(PS Written at the beginning of the new volume: I want to change the style, but the war novel is really not easy, and I don't know if there is too much bitterness now, so that everyone likes light-hearted novels and stories, this is the first time I have written a long story, please forgive me if the scale is not good, okay, don't talk nonsense, continue to code words...... ）

Qinzhou, a mountainous city located at the junction of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, has a long historical memory, 420 miles away from the military town of Chencang, and 800 miles away from Chang'an, Kyoto.

There are large and small rivers such as Wei River, Bangsha River, Sandu River, Hulu River, Yingchuan River, Dongke River and Niutou River in the territory.

When Li Shimin led 3,000 elite cavalry to the border of Qinzhou, it had been 40 days since Yuwen Chengdu left 20,000 soldiers defending the city.

Twenty days ago, Xue Ju, who received the news that Yuwen Chengdu had left Qinzhou, was ecstatic, he had not fought Qinzhou's idea, but the two attacks were held by Yuwen Chengdu, and he had to retreat to Lanzhou due to lack of food and grass.

Now is a good opportunity, taking advantage of the fact that the main general of the Sui army left and the defenders in the city were unled, he once again led 80,000 elites to the south at full speed.

Unexpectedly, the defenders of Qinzhou rebelled under the leadership of the deputy general Yin Kaishan, and built a new fifty-mile tall outer city wall before his arrival, and surrounded the city of Qinzhou tightly, in order to facilitate the reinforcements and grain and grass in the direction of Chang'an, the city wall only left an east gate, and the north and south sides were hills, leaving only a channel that was not wide, and could not be assembled to attack.

The siege battle was the most difficult, although it was 80,000 against 20,000, it was impossible to surround the outer wall of fifty miles, so he simply gathered all his troops at the west gate of Qinzhou and attacked day and night.

Yin Kaishan adjusted his troops, defended the city wall of the West Gate, and repelled Xue Ju's attacks again and again with rolling stones, and defended it for twenty days.

Xue Ju was brave and invincible, and he killed the city wall several times, but was forced back by the Sui army with a rain of arrows, and without reinforcements, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't break the city wall alone.

The 5,000 people who dug the tunnel and went in were burned by Yin Kaishan with a fire, and the whole army was wiped out, and the screams spread to the nine heavens for a long time.

After the fire passed, Yin Kaishan ordered people to fill the tunnel, and Xue Ju did not dare to risk digging the tunnel to attack.

It's not that he didn't think about attacking the east gate, but if he couldn't break through the east gate in a hurry, and Chang'an and Chencang came to the west to help the Sui army, then he would be attacked by the enemy and fall into passivity.

This siege battle turned into a tug-of-war, and Yin Kaishan's rogue method of defending the city made the ambitious Xue Ju angry like thunder, but he was helpless.

Break through Qinzhou, and then Chencang is easy to attack and difficult to defend, to break the city is not a problem, with Qinzhou, Chencang as a springboard, a few more than three or four hundred miles ahead is the capital of Chang'an, the emperor's seat can also be longed for.

Xue Ju has been attacking the city continuously for 20 days, losing nearly 8,000 men and horses, but there is no progress, and he has to convene the generals to discuss countermeasures.

This Xue Ming, whose name is Rengao, is only fifteen years old this year, he was born taller and burly than Xue Ju, and his strength is not much better than Xue Ju, which really confirms the saying that the tiger father has no dog.

The tall Xue Li was in his thirties, wearing a white battle armor, no helmet, long hair draped behind his shoulders, a Chinese face, a beard, and a long sword hanging from his waist. ”

Xue Ming was wearing blue armor, wearing a red tasseled gray helmet, and his face was like a crown of jade, he was a pretty man, but now there were still uncondensed blood stains on his armor, and he obviously had just returned from the siege front.

The eight generals were all dressed in yellow armor and blue tasseled gray helmets, and they were all of the same tall and of different ages, the youngest was only twenty-two years old, and the elder was only forty.

Xue Ju divided all the soldiers and horses into nine provinces, each with 10,000 people, one general and two deputy generals, but five of the generals were his cronies.

Seeing Xue Li asking, everyone glanced at each other, and a fat general in his thirties arched his hand and said: "Fu Jun, according to the foolish opinion of his subordinates, since it cannot be attacked from above, and the outer wall has no moat, it is better to dig the foundation of the outer wall, so that it cannot withstand the force and collapse, as long as the collapse mouth appears, the army can be led to attack." ”

Another sturdy general in his thirties said: "General Xiao Shi's plan can be tried, originally he only thought of digging tunnels, and the transportation of troops was limited, and the Sui army had already prepared and killed 5,000 brothers. ”

Xue Li said: "When Benjun was on the city wall, he saw that the outer city wall was at least two or three hundred steps away from the west gate, even if our army broke through the outer wall and wanted to cross the moat three or four zhang wide, it would not be easy. ”

Xue Ming said: "Father, since the Sui army has the east gate, we will attack the east from the west, you dig the foundation here, and Ming'er will take 5,000 soldiers with light kung fu to attack the east gate, so that they can take care of each other." ”

Xue Ju worried: "This strategy was pretty good a few days ago, but in the past twenty days, I'm afraid their reinforcements have already arrived." ”

Xue Ming said: "Don't be afraid when you arrive, set up an ambush at Qiujia Mountain Pass with two thousand elite horsemen, which is enough to resist their one or two thousand reinforcements for two to three hours, as long as you seize this time, you can attack from east to west, or you can break the city." ”

Xue Ju thought about it, and then said to the eight generals: "What do you think of Rengao's plan?" ”

The eight generals really couldn't think of any other way, so they bowed and said: "The plan of the eldest prince is indeed the best strategy to break the situation now, but it is just to prevent reinforcements from crossing the Qiujia Pass. ”

Xue Ju listened, waved his big hand, and said: "When the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos, a small Qinzhou can block our army for so long, if you don't break the city as soon as possible, how can you talk about going east to Chencang and capturing Chang'an?" Rengao, for the father and you 10,000 soldiers and horses, you do according to the plan,"

Xue Ming got the order, turned around and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, ordered the troops to pick the generals, finished the preparation, flew on the horse, crossed the two-zhang wide and uneven dirt road outside the city wall of the southern city, and went to the east city.

Xue Ju saw that Xue Ming was out of the tent, and ordered: "You guys also go and prepare, attack the city wall with 20,000 feints, dig the foundation with 10,000, and cooperate with Ming'er's actions, and the others take turns to rest." ”

The generals were ordered, and after saluting, they went to make arrangements, and the battle was finally over, but they just hoped that the winning side was themselves.

Luo Yu was watching Zhang Yang and them busy in front of the bamboo building with beautiful mountains and rivers at this time, and the three of them walked four or five miles along the dirt road between the mountains, and saw a tall stone arch standing between the two high mountains.

The stone gate is about one zhang wide, the two wooden doors in the middle are closed, you can't see what the outside looks like, there is a small stone house built on the left and right sides of the stone gate, it should be the resting place of the villagers on duty.

The stone gate is close to the side of the stockade, and there is a lookout platform about three zhang high built with logs, and there is also a person on duty on it, who stares intently outside, and if someone comes to invade, he can ring the copper bell hanging above his head at any time.

When they arrived, a young man dressed in gray on the stone gate was wielding a wooden knife to practice martial arts, and the sound of guidance came from the stone house on the right.

There is no need to publicize such defensive means, they don't know that they are worried that there will be enemies, and they want to go out to see what it is like outside, but now they can't, after all, they came privately, and they were discovered by the people on duty, and there will be conflicts if they don't make trouble.

So the three of them hid in the mountains, and after discussing it, they decided to go back and tell Luo Yu about the situation first, and then make plans.

As soon as I arrived at the school, I met Luo Yu and them, and because they were there, they had to find a chance to report to the instructor again.

It is indeed a beautiful place, where the stone mountain circles a semi-circular space, with an area of about four or five hundred square meters, backed by a high mountain cliff that is as flat as a knife, with lush ancient trees on the mountain, and a small lake about two hundred square meters next to the dirt road opposite.

The water of the small lake is clear, there are schools of swimming fish, and the breeze blows, causing ripples in circles.

The flowers around the lake are blooming, swaying gently with the wind, and the fragrance of the flowers is scattered in the air, making people feel refreshed and happy, and then looking at the past is a large area of alpine green trees.

The school is built not far below the cliff, not big, can accommodate fifty or sixty people to sit, two stories high, with the thickness of the bowl of the log as the bone, and then with a palm-wide bamboo piece sealed on the surface, the gap is pasted with clay, the top is covered with a thin pale red tile.

There is also a bungalow not far from the right side of the school, the same style, Luo Yu counted it, there are seven or eight wings, this is where the gentlemen stay.

There is no wall in the school, and there is a flat lawn in front of it, about fifty or sixty square meters, which can be converted into a martial arts training ground, and it is impossible to cultivate a group of sour shows who are powerless to come out.

The inside of the bamboo building is very clean, there are no tables, chairs and benches, the floor is paved with stone slabs of different sizes, and there are two large windows on each side, and the sunlight shines in from one side, bright and warm.

Zhang Yang and the three of them were reinforcing the windows with logs left over from the construction of the house outside, and they probably felt that the windows were a little too large and unsafe.

Li Xiuning and Yang Man took Lu Xiao and the others to the bungalow, they wanted to sort out that side, and they might have to spend the night there tonight.

A Li and Luo Yu introduced the origin of this building: "This is built ten years ago, I heard my grandfather say that it was proposed by a clansman who came back from outside, I also learned to read and write here when I was a child, but then I don't know what happened, after the construction here, he only stayed for a month, and then left the village, so this building is idle, and the people in the village will come to clean it every few days." ”

Only then did Luo Yu understand why Kunshan was called a school, it turned out that someone had really taught here before.

There are still a lot of things, desks and chairs, blackboards, textbooks, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc., these things need to go back to Kunshan to discuss with them, hoping to prepare and complete them as soon as possible, so that they can start teaching.

Li Xiuning and they didn't call for a while, Zhang Yang seemed to have something to say, and asked him to go to Li's hometown together, accompany the old man, and wait for Kunshan for them to discuss the result.

Thinking of this, he said to Ah Li: "Sister Ah Li, how about you accompany your sister Xiuning here?" I'm going to talk to Elder Kunshan about the school. ”

Ali smiled, "Okay, you guys go." ”

Luo Yu called Zhang Yang and said to the other two: "When you are done, find materials to make a blackboard, and see if there is a way to make it." ”

The two agreed, and they got busy again.

Of course, they knew that Luo Yu had already used this thing in their teaching process during the special training in Chang'an, and it was not difficult to make.

On the way, after listening to what Zhang Yang said, Luo Yu put his mind at ease, this village can exist here for so long, naturally they have their own methods, do you have nothing to do with this?

Forget it, let's solve the matter of the school first, and after figuring it out, he walked quickly towards Li's hometown, he should wake up now.

The three generations of Li Shimin's team members who stayed with him had all been scattered long before they set off, and they should have taken root here long ago at this moment.

He wanted to go to Yin Kaishan first to read Yang Yu's holy decree, and take over Qinzhou in a good name, after all, the soldiers of Qinzhou still recognize the Great Sui as the rightful master.

But as soon as he crossed the Qiujia Pass, a third-generation special combat team member sent information, saying that Xue Ming, the son of Xue Ju, led his troops to cross the south gate and attacked directly towards the east gate.

The terrain of this Qiujia pass is two mountains and a ditch, the height difference is large, fortunately the slope is not very empty, the war horse can come up, but if it is occupied by the enemy first, it will be a little troublesome to pass.

I was glad that I had crossed the Qiujia Pass, but if I went any further, I would collide with the enemy head-on, and it would be difficult for 2,000 cavalry to annihilate them all, which was difficult to do in such narrow terrain.

Looking at the map drawn by the special combat team, he called the member who delivered the information and asked, "How big is this valley?" ”

The third-generation team member replied: "General, the valley is about two miles away from here, and it can accommodate thousands of people, but there are huge stones blocking the entrance, and it is inconvenient for people to enter. ”

Li Shimin asked again: "How long will it take for the enemy army to reach that valley?" ”

The team member replied, "At the speed of their march, they should be there in half an hour." ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Xue Li, you take a thousand people over, hide in the valley within half an hour, and after the enemy army passes through the valley, you will block their retreat, and we will start the first battle of Qinzhou here." ”

Xue Li promised loudly, and Li Shimin said again: "The mountain road here is relatively narrow, you must be prepared for them to fight to the death, remember, try to delay as much time as possible, strive to annihilate them completely, and do not use gunpowder bullets, so as not to attract Xue Ming's attention." ”

Xue Li got the order, picked a thousand soldiers, let them dismount, and rushed to the valley at full speed under the leadership of a third-generation team member, looking for things and preparing to block the road.

These two miles of land will become a sad place for the enemy, and Li Shimin ordered the remaining 2,000 men to dismount, sort out their equipment, eat some dry food, and wait for the enemy to come.

This first battle must be fought fiercely, fiercely, and march to Qinzhou at full speed after the total annihilation of the enemy army, Xue Ju's side is still attacking the city, and Qinzhou is still in crisis.

Half an hour passed, and when another third-generation team member came to report that the enemy had come, Li Shimin ordered the whole army to immediately mount their horses and take the enemy by surprise while his foothold was not stable.

The horses neighed lightly, exhaled heavily, and gently scraped the ground with their iron hooves, and they seemed to sense the excitement and nervousness of the knights, and charged with all their strength as soon as the knights gave the order.

This mountain road, which can only accommodate six horses side by side, will soon become the Shura Soul Field, the country of blood, but whose soul will be scattered and the blood will flow more? Li Shimin is also looking forward to this vicious battle where the brave will win.

Two thousand against two thousand, they didn't send scouts to investigate, did they really think that they would not or were not afraid of the army coming?

Such a leading general, if he was under Li Shimin's account, would have fallen to the ground long ago, where could he be allowed to harm his brothers.

Soon, Li Shimin's first showdown as coach is about to be staged.