Quduan was stationed in Chunhua County, Chunhua County was under the management of Pizhou, and it was also the only county seat in the four counties of Pizhou that was not under the management of the Northern Army.

Hearing that Yang Zhi's army had arrived at the Shili Changting, Qu Duan hurriedly ordered the whole army to assemble, ordered the army to open the city gate, pushed away the rejected horses outside the city gate, and the whole army went out of the city to greet him. Since there were no soldiers in the area of Pizhou, many people from Qingyang Prefecture fled to Pizhou, and Chunhua County also accepted quite a few; Qu Duan couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Yang Zhi's tens of thousands of cavalry, and he understood that there was a great shortage of war horses now, and it seemed that the legend that there were tens of thousands of cavalry on Gyeonggi Road was not groundless.

Yang Zhi and Liu Qi rode horses to Quduan, Yang Zhi said with a smile: "I haven't seen each other for a few years, it seems that I am doing well in Shaanxi." ”

In terms of rank, Qu Duan's current level is not lower than Liu Qi's, and Yang Zhi is still a big difference; for Yang Zhi's eldest brother, Qu Duan does not dare to slack off in the slightest, after all, in the past two or three years, Yang Zhi has been equivalent to the undefeated God of War, Liao, Xixia, and Jin, I don't know how many famous generals are planted in front of Yang Zhi. Qu Duan smiled and said, "Big brother, it's boring, it's really boring to be beaten to this place by the Xixia people step by step." ”

are all iron men galloping on the battlefield, and there is no ordinary people's hypocrisy, Yang Zhi patted Qu Duan's shoulder: "Don't worry, we will get it back." ”

Qu Duan turned around and shouted: "All line up, please give Yang Shuai a lecture." ”

The 4,000 Western Army immediately stood in line, they were all veterans who fought with Quduan for two years, their combat effectiveness, vision, and experience were first-class, and the 10,000 iron cavalry commanded by Yang Yizhong showed the aura that the Western Xia Army had, and the Western Army was unwilling to fall into its own name from top to bottom, and their waists were straight.

Yang Zhi looked at the four thousand people with satisfaction and said: "The Western Army once swept through the northwest and was a heroic team, but in the past two years, in the face of the Jin State and the Western Xia, it has been defeated and fought repeatedly, although the reputation has not fallen, but the results are depressing.

You follow General Qu, it is a rare journey of victory in the two years to resist the Western Xia Army, it is because you have forgotten your mission, today, our Dingbei Army has arrived in Shaanxi, I welcome you to join the Dingbei Army, in the days to come, we will work together for the nation and the people, play the majesty of our Great Song Dynasty, play the momentum of the Dingbei Army, and reshape the glory of the Western Army......"

Zhang Zhongfu, the commander of the command, stood in the army, listened to Yang Zhi's speech, and said to his younger brother Zhang Zhongyan beside him: "I heard that Yang Zhi intends to let General Qu serve as the envoy of Jingyuan Road. ”

Zhang Zhongyan is Qu Duan's deputy general, nodded and said: "Yang Zhi has just arrived in Shaanxi, so naturally he is surrounded by people from all walks of life, and General Qu is Yang Zhi's ally, so it is normal to be valued." This is a great thing for us, the Dingbei Army has almost never lost a battle under the command of Yang Zhi, and this kind of confidence is the most lacking thing in Shaanxi. ”

The collapse of the past two years is actually related to the people who commanded the army, whether it is the original Qian Gai and Fan Zhixu, or the later Xie Liang and Wang Shu, they cannot be compared with the original Jinshi generals Fan Zhongyan and Wang Shao. And the failures again and again destroyed the Western Army's will to war, and Quduan can stand out from the rest, that is, Quduan can win more and lose less.

After Yang Zhi finished his speech, the army entered the city together, and when they arrived at Quduan's meeting hall, everyone took their seats; when he learned that Yu Tao and Zhang Bin had been released, Yang Zhi asked Qu Duan: "In addition to these more than 4,000 elite soldiers, how many other people are under your command?"

Qu Duan immediately replied: "There are more than 2,000 people from Wu Jue, 3,000 from Liu Xiliang, and 5,000 from the righteous army recruited by Wang Zeren, adding up to 15,000 troops. However, because after you recommended Wu Jue, Wu Jue was transferred away by Wang Shu, and he only obeyed me nominally, but I can recruit 2,000 people in a few days to supplement this deficiency. It's just that now the Western Xia army has 40,000 to 50,000 troops in front of us, and most of them are cavalry, which is also the reason why Wang Shu originally had 200,000 troops and did nothing. ”

Qu Duan was still as arrogant as in history, and did not put anyone in front of him any difficulties, but when he heard that there were still forty or fifty thousand Xixia troops, there was a sound of discussion in the room, whether it was Liu Qi or Yang Yizhong, such a large number still had a great impact on them. Qu Duan's face did not change, and he still said in a faint tone: "According to my observation, these tens of thousands of people are not well-trained troops like the Capture Army, and if you observe from some details, the individual ability of the cavalry is similar to that of the cavalry under Yang Shuai." ”

Qu Duan's last sentence diluted a lot of tension in the room, and Liu Qi smiled: "Yang Shuai, otherwise I will fight and then go to Xihe Road." ”

Liu Qi used the infantry army to resist the Jin State Iron Cavalry, and he didn't care about the Western Xia Army, Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "Jingyuan Road is Quduan is responsible, you don't want to get involved, General Qu, King Yun has an order, appoint you as the Jingyuan Road Transit Envoy, Wu Jue's army I will take to Qinzhou, and you will replenish 2,000 people on the spot." You can check the weapons and equipment of these 15,000 people, and report how much is missing, and I will ask the Transit Division to make up for it. ”

Qu Duan learned that he had really become an envoy, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yang Shuai, don't worry, I'll do this right away." ”

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Let your subordinates handle this matter, the most important thing for you now is Huanzhou, which is the brothers Mu Wei and Mu Jun." ”。

Mu Wei was originally a general of the Western Xia, but Mu Wei's family was the Great Song Dynasty Huanzhou Dang Xiang Hao family, and his younger brother Mu Wei served as the commander of the Song Dynasty Huanqing; when the Western Xia attacked Shaanxi, Mu Wei was afraid in his heart, and followed Mu Wei's advice to defect to the Xia State, and now Huanzhou is still playing the banner of Western Xia. Yang Zhi had already talked to Wang Yu about Huanqing Road, Qingzhou, Huanzhou, Pizhou, Lizhou, and Qianzhou, and Yang Zhi ordered Wang Yu to recover Huanzhou, hoping that Qu Duan would help.

Qu Duan agreed, he was familiar with the military situation, and knew that Huanzhou was just the back garden of the Mu family, but Mu Wei was helping with 5,000 Western Xia troops, and with the combination of himself and Wang Yu's two armies, there was absolutely no problem in winning this battle. Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Weizhou, Deshun Army, Zhenrong Army, Xi'an Prefecture, Huizhou, Huaide Army, now only Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, and Weizhou are in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and although the three military states of Deshun Army, Zhenrong Army, and Huaide Army maintain their establishment, they either greatly reduce their territory or place them separately. If Jingyuan Road wants to use troops in the future, it will also need support from all sides.