[Third Update.] 】

Gao Yongneng looked in the direction of Qu Zhen, but saw Qu Zhen's eyes and nose and mouth, as if they were stone carvings. Xu Xi rejected Qu Zhen's suggestion several times before, which made the relationship between the two worse and worse. It was Gao Yongneng who led the battle yesterday instead of Qu Zhen, and it was also for this reason.

Gao Yong could only sigh secretly when he saw this. Without Qu Zhen's support, it's useless to say anything. Narrowed his eyes, strengthened his temperament, and hugged his fist to Xu Xi: "The last general will obey orders." ”

"Du Jing! Zhu Pei! The two of you led your headquarters out of the West Gate. Wang Han, you go to the north gate, and Fu Ming will lead you to the south gate. Always ready to go out of town to support. ”

Half an hour later, Du Jing and Zhu Pei's headquarters had arrived at the inside of the West Gate. More than 8,000 soldiers lined up from the side of the gate to the road, all wearing armor and holding long soldiers, in a strict array.

Especially the two commanders at the front, who are also holding silver spears, the armor on their bodies is polished shiny, and the shape is more sophisticated than that of Yan Yanxuanfeng, and the inner collar is still a bright red brocade jacket. The formation is horizontal and vertical, like a stele stone that has been chiseled by fine workmanship.

Standing in front of the formation, Du Jing and Zhu Pei were both dressed in golden armor, their cloaks were blood-red, and a big flag was raised on their sides.

Du Jing said to Gao Yongneng in high spirits: "Yan Yan is rare in the world, and his courage should be the crown of the Western Army." However, I have 800 silver spears, but I will never lose. Over the years, the Son of Heaven has watched the army, and the silver spear has never fallen outside the top five. ”

In the capital, military training has always been diligent, and they have to go to the colonel field for a review every three days. This is not the diligence of waiting for the day and being ready to go into battle at any time, but because the Son of Heaven will often come to watch the troops, if he does not perform well during the school parade, the future of the main general will be gone.

The energy of military training is all focused on clothing and formations, and when it comes to military appearance, as well as the operation of the array, the soil buns in the northwest can't be compared with Beijing. But the ability to go into battle is a mule or a horse, and you will know the way when you drag it out and go for a walk. He had never been in battle, and suddenly he saw blood, and he was pressed by a strong enemy, and Gao Yongneng had never seen anyone who could not collapse.

With a smile on his face, Gao Yongneng glanced back at Qu Zhen.

The indifferent look that appeared in Qu Zhen's eyes startled him. There is no emotion exposed, it is completely irrelevant, like looking at a group of nameless corpses on the side of the road that has gone out of business.

Gao Yongneng's eyes moved, but he unexpectedly found that Li Shunju was also observing Qu Zhen's reaction with a solemn face. Before he could figure it out, he saw Li Shunju's gaze turn and look at him.

Gao Yongneng immediately lowered his eyes and looked at his toes expressionlessly, "This eunuch may not be so stupid. ’

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Han Gang frowned and looked at the urgent news from the Jinning Army and Fuzhou. Although it is not the intelligence from Yanzhou, it is still not good news.

"Those Divination Tartars are all crazy." Han Gang faced with the report of the Divination Cavalry, and at the end of the day, he could only come to such a conclusion.

The Obstruction bandits have always been active in the Yinxia area and on the border between Hedong and Western Xia, which everyone knows. However, as the areas within the range of the Diviner were all more prepared, the attacks received became less and less, and the results of the battle were accumulated in a few or a dozen, gradually exceeding a hundred.

Maybe after a while, we'll be able to drive them all out, or wipe them out. That's what many people think.

However, in the past few days, about seven or eight hundred cavalry of about seven or eight hundred people actually managed to pass through the gap between several walled forts in Jialuchuan and snatched them to the side of the Yellow River. Within six days, 17 villages were attacked, three of which were breached, and more than 1,000 civilians were killed.

Han Gang had previously transferred most of the cavalry from Hedong to help stabilize the road connecting Xiazhou to Yanzhou, and then the imperial court also recognized this. Since he did not think that too many cavalry would be needed on the northern border, Han Gang's arrangement did not cause much opposition.

But as soon as the diviner came, he immediately overstretched the cavalry forces in the hands of Han Gang and Li Xian. For the highly mobile light cavalry for the purpose of plundering, to catch up with them, either with the same light cavalry or with multiple times the number of foot soldiers - of course, the best way to do it is to have both.

However, in the absence of sufficient cavalry, Li Xian, who was guarding the west bank of the Yellow River, could only find ways to command the encirclement and interception of the foot soldiers. And the discussion of the previous transfer of cavalry has suddenly increased.

"This is not what the third brother wants." Feng Congyi said with a smile, "In this way, who can say that the third brother is not conducive to Shaanxi's support?" The cavalry in the east of the river were all given to the seeds, and the pursuit and obstruction cavalry were all out of manpower. The Western Army and the West Thieves fought for hundreds of years, and there were thousands of fine works on both sides, and the Hedong cavalry entered Xiazhou, and there was a gap in the line of Jialuchuan, which must have been passed on by the West Thieves to the diviners. ”

If there were no casualties among the people, it would be possible to teach the villages of Jialuchuan a lesson and make them more vigilant, which Han Gang was happy to see. But the current situation, how can he be in a good mood.

Regarding the speculation of his cousin who came from afar, Han Gang neither admitted nor denied it, but only sighed: "Now I only hope that they will be greedy enough to think of crossing the Yellow River to plunder, and when the time comes, they will be able to wipe them all out at a few ferries." ”

"In the bitter cold and barren grassland, I have always been oppressed by the Khitans, and now I finally have a chance to get ahead, where do you dare not do your best? It's not for the party members, it's all for themselves, and they definitely want to grab some more. Feng Congyi laughed and said, "But if you have a little brain, you won't turn the idea of crossing the Yellow River eastward." I want to come to the hinterland of Hedong to grab a handful, not to mention whether I can grab it or not, but I am satisfied with it, and when I want to go back, I am also blocked on the edge of the Yellow River. ”

"Brother Yi'er, you have been in business for many years, and your ears and eyes are better than that of a foolish brother. The details of the divider can be known...... Like a clan, a chieftain, or something? "Blocking and disturbing Hedong, Han Gang thought that it would be good if there were people who were familiar with the various departments of blocking divination, intelligence was the key.

Feng Congyi shook his head: "I haven't heard too much, and there were only occasional words before...... The Divination was too far away, and there was no business to do, so I never thought of going to find out about them. This time, the younger brother only deliberately asked someone to inquire after hearing that the Blockade was going south, but it was only the Khitans who knew that the Dao Khitans had stationed tens of thousands of native troops in the middle of the grassland, and set up the Northwest Recruitment Division and the Blockade King's Mansion to isolate the east, west, north and south, and forcibly divide the blockade into three parts: north, east and west. Now the one who is going south is the West Block. ”

He paused for a moment, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "This time, the leader of the divination who led the army south should have brought out most of the men. If you can give them a ruthless one, most of the western blocking will be swallowed up by the northern blocking divination. ”

"Then Yelu Yixin must not be able to cry anymore." Han Gang smiled, it would be nice if he could directly export military resources to the grassland through the land in the clouds. Strengthened with Shangjing Dao, it must make Yelu Yixin anxious. But that's an afterthought, not a question to consider now.

Feng Congyi nodded: "If you set up a strong enemy for the Khitan on the grassland, it is indeed the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty." The Northern Blockade has been in rebellion for many years, and its subordinate tribes have basically been united, and its tribal chief is named Mogus, who is said to have the ambition of a hero. ”

Han Gang glanced at Feng Congyi with a little surprise, he said that he didn't know anything about divination, but now he was dragged to the court and acted as an expert who was familiar with the inside of the Northern Captives, and most of them could fool a lot of people.

"Who the hell did you hear it from?!" Han Gang immediately asked, "Which merchant is it?!" ”

Han Gang's impatience made Feng Congyi laugh: "Third brother, have you forgotten that the younger brother is from the capital this time." ”

Han Gang paused for a moment, then his aura flashed, and he shouted, "...... Privy council?! ”

"Nature." Feng Congyi said with a smile, "The Western Army has sent countless spies to the Western thieves over the years, and the imperial court has sent even more details to the Khitans. A few years ago, the five countries in the northeast of the Khitan rebelled, and within a few months, Wang Jiefu's recital was written. It's not the credit of the meticulous work, who else can it be? ”

Han Gang didn't mind learning more about the enemy situation from the Privy Council, but he had to rely on his own strength to strike iron, at least he had to defeat the divination blocker first, so that it would be convenient to negotiate. He brought Feng Congyi here, partly because he wanted to learn about the customs of some of the people who blocked the divination from Feng Congyi.

But it's hard to say now, Han Gang changed the topic: "Once Yanzhou is defeated, the Khitan will definitely take advantage of the situation, and Yinzhou and Xiazhou will also be preserved at that time." But the official army has now recaptured Shazhou. The striker even arrived at Guyumen Pass. But as long as the back road of Liangzhou is unstable, the cool land cannot be regarded as recaptured. He let out a long sigh, "It was the biggest mistake to give up Ying Li City [now Zhongwei]. ”

Yingli City is near the confluence of the Hulu River and the Yellow River, there is a road leading to Liangzhou, tracing the Yellow River and going up to Lanzhou of Xihe Road, going downstream along the Hulu River is the Yuanzhou of Jingyuan Road, and there are several roads to the Deshun Army of Qinfeng Road

The party army occupied Yingli City, possessed the mouth of the Hulu River, and lived in the inner line, so it could attack from all sides. Qin Feng, Xihe and even Jingyuan Road are all threatened by it, and the iron harriers of the Western Thieves can even rush to Liangzhou. The official army occupied Yingli City, and then Xihe, Qinfeng and Jingyuan Road all became the mainland. Originally, it was a long line of defense, but now it is enough to hold only one point.

Feng Congyi also has some understanding of geography, thinking that it is indeed as Han Gang said, "Yingli City must be taken back." ”

While the two brothers were talking, a personal soldier hurriedly approached the hall and brought a short note to Han Gang.

Between Xiazhou and Taiyuan, Han Gang arranged a post transmission route, and the news of Yanzhou, whether it was a scout sent by a kind of brother or a messenger sent by Xu Xi, would only take one day to reach Xiazhou, and it would only take five days to reach Taiyuan from Xiazhou.

Han Gang opened the secret letter and looked at it, and it changed color in an instant. Feng Congyi's eyes clearly saw that Han Gang's hands were trembling.

After a long while, Han Gang broke his silence and said to Feng Congyi in as plain a tone as possible: "This is news from Xiazhou, it was sent five days ago, and it was said six days ago. The western thieves besieged the city, and the defenders in the city went to war, but they were defeated under the city, Wang Han was killed in battle, Fu Mingju and Zhu Pei were seriously injured, and nearly half of the soldiers who went out to fight were killed or wounded. ”

Feng Congyi's face also changed greatly: "Yanzhou is going to be lost?!" ”