Li Jiancheng's army did not reach Tumen Pass. When his army was halfway through Jingxing, he learned that the grain camp was burned down by a fire. Li Jiancheng was extremely shocked. He did not care about going east to Tumen Pass and immediately returned to the west. He had suffered enough food shortage and could not fall and fight again on food.

Although the Tang army did not get into a dilemma due to food in the end, they still had to accept the defeat. When Li Jiancheng heard that the Tang army in the Eastern Expedition was destroyed and Li Shuliang was killed, he and Qu Tutong withdrew their troops to Taiyuan, which meant the complete failure of this Eastern Expedition.

Although the Tang army has retreated westward, according to common sense, the peace talk will be entered, but this is just the wishful peace talk of the Tang army, and Zhang Xuan did not mean to stop there.

Just the second day after Luo Shixin captured Tumen Pass, Zhang Xuan personally led an army of 20,000 along Jingxing to advance towards Bingzhou. At the same time, Yuchi Gong also led 10,000 troops from Fukouxing to Bingzhou, and the troops headed directly to Huguan, the western exit of Fukouxing.

Jingxing is more than 150 miles long, and there are three main important passes in the middle. The pass located in Hebei is Tumen Pass, and the other two passes are located in Bingzhou, one is called Weize Pass and the other is called Xigu Pass. These two passes are currently controlled by the Tang army. Among them, Weize Pass is the natural danger of Jingxing. If Weize Pass is captured, it is difficult to defend the Xigu Pass behind.

Li Jiancheng listened to Qu Tutong's suggestion and sent two thousand soldiers to guard Weize Pass. Xigu Pass also sent one thousand soldiers to guard it. Zhang Xuan led his army to advance into Bingzhou. The first dangerous pass he encountered was Weize Pass. Only when his army captured Weize Pass could he have hope of entering Bingzhou.

Weize Pass is the Niangzi Pass in later generations. On one side is a cliff and abyss and on the other side is a cliff. The mountain road is only two meters wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is extremely dangerous. Weize Pass is actually composed of three passes, with city walls connected between the three passes, which stretches for about three miles. Since Weize Pass mainly targets the enemy troops coming from Hebei, a military city was built along the mountain to the west of the pass, and the camps of two thousand Tang troops were set up in the military city.

The general who guarded Weize Pass was named Li Shicai, a native of Changping County. He was about thirty years old. He was originally a general in Wagang and belonged to the Li Jiancheng faction. Later, he followed Li Jiancheng back to Bingzhou and was named Huya Lang General and Marquis of Lingchuan County by Li Yuan.

Under the night, two thousand Tang soldiers were waiting for the pass. Li Shicai looked at the fire dragon that stretched for more than ten miles in Jingxing. They were the Sui soldiers holding torches. There were probably 20,000 to 30,000 people, and there were only two thousand Tang soldiers on the pass. Li Shicai had no idea whether he could defend Weize Pass.

General Luo Shixin led the 3,000 vanguard army to reach two hundred steps below the gate, and just made way for the killing distance of crossbow arrows. Luo Shixin rode on the horse and stared at the very dangerous pass from afar. His face became very serious. Although he was brave in fighting, he was not a reckless man. He knew that his three thousand could not attack this dangerous pass. Even if the losses were heavy, the pass was still standing, which made Luo Shixin hesitate for a moment.

At this moment, a soldier said from behind: "The Grand Marshal is here!"

The army went a long way, and saw a team of cavalry surrounding Zhang Xuan and walking towards him. Luo Shixin hurried forward and saluted, "See the Grand Marshal!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and looked at Weize Pass. After looking for a moment, Zhang Xuan asked Luo Shixin again, "Can General Luo take this pass before dawn?"

Luo Shixin gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely win the humble position!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I don't think you can take it."

Luo Shixin's face suddenly turned red, but he had already said it, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Maybe the loss will be greater, but Bei Zhi will definitely be able to win it. Bei Zhi is willing to sign a military order!"

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "As a general, you must know how to advance and retreat. This is why you can only serve as a general but not a general. Why I don't allow you to enter Jingxing is also due to this."

After saying that, Zhang Xuan turned his head and left. Luo Shixin suddenly realized that the general came over because he was afraid that he would attack recklessly. He didn't understand. He quickly turned over and got off the horse and chased after him and said, "Master, I will know my mistake!"

Zhang Xuan stopped fighting horses, looked back at him, and smiled and said, "Since you know your mistake, then let's attack the ground all night! Before dawn, the pass will naturally belong to you."

Zhang Xuan urged the horse to leave, leaving Luo Shixin confused. Although he didn't understand the profound meaning of the coach's words, he shouted: "Beat the drum for me and prepare to attack Weizeguan!"

The sound of war drums from the Sui army siege was rumbling

In the night, an army of about 300 people secretly appeared at the turn of the mountain road about two hundred steps west of Weize Pass. This army was the elite scouts led by Shen Guang. They had been in Jingxing for five days. Since the food camp was burned down, they had no action and hid on the mountain most of the time, waiting for the next attack.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Jiancheng did not expect that such a powerful army would be hidden in Jingxing.

Shen Guang hid behind a big rock and observed the movements of Guancheng. Behind him, three hundred soldiers squatted on the ground against the cliff. Everyone was very quiet, without even a cough.

Although the west of Weize Pass is easier to attack than the east, the city walls are also tall and the roads are narrow. However, since the west is the military city wall, there are not many patrol soldiers, only more than a hundred people, and most of the Tang soldiers are guarding the East City.

Shen Guang's eyes finally fell at the highest point of the city wall. There was a section about twenty feet away without soldiers guarding it. It should be the outer wall of the military camp, and soldiers could not walk on the wall.

But Shen Guang was not in a hurry to take action. He was still waiting for the opportunity. From the changes in the clouds and mountain colors in the sky, he knew that the Qingzhou army had arrived. The flames reflected the sky red. Then the commander would definitely arrange the attacking army to create opportunities for himself.

At this time, the east suddenly sounded loud drums and shouts of killing sounds shook the sky. It seemed that the Sui army had begun to attack. The hundred soldiers who were originally patrolling the west city were attracted by the attack and turned around and looked east. The opportunity finally came.

Shen Guang waved his hand, and three hundred soldiers accelerated and ran forward a hundred steps. They climbed up the rocks in a gap, and three hundred people climbed up the mountain.

At this time, another patrol soldier came back at the top of the city to continue to monitor the movements on the mountain road, but Shen Guang led the scouts to the mountain. The bushes were lush and weeds were overgrown. They used the cover of shrubs and weeds to climb to the mountain in a group of ten people.

However, the Sui army's offensive momentum in the east of the Guancheng did disturb the patrols on the west wall, especially the dense crossbow arrows that Dingdangdang made the patrol soldiers have to hide behind the Guancheng wall and unable to continue to monitor outside the city, which gave Shen Guang and the others a chance.

Soon, the 300 soldiers led by Shen Guang arrived at the highest point of the city wall, which was pitch black and there were no patrol soldiers on the high wall about twenty feet long.

Five Sui army scouts threw their hook claws at the same time and fixed the rope firmly on the top of the city. The soldiers began to climb up quickly. There was indeed no wall on it, but only a high wall that was one foot thick. There were nearly two hundred tents inside the high wall, one by one, and this was the camp of the Tang army guarding the city.

Although the large tent was dense, Chen Guang could not see a Tang army soldier. All the soldiers went to the east city to participate in defense, which caused a loophole in the southwest corner of Weize Pass. Chen Guan waved his hand and everyone slid down the high wall along the rope and hid in the big tent. He waited until all three hundred soldiers entered Guancheng, and Chen Guang led them to kill at the city gate.

Just about fifty steps away from the city gate, a team of patrol Tang troops finally discovered this suspicious team and shouted to the commander of the brigade: "Stand, who is it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of crossbow arrows suddenly shot up. The patrol soldiers could not dodge and fell to the ground one after another. For a moment, screams resounded throughout the city. The alarm bell on the top of the city rang, and Chen Guang shouted, "Kill!"

Three hundred scouts pulled out their battle swords and rushed into the corridor, rushed towards the city, and fought fiercely with hundreds of Tang troops rushing over the city, and the city of Weizeguan suddenly became in chaos.

Zhang Xuan was waiting for this moment. When he saw the chaos in the city, he knew that Chen Guang had led his army to kill him. He immediately ordered: "Go and notify General Luo quickly and let him attack the city immediately!"

The order was quickly passed to Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin also saw the battle on the top of the city. Luo Shixin, who had been frustrated for a long time, roared angrily, "Care with me!"

This time, the Sui army no longer attacked in an empty space. Three thousand soldiers lined up five groups on the narrow mountain road, holding their shields high and stormed towards the city wall. Five siege ladders hit the city wall. Luo Shixin raised his shield with one hand and held his big iron spear with the other. Three hundred Sui army scouts on the top of the city had already reached the battlement. They had extremely strong combat power, and each of them could kill the Tang army with one as five, effectively covering the Sui army's siege.

Without the defense of Tang soldiers, Luo Shixin jumped onto the top of the city and yelled, "Take your life!"

The big iron spear shook and killed Li Shicai, the chief general of the Tang army. It was too late for Li Shicai to escape. The corridor downtown had been blocked by the Sui army scouts. He had to bite the bullet and wave the big sword to slash Luo Shixin. He heard a loud bang, and the big sword was bounced away by the gun rod, which made Li Shicai's arms numb. Luo Shixin sneered, but the spear did not slow down at all. The tip of the gun was like a white lightning, and a shot pierced Li Shicai's chest. The tip of the gun came out from the back. Li Shicai screamed and died immediately.

Luo Shixin swung his arms, lifted Li Shicai's body high, pulled open his throat and roared angrily: "Listen to the Tang soldiers in the city, those who do not surrender, this is your fate."

The Tang soldiers in the city saw the tragic situation of the chief general. They were no longer interested in fighting. Hundreds of soldiers in the city opened the west gate and fled in a hurry to the Jingxing Mountain Road. The rest of those who could not escape knelt down and surrendered. The gate of Weize Pass slowly opened. Zhang Xuan waved his sword and the Sui army began to march into the pass.

The next afternoon, 20,000 Sui troops entered the last pass of Jingxing. The west pass was empty, and the west pass was empty. After learning that Zhang Xuan personally led the army to fight, a thousand soldiers guarding the pass left the pass and fled.
Chapter completed!