Chapter 951 The surprise attack on the sword pavilion (below)
There are steep and straight mountains on both sides of Jianmen Pass, and the bottom of the middle is the Jiange Pavilion. You have to walk up hundreds of steps. On both sides of the steps are two stone troughs for the wheels of carts. After thousands of years of walking, they have formed two deep channels.
Deep rutted tracks.
It is more difficult for a carriage to cross the border. When going up, people need to push the cart hard from behind and climb up step by step. When the carriage comes down, people need to push it hard in front to let the cart go down slowly.
When the time was approaching to close the city, the soldiers at Jianmen Pass were already waiting for the sound of drums from the small sword garrison.
At this moment, a huge caravan of mules and horses came from the north. The soldiers in Guancheng suddenly smiled. For such a large caravan, each person had at least 500 cash in his pocket, but the general on duty at Jianmen Pass did not.
I was very cautious and asked the soldiers to wave the flag and ask the other party to stop where they were. If it was a caravan that often traveled this route, they would know the rules.
The caravan of mules and horses stopped. At this time, a short, fat, middle-aged man who looked like a woodchuck ran up Guancheng with his calves. Halfway through, he was out of breath from exhaustion.
Can't run anymore.
Many soldiers laughed. They knew this short, fat man from Jianzhou, named Wang Mao, nicknamed Wang Fat Cat. He often traveled on the Jianmen Shu Road between Chang'an and Chengdu.
The watchman felt relieved. He was very familiar with Wang Fat Mao, but the rules could not be changed. He ordered a brigade commander to lead more than 20 soldiers to deal with it.
The brigade commander stepped forward and clasped his fists, smiling: "Proprietor Wang, what good things did you buy this time to sell in Chengdu?"
Wang Fatmao grinned and said: "This time it's coarse cloth. I purchased 10,000 pieces of coarse cloth in Chang'an and sold it in Chengdu."
"Can coarse cloth still make money?" the brigade commander asked in confusion.
"Then you don't understand. The coarse cloth from Chang'an is twenty cents per piece, and the market price in Chengdu is seventy cents per piece. The difference in price of ten thousand pieces is five hundred guan. Last year's travel expenses, labor and taxes, I can clean up this trip.
Earn two hundred dollars."
"Have you not counted the money for tea for the brothers?"
"That is indispensable to you brothers. Let's follow the rules! A mule costs a hundred pence. We have three hundred mules here and thirty thousand penny, which is not a penny less."
"Boss Wang is very wealthy. On behalf of my brothers, I would like to thank you in advance. However, the management has been strict recently. Let's all follow the rules."
"No problem, just follow the rules!"
Dongzhu Wang handed a piece of paper to the brigade commander. This was the customs clearance certificate from the small sword guard in front, indicating that the search had been carried out and the goods had been inspected. There were no problems.
The brigade commander took the customs clearance pass, looked at it, and said: "Since it has been checked before, let's check it a little bit! It's just a routine matter."
"Please, General! But the rules have not changed! You can carry daggers and short swords."
"This rule has not changed. Self-defense daggers no longer than two feet can be carried."
"Then please!"
The brigade commander waved his hand, and the soldiers came forward and began to search their bodies one by one. All the soldiers only carried a self-defense short sword no longer than two feet.
The brigade commander pressed the goods and found that they were all pieces of cloth, bundled together in rolls. Boss Wang was a little nervous and said: "General, there is no need to unpack the goods! It will be difficult to bandage. It will be dark soon."
According to the rules of strict interrogation, it was necessary to open it for inspection, but it was getting dark indeed, and he could faintly hear the sound of drums coming from the Xiaojian garrison. The brigade commander thought again that he would have to pay thirty guan for tea, and again
Since you are a regular merchant, you should give him some face.
He looked at his men again. The soldiers waved their hands to him, indicating that there were no violations, so he nodded and said, "Okay! Allowed to pass."
Proprietor Wang ran up to pay the money, and handed thirty taels of silver to the general on duty. The general weighed the money and said with a grin: "Proprietor Wang, your business is getting bigger and bigger! When you get prosperous in the future, support me."
"Wherever! Wherever! I just make a little money to support my family."
General Lang also talked casually, and Boss Wang responded very tactfully. The two of them laughed, and General Lang waved his hand, "Let's go!"
The large group of people crossed the border in a mighty manner. At this time, the city gate of Jianmen Pass also began to close...
In the dark of night, Zhou Fei and his eighty subordinates temporarily parted ways with the caravan. Their weapons and firearms were hidden in coarse cloth rolls, including swords, long bows, gunpowder arrows, fire sticks, etc.
The reason why Zhou Fei and the others did not take action when crossing the pass was mainly because they were afraid of the thousand elite enemy troops on the mountain road south of Jianmen Pass. It would be extremely difficult to attack Jianmen Pass from the north, but the south slope is gentle, so it would be easier to attack from the south slope.
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If he takes action when passing the level, Zhou Fei is sure to seize Jianmen Pass, but not sure to hold Jianmen Pass. If he wants to secure Jianmen Pass, he must first deal with the thousand defenders on the ramp.
In the face of the Jin army's major strategy of attacking Bashu, the success or failure of Jianmen Pass was the most critical point. When Zhang Yun handed over this task to Zhou Fei, he felt great pressure and could not sleep for two nights in a row.
Zhou Fei gathered everyone together and told his ideas to his men. All of his men were carefully selected. They can all fight one against ten. They are very skilled in martial arts and are very good at night fighting. These eighty people are responsible for this mission.
Therefore, Zhou Fei selected the most elite scouts, most of them were brigade commanders, and many were scout captains.
"We all saw it when we came over. There were a total of one hundred and twenty big tents. Twenty of them were material tents. They were very large and close to Guancheng. The hundred big tents were dormitory tents. Each tent was separated from the front.
Five feet is not built randomly, but is very regular, indicating that the distance of five feet is the fire protection zone, but I personally think that this is considered during the day. You see, the mountain wind is very strong at night."
Everyone raised their heads to feel the wind speed. The wind was from the south and the wind speed was very fast. A captain said: "General Zhou, I think the main reason is that Jianmen Pass is located at the mountain pass. The wind is concentrated and the wind is very strong. The distance is five feet."
There was no way to prevent the fire, so I specially observed the ropes of their tent and found that they were twice as thick as ordinary tents, indicating that the wind was very strong."
Zhou Fei waved his hand, "I'm just telling everyone about my ideas. I don't have time to discuss it any further. I divided everyone into two groups. Lieutenant Liu, you lead 20 people to capture Jianmen Pass. If everything goes well here, I will
Come to pick you up!"
"I humbly obey the order!" A school captain bowed and said.
Zhou Fei looked at the sky and saw that it was almost the second watch. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
Everyone was hiding in a mountain col. Coming out of the mountain col was the uphill slope. Compared with the steep slope in the north, the slope here was much gentler, and the slope was very wide, even more than a mile at its widest point. They were about 100 meters away from the camp.
After about two miles, everyone followed the mountain on the left and slowly climbed up. When they were one mile away, there was a secret sentry hidden in the rock crevices on the cliff. This was what they discovered when they went down the mountain.
They discovered the secret sentry, but the secret sentry did not discover them. Due to deliberate calculation and unintentional calculation, the Jin army itself had an advantage.
A divine crossbowman hid behind a large rock. He loaded a poisonous arrow that was bloody and sealed his throat into the crossbow slot, and aimed at the secretly sentry soldiers in the crevices of the rock.
After being shot by such a poisonous arrow, the effect will take effect in a few seconds. Although the person will not be poisoned to death immediately, the person's body will be weak, there will be no sound when shouting, and he will no longer be able to notify the military camp, and then he will slowly die in despair.
'Click!' The crossbow made a soft sound, and a poisonous arrow was shot out with a 'whoosh!'. This arrow hit the throat of Anshao in the crevice of the rock. Anshao suddenly grabbed his throat, shook his body, and fell helplessly.
Already.
Zhou Fei and his men's hearts were in their throats. Seeing that the secret whistle was killed, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Zhou Fei waved gently to everyone, and everyone ran along the rock wall, gradually approaching the enemy's barracks. There were two sentries outside the barracks, one to the east and one to the west, patrolling back and forth.
It can be seen from the sentries that this army is relatively well-trained. Generally, in camps like this that have not been attacked for decades, the sentries have long been hiding in the corner and sleeping, so they are more vigilant here.
Zhou Fei winked at several of his subordinates, and everyone understood and walked around from both sides. Zhou Fei slowly climbed to a foot in front of the sentry on the east side. He suddenly jumped up and knocked down the sentry like a leopard.
On the ground, he covered the other person's mouth and used both arms to exert force. With a 'click!', the sentry's neck was broken.
At the same time, the sentry to the west was also covered by the Jin scout's mouth and stabbed into the back of the heart with a knife.
After killing the two patrol sentries, the entire military camp was opened to them undefended. The soldiers ran along the back of the tent, lighting fires as they ran.
Soon, the thirty big tents in the south were the first to burn. The fire took advantage of the wind and spread very quickly. In the blink of an eye, half of the big tents were on fire.
The sleeping soldiers were awakened by the blazing fire and were so frightened that they ran out barefoot. However, when they ran out of the tent, they were brutally killed. The Jin army scouts had been waiting for them and stabbed their hearts with a cold knife.
, and then kicked him back to the tent. As soon as another soldier stuck his head out, a cold light flashed, and the body was separated. The head rolled out of the tent, and the headless body was left in the fire.
There were continuous screams and crackling sounds of burning flames. All the big tents were set on fire. A thousand soldiers escaped from the big tents, but were mercilessly killed by the Jin army scouts. The Jin army scouts all snatched spears.
With spears, they were more aggressive and killed people like hemp.
School Captain Liu Bin led twenty scout soldiers to sneak under Jianmen Pass. The lower part of Jianmen Pass is made of bluestone and is about two feet high. Above it is a city tower, which can accommodate thirty to fifty soldiers. At present,
There are thirty soldiers stationed in the tower.
Just when the fire started to burn, the soldiers quickly built a ladder. Ten soldiers climbed into the tower first and threw down two ropes. The soldiers behind also pulled the ropes to climb up. Soon, twenty soldiers rushed in
After entering the city, the sleeping soldiers encountered a disaster...
At the third watch, the battle finally ended. One thousand defenders were wiped out, more than 300 were killed, and more than 600 surrendered. No one escaped. The defender was also stabbed to death by Zhou Fei in the melee.
It was getting daylight. Three thousand Jin troops arrived at Jianmen Pass and took over the defense of Jianmen Pass. Zhou Fei led 80 men and continued southward. Businessman Wang Feimao was still waiting for them in Jianmen County at the foot of the mountain dozens of miles away.
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After everyone gathered together, Zhou Fei and his men continued to pretend to be caravan partners and headed towards Chengdu hundreds of miles away.