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Its daybreak.

The gray sky is the color of falling snow.

The wind and snow in Fenglin Mountain reverberates between heaven and earth like the roar of an ancient giant beast, which can last thousands of years and shatter souls and gods.

The first snow in Xingtianguan in the new year fell silently. The fine snow was not fluffy white, but was blackened by gunpowder. It was dirty and had a pungent smell. It's hot, and even the fine snow is scary.

Tang Ling stood on the gate tower, one side was the way they came, hidden in the wilderness and dense forest, the undulating mountains in the distance were the outline of Fenglin Mountain, and the other side was the scorched Xingtian Pass, the artillery depot was still there Burning, the fire is already small, but the thick smoke lingers, burying a small half of the city in pitch-black soot.

This city is very big and ancient, and has experienced many things, but in recent decades, it has been very peaceful. Chen Guo's army has never been able to cross Fenglin Mountain to fight here, and they no longer remember the appearance of the war.

Qi Xiao only has 6000 people, it is very difficult to take over a big city with 10 people, especially [-] of them are the regular army of Qi State.

However, Qi Xiao didn't intend to take over Xingtian Pass, or even stay for a long time, so as long as he could deter Xingtian Pass temporarily, it would be fine.

Qi Xiao ordered people to hang the heads of Chen He and other generals on the gates of the four city gates. Thirty thousand Qi troops were locked up in the barracks. There was a ban in the city, and the people were not allowed to go out to the streets, otherwise they would be executed immediately.

If someone lives near the street and quietly opens the window to look out, most likely they can see the decapitated corpses on the street just thrown there, the harsh warning no one can ignore.

Chen Jun is a ghost, who came quietly, unexpectedly, and cruelly. Facing such an enemy, no one can not be afraid, and they don't even know how many people Chen Jun has come.

Tang Ling came down from the tower, and Cao Geng came to see him with a team of Xingluowei, who were arranged by Xun Anhou at Xingtian Pass.

Tang Ling nodded at Cao Geng, and looked back at the head hanging on the city tower, Chen He's head. His face was full of shock and astonishment. Before he had time to fear, he was already dead.

Cao Geng followed Tang Ling's gaze and looked at Chen He. He watched Qi Xiao chop off Chen He's head with his own eyes. At that moment, he felt that the expression on his face should be the same as Chen He's, shocked and horrified.

In just a few short days, he no longer dared to despise Qi Xiao, not only did he not dare to despise him, he even felt afraid.

This kind of fear not only comes from Qi Xiao, but also from the Chen army in his hands.

Like many people, Cao Geng once believed that the Dingyuan army who lost the great general Bai Liu was an old swordsman who had lost his martial arts, and his reputation was nothing more than nothing.

But what he saw in the past few days was a well-trained and fierce army. They were quiet and terrifying. After they entered Jialin Pass and even captured Xingtian Pass, they didn't have much expression on their faces. But his eyes were full of bloodthirsty light, like a starving wolf, all he could see was rations.

This army is much more stable than Cao Geng imagined. They were not dazzled by the victory, but clearly knew that they were a lone army without backup, while Qi State had tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of regular troops at any time. They can strangle them, the only way to survive is to be undefeated, they must keep winning, and the turbulent flood will destroy all the passes in the northern border of Qi State.

So they must hold back this bite and not relax!

Qi Xiao's military order remains unchanged, forbidding burning, killing, looting, provoking troubles, drinking for pleasure, and disarming his armor.

No one objected, these were already ordered in Fenglin Mountain.

They stay in Xingtianguan for up to three days, just to eat and sleep enough, Bashan is the difficulty.

Chen He actually did Qi Xiao a big favor. As soon as there was a disturbance in Xingtian Pass, Chen He ordered martial law, and the four city gates were locked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. So until now Qi Xiao has completely controlled Xingtian Pass, but the news cannot be spread. Xing Tian Guan became a lonely city, and no one came to save it.

"Is there any news about Shuoliang?"

Cao Geng and Cao Xin had been waiting for Tang Ling in Jialin Pass since the end of last year. After the snow fell in winter, the news of Jialin Pass was delayed, and there would be no more news until they entered Xingtian Pass.

"Returning to your son, Xu Zheng was impeached and recalled to Liang Shuo. However, the emperor of Qi has not said anything. It seems that he has no intention of punishing Xu Zheng. He should be released in the next year."

"Who is guarding Bashan now?"

"Han Chaosheng."

Tang Ling nodded slightly, as expected.

The two closest and most trusted people in Xu Zheng's lineage are Chen He and Han Chaosheng. He himself is not in the northern border, so he will definitely leave them to guard the city gate.

In the conference hall, Qi Xiao and Lu Xiulin were talking about the same person, Han Chaosheng.

"Han Chao is cautious by nature, we may not be able to fool him."

Lu Xiulin was still worried, disguised as the Qi army and took advantage of the sentry post to enter Xingtian Pass smoothly, but it was very difficult to enter Bashan in the same way.

The two sentry posts between Bashan and Xingtianguan are guarded by Xingtianguan and Bashan respectively, and there is generally no possibility of dispatching each other.

All they could think of was to pretend to be soldiers from Xingtianguan, about a hundred people fled all the way to Bashan, saying that Chen Bing entered and asked Han Chaosheng to help.

There are also [-] troops stationed in Bashan, Han Chaosheng will let a hundred of them enter the customs, but with Han Chaosheng's cautious temperament, he will definitely control everyone, disarm the soldiers and lock them up, and then bring the leader to the front Ask yourself.

Han Chaosheng and Chen He are both veterans in the northern border of Qi State. Han Chaosheng not only knows who is in Xingtian Pass, but also knows them very well.

How could Lu Xiulin not be worried about sending the sheep to the tiger's mouth.

All the way south, when they nested in Fenglin Mountain, they spent almost every day doing deduction, how to attack, how to defend, how to fight, how to retreat, and how to deal with whoever they met.

It's not that they didn't think about Han Chaosheng guarding Bashan, they also made two plans, but neither of them was sure.

"Another way..." Bai Xiqiao had just opened his mouth when Tang Ling stepped into the conference hall, "Young Master Tang came just in time, we are talking about Han Chaosheng."

Tang Ling lowered her eyes to look at the huge sand table placed in the middle of the conference hall, and smiled slightly. It was much more detailed than their sheepskin map.

Qi Xiao walked towards Tang Ling, but he didn't get too close. He didn't take off his armor but just washed his face and hands. The blood on the armor was almost dry. It was terribly dirty and smelly. He didn't want to get close to Tang Ling like this. Aya, I'm afraid he will get dirty too.

Tang Ling stretched out her hand to hold Qi Xiao anyway, he had also worn armor and saber to wade through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he was neither afraid nor disgusted.

Tang Ling smiled at Qi Xiao, then turned to look at the Baixi Bridge opposite the sand table: "Where are you talking?"

"Before we discussed how to enter Bashan, the first way is to pretend to be the defender of Jialin Pass and report the news, and then look for opportunities to create chaos, just like Xingtian Pass."

Tang Ling said: "I didn't agree with this method before.

There are four gates in Xingtianguan. When we entered, we avoided the north gate guarded by Chen Hehe and entered through the west gate.

The success of this plan is also due to the timing. On New Year's Eve, the fireworks go up to the sky.

But when it came to Bashan, it was completely different. "

Tang Ling pointed at the sand table, and everyone understood what he meant.

Bashan and Xingtianguan are completely different.

Bashan is a huge col and canyon, and there is only one way in and out, and there are two gates in the north and south.

Bashan garrisoned troops, but it was not a big city, and the number of civilians was much smaller than that of Xingtianguan, only about [-] to [-].

It is very difficult to cause chaos in Bashan. The vigilance and response ability of the regular army are much higher than that of the common people. The same tricks will not work.

And once there is chaos, Han Chaosheng will definitely make the same judgment as Chen Hexia. They have only one door to enter when martial law is closed, and once martial law is imposed, they will have to attack by force.

The city gate of Bashan was built in the canyon, which was higher than the tower of Xingtian Pass, and it was impossible to attack it without a ladder.

Once the gate of Bashan City is closed, it is completely closed, and it is impossible to communicate inside and outside, and the signal may not be visible.

It is also impossible to cooperate with the inside and the outside.

What's more, Han Chaosheng, who is cautious by nature, guards Bashan, he must guard the iron bucket.

With his character, if news of the enemy's attack came from Xingtian Pass, he would definitely seal the pass and send a letter back to Shuoliang asking for help.

As long as he doesn't open the door himself, Bashan cannot be broken.

When the Qi State court dispatched reinforcements from other places, Jialin and Xingtianguan would naturally be able to take them back.

If it was Tang Ling, he would do the same.

"Then the second method?"

Turn over Bashan and enter from the south gate.

Pretending to be a license, let Han Chaosheng open the door for them, or falsely preaching an imperial decree to trick Han Chaosheng out of Bashan.

But this method is more risky than the first one.

It took at least three to five days for 6000 people to cross Bashan Mountain. There are sentry posts everywhere on Bashan Mountain. If they are discovered, they will be doomed.

Besides pretending or forging, who can guarantee whether Han Chaosheng can be fooled for a while?If he is found out, he will die on the spot, and everything will cease...

Qi Xiao took a deep breath and said, "Maybe there is a third way."

"Ok?"

"what?"

Tang Ling looked at the sand table, and immediately understood what Qi Xiao meant, and smiled lightly: "It's not maybe, it must be."

The two looked at each other and smiled, but the others were at a loss.