"Old general, is the Liao army going to the Mouse Bird Valley?" More than a dozen generals asked.

Yang Wenguang shook his head, "It's not to go to the Mouse Bird Valley, but to Jingcheng!" ”

"Ahh

All the generals were taken aback, did the Liao army go to Hebei?

"Old General, what's going on? We are going all out to defend Taiyuan, are we fooled? The crowd asked.

Yang Wenguang waved his hand to everyone: "Please rest assured, Xiao Fan Xianggong has already deployed on the side of Jingcheng, the Liao army will not take any advantage, they will return sooner or later, we just have to strictly defend Taiyuan." ”

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Zhang of the Intelligence Department joins the army and asks to see the old general!" ”

"Ask him to come here!"

Not long after, the soldiers brought over a civilian official in his thirties, this civilian official was named Zhang Wei, who served as a staff officer to join the army, and was the head of the intelligence department in Taiyuan.

Zhang Wei bowed and saluted, took out a letter and presented it to Yang Wenguang, "This is sent by Fan Xianggong the day before yesterday, saying that as long as the Liao army leaves Taiyuan, he will give this letter to the old general." ”

It turned out that Fan Ning still had a letter, Yang Wenguang was overjoyed, and hurriedly took the letter, which turned out to be Fan Ning's military order, 'If the Liao army goes to Jingcheng, it can immediately send troops to seize Lou Fan Pass, and increase troops at Yanmen Pass, cut off the retreat of the Liao army on the western front, and at the same time resist the Liao army to support the south. ’

Yang Wenguang gasped, he suddenly understood that the scene two years ago reappeared, the emperor of Liao did not learn a lesson, and once again sent a large army to go deep alone, and once again fell into the trap announced by Xiao Fan.

If Fan Ning hadn't asked him to attack Lou Nu Pass, he really wouldn't have thought of this.

Yang Wenguang immediately ordered Li Yan, who was in charge of the system: "General Li can lead 10,000 troops to rush to Loufu Pass immediately, and be sure to capture the pass." ”

Li Yan immediately clenched his fists and said, "Obey the order!" ”

Yang Wenguang said a few more words to him, Li Yan nodded again and again, and then went down to the city to lead the troops.

Yang Wenguang then ordered the commander Zheng Zhao to lead 5,000 troops back to Yanmen Pass for reinforcements.

At present, there are only 2,000 defenders at Yanmen Pass, and Zheng Zhao is coming back from the withdrawal of troops from Yanmen Pass, and now he has led the army back to Yanmen Pass again.

Yang Wenguang is not worried about Yanmen Pass, he is more concerned about the gains and losses of Lou Fuguan.

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The area of Yangqu County in the north of Taiyuan Mansion is just the intersection of Zhoushan and Yunzhong Mountain, the terrain is slightly dangerous, and there are Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass, but the defense ability of these passes is not strong, and they can block small-scale cavalry, but under the heavy pressure of hundreds of thousands of cavalry, these two passes are meaningless.

The real Xiongguan is still in the north, the Luliang Mountains and the Hengshan Mountains are connected in the north, lying across the land of the north of Shanxi, the towering mountains become a natural danger, the north of Shanxi is divided into the Datong Basin and the Xinding Basin in the south, and the Great Wall is built on the undulating mountains.

There are two passes in this majestic natural danger that is more than a thousand miles long, one is the famous Yanmen Pass, which is located in the north of Daizhou in the west and belongs to the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, and the other pass is Lou Fu Pass, which is located in the territory of Wuzhou in the Liao State and is controlled by the Liao State.

These two passes can pass through the cavalry, Yanmen Pass is mainly to prevent the army of Youzhou from killing, and Lou Fu Pass is the south gate of the Datong Liao army to Taiyuan.

Lou Fu Pass is actually a river valley, the upper reaches of the Sanggan River Gray River through the Mangmang Mountains and form a valley, Lou Fan Pass is the name of the Song Dynasty, the Liao State calls this canyon the mouth of the Chenjia Valley, more than 30 miles long, the widest part has more than 20 li, the narrowest place is less than one mile, Lou Fan Pass is built in the narrowest place.

To the south of Lou Fan Pass is Shenwu County of Liao State, the county seat is not large, the population is less than 10,000, and the garrison is only more than 300 people.

At night, an army of 1,000 people bypassed Shenwu County and rushed towards the pass to the north.

Lou Fu Pass is built in the Han Dynasty, thousands of years repeatedly rebuilt or repaired, the most recent reconstruction is the Song Taizong Taiping rejuvenation period, from now it has been eighty or ninety years, after the Liao occupation and slightly repaired twice, the pass is tall and strong, the gray river water from the crescent-shaped gap below the city gurgling through.

It was pitch black at the pass, and it was impossible to see if there were soldiers patrolling from a distance, and even if there were soldiers patrolling the city, it was impossible to see the situation outside.

There are two ways to seize Lou Fu Pass, one is to disguise the Liao army to return to the north and deceive the city gate, but now it is a time of war, and there will generally be a special password, and the way to deceive the city gate may not work, so you can only take the second way and send troops to seize Lou Fu Pass.

But even if there are two plans for the second road, one plan is of course to forcibly seize and directly use iron fire and thunder to blow up the city gate, but it may also collapse the city wall, and the other plan is to seize it skillfully and cover the surprise attack on Lou Nu Pass at night.

The main general responsible for capturing Lou Fu Pass is a commander, called Yang Ying, he is Yang Wenguang's nephew, the fifth generation of Yang generals, about twenty-seven or eight years old, eighteen years old in the army as a scout, has been fighting with the Western Xia army, accumulated merit and was promoted to commander.

Yang Ying was experienced, and Yang Wenguang gave him the task of capturing Lou Fu Pass.

In fact, the Song army didn't know anything about the garrison of Lou Fu Pass, Yang Ying only deduced from the grain in Shenwu County that the defenders of Lou Fu Pass would not exceed 1,000 people, but the inference was not correct, and it had to depend on the final situation, but one thing was for sure, Lou Fu Pass definitely did not deploy heavy troops.

Yang Yiyi soldiers hid at a turn about three hundred paces away from the pass, and the time had reached the third watch, at this time, a soldier rushed back and whispered to Yang Ying: "I have checked it with my humble position, the waterway below is three feet high, and the water is about half a foot from the bottom of the city wall, and there are two iron fences, but they have decayed and have not been replaced for at least decades."

Yang Ying hit the idea of the waterway below, the Liao State has occupied Lou Fu Pass for nearly 70 years, there has never been a war in 70 years, and the pass has not been repaired for more than 30 years, so the iron fence below has not been replaced for almost 30 years, soaked in water for 30 years, no matter how good the iron will rust.

Yang Ying was overjoyed and ordered the two generals: "I will lead a hundred soldiers to go in and open the city gate, you wait outside the city, and the city gate will be opened and killed." ”

The two bowed together, "Obey!" ”

Yang Ying waved his hand and led a hundred elites of the Flying Tiger Army to bend down and run towards the pass.

The 1,000 soldiers he brought this time were the Flying Tiger Army, the elite of the scouts, and the combat effectiveness was very strong, and the hundred men he led were the elite of the elite, each of them could defeat ten with one.

In a few moments, they were running to the bottom of the city, standing against the wall, and with a gentle wave of his hand, two soldiers dived into the river, and with a hacksaw they quickly sawed the iron fence of the waterway, and a three-foot-high opening appeared before them.

Yang Ying carried the shield on his back, biting the war knife in his mouth and took the lead in climbing in, and after crawling out of five or six zhang, he came out of the probe in the city, and he found that Lou Fu Pass was composed of two city gates in the north and south, covering an area of about 30 acres in the middle of the city, and built a lot of stone houses against the cliffs on both sides, and there were nearly 100 big tents in the middle.

With years of scout experience, Yang Ying immediately judged that his guess was completely correct, and the number of people would not exceed a thousand.

The soldiers came out of the waterway one by one, and in a moment, a hundred people were assembled, and under the leadership of Yang Ying, the soldiers were divided into two roads, one with fifty people guarding the city gate below, and the other with fifty people following Yang Ying to the city.

There were no soldiers at the gates, and the gates were closed, but there were more than thirty soldiers at the head of the city, all of whom fell asleep against the walls with spears in their arms.

Yang Ying turned his head and made a look, fifty soldiers pulled out sharp daggers, each aimed at one person, only to see a cold light flash, more than thirty Liao soldiers were all cut off throats, fell to the ground, and then stabbed in the back, resulting in death.

At this time, Yang Ying had already occupied the front of the winch, there were five winches in total, representing the five huge iron door bolts below, and dozens of soldiers stepped forward together to push the five winches hard, 'Click! Click! With a bang, five huge iron bolts slowly erected.

The soldiers under the city opened the gate, and the nine hundred soldiers in the distance rushed out together and rushed towards the city gate.

At this time, Yang Ying led a hundred soldiers to light torches, rushed into the enemy camp, and lit the big tents, and the city suddenly burst into flames, and a thousand defenders were in a mess, and were slaughtered by the Song soldiers without mercy.

Farther away, the commander Li Yan led 9,000 soldiers to capture Shenwu County.

Lou Fu Pass was completely occupied by the Song army.