Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 622 Zhuge's Conspiracy, Panlong Valley

"I don't know who is your name?" Just then, Wen Pin asked.

Although Wenpin is not interested in what his name is, but he will have to work together for a period of time in the future, and he can't always call him your Excellency.

Even if the two of them don't deal with each other, at least they can face it, otherwise it would be a bit too embarrassing.

"My surname is Li Mingsong." The general replied.

As the city gate opened, Li Song led his troops into the small town slowly.

A moment later, there was a sudden cry of killing from the city gate. Wen Pin was shocked when he heard it, and quickly ordered all the ministries to prepare for the battle.

"General, this group of people is not ours!" A soldier covered in blood ran to the tower to report.

Wenpin with a livid face did not speak after hearing this, but directly rushed down the city with his knife in hand.

But at this time, trying to regain the city gate has become impossible.

Wen Pin let out a long sigh, and had to withdraw quickly with the Jingzhou Army to avoid greater losses.

Li Song did not pursue, and directly expelled Wenpin and his party from the city.

This Li Song was one of Liu Bei's generals, and this plan was naturally written by Zhuge Liang.

Although he didn't have much contact with Cai Mao, Zhuge Liang knew this person quite well. It was precisely because he knew Cai Mao's character that Zhuge Liang's confession to Li Song was able to deceive Wenpin.

"This battle is all the fault of this general. After returning to Xiangyang, I will plead guilty to General Cai." Wen Pin, who was riding on the horse, said sadly.

"General, you can't say that. Even without Liu Beijun's pretend reinforcements, we won't be able to defend for two days." Gao Xianzhi persuaded.

"You don't need to say much." Wenpin shook his head, but didn't say much.

The moonlight is hazy, and the mountain roads illuminated are dimly shadowed.

Wenpin led his troops to travel quickly on small roads and mountain roads, for fear of encountering pursuers or ambushes.

In just one night, Wenpin led his troops to drive a hundred miles and arrived at a notorious valley in Jingnan.

This valley is called "Panlong Valley". As long as they pass through this valley, Wenpin and his party will be safe.

Whether there is an ambush here, Wenpin does not know, but if he wants to return to Xiangyang from this road, Panlong Valley is the only way for Wenpin and his party to pass.

Although the valley is named "Panlong", it has nothing to do with dragons. It is named Panlong only because the valley is winding and looking down from the top of the cliff, it looks like a winding dragon.

The mountain road in the valley is rugged and rugged, and the narrowest point is only about ten feet. Even the horse-drawn carts cannot pass through. Soldiers need to unload the food on the carts and carry the carts to continue moving. This shows how narrow the valley is.

If it weren't for taking a shortcut to take a shortcut, Wenpin would never take this road.

As the sky was getting brighter, seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, Wen Pin ordered to rest in place and bury the pot for cooking.

The Jingzhou army hastily filled their stomachs, and after a short rest, Wenpin ordered to continue on their way. Although Wenpin also knew that the soldiers were exhausted, he didn't dare to stay in such a ghostly place for a long time.

Previously, Wenpin had dispatched several waves of scouts to confirm that there was nothing abnormal.

But the terrain here is steep, Wenpin still told the soldiers to be careful and not to be careless.

"The mountain road is steep, I will lead the way ahead, General Gao and General Xing are in the middle, and General Mu is in the back!" Wen Pin pointed his sword and shouted loudly.

"General, let the future take the lead in this kind of terrain! The general and his personal soldiers are all experts in dealing with this terrain." Gao Xianzhi persuaded.

Gao Xianzhi's words were not aimless, this is the famous "king of mountain warfare" in Tang Dynasty.

Gao Xianzhi's battle to become famous in the first battle was exactly the battle of rushing thousands of miles to attack Xiao Bolu.

Xiaobolu was originally a Tang Dynasty vassal state, and it was the main traffic route from Tubo to the four towns. Tubo Zanpu married the princess to Su Shilizhi, the king of Xiaobolu, and Xiaobolu Kingdom was attached to Tubo, and Tubo then took control of it. The countries in the northwest, so more than [-] countries in the northwest were all subject to Tubo, and the tribute to the Tang Dynasty was interrupted.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, that is, in 747, Tang Xuanzong appointed Gao Xianzhi as the envoy of the camp, and led [-] troops to attack Xiaobolu.

At that time, all the infantry were accompanied by private horses, so Gao Xianzhi led the army and set off from Qiuci, where the Anxi Protectorate was located.

This expedition took more than 100 days, and finally reached Telmanchuan, which is the Wakhan Corridor.

It was also from here that Gao Xianzhi opened the most magnificent chapter in his life.

So far, he divided his troops into three groups: ordered Shule Zhao Chongyu to go from Beigu Road; transferred Jia Chongguan to go from Chifo Road;

Lianyun Fort is surrounded by mountains in the south and Bole River in the north. There are more than a thousand soldiers stationed in the fort, and more than 9000 soldiers are stationed in the gate because of the mountains in the south.

It was early morning when the Tang army entered Pole River, and the river was low. Gao Xianzhi ordered the soldiers to prepare three days of dry food, and quickly crossed Pole River.Gao Xianzhi said to Bian Lingcheng: "Shoot to me, thieves attack me, and I have nothing to do with it. Now that we have aided the battle, heaven has given me the thieves."

The guards of Lianyunbao never even dreamed that the Tang army would descend from the sky.

Gao Xianzhi ordered Lang General Li Siye to lead a team of Mo Dao soldiers to climb straight up.

Gao Xianzhi gave Mo Dao general Li Siye a death order: "If we don't reach the sun, we must destroy the captives."

The record about Li Siye's siege is as follows: "The infantry led up with long swords, and the mountain was thrown down to cover the sky. Siye led a flag to climb first at the most dangerous place. All the generals went up together because of it. The thieves did not expect the Han army to explode. At that time, it collapsed, filled the valley, threw water and drowned, only eighteen or nineteen."

In just two hours, before noon, the Tang army captured the city, beheaded more than [-] people, captured a thousand people alive, captured more than a thousand horses, and tens of thousands of war equipment.

Gao Xianzhi wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and invade Xiaobolu's interior, the supervising army made Cheng fearful and refused to enter.

Gao Xianzhi had no choice but to leave two thousand old and weak soldiers behind, let Bian Lingcheng lead the defense of the city, and led the troops to move on.

Afterwards, Gao Xianzhi captured the little Bolu king and the princess and returned to the country, and Tang Xuanzong beheaded the little Bolu king in Chang'an.

All over the world, people from all walks of life have always given high evaluation and praise to this expedition, especially the British historian Stein. He compared this campaign with Napoleon's battle of crossing the Alps, and commented More than anything.

Stein also deliberately inspected Gao Xianzhi's expedition route on the spot, which once again pushed the short few hundred words of Gao Xianzhi's war records in Tang books to the peak of academic theory of historical geography worldwide.

Seeing Gao Xianzhi's firm attitude, Wen Pin nodded and said: "If that's the case, then you will lead the way, and I will be in the middle to support and command the entire army. Although the scouts didn't find anything unusual, you still have to be careful!"

"The last general takes orders!" Gao Xianzhi clasped his hands.

"You guys have to perform their own duties, whoever dares to be negligent will definitely be punished!" Wen Pin shouted loudly.

Afterwards, Wenpin and other generals marched according to the dispatch, Gao Xianzhi held a long knife in his hand, and led three thousand soldiers and horses to open the way.

Wen Pin led five thousand soldiers and horses to follow, followed by Xing Daorong's Chinese army, and finally Mu Ying who was in charge of the rear.

　One more!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)