Back at the camp, Zhao Ziliang ate something, took out the map near Shibao City in the tent and began to study how to attack Shibao City and some surrounding Wu forts.
There is more than one fortress in Shibao City south of Chiling Mountain, but Shibao City is the most dangerous place.
In addition, there is an ancient camp three miles south of Shibao City.
According to the size of the ancient camp, there are 100 troops stationed there.
It's one of them; the second one is in Yaoshui River To the west, seven miles northwest of Shibao City, there is Dingrong City, with 200 troops stationed there; third, there is the ancient city of Kesuer more than ten miles south of Shibao City, on the west side of the Yaoshui River; fourth, further south, close to Lin A few miles away in Qiang County is the ancient city of Chahansu, each of which can garrison a hundred troops.
Among them, Guyingpan and Dingrong City formed an angle with Shibao City.
If the Tibetan troops from these two places were discovered when attacking Shibao City, they would definitely send people to help.
Zhao Ziliang decided to separate the factions when attacking Shibao City.
A troop of troops was lying in ambush on the road.
After studying for a while, Zhao Ziliang couldn't resist the fatigue and fell asleep at his desk.
I don't know how long it took, Bolehan opened the door curtain anxiously and walked into the tent to wake up Zhao Ziliang: "General, general" Zhao Ziliang was pushed twice and woke up with a start.
He saw it was Bo Liang and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"
Brahan immediately said: "General, the captured guide has escaped."
"What ran away?"
Zhao Ziliang's expression changed, he stood up and asked, "In which direction did he run?"
"South, the snow on the road in the direction from which they came was too deep, and the cavalry could not pursue it quickly.
The scout cavalry chased for a while but failed to catch up."
Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "As long as we don't run towards Shibao City, it won't be a big problem.
But as soon as the guide runs away, the news of our arrival here will be leaked.
By then, the Tibetan army in the south will probably quickly Come to help” Brahan said worriedly: "General, what should we do?"
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "In case of long nights and many dreams, we can only attack Shibao City overnight.
What time is it now?"
Brahan said: "It has just passed the Chou period, and now it is the Yin period."
"That means the soldiers have been asleep for almost three hours."
"kindness" "I'm almost asleep," Zhao Ziliang said, and said to Bo Han: "Immediately send an order to wake up all the soldiers and get ready to go.
We will have breakfast after taking the Stone Castle."
Brahan was shocked, clasped his fists and said: "I obey" A thousand infantrymen, led by Zhao Ziliang, crossed the Chiling Mountain Pass and marched for an hour on foot.
They arrived one mile west of the ancient camp south of Shibao City.
Turning around, you can see the ancient camp to the east of the Yaoshui River.
The howling night cold Nothing on the ancient camp can be seen clearly in the wind.
Zhao Ziliang reined in his horse and said to Bo Han: "Give the order, no one is allowed to make a sound, go quietly, and order the captain of the first regiment to lead two brigades of 200 people to ambush on the roadside.
When we attack Shibao City, if Gu The Tibetan army came down from the camp for reinforcements and immediately fought out from the roadside, and then took advantage of the situation to kill the ancient camp."
"No."
Brahan agreed and immediately issued the order.
A team of two hundred people stayed behind, quietly ambushing on the roadside under the leadership of the captain of the first regiment.
This was the only way for Guyingpan to rescue Shibao City.
The other teams continued to follow Zhao Ziliang.
After walking for another three miles, they finally arrived at the Yaoshui River next to Shibao City.
Zhao Ziliang jumped off the ulima and handed the ulima to a guard.
At his signal, everyone squatted on the roadside and everyone shouted sound.
After a series of orders, the captain of the second regiment also led 200 people and continued to move north along the Yaoshui River, preparing to set up an ambush on the roadside four miles ahead.
As long as the Tibetan army from Dingrong, seven miles northwest, came to help, they would Fight out on the roadside, and then take advantage of the situation to kill and kill Ding Rongcheng.
There were only 600 people left.
Zhao Ziliang stood up slowly, waved to the back, bent down and walked down the road to the ice of Yaoshui River, and then followed the ice of Yaoshui River north to the west of Shibao City.
Facing a ravine.
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Zhao Ziliang stopped and whispered to Brahan: "Send the order and ask the soldiers to follow me.
I will climb up the ridge later.
When I put down the rope, you can climb up along the rope without making any noise."
"promise"
If you want to climb up Shibao City, there are several ravines to climb up.
There are two Ga gullies in the west, and one ravine in the north and northeast respectively, namely Nari Daba Valley and Dadun Valley.
From those two ravines, you can climb up.
It is much easier to climb up the small square platform of Shibao City, but there are Tibetan soldiers stationed there.
It is impossible not to alert the Tibetan army.
It is much more difficult to climb the ridge between the large and small square platforms from the two Ga ditches on the Yaoshui River.
It is too steep.
The advantage is that there are no Tibetan troops stationed in this ravine.
This is also the reason why Zhao Ziliang wanted to climb up first and then put down the rope.
Several large bundles of thick hemp ropes were brought over.
Zhao Ziliang saw that one end of these hemp ropes was tied around his waist, and the golden nail Zaoyang Yang was handed over to the servants.
He only carried the Zhanjiang Dao and the Whirlwind Throwing Knife around his waist. , six hundred soldiers were squatting on the ice of Yaoshui River at the foot of the mountain.
No one made a sound, only the sound of the howling cold wind.
Zhao Ziliang made a gesture to Bo Lehan, and using his hands and feet, he began to climb along a ditch on the right toward the ridge.
Although it had been snowing heavily for several days, there was not much snow on the sandy red rock walls of Shibao City.
This reduces the difficulty of Zhao Ziliang's climb.
The slope of the mountain is relatively steep, making it difficult to climb.
Fortunately, Zhao Ziliang's fingers are strong and as hard as steel.
Although he lacks dexterity, his climbing speed is not slow at all.
Three-fifths of the way up, there is a section of red sandstone. , Zhao Ziliang can only move upward step by step.
If he is not careful and his feet slip, he may fall down and be shattered to pieces.
Zhao Ziliang sighed as he climbed, no wonder in history Ge Shuhan led more than 60,000 troops to besiege Shibao City day and night, and suffered tens of thousands of casualties before capturing Shibao City.
This terrain is really dangerous.
When he was about to reach the top of the ridge, Zhao Ziliang inserted himself diagonally onto a small ridge.
There was a cliff at the bottom of the mountain, and the top looked like a small platform with a large slope.
There was a platform built with artificial stones on the outer edge of the platform.
Zhao Ziliang grabbed the edge of the platform with both hands.
Pulling up hard, I slowly exposed my head, and found two Tibetan soldiers wearing animal skins and leather helmets on the small platform.
They held their spears under their armpits and kept stamping their feet in the cold.
It looked like they were very cold. .
Zhao Ziliang checked the distance, which was about ten meters.
He immediately pulled up with both hands, and his body flew into the air and flew up to the small platform.
The two Tibetan soldiers were shocked when they saw this, and were about to pick up their spears and sound a warning.
At this time, Zhao Ziliang stepped forward.
In the air, he took out the spinning knife from the outside of his thigh and threw it.
With a flash of cold light, the two Tubo soldiers were chopped into two pieces by the spinning knife and fell to the ground.
Zhao Ziliang caught the flying knife and stabilized it.
The ground fell to the ground.
Except for these two Tibetan soldiers standing sentry, there was no one else on the small platform.
This small platform was under the ridge, but it was not the small platform of Shibao City.
Zhao Ziliang put away the spinning knife and continued to climb up, and soon reached the northern end of a ridge connecting Dafangtai and Xiaofangtai.
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After climbing to the top of the ridge, Zhao Ziliang counted the time and found that about half an hour had passed.
He turned around and looked around.
Zhao Ziliang found that the ridge connecting the large and small square platforms was about 300 meters long.
The records are similar.
The narrow part of the ridge is less than three feet, and the slightly wider part is six to ten feet.
There are steep hillsides on both sides.
The path on the ridge runs north-south.
The terrain where the two ends connect to the square platform is higher, and the middle part is lower.
Arc shape.
After Zhao Ziliang observed the situation, he found that there was no one on the ridge path.
Thinking about it, in such bad weather and at midnight, the Tubo army did not expect that the Tang army would sneak up from behind, and no patrol was arranged at all.
Seeing that there was no patrol, Zhao Ziliang immediately took off the four thick hemp ropes from his waist, tied them one by one to a thick tree trunk, tied them tightly, and pulled hard several times.
This was the agreed code.
After a few days, Seconds later, the four hemp ropes were tightened as expected.
There were soldiers below grabbing the ropes to climb.
There were ropes for climbing, and the soldiers climbed very quickly, much faster than Zhao Ziliang's climb without ropes.
In only half an hour, a regiment of two hundred people climbed up, and at the same time a third regiment climbed up.
Lieutenant and two brigade commanders.
The captain of the third regiment took a breath, raised his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, do you want to kill him now?"
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, estimated the time, and said: "It is probably half past Mao hour, which is the best time to sleep.
Moreover, we only have 200 people coming up now, so our strength is still a bit insufficient.
The Tubo people are in Xiaofangtai."
There are 100 people on the top and 200 people on the Dafangtai.
Our troops are a little less.
Let's wait and there will be 400 people and attack the two square platforms."
The captain nodded: "I understand."
After another half an hour, Zhao Ziliang and others blew the cold wind in the middle of the ridge for another half hour.
Only then did Bo Lehan and the 200 people from the fourth regiment climb up.
The fifth regiment continued to climb up the mountain. climb.
"Okay, we have enough troops.
Bo Lehan, you lead the third regiment to attack Xiaofangtai, and the fourth regiment goes with a certain person to attack Dafangtai.
Try not to be discovered by the Tibetan army before rushing to Fangtai.
Do you understand?"
Brahan nodded and said: "I understand, general."
"Okay, let's go" The ridge path was also covered with a thick layer of snow.
In order to reduce the risk of being discovered before the fight, Zhao Ziliang and the soldiers could only risk their waists and slowly approach Dafangtai with their knives in hand.
Finally cautiously approaching 20 meters away from the Dafang Terrace, Zhao Ziliang took the bow and arrow from a soldier behind him and slowly approached the Dafang Terrace, making a crunching sound on the heavy snow under his feet.
At this time, a figure appeared from the junction of the ridge and Dafangtai, and a voice in Tubo came: "Who?"
Zhao Ziliang immediately made a decision, and the arrow that had already been fully drawn shot out with a "swish" sound.
The Tibetan sentry fell down in response, but this man immediately aroused the vigilance of several Tibetan patrols on Dafangtai.
One of them quickly ran to the body and found the arrows on the body, and saw a long string of white arrows on the ridge.
Shadow immediately shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy attack."
"Soldiers, if you don't rush forward, you will die.
If you rush forward, you will live.
Follow me and kill.
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Kill!"
Zhao Ziliang shouted, drew out his chopping knife from his waist and strode towards the Dafang Terrace.
The soldiers of the Tang Army behind him also carried crossbows.
The knife followed and rushed towards the Dafangtai
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