Seeing Xue Shisan say this, Zhang Huan dragged him aside and said: "The old general didn't guess wrong, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State had already sent troops to harass the border of the Great Song Dynasty a few months ago, and Kou Xiangye estimated that the Tartars had a big move to let the villain rush to Xianghe Bay to invite the old general into Beijing; But there must be a reason for hiring, and that is to be bedridden due to illness! ”

Zhang Huan swallowed heavily as he spoke, and said: "On the day when the villain rushed to Xianghewan, the border gate told the urgent pond newspaper to be sent to the political affairs hall; But they were all detained by Xiangye! ”

"Why did Kou Laoxi detain the border gate and report to the emergency pond?" Xue Shisan asked puzzledly: "Could it be that Kou Laoxi wants the Liao soldiers to capture Bianjing?" ”

Zhang Huan bowed and said, "How can Xiangye Kou do such a thing? The reason why he withheld the report was not to stabilize the situation; If Zhang Yang goes out, Wang Qin Ruoding said that the gang of traitors will hijack Emperor Zhenzong and move the capital to the south; Leave Bianjing to the Khitans! ”

Xue Shisan took a deep breath: "I see! Well done Kou Laoxi! ”

Zhang Huan fixed his mind and said: "The old generals have commanded Your Excellency, and Xiangye Kou asked Zhang Huan to come from Bianliang; I'm going to ask you to go out of the mountain! ”

"Please come out of the mountain!" Xue Shisan said in surprise: "Kou Laoxi can really guess the psychology of the old man!" These days, Lao Yu has been thinking about returning to the border, but he didn't expect Kou Laoxi to be empathetic! ”

When Zhang Huan saw Xue Shisan say this, he said excitedly: "When the villain was ordered to come to Xianghewan, Xiangye pretended to be sick and told the emperor to leave, and he quietly paid a private visit!" ”

"This Kou Laoxi!" Xue Shisan exclaimed, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Zhang Huan, you have to rush back to the capital immediately to report the situation on this side of Xianghewan to Xiangye, just say that Empress Dowager Xiao sent Xiao Tzuxian to lead 31 Xiao cavalry captains to disguise themselves as salt dealers and lurk over!" ”

Zhang Huan originally wanted to support Xue Jin'er with Xue Shisan, but when he heard the old general say this, he couldn't help but look at each other.

Xue Shisan thought for a moment and then said: "There is one more important thing, after returning to Bianliang, immediately let Xiangye send a light cavalry to the border pass to harass the Liao army, and can't let the cavalry of the Tartars go on a rampage to threaten Bianjing!" ”

Zhang Huan was still hesitating, Xue Shisan pushed him and shouted to the courtyard: "Prepare enough for General Zhang immediately!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he said: "I want to equip General Zhang with two horses, so that he can hurry back to Tokyo to resume his life......"

The reason why Xue Shisan said this is because there is a stable in the back garden of the Xue family, in which more than 100 war horses are raised.

These horses were transferred from the Tianzhuling Horse Farm to be sent to the army.

Xue Shisan put a stop to Zhang Huan's arrangement, and saw Ma Xiao running over to report: "Grandpa, the old general, the Zhuang Ding family has been assembled in the Yongning University Campus!" ”

Xue Shisan said "yes", and said to a few attendants behind him: "Bring the jade lion and horse to the old man, take the weapons and armor and wait!" ”

The attendant soon brought a jade horse, a lion horse, and saw that the horse's fur was blue and white; Tall and mighty; As soon as you look at the horse, you can think of how brave General Xue was back then.

A small guy brought the jade lion and horse to stand aside, and another small guy brought a two-eared square heaven painting pole halberd to stand next to the small guy who led the horse.

Two more servants came over with a pair of sixty or seventy pounds of gold chain mail to serve the old general, and put them on.

The old general put on a new coat, straightened out his armor and exhaled; I felt refreshed, pointed my finger at the school and said to Ma Xiao: "Go to the Yongning school immediately to select generals!" ”

When Ma Xiao saw the old general's serious appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Grandpa, don't be too serious, aren't you just twenty or thirty Khitan Tartars?" Can it be as grand as sending troops to fight? ”

Xue Shisan glared at Ma Xiao and said disdainfully: "Broken fart. What does the eye doll know? Both big thieves and small thieves must be taken seriously, and the grand military dispatch ceremony is naturally a measure to boost morale; Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and prepare! ”

Ma Xiao went with "oh oh ......" in his mouth, and Xue Shisan rode with a lion in full armor and immediately rushed to the Yongning University campus.

Xuejiaying's Yongning University Yard is located in the north of the village, and its magnificence is no less than that of the martial arts training ground of the imperial court's forbidden army.

Yongning University was awarded by the ancestor Xue Rengui after he was rewarded by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi; Specially built on the Feng Shui treasure land of Xuejiaying, the brave warriors in the Xue family; They all walked out from the Yongning University field.

After Wu Zetian ascended the throne and became the emperor, the children of the Xue family were hunted down and killed in order to protect the Li royal family, and they encountered disrespect, and the Xue family camp was almost razed to the ground by Wu Zhou's army; The campus of Yongning University was also devastated.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Shisan and Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, launched the Chenqiao Mutiny together, and granted the authority of the commander of the palace to be prominent; Xuejiaying was renovated.

Song Taizong hated Xue Shisan, but Xue Shisan would not pose a threat to him if he was a countryman; Song Taizong also donated 100,000 yuan to support Xue Shisan to build a mansion and build a parrot island in Xianghe Bay.

The Xue family camp was regained in the hands of Xue Shisan, and most of the households in the entire village were tenants of the Xue family.

When the Xue family was in the Tang Dynasty, the land given by the emperor was innumerable, and the north and south sides of the river were all there.

Later, the Xue family was defeated, and the land in the north and south of the two plains was divided by Haoqiang.

After Xue Shisan made a comeback, he regained the lost land, and the farmers in more than a dozen villages around Xue's camp were basically all tenants of the Xue family.

However, after the restructuring of the Song Dynasty and the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, the tenant farmers no longer depended on the big households and became the main households by the imperial court.

In this way, the tenant farmers had autonomy, but the farmers on both sides of the river still preferred to rent the Xue family's land to make a living.

Undoubtedly, the Xue family was the largest bureaucratic landlord on both sides of the river; However, the Xue family, a large landowner, treated the peasant households well, and had very few means of exploitation and oppression; This is the reason why farmers are willing to rent and grow Xue's fields.

The farmers around Xue's camp can't help but like to rent the land of the Xue family to survive, and whenever there is something in the Xue family, they only need to summon; All of them came in a hurry.

When Xue Shisan rushed to the Yongning University campus, thousands of men from more than a dozen villages such as Xuejiaying, Hejiagou, Qiangjialing, Xiangu Temple, Beiyingli, Luojuji, Song Jiayao, Longhogou, Chenmahe, Yanguangou, and Zhuangtou Village, who were recruited by Ma Xiao to ring the bell, occupied the corners of the school field.

Xue Shisan boarded the platform with both hands and fists, and gave a salute to the thousands of village generals on the Yongning University Field, and said with a heartfelt voice: "The township party has come to support the old man, but there are only twenty or thirty Khitan Tatar soldiers from Xianghewan and even Tianzhuling Horse Farm, and there is no need for so many people to go into battle!" ”

After a pause, he shook his spirits and said: "We have to use horsemen in this attack, and there are not so many horses in the Xue Mansion compound; It's good for the folks to come, so let's go about our own business! ”

After the old general Xue finished the above words, he calmly said: "Ma Xiao listens to the order, you quickly take 30 villagers to cut from the Chenma River to the Parrot Island on the north bank of the Miao River and surround it; When you encounter a Tartar, you don't need to step forward, just shoot ...... with a bow and arrow."