There was a bang, and more and more people in the camp gathered around the storyteller.

But it was said that the saint and Concubine Wu Hui had a son and was named King Shou. Princess Shou's name is Yang Yuhuan, beautiful and graceful. After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, none of the thousands of beauties in the harem could make the saint move, he was only moved by this daughter-in-law, so he disregarded etiquette and snatched her into the palace......"

"Wow."

The soldiers exclaimed.

If it weren't for what I heard today, they really wouldn't know about these secrets in the palace.

It was also the first time for Mr. Storyteller to have such an audience, and he was so excited that he was shocked, and continued: "Since the saint had Yang Guifei, he has become more and more arrogant and extravagant, and there are seven hundred people in the palace who tailor clothes for Yang Guifei; In order to let her eat lychees, she opened up a tribute road from Chang'an to Lingnan for thousands of miles; In order to repair the baths of the Qing Palace, the king of the Ming Dynasty carved the fish dragon goose and the stone lotus flower with white jade stone in Fanyang. In order to appease Yang Guifei, the officials bothered to welcome her, and the style of luxury became more and more popular......"

There were several groups of people gathered in the camp, all telling such stories, which stimulated the soldiers to become more and more excited, and also to despise the high saint Tiantian.

It turns out that saints also have seven emotions and six desires like mortals, and robbing their daughters-in-law is not as good as mortals.

Cai Xide strode off the school grounds, quite satisfied with the warm atmosphere.

Since he raised troops to rebel, he first had to make the soldiers have no reverence for the imperial court, and it seems that he has made a good start.

He is the main general of the rebel army on the Hedong Road, on the same level as Shi Siming, An Shouzhong, and Li Guiren, and belongs to the generals under An Lushan, and his rank and power are higher than those of Cui Qianyou and Tian Chenghe.

If Shi Siming is like a snake, An Shouzhong is like a wild boar, Li Guiren is like a bear, and Cai Xide is like an ape, first of all, he looks alike, he has long hands and feet and strong muscles, and he also knows how to use strategy to attack.

Taiyuan City was originally a strategic goal that should have been completed at the beginning of the rebellion, but because An Lushan was defeated at Shiling Pass last time, the rebels were afraid of Taiyuan, so they decided that Tian Chenghei would attack the eastern capital Luoyang first, and after the offensive on Luoyang was launched, Cai Xide attacked Taiyuan again.

Cai Xide hoped to outwit him more than to attack, he first invited Wang to get Xinzhou under the pretense of clarifying the misunderstanding, hoping to detain the other party, but Wang Rare did not fall into the scheme.

So, he offered Khitan captives to Taiyuan, hoping to deceive Wang Chengye.

Last time, An Lushan passed through Taiyuan in the name of being called to Beijing, but he was unsuccessful, and this time the generals in the army had no confidence in this plan. However, Cai Xide tried his best to disagree with the public, believing that Wang Chengye was completely different from Wang Zhonghe, who went to Hedong against the holy will to resolutely resist, while Wang Chengye came to stabilize the situation by order.

At this time, when I arrived at the big tent, someone immediately said in an excited tone: "General, it's done!" ”

"How?"

"Wang Chengye has been tricked!"

Sure enough, Wang Chengye saw the Khitan captives, believing that Cai Xide's capture of Yanmen Pass was for state affairs, and sent someone to invite Cai Xide to Shiling Pass for a meeting.

This is the embodiment of Cai Xide's wisdom, so he is compared to an ape among the rebel generals.

He immediately made arrangements, planning to wait until Wang Chengye came out of Shiling Pass, then tied him up and ordered the Taiyuan defenders to open the city.

The next day, he ordered more than 20 brave men and wanted to go out of the camp in person. Geng Renzhi, the judge under his command, stopped him, bowed with a long bow, and said, "The general must not take risks." ”

"Hahaha." Cai Xide laughed and said: "Wang Chengye doesn't know that we have rebelled, how dare he mess around?" Aren't you afraid of forcing the prince against him? Watch me lead him forward and take him down. ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, after all, the king is rare." Geng Renzhi said: "Why don't you send a fierce warrior to represent the general?" In case there is fraud. ”

Cai Xide listened to it and thought it was reasonable, so he recruited a personal soldier and asked him to put on his own armor to capture the king.

He himself had just changed into a scribe's robe, and he boarded the lookout car to look into the distance, looking like a strategist.

In the distance, seeing more than 20 horsemen on each side running closer and closer, Cai Xide laughed again and said, "As I expected." ”

The next moment, he saw that the Taiyuan army suddenly attacked, killing his horseman, and the warrior wearing his armor was also hit by two arrows, and fell off his horse with the golden bright light armor.

"Eat dog intestines! How dare he?! ”

Cai Xide's eyes widened, he beat his chest hard, and said, "He dared to make the first move, not afraid of forcing us back?" ”

Geng Renzhi stroked his long beard and said: "It seems that Taiyuan has received news that the prefect has raised troops." ”

"How do I know, I've blocked the news."

"yes." Geng Renzhi turned his head to look to the east and said, "In this way, the news can only be transmitted from Hebei to Taiyuan." ”

"Tian Chengsi failed to block the news? Mistake me for a big deal! ”

Cai Xide was furious and couldn't outwit him, so he had to attack. As soon as he gave an order, the rebels approached Taiyuan City in a mighty manner, and it was a scene of "black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it, and the light of the armor opened to the sun".

Counting the time, Tian Chengsi must have been attacking Luoyang City.

The eastern and northern capitals of the Tang Dynasty were pressed by the army at the same time, and the rebels no longer concealed their rebellious hearts and wanted to overthrow the Tang Dynasty.

In such an offensive in full swing, Geng Renzhi was a little worried.

"General, Dayuan is bordered by the Han Mountain in the east and the Fen River in the west, and the terrain in the north and south is undulating, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wang Chengye knew that we had reversed, and there were more fierce generals such as Li Guangbi and Wang Rare under his command, and it was difficult to get them quickly. ”

Cai Xide said: "Wang Chengye is a mediocre person, he is definitely not my opponent, I am afraid that when Tian Chengji takes Luoyang first, I still can't advance an inch." ”

"In the northern capital of Taiyuan, there is plenty of grain and grass, and if it holds each other for a long time, it will be unfavorable to our army." Geng Renzhi said: "Why don't the generals open up the well first, so that the grain and grass can be transported?" ”

"Okay."

Cai Xide looked at the map, swiped his fingers, and planned to send an elite army to open up Jingcheng according to Geng Renzhi's words, and then detour through Fengyue Pass, and kill to the south of Taiyuan by surprise, and attack back and forth.

He is not Li Guiren's brave and unscrupulous bear, he has his own strategy.

~~

Jingcheng, Tumen Guan.

The soldier on the tower of the city carefully held a clairvoyant mirror, turned his gaze to the west, and suddenly saw dust and smoke rising above the mountain.

"Reinforcements are coming!"

He immediately shouted in surprise.

Li Sheng, who was killing the enemy at the head of the city, was overjoyed, strode over, grabbed the clairvoyant mirror and looked, and sure enough, he saw a big banner from far and near, which was the banner of the Yunzhong Army.

It seems that Wang rarely persuaded Li Guangbi and Wang Chengye to send troops, not only to hold Tumen Pass, but also to support Changshan County, and then cut off the rebel route, which can reverse the situation in Hebei.

"The enemy is coming!"

At this time, the rebel offensive in the east was fierce again, Li Sheng didn't care to look at it anymore, handed back the clairvoyant mirror, took the bow and ran to the battlements, and did not forget to explain.

"Prepare to open the gates for reinforcements to come in."

With a whoosh, he had fired an arrow at a rebel captain who was shouting under the city.

But now that the rebels were on guard against the hidden arrows on the city, the rebel captain only glanced at it, and had already retracted behind his shield.

"Siege!"

The battle situation was urgent, Jiang Hai squatted under the battlements and lit a bag of explosives, threw his arms under the city, and threw them on a huge shield.

"Boom!"

With this sound, the rebel offensive slowed down.

When he was free, Jiang Hai hurriedly ran to the west city wall, looked down, and beckoned to Li Sheng and shouted, "Which one is General Wang Yuan?" ”

are all from Longyou, which king who doesn't worship the prince of Tubo is rare?

Li Sheng straightened up the defense line at the head of the city, and then hurried to Jiang Hai's side, raised his hand and pointed, and said, "The silver ...... General Wang wears"

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly froze, his brows furrowed, and then he shouted violently: "Close the city gate!" ”

He had already discovered that it was not Wang Rare who came, but Cai Xide's people.

At this time, the city gate had just been opened, and the soldiers guarding the gate heard the order and hurriedly pushed the door, and at the same time, the earth-shattering shouts of killing also sounded from the city.

"Kill!"

"Kill the earth gate, there will be a reward!"

“……”

In the city tower, Li Tengkong heard the movement, got up and walked around the corridor, and looked out of the arrow window, his eyes immediately darkened.

She knew that it was the rebels who had killed Tumen Pass first.

In her mind, Xue Bai gave her the opportunity to evacuate first for her safety, but as a result, not only did his intention of letting Hedong soldiers and horses support Changshan County was not achieved, but even the rebels came first.

As a result, she felt more and more guilty and painful in her heart.

"Vacate?"

Li Jilan hurried over and grabbed Li Tengkong's arm.

Her face was also very pale, not only because she was frightened by the movement outside, but also because she had been worried about Xue Bai all along.

"Knock knock!" The war drums of the rebels grew faster.

The rebels in the east also heard the movement of the siege in the west, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they began to cooperate with the attack from both sides.

The topography of Tumen Pass was suddenly lost, like a small boat swaying in a raging storm.

Li Jilan was frightened, tears rolled in her eyes, and she regretted that she didn't listen to Xue Bai's words and went south with Yan Yan.

Each shout deepened her fear, and she pulled Li into the air and begged, "Don't look at it, shall we go back to the house?" ”

Li Tengkong didn't move, he stood stunned, muttering something softly.

Li Jilan got closer, only to hear her say, "The disciple is willing to exchange Yangshou for him to return safely" Yunyun.

As far as they are concerned, only when they see Xue Bai can their restless hearts fall back.

~~

The rebel generals who attacked Tumen Pass in the east were Li Qincuo and Gao Miao.

These two are the adopted sons of An Lushan, and they stood out from the Eight Thousand Falling Rivers because of their military exploits, and they were in charge, which shows their bravery.

It stands to reason that when Tian Chengsi went south, Changshan County surrendered, and Tumen Pass, which belonged to Changshan County, should also surrender with the county officials, but Tian Chengsi went wrong when he pursued Xue Bai and let Xue Bai occupy Tumen Pass. In this regard, Gao Miao was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he was from a humble background and was not used to offending others, so he spoke kindly to Tian Chenghei, and as a result, he took over the important task of attacking Tumen Pass.

The siege of the city was not going well, and they suddenly heard the movement from the side of the city, they sent agile men to climb the high mountain to watch the battle, and learned that it was Cai Xide's men and horses who were attacking the city, and immediately regrouped and continued to attack.

"In another day or two, the earth gate will be closed."

The fierce battle lasted until nightfall, and Li Qincao ordered Mingjin, but he already had confidence.

"yes." Gao Miao said: "I think the morale of the Tang army is about to be unbearable. ”

"You and I drink the whole glass of wine at night." Li Qin said: "After attacking the city for many days, you should also reward yourself." ”

Gao Miao felt that it was not good to drink during the war, but he also knew that Li Qin's character of making up wine was very rare, and it was rare to be able to endure so many days.

These people raised troops to rebel, and even the monarchs and ministers were often unwilling to abide by them, and they didn't care about military regulations.

So there was far more than a whole cup in the night, and the two drank a total of three jars in the big tent, which was not drunk, but they woke up a little faint the next day, but they did not delay military affairs.

Amid the sound of war drums, Li Qincao was high-spirited, drew his sword and shouted, saying that he would fight hard today, and he would reward his soldiers heavily.

Gao Miao couldn't help but think that it was time for the baggage to come.

Before noon, the rebels once killed the city, which shows that the city sergeants are low, and the city is just around the corner.

At the same time, there is good news, the baggage has also arrived on time.

Gao Miao did not trust An Lushan's newly appointed Changshan Taishou Yuan Luqian, and this distrust was entirely because of Xue Bai's matter.

I believe that if Xue Bai hadn't escaped, even if Yuan Luqian sent poisonous wine, Gao Miao would have drunk it without doubt, but now he is on guard against the heavy soldiers of Changshan County.

"Check a car, and the license plate is also carefully checked......"

"General Gao." A soldier stepped forward and said, "Dugu Sima and Li Sima are here." ”

Gao Miao was surprised, turned his head to look, and really saw Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu.

He no longer cared about the trivial matter of checking or not inspecting, and personally greeted him and saluted, and asked, "Why did the two gentlemen come here?" ”

Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu glanced at each other, and said bluntly: "We are here for Xue Bai." ”

Gao Miao immediately understood, he also understood that Xue Bai was a very important person, and said: "As far as I know, he is still in Tumen Pass, and General Cai has already sent troops to attack the west of Guancheng. Xue Bai is just a turtle in an urn, and the two gentlemen will soon be able to see him. ”

"Let's talk about it."

"Please."

Gao Miao raised his hand and noticed that there were several people behind Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu, among whom Yang Qixuan was known to him, and there was also a person with a tall posture, although half of his face was covered by a felt hat, but he still looked extraordinary.

"Speaking of Xue Bai, he has indeed made a great reputation over the years, and now he is going to die at our hands, which has fulfilled us."

After entering the account, Gao Miao talked eloquently without waiting to sit down.

Tumen Pass has become his bag, and he talks about Xue Bailai with some arrogant tone of "the winner is the king, and the loser is the villain".

As he spoke, he noticed that the extraordinary young man had a smile on his face, as if he found these words interesting.

"Who is this?" Gao Miao then asked politely.

The young man's expression was calm, and he replied, "Xue Bai." ”

Gao Miao was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Little Langzi is joking......"

Before the words could be spoken, a person behind Xue Bai had already stepped forward in two steps, and with a wave of his hand, the dagger in his hand had already cut through Gao Miao's neck.

Gao Miao was still thinking in his mind, "Xue Bai is clearly still in the Tumen Pass", the blood splashing out of his neck was already covering his eyes like a curtain, and his throat "gurgled" twice, and the person fell.

Diao Geng was quick and neat this time, and after killing people, Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu didn't react, staring at the scene in front of them with wide eyes, surprised that Xue Bai didn't wait for everything to be ready before making a move.

"You ......"

Xue Bai pressed his fingers to his mouth and made a silent gesture, and said, "Even if Cai Xide sent troops, the two gentlemen don't have to waver. ”

~~

"Kill!"

"The destruction of the city is today."

Before the Tumen Pass, Li Qincuo's banner was still advancing, boosting the morale of the rebels.

One shield after another shielded him against the cold arrows that were fired from the city's head.

Under such circumstances, Li Sheng, who is known as the "enemy of 10,000 people", has no choice at all.

Bean-sized sweat appeared on his forehead, and he whispered to Jiang Hai: "I'm afraid I can't hold it, you should prepare early." ”

Jiang Hai listened, and immediately walked to the city tower, reminding Li Tengkong to prepare, if there is no turnaround, then he will have to break through.

The original plan was that if the situation was unfavorable, they would withdraw to Taiyuan. But I didn't expect that the road in Taiyuan had been blocked, and now I could only go east, and if I could break through, I would return to the boundary of Changshan County to hide.

There was a knock on the door, and Kyauknu opened it.

Li Jilan turned her head to look, saw Jiang Hai's face, listened to the movements around her, and immediately understood, and said, "I can't leave, give me a knife." ”

Suddenly, there was an abrupt sound of gold.

Jiang Hai was about to speak, when he heard that it was coming from the east, and thought that it should be Yuan Luqian.

"I'm here to ask you not to panic, reinforcements are coming." Even a fierce man like him was a little unbearable, so he comforted him first.

"Is it Xue Bai?"

Li Tengkong stood up and asked.

Her face was bad, but her eyes were full of anticipation.

"I'll take a look." Jiang Hai said, "Please also be ready to break through at any time." ”

Li Tengkong still wanted to follow him, but Jiang Hai didn't allow it, so people stopped him.

She had no choice but to hurry to the arrow window on the top of the tower and look out, only to see that the rebels in the east had begun to slowly retreat when they heard the sound of gold.

I don't know what the situation is, she can only watch and wait.

After waiting for a long time, the shadow of the city wall was gradually lengthened, and she waited for a stone of hope, not moving.

Finally, a few horsemen rushed to the front of the earthen gate. It's too far away to see clearly.

"It's him."

"Seventeen Niang, don't worry, you haven't let it in yet."

"You can't go wrong."

Li Tengkong turned around and ran down the city, and the soldiers guarding the city tower came to stop her with halberds, and she got under the halberd as soon as she was short, as nimble as a hare.

Out of the city walls, there was a purgatory-like scene in front of me, the ground was covered with blood, corpses were strewn everywhere, and stumps, broken flesh, and flowing large intestines were falling.

Even the living soldiers are still gagging.

Li Tengkong was not frightened, she even stepped on a pool of blood and hurried down the stone steps down the city.

"Slow down, wait for me."

Li Jilan followed closely, knowing that the reason why Li Tengkong was like this was because he wanted to see Xue Bai, and he was also looking forward to Xue Bai coming.

Finally, they ran to the city, and the few people who had just entered the city were tying their horses, and one of the leaders turned around and glanced at Li Jilan.

At this moment, Li Jilan was completely stunned.

She recognized the other party, it was Li Shiniang's husband Yang Qixuan, who had been abandoned from the beginning to the end, she really never expected him to be here.

Taking a closer look, Xue Bai was not among those people, and he was immediately extremely disappointed.

"Fairy."

Just then, a voice came from behind him.

Li Tengkong suddenly looked back, in the midst of the bloody wind and rain, Xue Bai was there, spreading his arms.

Her eyes were sour, tears fell, and she threw herself into his arms.

Li Jilan also turned around and ran two steps towards Xue Bai, and finally stopped again, looking at the situation of the two hugging each other, she lowered her head and pinched her fingers.

~~

Under the candlelight, two boxes were opened, and inside were the heads of Gao Miao and Li Qincuo.

After killing Gao Miao, Dugu Wenshu seized the military power from Gao Miao on the charge of "delaying the fighter", Mingjin collected the troops, and then repeated the old trick, summoned Li Qincao into the tent, poured two jars of wine, and directly beheaded the head.

Li Sheng stepped forward to take a look, and said with emotion: "It's really a god, how did Xue Lang do it?" ”

"It's nothing."

Xue Bai looked serious, and really didn't think there was any difficulty in killing these two people.

Anyway, with Dugu Wenshu, Li Shiyu, Yuan Luqian and others, it is very simple to achieve such a small victory, and the difficulty lies in the need to mobilize enough troops to protect them.

In fact, he did not want to be exposed too soon, but the situation was not up to anyone.

"Once Changshan County is called, there will be no fewer officials in Hebei who want to be in the Tang Dynasty." Xue Bai said: "What I'm worried about is Hedong, the death of Li Qincuo and Gao Miao will inevitably arouse An Lushan's suspicions, and there is not much time left for Hedong to send troops." ”

After all, the impact of all stratagems, rebellions, and sneak attacks on the overall situation is small, and it is the strength of troops that really determines the direction of the war.

The battle of Tumen Pass exposed Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu in advance, and Xue Bai was very worried that there would be officials in Changshan County who would become the fate of Yan Gaoqing in history, so he decided to rush to Taiyuan as soon as possible.

However, Li Sheng frowned instead and said, "Xue Lang is going to Taiyuan?" Don't you worry? ”

"Worried about what?"

"This time it's not our reinforcements, it's the rebels. It can be seen that General Wang has not yet convinced Vice Marshal Li, or they have not been able to take over the military power from Wang Chengye. Can Xue Bai really invite soldiers and horses? ”

"Anyway, it has to try."

Having said that, the road from Taiyuan to Jingcheng is only afraid that it has been blocked by Cai Xide's soldiers and horses.

~~

Outside the Stone Ridge Pass, the rebel camp.

In the face of Cai Xide's fierce offensive, Wang Rare had already retreated into Shiling Pass.

At the same time, Cai Xide has ordered a light cavalry to prepare to bypass Shiling Pass, and it is necessary to force the king to continue to retreat.

But it will be difficult for either side to defeat the other quickly, and this standoff will obviously continue for some time.

In late May, a group of soldiers who had attacked Tumen Pass returned and returned to Cai Xide.

"Report to the general, we have captured Tumen Pass!"

Cai Xide was overjoyed, rewarded them, and asked how to capture the city.

"When I arrived, Li Qincao and Gao Miao were storming the city, and the defenders saw that I was waiting, and their morale plummeted, so General Niu ordered the siege of the city, and the city was broken in two days."

"Good!" Cai Xide clapped his hands and asked, "The prince of the palace cares about Xue Bai very much, but he can capture this son." ”

"Xue Bai was handed over to Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu."

"How did they get to Tumen Pass?"

"I don't know, but they suggested that the general should divide half of the soldiers and horses to detour through Fengyue Pass, and there is no need to bring grain and grass to carry heavy baggage, and Changshan County will supply it."

Cai Xide was originally slightly unhappy that they took Xue Bai away, but this suggestion coincided with him, and he immediately summoned all the generals under his command to discuss, and the point would go around from Jingcheng to Fengyue Pass.

(End of chapter)