In June of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Wanyan Zongwang led 30,000 elite cavalry to besiege the city of Zhendingfu to send reinforcements, and defeated the 30,000 Song army reinforcements from afar in one fell swoop, and the Song army lost nearly 20,000 people in this battle.

Losing the hope of reinforcements, Zhending Mansion commanded Wang Yanxian Zhending County to surrender the Jin soldiers, and Wanyan Zongwang immediately occupied Zhending Mansion.

After breaking through the first defensive line of the Song army, Wanyan Zongwang once again divided his troops into two routes, and ordered Wanfu Chang to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the Hedong Road through Jingcheng, and he himself personally led 30,000 troops to the east to attack Xiongzhou and Bazhou.

At the same time, Zhang Shuye led 30,000 troops in Leshou County, south of Hejian Province, encountered the 50,000 troops of Wanyan Yanmu's southern invasion, and the two armies broke out in the wilderness, and the Song army was finally outnumbered and defeated by the Jin soldiers, and Zhang Shuye had to lead 10,000 defeated troops to retreat in the direction of Daimyofu.

The army of Wanyan Yanmu did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but turned around and went north, forming a pincer attack with the army of Wanyan Zongwang who was killed in Zhending Mansion in the west, and attacked the Song army in the middle of the middle road led by the seed division from the east and west.

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Jing Cheng is the fifth of the eight Taihang Mountains, from Taiyuan Mansion in the west, to Zhending Mansion in the east, because Jing Cheng is the only passage that can walk in the Taihang Mountains, so that it has extremely high military and commercial value, and it is a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times.

Jingcheng traverses the Taihang Mountains, the total length is about 300 miles, there are both narrow and difficult stone roads in the meantime, the cars can not be parallel, the cavalry can only form columns, there are also wide valleys, there are villages and large areas of cultivated land, there are even two county towns of Pingding and Jingcheng in the broken land zone, the inner valley of the Taihang Mountains is vertical and horizontal, the road branches are numerous, deep and rugged, there are many beasts and mountain bandits.

On the morning of this day, Yan Qing led fifty elite scouts to arrive at Heyuan Village, about 30 miles east of Pingding County, Heyuan Village is located in the Taohe Valley, which is a narrow basin, the basin is about ten miles long and twenty miles wide, the climate in the valley is mild and humid, the land is fertile, and there are seven or eight villages of all sizes, and Heyuan Village is the village closest to Jingcheng Road.

There are two taverns and a foot shop at the entrance of the village, and a very small grocery store, next to which there is a simple tea shed, under which there are eight or nine tables, and there are not many customers in the morning, only two foot merchants sit at the table and drink tea.

Yan Qing first observed from a distance for a while, but found no abnormality, then he led his men to sit down in the tea shed, and the two guys hurriedly came forward to greet him, "Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down, I'll serve tea to everyone!" ”

Fifty soldiers immediately filled the tea shed, and the two merchants were so frightened that they got up to leave, but Yan Qing said to the two: "Two big brothers, borrow a word!" ”

The two businessmen glanced at each other, and one of them clenched his fists and said, "What does this general want to ask?" ”

"The two big brothers are coming from the east!"

The two nodded, "Exactly!" ”

"How is the battle situation in Zhending Mansion now?"

"I'm sorry! We don't know very well, we are from Jingcheng County, and we don't know the situation in Zhendingfu. ”

Yan Qing was a little disappointed, so she said, "It's troublesome for the two big brothers!" ”

"Nothing, let's go first!"

The two got up and left in a panic, and a scout next to them looked at the backs of the two and said, "These two people are strange, they actually left without checking out after eating, and the guy didn't care." ”

Yan Qing also felt a little strange, so she beckoned the guy over, and the guy smiled and said, "What does the general command?" ”

"Just now, the two businessmen ate bread, drank tea, and left without paying a penny, why don't you care?"

The guy pouted, "Who would dare to take their money?" ”

"Gorou, don't talk nonsense!" The shopkeeper shouted not far away, and the man did not dare to speak.

"What do you mean, shopkeeper?" Yan Qing glared at the shopkeeper dissatisfied.

The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Those two people have already paid the bill before the military masters came, and the guy doesn't know." ”

Yan Qing glanced at the guy again, and seeing his disdain, Yan Qing was even more suspicious in her heart, so she slapped the table and said angrily: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, Lao Tzu will burn down your bird shop!" ”

The shopkeeper's face turned pale suddenly, and he glared at the talkative guy fiercely, and then lowered his voice and said, "Those two people just now are actually not businessmen. ”

"And who are they?"

"They are spies from Shuanglong Village, they came here to keep an eye on them, and when they saw the big businessmen, they went back to report it."

Yan Qing was stunned, "You said they were bandits?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded with a wry smile, Yan Qing was not familiar with this area, and he asked again: "Who is the owner of Shuanglong Village, and how many bandits are there?" ”

"Shuanglong Village was only last year, the two bandit leaders gathered more than 100 of their subordinates in front of the sheep horn mountain grass, the bandit leader's surname is Guan, claiming to be the descendant of Guan Erye, a big knife makes it extremely sharp, and the government has been defeated several times to encircle and suppress."

All the soldiers laughed and talked nonsense, "It's really interesting, Guan Erye's descendants actually fell into the grass, if Guan Erye knows, he will have to be angry to death!" ”

"That's not necessarily, Second Master Guan also worked as a Jiangyang thief for a few years before he met Liu Bei."

Yan Qing was silent in thought, his surname was Guan, and the big knife was powerful, could it be him?

"Shopkeeper, where is Shuanglong Village?"

The shopkeeper pointed to a fork in the distance, "Follow the fork in the valley over there, and you will see the flag after walking for about ten miles." ”

"Thank you!"

Yan Qing thanked the shopkeeper and ordered everyone: "Hurry up and eat and drink to your heart's content, and make a deal with my brother and me!" ”

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Yan Qing led his men along the valley all the way to the north, about ten miles, in front of a big mountain blocked the way, the woods on the mountain faintly visible camp fence, a red side and white background flag erected above the woods, on which were written three big characters, 'Shuanglong Village'.

Just then, a chirping 'whoosh! The ground swept over Yan Qing's head, several arrows were stuck in front of their eyes, and a voice shouted above them, "One step further, be careful and wait for the dog's life!" ”

Yan Qing said unhurriedly and loudly: "Your village master is a big sword pass? ”

After a moment of silence, someone asked, "Who are you?" ”

"We are Jingzhaojun scouts, please tell the master of Guan Zhai, just say that the old man is visiting!"

There was no sound on the top of the head, about a stick of incense time, only to listen to the sound of gongs and drums, rushed down from the mountain more than 100 mountain bandits, headed by a general, riding a black-maned horse, holding a green dragon glaive knife, wearing a green head, a slightly longer face, a wisp of black beard under the chin, it was the famous general of Liangshan Guan Sheng, there was a horse riding general behind him, holding a bright silver spear, a dragon pattern archery bow on his back, and a vermilion lacquer quiver on his waist, Yan Qing also recognized this person, it turned out to be Xiao Li Guanghuarong.

Yan Qing was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Two big brothers, little brother Yan Qing!" ”

Guan Sheng heard that dozens of officers and soldiers were coming, so he and Hua Rong led the army down the mountain, ready to snatch the horses and armor of the officers and soldiers, but the young general in front of him turned out to be an old man, Guan Sheng hesitated, "You are Yan Xiaoyi?" ”

Yan Qing shouted excitedly: "Brother Guan, it's the little brother!" ”

In the Liangshan faction, Guan Sheng is also Lu Junyi's party, and he has a very deep friendship with Yan Qing, Guan Sheng thought that Yan Qing was dead, but when he thought of meeting again after many years, he was also very excited in his heart, and urged him to step forward and ask: "Xiao Yi, why are you here?" ”

"I came to Jingcheng to inquire about the news of Jin Bing on the order of the capital commander, but I heard the news of my brother and came to see me!"

At this time, Hua Rong behind him asked, "Have you surrendered to Yao Pingzhong?" ”

"It's not! Yao Pingzhong has already gone to Luoyang, and the younger brother is Jing Zhaojun, who followed the capital to take over Taiyuan, and the two eldest brothers know each other, it is Li Yanqing. ”

"It turned out to be him!"

Guan Sheng and Hua Rong looked at each other, of course they knew Li Yanqing, they were still competing with Li Yanqing in the bow horse competition that year, Hua Rong asked again: "Since you are Jing Zhaojun, what are you doing in Taiyuan?" ”

Yan Qing sighed in his heart, these two were like living in a paradise, they didn't know anything, he hurriedly explained: "The Jin State has declared war on the Great Song Dynasty, Yanshan Mansion has been lost, the Jin soldiers are about to launch an attack on Hedong Road, the imperial court will transfer the Jingzhao army to defend Taiyuan, and the younger brother is a scout general, and he went to Tumen Pass to investigate the situation of the Jin soldiers on the order of Li Dutong." ”

Guan Sheng nodded, "Since you're here, you might as well go up the mountain and sit down!" ”

Yan Qing also wanted to use their strength, so he said to his subordinates: "You wait at the bottom of the mountain, I will go up and have a glass of water and wine with the two brothers." ”

Guan Sheng saw that he didn't want to take his men up the mountain, and he didn't force it, so he smiled and said, "Brother Xian, follow me up the mountain!" ”

Yan Qing urged the horse to follow Guan Sheng and Hua Rong towards the cottage.