"Liao soldiers have appeared in Jingcheng Road?"

Guo Kui's voice was soft, but heavy enough. This means that the situation in Hedong continues to deteriorate without the slightest sign of improving.

Guo Zhongyi's voice was even heavier: "Yes, there are already Liao soldiers outside Shouyang City. The people of the Pingding Army are now outside, waiting for the adults to receive them. ”

Shouyang is under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan, and there is a Pingding Army [now Yangquan City] after Shouyang, until the Chengtian Military Village [Niangzi Pass] of the Pingding Army is the Zhending Mansion of Hebei Province.

Shouyang and the Pingding Army both belonged to Hedong, but in the face of enemy invasion, they sent people to Hebei to seek support, which further confirmed the crisis in Taiyuan Prefecture.

"Now there are Liao troops in Jingcheng, which shows that most of Yuci County has fallen into the hands of thieves." The ravines gathered between Guo Zhongyi's eyebrows have been filled with worry, "Daizhou has fallen, the gate of Taiyuan has been opened, and there are not many soldiers left in Hedong." If there is a case in Hedong, it will be difficult for Hebei to protect it. ”

Guo Kui shook his head, "Didn't you read the letter sent by Han Gang this morning?" If he was so sure, why worry about him? ”

Guo Zhongyi's brows furrowed even more, and he was about to say more, when the soldiers outside happened to come in to report, "Privy Secret, the two generals Feng and Gu ask to see you." ”

Feng Xiang and Gu Weide were both generals who led troops from Hedong to help, and they were the main generals in the Taiyuan army. At this time, I asked to see him, and I knew why Guo Kui could also be bigger.

Before, he had concealed the battle situation in Hedong for seven or eight days, but now he finally couldn't hide it anymore.

The two generals were led to Guo Kui, and after saluting, they didn't stand up at all, but knelt upright.

"What do you want to do?" Guo Kui's decades-long army is not for nothing, and he can see at a glance what these two people are thinking.

Feng Xiang and Gu Weide glanced at each other and said in unison: "The people led by the last general are all worried about the old and young in the family. The situation in Taiyuan is critical, and some people will inevitably worry about whether their families who remain in Taiyuan are safe. ”

"Presumably, the new Hedong envoy, that is, the new privy deputy envoy, both know each other, right?" Guo Kui did not answer the question, but took a rhetorical question.

Feng Xiang and Gu Weide, of course, know the way, of course they know the way. After hearing that Han Gang was going to Hedong to sit in the town, many of the military cadets below were excited, and they all said that with Han Gang, Hedong would be stable. But looking at the situation now, even the disciples of the Medicine King are not useful.

The two of them were suspicious in their eyes, and they didn't know why Guo Kui mentioned Han Gang for Lu.

"It's his letter." Guo Kui deliberately took out the letter written by Han Gang today and asked him to hand it to the two generals from Hedong: "If anyone dares to disobey orders or even slack off, they can be killed!" ”

Guo Kui's tone was calm, but the two generals had long been accustomed to Guo Kui's eyes, and they were about to explain their compulsion one by one. It's just that Guo Kui didn't give them time at all: "Don't tell the old man anything about military intentions, Han Yukun also said in the letter, the harder you can beat the Liao thieves in Hebei, the more you can force Yelu Yixin to transfer the thieves in Hedong back!" ”

The door was closed with one sentence, leaving the two generals in vain.

Guo Kui will never let people go, and in his plan, the 20,000 people from Hedong must not make any mistakes.

From the beginning, Guo Kui never thought that he could intercept the Liao army on the front line on the border - that was an impossible task at all. He was preparing to use the land of hundreds of miles from the border to the daimyo as a battlefield.

Although there are many soldiers and horses on the front line of Bazhou, Xiongzhou, and Baozhou on the border, the task is only to delay the offensive of the Liao army and lay down the arrogance of the Liao army.

The battlefield of the decisive battle was around the daimyo, which Guo Kui had predetermined in advance, but the development of the situation surprised him. No one could have imagined that there was nothing wrong with Hebei, but something happened in Hedong. And the Liao army, which was supposed to rush to support, is now going to Hedong.

It's just that the Liao army on the border line still has nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses after all, but in Nanjing Province, there are at least 30,000 troops of the Bohai and Jurchen tribes who have just been transferred from Tokyo Province. Coupled with the garrison army, which originally belonged to Nanjing Road, Guo Kui will face 100,000 horses.

A little later, the big and small officials in the Marshal's Mansion came to Guo Kui's face, and formal military discussions were indispensable at any time, especially the current movements of the Liao army, as well as the response to the situation in Hedong, everyone wanted to know about Lu Dao......

However, some people are more concerned about one of the Liao troops, "I don't know what the privy council thinks of the three northern cavalry that attacked the hinterland of Hebei?" ”

At present, the battlefield between the two countries is still a tug-of-war, and the border line is slightly on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, and most of the remaining elite soldiers of the Liao army have tried their best but have not been able to cross the thunder pool again. However, there is a reason why the embankment of a thousand miles will eventually collapse in the anthill. The long border is impossible, and it is impossible to block it all out of the country with an army,

During this period of time, there have even been as many as three palace armies with a total of nearly 10,000 cavalry to attack the hinterland of Hebei. If they are not resolved, it will be impossible for the main forces of the officers and troops to launch a large-scale counteroffensive. This is a disease of the heart, and it can kill everyone if you are not careful.

"It doesn't matter, someone is following them." Guo Kui said calmly.

When the three palace divisions attacked the hinterland of Hebei, Guo Kui immediately sent most of the cavalry in his hands and divided them into six divisions, so that they could chase behind the Liao army. Do not engage in war with it, but follow it closely, follow it when you advance, and retreat with it. A tiger's eyeing posture, cooperating with the local defenders, forced the Liao army not to rashly divide troops and plunder the place.

These six officers and soldiers followed their respective goals in the same direction, taking turns to keep an eye on the defense, like a rope into the neck of the Kou Liao army, and there was a possibility that they would be hanged on the court at any time.

That's why Guo Kui is so relieved, as long as he is careful not to be swallowed by the Liao army, then he has enough means to tear up and swallow the three palace divisions.

"Dare to ask the privy councillor, what should I do next?"

"Attacking Yizhou is the most effective means for Hebei to rescue Hedong."

"The privy council wants the official army to attack Yizhou? But what about the three Liao armies? You can't just leave it alone. ”

"I'll go get rid of them. Heart disease must be addressed as soon as possible. Guo Kui shook his head and said, "Let Li Xin of the Guangxin Army be the vanguard and lead all the troops and horses!" Before Ben Shuai arrived in Yizhou, he attacked first. ”

Although Guo Kui said it vaguely, none of the civil and military officials present could hear it, and Guo Kui was tantamount to handing over the command of the entire campaign to Li Xin.

Guo Kui: This is a peach in return. If it weren't for Han Gang's repeated help in the DPRK and China, and now he disregarded his own safety and supported Hebei to give a decisive blow to the Liao, then how could Guo Kui be ignorant and scatter Li Xin?

What's more, Li Xin's ability, experience, merits, and his current position, as well as the elite army under him, are enough for him to serve as the de facto commander of the Battle of Yizhou.

Moreover, Han Gang is facing a crisis in Hedong, so he doesn't have to worry about Li Xin not working hard. As for the generals and colonels transferred to Li Xin's hands, at worst, there are Wang Anshi and Zhang Dan, and they don't worry about anyone but dare not obey orders.

Now Guo Kui's only worry is that Han Gang can hold on to Hedong, if he can succeed, then naturally Heqing Haiyan and the world are peaceful, otherwise, the situation in the world will be irreparable.

……………………

As soon as he left Tongyu County, Zhang Ji was stopped by someone.

A young man in his early twenties, dressed in a military uniform, was brought to Zhang Qi, who had recently taken office as a senator of the Hedong Legation. The senator was now on his horse, staring at the young soldier, who was much taller than him.

Not only Zhang Qi, but also the generals and soldiers around him are also murderous.

"What does that mean?"

"The Senate didn't get it? That is, the villain didn't make it clear. The young man showed no fear at all, and was as calm and calm as an old sailor who had been accustomed to the wind and waves, "The villain was instructed by the Privy Councillor to order all the officers and soldiers who came north to help him to rest and recuperate in Tongluo County, and then go north when the army is assembled." ”

Zhang Ji's eyes flashed with a fierce light. Although he is a civil servant, he has the power of a hundred battle generals.

He was recently recommended by Zhang Dian to serve as a member of the Senate of the Cabinet Envoy and was regarded as a senior staff member. With the first batch of cavalry from the capital, they went all the way north, preparing to rush to Taiyuan to meet Hangang.

The danger of the situation in Taiyuan can be seen from the messengers who are going south one after another. Zhang Qi hated to rush to Taigu County, where Han Gang was located. But he didn't expect that there was still some distance from Taigu County, and someone dared to bully him openly.

He raised his hand, and several of his own soldiers pulled out half of their waist knives. Just waited for Zhang Kai to give an order, and immediately took down the spies who were talking nonsense, and tortured them lively.

It's just that the young man's voice is still calm: "The villain is not a spy of the Liao people, and the words passed on are also spoken by the privy minister himself." He took out a letter from his bosom: "Everything is on this letter." ”

Zhang Ji's personal soldiers took the letter, looked it up and down, and then handed it to his master.

Zhang Ji looked more carefully than his own soldiers, checking all the secret marks up and down, until he confirmed the authenticity of the outer skin, he tore open the envelope sealed by fire paint and pulled out the letter paper inside.

There was no text on the paper, just rows and rows of strange symbols. But this is the letter, this is the secret book that Han Gang and Wasion Military agreed on first.

It was agreed in advance that the same edition of the same book would be used, and the number of pages, lines, and word order would be used instead of specific words. The article is full of numbers, and if you don't get the original, you can't decipher it at all, and the Liao people's spies naturally can't be faked.

And these numbers are not words at all, but some code of numbers, which are the marks written on the dock on the sack or cage, that is, the so-called yard. It is impossible for the Liao people to have such a biased common sense, even Zhang Ji himself, he can only recognize what this is, but he doesn't know which yard corresponds to which number.

After reading this secret letter, Zhang Ji immediately believed it. But what really relieved him was that the identity of the messenger was revealed to the people who accompanied him.

"Senator, that's the family member of Han Shu's family, and the villain has met with him."

Zhang Qi's eyes changed: "You are Deputy Han Shu's family?" ”

"The villain is exactly."