Stand in the courtyard and watch the snowflakes fall from the sky. After a while, Jingtai turned around and said to Guo En, the deputy commander of the capital: "It's snowing today, and the day behind is as cold as a day." In the Khitan in the north, the army should have arrived in Youzhou. ”

Guo Endao: "According to the news ahead, many tribal soldiers and horses have entered the territory of Youzhou. However, Yelu Hongji's army has just passed Bei'anzhou, and it will not take ten days to arrive in Youzhou. ”

Jingtai nodded: "Ten days, not many days." Looking around in the past few days, most of the surrounding rivers have not frozen, and if the Khitan people want to go south, they can only go to Baozhou. When the big war came, I suddenly felt a little uneasy. ”

Guo En said: "What the Taiwei said is true. The Khitans went south, thinking that they would go to Baozhou. Although cities have been built everywhere and soldiers and horses have been stationed, there is still no bottom in my heart whether I can prevent the Khitans. The next few months are bound to be eventful. ”

Jingtai listened without speaking, returned to the porch, and stood there watching the snow. Recently, the Khitan territory has begun to tighten slowly, and it is not easy to send out information, and the situation on the front line has begun to become tense. Baozhou, which is at the forefront, has a particularly dignified atmosphere.

Although Jingtai has already made various deductions and made plans, if the Khitan people don't come for a day, their hearts will not be stable for a day. I have made all the preparations, who knows what the Khitans think?

After a while, Jingtai said: "Go and invite Shi Yu and Yang Sui to come, let's drink and enjoy the snow together tonight." The Khitans are here, and how to fight this battle must be discussed. If hundreds of thousands of troops suddenly surround them, one negligence may lead to a big mistake. ”

Guo En promised, went out to order his own soldiers, and invited the two of them to come.

Jingtai had three divisions, one division stationed in the north of the Guangxin Army, and the division commanded Shi Yu. The first division was stationed in the Ansu Army, and the division commanded Yang Sui. There is also Lu Zheng, the commander of the first division, who is stationed in Baozhou together with the military department. The three divisions were in the shape of an inverted product, and the two divisions were in front, facing the Khitans who came. The military headquarters and another division were in the rear, which was Jingtai's reserve, and at the same time checked and filled in the gaps. Since the completion of the training of the whole army, this is the first battle faced by the Jingtai Division, and the whole army is inevitably nervous.

It has entered October, the grass and trees have withered and begun to freeze, and the situation on the entire Hebei Road has become tense. It's just that the river is not frozen, and the Khitans can't cross the river through ice, and the Song army estimates that the most likely place to be attacked is Baozhou.

Wu Ban looked at the soldiers beside him, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart. I went to Yizhou a few days ago to report on the military situation, and everything I said was fine, but I didn't expect to give only 30 yuan in the end. Na Zhizhou also resigned, saying that he would give himself a reward if he wanted to verify the authenticity of the news. Yesterday, he even sent someone to escort himself to Xijin Mansion, and the Khitan minister verified what he said.

With a sigh, Wu Ban tightened the corners of his clothes, faced the cold north, and went all the way north. In the evening, I finally entered the Xijin Mansion.

At this time, the Great War was approaching, and many troops were stationed in Xijin Province. Despite the cold weather, the streets are bustling with vendors of all kinds. The food shops on the side of the street are steaming hot, and the aroma is enticing.

Wu Ban sniffed hard, only feeling hungry and just wanting to eat beautifully.

The little leader on one side said: "The news just now, the stay is waiting in the house, let's go quickly!" ”

Wu Ban followed them along the avenue all the way north, and when he arrived outside the mansion, the sun had already set. Looking at the left-behind mansion, Wu Ban only felt cold and hungry, and only looked forward to entering the left-behind mansion, and the left-behind first served a table of good dishes.

entered the left-behind mansion, led by the soldiers, to the flower hall on the side. There was no food or wine in it, and there were only two officials sitting, which disappointed Wu Ban.

Yeluren had been waiting anxiously, and when he saw someone coming in, he hurriedly said, "This is the Song man who reported the news?" ”

The soldier on one side said yes. Yeluren said first: "Good, good! A few days ago, I read the report of Yelu Zhizhou, which is very useful! I have asked you to come today to ask how it is. ”

Wu Ban hurriedly arched his hand: "The identity of the little one is low, and when I ask about it, I naturally know that I can't say anything, and I can't say anything!" ”

Jeruren said yes again and again. Said: "After reading the report of Yelu Zhizhou, I learned that the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty is divided into those who have been trained and those who have not been trained. The ones who really guard the border are those forbidden troops who have been trained. Yes and no? ”

Wu Ban said: "Go back and stay behind, it's true." The little one is the forbidden army that was originally on Hebei Road, and there has been nothing to do recently, just guarding the road. The cities are guarded by the forbidden army that has been trained for training, and we people don't know what they are doing. ”

Yeluren listened first, and said to Yeluzong on the side: "King, it seems that the number of Song troops on the opposite side is not so much. They had brought in 250,000 soldiers and horses, and it would not be terrible if they only used these people. ”

Yelu Zongyun said to Wu Ban: "In this way, the original more than 200,000 forbidden troops on Hebei Road are not counted?" ”

Wu Ban said: "Naturally, I don't count. Now the forbidden army is used as a box army, patrolling the place and guarding the intersection, but it does not fight. ”

In fact, this was not the case with the Song army, after the training of the forbidden army, most of the soldiers remained. It's just that because there are not enough officers, they have not been organized into an army. Most of them are stationed around Hejian Mansion, and they are temporarily detained by several subordinates of Liu. Wu forbade these people who had already been eliminated before they were used as van troops. Wu Ban didn't even participate in the whole training, and those who made up their minds to leave naturally didn't know these things.

He carefully asked Wu Ban about the current policy of the Song army, and Yelu Renxian and Yelu Zongyun were very determined. In the past, I only thought that the Song army had four or five hundred thousand people on the Hebei Road, and the Khitan army was insufficient, so it was inevitable to worry. Now it seems that the Song army did not have many troops, and the situation was favorable to the Khitan.

Of course, what Wu Ban said was true or false, and he didn't know the real secret. It's just that the two Khitan generals can't tell the difference, and they just think they are all true. Due to the strict defense of the Song army, they did not know anything about the news from the south before, but now it is very different.

Looking at the sky, Yeluren first said to Wu Ban: "You will live in the mansion for the next few days in case of inquiry." - By the way, the reward promised to you will definitely not be less. Just stay for a few days, you can rest assured. ”

Wu Ban said yes. In my heart, I felt that my reward money was getting more and more hanging. But when Yeluren said this, the more people felt that they didn't want to give money. Khitan is a big country, how can it be so stingy.

After sending Wu Ban away, Yeluren said first: "The main combat strength of the Song army is the 250,000 soldiers and horses transferred this year, which are stationed in various states. When the Holy One arrived, if he could concentrate his forces and break through one point first, things would be completely different. ”

Yeluzong nodded first: "As long as the state is broken through and the army goes south, the Song Dynasty will inevitably be terrified throughout the country!" The Song army was good at guarding the city, and as soon as they left the city, they helped. The army entered the Song Dynasty, left the border states in disregard, and went all the way to Kaifeng Mansion. When that time comes, look at what the Song Dynasty will do! ”

If it is only a stalemate on the border, the Khitan will not be able to fight for long. Although Youzhou is large, it is still very difficult to support hundreds of thousands of troops. Once the time passes, the grain and grass do not know where to come from. It was only possible to quickly break through the border and enter the territory of the Song Dynasty to fight. After entering the Song Realm, there was grain and grass.

According to previous experience, even if there were Song Dynasty cities in the rear that were not captured, they were unable to organize a large army and block the Khitan back road. As long as the army approached Kaifeng, the Song Dynasty should panic.

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