At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 517
Due to the barrier of the Yanshan Mountains, a natural barrier was formed between the North China Plain and the Liaodong Plain. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were only three roads accessible, namely Pinggang Road, Lulong Road and Banghai Road.

The starting point of Pinggang Road is Xikou, and it needs to detour through the Mongolian Plateau. They are all mountain roads, so it is not only difficult to walk, but also the longest distance.

The starting point of Lulong Road is Lulong Sai, which is now called Xifengkou. It is also a difficult mountain road, but the distance is much closer than Pinggang Road.

The starting point of the Banghai Road is Linyuguan. This road is the shortest and the best. The Banghai Road is also known as the Liaoxi Corridor. It is close to the Bohai Sea. The road is flat and suitable for large troops. However, it also has a disadvantage, that is, it is easily affected by the tide. Water accumulates all year round, forming a large swamp, and it is easy to pass only when the road freezes in winter.

A few years ago, Yang Guang made three expeditions to Goguryeo. In order to shorten the transportation time of logistics materials, he specially recruited laborers to build embankments to block the high tide seawater. Only then did the road conditions of the Bangkai Road improve, and the frequent business trips made the Bangkai Road gradually replace Lu. Longdao became the main link between the North China Plain and the Liaodong Plain.

More than a month ago, Lu Sheng received a secret mission assigned to him by Gao Bufan. He led a light cavalry of 300 people from Xikou and sneaked into Liucheng County through Pinggang Road. Of course, the purpose was not to sneak attack Liucheng County, but Detour through Liucheng County, cut off the Liaoxi Corridor, cut off the retreat and food roads of the Linyu Pass defenders, and cooperate with the friendly forces from Beiping County to attack Linyu Pass back and forth.

This task is undoubtedly quite arduous. First, Pinggang Road needs to pass through Xiren's territory. If he encounters Xiren, a fierce battle is inevitable; Back-up; Third, Liucheng County is Luo Yi's territory, once it is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous.

On the fifteenth day of the winter moon, the northwest wind was howling in my ears, and the sky was gloomy, and it was probably going to snow.

Lu Sheng tightened his cotton coat, leather gloves, and felt hat. He couldn't help secretly thanking Mr. Gao for his thoughtfulness. Without this set of equipment, they would have suffered a lot now.

At this time, there was an eagle cry in the sky, Lu Sheng looked up, and saw a mighty eagle flying down from the dark lead cloud and landed firmly on his shoulder.

This eagle is called Tiezui, and it is one of the new falcons that Cui Shirou has domesticated this year. It is precisely because Tiezui is staring at the sky that Lu Sheng's team passed Xi Ren's territory, crossed the mountains, and successfully sneaked into the falcon. Leaving Liucheng County.

At this moment, Lu Sheng and others are walking on the Banghai Road, heading towards Linyu Pass!
Lu Sheng communicated with Tiezui for a while, and then threw a piece of meat to the latter, and the eagle soared into the sky again and disappeared into the sky.

Lu Sheng drew out his waist knife, slammed the stirrup, and said loudly: "Brothers, pay attention, there is a group of guests coming behind us, we have to turn around to greet them."

The brethren cheered up, and turned the horse's head without hesitation, because everyone knew that Captain Lu has always been unprofitable, and this so-called "guest" must be a group of fat sheep that can be eaten, otherwise It is impossible for Colonel Lu to let everyone do it. They climbed mountains and waded along the way, and they had no logistical supplies. They relied on robbing two "fat sheep" on the road to get supplies, and these "fat sheep" were either Xiren or Khitan people.

Let's say that Lu Sheng and the others turned their horses and ran back for a few miles, and they met a team escorting grain and grass. At this time and this place, everyone knew without thinking that it was Luo Yi's men who were transporting supplies to Linyuguan up.

So Lu Sheng gave an order, and the three hundred riders rushed over, screaming strangely at the same time: "I drove this road, and I planted this tree. If you want to pass from now on, you can save money to buy roads."

This team responsible for escorting food and grass is Luo Yi's army, and it is transporting supplies from Liucheng County to Linyuguan!

It is said that the food in Linyuguan and Lulongsai was originally supplied by Beiping County, but now Beiping County has been occupied by Gao Bufan, Luo Yi has no choice but to transport food from Liucheng County in the rear for emergency.

The team responsible for escorting food consisted of about [-] officers and soldiers, and another [-] recruited civilians.The leader of the officers and soldiers was a clan commander. When he suddenly saw a "horse thief" coming to grab the food, his face changed slightly. However, the clan commander did his duty and did not leave the grain truck to escape, but rode his horse to meet him. , Shouted loudly: "Where did the thief come from? If you dare to rob the military rations of Mr. Luo Yiluo, the general guard of Beiping County, you will die!"

Lu Sheng couldn't help laughing secretly. It seems that this colleague's eyes are not very good. Have you ever seen such a well-equipped thief?

"Shoot!" Lu Sheng just shouted coldly, dozens of arrows roared out, and the clan commander and a dozen officers and soldiers behind him were shot to death on the spot.

"Killed! The horse bandits killed!"

Seeing that the leader of the official post was shot and killed by the horse thief, the servants immediately scattered in fright, and the three hundred infantrymen who were in charge of escorting the grain and grass also fled away like hell.

Lu Sheng led [-] cavalrymen to chase and kill all the officers and soldiers. Then he gave up and captured some of the escaped servants.

"Lieutenant Lu, there's a lot of food, haha, we've made a lot of money this time, and we don't have to worry about food anymore!" All the brothers happily surrounded hundreds of grain trucks, smiling so hard that they couldn't see their teeth.

But Lu Sheng rolled his eyes, and immediately thought about it, and said with a smile: "There is so much food, how can we eat it all? Let's send some to Paoze in Linyu Pass, it's hard to get fat by eating alone."

"Lieutenant Lu, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? We're here to fetch Linyuguan, so why are you still delivering food to them?" A chief asked in confusion.

Lu Shengfei kicked this guy's ass, cursing: "Yum wood head, get the hell out of me."

The superintendent was also sincere, he rubbed his butt and stepped aside in aggrieved manner, and asked the brother next to him in a low voice: "Brother, why are Captain Lu angry?"

The buddy coughed lightly and said, "It is estimated that Captain Lu thinks your butt should be in the position of your head."

"What?"

"Because of that, your head is full of shit!"

The superintendent couldn't help but rolled his eyes and scolded: "Bastard, you're calling me shit in my head!"

"You just know?"

"I'm tender to kill you!"

Lu Sheng couldn't help crying and laughing. He walked up to the servants and said kindly: "Don't worry, our brothers only want money and don't hurt people's lives. We all get up and continue to escort the grain. When we reach the field, we will not only let you go, but also share a bag of grain with each other." ,how?"

A group of servants are skeptical, but people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat. Even if the other party is not telling the truth, they don't have the courage to resist!

Ever since, a group of people escorted the grain carts to Linyuguan, but the servants ran almost halfway, so Lu Sheng ordered half of the grain carts to be discarded.

Those servants thought it was strange to see these horse thieves casually throwing away the food they got, but they also began to believe that Lu Sheng would give each of them a bag of food afterwards, because the discarded part of the food That's enough to give them two or three bags each.

Tsk tsk, these horse thieves are so generous!

Next, Lu Sheng asked people to hold up the stolen banner, and swaggered to Linyuguan with the grain.

Although Lu Sheng has been unable to contact Gao Bufan for more than a month, and he doesn't know the current situation in Beiping County, but Lu Sheng is a smart kid. Seeing that Linyuguan actually transported food from Liucheng County at this moment, he guessed Mr. Gao must have succeeded, and there is a high probability that Beiping County has been occupied. Otherwise, there is no need for Linyuguan to move food from Liucheng County in the rear.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

In addition, when Lu Sheng and others were approaching Linyu Pass from the Banghai Road, Yuchi Jingde also led 3000 people to the Linyu Pass. With his tongue like spring thunder, he shouted at the top of the city: "The defenders in the pass listen! Well, Luo Yi, the governor of Beiping County, privately made armor and killed Deng Hao, the prefect of Beiping County. He has been found out by Mr. Gao, who was left behind in Zhuojun County, and reported to the court. Now the entire Beiping County is under the control of Mr. Gao, and so on If you know the current affairs, open the city and surrender immediately, otherwise you will be punished as treason!"

"Yuchi Jingde, don't waste your words here, attack if you have the guts, I'm waiting for you!" A thick-headed guy poked his head out of the city and cursed.

It is said that the general guarding the pass is called Han Biao, he is Luo Yi's confidant and one of the adopted sons, so he is very loyal to Luo Yi, and it is obviously impossible to switch to surrender.

Yuchi Jingde said with a sinister smile: "Han Biao, go back and wash your head, and get it later."

Han Biao said disdainfully: "That depends on whether you, Yuchi Jingde, have this ability, I'll bah!"

The terrain of Linyu Pass is dangerous, and the pass city is built high and thick. If a man is in charge of the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it. That's why Han Biao is so confident.

Yuchi Jingde snorted coldly, and did not order to attack the city, but turned around and returned to the camp.

Han Biao said disdainfully: "Damn, whoever said that Yuchi respected morality and bravery won the three armies, I think he is a coward, he just talks and doesn't practice fake moves."

At this time, some small white things were falling in the sky. Han Biao looked up and found that it was snowing, fine snow flakes fell one after another, and the north wind cut the face like a knife.

Seeing this, Han Biao laughed loudly and said, "It's snowing, it's snowing well, it's snowing wonderfully, now Yuchi Jingde won't even think about attacking the city, let's wait until the spring of next year, hahaha, it will be even better if it snows bigger Frozen to death, Yuchi Jingde's grandson!"

Han Biao laughed and went down from the top of the city. At this time, an eagle braved the wind and snow and flew over Linyuguan, circled a few times and then flew east.

When Yuchi Jingde saw this scene, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and thought to himself: "Tie Zui has appeared, Lu Sheng must be nearby, this kid can do it, and he succeeded, hehe, Han Biao, let me make you cry, Soon I will be able to chop off your head, bah!"

Let's say that Han Biao went down to the top of the city, and a soldier said anxiously: "General Han, our food reserves are running out, and we can last for another five days at most."

Han Biao said disapprovingly: "Don't worry, the adoptive father has already transported food from Liucheng County, and it should arrive in a few days."

(End of this chapter)