Two days after the court meeting, Li Yanqing received an urgent appointment letter from the imperial court in gold letters, appointing him as the defense envoy of Hedong Province, and ordering him to rush to Taiyuan with his army.

In the barracks, Liu Fang, who joined the army, said to Cao Xing: "This appointment is a bit interesting, while appointing him as the defense envoy of Hedong Road, he did not remove Jingzhao Tongzhi from his position. ”

"What does that mean?" Next to him, Cao asked puzzled.

Liu Fang smiled, "It means that the Hedong Defense Envoy is just a temporary errand, and after keeping Taiyuan, Tongzhi will return to Jingzhao Mansion to take up his post, so Liu Tao was only appointed as the Shaanxi Road Defense Envoy, and did not give him the post of Jingzhao Tongzhi." ”

Cao Xuan laughed, "This is the best, Jingzhao Mansion has been in business for more than a year, it's a pity to lose it." ”

At this time, Li Yanqing, who had been pondering, said to Cao Xing: "I estimate that the possibility of Western Xia invading Shaanxi Road is not very likely for the time being, and I will leave the defense of Tongguan and Pujin Pass to you." ”

Cao Xing was just about to speak, Li Yanqing waved his hand again and said: "I have already told Liu Tao that 50,000 township soldiers will be handed over to him for unified deployment, of which 10,000 will be stationed in Jingzhao Mansion, and you will be responsible for commanding, just as Liu Senjun said, although I was transferred to the defense envoy of Hedong Road, I am still the same knowledge of Jingzhao Mansion, the biggest danger of Jingzhao Mansion is that I am afraid that the Jin soldiers will bypass Taiyuan City and go south to attack Pujin Pass. ”

Cao Xuan nodded, "I understand." ”

Li Yanqing immediately said to Liu Fang: "Tongzhi The whole army packed up its armament and set off overnight tonight!" ”

At this time, Mo Jun walked in and said to Li Yanqing: "I have already inquired, all the generals hope that their families can follow their wife into Shu, there are fifty-six people in total. ”

It is impossible for Li Yanqing to take his family to Taiyuan to take up his post, but he is still not at ease to leave them in Jingzhao Mansion, in history, Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road were occupied by the Jin State, and it is obviously very dangerous to let his wife and children stay in Jingzhao Mansion, it is best to retreat to Hangzhou, of course, first retreat to Shuzhong, and then look for an opportunity to take a boat to Hangzhou.

As the commander, Li Yanqing can't only think about his wife and children, he also has to consider the families of all important generals, since everyone wants their families to retreat south, Li Yanqing needs to make unified arrangements.

He said to Mo Jun: "This matter will be arranged by Mr., and all kinds of arrangements will be made after entering Shu." ”

"I know, I will definitely make proper arrangements, please rest assured."

Li Yanqing instructed Mo Jun a few more words, and he immediately left the barracks and returned to the mansion, and just walked to the atrium, his wife Cao Yun greeted him, "I heard Qing'er say that my husband is going to Taiyuan to take up a post?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's just a temporary position, I am still a fellow acquaintance of Jingzhao Mansion, and I will return to Jingzhao Mansion in a year and a half." ”

"Then we don't have to go to Taiyuan with our husband?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I thought about it, you better retreat south!" ”

Cao Yun was taken aback, "Where to go?" ”

"Go to Chengdu Mansion in Shu, there are two Baoyan Zhai rouge shops over there, and my father also bought a house near Zhaolie Temple, I am still a little worried about you staying in Jingzhao Mansion."

Cao Yun is a woman who understands righteousness, she knows that if she wants her husband to go all out to defend the country, they can't be a drag on her husband, she nodded, "I listen to my husband's arrangement!" ”

"Good! You pack up your things first, don't bring large items, just bring gold and silver, and there are fifty or sixty people who go south with you, all of whom are the wives and daughters of the general, you just listen to Mr. Mo's arrangement. ”

"Is Mr. Mo going with you too?"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "He is a great housekeeper, how can he not go, so many people eat and live, and he has to rent a house when he enters Shu, and he has to count on him to deal with the government." ”

Cao Yun heard that Mo Jun also went south together, she was relieved, with Mo Jun's arrangement, she didn't have to worry about it, so she turned around and went back to the inner house to pack her things.

Li Yanqing walked out of the mansion, called Zhang Ying over, and said to him: "I will arrange for my wife to retreat south into Shu, and Wang Gui's wife and children and the families of other generals will also go together, there are about fifty or sixty people, you lead five hundred soldiers to escort them south, and I will also arrange one hundred female soldiers to follow, and the safety of the family members will depend on you." ”

"Please rest assured, even if you are crushed, you will protect the safety of your wife and the yameni."

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder, and walked towards the inner house again, just arrived at the door of the inner house, and happened to meet Hu Qing'er, Li Yanqing hurriedly called her aside, and said in a low voice: "Qing'er, you should also enter Shu with the eldest sister!" ”

Hu Qing'er's face suddenly became gloomy, and she said coldly: "I am the commander of the female barracks, do you want me to leave my subordinates behind?" ”

After speaking, she ignored Li Yan, turned around and left, Li Yanqing hurriedly grabbed her arm, "Wait a minute!" ”

"What else does Big Brother want to say?" Hu Qing'er broke free from Li Yanqing's hand and said with a cold face.

Li Yanqing looked at her for a long time, then nodded and said, "Okay! I don't force you, I let Zhang Ying lead 500 soldiers to escort his family south, but I consider that I also need female soldiers to escort them, and you arrange for 100 female soldiers to follow them south. ”

"I know, I'll go back to the barracks to make arrangements!"

Qing'er hurriedly returned to the barracks, and Li Yanqing came to Sisi Courtyard, and as soon as he walked into the courtyard, Xiaolian, who was catching butterflies with his younger brother in the courtyard, saw him, "Daddy! Xiaolian opened her arms and ran over.

The son Xiao Bao'er in the back also saw his father, and hurriedly dropped the small net and ran over.

Li Yanqing hugged the two little guys and kissed them heavily on their little faces, "It's hot outside!" Why don't you go back to your room. ”

Xiaolian is almost two years old, a pair of big black eyes are extremely flexible, smart, very lively and cute, Bao'er is only two months younger than her sister, but she is a little heel, following her sister all day long to catch butterflies and grasshoppers.

"Daddy, my sister taught me to catch butterflies!" Bao'er said in a milky voice.

"Did you catch that?"

Bao'er's little hand wrung her fingers and said aggrievedly: "Almost! ”

Li Yanqing laughed and walked into the house with the two children in his arms, but saw that Sisi was busy packing up his clothes, Li Yanqing smiled: "You don't have to worry, it doesn't matter if you leave in three or five days." ”

"Ahh I thought I was going to leave today! ”

"I'm leaving tonight, and you don't have a time limit."

"Then I'm not in a hurry!"

Sisi put down his clothes and stepped forward to hug the two children down, "Daddy is sweating, you let Daddy sit down and rest for a while." ”

Li Yanqing sat down, Xiaolian put her arms around her father's neck and asked quietly, "Where is Daddy going?" ”

"Daddy is going to fight the bad guys, and he will be back in a few days."

"Daddy, I'm going to fight the bad guys too!" Bao'er took Daddy's hand and said

Li Yanqing touched his son's little head lovingly, "You are still young now, and when you grow up, you can help your father fight the bad guys." ”

"Xiaolian will help her father fight the bad guys when she grows up." Xiaolian also pouted.

"Good! Then you can grow up quickly. ”

At this time, Sisi came in with a bowl of iced sour plum soup, Cao Yun also walked in, Li Yanqing took the sour plum soup and asked, "Did the stepmother say it?" ”

Cao Yun nodded, "I said, Mr. Mo sent someone to inform him just now, and he will set off for the south in three days." ”

Li Yanqing drank a bowl of sour plum soup, he stood up and hugged the two wives into his arms, and kissed them on the forehead, "I'm leaving, you take care of yourself, if there is any difficulty, send a pigeon letter to Taiyuan, I will deal with it." ”

"The husband himself has to take care, the sword has no eyes, you must be careful!"

Li Yanqing nodded, squatted down and hugged the two children in his arms, kissed their little faces heavily, and then said goodbye to his wife and daughter and returned to the barracks.

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That night, the 40,000 army had been assembled, including 5,000 cavalry, the army did not carry baggage, each soldier only brought five days of dry rations, and there would be food replenishment in the prefectures and counties along the way, so there was no need to worry too much about logistics.

The 40,000-strong army lined up on the large camp exercise ground, quietly waiting for the order to set off.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Yanqing was receiving the old handsome Seed Master Dao who had just arrived, although the Seed Master Dao was also in Jingzhao Mansion, but he did not live in Jingzhao City, but lived in the manor of Chencang County, preparing to spend his last twilight years quietly.

Although Li Yanqing has visited him many times, he met Li Yanqing as a retired old man, and did not mention military affairs, but a holy decree once again disrupted the life of the planter, and the planter was appointed as a general, gave Shang Fang the sword of the son of heaven, and sat in Jingzhao Mansion.

Although he did not have an actual official position, he inevitably re-entered the officialdom, and he accepted the trust of the imperial court, sat in Jingzhao Mansion, and remotely controlled the defense of Western Xia.

"Yanqing, you are also very clear about the defense of Taiyuan City, I won't say more, but it is the defense of Daizhou, how do you plan to arrange it?" The seed master asked.

"Returning to the marshal, the imperial court means to withdraw the 20,000 troops on the Western Xia border to the front line of Daizhou, and I also agree with this plan, I have ordered Han Shizhong to rush from Yan'an Mansion to Linzhou to take over the 20,000 border troops."

"You withdraw the troops on the Song-Xia border, what will you do if the Jin soldiers come over through the Western Xia?" Seed Master Dao was obviously experienced, and he saw a big loophole in this plan.

Li Yanqing groaned and said, "What does the big handsome mean?" ”

Seed Master Dao smiled slightly: "You have an army of 60,000, I believe you will make proper deployments, don't be too conservative, dare to attack, remember, you are the defense envoy of Hedong Road, not the defense envoy of Taiyuan, and defending Taiyuan City is only the last step." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Humble duty understands!" ”

He patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder, "Fight according to your own intentions, don't be disturbed by the outside world, I believe you will be able to defend Hedong Road." ”

"Thank you for your encouragement, and I'm going to set off."

"Go ahead! Bon voyage. ”

Li Yanqing turned over his horse, hugged his fist and saluted the breeder on the horse, then turned the horse's head and ran towards the army.

"Tell the whole army to go!"

Li Yanqing gave an order, 'Knock! Boom! Boom! The drums of departure sounded, and the army of 40,000 began to march in formation, and they quickened their pace, trotted out of the barracks, and marched in the direction of the east road.

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