The night is getting deeper, in the Sword Pavilion Pass, looking up, you can only see the starry sky, and the moonlight that can't be swayed, the wind in the pass is howling more and more tight, like a knife-like wind blowing the sand and gravel on the ground, cutting the mountain walls on both sides that have been very smooth, like a wind dragon sweeping through.

The sound of whistling poured into people's ears, and the Tang soldiers who were in a false sleep were pushed up one after another, and after exchanging heads, the Tang soldiers rushed out of the cave where they lived, and purposefully touched the nearby wall wall and other wall cave camps.

The sound of the wind obscured the sound of their hurried footsteps, and the darkness of the night provided them with the best cover, and with a stumbling sound, the knife was pulled out of the scabbard, and the spiritual power was injected into the spirit soldier, which immediately stimulated the formation inside the spirit soldier, stirring up a sword blade more than a foot long.

With a bang, the knife slashed down directly along the crack of the door, and the door latch inside was suddenly cut in half by the sharp blade, without pushing by hand, the whistling wind has pushed the door open, inside, the warm air wave mixed with the intoxicating aroma of wine with a little sour smell makes people feel a little mixed.

"Quick, act!" But the Tang Army lieutenant who was the leader only frowned slightly, and took the lead in rushing into it, such a large cave, there are fifty people living in it, and the cave is divided into two layers, that is to say, there is a hundred-person team stationed in this place.

Pure slaughter. The charm of monkey drunkenness is really unstoppable, not only those ordinary soldiers, but even found a drunk unconscious team commander on the second floor, it can be said that these few jars of wine wiped out a team of 100. All they had to do was make up for the knife, and then destroy the burst array in the second floor team's residence, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and went straight to the next place.

After the caves were cleaned up one by one, no one was still awake, but there were still some patrol soldiers on the wall who were not drunk, but they were slashed in the neck before they could come back to their senses in the face of the Tang soldiers who suddenly appeared in front of them. Immediately died thoroughly.

And the only defender who made a sound, the scream was also muffled by the wind, and it did not come far at all, less than a quarter of an hour. No less than 800 defenders of the entire Nanguan were exhausted, and there was no living mouth left, and the Tang army gathered under the pass only left 100 people to control the Nanguan, and the remaining 400 soldiers and horses rushed to Zhongguan along the Jiange Road.

"Captain, there's a hole here!"

"Here's a few people to touch me!"

Several Tang Army soldiers bent over when they heard this. After drilling into the hole, it took about two or three minutes before he showed his head: "It's all settled, damn." This entrance looks inconspicuous, and there is a lot of space inside. There are thirty or so of them, but they are all as drunk as dead pigs!"

"More than thirty. Have you counted them? The message from the laughing leader said that there were fifty people stationed here!"

"That's right, it's more than thirty people, we've searched up and down, and we've destroyed the Burst Array!

The captain hesitated for a moment and said, "You send a few people to guard inside, be careful!"

"Yes, Captain!"

I have to say that the effect of monkey drunkenness is very good, this road is unimpeded, even the patrol soldiers on the two Ming Pass are shrunk in the corner, drunk and asleep, naturally occupied by the Tang Army easily, leaving some soldiers stationed again, these miles of distance, it took two or three quarters of an hour, and finally came to Zhongguan.

"You can be regarded as coming, the sentinels here have been solved, you send a part of the people to the shops over there, you must make sure that nothing goes wrong, the two Taoists, the three heavenly spirit powerhouses in the Sword Pavilion Pass are all in the opposite wall building, this time, it is estimated that they are also drunk, there will be someone over there to lead the way for you, you kill these three people as soon as possible!"

Xiao Hongyan is also just in case, in case one of these three Heavenly Spirit powerhouses is not drunk, it will be a big trouble, after all, it is not only the explosion array that can destroy the Sword Pavilion Dao, but the forbidden spell spirit technique of the Heavenly Spirit powerhouse can also have the same effect, so she didn't dare to take the risk and went up to deal with these three old guys by herself.

"En!" The two heavenly spirit powerhouses nodded, and disappeared into the night with flying steps, that's right, these two people are dark heavenly spirits, and they are the best at stealing, in the dark, they are the kings, and the dark heavenly spirits can hide their own breath, otherwise it is really easy to be recognized.

Xiao Hongyan looked at the soldiers who kept passing by, raised his head, and glanced at the sky, maybe this starry sky will belong to the Tang Empire after today, and the 200,000 troops gathered in Yongzhou will continue to move south from here and enter Shuzhong Tianfu.

And now most of the soldiers and horses in Shu are gathered in the middle of Shuchuan, and the Pope State that occupies the three provinces of Shuzhong and establishes the country, entangled endlessly, it can be said that the power of the entire Shu is there, and from the south of the Sword Pavilion, they are facing only more than 20,000 or 30,000 Shuzhou troops, and they are all that kind of rotten city guards.

Your Excellency Jian, the eight mansions in Shuzhong can take a mansion in an instant, and with the continuous southward movement of the army, soon, Shuzhong will change a day.

Xiao Hongyan only stayed for a moment, and then led the soldiers with blood splashed armor on their bodies to go straight to Beiguan, as for the three old men of the Heavenly Spirit, Xiao Hongyan knew that they must have been drunk into the Yellow Spring, although a Heavenly Spirit powerhouse is not so easy to kill, but three drunken Heavenly Spirits, but it is another matter.

The night is deep, the moon hangs on the top of the sword peak, through that crack, you can vaguely see the shaking figure below, the wind dragon is still roaring, Peng, an explosion, although the sound is quickly covered by the whistling wind, but the dazzling fire is enough to make miles away to see clearly.

One, two, three, three big fireballs in a row, although the light was only a flash, but hidden on the mountain road a few miles away, the Tang soldiers who had been paying attention to the changes in the pass suddenly stood up excitedly, although the bleak north wind blew their bodies covered with a layer of frost.

"Quick, quick, get up, let's go into the Sword Pavilion!" That's right, the Sword Pavilion has been placed, their plan has succeeded, in order to be able to win this Sword Pavilion, the price paid by Datang is not high, just three hundred altars of monkeys are worth tens of millions of gold, but if they can successfully win the Sword Pavilion, this transaction is worth it.

The three thousand Tang soldiers waiting here followed the whistling wind dragon and rushed to the towering Sword Pavilion Pass under the moon in the distance, and if they won this time, no one would be able to stop the Tang Dynasty's male soldiers from moving south, and the rich Shu lieutenant general opened his arms to them.

Suzaku City, the palace in the air, after more than a month, the temples around the Taiji Hall have been put into use, the Taiji Hall is the main hall, it is used for the big court meeting once every five days, and the usual small court meeting political and military is carried out in the side hall of the Taiji Palace, the East Warm Pavilion.

Although Chuzhou in November is far from being as cold as the clouds in the north, and even the first snow of this winter has fallen, with the entry of the north wind, the temperature has also dropped a lot, and the chill of winter can be felt in the early morning and evening.

In the East Warm Pavilion, there are several small stoves, which are burned with fine red sandalwood wood, and the aroma emitted by this wood has the effect of calming the mind.

"What! The Tang army has captured the Sword Pavilion Pass, and taken the Xichuan Mansion!" Leng Zhuo's eyes widened, for more than a month, Leng Zhuo also seemed a little busy, the Star Tower Island above his head needed to be planned and constructed, Yangzhou also had to recuperate, and the construction of the navy also needed a large amount of investment, and the southern part of Qingzhou, which was included in the empire, did not stop, the Tang army in the west pounced like a hungry wolf, but the tiger in the north reacted half a beat slower before starting to exert force.

But in the face of the advent of winter, Leng Zhuo estimates that there will be no trouble in the north, after all, the consumption of the winter mobilization army is not a small amount, even if the Dragon Empire has the funding of Futu Mountain and Desperate Valley today, but it can't afford such consumption.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the news that the Intelligence Department just sent back has been confirmed, the Tang Army has marched south from Yongzhou and entered the Tianfu in Shuzhong, and most of the main forces of the King of Shu are in the middle of Shuzhong to confront the religious states in the east, the rear is empty, and there is no resistance at all, it has been taken by the Tang Army Xichuan, if it were not for the obstruction of the Tianhe River and its tributaries, it is estimated that the Tang Army has taken the other two provinces in one go, but now, the Tang Army is estimated to have gathered enough ships and is ready to continue to expand!"

"How is it possible, the Sword Pavilion Pass is not known as the most dangerous pass in the world, and it is not much better than the Yuntian Fortress, how could it be captured so easily, and those mechanisms in the Sword Pavilion Pass are arranged, it doesn't mean that if one is triggered at random, the Sword Pavilion Road can be interrupted and the north can be sealed!"

"There is no definite news from this intelligence department, so I don't know how the Tang army took the Sword Pavilion Pass, but the Tang army's entry into Shuzhong is certain, which is not good news!" Sun Wu said.

Leng Zhuo knew that it was purely an afterthought to investigate how the Sword Pavilion was lost now, even if it was investigated, it would be useless, compared to this, Leng Zhuo was more concerned about the progress of Ziyang County.

"Longshan Road, how long will it take to pass the army!" "Since the excavation of Longshou Mountain, one of the Longshan Road that runs through the northern edge of the 100,000 Great Mountains is in full swing by Da Chu, as long as it is opened here, Da Chu can bypass the Tianhe dangerous road and directly enter Shu from the southeast of Shuzhong.

"The Longshan Road has been roughly penetrated, and there is no problem with the passage of the army, but in the second half, it is not possible to let the baggage pass, and at the same time, there are several relay stations in the planning that are stepping up construction, although Shuzhong is rich, but after entering Shuzhong, we first entered the central eight provinces, but the southern Tusi Mansion, although General Tan has gained some trust from the Tusi, but if we want to enter the eight mansions in Shuzhong, we have to sort out the two Tusi mansions in the southeast first!"

"How much time does this take!" Leng Zhuo asked directly, Shuzhong must not be lost to the Tang Dynasty, this is already the consensus of the Great Chu, there are various reasons why he has not entered Shu before, but no one has estimated that the Tang Army can take the Sword Pavilion so smoothly, which is very unexpected.

"It will take at least half a year before we can prepare for the army to enter Shu!"

"Half a year?" Leng Zhuo suddenly frowned, this was not the answer he wanted, in half a year, it is estimated that Shuzhong will fall.