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Qutang Gorge.
The wind passed through the canyon, making a whimpering sound, and the rushing river water kept lapping at the side of the boat.
Jia Sidao stood in the wind, looked up at the cliffs on both sides of the bank, and murmured: "How did you conquer this kind of terrain?"
Among the people accompanying him, only one Jiangling manager named "Yao Min" joined the army to learn about the Battle of Kuimen. He came out and said: "Mr. Ping Zhang, have you seen the plank road over there?"
Plank roads have indeed been dug into the rocks sandwiching the Yangtze River.
The mountain rock is completely perpendicular to the river surface, and there is no place to stand at all. We can only drive the wooden piles into the stone, and then lay wooden boards on the wooden piles. At this time, there are ant-like trackers pulling the boats on the plank road.
A gust of wind might blow them into the turbulent river, and even Jia Sidao's ship would be in danger of running aground on the rocks.
"On this terrain, only the river gorge crossing at Qutang Pass is slightly gentler and can accommodate a large ship. But it is absolutely impossible to break through the Tang army's defense and attack from there." Yao Min raised his hand and pointed, "Our army
It was climbed up from this cliff and attacked Qutang Pass at night from the mountain wall."
Jia Sidao took the telescope handed over by Liao Yingzhong, took a look at it, and said: "It's impossible to climb up."
His tone was very determined because the bare rock didn't look like it could be climbed.
Yao Pian did not participate in the battle against Kuimen, and could not tell the specific details. However, he pointed to the canyon in front and said: "This section of Qutang Gorge is called 'Fengxiang Gorge'. Mr. Pingzhang, please look there."
Jia Sidao tried his best to stand firm on the deck and squinted through the sight glass to look carefully. He could only see a few rock cracks on the rock wall. High above the rock cracks, there seemed to be a stack of black square objects, like wooden boxes.
"what is that."
"It is said to be the bellows left by Lu Ban."
Jia Sidao listened carefully and heard the whimpering in the canyon, as if there was really a giant blowing the bellows, and said: "No wonder this place is called Bellows Gorge."
"But that's not a bellows." Yao Min said, "It's a hanging coffin." Jia Sidao was stunned for a moment, not believing it.
How can it be possible to climb up with a coffin in a place where it is impossible for people to climb up.
However, as the boat continued to move forward, he moved his sight and found two more hanging coffins high on the rock wall.
Yao Min said: "I dare not deceive Mr. Ping Zhang. It's really a hanging coffin." "Damn it." Jia Sidao cursed in a low voice to show his surprise.
"Can you explain to me how such a big coffin was moved to this rock wall?"
"I don't know, even the lower officials. I'm afraid this was left before the Han Dynasty." Yao Min said, "Maybe it was the help of gods."
"It's impossible." Jia Sidao said again.
"I don't know how the hanging coffin was climbed up, but our army climbed up and breached Kuimen. It is said that on that day, people kept jumping down, or fell into the river and their bodies were swept away, or their bodies were dropped on the rocks.
Fuzzy. Of the three hundred warriors, not even one out of ten can climb the rock wall."
"Ten don't save one." Jia Sidao murmured, turned to look at Yao Min, then took a good look at him and asked: "Looking at your accent, are you from Shu?"
"Yes, I am from Zizhou, Tongchuanfu Road, Xiaguan."
"The Xuzhou where Li Ni started to rise was also on Tongchuanfu Road." "Xia Guan came to Yixing, Liangzhe West Road fifteen years ago." Jia Sidao nodded, quite satisfied with Yao Song.
Then, he once again looked at the terrain on both sides of the strait, and with emotion, turned to Liao Yingzhong and said: "I heard that the soldiers suddenly attacked Kuimen before, and thought it was unusual. Today I saw the terrain with my own eyes. Only then did I realize that Su Liuyi was a brave general. In the Song Dynasty, there had been no such thing in many years.
Have you met such a general?"
When Jia Sidao heard about the battle report before, he really didn't pay much attention to it. It was only today that he took a new look at Su Liuyi and immediately started to love talents.
Originally, after meeting Zhang Lin in Jiangling and hearing about Lu Wenhuan, he was already very disappointed with the local officials and generals from Jinghu to Sichuan and Shu.
It is indeed rare to encounter someone who performs well today.
"It can be seen that our Song Dynasty has no shortage of people who generously served the country. Let's talk about this person in detail."
"Yes, Mr. Pingzhang will wait a moment." Liao Yingzhong understood Jia Sidao's thoughts and quickly went to look at the Kuimen battle report before saying: "Su Liuyi, whose courtesy name is Renzhong, and whose name is Fuhan."
"Ha, just by looking at this name, you can tell that this person is dedicated to serving the country."
"He is the eighth generation grandson of Su Dongpo. His ancestor Su Shidan and his father Su Qingwen were both Jinshi. In addition, Su Shidan was an anti-Jin general. He fought against the Jin army in Anyuan in the third year of Kaixi. Shi Miyuan fought with
The Kingdom of Jin negotiated peace and sent people to kill Su Shidan."
"So, Su Liuyi came from a famous family. After being loyal, he only held a military position and is still just a governor? He doesn't study?"
In fact, Dutong was already a very high official, but he was nothing in the eyes of important ministers like Jia Sidao.
"The scholarly family means that he is a scholar. Su Liuyi was a Jinshi in Bingchen Branch in the fourth year of Xingchang, and was ranked the same as Wen Yunsun." Liao Yingzhong responded.
He couldn't help but think that there were indeed too many people emerging as Bingchenke Jinshi, but Wang Yinglin was chosen as the examiner at that time.
Jia Sidao admired Su Liuyi more and more, nodded, and said: "It's good if you are a Jinshi, not bad, not bad."
"Pingzhang Gong, Su Liuyi joined the army to serve the country. He has been under Lu Wende's command and once accompanied Lu Wende to support Ezhou. You may have seen him from a distance at that time."
Jia Sidao smiled dumbly.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out that Su Liuyi was one of our own all along.
Without fighting, I would not have known that there was such an outstanding general among the party members.
Liao Yingzhong looked at the letter in her hand again and reminded in a low voice: "That is, Su Liuyi's second marriage is Zhang Shijie's daughter."
Unexpectedly, Jia Sidao waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. Zhang Shijie is also a general, so it doesn't matter."
"Yes, Ping Zhang Gong Ya Liang."
The boat was moving slowly, and there was plenty of time. Jia Sidao smiled and said, "Let's talk about the warriors who followed Su Liu Yi to capture Kuimen."
Yao Min, who was standing aside, lowered his head slightly, his eyes fell on his toes, and his ears pricked up.
Liao Yingzhong turned over the battle report in her hand, cleared her throat, and read it out.
"The chief minister of the pavilion is Xie Yiming, who is under the jurisdiction of Jinghu North Road soldiers and horses; the Cao Cao of Changde Prefecture is participating in the military affairs, Xie Yijin; the deputy commander of Ningjiang Army is Lu Shiyan; the commander of Ningjiang Army is Yang Quan..."
Jia Sidao's eyes narrowed, and a look of sullenness flashed across his eyes for a moment.
After that, it turned into relief and helplessness.~~
"Ren Zhong, just add a few more names. Even if they attack Qutang Pass by water..."
"Take a look at Jiangshen Wharf for yourself, how many boats are parked there?!"
On the warship, Su Liuyi suddenly lost his temper in the face of Yang Yingkui's persuasion. He raised his hand and pointed to the northeast, and shouted: "According to them, there are so many people. If you follow me into Qutang Pass, if you leave from the dock,
If we attack with warships and cannons, then why do so many people in our army still die?!"
Yang Yingkui had no choice but to say: "Why call it true? You can't see it if you are Pingzhang Gong? It's just a fancy sedan chair carried by everyone."
"I don't want to be serious." Su Liuyi glared and said, "But do you know how many brothers I have died? They are all elites selected by me. Three hundred people went up the cliff, and not even one out of ten was left alive!"
The rewards I promised them for their achievements have been robbed, how can I see them?"
"How come you robbed me?" Yang Yingkui said earnestly, "The silver reward that should be paid is a lot. It will only be more. It's just a few name changes. You also know that it is not easy to be promoted in the Song Dynasty."
“Of course it’s not easy if the disease of redundant officials cannot be cured!”
Su Liuyi turned around angrily and cursed again.
"Damn, they are greedy for money and food in normal times, but they can't shrink from it during the war. After the war, they share the credit, it's not easy for them!"
Yang Yingkui stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Why be filled with righteous indignation? This kind of thing is not uncommon. Remember, only by protecting your own future can you benefit the soldiers under your command. Turn a blind eye and it will pass.
Already."
Su Liuyi didn't answer.
Yang Yingkui smiled and didn't offer any more advice. He knew very well that Su Liuyi was able to rise all the way to the capital under Lu Wende, and he was not a pedantic person.
"Let's go, think about it yourself." Yang Yingkui turned around and went back to the cabin first...
The sky is getting dark.
The river gradually fell into darkness.
Su Liuyi stood alone on the deck, pursed his lips tightly, and kept a sullen face. He maintained this unhappy posture for a long time, but finally sighed and lowered his head.
~~Twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month.
Jia Sidao's main warship finally arrived, blocking the entire Yangtze River even more.
In order to welcome Ping Zhanggong, all the warships were filled with drums and music, which was as lively as the Chinese New Year.
For the navy officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, it was not a Chinese New Year at all.
No one likes to be floating on the river during the Chinese New Year...
Su Liuyi took a small boat and passed through the gaps between the warships. He arrived at Jiangsu Pier, jumped off the boat and rushed to Qutang Pass.
Qutangguan is said to be a Guancheng, but in fact it is along a small
There are stone steps to climb up the mountain wall. There is a small gate tower at a slightly gentle place. Further up, there is a watchtower and beacon tower on the top of the mountain.
Climbing up the watchtower, I saw Jia Sidao standing there. "Su Liuyi, the last general, has met Ping Zhanggong."
"Ren Zhong is here, no need to be polite."
Jia Sidao's smile was bright, and he did not look like an important minister of a country, but like Su Liuyi's best friend.
He waved his hand and said: "Come, tell me how you captured Kuimen."
"Yes, the dangers of Qutang Pass are, firstly, the majestic and steep terrain; secondly, the iron lock across the river and the turbulent water flow; thirdly, the Tang army deployed artillery bombardment here. If it were a frontal attack, I am afraid that a hundred thousand troops would not be able to conquer it for months and months.
The Fifth Division was able to capture this place by taking it by surprise..."
Afterwards, Su Liuyi gradually became red-eyed as he talked and mentioned the details of the war.
"It's not like you can get around smoothly after climbing up the cliff. Please look at it, Mr. Pingzhang. There is a cliff there. We have to jump over a deep stream to get over. Bian Fu and Pei Yong died here...
It was night when we entered the pass, and the first thing we had to deal with was the artillery. There were two of them, both of which were arranged in front of the pass. They could only be placed there. But the fight was not smooth. Yu Xin, Bao Ah Liu,
In desperation, Wu Zhi and others set fire to the Tang army's firearms arsenal..."
Jia Sidao looked around and thought that the city was too small and the layout was simple so that Su Liuyi could easily burn down the Tang army's firearms warehouse.
After listening for a while, Jia Sidao pondered and said: "So, just counting the people who died after entering Qutang Pass, there were twenty-one people?"
"Yes, fortunately Zhu Fusi led his troops to attack Jiangsu Wharf in time, otherwise the last general would have died in Qutang Pass."
"Twenty-one people died in the battle, and there are still more than 50 people who deserved less than their dues. Calculated, there should be 70 or 80 people who successfully climbed the cliff? Is the so-called 'not even one out of ten' an exaggeration?"
"this......"
"Also, why are the names of many of the people you mentioned just now not included in the merit list?"
Su Liuyi trembled, then raised his eyes to look at Jia Sidao, with anticipation in his eyes...