'The stars hang down and the plains are wide, and the moon swells and the rivers flow. ’

At night, a full moon hangs in the sky, sprinkling silver light all over the Yellow River, and the river surface is sparkling and the vision is wide.

Although it was a hot June, the wind and waves were calm, and there was a slight glossy black wave crashing against the stone embankment on the riverbank, making a slight noise, and in the clear night, five warships slowly sailed from the north bank, gradually approaching the Mengjin ferry on the south bank.

At the end of last year, the Sui army attacked Heyang Pass on Hexin Island, and a fire destroyed hundreds of warships moored on the south bank and destroyed Li Mi's naval forces in the Yellow River.

Before Wang Shichong could establish a naval army, Mengjindu was gradually abandoned by the Luoyang court, and only a dozen civilian boats ferried here to transport pedestrians and merchants to the other side.

On the first big boat, Yang Yuanqing stood at the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, looking at the opposite bank, he only came to inspect the situation of crossing the river, and did not go ashore, but his army was about to go ashore.

The Tang army and the Zheng army had already started a war near Luoyang, and the Sui army, as a third party, standing on the north shore to watch the battle was not the best strategy, the best strategy was that he also entered this Luoyang chess game, muddied the waters, and then fished in the troubled waters.

The big ship is about to dock, and you can already clearly see the situation on the shore, the scorched trees at the end of last year are still faintly visible, and more than a dozen civilian boats are quietly moored on the bank of the river, and there is silence all around, and there is no one around.

Yang Yuanqing was quite satisfied with the crossing of the river, and crossed the Yellow River smoothly, and the hydrological situation at this time was very suitable for boating, and he crossed all the way to the south, but did not encounter a whirlpool.

At this time, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin stepped forward and bowed, "Chief, we are going to get off the boat." ”

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin were the spoilers arranged by Yang Yuanqing, and their task was to seize the Tiger Pass, hold the most important pass in the Central Plains, and cut off the connection between the Tang army and the Central Plains.

This is because Yang Yuanqing received an urgent information, and Li Yuan sent Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, to secretly envoy to the Central Plains. He had persuaded Puyang Taishou Du Caigan and Xingyang Taishou Wei Lu to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and heard that Xingyang Taishou Wei Lu had also organized 30,000 people to prepare to go to Luoyang to assist the Tang army in attacking the city.

Yang Yuanqing didn't know how many Central Plains counties and counties surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so capturing the Tiger Prison Pass was his first step in the Central Plains, Yang Yuanqing said to the two in a deep voice: "You are all generals of the Sui Dynasty, and it stands to reason that you should all be generals who lead thousands of troops and horses to fight......"

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Yanjin muttered in a low voice: "When did I lead thousands of troops?" ”

Luo Shixin hurriedly and quietly pulled Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Biting Jin was silent, he felt that he was a dog skin plaster. There is a sudden illness on either side. I put myself on it temporarily to relieve the pain, but the real cure for the root cause is not his turn, no. The plaster operation of sending a thousand men to seize the Tiger Prison came to mind him again.

Yang Yuanqing glared at him fiercely, and then continued: "Using you to seize the Tiger Prison Pass is indeed a bit overkill. But it also shows the importance of this mission, the reason why I let the bite Jin go with him is because he has had the same experience, but I can only give you a thousand people, and I allow you to use all means, whether it is killing people or setting fires, or using people to impersonate me, I will allow it, in short. Just let it go! ”

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin saluted together, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Yang Yuanqing patted the two of them on the shoulder, said a few words of encouragement, and then left four big boats, and his boat turned around and returned to the north shore.

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin got on another big ship, and looked at the steward's boat in the distance, and then Luo Shixin asked, "Old Cheng." You have experience in fighting Tiger Prison, tell me, how should this battle be fought? ”

"Ahem!!"

Cheng Biting Jin pretended to cough, but he couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows: "Didn't the manager say it?" Let's let it go, then simply use the old way. Grab hundreds of young girls and strip them naked......"

Luo Shixin didn't bother to pay attention to him. Immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the ship docks, the soldiers disembark!" ”

Seeing that he didn't want to listen, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help pouting, "If you don't listen to old Cheng Yan, you will suffer in front of you, get off the boat here, just wait to chop it into meat and make steamed buns!" ”

Luo Shixin was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin put his hands into his sleeves, his eyes narrowed, and he ignored him: "Anyway, I'm soft-spoken, so you can treat me as a fart." ”

Seeing that he had made a difference, Luo Shixin sighed in his heart, and had to explain: "It's not that I don't use your plan, but I have used it once, and it is estimated that everyone in the world knows it, and if you use it a second time, others will not be fooled." ”

Cheng bites Jin's snort! Di sneered, "My plan for a naked woman, as long as the defenders are men, it will work a hundred times, forget it, don't use it!" If this kind of strategy is used too much, it will damage my old Cheng's reputation. ”

Cheng Biting Jin said lazily: "Although it is easier to attack the Tiger Prison Pass from the west, there is a passage to the city, but if we go to the west, it is easy to encounter Wang Shichong's army, and when the time comes, it will be surrounded, and it is not enough for us to fill the gaps in the teeth of others, anyway, you are the main general, you decide!" ”

Luo Shixin pondered for a moment, Cheng Yanjin did have a point, they had too few troops, and if they passed from the west, it would be easy to encounter Wang Shichong's army.

Maybe they can fight their way out, but their mission will not be completed, thinking of this, Luo Shixin immediately changed the military order, "Order the fleet to continue to drive east!" ”

The four big ships left Mengjindu again, went down the river, and headed for Xingyang County, a hundred miles away......

Among the counties of Xingyang County, the county closest to the Tiger Pass is Xingyang County, the county seat is only more than 30 miles away from the Tiger Pass, but Xingyang County is not a county government, and the county seat of Xingyang County is Guancheng County in the south.

Guancheng County was originally a big county, the city is tall and wide, but because of the war and the population has decreased sharply, now there are only more than 2,000 households, more than 10,000 people, even so, Guancheng County is still the largest city in Xingyang County.

That night, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people was coming unhurriedly from the official road in the north of Guancheng County.

After talking for a long time but no response, Cheng bit Jin's eyes and asked, "I said Lao Luo, are you still thinking about that woman?" ”

Luo Shixin's body trembled slightly, and he said coldly: "I don't know what you're talking about?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin's eyes were very poisonous, and when he saw that his body trembled, he knew it, pouted, and said disdainfully: "Don't pretend anymore, I'm talking about Dou Xianniang." You really don't want her? ”

"What do I want her to do? A man should put the great cause of the world first, how can he bend his waist for a woman, and besides, why should a great husband have no wife? ”

"Great, since you think so, then I, the matchmaker, should be the matchmaker, and be the matchmaker for the manager, hehe! The future is promising! Cheng Biting Jin's little eyes smiled into a slit. The corner of his eye was secretly sweeping towards Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin was stunned for a moment. Without saying a word, the army walked another mile, and he finally couldn't help but ask, "What did you mean by that sentence just now?" What does it have to do with the manager? ”

Cheng Yanjin was extremely proud. smiled and teased him: "Aren't you kid not caring about her?" Why do you ask again? ”

Luo Shixin's face was a little unbearable, and he said hatefully: "If you don't say it, forget it!" ”

"Alright! For brotherhood's sake, I tell you. After my wife gave birth to a child, Princess Chu came to visit my house, and the two of them talked about Dou Xianniang. ”

"What did they say?" Luo Shixin looked a little nervous.

"What are you talking about? I forgot a little, let me think about it! ”

Cheng Biting Jin whetted Luo Shixin's appetite, and then sighed and said: "The princess said that she likes the informant very much, and if General Luo refuses to marry the informant, she is ready to let the chief manager take the informant as a concubine." ”

Luo Shixin's face changed greatly, and his eyes glared at Cheng Yanjin viciously, "You are talking nonsense!" ”

"Humph! If you don't believe it, forget it. This is what my lady told me privately, you don't understand! This is called a marriage of interests, if the manager marries a lineman, he can win over Dou Jiande and take Qingzhou without spending a single soldier, is this kind of thing still rare? ”

Luo Shixin was a little convinced, because he had also heard that the informant had spent that night in the palace. But what happened that night, he didn't know, Luo Shixin trembled all over, his fists clenched and gurgling, and his face was a little deformed with anger. The eyes began to get bloodshot and turned red.

Cheng Yanjin had never seen Luo Shixin like this, and he was startled. Suddenly realizing that he had overdone his joke, and seeing that he was about to break into a catastrophe, he hurriedly said: "Shixin, I'm joking, there is no such thing, don't take it seriously." ”

"What did you say?"

Luo Shixin grabbed him by the placket and stared at him fiercely, "Say it again!" ”

Cheng Yanjin was a little worried in his heart, and stammered: "I see that you have been silent all the way, so I want to find something to tease you, there is no such thing, the princess has not gone to my mansion yet!" What a joke on you. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Shixin's bowl-like iron fist came to him, 'Bang! A punch hit Cheng Biting Jin's nose, blood burst out, Cheng Biting Jin killed the pig with a scream, and fell off the horse.

Luo Shixin pointed at him and scolded: "You stinky mouth, next time you dare to make such a joke with the manager, be careful of your head!" ”

Luo Shixin hated so much that he urged the horse to run forward, and several soldiers hurriedly dismounted and helped Cheng Yanjin up from the ground, Cheng Yanjin's nose was broken, his face was full of blood, his nose was sour and clear, tears were in his eyes, and he was in great pain.

He also knew that he was at a loss and annoyed Luo Shixin, he didn't dare to scold back loudly, so he had to stare at Luo Shixin's back and snort and scold: "Stinky boy, remember this punch, Lao Tzu can't afford to provoke you, but Lao Tzu will let your father pay out with interest." ”……

The team marched all the way, and gradually arrived at Guancheng County three miles away, at this time it was already two watches, the city had already closed the city gate, the Sui army came to the city, Luo Shixin urged the horse to shout: "Is there anyone in the city?" ”

He shouted three times, and in the middle of the night, one of the soldiers defending the city probed and asked, "Where are you in the army?" ”

Luo Shixin held an arrow high, "We are the Tang Army, and we are ordered by the King of Qin to assist Wei Taishou!" ”

The armor they wore was the same as that of the Tang Army, and the arrows they held were also imitations of the Tang Army, and the soldiers didn't know the details, so they hurriedly shouted: "Please wait, I'll report to the Taishou!" ”

He rushed away, Cheng Yanjin had lost his breath at this time, and stepped forward to ask angrily, "Will they be fooled?" ”

Luo Shixin glanced at his nose, Cheng Biting Jin's two nostrils were stuffed with a ball of linen, which looked like a pig's nose from a distance, which made people laugh, Luo Shixin was angry and funny, and said: "We are just ordinary Tang generals, even if there are Tang envoys in it, they may not know us, how do they know if it is true or false?" ”

Cheng bit Jin and gave a thumbs up, and the fart was patted on the back, "High!" It's really high! ”

In a moment, a group of people came to the city, and the leader was none other than Xingyang Taishou Wei Lu