The Shuangfeng Mountains stretch from the west of Panlong Pass in the north to the bank of the Hengjiang River in the south, completely separating Huaizhou in the south from Yanmoyang Road in the north.

If it were not blocked by the mountains and uninhabited primeval dense forests, it would have been difficult for the Southern Qi to hold Huaizhou for ten years by relying only on the Panlong Pass and the northern border to secure the defense line.

At that time, the army of the Jing Dynasty found several ancient roads naturally formed between the mountains, and nearly 10,000 elite light vehicles rushed out from the attack, and in less than two days, the troops came to the city of Guangling, almost breaking the city and cutting off the back road of the border Qi army.

Fortunately, the commander of the Guangling army at that time was calm and decisive, nearly 10,000 soldiers were brave and tenacious, and the gentry led by the Lu family in the city supported them to finally defend the city and lay the foundation for the later victory of the whole territory.

After this battle, no one will continue to ignore the ancient road between the mountains.

The Huaizhou Governor's Mansion and the Assassin's Mansion worked together to spend a lot of manpower and time to survey along the eastern foot of the mountain range, and finally determined that there were three ancient roads, from north to south, Wangmei Ancient Road, Pingjing Ancient Road and Qiling Ancient Road.

For the Guangling army, guarding Guangling City and ensuring the transfer of grain and grass throughout Huaizhou is naturally the top priority, but these three ancient roads should not be ignored, especially the Qiling Ancient Road, which is only more than 60 miles away from the Hengjiang River in the south.

There were 4,000 garrisons here, and Qi Tai was personally commanded by the Guangling army, and he also had to take care of the two ancient roads in the north.

"Recently, the spies of the pseudo-swallow have appeared more and more frequently."

On a relatively flat rock, a military general in his fifties with frost-dyed sideburns looked to the west, his eyes falling on the winding mountain path.

Standing next to him was a young general in his twenties, who was Xiao Hong, the second son of Xiao Wangzhi, the governor of Huaizhou.

He listened to the veteran's deep emotion, and said calmly: "It is unlikely that Pseudo Yan will storm the ancient road in the mountains, this is a very unreasonable choice. Neither Chen Xiaokuan, nor the Privy Council of Pseudo-Yan, nor Qing Yugong himself, would have given such an order. ”

The veteran said leisurely: "But these days, you have also seen that there are indeed traces of the Yan army on the west side of the ancient road, and there are also the same discoveries in Pingjing and Wangmei." From this point of view, the Pseudo-Yan and Jing Dynasty will eventually attack, otherwise why would they waste these troops and grain and grass? After all, our army did not have the strength to cross the ancient road to attack the west. ”

Xiao Hong muttered: "General, the last general has repeatedly considered, but still insists that the enemy army will not attack. ”

The veteran is Qi Tai, the commander of the Guangling army, he and Xiao Wangzhi are lifelong friendships, calm and old with soldiers, and his temperament is down-to-earth and can withstand loneliness, so he took over the heavy responsibility of commanding the Guangling army.

Qi Tai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter whether it is attacked or not, the key is that you and I both understand that the target of the pseudo-Yan this time is not only to secure the defense line in the north, but they also have a secret hand aimed at Guangling." You have also read the urgent report sent by the Guangling Yamen of the Warp Weaving Department yesterday, and the disciples and grandchildren of Wang Shidao of the Pseudo-Yan Inspectorate Hall are restless, obviously trying to conspire with the inside and outside to seize Guangling. ”

Xiao Hong did not hurriedly ask "where did the enemy come from", after Xiao Wangzhi's years of teaching, he gradually got used to thinking about the overall situation as much as possible.

He looked up at the peaks on both sides of the ancient road, frowned, and said, "Could it be that the Pseudo-Yan army can really pass through the mountains and forests?" ”

Qi Tai sat on the stone and said lightly: "It's difficult." ”

It's just hard, not impossible.

Xiao Hong said in a deep voice: "The puppet Yan army will definitely not be able to do this, unless Jing Chaoqing Yugong transfers the main force of the Xiashan Army under his command, after all, this army was born between the mountains and forests back then, and is used to climbing mountains and wading through waters. But even so, if he wants to cross this vast mountain, the elite he sent will at least lose most of them on the road, and Qing Yugong can bear such a loss? ”

"The Metropolitan Governor must have thought about this a long time ago, and he shouldn't believe that Qing Yugong would do this, but anything can happen in a war, so I sent you to me just in case, and asked you to bring a thousand elite guards."

Qi Tai said unhurriedly, and sighed again: "But if the enemy can really come over the mountain, there will be a shortage of troops in Huaizhou. ”

When Xiao Hong heard this, he reminded: "We should send a warning to the Wangmei and Pingjing defenders. ”

Qi Tai bowed his head and said: "After receiving an urgent report from the Warp Weaving Division yesterday, I sent people to the north to remind them. But...... The major general should understand that we are already heavily guarded day and night guarding the ancient road, but if the enemy crosses the mountains and appears behind our army, this is not a question of whether we are on guard or not. ”

Xiao Hong naturally understands this truth, but the strength of the Guangling army is limited, and Guangling City and the three ancient roads cannot be abandoned, so they can only passively wait for the appearance of the enemy - if their guess becomes a reality, and the elite of the enemy army really comes over the mountain, no one knows where the other party will appear, and which ancient road defenders will be targeted.

He stared at him and said slowly: "General, the last general understands. ”

Qi Tai turned his head to look at him and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Hong said: "My father asked me to quietly go south with a thousand guards to assist the general in guarding the ancient road, not to stifle the possibility of the enemy's attack, but to regain control of the ancient road and cut off their retreat after the enemy's surprise attack!" ”

A gentle smile appeared on Qi Tai's old face, and he raised his hand to the side and said, "Sit." ”

Xiao Hong sat down as he said.

Qi Tai said again: "I have a similar inference to you, so we can only do one thing at the moment. ”

Xiao Hong said respectfully: "Please give the general advice." ”

Qi Tai's expression was calm, and the waves in his eyes gradually rose: "Wait." ”

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More than 20 miles north of the Wangmei Ancient Road, in the dense forest at the eastern foot of the Shuangfeng Mountain Range, dozens of old soldiers in armor and knives struggled to open the way, and behind them was a continuous team.

In the crowd, Qin Chun, the deputy head of the soldiers and horses of Dongyang Road in Beiyan, described him as embarrassed, but his eyes were glowing like a wolf.

After the outbreak of the war in the north of Huaizhou, he appeared on the frontline battlefield, and later his banner was still left in a large camp somewhere, but he quietly retreated.

Half of the elite of the Jing Dynasty under Qin Chun stayed on the battlefield of Lai'an, handed over to the deputy general, and continued to participate in the fight under the command of Zhang Junsi, the general of Dongyang Road.

He led the other half of the old soldiers to quietly withdraw from the battlefield, sneaking all the way to Anping County on Moyang Road, which was the west of the Twin Peaks Mountain Range, where they were located opposite each other at this moment, and then led 3,000 of them into the vast mountains.

Most of these 3,000 veterans had been trained in the Xiashan Army under Marshal Qing Yugong, and they were all Jinglian people who were good at crossing mountains and mountains, so they were able to carry out this extremely difficult task.

Wang Shidao prepared nearly a thousand strong veterans in advance, these people did not participate in the battle, and were only responsible for carrying additional military rations for the Jing Dynasty soldiers.

In addition, there are nearly 100 agents of the Prosecutor's Department in the team, who are the guides of this trip.

For several years, the Prosecutor's Office has been trying to find its way through the Twin Peaks Mountains, for what is now the Battle of Huaizhou.

Qin Chun glanced up at the sky, then looked at the detective in the Prosecutor's Hall who had been following him, and asked, "How far is it?" ”

The spy had been observing the situation along the road, and he was already prepared in his heart, so he hurriedly replied: "General, there are still about twenty miles to get out of the mountain, and then twenty miles to the south should be able to reach the exit of the Wangmei Ancient Road, where there are about 2,000 Southern Qi defenders. ”

Qin Chun pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice to the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, go ten miles further and rest in place, sleep until noon tomorrow and then continue to hurry." ”

"Obey!" The pro-soldiers responded solemnly.

After eleven days of arduous trekking, Qin Chun felt that his body was already very tired, and presumably the same was true of those soldiers.

Even though Qing Yugong and Wang Shidao had made very adequate preparations, the difficulties and dangers along the way still exceeded everyone's expectations, and more than 300 people were lost along the way.

Thinking of those subordinates who died unexpectedly, Qin Chun's heart was dripping blood, but he also knew that this was the price he had to pay.

As long as you can capture the Wangmei Ancient Road, lead the main force through the mountains, and take Guangling with a thunderous blow, this is enough to determine the outcome of the battle of Huaizhou.

Until he fell asleep, Qin Chun's mind was still thinking about the fierce ambition of occupying Guangling and then taking Huaizhou.

At noon the next day, Jing Chaorui, who had slept for seven or eight hours, recovered a lot of energy.

Before walking out of this seemingly endless mountain, Qin Chun climbed to the top and said an extremely straightforward and fiery word to everyone.

"I know that you are all on fire in your hearts, and so am I, so now I will take you to appear in front of the eyes of the enemy, kill them all, and then take the Wangmei Ancient Road, so that our comrades can come over and no longer have to be blocked on the other side of the mountain."

"Next, I will take you to Guangling, you should all have heard of this rich city. After the capture of the city, the sword will not be sealed for three days, women and silver are everything, you can take as much as you want, I will never say a word. ”

"If this battle is successful, the generalissimo will give everyone credit, and at that time, you will no longer be ordinary soldiers, but great heroes of the Jinglian clan! Everybody will look up to you! The wives and children of the family will also be superior to you because of you! ”

"Now tell me, do you dare to fight the enemy to the end?"

He was answered by a myriad of low, manic voices.

"Kill!"

Qin Chun roared angrily, raised his arm and pointed straight to the east: "March!" ”

In the twelfth year of the founding of the Southern Qi Dynasty, May 22, in the evening.

The 3,000 Jing Dynasty veterans crossed the mountains and mountains, appeared near the Wangmei Ancient Road, and after nearly an hour of fierce fighting, they defeated the defenders of Guangling and successfully opened up this deadly passage.

The main force of the Jing army, which had been waiting for many days, began to cross the Wangmei Ancient Road, and after entering the territory of Guangling Mansion, the troops were divided into two routes, one to the south to contain the main force of the Guangling army, and the other to the east.

Pointing directly to Guangling City.