Xiao Hu came again, maybe because things had changed, so he had to come and intimidate Gan Qi again, and he came again this time, and even had the idea of "taking" Gan Qi back to Yanjing together, so that everything was completely done.

So when he saw Gan Qi, he immediately said: "It's already spring, and His Majesty the Emperor of my family has no patience, so he sent this envoy to ask, asking you to give an explanation immediately in the Southern Dynasty, otherwise the war is about to start." ”

Gan Qi had actually just walked into the living room, and his butt had just sat down, and before he could say a few words, he heard Xiao Hu's words and looked Xiao Hu up and down.

Slanted eyes, nostrils facing the sky, and an impatient look.

The momentum is really not bad, there is a little bit of domineering feeling.

Gan Qi smiled, and raised his hand to beckon: "Come on, serve tea to Xiao Envoy." ”

Xiao Hu was not in the mood to drink tea, so he stood up and scolded: "Hugh wants to have a relationship with the envoy, give a happy word, and the envoy will immediately reply to His Majesty the Emperor of my family." ”

"Xiao Envoy, I said last year, I will finish the New Year, I will personally take hundreds of carts of property to Yanjing after the New Year, why, this tenth year has not yet arrived......" Gan Qi looked at Xiao Hu, and had some temporary thoughts in his mind.

"My Majesty is impatient, and has already ordered the privy envoy of the Southern Court to start preparing for war, if there is no reply in the past few days, the army will cross the river immediately, you can do it yourself!" Xiao Hu looked at the tea that came up, but did not drink it, but still squinted at Gan Qi.

Gan Qi's temporary idea in his heart suddenly made a decision, and he said: "Since Xiao Envoy is here again, and he also brings the thoughts of His Majesty of the Liao State, then I don't dare to excuse myself again, if not, I will go to load all my belongings in the car today, and cross the river to Yanjing City with Xiao Envoy early tomorrow morning, how about it?" ”

When Xiao Hu heard this, the smile on his face couldn't help but appear, but he took it back in an instant, and his heart was relieved, but there was still sternness in his tone: "Hmph...... You see the opportunity tightly, and you are not afraid to tell you, stretching out your head is a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife, sooner or later, why drag it out and make my emperor unhappy? ”

"Yes, yes, what Xiao Envoy said is extremely true." Gan Qi also looked respectful.

Xiao Hu got up and waved his sleeves again: "This envoy will wait for you for a day." ”

After speaking, Xiao Hu got up and went out again, without giving Gan Qi any face.

Gan Qi naturally had to get up to see him off, and he had to arrange a place for Xiao Hu to live.

After Xiao Huyi was arranged, Gan Qi immediately went to arrange hundreds of carts of property.

If you want to talk about hundreds of carts of property, Gan Qi has already arranged almost everything, but these hundreds of carts of property are mainly grain and grass, which are used for war.

Gan Qi's improvised idea just now was that he felt that this Xiao Hu had come just in time, and it would have been a troublesome matter to cross the river, and he had to try his best to hide people's eyes and ears to avoid being known by the Liao people too early, so as to achieve the purpose of a surprise attack.

Now that there is Xiao Hu, this crossing of the river is somewhat justified, no, you have to send hundreds of truckloads of property to Liao, and you can't ask someone to escort it? Don't ask someone to be responsible for carrying it?

In order to take more people across the river, Gan Qi also has to prepare more frames, even if there is nothing to transport temporarily, Gan Qi also has to prepare more frames, hundreds of cars are less, and it is not too much to get more than a thousand cars.

With 3,000 cavalry escorts, this is all the cavalry under Ganqi's command, including 1,000 Jurchen heavy cavalry.

Bring thousands of foot soldiers to be responsible for loading, unloading and handling.

There aren't many of them.

There are also a few more carts of real goods, a few carts of copper coins, a few carts of gold and silver and other things, and a few carts of fine cloth. Cover people's eyes.

The war will start tomorrow.

Gan Qi suddenly became a little nervous, after planning for so long, Gan Qi was in an orderly manner, but before the battle, Gan Qi was really a little nervous, and his heart beat faster unconsciously.

However, Xiao Hu in the city knew that Gan Qi was busy before and after, so he gathered the frame everywhere and was in a good mood. In his residence, he was talking to someone: "Nanren, that's it, cowardly and incompetent, Nanren are too far behind me Khitan." ”

Naturally, there are still people who echo: "That is, I have also made a few trips to Bianliang with Xiao Envoy, and this Bianliang has been more and more, and I feel more and more that the Song people are not Er'er, that is, my brother died miserably." ”

Xiao Hu waved his hand: "Qilihun died a miserable death, but it was also worth dying, Your Majesty wants the land of the ten counties of the Southern Dynasty, and he doesn't dare to disallow that Gan Qi, and he will not allow it, and his life in exchange for the land of the ten counties is considered to be a well-deserved death." ”

"I hope that my brother will have a spirit in heaven and can rest in peace."

"Don't worry, as soon as this matter is over, this envoy will ask Your Majesty for a reward and reward the young family."

"The villain thanked Xiao Envoy on his behalf."

Gan Qi was nervous and busy, and when he returned to his lodgings, he didn't sleep all night, and his spirit seemed to be a little nervous.

Gan Qi still went to pick up Xiao Hu with a nervous mood.

Thousands of frames, lined up in a long line, spectacular, the frame slowly out of the city, onlookers like a cow's hair.

Such a big battle made the seven or eight thousand soldiers following the car inconspicuous.

Crowds of onlookers watched the frame go north out of the city, and there was a lot of discussion.

"Alas...... New Year's coins are sent every year, and there are a lot of them this year......"

"Who says it's not, the Liao people have been practicing martial arts on the other side of the river for so long, and they always have to be paid, right?"

"I'm a big Song, it's not as good as before, thinking about the Han and Tang Dynasties, I can't help but sigh ......"

"The Heavenly Empire, a Heavenly Empire."

"You people, you are all afraid that the world will not be chaotic, is it better to fight? Are you going to fight? ”

"Yes, the yin and yang here are weird, are you happy to fight? If there is a real fight, which of you will not leave your hometown with your family? ”

"It's a good year, just be content, don't look at this frame stretching and you can't see the end, this little thing, for the Bianliang official family, it's just a drop in the bucket."

"Bah, you just don't have bones, take money to buy peace, this is a long-term solution?"

"It's not a long-term solution, it's been going to be decades long......"

"The court is mediocre, and the people only care about the present, and one day, they will all regret it."

"The big words are all left to you, do you want to fight? Isn't there a fight in the Northwest? Didn't the Xixia party members commit crimes every year? Go, who's stopping you? You have a kind of big talk here, why don't you go out for the country? ”

"Foolish puppeteers, not enough to be in company." This scolding person has just arrived from Bianliang, named Zeng Xiaokuan, the son of Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang, who saw this scene when he first arrived in Xiongzhou, and he didn't have time to see Gan Qi, but Zeng Xiaokuan, who saw this scene, suddenly looked down on Gan Qi a lot.

Zeng Xiaokuan was a pragmatic person in history and one of Wang Anshi's assistants in the reform. I came to see Gan Qi with a holy decree, and the words of the holy decree told Gan Qi not to lose the face of the country, but this scene, the frames of thousands of cars, have already lost the face of the court. How can Zeng Xiaokuan be happy?

……

Gan Qi naturally didn't know that the imperial court had sent someone to deliver the decree, and he was accompanying the Liao envoy Xiao Hu at the gate of the northern city.

Xiao Hu looked at so many big cars, and was naturally in a very good mood, and asked, "Is there a single book?" ”

This is to ask if there is a gift list, Gan Qi shook his head and said: "There are single volumes, but they are not totaled together, and when I camp tonight, I will add up these single volumes, and then bring them to Xiao Envoy to see." ”

Xiao Hu nodded, his face looked much better this time, but he saw that many cavalry appeared at the end, and said, "Why did you bring so many cavalry?" ”

Gan Qi waved his hand again and again: "More than 2,000 cavalry, it's just a little more prestigious, and I also guard against some young people, after the handover of the property, I will return immediately, Xiao Envoy doesn't have to worry too much." ”

"More than two thousand rides? Ha ha...... But all the knights of your state? Xiao Hu's words were actually a mockery.

Gan Qi smiled with an embarrassed face: "I am short of horses, and I can't compare to your country, Xiao Envoy smiled." ”

Xiao Hu said again: "Are you going to load a boat and cross the river?" Or are you going to cross the river on the ice? ”

This sentence has a deep meaning, after discussing the way to cross the river, Xiao Hu will send a fast horse to cross the river to report, so that the opposite side can send someone to pick it up, of course, there are also some precautions, Xiao Hu is still cautious.

"But there are not so many boats to load, if you go back and forth, I am afraid that I will not be able to cross this river in a few days, or go upstream, I have already found a place below, where the ice is thick and the water is shallow, it is better to cross the river by stepping on the ice."

"Well, you're thoughtful." Xiao Hu was very satisfied, but he also turned his head and signaled a few times, a few horses galloped away, first crossed the river to report, and then Xiao Hu said: "However, there are some things to say to you in front, this time my emperor's majesty is angry, that is, he sent so many belongings to Yanjing, I am afraid that it will not be able to solve the incident, and the Song envoy must have a psychological preparation." ”

Xiao Hu's meaning is also simple, gifts are wanted, but land is also needed.

Gan Qi looked slightly embarrassed: "Save it, as long as your country can think of brotherhood, everything is easy to say." ”

Xiao Hu was satisfied, turned his head and walked forward slowly.

Ganchi urged the horses under his seat and followed.

In the upper reaches of the Juma River, during the dry season in winter, there is a gentle wide and shallow place, and there is thick ice that has not melted, and the frame walks on it, and the ice creaks.

After crossing the river, it is the Liao State.

Xiao Hu was smiling proudly while crossing the river, Xu knew that he had made a great contribution this time, and there was a sense of raising his eyebrows, and from time to time he turned back to Gan Qi and laughed a few times, the laughter was a little strange, with a strange yin and yang atmosphere.

Finally stepping on land again, Xiao Hu stopped his horse slightly, stepped aside, and watched countless carriages come across the river.

Gan Qi also parked the horse beside Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu suddenly spoke: "Gan Qi, you are not in a hurry or worried." ”

At this time, Gan Qi still had a little worry and anxiety on his face? Gan Qi replied, "Xiao Envoy is so happy, why should he be worried and anxious? ”

"You guy, I don't know the seriousness of the matter yet, I went to Yanjing, but I didn't have your good fruit to eat!" Xiao Hu's face suddenly changed, he had eaten Ganqi's bird gas in Bianliang, and when he arrived in Yanjing, he naturally had to return it all.

Gan Qi's face was as usual, looking at the frames slowly crossing the river, and at the few soldiers driving the horses and carts beside each frame. At this time, Gan Qi's nervousness was gone, and his adrenaline was surging.

The soaring adrenaline made Gan Qi a little excited, as if many things had been overwhelmed.

I saw him hitting his horse and approaching Xiao Hu's side, with a cold light in his eyes.

Xiao Hu didn't know why, and asked, "What, do you still want to come and ask for it?" ”

Gan Qi was already approaching, and grinned: "Xiao Envoy is afraid that he will not survive today!" ”

Xiao Hu's eyes widened: "Dog guts, what nonsense is it?" ”

Gan Qi slowly put his hand into the leather bag around his waist, and there were words in his mouth: "What other last words does Xiao Envoy have?" ”

Xiao Hu was confused, he didn't know what kind of sheep epilepsy Gan Qi had, and raised his hand to point: "Gan Qi, don't you look where this is?" Is it a place where you can sow wilderness? You look up to the north, tens of thousands of Liao troops will arrive soon, and if you dare to be presumptuous, you will die without a place to be buried. ”

Gan Qi had already taken out the contents of the leather bag, and slowly said to Xiao Hu: "It's a pity, Xiao Envoy can't see the follow-up, and he is a fool when he dies." ”

Xiao Hu saw Gan Qi pointing something to him and asked, "What is this?" Aren't you really crazy? ”

"Bang!"

"It's called a musket!" Gan Qi replied in the smoke.

Xiao Hu had already fallen off the horse, his eyes were wide open, and there was a blood hole between his eyes, and because of this blood hole, Xiao Hu who fell off the horse didn't even have convulsions, and his eyes couldn't be closed, he just stared at the sky, and there was no reaction at all.

The horses on the left and right also moved their hooves in fright with this loud noise. The knight on the horse, while comforting the horse, watched this scene, and did not seem to come back to his senses.

The Song envoy killed the Liao envoy in the territory of Liao?

The guards of more than 100 Liao envoys didn't seem to dare to believe what was happening in front of them.

But after that loud noise, there were countless sounds of breaking the sky in the air, and feathered arrows were everywhere.

Many people have been preparing for a long time, and at this time, they have not hesitated at all.

One by one, the Liao people were shot off their horses.

Finally, someone reacted and shouted: "It's a plan, it's a plan, go away, go back and report it." ”

Ganchi stood up from his stirrups and shouted, "Where is Uguru!" ”

"Uguru is here!"

"Kill them all."

"Yes, my master."

Wanyan Uguru, a half-grown teenager, was wearing a heavy armor of dozens of catties, and the healthy horses under the seat were also wearing armor.

"Tweet ......"

The healthy horses galloped away like arrows from the string, and the three hundred Jurchen iron horses, the sharp blade battalion, had been following Gan Qi's side, and at this time they were chasing after each other.

I saw the three hundred knights, each with their legs between their horses' bellies, their buttocks out of the saddle, and the men standing half-bowed, galloping against the wind, with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.

Not far in front of the head, thirty or forty Khitans fled quickly, but they fell off their horses one by one.

The archery skills of these Jurchens are so superb that even on the back of a galloping horse, they can accurately shoot those Khitan warriors off their horses, and the feather arrows are often inserted in the links of the armor.

If Gan Qi hadn't seen this kind of miraculous skill, he would have been so shocked that he couldn't close his jaw at this time.

Gan Qi didn't pay much attention to Uguru's pursuit of the Liao envoy's guards, but turned around and shouted: "Take off the drums, beat the drums to gather troops, line up, and prepare for battle!" ”

Drums, right in the frame.

The order could not be passed far, and I saw Gan Ba personally beating his horse and galloping to the frame of the drum, and quickly led people to unload the drum and install it.

"Knock knock!"

Three thousand cavalrymen, more than five thousand foot soldiers, put aside all the carriages, began to line up in the open space on the riverbank, and there were countless voices of generals shouting and urging.

Obviously, countless people still don't know what happened, let alone that they are here to fight today.

Gan Qi only managed a few hundred Jurchen Iron Riders.

"Trap the camp, line up, chain all the chains, lock up!"

"Drill the camp, go east, go out of five miles, and wait for the summons!"

Three hundred camps, armor and horsemen, each horse was chained together with large chains, and the knights also tied their legs directly with ropes, and tied people directly to the horses.

A thousand Western troops who followed Gan Qi to the south and north are now also riding horses, and under the leadership of Shi Honglei, they are lined up.

There are also hundreds of Hebei cavalry under Shi Honglei's command.

After that, there were five thousand foot soldiers, and one by one they began to stand in formation with nervous expressions. There were also various crossbows unloaded from the frame.

Gan Qi galloped around the army formation, checking the formation of each department, shouting as he ran: "Stand up, line up, don't move, listen to the drums!" ”