Gaolan Mountain, high and thick meandering, such as Zhang two wings, east and west ring arch Lanzhou City, stretching more than 20 miles, since ancient times is the barrier of Lanzhou City, since thousands of years ago the Huns in the Yellow River called "Gaolan", this mountain has become the witness of the vicissitudes of Lanzhou years.

Since the founding of the Western Xia, Gaolan Mountain has always been the border between the Song and Xia sides, because of the barrier of the Yellow River and the barrier of Gaolan Mountain, the Xia people can rarely cross the border and attack to the south of Gaolan Mountain.

Since the first year of Jingkang, the Jurchens invaded the Song Dynasty on a large scale, and the Song army was weak and abandoned the land. The Jurchens were overwhelming, the Western Army of Shaanxi suffered heavy losses, and the Western Xia people also joined in the fun, occupying many fortresses on the Song-Xia border, not to mention, and the soldiers also pointed directly at the Song realm.

At the foot of Gaolan Mountain, the once lively village is in a mess, with green smoke curling and corpses everywhere indicating that this place has been brutally looted.

Hundreds of war horses slowly entered a ruin, and the knights on the horses were all vigorous, fierce dragons and tigers, and they were obviously warriors from one in a hundred. The knights are full of armor, full of quivers, dusty, and tough.

Surrounded by everyone, a young general of twenty-seven or eighteen looked around, his face was pale, and the anger in his eyes could not be hidden.

The Jurchens invaded the Song Dynasty, the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty were broken, and the people were in dire straits. Now, the Tangut people also came to join in the fun, not to mention the fortress on the border of Shaanxi, and the people became slaughtered lambs.

"Catch up and destroy this group of dogs!"

Liu Qi beat his horse forward, a group of knights followed behind, and everyone ran out for twenty or thirty miles, only to see that in the valley ahead, there were corpses of party knights everywhere, snow stained the ground, and no one's horses were everywhere.

Everyone walked in, and several Song soldiers jumped out from behind the ravine and stepped forward to salute together.

"I've seen Yanai."

Everyone reined in their horses, and Liu Qi glanced at the corpse on the ground, and his face became a little softened.

"Zhang Gang, these party cavalry, you killed them?"

"Back in the Yanei, these summer soldiers slaughtered several villages under the mountain, we followed all the way, and killed some brothers in this pain."

Liu Qi nodded slightly, and said softly:

"The brothers have done a good job, and they will be rewarded when they go back."

Before Liu Qi could finish speaking, the knight next to him approached him and whispered a few words in his ear, and Liu Qi's brows immediately furrowed.

Liu Qi hit his horse forward, and followed the direction of the knight's finger, only to see dozens of people's corpses piled up in the grass in a deep ditch, but there were no heads.

"Zhang Gang, you dare to kill good and take the risk!"

Liu Qi looked at the heads of the troops hanging immediately, he was furious, and raised his hand to whip it.

"In the Yanei, the villain is also forced to do so, and they are all military orders from Liu Xiaomin and Liu Hai!"

Zhang Gang covered his face and knelt down on one knee.

"Where are Liu Hai and Liu Xiaomin?"

Liu Qi was shocked. Liu Hai and Liu Xiaomin are both fierce generals in the army, and their military positions are still on their own command, and they are also the right-hand men of the eldest brother Liu Xi.

These people are so domineering, they are afraid that things will be much more difficult.

Zhang Gang covered his face and couldn't speak, but his eyes unconsciously meowed to a ravine.

Liu Qi hit his horse forward, ran fifty or sixty steps, and restrained the war horse.

In a thatched hut, the woman's crying and scolding came out, Liu Qi quickly dismounted and headed towards the thatched hut, two Song soldiers stepped forward to block, and were beaten out by Liu Qi and whipped.

Liu Qi stepped forward quickly, but the door opened from the inside with a "squeak", and the bangs with a big waist and round waist walked out of the door with his pants.

"Isn't this Jiulang, anxious, what are you going to do?"

The bangs didn't care, swayed, and quickly tied up the pants.

Another tall and heavy man came out of the door of the room, he saw Liu Qi, and said with a smile:

"Jiulang, there is one left in the house, do you want to ......?"

Liu Qi's face was pale, and he pulled out a whip, and his bangs were caught off guard, and he was hit on the neck.

"You two brutes, you have done such a hurtful thing, I can't spare you today!"

Liu Qi drew his knife and was about to move forward.

Liu Hai and Liu Xiaomin were shocked, and they both pulled out their knives.

"Liu Qi, if it weren't for your eldest brother's sake, Lao Tzu would have slaughtered you today!"

Bangs touched the scar on his neck, furious. In more than ten years in the army, no one has ever dared to do this to himself.

"Jiulang, hurry up, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Liu Xiaomin's face was also flushed. He killed countless people, and he was so fierce and violent that no one in the army dared to draw a sword against him. Even if Liu Qi's brother Liu Xi is their top boss, they will not take Liu Qi in their eyes and give him face.

"Spoil women, kill good and risky merits, and behead according to military regulations, today I will correct the military law and kill you two scourges!"

Liu Qi wanted to step forward, but the sergeants behind him had already caught up and stepped forward to stop him.

"Yanei, don't be impatient, they are all your own brothers, don't hurt your harmony!"

Bangs hurt in his neck, he touched his neck, looked at Liu Qi, and shouted angrily:

"Let him go! I'd like to see how many pounds and taels he has. If you want to kill me, you don't have the qualifications to do so!"

Suddenly, smoke rose from the hut, and as the smoke grew louder and louder, the hut was blazing with flames.

Everyone was shocked and quickly avoided it.

"You ...... These days...... Killed brutes ......"

From the hut came the woman's scolding, like weeping, and it was clear that she had set the house on fire herself.

Liu Xiaomin inserted the knife back into the sheath, stood far away, and sneered.

Liu Qi wanted to step forward, first, the fire was fierce, and there was no water source around, so it was difficult to extinguish. Secondly, even if he rescued the woman, what could he do?

"You beasts, look at the good things you've done!"

Liu Qi wanted to get rid of everyone, but he was held back, and the sergeant in front of him blocked the middle, separating him from Liu Hai and others.

"Yanei, dissipate your anger, these things happen from time to time on the battlefield, and no one can do anything about it, you just turn a blind eye, forget it."

"It's come to this, Yanei, forget it, it's not easy for the brothers!"

Everyone persuaded each other, and Liu Qi shouted angrily, which frightened everyone.

"Killing good people and ruining women is also a human thing! I will definitely make this matter clear to my eldest brother, so that he can enforce the law impartially and uphold military discipline!"

Liu Qi was extremely disappointed in his heart, the dignified Western Army was so depraved and corrupted.

He got on the horse and left, Liu Hai and the others gave him cold eyes, and everyone didn't care.

"You have to use the correct military law, do you know that Liu Hai and the others are all fierce generals in the army, and there are a large group of people following behind. If the eldest brother kills them, who else is willing to serve under the eldest brother of these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals on Xihe Road? Are you going to drive them all away? ”

In the lobby of Xihe Road, in the face of his younger brother's request, Liu Xi, who passed through Xihe Road, gently spit out a sentence, and the lobby was suddenly quiet.

Liu Qi was dumbfounded, opened his mouth but couldn't speak.

The Western Army, sure enough, is the sunset of the West Mountain. Not to mention the intricacies of the forces in the army, the soldiers are corrupt and insensitive, and even harming the common people has become commonplace.

No wonder the Jin people went south, all the way like a bamboo. Whether it is the Seed Army, the Zhejia Army, the Yao Army, or the Western Army of Shaanxi, there is lawlessness, no military discipline, and no law, so it is strange that the Western Army is undefeated.

Since it is already in the twilight, the rotten wood is difficult to carve, and even the commander of the first army is so numb, how can he, a small commander, bring Xihe back to life?

"Big brother, is it true that if you leave them, Xihejun will not be able to kill the enemy? Without them, you can't rule the army? ”

Liu Qi's eyes were painful, and his heart was heavy.

Even the most elite Western army of the Great Song Dynasty was like this, how could they defeat the Jurchens and Xia people and regain the lost territory?

He suddenly realized that the Western Army was not elite, and in the Great Song Dynasty, the Loyal and Righteous Army was much more elite than the Western Army.

"Brother Jiu, you better go back and reflect on it."

The younger brother questioned him face-to-face, which made Liu Xi frown. The hall was full of officials, and his younger brother did this, so he really couldn't get off the stage.

"You are still young, if you stay in the army for a while, you will understand the hardships of the eldest brother. The Jin people went south, and the Xihe army suffered heavy casualties, which was not as good as before. At this time, you don't want to add to the mess!"

Liu Qi's face turned red half, and his voice couldn't help but get louder.

"The eldest brother is so ridiculous in governing the army, and his subordinates abuse women, kill good and risky merits, how is it different from the Xixia people and Jurchens? If this goes on for a long time, the western army will not be popular with the people, and if it fights with the Jin, it will definitely be defeated. Then you will be a sinner among the people of the world!"

Liu Qi's face was red, which surprised the generals and officials in the hall, and some people hurriedly came up to dissuade him, but Liu Qi was even more stubborn.

"Big brother, if you indulge them, you are harming them. One day, they will have to pay for their actions! On the other hand, Wang Xianggong's loyal army is invincible, even if it is a Jurchen, he does not dare to be its edge. ”

Liu Qi talked eloquently, not noticing that his brother's face had turned iron-blue.

"The invincibility of the loyal and righteous army lies in strict military discipline and prohibitions. In the first battle of Fuzhou, more than 14,000 people were killed in the whole army, and there were only a few hundred left, and none of them surrendered to the enemy. ”

He turned to the general in the hall and said loudly: "Brothers, ask yourself, if our army competes with the Lou Chamber's army, what is the winner?"

The generals in the hall all shook their heads. Not to mention going head-to-head with the Lou Chamber army, even if it is an ordinary Jurchen cavalry, it is difficult for the Western army to win.

"Commander Liu, that's enough, are you here to teach me how to discipline my subordinates?"

Liu Xi's face was gloomy and he roared loudly.

His father died in battle, in the past ten years, he has been both a father and a mother, growing up with these younger brothers, familiar with the military, but he didn't expect that today, his favorite younger brother is also the most promising person in the future of Liu Men, but he can't step down in court.

You must know that there is a strict hierarchy in the army, and by doing this, my younger brother is undoubtedly challenging the authority of his commander in the first army, which makes him how to lead troops in the future!

"No matter how powerful Wang Song is, he didn't die in Fuzhou!"

Liu Xi sneered, stared at his younger brother, raised his hand and said:

"Brother Jiu, if you don't want to stay in the army, you will naturally leave, don't be clever here, bewitch the army's heart, and don't retreat quickly, don't you know that military law is ruthless?"

"Big brother, Liu Xianggong, do you still have military law in the army? You will not punish the wicked who kill the good and the bad and abuse the women, don't you make the world laugh!"

The upright Liu Qi was full of anger, and all the anger in his heart burst out.

"Left and right, give me a lobby, expel me from the army, and go home and think about it!"

Liu Xi shouted angrily, but ushered in a tit-for-tat confrontation from his younger brother.

"Liu Xianggong, I will not accompany you, farewell!"

Liu Qi turned around and walked out of the lobby and walked away.

Liu Xi looked at the people in the hall and said coldly:

"Liu Hai and Liu Xiaomin's affairs, no one can divulge half a point, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

Everyone clasped their fists together and promised loudly.

These trivial things, everyone doesn't care. Since Liu Xianggong issued a military order to protect Liu Hai and others, everyone naturally couldn't speak.

The crowd was discussing the military situation, and the sergeant came in and rushed forward in a panic to report it.

"Liu Xianggong, your Jiulang, he ran away from home!"