Everyone took the order to leave, at this time, only Li Ji and Guo Song were left in the tent, Li Ji was silent for a moment and said to Guo Song: "Envoy, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly, "We fight side by side together, born and die, what can't we say?" ”

Li Ji said slowly: "Actually, I want to say that Li Huaiguang, this time the Xue Yantuo people invaded, if the envoy did not inform him, he would inevitably use this matter to attack the envoy, I mean, it is his business whether he is willing to send troops to rescue, but we must ask him for help." ”

Guo Song nodded, "You're right, I should really ask him for help, I'll send an eagle letter soon, and then send someone to ask him for help with my handwriting." ”

Guo Song took two steps with his hand in his hand, and asked again: "How much do you know about this person?" ”

"I know that this person is a Yan man, and he was originally a general of the Shuofang Army, and he was deeply respected by Guo Shuai, brave and good at fighting, leading troops in a good way, and strictly enforcing the law, these are his advantages, which are undeniable, but this person is very reckless, and narrow-minded, and has no room for people, so that Jun rejected him in one breath, how can he give up, he will inevitably look for the handle of the envoy, so that the monarch must be more careful."

"How are the generals of the Shuofang Army doing now?" Guo Song asked again.

Li Ji sighed, and said with a gloomy expression: "All the generals who have been promoted by Duan have been deposed by him, and all the people he brought are in high positions, and the military power has been taken away, and the Shuofang army has become his Li family army." ”

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is inevitable that Li Huaiguang will use his own people, which is not surprising, why is he Guo Song not like this?

As for Li Huaiguang's desire to bring himself down, I'm afraid this is not something he can do alone.

"Let's talk about Li Huaiguang's matter in detail later, now we have to focus on defeating the invasion of the Xue Yantuo people!"

..........

A thick pillar of beacon smoke was lit on the beacon tower in Jiuyuan County, and it rushed straight into the sky.

This was the alarm when the enemy attacked, and then with Jiuyuan City as the center, the beacon towers within a radius of 100 miles were lit, and Feng'an County also lit the beacon fire.

The people living in the countryside were panicked, hurriedly packed up their things and rushed to the county seat, Jiuxian Yuan also sent thousands of carts, by the militia soldiers to drive the carriages to the villages to help transport people and goods, the official road was full of people, everyone with a frightened look on their faces, holding children, carrying large bags and small bags, one by one in a hurry, eager to grow wings and fly into the city.

The people of Feng'an County also began to retreat, they had many experiences, they were much more calm, they knew very well that it would be at least a few days from the time the alarm was issued to the arrival of Xue Yantuo's army, and it was completely too late.

The walls of Jiuyuan Castle have been heightened and strengthened last year, from the original two zhang to three zhang, and dozens of inner city platforms have been built at the same time, and the inner city has been built.

Toyosu also made some simple large trebuchets out of pine, each of which required 50 people to operate, and could throw more than 100 catties of boulders 300 steps away.

Thousands of temporary tents have been erected in the county seat, and the county commander Xie Changzhi has been busy with young officials and officials, relocating the victims and arranging for Langzhong to treat the sick.

Although a large number of people poured into the county in a short period of time, it was not chaotic and orderly.......

By a small river about 300 miles west of Jiuyuan in Fengzhou, two thousand Xue Yantuo cavalry were sitting on a boulder to rest, when Xue Chake walked by and shouted, "Get up and set off!" ”

The soldiers got up one after another, packed up their things and turned over their horses, Xue Chake suddenly saw Durhan spreading the sheepskin, his head was big for a while, this guy began to pray again, he had to pray twice a day, the thunder could not move, each time it took at least more than an hour, so that everyone was a little annoyed, and he should not have been brought with him if he had known.

Xue Chake stepped forward and said, "Darhan, it's time to leave, go back and pray!" ”

Darhan shook his head, "I can't do anything disrespectful to the great god Ahuramadaz, you guys go first!" I caught up on my own. ”

"Then why didn't you pray before, you didn't pray until you left?" Darhan was dissatisfied.

Darhan pointed to the sun, ignored him, prostrated himself, and began to mumble the scriptures.

Xue Chake was so angry that he was speechless, so he had to turn back, turn over his horse, and shout, "Let's go!" ”

A centurion whispered, "Do you want to keep two brothers with him, in case he is caught by the Tang army scouts....."

Xue Chake snorted and said, "It doesn't matter if he is caught, if our people are caught, it will be troublesome." ”

He ignored Darhan and urged his horse to gallop, and the two thousand horsemen shook their heads at Darhan, and urged their horses to follow, and in a few moments, the two thousand horsemen galloped away.

When the two thousand cavalry were far away, Dahl suddenly stood up, waved his hands at a pine tree in the distance, took out a folded cloth from his bosom, and placed it on the boulder.

He rolled up the sheepskin, turned over on his horse, and chased in the direction of Xue Yantuo's run.

Just a short distance after Darhan walked, several Tang Army scout cavalry came out of the pine forest, the leader of the scout was called Song Ling, a scout brigade commander, he looked at Darhan's distant back, and felt strange in his heart.

"Brigade commander, that Sogdian discovered us just now, why didn't he tell the enemy commander?" A soldier next to him asked, puzzled.

Song Ling shook his head, "I can't figure it out either, it's really strange, let's go see what he left?" ”

Everyone urged the horse to run up, Song Ling picked up the white cloth from the boulder, opened it and looked at it, and was taken aback, this turned out to be a detailed piece of information, the cloth should have been torn off the underwear, and it was full of words written with charcoal, although it was written crookedly, but it could barely be recognized.

This 2,000-person vanguard was led by Xue Chake, the main general of Xue Yantuo the year before last, and there were 20,000 Xue Yantuo's main force behind them, three days apart.

It was also written on the white cloth that the anti-war sentiment of the 2,000 cavalry was serious, and the people's minds were set, and as long as the main general Xue Chake was killed, the military spirit of this cavalry would collapse.

Finally, he wrote that the cavalry was all in leather armor, and it was difficult to block crossbow arrows at a hundred paces.

Song Ling was surprised and delighted, this is the most core information!

Who is this Sogdian man? Such important information was provided, and it was very professional, and it was clear what kind of intelligence they needed.

"Brigade marshal, there is still a name on the back!" A scout reminded him.

Song Ling turned the cloth over, and there was indeed a name, 'Guo Song's slave Kangbao'.

Isn't Guo Song the name of the envoy? This man turned out to be a slave of the envoy.

Song Ling couldn't figure it out, but he immediately made a decision, and let the envoy judge this matter for himself, so he immediately wrote an eagle letter and sent it to Jiuyuan County.

........

Outside Jiuyuan County, 10,000 troops have been assembled, Guo Song left Li Ji to defend the city, and he personally led the army to block the 2,000 Xue Yantuo vanguard army.

Just as the army was about to set off, a cavalryman rushed out of the city, rushed to Guo Song at a gallop, and said with a fist: "Scout urgent information!" ”

Guo Song unfolded the information, and he was stunned for a moment, Kang Bao! He immediately remembered what had happened in Lingzhou, after the big man who struck iron was liberated by himself, he returned to Sogdia, and after several years, why did he come back again? Also in the army of the Xueyantuo people.

"Envoy, what's the latest situation?" Liang Wu stepped forward and asked.

"It's an old friend back."

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Do you remember the Sogdian man I rescued when I first arrived in Lingzhou?" At that time, Li Ande wanted to find my ironwood sword. ”

Liang Wu nodded, "I remember, he seems to be called Kangbao, and he was once the deputy commander of the Sogdian army of 100,000, but later the army was defeated, he became a prisoner of war, and was sold into slavery, so that the king exchanged the ironwood sword for his freedom." ”

"He is now in the army of the Xue Yantuo people and has provided us with information."

Guo Song handed the information to Liang Wu, Liang Wu read the information, thought for a while, and said: "I remember that he was a blacksmith at the beginning, and now he should also be a blacksmith in Xue Yantuo's army, it is likely that he came back from Sogdia, passed through the Xue Yantuo tribe, temporarily worked as a blacksmith for them, and found a place to survive the winter." ”

Liang Wu's inference is more reasonable, in fact, it doesn't matter why Kang Bao is in Xue Yantuo's army, the important thing is that Kang Bao's intelligence basically confirmed their guess, the main force of the other party is really 20,000 troops, a distance of three days, if you carry a baggage, you will go a little slower, and at the same time, Kang Bao pointed out the weakness of this vanguard army.

Guo Song immediately gained confidence in this battle, and a battle plan was quickly formed in his mind.