Under the leadership of the old man, Li Xiu and his party finally found the first road up the mountain that was destroyed by Goguryeo, but when they came here, they saw a cliff as high as ten zhang, and it stretched for several miles, and it definitely didn't look like it could be carved by man.

"How can it be so high?" Li Xiu craned his neck and looked at the cliff in front of him, and his face also showed a look of shock, if the road here was dug up by the Goguryeos, then the amount of work was too large.

Interpreter Meng Yao also asked about the old man at this time, and finally the two communicated for a long time, and then Meng Yao came to Li Xiu to report: "Don Ma, I have asked clearly, this old man said that this was originally a road, but a flash flood broke out many years ago, and as a result, the mountain collapsed, and the road was also destroyed, and Goguryeo later sent people to destroy this place more completely, and according to him, even if you cross this cliff, there are other places that have been washed away by the mountain flood. ”

Hearing Meng Yao's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, it seems that this place is really not suitable for passing, after all, the power of the mountain torrent is too great, and sometimes it can even change the trend of the mountain, let alone a mountain road that is not easy to pass.

The first road will definitely not work, and at the moment Li Xiu also asked the old man to continue to lead the way, there are three roads in total, and this one is abandoned, and there are only two left, which makes Li Xiu's heart feel a lot heavier.

The second road was not far from the first road, and they walked for two hours before leaving, but according to the old man, this road was also within the scope of the flash flood, which made Li Xiu and them not report much hope, and when they arrived here, they found that although this road was not as completely destroyed as the first road, it was not of much value, let alone repaired, and it was impossible to even send a small number of troops to go up.

The last road is a little far away from the domestic city, Li Xiu and they have been walking for nearly a day to find this dug road, compared to the first two, this road is completely artificially destroyed, but in this era, the damage caused by manpower is very limited, so when Li Xiu saw this road, he was also happy.

I saw that this road was supposed to be a mountain beam, but it may have been because of the excavation of Goguryeo, which caused a landslide, which caused the mountain beam to collapse, forming a vertical section, but this section is not high, about three or four zhang by visual inspection, but the section is very smooth, and it is not easy to go up.

"Qi Yu Horse, this old man said that although this road was not easy to walk before, it can also reach the bottom of the Marudu City, and then you can go around in a circle to reach the road in the domestic city, and only here has been dug up, and there should be no problem with the road behind." Meng Yao reported to Li Xiuyu again at this time.

Hearing this news, Li Xiu finally showed a little smile, and at this time Xue Rengui also stepped forward and said: "Donkey, I'll go up and explore the road first, if you can really get to the city of Marudu, then let's go back and report to General Qin immediately!" ”

"Huh? How do you go up so high? Li Xiu couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he heard Xue Rengui's words and asked, although this cliff is only three or four zhang high, but the section is vertical and smooth, I'm afraid it is not easy even if a monkey wants to climb up.

"Hehe, I have my own way." I saw Xue Rengui smile smugly at this time, and then I saw him ask him to take the bow and arrow, and then tie a rope to the end of the arrow, and then he opened his bow and shot out at a crooked-necked tree on the top of the cliff, and the rope passed through the tree, and then fell to the ground, and the rope just rested on the trunk.

At that moment, Xue Rengui tied the rope tightly, then took off his armor and grabbed the rope and climbed up, don't look at him tall and burly, but he was extremely flexible, and climbed the cliff in the blink of an eye, Li Xiu was not worried that he was alone, so he sent a few soldiers up, and after these people climbed up, he said hello to Li Xiu and left.

Although Marudu Mountain is not very big, it is also a mountain after all, so Li Xiu estimated that Xue Rengui and they should not be able to come back in a short time, and it was not early at this time, so they camped here to rest, they waited for a day and a night, but they did not see Xue Rengui and others come back, which made Li Xiu anxious, and even wanted to send someone up to see the situation.

However, in the afternoon of the next day, Xue Rengui and his party finally poked their heads out from above, which made Li Xiu finally breathe a sigh of relief, and then saw Xue Rengui and others coming down the rope, and when they saw Li Xiu, they immediately showed an excited smile and said: "Don Ma, this road can really lead to Marudu City, but the road is a little difficult to walk, and you can also go around the road to the domestic city, but the trees around Marudu City have been cut down, and I am afraid of being discovered, so I don't dare to get too close." ”

Hearing Xue Rengui's report, Li Xiu was also overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to the domestic city to report the news, while they stayed to guard here, it is estimated that after Qin Qiong knows the news, he will definitely know what to do.

Qin Qiong's reaction was also very fast, on the third day when Li Xiu sent someone to report the news, a team of 3,000 people rushed here, and Cheng Yanjin personally led the team, and Li Xiu was not idle during this time, he made a lot of rope ladders to hang on the cliff to facilitate the army to climb up.

"Donkey, Shubao can't come here, but we have already discussed, this time send 3,000 people to touch it, and then go around to the top of the road on the side of the domestic city, kill from top to bottom, and the people below will also cooperate with the upward attack, and then we will see if we can take this road in one fell swoop!" As soon as Cheng Biting King Kong saw Li Xiu, he immediately spoke. 、

Although it is possible to go up here, the 30,000 Tang troops can't all climb up from here, and there are all kinds of materials in the army, so the road on the side of the domestic city must be taken down, so that it is convenient for the army to go up the mountain to attack the capital city.

"Then who is leading the troops this time, it won't be General Cheng, right?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask rhetorically when he heard Cheng Yanjin's words, although Cheng Yanjin brought 3,000 soldiers this time, but there seemed to be no other generals, Cheng Yanjin's temper was stubborn, he was really afraid that the other party would go to the battlefield in person under impulse, after all, if he had any accidents, there was no way to explain to Li Shimin.

"Haha~, if I were twenty years younger, I would definitely not give this opportunity to others, but now that it is the world of young people, don't you have a good general by your side?" When Cheng Yanjin spoke, he also glanced at Xue Rengui who was standing next to Li Xiu with a smile.

"General Cheng, what do you mean......" Xue Rengui couldn't help but blush with excitement when he heard this, although he was promoted by Li Shimin, he never had the opportunity to lead the troops alone, if Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin handed over this task to themselves, it would be a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"Yes, Shubao and I both think that Rengui is very suitable for this task, so I will pick out two thousand people from the soldiers brought and hand them over to you, plus the original one thousand people under your command, a total of three thousand are under your command, and you must take the road to the inner city!" When Cheng Yanjin said to the end, he also said in a commanding tone.

"The last general obeys!" Xue Rengui also said excitedly at this time, such an opportunity is not available all the time, if it is placed in ordinary times, I am afraid that it will be fought for by countless people, after all, the most important thing in the army is a young general like him who is dedicated to making meritorious contributions.

Seeing Xue Rengui taking over this task, Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little worried, but thinking that as a military general, he was originally exchanging his head for military merits, since Xue Rengui had chosen such a path, he must have been mentally prepared, so he didn't say anything.

In addition to bringing the army, Cheng Yanjin also had some supplies of supplies, because Li Xiu and they were worried that they would be discovered by the Goguryeo people on the top of the mountain, so they didn't dare to raise the fire when they were stationed here, so they could only gnaw dry food every day, this time Cheng Yanjin brought enough supplies to Xue Rengui, including a lot of canned food, and some lime bags, this is still a method promoted by Pei Xingjian in the army, and it is said that Wan Niang came up with it, which also made Li Xiu and them finally have a hot meal.

Early the next morning, Xue Rengui led three thousand troops up the mountain again, he had been there once before, and he was very familiar with the road, and Li Xiu and Cheng Yanjin also rushed back to the domestic city immediately, but most of the troops were left by them to guard the cliff, in case someone came to cut off Xue Rengui's back road, after all, if Xue Rengui and their attack did not go well, they could also evacuate from here.

Li Xiu and Cheng Yanjin rushed back to the domestic city as quickly as possible, and Qin Qiong's side was also ready to attack, as long as Xue Rengui on the top of the mountain gave a signal, the people below would immediately attack on the mountain.

According to the previous agreement between Li Xiu and Xue Rengui, the best time to attack should be in the early hours of the morning, when people's vigilance is also the lowest, and their sneak attack is also the easiest to succeed, so Qin Qiong also ordered the army to go to bed early and prepare for the attack early in the morning every day.

The early morning of the first day was very calm, there was no movement on the mountain, and the next day Li Xiu thought that Xue Rengui would do it, but there was still no movement, which made everyone a little anxious, Li Xiu estimated that there were too many people on Xue Rengui's side, in order to conceal their whereabouts, they did not dare to rush during the day, so they walked slowly.

Sure enough, in the early morning of the third day, Qin Qiong's side had just prepared the army, but suddenly saw a few fireworks on the top of the mountain, and then a shout of killing sounded, and a fire also lit up on the mountain road.

"Attack!" Seeing the signal on the top of the mountain, Qin Qiong also immediately roared, and then the Tang army also started a new round of charge, this time it was obvious that the resistance on the top of the mountain became weak and weak, and even the shouting and killing on the mountain road was getting closer and closer, it seemed that Xue Rengui was rushing down with people, which also made the Tang army below even more excited, as long as this mountain road was controlled, Marudu City was close at hand.