Gubeikou Xiguan, which was originally quite calm here, is now in full swing, a team of prisoners of war came here under the escort of the Song army, and then formed a group of five people to begin to rebuild the Great Wall under the command of craftsmen, because the time is pressing, so this time it is only about to build a key area, as long as it can be used temporarily.

On the south side of the Great Wall defense line at Gubeikou, Liu Ping had already personally led a large army to rush here, because if Yelu Zong really raised troops to go south, he would definitely pass through Gubeikou, and then they could rely on the Great Wall defense line to fight to the death with the Liao army.

"Come on, brothers, don't be polite, now is the time when the cattle and sheep are fattening, and this hot pot tastes much better than the capital!" Cao Mata raised his wine glass and laughed and toasted the crowd, and on the table in front of them was a steaming soup pot surrounded by thinly sliced beef and mutton.

With Cao Yu's toast, Huyan Shouxin, Di Qing, Cao Tong and others next to him also stood up and raised their glasses, in addition to Cao Yu and Huyan Shouxin, the rest of Di Qing and Cao Tong and others are all students of the first phase of the military academy, don't look at them are usually in the army, this time they also participated in the attack on Yanyun, but they usually do not belong to each other, so it is rare to get together.

"Third brother, General Liu concentrated the army in Gubeikou, is it to prevent the Liao army from killing, I heard that the civil strife on the Liao side has subsided?" Cao Tong put down the wine bowl in his hand, and then asked, Di Qing and the others next to him also showed curious looks, their level is low, although they have also heard some news, but they can only rely on their own guesses.

Hearing his cousin's inquiry, Cao Yu and Huyan Shouxin also glanced at each other, and then smiled and said: "It's okay to tell you, the civil strife on the Liao side is indeed over, and the reason why General Liu led the army to Gubeikou is indeed to prevent the Liao army from killing." ”

"If I were the emperor of Liao, wouldn't the most important thing now be to stabilize the situation in the country?" Di Qing suddenly asked with some puzzlement at this time.

"Di Qing, you performed well this time, and the credit you have made is enough for you to be promoted to two levels, and you will be able to take charge of yourself in the future, but you still get too little news, so you don't know what kind of person Yelu Zong really is, in contrast, Brother Li has seen Yelu Zongzhen with his own eyes, and he concluded that Yelu Zongzhen will definitely send troops, so His Majesty will order General Liu to prepare!" Hu Yan Shouxin looked at Di Qing and said with a smile.

At the beginning, Hu Yan Shouxin accompanied Li Zhang to Gyeongju, and naturally knew Di Qing, in fact, he also liked Di Qing, a clever young man, very much, but unfortunately he was robbed of the opportunity by Cao Mata, and now Di Qing's performance in the army is also extremely good, and he has made countless meritorious contributions at a young age, and he may be able to sit on an equal footing with him in the future, which makes him secretly regret it, he knew that he should have worked harder, and he had to snatch Di Qing over, but unfortunately it was too late to say anything now.

"It turned out to be the judgment made by the school supervisor, so it's no wonder!" Cao Tong heard Hu Yan Shouxin mention Li Zhang, and immediately said in good spirits. Di Qing was more familiar with Li Zhang, and when he learned that it was Li Zhang's judgment, he immediately did not doubt it anymore.

"Yesterday, news just came from the Liao country, although the army on the Zhongjing side has not moved, but the various state capitals in the south of Zhongjing have received orders and began to gather grain and grass materials, the civil strife in the Liao country has just ended, but Yelu Zongzhen is gathering grain and grass at this time, in addition to attacking Yanyun, is there a second explanation?" Cao Mata took a piece of mutton and scalded it in the pot, then dipped it in the sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.

As soon as Cao Yu's words came out, Di Qing and Cao Tong and several other young generals were all shocked, and immediately shouted happily: "Great, the civil strife in Liao has just ended, and the national strength has declined greatly, if Yelu Zong really dares to come, we will definitely be able to beat him, and then the Liao State will be even more unstable, maybe we can counterattack the past and kill directly to the capital of Zhongjing!" ”

Several young people are also full of fighting spirit at this time, although they have made a lot of contributions, such as Di Qing, who is about to be promoted to the top of the army, but the young people are already ambitious, especially these young people who have learned martial arts, all of them have the ultimate goal of destroying the Liao State, and now they have conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which makes them not look at the Liao State in their eyes.

Looking at these excited young people, Cao Yu and Hu Yan Shouxin couldn't help but look at each other and smile, in fact, they were not very old, but looking at these young people, they actually felt a little old for the first time.

"Third brother, since the Liao State has already mobilized grain and grass, when do you think they will go south?" Cao Tong asked Cao Yu again after being excited.

"Don't worry, if Yeluzong really wants to go south, it is estimated that it will not make us wait too long, you also see that the weather is getting colder and colder now, if you really wait until winter, it is impossible for the Liao army to go south." Hu Yan Shouxin replied for Cao Ma with a smile at this time, this is also the conclusion they reached after discussing the military situation with Liu Ping yesterday.

"I asked the locals, and according to them, it usually snows here in late October, but now it's September, and if Yeluzong really wants to go south, it will probably be this month." Cao Mata also spoke again at this time.

"No wonder there have been more and more teams going out to patrol recently, it turns out that the Liao army has long expected to go south!" Di Qing also said excitedly again at this time, he was originally born for the battlefield, this time he thought that there would be no battle to fight in the next few years, but he didn't expect that the Liao army would go south so soon.

"But don't despise Yelu Zongzhen too much, although this guy is impulsive, he still has a lot of generals under him, and after he defeated Xiao Yunjin, he also incorporated Xiao Yunjin's army, many of which are the elite of the Liao army, and the number of troops in his hands is no less than 100,000, if he does his best, we will also face a lot of pressure." Cao Ma also reminded these young people at this time, so that they would not be too proud.

"General, how are you going to fight, do you take the initiative to attack or defend instead of attacking?" Di Qing immediately asked again.

"Hehe, you got to the point, but the current strategy has not yet been decided, after all, we don't know when Yelu Zongzhen will go south and how many troops he will bring, so it's too early to say this, but if the Liao army is strong, General Liu is likely to focus on defense, after all, the longer the time drags on, the better it will be for us!" Cao Mata replied with a smile.

Compared with the previous attack on Yanyun, Liu Ping and Cao Mata, the high-level leaders of the Song army, were still relatively easy for the Liao army to go south this time, after all, they had the Great Wall defense line to rely on, and there were also internal problems in the Liao State, as long as it dragged on for a long time, the Liao State would definitely not be able to hold on, and then a large-scale counterattack would definitely be able to lay the victory.