Jiameng Pass is located in the southwest corner of Yicheng County. It is an extremely important pass in the Golden Bull Road. According to legend, King Huiwen of Qin had no way to defeat Shu. He ordered people to make five-stone oxen, saying that they could make gold from shit, so as to deceive the King of Shu. The King of Shu actually sent people

By opening a road to lead it, there was a feasible road between Qin and Shu. This road was also jokingly called the Golden Bull Road by later generations. After nearly a thousand years of continuous excavation and repair, the Golden Bull Road was also the main road into Shu. If the northern army wanted to enter Shu, it must

After passing the Jinniu Road, Jiameng Pass was built in a steep place on the mountain.

It was a twilight day, and Jiameng Pass, built on a dangerous mountain, was bathed in the faint morning light. Looking from a distance, the city was surrounded by clouds and mist, and the scenery was picturesque.

A soldier of the Tang Army leaned his spear against the female wall on one side and stretched out in front of the rising sun. The long night had passed, and it was almost time to change the guard. It was another peaceful and peaceful day.

Over the years, when Li Xiaogong captured Yizhou, he had disputes with the local powerful. However, the Chengdu Plain was mostly the back garden of the Guanlong nobles. Because the Dugu and Dou factions fully supported Li Yuan, the scale of Li Xiaogong's war against Yizhou was not

It was not big, and it was put down quickly, and it did not spread to Jiameng Pass at all. The wars in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were far from reaching this place, so the defensive attitude was slightly better than usual.

At this time, the low-pitched horn sounded continuously, and the soldiers who had slept soundly all night woke up from their sleep. They quickly put on their helmets and armor and began the necessary patrols and drills for the new day.

Li Yuan knew that the decisive battle between the Sui and Tang Dynasties was coming soon, so after entering Shu and becoming somewhat stable, the first thing he did was to collect military power and train the Tang army's combat capabilities. Especially after Li Shimin took control of Chengdu City, he also paid special attention to the defense capabilities of the three passes.

Even though Jiameng Pass is located between Baishui Pass and Zitong Pass and is considered the safest line of defense, daily inspections and training have not been abandoned.

The guard general of Jiameng Pass has also been replaced by Xia Houxun, Li Shimin's confidant general. As an old subordinate who followed him when he was in Taiyuan, he has experienced a lot of wars. After Li Shimin secured Chengdu, he replaced all the dangerous fortresses with

He became a trusted general and promoted Xiahou Xun to the rank of Zhonglang General, responsible for guarding Jiameng Pass. This man was not well-known and did not have much ability. His only advantage was that he was honest and self-aware. He might not be able to accomplish extraordinary feats, but he

Being able to conscientiously carry out the orders given by superiors is exactly the quality that a guarding general must possess. This is like General Liu Gang of the Sui Dynasty, who successively guarded Tongguan, Wuguan and Dashan Pass for Yang Tong. If the guarding general

If it were Luo Shixin, a young general like Pei Xingyan would not be as good as Liu Gang.

The sky seemed to darken at this time.

Xia Houxun, who was about to leave in Guancheng, subconsciously raised his head and glanced up. The next moment, his eyes suddenly opened wide.

The rising sun sheds thousands of golden rays, and the fog lingering among the high mountains is quickly dissipating. The sky that should have been clear and clear is suddenly obscured by huge UFOs.

These mere things looked like lanterns, with something like a boat hanging underneath, slowly approaching the city gate.

"What is this?" Xia Houxun looked at the dense lanterns in the sky in shock.

Not only him, but also the Tang Army officers and soldiers at Jiameng Gate looked at the flying object that suddenly appeared in the sky, and they were also inexplicably horrified.

"General Xiahou, look, there's someone up there." A team member who had recovered his senses was pointing at the nearest 'lantern' and exclaimed.

Since these flying objects were already approaching, someone on the ship below the lantern could vaguely be seen looking down.

"What?" Xia Houxun looked intently and found that there were indeed people in the "ship" under the "lantern", and they were not ordinary people. The swords and guns reflected a chilling light in the morning sun.

"No, it must be the enemy. The whole army is preparing for war." When Xia Houxun saw the small flag hanging on the flying boat, his expression changed drastically. It was the small flag of the Sui army. It was obviously not a good thing for them to appear here at this moment.

"Woooooo~" The desolate horn sound sounded next, but compared with the continuous sound before, it was replaced by a rapid and vigorous rhythm.

After hearing the news, the officers and soldiers in Guanzhong walked up to the city wall, rolling logs, rolling logs, catapults, and crossbows were cocked one after another, but the next moment...

"General, they are in the sky, our rolling logs, stones, and crossbows cannot harm them!" A soldier looked at Xia Houxun very bitterly.

The stepping crossbow is also a kind of city-defending bed crossbow. It requires two people to operate it at the same time. They can open the large crossbow by stepping on their feet. However, this kind of bed crossbow is huge and can only be used to defend the city. The range of the shooting angle that can be adjusted is not high.

Gao, when usually defending the city, there is no problem at all in shooting downwards, but now they are facing enemies from the air, and they cannot target the invading enemies at all.

"Lift it up and shoot them!" Xia Houxun also reacted. He struggled to lift a crossbow and pointed it into the air, but it was difficult to calibrate it.

"Bang~"

A long and broken crossbow arrow shot out of the air as the bowstring trembled, but ended up missing somewhere.

Not only crossbows, but also catapults cannot aim stone bullets at the 'lanterns' in the air, and ordinary city defense equipment such as rolling logs, stones, and kerosene cannot pose the slightest threat to enemies flying in the air.

In just a short time, those big lanterns had already flown over the city wall, and arrows shot through the air from high above, killing a Tang soldier who was guarding the city at the top of the city. The female wall on the city wall was in vain.

Xia Houxun quickly ordered people to release arrows, but the pod under the lantern was made of rattan. It was light and strong and could not be penetrated by ordinary arrows. However, the Sui army soldiers inside relied on the rattan cabin to block the arrows.

When the guards were changing their arrows, they stood up and fired.

On a small flying divine boat, there were no more than ten soldiers at most. The number was actually not that many, but they were condescending, and it was impossible for the Tang army to build a ladder to get up. All they had to do was release arrows leisurely and leisurely.

More and more Feitian Shenzhou were approaching the city wall, and the arrows became denser.

This strange and bizarre method of warfare has never been seen on the battlefield. It has a devastating impact on the morale of the Tang army guarding the gate. Before the flying boat reaches the sky above the city gate, deserters have already appeared. At this moment, the crossbow is even more

It can no longer be used.

"But when we reach the sky, the enemy soldiers should stick their heads out, right?"

Xiahou Xun stared intently at the flying divine boats that gradually stopped over Jiameng Pass, frowning and thinking, waiting for the enemy to reveal a flaw before immediately counterattacking.

"Fire the arrow!" A general saw the lantern reaching the sky and subconsciously directed the soldiers to shoot.

"No!" Xia Houxun wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

"Boohoo~" Arrows rose up into the sky and shot towards the flying divine boat in the sky.

The soldiers on the Feitian Shenzhou took out their vine shields and put them on their heads, completely covering the top. The arrows that shot through the air could not cause them any harm at all. However, the arrows became the end of powerful crossbows and fell from the sky one after another, covering the entire city.

The expressions of the Tang army officers and soldiers all changed.

Xia Houxun hurriedly hid in the tower, but most of the soldiers were not so lucky, and were injured many times by falling arrows. The feeling of being shot by one's own arrows was not wonderful.

Xia Houxun wanted to settle accounts with the general, so he ran out of the city tower angrily. However, when he found the man, he saw that an arrow falling from the sky had penetrated his face and entered his head. He had long since lost his voice.

Xia Houxun held a breath in his chest and had nowhere to vent.

When Angang Temple looked up at the sky again, he found that holes the size of a human head were opened under each gondola, and then clay pots fell from the holes one after another.

"Bah bang bang bang~" Clay pots fell from the sky one after another, and many soldiers were smashed to death. The viscous liquid spilled from the broken pottery pots emitted a pungent smell, and soon filled the entire tower.

"It's kerosene, let's go quickly." Xia Houxun's face in the chaotic crowd became extremely ugly, and he walked towards the aisle without saying a word.

The Tang troops guarding the gate also reacted. They rushed to the bottom of the city. Many people were squeezed from the city tower by the soldiers at the rear and fell to pieces.

"Huhuhu~" One after another, torches fell from the Feitian Shenzhou. When the kerosene flowing on the entire city wall met the open flame, it burst into flames. Countless Tang army soldiers who had not had time to escape were engulfed by the flames in just an instant.

The entire city tower instantly turned into a sea of ​​Shura fire. Countless firemen howled and ran around in an attempt to extinguish the fire, causing areas that were not ignited to be quickly covered by fire.

After the Feitian Shenzhou caught fire in the city, it was separated to both sides by the heat flow. Under the operation of the soldiers, it slowly landed. One by one, the Sui army officers and soldiers filed out and lined up on both sides of the city to wait.

Soon, the gate of Jiameng Pass was opened by the Tang army from the inside. Countless Tang army soldiers rushed out of the city. What was waiting for them was cold crossbow arrows that locked them.

"I am Wang Xiongdan, the Great Sui Dynasty Eagle Yanglang General." A strong general walked out from the crowd. He looked at the embarrassed Tang army and said loudly: "Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist stubbornly will be killed without mercy."

"Daydreaming." Xia Houxun spat, drew out the sword from his waist, and pointed it at Wang Xiongdan: "Don't underestimate me, a good man from Yizhou!"

"Xiahou Xun, you are from Taiyuan in Bingzhou. When did you become a native of Yizhou?" The intelligence of the Sui Dynasty was very good, and he knew the civil and military officials of Guancheng of the Tang Army very well. Wang Xiongdan knew where Xiahou Xun was from. He

He glanced at the cowering soldiers of the Tang army and said loudly: "Sheep have the kindness to kneel down at their breasts, but Li Shimin killed his younger brother and his father, which is worse than an animal. Sons of Yizhou, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is gone, do you want to

Fight to the death for a beast?"

Xia Houxun heard the sound and looked aside. As far as he could see, he saw everyone lowering their heads unconsciously.

"You..." Xia Houxun looked at the soldiers under his command and said angrily: "The rebel army is small in number, so we may not be able to defeat them. Why don't you soldiers follow me to kill the enemy?"

"Those who surrender live, those who resist die!" Wang Xiongdan took a step forward, with a ferocious look on his face. The more than 300 soldiers behind him quickly raised their crossbows and aimed forward. As soon as the Tang army soldiers resisted, they immediately fired their arrows.

The enemy troops were hunted down one by one.

"I don't want to fight to the death for the beast that killed my brother and my father. I surrender..." Only a "cang" was heard. After finishing speaking, a soldier of the Tang Army dropped the spear in his hand, silently stepped aside and squatted down, holding his hands.

head.

"Dang rang, rang, rang..." With the leader in charge, as if a plague had infected the whole city, more and more Tang Army soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt down to ask for surrender. The brief confrontation before had completely destroyed their morale.

At this moment, even though there were only more than 300 people behind Wang Xiongdan, and the number was not greater than them, the Tang army officers and soldiers were obviously not willing to fight anymore.

After all, Li Yuan's time in Shu was too short, and his control over Yizhou was far inferior to other places. Moreover, after entering Shu, he purged the army countless times. Some low-level generals from Yizhou's wealthy families were dismissed one after another, which had already made the Tang army panic.

It can't last forever, and after Li Shimin successfully seized power, he replaced his direct generals. Xia Houxun had not come to Jiameng Pass for a long time, and he had not yet established his authority and reputation. In the time between life and death, the soldiers naturally did not want to

Follow a general who doesn't know his abilities to fight against the Sui army.

"Looking for death." Xia Houxun roared angrily and beheaded two Tang army soldiers who were kneeling and surrendering. However, it was difficult to restore the morale of the soldiers. He let out a roar in anger and went straight to kill Wang Xiongdan.

"I think you are looking for death." Wang Xiongdan snorted coldly, picked up the special sword and walked towards Xia Houxun. When the distance was close, he swung the sword and slashed.

With a crisp sound of "Clang~", Xia Houxun's hands were shattered and his knife was knocked away. He staggered back, but Wang Xiongdan chased him and kicked him down.

"Go to hell!" Looking at Xia Houxun who was trampled under his feet and kept struggling, a coldness flashed in Wang Xiongdan's eyes. The sword brought out a cold light in the morning sun. In Xia Houxun's desperate roar

Cut down.

The head rushed far away. Wang Xiongdan wiped his knife and told a chief: "Jiameng Pass has been broken, and we will report the victory quickly."
Chapter completed!