"Guo Chanzhi, let's talk about it." Jiang Yuanyang begged.

"Do you know how I got into Slush Keep?" Guo Qing asked.

At this time, the slush castle was almost besieged by the Tanguts, only a mountain facing the Yanqing water was not trapped, and the slush fort was built on this mountain, and the Tangut people could not trap their troops on the top of the mountain.

However, the back of the mountain is relatively steep, and the Western Xia people are not afraid of the Song army escaping from behind this mountain. Besides, even if you put down the rope, where can you run? But Jiang Yuan still guessed: "From behind the mountain?" ”

"Exactly." Guo Qingdao.

This is not easy, one can not alarm the Tangut people, two must climb this mountain, even if some tools are prepared, there are some trees behind the mountain to support, but in this cold and icy season, it is still very difficult to climb up.

"This time I brought a hundred soldiers, and they were on the other side of the river. At the fourth watch, he quietly sneaked into the mountain and entered the fort under the peak, and then put down the wounded with a rope, and then sent someone to escort them to the rear to heal their wounds. ”

"Why don't you send more people?"

"Send a little more men? How do you send it? Now the field is full of wandering scouts, and a large number of reinforcements are coming, and they really won't notice? Besides, tomorrow there will suddenly be nearly a thousand officers and soldiers in the fort, will the Xia people notice it? So what will they really? We're going to defend Slush Castle to the death, but why do we swear to defend this remnant fort? Ren ~ Before the army arrived, he bought some Murong chieftains, and he knew how to use soldiers. Then the whole plan is disrupted. And no matter how many soldiers we send, do we have more troops in the hands of Renduo and Lingding? Today's siege is 10,000 enemy troops, and tomorrow another 10,000 enemy troops? ”

"But this little bit of troops. I can't hold it tomorrow. Hu Kaidao.

"Ming Gong knows. So it brought about a thing. It will add conditions for you to defend the city tomorrow. ”

"What's the matter?"

"After the fourth watch, you will know, everyone should rest early, and there will be a miserable battle tomorrow." Guo Qing said.

Slush Castle fought very hard this day, and Guo Qing also worked very hard. During the day, he returned to Gyeongju with Zhang Kai, and immediately selected a hundred fierce strongmen, and if there were not many soldiers, he had to be fine, and he also said that it was difficult, but Zhang Kai took out a lot of money on the spot. Reward their dependents. After the war, there was a reward, and a promise that if it was sacrificed, there would be a generous pension. But it wasn't just a hundred strongmen who came, but also the soldiers who escorted the wounded back, as well as his personal guards.

After a short rest, Guo Qing took them on the road, rushed to Wujiao Town when it was dark, and then carefully came to the opposite side of the Slush Castle from the other side of the river and lurked, Guo Qing immediately entered the fort. But after the fourth watch, the arrangements were made, and Guo Qing had to take his personal guards and rush to Huanzhou immediately.

"It's just this battle down. I don't know how many soldiers will be left. Hu Kaidao.

"Yes, Ming Gong can't bear it. However, there is a Ming Gong presiding. Don't be afraid of future pensions. And as early as a few years ago, the Ming Duke proposed to the official family to let the imperial court increase the Tuntian-style border army to reduce state expenditures. After this battle, if he can win a big victory, it also proves that Ming Gong's policy is correct. The imperial court may officially deploy the border army. When the time comes, the court will lack many commanders and heads. These military positions must not only have martial arts, but also have a certain amount of actual combat experience. You also fought for a day, and you should understand that there is a difference between training and actual combat. As long as you can persevere tomorrow, there will be many opportunities for promotion in the future. But whether you can be promoted, and what official position you will be promoted, depends on your and your subordinates' respective military exploits. Guo Qingdao.

Wang Ju is not a picture of hunger comfort, but a fact.

However, if that happens, these people may not be able to stay in Shaanxi, some may go to Hedong, some may go to Hebei, and even a few are arranged to the south.

But that's worth it.

In the late Tang Dynasty, after Yang Yan's reforms, the state paid only 9.25 million yuan a year, and when it came to Song Taizong, it was 16 million yuan, and Zhao Dynasty paid more than 60 million yuan.

This is a comparison of money, and other incomes such as grain, grass, silk, minerals, etc., the Song Dynasty was also several times that of the Tang Dynasty. But two-thirds of this income is spent on military spending, and two-thirds of military spending is spent on military salaries.

The income of an ordinary soldier is still not high, but the income of a capital can reach five times that of an ordinary soldier, and the income of a commander can reach ten times that of an ordinary soldier. Even in the capital, you can live a well-off life. So even if you are transferred to Hebei and can mix with a middle-level military general at the top level, it will make everyone very happy.

If this news is released, it will boost morale.

It is also Guo Qing's intention to leak the truth to these people, and the fight is so bad, I believe that the morale of the three armed forces is a little low. If even these middle-level generals lose their morale, they won't have to fight tomorrow.

Wei Qingzong said again: "You are bitter, and there are people who are more bitter than you." ”

"Who...... I know. Wei Qingzong suddenly thought of a certain army.

The fourth watch came in the blink of an eye.

Slush Castle is not like many other forts in Gyeongju, it is too small, and it was not considered that there would be a battle today, so it can only be said that it has its back to the mountain.

Wei Zongqing came to the city first, and he had to see the enemy's movements.

This is not Guo Qing entering the city alone, but a hundred people entering the city, and he also brought some things, and at the same time he had to send a large number of seriously injured people out.

Once the enemy finds out, even Guo Qing will not want to go to Huanzhou.

The enemy camp was silent, with only a few sentries listlessly setting up sentries on campfires.

In the battle during the day, the Song army fought badly, but as the besieging side, the Western Xia suffered greater losses, but they were ten times the strength of the army, and still maintained more advantages, and even with the expansion of casualties, they had more advantages.

However, at this moment, they fell asleep together, and it was estimated that the Song army in the fort would not dare to attack the camp.

Wei Zongqing looked into the distance with a telescope again, and in the distance, the Xia people set up a sentry post, but they mainly monitored the road in the direction of Xiguqi. Wei Qingzong retreated from the city and waved his hand: "Ready." ”

Everyone carefully lowered the seriously wounded down the city, and even blocked the wounded's mouth with a cloth, which would inevitably affect the wounded when they moved. Then the rest of the officers and soldiers carried the wounded to the top of the hill one by one, and carefully lowered the wounded with ropes.

Wei Zongqing kept staring at those posts with a telescope and watching the enemy. At this time, he and Guo Qing's palms were dripping into cold sweat. Don't be afraid of being discovered by the enemy.

But it's okay. The sentries at those posts never noticed this side. Can be more dangerous in the back.

Guo Qing held a flag from his arms. Waved a few times. Nearly 200 people immediately rushed out from the other side of the river. This is also helpless, although Zhang Qi did not go to the Slush Castle to watch the battle, but he also expected that there would be no less seriously wounded, since these seriously injured have lost their combat effectiveness, it will not be very convenient to walk, so they have to carry them back. Therefore, in addition to sending a hundred warriors into the city to support, nearly a hundred people were sent to escort the wounded back. In addition, they have to carry "things." ”

Nearly 200 people staggered across the ice. Immediately hid behind the back of the mountain, some of them put down their backpacks and helped the seriously wounded back. But these are only a part of the wounded, completely incapacitated, enjoy this treatment, like Li Ping's injuries, have not been replaced, of course, there is no way to change, if you change that, at least half of them will have to be replaced. The officers and soldiers on the top of the mountain continued to pull these new troops up with ropes. And those backpacks.

Wei Zongqing opened his backpack, and inside were many small ceramic bottles. A porcelain vase weighs less than two catties, but there are quite a few of them, three or four thousand.

Guo Qing explained their usage again.

Wei Zongqing was a little suspicious in his eyes, and Guo Qing said something in his ear.

"It turned out to be ......"

With them, plus a hundred new forces, it is undoubtedly like a tiger with wings. But the strength of the city is still pitiful, there are still only about 600 men, and tomorrow will continue to be like a nightmare.

However, the support of the rear can only be so much.

Guo Qingwei didn't say much, and continued to watch those people help the seriously wounded to leave, and watched these people enter the fort, and looked at the bright moon in the night sky from time to time. The moon is missing, but this is the moon on the second half of the string, and the moonlight is the time of brightness. Therefore, Guo Qing's heart is always hanging.

It wasn't until everyone withdrew together that he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Old Wei, I'm also leaving." ”

"Take care all the way."

"You have to take care." Guo Qing took Wei Zongqing's hand and said, slid down the rope, walked carefully to the opposite bank, and then led his war horse from the forest, turned over on the horse, and galloped towards Huanzhou from the trail.

At this time, he was glad that the moonlight was shining today, otherwise this path would be really difficult to walk, especially at this dawn. At this time, the Battle of Gyeongju also entered the dawn hour, and the situation looked worse and worse next. If you get through, the sky will be bright, and if you can't get through, the sky will be pitch black.

On the other hand, some people hate this moon, and some people love it.

"The front is Longpan Town, do you want to rest for a while." One of the commanders said breathlessly.

"Zhao Jin, I can't rest, I still have dozens of miles to go." Liu Changzuo said.

"But General Liu, look at it."

After such a long road, and after entering the border of Gyeongju, eighty percent of the rugged mountain roads are ice and snow, and when they arrive here, everyone is sleepy and tired.

Liu Changzuo turned his head to look at everyone and said, "Assemble." ”

The three armies began to assemble on this mound hill.

Liu Changzuo said: "Everyone, I know that you are very tired, and I am also very tired. ”

The herald passed on word by word. Everyone listened quietly, why Wang Ju left him and Wang Junwan in the rear, that was the last hole card, used to fight the winner. The soldiers of each battalion are the best soldiers, and Wang and Liu have always been their commanders and instructors, and they are familiar with each other, and the two also have prestige in the army. But now he had no choice but to let Liu Changzuo's brigade be transferred to Fengchuan Village.

Liu Changzuo said again: "Everyone, we are going because the Western Xia has sent more than 40,000 troops to Liyuan Fort. Ming Gong was afraid that Fengchuan Village would be lost, so he transferred us to Fengchuan Village. However, according to the news sent by Zhang Tongju in the afternoon, Xia Kou transferred a large number of rangers in the morning and went to Huachi City and Fengchuan Village to investigate. And Liyuanbao to Fengchuan Village is less than fifty miles. The enemy has many cavalry, and if they divide their troops to Fengchuan Village tomorrow morning, they will even have an advance army to rush to Fengchuan Village at noon. ”

"That is, if we don't arrive at Fengchuan Village before noon, we will meet the Xia people in the wild at that time. We were more tired and in the field, and we had only simple weapons in our hands, so that if the enemy sent thousands of cavalry to attack us, we would surely be defeated. And God has also helped us to make the moon so bright, so we can't rest, we have to travel faster. Of course, if you would rather be defeated and slaughtered by the Xia people, you will have to rest, then I will not say anything. ”

Who is not afraid of death?

Don't be optimistic that Shuichuan's Song army will be so heroic, but if it is possible, they also don't want to die.

This worked better than any encouragement, and all three armies endured the soreness in their legs and continued on the road.

"But the moonlight is so good tonight," Adjutant General Yang Jun said.

If it weren't for this moonlight, the march would have been slower and time would have become tighter.

On the other side, someone looked at the moonlight, and their eyebrows were twisted.

The officers and men of the 9th Battalion advanced rapidly along the river ice.

However, some people have poor understanding and do not learn well, so they fall to the ground from time to time and make some noises.

Chongyi kept whispering, "Be careful, be careful." ”

Especially close to the city wall, it is very close to the territory of Huanzhou, and along both sides of the river, there are some villages one after another. As long as someone sees it, the news will get out.

Especially on this moonlight, more than 4,000 people are skating in the river, how conspicuous it is.

", why is the moonlight so bright?" Chongyi scolded softly.

And with the arrival of dawn, the moonlight became brighter and brighter, and the bright moonlight almost hid the starlight, and the surrounding mountains and mountains were clearly visible.

But he was not the most distressed, the most distressed were the group of people east of Anjiang Fort.

Gao Min looked at the night sky above his head, and wanted to pull a piece of cloth to cover this bright cake...... (To be continued......) R1292