Chang'an Jingzhao Mansion, on the school ground, Fan Zhixu, who was a little rickety, once again stood on the platform, his face full of worry.

Compared with the way he returned to Kansai with joy, the current Fan Zhixu is really a little empty.

And the soldiers and horses of the Kansai Sixth Road are even more empty.

From the pacification of Fangla to the Northern Expedition of Xuanhe, then the First Battle of Tokyo and the subsequent Battle of Taiyuan, and finally Fan Zhixu and Qian Gai led 200,000 troops to rescue Tokyo.

Kansai Liulu was cut one after another, really when they were leeks, they could grow a new wave after cutting a wave.

There is a red line on the Sixth Route in Kansai, and the continuous losses have weakened the Sixth Route Army to the bottom, otherwise, how could the party members who were beaten at the beginning dare to come and tease the beard of the Song people?

Those Hehuang tribes who belonged to them also hesitated one by one, or directly erected anti-flags.

That is the fifty years of Zhao Song's work since the opening of the Xihe River in the time of Shenzong.

However, the tragedy still did not let them go, and Fan Zhixu now issued another edict to the soldiers and horses of the Six Routes, ordering the soldiers of the Six Routes, archers, and feudal soldiers to gather in Chang'an.

Sun Zhaoyuan stood on the side, looking at Fan Zhixu's figure, his eyes flashed with calmness, knowing that he couldn't do it, it was not all righteousness, and stubbornness. Next to him stood Liu Qi, the ninth son of the deceased Liu Zhongwu, the hometown of the Western Army.

In the second year of Jingkang, after the Jin people retreated, Zhao Huan wanted to cheer up the army, and it was an inevitable scene after hiring famous ministers and generals. Liu Qi was therefore summoned by Zhao Huan, Liu Qi has a strong figure, handsome appearance, and excellent archery skills. He once shot an arrow into the water tank, and after pulling out the arrow, the water in the tank gushed out, and Liu Qifu shot another arrow to hit the previous arrow hole, and the good archery skills were impressive. Zhao Huan was also very surprised by him, and specially awarded him as the Xuanzan Sheren of the Gate, and sent him to Minzhou (now Minxian County, Gan Province) to protect Longyou.

Fan Zhixu recruited troops again, and asked the soldiers and horses of the Northwest Sixth Route to pour out of the nest without leaving behind, and Liu Qi persuaded him: The Northwest Sixth Route approached the enemy's captives, conquered from generation to generation, and formed a grudge against each other. If the soldiers pour out of the nest and the neighboring countries raise troops, then the people will be uneasy and the state capital will not be protected. The army is restless, how can it fight the front line? So I hope Fan Zhixu can be relieved for a moment or two.

But how could Fan Zhixu agree, he couldn't care about the land of Kansai anymore.

Then there was a scene in Jingzhao Mansion.

There are still 100,000 soldiers in the Sixth Route Army, but only 30,000 or 40,000 have rushed to Chang'an. Except for a few young and strong people, most of them are old and weak.

Obviously, the soldiers here are all from the local old people of the Six Roads.

Fan Zhixu didn't agree, it's okay, they came by themselves.

So what use can so many old and weak soldiers come?

Qu Duan, who could see the hand, and Li Yongqi, father and son behind him, shook their heads again and again.

Major military affairs have a bearing on the safety of the country.

That Fan Zhixu didn't say that he didn't know about military affairs, he was able to outwit Zhuge and now he was also a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice.

Unless re-enlisted.

But the previous dispatch of troops has emptied the money and grain savings of Jingzhao Mansion, and now what do Fan Zhixu and Sun Zhaoyuan use to recruit troops?

Besides, the people are soldiers, will they still serve as soldiers for the officials who ran thousands of miles away in the south?

Otherwise, Quduan, the prefect of Yan'an, brought three or four thousand soldiers, plus a thousand iron armors under Fan Zhixu, which was enough to train the recruits. Even now, these people can also save Fan Zhixu from escaping south.

A middle-aged man standing behind Fan Zhixu is Qu Duan, because he holds a soldier in his hand, his official position is not high, but his actual status is very high.

Now there are seven Qu Duan in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and he is a budding master in the Western Army. His father, Qu Lian, once served as Zuo Ban Dianzhi, and later died on the battlefield. When Qu Duan was three years old, he was appointed to the third class with his father's shadow. He successively served as the general of Qinfeng Road, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Tong'anzhai on Jingyuan Road, and the third general of Jingyuan Road. This official position was not promoted quickly compared to the Qu family, because when he joined the army, the Western Army had already ceased war with the party members, and he failed to get a share in the war in the Central Plains, and he was not the only one in the Qu family.

It wasn't until the first year of Jingkang that the party army invaded Jingyuan Road, and Quduan really showed his skills on the battlefield. In the case that the main general did not know the soldiers, and the main force was attacked and scattered, he tried his best to defeat the enemy. As a result, he became famous and became the commander of the Zhizhen Rong Army and the Economic Strategy Division.

Later, he defeated the second attack of the party members, and there were many western officers who went east, and he himself had been through the years of seniority, so he became the main official of Yan'an Mansion, a military center in Guanzhong.

"Xuanfu Xianggong, where are such generals coming? All of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but they can't become elite soldiers. ”

At present, no one wants to join the army, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life have mobilized the old, weak, sick and disabled to pretend to be soldiers, and this Kansai will not be able to keep it after all.

Qu Duan spoke extremely bluntly, but Fan Zhixu was not angry, because in his opinion, the soldiers were all rough people, and it should be like this.

He shook his head and said, "Let's screen it first, and the old and weak will be eliminated and left to practice." ”

"If you shave off the old and weak, you must also have money and food to fill it. Xuanfu Xianggong, with all due respect, will say bluntly, among these tens of thousands of people, there are a few young and strong. It's better to ignore it, and then recruit a good family to practice with the rest of the money and food. ”

Seriously, if it weren't for Qu Duan's uncle, brother, and son all in the south, he wouldn't have poured more than half of the soldiers and horses of Yan'an Mansion here. has long been shrunk and motionless like the Wu Jue and Wu Lin brothers.

Fan Zhixu naturally understood this, but he was helpless, so he just shook his head and said: "Let's do it first, those old soldiers, just give a few money to play." How many can be left in the army, and they will be trained first. ”

Qu Duan shook his head and didn't answer, just obeyed the order. Liu Qi next to him glanced at him, his eyes full of sympathy.

Qu Duan is like this, why is he not like this?

But Liu Qi did more than Qu Duan, because he left almost all the soldiers and horses under his command, and only three or two hundred personal soldiers were left in his hands.

Therefore, he, the person who persuaded Fan Zhixu and did not bring in soldiers and horses, his status is not as high as Fan Zhixu's. It's just that the curved end is not really without the slightest mistake.

He came in response to the call, but he didn't ask his Yan'an soldiers if they were willing to accompany him to death.

Not long after this talent was transferred to Yan'an Mansion, he was far from establishing much prestige in Yan'an Mansion.

Yan'an children like Li Yongqi and Li Shifu's father and son immediately complained after returning to their residence.

"The soldiers and horses of other roads are all old, weak, sick and disabled, why do they only do such a duty? Could it be that the official family in the south can still resurrect? ”

When the son's first cried out.

"Father, I don't want to work for the officials in the south. If you want to sell it, you have to sell this life to King Yan. "Young heart, this famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who was given the name Li Xianzhong by Zhao Jiumei in history, is now an absolute fan of Yanwang.

Zhao Gou took Yan Yun first before turning around and starting a war against Zhao Huan, which brought him great benefits.

"No hurry!" Li Yongqi's old god is here.

Panic what panic. It is impossible for Qu Duan to cut off the heads of their father and son. Then settle down and watch the situation change next. In other words, when Li Yanxian from Shaanzhou comes over, it will not be too late to jump back at that time.

Their father and son are both petty officials, and it is no good to send someone to Bawang to deliver the letter early. When the war is about to start, the leading troops will fight back, and with this credit, their Li family will be fine.