The bridge mountain winds and undulates, guarding the mausoleum of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of Chinese humanities. Affected by the war, the people in the area of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum have long been scattered. To the north of Huangling was the Jin army's control of Dunzhou, and to the south was Fangzhou, where the Song army was stationed.

In the mountains of a mountain with peaks and peaks about two or three miles away from the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, it was originally a place where people were inaccessible and birds and beasts were gone. It was the height of autumn, the mountains and forests were bleak, and the eyes were sad and yellow. Suddenly, the birds in the forest were startled, and after the sound of their wings fluttering, the birds seemed to be frightened and rose to the sky. After a while, there was a faint figure in the mountains and forests. When I got closer, I saw that there were about dozens of people in this line, and their ages were not the same, there were five big and three thick, strong men with horizontal meat, and there were also young men who had not yet taken off their childishness. They are all dressed in gray and have their legs tied, which is not unusual. However, these people are all without exception, with a Pu knife hanging from their waists and a whistle stick in their hands.

When he entered the forest, there was one man in the procession, in his thirties, who was very strong, because the cuffs were rolled up, revealing the green tiger with the tattoo on his arm. Lifelike, vivid. After looking around at the trees, he said, "That's it." ”

As soon as the words fell, dozens of people scattered, took the Pu knife from their waists, and slashed it in the forest. The knife was nearly two feet long, and the back of the knife was more than a finger thick, and it was very neat to cut.

"It's all sharp, there are orders from above, there are drills in the army these days, and you can't collect firewood for some days." The leading man swung his knife away, and the trunk of the thick arm was neatly broken. Listening to him, this group of people should be the Western Army stationed in the Huangling area.

"Hey, brother, I heard that the marshal defeated the Jin army in Huazhou. We are going around the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum all day long, and we don't see anything serious, what are the arrangements above? A young man asked casually.

"Who knows." The leading officer replied.

"Well, it's hard to say, Zhang Jiyi and Wang Zhengchen are here, and it is estimated that there is a fight. Wang Yu is an expert in defending the city, is it possible that the Jin army wants to Koufang Prefecture? "There was speculation.

When the officer heard this, Huo Ran straightened up and said loudly: "Don't say it, don't say it, don't ask it, you still have raw melons and eggs?" ”

"Is it worth it? The brothers just said it casually, this is not any military news, why should the brother be angry? Others persuaded.

The officer glanced around at his subordinates and sneered: "I think you are still unconscious, tell you the truth, in the past few days, the spies of the Jin Army have been operating around here. I want to get a glimpse of my reality, people in this mountain forest are also rare, extremely quiet, you roar with a broken gong, you can't have ears across the mountain. ”

Hearing what he said, the soldiers didn't dare to make any more noise, but they didn't think so. This deep mountain and old forest, not to mention people, the ghost is almost gone, let's get firewood here, who is okay here? No one spoke for a while, and all the soldiers waved their swords, and the felled firewood was almost piled up into a hill.

After about an hour, when the crowd was tired, the officer beckoned the brothers to sit down and rest. They all took out the water bag and poured it with a grunt. Taking advantage of this gap, he talked about gossip again, and naturally never mentioned military affairs, and talked about some things that the military men were interested in, and indulged in drinking and prostitutes.

A strong man with a beard was spitting about his deeds of last year's prostitute, and when everyone was fascinated, a man who was less than twenty years old suddenly stood up and looked into the forest. His actions attracted everyone's attention, and someone asked, "Wang Wu, what's the matter?" Are you on the edge of a knife? ”

"Someone!" The young soldier named Wang Wu looked vigilant.

When everyone heard this, they all looked in the direction he was looking at, and they saw the dense forest, where did the figure come from? So someone made fun of him, did he listen to his comrades say some romantic things, there was a fire in his heart, he got carried away, and saw his aunt in this deep mountain and old forest? Even if there is, I'm afraid that the fox in the mountains has become a jing, and he has come to hook up with an energetic offspring like him.

The officer with the tiger in his arm stood up, his eyes searching the forest alertly, and suddenly, he picked up the sentry stick from the ground, tightened the sword on it, and walked forward. As soon as he moved, the laughter stopped abruptly. The soldiers grabbed their knives almost reflexively, attached their blades to their sentry sticks, and followed.

Whether a soldier is well-trained or not does not have to be seen on the battlefield. For example, at this time, the officer was in front, and the soldiers were following him, but they were not disorganized, three or five people were in a group, and each group was separated by a considerable distance, and once they moved, it was extremely convenient.

At this time, the officer untied something from his waist, threw it to the brother behind him, and whispered: "If there is a change, you will blow the trumpet." "It was a horn, and unlike the horn of the Jin army, the horn of the Jurchens was made of the horns of livestock. But they did not know what this trumpet was, but they saw that it was still wrapped in silver on the outside, and it was very beautiful.

The men who were laughing and laughing just now all changed their faces, all of them were expressionless, and their eyes were sharp, as if they had become beasts in the mountains.

Dozens of steps away, there is a dense forest, but because of the autumn, the leaves are gone, so it is difficult to hide. Not far after walking over, almost everyone saw that there was indeed someone on that end! Only one of them came to this mountain, so the other party could not be the Fangzhou garrison. Since it's not in the ranks, what are you doing in this deep mountain and old forest?

The other party obviously also found them, and did not run, but with knives and axes in hand, they all gathered in one place, and at a cursory glance, there were dozens of people.

More than a dozen paces apart, the provocative gazes of the two sides collided in one place. The officer raised his hand, and the soldiers stopped, staring at each other. The other party didn't mean to show weakness, and some people even changed their knives to one hand and stared at them closely.

"Who are you waiting for? What are you doing here? The officer asked aloud.

The other party immediately responded: "Who are you waiting for?" Didn't you open this mountain? Didn't you plant the tree? You came to ask me? ”

"Just answer truthfully as soon as possible, otherwise, I'll talk to you with a knife!" The officer yelled.

The other party did not reply, and several people exchanged heads and ears as if discussing something, and when the officer saw it, he whispered: "Blow the trumpet!" ”

The soldier behind him had just picked up the horn, and before it reached his mouth, someone on the other side suddenly shouted: "Are you waiting for the brother of Xu Jingluo, the purple tiger?" Don't misunderstand, it's all your own family! ”

"Your own family? Hey, be a thief with a weak heart, blow! The officer sneered.

The sound of the trumpet rises to the sky! Unlike the loud sound of the Jurchen horn, the horn of the Song army was extremely sharp, and the soldier blew very quickly, and in an instant, the horn sound rose and fell in the mountains!

Almost at the same time as the horn sounded, dozens of people on the other side unexpectedly turned their heads and ran wildly! Scatter the birds and beasts!

"Sure enough, it's a fine work! Don't run away from these thieves! "As soon as the officer roared, he chased after the guy!

Sanchuan Town is the closest town to Fangzhou in Juzhou. There were nearly 1,000 families, and most of them fled together in the war. After Ma Wu sat in Dunzhou, he arranged a Han army and a thousand Khitan troops here. From here to Huangling, it is only a dozen miles away. The two armies of Song and Jin are like living under each other's noses.

The military camp is located outside Sanchuan Town, and soldiers come in and out from time to time, but the local people are rarely seen. The houses in the town are dilapidated, and there are even signs of burning in many places, needless to say, this is naturally the masterpiece of the Jin Army.

There is a two-story tile building in the town, which was originally the place where the patrol office of Sanchuan Town was stationed. After the Jin army settled here, it became a yamen in charge of the army and the people. On the ground floor of this tile building, there are five rooms on the left and right, and there is a hall in the middle, which is not very large, with five or six chairs and a desk on it. At this time, a year has passed forty, and a man with a length of more than seven feet is standing behind the case. Two thick eyebrows are like sharp blades, a pair of eagle eyes are extremely sharp, a high nose, thin lips, and a five-inch short beard under the chin. Wearing a blue battle robe, wrapped in iron armor, a bronze beast head leather belt tied around his waist, a knife hanging, and his hands were on his back, talking to the generals under the hall. Who is this man, not Jerema5? He is not in the city of Dunzhou, what is he doing in Sanchuan Town, which is the closest to the Song army?

"Lou Su issued four orders in succession, ordering me to lead the army back to Yan'an. After Yan Zijin Tiger defeated the living woman, he gathered a large army in Tongzhou, and the city of Danzhou was broken only overnight, and Yan'an was in danger. But if the situation in Fangzhou is not clear, how dare you move rashly? ”

"Commander of the army, the last general looked at Lou Su's letter yesterday, the words were fierce, and there was a taste of tearing the skin. If you don't respond, I'm afraid you'll ...... in front of the prime minister," one of the ministers said worriedly.

Ma Wu sighed slightly, shook his head and said: "Zijin Hu is a general of the Western Army, and he has always been treacherous. This fights everything, and that has a purpose. This time, he fought a tough battle with the Jurchen elite led by the living girl on the Guanzhong Plain, which is worth scrutinizing. ”

"There's nothing to doubt about this, right? Among the Song Army, the Hu'er Army is an outlier, specializing in this kind of hard-hitting business. Our army has gone south several times, and when was the Purple Gold Tiger not a roadblock? The general said.

Although Ma Wu couldn't refute this, he always felt that something was wrong. Looking at Zijin Tiger's posture, didn't he already know that Yan'an's defense was empty? So you want to go straight to Yan'an from the Guanzhong Plain? Judging from the current situation, Han Chang went to Huanqing, and he couldn't pull away for a while. Yan'an is no different from an empty city, once the army of the Purple Gold Tiger comes to Yan'an City, if you don't save it, Yan'an will fall in two or three days, there is no doubt about it.

But the question is, if I don't move tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, will his surname Xu dare to fight Yan'an? The answer is obvious, he doesn't dare, even if he is Xu Wei.

If my soldiers and horses moved, of course he would not dare to fight. But there is a new problem, once my soldiers and horses in Yanzhou are transferred, Yan'an will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai, but what about Shanzhou? It only takes one or two hours for the Song army from Fangzhou to get here, and it will take less than two or three days to get to the city of Dunzhou. If I wait for me to leave, the Song army in Fangzhou will kill me immediately, and I will be restrained by Xu Wei again, with the level of the Song army's siege of the city, will I have time to fucking come back to help? Once Yanzhou is lost, if you want to regain it, unless there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, it will be absolutely difficult to do it. When the time comes, Yan'an will be a fat sheep on the chopping block of the Western Army!

When the prime minister was leaving, he repeatedly instructed that there was only one task. Hold on to the territory you have so far obtained, and on the premise of ensuring this, seek opportunities to expand. Lou Su was so happy with his achievements, his ambition was great and his talents were sparse, but he didn't stand firm at the root, and he sent Han Chang to fight Huanqing. Put the defense of the entire northeast of Shaanxi on me, and let Yanzhou alone face the aggressive Purple Gold Tiger who is ready to pounce at any time. Hmph, he thought that his son could stop Xu Wei, how about it? Even with the help of the "Iron Floating Massacre", he was still killed!

"The Song army in Fangzhou is extremely well protected, and relevant cards are set up on all roads to prohibit entry and exit. The sergeant even haunted the border of Dunfang, and it was really difficult to spy on the other party's military situation. Today, the last general sent local people to the south to spy on the Song army in the area of Qiaoshan Huangling under the cover of collecting firewood......

Ma Wu frowned tightly and didn't say a word. At this moment, a person hurried in, Ma Wu saw him, sighed secretly, and urged him to come again.

"Report! Yan'an Emergency! ”

"Bring it!" Ma Wu yelled angrily. It was another Yan'an order from Lou Su urging him to return to defense quickly. It is said that in the past three or two days, the Song army has continued to assemble soldiers and horses, obviously preparing to eat Yan'an. Lou Su also said fiercely in the order that he suspected that Ma Wu had ulterior motives for repeatedly delaying the reinforcements! In the future, I will let him make it clear in front of the Minister of State on this matter!

Ma Wu looked at it, clenched the order tightly together, thought for a moment, and waved his hand: "Withdraw!" Evacuate Sanchuan Town all! ”

At the beginning of September, under several urgent orders from Yan'an, Yelu Ma Wu led more than 20,000 horse infantry troops to leave Yanzhou and march north to aid Yan'an Mansion. In order to prevent the loss of Dunzhou, Ma Wu had no choice but to keep surviving, and took the initiative to give up the four counties in Dunzhou, such as Yancheng County and Zhiluo County. Only Luojiao County, where the state is located, and Luochuan County, which is not far away, are left. And strictly ordered the generals to stay behind, in case the Song army came to attack, they would not be able to hold out! The two counties of Luojiao and Luochuan should take care of each other, and they cannot lose the important land in Yanzhou no matter what.

In fact, Ma Wu didn't know that when he was urging him to enter the army repeatedly, Lou Su also urgently ordered Han Chang, who was attacking Huanqing, to return to the division to rescue. While he was running north with his soldiers and horses, Han Chang also rushed back with his troops. The Shaanxi Jin Army suddenly switched from an offensive to a defensive one! All these changes are just because of the war in Huazhou.

What puzzled the Jurchens was that Yan'an was an important town in Shaanxi, and the Jin army used more than 100,000 horses in order to build this fortified fortress. Why is Zijin Tiger so fat that he dares to covet Yan'an? Could it be that he knows that Yan'an's defense is empty? So look at this dead hole and be ruthless?

But no matter what, things are developing step by step according to Xu Wei's vision. Lou Su really recruited troops from all sides to aid Yan'an like burning his buttocks, and the protection of the city of Yanzhou, which Xu Wei had been thinking about, had been greatly weakened. With the strength of the Jin army left behind, it was absolutely impossible to withstand the strong attack of the Song army, which had many siege weapons. Moreover, the leader of the Song army is still the first strong shield of the Western Army, which is known for attacking and defending cities, Wang Yu!