There is a river in the northern region of Khitan named "Sangqian", which runs from east to west. It has several tributaries, and the Hui River is one of them.
The Huihe River runs through the Khitan and the Qing Dynasty from north to south, and the Hexi River passes through Suzhou. There is another tributary called Qinghe dozens of miles east of the river, which branches out from the Sangqian branch with the Huihe River.
A few dozen miles further east, there are more flat lands than hills, and you can go directly to Yanmen Pass of Qing Dynasty. The pass faces Suzhou and is backed by Taihang.
It was first built in the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty swept across Liuhe, repelled the barbarians, built the Great Wall, and set up thirteen passes. As time went by and dynasties changed, Yanmen Pass was washed repeatedly in the chaos of war, and it was praised by later generations as: "Nine Fortresses in the World" , known as "Yanmen Headed" and "China's First Pass".
Just after Chou time, it was already deep at night, and a group of people and horses from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, Khitan, went north along the Huihe River. There were two riders in front exploring the road, and one rider behind them to finish the journey, with five riders every hundred steps in between.
This is a standard "March of Wolves". The one who explores the path is light and strong, and the one who ends up is sure to overpower the heroes.
A rough estimate of the number of riders totaled about thirty or forty. They avoided villages and small towns along the way, and traveled in places rarely visited by people. They traveled very fast, communicating with gestures throughout the process, and were silent. The horses even had ropes wrapped around their mouths to prevent them from coming. Neighing.
In this way, we went to the mouth of Shahe River in the Suzhou area of the Khitan Sixteenth Prefecture, then turned east and dived into the vast loess land.
Although it was late at night, the sky in July could not be so dark. The earth was slightly bright under the twinkling stars. As far as the eye could see, the land was vast and sparsely populated, with patches of loess. Without the green plants and moisture along the river, the air suddenly became very dry. few.
In this way, we can reach Yanmen Pass by traveling several dozen miles eastward. We don't know what the fighting situation is like at the pass or whether the supporting Changning Army has arrived.
However, the group of people moved so fast and smoothly in the enemy's territory, which surprised everyone.
What they didn't know was that a pair of eyes were secretly watching from the mouth of Shahekou heading east.
Those eyes were hidden in the depths of the night, making no sound. Even though Zhao Zhengli used his Taoism to sense all directions throughout the process, his presence was not discovered.
The group of people climbed over the hills and crossed the plains, driving straight into the direction of Yanmen Pass. On the road, traces of the Khitan Rongjia's march were faintly visible.
The man who had been standing behind raised his whip to urge the horse forward, raising his hand to signal to stop advancing. He was dressed in soft armor, lined with a green shirt, and had handsome eyebrows. He was the commander of this mission, Zhao Zhengli.
The cavalryman who had been exploring the road said in a low voice: "Du Tong, will you go ahead to explore the road first?"
Zhao Zhengli nodded in agreement, and then called another spy, asking the two to stay a hundred steps apart and respond to each other.
The two of them took the order to go, while the remaining dozens of riders rested where they were, waiting for the order.
The spy went out for about two-quarters of an hour but did not come back. Zhao Zheng immediately looked around in all directions with Taoism. He scanned the area for two or three miles but saw no one. Out of the monk's sixth sense, he realized that something was wrong.
He immediately ordered his forty cavalry to replenish their physical fitness, tighten their preparations for battle, and move forward in formation to prepare for possible changes at any time.
After traveling less than five miles in this way, they saw the fallen horses and spies from a distance, but the horses and spies seemed to have been cut in half by a sharp weapon.
Blood flowed all over the ground, silently, and even still riding. How fast is this? How fast is the knife?
The opponent was by no means an ordinary person. What confused Zhao Zhengli was that even his breath did not fluctuate throughout the whole process.
The forty horsemen behind him all looked horrified when they saw this. They were all the best in the military camp. They had been on the battlefield for less than ten to eight years. They had never seen any big winds and waves. The scene in front of them made it clear that the enemy tonight was definitely beyond their ability to compete.
They all looked at Zhao Dutong, trying to find out the chance of victory from the face of this Taoist Immortal.
However, at this time, Zhao Dutong was looking a hundred paces ahead, because there lay the second cavalry spy, who was also cut in half.
He took a deep breath and concluded: "The other party is proficient in assassination and does not have a numerical advantage. As long as they assemble a square formation and do not act alone, I, Zhao Zhengli, will ensure that all of you will not be harmed."
Forty cavalry immediately formed a formation, with Zhao Dutong acting as the center of the formation to ensure that all soldiers were within Daoxing's sensing range.
"Whoosh!"
Less than half a mile away, a silver needle penetrated the ground in the dark sky, targeting Zhao Dutong, the center of the formation.
"Bang!"
Zhao Zhengli didn't even raise his head, he pointed to the sky with one hand, and a line of zhenqi finger force rose up into the air, instantly facing the silver needle, and the night sky exploded with a loud sound.
"Ms. mist mist"
Then Zhao Zhengli followed the waves to search for the source, raised his sword and slashed out hundreds or thousands of sword energy towards the night sky where the silver needles fell. The gongs were densely covered like a sky net, and he was expected to capture the power of the stars. This was the second step of the fearless elixir method, "One Transformation". Ten thousand".
With one finger and one sword, he struck the sky and disappeared into the night.
The forty soldiers who formed a formation below looked up in the sky and vaguely saw drizzle falling, and a scarlet red like blood fell on their faces with their bare hands.
Zhao Zhengli frowned. The opponent fled in blood and disappeared from the beginning to the end. Qinggong was really powerful.
He no longer stopped hastily and directed his troops to move closer to Yanmen Pass. He did not dare to send spies forward to find the way, so he had to roughly estimate the Khitan's rear camp and make a surprise attack on the enemy's rear at night, hoping to catch the killer before he reported the news.
Forty elite cavalry soldiers put on armor, put on iron armor on their war horses, held golden spears, carried crossbows and swords on their backs, and galloped astride their iron horses. The sky was filled with loess in the night.
There were faint flames dancing on the hills at the end of the east. Zhao Zhengli did not attack directly, but formed a formation to surround and watch. The sentry tower flickered in the flames, and soldiers patrolled back and forth.
According to the Khitan marching arrangement, there are three light and dark sentry towers within a radius of 20 miles of the camp, with five clear and three dark kilometres. This is the outermost sentry tower. Inferring from this, the Khitan camp is at least twenty-five miles away.
If they were to break through the sentry tower directly, the Khitan would be on alert in advance after running for more than 20 miles. In order to have a surprise attack, they must enter the Khitan camp unexpectedly. Before doing so, they must consider how to deal with the light and dark sentry towers and patrol armor.
After patrolling for half a circle, we finally decided to start from the southern hill.
Just after Yin hour on the 28th, the sky seemed bright but not bright, and a breeze blew over the Khitan sentry tower. The sentry just exhaled into the wind and then froze inexplicably, as if he was frozen in place and motionless.
The other two people saw that he hadn't moved at all for several breaths, so they stepped forward to check. They only saw flying insects in the night sky. They flashed past at extremely fast speeds, and the next moment they were also motionless.
The three of them stood upright in the sentry tower. After a long time, blood stains the size of pinpricks overflowed from their eyebrows, which were penetrated by strands of true energy. However, the soldiers patrolling back and forth had no idea that the three of them had no life breath.
Zhao Zhengli and others who entered the guard tower at that time were ready to attack at any time.
As soon as the forty riders passed the outermost sentry tower, the patrolling soldiers saw a man walking staggeringly from a distance. Several people approached on guard. They saw that the man was covered in blood. His waist covered with his hands was almost broken. Blood kept pouring out, and he was seriously injured. The blood loss resulted in a pale complexion, more air coming out and less air coming in, and he looked like he was dying.
It's hard to imagine how he survives to this day and is still walking staggeringly.
The soldiers roughly judged his identity from his Khitan clothes. The Khitan man chanted in a language as soft as a mosquito: "There are night attacks, there are night attacks!"
The soldiers suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and rushed towards the sentry tower to ask the sentry at the top about the enemy. However, he called several times but received no response. The sentry stood motionless like a piece of wood.
The soldiers were so anxious that they boarded the sentry tower. When the three of them touched each other, they fell down. The soldiers immediately felt chills running down their spines and beat the war drums to send a message.
By then, Zhao Zhengli and his party had already passed the second level of open sentry and the second level of hidden sentry, and were within ten miles of the Khitan camp. When they heard the sound of war drums, they immediately raised their whips and urged their horses, showing off their bright spears and spears.
Forty horsemen were like divine soldiers descended from heaven, directly breaking through the third sentry tower and heading towards the Khitan camp. Dozens of tents were stationed inside and outside, with troops outside and grain stored inside.
The soldiers on night patrol immediately beat the gongs when they heard the war drums, and there was a rush to fight inside and outside the camp.
The panicked soldiers only saw forty cavalry and iron horses rushing into the camp. Blood splattered everywhere they passed, tents collapsed, and the fire was blazing. They held high torches and headed straight for the central grain and grass camp.
The soldiers along the way were like moths rushing to the flame, blocking them with their bodies, but they collided with the iron horses like mantis arms blocking the cart, which only increased their destruction.
When the grain and grass camp was blazing with fire, the tens of thousands of Khitan generals who had broken into the city overnight in the direction of Yanmen Pass looked up and their military morale was greatly boosted.
On the Yanmenguan city wall, the fat and honest General Pang Luyi laughed heartily and shouted three times in a row, commanding the generals on the left and right to declare the entire army. Zhao Dutong made a roundabout night attack on the enemy's rear and was a great success. Thousands of soldiers were overjoyed and their morale was high. high.
Taking this opportunity, he immediately ordered to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and he and Zhao Dutong's 400 elite troops attacked from inside and outside.
The soldiers were shocked again. The forty people expanded into four hundred? Could it be possible that he received support on the way? In this way, the soldiers are even more confident of victory.
The morale of the Khitan gradually declined, but the morale of the Qing Dynasty became more and more high. Thousands of people just made tens of thousands of soldiers feel timid.
The city gate was wide open, and the two armies were fighting. There was also faint sound of horse hooves fighting behind the Khitan, and the Khitan was even more panicked.
At Mao hour, it was dawn, and there was morning glow floating on the top of the mountain in the east. There was a melee between the two armies outside Yanmen Pass. Tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers learned that the camp was burned, and they were completely confused. The morale of the army was defeated like a mountain. Like a group of animals that panicked and chose their way, they were beaten by the high-morale Qing Dynasty. Cutting and nibbling back and forth.
At that time, a Khitan man wearing a battle armor, a velvet hat with brocade hair on the top of his hat raised a double-edged spear and yelled: "The whole army is ordered to form a formation, five people in a team, move towards the center!"
This person is the Khitan Shuanglong and Wanyanshi who are as famous as Yeluhe. He was raised by the great master Yeluxiao. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is his "godson".
He summoned the entire army to move closer together, which was called "holding together to keep warm". When the troops were distracted and unable to decide their direction, in order to prevent the enemy from cutting off and encroaching, moving closer could solve the urgent need. Not to mention that our own side had the numerical advantage and could counterattack with a few adjustments.
Tens of thousands of soldiers seemed to have found a ray of sunshine in the dark night and gathered in an orderly manner towards the center.
In this way, thousands of people from the Qing Kingdom were in trouble, but they still had the advantage, but they didn't have the pleasure of killing them earlier.
After the Khitans had gathered together and moved closer, more than 40% of their troops were reduced. In addition, the morale of the troops was unstable. If they forcefully counterattack at this moment, it will only give Qing an opportunity to encroach.
Wanyanshi looked at the dozens of cavalry behind him and became even more furious. He glanced at Yanmen Pass, which was almost breaking the city, and reluctantly led the entire army to break through the encirclement on the west side of the camp.
The forty cavalrymen were stunned for a moment as they watched the Wu Yangang velvet soldiers coming to kill them. Even if they stretched out their heads and chopped them off one by one, the forty cavalrymen would still be exhausted to death, let alone the other party charging at them with full of anger.
After all, their forty cavalry attacked the camp at night and burned the food and grass. How could more than ten thousand Khitan warriors not be angry?
Such a scene sent a chill down the spine of Zhao Zhengli, who was at the master level.
If the army of thousands of people continues to move forward, they will only lose their lives in vain. Who among the gods on land dares to stop them? .
Facing an invincible situation, the thirty-six strategies are the best.
Zhao Zheng immediately ordered the entire army to take off their armor and horses, lighten their burdens and escape, in order to disperse the Khitan army and take advantage of the opportunity to move, and at the same time facilitate the pursuit of the Qing Kingdom from behind.
In the early morning, as the sun rose, on the loess land in the northwest, forty cavalrymen threw away their helmets and fled from east to west. They were pursued by tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of soldiers from the Qing Dynasty.
When the forty cavalrymen visited the Khitan camp again, they swung their spears and spears and mercilessly killed the remaining soldiers, which only made the Khitan troops behind go crazy and curse.
The dusty sky, you chasing me and running away, this scene has become one of the few scenery in the northwest.
