Although the military office of Mingsha City is not as big as the military supervision department of Huizhou, although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, and it should have everything.

Zhao Tan saw Li Yanxian in the lobby and asked him to make two cups of milk tea, talking while drinking.

"Shao Yan wants to talk and stop during the day, do you have something you want to talk about?" Zhao Ta blew off the oily skin on the milk tea and took a small sip gently.

Li Yanxian immediately stood up and saluted, and said: "The prince has insight into everything, his subordinates admire, and his subordinates ......."

Zhao Ta pressed his hand: "Don't pat yourself on the back, sit down and say!" ”

Li Yanxian said "hehe", sat on the chair and said: "Lord Wang, in fact, my subordinates think that the plan of the soldiers who surrendered during the day to force their way into the gorge from Wulongling is feasible......

Zhao Ta put down the tea bowl and pointed to the one in front of Li Yanxian.

Li Yanxian hurriedly picked it up, not like Zhao Ta swallowing slowly, but "gooo" and poured a big mouthful, and then wiped his mouth and looked at Zhao Ta.

Zhao Ta said: "I also know that it is feasible, but the two sides are steep, although they are nearby, but the height is always different, not ordinary people can pass, they must have some martial arts foundation, especially light body skills, but even if there are such soldiers in the army, how can there be many?" And forcibly taking the gorge pass from above the Wulong Ridge, if there are too few people, it will not help. ”

Li Yanxian said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates just want to talk about it, but I don't think it's easy to say, my subordinates have a countermeasure, but it's just ......."

Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "What countermeasures?" If it's a countermeasure, why is it hard to say? ”

Li Yanxian said: "Lord Wang, the five hundred villagers who were brought by his subordinates from his hometown to join the army are all good martial arts people, and he and his subordinates often practiced martial arts and physical strength in the township, which is the ability to light the body, and they have also practiced some, even if they are superficial, but the subordinates look at the contact between the Wulong Ridge and the Xiakou Pass, although it is steep and dangerous, but what they have learned should be enough, and these villagers can almost get by there." ”

Zhao Ta suddenly laughed: "Shao Yan, Shao Yan, who are you the king?" Do you think that these 500 people are brought by you, and you propose to be able to make meritorious contributions to defeat the enemy, are you afraid that this king will have any suspicions, and you are afraid that others will point out behind your back? If the 500 people really pass the gorge pass and finally succeed in capturing the city, they will indeed be promoted and rewarded, but are you afraid that if you have more meritorious officers of the 500 lineage, you will abandon the military affairs and ignore it? ”

Li Yanxian immediately knelt on the ground with a "plop" sound: "Lord Wang, it is a subordinate who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and his subordinates deserve death for their crimes, and their subordinates should put everything else first, don't think about it, your subordinates are guilty!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Get up, don't make such nonsense in the future, sit down quickly, and tell me in detail about the origin and martial arts of these five hundred villagers." ”

Li Yanxian got up from the ground, wiped the sweat on his forehead, sat down and said: "Lord, these five hundred villagers are not only the neighbors of the subordinate residences, the subordinates have practiced martial arts since childhood, love to fight unevenly, have traveled to the northwest several roads, and have some thin names on the green forest road outside, and even when they are at home, people often come to visit, although the subordinates have no family resources, but there is always a sense of righteousness, two pairs of fists and feet, full of martial arts, so people come constantly, often live, four towns and eight counties, and even outside the state and other roads, the prince recruits troops in Xining, to point the sword at Helan, and shoot the wolf in the north, The military salary is more than 50% more than the previous conscription, and the subordinates know that they can't help but be happy, so they and friends who are guests at home, send letters everywhere, gather 500 people, practice, and then rush over to take refuge, these 500 villagers and friends, are all good martial arts, although they can't say how to be outstanding, but there are always some solid fists and legs, and there is more ambition, loyal to the liver and courage, willing to stick a knife in the ribs for the prince, loyal to death! ”

Zhao Tan nodded, Li Yanxian is famous in Xihe, quite appealing, he can gather these people, but it is difficult for others to compare, think about the little whirlwind Chai Jin in Liangshan can also be like this, but Chai Jin is because of his background and wealth, but his skills alone are far inferior to Li Yanxian.

If the normal trajectory develops, the Jin soldiers go south, Zhao Huan hastily succeeds to the throne, the Jin soldiers are trapped in Tokyo, and the rebels from all over the world raise troops to rescue, at that time, Li Yanxian pulled up a team of more than 2,000 people, and then it has been a success.

Zhao Ta said: "Are these five hundred people in the army now?" Is there a loss right now? ”

After all, after fighting for so long, even if they are all victorious, there is no guarantee that they will not die.

Li Yanxian said: "Lord Wang, these villagers joined the army with their subordinates, and naturally went to Western Xia together, but I don't know if they have damaged their subordinates, after all, they were scattered and enlisted in the army before, and they did not belong to the same guard battalion, subordinates, subordinates...... It's not easy to go and move around, and little is known. ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "I'll go investigate now, ask how it's going, and then come back and report to me." ”

Li Yanxian was ordered to get up and walk out of the hall.

Around the time of Mohai, Li Yanxian returned to the General Military Division, and Zhao Ta was waiting for tea in the lobby.

Li Yanxian didn't come back alone, he also brought a person with him, and he looked like a battalion commander.

The two saluted, and Zhao Ta said, "How is Shaoyan checking?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "Lord Wang, I have checked it all over, all of them are in the army, because they are all good at fighting, so they did not stay in the rear to defend the city, and they all came to Mingsha City, but it is a pity that four people were lost." ”

Zhao Ta sighed: "They are all heroes and righteous people, is there any lack of merit in the pension?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "But no, the officer in charge of the army is very careful, and he has never been left behind." ”

Zhao Ta said: "That's good, if you die on the battlefield and sacrifice your life for the country, you must not leave your name and surname, otherwise it will not make the soldiers feel cold!" ”

Li Yanxian said: "The prince is sympathetic to his subordinates, and his subordinates must tell the soldiers when they go back, so that they can know the prince's intentions." ”

"Alas!" Zhao Ta shook his head: "Who is this next to you?" ”

Li Yanxian immediately looked at the man dressed as the battalion commander and said: "Lord Wang, this is the best martial arts in the five hundred township friends, called the night owl Bai Li, good at dancing with double swords, strong martial arts, especially light skills, although you can't step on the snow without a trace, eight steps to catch the cicada, but you can also go high, it is difficult to be noticed, and now I am a battalion commander in the infantry army." ”

Zhao Ta looked at Bai Li and said, "Where is the people?" Why did you join the army? ”

Bai Li hurriedly saluted again: "Back to the prince, the subordinate is the centipede ridge clan of Qinfeng Road, who has been good at martial arts since childhood, traveled all over the northwest as an adult, visited martial arts masters, met with General Li, became friends, and learned that the prince recruited troops, so he came to join the army. ”

Zhao Ta said: "This king heard that you five hundred villagers, are loyal and righteous people, now my army is blocked at the mouth of the gorge, on one side of the Wulong Ridge, on the side of the Qilong Gorge Mingsha River, the army can not cross, someone can plan to grab the pass from the Wulong Ridge, but there must be a martial arts soldier to act, if you let you take the villagers, and then give you more soldiers, the king also sent a large number of soldiers to cover the response, do you see if you can break this pass?" If you are sure, take the gorge pass and make a great contribution! “

"Lord Wang!" Bai Li said: "The subordinates don't think it's difficult, the subordinates only bring five hundred villagers and friends, and the prince sends troops to seize the Oolong Ridge, and the subordinates and others will definitely be able to break through the past if they attack at the mouth of the gorge in the Oolong Ridge, but they must cooperate with the back of the city, otherwise even if they are afraid in the past, it will be useless, and they will not be able to come back." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Since I sent you five hundred villagers to seize the pass, how can I not cooperate here, and go all out to seize this gorge pass together!" ”

Bai Li knelt on the ground when he heard this: "Lord Wang, my subordinates are willing to lead the troops to the ridge, fly over the Wulong Ridge, force the pass at the mouth of the gorge, and do not hesitate to die!" ”

Zhao Ta patted the table and shouted, "Okay", these five hundred villagers are actually equivalent to death squads, which is different from charging and attacking the city, there is a possibility of survival in the charge and siege, and there is half of the hope of victory, but this crossing the ridge into the Xiamen Pass, but there is a way to go and have no return.

Even if the upper and lower levels cooperate and the gorge gate is broken, it is difficult to guarantee how many people will be left, and it may not be good to say that all of them will die.

Zhao Ta: "I think 500 people are too few, you don't have to be stubborn, this king will pick you some who know how to punch and step in the army, get together more, and go over together." ”

Bai Li said: "Lord Wang, the more people the better, but not only must there be some martial arts, it is best to be mountainside people, from a young age to climb the mountain and jump the stream, climb the vines and attached, hands and feet are fast as a game, growing in the plains, not used to mountaineering, but not beautiful, when the time comes, it will become a burden, make some big movements, but alarm the summer thief, our lives are all over, it is better to stay under the mountain to attack the city!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Your reason is clear, it should be so, I hope this is a success, you go back to prepare immediately, I asked Li Yanxian to take you to transfer troops, all equipped with the best leather armor, the minimum two pairs of crossbows, everything is according to your choice, and you will set off for Xiakou Pass tomorrow!"

Bai Li said: "Don't worry, the prince can rest assured, his subordinates also saw the ridge at the pass of the gorge at that time, and the past is absolutely fine!" ”

Zhao Ta nodded, watched the two leave, sat in the lobby and thought for a moment, and then went back to the rear to rest.

At noon the next day, the military horses set off, and there were nearly 50,000 people.

Originally, there was not much loss, and some Western Xia soldiers were gathered and reduced, so there were so many people.

This is the case with wars, where the more people are defeated the more they are won, and the fewer people they are defeated the more they are defeated.

This has been the same since ancient times.

Fang La, Wang Qing is like this, when they win the battle, they gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in a short period of time like a snowball group, and when they lose the battle, they directly fall down and scatter, and after a few battles, people don't know where they went, in fact, they didn't die so much on the battlefield, they all fled.

The same is true for the Jurchens, when they first opposed Liao, the number of extremely extreme troops was only more than 20,000, but at this moment, there are more than 200,000, there are simply 300,000 or 400,000, and when the Liao State is completely destroyed, this number will increase significantly.

Because the Jurchens not only accepted the Bohai soldiers, Khitan soldiers, but also the Han soldiers, the Han soldiers of the Liao State had tens of thousands at their peak, and these can be taken into their arms, so it is conceivable how many military horses the Jurchens will have when they arrive, I am afraid that there will be more than 500,000!

Zhao Ta actually didn't count how much Western Xia had surrendered at the moment, after all, the small population of Western Xia itself was one thing, and on the other hand, he was stricter in accepting and had to be checked many times, and there was also that Western Xia had not been disabled at this time, once Western Xia was disabled, the number of troops would also rise.

Since ancient times, when any force has a fixed appearance, it is a gathering of wind and clouds, with many soldiers and generals, and it is not uncommon for millions of heroes to be divided.

Among these people he subordinated, in fact, not only the party members, but also the Fan and Han Chinese, and even some of the yellow-headed Uighurs.

The yellow-headed Uighurs were not the Uighurs of Xizhou, but were originally the forces of Longyou, but later Tong Guan opened the border and scattered the Uighur tribe alive, scattered everywhere, and some of them took refuge in the Western Xia and settled in the territory of the Western Xia.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the northwest is such a messy situation, there were several major protectors of the Tang Dynasty to reconcile the situation in the Western Regions, there is a great harmony in the world, the atmosphere of the unity of all ethnic groups, the Tang Dynasty has been extinguished for hundreds of years, and they live together, you have me, I have you, I have long been used to it, and I don't care so much about strangers.

In the blink of an eye, at noon the next day, the direct army hurried north.

The distance between Mingsha City and Xiakou Pass is not far, otherwise Richard Brother would not have arrived here soon after dawn with his troops at midnight.

Zhao Ta's army walked during the day, naturally faster than Brother Richard before, and before evening, he came to the Xiakou Pass again.

The 3,000 people who stayed behind before set up a small village, and when the army arrived, they re-set up camp, set up an arc-shaped camp on the high side of the side, and then buried the pot to make rice, and after eating and drinking, the night fell.

In the middle of the night, the Wulong Ridge is as calm as a promise, the miasma locks the deep mountains, the bright moon is like water, and everything is silent.

Zhao Ta's camp quietly divided into two military horses, one Li Yanxian carried, there were thousands of people, and the other Bai Li carried, there were five or six hundred appearances, in fact, there were only five hundred and eighty people, and the extra one was to select from the army to have a martial arts foundation, and they came to Wulongling together, intending to pass the gorge.

Just look at this night owl Bai Li's thin waist and arms, leggings and knee pads, wearing the best cavalry leather armor, double knives diagonally in his back, two crossbows on his waist, light steps, and sharp and neat.

He took these more than 500 people to separate from Li Yanxian at the corner of Wulongling, Li Yanxian attacked the Xia army guarding the ridge, he did not take the right road, led people to climb the vines along the cliff and cliff, and did not hear a sound, and after a while, he touched the ridge, and those soldiers were like geckos supporting the wall, fast as flying, and did not attract the attention of the thieves on the ridge at all.

And when he got to the top, he hibernated for a while, there was already a battle over there, and he heard the sound of killing, and the people led by Li Yanxian and the Western Xia army on the ridge fought together in an instant, and the Xia army on all four sides went to reinforce, revealing a gap for a while.

Bai Li led people to hurriedly take this opportunity to go to the east, the easternmost part of Wulong Ridge is actually connected with Xiakou Pass, and this side of Xiakou Pass is built according to this ridge.

But although it is connected, the terrain is very dangerous, and it is not at all that ordinary people can pass, because there are actually cracks and deep gullies at the junction, although it is not a cliff, but it is not much different.

But this crack is deep and deep, although it is impossible for ordinary people to pass, but for those who know martial arts, especially those who have practiced light body kung fu, they may pass through.

Just look at Bai Li and lead people, or borrow the power of trees, or borrow the power of bullets, or two set up one to swing leisurely in that direction, like a mountain monkey crossing a stream, and after a while, they all arrived at the mouth of the gorge.

The construction of this gorge pass is special, the terrain above is not that kind of ordinary city head, because it should be according to the ridge shape, it is similar to the sword pavilion in general, craggy and cascading, not like the general city head.

Bai Li took people over, and there was not much sound, but Zhan Zhuan was about to fall down, and he didn't know what mechanism was arranged below, and suddenly Ge Lingling's copper bell rang chaotically.

"It's not good, there is a Song army to rush the pass!" Immediately he shouted, and the lights were lit up and arrows began to fire.

And at this moment, the sound of killing suddenly spreads, and the army in front begins to attack the city!

(End of chapter)