The camp of the Liao army was dark and gloomy, and it was obviously divided into three parts: the headquarters of the Liao army, the signing army on the periphery, and the camp tent of the Murbo. At night, the grass huts of the signing army were simple, the Liao army camp was solid and neat, and the camp tent of the Murbo army was sparse and quiet, as if no one lived there. However, a few hundred paces away from the camp before the three were stopped by a group of Murb cavalry on night patrol.

Being pointed condescendingly by a few riding bows, Qiu Shibai only felt that his legs and stomachs were turning, and he looked at Su Meng and the Murbo cavalry with trepidation to explain. The leader of the Erbo cavalry could only speak Mobei barbarian, the Jurchen Qianfu Da Lugu could only speak Chinese, Jurchen and Khitan, and Qiu Shibai could only speak Han and Khitan, but Su Meng could speak a little Mobei barbarian, and even spoke for a long time before the Erb cavalry escorted them to the Liao army camp. At this time, the centurions under the command of Darugu were still tied to the door of the Chinese army's tent, and before the siege of the city tomorrow, they would ask for the correct military law, according to the military law, if the commander of the thousand soldiers fell, the centurion would be beheaded. When the six centurions saw that Dalugu had returned, they were all pleasantly surprised, and they even thanked Changshengtian for his favor, allowing everyone to pick up their lives.

Xiao Tachi looked at Su Meng and Qiu Shiba, who were kneeling on the ground, and ordered the two of them to untie their robes, and the imprints of Han Nu on their backs were unmistakable, all of them were old scars, not spies of the Song people in the south. Qiu Shibai has two or three new scars on his body, and the new scars on Su Meng's body, although they are not critical, have more than 20 sizes, and he said with a smile: "You man, you are also brave in battle, how many times have you been in battle?" ”

Su Meng didn't dare to raise his head, stared at the ground with his eyes, and said slowly: "I can't remember clearly, the villain only knows how to fight under orders, and he is willing to die for General Xiao." His voice was not loud, but his speech was very clear, and the last sentence of the confession of loyalty came from nature, which made Qiu Shibai feel envious for a while, and hurriedly said: "The villain is also ,......, too." ...... working hard for adults" is timid and timid, far less calm than Su Meng.

"Good!" Xiao Tachi laughed happily and said to the deputy generals Xiao Ping and Tie Muge, "In Han'er, there are also people who are loyal to Da Liao." He paused, and then said, "If you are so loyal, you must not be wronged." In my opinion, this Su Meng can go to the death camp to be a centurion, and in addition, this one can be a ten-division commander. He looked down on Qiu Shiba's few scars, but he focused on lifting Su Meng. Xiao Tachi's plan was to slowly support the Han military camp of his cronies to make up for the shortcomings of the White Eagle Battalion and the Murbo army, so as not to be constrained by the Khitan and Xi nobles in the future. Therefore, among the signing troops who went into battle ten times and did not die, the able-bodied ones were selected to form a death battalion, although the number was small, and the place where they were brave and capable of fighting was not inferior to the Jurchen and Xi army. Although the new Han military camp violated Yelu Dashi's national policy, Xiao Tachi's southern expedition to the capital and the establishment of a death camp of five or six hundred people was just a gesture for him, and Xiao Ping, the deputy commander of the capital, was not easy to make a fuss.

So Xiao Ping smiled and said to the two: "Lord Dutong is lifted, don't kowtow quickly!" Su Meng and Qiu Eighteen were so busy that they couldn't thank them. Xiao Tachi waved his hand to let the two of them retreat, looked at the map of Kyushu behind the mountain, and said in a deep voice: "The Song army has many soldiers and horses, and it is so capable of fighting, generals, do you have any good strategies to break the enemy?" ”

The generals of the Liao Kingdom all looked at each other, if there is a good plan, why wait until now? Xijing Datong Mansion is a fortified city that has been operated by the Liao State for many years, and the rammed earth city wall is thick, and it is difficult to collapse even the 10,000-pound iron barrel cannon, how can it be so easy to take down? After a while, Brother Tiemu said: "Since Yunzhou can't be defeated, why do you need to fight Yunzhou directly." In my opinion, it's like uprooting a big tree, if you pull it out directly, I'm afraid you won't be able to pull it out. It is better to cut off its branches and leaves, then dig up the soil under it, and then shake the trunk constantly, and wait until the foundation is completely loose, and then pull out the tree in one fell swoop. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Ta's red eyes lit up, and he asked, "Then what do you think it should be, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Brother Tiemu said in a deep voice: "If this Yunzhou is a big tree, the large and small walled cities behind it are branches and leaves, and the defense is not as tight as Yunzhou. The Song army of Yunzhou relied on the strong city to defend the city, but if we beat down these small cities one by one, no matter how strong Yunzhou is, it is also a lonely city. If the Song army is a big tree, the people of the Song Dynasty are the soil, and if all the soil is dug up, the foundation of the big tree will be loosened. I heard that most of the Song army in Yunzhou came from Hedong, and if we could enter Hedong and plunder everywhere, the Song army would be even more panicked. ”

Xiao Ping's eyes flashed, and he said secretly, he didn't expect the barbarians on the grassland to be so scheming. The Khitan general Yeluwan immediately retorted: "You are right, the key passes in the east of the river, Dongcheng Pass, Feihukou, and Yanmen Pass, the Song people have worked hard for many years, how can they be so easy to enter." The Song army in Yunzhou has a large number of soldiers and horses, and our army could not be besieged because of the small number of soldiers, and then we had to divide our troops to fight other walled cities, wouldn't it happen to be attacked by the Song army, besides, the places south of Yunzhou were occupied by the Song army, and if the lone army went deep, where would the grain and grass come from? transported grain and grass, but it was easy to be cut off by the Song army. ”

Brother Temu shook his head and said: "Although the Song army has many soldiers and horses, they only know how to defend the city, if he wants to go out of the city to fight, we will fight with him." The other walled cities are behind Yunzhou City, and even though the soldiers and horses defending the city began to be careful, they were safe and sound for more than eleven months, and now they are almost slack. Like the Khitan people, we first eat the accompanying cattle and sheep, and when the cattle and sheep are eaten up and hunt for a living, what kind of grain do we use? ”

Brother Tiemu said it as a matter of course, Xiao Ping listened to it, but his heart was embarrassed. The Southern Dynasties always thought that the Liao army used grass and grain to maintain the grain and grass of the army, but in fact, this was not the case more than 100 years ago. Now that the Khitan has been established for more than 200 years, many Khitan people are more comfortable than Hannu. If there is no grain and grass support, let the Liao army make a living by hunting grass valleys and hunting, I am afraid that more than half of the Khitans will starve to death first. At this time, Yeluwan sneered: "Do you think that the southern prefecture and county are as wild as Mobei, and there are wild things everywhere for your barbarians to hunt?" ”

When Brother Tiemu heard him say "barbarian", his face sank, he put his hand on the handle of the knife, and was about to stand up, Xiao Ping hurriedly raised his hand, stopped the argument between the two sides, and said to Xiao Tachi in a deep voice: "General Brother Tiemu is reasonable, and the Song State has always flaunted benevolence and righteousness. Having said that, Xiao Ping still had some doubts, the cavalry bypassed Yunzhou and went south, carrying artillery and other siege equipment, the march was slow, and it was difficult to achieve a surprising victory.

Xiao Ping frowned, and before he could express his doubts, Xiao Tachi smiled and said, "Since General Xiao also said so, General Tiemuge will lead the men and horses of the headquarters to the south and attack Song Junzhou County. He paused for a moment and said to Brother Tiemu, "Make the noise as loud as possible, see if Yang Yanqing can sit still in Yunzhou?" He groaned secretly, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Hedong, Yang Yanqing led the army to the north, and there must be emptiness in the back, the Erbo cavalry can fight for themselves, and more than 10,000 cavalry go south, just like water poured into the sand. Xiao Tachi tried this kind of tactic when he was in the Northern Expedition to the Jurchens, and he naturally knew its effect.

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In the Lijing Gate of Luoyang City, it is the former site of the three provinces and the government guard Yamen in the Tang Dynasty, and now the Marshal's Mansion in Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty occupies a large area. Separated from the wall of the Shuaifu, is the west street market in the city, there are more than 2,000 shops, pedestrians come and go outside the wall every day, the goods are piled up like a mountain, the palace inside the wall is majestic, and the access control is strict. Although Cao Jieshuai of the Xijing Xingying Camp was not in charge of the White Tiger Hall, there were still two rows of forbidden army guards with bright armor and protruding chests and bellies standing under the hall.

In the courtyard of the high-rise mansion outside the northeast corner wall of the White Tiger Hall, although it is connected to the White Tiger Hall and other government offices, it is separated by a wall, which can also be regarded as the private residence of Cao Di, the envoy of the Zhangxin Festival. The study room here is Cao Di's daily office, and the cronies and subordinates of the Xijing camp have something to do, and they all come here to meet Cao Jieshuai. Cao Di has always regarded himself as a Confucian general, wearing a gauze hat and a kudzu shirt in summer and a goose feather fan in his hand. Only when the foreign generals visited, did they take things solemnly and were received in the White Tiger Hall Office in military uniform.

"The 50,000 horses under the command of the deputy marshal have arrived in front of Tianjing Pass," Wei Chengji, a staff member, said, "However, because the imperial court military department said that the grain and grass were withdrawn from the Hedong camp after Tianjing Pass, but Yao Shuai sent people to ask the Hedong army for food, and it was said that the military rations were supplied to Yang Yanqing's Northern Expedition army, and our army should ask the imperial court to supply military rations." He watched cautiously as Cao Di wrote on the fine Chengxintang paper, which was obtained from the Southern Tang Palace by the ancestors of the Cao family during the Southern Expedition, and it had become a masterpiece, and there was one less one in the world.

After a long time, Cao Di finally straightened up, frowned and looked at his words, and folded the corner of the paper at random with dissatisfaction, even if this word was invalid, he said in a deep voice: "Then let Yao Zhengping garrison in front of Tianjing Pass, the court is not in a hurry, Yang Yanqing is not in a hurry, what are we anxious about?" As if remembering something, he asked, "Isn't there any news from the eldest lady?" ”

Wei Chengji's heart moved slightly, and he leaned over and said: "This month, the eldest lady hasn't come back from home yet, do you want to arrange someone who can be used in the later life to go to Bianliang?" "Cao Di's eldest daughter is married to the third brother Jing Zhaoqi as the princess of today's son, I thought I wanted to be the mother of the world, but who knew that after the accession to the throne, the most taboo is King Jing. The Cao family was also panicked and kept paying attention to Bianliang's movements. Wei Chengji privately guessed that if it weren't for the Cao family's deep-rooted camp in Xijing, and Xijing's proximity to the Xia Kingdom, the location was very important, I am afraid that the current dynasty would have uprooted the Cao family no matter what. Not long ago, the imperial history of the DPRK and China attacked, and Pan Ji, the guard of Hangu Dongguan, was dismissed from his post because of the deduction of military salaries, and the Privy Council rarely asked Cao Di to appoint subordinates to fill the vacancies, but directly appointed the general in the camp Min as the commander of Hangu, which made Cao Di full of vigilance.

"No need," Cao Di's eyelids jumped slightly, sighed, and said lightly, "At this time, there is no news, it is good news." He was silent for a moment, then bent down again and picked up his pen to write on the copy.

Author: There is another update today, making up for yesterday's.