The winter sun always has a bit of a white color, and even if the warm sun shines on the body, it is difficult to warm people's hearts. This cold in my heart makes the winter days particularly difficult.

Li Qingcheng had a calm face, looking at the Kuomashan military village that had been completely destroyed, and he only felt panicked. Although this military village did not block the advance of the Song army last night, as long as it is here, it will be a comfort to Langzhou after all. Now there is no psychological comfort, Song Jun on the other side can come whenever he wants, and where will he have a sense of security in Langzhou in the future.

When his gaze swept over the corpses of the Jiatong native soldiers piled up in front of the stockade, Li Qingcheng couldn't help but close his eyes, a chill rose from the bottom of his heart, and he felt his body shiver in the sun.

There were more than 50 defenders of the military village, plus some unlucky people who didn't have time to enter the city last night, a total of more than 100 corpses, which were not burned, just piled up in front of the ruins of the village, like a hill.

The retreating Song army actually piled up Jingguan in front of the village, although the corpses were not mutilated, but these corpses were piled up here as a silent deterrent, and the meaning of intimidation was extremely strong.

A cronie next to him muttered in a low voice: "Why do the officers and soldiers do this? What do you want to tell us? ”

"Don't think about it so much! Be careful in the future, don't run around the city if you have nothing to do, and you can't cross the border of Menzhou in one step! And there is Luzhou, restrain your subordinates and don't go to the mountains! ”

Li Qingcheng's voice was low and trembling slightly.

The cronies said: "It's just that in the future, we will be human with our tails between our legs—"

"It's good to be a man with your tail between your legs, what else do you want! Last night, the officers and soldiers could break our state city and let us go in the end, no matter what they think, we have to know it in our hearts! ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingcheng sighed: "If you don't know." There will be a next time, and we won't be able to keep it. No one has come out, what can we do? ”

"I'm afraid that Jiadong won't give up—"

"Regardless of them, we just need to stay in the city honestly, and they will be tossed outside!"

The sun has risen, but the sun cannot dispel the cold of heaven and earth.

Li Qingcheng looked in the direction of the valley. I can vaguely see the shadow of Menzhou City. Since the failure of the Taizong period, especially in the face of the pressure of the northern Khitan during the Zhenzong period, the Great Song Dynasty could endure the Jiaozhi and let it go, and gradually developed the temperament of Jiatong flying and domineering. Even Xu Ping advanced his forces to Menzhou, and he didn't let Jia Chenggui sober up, and he still regarded himself as the leader of the region. After yesterday's battle, I don't know if Jiatong can recognize the situation.

These have nothing to do with him, and Li Qingcheng has no ideas. Just be a grandson obediently in the gap between the two parties, and it will be a day if you can live a day.

Menzhou was busy at this time, Sang Yi was busy all night, and he was ready to pack as soon as he came back at dawn.

The vanguard of the An Yuan Army had set off in less than five watches, and the troops scheduled to go to Guangyuan Prefecture had also set off one after another, and the departure time of Sang Yi's Chinese army was set for the afternoon, and the time was very tight.

Inside the yamen, Xu Ping looked at Zhou Deming, who was standing in front of him excitedly. He said to him: "When the time comes, you will go to Qiyuan Prefecture with the Chinese army patrolling Sang." Don't get involved in the war. Feel free to contact your family's original old ministry and the big clan you have befriended, and as soon as Qiyuan Prefecture is defeated, you will help stabilize it as soon as possible. If possible, let the local clans help the officials and soldiers prepare some grain and grass, and also save the need for transfer from Menzhou. ”

Zhou Deming said: "The little one understands, and he must not disappoint the officials!" ”

"Hmm. It's good that you have this heart. Xu Ping nodded, "This time, you can make Qiyuan Prefecture stable and not drag the officials and troops behind, it is a great achievement, I will remember it here." Never hesitate to reward them. ”

"I don't ask for any reward, as long as I take revenge, I will be grateful to the officials for a lifetime!"

Xu Ping said with a smile: "One yard is one yard, meritorious service naturally deserves to be rewarded, this is what you deserve." Your family has been the lord of Qiyuan Prefecture for generations, what do you think about going back this time? ”

Zhou Deming said sincerely: "Official, I haven't been in Taiping County for a day or two, and I know that now that the local officials are slowly being cut off, I don't have that kind of idea anymore." This time, I will try my best to bring it under the rule of the imperial court like Jiangzhou and Menzhou. Even the other great clans will persuade them to take the love of the Buddha and come out of the mountains. ”

"It's good if you have this heart, come back as an official and a businessman, and Taiping County can always protect your wealth."

"Xie Guanren. However, Qiyuan Prefecture is located in a remote area, and there is no connection to the outside world in the mountains, so it is not as good as a place like Jiangzhou, so it is impossible to act in a hurry. Those big clans have been used to being kings in the mountains for generations, let them come out, they may not be able to figure it out for a while, and when the time comes, please ask the officials to be more patient, I am grateful! ”

Xu Ping said: "This makes." Actually, there is one thing you think about, it is important to let those people come out of the mountain, but more importantly, let the people outside the mountain enter, so those big clans are not in a hurry to force them out of the mountain, as long as they do not hinder the outside road to enter, they can accept people outside the mountain. ”

Speaking of which, Sang Yi came in from outside and interrupted the conversation between the two.

Seeing that Sang Yi was dressed in military uniform, Xu Ping said: "From yesterday to now, you haven't slept all night, it's hard!" ”

"It's nothing, if you march and fight, you have to endure these hardships! Speaking of which, back in the year in Zhongmu, it took us a day and a night to deal with those two people who burned medicine silver, not to mention now! ”

Speaking of the past, Xu Ping also laughed, where could he have thought of today at that time.

Standing up, Xu Ping stood in front of the sand table and said to Sang Yi, who followed up: "Menzhou to Qiyuan Prefecture is more than 100 miles, Qiyuan Prefecture to Guangyuan Prefecture is 200 miles, you try to rush to Qiyuan Prefecture in two or three days, rest there for two or three days, and help Zhou Yanei calm down the local turmoil." If you can attract the soldiers and horses of Guangyuan Prefecture to go to Qiyuan Prefecture for rescue, eat it in one bite, and then rush to Guangyuan Prefecture without any delay! ”

Sang Yi looked at the sand table and said, "The Nong family may not be able to save Qiyuan Prefecture. ”

"If they ignore Qiyuan Prefecture, then according to the predetermined plan, it will take another five or six days to attack Guangyuan Prefecture directly. I still said the same thing, I broke through Guangyuan Prefecture, captured the people of the Nong family, and returned quickly. At that point, don't worry about anything, rushing back is the first priority! ”

"If Dali—"

"Don't worry about Dali! Until now, Dali has not concentrated any troops and horses on the border. Moreover, we are not the only ones dealing with Guangyuan Prefecture! ”

Sang Yi smiled and shook his head: "You mean Tianzhou and Bozhou?" They can't count on it—"

Xu Ping said: "Let them storm Guangyuan Prefecture and oppose the Nong family, of course they can't count on it." But as long as you break Guangyuan Prefecture and catch the people of the Nong family, their momentum will come! These two states are ambitious, to put it mildly, the Nong family has been in unlimited scenery in recent years, do you think they don't want to learn in their hearts? ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping patted Sang Yi on the shoulder: "All in all, your task is to break the walled city there and catch the thief, and you don't have to worry about other things." When the time comes, Tianzhou and Bozhou don't want to contribute, and I will also let Zhang Dujian and Chongshanzhai drive them over, and I can't raise them in vain in the past few years! ”

Seeing that it was not early, Xu Ping instructed Tan Hu: "Go and get the wine, I'll see off the Sang inspection here!" When the victory returns, I will wait for you outside the city! ”

(There was a delay today, and it was a little late.) There is one more chapter in the evening. (To be continued.) )