June 17 of the fourth year of Shaoxi, for Ye Qing, is a day that should be happy, but it is more of a day that blocks his heart and makes him feel troubled.

Liu Keshi set out on June 10 to help Zhongwei, but before arriving at Jingtai, he actually met with a small group of Xia troops who bypassed Zhongwei and came in a roundabout way.

Liu Keshi, who didn't know how to lead his troops to fight, unexpectedly annihilated the Xia army and won the first war in his life.

Liu Keshi, who was excited after the battle, not only was his nervous face sweating, but his clothes covered by his armor were also soaked with cold sweat, even his throat was because of the conditioned reflex of the battlefield fighting, and he didn't know the so-called screams at the time of the battle, and he began to become hoarse, and it sounded as uncomfortable as sandpaper rubbing at the moment.

His eyes were red and emotional, and he looked at the battlefield full of devastation, and then turned his head to look at the generals under his command excitedly: "Did you win?" Did we really win? Quick, bring a pen and paper, and report to Lord Ye immediately...... But what to do with these dead bodies? ”

Liu Keshi, a rookie on the battlefield, trembled his hands excitedly for the first time, lay on the back of his subordinates, and wrote the first battle report after his expedition to Ye Qing, and then looked at the battlefield full of devastation, and continued to march towards the central defender.

This matter is good news for Ye Qing, after all, he didn't expect Liu Keshi to win on a battlefield that he had never experienced before, but he just hoped that the 20,000 troops could reach the central guard smoothly under his leadership.

Therefore, in a small-scale war, it is naturally a blessing for Ye Qing to be able to completely annihilate the opponent without bloodshed, and it is naturally expected in his heart that Liu Keshi can become a person like Yu Yunwen, who is both civil and military.

Although Liu Keshi's small victory was insignificant, it did not have much impact on the entire battle situation, but at least the 20,000 people under his command, after rushing to the central defender in time, finally made the pressure on Li Heng a lot lighter, so that he could easily start a tug-of-war with Xia Jun in the central defender to prevent him from being unable to pass through the central defender and go south.

Naturally, this amount of troops is now quite comfortable against the Xia Kingdom, which is fighting in the upper country, but if it is once Li An'an usurps the throne and makes a big attack, this amount of troops is obviously completely insufficient.

Li Zhongfang rested in Pingliang Town for only half a day, and was immediately sent to Jingtai by Ye Qing, and then arrived at Zhongwei to join Li Heng and Liu Keshi.

And on June 17, when Ye Qing hadn't had time to be happy because of Liu Keshi and Li Zhongfang, Dong Chao's secret letter and Xiao Zhen's secret letter instantly made Ye Qing's originally resolute face cloudy and sad.

The Jin people planned to attack the Song Dynasty again, just like the last time, the soldiers were still divided into two routes, Li Tiege and Li Xi'er went south all the way to Jinan Mansion, and Qishilie Zhushennu led the army to the west, pointing to the three roads of Hetao and Jingzhaofu Road, which were empty in defense.

In addition to these two armies to storm Jinan Mansion, Hetao Three Roads and Jingzhao Mansion, Wan Yanjing also sent a large army this time to feint Kaifeng and Luoyang from the north bank of the Yellow River, so that the military judgment that was originally stationed between the two provinces could not go to the aid of Hetao Three Roads, or Jinan Mansion, only between Kaifeng and Luoyang, to guard against this small-scale Jin feint army.

In addition to the Jin people began to wait for an opportunity to go south, and the Song court also made small moves behind Ye Qing's back, the Jiangyin army led by Zhao Fang under Han Yanxuan also caused a lot of pressure on Ye Qing, and he was afraid that if Yu Yunwen did not notice it, he would let the Jiangyin army join forces with the Xia people and then attack the Lanzhou they occupied

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But fortunately, with the An Fengjun led by Sima Jian also arriving at Dasanguan, the pressure on Lanzhou was much less, but Han Yanxuan actually went to Lizhou Road in person, which cast a thick layer of worries on Ye Qing and Yu Yunwen's hearts.

Lizhou Road because of Han Yanxuan's personal arrival, so that the pressure on Lanzhou Road increased, in Huainan Road is the same, Shi Miyuan along with the Fujian Chamber of Commerce successively by some businessmen led by the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, so that he finally realized that all this is Ye Qing's handiwork, so in order to retaliate against Ye Qing, or in order to let the power of the Ministry of Officials, take this opportunity to expand to Huainan Road, so at this time Shi Miyuan, once again sent Zhao Yanbian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, to Yangzhou, to take the opportunity to seize power again.

On the night of June 18 in the fourth year of Shaoxi, outside the Longcheng barracks, an army like a fire dragon galloped under the night, pointing directly at the Longcheng barracks.

Wang Chong and Xie Lun, the two commanders who stayed behind in the Longcheng barracks, had to assemble the newly recruited soldiers in the Longcheng barracks as soon as possible, and waited for the unknown army that was getting closer and closer.

"Lord Ye returned to the camp...... Open the camp gates. Just as Wang Zhong and Xie Lun climbed the tower again, an anxious sound sounded from below the camp gate, followed by a token, and an arrow shot up the tower.

Dusty, dignified, and with a cold armor, Ye Qing, who was like an iron tower, led the army of the Flower Planter family, and in two days and one night, he returned to the Longcheng barracks from Guguan and appeared in front of Wang Zhong and Xie Lun.

When Wang Chong and Xie Lun saw Ye Qing, who was frowning and dressed in dust, their hearts couldn't help sinking, and the two of them couldn't help but have the same thought in their hearts: Could it be that Lord Ye was defeated? Guanshan has been lost? But...... Why don't you know anything about it?

"How many people are there in the camp?" Ye Qing took off his helmet, his eyes were a little tired, and after glancing at Wang Zhong and Xie Lun, he asked lightly.

"Go back to your ......." Xie Lun looked at Wang Zhong next to him, saluted and continued: "Thirty thousand recruits, but they have only been in the camp for less than two ....... ”

"That's enough, immediately order, early tomorrow morning, the two of you will lead the 30,000 troops of the Longcheng battalion to Jingzhao Mansion with me." The helmet in Ye Qing's hand was thrown to the soldier next to him, and then he stretched out and said, "Prepare a room for me." ”

"Your Excellency...... Isn't it....... Xie Lun looked at Ye Qing, who looked tired, with some confusion and asked.

They were in Longcheng, and they didn't know anything about the war ahead, except for a large amount of food and grass supplies every day, they still set off through Longcheng to enter Guanshan, and then went directly to the outside of Xia, and there was no other news about the war on the front line into their ears, so at this time, seeing Ye Qing, who was dusty, dignified and tired, the two of them still couldn't help but be a little worried.

"There's nothing ahead, it's ...... The golden man came to commit it. Ye Qing took a deep breath, and just when Wang Chong and Xie Lun were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they gave the two of them another blow, which was enough to make the two of them have a heavy blow in their eyes.

Looking at the shocked looks of Wang Zhong and Xie Lun, Ye Qing, who looked solemn, rarely smiled, patted the shoulders of the two, and chuckled: "Why, does the Jin people make you so scared?" ”

"Not really, it's just ......." Xie Lun looked at Wang Chong, and then said truthfully: "It's just that the last general didn't expect the speed of the Jin people to be so fast. ”

Whether it was Wang Chong or Xie Lun, before this, he had never had any opportunity to show up in front of Ye Qing, plus Liu Keshi gave the Longcheng Barracks at the beginning

Brainwashed and instilled some deeds about Ye Qing, Wang Chong and Xie Lun both seemed extremely restrained when facing Ye Qing.

Therefore, when getting along with Ye Qing at this time, the hearts of the two of them were more or less nervous and uneasy when facing the most powerful vassal king in the Northland.

Although the two of them were in the Longcheng barracks and did not participate in the war about the Xia Kingdom, and even knew very little about the war in the Xia Kingdom, the two of them were promoted and cultivated by Liu Keshi, so they were more or less influenced by Liu Keshi in the way they were dispatched.

It is precisely because of this that the two of them, even if they are not able to participate in the battle against Xia, but the two of them are not idle in the Longcheng barracks, in addition to deducing the battle situation of the Xia Kingdom, they have also made a detailed and detailed analysis of how the Jin people will react to this.

The conclusion is naturally that the Jin people will not let go of this great opportunity to regain their lost territory, and they must take advantage of the situation to attack the Song Dynasty.

It's just that the two of them have not been able to guess whether the Jin people will join forces with Xia if they go south this time, or whether they will only rely on their own strength to fight Ye Qing.

Ye Qing looked at the two of them with some surprise, naturally he didn't expect that the two of them were in the Longcheng barracks, and they were not only training every day, but they also seemed to be more concerned about the surrounding situation and war.

nodded with satisfaction, and then said with a smile: "Yes, although the Jin people are menacing, they are not as fast as you think, and now the Qishilie Divine Slave has only just set off from Yanjing for three days, but even so, we have to rush to Hetao Road 3 immediately to guard against their surprise attack." ”

"I see." Wang re-glanced at Xie Lun, and instantly understood that in the Jin Kingdom, there were also Ye Daren's spies, otherwise, Ye Daren would never be able to clearly know Jin Ren's every move so soon.

Xie Lun's expression couldn't help but burst with joy, and he patted Ye Qing's chest and promised boldly: "My lord, since this is the case, then the last general can assure your lord, don't look at these soldiers in Longcheng are just some newcomers who have never been stained with blood, but as long as they fight with the Jin people, the last general dares to say that they will definitely go all out, and they will be braver than dealing with the Xia people." ”

Ye Qing nodded in agreement, in fact, it can be seen from the battle of Lanzhou that the combat power of the Song army is somewhat restricted in the Xia territory, and the reason for this is that in addition to the urgency of the situation, which makes the combat power unable to fully exert itself due to the impatience of Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang and others, it is because the morale of the Song army is unstoppable and unstoppable, and when facing the Xia people, it is not as able to stimulate it as when facing the Jin people.

Naturally, the war situation is in a state of stalemate, or the reasons for the obstruction of the siege are definitely many, not only the above reasons, Jin State for many years, can not get a little cheap from the Xia people, the first establishment of the Great Mongolian State Temujin, similarly, gave up the Xia State in front of him, but instead gave up the near and far attack Liao, which is enough to show that the Xia State is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw.

Now that Ye Qing has taken the initiative to invade Xia, it is almost impossible to take advantage of his internal strife without any resistance and take it in one fell swoop.

The loss of troops will be inevitable, and even being restrained by one city and one place and not being able to advance half a step is actually in Ye Qing's expectation, but Lanzhou has been slow for two days, which still makes him a little difficult to accept, otherwise, he will not fall into such passivity as he is now.