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Volume 1: Entry Chapter 99: Tiger and Calf (1)

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    In the evening of October 12th, Hou Zhou's soldiers who had been shouting at Qingliu Pass for two consecutive days were hoarse. No one went to fight at all, so they had to return in despair.  Zheng En, the leader of the team, returned to the tent, picked up half a bottle of cold boiled water and drank it in one gulp. Then he placed the water bottle heavily on the table and said angrily: "The Xiaotang soldiers in Qingliu Pass are all a bunch of trash. Not even one of them dares to come out and respond."  None of us have wasted our efforts these past two days. " "Who said our efforts were in vain? Let's listen to what General Zhao said." Wusheng Jiedushi Hou Zhang slapped Zheng En and squeezed Zhao Kuangyin.  With a wink, since he participated in the southern expedition and got acquainted with Zhao Kuangyin, Hou Zhang became more and more pleased with him, and he liked this energetic newborn calf very much.  Zhao Kuangyin laughed loudly, bowed his hand to this respectable and lovely old general, and then lowered his voice and said: "The success or failure of the war all depends on those seemingly inconspicuous details. After these two days of reconnaissance, I observed that this clear stream  There are at least two unreasonable things about the pass." Zhao Kuangyin casually pulled up two chairs for the old commander and his brother to sit down. He came closer and said, "Zhao asked many people in the surrounding mountains and heard that the total number of defenders in Qingliu Pass and Chuzhou exceeded 100,000.  Fifty thousand, the general is Huangfu Hui, and the supervising army is Yao Feng. The military marshal Li Jingsui of the Xiao Tang Dynasty has also been here. However, after many reconnaissances, Zhao found that first, the towers guarding the stronghold around Qingliu Pass seemed to be  There are quite a few, but the scale is too small. There are only one or two guards in each place. This doesn't make sense. " Zheng En patted his head and interjected: "Second brother is still careful. If you don't tell me,  I haven't realized it yet. In the past two days of scolding, there are always the same people behind the first stone wall. It seems that they have never changed. They are almost mature." Zhao Kuangyin laughed and continued:  "Another point is that the stone walls and trenches in front of us are very rough and crude, and they look like they were built hastily. There are also those ruined roads that are not deep enough or wide enough. They look like they were made by children playing around.  It doesn't look like it was done by 50,000 elite soldiers who were waiting for the attack. I have been wondering what the Tang soldiers were doing. Could it be that there was an internal disagreement about how to defend. If so, it would be a good opportunity to break the deadlock. " Zhao Kuangyin squatted down.  I went and drew a map of Qingliu Pass on the land, clicked on the location of Dingyuan, and then used it as a starting point, drew a curved line, going around Qingliu Pass, then clicked on the location of Chuzhou, and said  : "After asking the villagers, there is a ready-made mountain road from Dingyuan that can go directly to the Shenshan Temple on the mountain. From here, you can go directly to Qingliu Pass. I have a surprise attack plan." The three of them all lowered their heads and discussed in low voices.  On October 13, the sky was covered with dark clouds. The injured Xia Houfang led a group of loud-voiced soldiers out of the camp to yell at each other. Unfortunately, the people behind the stone wall still ignored them. A large group of people insulted, took off their pants, peeed and exposed their buttocks in public.  It had no effect, but this large group of people regarded boredom as fun and played for a whole day before withdrawing their troops and returning to the camp.  After midnight, the night was as dark as ink, and it was so quiet under Qingliu Pass that only the sound of the small stream in the mountain stream on the right could be heard. Zhao Kuangyin, dressed in black, separated from Zheng En behind the camp, and each led 20 people to choose one.  The route we were looking forward to during the day climbed up the mountain.  The mountain was getting steeper and steeper, and Zhao Kuangyin, who was leading the way, slowed down and kept whispering to everyone to be careful.  When climbing over a steep and smooth stone wall, a raiding soldier slipped and fell. His legs were injured and he could not stand up. Zhao Kuangyin had to send a soldier to escort him back and climb up more carefully.  An hour later, the group of people climbed to the top of the mountain and found Zheng En, who had arrived early, under a big tree. After asking, they learned that three people in Zheng En's team had left injured along the way.  Zhao Kuangyin gathered his men and horses, ordered everyone to take out a piece of cloth and tie it to their mouth, then stretched into a long team, and one by one bent down and slowly dived towards the north peak.  Approaching the highest North Peak, Zhao Kuangyin ordered everyone to stop, and he grabbed the trees and carefully walked around to the bottom of the cliff at the north gate of Shenshan Temple.  Rushed to a small fork intersection in the north, Zhao Kuangyin drew two light birds in his mouth, hiding his body to a big tree, and stared at the north.  Ever since he led the Tiger Guards to cross the Huaihe River at night and was beaten up by Lin Feng's special forces, and then most of the Tiger Guards were eaten by Lin Feng's envoys, Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to take any action rashly.  Before the second night attack, the brothers who were attacking were given detailed instructions one by one on every detail.  After a while, a stone-like object moved and made an almost inaudible cricket sound. Zhao Kuangyin responded with a bird song, and then the stone moved and moved towards Zhao Kuangyin.  Lurking there in a coir raincoat was none other than Li Cheng, the former Tiger Guard.  Li Cheng pointed to the Shenshan Temple on the top of the mountain and whispered: ??General Zhao, we arrived at Shenshi in the afternoon. The other thousand brothers were waiting in a hidden place a mile away. I have been watching here for several hours and found that there was no one in Shenshan Temple, which has always been crowded with people.  The appearance of a human figure is a bit strange.  " "No matter what, go back and inform your brothers to attack from the north and west at the same time.  "Zhao Kuangyin looked at the shadow of Shenshan Temple, which could only go up through a narrow stone road, and whispered. Li Cheng nodded, turned around and went back. Zhao Kuangyin turned around and walked back along the road just now. "  Just ten meters away, a shrill whistle was heard from where the two were talking. As soon as the whistle sounded, torches were lit above the Shenshan Temple, and the number was still increasing rapidly. Zhao Kuangyin's expression changed drastically.  He screamed twice and issued an urgent order to attack immediately. At the same time, people grabbed the trees and rushed towards the Shenshan Temple. At the same time, the shrill whistles came one after another, like a relay, one after another towards the south.  At this speed, it could reach Qingliu Pass instantly. Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that his eyes were red. He accelerated again and rushed upward like a cannonball. In a few ups and downs, he had already reached the cliff beside the temple.  , several fires had been lit outside the temple wall, which illuminated the surroundings of the temple wall. Wu Qing stood at the corner pillar in the southeast corner of Shenshan Temple, looking at one with annoyance and anger.  A man in black appeared outside the temple wall. Because of the defense issues at Qingliu Pass, after Qi King Li Jingsui left, Wu Qing argued and quarreled twice with Huangfu Hui, the envoy to the northern camp of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Fenghua Jiedushi.  This angered the older and more fiery old general. Wu Qing's overall defense plan of fortifying the lower parts of Qingliu Pass and setting up observation towers on the top of the mountain did not win the approval of Huangfu Hui. Later, the governor Yao Feng intervened.  , allocating 300 people to Wu Qing's control, Wu Qing was able to carry out defensive arrangements according to his own ideas, but it can be imagined that the defensive facilities and effects everywhere were naturally greatly reduced. However, as Lin Feng's short-term special operations disciple,  Wu Qing still implemented Lin Feng's regulations on the combination of light and dark sentry alerts at key points extremely resolutely, thus ensuring that the dark sentry under the Shenshan Temple could lurk under Li Cheng's nose for several hours without revealing any flaws.  An early warning of attack was issued. After Zhao Kuangyin waited for more than ten people from the south and the north to be in place, he immediately shouted and ordered, and both sides attacked forcefully from the north and south gates at the same time.
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