"How sure does Li Senjun think we are on this trip?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "I don't know anything about the situation of the enemy army now, so I am not sure at all, but I believe that our strategy is correct, as long as we can seize the opportunity, we still have a chance to succeed." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After a moment of silence, Liu Jian asked, "How much does Li Senjun know about the Tangut people?" ”

"I know very little, I have only dealt with Xizuo in Western Xia before, and I know almost nothing about their army, General Liu has been stationed in the frontier for a long time, and I still want to know about General Liu."

Li Yanqing did not have no dealings with the Western Xia army, he was ambushed by the Western Xia cavalry before and almost lost his life, but since Liu Jian took the initiative to ask him, of course he wanted to give this right to Liu Kuang.

Liu Jian nodded and said: "Actually, I don't know a lot, but I usually accumulate some sporadically, I know that the biggest feature of the Western Xia army is that it does not retreat in a desperate battle, nor does it surrender, we don't want to have any idea of capturing prisoners of war, let alone expect them to surrender, so there is only one way to win, completely annihilate them, kill all the Western Xia soldiers, they will naturally be defeated, I hope Li joins the army to remember." ”

Li Yanqing also deeply understood that the two hundred Western Xia soldiers ended the battle with all their deaths, which was completely consistent with what Liu Jian said, and he smiled slightly, "General Liu's experience, Yanqing remembers it." ”

It is not far from the Song army camp to Siwu Village, only forty miles apart, at the time of the fourth watch, the army arrived at Siwu Village, Siwu Village is called Ding Yuan, more than forty years old, and Liu Jian is very familiar, he personally went out of the village to meet the arrival of the army.

Liu Jian introduced Li Yanqing to him, "This is Li Joinjun of the Intelligence Department, Ding Zhizhai should know!" ”

Ding Yuan hurriedly saluted and said: "Of course I am very familiar, the information of our spies must be sent to the Intelligence Department, and Li Senjun should know from my intelligence that the Western Xia Army built a dam." ”

"Exactly!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said with a smile: "Ding Zhizhai's information came very timely, and several of my subordinates should have passed through Guizhai a few days ago!" ”

"Indeed, their horses are still in my village, judging from the distance, I think they should be back soon."

After a few more words, Ding Yuan invited 1,300 soldiers into Dazhai, and he arranged for the deputy general to take the soldiers to rest and eat, and invited Li Yanqing and Liu Jian into his official room.

At this time, Li Yanqing took out the military order of the Seed Master Dao and gave it to him, once the troops of the intelligence battalion occupied the dam, he must immediately lead the army to meet it.

Ding Yuan pondered for a moment after reading the military order and said: "After the Tiger Roaring Gorge is impounded, the dam is about five zhang above the ground, if the water is not released, the army will not be able to pass the baggage, I think it is still necessary to release the water, as for washing out the ground, it is also a big trouble, or wait until the winter freezes before leaving." ”

Liu Jian frowned, "Isn't there another canyon three miles in front of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, you can bypass the Tiger Roaring Gorge and walk directly out of Hengshan, isn't it?" ”

"You are talking about taking the ancient original road, that road is feasible, but you should also know that the end of the canyon is Yinchuan City, which is a well-known dangerous city.

Yinchuan City is not today's Yinchuan, but a famous fortified city on the border of Song and Xia, the two sides have changed hands to some extent, and is currently controlled by the Western Xia army, the Song Dynasty called it Yinchuan City, and the Western Xia called it Zangdi City, which is the throat city of Western Xia, and when it is captured, the Western Xia army will lose its geographical advantage.

Li Yanqing only knew a lot about this city on the map, but he knew that since the Western Xia army had built a dam in the Tiger Roaring Gorge to store water and flooded the gorge north of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, of course, they also had to prevent the Song army from taking another passage out of Hengshan, and they would inevitably gather heavy troops in Yinchuan City.

For the Song army, the capture of the Huxiao Gorge waterway was only to prevent the Western Xia people from flooding the Song army, but if they wanted to pass through Hengshan, they still had to fight a hard battle and capture Yinchuan City.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the village and reported: "Qi Yu Zhizhai, the brother who went to explore the road has returned." ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, his subordinates finally returned, and he hurriedly said to Ding Yuan and Liu Kuang: "Yinchuan City will talk about it later, let's listen to the information about the dam first." ”

Not long after, the soldiers of the intelligence battalion led by him walked in, he didn't expect to meet the commander here, he was really happy, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Wang Ping see the commander!" ”

"You've worked hard this time, tell me about the dam."

Wang Ping took out a hand-drawn map from his bosom and hung it on a wooden board, "This is a map drawn simply by a humble position, there is indeed a path leading directly above the Tiger Roaring Gorge Dam, this path is more difficult to walk, you have to make a rope ladder to climb the cliff, through a huge stone crevice......"

Ding Yuan next to him exclaimed, "You are talking about Daoxia!" ”

Wang Ping nodded, "It looks like a canyon like a knife split." ”

"Is there a boulder on top of the valley that looks crumbling?"

"Exactly!"

"That's right!"

Ding Yuan smiled at Li Yanqing and Liu Kuang: "There is indeed a slender canyon that is one mile long above the head of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, standing below the Tiger Roaring Gorge is clearly visible, we call it the Knife Gorge, you can climb up from the back of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, but there is no way to go from the front, they can actually walk to the Knife Gorge, it's really strange, there is a cliff as high as twenty zhang, could it be that you climbed the cliff?" ”

Wang Ping shook his head, "The inside of the cliff is empty, there is a cave below, and climbing to the top of the cliff is Dao Gorge." ”

"I haven't heard of it, it seems that God has blessed us to find a new secret way."

Li Yanqing said to Wang Ping: "You go to rest and eat, recuperate well, and we will set off when it gets dark!" ”

When night fell quietly again, Li Yanqing and Liu Jian led 1,300 soldiers to set off again, this area was under the control of the Song army, there were no Western Xia spies, but they were still more cautious and set off under the cover of night.

The road is actually not far away, only fifty miles of mountain roads, but Wang Ping and they have to find a road, so it takes a lot of time.

The Song army walked hard in the mountains and valleys, especially after walking twenty miles, the road was cut off, and in front of them was a three-zhang high cliff, at this time, they had to use rope ladders to climb the cliff, which was also the most difficult part of the road.

However, more than 1,300 people were selected from the elite of the Song army, they were not intimidated by the difficult road, all the way to the hard march, when the day was about to dawn, they arrived at the bottom of the Dao Gorge, here is only a mile away from the Tiger Roaring Gorge Dam, although the dam is not visible, but obviously feel that the air has become moist.

Li Yanqing found Liu Jian, "The target of 1,300 people is too big to be discovered, or according to the original plan, I will lead the 300 intelligence battalion brothers to do it first, and you will lead 1,000 soldiers to respond." ”

This was the original plan they had discussed before, and Liu Jian nodded, "Then watch out for yourselves!" ”

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder and waved his hand to the soldiers of the intelligence battalion, "Follow me!" ”

They burrowed into a dark stone cave at the bottom of the cliff and climbed to the top of the cliff.

"Lao Li, do you think this Liu Jian is reliable?" Wang Gui asked in a low voice.

"Why would you ask such a thing?" Li Yanqing glanced at him puzzled.

"Because I think his lieutenant Du Yong is unreliable."

Wang Gui lowered his voice and said: "This person complained all the way, saying that the credit belongs to our intelligence battalion, and they are just a foil, and they can't get any benefits." ”

Li Yanqing frowned, "He really said that?" ”

Wang Gui nodded, "Not only that, but he is still tricking your background along the way, doing everything possible to inquire about your background background, I don't bother to pay attention to him." ”

Li Yanqing was a little uneasy in his heart, none of the three of them had a large-scale actual battle with the Western Xia army, so he counted on this experienced Du Yong, if he couldn't be with everyone, this battle would not be easy to fight.

But thanks to Wang Gui reminding him, it seems that he has to keep an eye on this Du Yong.