Xiao Pass is the north gate of Guanzhong, it is actually a part of the Great Wall, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui rebuilt the Great Wall, Xiao Pass has also been renovated, Xiao Pass is located on the platform, the terrain is relatively gentle, the nomadic cavalry can enter the pass from here, its importance and strategic position need not be repeated.

Just as Cui Kuan is bent on seizing Xiao Pass, as long as he sits on the position of Shuo Fang Jiedu Envoy, seizing Xiao Pass, and opening the passage to the south will inevitably become an important goal for the rulers, and Guo Song is no exception.

On his way back from Fengzhou, he was thinking about how to seize Xiao Pass, although he did not plan to attack Guannai for the time being, but it was still necessary to seize the strategic initiative, as long as he held Xiao Pass, his army could go south at any time to seize Yuan, Qing, Yan, and Sui.

Originally, the army was withdrawn back to Hexi after resting in Lingzhou for two days, but the route of the Hexi Army's withdrawal changed slightly, and it deviated a little to the east, that is, the direction of Xiaoguan.

In the afternoon of that day, in a huge mountain col about twenty miles north of Xiao Pass, 10,000 cavalry were resting and having dinner, and an elder of the Liang family went to Xiao Pass, under the pretext of asking Liang Ju'er for debts, and at the same time brought the news of Guo Song to Liang Ju'er.

Time is not forgiving, and Liang Ju'er is also in his early thirties, just because his martial arts are not too outstanding, and he is not a son-in-law in the Liang family, and he is not too good at mixing, and he still has no chance to improve after so many years.

But Guo Song's capture of Shuofang gave Liang Ju'er a glimmer of hope.

At present, there are 3,000 garrisons in Xiaoguan, and the envoy of Xiaoguan Town is a Zhonglang general, called Pan Nong, with three Lang generals and ten captains, Liang Ju'er is one of these ten captains, and there are 300 soldiers under him, and his status is not very high.

"Captain Liang, someone is looking for you outside!" The soldier shouted in front of the tent.

Liang Ju'er walked out of the big tent quickly, and saw that the person who came was actually his cousin, so he hurriedly said, "Third uncle, why are you here?" ”

"Little foal, should you pay back the twenty yuan you owe me, I am in a hurry to buy land with money, you don't have to delay it any longer, give it to me quickly."

Liang Ju'er was stunned, when did he owe money? When he saw the third uncle winking at him, he immediately understood, he waved his hand and said to the soldiers who were watching the excitement: "Go to the side, don't be curious about this kind of thing." ”

All the soldiers covered their mouths and walked away with a smile, and they actually asked for a debt to come to the barracks, which is a shame!

"Third uncle, go to the tent and talk about it! I'll scrape together and give you the money. ”

The visitor followed Liang Ju'er into the big tent, he took out a note from his belt and handed it to Liang Ju'er, "This is given to you by Guo Yuanjun, you can see for yourself." ”

Liang Ju'er hurriedly opened the note and looked at it carefully, Guo Song hoped that he would agree on tonight's time, and promised that once Xiao Pass was captured, he would be appointed as the guard of Xiao Pass Town, Liang Ju'er was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to the old man: "The third uncle went back and told Guo Yuanjun that I was on duty in the second half of the night, but I was in charge of the eastern section of the city wall, and I came over tonight to light the fire as a signal, otherwise it would take five or six days for me to guard the city gate." ”

"I remember, but you can't let me go back empty-handed!"

Liang Ju'er smiled bitterly: "Third uncle, I really don't have any money now, I'll buy a few bottles of good wine to honor my third uncle when I go back." ”

"That's what you said, you owe me three good bottles!"

The old man smiled and said goodbye and left.

At this time, the main general Pan Nong stepped forward and asked Liang Ju'er with a smile: "I heard that someone came to force debts?" ”

Liang Ju'er sighed and said: "The debt that my father owed when he was alive is now being repaid by me, and I don't have any money to give him now, only by promising twice the usury, he is satisfied and leaves." ”

Pan Nong patted Liang Ju'er on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do a good job, I will go back and I will try to ask Taiwei Zhu to give a sum of money to make up everyone's debts, and you will have the money to pay off your debts." ”

"Thank you for your concern!"

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Guo Song had received news from Liang Ju'er, and he left to open the map of Xiao Pass, which was actually a defensive system, including a military city, a pass city, and two sections of the Great Wall several miles long in the east and west, with a radius of about several miles.

The eastern section of the city wall mentioned by Liang Juer actually refers to the eastern section of the Great Wall, which is about two miles long.

The Great Wall is mainly to block the nomadic cavalry, but the infantry can climb the mountains and mountains to climb the city wall, of course, the infantry has no logistical supplies, even if they cross the Great Wall, there is no point.

Xiao Pass is not located on a steep mountain, but on a low plateau, and the city walls on both sides are also on the platform, making it easier for infantry to climb the city wall.

Guo Song looked at the sky, the sky was dark and cloudy, there was no trace of sunshine, it was a good opportunity to tackle key problems at night, and he immediately ordered: "Let Zhang Yun come to see me!" ”

.........

At the fourth watch, it was drizzling in the sky, and it was dark all around, Guo Song led 10,000 cavalry to wait for Xiao Guan's movement a few miles away.

In the night, Zhang Yun led three hundred scouts to gradually approach the eastern section of the city wall, only Liang Ju'er and a dozen of his henchmen were on the city wall, and the rest of his subordinates were sent to sleep by him.

Liang Ju'er stared intently outside, and in the mist, he couldn't see anything outside.

"Boss, could it be that the old man didn't convey his words correctly?" A henchman soldier whispered.

"Don't talk nonsense, you can't go wrong with this kind of big thing."

Having said that, Liang Ju'er was still a little apprehensive in his heart, his third uncle was old, what if he made a mistake? He secretly regretted that he should have written a note.

At this moment, there was a sudden flash of fire not far away, and then the fire flashed again.

Liang Ju'er suddenly perked up, he immediately pulled out a fire fold, leaned under the city wall and threw it, the fire was shining, he hurriedly extinguished it, and threw it again, and the fire was shining twice, echoing the other party.

His soldiers immediately threw down a dozen rope ladders, the other side hanging from the battlements.

Liang Ju'er got up and looked in the direction of Guancheng, a mile away, there were two large lanterns on the city tower, and in the dim light, he saw a group of soldiers guarding the city patrolling back and forth on the city, and they did not show any surprise, indicating that they did not see the fire outside the city.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound from under the city, and as soon as the rope ladder tightened, people began to climb upward.

In a moment, Zhang Yun was the first to jump on the city, he held a shield and bit the war knife in his mouth, he took off the war knife and asked, "But General Liang?" ”

Liang Ju'er hurriedly said: "I am!" ”

"Zhang Yun, the commander of the scout battalion of the Xixia Army, took the city on the order of Guo Zhijun, and asked General Liang to support him!"

Liang Ju'er nodded, "Hurry up and let your subordinates come up!" ”

Five rope ladders climbed at the same time, and the soldiers of the Hexi Army climbed up one after another, and in just a moment, three hundred soldiers all went to the top of the city.

Liang Ju'er gasped, he could feel the strength and murderous aura of these three hundred people, as if there were three thousand people.

Zhang Yundao: "General Liang, we will deal with the soldiers at the head of the city, and you will take two hundred brothers down to the city to open the door." ”

Liang Ju'er nodded, "Today's password is that the sun and the moon are gone, so you say that the seventh battalion is on duty!" ”

They divided into two routes, Liang Ju'er walked towards the city with 200 men, and Zhang Yun walked briskly towards the city with 100 soldiers.

There were still dozens of steps away from the city, and they were seen by the patrol soldiers, who shouted for the commander of the first brigade and asked: "What person, password!" ”

Zhang Yun replied: "The sun and the moon are gone, and we are on duty in the seventh battalion. ”

The brigade commander put his heart at ease, frowned and said, "Your lot is in the east, what are you doing here?" ”

"I don't know, it was Captain Liang who asked us to come over, it seems that he is here to take over your duty."

Everyone laughed, and there was such a good thing?

As everyone approached, everyone approached, and the brigade commander suddenly found that their weapons were not right, they were all short spears, and shouted: "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Yun shouted, "Do it!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers moved at the same time, short spears stabbed, they cooperated tacitly, fast and abnormal, dozens of enemy soldiers did not react, they were stabbed down, for a while the screams continued, and there were also screams from the city, and soon calm was restored.

The soldiers of the Hexi Army acted together, pushed the winch on the head of the city, pulled up the bolt of the big iron gate, and the soldiers under the city opened the city gate.

The soldiers then fired three gunpowder arrows into the sky, emitting a particularly dazzling red light.

Guo Song immediately ordered: "Send troops!" ”

10,000 cavalry rushed along the gentle ramp to the upper Xiaoguan, and in just a moment, the cavalry of the Hexi Army entered Xiaoguan.

Pan Nong was woken up by his own soldiers in his sleep, "General, the cavalry of the Hexi Army has entered the city!" ”

Pannon was taken aback and sat up, he could already hear the shouts outside, getting closer and closer.

He was so anxious that he didn't even put on his shoes, grabbed his coat and sword, and ran outside.

Their military camp was still two miles away from Guancheng, but countless cavalry of the Hexi Army had already entered the camp, and the soldiers could not escape, they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and only a few fled in panic.

One of his own soldiers came with his horse, and Pannon turned on his horse, ignoring the others, and galloped away.