Li Yanqing immediately stood on the bank of the Yellow River, silently watching the surging Yellow River, compared with the last time he crossed the river, the water of the Yellow River in autumn was a little slower, but it was deeper and heavier, wrapped in the irresistible force of nature, and swerved to the south. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A fleet of dozens of large ships was moored at the dock in Dinghu County, waiting to carry the Song army across the river, and several goshawks circled over the Yellow River, quickly swept across the Yellow River, and flew southeast.

"Is Li Senjun worried about this battle?" A deep voice came from behind him.

Li Yanqing turned around, but it was Yang Zaixing standing behind him, although when he was in Bianjing, Yang Zaixing had a very close relationship with him, but when he arrived at Hedong Road, Li Yanqing obviously felt that Yang Zaixing was estranged from him.

Of course, Li Yanqing can understand Yang Zaixing's ambitions, he shoulders the responsibility of the rejuvenation of the Yang family, and must firmly follow the Seed Master Dao, and he is also worried that the relationship with himself is too deep, which will affect the Trust of the Seed Master Dao in him.

"Of course I'm a little worried, I'm the head of the Intelligence Department, but I don't know anything about Xixia, so I'm ashamed!"

"Li joined the army very well, the marshals were full of praise, the lack of intelligence in Western Xia was because the intelligence department was established too late, it was not Li joined the army, Li joined the army and did not have to blame himself."

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and asked with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with Brother Yang looking for me?" ”

Yang Zaixing nodded, "The marshal has something to do to join the army, please come with me!" ”

The two turned their horses' heads, one after the other, and ran towards the camp outside Dinghu City, and after a while, the two entered the camp and came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Marshal Qiqi, Li has joined the army!" Yang Zaixing reported in front of the account.

"Let him in!"

Yang Zaixing turned around and waved his hand at Li Yanqing, "Li joins the army, please!" ”

Li Yanqing walked into the big tent quickly, only to see the seed master dao standing in front of the map with his hands in contemplation, thinking about something, Li Yanqing did not dare to interrupt the boss's contemplation, so he stood quietly aside, for a long time, the seed master dao woke up from his contemplation, he glanced back at Li Yanqing, and smiled apologetically: "People are like this when they are old, it is easy to get distracted, I want to congratulate Li on joining the army first." ”

The planter said a document and handed it to Li Yanqing, "This is the document of the imperial court officials just sent from Taiyuan, and a group of officials have been promoted. ”

Xuan Fenglang is from the seventh grade, and the original Shilang is the eighth grade, which is really unexpected by Li Yanqing, he has only been promoted to the first level after only half a year of joining the office, and it takes at least three years for ordinary magistrates to have a chance to be promoted.

The seed master said with a smile: "I have said a long time ago that it is easy to be promoted in the army, and it is generally possible to be promoted after one year, like you are promoted in half a year, it is indeed relatively rare, and it is generally only with the special approval of the Son of Heaven that this opportunity is given, it seems that the Son of Heaven is very satisfied with the results of your Intelligence Department." ”

"If there is no marshal for the humble duty, the Son of Heaven will not know these little things, and the humble duty should be thanked for the great marshal's love."

Li Yanqing understood in his heart that not everything in the army was reported to the Son of Heaven, but it was generally recorded and rewarded at the end.

The seed master said with a slight smile: "If you haven't seized so much wealth, I can't find an excuse to go to the Son of Heaven, or the result of your own meritorious service." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and asked again, "Is Dashuai in trouble now?" ”

Seed Master Dao walked to the map and pointed to the Wuding River: "You sent a piece of information yesterday, saying that the water volume of the Wuding River is seriously insufficient compared with previous years, I suspect that the Xixia people have built a dam in the upper reaches of the Wuding River, I am worried that after the army enters the mountain valley, the Xixia army will open the dam and release the water, and the Song army is afraid that the whole army will be destroyed!" ”

"Dashuai is right, there is indeed a possibility."

"I know the Western Xia army very well, they have always been ruthless and vicious, the Song army likes to win with strength, but the Western Xia army is the opposite, good at winning with skills, all kinds of ruthless schemes emerge in endlessly, and the Song army will suffer heavy casualties if you are not careful."

"I also have a deep understanding of lowly duties!"

"Yes! You must be extra vigilant when fighting with the Western Xia army, you pay attention to the latest intelligence, maybe there will be news from the spies ahead. ”

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Li Yanqing returned to his big account, although the official was promoted to one level, but the actual significance is not great, at most he will increase a little bit, but there will be no substantial change in the power in his hands.

This is an important difference between military civilian officials and local civilian officials, military civilian officials are easy to be promoted in a short period of time, and it is relatively easy to be promoted, but it is likely that they will not change their positions for ten or eight years, Zong Ze told him that there are officials who have been in the army for 20 years, and their official ranks have long been promoted from nine to five ranks, but the actual official has always remained the same, which is called promotion but not transfer.

Local civil officials are different, it is difficult for them to be promoted, but once they are promoted, their official positions will change, from county to magistrate, from small county to large county, etc., which is called promotion.

It can only be said that there are pros and cons, but no matter what, Li Yanqing is still very grateful for the kindness of the seed master to him.

Because it is a temporary camp, there is only one big tent in the Intelligence Department, and the ten soldiers in the big tent are busy sorting out the information sent by the spies from all walks of life, Li Yanqing sat down at his small table, and Wu Xianliang, who joined the army, sent a few sorted out information, "This is just sent by the former army, several teams of spies said one thing from different angles, we merged it together, and found a major attempt by the Western Xia Army." ”

"Is it the Western Xia army building a dam on the river?"

Wu Xianliang was stunned, "Exactly!" How does the supervisor know? ”

"It was inferred from experience, but he didn't know the exact location of the dam."

"At the north entrance of Tiger Roaring Gorge!"

Li Yanqing walked quickly to the map, and soon found the Tiger Roaring Gorge on the map, in the middle of the Hengshan Mountain, the Song army had to go deeper than 70 miles along the canyon bed to reach there, once the Western Xia army released the water, tens of thousands of Song troops would inevitably face the catastrophe.

At this time, Li Yanqing was thoughtful, what did the name Tiger Roaring Gorge seem to think of for him?

Li Yanqing immediately gave instructions on the information, and also said to Wu Xianliang: "Immediately copy a copy of the honor and send it to the marshal." ”

Wu Xianliang left in a hurry, Li Yanqing immediately took out a map of the Song-Xia border from the small box he was carrying, this map was one of the secrets that Zhao Yuan finally revealed, it was made by Zhao Yuan himself, Li Yanqing got it from Zhao Yuan's wife, he hadn't studied it carefully, but he had already taken a general look, and he found that there were many places on this map that were different from the map he used now.

The map is very large, he can only spread a part of it on the small table, and soon found the Tiger Roaring Gorge on the map, Zhao Yuan drew a pair of crossed double swords on the location of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, indicating that the strategic location here is extremely important, but on the mountain next to it, Zhao Yuan drew a thin red line, and the end of the red line is the Tiger Roaring Gorge, marked with a small arrow.

Li Yanqing vaguely remembered where he had seen the name Tiger Roaring Gorge, and it was indeed in Zhao Yuan's map, but what did this little red line mean? Is it a small road that goes around Tiger Roaring Gorge from the mountain, or reaches the top of Tiger Roaring Gorge?

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Let Wang Gui come to see me quickly!" ”

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On the morning of the next day, the Song army began to cross the Yellow River on a large scale, and it took at least three days and three nights for the 50,000-strong army, plus all kinds of logistical baggage, logistical support troops, people, etc., to complete the crossing.

However, among the first soldiers to cross the river, a cavalry team of ten men crossed the Yellow River and rushed to the north of the Suide army.

This ten-man cavalry team is composed of five soldiers of the intelligence battalion and five scout soldiers, their task is to confirm the path on the map, the intelligence department itself also has the function of scouts, but its role is more extensive, involving almost all aspects of the army, the reason why Li Yanqing sent the soldiers of the intelligence battalion and the scouts to go together is because this path is the plan proposed by the intelligence department, and he must go with his subordinates to confirm it.

The Song army in the northernmost part of the Suide army is called Siwu Village, which is already located in the reckless Heng Mountain, is a steep military village built in the middle of the mountainside, and the army is about 2,000 people.

This is one of the few war achievements left over from the previous Song-Xia War, although it is easy to pull out this military fortress with the military strength of the Western Xia, but the Western Xia is trapped by the national strength and does not want to have another war with the Song Dynasty, so the military village that goes deep into the Hengshan is retained.

Ten Song soldiers saved their horses in Siwu Village, and they left the river valley avenue, but found the road up the mountain, and along the mountain road to the direction of the Tiger Roaring Gorge, dozens of miles away.