Several fast horses went straight to the northwest from the east of the river, the official road was smooth, and the Yongxing passed, straight into Qinfeng, and into Qinzhou.

Zhe Keqiu finally received the military report that he had been waiting for for nearly a month. is still a confidant Meng Lang by his side.

After reading the military newspaper, he began to pace again. Meng Lang took the letter and continued to read.

"Xianggong, this matter... Shouldn't it be taken seriously? Meng Lang didn't seem to be quite sure about the contents of the letter.

"It's true, the Jurchens are all cavalry, Zheng Zhi's troops are insufficient, and the generals are not as elite as the Jurchens, Datong heard that it is guarded by a Jiangnan general, and the generals in Jiangnan are mostly greedy for life and afraid of death, the Jurchens' strange soldiers have passed Datong, and those old soldiers in Hebei are all old and weak, and the Jurchens will inevitably go straight behind Zheng Zhi's army, and Zheng Zhi is in danger." It can be analyzed a few times, according to common sense, it is not bad, Jurchen has entered Yanyun, and Zheng Zhi is obviously in danger.

But when he said these words, some of his eyebrows fluttered, and even his face was a little happy, and his eyes were shining.

Meng Lang saw that something was wrong from Zhe Keqiu's face, and he also had conjectures in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Xianggong, but this Liu Zhengyan is not an easy person. ”

Zhe Keqiu smiled and said: "Zheng Zhi can't be taken lightly, this Liu Zhengyan is really easy." If he is in Pingxia, there is really not much to do with him, at this time he is in Qinzhou, wouldn't he send the meat of the chopping board, and wait for a certain plan a few times. You also send a few more people to Yanyun in Hedong to investigate, even the Hejian Mansion will also send some people. Be sure to send back Zheng Zhi's news in real time. ”

"Don't worry, the last general has already sent several more groups of people over. The battle of Yanyun is very important, and we must have received the news faster than Tokyo. Meng Lang replied. It is also true that now Tokyo is under the control of Zheng Zhi, and the military situation does not need to be reported to the imperial court in real time, so naturally the news of Tokyo is not as fast as Qinzhou.

Zhe Keqiu nodded, his eyes fluttered for a moment, and he said: "Let's go, go with a certain person to visit this prime minister, this is a good season, and the soldiers under his command should also move, it is the time to go out on a safari." Gather all the hunting dogs and falcons from all the families in the city, and then wait for the minister to go to see the mountains and rivers of Qinzhou. ”

Meng Lang nodded when he heard this, and replied, "The last general will arrange this." ”

In this northwest place, many martial artists, ordinary people, do not prohibit bows and crossbows, and even when the old Zhong Xianggong is there, superb archery skills can also be exempted. If the people have violated the ordinary law, they can go to the school field to shoot arrows, and if they can hit the bull's-eye a hundred paces away, they will be exempted.

This is the key to the Western Army's ability to fight. Therefore, in the homes of ordinary people, there are many who have some solid families and raise some falcons and hounds.

The left leads the yellow, the right Qingcang, the brocade hat mink Qiu, and the thousand horses roll Pinggang. It is also the words of Mr. Su. Yellow is a hunting dog. Cang, is the goshawk, is the falcon. It's just that this thousand horsemen roll Pinggang seems to be a little exaggerated, the lyrics are talking about Mizhou, Mizhou is in Shandong, Shandong at that time, where can there be a thousand horses roaring out. Thousands of people are about the same, and more than 100 riders are the number of the sky.

Zhe Keqiu invited Liu Zhengyan to hunt, this matter is obviously not so simple.

But it is this thousand horsemen who are in Qinzhou at this time, which is extremely appropriate. In front of the head of the thousand horses, hundreds of hunting dogs galloped and barked, and some Qinzhou disciples accompanied them, with a piece of cowhide wrapped around their arms, and what was tightly grasped on the cowhide was the claws of the goshawk, and the falcon was covered by a hood with its eyes, and there were chains around its neck. When they encounter a golden pheasant or the like, take off the blindfold and remove the chain, the falcon will fly into the air and pounce on the prey.

Boiling eagles is also a technical job, but most of these Northwest children know how to tame these flying eagles in the sky. Usually they are raised with meat, but in fact, they do not rely on these falcons to hunt to support their families, and the prey that these falcons hunt is not as much food as they raise. It's a matter of liking, and in summer and autumn, hunting is a pastime.

If you are a nomadic people, then these falcons are really used to find food for survival.

Liu Zhengyan did not refuse the invitation to ask for it, obviously Liu Zhengyan also liked this, after all, Liu Zhengyan was born in Gaomen, and in this era when there was no pastime, hunting was one of the important pastimes for these Gaomen's children.

Arm eagle lackey, expelled for pleasure. In fact, it is not a good word, but to describe the prodigal life of the ancient gentlemen, describing these gentlemen as not doing their jobs. But this is the case, Song began to go back, but it is rare. Before the Song Dynasty, many of the children of the Gaomen had to go into battle, and their ability to ride horses and shoot arrows was mostly practiced in this kind of prodigal life. But from Song downwards, the children of the Gaomen family don't even have such skills anymore, and most of them only have beauties and fine wine.

The left leads the yellow, and the right Qingcang hunts poetry, and the Northern Song Dynasty passes. Never again. Maybe not at all. This is how society is changing.

Thousands of horses rolled Pinggang, Liu Zhengyan was very happy, and he gained a lot, probably because Liu Zhengyan was also suffocated in Qinzhou, and his life was unfamiliar, and his life was boring. Zhe Keqiu personally led the way, looking for hunting grounds, all the way were respectful, polite and courteous.

Returning in the evening, Liu Zhengyan was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Zhexianggong, thank you today!" ”

Zhe Keqiu looked at Liu Zhengyan's good complexion, and replied: "Today's preparations are hasty, the hunting place is not far, and you can prepare properly in a few days, and go to the southwest for more than 100 miles, where there are big insects, and it is much more interesting to hunt than these hairy rabbits and pheasants, if you go to the mountains, there are also muntjac musk deer." If you can hunt musk deer, it is best to take its incense and make a few sachets. ”

When Liu Zhengyan heard this, he nodded, thinking about something in his heart, and replied, "Let's talk about it in a few days." ”

But he was not discouraged, but he said: "I will wait for Liu Xianggong to come again when he has time." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries, and then they also returned to the yamen.

The first thing Liu Zhengyan did when he returned to the government was to ask his subordinates if there was any reply from Zheng Zhi.

But it was Zheng Zhi's reply where could he come back at this time, even if the messenger arrived at the Gubei Pass, he would definitely not be able to find Zheng Zhi's person. There are not many people who know where Zheng Zhi went. The messenger could only wait for Zheng Zhi to receive him at the Gubei Pass.

At the Gubei Pass, the men and horses under the command of Wu Song, Sun Shengchao and others finally don't have to go out to drill twice a day in a row.

The Jurchen scouts in the mountains and forests were already shocked when they saw the cavalry coming westward, turned around and headed north, constantly going over the mountains and mountains.

Wanyan Wu Qimai was still waiting for the news from the gate in the big tent.

But before the news arrived, the scouts from Gubei who were monitoring Zheng Zhi's camp had already returned first. hurriedly entered the big tent and reported: "Your Majesty, Song Dog has come with reinforcements again, more than 10,000, all of them are ironclad horses." ”

The generals frowned when they heard this, and Wu Qimai got up and asked, "From which direction are you from?" ”

"From the west."

"West? Mo is not the Song army in the northwest?。。。 Something is wrong. "Wanyan Wu begged to buy how old and spicy, reinforcements came from the west, this matter is obviously wrong, even the Western Army of Song is not right.

Wanyan Xiyin had already guessed what was wrong, and said: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that General Hu Liyan has already entered the pass from Datong and is in the west of Gubei, why don't these reinforcements fight against General Hu Liyan in the west, but come to Gubei?" ”

Gubei came to reinforce the army, and everyone was acceptable, but the Song Dynasty was full of people, and it was normal for some generals to come to support. There is no problem with those who come from the south, but there is a problem with those who come from the west. Even if reinforcements came from the west, they should be busy fighting Wanyan Lou at this time, rather than coming to Gubei to support.

Wanyan Wu begged to buy already had a bad premonition, and asked, "Visible flags?" ”

The scout replied, "The banner of that pair of ironclad riders is the same as the one on the head of Gubei City. ”

Wanyan Wu Qimai was shocked when he heard this, like a thunderbolt in his ears, there were "Yan" and "Zheng" on the head of the city, and the reinforcements that came were also like this, and the facts were already clear.

"It's in danger... Send someone to the forest to the west to find out if you can find anyone who has returned. What Wu Qimai guessed in his heart was almost the same as the truth. But he still had a little luck, that is, he didn't believe that Wanyan Lou's room was defeated like this.

When Mu Han heard this, he opened his mouth to comfort: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, General Hu Liyan wants to fight well, how can Song Gou easily defeat him." Zheng Zhi is also at this Gubei Pass, how dare he leave this decisive battle, this Gubei Pass is monitored every day, and there is no movement of the army, maybe the Song army from the west is just a defeated army defeated by General Hu Liyan. ”

Wanyan Wu begged to buy and said: "It's best to be like this, so it's a great luck." ”

But it was Wanyan Wu begging to buy words, although he said so, his face was still worried.

At this time, a soldier suddenly came in at the door, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, there are a few big characters hung on the head of the ancient north wall. Would you like to take a look, Your Majesty? ”

Hearing this, Wanyan Wu Qimai hurriedly got up, walked out of the big tent, and looked at the south with his eyes.

Above the pass, a piece of white cloth hung down from the city, and there were a few big characters on it: The head of the dog is here!

The Khitan people who read Chinese characters behind Wanyan Wu begged to buy tremblingly read the handwriting on the head of the city, and the audience was in an uproar, everyone was angry, and some people had already jumped to their feet and scolded.

"Kill all the Song dogs, you will definitely kill all the Song dogs."

"Kill and avenge General Liyan."

Wanyan Wu begged to calm down a few times, and shouted: "Come on, go and have a look, and see if Hu Liyan's head is really in Song Gou's hands." ”

A group of fast horses galloped out and headed straight for the city. Less than the range of the feather arrows near the front, you can already see the top and bottom of the battlements of the city, densely packed with human heads, and many people have iron helmets on their heads, and the shape of the iron helmet is the shape of the iron helmet of the Liao people, most of them have horns on both sides. Nowadays, most of these iron helmets are naturally on the heads of the Jurchens. It is not the same as the iron helmet of the Song people.

Looking further, one by one the Jurchen hairstyles came into view, although they were not money rat tails, most of them shaved the hair in front of the skull. The reason why the Jurchens have such a head shape is because in the jungle, the hair in front of the head is too long to block the vision of the eyes, and if you shave, you can find prey in the forest, and it is also conducive to discovering danger.

The soldiers at the head of the city saw a group of Jurchens approaching with horses, all of them stretched their bows and arrows, ready to shoot.

Zheng Zhi, who was also at the head of the city, had already raised his hand and waved, and said, "Let that group of Jurchens come closer, let them take a good look at Hu Liyan's head, and hang Hu Liyan's head a little higher, so that they can all see it clearly." ”