In Zhuo Luo and Nancheng, Yuan Hao was holding a table in the tent, nibbling on a leg of mutton, and from time to time he picked up the wine glass next to him and took a big sip. The wine is a spirit, from the Song realm, and it is said to be produced in the Xu family in Kaifeng City, which is the Xu Ping family of the commander of the Song army opposite. The trade between the two countries was dispensable for the Great Song Dynasty, but the party was not, and they even had problems with their daily lives if they left the goods of the Song Dynasty. The two countries exchanged troops, and Yuan Hao encouraged his subordinates to organize the smuggling trade to the Great Song Dynasty. He didn't have any concept of what should be bought and what should not be bought, as long as it was good, all of it was smuggled into the party. In addition to showing the national style, different from the Han people, Yuan Hao wore fur and lived in a big tent, and most of the other food was smuggled from the Song Dynasty.

When Yuan Hao was eating happily, Zhuo Luo and Nan's main prisoner Duo Baoqing hurriedly walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Song army was found in the south of the city, and they kept harassing it, and the wanderers outside the city fell a lot!" ”

Yuan Hao threw the leg of mutton in his hand, stood up suddenly, and asked sharply, "Could it be that the Song army crossed the river to attack?" They don't have a Lanzhou garrison, and they want to cross the river overnight, why didn't I hear you mention it a few days ago? ”

Seeing Yuan Hao's eyes wide, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour, Baoqing couldn't help but take a step back and said, "We have been staring at the Song army these days, and there is really no movement to cross the river." Now it is only found that their scouts may not have crossed the river. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be just a scout." Yuan Hao sat back in his seat, "Speaking of which, the Han people can't compare to our people, their army moves, it's not an overnight thing, it's not like we gather and scatter at will, come and go like the wind." The newly built city of the Song army in the Niche Valley is a hundred miles to us, even if it is well prepared, it will take five or six days on the road. By the way, were there any Song Army scouts nearby before? ”

"Yes, every few days, there are always Song army scouts harassing nearby. After a day and a half of trouble, they retreated themselves. ”

Yuan Hao said a little angrily: "Since you have it every day, why are you so flustered this time?" What a panic! ”

Seeing that Yuan Hao was angry, Baoqing hurriedly said: "It seems that there are too many people coming this time, since early in the morning, there have been no wanderers in the south and east of the city for most of the day." Moreover, the Song Army scouts had never been so close to Zhuoluo City, so it was strange. ”

Yuan Hao pondered for a while and shook his head: "Could it be that I arrived in Zhuoluo and Song Jun got the news?" There was no such thing before. If the news leaks, it makes sense for the Song army scouts to come to investigate. The three divisions on the opposite side of Laozi defeated the king of Yuzang and my nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses a few years ago, but it was a little difficult, and he dared to send troops to spy so closely. ”

There are many people Baoqing whispered: "Your Majesty, I recently got the news, because of the victory a year ago, Xu Ping, the marshal of Qinzhou opposite, has been promoted again, what kind of civilization palace bachelor." ”

The official system of the party was modeled after the Song Dynasty, but it was not systematic, and there were many inexplicable official positions. The palace scholar party was not established at this time, and Yuan Hao didn't even know how many names and what official ranks. After listening to the words of Duo Baoqing, he asked strangely: "Scholar of the Civilization Palace, is this official very big?" Is it bigger than his original three envoys? ”

There are many people Baoqing said: "I heard the Han businessmen who came and went said that in the Song Kingdom, this is the name of the prime minister's foreign office, which is considered to be very large. Now the Fanluo in the area of Qinzhou calls Xu Ping a civilized Laozi. ”

"Civilized Lao Tzu, civilized Lao Tzu, he actually became the prime minister!" Yuan Hao silently recited two sentences and sneered, "In a few days, we will arrange for the people in the Niche Valley to seize their city, and I will lead the army to cross the river and fight with this civilized Lao Tzu!" He defeated the king of Yuzang, captured my love and buried the admirers, and saw how capable he was! ”

There were many people Baoqing standing aside, and seeing that Yuan Hao was going to drink and eat meat again, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Song army has so many scouts, it must have a plan." If they find that there are many more soldiers and horses here in Zhuoluo City, and there is His Majesty's honor guard, they will naturally be able to guess that His Majesty is here. In this way, they are on guard, and it is not good for us to attack the Niche Valley. ”

Yuan Hao put down the wine glass he was holding and said, "What you said makes sense!" We are not good at attacking cities, if Song Jun is suspicious and sees through my clever plan to deceive and seize the city, this time it will be in vain. No, we can't let them know I'm in Drow! - You go and call Du Tong Ye Liyu beggar, and ask him to send elite soldiers out of the city to drive away those annoying Song army scouts! ”

There are many people Baoqing responded to the promise and turned around and walked out of Yuan Hao's big tent.

The Department of Military Supervision is an institution that integrates the military and the government, in charge of the military, and the military registration, training, and some small-scale conflicts of the army in peacetime are all in charge of the main supervision army. But when there is a real war, Yuan Hao will directly send his cronies as the commander and deputy commander, and at this time, the military command of the military supervision department will be transferred to the hands of the commander. Ye Li Yu begged to be in charge of the right wing, Yuan Hao came, he had to deign to take the post of Zhuo Luo and Nan's capital commander, inspect the surrounding soldiers and horses, and cooperate with the main force of the party led by Yuan Hao.

Ye Liyu begged into the tent, listened to Yuan Hao's instructions, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, it's already afternoon, and when you gather all the people, it will be almost evening." It's late February, and there's no moon in the first half of the night, and it's pitch black—"

Yuan Hao was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said, "You go to Qi Qi first, wait for tomorrow morning to get out of the city, and drive the Song army away!" ”

Ye Liyu begged for a promise, and wanted to remind Yuan Hao that the Song army scouts cleared the wanderers south of Zhuoluo City, and cut off the news from here to the Yellow River, if the Song army did anything along the Yellow River, the army knew nothing. Seeing that Yuan Hao only cared about drinking wine and eating meat, he thought about it and forgot it. Yeli is a big party family, Yuan Hao's wife is from their family, at this time, the local military power in the left and right compartments is in the hands of the Yeli brothers, and Yuan Hao controls the most elite party central army.

However, after Yuan Hao became emperor, his ambition swelled, and his attitude towards the wealthy chieftains in the territory became arrogant. Don't take the Yeli people in your eyes. At this time, the old and decrepit wife Ye Li lost her son again, and the relationship between the Ye Li brothers and Yuan Hao was cracked. If it was changed in the past, Yeli Yuqi would definitely remind Yuan Hao of every mistake, where is there still that mind now.

At this time, the scouts of the Song army advanced from the north bank of the Yellow River, and after clearing the party soldiers according to the map drawn up long ago, they occupied every high ground and closely monitored any movement with binoculars. To the south of Zhuoluo City, the party has become blind.

This was the previous method used by the party and the Khitan to deal with the Song army, as soon as they marched, they rode out in all directions, harassing everywhere, so that the Song Dynasty called the police everywhere for hundreds of miles, and could not find out the location of their main force. The Jiyi Division under Li Zhang's account under Xu Ping's account received only less resources than Wang Kai's Counselor Military Division, and would not give the party this opportunity again, and their main force was hundreds of miles away, and they were firmly targeted to death. In turn, he used his own scouts to clean up the party's wanderers, creating a time difference of a few days.

At this time, Sang Yi's forward troops had reached the pass east of Zhuoluo City, and a large number of cavalry dispersed, firmly controlling the surrounding low mountains and hills. Gao Daquan's vanguard arrived near the pass in the evening, and the two armies made contact.

After that, according to the plan, the cavalry of the Sang Yi army continued north along the low mountain, rounding the north side of the city of Zhuoluo, cutting off their way to flee north. The mountains on both sides of the Karogawa valley are not steep, and the party troops can climb the mountains, but blocking the road can always leave their large army behind. The Song army of Zhuoluo City occupied it uselessly, and since he came, Xu Ping had to leave as many people as possible.