Lianshanguan is built in the open area of Xihe River Valley, with Motian Ridge to the west and Lishan Mountain of Qianshan Mountains to the east. The Xihe River originating from Guodi Mountain, the main peak of Lishan Mountain, turns north in the west city to form Lianshanguan South City. , Xicheng natural moat; and the Old Mao Mao River, which originates from the water ridge in the southern part of Motian Ridge, flows southward from west to east more than ten miles south of the city, and merges into the Cao River in the upper reaches of the Wugu River.
In view of the value of this place as a hub for traveling south, north, and west, Goguryeo built the Lianshan Pass, which is more than ten miles around the city. The reason why it did not build it at the confluence of the Old Hat River and the Cao River was that the mountains there had already Sloping to the south, there was no flat land large enough and wide enough to build the city.
The output of the narrow military field between Dongcheng and Lishan can provide part of the food supply for the defenders. Although it cannot make the defenders self-sufficient and usually has to bring food supplies from other places, it also relieves some of the pressure on Goguryeo. , if all supplies are supplied from other places, the labor cost of transportation alone will be a heavy burden.
Because Lianshanguan is hidden in the mountains, the life of the defenders is boring and leisurely. Because of their previous defeats in the war in the north and west, their defense was finally stricter and more rigorous. However, the city lord Luan Li just received a warning letter from Gao Huizhen this morning: the letter explained the situation of Lishan City and confidently said that they could defend it for ten days and a half, and the prince and queen would help them calm down at this time. He can only come from Lishan City after five days, so that he can be ready to pick him up.
It was precisely because of this military message that the Lianshan Pass defenders relaxed their guard again.
The setting sun was like blood, and the three knights galloped on the street, heading towards the city lord's palace.
This kind of galloping speed is extremely conspicuous and rare in this lazy and leisurely mountain military city, causing the leisurely soldiers on the road to avoid and shout loudly and curse. However, the knight on horseback didn't care at all. He arrived at the square in front of the city lord's palace and then controlled the horse's speed and slowed down.
When they arrived at the steps, the three knights dismounted and ran straight into the city lord's palace. Under the leadership of the guards, they went to Luan Li's official office. One of them stepped forward with an uncertain breath and saluted: "See the city lord."
There were five thousand defenders in the city, of which one thousand were cavalry, controlled by Luan Li's younger brother Luan Hong. The low-level cavalry officer who spoke was a general of the Luan family. Seeing the general out of breath, Luan Li frowned and asked: " Why are you so alarmed?"
The general noticed that the master's face was not very good, and he quickly bowed and explained: "City Lord, a broken army has come from the west city, claiming to be the broken army of Lishan City, and the second general has closed the city gate!"
Luan Li's expression changed drastically, he stood up in surprise, and asked anxiously: "How many people are here?"
"There are about six or seven hundred people! They look quite miserable. Many people's clothes are torn, and some people's faces are covered with mud and moss." The general glanced at Luan Li and added: "They said They came over Motian Ridge, and the person leading the way was Zou Zhe, the Feng Shui master of Lishan City, and the other two were his junior brothers."
"If they are brothers of the Zou family, then it makes sense that Lishan's defeated army came from Motianling." Luan Li comes from a small family in the inner city. From a factional perspective, the Luan family is a member of the Yuan group, and Luan Li follows Yuan Taizuo fought with Sumo Mohe together. After Yuan Taizuo was defeated, he desperately escorted Yuan Taizuo back to the courtyard, so he was deeply respected by Yuanzi You.
Yuan Ziyou originally asked him to go to Liaodong City to hold an important position, but he was very filial to his mother and did not want to stay away from his hometown, so he became a leisurely city lord in Lianshan Pass. When his mother passed away last year, he asked him to go to Lishan City Please ask Brother Zou Zhe to take a look at the Feng Shui.
In view of the long journey, Luan Li paid him a lot of money, but Zou Zhe said that the Yin Yang family has its own traditions and principles. If someone comes to ask them to see Feng Shui, even if the person is an enemy or thousands of miles away, they have to go. Moreover, you cannot deliberately find a place with bad scenery as a cemetery; the reward can only be the big three animals (ox head, sheep head, pig head) and the small three animals (goose, chicken, fish). If these two principles are violated, their Feng Shui acupuncture technique will not work.
In the end, they walked back and forth for nearly a thousand miles and worked for more than ten days. They only took away the big three animals and the small three animals used for burial; as for the money, they took no money. However, they did not dare to take the three animals home, but stewed them themselves and then ate them with the Luan family's children. 【Note】
Because of this matter, Luan Li has always been very grateful and admired to Brother Zou. Every time they come to the company
Shanguan sells medicinal herbs and animal skins, and buys them at a much higher price than others, and accepts their brothers as Lianshanguan's "medicine suppliers".
With that said, he asked the deputy general to send someone to close the other three doors immediately, and then he left the official office and flew towards the west city.
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Outside the West City, the Zou brothers were in front, and Yang Ji, Zhu Can, and Xue Rengao stood behind them with twenty people; more than a hundred steps away, they used moss and mud to make themselves into big painted faces, or seven-year-olds with disheveled hair. Thirty and one hundred soldiers.
At this time, the more than 700 soldiers were in a mess, and many of them were sitting on the ground to recharge their batteries. From this point of view, they looked more like a remnant army that had suffered a huge defeat.
There are two difficulties for the Sui army to capture Lianshan Pass this time: First, the time is short. If the defeated troops came to report before seizing the city, the lightly armed Sui army would not be able to capture the tall and majestic Lianshan Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Pass, so the sooner we seize it, the less accidents will happen; secondly, the surrounding field of vision is wide, and neither infantry nor cavalry can approach on a large scale before the city gate is closed.
Yang Ji decided that before the defeated troops arrived in Lishan City, they would appear as defeated troops; and the 700 soldiers with only short blades did not pose much of a threat to the lord of Lianshanguan City with 5,000 defenders. It's not serious, but as long as these more than 700 people enter the city, they can explode the fighting power of 7,000 people, thus deciding the outcome in one battle.
It was also at this time that Zou Zhe, who had previously answered all questions but did not dare to say a word, finally plucked up the courage to say that he was familiar with Luan Li and had friendship, and might be able to persuade him to surrender.
Zou Zhe did not deliberately conceal Yang Ji, but he did not dare to say it; as a "prisoner" who had no control over his life and death, he naturally did not dare to say that he had anything to do with the enemy general. When he spoke out at this critical moment, he also heard Yang Ji and others After the plan was made, I felt that the mountain pass could not be defended, and I was afraid that when I was "translating", I would be identified by Luan Li.
Although Yang Ji was very dissatisfied with his reservation, he also had some understanding. After all, the concept that talking too much will lead to mistakes has been deeply rooted in the souls of the Central Plains people. How can a prisoner dare to say that he has a relationship with the enemy general?
Although Zou Zhe volunteered to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, Yang Ji was also wary of others because he knew that Luan Li had no way out. If he had listened to Zou Zhe, instead of surrendering, he would have closed the city gates or threatened Zou. Zhe pretends to surrender, but ends up setting a trap and killing himself miserably. The trouble is big. In addition, he was worried that Zou Zhehe and Luan Li would conspire to deceive him. If so, the trouble would be equally big.
Based on this consideration, Yang Ji just used Zou Zhe's relationship to do things instead of letting him go into the city alone to persuade him to surrender.
Zou Zhe also vaguely guessed something, but he understood that the three brothers and sisters were no longer valuable. If he said it, Yang Ji would probably kill them in anger, so he cleverly pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to know; but he read Due to old feelings, he begged Yang Ji to spare the lives of the Luan brothers.
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Yang Ji readily agreed to this condition. In his eyes, the Luan brothers were just insignificant people, and it didn't really matter whether they were killed or not.
At this time, Luan Li came to the top of the city. He said hello to his younger brother, then he looked down while holding on to the battlements. He saw the Zou brothers in front of him at a glance. Looking forward, he saw a group of people staggering around, discarding their helmets. Among the remnant soldiers of A, the remnant soldiers he saw did not even have a long weapon. The clothes of the few people in front of him had been torn in several holes, and the fragments were hanging there. It looked like they had been scratched by thorns, sharp stones, and branches.
Seeing this, all suspicion disappeared immediately. However, he did not attack the city immediately. Instead, he asked loudly in blunt Chinese: "Master Zou, is Lishan City really defeated?"
"Defeated!" Zou Zhe took a few steps forward, bowed his hands and said, "See General."
Luan Li returned the gesture and asked, "How was General Gao defeated? Do you know the news about the prince and queen?"
Zou Zhe said: "I don't know the specific situation. Can I let these generals tell me?"
"Okay!" Luan Li nodded.
"The last general, Gao Shaozu, is the general of the family of General Gao Huizhen." Yang Ji stepped forward and reported the name and identity provided by the prisoner, and bowed deeply: "See you, general.
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Luan Li waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Please tell us everything about the war. Don't hide it."
"General, I will obey your orders!" Yang Ji did not hide anything. He directly told the story of the Sui army's strategy of exhausting the troops in the west city and the process of another Sui army's attack from the north of the city. Finally, he took out a command arrow and held it high in both hands: " When Lishan City was about to fall, my general and General Xinggong led two thousand fine cavalry to escort the prince and queen out of the south city. The general and others led three thousand elite troops to intercept the rear. Unexpectedly, the Sui army was too strong and the general could not resist and was beaten. We're gone, luckily Master Zou led the way for us, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get here."
The command arrow must be there, but Yang Ji did not say anything like "If you don't believe the general, you can check it." If he did, it would be to remind the other party, and the other party may not want to check it originally, but because of this sentence, it is often because there is someone next to him. Now, I have to test it.
Without waiting for Luan Li to speak, he quickly revealed a piece of information to cover up the matter of the command arrow: "My generals and others are walking towards Lianshan Pass via the Old Hat River, but the Sui Army's cavalry has already chased them. I'm just afraid..."
After hearing the words of "Gao Shaozu", the defenders on the city suddenly screamed and started discussing one after another. Luan Li was all wary. Hearing these sensational words again, he was already so confused that he still had the time to examine the command arrow and waved his hand: " You go up to the city to talk and open the city!"
The suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was opened. Brother Zou, Yang Ji and others ran forward, while the more than 700 people behind seemed to have just woken up. When they saw Yang Ji and others entering the city, they became powerless. They got up, and then, led by Pei Xingyan, they walked forward in a leisurely manner, stuck in time.
When he climbed onto the walking horse wall, Zou Zhe looked back and secretly admired Yang Ji's power and carefulness. If the Sui soldiers broke in swarm, it would be a bloody battle; if they followed closely into the city in an orderly manner, , must have been taken to other places one by one by the defenders. But now "stuck in time" and walking leisurely not only confirmed their identity as remnant soldiers, but also when Yang Ji and others approached Luan Li, they had just gathered on the walking horse walls on both sides of the city.
When they arrived at the city, the group of people saluted Luan Li again. Luan Li waved his hands distractedly and said, "You are all generals, right? Come inside and talk together!"
As he spoke, he took the lead and entered the tower. His brother Luan Hong and more than a dozen generals naturally walked in in order to learn more about the military situation.
Entering the room, Yang Ji felt the light dim behind him, knowing that the person behind him had already closed the door. When Luan Li made a gesture to turn around, he stepped forward, but as soon as the other person turned around, his left hand moved accurately and Skillfully grasping Luan Li's neck, he lifted his right knee up and pressed it hard against his crotch.
Luan Li's movements suddenly froze, and then he fell to his knees in an instant, covering his crotch with his hands, and Yang Ji's body followed him and squatted down. Because his neck was pinched, his screams should have been that of crying for father and mother. It turned into a slight humming.
At the beginning of the Yang Ji operation, Zhu Can had his sights set on the target and talked nonsense with Zou Zhang for a long time. He stepped forward and slashed Luan Hong's artery with his knife, knocking him unconscious. When he fell, he had already hugged him. waist and slowly lower it to the ground. The time was only a fraction of the time when Yang Ji squatted.
The other dozen Goguryeo generals were not so lucky. When they were stunned for a moment, a Xuanwu guard covered the target's mouth from behind, and struck the target hard with his other arm, inlaying it on the thorn (hn)/ The sharp blade of the arm slit the sleeve and slit the target's throat.
The Goguryeo general struggled in vain with his hands and feet for a while, and died on the spot.
Brother Zou Zhe was stunned with shock. When they came to their senses, the ground was full of bloody corpses. Only Luan Li was still there howling.
The next moment, the three of them stretched out their hands to cover their mouths, and squatted down in unison.
Zhu Can glanced at them, pulled out his dagger, stepped forward, cut off a piece of cloth from Luan Li's robe, stuffed it into his mouth, then took out Luan Li's belt and tied him up.
Yang Ji found a token on Luan Li's body, confirmed it was a talisman for troop deployment, and immediately threw it to Zhu Can.
Zhu Can took the order in hand and waited until the Xuanwu Guards moved the body to the corner behind the door. Then he opened the door and walked out. He handed the token to a man who looked like a soldier commander and said angrily: "General Luan and General Gao Discuss with others
Send out troops to rescue the prince and queen. You immediately take this order and order the defenders of the West City, North City, and East City to assemble in the South City. "
"As ordered!" The commander of the soldiers took the order, glanced at it, and asked Zhu Can casually: "Where is my general?"
Zhu Can glared at him fiercely and snorted: "You can go in and ask, but General Luan is losing his temper. If there is no delay in rescuing the prince and queen, you will be the first to die."
Time passed so quickly, and there were no screams coming from inside. The already confused commander of the soldiers did not doubt his presence, and did not dare to ask any more questions. He took the token and followed Zhu Can's orders to make arrangements.
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[Note: The Feng Shui masters in our hometown are all like this. It’s hard to say in other places. However, even if the two families are only a few meters apart, the filial son or grandson of the family having the funeral must come to invite and pay homage to their ancestor. ; During the funeral, the Feng Shui master can go home. But after the funeral, the filial son or grandson should send them home and pay homage to their ancestor. But because it was unprofitable and unable to collect money, the descendants of those Feng Shui masters stopped learning.
More than twenty years ago, they were reluctant to teach outsiders, but now no one wants to teach but no one is willing to learn. By the time they die, their family knowledge passed down from generation to generation will definitely be lost and there will definitely be no heirs. 】
