Kicked the latter Khitan off the city, Yang Chonggui gasped and casually threw away the straight knife that had already been cut full of gaps, and the old soldier who had been standing behind him since the start of the war today staggered forward, and handed over a spear with two blades in both hands. The old pawn was covered with blood, with arrow wounds on his shoulder and back, his clothes and armor on the left side were bloomed, and inside was a six-inch-long knife edge, the blood had congealed and scabbed, the old pawn's face was full of dust, only two eyes were still shining, Yang Chonggui only glanced at him, then took the spear gun in his hand, weighed the weight casually, did not speak, turned around and looked at the city.

In a long horn sound, the Khitan soldiers are retreating in an orderly manner, the infantry of the palace tents of the various tribes slowly retreat across the moat along the four improvised bridges, on the side of each bridge, there are dozens of Khitan leather chamber armor guards with strong bows and crossbows, they are waiting in formation while taking turns throwing a bō* cold arrow at the head of the city, under the city wall, a Khitan general wearing iron armor dragged an iron bone in his hand and stared coldly, his eyes were as calm as water.

Yang Chonggui took a breath and ordered: "Beat the drum"

The drums of war beat to the sound of the drums, and the eyebrows of Yelu Hugo, who was standing on the edge of the proposed bridge passage made of rough materials such as planks and tree trunks, gradually locked, he raised his head, glanced at the figure at the head of the city again, and raised his left hand to tighten the iron helmet that was tightly bound to his head.

With the sound of drums, a group of tired and stiff crossbowmen reappeared at the head of the city.

With the command of the leader, a row of feather arrows sè down, sè hit several Khitan soldiers who were passing through the proposed bridge, the strength of the bow and arrow was not strong, but the retreating infantry was not much armored, or three or four were wounded, one wound was wounded at the collarbone, and staggered and fell down the moat.

Under the city tower, more than a dozen leather room soldiers suddenly returned with a rain of arrows, and poured down one of the Han archers who were sè arrows downward on the head of the city.

The retreat was carried out in such a long-range attack, and the movements of the Khitan soldiers were very good, and the wounded would be dragged to the outside of the moat, so as not to block the bridge passage and obstruct the Jā pass, so that after more than 20 casualties, the besieging tribal palace tent army had been completely withdrawn to the west bank of the moat.

Seeing that the leather room army guarding the bridge also began to slowly withdraw, An Baqidu, who led the team, took a long breath and scolded in a low voice: "These southern barbarian field battles are a group of armored sheep, and it is good to guard the turtle shell. ”

At this moment, Yelu Hugo led the latter group of leather room troops across the bridge to the west bank, and An Baqi shouted: "Sunning Langjun, you go back to the village to rest, here jā is for our family." ”

Instead of answering him, Jerusuko turned around and stared at the city, where the Leather Chambers around him began to withdraw from the trees and planks that had been erected on both sides of the moat, and they were working with great care—the materials for the siege had been painstakingly collected from the surrounding villages, and would be needed for the siege of the city tomorrow.

An Baqi looked at Yelu Hugo in surprise, but saw that the young general who had just given birth to a touch of fine velvet on his face said lightly with a serious expression: "It's not over yet." ”

As he spoke, the drumbeat of the city suddenly became dense, and dozens of ropes fell down from the city's enclave, each with a person tied to the end.

Yelu Hugo waved the iron bone in his hand, and the twenty leather chamber armor soldiers who had just lined up immediately pulled the bows and crossbows in their hands, and regardless of the already sore and swollen arms of the fierce battle, they all sent a rain of arrows towards the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, more than 30 Han soldiers had already fallen to the city, these 30 Han soldiers were relatively short, but they were all wearing armor, and they did not hesitate to hit the ground, swinging their blades to cut the ropes on their bodies, and all of them took out the wooden guns behind their backs, and rushed towards several improvised bridges that had not had time to clean up with loud screams.

Yelu Hugo shouted loudly, urging his horse forward, and a dozen leather room soldiers around him also waved the spears, bones, long knives and other blades in their hands, and strode onto a bridge. Anbai gritted his teeth, drew his saber, and followed.

Everyone understands that if this Han soldier counterattack is successful, it is nothing to suffer a small loss, these bridge materials are destroyed, and tomorrow don't think about attacking the city.

The Khitan army had been stationed under the city of Jinyang for eight days, and it took nearly five days to collect the manufacturing materials for the equipment needed for the siege. It's not that the generals defending the city were prescient - Da Liao and the Northern Han Dynasty were allies after all, and Yelu Dilu's idea of fighting Taiyuan in a blink of an eye was also the result of temporary discussions with Yelu Xiuge before Gao Ping's retreat, about this, even the only prescient traverser in this era, Li Ge Taiwei, could not be, let alone the Wenchen military generals in Jinyang City?

Of course, Li Wen would not know that because of his own reasons, Yelu Dilu had made up his mind to retreat in advance, and he would not know that because of his own reasons, the attention of the upper echelons of the Liao State to the situation in the south was greatly strengthened, and a group of young nobles who had no plan to decentralize were divided into various armies in advance, and one of them, the young Langjun named Yelu Huge, only said a few words, and turned the national policy of the Great Liao to drive the tiger and devour the wolf into a false way.

Butterfly effect......

Stepping onto the wooden bridge, Jeruxiugo's brow tightened as he stepped on—and several leather chamber warriors planted the moat almost as soon as they saw each other.

This group of short Han soldiers was completely different from the Han army that Yelu Hugo had seen, they were armed with wooden guns and wearing leather armor, although there were less than ten people, they had an indomitable awe-inspiring momentum.

The wooden spear stabbed without hesitation, and almost immediately after the stab, he let go of his hand, and continued to move forward with the short knife he carried on his body—not a bloody warrior who survived a hundred battles, would not have such a firm and decisive reaction to battle.

Baba didn't rush up, he led a group of tribal troops to another nearby wooden bridge.

With Yelu Hugo here, this wooden bridge obviously does not need to be worried, An Baqi is also a battle-hardened person, where should the responsibility be, compared to Yelu Huge, his pressure is lighter, and on the wooden bridge he stepped on, only four Han soldiers rushed up.

One of the four Han soldiers at the head of the Han army was wearing an iron helmet and leather armor, his appearance was not clear, but his movements were extremely fierce and fast, and the wooden spear in his hand had already stabbed the third tribal soldier at this moment, and in an instant, he aimed the tip of the spear at the fifth.

An Baqi saw some clues, this Han soldier's wooden gun every time the attack force is good, all pick up the Khitan soldiers without armor and clothing to protect the place, or throat, or collarbone, or the root of the big tǐ, every time the blade of the gun enters the rò is pointed, half of the blade of the gun is not into the enemy's body and immediately out, the force has not been used up, the enemy has been planted, the blade has turned to the next target.

To do this, it is not only necessary to have an accurate grasp of the strength and degree, but also to have absolutely sufficient self-confidence that you can dodge the enemy's attacks and dying counterattacks, and that you have enough reactions to respond to the next enemy's attack that may move in either direction.

An Ba beggar shouted, and the horse lance in his hand smashed down towards the Han soldier.

He had no choice, he rode on a horse, the weight of the horse plus his weight, the whole bridge was shaking, and he was surrounded by his own clan warriors, who would hit their own people no matter which direction they swung their weapons. If you stab forward...... He didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to stab the opponent's body, but the opponent would definitely be able to stab the war horse under his crotch first. At this time, all the tricks and skills are useless, and it is a simple and sharp attack to smash it over.

However, his attack still failed, the Han soldier on the opposite side was short, grabbed two steps forward, and had already drilled under the blind corner of his horse lance attack, the wooden spear in his hand was raised diagonally, stretched and retracted, and the war horse let out a terrible long neigh, and a bloody hole nearly the size of the bottom of the bowl was pierced under the neck.

The Han soldier rolled on the spot, with a gun in his left hand and a thick branch that had not been cut off with his right hand, supporting his body sideways on the edge of the wooden bridge, and he could avoid the two horseshoes flying high.

This scene, from beginning to end, between breathing, just one face, the dignified deputy commander of the Khitan tribal army has been thrown down the river, and Yelu Huge, who was fighting fiercely on the wooden bridge on the side, brandished the iron bone duo and smashed open an oncoming wooden gun, and looked at this scene on the adjacent wooden bridge in amazement. He didn't care about the long knife that came from the side next to him.

When the leather room soldiers around him roared angrily and pounced on the Han soldiers who attacked Yelu Huge, the two of them rolled under the bridge, and Yelu Huge's eyes were still staring at the wooden bridge on the side, the short Han soldier just turned over and stood up, the helmet fell off at some point, lù out of a rounded face arc, the ears were short, a pair of phoenix eyes showed a cold light, and there was not even a bulge on the snow-white neck - it was actually an NV man without an Adam's apple.

At this moment, Jerecius was almost petrified on the spot......

……

Lu Duan handed over his name thorn, and the internal security officer who was guarding in front of the Zhongfu opened it and glanced at it, and returned it respectfully but resolutely: "Please forgive me, this is not good." ”

Lu Duan was stunned for a moment, the officer looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing an old-fashioned Yanqing military uniform, judging from the logo on the armband, he was just a royal lieutenant, but his expression was quite old-fashioned, there was no panic in front of the official, but he did not have the domineering of a martial artist who was used to seeing him in these years.

Lu Duan frowned: "Honshu came to participate in the meeting. ”

He took out Li Bin's codex and handed it over.

The officer took it, unfolded it and looked at it, and then returned it, still in the same words: "Please forgive me, this matter involves confidentiality, and the secret level of the subordinate officials is not enough, so I dare not exceed my authority......"

Lu Duan was a little annoyed, he raised his head: "This can't be done, that's not possible, which general are you leading the soldiers?" How dare you defy the ministers of the court? ”

The officer did not panic, and casually took a note from the hand of a young man wearing a low-grade civil official uniform behind him, took out the pen and ink, and said respectfully: "Please write down the honorific, the title, where you come from, who you visit, what you are doing, and when you will come...... Hold this én zha, there are people who pass it on for you. ”

"Ridiculous-" Lu Duan flicked his sleeves and sneered: "...... The codex in the sì is a secret, and the intention of this state is naturally a militaristic matter, and it is recorded on paper, so you dare to read it? ”

The officer's attitude was still neither humble nor arrogant, and patiently explained: "The envoy has misunderstood, this column of 'what is the matter' does not need to be recorded in detail, just record the reason, for example, if the envoy invites himself to see the sì, write 'official business, please see', if the envoy summons the envoy to decide the matter, then write 'official meeting'......"

Lu Duan was stunned, but he couldn't speak, the officer's face did not mean to be difficult to question, and his tone was not half impatient, it was clearly a business-like god, which made him lose his mind for a while.

"This is the direct envoy of Lu Yi in Xiazhou——"

A voice sounded behind him, and Lu Duan immediately turned around, only to see a carriage parked behind him, and Shi Qin Gu, the head of the Eighth Route Army, who controlled the political affairs of the seven states of Yanqing, was getting off the car.

Qin Gu walked in front of the officer, his face was a little unsightly, he reached out and took out a bronze medal from his sleeve, and the sharp-eyed Lu Duan saw at a glance that there were several lines of fonts engraved on the bronze medal, of different sizes.

The striking ones are the two Great Qin Gu.

Lu Duan shook his head secretly, carving such a big thorn in the history of the governors of the seven states, although it was simple, but after all, it was a loss of respect.

On the side of Qin Gu's name, there are three tadpole 003 that no one can understand

Below Qin Gu's name is a long history of military festivals.

Below the small print, there is another line of small text: In March of the first year of Xiande, the internal guard joined the army.

The officer carefully examined the bronze medal, respectfully handed it back, stood upright, and saluted Qin Gu with his left hand.

Qin Gu took Lu Duan and walked inside, and said in a gentle tone: "Yi Zhi, don't worry about it, these internal guards don't recognize you and refuse to let you in...... Just ......"

"These internal guards, Fang also checked Brother Jian's waist card."

Qin Gu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile That is not a waist card, it is a pass"

Lu Duan was speechless, and Qin Gu explained: "This is the pass for the internal guard to join the army, and with this bronze medal, you can enter and exit the two mansions." ”

Lu Duan couldn't help but ask: "What's the difference between this and the waist card?" ”

Qin Gu stretched out his hand: "I don't know why, Huairen loves to make trouble, you are not no, this kind of affairs, just let him make trouble, it is ......"

Without waiting for Lu Duan to continue asking, he spoke: "Yi Zhi is here, is he reporting to Sì Zhong?" ”

His question immediately pulled Lu Duan's attention away from the inexplicable pass, Lu Duan's position as a judge of the Xiazhou Festival of the Military Inspection School belongs to the military commander Shi Fang moderation, according to reason, even if he reports on his work, he is also reporting to Qin Gu, the chief of the seven states of the political affairs of the seven states, and he has never crossed Qin Gu to report to Li Bin, so Qin Gu's question already has a bit of dissatisfaction.

Lu Duan was not a native of Yanqing, he was parachuted in from the imperial court to supervise Ma Zheng, and it was Li Wenge who overrode public opinion and promoted him to be a vassal of the party that sentenced Xiazhou. But this does not mean that Qin Gu will abandon his principles in order to yield to Li Wenge's attitude.

A system is a system, and even if Lu Duan is an official sent by the imperial court, he will never allow the system and order within the Yanqing military and political group to be destroyed.

Lu Duan opened his mouth and said: "No, if you want to report on your work, you will naturally go to the Shuaifu to visit Jian ...... first."

He paused and said, "I was summoned to today's meeting."

Qin Gu suddenly woke up: "I see, that's for the sake of Jianxingtai, and I want to listen to Yi Zhi's meaning." ”

"Walk?" Lu Duan's heart froze, "Xingtai? ”

"Yanqing Dao Xingtai is in the lower province-" Qin Gu's tone was affirmative, "Yi Zhi doesn't know about this?" ”

Lu Duan's steps stopped involuntarily, and the horror and shock in his heart were all on his face for a while.

The so-called Xingtai, in fact, is a temporary administrative system in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, which is equivalent to the dispatch agency of the imperial court, just as the "marching governor's office" in the early Tang Dynasty is the military establishment in charge of the armies, Xingtai is actually a large administrative system in charge of the affairs of the states, but the Xingtai in the early Tang Dynasty is the Xingtai Shang Province, that is, a small Shang Province sent by the imperial court, and its officials are half a grade lower than the Shang Province of the Beijing Division.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the fashion order was the second product, and the Xingtai Shang order was the second product; The left and right servants are from the second product, and the left and right servants are the third products, and so on.

Even so, the position of Xingtai Shangling was not easily granted, and only the clan surnamed Li could hold this position.

On top of Xingtaishang Province, there is also a large administrative structure called Daxingtaishang Province, which is on an equal footing with Jingshishang Province, and this Daxingtai Shangling has only one person in the Tang Dynasty who has served as it, that is, Li Shimin, the king of Qin who determined the 400 years of the Tang Dynasty, and later Emperor Taizongwen of the Tang Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that the "Xingtai" is a very sensitive existence for the central power.

The so-called Xingtai is no different from separating the land, and to put it more seriously, once the Xingtai is built, the Yanqing regime will tear off the latter fig leaf and openly fight against the Liang court.

With Li Wenge's style, this is not surprising, since the feudal sparse, at this moment in the court, if anyone else says that this captain is safe and guards himself and has no heart to win, it is really strange.

There is only one thing that Lu Duan still doesn't quite understand - Yanqing Dao Xingtai is in the lower province, what is it?

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