Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 281 Crossing the Sword Gate

There was a light rain on Dajian Mountain, and the rain was pattering. The soldiers did not want to hide in the tents. They all gathered under the caves at the bottom of the cliff, competing with bats and poisonous insects, but they all protected their bedding well. It's wet, and I feel offended when I sleep at night.

And what I am most afraid of is that the rain will not disperse, and the bedding will be covered with mildew.

Shi Congyun braved the light rain, climbed up a hillside in the north, walked along the muddy path for half an hour, grabbed the branches on the side of the road, and finally climbed to the middle of the mountain. From here, you can see the Jianmenguan tower. perhaps.

But the situation further south can not be seen, only the continuous towering mountains.

Shi Congyun originally wanted to try his luck to see if he could see the situation in the south, but he was disappointed when he came up. He didn't know where Shao Ji and Liu Qingchuan were, and what they were doing.

"Marshal, I don't think there is any need to wait, let someone lead the troops to tackle key problems." Murong Yanzhao stepped on the mud and followed behind him, a little impatient.

Wang Quanbin and the others didn't speak, but they probably meant the same thing.

"Marshal, it's raining and cold, what's the point of waiting, anyway, the brothers are not afraid, let's fight directly." A commander of Long Jiejun also spoke.

Everyone said what I said, most of them felt that although the Jianmen Pass was dangerous, the soldiers were not afraid at all, they could attack by force, and death and injury were inevitable.

Shi Congyun looked south and remained silent.

Everyone talked for a long time, and finally someone couldn't help but said: "If the commander-in-chief is afraid and dare not fight, give a certain 500 people. If you take it down, you will die there, and you will never come back shamelessly!"

As soon as these words came out, the noisy mountaintop was quiet for a while, everyone's faces were a little ugly, Wei Renpu hesitated to speak.

Shi Congyun turned his head, said without anger, looked at the strong man behind him and asked, "Give me the registration number."

"It's the second army on the left side of the iron cavalry who commanded the party to advance." The man reported happily.

Shi Congyun was still very happy after hearing this, and smiled instead: "How do you fight, just hit a hole in the city wall with your head."

"Someone has his own way, they don't dare to fight anyway." Dang Jin said, his tone much weaker.

At this time, Marquis Du Yu of Long Jiejun hurriedly stood up and pulled Dang Jin down on one knee, saying, "Commander, he is a rough man, he can't speak, please forgive me, Commander!"

"Forgive me for the crime, get up." Shi Congyun said: "Everyone in the army is as brave as Dang Jin, and dares to fight. I am too happy."

As he said that, Shi Congyun pointed to the Jianmen Gate at the foot of the mountain: "It's not that this king doesn't believe you, just like Dang Jin said, he is not afraid of death, and he also believes that you will always have a way to capture this gate. At most, five hundred people will die, and then you will die." Dead party."

Hearing him say that, everyone grinned.

"But if you dare to die for me, as the coach, I also have to think about the soldiers. This is called performing their own duties.

When Shao Ji fights over there, let's fight again, maybe your party won't have to die. "

Shi Congyun smiled and said, "It's a good thing that you are willing to give up this life, but just because you are willing, I, the coach, can't let you down, let you die casually, do you understand what that means?"

Dang Jin scratched his head, and said in a muffled voice: "Understood, the commander-in-chief has the final say."

Wei Renpu laughed and said, "The King Qin's words are really penetrating."

"Marshal, what do you think we should do?" Veteran Wang Quanbin said, and everyone also waited for his order.

Shi Congyun stepped on the ground under his feet, "Set up a sentry here, so that people can watch the movements in the south, and we will send troops if there is any change in the tower.

It’s a pity that the situation in the south cannot be seen”

"It's mid-March now, wait another [-] days, and if there is still no movement in the south by the end of March, we will use Feng Jisheng's method to push a fence cart to attack."

Shi Congyun finally made a decision, and the generals immediately agreed, and immediately had a direction and a plan, and the uneasiness caused by waiting and continuous rain in the army gradually dissipated.

After going down the mountain, the light rain stopped for a while, and Wei Renpu followed behind him. Wei Renpu was not too young. When going down the mountain, Shi Congyun helped him from time to time, for fear of falling due to slippery roads.

Because of the marriage between the two families, the younger sister Shi Congmei was engaged to Wei Renpu's son, so Wei Renpu was obviously very close to him.

The higher the position, the more attention is paid to this kind of blood connection and marriage, or it is an important political method.

Just like Li Shimin back then, after the Xuanwumen Incident, he occupied his brother's wife and his brother's wife.

Maybe it was driven by a lustful instinct, men are almost the same, but there may be other considerations.

Because his sister-in-law and younger siblings were from the big clan in Longxi, he launched a mutiny and the court was in turmoil. At this time, the forced "marriage" can at least send a signal to the big clan in Longxi at that time. We are a family. The meaning of infringing on you can also play a role in stabilizing the world.

At that time, whether Li Shimin was obsessed with sex, or whether he had other considerations, or both is unknown, but what is certain is that the more powerful he is, the less he will be bound by worldly morality, and he can only balance interests.

Most of the time, the one party to the moral restraint is the common people at the bottom, and this restraint is a mutual compromise, a compromise for the common interests of everyone.

When the power is getting bigger and bigger, Shi Congyun can also feel that there are few people who can restrain him in what he wants to do now, and it is more about the consideration of interests.

There are many such things in the court. For example, there is a ten-year gap between the official family and the Empress Dowager Fu, and the Empress Dowager Fu is a widow. As a regular wife, there must be a greater consideration of interests.

It is not uncommon for those powerful generals and veterans in the court to marry wives and concubines in their teens at the age of five or sixty. The custom is that sacrificing a woman is nothing compared to the safety and interests of the family.

Sometimes when Shi Congyun thinks about these things, he feels more nervous and lonely
When he asked his younger sister to marry Wei Renpu's son, he actually felt guilty, at least he couldn't feel at ease like people in this era.

When we got down the mountain, Wei Renpu couldn't move, so Shi Congyun followed him to take shelter from the rain under a big rock and rest his feet at the same time.

Wei Renpu said with emotion: "The old man once thought about why the commander-in-chief can lead these arrogant soldiers. These soldiers could not be suppressed by the officials at the beginning, but now I understand a little bit."

"I'm a rough man who fights. They know what's going on in their minds, so they can control them naturally." Shi Congyun said.

Wei Renpu shook his head: "King Qin is too humble. The battle of Gaoping is by my side, and the battle of Huainan is also vivid in my mind. The critical situation at that time was all because the officials could not restrain those generals. At that time, the officials were afraid that they would cause trouble. It was only when Yu Jia personally went to conquer, but he didn't expect that something happened before Yu Jia.

At that time, the old man was by the official's side, and the official was actually very angry, even towards Li Yun and others, but there was nothing they could do. Zhao Chao, Bai Yanyu and those people, the official could only indulge.

King Qin's subordinates are different, and the old man can't tell where the difference is. "

Shi Congyun laughed, he didn't know, or maybe it was his personal charm, this damn charm is always irresistible.

From the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, the frontier governors were like the heterosexual princes and kings in the early Han Dynasty. They had independent military power and financial power. They were the local emperors.

Although the official has done something, he can't make fundamental changes. It is still the old way of the five generations, because he only has six years.

Shi Congyun asked suddenly: "Duke Wei, what do you think will happen if I come to rule the world?"

He had already thought about it, just trying to speak casually, if Wei Renpu hesitated, he would just laugh and joke, anyway, he has a thick skin.

Unexpectedly, Wei Renpu did not hesitate, and immediately replied: "That is a blessing for the people of the world!"

Shi Congyun suddenly understood in his heart that he didn't know if the people in the world were lucky or not, but marrying a younger sister was really the right thing to do.

Shi Congyun suddenly thought, if only he had a few more sisters
On the afternoon of March 21, the weather was fine, and there was still a veil-like mist in the valley. The sentry on the mountain ridge suddenly reported in a hurry. There were fewer Shu soldiers on the Guanlou than last night, and they seemed to be in turmoil.

Shi Congyun didn't respond at first, but just let them continue to observe.

Later in the afternoon, the higher-ups reported again, and there were fewer people upstairs.

Shi Congyun also sensed that something was wrong, and immediately called Dang Jin over.

Dang Jin arrived soon, Shi Congyun looked at the hulking man, and said directly: "There has been movement at Jianmen Pass, it is likely that Shao Ji attacked the south side, and this side is starting to mobilize manpower.

Don't you want to die? Today, the king will not stop you, and appoint you as the commander of the vanguard. You will lead the first army of Hujie's left wing, and take the Jianmen pass for me. "

Dang Jin immediately said: "If you don't take the city, you will die there and never come back!"

After speaking, he immediately went back to dispatch troops.

Shi Congyun also put on his armor himself, ready to go to the front line to watch the battle, but this time he didn't wear thick armor, because the heavy armor on the mountain road would be a burden instead.

Their camp was almost two miles away from Jianmen Pass. When Shi Congyun brought his soldiers to the front line, Dang Jin also led the army and began to gather in front of Jianmen Pass.

Feng Jisheng led the craftsmen of Shenhuo to rush up the fence cart.

To Shi Congyun's regret, more than 20 cannons were left in Lizhou and did not take them south, because the mountain roads were difficult to walk, especially the plank road of Dajian Mountain, and the big ones weighing several hundred catties could not be taken away.

Shi Congyun wanted to try to shoot a few shots, but he was in a hurry all the way to the north, and he couldn't bring it to the south. He didn't fire a single shot, and he felt very regretful.

Soon, Dangjin had brought a large number of elite Hujie troops to gather at Jianmenguan, and the fence cart was pushed to the front.

Everyone huddled behind the fence car and lined up neatly, shouting in unison and setting off to the mountain. The front row pushed the fence car to block the rolling stone arrows, the back row was the sword and shield hand, and the back row was the reserve force holding the siege ladder.

The Zhou army had already practiced during these days of rest, and because of the terrain of Jianmen Pass, large siege equipment was useless, and only simple and light ladders were the best.

Dang Jin didn't wear armor at all, and his muscular body was at the forefront, with a short hammer and a few hatchets hanging from his waist, and he rushed up the slope with a horizontal knife on his back.

Many soldiers also felt that armor was cumbersome to fight in such a terrain. Except for the dozens of people in the front row who wore armor, everyone in the back did not wear armor and was ready to fight hard with their shirts off!
Seeing that Shi Congyun was very worried, these soldiers are brave because they are brave, what if they get hit by a cold arrow?
Zhou Jun was aggressive, shouting and advancing neatly up the mountain.

For a moment, the momentum was very large. The Shu army on the mountain first fired with bows and crossbows, and then rolled down many rolling stones. For a while, the sound of rolling down and the roar of arrows echoed everywhere in the valley.

Huge rolling stones rolled down the slope, and many of them hit Zhou Jun's fence car. With a loud noise, sawdust flew, and some soldiers were shaken so that their palms were numb, but they still held on firmly.

There were also rolling stones the size of millstones rolling down the mountain along the gaps between the fences. Zhou Jun shrank behind the fence and was not injured, but some fell directly on the ground and jumped up, flew over the fence more than two meters high, and fell into the crowd behind. middle.

In an instant, some people's heads were bloody, like a watermelon that exploded, and red and white were scattered all over the ground, which was extremely tragic.

The soldiers of the Zhou Army were naked to the waist and showed no sign of flinching. The people in front roared and were red all over, their veins popped out, and the heavy fence cart was pushed fast, desperately rushing upwards.

The arrows at the head of the Shu army are sparse, which is obviously a shortage of manpower.

Waiting until Banpo, Dang Jin directly led people over the fence cart, roaring and rushed towards the city head, the soldiers behind also gave up the heavy and slow fence cart, rushed out, and rushed to Jianmen with a distance of dozens of steps Close it, and put the ladders on the top of the city one after another.

Someone from the rear kept shooting arrows at the Shu army at the top of the city. The Shu army was beaten desperately by the Zhou army, and they didn't react for a while.

Several people who wanted to lift the rolling stone were shot to death by Zhou Jun one after another. Dang Jin took the lead to climb up the ladder with one hand, and took out the hatchet at his waist with the other hand. On the military forehead.

Shi Congyun saw him fly to death two defenders with a hatchet from a distance, then drew out the horizontal knife behind his back and rushed to the top of the city, slashing here and there, and the Shu army was forced to retreat by him, just like the devil in the world, Behind Zhou Jun followed up one after another, like a broken bamboo.

The so-called Xiongguan can't stop Zhou Jun, who is not afraid of death.

The defense at the top of the Shu Army city was not as tight as expected. After the first wave was killed and retreated, it seemed that there was no reinforcements, and there was no counterattack. Shi Congyun immediately asked Murong Yanzhao to lead people to supplement it.

Murong Yanzhao took the order and immediately led people uphill to close the roof.

Half an hour later, the gate to the north of Jianmenguan was opened, and Murong Yanzhao's army rushed in one after another, quickly controlling the main road.

About half an hour later, Dangjin, covered in blood and injured in several places, came back to report to him, saying that he had fulfilled his mission and captured the general guarding the Shu army.

Shi Congyun was overjoyed, and happily praised: "I have seen many strong generals in these years of fighting in the South and North, and your party is also one of the best.

I will remember today's great merit for you, hurry up and lead the wounded brothers down to heal. "

Listening to his praise, Dang Jin grinned with his big teeth showing.

Shi Congyun interrogated the general of the Shu Kingdom, and sure enough, there were only 500 people guarding Jianmen Pass, and the rest went to the south, because news came from the south that the Chinese army of the Shu army at Hanyuanpo was attacked by the Zhou army. attack.

Hanyuan Slope is behind them, ten miles south of Jianmen Pass.

Some fled in fright, and those who remained steadfast were panicked, so they had no intention of fighting.

When Shi Congyun heard it, he immediately understood what was going on.

Without further ado: "Shao Ji and Liu Qingchuan detoured to Hanyuan Slope. All the cavalry were in the vanguard. They immediately crossed the Jianmen Pass and went straight to Hanyuan Slope. A certain person personally led the team."

After finishing speaking, he said to the tied Shu general: "You come to lead the way, and then it will be credited to you and let him loose."

The general of the Shu Kingdom froze for a moment, then nodded again and again.

(End of this chapter)