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Volume 1: Entrance Chapter 102: Tiger and Calf (4)

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    On the evening of October 14th, Zhao Kuangyin and Zheng En led dozens of vanguard troops to appear in front of Xiaoluling, covered with gray and with black faces.  Zhao Kuangyin carefully washed the black stains on his face, neck and hands in a small stream, threw away the black handkerchief, turned around and looked back at Xiaoluling in front of him.  Xiaoluling is more than 200 meters high and is connected to the main peak by a narrow passage. It is surrounded by steep cliffs. Xiaoluling, which has been burned, has now turned into a black "hedgehog mountain", and the tree trunks look strange after being burned.  After being cut down, the branches were all facing north and placed in a messy manner at the southern end of the middle passage and the gentler places on both sides. Behind the branches were the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who were staring at them intently.  Zhao Kuangyin looked far into the distance, and could vaguely see Qingliuguan in the northwest and Chuzhou City in the southeast. He snorted coldly, called out to Zheng En and Li Cheng, who had a big blister on his face, and gave a few instructions in a low voice.  The people left with some soldiers respectively.  Zhao Kuangyin called out to the remaining brothers, and everyone rested on the spot and had something to eat temporarily.  Before it got dark, several soldiers wearing Southern Tang military uniforms rushed to the gate of Chuzhou City, shouting that there was an urgent military situation and requesting to enter the city to meet the governor. How could the soldiers guarding the city dare to open the city gate easily, shouting and shouting without stopping?  When he couldn't tell clearly, he hung up a pen and paper and went to the city to ask the visitor to explain his purpose.  With a stroke of his pen, the visitor wrote that they were sniping soldiers on the mountain road. By implementing the trick of setting fire to the mountain, they had successfully destroyed most of the enemy's troops in the sneak attack. They were now trapping the remaining enemy troops in Xiaoluling. Please don't worry, Lord Governor.  , just be careful to prevent stray enemies from sneaking into the city.  Immediately afterwards, the few soldiers who reported the news shouted that they were going to the front line to kill the enemy and earn merit, and left in a hurry.  This news was quickly passed to Wang Shaoyan, the governor of Chuzhou. Lord Wang, who had been hesitating about sending troops all afternoon, was relieved and immediately ordered the rescue troops who had finally gathered to disperse on the spot.  In the original history, when Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty led his army southward four years later, Liu Renfan, the Qinghuai Jiedushi envoy, was trapped and died in Shouzhou, and Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng were forced to surrender at Qingliu Pass. Wang Shaoyan, the governor of Chuzhou,  What he did at that time was very shameful: he simply abandoned the city and ran away. It can be seen that such a master now has 13,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to defend the city, but he has been unable to decide whether to send reinforcements and how many reinforcements should be sent.  Seeing the soldiers who had finally gathered began to dismount, disarm, and release their weapons, Xin Fangge, a soldier who had been stomping back and forth anxiously waiting for reinforcements, almost went crazy. He rushed up and grabbed the reins of the leading captain's horse, knelt on the ground and begged them to come no matter what.  Let's take a look at the front line. When he left at noon, Lieutenant Wu Du was determined to hold on to Xiaoluling. How come he became an enemy and was trapped in Xiaoluling after a while.  When the leading captain saw a small patch of his pants stained by Xin Fangge¡¯s tears, he immediately became angry. He impatiently kicked the child-like soldier aside and ordered him to be dismissed and returned to the camp immediately.  Xin Fangge rushed up and asked to see the governor, but was naturally thrown outside the governor's house by the governor's men.  Xin Fangge stood in front of the spacious gate of the Governor's Mansion and burst into tears, which made many Chuzhou people look at the young child soldier in surprise.  After crying for a while, Xin Fangge thought of something, shed tears, and ran towards the north gate. After begging the soldiers guarding the city for a long time, he lowered a rope and went down the city, disappearing into the northern night.  Just as Xin Fangge was running away in anger, the gate on the south side of Qingliu Pass opened wide, and Captain Cheng Kai led 500 soldiers in line out of the city and headed straight for Xiaoluling.  As early as the afternoon, Qingliuguan received an urgent request for help from Wu Qing. However, due to coach Huangfuhui's hostile attitude towards Wu Qing, many of his close associates were naturally very cold towards Wu Qing. Everyone agreed that Wu Qing was a great success,  Ignoring your Majesty's bastard, it was this mentality that caused the guard to interrogate the young soldier who came to report for a long time before letting him into the city. After that, there were several rounds of questioning, which delayed it for more than half a month.  After a while, the message was sent to the Guan Tower ahead.  As luck would have it, the soldiers of the Later Zhou Dynasty were attacking fiercely at that time, and Huangfu Hui was fighting in person. The message for help was delayed for another half an hour. In the evening, the soldiers of the Later Zhou Dynasty stopped attacking the problem, and the message was not received by a deputy general.  Thinking of it, I reported it to Huangfu Hui, the envoy to the northern camp and the envoy of Fenghua Jiedu.  Huangfu Hui was really unlucky in the afternoon and was not injured in the chaotic battle. However, in the final stage of the battle, a sharp arrow that changed direction flew past his left forearm and bit off a large piece of skin, which was bleeding all the time.  The bleeding was not stopping, and the pain was extremely uncomfortable. When he heard this news, Huangfuhui was so angry that he stood up and slapped the case: "Xiao Xiao mistook me. Five hundred people can't guard a small mountain road. It's so damn useless."  Why are you claiming to be a special soldier?" Yao Feng, the governor, hurried over and comforted the old general in a low voice. He hurriedly said a few more fair words: "General Huangfu, that Wu Qing was forced to set fire to it.  It¡¯s mountainous, ?It seems that there should be a lot of enemy troops coming along the mountain road. There is no water or food on the mountain, so they are unlikely to hold on. It is better to send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise Qingliu Pass will be attacked from front to back and become an isolated pass.  " Huangfuhui finished eating a bowl of rice with his head down. Suddenly, it exploded, and he threw the bowl in his hand to the ground. He said angrily: "Well, just send Cheng Kai to lead five hundred people over. We can't defend Xiaolu anymore like this.  Ling, see if I don't chop off this bastard's head.  " Cheng Kai, the captain who took the command, also led his men to join the battle in the afternoon. They suffered a lot of losses under the fierce attack of the Zhou army. When he organized the reinforcements, less than half an hour passed before he left the city in the dark. More than a mile away from the city, Cheng Kaiyuan  I saw a few torches appearing in the direction of the mountain. I immediately stopped the infantry, took three personal guards, and drove up. "General, we are here to rescue. Xiaoluling will not be able to hold it anymore."  , General, please rush to rescue the brothers.  "A black-faced soldier wearing a Southern Tang military uniform saw the reinforcements and immediately ran over and shouted loudly. "Whose subordinate are you? What's your name? Why haven't I seen you before?"  "Cheng Kai stared at the black-faced soldier with some confusion. The black-faced man wiped his face twice with both hands. The black and gray on his face became more messy, and it became increasingly difficult to identify who he was. He bent down and said with a smile:  "Back to the general, I am a small soldier in Qingliu Pass. We were all burned in the afternoon and there was no time to clean up. General, rescuing troops is like putting out a fire. Please save your brothers. There are not many enemies. General  Once we lead the army, we will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.  " Cheng Kai was elated as the black-faced man called him "general" one after another. He nodded slightly, pointed at the black-faced man with his riding crop, and said in a long tone: "Okay, I, the general, will set off now and lead the way.  "The black-faced man jumped up happily, kowtowed on the ground, turned around and ran in the direction of Xiaoluling. Cheng Kai waved his hand and led his army to follow quickly. The one-mile journey was quickly completed, Xiaolu  The shadow of the mountain was right in front of him, but apart from a few scattered fires, there was no sound of fighting. The black-faced man approached Cheng Kai, with an unsuspecting look on his face, and murmured: "Why don't we fight."  , we won, or Zhou Jun won.  " Cheng Kai listened carefully, but there was no sound coming from the mountain, and doubts arose in his heart. " General, look over there, are they our people.  "The black-faced man suddenly jumped up in surprise, grabbed the reins of Cheng Kai's horse, pointed at a black shadow in front of him and said loudly. Cheng Kai looked at it and found that the black shadow seemed to be moving, but also seemed not to be moving.  Just when he turned to ask the black-faced man, he felt a cold feeling on his side and a steel knife stabbed into his body. ¡°General, what¡¯s wrong with you?  "The black-faced man smiled ferociously, grabbing and pulling Cheng Kai down with his left hand, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Do it.  " As soon as these two words came out, many figures jumped up from the surrounding ground and from the low places near the front and back, with sharp arrows, stones, and javelins, and they simultaneously attacked the helpless Southern Tang reinforcements in the middle. " The black face played by Zheng En  Han Lian used several swords to kill Cheng Kai and several of his guards. He fell under his horse and shouted: "Quick, quick, quick, end the battle quickly."  ¡± Nearly a thousand ambushing Zhou soldiers swarmed forward, cutting down the three hundred Southern Tang soldiers who were still standing one by one, stripping off their clothes, quickly cleaning up the battlefield, and disappearing into darkness again.
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