Just as the main force of the Sui army began to confront the Tang army, Cheng Yaojin led a 10,000 troops to the Jinsuo Pass on the bronze official road. Cheng Yaojin received the order to bluff, and if possible, he would seize the Jinsuo Pass.

The bluffing is very simple, and it is Cheng Yaojin's specialty, but he is more interested in seizing the Golden Lock Pass. The Golden Lock Pass is not Hulao Pass or Tongguan, but the credit for seizing it is no less than that of seizing Tongguan. Where can I find such a good thing?

During this period, Cheng Yaojin worked very hard, mainly because he had something to do. His wife had been pregnant for six months. Several midwives said that this time it was definitely a son, and his wife liked to eat meat the most, especially her braised trotters, and she had to eat one for each meal. As the saying goes, meat men and vegetarian women, this strengthened Cheng Yaojin's confidence that she must have a son this time.

Cheng Yaojin dreams of holding a fat son every day, but in this way, his mind changes subtly. In the past, he made meritorious contributions in wars for money, but now he has earned enough money, so he should consider his title.

The title can be inherited by his son. Qin Qiong, Xu Shiji, and Luo Shixin have all been granted the title of Duke of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the People of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the People of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of

The team set up a camp in front of Jinsuo Pass. Cheng Yaojin ordered the pot to make rice. He took dozens of followers to check the terrain near Jinsuo Pass. The main general of Jinsuo Pass was Yin Kaishan, and one of the famous generals of the Tang army.

He was originally the general manager of Ganzhou, Hexi, but after Li Shenfu was killed in Huining County, Hexi was empty. At this time, the Sui army launched a large-scale attack on Hexi. Yin Kaishan had to give up Hexi and flee back to Guanzhong. He was ordered to be removed from the general manager and official position by Li Yuan and demoted to a general.

This time Yin Kaishan was ordered to lead 3,000 people to guard Jinsuo Pass. The responsibility was heavy and the strength was weak. Only 3,000 people in the entire Tongguan Road were guarding him, which put a lot of pressure on him. Although he also heard that the court would chase and send 10,000 reinforcements, it is still unknown when the reinforcements will arrive.

On the top of the city, Yin Kaishan watched a team of Suo cavalry in the distance approaching Jinsuo Pass. He had already obtained information. The commander of the Suo Army was Cheng Yaojin, who led tens of thousands of people to attack the pass. This made Yin Kaishan feel a little relieved. He knew Cheng Yaojin. He claimed that the Sui Army's Fu General was always lucky, but his real combat ability was far worse than Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and others, but the Sui army had too many troops, which made him feel uneasy.

On a ridge about three miles from Jinsuo Pass, Cheng Yaojin rode on his horse to look at Jinsuo Pass in the distance. After a while, he couldn't help but grin, "Did you see that this is a dirt city? Can such a pass block us?"

A general next to him carefully reminded him, "Although General Cheng's pass is not tall, Tang Ping has 3,000 people. If 3,000 people are siege to fight, we may suffer heavy losses and should not attack forcefully."

"Of course I know!"

Cheng Yaojin glared at him, "I have experienced many battles. Do you still need to remind you of such things?"

After saying that, he glanced at the general and asked, "Do you have a title?"

General Lang was confused when asked and bowed quickly, "I have been named the county viscount."

Cheng Yaojin raised his head and thought, "Mr., Hou., Bo., Zi." This person is third grade lower than himself.

He felt relieved, "Well! Your reminder is also good, which means you are still doing your best to work hard and strive to be promoted to county magistrate."

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and looked to the west of the pass. He remembered that there was a hill on the west of the pass. On the hill, he could directly attack Jinsuo Pass, and there were no troops stationed on the hill.

Sure enough, Cheng Yaojin got a hill close to the city, but there were troops stationed at the top of Zhishan Mountain and built a camp bar with at least 500 people. Cheng Yaojin was furious. This information was wrong!

At this time, a soldier said beside him: "General Cheng, scout Xiao is here."

Cheng Yaojin turned around and saw Xiao Yannian running towards him with a team of scouts. He immediately laughed. This little bastard was doing well. He had been in the army for less than two years and had actually become the captain. Speaking of which, he was still his leader, so it was not wrong to call him Master.

Xiao Yannian also saw Cheng Yaojin, and he was overjoyed. He met Cheng Yaojin when he joined the army, and received many guidance from Cheng Yaojin, which benefited him a lot.

"General Cheng!"

Xiao Yannian shouted, rode his horse forward, bowed and bowed, "See General!"[

"Haha! I heard that my nephew has entered Guanzhong, when will he be back?"

"Reporting to the general, I went to Tongguan County and found that there was no garrison in the county. I dare not go too far, for fear of being discovered by the enemy and affecting the overall deployment of the Sui Army."

"Yeah! Not bad, a little bit of a brain."

Cheng Yaojin praised twice, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "Nephew, do you have a title?"

As soon as he finished asking, he laughed again, "Of course you won't have it, I asked too much.

Xiao Yannian scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "I do have a title, Jincheng County Duke...

"What!"

Cheng Yaojin's brows rose, his beard exploded violently, and his tone suddenly increased, "How could you have a title?"

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was angry, Xiao Yannian couldn't help but tremble: "Did General Cheng forget it? His Highness issued the order to pursue grace at the end of last year."

After the Sui and Tu war at the end of last year, Yang Yuanqing issued a entrusted grace. For former Sui generals, as long as they earned meritorious titles in the Battle of Goryeo, Turks or Tuyuhun, the new Sui recognised that if their descendants serve in this dynasty, they could still inherit the title, but they could only inherit the title at the level of the county duke.

Xiao Yanshe's father Yuwen Chengdu was named Duke of Jincheng County in the battle against Tuyuhun, so Xiao Yannian inherited his father's title, but this was just a quasi-title and needed to be converted into an official title after ten years of serving in this dynasty.

Cheng Yaojin's face turned black immediately. He turned his horse's head and walked to the camp. Xiao Yannian didn't know what happened, so he hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "General Cheng, now he is just a void title, no land, and his salary is actually meaningless."

Cheng Yaojin couldn't listen to a word. Xiao Yannian's title deeply stimulated him. He was actually a county duke, his grandmother. Cheng Yaojin was just a county duke, just because he didn't have a good father?

Back at the tent, Cheng Yaojin slapped the table and glared at Xiao Yannian and said, "How did you investigate the information? You said there are only mail towers on Centipede Ridge and no garrisons. Now, look at what is on it? Is it the bird's shit?"

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin had turned against him, Xiao Yannian probably caused the trouble with his title. He sighed in his heart and replied reluctantly: "When the Huyi investigation, there were indeed only two urns above. This was only the Tang army was stationed later. My subordinates reported it in time. Don't General Cheng know?"

"I know what a fuck!"

Cheng Yaojin yelled straight with his neck: "I will limit you to take down Centipede Ridge before dawn tomorrow, otherwise I will kill you for the crime of lying about military affairs. Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Xiao Yannian had to salute one military salute, "As for humble duty!"

...

Centipede Ridge is located west of Jinsuo Pass, close to Jinsuo Pass. It is named after its appearance resembles a centipede. It is steep on the east side and flat on the west side. Standing on the top of the peak, you can directly arrow at Jinsuo Pass. It is a fatal point in Jinsuo Pass. Yin Kaishan also realized this danger. After discovering signs of Sui army sending troops to the bronze official road, he immediately stationed 500 soldiers on the top of the mountain and built a small soldier camp.

At dusk, Xiao Yannian led a hundred subordinates to hide in a forest at the foot of the mountain to the west, staring at the barracks on the mountain. The mountain was not high, only more than twenty feet high, with thick loess, covered with thorns, and not steep. The entire west was covered with long gentle slopes.

Xiao Yannian brought two brigade commanders, and the three of them discussed countermeasures. Xiao Yannian said: "We only have one hundred brothers, and it is impossible to attack with force. We can only attack in the dark. Tonight, we will divide our troops to the mountain."[

A brigade coach said: "Everyone has a turbulent bag, and you can attack with fire. A fire will burn the camp."

Xiao Yannian was watching the two whistle towers on the mountain and nodded, "If you attack with fire, then only twenty brothers will be enough, and there is no need to divide the troops into two groups."

Another brigade coach also suggested, "Traffic the turbulent oil to the valley and hide it, and twenty brothers can go up the mountain with light loads."

They were all experienced scouts, and the three of them decided on the sneak attack plan.

...

As night gradually descended, dark clouds were covered with dark clouds, a full moon passed through the clouds, making the earth half-light and half-dark. At the foot of the mountain, several black shadows used the ditches and shrubs on the hillside as cover to slowly transport more than a hundred bags of turmeric oil to a ditches about ten feet away from the top of the mountain. Then they would be discovered by soldiers on the sentry tower.

At the first update, Xiao Yannian led twenty scouts to slowly touch the top of the mountain. When the moon entered the clouds, the earth became darker and they climbed up quickly. When the moon came out, they couldn't hide. The hillside that was more than 20 feet long had climbed for nearly half an hour.

The soldiers hid in the ditches where storing tincture oil. The ditches were a long ditches that could only be accommodated. Everyone leaned against the ditches, waiting for orders. Xiao Yannian took an archer and climbed up slowly to find an ideal location. At this time, they were only ten feet away from the sentry tower on the top of the mountain.

Xiao Yannian winked at his companion and pointed to a whistle tower on the south side, which meant that he was responsible for killing the soldiers on the whistle tower on the south side. His subordinate nodded and took out a poisonous arrow from his backpack.

This is a necessary equipment for the scouts of the Sui army. The poisonous arrows made with the highly poisonous "Papamu" were sealed with blood and shouted out.

Xiao Yannian also took out a poisonous arrow, put it into the crossbow trough, slowly pulled the crossbow, picked it up, and aimed at the sentry in the north.

At this moment, a "click!" sound came from the south. His companions had already shot arrows. At the same time, Xiao Yannian also pulled the hanging knife, and a crossbow arrow broke out and shot towards the soldiers on the mail tower like lightning.
Chapter completed!