Tongshu with Mei

Bei Chenqing smiled and said: "You guessed it. A sneak attack is certain. I've been planning for almost two months, and I'm going to take Tongguan in one fell swoop. Don't press me down, I'm dead. Get up and listen to me." Say, do you want to go to investigate the terrain with me tomorrow?"

Yang Ye was immediately excited when he heard the words, and finally let him go: "You said you have figured out a way to capture Tongguan? Great, great, as long as Tongguan is in hand, I can lead my troops into Luoyang! Let's go tomorrow Where? Tell me, I will go with you too!"

Bei Chenqing smiled and said, "You'll know when you go. Little wolf, it's not easy to get into Luoyang. Have you got in touch with Yan Feng?"

Yang Ye nodded, and Bei Chenqing said: "Then next, pick a group of soldiers who must be absolutely loyal to you, obey your command, and have strong adaptability and agile skills. The number doesn't need to be large, five or six hundred will do. . Start training in a few days."

On the second day, Bei Chenqing took Yang Ye out to investigate the terrain, and they ran away without a trace. Yang Xi didn't ask the two of them where they were going, and just went to the front to supervise the battle.When the two came back at night, their clothes were all scratched by branches, and some grass leaves and other things were stained on Yang Ye's head. Bei Chenqing patiently cleaned them up for him. eat.

The two gobbled it together, Yang Xi saw no one else, and asked, "How?"

Bei Chenqing said: "We have made a thorough investigation. We have deployed troops and horses in the past two days and prepared the things we will use. We will set off on time at midnight the day after tomorrow."

For the next two days, the city was continuously attacked during the day, and at night, Bei Chenqing asked his subordinates to go out to collect the necessary items, some of which were delivered to Yang Ye, and some of them were kept by themselves.

It was getting dark that night, Bei Chenqing dispatched troops on time, divided the troops into several groups, he brought thousands of soldiers and horses with him, and then went to attack Tongguan tower, while Yuan Ouming and Cen Jin's navy generals directly attacked Fengling ferry.Yang Xi and Ren Guan sit in the central army and dispatch troops at any time.

Yang Ye brought Wei Linxian and other guards with him, equipped with [-] elite soldiers, but he came out much earlier than the rest of the soldiers.As soon as he bid farewell to his elder brother, he yelled: "Follow me!" leading the crowd roaring out the door.

As the night outside was getting darker, Yang Ye led all the people to walk in disorder. Whenever he saw three stones on the side of the road in the shape of finished characters, he followed the direction of the stones and walked along the road.Walking around like this, most of the people lost their way.Everyone wanted to cross Jinyuedu with him to sneak attack Fenglingdu, but they walked back and forth, but they didn't know where they went.

There is someone who pretends to be shrewd, and sees that something is wrong.Bai Tingbi, known as a gifted scholar, moved closer to Yang Ye and said, "Master Hou, you've gone the wrong way."

Yang Ye said: "That's right, your Master Hou has never gone wrong!"

Bai Tingbi anxiously said: "Why is it not wrong? Jinyue Ferry is to the north, you can see the Polaris in the sky, and you will know that we are already wrong."

Yang Ye said: "If I say it's right, I'm right. Did I tell you that we're going to Jinyue Ferry? You go aside! Knowing that you're a sissy, don't open your mouth! How come there are so many words?"

Bai Tingbi was so angry that he burst into tears, and angrily beat his horse to the side, refusing to talk to him again.The rest of them didn't dare to say more, they just followed him around in silence.After walking a short distance, the front became narrower and narrower, and the branches kept hurting people's faces, so everyone abandoned their horses and walked.

After bypassing a mountain depression, there is a dark valley between the two mountains.Behind the thorns is a pile of boulders in a mess, seven or eight feet high. Because of the age, if you don't look carefully, you think it is a natural mountain wall.A stream flows into the valley through a gap under the boulder.

Yang Ye said: "Wei Linxian, send an order to cut down the thorns with an ax first, then you, Bai Tingbi, Nianwei, Zhonglizhen, the three brothers of the Ma family and others climb up twenty people, tie the long rope, and pull the rest up. "

Wei Linxian passed on the order according to his words, the soldiers were equipped with axes and long ropes before they came, but now they suddenly came in handy.Led by Wei Linxian, a dozen soldiers first cut open the dense thorns and vines, and then twenty guards went up from the easy-to-mount place on the left side of the rock, and threw down a long rope. The long ropes went up one by one, and within half an hour, they all entered the valley.

Yang Ye was ordered not to make a sound, the crowd lit torches, and the soldiers took machetes in their hands to cut open the miscellaneous trees, thorns and other things in turn. Next to the winding water, a dilapidated bluestone road finally appeared in front of them.

Walking along the road in this way, several groups of soldiers went into battle one by one to see through the thorns, and the progress was extremely fast.After traveling for about three or four miles, there seemed to be a dark and gloomy square tower on the west wall of the ravine, about four feet square, Yang Ye ordered someone to throw a stone into it, but there was no sound, only a bird was startled. When the old man came, he screamed and went elsewhere.It had been abandoned for a long time.

So everyone continued to move forward along the road, the night was dark, the way ahead was unclear, five or six hundred soldiers were silent without speaking.Yang Ye comforted the soldiers and said, "Don't be afraid. I've checked this road twice, and it's been deserted for a long time. It's just a bit difficult to walk. There will be more difficult places to go later, so be prepared."

At this moment, Xiao Nan'an leaned over to Yang Ye's side, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Little Wolf, where is this place? Last time I heard from the Zhongjun tent that we were going to sneak attack Jinyuedu?"

Yang Ye glanced at him sideways, and said with a smile: "There are other people going to Jinyuedu, so we won't go there. Nannan, is that why you want to go?"

Xiao Nan'an's big eyes showed a hint of fear: "No, no, I am willing to follow Brother Little Wolf. But what exactly is this place?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "It's okay to tell you, so that you can understand. This valley is called Forbidden Valley, and it was also Yunqi who accidentally discovered it by looking through previous records. You know that the Tongguan Pass was built here hundreds of years ago. Near the Forbidden Ditch, this is the official passage between Chang'an and Luoyang. At that time, there was a Twelve Company City on the west side of the mountain, and soldiers were stationed on the city. With the help of natural dangers, it was tightly guarded. Presumably the deserted tower just now was one of the Twelve Company City. Later, because of the diversion of the Yellow River and the relocation of Tongguan Pass, this channel was abandoned. However, in order to avoid some customs duties, the merchants who came back and forth still walked here quietly. When the imperial court heard about this, they sent people at both ends of the valley. The road was completely sealed off by piled up rocks. I heard from Yun Qi that although he knew about this passage from the documents of the previous dynasty, he searched for a long time before he found the valley entrance. The end of the valley entrance is exactly Tongguan The rear side of the current city tower, this time, we will definitely be able to attack by surprise."

Xiao Nan'an said: "Really? Then Jinyue Ferry, where Jinyue Ferry..."

Yang Ye cut off his words, and said indifferently: "It's just a feint over there, this is exactly the plan Yun Qi set up, to build plank roads to cross Chencang secretly. Do you understand?"

Xiao Nan'an said: "Understood." Silently, he planned to go to the side by himself, but Yang Ye said: "The beasts in this valley have never entered, the road is difficult, you are by my side, don't wander around."

Xiao Nan'an could only say: "Yes." He walked beside him nonchalantly.

Along the way, Yang Ye checked the twelve cities on the mountain wall, some of them were still there, some were gone, and there were two towers built in a narrow place, but they collapsed and blocked the way, so everyone had to climb over them.Go straight until after midnight, when all the twelve towers have passed, a deep valley suddenly appears in front of it, and the stream flows down, forming a waterfall, with the sound of water rumbling, flying pearls and jade.Yang Ye paused, and said loudly: "Everyone, this is not far away, it is the rear of Tongguan Pass. I have been fighting in Tongguan for two months, and lost countless soldiers and horses. Many brothers have no bones left, but I have never shaken them. Nothing. Now that Tongguan is going to be captured, the success or failure depends on the 600 of us. Wei Linxian, at the end of the year, there are still twenty of you, put down the long rope and go down first to have a look. If there is no problem, we will follow."

Wei Linxian obeyed the order and left with more than a dozen people. After a while, he reported safety from a distance below, and all the soldiers came down one by one.Yang Ye said: "Nannan, you break up with me."

Xiao Nan'an has been silently following him, but his expression is getting worse and worse. Yang Ye just doesn't see it, and urges the six hundred soldiers to go down the mountain wall one by one. Before sneaking not far away, the vague shadow of Tongguan Guanlou appeared in the night.

Xiao Nan'an who was beside him suddenly said: "Brother Little Wolf, I want to relieve myself, I... I'm a little nervous!"

Yang Ye said: "Look at you, you are useless, you are really a lazy donkey. Go, go! Come back soon!"

Xiao Nanan hurriedly walked to the back of a bush. He carried charcoal sticks and white paper with him. He wrote a few words in a panic in the dark, rolled them into a roll, and tied them to an arrow feather.Then he walked around the bushes and quietly approached the tower. He was about to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, but suddenly a person whispered softly in his ear, "What are you doing, Nan Nan?"

The man's hot breath hit Xiao Nan'an's ears, and it was Yang Ye's voice.Xiao Nanan almost let out an exclamation, drew his knife out of its sheath with his backhand, and slashed at him with the wind. Yang Ye followed his blade's approach and dodged sideways, stretched out his finger and flicked his blade. His internal strength was far behind him, and suddenly his mouth was numb, and a knife almost flew out of his hand.Then his wrist tightened, and Yang Ye had already pinched the pulse door and pulled him over.

After all, he was young, so he stammered: "I...I..." Seeing Yang Ye snatching his own bow and arrow with his hands, he took the note familiarly, opened it, and when he saw it clearly, He just chuckled lightly and said lightly, "Sure enough."

Xiao Nanan stayed on the spot, feeling a buzzing in his head, and wanted to defend himself, but his lips trembled, not knowing what to say.

Yang Ye casually tied the note up again, and said, "Nannan, why?"

Xiao Nan'an said tremblingly: "Brother Xiaolang, I...my sister is in His Majesty's harem, and she is always getting angry in the palace, and there is nothing I can do..."

Yang Ye said indifferently: "That's your own business. I just want to ask you, was it because you tipped off the news when we fell in Huanglongling?"

Xiao Nanan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.A sneer slowly appeared on the corners of Yang Ye's lips, and he said: "So, the last time I set up an ambush in Huanglongling, I discussed with my brother and the others in the tent, and there were only you guards outside the tent, but it turned out that the news leaked out, and we were ambushed. After much deliberation, I am still not sure who it is. This time, I used a sneak attack from the Forbidden Ditch, randomly probing and probing, first talking about attacking Jinyuedu, and then moving to Forbidden Ditch, and someone was exposed. Alas, it turned out that It's you, little boy! Among this group of guards, Wei Linxian is treacherous, Bai Tingbi is timid, young and outspoken, Zhonglizhen is gloomy, and the three of the Ma family are more stupid than the other, and all of them are more like traitors than you, but none of them are. Nan Nan Nan, what do you think I should do with you?"

Looking at his smile, Xiao Nan'an panicked in his heart, a trace of fear flashed in his big eyes, and suddenly his knees softened and he knelt on the ground, but one of his hands was firmly held by Yang Ye and refused to let go, so he had to He begged: "Brother Wolf, I won't dare anymore, I really don't dare! Can you spare me this time? From now on, I will definitely listen to you."

Yang Ye said warmly: "Nannan, it's not that I don't want to spare you. Do you know how many soldiers and horses we lost in the ambush in Huanglongling? There were a total of 8000 people inside and outside. Countless food and grass were also robbed Looting away, I have nowhere to go, and there are pursuers behind me. I am trapped and displaced, and I am in a panic. In desperation, I can only brazenly ask Lord Cen for help again and again. Fortunately, Lord Cen finally agreed to His Royal Highness Zhao’s marriage proposal. Otherwise, what will happen to us, do you know?"

Xiao Nan'an said: "I know, I know everything. But my sister is also very pitiful. I haven't summoned them for a long time, and they forced my sister to write secret letters to me. I... …I also……"

Yang Ye snorted, and said: "It's very pitiful. I enjoy the wealth and honor in the palace, and coax my younger brother to work hard outside. It's indeed pitiful. Who is your sister? It seems that there is no concubine named Xiao in Yang Tao's harem?"

Xiao Nan'an hurriedly said: "Her surname is not Xiao, but her surname is Le. She was named Zhaoyi. We both have the same mother and different fathers, but she is my only relative, and I cannot give up on her."

Yang Ye slowly approached him, smiled and said: "That's fine, since you have decided not to give up on her, then I can give up on you with peace of mind. Nannan, don't worry, we will enter Luoyang in the future, as long as your sister doesn't die, we I will not treat her badly. I told my brother that she can continue to be Zhaoyi in the harem and still enjoy the glory. Even you, the news sent back this time was also killed in King Zhao’s surprise attack on Tongguan. This branch Arrow, I will shoot you up the city tower and try to get someone to pass it into Bai Ling's hands, but of course it will be a little later. Nannan, it's not that I won't spare you or give you a chance. We were just talking about it Rebellion. You have a sister who is bound by you. You are tired of her, and you will not be able to escape after all. If you rebel once, there will be a second and third time. This traitor is absolutely unacceptable to us. There is no chance for people to rebel again and again. Especially me, I really can't wait!"