After the victory of the Shu army at the mountain pass, the main force was inserted into the area between Sanwei Mountain and Mingsha Mountain, and Liu Yin decided to break through each one, first sending troops to attack Mingsha Mountain, which had the least garrison.

Originally, Mingsha Mountain and Sanwei Mountain were mutually relevant, and one side could send troops to rescue the other side when attacked, but after the boneless defeat, he was frightened and did not dare to fight anymore, and watched Mingsha Mountain fall and was indifferent.

The defender of Mingsha Mountain was Sima Yang Xiao of the Dunhuang Jin Army, and in addition to the 1,000 Jin brought by himself, the defenders also had a thousand people who could not be allocated to him, a total of 2,000 men and horses.

Compared with the steep and dangerous Sanwei Mountain, the mountain of Mingsha Mountain is much more gentle, and the biggest feature of Mingsha Mountain is that the mountain is full of quicksand, and when people or objects move on the sand surface, it will make a thunderous sound. In later generations, Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain is famous, tourists are blazing, because at its eastern foothills, is the famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, but the Mogao Grottoes were built in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and now it is still a barren mountain range. Mingsha Mountain is all made of fine sand, and the sand grains have five colors: red, yellow, blue, white and black, which are crystal clear and spotless. The sand mountains have different shapes: some are like moon buds, bent and connected, forming a sand chain; Some are like pyramids, towering, angular and angular; Some are like pythons, long and lying down, stretching to the edge of the sky; Some are like fish scales, and the mounds are connected and arranged in a neat manner.

The Shu army that attacked Mingsha Mountain had the intention to enjoy the scenery here, even if the sand that would make a sound gave people a little surprise at first, but after watching and listening for a long time, there was no novelty, compared to ordinary mountain rocks, Mingsha Mountain seems to be more difficult to climb, the sand here is alive, stepping on it is loose and soft, and it will roll down the hillside if you are not careful, but this road is such soft sand, even if you fall down, you will not be injured.

Even if the defenders of Mingsha Mountain were condescending and defended by danger, the disparity in strength made them unable to resist the attack of the Shu army at all, and the defender Yang Xiao had no intention of fighting, and when he saw the Shu army attacking like a tide, he had the heart to surrender.

Yang Xiao wanted to surrender, but the Xianbei people didn't do it, just found out that the Jin army had the intention of surrendering, so he launched an attack on the Jin army from behind, of course, the Jin army was not to be outdone and fought back, and the two sides immediately started fighting.

Originally, there were troops to defend, and the attack of the Shu army would definitely be sluggish, but when Fu Zhao led his troops to attack the top of the mountain, he unexpectedly felt that the pressure was gone, and the sound of shouting and killing kept coming from the mountain, but it seemed that it was no longer aimed at the Shu army attacking the mountain, so Fu Zhao immediately led the army to rush to the top of the mountain, and found that the Jin army and the Xianbei people on the top of the mountain had been mixed together.

Fu Zhao was stunned, the two sides were fighting fiercely, the ground was already full of corpses, judging from the situation at the scene, this was completely a real battle, Fu Zhao couldn't figure out what was going on, and he didn't know who to help.

At the critical time, Yang Xiao, who still spoke the same language, shouted loudly to surrender to the Shu army and asked for assistance, while the Xianbei people, who could not understand the language, shouted that they couldn't understand their words at all.

Of course, Fu Zhao no longer hesitated, it was naturally a good thing that the Jin army was willing to surrender, no wonder the Jin army could do it with the Xianbei people, it turned out that the Jin army wanted to surrender the Xianbei people and did not do it, and the two sides had a fight, but this was a good thing for the Shu army, the cranes and mussels competed, the fishermen benefited, and the Shu army could attack Mingsha Mountain without blood, which was thanks to this benefit.

Fu Zhao immediately ordered the Shu army to assist the Jin army in encircling and annihilating the Xianbei people.

In terms of combat power, the Xianbei people are stronger than the Jin army, because they are the first strike, so they occupy the initiative in the battle, but after the Shu army attacked the top of the mountain, the situation was immediately reversed, nearly 5,000 Shu troops surrounded the Xianbei people on the top of the mountain, and with the cooperation of the Jin army, the Xianbei people were chased with all their might.

Soon, all the 1,000 Xianbei people fell, and almost none of them were able to escape. Yang Xiao's Jin army also suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of the losses, which also relied on the support of the Shu army, otherwise the battle with the Xianbei people would not be able to get any cheapness.

After taking Mingsha Mountain, Fu Zhao took Yang Xiao to see Liu Yin and explain the details.

Yang Xiao saw Liu Yin, and said with sincere fear: "When Ma Xun didn't know the sky, he tried in vain to resist the general, but the villain actually surrendered for a long time, and now he has it, so he led the army to surrender in front of the battle, hoping that the general would accept it." ”

Liu Yin smiled and said: "Yang Sima is willing to abandon the dark and surrender to the light, it is the blessing of our army, you are waiting in the army first, and after the pacification of Dunhuang, there will be another reward." ”

Yang Xiao was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, and then retreated.

Liu Yin summoned the generals to the Chinese military tent and said: "Our army has taken Mingsha Mountain lightly, and now there are only three camps left in Sanwei Mountain, who of you is willing to take it?" ”

Attacking the cottage, the cavalry naturally had no strength, but the lieutenant generals of the five battalions of the infantry had to come forward to fight. Fu Zhao grabbed the head and said, "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Luo Xi was a little anxious, and shouted loudly: "General Fu, you just laid down Mingsha Mountain, and you have to fight for Sanwei Mountain again, but this credit has been robbed by you, no matter how much you can share the profit with us." ”

The other three generals, Gao Yuan, Lu Xun and Deng Zhong, also asked for orders. Deng Zhong was newly appointed by Liu Yin as the battalion officer of the new third battalion, and Deng Zhong had been holding a position in Liu Yin's guard unit before, but Liu Yin knew that with Deng Zhong's ability, he was fully qualified for the position of battalion general, and with the in-depth cooperation with Deng Ai, Liu Yin gradually dared to entrust Deng Zhong with important responsibilities, so the position of lieutenant general of the new third battalion finally fell on his head.

Fu Zhao relied on the relationship between Liu Yin's brother-in-law, and he took the lead in several battles of the charge, which made several other infantry battalion officers envious, in fact, this has nothing to do with nepotism, Fu Zhao's tiger step right battalion is also famous among the battalions, so Liu Yin has let Fu Zhao take the lead several times.

In the end, Liu Yin named Luo Xi's Yong'an battalion to attack the east peak of Sanwei Mountain, and the lofty Hubu Zuo battalion to attack the west peak, as for the main peak of Sanwei Mountain, Liu Yin did not move him for the time being.

Luo Xi and Gao Yuan received the order, and immediately led the men and horses of their headquarters to set off, and launched an attack on the east and west peaks of Sanwei Mountain.

No bones can set up three camps on the Sanwei Mountain. However, he did not evenly distribute all his forces among the three camps, the camp of the main peak was the focus of defense, and at least more than half of the Xianbei people's troops were concentrated, while the east and west peaks were in a secondary position, so the troops were weaker.

Liu Yin just picked out the weak points, first easy and then difficult, and attacked the east and west peaks first. (To be continued.) )