Tongguan, which has a pivotal position in Chinese history, especially military history, was built in the first year of Jian'an by Cao Cao's order. The location of Guancheng has been changed several times, and by the Song Dynasty, Tongguan has been located on the south bank of the Wei River. The first feature of this level is risk! There is the Qinling Barrier in the south, and the Yellow River moat in the north, "closing the door and choking Kyushu, and the birds cannot pass". Since the past and present, the heroes and heroes want to try to get involved in the Guanzhong region, and then get involved in the Central Plains, Tongguan can not but take it.

Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy Fan Zhixu proposed the Fifth Route Army to aid Tokyo, and the army was defeated before Tongguan. Just sent people to Xijing to spy on the news, and heard that Luoyang was still guarded by Jin soldiers, so he stopped. The marshal of the Shaanxi Fifth Road suggested sending troops several times, but Fan Zhixu ignored them. Thousands of horsemen can break my five-way army, can you still fight if you still fight? As soon as the commander slackened, the morale of the army gradually weakened, and the fugitive soldiers did not return to the camp, and even some fell into the grass and joined the Henan bandits. The five-way marshal was extremely chilling, but Fan had the power of the army, and no one dared to accuse him.

In addition to leaving thousands of troops to choke Tongguan, Fan Zhixu stationed tens of thousands of troops on the south bank of the Wei River, and did not step up drills, and it was convenient for the monk Zhao Zongyin and others to talk about it every day, and they were all about the strategy of saving the country through the world, but they just did not enter the army. Rumors spread in the army at that time, and some said that Tokyo had fallen and the two emperors were covered with dust. Liu Guangshi and others asked to investigate the matter and kill the rumor-mongers, but Fan Zhixu had already suffered a big defeat, and if he did this, it would inevitably shake the morale of the army, so he was not allowed.

At the Weihe crossing, thirty or forty soldiers gathered at the ferry, holding guns and hanging knives, standing or sitting, and there was a noise in the crowd from time to time. It turned out that it was a few commanders who were gambling on Shuanglu. One of them threw a "goose walker", causing his companions to exclaim. was gambling happily, and a soldier saw a ship coming from the north shore, and reported to the capital that the capital had lost money, and he was worried, and he had no time to pay attention to it. By the time he had turned over, the ship was docked. Six or seven people came down, leading horses, all dressed in ordinary clothes, the head of which was about sixty years old, with half-white beard, and a face covered with wind and frost as if a knife had been cut off and carved with an axe, so that people could not tell which was wrinkled and which was scarred. Wearing a gray robe, it is extremely simple. But the servants behind him are all fierce-looking, and everyone is carrying a big knife.

"Where did you get a few fights? Where do you go? One of them asked, his eyes glancing at the group from time to time.

The old man didn't answer his words, and saw that dozens of soldiers were listless and untidy, and frowned: "Which army are you?" Who is your peak? ”

It's weird, there's something wrong with this old man, right? When I ask you something, you ask me in turn? Still like that? Isn't this looking for death? sneered, and ordered: "These few are from the north shore, it may be the Jurchen meticulous work, take them first, and tie them aside!" ”

When the soldier heard this, he moved, and several attendants behind the old man immediately raised their swords and faced each other! They were all furious, drew their sabers, and shouted, "What do you want to do? ”

The old man seemed not to want to entangle with them, so he reached behind his back, and the attendant understood, took out something and handed it to him. The old man threw the object and smashed it on Du Tou's face, and when he grabbed it, his expression suddenly changed! This, this is the Golden Belt! Impendavera Golden Belt! Weigh it down, oh my! Twenty-five two!

Generally speaking, officials can distinguish grades from clothing and ornaments and ceremonial guards. In the Song Dynasty, civil and military ministers all had "belts", and these twenty-five taels of royal fairy flower belts were the highest level that military ministers could get! So, what should this old man in front of him be...... The soldiers were dumbfounded, and after carefully inspecting the gold belt, they were afraid, and they gave it with both hands, and asked respectfully: "Didn't you ask the boss?" ”

Behind him, Hu Cong received the gold belt, and the old man said in a deep voice: "Xu Zhang, Xu Tianfu." ”

Xu Zhang? Xu Tianfu? Familiar with the name? Where did you hear that? Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang...... The face of the head was full of confusion and suddenly condensed! Xu Zhang! Still alive?

"Remember, get twenty sticks in the army." Xu Zhang stared at Du Shou, stepped on the war horse, and galloped away with his attendants in the direction of Tongguan. Leaving the capital stunned, standing on the spot.

"Dutou, who is Xu Zhang?" A soldier asked.

But he immediately got a resounding slap in the face! Somehow, the head of the capital jumped like thunder and said: "The name of Tianfu Gong is also called by your dog's mouth?" When he was attacking the city and plundering the land, you were still fucking eating shit! That's me...... I guess I'm still breastfeeding! Speaking of this, looking at the back of Xu Zhang and his party, he said happily, "Tianfu Gong is still alive, and this time the Western Army has a master!" ”

On the south bank of the Wei River, before Tongguan, the ten-mile company camp is endless, and you can see the smoke curling everywhere. With such a large scale of the camp, there are no soldiers on the watchtower, no horses in front of the camp gate, and there are no patrols around the camp. With this appearance, who would dare to believe that it was the most elite Western army in the Great Song Dynasty?

Xu Zhang and his entourage rushed straight to the camp gate, and the soldiers were about to stop it, just as a military attache went out. glanced at Xu Zhang, and then took the guards to continue out of the camp, Fang walked seven or eight steps, and suddenly seemed to be frozen. Suddenly turned around, frowning! No way? Blinded? Shaking his head, he continued to walk out, stopping after two steps, no, it could be him!

"Dashuai ......" The guard couldn't help but ask when he saw him chattering.

The military attache turned around resolutely and walked forward, the soldier was interrogating Xu Zhang's party, he ran to Xu Zhang's side, pulled the reins, and raised his head to carefully identify it! Heaven can tell! Sure enough, it was him! I never thought that the old man was still in the world! Who is this man? Yan Yan Lu slightly pacified the envoy and the head of the soldiers and horses, Zhang Shen! Fifty years away, more than seven feet long, big shoulders and round waist, leopard head and eyes, daunting! But it was such a brave man, but at this time he was so excited that he couldn't help himself, his lips trembled for a long time, and then he squeezed out a sentence: "Tianfu Gong!" ”

The surrounding officers and soldiers were surprised and inexplicable, who is this old man? What's the matter? Why is Zhang Dashuai so excited? A few of the older officers carefully recalled and pondered the word "Tianfu". Sky! Isn't it Xu Zhang, who was the commander of the soldiers and horses of Yan Yan in the past, known as the first tiger general of the Western Army! Hundreds of people dared to rob the party's 80,000 army, and killed the Xia army who cried wolf? Marshal Xia Jun even engraved his name on the saber, vowing that sooner or later one day he would use this knife to take his head?

Xu Zhang looked at Zhang Shen for a while and asked, "Are you ...... Zhang Wu? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm Zhang Wu! Zhang Wu, who was a former military commander under the command of the boss back then! "Zhang Shen is a handsome minister all the way, but in front of Xu Zhang, he looks like a raw melon egg." Why did Tianfu Gong come to this? ”

"Taiwei is in accordance with the holy edict, leaving behind in Xijing and the envoy of the five-way system in Shaanxi, comprehensively controlling the soldiers and horses of the five-way army, and entering the king of Beijing Qin!" Hu Cong didn't seem to expect that Captain Xu would have such prestige in the Western Army, and he was quite angry for a while, and preached loudly.

Captain! The sky has eyes! The imperial court finally sent a commander who knew the army and knew the generals! This time the Western Army was saved! Zhang Shen, the marshal of Yan Yan, was originally an old subordinate of Xu Zhang, and since he was transferred to the capital of the Renbu army in Tokyo, Yuhou, he has cut off the news. After so many years, I thought that Tianfu Gong had already died, but I didn't expect to return to the Western Army at this time of crisis. Excited, he personally led the horse for Xu Zhang, and went straight to the Chinese army's tent. The officers and men in the army were surprised to see that Zhang Dashuai actually did the thing of leading the horse and falling into the stirrups. They followed and watched, listening to each other, which way of the gods was sitting on the horseback?

When he arrived at the Chinese military tent, Xu Zhang got off the horse, and Zhang Shen ran in front of him to lift the curtain for him, only to see that there were only two people in the huge military tent. One was dressed in a purple official uniform, wearing a black veil, that is, fifty-six years old, with a thin face, a few long hairs hanging down his chest, and he had already heard the smell of books before he got close. The other, however, was a bald monk, wearing a straight robe, holding a rosary in his hand, and he also looked like he was fifty. The two sat opposite each other and had a good conversation.

Seeing that Zhang Shen brought a group of people in, the official asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Shen didn't answer, he moved sideways, Xu Zhang took the wax book from his hand, raised it high, and said loudly: "The holy edict is here, and Fan Zhixu listens to the edict from Shaanxi Wulu Xuanfu!" ”

Fan Zhixu and the monk were stunned when they heard this, and when they came back to their senses, they hurriedly got up and bowed to the ground, and all the warriors and soldiers in the tent knelt.

"The system said: Since the beginning of Xuanhe, the Jin people have betrayed the alliance twice to attack, and now they have poisoned the two rivers and fallen to Xijing. It is difficult for my ancestors to start a business, and the foundation left behind cannot be given to the north. Today, there is Fan Zhixu who leads the Shaanxi Five-Way Soldiers and Horses Qin Wang, but he is a scholar and does not know the soldiers. Special order, Tai Lieutenant, Deputy Commander of the Infantry Division of the Guard, General Zuo Weiwei Xu Zhang, led Xijing to stay and Shaanxi Five-Way System Envoy, the edict arrived in Japan, and the soldiers and horses of the Five Roads listened to moderation! Chin this! The first month of the second year of Jingkang. ”

Fan Zhixu's first reaction was, who is Xu Zhang? I've never heard of this person, how can he lead the army of the Five Routes? Moreover, if I heard that his official title is Tai Lieutenant, that is Wu Chen, how can Wu Chen lead the army alone? This is against the family law of the ancestors! The official family will not issue this edict! Could it be a fraud?

Thinking of this, Fan Zhixu was not subject to the edict, got up and looked directly at Xu Zhang, and said in a stiff tone: "Bring the edict to me!" ”

When Xu Zhang handed him the edict taken out of the wax blade, he saw that it was clearly written on it, and the lower cover was indeed the emperor's seal. This is the words of which traitorous minister to the official family? How can you let a military minister command the army? If he mentions the Five Western Army, what if he votes for the Jurchen? Thinking that the Jin army is abnormal, invincible in the world, and measuring an old pawn, what can be done? The military ministers are in charge of the cardinal government, know the affairs of the machine, and command the heavy army, all of which are not good for the country, how can they break the country's law.

Just as Fan Zhi sighed at the edict, Xu Zhang said again: "The official family still has an edict, from now on, please ask Lord Fan to accompany the military counselor." ”

"That's it." Sighing secretly, with the mind of worrying about the country and the monarch, Fan Zhixu returned to the handsome case, took the seal and handed it to Xu Zhang, but he didn't let go for a while, and whispered: "Taiwei Xu, Fan can stare at you." ”