Three thousand miles in exile

The smoke of the wolf will not be extinguished, and the Tongtian Pass will not be broken.

This is the agreement between Liu Zhan and everyone.

Li Futian, the county captain of Zhangtai County, led a thousand soldiers under his command and traveled all day and night, and finally entered Tiancang Village in the early morning of the next day.

"Reinforcements have arrived! Reinforcements have arrived!" The villagers who stayed behind rushed to tell each other.

At noon on the same day, Zhou Ziming, the county captain of Dingbian County, led a thousand soldiers under his command into Tiancang Village. When he saw the blazing smoke, he decided that he was not late!

Zhou Ziming passed by the house and led the soldiers into the forest without looking back.

"Son, your father is also in Guanzhong!" Zhou Ziming's mother chased a few steps and was pulled back by his wife.

At the time of You, thick smoke billowed from the direction of Tongtian Pass.

The pile of corpses below the city gate was getting higher and higher, and it was about to fill the city gate. Song Fenglin suddenly ordered from his heart to pour oil on fire and burn the corpses!

The fire stopped the Yan soldiers from attacking the city, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

When the news came back down the mountain, Yelu Longji was so angry that his beard trembled.

At this moment, he had to admit that he underestimated the enemy.

He can't win a mountain pass with 1 people. If this battle is passed back to the Yan Kingdom, what will Yelu Longji's face be in the future? What will be his prestige.

"Add more troops to this general!!!"

"No! General Zuo, please think twice!" The lieutenant hurriedly stopped him. "It is difficult to break through the front of Tongtian Pass, we can go around behind it and kill them by surprise."

Yelu Longji calmed down a bit. "Tongtian Peak is the only way, how can you go around it?"

"If there is no road, take a road. As long as there are mountains, there will be a road." The lieutenant said confidently.

Yelu Longji nodded. "Okay, I will allow you to lead 1000 people to surprise the rear of Tongtian Pass."

The deputy general took the order to take people up the mountain immediately.

However, there are no mountains in the territory of Yan State, and these Yan army generals only defined mountains in hilly areas.

When he climbed to Tongtian Peak and saw the strange rocks and cliffs around Tongtian Pass, his face turned pale for a while.

The old hunters in the mountains may be able to climb over, but it's like a dream for clumsy fools like them to climb the Tongtian Peak.

But the lieutenant-general boasted that he couldn't just go back the same way, so he had to bite the bullet and try to climb. Yan Bing's clumsy appearance fell into the eyes of the Tongtianguan sentry.

A sentry came to report that the Yan soldiers had climbed the mountain, and Song Fenglin went to the sentry tower to look at it. He understood the intention of the Yan army at a glance.

General Yan Jun not only underestimated the danger of Tongtian Peak, but also underestimated Liu Zhan's wisdom.

As early as the beginning of Liu Zhan's construction of Tongtian Pass, he expected that the enemy would detour and attack the rear, so he led people to investigate the mountain several times and blocked all the places where people could pass, and cut down some big trees that blocked the sentinel's vision. .

You can't see the sentry tower from the perspective of Yan Bing, but you can clearly see their movements from the watchtower.

Song Fenglin put the long sword back into the scabbard. He took the bow and arrow from the sentry's hand, nocked the bow and arrow, and pointed the arrow directly at the lieutenant general of the Yan army.

The deputy general of the Yan Army stopped and cursed, and suddenly felt a metal reflection on the mountain from a certain angle, and he looked up.

The next moment, an arrow pierced through the wind and pierced his left eye. The lieutenant screamed and fell to the ground and twitched twice, and then remained silent.

The sentry danced with excitement. "Mr. Song is good at archery!!"

"Call some archers to come over and force these Yan soldiers down the cliff." Song Fenglin said.

At this time, these Yan soldiers were like moving targets, only a dozen archers drove them into chaos, and many Yan soldiers fell off the cliff after rushing to escape.

Yelu Longji at the foot of the mountain did not get the news that the lieutenant general had died in battle until nightfall.

The officer was carried back to the camp, with an arrow piercing his head through his left eye, his face was covered with blood, and he was dead.

Yelu Longji was horrified, but at the same time very annoyed. His character was irritable and irritable, and he couldn't listen to anything at this time.

"Immediately go back to Daying and pass on the general's password to call 1 people here! I don't believe I can't take it!"

It would take one night at the fastest to transfer troops from the camp, and that night, the Yan soldiers temporarily silenced their flags and drums.

Tongtianguan was finally able to breathe.

For a while, the logistics were busy treating the wounded, and the young and strong were busy filling up the luggage. Although the Yan soldiers paused, they did not stop up and down Tongtian Pass.

The logistics were arranged by Lu Shusheng, and the soldiers who participated in the battle lay down on the ground in twos and threes and then fell asleep.

Song Fenglin sat against the base of the wall, frowning tightly, without any sleepiness.

Cao Ming and Hu Xuling were lying not far from him and snoring in sleep. Zhou Ziming and Li Futian were guarding them on the city wall and they were temporarily replaced.

"Mr. Song, go and rest for a while, the enemy soldiers probably won't come tonight." Lu Shusheng came to the city to persuade him, he was worried that Song Fenglin would not be able to survive if he persisted like this.

"I'll just sit here for a while." Song Fenglin was firm.

It is true that Tongtianguan cannot do without him. Without Song Fenglin in charge of the overall situation, they may not be able to persist until now. Lu Shusheng understood it and did not persuade him much.

He also sat on the ground beside Song Fenglin. "Mr. Song, do you think Yan Jun will retreat?"

It will be dawn in two hours, and everyone hopes that Yan Jun will not come again after dawn.

"No." Song Fenglin said firmly. "Tongtian Pass is the only gateway to the north of Qiyun Mountain. Breaking down Tongtian Pass is equivalent to knocking on the door of Qiyun Mountain."

The geographical environment of Tongtian Pass determines that it is bound to go through a fierce battle, and there will be no peace in the future.

Song Fenglin's cold Danfeng eyes reflected the vast starry sky, he said slowly.

"Last year King Yan was seriously ill. Now the ruler of Yan is Crown Prince Yan. I have heard a little about Prince Yan. This man is very ambitious in culture and martial arts. He has always advocated southward expansion."

A hero of Yan State was born and was powerful for a while, and now Crown Prince Yan is as ambitious as his father. Seeing the Yan army take Cangxia Plain is enough to prove their strength.

There was worry in Song Fenglin's eyes.

"Now that the Cangxia Plain has been taken into the hands of the Yan army, Qi Yunshan has become a hindrance to Prince Yan's unification of northern Xinjiang. If King Yan dies of illness and Prince Yan becomes the new King of Yan, there will be endless wars in northern Xinjiang. Nor can it be spared.”

Lu Shusheng was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was filled with horror.

It was hard for him to imagine how miserable the counties of Qiyun Mountain were in the chaos of war. At the same time, Lu Shusheng was also surprised by Song Fenglin's eyes. He didn't expect Song Fenglin to predict the next few years just from the attack on Tongtian Pass.

At the same time, the soldiers who reported the letter caught up with Liu Zhan's army without stopping.

"Report!!! Yan Bing went up the mountain!!! Tongtian Pass was attacked!!!"

Liu Zhan sat up in shock from his half-dream and half-awake state. "what happened!"

"Report! General! Yan soldiers go up the mountain! It is estimated that there will be more than 5000 people! When the little one set off, Mr. Song and Cao Xianwei had already led troops up the mountain to support!"

Liu Zhan didn't ask any more questions, he spoke loudly. "Go now!"

At this time, Liu Zhan was recruiting troops in Hengtang County under the jurisdiction of Daizhou, and it would take two days and two nights to rush back to Wuyuan County from here.

It had been two days and two nights since the soldiers arrived at Tongtian Pass, and four days and four nights had passed when he led his troops back to Tongtian Pass.

For the first time, a trace of panic flashed in Liu Zhan's heart.

The Yan army's attack on Tongtian Pass at this time was definitely not a small matter. The Yan army could not win the Yang Pass and missed the good opportunity to capture Prince Rui, so they must find another way to achieve their goal of occupying northern Xinjiang.

And Tongtian Pass is the gateway of Qiyun Mountain, as long as you win Tongtian Pass, you can knock open Qiyun Mountain!

He is still careless!Liu Zhan galloped wildly.

There are only [-] defenders at Tongtian Pass, and only [-] defenders at the Wuyuan County barracks. Even if Zhou Ziming and Li Futian came, they would only be worth [-] defenders.

He should have expected it long ago, he shouldn't react now,

The continuous conscription in northern Xinjiang has emptied the local defenders. Everyone has overlooked one point, but in fact Qi Yunshan is also the front line!

Liu Zhan rode his horse all the way, and messengers kept sending the latest news along the way.

"Report! Lieutenant Li has set off with [-] soldiers!"

"Report! More than half of the casualties at Tongtian Pass, County Magistrate Lu led the young and strong up the mountain to support!"

"Report! The Yan army has increased its troops by [-], and they have all gone up the mountain to fight fiercely with our army!"

"Report! Tongtian Pass is urgent!!! Tongtian Pass is urgent!!!"

Liu Zhan has never experienced such a torment in his life. He wished he could reach Tongtianguan immediately with a car and plane!

There is his lover there!his family!Everything he worked so hard for!

The smoke of the wolf will not be extinguished, and the Tongtian Pass will not be broken.

When Liu Zhan stepped into Wuyuan County and saw the wolf smoke piercing into the clouds in the distance, he felt a tightness in his heart and soreness in his eyes.

Along the way up the mountain, from Tiancang Village, Tianmang Village to Tongtian Peak, there are bloody and masked corpses on the roadside. Liu Zhan's eyes are scarlet, and he is like a furious hurricane sweeping towards the place where the beacon is everywhere.

At this time, Tongtianguan can only be described as tragic, the air is filled with choking smoke and bloody smell, arrows are flying, and stones are thrown down from time to time.

Almost everyone has more or less wounds, no one is clean, and many people are covered in blood and still insist on the front line, no one stops.

"Throw the quilt down! Pour oil on the fire!!!"

"Stop moving rocks! Don't waste your strength! Come over and help light the fire!"

"His grandma, even if I burn down the mountain, I won't allow Yangou to take half a step!"

"Wounded people go down! Don't come up to get in the way! You are my own father and I will scold you too! Get out of here!"

All kinds of sounds on the city wall were intertwined, arrows were flying overhead, blood stained the city wall black, and the stench was strong and pungent.

In the morning, Li Xiaolian led four thousand soldiers to temporarily relieve the pressure on Tongtian Pass.

However, only 1000 of Li Xiaolian's 3000 soldiers were regular soldiers, and the remaining [-] were prisoners who had just been conscripted.

When some prisoners went to the battlefield for the first time, they immediately retreated when they saw the tragic scene of corpses scattered all over the field.

Song Fenglin immediately ordered the fugitives to be killed on the spot, and hung the body on a big tree behind Tongtianguan to warn others. After killing dozens of people in a row, the group of prisoners was shocked.

Although it was a crowd of mobs, they blocked the vacancy on the city wall and stopped the Yan army for the time being.

Four days and three nights without closing his eyes, Song Fenglin's physical strength was almost at its peak, and he didn't know whether it was the enemy's blood or his own blood, and he didn't even notice the blood flowed all over his hands. In the end, he was almost forced by Li Xiaolian and the others to set him up against the city wall. .

Although retreating from the front line, Song Fenglin was not idle. He helped direct the logistics to transport the wounded. Tongtian Pass was only so big that the wounded could not stay in the pass.

Some villagers spontaneously came to help transport the wounded, but those whose injuries were life-threatening were immediately carried down the mountain. Liu Xueyuan invited doctors to go up the mountain and the wounded were concentrated in Yunzhong Academy for treatment.

"Mr. Song, take off your armor quickly, you will bleed dry if you go on like this!" A doctor from the county caught Song Fenglin and called someone to take off his armor without any explanation.

After taking off the armor, everyone saw that Song Fenglin's white inner garment was completely stained with blood.

The doctor's face changed drastically, and Song Fenglin also suffered injuries on his back, with an arrow in his arm and a knife in his back.

Fortunately, the armor was excellent, and the knife only scratched the flesh but not very deep. The doctor immediately took the wound medicine and gauze to bandage the wound on his back first.

Then when the doctor pulled out the arrow, Song Fenglin didn't make a sound, but his face was frighteningly pale.

Li Asan put on the blood-stained undershirt for him, and Song Fenglin sat under the pine tree for a while, so exhausted that he couldn't even stand up.

In the past four days, the Yan army has invested more than [-] troops, and the Yan army has learned well, and they are fighting and retreating in rotation, tossing and exhausting Tongtian Pass. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Tongtian Pass is broken.

At this time of life and death, Song Fenglin remained calm, and he quickly filtered information in his mind.

Liu Zhan’s seal is needed to mobilize the defenders staying in the Northern Army camp. It takes about two days for the orderly to notify Liu Zhan, and another day and night for Liu Zhan to send out the seal to mobilize Cao Zhuang. Hengtang County is not far from Luming Ferry. Cao Zhuang should not take two days.

Based on this time, Liu Zhan should be able to arrive tonight, and Cao Zhuang can arrive tomorrow at the soonest. Cao Zhuang has [-] cavalry under his command, and the cavalry can arrive as quickly as two days and one night.

As long as he survives today's Tongtian Pass, he can hold it, Song Fenglin firmly closed his eyes.

"Mr. Song, I boiled some brown sugar water for you to drink." Li Asan brought a bowl of brown sugar water.

Song Fenglin took it and drank it in one gulp, feeling refreshed. He leaned on the tree trunk and wanted to stand up, but he staggered a few steps before barely standing up. He wanted to pick up the sword, but his right hand, which was hit by the arrow, was too shaken to use any strength.

It was already evening at this time, and the setting sun was particularly bright red today, and the whole body of the stone building that reached the sky was illuminated red.

I don't know if it was the setting sun that dazzled his eyes, Song Fenglin felt that the shadows in front of his eyes were ghosts, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

With a hazy vision, Song Fenglin felt that everyone was moving, as if they were cheering, but he couldn't see or hear them clearly.

"General—!"

"General Liu is here—!"

"Tongtian Pass has been saved!!"

From a distance, Liu Zhan saw the man in the bloody coat standing under the pine tree, his face was as pale as white paper, and he was on the verge of falling and wanted to hold his sword up.

He just felt like a knife was piercing his heart when he breathed.

Regardless of what other people said, or whether his subordinates came up to report the situation immediately, Liu Zhan strode towards Song Fenglin, pulled the cloak on his body and covered Song Fenglin.

It wasn't until Liu Zhan's thick and powerful hands pressed on his shoulders that Song Fenglin could see the person in front of him clearly.

"You're here." Song Fenglin's phoenix eyes, which had been tense all the time, relaxed visibly with the naked eye.

"I'm here." Liu Zhan's voice was hoarse.

Supporting Song Fenglin's already crumbling figure, Liu Zhan said in a deep voice, "Come here, take Mr. Song down the mountain to heal his wounds!"

A personal guard immediately stepped forward to take orders.

Liu Zhan turned around, looking towards the direction of the gate tower with fierce eyes, his eyes were about to burst.

"Come and follow this general to kill all the swallow thieves!!"

He drew out his long knife and roared, venting the overwhelming anger in his heart, rushed to the city wall with a thousand guards under his command, and immediately fought with Yan soldiers.

"Big brother!"

"Boss!"

Out of the corner of Liu Zhan's eyes, he caught sight of the large and small bloody belts on Cao Ming's body. He stepped over and lifted Cao Ming up and threw him down the stairs. "Get off and recuperate."

Cao Ming sat on the stairs and giggled. "Boss, I'm relieved when you come."

Also, Hu Xu ordered Li Futian, Zhou Ziming, and Liu Zhan to catch them one by one and drive them away. The wounds on their bodies were like a map, and they were still struggling to kill the enemy.

Although Liu Zhan only brought 1000 people with him, these 1000 people were the elites who were killed in the sea of ​​blood and corpses. They were so old and fierce that they were not comparable to recruits. Liu Zhan quickly controlled the city wall and put this wave of Yan soldiers pressed down.

"Mr. Song, get in the car." The guard urged from time to time.

Song Fenglin didn't leave immediately, he still sat under the pine tree and watched for a long time, until the sound of beating and killing on the city wall gradually subsided.

"I'll be waiting in Guanzhong." Song Fenglin got up and walked towards his and Liu Zhan's independent courtyard.

Li Asan hurriedly followed up to wait on him, seeing that Song Fenglin was determined, the personal guards did not insist.

All the seriously injured soldiers from Tongtianguan were transported to Yunzhong Academy for centralized treatment. Liu Xueyuan decided to invite doctors from the whole county to gather there.

Cao Ming and Hu Xuling were also badly injured. As soon as Liu Zhan came, they relaxed their tense nerves and passed out from sleep, and the villagers directly carried them down the mountain.

The Yan army's offensive slowed down at night, but they still came to harass every half an hour, waking everyone up and then retreating. This was not intending to let the Guanzhong defenders rest, but to torture the defenders crazy.

Liu Zhan ordered to ignore it, just leave a team of people guarding the wall, and if there is any change, then ring the gong to call the police.

When Liu Zhan walked down the city wall, the guard took the opportunity to report to Liu Zhan, knowing that Song Fenglin did not go down the mountain and Liu Zhan was not surprised.

"Xiao Lian, you guard." Liu Zhan turned and walked towards the courtyard.

When Liu Zhan entered the room, Li Asan was sitting in the main room dozing off, but he was still alert and stood up immediately when he heard footsteps.

"General!"

"How is Mr. Song's injury?" Liu Zhan said as he strode into the room.

Li Asan followed behind Liu Zhan. "I got an arrow in my arm, a knife cut on my back, and some minor injuries. Fortunately, the armor blocked it. The doctor said the injuries were not deep."

The room was very quiet, Song Fenglin fell asleep on his stomach.

Four days and three nights of non-stop dealing with Yan Bing exhausted all of Song Fenglin's physical strength, and he fell asleep immediately after returning to his room, his handsome face was full of exhaustion.

"Some burn." Liu Zhan stroked Song Fenglin's forehead. "Has Mr. Song taken any medicine?"

Li Ah San immediately said, "I've taken it. I went down the mountain to Yunzhong Academy to get the medicine."

Liu Zhan nodded, he was relieved to be sure that Song Fenglin was okay, the front line couldn't leave him, so he tucked Song Fenglin under the quilt and stepped out of the room.

"Heat some food in the stove, and Mr. Song must eat some when he wakes up." After speaking, Liu Zhan returned to the city gate without looking back.