The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 131 Breaking through Yuling Pass

Zhao Gou stationed troops in Muzhou City, but he was not in a hurry to send troops to attack Qingxi, but quietly waited for news from Lu Junyi.

In other words, Lu Junyi led the army. Since the division of troops in Hangzhou, he has commanded 3 horses, and led the Zhengbian generals to walk the mountain road and rush towards Shezhou.After passing through the former capital of King Qian in Lin'an Town, it is not far from Yuling Pass.

The general guarding Yuling Pass is one of Fang La's generals, nicknamed Xiaoyang Youji Pang Wanchun, and he is also the first in Fangla Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River who can shoot bows and arrows. He leads two lieutenants: one named Lei Jiong and the other named Ji Ji.These two lieutenants can drive seven or eight hundred catties of crossbows, each can make a branch of thistle, and they have 5000 troops under their command.

The three guards guarded the Yuling pass. They heard that the Song army was attacking separately, and the deputy vanguard Lu Junyi led the army to arrive.

Lu Junyi led an army to approach Yuling Pass, and sent Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, Yang Yizhong, Yang Zhi, Wang Gui, and Liu Qi, six generals, with [-] infantry, to inquire about news.At that moment, Shi Jin and other six people were all riding war horses, and the rest were infantrymen. They came to the checkpoint quietly and did not meet anyone.

Shi Jin was discussing with everyone on the horse, and saw a colorful and white flag on the gate, and the little Yangyou Ji Pang Wanchun was standing under the flag. Seeing Shi Jin and others laughed, he scolded dismissively: "You gangsters , I had to live in Liangshanbo, and the Song Dynasty called for security, how dare you come to my country to pretend to be a hero! Have you ever heard the name of my little Yangyouji? I heard that there is a little Li Guanghuarong among your gang of thieves , Let him come out and compare arrows with me. First, I will show you my magic arrow!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pang Wanchun drew the crossbow, put on the arrow, and with a swish, the arrow hit Shi Jin directly, causing him to fall off the horse.In addition, seeing Shi Jin being shot, the five people hurried forward, rescued him immediately, and rode away on horseback.Another sound of a gong was heard from the top of the mountain, and arrows were fired in the pine forests on the left and right.

The other five also ignored Shi Jin, and fled for their lives, turning around the mountain pass; on the opposite hillside, there was Lei Jiong on one side, and Ji Ji on the other, and the crossbow arrows shot down like rain, so the five of them had no choice but to continue. Hiding, not daring to show any figure.Everyone saw that they had been passively beaten, and a brother died before the formal confrontation, and felt a little sad.

Yang Zhi and Shi Xiu looked at each other and nodded. They both knew in their hearts that if they continued like this, they would die without a place to die. Only by breaking through the enemy's attack could they gain a chance of survival.However, there were too many arrows shot by the enemy army, and it was impossible to escape.

"The three of you are the future pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty will rely on your strength in the future!" Shi Xiu glanced at Yang Yizhong, Wang Gui and the other three, and said solemnly.

Yang Zhi's eyes stayed on Yang Yizhong, and he said with a smile: "If you go back to Beijing to see your brother in the future, tell him no for me!"

Yang Yizhong exclaimed, "Uncle!..."

"Two generals, you are..."

Yang Zhi is Yang Yizhong's uncle, Yang Yizhong knows the last words his uncle said to him, and is ready to die.Yang Zhi and Shi Xiu couldn't just watch their juniors fight to the death with them, as long as the two of them attracted the attention of the enemy, the three of them would have a chance to take advantage of the situation and escape.

"You go!"

Yang Zhi and Shi Xiu roared in unison, and then rushed out from the mountain. Although their martial arts are high, they are not as powerful as Zhao Gou.However, in order to protect Yang Yizhong and the other three, the two of them rushed out and used their horses as shields to resist the arrows.

Then, the two of them walked forward step by step.As expected, the eyes of the enemy soldiers were all attracted by them.Then, Yang Yizhong, Wang Gui, Liu Qi and the other three took advantage of the situation and rode away directly, ignoring other things at all.However, the generals of the southern army were all well-known masters of archery, and they did it on purpose, and they set up arrows one after another, and the three of them shot three arrows respectively.

Yang Yizhong and the others were taken aback, but they couldn't avoid it. The arrows of Pang Wanchun and the others were too strong, piercing through the bodies of the three of them abruptly.Yang Yizhong spat out a mouthful of blood, endured the severe pain in his body, and still galloped away. Pang Wanchun and the others confidently believed that Yang Yizhong and the others would surely die, so they allowed the three of them to escape.

Pang Wanchun ordered to continue shooting, Yang Zhi and Shi Xiu looked at each other and smiled, they were shot into a hornet's nest and died.Of the [-] infantry led by six of them, only a hundred or so fled back.When Lu Junyi saw them, he knew there was an ambush ahead, so he immediately led the army to rescue them, but he saw Yang Yizhong, Wang Gui, and Liu Qi with arrows stuck in their bodies, blood dripping down, and they rushed over.

Lu Junyi was taken aback, and hurriedly led the army forward. The three of them had already passed out, dying, but there was no danger of their lives.If he is not treated in time, his life may be in danger.Lu Junyi immediately asked the military doctor to come to treat him. He was saddened alone, knowing that Shi Jin, Yang Zhi, and Shi Xiu had died in battle.

Lu Junyi's eyes were red, and he sobbed: "The Marshal's strength is not as large as mine. I didn't expect that before he won the victory, he would lose the general of Sanyuan, and even the three thousand infantry were only left with more than a hundred people. But how can I explain to the marshal, and how can I face my brother!"

Sun Li felt a pain in his heart, and comforted him: "There is an old saying: 'The right weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people.' We are all from the Central Plains, Shandong, and Hebei. If you want to take advantage of the location, you can only know how twists and turns the mountain road is here with the help of the local villagers to guide the path."

Lu Junyi said: "This statement is reasonable, so who is it appropriate to send to find out the way?"

At the same time, Yan Qing stood up and said: "Pioneer, the general is willing to go!"

Sun Li pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Yanqing is more appropriate to go. He is proficient in the sayings of a hundred schools of thought, he also knows anecdotes and strange things, he is familiar with the road, and his martial arts are also good. I guess the enemy has never seen it before. We Felt feasible."

Immediately, Lu Junyi asked Yan Qing to go on the road to explore the road. Yan Qing took some dry food and left the camp with a knife at his waist.

Yan Qing went to the deep mountain alone, only caring about finding the way, and didn't care about the time, when he walked for half a day, it was already late, so he found a place with some lights, and murmured: "There must be someone in the light! "

Taking advantage of the dark night, I followed the light all the way to find it, and saw a small nunnery in front of me, with lights shining through it.Yanqing came to the nunnery, and when she went in to have a look, she saw an old monk inside, sitting there chanting scriptures.Yan Qing then knocked on the door of his room, and the old monk called a young traveler to open the door.

Yan Qing went inside and worshiped the old monk.

The old monk said: "The almsgiver doesn't need to be too polite! How did you get here in this place where thousands of horses and thousands of troops are slaughtered?"

Yan Qing replied: "I dare not tell my master that the villain is Yan Qing, one of the generals of Marshal Zhao of the Song Army. Today, Fang La is under imperial decree. Who wants to be guarded by Yuling at night? I shot three of my chief generals to death, and there was no plan to pass the pass. I specially sent Yan Qing to find the way and find out what small roads to pass the pass. Today, I found this place from the deep mountains and wilderness. I hope the master can point out the maze. Reward generously."

The old monk said: "The people here were all murdered by Fang La, and there is no one who does not hate him. The old monk also relies on the local people here to donate and provide food for the people. Now the people in the village have fled, and the old monk has nowhere to go, so he has to stay here. Death. Fortunately, the general came here today, and the people are blessed. The general came to collect the thief and wipe out the harm with the people. The old monk just didn't dare to say too much, lest the thief find out. Since it is a general sent by the imperial court, it's okay. There is no way for me to pass through the pass here, but there is a small road to the side of the west mountain, which can be passed through. I am afraid that it will be blocked by thieves recently, and I will not be able to pass through."

Yan Qing asked: "Master, since there is this small road and it can be closed, how can I get to the thief's village?"

The old monk replied: "This private road goes all the way to the back of Depang Wanchun Village. Going down the mountain is the way to cross the border. I'm afraid that the thieves have already broken the big rock, so it's hard to pass."

Shi Qian said: "It's okay! Since there is a path, I don't fear that he will be cut off. I have my own way. In this case, the villain will go back and report to the general, but come to reward."

The old monk shook his head and said: "The general is out of touch, don't say that the poor monk is eloquent."

Yan Qing nodded, and replied understandingly: "The villain is a delicate person, so I dare not name my teacher."

Immediately, Yan Qing bid farewell to the old monk, went straight back to the village, met Lu Junyi, and told him about it.

Lu Junyi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was anxious to discuss with his generals how to take the pass.

Sun Li said: "If there is such a path, it will be an easy task to break through Yuling Pass. Send another person to go with Yan Qing to do this big thing."

Yan Qing asked in bewilderment, "What do you mean by that?"

Sun Li said with a smile: "The most important thing is to set fire and cannon. You wait by your side, bring cannons, knives and flints, go straight to the back of the village, and set off cannon fire. You will do great things."

Yan Qing was puzzled and said: "Since we just want to set fire and cannons, there is nothing else to do, we don't need others to go with us, we just go with our brothers. If we send another person to go with us, we may not be able to give more help. On the contrary, people talk too much and it is easy to make noise, what should we do if it delays the important event?"

Sun Li nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "That's right, why don't you go alone. Whether there is an ambush or not, as long as you see trees or dense weeds, you will set them on fire. Let him ambush you." Don't worry about it."

Yan Qing smiled and nodded, "It's exactly what I want!"

Yanqing immediately packed up the fire knives, flints, and ignition coal tube, and carried the cannon on his back with a bundle, and then bid farewell to Lu Junyi and went ahead alone; The old monk also knew that Yan Qing couldn't move that much alone, so he sent another person to go together.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yan Qing led the military academy rice to find the old way to the nunnery, met the old monk, and said: "Master, vanguard, pay your respects a lot, and send me some small gifts."

So Yanqing gave the monks all the silver and rice.The old monk also accepted, so Yan Qing told the man to go back by himself. After watching the man leave, he asked again: "I hope the master will guide the way, but the traveler can lead the villain."

The old monk replied: "General, don't be impatient. If you go in the daytime and expect the thieves to find out, it's better to go in the middle of the night."

Yan Qing thought for a while and felt that what she said was right, so she stayed for some vegetarian food.It was not until late at night that the old monk asked the little novice to lead the way. When he arrived at the path, the little novice respectfully said, "General, the path ahead is the path. The little monk bids farewell!"

After the little novice left, Yan Qing continued on her way alone, passing through Lin Tuoling, holding Ge and climbing vines.After several miles of mountain trails and wild slopes, the moonlight was twilight, and I came to a steep mountain with steep stone walls. From a distance, I saw a small intersection.

Yan Qing murmured: "It looks like this is the place!"

Then, Yan Qing immediately resorted to his skills of flying over eaves and walls and jumping fences to deceive horses.I climbed over these stone walls with my fingers, and when I looked east, I saw that the price among the trees was full of red for half a day.It turned out that Lu Junyi led the army all the way there, and they all set fire to it, regardless of 21.

Lu Junyi sent 500 to [-] people to attack first, beheaded many enemy soldiers along the way, and then set fire to them. The enemy soldiers had no choice but to come out obediently to confront them. Army wiped out.

On Yuling pass, Xiaoyang Yuji Pang Wanchun heard that Song soldiers set fire to the forest to clear the way, and said in a deep voice, "This is his way of advancing, so that I can't use my ambush. We just stick to this pass, how can you pass?"

Seeing that the army led by Lu Junyi was getting closer and closer to Yuling Pass, Pang Wanchun brought Lei Jiong and Ji Ji to guard the pass.

Yanqing touched the pass step by step, climbed on the top of a big tree, and lay down in the dense branches and leaves, watching Pang Wanchun, Lei Jiong, and Ji Ji, all with their bows and arrows on, and waiting in front of the pass, when they saw Song Jun, they also nodded. Da Huo was so angry that Hu Yanzhuo yelled: "Damn it, you dare to resist, so angry!"

When Pang Wanchun was about to shoot his arrows, he didn't know that Yanqing had closed the gate, so he quietly slipped down the tree and sneaked behind the gate, just in time to see two piles of firewood. Put the cannon on the woodpile, first burn some sulfur and nitrate to burn the haystack over there, and then light the firewood here.

Then, Yan Qing lit the cannon again, took the tinder, and climbed up to the roof of Guan to light it.In the piles of firewood on both sides, a fire broke out together, and the cannons rang sky-high.Shut up all the generals, saw the fire was burning, thought that the Song army was attacking, and before the battle, they got up in chaos, and fled directly shouting, not caring about meeting the enemy.

When Pang Wanchun and two lieutenants rushed to the back of the pass to fight the fire, Yan Qing fired another cannon on the roof.The cannon shook the closed house and moved, frightening the southern soldiers to abandon their knives, guns, bows and arrows, robes, and armor, and ran after the close.

Seeing this situation, Yan Qing shouted: "[-] Song soldiers have already passed through the pass first, so you surrender early, so that you will not die!"

When Pang Wanchun heard this, he was scared out of his wits; Lei Jiong and Ji Ji were also scared out of their wits, unable to move.In fact, Yan Qing was just bluffing, if they found out in time, they could still escape.He was so shocked by Yan Qing's words that Hu Yanzhuo and others led an army to kill Yuling Pass directly.

Sun Lisheng captured Lei Jiong, Hu Yanzhuo captured Ji Ji alive, and only Pang Wanchun left, most of his soldiers were captured.Lu Junyi also led the army to Yuling Pass, directly stationed the army here, and then rewarded Yan Qing heavily, and directly gutted Lei Jiong and Ji Ji to pay homage to the three generals who died in battle, and then ordered People buried the corpses of Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, and Yang Zhi in Guanshang, and the rest of the corpses were all in flames.

Since then, Lu Junyi won the Yuling Pass, and then went straight to Shezhou City, and finally Qingxi Town.

(End of this chapter)