No shortage of walls

Qingzhou garrison Commander Song Rusong rebelled. Strictly speaking, Commander Song defected to the enemy and betrayed his country. Jingran united with the Liao State and sold Qingzhou Pass to lead the Liao into the Song Dynasty. Qingzhou Pass was truly a one-man gate, and no one could open it. When the Song Dynasty was divided into two, the defender only left a thousand soldiers to guard the pass and went north to attack. The emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom continued to attack Qingzhou Pass for thirteen years, but they still failed to capture Qingzhou Pass. Qingzhou Pass was really a road to heaven.

Qingzhou is built on a valley between two mountains. Whether it is from the Song Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty or from the Liao Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, there is only one road on the top of the mountain that is no more than two feet wide. The Bianguan city wall and the two sides of the mountain are made of black stone that looks like a knife. It is so smooth that even grass cannot grow. It is not known how the city gate was built. But from the day it was built, no matter how the Liao Kingdom used its troops, There is no way to break through this barrier even half a step.

The two-foot-long road in the middle is very difficult even if the gate is opened and allowed to be attacked. The defenders only need to die dozens of people to block the pass. It was originally the safest border pass in the Song Dynasty, because for decades In the past few years, when thousands of people guarded the gate for more than ten years, the garrison here usually only had five thousand people.

However, because Qingzhou is located in the south of the country, although the city gates are sharp, there is a lot of wasteland under the city. The land is slightly flat and gravelly. Since the Song Dynasty was divided into two, there have been frequent wars, bullying by neighbors, and the population has decreased rapidly. In addition, this There was a lot of gravel in the place, and no one lived in the endless place, so they used it as a training ground. They usually recruited 5,000 new soldiers. After two years of training, they would guard the pass and transfer the veterans to other places. Then they would recruit 5,000 new soldiers, and the cycle started again. There are usually 10,000 people in the gate.

Sugar cane occasionally grows on the mountains.

In this dynasty, the people had few sources of sugar; sugarcane was originally a highly used product, but the wild sugarcane grown here was extremely thick and long, and covered with green color. It was beautiful to look at, but difficult to eat. It was sweeter than honey, but harder than stone. Young men in their twenties and thirties with intact teeth cannot eat more than half a foot because their teeth are loose, so they don't eat much.

This year, the emperor passed down the art of tofu pudding, and many people love to eat it. He also ordered to open up wasteland to plant beans. He chopped down a lot of wild sugar cane and planted a lot of soybeans.

A thousand defenders have been guarding for nearly fifteen years, and ten thousand are here; naturally there is no problem.

Here in the south of the country, any crop can be grown for two seasons. At this time, the early-season soybeans were harvested. When the late-season soybeans were planted, the sergeant worked hard during the day and fell asleep early and deeply at night, but no one expected that Song Ru, the commander of the garrison guarding the pass and a second-rank officer, led his cronies to open the door and invite the Liao soldiers in.

In the darkness, while still dreaming, the soldier's head fell to the ground. He didn't know whether he was sleeping, dead or dreaming.

Fortunately, the pass was too small, and not many Liao soldiers could enter at one time. Although the Song army lost a lot of lives in their sleep, there must have been 10,000 people competing for it.

The shrewd ones among the sergeants found out and shouted:"Song Ru has betrayed the country!"

One person shouted, and ten people responded, and the news spread immediately. However, while he was sleeping, the general rebelled against the country, and there was no alarm. The sergeant had no time to pick up the weapon, and he was killed. After landing, there were more and more Liao soldiers.

The northern and southern regions of the Song Dynasty prepared for war every year to unify the Song Dynasty. Even a small officer like the squad leader among the sergeants knew important military matters.

One person shouted:"Those in front are blocked! Those in the back hurry up and send the beacon order!"

Together with the beacon order, Dingzhou Just discovered it. He hurriedly recruited troops to defend the city.

Pity the soldiers at Qingzhou Pass. Being chased by more and more Liao soldiers in the middle of the night, the veterans responded quickly, but the chaos of new soldiers was not as useful as having only 5,000 veterans.

In the darkness, betrayed by the general, the new and old soldiers were in chaos, and their clothes were disheveled in their sleep, facing more and more Liao soldiers. Screams, curses, and the sound of weapons hitting bones came and went one after another, mixed in with the sound of horse hooves, it was very miserable.

There was a company commander named Gao Ming in the Song Army. He was only a seventh-grade general, but he was clear-headed and knew that it was too late to counterattack at this time, and he had to let the court know who was betraying the enemy and betraying the country. If no one is alive, the court doesn't know what to do.

At that moment, he gathered his men from the company. Others went south to fight back, but he fled north.

It's just that the door is open, even if it's only two feet wide. If it is planned, the army will pass quickly.

Do you think that the general guarding the gate will rebel against the country and lead to the Liao Dynasty?

Company Commander Gao escaped quickly, and the enemy pursued him quickly. However, the enemy arrived first, and his subordinates fought tooth and nail to protect each other. When he fled into Dingzhou, he had only twenty-three subordinates with him, and all of them were injured.

Dingzhou is located more than 200 miles northwest of Qingzhou Pass. To the west is the section from Song River to Dahe, and from Dingzhou to Dajiang. The minimum distance is twenty feet, which is unfathomable, and both sides of Song River are covered with black and slippery stones. No one can cross the river from the west until fifty miles north of Dingzhou, where the river is no more than ten feet wide. You can do whatever you want, but you have to pass through Dingzhou; to the east is the Liao Guankou Mountains, forming a triangle with the Song River. The state is on the triangle. Once Dingzhou is defeated, it will directly threaten Kyoto. It can be said that Dingzhou is the gateway to the imperial city of Kyoto.

Zhang Ping, the prefect of Dingzhou, asked:"Who is the general?"

Gao Ming said:"Gao Ming, the commander of Qingzhou Pass's seventh-grade company, and General Song Ru colluded with the Liao soldiers. We have 10,000 soldiers at Qingzhou Pass, except for the traitors, there are only 24 left."

The leader of the Dingzhou garrison is a fifth-grade official, named Zhang Fengjie. He said angrily:"This Song Ru actually dares to betray his country and seek glory?"

At this time, someone came and reported:"Song Ru is outside scolding war."

Zhang Ping is the fourth grade, higher than Zhang Fengjie. He said hurriedly:"Dingzhou has few soldiers and it is a critical place. Don't leave lightly. Guarding the city wall is the most important. If Dingzhou is lost, it will threaten Kyoto. Captain Gao, do you know clearly about Song Ru's treason?"

Gao Ming said:"We camped a little far away, and we could see clearly. If we hadn't returned in a hurry, we might have been dead by now."

Zhang Ping said,"Now the emperor wants to build a workshop, and the defenders took half of it away. Although I knew the court would send troops. But. I don’t know how long this government can hold on. Song Ru’s rebellion against the country must be made known to the court. We have been reviled by the people of Song Dynasty for generations! I will give you twenty-four soldiers. We will escort you to Beijing to face the saints. We will serve the country. Even if you die, you will never take a step back."

Immediately, he called in his own soldiers and strictly ordered them to protect Gao Ming and others to go to Beijing to face the saint.

Now I simply bandaged it up and prepared my horse to leave.

Song Ru led the Liao soldiers to pursue them until dark before catching up with him. However, the enemy had already entered the city and there was nothing they could do. He urgently ordered an attack on the city. Rolling logs, boulders, and arrows came in a hurry from the city. There was no plan at all. It was getting dark again. After chasing for a long time, both men and horses were tired, so they had to arrange to set up camp.

Poor farmers outside the city of Dingzhou were robbed by Song Ruzong's men. They were exempted from taxes for a year and were happy to save some surplus food, but they were robbed by traitors and were stabbed to death at the slightest resistance.

There were originally two spare armies in the southern border. But Yi Zhouquan, the general in the north of the southern border, was dragged by the army to build a workshop, and all the maneuvers in the southern border belonged to Liu Jingyun. Originally, the country was stable and there was no problem at all. Who knew that Song Ru in Qingzhou was traitorous?