(Two shifts tomorrow, once in the morning and once in the evening.) ）

When it was almost dawn, Shi Jingfeng led his army to a small valley more than ten miles away from Yumen Pass. This is a small valley specially marked by the old man Liang, a tributary of the Hulu River washed out a small valley, the mouth is narrow and wide, and there is a hill at the mouth of the valley to block it, which can be used as a place to hide soldiers. Moreover, the shelter effect is also very good, and the soldiers and horses can rest well in the valley. However, there is also a disadvantage, that is, once the mouth is sealed, you can only go inside, give up the horse and climb the mountain and escape.

Of course, Shi Jingfeng would never allow this to happen, so he sent six groups of mobile sentinels to monitor the movement around, and arranged sentries on the mountain bag directly opposite Xiaogukou. Of course, I didn't forget to send people to explore the valley inside.

I have to say that this kind of long-distance run is still very exercised, many recruits after three days of galloping, as if they have matured a lot, every move is orderly, and tents are quickly supported and distributed on both sides of the river. Although Shi Jingfeng was good at running in the grassland desert and was very unfamiliar with mountain running, he was still very satisfied with his first mountain attack when he saw the scene in front of him.

After eating dry food, drinking hot water, and drinking a few sips of soju, and getting into the tent prepared for himself by his own soldiers, Shi Jingfeng instructed:

"Nothing important, don't wake me up."

With that, the snoring sounded.

The valley was quiet, only cold birds looking for food passed through the forest from time to time, as if surprised why there were so many white bags suddenly in the valley, and the birds blinked and flew away.

The sun was gradually rising from the top of the hill, shining on the empty valley, which was still silent, except for the occasional sound of energetic horses snorting.

The sun gradually rose to midheaven. There was still silence in the valley, except that the sentinels that had been placed outside the valley had been replaced and returned to rest.

As the sun was about to set behind the mountains to the west, a voice whispered from a tent:

"Brother, will people die in a war?"

A sleepy voice muttered:

"Go, talk all the bad things, where there are immortals in war."

"Brother, how can you fight a war without dying? I still have an old lady at home. ”

The sleepiness in the voice of the answer had completely disappeared and was replaced by a reprimand:

"It's all nonsense, didn't the guy say it? The less afraid you are of dying, the less you will die. The more you are afraid of death, the more the barbarians will look for you, which is called bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. ”

After a pause, the voice added:

"It's not easy for your family, my brother is still young. But if you can't drive away the Tubo people, which of our families can't be cattle and horses? ”

The previous voice sounded again:

"Brother, I understand the reason, I'm not afraid of death, I haven't been on the battlefield.······"

A scolding voice came from outside the tent:

"If you don't want to die, sleep well!"

It was the sound of the team, and the tent was immediately silent.

In winter, it gets dark early, and when the valley gets darker, the howling wind blows again. Shi Jingfeng got out of the tent, stretched his body, and said:

"Come!"

Immediately, there were pro-soldiers who came to pack Shi Jingfeng's tent. After a while, all the officers above the rank of the army gathered around Shi Jingfeng. And the soldiers began to eat.

When it got dark, the soldiers re-entered their tents and seized the last time to rest.

The scouts placed outside the valley reported to Shi Jingfeng:

"The white hair wind only blew last night, and the snow was very thick outside, and on this day, few people passed on the roads outside the valley. Our people have explored the road, and the road to Yumen Pass can still be walked, and Yumen Pass is still open, but the inventory is relatively strict. ”

"What about the beacon outside the gate?"

"The defenders in the beacon were all hiding in the fortress, and no one was seen coming out at all. The lookouts don't seem to have much spirit, thinking that our army is still in Shazhou. ”

Shi Jingfeng praised the scouts' performance, and asked about the soldiers, and he was satisfied with the answer, and some of the soldiers showed nervousness, which was inevitable, but fortunately, most of the soldiers fell asleep due to the fatigue of the march. Shi Jingfeng knew that the important thing to take these soldiers to fight was whether the first knife could be cut out, and then whether it would be bloody, so Shi Jingfeng ordered:

"Everyone has brought their soldiers with them, tell them what they are fighting and killing people for, and don't let them get too excited by blood. After the battle, it is necessary to quickly calm down the recruits and take a quick rest, otherwise the next battle will not be good. ”

The team members and above are all veterans, and they know that the situation will definitely not be as smooth as Shi Jingfeng's tone, so they solemnly agreed at the moment.

In the middle of the night, when the wind stopped, a few birdsongs suddenly came from outside the valley, and a few birdsongs also sounded in the valley.

There was no fire in the valley, and by the reflection of the snow on the hillside, Shi Jingfeng seemed to find that he had not seen him for more than ten days, Zhang Yichao seemed to be much more mature and calm, and even the fur that had just grown on his lips seemed to be stiffer.

After the military salute, Zhang Yichao reported:

"General Qiyu, the last general Zhang Yichao has already explored the way, and I am here to listen to it."

Looking at Zhang Yichao's childish but serious appearance, Shi Jingfeng seemed to see his appearance when he first entered the battlefield, and took back the smile that welled up from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Yichao not only found out the way, but also heard an important news, that is, the slaves outside Jinshui Pass rebelled, killed dozens of Tubo soldiers, and the team reached thousands of people within three days, and 500 cavalry were sent to assist the local suppression. Hearing such good news, Shi Jingfeng only said four words:

"Lead the way!"

Three thousand cavalry braved the cold wind and streamed out of the valley, silently, only the sound of the sound of the horses' hooves on the snow spread against the ground. Occasionally, a bird will be startled and return to its nest after a few flutters.

Behind the soldiers and horses, there are still traces of the removal of soldiers. Shi Jingfeng said to a general:

"Make a note of this little valley, it will be useful in the future."

An hour later, in the growing wind, Shi Jingfeng led three hundred veterans to abandon their horses and sneak to the Yumen Pass. Several small checkpoints in front of the pass were quietly cleaned up, and doing this, Shi Jingfeng thought that there was no one in the entire border army who was better at it than his men.

It was already midnight, and the defenders were still patrolling. *I can't hit it here for the time being, but it's hard to say who is still here. Since the beginning of winter, there have been several white-haired winds, and no one is sure whether the Hui people, who lack food and clothing, will take risks and invade Hexi.

"How did Liangzhou lose it back then? Isn't it just that the Hui people suddenly made a mistake and caught us off guard? ”

In the leeward part of the city, an officer was teaching his soldiers.

"Now that the Tang Fa army is attacking us, but the Hui people have not moved, this is very abnormal, we must be more careful."

In the end, he fought for fame on the knife edge in the grassland desert, and he can understand the Tubo dialect and the history of Jingfeng. Shi Jingfeng admired the vigilance of this Tibetan officer, but he was going to settle the Yumen Pass today.

After the Tubo army patrolling the city left, Zhang Yichao whispered a few words in Shi Jingfeng's ear, and the * lying on the ground began to crawl forward slowly.

Their direction is behind the Jade Gate Pass.

Behind the Yumen Pass, there is a small courtyard, the courtyard is full of money and goods confiscated by the Tubo guards, maybe the Tubo people are arrogant, or maybe it is too safe here, there are only a dozen soldiers inside and outside the courtyard, and they also take advantage of the wind to hide in the house to drink and gamble.

"They robbed too many things to put in the gate."

Zhang Yichao said quietly.

Shi Jingfeng made a gesture, more than a dozen soldiers turned over and entered the courtyard, the courtyard door quietly opened, Shi Jingfeng took more than ten soldiers into the courtyard quietly, and touched the outside of the house where the Tubo soldiers lived.

Judging from the shadow cast from the window, there were many people inside, and judging by the sound, they were almost drunk.

Shi Jingfeng made a quick gesture, and the soldiers on the side kicked open the door, and Shi Jingfeng dodged and killed in.

The soldiers of the Tibetan army in the house were stunned for a moment, and before they could react, the blade with the breath of death had already cut the throats of the two Tubo people. A Tubo soldier saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly lifted the table, the soldier was quite strong, and lifted the pear wood table with all the soup and water to fly, and pressed straight to Shi Jingfeng, but Shi Jingfeng was not in a hurry, standing in place, seeing that the table was about to press Shi Jingfeng, but the Tubo soldier suddenly felt that there was a flower in front of him, and Shi Jingfeng was gone! Then, the Tibetan soldiers felt a chill in their lower abdomen.

A knife slashed at the waist.

Shi Jingfeng rolled over and passed under the table, and as soon as the blade flashed, two more Tubo soldiers were killed. By the time Shi Jing stood still with a knife in his hand, a plate of roast chicken had just fallen from behind him.

As fast as lightning, he was killed with a single sword.

After cleaning up the Tubo soldiers in the house, Shi Jingfeng just came out of the house when he saw Zhang Yichao carrying a head-level Dao in his hand:

"General, this barbarian went to relieve himself, and he just saw our army coming in, and he was about to quietly send a signal, but he was beheaded by his subordinates."

Shi Jingfeng looked at Zhang Yichao with some incredulity, and ordered:

"Write it down, Zhang Yichao is beheaded by one level."

This courtyard is the collection of property by the Tubo army, and the intention of * is not in the property, but in the Yumen Pass, what did Zhang Yichao bring them here for?

The mystery was quickly solved.

Some of these possessions were alive, and their names were sheep. Seeing Shi Jingfeng looking at himself with incredible eyes again, Zhang Yichao said embarrassedly:

"I heard from my father that this is how General Goshuhan captured Stone Castle City."

This sheep was bought by Zhang Yichao from a nearby lord with a piece of jade in his hand, and yesterday, Zhang Yichao sent two people to pretend to be sneaky and send the sheep to the tiger's mouth of the defenders. What else to say?

Shi Jingfeng said:

"Good! Good! Someone—"

A group of sheep was pierced and rushed to the Yumen Pass, Shi Jingfeng stood under the city, and a bloody leg of mutton was handed to Shi Jingfeng, Shi Jingfeng made great efforts to stick the leg of mutton to the city wall, and the blood on the leg of mutton was quickly frozen and firmly stuck to the city wall.

Shi Jingfeng jumped forward, and another leg of mutton stuck to the city wall. (Why does Shi Jingfeng want to indulge?) Answer: The word is too short. ）

Quietly, Shi Jingfeng stood on the city, one after another* soldiers stood on the city, and fifteen-year-old Zhang Yichao also stood on the city.

A Tibetan soldier stationed in the city walked out of the room sleepily and prepared to change the guard. As soon as I wanted to yawn when I went out, I was poured into my stomach by the north wind. The soldier shuddered, shrunk his neck, and walked towards the sentry post.

"Brother, it's time for you to go to bed!"

The soldier at the sentry post held the spear in his hand tightly and did not move, as if he did not hear the words of his comrade, and the soldier who changed the guard pushed him again, but there was still no response, and the tentacles were only full of coldness.

"Aren't people frozen?"

The soldier was startled by his thoughts, and hurriedly stretched out his two hands to shake them, but his comrade fell straight into his arms, and the soldier was frightened, because he saw his comrade's lifeless face turn around, and there was a strange smile on his face.

The soldier saw that the corners of his comrade's mouth seemed to have traces of blood frozen into ice, and then he felt a hand strangle his neck, and a knife slammed his chest.

"Quick!"

* The soldiers hurried down the road down the city, and the defenders inside the gates had already been dealt with in their sleep. When the bright fireworks rose from the tower of Yumen Pass, the gate of Yumen Pass also creaked open.

The sudden shouting of killing woke up the Tibetan defenders who were sleeping. The soldiers in the barracks ran out in a panic, only to be shot back by a relentless rain of arrows.

Fireworks and shouts of killing erupted in the Yumen Pass, and it seemed that there were enemy troops everywhere. The defenders, however, found themselves unaware of where the enemy troops were coming from. As he put on his helmet, he roared angrily:

"Can anyone tell me if it's a Hui or something else?"

"General, look!"

A soldier stumbled over and handed the guard an arrow with blood still on it. That's the most commonly used arrow style.

"Oh, it's the Tang people?"

"Oh my God, aren't they still in Liangzhou, still in Shazhou? When it came in, when it came in! ”

The general exclaimed. But no one gave him this explanation, and he didn't have time to figure it out, and the most important thing at the moment was to drive out the * who had already entered the pass, and the guard ordered:

"Blow the trumpet, Lachin, go and take the gate back!"

"Blow the trumpet, go to the barracks, go and take the city back!"

But before his order could be carried out, * he came in. Shi Jingfeng's general order was to bite the bullet, strike while the iron was hot, and use the bead curtain tactics to quickly defeat the defenders and control the city. * Although the number of people is small, but the tactics are clear, although the number of Tibetans is large, but it is chaotic. The Tubo army, which was preparing for a counterattack, and the * who had entered the pass quickly rushed together, and the general order of the Tubo defenders was even more ineffective.

What's even more vicious is that Shi Jingfeng sent people to set fire to the city everywhere, and at the same time sent local soldiers to shout in Tubo dialect:

"Oh my God, the 100,000 army of the Tang Dynasty has arrived, run!"

"Tang Chen Guogong Li Guangyan's 100,000 heavenly soldiers have been killed until the Yumen Pass, and Tubo is finished!"

"The Hui people and the Tang people have come in together."

"The Great Khan has captured Jinchang! Your Excellency has surrendered. ”

"Oh no, the general has been killed, what should we do, run!"

In addition, the cavalry outside the city held high torches and rode their horses to gallop, creating a great momentum in the empty valley road, and the defenders did not dare to blow the horn to attract the soldiers stationed outside the city. * Although most of them are recruits, but after seeing the blood, the recruits are driven by the veterans to come out, The chaos of the Tubo army could not organize effective resistance at all, and they were killed by *, plus Shi Jingfeng took his own personal soldiers, wandered between the various battle groups, and specially selected Tubo officers to kill, and in the end, the Tubo army was completely scattered, and even the military flag was shot down by Zhang Yichao, and two or three * recruits could chase a dozen or even dozens of Tubo soldiers with knives. Seeing that the general situation had gone, the Tibetan defenders had to withdraw from the city under the persuasion of their subordinates to "counterattack again tomorrow". It's just that after this retreat, where can I kill it again? After escaping from the Yumen Pass, the Yumen guards wanted to cry without tears, just one night, only more than 300 of the 3,000 people in the pass escaped, plus the soldiers and horses guarding the beacons, it was not even half of the original, what kind of counteroffensive to talk about?

After a night of fighting, he finally captured the most important city in Hexi. * The soldiers, especially the recruits, stood on the city and cheered loudly, and even many veterans who had come to Zhenwu were infected, and went crazy and cheered with them.

As Shi Jingfeng expected, sure enough, many recruits were overly excited after the first day of battle, and their eyes were bloodshot with weapons and they were pulling around, or shouting loudly, and they couldn't stop. There is a way for such soldiers and veterans, as usual, from the back of the head, the soldier who was still dancing like a mad demon just now immediately lay on the ground, snoring thunderously, and couldn't wake up.

After Shi Jingfeng ordered the soldiers to be dragged into the barracks to rest, he ordered the sober soldiers:

"Gather the captive Tubo people behind the pass and guard them strictly."

"Pick up 500 people and follow me to capture the beacon outside the gate."

"Zhang Yichao, give you a thousand people, can you take Jinchang City for me? What, five hundred people are enough? Don't brag to Lao Tzu, give you 800 people, and you must take down Jinchang City before sunset. ”

"Old Seven, take someone to the warehouse to search and see if there are any useful things."

Yumen Pass has always been Hexi Xiongguan, and there should be a lot of grain, grass, weapons, clothing, etc. to store, and these thousands of people in their hands want to guard Yumen Pass, they have to first touch whether the family is thick or not. After the assigned generals received the order, Shi Jingfeng remembered to take a good look at the Yumen Pass, which had been passed down in the mouth of the border army for several generations.

This jade gate pass is really majestic. Shi Jingfeng was full of praise as he walked, and at the same time he had to note how everything was designed and how it should be configured and used when defending the city. While he was calculating, he suddenly heard a cry:

"Brother, why did you go? Didn't you say you weren't afraid of death? ”

This is the soldier who has calmed down and is crying bitterly over his robes. The voice was chopped and choked:

"Brother, I'll just say that your mouth is unlucky, why did you go like this, what should you do with your wife? Why are you blocking this arrow for me? Brother, I'm sorry for you! ”

Howling and crying in a mess, Shi Jingfeng couldn't help frowning, turned around and asked the team rightly:

"What's going on?"

Team Path:

"General, these are two cousins, both are recruits, when the city was attacked last night, my cousin blocked an arrow for my cousin and died. This cousin also has a widowed mother and a younger brother in the family. ”

Shi Jingfeng asked the army around him again:

"Have all the fallen been counted?"

Joining the Army:

"It's all counted, our army killed a total of 323 people last night, and 300 people were Shazhou's children."

Shi Jingfeng instructed:

"The roster is kept, and after Hexi is recovered, each family will be given 100 acres of Yongye land, and the government will give two hangs of money and five stones of grain every year, so that their families will never be left without food and clothing. A certain will also write to His Majesty to set up a loyal martyrs' shrine in Shazhou to praise these loyal soldiers and let them be worshiped by the incense of future generations forever. Tell these two items to the soldiers, so that they can fight with peace of mind. ”

However, the team was a bloody man from the army, and he couldn't see anyone crying and crying, and when he heard that his cousin was still crying, he angrily went up and kicked people out, and scolded:

"Straight thief, cry your mother's ball! It's a man, just pick up the knife and kill a few more Tubo people to avenge your cousin! ”

The team scolded like this, but the cousin stopped crying, and said in his mouth:

"Yes, I want revenge, revenge!"

Shi Jingfeng walked over, patted his cousin on the shoulder, and said:

"Go and send him."

The cousin wiped away his tears, picked up his cousin's body and buried it after the gate, and said as he walked:

"Brother, when the battle is over, brother will take you home."

By the time Shi Jingfeng closed the jade gate and inspected it up and down, the assigned people had already returned. The first thing to come back is to check the team in the treasury, which is called the seventh team by Shi Jingfeng:

"Metropolitan Governor, we've made a fortune this time! This time, it's more than we do every time! ”

It turned out that in the treasury of Yumen Pass, there was enough food for 5,000 people to eat for three months, as well as a large number of weapons and clothing, and wood and stone for repairing the city. What surprised Lao Qi even more was that there were still * weapons from the Xiantian period to the Tianbao period in the warehouse, including 100,000 feather arrows alone, rolling stones and sassalwoods and other sharp weapons to defend the city, as well as six bed crossbows.

"It's a pity that the canisters of fire oil are dry, and I don't know how these Tubo people raise these good things."

With so many good things, if it weren't for the civil strife in Tianbao, where would this Xiongguan fall? When the team in charge of guarding the prisoners came, Shi Jingfeng instructed him:

"From tomorrow onwards, all the prisoners of war will be taken to the head of the city, and materials will be taken from the treasury to repair the city. Tell them that if they behave, General Ben will consider letting them go and bring a letter to Zamp. ”

* After the capture of Yumen Pass, many of the Tubo defenders in the beacons built on the basis of the pass retreated automatically, and more than 30 beacons were controlled by * 20. In the evening, Zhang Yichao sent a letter to say that Jinchang City had been taken.