Gao Xianzhi wanted to kill three animals and sacrifice to the river god, and everyone naturally had to make some preparations, although the current conditions were simple, but the things were quite complete. The kingdoms of the Hidden and Guardian countries had argali, argali, and yaks, but no such animals as pigs, and eventually caught a few fish in the river instead.

The sacrificial river also needed an altar, and the soldiers piled up the river sand to make a small one, and pretended to dance a sacrificial dance. Gao Xianzhi personally stood on the altar and ordered everyone to kill the cattle, sheep and fish, and let the blood be poured on the banner to be regarded as a sacrificial flag, and the corpses of the three animals were thrown into the river for the river god to enjoy.

Li Siye would not even believe half a word about this kind of thing, the rise of the river is caused by the melting of glaciers, and now is the season of river flooding. Kill a few beasts and throw them into the river, and the river god will listen to you? Besides, there is no such thing as a river god in the world.

However, at the moment, the morale of the military is relatively stable, because most people are convinced of this, and atheists are rare after all.

The sergeants stared at the river in a daze, as if waiting for the water level to drop.

Gao Xianzhi looked at the river with his hands on his armor robe and said with a smile: "The river god lives downstream, and if these three animals are to be eaten by his old man, he will have to wait until tomorrow morning." ”

He suddenly said loudly: "The three armies obey the order, leave a thousand men on the bank of the river to answer, and the rest prepare dry food and rest in place, and start crossing the river tomorrow at midnight!" “

The officers and men of the Tang army were suspicious, and they went down to rest in place on the bare rocky slope with sheep felt.

Where does Gao Xianzhi's self-confidence come from? Li Siye thought about it carefully, and it would be three or four o'clock in the morning tomorrow. Now it is the height of summer, and the maximum temperature in the green ridge during the day has reached about 10 degrees, but the temperature at night has dropped sharply below freezing. The reason for the sudden rise of the river is caused by the melting of the glaciers in the snow-capped mountains, which means that the flow of the river changes with time, and the water level of the river is also the lowest at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Gao Xianzhi does have keen observation and judgment, which is also a quality that an excellent general should have. Although Li Siye also thought about it, after all, it was an afterthought, and it needs to be strengthened in this aspect in the future.

When night fell, the temperature around them gradually dropped, and the soldiers lay down on the sheep felt along the foothills of the river in iron armor, and the armor pieces cooled from the outside to the inside, and even the inner layer of cowhide became cold, and many people shivered and were awakened by freezing in the middle of the night.

At this time, even the stars in the sky are cold, like flickering fireflies, faint sparks, as if they are about to be extinguished by freezing at any time. Some of those who wake up occasionally should be able to realize that the rumbling sound of the river during the day has disappeared and has become like the tinkling of a fine spring.

Half of the stars in the east disappeared, and only one bright star rose, which was the Taibai star, heralding the dawn of time. The soldiers were awakened by the generals and began to line up by the river, holding up their flags in their hands and flying in the morning light.

The tyrannical and rushing river lurked down, and the water surface was so quiet that there was no sound, so the soldiers became more and more respectful and admired Gao Xianzhi, and Li Siye of course knew what was going on, but he also pretended to be stupid and followed the generals to pay attention.

Sometimes as a subordinate, you can't behave too smartly, you have to have the consciousness of being confused and praised, if you can't even do this, how difficult the road to promotion is.

Gao Xianzhi rode his war horse at the forefront of the team, drew his horizontal knife and did not say anything, but just waved it towards the opposite bank, and the soldiers began to lead the horses into the icy river.

Li Siye followed Gao Xianzhi and whispered to him: "According to the many investigations of Yu Gou and Feng Changqing of the cavalry battalion of the Green Ridge guard, we learned that Lianyunbao is stationed in a team of 5,000 people under the command of Kagruhun Dongdai, and the main will be a Tubo man named Zonglu, who is actually a descendant of Tuyuhun, and I know him. ”

"You know?" Gao Xianzhi glanced at Li Siye in surprise.

"Yes, in the past, when I was the envoy of the Green Ridge, the Hidden Tribe's Gayan was attacked by the Tibetan soldiers and horses sent from the city of Suole from the Tubo tribe to the vicinity of the Green Ridge, and the troops were almost plundered to Xiaobolu. I led the guards to capture the city and attacked and routed it near the snow-capped mountain, and the enemy was killed, and only one of the five hundred people named Zonglu escaped. ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled heartily: "It turns out that your subordinates are defeated, so our chances of winning Lianyun Castle this time are even greater." ”

Li Siye muttered to himself, not only is it a defeated general, but also my prisoner, and even developed into a spy for me. It's a pity that Yu Gou didn't take Gong Juezan to watch, and let the handle escape into his hands. Without the handle, this guy is free and free.

Gao Xianzhi whispered again: "I know what you mean by that, since you have repeatedly asked Ying, the capture of Lianyun Castle will be handed over to you, and I will give you the seat in the back." ”

Li Siye raised his eyebrows for a moment, when did I take the initiative to ask for help?

At this time, the back of the mountains on the horizon was already glowing with white light, the tall snow-capped mountains stood up to the outline of the majestic shore, and the soldiers waded in the deep and cold river water on their chests, and even the war horses carrying grain almost drowned in the saddle.

When Li Siye set out on the expedition, he took two horses, the black fat was responsible for transporting the master, the green horse was transporting supplies, and the jade lion was reluctant to bring it out. The two horses were moving steadily in the water, and the icy river water poured into his calves, and he gasped and almost cramped.

In less than half an hour, everyone lined up on the south bank, and the flags were still unfurled, and none of them were wet. The soldiers shivered in the cold wind, but fortunately the red sun had already crept out from behind the mountain, and in a few moments, the sun would dispel some of the chill.

But it's not enough to just look at the sun, and if you want to dispel the cold, you have to do strenuous exercise, and is there anything more strenuous than charging into battle?

As soon as the three armies crossed the river bank, they quickly rushed to the bottom of Lianyunbao. The fort was built on a hill, half of which was made of rammed earth and the other half of which was made of wooden row walls, and was surrounded on three sides by steep slopes, making it almost impossible to win an upward attack. On the other side is the main peak of this mountain, the slope is steeper, but the top of the mountain is higher than Lianyunbao.

Gao Xianzhi ordered: "The siege of this battle is led by Li Siye Duhu, and if you want to get the first success, you can ask General Li for battle." ”

In the face of such a dangerous terrain, Li Siye's scalp suddenly tingled, the slope of this mountain peak must be seventy degrees, the city wall and the slope fit perfectly, if the enemy is on guard, as long as there are enough rolling stones and arrows, even if there are 100,000 people, don't think about rushing up.

If you want to take down Lianyunbao, in addition to taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, you also have to have certain skills.

He circled around the mountain for half a circle, looked at the north slope and said to Gao Xianzhi: "If you attack from the other three sides, even if the enemy is defenseless and forcibly attacks the mountain to alarm the enemy, you will have to suffer huge losses. ”

Gao Xianzhi raised his head to stare at the top of the mountain, then turned his head and asked him, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"Give me everyone's ropes, and I carried the rope on my back from the north slope to the top of the mountain, fastened the rope and hung down. In the vanguard team, pull out a hundred people holding Mo knives, climb the rope up the mountain, and then condescendingly attack a gap, you take advantage of the situation at the bottom of the mountain to attack upward, and Lianyun Castle can be broken. ”

Wang Zhengjian stood behind them, looked at the top of the mountain and shook his head and said, "Impossible, such a steep slope, you can't climb it." ”

"I knew you would say that." Li Siye began to take off the armor on his body, rolled up his sleeves and spit twice into the palm of his hand.

All the generals gathered around to see how this legendary Modao general had created another miracle and climbed the steep slope of the mountain with his bare hands.

The soldiers took out the ropes they were carrying, connected them and made a coil. Li Siye turned to Yan Xiaosi and said, "Bring my backpack over." ”

Yan Xiaosi took out a strange package from the horse, it had two straps on it, this was the third-level bag that Li Siye had made before, and it usually contained strange things.

He took out the contents of his bag, and it was the mountaineering equipment he had built before: a modified hexagram boot with a heavy wood sole, six or seven transverse teeth to prevent slipping, and a short blade fixed to the tip of the shoe to kick a foothold on the rock. A safety belt and an iron chisel tied to the safety belt and a climbing pickaxe with a hammer head on the front and a pickaxe on the other.

This was originally a full set of equipment prepared for him to climb over the glacier, but he didn't expect it to come in handy on the snowy mountains, but it has a place here.

He carried the rope on his back and began to climb upwards, using his hands and feet together when he encountered a gentle slope. When he encountered a near-vertical cliff face, he nailed a hole iron chisel into the rock crevice, tied a safety rope to ensure safety, and then used a climbing pickaxe to carve out a shallow pit that could be climbed.