Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

In early April, a heavy rain took away the last of the chill, and the weather began to gradually become hotter.There was another heavy rain in the afternoon, and the crackling raindrops joined together in the woods, drowning out all the sounds between the sky and the earth, and the mountains were covered with a thin layer of white mist.

The scorching heat in the air cleared away, and even brought a little bit of coolness. The trees in the north were not so dense and not so tall, and the ravines were criss-crossed. There is too much mud, only some dry and hard loess mountains, stubborn and hard, like a layer of lard, it is terribly slippery to step on, and if you are not careful, you will fall down the hillside, which is very unfavorable for the march of the group. Such terrain Mostly appear on sunny hills.

The rain did not stop until it was dark, and the sky cleared, revealing a river of bright stars.

Yelu Xiezhen, who had eaten the rain all day on the mountain ridge, spit. They dared not hide in the valley. They could only stare at the mountain at Yunchu on the ridge and pray for the rain to stop. There is a small earth cave in the south, which should be The nearby villagers used it for digging clay, and they dared not go in to shelter from the rain, fearing that the rain would lead to landslides.

The rain in the early summer came and went quickly, and they dared not go to the valley to hide for fear of encountering mountain torrents, so a group of people could only bite the bullet and wait for the rain to stop under a small forest. Drenched chicken.

Yelu Xiezhen spat. This time he brought more than 300 people, one person and two horses. He wanted to be a forward. Instead of taking the road, he quietly went to see the situation at the north entrance. The army stopped more than 50 miles behind. He was going to see See if the Qin people have repaired the pass city at the north entrance, and whether the Qin army has deployed defenses in the gap in the east wall, but it rained heavily halfway.

Now the whole body is cold when the wind blows, and this area is very close to the north entrance, they dare not start a fire, so they can only cover their hands in wet, blow the night wind, and watch the stars.

"We went by at night, it just rained, Qin Jun must not have thought of it." Yelu Xiezhen trembled, and whispered, although he was a little chilled from the cold, this was indeed a good opportunity.

Whether the Qin army has repaired the north entrance and whether it has set up defenses in the gap is related to whether the army's southward march will be smooth, so he must come and see it in person, and he is not at ease handing it over to his subordinates.

Everyone was shivering from the cold, their lips turned white, but they still nodded in agreement.

So they set off again carefully under the starlight, but the roads in the mountains were mostly slippery due to a rain, so they had to leave the horses where they were, leaving one-third of the people to look after the horses, and the rest to unload the horses. Put on the armor, set off lightly, and use hands and feet to grope the slippery mountain road to the south.

After walking for less than half an hour, someone slipped his foot in the dark and rolled down the steep valley in an instant. Even the screams stopped. In the darkness, only the sound of rolling and falling in the valley was heard, as if rolling down a hillside. A boulder is no different.

People around were panting more heavily, Yelu Xiezhen also took a breath, said in a deep voice: "Be careful!" Then he continued to lead the people forward.

In the middle of the night, two hundred or so people went down the mountain and came to the main road in the valley. Because of the overnight journey, their bodies were steaming, and the coolness of the first half of the night was dispelled. With the night wind, their clothes were almost dried out.

Fortunately, looking from the avenue under the starlight, they could already see the high Guancheng in the south, with a flag on it, which collapsed on the side of the flagpole. …

Yelu Xiezhen can be sure that the Liao army has never set up a flag here, and the Beikou Pass City has been abandoned for many years, so it must have been planted by the people of Qin.

He immediately ordered in a low voice to disperse the people and hide in the woods on the hillside on the east side of the avenue, "Two people go over and see if there are any Qin people in Guancheng. Be careful."

The general beside him ordered a skilled man, nervously groping south along the inner side of the avenue, ready to go through the woods on the slope, but he was stopped by Yelu Xiezhen in a low voice: "Come back! "

When the officer came back, he couldn't help asking, "What are you doing in the woods!"

"The woods are hidden." The officer said with some doubts.

Yelu Xiezhen looked at the subordinate in front of him with some annoyance. He was the leader of a team, and his subordinates led more than 500 cavalry. He didn't even know this kind of common sense of marching.

"It's all dark now. Qin people can't see the shadows along the inner side of the road. They get into the woods. Don't the trees move? You treat them as blind!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the frightened captain in front of him through the starlight. He was so young, maybe only around twenty, Yelu Xiezhen was a little dazed, and then sighed, "Forget it, I don't blame you, I will take someone there , you respond here."

He suddenly understood why these young officers were so unfamiliar and inexperienced, because Shi Congyun killed all those middle and low-level officers who had experienced many battles and opened up territories for the Daliao Kingdom.
That was Shi Congyun's vicious method. In the Battle of Three Passes ten years ago, after slaughtering their elites, Shi Congyun released a group of senior officials and some soldiers like Xiao Peng, but executed many middle and low-level officers. The same is true for the battle of the Communist Party of China, so that a large number of middle and low-level officers in the army are inexperienced newcomers.

When he followed the shadow on the inner side of the avenue, he boldly touched about [-] steps away from Guancheng. Looking at it through the starlight, there was no one at the top of Guancheng. What surprised him even more was that the city was already in ruins, and the gate below was broken. The hole was opened, Qin Jun did not repair the city gate at all!
what's the situation!
Yelu Xiezhen was a little puzzled for a while, did the Qin people just come to plant a flag and retreat south?
Or is it some kind of trap?

He didn't dare to look closely, in case the Qin army was cunning and had an ambush, they would be exposed.

Now there is a more important point, which is to confirm the gap in the eastern section, where is the main place for the army to pass through.

After he turned back, he led a large group of people along the north side of the mountain and quickly reached the gap in the east. The gap was hidden behind a bush. It took them many years to demolish the city wall for more than half a mile, which was enough for the army to pass through easily.

After they climbed up the tree to confirm, and sent a few people to investigate quietly, they finally confirmed that the Qin army did not set up an ambush, did not try to block the gap, and the weeds were waist-deep in some places along the long gap, and the Qin army did not garrison nearby. To prevent them from crossing the gap.

In an instant, Yelu Xiezhen breathed a sigh of relief, very excited!
This means that their army will be able to cross the Great Wall at Beikou without hindrance. This section of the ancient Great Wall that has been built for hundreds of years is what they are most worried about. That's it!
I don't know whether it was the Qin army's carelessness or the lack of troops. They didn't make good use of this section of the Great Wall.

For a moment, countless conjectures ran through Yelu Xiezhen's mind. Maybe Qin Jun didn't find this gap?

Maybe they were short of troops, there were not so many people going north, and only a small army arrived at the north entrance. After arriving, they found that they couldn't close the gap, so they didn't dare to station here and went back to Chanzhou?
It is also possible that their occupation of the south was not stable, and there were still many cities, prefectures and counties defending against the Qin army and loyal to Daliao, which caused a large number of their troops to be dragged to the south.

In either case, the current situation is extremely favorable to them!
I originally thought that the biggest obstacle and the most embarrassing danger was the Great Wall left by the Northern Qi Dynasty near Beikou. After the Qin army occupied it, they might use it to defend and block it, which would cost them a lot.

Unexpectedly, looking at it now, Qin Jun didn't send anyone to guard it at all!They can easily cross the Great Wall at Beikou, enter the wide valley of the road, and go straight down to Tanzhou!
"Immediately go back and tell the Chinese army that Beikou is unprepared, let them come here quickly! I am watching here." Yelu Xiezhen was excited and happy, "This is the Buddha who blessed us in Daliao. They all said that Shi Congyun was so cunning, and that he When he arrived in Youzhou, it seems that he also didn't know how to fight!"