Xiao Hong led the army into the lofty mountains near Yanmen Pass, and could already see the majestic city wall of Yanmen Pass. Xiao Hong ordered the army to set up camp on a terrain backed by a high mountain, and then Xiao Hong was ready to lead dozens of his own soldiers to approach Yanmen Pass to investigate the enemy's situation. The general Xiao Zhanle dissuaded: "General, the Yanyun Army is extraordinary, I am afraid that I will encounter danger when I approach the reconnaissance so closely, and I ask the general to think twice!" Xiao Hong said proudly: "You are afraid of Yan Yunjun, but I, Xiao Hong, don't take them seriously!" If you stay in the camp, I'll come when I go! The words were full of heroism, and he had the courage of Guan Yu to explore the camp alone. After speaking, he didn't listen to Xiao Zhanle's dissuasion, and led dozens of personal soldiers to gallop out of the barracks.

Xiao Zhan frowned, he was really relieved, and immediately called a cavalry commander and ordered him to lead his war horses to follow.

Xiao Hong led dozens of personal soldiers to a small hill only five or six miles away from Yanmen Pass, looking at the Yanmen Pass in front, only to see that Yanmen Pass was lying between two steep mountains, the sky was grounded, the momentum was magnificent, as if even the birds were difficult to fly over. Xiao Hong couldn't help but sigh: "It's so dangerous, it's really a husband and a wife!" "I couldn't help but feel embarrassed in my heart, I felt that it would not be easy to break through such a strong pass, but after thinking about it: 'Presumably, Yan Yunjun was so frightened that he fled when he saw such a momentum of our army, and there was no need to attack at all! Well, I will approach Yanmen Pass with my army early tomorrow morning, so that Yan Yunjun can have a good look at the military prestige of my Great Liao Army! ’

Xiao Hong began to observe the situation of the defenders at the gate of Yanmen, but the distance of five or six miles away, the weather was not too good, and the fog was hazy, so he couldn't see clearly at all. Xiao Hong didn't care too much, he felt that Yan Yunjun guarding Yanmen Pass was just like that, and he didn't have to take it too seriously.

After watching for a while, Xiao Hong was ready to return to the camp. At this moment, only the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the northeast corner of the hill, and the first thought that flashed through Xiao Hong's mind was: 'Who is coming?' 'My eyes followed the prestige, and I saw a team of war horses at the foot of the mountain galloping at a very fast speed, and the horses were like dragons and tigers, and they were murderous. Xiao Hong was taken by the momentum of the cavalry, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then saw the other party's outfit clearly, it was clearly Yan Yunjun, and he couldn't help but be surprised!

At the moment when Xiao Hong was stunned, the team of Yanyun war horses had already roared and rushed up the hill. The soldiers saw that the Yanyun army was coming fiercely, and hurriedly met the battle, and in a blink of an eye, the two sides collided together and fought, knives and guns came and went, the roar was like thunder, and the cold light was reflected in the blood flying in the sky, this team of Yanyun war horses was unexpectedly strong, only in the blink of an eye, Xiao Hong's personal soldiers were killed and injured more than half, Xiao Hong was so frightened that he quickly turned his horse's head and galloped down from the northwest corner, and the remaining personal soldiers guarded Xiao Hong who was running wildly, and Yanyun war cavalry roared and chased after him.

The two sides chased and ran down from the hill, shouting and scolding and the sound of weapons crashing from time to time, and there were constantly pro-soldiers who were cut down and dismounted by the fierce Yanyun war horse, and the terrible screams echoed between the mountains from time to time, Xiao Hong's situation was very dangerous, and his heart was full of fear.

Seeing that Xiao Hong and the others couldn't run away, suddenly there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves from the north. Xiao Hong, who was already a frightened bird, was startled, and quickly looked up, only to see nearly a thousand of his own war horses rushing towards him! Xiao Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then desperately waved his horsewhip and ran towards them.

Seeing this scene, the Yanyun war horsemen who were pursuing immediately stopped the pursuit, turned their horses' heads and roared away. The Khitan army cavalry caught the frightened Xiao Hong, and did not chase after Yanyun cavalry, so they escorted Xiao Hong and the others back to the camp. Xiao Hong returned to the big tent, frightened, unable to speak for a long time, one palm trembling uncontrollably. The generals stood below, silent, and did not know what to say.

After a long while, Xiao Hong basically calmed down, looked up at the generals, squeezed out a smile, and said: "That's all it takes for Yanyun War Cavalry, such a good opportunity actually didn't have to win me!" All the generals looked at each other, and they all secretly said in their hearts: Yanyun Zhanqi almost killed you, if it weren't for General Xiao Zhanle sending a team of 1,000 people to follow behind, I am afraid that your head would have been sent into Yanmen Gate!

In order to break the embarrassing atmosphere in front of him, Xiao Hong asked Zhan Le in a mocking tone: "This Yanyun army is really ridiculous, actually using the most elite cavalry as a sentry horse?" ”

Xiao Zhanle snorted and said, "This, the general may have misunderstood." The enemy cavalry that the Great General encountered today was not their most elite cavalry, but indeed only their patrol rangers! ”

Xiao Hong was shocked: 'Such a fierce war horse is just a patrol ranger? Then how terrible are their main cavalry and even the legendary Xuanjia war horse?! As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel panic in his heart, and a chill rose on his back, the previous contempt for Yan Yunjun had long been gone, and in his heart, Yan Yunjun seemed to have become a group of terrifying monsters. Xiao Hong originally remembered that the army was attacking Yanmen Pass, and this idea had been shaken at the moment, but in the end he still convinced himself: Yan Yunjun is no matter how powerful it is, the strength must be insufficient, tomorrow I will try to tackle the key problems, if it is good to fight, it will be fought, if it is not good to fight, then according to the explanation of King Gao, the troops will be pressed against Yanmen Pass in dangerous places.

Then I thought: 'Yanmen Pass is dangerous, and a frontal attack is not a good strategy, this Yanmen Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, is there no path that can bypass Yanmen Pass?' As soon as I thought of this, my heart lit up, and I felt that I had found a wonderful plan to seize Yanmen Pass, and I couldn't help but get excited, and immediately said to Xiao Zhanle: "General Xiao Zhanle, you immediately send rangers to the surrounding area to catch some people, I can be useful!" The generals only felt inexplicable, and Xiao Zhanle asked puzzledly: "General, I don't know what to do to arrest the common people?" "I couldn't help but think: 'General Zuo doesn't mean to capture some young and beautiful people for his amusement, right?' How can such a thing be done at this time? ’

Xiao Hong naturally didn't know what his subordinates were thinking, and proudly said the clever plan he had just come up with. The generals only felt that their eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but look impressed at this general Zuo, who had never really been on the battlefield. Xiao Hong, the official worship of General Zuo, is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and was named the General Zuo of the Great Liao State during the Taizong period, and his status is second only to several princes and generalissimos, and his status is higher than that of other generals like Xiao Lou and Dalazi. However, he did not rely on his military exploits to gain the title of General Zuo, and it was entirely because of his father that he got the title of General Zuo. For a long time, the generals of the Khitan Army, the princes and even the ordinary officers and soldiers didn't think very highly of him, and they didn't understand why Xiao Hong was sent out as the deputy of the king of the Southern Courtyard this time, and they didn't understand why the king of the Southern Courtyard would make him take charge alone, but after listening to Xiao Hong's clever plan, the general couldn't help but change his perception, and felt that this general Zuo still seemed to be somewhat capable! As soon as he thought of this, the demeanor of the generals became a little more flattering!

Xiao Hong said to Xiao Zhanle: "General Xiao Zhanle, you immediately send some rangers to arrest the people nearby!" Xiao Zhanle understood that Xiao Hong wanted to learn about the remote path from the nearby people, and suggested: "General, not all the people around can know the remote path, and those who know those remote paths are either hunters or medicine farmers, we just need to arrest these people!" ”

Xiao Hong nodded, "You can do it." Go and get back quickly, I hope to take action tonight. ”

Xiao Zhanle replied and ran down. Immediately, Xiao Zhanle's personal commander and light cavalry left the barracks and took many hunters and medicine farmers to the surrounding villages and towns, including white-haired and trembling old men, as well as twelve or thirteen-year-old children who had not yet shed their childishness, all of them trembling and panicking, looking at their outfits were either Han or Khitan.

Xiao Hong glanced at them and raised his voice: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, on the contrary, if you can answer my question, I will be rewarded!" As he spoke, he gestured to a few sergeants beside him who were holding a plate of silver ingots. After listening to Xiao Hong's words and seeing the lot of gold and silver, the original fear couldn't help but fade by half. A muscular Orion asked in a loud voice; "What does the General want to ask us?"

Xiao Hong raised his voice and said: "You are all hunters and medicine farmers near the mountains of Yanmen, you must know those hidden paths on the mountains, right?" Everyone nodded, and the Orion just now raised his voice and said: "Although we dare not say that we know all the paths in the mountains of Yanmen, we basically know it!" The other hunters and medicine farmers nodded in agreement.

Xiao Hong smiled and nodded, "Very good!" Glancing at everyone, "Can any of you tell me the path around Yanmen Pass, I will not only release him, but also reward him with the gold and silver!" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, but they didn't think about whether they should tell Xiao Hong the way to bypass Yanmen Pass, but they just racked their brains to think about which mountain road could bypass Yanmen Pass, but almost all of them looked distressed, it seemed that they didn't know the remote path to bypass Yanmen Pass. One of the hunters shook his head and said, "I've never heard of such a path!" A medicine farmer continued: "I have been begging for more than 20 years in the mountains of Yanmen, but I have never heard of any path to bypass Yanmen Pass!" It's impossible! Many Orion medicine farmers chimed in.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Hong was greatly disappointed, and said angrily: "If you can't tell such a path, everyone won't want to leave alive!" When all the Orion Medicine Farmers heard this, they were all startled, and they knelt down one after another, begging Xiao Hong for mercy. Xiao Hong said sharply: "If you want to live, say what I want to know!" I'll only give you one day and one night, and at this time tomorrow, if you can't give me the answer I want, hum! The Orion Medicine Farmers were shocked.

Xiao Hong said to Xiao Zhanle: "You watch them for me, and I will go back to the big tent to rest and rest." Xiao Zhanle responded. Xiao Hong turned around and went back to the big tent. When I came to the map, I looked at the map and frowned, and said to myself, 'What if there is no such path?' He frowned, 'No, there must be such a way!' Hmph, those people are playing tricks with me, I won't be fooled, if they just won't say anything, I'll kill some of them and scare them! I don't believe I can't pry their mouths open! ’

Just then, footsteps came from the door. Xiao Hong turned around, only to see Xiao Zhanle leading a white-haired, trembling old hunter in. Xiao Zhanle saluted and said, "General, this old hunter said that he knew that there was such an extremely secret path to bypass Yanmen Pass. ”

Xiao Hong's eyes lit up, and he said to the old man: "I will be rewarded for saying this path!" The old hunter hurriedly thanked him, and then asked cautiously: "General, if the grass people say this path, will the general let everyone go?" Xiao Hong laughed, "Don't worry, as long as you tell this path, I will let you all go!" ”

The old hunter said: "As far as I know, there is an extremely steep remote path that can bypass the Yanmen Pass!" Xiao Hong hurriedly brought the old hunter to the sand table, pointed to the sand table and said, "You show me the way!" The old hunter looked at the sand table and saw a place called Black Dragon Pond, so he pointed to Black Dragon Pond and said, "There is a small road to the south of Black Dragon Pond," Xiao Hong frowned, "I have been to see Black Dragon Pond there, and there are heavy cliffs and mountains in the south, where is there a road?" The old hunter hurriedly said: "Presumably, the army did not go deeper, but only turned back when they saw the steep mountain from a distance?" Xiao Hong nodded. Old Orion said: "There is a mountain road dug by predecessors on the edge of the cliff to the south, and between the cliffs, it is only about three feet wide, and it can only be passed by one rider. The general only needs to bypass the Black Dragon Pond and reach the bottom of the cliff in the south, and then he can see the remote path! ”

Xiao Hong was very excited and asked, "Where does the end of the path lead?" ”

Old Orion pointed to the back of the Yanmen Pass, "That path can be led all the way to the back of the Yanmen Pass!" Xiao Hong was very happy, glanced at the old man, and said sternly: "If you lie, I will kill your whole family!" The old hunter was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The grass people don't dare!" The grass people would never dare! Even if the grass people have great courage, they will never dare to deceive the general! ”

Xiao Hong called a pro-soldier and ordered the pro-soldier to take the old man down. Immediately, Xiao Hong whispered to Zhan Le. Xiao Zhanle was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "General, why is this?" In this way, I am afraid that no one will help us in the future! Xiao Hong said: "Let's just say that they boldly attacked our military camp, so they were all killed, how can others know the truth?" I'm doing this to make sure there are no surprises in our plans! After these people are released, who can guarantee that they will not report to Yan Yunfeng? So it's better to die! ”

Xiao Zhanle was greatly impressed, and saluted: "The last will deal with this!" Then he hurried out of the big tent. The hunters and medicine farmers waited for the Khitans to release them, and the old hunters looked at the plates of gold and silver from time to time, and thought about how to use the gold and silver to live a happy life.

Seeing the general named Xiao Zhanle coming over, the old hunter asked impatiently: "General, I don't know, I don't know ...... the reward of the grass people?" ”

Xiao Zhanle smiled coldly, "The reward will be given to you now!" The old man didn't hear Xiao Zhanle's words at all, and bowed to him with a thousand thanks. With a wave of his right hand, hundreds of crossbowmen immediately stepped forward and aimed their bows and arrows at all the hunters and medicine farmers. When the Orion Medicine Farmers suddenly saw such a scene, they didn't understand what was going on, and they were stunned on the spot. Hundreds of crossbowmen released arrows together, and in an instant, the arrows rained down, and the Orion medicine farmers fell down with arrows one after another, and the screams became loud, until this time, the Orion medicine farmers knew that the catastrophe was coming, and they ran around like headless flies in a panic, but where they could escape, they were all shot down in a pool of blood by the arrows, and those who were lucky enough to escape the bow and arrow shooting were also cut down by the Khitan soldiers who were guarding the side.

In just a few moments, hundreds of hunters and medicine farmers were slaughtered like cattle, and the bloody corpses were shocking. Xiao Hong stood outside the big tent, looking at the terrible scene of blurred flesh and blood not far away, his eyes actually showed an excited look, Xiao Zhanle ran to Xiao Hong, saluted, and said, "It's all settled!" Xiao Hong nodded and ordered: "You, immediately send a large number of light cavalry to kill Yan Yun's sentry cavalry, I don't want my plan to be ruined by those sentry horses!" ”

Xiao Zhanle replied and immediately went down to do something. Soon after, more than 10,000 Khitan light cavalry left the camp and divided into ten teams to kill Yan Yun's sentinels. Seeing that the enemy army was menacing, Yanyun Sentinel Cavalry naturally did not go to the egg to touch the stone with a hot head, and rushed back to Yanmen Pass one after another.

Yelu Hanyu and others received a report from the sentry cavalry and learned about the large-scale attack of the Khitan army's war cavalry. Yang Jiumei said: "The Khitan army must be preparing for a large-scale attack, so it will drive our sentry horse!" Yang Erya nodded, "I think that's the case too!" Looking up at Han Bing and Yelu Hanyu, she wanted to hear their opinions, in her heart, these two sisters are both female middle school Zhuge , and their knowledge is always right!

Yelu Hanyu smiled and asked Han Bing, "What do you think, Han Bing?" ”

Han Bing glanced at Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya, and said, "What Sister Yang and Erya said is that the enemy must be preparing to attack Yanmen Pass in a big way, and there is no other possibility!" Looking at Yelu Hanyu, "We must be careful, although this Yanmen Pass is a Xiongguan Pass, which is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but we can't be careless!" Yelu Hanyu nodded, "What Han Bing said is extremely true! Han Bing smiled and clenched his fists and said, "Then ask Sister Yelu to assign a task!" ”

Yelu Hanyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's not possible, Han Bing is the head coach of Yanmen appointed by the eldest brother, I can't overstep my responsibilities!" The three girls all smiled, and Han Bing said: "Since this is the case, then the little sister is welcome!" Then he summoned the Feifeng female guard and ordered her to immediately beat the drum and gather the generals. The rumbling drums rang out, and the generals hurried towards the tent.

Night has fallen, the Yanmen Gate is turned off and the lights are bright, Yanyun soldiers stand on the city wall and wait, the armor and blades reflect the light of the torches, shining, and it looks brilliant from a distance. The two brothers, Meng Hu and Jiao Ting, stood on the city wall and looked out of the city, and there were many dark shadows outside the city, and there was silence. Mu Chun said: "Big brother, isn't the chief manager too cautious, this Yanmen Guanxiong is dangerous, and the Khitan people will hit their heads here unless they are impatient!" Jiao Ting glared and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" The chief manager has been in battle for a long time and has extraordinary resourcefulness, since she judged that the enemy army is about to attack the enemy in a big way, she must not be wrong! We can't afford to be negligent and slack, and if we make any mistakes, it is not a pity for you and my brothers to die, but I am afraid that thousands of brothers will die! Meng Hu nodded, "I know, but I just have some doubts in my heart." ”

Jiao Ting patted Meng Hu on the shoulder, "Our brothers, there is nothing about strategy, but on loyalty and bravery, it is not for people to be left behind." We don't have to think too much, let alone be self-righteous, just follow the orders of King Yan and the chief managers! That's all you have to say! Meng Hu nodded.

Jiao Ting turned his head to look at the shadow mountains outside the pass, and when he saw that there was silence, he said to Meng Hu: "You watch carefully, I'll go to the toilet." Mu Chun said: "Big brother, go ahead, I'll watch it!" Jiao Ting turned around and went down the city wall. Meng Hu stared at Guan Wai with wide eyes.

At this moment, Xiao Hong ordered Xiao Zhanle to lead the army to feint to attack Yanmen Pass, and he himself took Xiao Hu, Zhou Fang, and two cronies to lead 30,000 cavalry to quietly leave the camp and run towards Black Dragon Pond. Today is God's help, the bright moon is in the sky, and you can see clearly in the wilderness without lighting torches.

Xiao Hong led 30,000 elites all the way to a small lake, this small lake is the so-called Black Dragon Pond, which is located at the foot of the Yanmen Mountains, and on the south side is the Yanmen Mountains with mountains and cliffs. Xiao Hu said to Xiao Hong: "General, this is the Black Dragon Pond, where is the road?" At this moment, there was an earth-shattering shouting and killing sound from the Yanmen Gate in the distance, although it was far away, it was still thrilling.

Xiao Hong glanced in the direction where the voice came from, but he couldn't see it at all through many major mountains. Xiao Hong smiled and said, "Xiao Zhanle has started to tackle key problems. Now that Yan Yunjun's attention must be all on the Yanmen Gate, our actions will inevitably be smoother. Then he said to Xiao Hu: "You, immediately send scouts to find a way to the foot of the mountain south of Black Dragon Pond!" Xiao Hu answered, ran down, raised his voice to order, and dozens of scouts immediately left the brigade, ran around the Black Dragon Pond to the foot of the mountain in the south, and searched for it. Xiao Hong looked at the scouts who were searching around, his brows furrowed slightly, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, he was a little worried about whether the old hunter had lied to him, thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have killed him so early, he should have been left to lead the way.

Just as he was thinking so much, the sound of horses' hooves came from ahead. Xiao Hong retracted his thoughts and looked up, only to see a scout rushing towards him. The scout ran to Xiao Hong and said excitedly: "General, you have found your way!" Xiao Hong was overjoyed: "Great! Immediately, he led an army of 30,000 people around the Black Dragon Pond and came to the foot of the mountain with steep rocks and bushes. Xiao Hong was guided by a few scouts to find the extremely secluded mountain road, and at the entrance of the mountain road stood a huge rock that had tumbled down from the mountain, and was covered by bushes, so it was difficult to see even if he walked closer.

After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.