ever set up for a harassment of the people? Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest! ”

Yan Gaoqing breathed a long sigh of relief, he got up and said with a smile: "Thank you for the general's kindness, in addition, we also heard that General Li has no daughters, and we have specially prepared more than 100 women from large families, all of whom are women from good families, all of them are young and beautiful, and they admire the general, please enjoy it." ”

Li Qin was overjoyed, "What about them?" Brought? ”

Yan Gaoqing shook his head and smiled: "Originally, I wanted to bring it, but the snow was too big, these women were weak, and they couldn't bear it when they traveled at night in the snow, so I had to temporarily place them in the annex outside the city, and after the snow stopped tomorrow, I would send them to the general." ”

Where can Li Qincao survive tonight, he wanted to order his own soldiers to pick up those women, but he was worried that they really couldn't survive the snowy night, and ruined his interest, at this time, a personal soldier hurriedly walked in, and whispered in his ear: "The investigation is clear, the regimental training soldiers have indeed fled west, and there are no soldiers stationed in Zhending County." ”

The strong ** made Li Qincao no longer care about the possible danger, and besides, he was an enemy of 10,000 people, and he really didn't take those regimental training to heart, his only worry was that the deputy general He Qianqian went to An Lushan to sue him for his black state, he thought about it and said: "Call Vice General He." ”

He Qianqian is tall and thin, he is the tenth Taibao of An Lushan, and his status is far inferior to Li Qincuo, after a moment, he strode into the tent, bowed down and saluted: "Please command, general!" ”

"General He, you go with me to a place."

Li Qincao smiled and whispered a few words to him, He Qianqian was startled and left the camp without permission, but it was a big crime, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "If the general goes, I won't go." ”

Li Qin's face sank and said, "Do you want me to go alone?" ”

He Qianqian knew that Li Qincao was going to drag himself into the water, and he couldn't do it if he didn't go, so he had no choice but to respond: "Then let's accompany the general to the lowly position!" We try to get back by dawn. ”

"We don't need to be in the morning, we will rush back at the third watch, isn't it only twenty miles away?"

Li Qincuo took 300 guards and deputy general He Qianqian, and under the leadership of Yan Gaoqing and the others, they went to the annex 20 miles away.

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(To be continued)