Twilight is pale.

In the cold wind, there is a flag fluttering at the highest point of Qingping Fort.

This blockade of the west entrance of the Dalai Valley, the name given to it by the Tubo people, no one in the official army understood its meaning, Wang Shao set foot here, he directly changed its name to Qingping - to celebrate Pingding.

The heroes who captured Qingping Fort, Miao Xiang's father and son and Wang Shunchen, all took their soldiers to rest in the fort. Two thousand soldiers and horses crowded this walled fort, which was not too small, to the brim. As a result, the ensuing Chinese army had to be stationed outside the fort.

Qingping Fort is in the hands of the Tubo people, and it is a slightly larger earthen enclosure. Although the defenders had increased a lot because they heard that the Song army was coming. But in front of the elite officers and soldiers led by fierce generals such as Miao Zhu and Wang Sunchen, it was just an eggshell that changed from an eggshell to a duck eggshell.

However, the location of Qingping Fort is extremely important, it is the exit of the Dalai Valley, the main road connecting Wusheng and Tongyuan. The capture of this place by the Song army means that Wang Shi has finally set foot on the boundary of the Wusheng army, and Lintao is close at hand.

Night is approaching, Gao Zunyu and Wang Shao gather in the main tent.

Holding the secret letter from the rear, Gao Zunyu laughed a few times, "There is really no one in Wen Shumi's hands, and the Cai Xi sent has become a joke." Han Yukun didn't even bother much, so he didn't even have a place to stand! ”

Wang Shao said a little coldly, "With Zhao Daguan [Zhao Zhan] Yin Jian in front, how many people can Wen Kuanfu [Wen Yanbo] still mobilize?" Those who have the merit of counterinsurgency are still left aside, and those who have no merit have any chance? When you come to my river, you don't want to do everything you can to earn military merits, but obey the orders of the cardinal government to obstruct it, how can a smart person do such a thankless stupid thing? ”

Since the beginning of the second and third years of Xining, the old party has been in trouble for a while. Except for one Wen Yanbo, the rest of its leaders have been driven out of the imperial court one after another, and it has actually stopped a lot in the past two years. Many of the middle-level bureaucrats gradually turned to the side of the New Party.

The results of Wang Anshi's reform are in the eyes of the world. No matter how the old party criticized it, and how the wealthy businessmen and clans who had damaged their interests complained, at least the treasury was full at the moment, and in foreign wars, the Great Song Dynasty also turned from weak to strong, and good news was frequently reported. Although the Yokoyama strategy returned in vain, it was also a crime of non-war, and it was just a matter of luck.

At present, both in the military and political aspects, it is a time when the new party is triumphant. Except for a few stunned young people, who will be in the matter of Hehuang, who is getting the attention of the Son of Heaven,

"It's just that Cai Xi is too stupid,"

"He's not stupid, he just met Han Yukun. Yukun has a deep trust in Tongyuan, and his popularity is also high. It is not surprising that they are running around in and out of the city and abroad. Is he a comparable official? Wang Shao said, "How many people in this world have the courage to confront the court officials?" How many people have the ability to make a city order to prohibit the military sentence? Cai Xi lost unjustly. If it weren't Yukun, but someone else, he would have succeeded a long time ago. ”

In other words, it is an ordinary official struggle for power, and the officials in the government are all standing aside to watch the excitement, who will get involved in that troubled water? It's a long life, isn't it? sweep the tail of the wind, that is, there is a risk of family ruin. It's like Han Gang, a sentence made the officials draw a clear line with Cai Xi.

"Fortunately, Han Yukun is in Longxi, otherwise how could we go so assured." Gao Zunyu laughed twice, in his opinion, Wang Shao's recommendation two years ago was really a big bargain, "Cai Yu just didn't know this point, so he did such a stupid thing." ”

Miao Zhi listened to it from the side, and he listened to how Han Gang stepped on Cai Yu, who was transferring the judge all the way. Listening to this, he was a little frightened, "Did Han Yukun do too much?" ”

"At this time, even if you are a little suspicious, you can't let it go, let alone Cai Xi jumping out by himself? As a transiter with the army, he didn't want to try his best to serve the country. is only on the orders of the power traitor, and wants to trap tens of thousands of troops to death. Han Yukun did nothing wrong! ”

The bursts of murderous aura coming from Wang Shao's body were even much heavier than when he personally pressed the formation to attack Dalai Valley the day before yesterday. Miao Zhi felt chills all over his body, and he didn't dare to say any more.

Wang Shao didn't dare to ignore Cai Xi's danger, when he was unlucky, pigs could do bad things.

Hengshan Raiders, how did Han Jiang lose? It's just the wrong one Wang Wenliang. Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan was driven out of the court because of what did he do? Ouyang Xiu wrote "On the Friends of the Party", clearly telling the Son of Heaven that we want to form a party - Ouyang Xiu is indeed talented, but politically, he will only drag down his own people: whether it is the Qingli New Deal or the later Pu Yi dispute.

At this time, I suddenly heard a report from outside the tent, and Wang Duzhi was coming. Wang Shao put away the killing intent all over his body and put on a smiling face, "Please come in." ”

Wang Zhongzheng came in from lifting the curtain, and Gao Zunyu also put Cai Xi's affairs aside. Wang Shaodu was moved with murderous intent, and he was ruthless in his identity, but he was even more violent than Han Gang. When Han Gang left Longxi, if Cai Shu dared to take this opportunity to stir up trouble in the rear, even if Wang Shao couldn't kill him because of his status as a jinshi, he could still peel off a layer of skin from him.

"Appease, rule." After coming in, Wang Zhongzheng said a few words of greeting, and then got straight to the point, "The official army has captured Qingping Fort, I don't know what will happen after that?" ”

Wang Shao smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Lintao is right in front of you, do you know how to ask about the behavior?" ”

“…… Yes! Wang Zhongzheng paused slightly, laughed self-deprecatingly, Wang Shao's answer made him very satisfied. But he added, "But the Tibetan people are cunning, and it is better to be careful of the back road to appease." ”

Gao Zunyu said secretly, Wang Zhongzheng's this is pure nonsense, they are all veteran soldiers, how can they not be wary of the back road.

"Worry is definitely worry." Wang Shao remained polite to the Son of Heaven's close ministers, he pointed to the simple sand table spread on the table, and explained to Wang Zhongzheng, "The biggest possibility for blind Wu Qi is to stick to Lintao and then wait for Mu Zheng's reinforcements." And it is rare to intercept the back road of the official army. However, Lintao is only more than 130 miles away from Lintao, and in addition to the Bird and Mouse Mountain, there are only 100 miles left. Such a little distance. There is no room for the armies to move around. Even if the Tubo people came to intercept the back grain road, they could only send a small team of people. and if there are a few of them, they will be detected by my ears and eyes. Moreover, there are also the cavalry of the Qingtang and Nazhi departments, and they will also inquire for news for the official army. ”

"Especially the [blind medicine]. According to the prior agreement, once the official army captures the Wusheng army, the Tibetan troops here will be handed over to him to command. Why don't he work hard...... Bao Shun [Yu Longke] will take over the territory left by Bao Yue, and Zhang Xianger will also have a return. Therefore, this siege will be led by the official army, but the vanguard of the resistance is the Qingtang and Nazhi two divisions. Mu Zheng also had a younger brother in Minzhou to the south, and once the Wusheng army was captured, his connection with Hezhou would be cut off, and he would presumably send troops to rescue the blind Wu Qi. ”

Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu's answers made Wang Zhongzheng feel at ease. He smiled: "Then the next step is to go to Lintao." ”

"No!" Wang Shao shook his head and pointed to the sand table: "Twenty miles in front of Lintao City, there is also a savage pass. However, although the Savage Pass is a pass, it is only a small village built in a slightly narrow valley, and there is only one fence, which is not difficult to overcome. ”

Wang Zhongzheng looked down at the sand table, and asked again: "Is it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to send troops to attack Savage Pass?" ”

"Why wait for tomorrow?!" Gao Zunyu's tone was extremely brave, "Now the morale of the army is booming, and the main force has been repaired for another day." Just wait for an order, and you can set off immediately. ”

Wang Zhongzheng raised his head sharply and asked in surprise, "Send troops tonight?!" ”

"The scouts have all been dispatched, and the cavalry of Qingtang and Nazhi Linzhan are monitoring the key points along the way. Just hurry in the middle of the night, and you can rush to the Savage Pass at sunrise, just to catch the Tubo people off guard! Gao Zunyu pointed to the full moon at the zenith through the tent, "Today the moon is bright, it is a good day to march!" ”

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"Why haven't the reinforcements from the Yu Zang family come yet?!"

Blind Wu Qi angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand into the face of his cronies. The cronies kneeling on the ground had a bloody cut in their faces, and the blood gushing out of them stained their faces. But it can still be seen that he is the envoy who went to Lanzhou to ask for help the day before yesterday. He brought the good news back to Wu Shengjun, but until now, this good news still has no sign of being verified.

Suddenly there was the sound of heavy footsteps outside the tent, and the blind Wu Qi and his cronies immediately looked at the tent door with expectant eyes.

A soldier staggered in, oblivious to etiquette. gasping for breath, he said the bad news that was completely opposite to what Blind Wu Qi expected: "...... Wild...... Wild...... The Savage Pass has been breached! ”

"What?!" Blind Wu screamed.

Grabbing the neck of the messenger who had returned from the Savage Pass, Wu Qi gritted his teeth and forced the information of the Song people from his mouth. After losing the frontier walled fort, he still thought that there would be two or three days for him to wait for reinforcements, who would have thought that the Song people would attack so quickly and at night.

What to do...... What to do?

Is it to retreat or to defend?

Blind Wu Qi was spinning around, and after just over an hour, he exclaimed again:

"The scouts of the Song people have already arrived outside the city?!" He staggered and almost passed out.

Supported by his cronies, Wu Qi watched more than a dozen Song soldiers show off their might under the city, and an arrow shot from the city almost hit his ear.

Blind Wu Qi jumped up like a rabbit and "retreated...... Hurry up and go through the water! ”

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Gao Zunyu personally led a thousand horsemen to attack the savage pass at night. When they arrived at the pass, the Guanzhong army was still asleep, caught off guard, and the pass was broken with a drum. The main force that followed did not stop at the Savage Pass, crossed the pass, and went straight to Lintao City. Under the coercion of thousands of troops, Blind Wu fled in embarrassment, hurriedly retreated across the west bank of the Tao River, and gave up Lintao City. In this expedition, the ultimate goal has been seized without much effort.

When Han Gang arrived at Weiyuan Fort, he was listening to the cheers rushing into the sky, and the sound was so loud that it almost overturned the walled fort that locked the source of Weishui:

"Wang Shi has captured Lintao City!"

"Wang Shi has captured Lintao City!"

In the excitement of the army, Han Gang was whispering, saying in a voice that only he could hear, "Don't be another Luo Wu City. ’