The rammed-earth walls were long gone, the tall gatehouse had been torn down to a thick pile of wood, a large number of adobe and stones were piled up on both sides of the road to be cleared, and the Eighth Route Army commanded the engineer regiments under the command of the envoy department to load all the useful objects removed from the enemy towers. This engineer regiment was expanded on the basis of the previous engineer battalion, and is currently the largest engineer unit in the Eighth Route Army, with three engineer battalions, one transferred to operation, and one light and heavy battalion, with a total number of 2,800 people. These people have been busy for seven days, and their achievements are that a generation of Xiongguan Yanmen Pass has completely become a historical term since then, and the northern swallow of Jin will be opened from now on.

The demolition is a very special formation in the engineering regiment, this team composed of young people under the age of 20 is the main force of the demolition work, this is not a large number, the two teams together are less than 80 people, but these 80 people are all students who have dropped out of Fenglin Academy, and some of them even wear their hair in a bun today.

The smell of saltpeter and sulfur filled the field, which made Shen Sheng and Wei Xun and the others who were strolling around frown.

"Evil," Shen Zhen looked around and burst out of discordant notes.

The three-hundred-year-old Xiongguan Fortress was destroyed like this, and Shen Zhen shook his head lightly and sighed.

"First it was Tongwan City, and now it is Yanmen Pass. It is said that he also played the demolition of the clouds, and the adults demolished the wall and demolished the addiction, Wei Xun rarely echoed Shen Ding's sentence this time.

"Lost this barrier in the north of Jin, and the Khitan will go south in the future. In the middle of the month, you can be vertical and horizontal, Xin, the adults are quick for a while, but they are added to the future generations but there are boundless troubles" Zhi Yuqing said with a wry smile, he has never been in favor of this strategy of dismantling things everywhere, victory is fought out on the battlefield with a knife and a gun, and the war can be won by seeing things demolished everywhere, which is really unheard of.

However, Shen Xi did not agree with his words, and shook his head lightly: "A mere wall is not a good place for eternity, and our Han people are not strong enough." Even if there is a great wall for thousands of miles, it is just a papier-mâché joke, our own family is strong enough, only we bully the Khitans, what is the use of this Yanmen Pass? The adults demolished the Yanmen Pass, in fact, it was not just a wood and stone barrier that was demolished, it was the luck in the hearts of our Han people, relying on a pile of wood, stone and soil to live a stable life for their own family, and that day actually couldn't go on. ”

Zhi Yuqing was still unconvinced: "Although my lord can." But it is difficult to influence the hearts of the people in the world, and everyone in the world is slack. How could it be that without this mere Yanmen Pass, it would be able to come over overnight? ”

"It's best to come naturally, but you can't change; Then he deserves to be bullied, and Wei Xun said coldly.

Zhi Yuqing retorted: "Having said that, in terms of military affairs alone, there is still a big difference between having this wall and not having this wall, that is, our family is not relying on Luzi Pass to start a family, and there is no Luzi Pass, I am afraid of facing the iron hooves of the Tuoba family." Adults may not be able to cope with it calmly

Wei Xun categorically retorted: "When the Gao family was in power, there was also Luziguan, what was the result? Isn't the party still going south every year? It was the adults who blocked the iron hooves of the party's eight departments, not Luziguan! After all, the wall built of earth and stone is a dead thing, and the military victory or defeat. After all, it is still people who depend on it! ”

Zhi Yuqing wanted to continue arguing, but Shen Ding interrupted him: "Actually, I didn't agree with this dispatch, my lord has a new land of seven states, the foundation is not stable, the troops are insufficient, even if the land in front of the mountain and behind the mountain is taken, it is difficult to hold on, and it will be discarded in the end."

It's good that the Yanmen Pass is demolished, and there is no such wall. Our army in and out of Hedong is like walking on flat ground, come and go when you want to, Taiyuan Liu's troops should be placed on the southern front, and the rest of the force is simply not enough to stop our troops, unless the Liao State is stationed in Shuozhou, otherwise this place is the meat on the mouth of our army. You can take a bite at any time. It is more convenient to send troops from Hetao to pass through this place than to send troops from Shangjing or Xijin Mansion to rescue. As long as there is no Yanmen Pass, there will be no flanking worries for the two vertical and horizontal Caolan, and we no longer need to regard Taiyuan as a threat. On the contrary, the Liu family in Taiyuan wanted to appease the adults, and the adults stomped their feet in Yanzhou, and Taiyuan City also trembled

As soon as these words came out, Zhi Yuqing suddenly stopped talking, after all, the benefits of Li Wenge himself were not obvious, but the benefits of the Zhi family and the Yang family were real, and the year before last, Zhi Deyi also once captured Lanzhou, but unfortunately the party and the Northern Han Dynasty attacked, and soon gave up, and now there is Li Wenge's support. Yanmen Pass was demolished again, the Khitan army on the northern front was bound to be pinned down to death, the Northern Han Dynasty was difficult to support alone, Lanzhou was the fish and meat on the folding board, the Eastern Expedition army traveled all the way, and the hard battle was not fought a few times, but in terms of strategy, it has already occupied enough Ben'an, based on this alone, Zhe Yuqing has nothing to say, Li Wenge's tactical ability may not be worth mentioning, but the strategic vision is indeed convincing.

Shen Zhen turned his head and asked Zhi Yuqing: "The things that were discussed last time have you been arranged by the Supervision and Military Division?" ”

Zhi Yuqing nodded: "According to the patrol cavalry report, there are more than 20 Khitan people who have continued to sneak south through the valley in the past few days, and they just made a show of attacking jade and stopped four of them. The rest was put away. ”

Shen Ding nodded and stopped talking.

Wei Xun frowned and said: "Your Excellency and the fine seal are still on the northern front, these people are going south, the news is revealed, the Liao army is bound to return to the army in the starry night, is there enough time for the adults?" ”

Zhi Yuqing explained: "The Liao people who sneaked through the valley belong to different tribes, and most of Yelu's subordinates are temporarily assembled tribal armies, and these tribes' hometowns have been taken by us, and it is bound to force their commanders to return to the division to save them. ”

Shen Ding shook his head lightly: "Yelu has been guarding the southwest for many years, and he is not incompetent. I'm afraid I can't bear to mess with his military morale Then again, if he really can't even block the news, there is nothing to worry about. However, the longer it drags on, the greater the chance of the news leaking, and he should understand this truth, and I only hope that he will return to the army in a hurry to calm the army's mind, so that we can wait here for work, and let the two families attack on the flank. This battle is much more certain, Yelu is the most capable force in the western part of the Great Liao, defeating this army, we will no longer be hindered in the Yun Dynasty, and it is not impossible to even garrison troops in the clouds. If it withdraws its troops along the Futuo River Valley in the direction of Yizhou, Hebei, although our army can also send troops to harass from the flanks, more or less, but if we want to annihilate its army in a hurry, we can't let this army return to Yizhou Bidong Prefecture, and the reinforcements from the Wei side will meet, and Yunzhong will only give up. From Changping to the east, from Jingxi Yue Taihang straight out of Hebei, harassing the Hebei Prefecture of the Great Zhou, the emperor newly ascended the throne, the court situation is not stable, Hebei is Wang Yin has been operating for a long time, so there are more personal soldiers, and they are dissatisfied with today, and the situation will be difficult to reverse. If the enemy's means are clever and the war is used at the same time, I am afraid that the land of Hebei will no longer be owned by China."

"Guo's Benyao Mountain cloth clothes, slippery and disturbing the township. Holding the halberd and making trouble, breaking the law and deserving of death, the fortunate ancestor looked down, promoted between the soldiers, had to uphold the festival, and entrusted the orphan, and the first emperor then entrusted it to the privy council. Grace was two dynasties, thieves perceived, benefited three generations, stubborn stones; And Guo actually killed the first emperor, but the beast still refused to do it. How can it be judged by the hearts of the people,,? ”

A war book of no more than a thousand words, Dou Yi was sweating when he read it, and Chai Rong, who was sitting behind the handsome case, listened silently, but he couldn't see any expression on his face.

The new emperor and Guo Wei are very different in temperament, although Guo Wei is naturally intelligent, his joys, sorrows and sorrows are all on his face, and he does not hide it; This new son of heaven is the complete opposite, fierce and courageous, but his joy and anger are very happy in color; Liu Chong scolded their father and son in the war book. He didn't have the slightest anger, but An Yi, a Hanlin scholar, felt more and more dry his words the more he read, and sweat trickled down his forehead.

"Why do you have to be like this, it's not that you're scolding" Chai Rong smiled faintly and glanced at Dou Yi.

Dou Yi smiled bitterly, knowing that there were no good words in the war book. But he still ordered himself to read it out in public, isn't this purely embarrassing?

"How many more?" Chai Rong asked.

Dou Yi looked at it: "Your Majesty, there are still more than three hundred words,

Chai Rong nodded: "Time, place!" ”

Dou Yi paused for a moment, and then looked at the battle: "The day after tomorrow, three o'clock!" ”

Chai Rong raised his eyes and looked at Wang Dezhong, who was standing opposite the handsome case, and asked in a low voice, "You come to my camp." Are you really not afraid of death? ”

Wang Dezhong indifferently bowed his hand: "Taishi Gongyun: People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao!" Who is not afraid of death? Winning the crowd is also, being able to die in state affairs is more important than Taizhi; also

Chai Rong looked at Wang Dezhong silently, and lightly pointed to the war book: "This thing, you wrote it?" ”

Wang Dezhong shook his head disappreciatively: "Dezhong doesn't dare to plunder the beauty of people, this is Zhao Xiang's handbook!" ”

Chai Rong smiled and asked, "If you write." When to write? ”

Wang Dezhong arched his hand: "The war book is not a text, but the word war surrender is also!" ”

Chai Rong nodded lightly, and his two eyes stared at Wang Dezhong: "Then bother you, the next scholar." Forwarding the Lian's reply to Liu,"

Dou Yi hurriedly tidied up the sleeves of her robe, wanting to record Chai Rong's reply, but when she looked up, she happened to meet Chai Rong's fierce gaze, and it was clear that Yan was trying to stop it. Suddenly startled him, and his movements stopped.

Chai Rong's eyes turned to Wang Dezhong, and said word by word: "You go back and tell Liu Chong that the Lian and Er families are not together!" ”

Lian and Er's family, not sharing the sky,,

Liu Xian chewed on this sentence silently, and a little melancholy appeared on his face.

Guo Wei used means to kill his eldest son. I don't share the sky with the Guo family, and it's rightful to do so."

It's just that his nephew went crazy and actually killed all the old and young of the Guo family, Guo Wei's entire family, plus all the wives, sons and daughters of Chai Rong, the new son of the Great Zhou Dynasty in front of him, all died in the disaster of Qianyou, and it is not surprising that the Guo family wants to share the sky with the Liu family.

It seems that Guo Wei killed the monarch back then. But in the end, he showed mercy to the Liu family, and did not kill on a large scale, and what he did was also called a benevolent gentleman.

Guo Wei's real unkindness is to show humility, pretending to nominate his eldest son Xiangyin Duke Liu Loan to succeed him, and afterwards secretly conniving at his subordinates to kill Liu Zhu in order to cover up his usurpation, most of the ministers and generals of the Guangshun Dynasty are secretive about this matter, and there are many people who feel wronged and regretful for Liu Zi, but the matter has been more than three years, although Liu Xian still remembers the hatred of killing his son, others have gradually faded.

What made Liu Xian unhappy was that although the war book drafted by Zhao Hua was decent, it did not mention the matter of Xiangyin Gong, and all the pen and ink were used to accuse Guo Wei of the crime of rebellion against the monarch with his ministers. It's no wonder that Chai Rong was not interested in this, and threw back the eight words of hard erection, and Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty, was sentenced. It can be said that he is to blame, and Guo Wei is on the front line. But he destroyed people in the rear, and there was really no way to describe such an act except for the word "looking for death". On top of this matter, the father and son of the country can be said to have no psychological burden, no matter who is bullied to this point, if he can still endure it, everyone in the world is afraid that everyone will poke his backbone and scold this person for having no bones......

Guo Wei killed Xiangyin Gong, but Chai Rong did not kill the Liu family, but his own wife and children were painted by Liu Chengyou, so Guo Wei may still have a trace of guilt on the issue of Xiangyin Gong, but the new genius in front of him does not have this psychological burden at all. Therefore, the sentence "Lian and Er's family, not wearing jade together" is particularly clear and refreshing.

Such cruel words were made when the two armies were facing each other. At least one thing proves that this Chai Rong is not a posturing gesture, people are really sincere to understand grievances.

Whether Chai Rong can win this war or not. At the very least, its determination to fight has been shown to be extremely firm

White.

Liu Xian smiled bitterly, but there was also a trace of anger in his heart. This junior is so arrogant. Am I afraid of you?

Although there is a lot of difference in strength between Zhou and Han. However, not long after Chai Rongxin ascended the throne, the situation between Korea and China was still unstable, the hearts of the people inside and outside the country had not yet been convinced, and there were powerful ministers and generals in the rear who were scheming to sit and watch the success or failure, and there were not many troops who really arrived at the front line, even compared to the Northern Han family, they were at a disadvantage. Liu Chong himself has been guarding Hedong for many years, and he can also be said to have been familiar with military affairs for a long time, and he is confident that there is no reason to lose to a junior in the case of fighting more and less. What's more, there are Khitan reinforcements on the side?

A sneer appeared at the corner of Liu Xian's mouth.

Implacable?

So let's take a look, this, is the "sky" in Han or Zhou? Lian and Er's family, not sharing the sky.

Chai Rong's declaration of war made the generals in the imperial tent feel heavy one by one, and no one dared to question Chai Rong's decision, but Zhang Yongde still expressed his opinion euphemistically.

"Junzhuo is different from civil affairs, and what he pays attention to is temple calculations. … It's winnable, it's winnable! The Liu clan sent people to send a war letter to invite the battle, which fully proved that their redemption was small, the narrow area of Hedong was lacking in civilian power, and the supply of tens of thousands of Khitan army military funds would inevitably be supported. Therefore, at this moment, the clan is at war, and the court is balanced with it, and the benefit is in the long-term war. The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the Liu clan and the more beneficial it will be for me

Chai Rong listened carefully to the opinion of the number one general under his command, his face was calm, and he didn't say a word.

Dou Yi is a civil servant, but he does not have the same scruples as Zhang Yongde, and directly admonished Chai Rong: "Your Majesty is rich all over the world, and Liu's rabid dog barks on a day, so he is not as knowledgeable as him." Raising soldiers because of anger is a taboo for soldiers, and the major affairs of the country of soldiers cannot be stopped without permission. In the face of a decisive battle against the enemy, it is especially necessary to be cautious. All the generals are not people who don't know soldiers, and I hope that Your Majesty can learn from the words! ”

Chai Rong smiled. Still didn't speak.

Li Chongjin did not agree with Zhang Yongde's statement: "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the morale of the short-handed test is first, and the Liu family invites the battle, if Your Majesty avoids the battle, it will damage the morale of the army, and the two countries will fight each other." Is there a reason why a war is decided by victory? Our dynasty is strong, with hundreds of thousands of armor, and Liu's land is only more than ten states in Hedong, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, which is the general trend. Since the Liu clan wants to fight the dignified array, the court will return the dignified array, it's not a big deal! ”

Chai Rong looked at this younger brother who had hoped to compete with him for the big position with great interest, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Kuangyin served as the Marquis of the camp this time, and he was already qualified to participate in the military discussion, but he frowned and never spoke.

Zhang Yongde is different from Li Chongjin, he is well aware of the military ability of this veteran soldier around Guo Wei. At this moment, he couldn't turn a blind eye to him again and again, so he had to ask, "What do you think of Yuen Long?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin raised his head, looked at Chai Rong and said: "Your Majesty, the minister sent an envoy to Yanzhou under the edict of the first emperor, and once participated in the military meeting of Taiwei Huairen, at that time, the Northern Han Dynasty had not yet raised troops, but today's situation has been completely expected by Taiwei,"

"Oh" Chai Rong, who had been calmly listening to the discussion of the military generals of Wenchen, suddenly sat up straight this time, and his brows were slightly twisted.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled bitterly: "The last general did not dare to bully the king, and at that time, Taiwei Huairen and other Yanzhou generals asserted that His Majesty would fight a decisive battle with the Liu family at Gaoping Pass."

Say this sentence. Don't talk about Chai Rong, the people in the tent were all aroused by Zhao Kuangyin's curiosity.

Li Wenge actually expected today's battle situation more than two months ago, this is a new thing, is there really an unpredictable prophet in these people?

"Gaoping is the first key pass south of the Shangdang, whether it is Liu's southward or our army going north, if you want to take the initiative, you must first control Gaoping, which is common to those who know the soldiers. It's not a very clever and surprising insight," everyone was curious, and Chai Rong regained his composure.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "Your Majesty Yingrui." What the last general saw was also true, Captain Huairen was the lieutenant general of the army and deduced the battle situation in Luzhou on the wooden map, listed the Northern Han and Khitan soldiers one by one, and analyzed and calculated them one by one, so that he could make a judgment: "What the minister thinks is that since Captain Huairen has already calculated the opportunity, if the end will be him, how to use this opportunity?" ”

A hint of appreciation appeared on Chai Rong's face: "Let's hear it."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Since Captain Huairen knows that the armies of the two sides will fight Gaoping, then with the precision of his troops, he will definitely not make a long-distance detour to Gaoping to join in this excitement."

Chai Rong nodded slightly, but still said: "Crossing the river from Longmen, the road is not too far."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled bitterly, he couldn't say that Li Wenge was not interested in a feudal town like Li Wenge, he swallowed and spit, and said: "The minister expects that Taiwei Huairen will not cross east from Longmen, and his army will be sent to the east on two roads, one will go out of Fuzhou to attack and harass Kelan, and the other will go north to cross the big river." Attack the hinterland of Liao

When he talked about going out of the Liao Lan, Chai Rong's expression was still normal, which showed that this route of march did not surprise him, but when he said that he crossed the Great River to attack the hinterland of the Liao State, Chai Rong's expression changed drastically. He frowned and said, "Liao is a big country after all, and Li Jiange is not like a person who takes risks

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "This road is not necessarily a risk, most of the tribes on the West Liaoning Road are tribal armies, not their elite leather rooms, Yang Zhen came south." It is inevitable to bring the elite in the army, and now there is no strong grass to guard the states under the jurisdiction of the Liao Army Yunzhong, Shuo, Ying and the Southwest Recruitment Division, and it is not impossible to drive straight into the army with the combat strength of the Eighth Route Army

"Li Huairen even expected the Liao State to send troops?" Chai Rong's face suddenly became gloomy again.

"The generals didn't discuss it, and Captain Huairen insisted on asking the last general to say that this was the last general's humble opinion, but the last general felt that Captain Huairen's own own calculations were the same, and he just wanted to consider the last general's catties and two" The minister thought, since Captain Huairen can calculate this, he must not sit back and watch such a great opportunity to make no achievements, this captain. It's not like another feudal town

Chai Rong's expression was a little more misty, he glanced at everyone, and slowly said: "This is the reason why I promised the Liu family to fight in the future day" Bao Yi said well, from Gaoping, the enemy is outnumbered, from the overall situation, Zhou is strong and Han is weak, Liu Shili is fighting, and our army is fighting for a long time.

But in reality? How many people are waiting to see the jokes of the couplet? And how many people are secretly conspiracy? At present, our army has few people, and the food and resources can be supported for the time being, if the war is protracted, who can ensure that the rear will not be changed? Tens of thousands of Liu Jun in person. It's just an enemy standing in the open, an enemy of the alliance. But it is not entirely in the open

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Lian also expects that Li Huairen is not a lone soldier who sits back and watches the Lian alone, as long as he joins forces with the Zheyang family, the Liu army in the direction of Kelan will definitely not be able to stop them, the Liao army will go on an expedition and go deep into the south of Dai and Xin, if Li Wenge and Zheyang will cut off their back roads, can Yang Du still sit in Gaoping so leisurely and watch the play?" ”

He sneered: "Don't say that the Liao army has no fighting spirit at the moment, that is, without Li Huairen, the Guangdong aid, the battle of the alliance must be fought, if the alliance can't really defeat the Liu clan on the battlefield." Don't talk about the government and the opposition, it's the Khitan. I was afraid that I would despise China, and I crossed south again the next day. Drinking the Great River of Horses, that is the catastrophe of Huaxia's clothes,"

He stood up and said slowly: "Qin Han below." The Great Wall has long been broken, Huma went south as if into a no-man's land, Shi Jingjiao lost the thistle, but also made the Chinese barrier completely lost, Lian did not have the wealth and people of Qin Shi Huang, but today Lian is here, in Gaoping, in front of the Khitan people, to rebuild the Great Wall of our Han people,"