At dusk that day, the scouts probed back the latest information, "Nong Zhigao's army once assembled at Kunlun Pass. However, after receiving the false information spread by Di Qing, most of them withdrew to Yongzhou City, but left more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to garrison,... This is inevitable, if you close the village before you close it, you can't go to the store behind it, and in the absence of adequate logistical preparations, how can you afford to eat horses and chew on horses?

"Chen Shu, it's really a pity to die!" A tall, dignified-looking middle-aged general said angrily: "Let us lose a God-given opportunity!" "This is the deputy general of Pingnan this time, the grandson of Yang Lao Linggong, the son of Yang Liulang, the cousin of Yang Zheng, and the fierce general Yang Wenguang in the northwest, the word Zhongrong. However, it was said that the defeat of Yang Zheng in Guangxi disgraced the prestige of the Yang family, and Yang Wenguang was eager to correct the name of the Yang family, and successively went to the ten roads to seek war. In the end, he was appointed as the deputy envoy of Liangguang Xuanfu, and Ma Jun was in command of both of them, and followed Di Qing to the south to quell the rebellion.

"There is always a price to be paid for fighting." Di Qing shook his head and comforted: "Fortunately, the opportunity has not been lost, even if it is a Xiongguan that cannot be opened, it still needs to have enough troops to defend, and there are only a thousand defenders, which is far from enough; And they don't have the will to hold on. I will attack with a large army, and I will fight down! ”

"I'm afraid that if I use too much force, I will be afraid of Nong Zhigao." Yang Wenguang sighed.

"That's what worries me the most." Di Qing frowned and said: "But time is running out, I can't wait any longer, I'm afraid that after Nong Zhigao goes back, he will raise grain and grass and increase troops in Kunlun Pass"... At that time, the war will really be mired in a quagmire. ”

Fortunately, Di Qing had already ordered the states to build siege equipment on the march, and when he passed by, he brought enough siege equipment in the current camp. So it was agreed with the generals that the three armies would be rewarded tomorrow, and then the Kunlun Pass would be attacked at dawn after the overnight march.

After a handsome order, all the generals went down to prepare.

"Marshal, San Lang is back and asks to see him outside the tent." When all the generals went out, Di Yong stepped forward to report.

"Oh, dare to come back." Di Qing smiled: "Let him come to see me!" ”

Chen Sanlang, who returned from a trip to Cochin, was brought into the tent.

"You murderer!" After repulsing left and right, Di Qing feigned anger and said: "I only allowed you to beat him, but I didn't let you kill him." ”

"Don't worry, Wen Shuai is still alive and favored." The corners of Chen Ke's mouth hung up with an evil smile.

"What did you do with him?" Di Qing lowered his voice and said with obvious curiosity.

"There's nothing left for him to enjoy." Chen Ke snorted and changed the topic: "It's a serious matter for me to ask to see Dashuai." ”

"What?"

"Dashuai should take Kunlun Pass quickly!" Chen Ke said in a deep voice.

"Why?"

"When I went, I went over the mountain, and when I came back with a lot of effort, I walked Kunlun Pass", Chen Ke thought that he had a big secret, and said mysteriously: "Do you know, how did I get here?" ”

"......", Di Qing said with a big smile: "It is said that as long as the money is paid, the defenders will let people pass." ”

"Hey, so it's not a secret." Chen Ke was a little faceless, but in a blink of an eye, he smiled and said: "I have a plan, but I can help the marshal earn the Kunlun Pass, I don't know how the marshal will thank me?" ”

"The asking price should not be too high."

"As long as you promise me one thing after the war, rest assured, it will not violate your principles of life, and it will be good for you. But now, not the time to speak. Chen Ke said sincerely.

Seeing that the lazy look on his face was gone, and his eyes were very sincere, Di Qing thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then make a deal." ”

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The generals were just about to convey the commander's order, but they received an order to postpone it by one day. Although I feel strange, there is no second word.

Two days later, the elite of the Western Army, 500 back to come",... This is not unique to Marshal Yue in later generations, and the Song army called the tall and good fighters 'back to Wei. ”… Got the coach's secret order, didn't cook from time to time, and set off after dark.

At dawn, I saw a group of men pushing chicken carts appeared on the mountain road in front of the pass, resting a mile outside the pass, and a few people who looked like leaders walked down the pass.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and I saw that among those few people, there were Chen Ke and them.

While walking down the city, Chen Ke whispered to Di Yong beside him: "When we passed the customs, a few of us claimed to be foot merchants, and the general guarding the customs asked if we could get them some wine and meat, and how much money was negotiable." It's easy to say this, Pennsylvania is now a place where all kinds of military quarters gather, and you can get anything. He gave me three times the price, as much as I wanted. "In poor families, men come out to live at the age of thirteen or fourteen, not to mention that there is a Gorou who looks like he is in his thirties, so those defenders are convinced.

Di Yong is the Marquis of Yu in the back camp, with a few elites, he was ordered to protect Chen Ke, before the road was full of people and horses, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd until now. He lowered his voice and said: "The marshal said, he personally led the army to follow behind, and if he couldn't get it, he would fight with all his might." Thou shalt not take any risks, for thou shalt take thy life. ”

Chen Ke nodded, and at this time, the defenders on the gate also saw them, and a Han man asked loudly, what are they doing.

Chen Ke asked them to take the leader

Called. As soon as the leader saw him, he shouted in a stiff voice, "So soon? ”

"Is it easy for you, for fear of being discovered, you don't dare to go on the road during the day."

"Hard, hard, send it in." The chief immediately asked the gates to be opened.

Chen Ke asked people to beckon the coachmen to push the cart up, it was difficult to go uphill, and each fully loaded chicken cart needed to be pushed and pulled. There are more than 100 wheelbarrows, there are more than 200 coachmen, and there is a long line.

The defenders in the pass all flocked to the city gate, and there were even those who took the initiative to help pull the cart. They've had a hard time these days...... Without logistical supplies, relying only on the military rations left behind by the retreat of the army will be a problem for the stomach, let alone improve the livelihood. Although they are full of the soft fruits of robbery, they have no choice but to spend their money on the mountain pass where there is no village and no store in the back.

So at the moment, they look as excited as the New Year, which is completely understandable. If it weren't for the chief's order, it would have to be distributed uniformly. I am afraid that the car will not reach the city, and the wine and meat in it will be robbed.

On the ten wheelbarrows in front, there were large swaths of smoked pork and mutton, and the mouth was full of water. Cars of wine followed, and when they reached the bottom of the door, there was a shrill whistle, and the coachmen abandoned the cart and fled, leaving only the defenders who could not figure out the situation.

I saw something strange in one of the cars, and said, "Hey, why is it smoking......

Before the words fell, I saw a flash of yellow light in front of me, accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, and the soldiers under the city gate hole were all overturned to the ground, and some people were even thrown out of the city gate hole directly by the shock wave of the explosion.

Gunpowder, invented in the Tang Dynasty, was soon used as explosives. Although the explosive efficiency of gunpowder in this era is low, such a barrel explosion can still easily tear people to pieces. What's more, this is in a semi-enclosed city gate hole..."Within a radius of a hundred zhang, everyone was shaken, stunned, and stunned

Even the coachmen who had just run out of the city gate were blown out like leaves, and fell to the ground without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

But more coachmen, hearing the whistle, fell to the ground in time, covered their ears tightly, and opened their mouths wide, so they were not harmed. Especially those who are far away from the city gate, get up from the ground, draw the blades hidden in the car, and kill them as soon as possible.

At this moment, they restored their original appearance, and the elite soldiers of the most elite troops of the Great Song Dynasty carried them one by one. Each of them is a king of soldiers who is one to ten!

When the Beijue army rushed into the pass, the defenders were still sitting on the ground with sluggish faces, in a state of distraction.

A massacre began without resistance!

Although the Nong army in the distance was not affected by the explosion, their will to fight completely collapsed in the earth-shattering explosion, and watching more and more enemies rush into the pass, they used the best skills of the Song army to escape one by one.

When Di Qing led the vanguard battalion to Kunlun Pass, there was no longer a living Nong army in this Xiong Pass.

Standing on the Kunlun Pass, Marshal Di breathed a long sigh of relief, but his demeanor quickly returned to solemnity because the decisive battle was imminent.

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The soldiers who fled back brought the news of the Song army's march, Nong Zhigao was shocked at first, and when he heard that Kunlun Pass was deceived, he disdainfully said: "The Han people can only cheat, but they want to see what is the use of their tricks in front of the army of widows?" ”

His two traitor prime ministers, Huang Shimi and Huang Wei, ...... two scum who wanted to follow Zhang Yuan's route, reminded him that the enemy this time was whether to face the Ni general Di Qing or be cautious.

Nong Zhigao said disdainfully: "You Han people are good at bragging, and when you blew the Yang family general to the sky, didn't you can't help but be widowed?" "He does have the capital of pride, since he started the army, he has fought more than 30 battles, although there are also hard battles, but the final victory has never been lost.

The traitors think about it, they are all southerners, and since they were children, they only saw the Song army as rotten as mud, so they dared to encourage Nong Zhigao to rebel. The heart said, that general Nirvana, most of them are also 'noodle pinching, right, it can't be the opponent of this tiger-wolf Nong Zhigao.

What's more, Nong Zhigao is not what it used to be. He is now the founding emperor of the Great Southern Kingdom, with an army of 50,000 under his command.

And his subordinates are no longer the unclothed savages of the mountains and forests, they have uniform uniforms and weapons...... Of course, they are all from the arsenal of Dasongzhou County...... than the forbidden army of the country of Cochin, it is a hundred times better.

At least at this moment, Nong Zhigao is full of pride. As he had done several times before, he mounted his horse and shouted at the assembled army, his eyes full of fiery eyes: "Go and teach them a lesson!" ”

The soldiers roared and followed their emperor in the direction of Kunlun Pass, where the armies of the two sides met at Quy Nhon Pu.

(To be continued)