It was getting dark, but all the wounded who still had breath were searched. The bodies of several middle- and high-ranking officers have been found, and they have been given a grand courtesy, carried back by officers above the command level, and the marshal Xu Wei personally wiped the bones of the faithful. Only Mattei was nowhere to be found...... When Yang Yan learned the news, he was furious, and despite the injury to his leg, he insisted on looking for it in person.

A group of weary soldiers helped the wounded who were finally found to move closer to the large army, and they walked between the mountains of corpses. Exhaustion and sadness make them look vulnerable, in stark contrast to the fierceness of the battlefield.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers let go of his wounded companion and rushed to a nearby place like crazy. He rudely pushed away the body of a golden soldier and found an arm. On the battlefield, broken hands and feet can be seen everywhere, which is not unusual. But there is something special about this hand, it has no sleeves and is completely bare. And it was fat and thick, and in the palm of his hand, the blood was mixed with the soil, and it had solidified and changed color.

Several soldiers rushed up and worked together to remove the other corpses pressed on it, and found that under the human corpse, there was a horse corpse, and under the horse corpse, it was the owner of this hand. When the four of them tried their best to move the horse's corpse away, they were all stunned, and when they looked at each other, they found that their companions had the same shock and grief in their eyes as they did!

The skeleton was indescribable, because there were so many wounds on his torso that he couldn't count them. Its special feature is that the body is very fat, and when the soldiers moved their eyes up along the battle wounds, they found that the face of this corpse had been hit so hard that the bridge of the nose collapsed, and the whole face was deformed.

But no matter how much it changed, the soldiers still recognized him at a glance. Because the characteristics are so obvious, in the camp and on the battlefield, this fat body is surprisingly flexible, and the soldiers often see him galloping on horseback.

"Quick! Report to the handsome! ”

When Xu Wei heard the news, he knew it was true, but he still hoped that the soldiers would admit their mistake. Didn't he say that he was also hit hard in the face, and he was not the only fat man in the army. The last time he was so seriously injured, he survived, which means that his life is great, and most of the time he will turn evil into good fortune.

Although it was not completely dark, Xu Wei still brought someone with a torch, and he wanted to see more clearly.

Seeing the commander coming, the soldiers guarding in front of the loyal bones stood up and automatically got out of the way. Xu Wei ran in a hurry, but when he was about to arrive, his pace unconsciously slowed down.

Wu Jue knows that Zhang Qing, Yang Yan, and Ma Tai are Xu Dashuai's fellow villagers, and they are childhood playmates. Therefore, he rushed forward to check first. When he saw it clearly, he couldn't help but close his eyes in pain.

In his ears, a handsome question sounded: "Is it him?" ”

Wu Jue lowered his head and took two steps back, not knowing what to say. Xu Wei felt his heart beating hard, even if he was caught by someone before, he had never felt this way. He took a deep breath, turned his heart sideways, and walked up.

Squatting down, his eyes were first attracted by the battle wounds all over his body, there were holes stabbed by guns, and there were long cuts made by scimitars, and the skin and flesh were rolled, and because of the dried blood, they had turned white. It is conceivable that he must have been fighting hard after being injured...... His gaze moved upwards and finally landed on that face. Xu Wei's eyes appeared in front of his eyes, a fat face that was so fat that there was no wrinkle, like a steamed bun. But now, the face was completely out of shape, and the bridge of the nose was collapsed, apparently caused by a blunt object. That's right, it's Mattei.

When I realized this, my chest seemed to be blocked by a mess, and it was difficult to breathe. Xu Wei threw the torch, and he grabbed one of Mattei's hands and shook it with all his might. How he wished that Mattei would suddenly open his eyes, but his hand clearly felt the coldness that penetrated through his bones!

Brothers! O my brother! You survived such a serious injury last time, why are you cowardly now? You're holding on! You still have your father and mother at home, and your son has just learned to walk and talk, what will they do if you let go like this? Brother! You should open your eyes and look at Brother Jiu! Didn't you always want to learn my gambling skills? I said I didn't have time, I haven't taught you, you open your eyes now, I'll teach you everything! If I hide my hand, I'm a fucking bastard! Brother, brother! Open your eyes! Brother Jiu, please!

"Marshal, Ma Tong died a heroic death, please mourn." Wu Jue saw Xu Wei holding Ma Tai's hand, wiping away the blood and dirt from his palm over and over again, and comforted him softly. The faces of the comrades around him were sad, and some people rolled tears in their eyes, and turned their faces away, not wanting to be seen.

Pity! Pity! A fierce general, just like that, fell on the battlefield, and the horse leather shroud ...... "Yang Command!" Yang Command! Not far away, there was an anxious shout. Wu Jue and the others looked for prestige, only to see Yang Yan limping over with the help of a soldier with the help of a soldier. He walked in too much hurry, accidentally tripped over the corpse, and fell down.

The soldiers who swarmed up helped him, but he pushed him away vigorously, and stubbornly grabbed it alone with the barrel of his gun. When you get closer, throw the gun away! No one dared to stop him, and automatically dodged the way to let him in.

He stood behind Xu Wei, staring at the corpse on the ground with a horrified face. He opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't spit out a word, and he forgot to breathe! He finally saw who was on the ground...... A terrible wail suddenly came out of his mouth, and Yang Yan threw himself down like crazy! He hugged Mattei's head, pressed against his face, and wept. His grief was indescribable, and he just hugged his brother's body and shook and shook. This unyielding iron man on the battlefield actually cried so much!

"You shit! Why are you so unbeaten! Oh, my God! Ma Er! Ma Er! Let me change you, let Lao Tzu change you! Yes! Yang Yan looked up to the sky and cried, and everyone present was moved!

Xu Wei tried his best to hold back the things that swirled in his eyes, but Yang Yan's howl, he couldn't hold it anymore. He didn't want his subordinates to see it, so he silently lowered his head and got up, and slowly walked to the side. The generals looked at his tall back, and their hearts were not sad enough...... Xu Wei now knows that he still believes in "brothers". He was betrayed by his brother and shot. When he traveled to this era and met Zhang Qing, Yang Yan, and Ma Tai, to be honest, at first, he only regarded these as acquaintances, not even friends. He believes that in this world, whether ancient or modern, all feelings are empty.

But as he deepened his understanding, he realized that the people of this era were much purer. If you are treated as a brother, I will be willing to stick a knife in your ribs and die without regret! In the past few years, several brothers have followed him from birth to death and made great achievements! It also assists him to move towards his goal step by step! But just as he was about to share the fruits of victory with his brother, Mattei took the first step!

Listening to Yang Yan and Zhang Qing, when "he" was a child, Ma Tai once jumped into the river to save his life. Mattei is timid, good at gambling, and doesn't get into trouble or stab. Even after joining the army, I remember that once Ma Tai was ashamed to say in front of him that he didn't help Brother Jiu. But now, when he grew from a timid country boy to a brave general step by step, he let go and walked so heroically!

The brave generals of the Three Kingdoms are fighting each other, whether it is true or not, there is no way to prove it. And Mattei, today, before the armies, really greatly deduced what it means to be fierce and not afraid of death! Brother, let's go! If there is an afterlife, I am still willing to be a brother with you, and I am willing to listen to you call you the ninth brother!

As soon as his eyes were closed, two hot tears flowed down his cheeks, and behind him, Yang Yan's grief still echoed clearly in his ears...... The battle of Huazhou, which took place in August of the third year of Longxing of the Great Song Dynasty, ended with the defeat of the Jin army and the victory of the Song army. Victory! In order to defeat the most elite army of the Dajin Kingdom, Xu Wei paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties! More than half of Ma Jun's injuries were killed! And what made him sad was the loss of several middle and high-ranking generals who had made great achievements, especially Mattei!

In this battle, nearly 30,000 horses and infantry troops of the Jin Army were annihilated, and the wounded were not counted! Kill dozens of officers from more than 1,000 households, seize more than 1,000 usable war horses, and countless equipment and armor! When the Jin army retreated, Yang Zaixing waved his army to cover up and kill, causing the living girl to ambush the corpse for more than 20 miles! The living girl herself escaped under the protection of the kidnapping horse! The most commendable thing is that the Tiefu Massacre was completely annihilated!

When the Jin army was defeated and retreated, Tiefutu was over-equipped and could not escape from the battlefield at all. In the end, none of them were spared, and all of them died under the blunt weapons of the Song army! This elite cavalry, which was proud of the Jin army, was wiped out before it had time to write a strong stroke in the history of the Song and Jin wars!

After this battle, there were almost no Jin troops left on the Guanzhong Plain. From Huazhou to the east, Tongzhou, Hezhongfu, and Dingrong Army were completely exposed under Xu Wei's nose! Two days after the war, Xu Wei advanced into Tongzhou, and his troops reached the Pujinguan pontoon bridge on the bank of the Yellow River! At the same time, Xu Hong, who was stationed in Dingrong and Shaanzhou, sent troops from Zhongtiao Mountain and attacked Hezhong Mansion, facing his cousin Xu Wei across the river!

Inspired by this news, the rebels hiding in the Zhongtiao Mountain of Huashan Mountain rose up when they heard the news, and Guanzhong was shaken!

At the beginning of September, Qinzhou, Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division.

Xu Shaogao sat in the second hall, reading the official letter from the official family to reply to Shaanxi. The Son of Heaven had agreed to his proposal for the reform of Shaanxi's military and political institutions, and approved the abolition of the Zhulu Jingluo Pacification Division and the merger of the three Recruitment Divisions. That is, the North Shaanxi Road Recruitment Division, the South Shaanxi Road Recruitment Division, and the Shaanxi West Road Recruitment Division. These three divisions, which are in charge of all the armies of the Western Army, and the soldiers, village soldiers, brave soldiers, and archers, are controlled by the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division. This also means that the situation of the six-way western army that is difficult to restrain has become history.

Of course, this is only a policy formulated by the above, and the result depends on the specific implementation. But Xu Shao is not worried about this. Most of the current Shaanxi Western Army is in the hands of his two nephews. Xu Daben was the commander of Jingyuan, in charge of the Jingyuan Army, and now he is stationed in Huanqing and receives the Huanqing Army. As for Xu Jiu, not to mention, he started by relying on the Jingsui Camp Township Soldiers, and over the years he has conquered the east and west, and the army has grown to 80,000 horse infantry troops, southern Shaanxi, and the Guanzhong Plain, all of which are his vertical and horizontal world. Not only was he appointed as the pacification envoy of Qin Fenglu, but he also actually controlled the Yongxing Military Road and confronted the Jin army.

Zhenjiang Xing agreed to his suggestion, and then reorganized the Western Army and gave strict orders. With the support of Xu Churen in Sichuan, we will accumulate grain and grass to prepare for the recovery of the whole of Shaanxi! Sichuan and Shaanxi will become a fortress fortress of the Great Song Dynasty! To put it more bluntly, the counterattack on the Jurchens must begin in the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi!

Xu Shao smiled all over his face, closed the official letter sent by the Privy Council, and exhaled heavily. Although it has not been a long time since he came to Shaanxi, a series of actions have made the situation in Shaanxi improve to a certain extent. Now, what I am still worried about is the war on the plains of Huanqing and Guanzhong.

Xu Da had just entered Huanqing, and the situation was quite complicated, not only to resist the attack of the Jurchens, but also to be careful of the attitude of the generals in Huanqing, and he had not reported for some days.

Xiao Jiu reported a few days ago that he was going to fight the gold thieves in Huazhou, and he didn't know how to fight. In the past, he said that he wanted to take advantage of the battle on the Guanzhong Plain to force Lou Su to transfer troops from Dunzhou to defend Yan'an, and then he arranged the troops in Fangzhou to attack Yan'an. Although he expressed his support for this idea, it was more out of demand that the Western Army attack in retaliation. The gold thief brazenly supported Gao Shiyou to claim the emperor in Lianghe, which seriously violated the bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty, and this battle must be fought. It's just that Xu Jiu is young and vigorous, and he actually came up with such a big move.

Suddenly realized that it was not early, and it was time for lunch, Xu Shao walked out of the court and said to the adjutants who were still buried in office: "Okay, everyone go to eat and rest." ”

In the past, when the time came, the adjutants automatically "got off work". But after Xu Shao came, he set up rules, the national disaster was at the head, the situation in Shaanxi was bad, and the soldiers were using their lives outside, so we, the civil servants, had to set an example. is on standby all day, and the chief doesn't speak, even if you are out of courtesy, you are pinching the time.

The judges, staff officers, and office officials got up one after another, saluted him, and then walked out of the second hall. But he saw a man rushing over, holding up something and shouting, "Good news! Huazhou good news! ”

This voice shouted so loudly that the officials, who were already empty, couldn't walk! Huazhou Jiefu? How? Xu Wei won the battle again? How does this guy keep winning battles?

Xu Shao originally wanted to return to the public case and handle the public affairs for another meeting, and roughly drafted the provisions for the establishment of three recruitment divisions. Hearing this shout, my heart jumped, did Lao Jiu succeed? hurriedly snatched it out, and the officer who reported the news just stepped on the steps! He had just come back from the front line, he didn't know Xu Shao, he swept his gaze from the faces of the civil officials, and finally bowed his head and said: "I am humbled by Xu Jingluo's order, and I have come to report the success of the Xuanfu Disposal Division!" Please Xu Xuanfu take a look! ”

Xu Shao snatched it and asked at the same time, "Where to fight?" The result? ”

The officer said in his heart, can't you just look at it? But Xuanfu has an order, how can he not obey? Besides, aren't these adults next to me still anxious? So he told him about the battle of Huazhou in the First World War, he was born in the army, he was a vulgar soldier, and he couldn't read a word, how could he say it clearly. It was only said that the battle was won, but the casualties were also very large, and even Ma Tai, the commander who was like a brother and sister of the commander, was killed in this incident, and Ma Ge was wrapped in his body and returned.

Xu Shao's attention was on his nephew's military newspaper, which wrote down the causes and consequences of the battle in detail. A list of meritorious soldiers was attached to the newspaper, and Mattei was listed first. Xu Wei also emphasized in the report the memorial service for the deceased generals and the comfort and bereavement for their families, hoping that the Department of Publicity and Relief would deal with it preferentially as appropriate.

Xu Shao finished reading it and sighed: "It's really hard for him." Then he handed the good news to the officials for circulation. He also said to the messenger: "You have worked hard all the way, and you will go to the pavilion to rest, and you will be there with the news." The officer took the order and left.

was troubled by this good news, and the officials couldn't eat. was recalled by Xu Shao to the second hall, and they all sat in front of the whole map of Shaanxi, listening to the analysis of the situation by both civil and military officials.

"Xu Ziang's victory in Huazhou wiped out the advantage of the Jin army on the Guanzhong Plain. At this moment, the Jin army is in an extremely dangerous situation. It was attacking Huanqing all the way, and it was mainly stationed in Yanzhou all the way to guard against Xu Wei. Then Yan'an will be exposed! In addition, Xu Hong garrisoned Dingrong, Shaanzhou, and could harass He Zhongfu at any time and threaten the retreat of the Jin army. ”

Xu Shao paused for a moment when he said this.

"Xuanfu Xianggong, in this way, wouldn't our army be able to take advantage of the Guanzhong Plain and go straight to Yan'an! Threatening the Jin Army's hub in Shaanxi? An official asked.

This is obviously a layman who doesn't understand military affairs, Xu Shao doesn't blame him, shook his head and said: "It's not feasible, the Lima Army in the Guanzhong Plain is galloping, easy to attack and difficult to defend." Although Xu Wei fought in Huazhou, his purpose was not to control the Guanzhong Plain. Instead, he used this move to force Yan'an to transfer troops back to defense. In order to create the emptiness of Yanzhou, the garrison of Fangzhou took this opportunity to attack strongly. As long as you control Yanzhou, it is like a sharp blade, threatening Yan'an all the time! ”

"If this is the case, then it will not be far from recovering the whole of Shaanxi!" Finally, someone who knows how to say the true meaning of this.

Xu Shao cast an approving look: "Not bad! If Dunzhou can be successfully taken, then the gold thief can be driven out of Shaanxi, and you can count it with your fingers. ”

"It's just the land of Dunzhou, which has always been an important town along the way of Yanyan, and when Sticky Han entered Shaanxi, he set up the Marshal's Mansion here. Zhang turned to the enemy, he has been running for a long time, I am afraid that Xu Jingluo will not be so easy to take. "There is a calm person who does not forget to pour cold water on the restless officials at this moment.

"That's true." Xu Shao had to admit it. "The key to whether or not you can take Dunzhou lies in whether Yan'an will transfer troops back to defense. According to common sense, once the Jin army was defeated in Huazhou, the door of Yan'an was wide open, and troops had to be transferred back to defense. But it is not excluded that some people will see through this layer and stand still. ”

"Xuanxiang, then you may have to let Xu Jingluo pretend to be more like."

"Well, Xu Wei suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, and his other unit was preparing to attack in Fangzhou. With the remaining troops in his hands now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pretend to be realistic. What do you think, though? Xu Wei sat down and asked after returning to the case.

How about transferring troops from Qingyang Mansion? Xu originally came to command the Jingyuan army, and now he is controlling the Huanqing army, and the troops are enough, so let him divide his troops to go?