Chapter 195: Clan Brother Liu Biao

There is no doubt that this old emperor Chong was picked up by the great eunuch Xu Liang, and the green battalion, guard post and border army that were originally withdrawn to Xi'an were unified and integrated into an army of 200,000 horses and horses, no matter where they came from, and all brought them to Lanzhou City.

Coupled with An Yi and Liao Ying's small 100,000 horses, it can be said that the more than 300,000 people in this Lanzhou city are the absolute strength of the remaining officials and troops of the Great Xia Dynasty.

When An Yi rushed to the east city gate with his own soldiers, he saw the two governors Sun Dezhang and Liao Ying standing under the inner city gate in armor, and there were no personal soldiers behind the two people, and there was no shadow of the welcoming queue around.

This made An Yi wonder very much, why didn't the emperor come to greet him?

"Ann-sama!"

Liao Ying saw An Yi coming on a horse, and hurriedly arched her hand towards him,

Originally, this bearded Liao Ying was the commander of Shaanxi, and An Yi was the commander of Sichuan, the two of them were of the same level.

However, after An Yi was promoted to the chief soldier of Gansu Town, it was different, this general soldier was a second-class member of the imperial court, although he and Shaanxi were not subordinate to each other, but they were also nominal officials, so Liao Ying still took this ceremony to the front first.

But Sun Dezhang and Liao Ying are both old-timers no matter how they say it, but An Yi has no intention of slacking off, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted and arched towards the two: "I just received the notice from the prince and hurried here, but I didn't expect the two generals to arrive first." ”

Sun Dezhang saw An Yi coming, and waved his hand at him with a smile: "It's okay, someone has already come to report just now, and the emperor will arrive in a while, don't worry." ”

The last time An Yi saw Sun Dezhang, although his face was already full of traces of time, there was still an undoubted majesty and a heroic look between his eyebrows.

Maybe it's because of Han Lin's defeat in the First World War, but now it seems that this old governor has looked a little old, with a gray beard and a short scar on his face that I don't know if it's old or new, which sets off the whole person's spirit and vitality more vicissitudes, compared with the old general before, he is now more like an old man in his twilight.

"Governor, the emperor is coming to Lanzhou, don't we need to set up some people under this city to greet you?"

Sun Dezhang shook his head, "The emperor has a strict decree, the war is urgent, and we must not engage in a big honor guard, let us and the prince meet us alone." ”

An Yi Xindao This Chongzheng is really interesting, speaking of which, his will is also based on a Ming Jun, but for some reason, let him do it, how difficult it is to connect with the word Ming Jun.

Sun Dezhang looked at An Yi, sighed lightly and said: "Thanks to Lord An this time, if it weren't for your battle under Lanzhou City, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to see the emperor here, maybe the old man has been put on death row by a holy decree." ”

An Yi's impression of Sun Dezhang is still good, he is a very kind old minister, and he has always been thinking about the situation of the Xia army and Lanzhou, and the blow of this defeat to the old governor made him unbearable, and he was relieved: "The governor is serious, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can the saint punish the old general for a defeat?" The governor should not worry too much, the overall situation of Lanzhou still depends on the old general. ”

He paused and continued: "Besides, the next battle in this city is not in the power of the next person, I am afraid that there is a disagreement within the Liao army, otherwise Yelu Xiuke has the advantage of 50,000 troops in his hands, how could he withdraw so easily." ”

Liao Ying, who was beside her, nodded listening to An Yi's words, and said very approvingly: "What Lord An said is that after I received the military order in Sucheng, I began to organize people and horses to break through with all my strength, and I was worried about how to get rid of these Liao people, who knew that they retreated to the northwest as quickly as if they had received a strict order, at first I thought it was a feint to retreat and ambush, but my men and horses galloped all the way over, and I didn't see the shadow of the Liao people again." ”

"Then it seems that the contradiction between the Liao people Xiao Hou and Yelu Xiuke that we guessed before really exists, and it has already broken out?"

An Yi did not agree with Sun Dezhang's opinion, and responded: "I think that although there is indeed a contradiction between Empress Xiao and Yelu Xiuke, Empress Xiao has the ability to completely control the situation. The two of them thought that Empress Xiao and the generalissimo of the Liao people, Han Guangde, controlled the army, if it wasn't for the two of them to cooperate, would Yelu Xiuke be able to hold the 50,000 horses in his hand? It shows that Han Lin's battle and the attack on Lanzhou were acquiesced by Empress Xiao, so as for why he withdrew the army when Yelu Xiuke was about to succeed, I think she may have another purpose, and it was not entirely due to the so-called dispute between the emperor and the queen. ”

Sun Dezhang listened to An Yi's words, pondered for a while, and then slowly nodded and asked him again: "Then from your point of view, should we hold on now or take the initiative to seek fighters and fight a decisive battle with the Liao army?" ”

"Now that the enemy is outnumbered, and the previous two battles are also quite encouraging to the morale of our army, if we can really find the main force of the Liao people for a decisive battle, we may not be able to win.

However, the Liao people are mainly cavalry, and we are mostly infantry troops, we have to go out of the city to wait for the opportunity to find the Liao army decisive battle must be more difficult, and the northwest region is a flat river, it is easy to be counterattacked by the Liao, so it has become our initiative to give up the advantage of the tall city. So I think that since we have a numerical advantage, it is better to stick to the city as before, and wait for the Liao people to retreat. ”

Although An Yi said this, he still had a little worry in his heart, whether it was He Liu or that King Yong, he didn't know what he thought about Lanzhou City, he could only say that he should take more precautions, at most he Liu's minions would be removed, according to the last negotiation with the King of Shu, the Yongwang Mansion should not act rashly before getting the attitude of Chongzheng

It's just that in this way, it responds to the old saying, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, and the people in the palace can find Sun Liu and Li Liu, and Lanzhou City has no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days.

However, Sun Dezhang agreed with An Yi's words, but he was worried that Chongzheng, who was about to come to Lanzhou, did not think so.

"I'm the same as you think, as long as we take strict precautions, the Liao people can't do anything about Lanzhou City at present, but I'm afraid that these battles have not only given confidence to the Xia army, but also to the emperor, and he may have come to urge us to fight a decisive battle this time."

Liao Ying, who was on the side, suddenly interjected when he heard this: "I think what the old governor said is right, I heard that this time the Holy Lord also brought a young young future commander of 200,000 horses from Xi'an, and also appointed him as an official of the Lanzhou general, what is it called..........

"It's called Liu Biao, and it's Concubine Hui's brother." Sun Dezhang answered his words and said,

"That's right! Liu Biao, I heard that he seems to be a little talent who didn't catch up with the scientific examination, so he asked Concubine Hui to give a certain errand from the emperor. ”

An Yi was confused when he heard their words, even if it was the emperor's grace to Concubine Hui, this little show should be sent to Wang Jingli, how could it be brought to the battlefield? Then he opened his mouth and asked Sun Dezhang: "Governor, what kind of official is this Lanzhou general?" I don't think I've heard it before, so it doesn't look like a civil official, right? ”

"Why should Lord An be surprised, it must be a new position set up by the emperor for him, let alone the general of Lanzhou, as long as the emperor is happy, it is not surprising to get a marshal of Lanzhou to put on your head and me!"

Liao Ying seemed to be very unaccustomed to this little Xiucai who climbed up by her sister's pillow, and there was a little dissatisfaction in her words,

"Brother Huaiyuan, be cautious!"

An Yi could see that Sun Dezhang was also unhappy with this Lanzhou general who came up with 200,000 troops, but this old governor has always been cautious in his words and deeds, he glanced at Liao Ying, signaling him to be careful of the trouble coming out of his mouth.

It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and I feel that this Lanzhou city is a small place compared to the vast Great Xia Dynasty, but it has almost become a huge political whirlpool, as if all forces have reached in, not only to take care of internal friction, but also to guard against the Liao army, and sometimes even feel that the undefeated Xia army is simply intolerable.

As he was talking, he saw the King of Shu coming from outside the city gate, wearing a python robe and jade extremely noble, and the brown divine horse under his crotch raised his front hooves high, and then landed steadily in front of the three of them.

"The saint has arrived, the three of you will quickly follow this king out of the city to take over!"

The three of them bowed their hands to the King of Shu in unison, and then each led a horse and followed the King of Shu out of the East City Gate.

Let's say that Chongzheng took the Bingbi eunuch Xu Liang and his newly appointed Lanzhou general, and the vanguard rushed to Lanzhou first, as he said, but there was really no guard of honor, and he didn't even sit on the dragon, but the bright yellow gold silk soft armor on his body, plus a golden hair crown on his head, and the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with the saddle pattern of the jujube red royal horse under the crotch, are full of royal atmosphere,

Behind him is followed by a young general, the young general is even more exaggerated, with a heavy Ao Long Bao armor hanging on his body, this armor is silver-white, but the pair of rings in the mouth of the fierce beast on the shoulder are glowing with golden light, it seems to be made of alloy is quite eye-catching, with a huge black gold helmet on his head, and a pair of iron horns on the left and right sides, which can hardly see the face of the originally small face.

These two people walked in front like "King Kong", and the gold and silver color around their bodies were lined with brilliance by the sunshine, but the Xu Liang behind them was gone.

"Your Majesty! Long live our emperor! ”

Chongzheng turned over and dismounted and stepped forward, and raised his hand towards the four people in front of him with a smile on his chin, "Everyone, please get up quickly, this Lanzhou city is solid in the northwest, all thanks to your merits, no need to be polite!" ”

The king of Shu led by him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has said it, it is the mission of our courtiers to protect the territory and the people, and the emperor will be blessed, and Lanzhou will be stable for the time being." ”

"Okay, Brother Huang, this Gansu town commander and Sichuan commander An Yi can be among you?"

An Yi didn't expect the old emperor to come up and look for him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and responded: "Your Majesty, you are comfortable below." ”

Chongzheng saw An Yi, and the smile on the face of the gully became stronger, "I have long heard that General An is young, but I didn't expect that this young man who was greatly praised by the imperial brother and the old governor Sun was such a talent, and he won three battles and three victories against the Liao army!" Heroes come out of teenagers, heroes come out of teenagers! ”

An Yi was praised by the old emperor, and before he could thank him when he raised his hand, he saw Chongzheng waving towards the young general on the horse behind him.

The young general saw Chongzheng beckoning him, and quickly turned over and dismounted and trotted all the way to him, the heavy armor and helmet on his body seemed to be a little bigger, and he didn't see it on the horse just now, which when he ran up and knelt down on one knee in front of Chongzheng, he looked very incongruous with a jingle bell up and down.

Chongzheng didn't seem to care much about his appearance, and pointed to the young general and introduced to An Yi: "General An, this is Lanzhou General Liu Biao, I plan to arrange him to be a deputy general under you temporarily, but you have to transfer me well. Tunes. Teach him to be. ”

“...... Follow...... Obey! ”

An Yi listened to Chongzheng's words, although his mouth responded, but he muttered in his heart, this concubine Niangniang's brother wants to tune. Isn't there two veterans of Sun Dezhang and Liao Ying? What are you trying to do with yourself........