This time to consult the Kuizhou canon, the canon is like the county chronicles of later generations, used to record some things, fortunately the Qing court has not had time to send someone to check the canon, otherwise the soup and this section of the capture of Qutang Pass should be diluted, the court of the past dynasties has never been willing to mention the merits of the previous dynasty.

Cheng Xiaolian could only smile bitterly when he saw this, he watched a film and television drama of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations, in which Cheng bit Jin because the ten thousand arrows of Wagangzhai pierced the heart and killed many of his own people, so after capturing Wagangzhai, he first smashed the ten thousand arrows through the heart, and it turned out that this story also has a prototype.

The iron cable array of Qutang Pass began to be exhibited in the late Tang Dynasty and reached the point of being miraculous at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and it can still be seen according to the drawing records of the Huidian to see the majestic scene at the beginning.

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Yang Youcai: "If the Nanzhen Mansion Division is allowed to rebuild, when will a model be repaired?" ”

Yang Youcai also smiled bitterly: "We have always looked down on Geng Shang's coalition army before, so we didn't consider this place at all, and now we are in a hurry to rebuild it, I'm afraid it's not easy, Your Highness, look at the iron cable on this map, it can't be built in a few months, let alone arrange it again." ”

Qin Yue also said on the side: "Iron rope is not available in ordinary people's homes, if we use it, we can only make it now, but is it still too late?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "Let them start building first, even if we don't use it now, we will have to use it in the future, now see if there is anything else that can replace the iron cable, if Qutang Tianwei is lost in our hands like this, we will not panic if we know it, what about the others, will they be secretly shaken, even if it is really difficult to let go at that time, they can still return to Fengjie, but now that there is a chance, they can't let go easily." ”

Wen Ruzhen and Ma Jiugong heard about the iron rope and felt that they could try to defend again, at this time, there were bursts of meat fragrance around, Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Everyone has a good mouth today." ”

At night, Yang Youcai collected the boats around Qutang Pass, and then piled them with sulfur charcoal and went down the river.

Cheng Xiaolian stood on the pass and stared closely into the distance, although he couldn't see anything, but he still insisted on standing at the pass, tonight's attack decided whether they would continue to close the pass tomorrow, because the iron rope could not be arranged in a day or two, if they could not achieve their goal, then if they still held Qutang Pass tomorrow, they had to be prepared to be defeated.

Yang Youcai was also a little nervous, the last time Jin Yiwei went to the opposite side to investigate the news, but because he was careless in an ambush, the two boats came back, and this time it was Ye Qutang who followed, the reason why Yang Youcai sent him over was because he had been there once after all, no matter what kind of situation he encountered, he would not be careless, and he was familiar with the terrain and knew when to set fire.

Qutang Gorge does not allow several small boats to travel side by side, so the boats are still in a scattered state, and they can only be connected together when they reach the place where the current is slow.

The lantern has been hung on the big ship opposite, and there are black shadows flashing under the lantern from time to time, it looks like someone should be patrolling, but fortunately Tianshi is on their side, there is only a crescent moon in the sky, and the light is not particularly clear, although it is not a stretch of hand and five fingers, but there is definitely nothing to see from dozens of meters away.

The boats have been connected in series, and they are almost on fire, and there is a person standing on each boat, and everyone's eyes are staring at Ye Qutang in the middle, although he is not the person with the highest official position, but Yang Youcai said before he came, and today's actions are all up to him.

Ye Qutang was very nervous in his heart, he was originally a young man less than twenty years old, and he had never seen such a big formation, and now his palms had begun to sweat, and the people around him had not seen the signal, and they were all muttering in their hearts, is this young man reliable?

The person next to him reminded softly: "Ergou, light the fire, it will be seen when it is too late, and it will take time for the fire to ignite." "Because everyone else is afraid of being seen by people on the shore, only the people next to them dare to speak.

Ye Qutang shook his head: "The water will slow down when you get close to the shore, it's too early to order." ”

The people of the other ships were already in a hurry, but in addition to being loyal to the emperor's creed, the most important thing was to prohibit it, and they didn't dare to disobey Yang Youcai's words, so no one dared to act without permission.

Ye Qutang finally pulled out the signal tube on his waist and rushed to the sky, and beautiful fireworks appeared in the dark night sky.

The people on the small boats who had been impatient for a long time all took out the flints, lit the boat, and then jumped off the boat, and after the boat passed, they quickly came out, and there were three empty boats behind, and they did not dare to go back to Qutang Pass when they got to the empty boat, this is Yang Youcai's order, whether it is successful or not after arson, it is absolutely not allowed to stay, in case the fire cannot be burned, once the enemy comes out of the boat to inspect, they can't run.

Ye Qutang got on the boat, and an old man in brocade reached out and patted him on the head: "Lao Tzu thought you were too scared to release the signal." This kind of intimacy and friendliness of the action also shows that this old brocade guard acknowledges his status.

Ye Qutang smiled: "The water flow here is slower, if it is released early, I am afraid that people will be prepared." ”

"Okay, okay, Lao Tzu has already understood, your kid is the first time to give orders, he is not in a hurry, he is a big thing, and I have to take care of this old bone of Lao Tzu when I look back."

Besides, the sentries of the Geng Shang coalition army, according to their rules, are two hours for a patrol of men and horses, which is Shang Ke Xichuang, he said that since ancient times, the camp was robbed at night because the soldiers were not energetic in the second half of the night, Shang Zhixin as his son naturally used his own Lao Tzu's housekeeping skills, but after a day's fatigue, the soldiers who had slept soundly were dragged out of the camp to patrol the camp, and their eyes were not opened, and they began to nap leaning on the boat gang.

The fireworks in the sky woke up many people, and many people opened their eyes and saw the fire on the river, and immediately began to shout: "The enemy has burned the ship!" ”

The soldiers patrolling the ship all stood up and picked up the weapons in their hands, but they were sweating profusely: "What should we do?" ”

"I don't know, let's use a spear to push the ship out, and don't let them get close to our hull."

"It's better to report to the general first, the general must have a way!"

There was not a single backbone among the guardsmen, but there were spears, and some of them sent their men to the small boats next to them to pour water on the fire on the hull of the opposite ship, trying to extinguish the flames on the hull of the ship.

But the boats were all joined together, and a few scattered spears could not be moved, and soon a few dark knocks were heard, and the hull of the small boat was already pressed against the hull of the big ship.

(End of chapter)