The south three of the eight Taihang mountains are also called the three of Hanoi, including Yiguan Cheng, Taihang and Baicheng, three mountain roads through Wangwu Mountain and Taihang are connected to Hedong and Hanoi, if it is from Hedong to send troops to Hanoi, then it is recognized that Taihang is the most convenient, and the traffic status is also the most important.

It's not that Taihang is easier to walk than the other two, Taihang is also dangerous and difficult, and Tianjing Pass is better known as the world's most dangerous place.

But the most difficult and dangerous sections of the road are all in the territory of Hedong, all of which are controlled by the Jin army, while the section controlled by Zhu Zhu's army is much flatter, so attacking Hanoi from Hedong will definitely take Taihang Cheng, on the contrary, if you attack Hedong from Hanoi to the north, Taihang Cheng will be extremely difficult.

In the early morning, a large army composed of 10,000 people swept through the extremely dangerous Tianjing Pass, climbed down the cliff, and killed Hanoi County 100 miles away along the Qinshui River Valley.

The chief general of the Jin army is Pei Xin, who is known as Xiao Li Guang, who has grown up rapidly and can lead the army alone, Guo Song was worried that he would lose, and sent the intelligence battalion Zuo Sima Hutong as his staff officer.

In a river valley, Pei Xin ordered the army to rest on the spot, he had some doubts in his heart, and asked Hu Tongdao, a staff officer of the army: "May I ask Hu Sima, we have three passes in Lianke, basically no resistance, it seems that the enemy's troops are stationed too little, I can't figure it out, why is the enemy's defense just a show?" ”

Hu Tong is a native of Dengzhou, once served as the chief secretary of Neixiang County, two years ago helped Yao Jin seize Wuguan, and later became a soldier under Yao Jin's account Cao participated in the military, followed Yao Jin to fight in the east and west, very capable, also very smart, Yao Jin was deeply respected, recommended him to Guo Song, Guo Song appointed him as the intelligence battalion Zuo Sima, responsible for intelligence analysis.

Hu Tong is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, a clerk, with a flexible mind and a very shrewd mind, he smiled and said to Pei Xin: "Actually, it is very understandable, the three passes just now are not dangerous, we can all go around behind the enemy, I think it is more like a tax card or an observation post, calling them passes, a bit of a lift." ”

Pei Xin said with a smile: "Sima is right, they really can't defend us, I send an army, you can go around from the mountains and forests behind them, they don't have any terrain advantage, so where does Hu Sima think the enemy's defense point should be?" ”

Hu Tong ordered someone to get a map, he put the map on a flat boulder, pointed to the three Taihang Mountain passages and said to Pei Xin: "General Pei, please see, we can kill Huaizhou by taking any road in the south of Sanshan, and the terrain and dangerous places such as Yiguan and Tianjing Pass are under the control of our army, and if we send 10,000 troops to the south, the other party will have to deploy 30,000 troops to prevent it, the cost is too great, and it is impossible to prevent it."

Therefore, it is meaningless for Zhu Zhu to guard against us in the area of Taihang Mountain, there is no need for the enemy to waste troops to defend the pass along the way, and General Pei found that no, once we seize Huaizhou, in winter, the Yellow River freezes, our army directly crosses the Yellow River to the south, and captures Mengjin Pass or Xiaopingjin can be killed all the way to Luoyang, Tiger Prison Pass, Hangu Pass and the like are meaningless to us. ”

Pei Xin was even more puzzled, "In this case, Zhu Zhu should be stationed in Huaizhou to prevent us from crossing the Yellow River from Huaizhou." ”

Hu Tong said with a smile: "Zhu Zhu's occupation of Huaizhou is not aimed at us, but he wants to use Huaizhou as a springboard to march into Hebei, so his troop deployment should be aimed at Hebei, as for the threat to Luoyang after we occupy Huaizhou, I think the lord is now using Zhu Zhu more and has no idea of attacking him, Zhu Zhu also understands this, so he dares to put the main force in Jianghuai." ”

Pei Xin nodded silently, he also heard Yao Jin say that the lord's biggest enemy was not Zhu Zhu, but the Chengdu Imperial Court, so he could understand why the lord was slow to attack Zhu Zhu, and even let him leave Guanzhong.

Hu Tong said again: "Although Zhu Jun's troops in Huaizhou are not many, he should have stationed heavy troops in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin. ”

He pointed to the map and continued: "In order to seek Hebei, Zhu Zhu deployed all the 5,000 troops of Huaizhou in the area of Xiuwu County and Huojia County in the east of Huaizhou, and as soon as he had the opportunity, he would immediately capture Weizhou and Xiangzhou. ”

"So there are not many garrisons in Hanoi County." Pei Xin said with a smile.

Hu Tong also smiled: "In the past few years, our army has been deployed very little in Zezhou, which has already formed an impression for Zhu Jun, we will not attack Huaizhou, he will not think that we will suddenly kill, this is our opportunity." ”

.........

In the afternoon, 10,000 troops walked out of the mountains and into the central plains, from where all the way to the south and east were endless plains.

The 10,000 army slaughtered Hanoi County fifty miles away, they were all infantry, did not carry baggage, carried dry food and light soldiers, fortunately, the Huaizhou Plain is vast, rich in grain, they are not worried about the supply problem, the key is that they should take Hanoi County as soon as possible, as a logistics supply center.

In fact, they had also received information that there were not many defenders in Hanoi County, only a thousand people, and this opportunity made Pei Xin very excited, and he was afraid that the enemy army would increase his troops in Hanoi first, so he led the army all the way and arrived in Hanoi County at night watch.

Today is a cloudy day, dark clouds, no stars and the moon can be seen, only a faint silhouette can be seen a dozen steps away, thirty steps are completely invisible, and it is pitch black.

The 10,000-strong army stopped a mile away from Xicheng, where there were endless wheat fields, the wheat was about to be harvested, and there were waves of wheat everywhere, and the soldiers could hide perfectly if they squatted in the wheat fields.

The team continued to move forward, and finally ambushed in the wheat field about one hundred and fifty steps away from the city, Pei Xin turned back and waved to the deputy general Yang Xuanying, Yang Xuanying understood, and immediately ordered in a low voice: "Follow me!" ”

The five hundred soldiers behind him followed him towards the city wall, carrying a dozen bamboo ladders as high as three feet and five feet, which were the siege weapons they had prepared, and if the ladders failed, they would have to use iron fire and thunder.

Hanoi County is a big city, the circumference is more than 30 li, relatively square, the whole west wall is about 9 li long, and there are only 1,000 defenders in the city, in the absence of any threat, there can be no patrol soldiers on the head of the city.

Of course, there is also the possibility that the soldiers of the previous passes fled back to Hanoi to let the Hanoi defenders know of their arrival.

However, Pei Xin didn't care very much, if the other party was prepared and the sneak attack failed, then they would directly blow up the city gate and the army would enter the city.

Hundreds of soldiers gradually approached the city wall, there is a moat in front of the city wall, the moat is very wide, about ten zhang or so, the cities in the Central Plains are generally this width, but it will be narrowed near the city gate, mainly considering the length of the suspension bridge, the moat is too wide, the suspension bridge is not enough to put down, it can only be narrowed at the city gate, but in this way, entering the city will become narrower, it will affect shipping, and there is no way.

In fact, the main function of the moat is not for the military, but for shipping, especially in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan, water navigation is extremely important, far more than land transportation.

Although the moat was very wide, it was difficult for the 500 soldiers besieging the city, they took off their armor and swam directly across the moat, and the sound of swimming came from the moat, but there was still no movement on the top of the city.

A bamboo ladder set up the head of the city, wet soldiers hastily put on their armor and swarmed up, they bite the sword, the back shield, both arms grasp the long ladder to climb to the city, to the city, when the city head, the city wall can not see a soldier, but this does not mean that there is no ambush at the head of the city, but the ambush soldiers are generally hiding under the battlements, the siege soldiers can not see.

The soldiers were extremely nervous, holding their swords in their right hands and shields in their left hands, and jumped up to the city, shielding them with their shields, and rolled forward and rolled forward.......

The walls were still very cold, there were no soldiers in ambush, and the empty walls were endless in the darkness.

At this time, Yang Xuanying, the main general in charge of the siege, also went to the city, he held the dragon golden gun in his hand, looked around the city wall, he only had one feeling, cold, like the unique sense of emptiness of an empty city.

But this can't be an empty city, it is a big city with a population of more than 100,000, and two skilled spies rushed to the west city tower to find out the enemy's situation first.

After all the five hundred soldiers went to the city, Yang Xuanying waved his spear, "Go to the city tower!" ”

He led hundreds of soldiers to run towards the West City Tower, and when he was about to reach the West City Tower, the two scouts just now rushed towards him, and the two looked strange, and whispered to Yang Xuanying: "There are no soldiers in the city tower, not one, and there are no soldiers on the road." ”

Yang Xuanying was stunned, which play is this playing? The absence of soldiers at the head of the city can be understood as a lack of troops, but the fact that there are no soldiers in the castle tower is strange and incomprehensible.

(End of chapter)