After the official document of Zhao Heng was issued, Li Zhongyi did not stop at all, and ordered the whole army to continue to advance.

Zhe Congruan asked Li Zhongyi curiously: "You don't plan to see Tian Long crying for mercy from his father and mother?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and explained: "Ancestor Yue, Tian Long is not under my control, even if he comes to beg for mercy, I don't dare to accept it." ”

The strange appearance of folding Congruan's eyebrows and eyebrows by Li Zhongyi made him lean forward and backward, and he was very happy.

After laughing, Zhi Congruan said with emotion: "Presumably, Tian Long wants to leave a good impression on the imperial court that is not afraid of power, so that he can reap greater benefits in the future, right?" ”

Li Zhongyi snorted and said: "Just Tian Long, An dares to touch my tiger whiskers, if my expectations are not bad, it must be Li Yun's instructions." ”

Since Chai Rong's death, because Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen did not really grasp the military power of the court, their ruling foundation has actually been in turmoil.

The young lord ascended the throne, the queen mother supervised the country, and the strength of the heroes still existed, in this situation, how could Li Yun, who had a backbone in the back of his head, be indifferent?

It's a pity that Li Yun made the wrong idea, Li Zhongyi has always been the master of eating soft rather than hard, since Tian Longxian deliberately made it difficult, then, Li Zhongyi didn't mind at all, and gave him a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

If it was the Chengping period, Li Zhongyi transferred Zhao Heng, but it would be fine, Tian Long would not worry too much about safety.

However, now there are Khitans everywhere, in case, Zhao Heng is transferred away, and the Khitans come to overwhelm the border, Tian Long's net worth and life are not in danger?

Zhi Congruan shook his head and sighed: "There is such a stupid official in the world, alas, no wonder he will be bullied by the Khitans all the time." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Ancestor Yue has read history books, so he must know the allusion of why he doesn't eat minced meat, right?" ”

Zhe Congruan Gang laughed a few times, and suddenly, his face became solemn, and he sighed: "The poor may be more than ten generations, but the rich are less than three generations, there is no blame, my little cubs, playing small brocade clothes and jade food, do not know the suffering of the people at all." After a hundred years of the old man, you must help me discipline strictly, but anyone who is a loser will be expelled from the door, and no surname will be broken. ”

Li Zhongyi secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and he seemed to be entrusting a big deal to Ruan Ming, but in fact, he put the burden of the folded family on his shoulders.

Fold old fox, very cunning, Li Zhongyi is too lazy to care about Fold Congruan's careful eyes, since the two of them are a political and military alliance, and they are relatives who break bones and tendons, even if Li Zhongyi wants to shirk, it is difficult to resist the warm offensive of Fold Saihua and a pair of children.

The army continued to crowd on the way, Li Zhongyi rode on the back of the "bloody killing", climbed high and looked into the distance, but saw that the sails on the canal covered the sky and the sun, and he could not see the end at a glance.

"Shiguang, where do you think Yelu Hugh will set up an ambush?" Li Zhongyi turned his head to look at Song Yunxiang, who had been following him.

Song Yunxiang has also been pondering this question, and he said a little strangely: "According to reason, in the vicinity of Xiongzhou or Bazhou, it is the best choice to take the opportunity to sneak attack from behind while we are attacking the city with all our might." ”

"However, our army's sentinels have been released for more than 100 miles, and there has been no whereabouts of the main Khitan force, and there must be fraud among them." Song Yunxiang said his question bluntly.

Li Zhongyi nodded and said: "Our army wandered Cangzhou, obviously to tell Brother Yelu Xiu that I, Li, are playing the idea of Bazhou. ”

After Song Yunxiang suffered a loss last time, he considered the problem more prudently, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "If Brother Yelu Xiu sees through our army's plan to attack Youzhou, how will he arrange his troops?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled faintly and said, "When Tian Long delivers all the fishing boats in Cangzhou to me, hehe, it is the time when Brother Yelu Xiu has the most headache." ”

Song Yunxiang frowned slightly, and after he understood the connotation of Li Zhongyi's words, he couldn't help but high-five and smiled: "Yes, yes, once our army enters the sea by boat, hehe, no matter where Brother Yelu Xiu wants to guard, it must be full of loopholes." ”

Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth, looking at the sky in the north, and secretly felt a little proud. I wonder why the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had more than one million troops in the First Opium War, couldn't defeat the British army of more than 10,000 people?

In addition to artillery and arquebuses, the biggest magic weapon of the British army at that time was to control a huge fleet with high mechanical power and high offensiveness, which is actually roughly similar to Li Zhongyi's current situation.

Li Zhongyi's Yulin Right Guard has a powerful long-range melee strike weapon, and his attack power is outstanding, which is one of them.

In addition, along the way north to Youzhou, Li Zhongyi vigorously recruited fishing boats and merchant ships from all over the country to act as a means of transportation, which ensured high mobility on the water.

According to Li Zhongyi's inference, after Yelu Xiuge joined forces, he roughly had more than 55,000 cavalry troops, while the Li family's army was less than 20,000 people, and the difference in strength was huge.

However, this is just a typical cold-weapon land warfare thinking, and in Li Zhongyi's view, this kind of thinking has fallen behind the times.

The so-called era is naturally the era that Li Zhongyi knows and defines, and he can say without modesty: All old concepts that deviate from his combat thinking should be thrown into the garbage heap.

With the Li family army on the ship, it is even more powerful, even if Yelu Xiuge's soldiers and horses are doubled, Li Zhongyi will not care too much.

Most of the ships along the way were all recruited by Li Zhongyi, and even if there were a small number of ships that slipped through the net, they had no practical effect on the Khitans who were not good at boating.

Song Yunxiang suddenly chuckled and said, "After our army has a ship, Brother Yelu must have a headache, right?" ”

Li Yunxiao found it interesting, and had the courage to interject: "Xiongzhou and Bazhou are both on the banks of the Juma River, in addition, our army can also take advantage of the situation to go to sea and make another so-called big trouble west of Yuguan." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and analyzed: "The reason why I want to build a ship is actually to cover the campaign goal of Youzhou. Although Yelu Hugo is a famous general, he must not be underestimated, but after all, he is a landlubber on the grassland, and he is completely ill-versed in water warfare, let alone the essentials of naval warfare, which gives us a lot of room to maneuver. ”

Song Yunxiang nodded frequently and said: "What Ling Shuai said is extremely true, our army is just as you said, it is fighting on the inner line, there is no need to worry too much about logistics and supplies, and with the help of various ships, as long as it does not plunge headlong into Yelu Huge's ambush circle, it is already firmly in an invincible state." ”

Li Zhongyi was about to speak, but when he saw the tooth soldier who reported the news, he rushed to the front and reported a news: Tian Long and Zhao Heng came together to ask for a meeting.

"They can't come empty-handed, right?" The longer Li Yunxiao followed Li Zhongyi, the more he became contaminated with the profit-seeking ideas that scholars disdained.

Song Yunxiang shook his head with a smile, waved his hand and said, "Since I have already taken the softness, I forgive Tian Long and dare not come empty-handed." ”

"Master, why don't you let me go and meet this Tian Thorn Shi for a while?" Li Yunxiao was gearing up to get out of the horse, planning to slaughter Tian Long ruthlessly.

Li Zhongyi glared at Li Yunxiao angrily, and said, "I've been following me for so long, but I still don't understand the etiquette of officialdom?" ”

Li Yunxiao looked at Li Zhongyi in confusion, and when Song Yunxiang saw this, he smiled and said to him: "Your importance, who in my army doesn't know, who doesn't know?" However, your external identity is, after all, the tooth general next to Lingshuai. No matter what Tian Long says, he is also a fourth-grade important minister of the imperial court, and if he sends you to meet him, if the news spreads, I am afraid it will hinder Lingshuai's reputation. ”

Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth and showed a hint of a smile, Song Yunxiang's explanation was obviously quite in line with his appetite.

The dignified political affairs are public, the chief of the Hebei Provincial Marching Army, and the founder of the first strong army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if Li Zhongyi can still swallow it after being wantonly offended by Huwei, wouldn't it send a wrong signal to everyone that he is very good to bully?

Li Zhongyi instructed: "If you don't see Tian Long first, go and call Zhao Heng, Ben Shuai has something to ask him." ”

Song Yunxiang used to be the judge of Lingzhou, and he knew very well how to twist and turn people and take advantage of the essentials.

If the people in the government want to reap the benefits, they only need to detain the name of a bandit at will, and they can get their hands on it, and the rich families who have no backing but are wealthy will be ruined.

Li Zhongyi only saw Zhao Heng, and it was obvious that he was giving Tian Long a dismount, so as to exert enough pressure to make the Cangzhou Treasury or the big families produce more blood.

After Zhao Heng saw Li Zhongyi, he immediately knelt on the ground, made a big salute, and said respectfully: "The last general, Zhao Heng, meet Li Shuai." ”

Li Zhongyi glanced at Zhao Heng, and saw that he was not too old, but he was in his forties, so he casually ordered: "I know that the time for you to receive the military order is still short, and it is too late to immediately straighten out the soldiers and horses, so I will give you half a day, and after gathering the soldiers and horses, I will lead the troops to meet with me, and go to prepare." ”

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that he was facing the top boss of one of the ministers of the political hall, Zhao Heng had to bite the bullet, clenched his fists and said: "The last general will obey Li Shuaijun's orders." ”

Li Zhongyi saw that Zhao Heng was rubbing and refused to leave, and knew that he wanted to make a collusion in private, or a move to curry favor.

In view of Tian Long's non-cooperation, Li Zhongyi wanted to be powerful, so it was naturally impossible to give Zhao Heng a good look, he waved his hand coldly, and reprimanded softly: "Why don't you hurry up and gather troops and horses, don't you wait for the marshal to prepare a first-class table, and you are willing to obey your fate?" ”

These words were too heavy, Zhao Heng was frightened, and after hurriedly saluting, he turned around and ran out.

After driving away Zhao Heng, Li Zhongyi ordered: "Let's also set off on the road." He took the lead and walked towards the "blood killing".

Zhu Niang caught up with some surprise and asked Li Zhongyi: "Master, don't you wait for the assassin surnamed Tian?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "What are you waiting for him?" Ye has always felt that the marching speed is too slow, and there is no way to fly to the city of Youzhou. ”

After Li Zhongyi got on the horse, he saw that Zhu Niang was still ignorant, so he smiled and said: "The surnamed Tian asks the master to do things, and the master is not allowed to take the shelf and put up the score?" ”

Zhu Niang immediately understood, and then she blushed and blushed, and then turned over and got on the horse, guarding Li Zhongyi's side.

"Shiguang, you stay and talk to Tian Long slowly, everything else is easy to say, you always bite the matter of transferring Zhao Heng, just don't let go." Li Zhongyi held back a smile and continued to command, "Unless, Tian Long is willing to bring all the big and small ships in Cangzhou to Ben Shuai." The rest of the conditions, you just look at it, money, silk, beauty, how to extort, how to extort, absolutely don't be soft. ”

After Li Zhongyi finished speaking, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Zhu Niang's tense cheeks and glaring at him angrily.

"Lady, no matter how lustful your husband and I are, we won't fall in love with those rural village girls." Li Zhongyi deliberately teased Zhu Niang to speak, "Yang Lie's bastard boy has always refused to get married, seeing that he is not young, he has to accept a few concubines and renew the incense for the Yang family, right?" ”

Zhu Niang actually understands in her heart that with Li Zhongyi's eyes, it is indeed difficult for an idle woman to enter his eyes. It's just that women are naturally jealous, which makes Zhu Niang always a little angry.

"Hmph, there are a lot of women in the family." Zhu Niang gambled and sulked, deliberately turned her head away, not looking at Li Zhongyi.

The longer Li Zhongyi and Zhu Niang get along, the more he feels that this little wife's straightforward personality is very appetizing to him.

"Lady, don't be angry, in fact, you are the most painful person in your husband's heart." Li Zhongyi knows the temper of his own women well, and when he talks nonsense, he is as sweet as honey.

"Tsk, the slave family doesn't dare to believe your nonsense." Zhu Niang's days of serving by Li Zhongyi's side have long been short, even if Li Zhongyi says that he quits drinking, Zhu Niang dares to believe it, but she has no confidence at all.

Li Zhongyi knew that Zhu Niang was uneasy for a while, so he didn't provoke again, he rode on the back of the "blood killing", trotted all the way, and inspected the state of his own team's march.

After Song Yunxiang obtained Li Zhongyi's authorization, he came to see Tian Long in a leisurely manner, Tian Long had been waiting very anxiously, and when he saw Song Yunxiang wearing a senior military attache uniform, it was like a long drought and a rainy day, and he hurriedly said: "Cangzhou Assassin Shi Tian Long, this is polite." ”

Hehe, Song Yunxiang almost laughed out loud, the history of Tian Thorn, a dignified member of the fourth rank of the imperial court, became such a corporal of Lixian in the blink of an eye, this world is really wonderful!

"The last general, Yulin Right Guard, the Senate and the Inspectorate, all commanded Song Yunxiang, to meet Tian Thorn Shi." Song Yunxiang was very polite and Tian Long saluted, with a lovely smile, not to mention more affection, "I don't know if Tian Tingshi is here, and the end will be far away." ”

Tian Long has been hanging out by Li Zhongyi for a long time, and he is not a fool, so he naturally understands that Li Zhongyi was angry and deliberately gave him a look.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the chaos of the army, at the time of the use of soldiers, Tian Long, with the solid identity of Li Yun's own family, would never come to beg Li Zhongyi to raise his noble hand.

It's a pity that the Khitans are moving not far from the vicinity, and God knows when, they will surround them, break the city, and kill him?

The so-called people under the eaves have to bow their heads, which is the real situation that Tian Long is facing now.

Tian Long can't command a war, but he is a good official, bullying superiors and subordinates, and pushing back and obstructing the officialdom, he is proficient in everything.

He knew that Song Yunxiang was here to make things difficult for Li Zhongyi, but he could only hold hatred in his heart, knock out his teeth and swallow the blood in his stomach.

"Don't hide it from the commander of the Song capital, this official knows that Li Dashuai is passing through Benzhou, so he specially prepared a few glasses of thin wine, wanting to pick up the wind for Li Dashuai and wash the dust." Tian Long saw that Song Yunxiang's face gradually became ugly, and he also knew that it was impossible to move people's hearts with the clichés of officialdom, so he arched his hand and said, "There are 100 fat sheep, 30,000 copper coins, 500 catties of fine green salt, and 50,000 catties of grain......

Song Yunxiang listened to Tian Long's conditions, and secretly felt funny, just a little tattered thing, is it worth the crime of being a prince of the court?

"Alas, Tian Tingshi, you are so polite, the last general will thank you for my family Li Dashuai first."

When Song Yunxiang used to be the judge of Lingzhou Shicao, he didn't eat less and occupy less, and he was above board in the yamen, but in fact, he was proficient in all kinds of demanding methods.

Tian Long was originally a greedy magistrate, and when he saw Song Yunxiang accept the gift, his originally extremely nervous mood couldn't help but relax greatly.

In officialdom, there are unspoken rules for operation. As the saying goes, the hands of people are soft, and the mouth of eating people is short, as long as Song Yunxiang accepts the gift list, things will be much easier.

A bunch of rednecks who have never seen the world! Tian Long pretended to be affectionate with contempt, and asked Song Yunxiang: "I don't know if Li Xianggong has the kung fu to meet the lower officials?" ”

Song Yunxiang saw that Tian Long had changed his title to Li Zhongyi, and he knew that he wanted to be close to each other and highlight the identity of a civil official, and sometimes ignored that Li Zhongyi transferred Zhao Heng's military order.

"The Khitan people are more than ten miles away, and they will arrive in a blink of an eye, and my marshal will lead the army to meet the enemy." Song Yunxiang took out the old yamen kung fu who opened his eyes and said nonsense, and told the lie as if it were true, but he faintly left a flaw for Tian Long to ponder by himself.

Tian Long is not so easy to deceive, although he is not completely clear about the situation around Cangshou, he also has a rough number of points in his heart.

However, knowing that Song Yunxiang was talking nonsense, Tian Long couldn't find a suitable reason to expose his lies for a while.

What's even more troublesome is that Tian Long really doesn't dare to make his words clear, in case Li Zhongyi is offended to death and Zhao Heng's soldiers and horses are completely transferred out of Cangzhou, then he can really only wait for bad luck!

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have the iron law of losing the city and cutting off his head, Tian Long still had Li Yun, the Austrian aid in the court, but when there were Khitans everywhere, even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't find a really safe place.

This is the biggest concern hidden in Tian Long's heart!

Song Yunxiang ignored Tian Long, who was rolling his eyes and must be holding back his bad moves, he deliberately reminded loudly: "It's very unsafe here, there may be Khitans killing at any time, Tian Tingshi, your old man should hurry back to the city." ”

"Uh...... This ......" Tian Long's mind hadn't completely turned around when he heard Song Yunxiang say again, "Oh, by the way, before Marshal Li led the army to meet the enemy just now, he repeatedly told the last general to urge General Zhao to send troops out of the city as soon as possible to reinforce the main force of the army." ”

Tian Long was choked half to death by Song Yunxiang, going around and around, but still didn't spare him, it seems that Li Zhongyi is ruthless, and he just uses the topic to play, wanting to send him to the ghost gate.

"General Song, can you retreat left and right, the lower officials have an urgent military situation, and they need to report to Li Dashuai separately." Tian Long secretly pulled Song Yunxiang's sleeve, his movements were extremely sharp, and he stuffed a small brocade box into his cuffs.

Song Yunxiang used to accept the black money of the bitter lord like this, and he naturally understood in his heart that what Tian Long secretly gave was not jewelry, but the title deed.

"My family Marshal Li said that the military situation is extremely urgent, and the soldiers and horses under the management of Mr. Zhao must leave the city immediately."

Song Yunxiang actually stabbed out the black knife after accepting the gift, so angry that Tian Long wanted to scold his mother in person, but he didn't have the courage. (To be continued.) )