Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 677
"Old general, is the Liao army going to Shuquegu?" More than a dozen generals asked one after another.

Yang Wenguang shook his head, "Not to Shuque Valley, but to Jingxing!"

"what!"

All the generals were taken aback. Did the Liao army go to Hebei?

"Old general, what's going on here? Are we being fooled when we try our best to defend Taiyuan?" Everyone asked in a hurry.

Yang Wenguang waved his hands and said to the crowd: "Generals, please rest assured that Mr. Fan has already deployed in Jingxing. The Liao army will not take any advantage. They will return sooner or later. We just need to strictly guard Taiyuan."

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Intelligence Department Zhang joined the army and asked to see the old general!"

"Ask him to come here!"

Not long after, the soldiers brought over a civil servant in his thirties. This civil servant was called Zhang Wei. He joined the army as a staff officer and was the director of the Intelligence Department stationed in Taiyuan.

Zhang Wei bowed and saluted, took out a letter and presented it to Yang Wenguang, "Mr. Fan sent someone the day before yesterday, saying that as long as the Liao army leaves Taiyuan, he must hand over this letter to the old general."

It turned out that Fan Ning still had a letter. Yang Wenguang was overjoyed and quickly accepted the letter. The letter turned out to be Fan Ning's military order. The retreat of the Liao army must at the same time withstand the Liao army's southward support. '

Yang Wenguang took a deep breath, he suddenly understood, the scene two years ago reappeared, the emperor of Liao Kingdom did not learn his lesson, once again sent a large army to go deep alone, and once again fell into the trap set by Xiao Fanxiang.

If Fan Ning hadn't asked him to attack Lou Fanguan, he really wouldn't have thought of this.

Yang Wenguang immediately issued an order to Li Yan, who was in charge: "General Li can lead [-] troops to Loufan Pass immediately, and the pass must be captured."

Li Yan immediately clasped his fists and said, "I obey the order!"

Yang Wenguang whispered a few words to him again, Li Yan nodded again and again, and then went down to the city to lead the army.

Yang Wenguang immediately ordered the commander Zheng Zhao to lead [-] troops back to Yanmen Pass for reinforcements.

At present, there are only [-] defenders at Yanmen Pass. Zheng Zhao withdrew his troops from Yanmen Pass, and now he is leading his troops back to Yanmen Pass again.

Yang Wenguang is not worried about Yanmen Pass, he is more concerned about the gains and losses of Loufan Pass.

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The area around Yangqu County in the north of Taiyuan prefecture happens to be the confluence of Zhoushan Mountain and Yunzhongshan Mountain. The terrain is slightly dangerous. Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass have been built, but these passes are not strong in defense and can stop small-scale cavalry, but 10,000 +Under the heavy pressure of the cavalry, these two passes are meaningless.

The real Xiongguan pass is still in the north. The Luliang Mountains and the Hengshan Mountains are connected as one in the north, stretching across the land of northern Shanxi. above the mountains.

This majestic natural barrier that is more than a thousand miles long has two passes. One is the famous Yanmen Pass, which is located in the north of Daizhou in the west and belongs to the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty. The other pass is Loufan Pass, which is located in Wuzhou of the Liao Kingdom. The territory is controlled by the Liao State.

Both of these two passes can pass through large groups of cavalry. Yanmen Pass is mainly to prevent the army from Youzhou from killing, and Loufan Pass is the south gate for Datong Liao army to go south to Taiyuan.

Loufanguan is actually a river valley. The upper reaches of the Sanggan River, the Huihe River, pass through the mountains and form a valley. Loufanguan is the name of the Song Dynasty. The widest point is more than twenty miles, and the narrowest point is less than one mile. Loufan Pass was built at the narrowest point.

To the south of Loufanguan is Shenwu County in the Liao Kingdom. The county seat is small, with a population of less than [-] and a garrison of only [-] people.

At night, an army of a thousand men bypassed Shenwu County and rushed towards the pass in the north.

Loufan Pass was built during the Han Dynasty. It has been rebuilt or repaired many times over the millennium. The most recent reconstruction was during the period of Song Taizong's Taiping Xingguo. It has been eight or ninety years since the present. After the Liao Kingdom occupied it, it was slightly repaired twice. The pass is tall and strong. , the Gray River gurgled through the crescent-shaped gap below the city.

The pass was pitch black, and it was impossible to see whether there were soldiers patrolling from a distance. Similarly, even if there were soldiers patrolling the city, it was impossible to see the situation outside.

There are two ways to capture Loufan Pass. One is to pretend that the Liao army is returning to the north and trick the city gate into opening. But now it is the time of war, and usually there will be special passwords. The way to trick the city gate into opening may not work, so we can only go The second way is to send troops to capture Loufan Pass.

But even with the second route, there are two options. One option is, of course, to seize by force, directly blasting the city gate with iron fire and thunder, but it may also collapse the city wall. close.

The chief general in charge of capturing Loufanguan was a commander named Yang Ying. He was the grandnephew of Yang Wenguang. He was the fifth generation general of the Yang family. He was about 27 or [-] years old. He joined the army as a scout and had been fighting against the Xixia army. .

Yang Ying has rich experience, so Yang Wenguang entrusted him with the task of capturing Lou Fanguan.

In fact, the Song army knew nothing about the situation of the garrison at Loufanguan. Yang Ying only inferred from the food garrison in Shenwu County that there would be no more than 1000 defenders at Loufanguan. However, one thing is certain, Loufanguan has never deployed heavy troops.

Yang Yiqian's soldiers hid at a turning point about [-] steps away from the pass. It was already midnight. The water is about half a foot from the bottom of the city wall. There are two iron fences, but they are decayed and have not been replaced for at least decades.

Yang Ying’s idea was the waterway below. The Liao Kingdom has occupied Loufan Pass for nearly 70 years. There has been no war in the past 70 years. Replacement, soaked in water for 30 years, even the best iron will rust.

Yang Ying was overjoyed, and ordered to his two generals: "I will lead a hundred soldiers to go in and open the city gate. You wait outside the city, and when the city gate opens, go in."

The two bowed together and saluted, "Follow the order!"

Yang Ying waved her hand, and led a hundred elite Flying Tigers to rush forward to the pass.

The thousand soldiers he brought this time were the Flying Tiger Army, the elite of the scouts, and their fighting power was very strong, and the hundred soldiers he led were even the elite of the elite, each of them could fight ten against one.

In just a moment, they rushed to the bottom of the city and stood close to the city wall. He waved his hand lightly, and the two soldiers dived into the river, and quickly cut through the iron fence of the water channel with a hacksaw, and a three-foot-high opening appeared in front of them. .

With a shield on his back, Yang Ying climbed in first with a saber in his mouth. After climbing out five or six feet, he poked his head out of the pass. Only then did he discover that Loufan Pass is composed of two gates, the north and the south. The land is about [-] acres, and many stone houses were built against the cliffs on both sides, and there are nearly a hundred large tents in the middle.

With years of experience in scouting, Yang Ying immediately judged that her guess was completely correct, and the number of people would not exceed a thousand.

Soldiers came out of the waterway one by one. After a while, hundreds of people were assembled. Under the leadership of Yang Ying, the soldiers were divided into two groups. One group of 50 people guarded the city gate below, and the other group of 50 people followed Yang Ying to the city.

There were no soldiers at the city gate, the gate was closed tightly, but there were more than [-] soldiers on the top of the city, all of whom fell asleep leaning against the city wall with spears in their arms.

Yang Ying turned her head and winked. Fifty soldiers drew out their sharp daggers and pointed them at one person. A cold light flashed. Thirty Liao soldiers all had their throats cut and fell to the ground. There was another knife on the top, which ended in life.

At this time, Yang Ying had already occupied the front of the winches. There were five winches in total, representing the five huge iron door bolts below. Dozens of soldiers stepped forward to push the five winches, 'Ka!Click! With a sound, five huge iron door bolts slowly stood up.

The soldiers under the city opened the gate, and [-] soldiers from a distance rushed out together and rushed towards the gate.

At this time, Yang Ying led a hundred soldiers to light torches, rushed into the enemy camp, and set fire to the large tents. The city suddenly burst into flames, and a thousand defenders were in chaos. They were massacred by Song soldiers without mercy.

Farther away, [-] soldiers led by Li Yan, the governor, also captured Shenwu County.

Loufanguan was completely occupied by the Song army.

(End of this chapter)