After leaving the north gate of the capital, Long Chen came to Zixiao Palace.
Yingfeng is already waiting at the foot of the mountain, the carriage is ready, and there are several shadow guards accompanying him.
Shadow Phoenix dressed as a maid, and Shadow Guard also dressed as an entourage of a wealthy businessman.
"This outfit looks good."
Long Chen dismounted and stepped forward to tease him.
Yingfeng looked at his coarse cloth clothes and asked, "It's just coarse cloth, what's better?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "It shows your legs are long, I like it."
Yingfeng was happy in her heart, but she said: "The Holy Lord is coming down soon, don't talk nonsense."
On the mountain, the empress, Ziyun, and Miaoyin slowly walked down.
The three of them are similar in age and have similar cultivation levels. They have been together for a while and have become good best friends.
Long Chen secretly thought in his heart: Ziyun and Miaoyin wouldn't tell anything about Saint Xuefeng, right?
Probably not, they would feel ashamed to say such shameful things.
"Greetings to the Holy One."
"Master Tai, landlord."
Long Chen bowed to see the empress and nodded to Ziyun and Miaoyin.
The empress glanced at Ziyun and Miaoyin, then turned to Long Chen and asked, "Aren't they your sisters? Why don't you call them sisters? It's rude."
Well...
Long Chen looked at Ziyun and Miaoyin with an embarrassed expression. Did these two actually tell the Empress about the matter?
The relationship between women is so complicated.
Ziyun and Miaoyin gloated over the misfortune, laughing and saying nothing.
"It's a long journey, please set off early, Your Majesty."
Long Chen wanted to leave here as soon as possible to avoid continuing to die in society.
The empress got on the carriage, Ying Feng drove the carriage, and the Shadow Guards followed on horseback.
Ziyun and Miaoyin sent the empress to the southeast. Long Chen made a gesture to the two of them, saying he would deal with them severely when they came back.
Leaving Zixiao Palace, the carriage slowly walked southeast.
...
Clouds rise from the city.
Dark clouds covered the river, and cold raindrops fell. It was also raining upstream, and the river overflowed.
Night gradually fell, and the river surface became dim and deserted.
Navy Admiral Cheng Li was wearing armor on the inside, a raincoat on the outside, and a bamboo hat on the outside. Sun Jie, the deputy general, also wore a raincoat and a bamboo hat on his head.
The two of them left the room, and there were five thousand elite soldiers outside who also wore hats and raincoats.
Cheng Li said to the soldiers: "Target Monkey Miguan, follow me!"
Sun Jie and a lean man led the way, while Cheng Li led five thousand elite soldiers and quietly left Yunqi City under the cover of night.
After leaving the city, Cheng Li walked all the way west.
Houmi Pass is in the north, but separated by the river. The guards of Houmi Pass once guarded Yunqi City, and there were strongholds on the riverside to keep sentries.
Moreover, during the autumn rain season, the river swells so much that crossing the river at night is tantamount to seeking death.
After traveling west for more than twenty miles at night, we arrived at a dock where a boat was ready.
"Raise the fire and get on board!"
Lieutenant General Sun Jie gave the order, and the soldiers immediately lit sparse torches.
It is dangerous to cross the river at night and must be illuminated by fire.
Soldiers boarded the boat one after another. The boatman hooked a thick rope and slowly sailed north.
The river here is so fast that it is impossible to row a boat, so we can only move slowly by relying on ropes.
A dozen ropes stretched from south to north, and a dozen boats carried soldiers north.
After deputy general Sun Jie and the soldiers crossed, Cheng Li finally crossed the river.
By the time we reached the other side, it was almost midnight.
The mountain road on the north coast is rugged and extremely difficult to walk.
The guide walked in front, and Cheng Li and Sun Jie followed with more than 4,000 soldiers. They walked very carefully.
5,000 when we went out, and more than 100 people fell into the river when we were crossing the river just now.
If you fall into the river while wearing armor, it's still night, you'll be killed, and you won't be able to survive.
The most dangerous and difficult places to walk in Houmi Pass are the high mountain canyons to the west and north. When walking from here at night, soldiers kept slipping and falling to their deaths along the way.
Cheng Li didn't react, and the other soldiers thought it was normal. No one would die in a war.
Following the guide, it was almost nine o'clock when we arrived at the west side of Houmi Pass.
It gets late in the winter half of the year, and with dark clouds and rainy days, the sky is still very dark.
Cheng Li squatted on a boulder and looked down at the monkey gate in front of him.
Under the autumn rain, Houmi Pass is very quiet. There are no soldiers on the city. The streets in the city are empty. The soldiers and civilians in Houmi Pass are still sleeping.
There is an open area of more than 100 meters from the cliff to the Monkey Maze Pass. As long as you pass through this area, you will reach the city wall.
Lieutenant General Sun Jie took the lead and led a dozen soldiers to climb down the vine first. The other soldiers also climbed down quietly.
When they reached the bottom of the cliff, a strong soldier threw the hook upwards. The hook hooked the city wall, and an agile soldier climbed up along the hook.
The city wall was covered with moss and even slippery after the rain, but the soldiers climbed up as quickly as apes.
When they arrived at the top of the city, the soldiers looked around to make sure no one had noticed, and quickly climbed down the city wall.
The soldiers guarding the west gate were still sleeping in their rooms.
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So they all went into the room to sleep.
The Nanliang soldiers quietly opened the door bolt and slowly pushed the city gate open...
When the west gate opened, Lieutenant General Sun Jie was overjoyed and quietly entered the city with his soldiers.
After entering the city gate, Nanliang soldiers first opened the barracks next to the city gate and killed the sleeping Eastern Zhou soldiers.
General Cheng Li led his soldiers along the street and headed straight to the general's mansion.
The terrain inside Houmi Pass has been drawn into an atlas. Cheng Li has seen it before, so he is familiar with it.
There were no patrolling soldiers in the city, and they encountered no obstacles along the way.
When we arrived at the gate of the General's Mansion, the guards huddled in the corner and slept.
Sun Jie raised his sword and cut off the guard's head with one strike. The other soldiers shouted and knocked open the door of the general's mansion.
Once you reach the door, there is no need to hide anymore.
The door was quickly knocked open, and Cheng Li grabbed his knife and strode in.
Guard Zeng Shuang was still sleeping in his room. When he heard the shouting of killing, he was shocked and asked: "Who is shouting?"
The guard outside the door rushed in and cried: "General, Nanliang has entered the city."
Zeng Shuang was shocked and asked: "How is it possible? Why didn't I hear the sound of the siege?"
In fact, Zeng Shuang had already guessed that Nanliang had secretly attacked Houmi Pass.
The guard shouted: "I don't know, the enemy has arrived in the front yard, general, please leave quickly!"
The Nanliang army reached the general's mansion, and things were irreversible.
Zeng Shuang felt so remorseful that he grabbed the sword in the room and said angrily: "How can I be a person who runs away from battle!"
Holding his sword, Zeng Shuang rushed out of the room and saw several Nanliang soldiers wearing raincoats coming to kill him.
Zeng Shuang was furious, and he drew his sword and killed several people. Nanliang deputy general Sun Jie came in with his troops. When he saw Zeng Shuang, Sun Jie laughed and said: "Zeng Shuang, the monkey puzzle has been broken, and you still don't surrender!"
Of course Zeng Shuang recognized Sun Jie and was so angry that he yelled: "A sneak attack by a dog thief is shameless!"
Sun Jie laughed and said: "What you like most in Eastern Zhou Dynasty is sneak attacks! This is called treating others with their own medicine!"
Zeng Shuang was furious and came to fight with his sword. Sun Jie was not afraid and attacked with a big sword.
Zeng Shuang was weak on his own, but the Nanliang army had a large number of people, and their bodies were slashed with blood.
"Father!"
A young man rushed out of the room. This man was Zeng Shuang's son Zeng Yi.
Seeing Zeng Yi, Zeng Shuang was filled with grief and anger, and shouted: "Today, my father and son will die for our country!"
Because of his own carelessness, he lost the Monkey Mystery Pass. Zeng Shuang was speechless when he saw the empress and had no choice but to die.
Zeng Yi picked up the long sword on the ground and charged into the enemy's formation with Zeng Shuang.
Soon, the father and son were hacked to death with random knives.
Cheng Li walked in and cut off Zeng Shuang's head. Outside, the defenders of Houmi Pass were fighting.
Cheng Li raised his head and ordered: "Zeng Shuang is dead, you still won't surrender!"
