Immediately, someone responded, and they started talking there, laughing "hehe" from time to time, and Zhang San stared and listened, listening very attentively. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info heard another voice say: "This time when I go back, I must go to the Drunken Red Mansion to taste the taste." ”

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a voice outside the door: "Li Dutou has arrived!" ”

Everyone immediately stopped laughing, got up from the kang, and busied themselves with their clothes. A young man who was about the same as Si Kuang opened the thick leather curtain and walked in, he behaved completely differently from the prostitute, pulling a face, making everyone a little scared.

All the soldiers stood facing Li Dutou, and Si Kuang led everyone to hold their fists and salute the army, and bowed together: "Meet Li Dutou." ”

Li Dutou nodded and said: "The herald army issued a report from Tang, the main force of the Liao army has arrived in Youzhou, and from tomorrow, Fengbao will begin to prepare for battle." After he said that, he turned his head to look at a civilian official, and asked the civil official to confirm, "Secretary Wang, what about the herald Juntang newspaper?" ”

The civil official said: "What Li Dutou said is not bad. ”

Li Dutou said again: "In addition, tomorrow morning, cancel the exercise, everyone take a shower and change into a clean lining; As mentioned above, it is not easy to fester, and it is better to survive if you are injured like this. At night, the people of the two capitals took turns to disarm at night. ”

Li Dutou said that he turned around and left.

There was a pause in the barracks for a while, and before long the crowd began to shout excitedly. People seem to be tired of working every day for a while, and they are looking forward to the war...... The battlefield of Shu is that once you start fighting, you can go home with a reward after the battle.

These days are obviously not so boring and dull, there are often horsemen outside the fortress, one moment I heard that there was a conflict between the scouts and died, and the next I heard where the Liao army came. But I've only heard that everyone has never seen even a single Liao army.

As the heavens and the earth gradually dimmed, Si Kuang carried a bucket of water and slowly climbed up the earthen wall more than one person high from the wooden ladder, and the wall was rammed with dense wooden stakes on the side, and the top was pointed. He poured water down the outside of the stake and down the outer wall, waiting until the evening to form a thin layer of hard, ice. There are also some soldiers nearby who are also splashing water.

Si Kuang looked back and saw that several of his men were waiting by the well to fetch water, so he stretched his upper body and looked into the distance. The endless wilderness seems to be a wasteland in winter, and you can faintly see the houses of the village. There seemed to be nothing in the distance, and he turned his head to the right, and not far away he could see a mound of earth and two towers like wooden shelves, which were watchtowers in a nearby fort.

And so the day went by.

At night, according to the order of turns, Si Kuang and the others were not allowed to disarm their armor, and they lay on the bed to sleep. The plate armor on his body was uneven, and the bed board was also hard, so it was not very comfortable to lie down for a long time, but he still fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long later, Si Kuang was suddenly awakened by a loud shout, and then he heard the sound of "dong dong bang...... banging gongs and drums. He was startled and sat up sharply, his mind still confused as to what had happened.

At this time, a soldier "banged" open the wooden door, ran in and shouted: "The enemy is attacking the camp, hurry up, everyone hurry up to the wall and find your place!" ”

Si Kuang gradually came back to his senses, got up as soon as he was bone, and shouted: "Get up quickly, take your weapon and stand up!" ”

He quickly grabbed a saber from the head of the bed and hung it on his waist, then picked up the crossbow and quiver. More than 30 people in the house were suddenly noisy, and shouting was everywhere outside.

The people prepared their weapons, put on their helmets, and soon stood in the middle of the house. Si Kuang's mind was a little confused, and only then did he remember which position his team should be complicated in. Immediately he led the people out of the house.

There was a commotion outside, and it was full of people, and it seemed a little chaotic. At this time, he saw Li Dutou coming out of his room with a sword, and he shouted: "The people of the first capital, go directly to the wall and prepare for war!" ”

Li Dutou looked up at the mound guard tower again, and scolded loudly: "What are you stunned about!" Light the Beacon! ”

The soldiers above hurriedly smashed a clay pot and threw the torch, and a fire ignited on it, and the camp suddenly lit up a little.

Si Kuang's heart "dong dong" sounded, finally his brain was better, remembering the process of ordinary training, he took out the waist knife with a "swish", pointed to a few ladders on the left and said: "First fire, up!" ”

He himself trotted up the middle staircase, and when the army saw this, they followed him up the wall.

Si Kuang's eyes widened, climbed to the top of the ladder, and saw that it was pitch black outside and there was no one in sight, and the piles of bonfires in the distance shook their light in the dark night. At this moment, a cavalry appeared on the edge of the firelight, and the cavalryman held a triangular red flag and shouted: "Your own people, don't let go of arrows!" ”

Li Dutou below roared: "All teams, the crossbow bolts are wound, and the firearms are drugged!" ”

After a while, I saw black shadows like ghosts flashing by the fire in the distance, and some people lit torches from the fire, only to see that the light was full of horsemen!

The fire has limited access to the area, and it looks as if there are people outside! The whole fortress was surrounded by a flood of people.

The horsemen jumped off their horses, and with wooden shields and rudimentary wooden ladders, they rushed over the horses outside. The battle was very scary, because there were many enemy soldiers, and the strength of more than 100 people on the wall was weak.

"Steady!" Si Kuang shouted, and his voice was out of tune. His heart was stretched into a line, and everyone worked very matters related to life and death.

Soon there were screams, however, and the enemy soldiers were squeezed into a trench on the outermost side, full of sharpened stakes and nails, and one could imagine what would happen if they fell into the darkness.

So the tide outside was blocked by the ditch, and the enemy soldiers began to take ladders and lay them flat on the ditch, and then walked cautiously, very slowly. The enemy soldiers in the back took shovels and began to dig and fill the pits.

The scene outside was endless, and the menacing momentum was suddenly stuck! When Si Kuang looked back, the men and horses of the second capital had already been assembled, and soon the generals shouted, and everyone went to the wall in batches.

Si Kuang heard the drums beating rhythmically again, and the general's voice shouted: "The first capital gathers its troops and gives the second capital territory!" ”

So more than ten people on each side of Si Kuang lined up in the middle, and the troops on the wall formed three columns, which suddenly became much thicker, which made Si Kuang's confidence a little more.

After a long time of tinkering, the enemy soldiers with fur hats threw their shields above them before they swarmed up from the edge of the second trench. In a hurry, the enemy soldiers could not fill the deep ditch, and after probably destroying the stakes and nails in the ditch, they dug a place in the hook wall to get up from the ditch.

"Put!" Si Kuang pointed down with his saber.

Suddenly, there was a string sound, and the crossbow bolts flew diagonally in the dim firelight, screaming from below, and the accuracy of the crossbow bolts was good. Si Kuang saw that the enemy soldiers who were not dead hurriedly grabbed the wooden shield and squatted there and did not dare to step forward.

Si Kuang saw it clearly, and said: "Don't change teams, the firearms can't reach, and the front row is reloaded with crossbow arrows." ”

At this moment, a "clang" sound of wood rubbing was heard, and a stone bullet with a shining lead flew out of the camp with a clatter. After a while, a "boom" explosion was heard, and fires splashed in the distance, and human voices were heard.

Several ballistae on the wall also vibrated violently, and arm-thick crossbow arrows flew in the air! The enemy soldiers could climb over two trenches on foot, but the horses could not climb up, and they fired arrows indiscriminately underneath, which was not effective, the elevation angle was large, and the wall was relatively narrow and blocked by wooden stakes, so it was difficult to shoot people.

The enemy soldiers had fortified themselves in the distance, endured the casualties caused by the ballistas and crossbows, and finally accumulated some troops, when suddenly those men shouted "Wow Wow...... rushed over with wooden shields and simple ladders.

...

"Smack!" The wooden ladder was pressed against the stake on the wall at once, and a Tang sergeant hurriedly went up to lift it, but unexpectedly, an arrow hit his face door with a "whoosh", and the soldier went to lift the ladder with the center of gravity in front, and his body went down from the wall as soon as he became weak.

At this time, a row of Tang soldiers stepped forward with crossbows, and when they heard the shout of "release", the enemy soldiers gathered under the wall of "crackling...... suddenly screamed; The pile of people was at most ten steps apart, and they could be hit with stones.

The back platoon came forward after listening to the military order, picked up a firearm and bombarded it below, and the smoke rose from the wall. Arrows flew wildly over the head, clanging on the helmet shoulder armor, and occasionally wounded people.

The Liao army under the city dropped the wooden ladder and turned around and ran, jumping straight into the ditch. The two men who had just climbed a few steps looked back and hurriedly jumped down to run, but just a few steps away, they were met by the crossbowmen who had been replaced, and all the crossbow arrows were shot at the backs of the two men, and the two enemy soldiers fell to the ground, with several crossbow arrows stuck in their backs.

The Tang sergeant on the wall was busy learning about the gunpowder lead bullets on the ground, and the crossbow arrows were also pulled to the sound of Titicaca. After training for a few months, I went to the battlefield of Shu again, as long as I was on the battle array, the performance of the township army was very different, and it was a lot better. And everyone is on the wall, the Liao army can't reach it, and it's useless to let it be a martial arts masterpiece, and it's almost the same as a target in the eyes of the Tang army soldiers.

At this moment, the roar of horses' hooves was suddenly heard amid a noise. Si Kuang looked back and saw a fire shining in the distance behind him, like stars in the sky. Reinforcements from the forbidden army horse team stationed in Jinzhou came up.

The Liao soldiers desperately climbed up from the ditch, and the cavalry in the rear had already turned around and retreated.

…… Zhang Jiang led 3,000 horsemen from Jinzhou to the west overnight, along the west of Jinzhou Sanggan River north, estimated that they traveled for half an hour, and then outflanked to the east. Half an hour later, the sky was already dark. It's a little bit of fire ahead.

Zhang Jiang ordered the whole army to throw away the torches and led the army to pounce on it. It is impossible for the Liao army to attack too many people at night, otherwise the action is too slow, the target is too big, and it is not easy to sneak attack.

The main stream of the Liao army moved northward, and the Zhangjiang department moved eastward. The war horse galloped and soon approached, Zhang Jiang didn't say a word, took his bow and arrows, and slammed an arrow on a torch, and sure enough, there was a scream from afar.

The Tang army's horse herd accelerated and rushed out to the east, and the black oppressive horse herd swept like a torrent. "Bang bang ......" There was a neighing of horses and the screams of people behind Zhang Jiang. The forward of the Liao army collided with the flank of the Tang army, and the middle road was suddenly in chaos, swords, guns and firelight shook together, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

Zhang Jiang then turned his horse's head, took the forward detour to the right flank of the Liao army, and fired sideways in the opposite direction, and among the surging horses, the arrows were like locusts, and the shouts shook the heavens and the earth.

The front of the Liao army was blocked, and the men and horses behind detoured to the right flank, because the left flank was all Tang army horses from the west. On the right flank, there were Zhang Jiang's personal soldiers and men and horses who made a detour to the south, and the two armies fought fiercely. The strength of the Liao army was obviously less than that of the Tang army, and in the whirlpool of galloping horses, the side with more people had more arrows, and the arrows flew indiscriminately, and the Liao army suffered heavy casualties.

At this moment, Zhang Jiang heard someone shouting, and saw a herald rushing towards the big banner here, shouting: "The large Liao army in the north should respond!" ”

Zhang Jiang immediately ordered: "Whistle!" Remove! ”

The Tang soldiers were surrounded by copper sentry posts in Mali, and the men and horses made a detour to the southwest while fighting. Zhang Jiang's face ran out for a long time, and when he looked back, there was a black line on the horizon, and the middle rose and fell in pieces...... That's the shadow of a large group of people.

After dawn, the Liao army did not continue to attack Jinzhou; The Tang army also did not take the initiative to attack. The short night of fighting soon died down.

……

In the Lizhou Palace, the military general Lu Shang took Cao Bin and Kou Zhun and hurriedly walked in from the courtyard to a hall. Lu Shangbai said: "Wait a minute, the emperor will arrive later." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Lu Fei walking in through the side door, he was wearing a round-necked robe without a hat.

Cao Bin said: "Your Majesty, last night the Liao army attacked the Jinzhou fortress, and Zhang Jiang killed more than 300 enemies, repelled the Liao army, and won the first battle. ”

Lu Fei had a look of joy on his face when he heard this, although the victory was not big, but winning the first battle was a good sign! When people are extra stressed, sometimes they really believe in these mysterious things...... Anyway, there is no harm in believing, and most people in the world, both ancient and modern, should believe in God in this way.

After a while, Lu Fei said in a deep voice: "The Liao army should be tempting and harassing. It is impossible for them to crush an army of more than 100,000 as soon as they come. ”

Cao Bin said: "After Zhang Jiang heard the alarm, he took the initiative to outflank the Liao army, and almost annihilated all the Liao army. ”

"Oh? I didn't let him attack like this......" Lu Fei said: "Send someone to reward Zhang Jiang." ”

Cao Bin said: "Obey." ”

Lu Fei paced a few steps and couldn't help but think about Zhang Jiang a little more. According to his previous performance, this young military general was a more obedient person to military orders, and probably always served under the command of a general; This time, it was the cavalry of the forbidden army who was in charge of Jinzhou alone, and it showed its bold side...... After all, he is young and will not be as cautious as people like Yang Yanzhao.

Cao Bin said: "Let's defend the defense line, will the Liao army start from Jinzhou?" Once the winter is over, Jinzhou should be an important stronghold for this campaign. ”

Lu Fei was noncommittal, walked to the chair above, sat down casually, and looked at the map placed on it for a long time without saying a word.

He took a ruler and measured it on the map, pinched a scale on it with his thumb, and measured it in another place, doing some trivial movements. Cao Bin and Kou Zhun stood below and didn't say a word.

Lu Fei groaned: "If I come to attack this defense line instead, Jinzhou is not easy to fight, and our army has heavy troops in each city around it, and our army can quickly gather most of the men and horses to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army." ”

Cao Bin said: "My Tang Dynasty has gathered all the elite soldiers in the north, if the Liao army is really willing to take the initiative to fight with me, we are not afraid of it." ”

Lu Fei nodded and said, "That's right." The Tang army has 200,000 or 300,000 horses, which is more than twice the size of the Liao army. If we can't win a field battle, we don't need to attack. ”

He changed his words and said: "But the main force of the Liao army is mainly cavalry, and if the Tang army wants to seize the initiative, it has to use cavalry; But fighting cavalry, our more than 50,000 elite cavalry are not the opponent of the Liao army...... I don't think they're going to fight us. ”

Lu Fei took a deep breath and said, "Don't move the strategy for the time being, let the departments deploy according to the original strategy; The news of the secret sentinels in various parts of Youzhou, the soldiers Cao Si must immediately report to me to know...... Where is the main force of the Liao army deployed now? ”

Cao Bin and Kou Zhun looked at each other, and the two said one after another: "When the Liao army first arrived, the ministers didn't know it for the time being, and they should be near Youzhou City. ”

"Youzhou is not far from Lizhou, even in the middle of winter, the carrier pigeon should fly back." Lu Fei groaned. He paced a few steps and said, "Pick a general to go to Jinzhou to replace Zhang Jiang's military power, and call Zhang Jiang back to Lizhou." ”

...

The ministers of the Bazhou Palace are also always concerned about the situation, the main force of the Liao State is going south, not far from the north, and there has even been contact (Jinzhou attack camp), the saber rattling, and the pressure of the dark clouds of the war is very low.

After Zhang Jiang received the award, he rushed to the Bazhou Palace.

As soon as he walked into the front yard of the palace, he walked through the lobby and stayed in the signing room. The emperor doesn't seem to be living "deep" for a while, and Zhang Jiang was not taken to the inner courtyard of the deep house.

The eunuch Wang Fang greeted him, asked someone to serve tea, and came up to greet Zhang Jiang.

Wang Fang's attitude was very polite: "The emperor praised General Zhang twice, and said that General Zhang has courage." ”

Zhang Jiang puffed up his chest and said, "Men are just like this!" would have been an example of the emperor's spirit. ”

Wang Fang smiled: "General Zhang wants to learn from the emperor?" ”

As soon as these words came out, a petty official who was busy writing in the signing room also raised his head and quietly glanced at Wang Fang and Zhang Jiang.

Zhang Jiang didn't realize that he and the emperor had the righteousness of Jinlan.

"Oh?" Wang Fang looked at him curiously.

At this moment, Lu Fei walked in from outside the door.

Zhang Jiang hurriedly got up and knelt on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "The minister knocks to see the emperor." ”

"Get up." Lu Fei glanced at him.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Jiangdao slowly stood up from the ground, and the armor on his body grinded with a clanging sound. Lu Fei pointed to a chair next to the coffee table for him to sit on.

Wang Fang walked up to Lu Fei, bent down and said softly, "General Zhang's etiquette looks so decent. ”

Lu Fei nodded, his eyes stayed on Zhang Jiang, and he looked very concerned: "The third elder is capable, which impresses me." ”

Zhang Jiang was so excited that his face was red, speechless, and glowing.

Lu Fei looked at him, and said slowly in a casual tone: "Yang Yanzhao has been in battle for a long time, and he has too much responsibility, too many things to consider, and too conservative. The iron hammer is too hot-blooded, brave is brave, but when you start a battle, you don't know how to stop it in time. Only you have a flexible mind, courage and strategy, and you dare to fight flexibly with soldiers, but you know how to measure proportions. ”

Zhang Jiang hurriedly said: "The last general doesn't dare, don't dare...... The last general still needs to be experienced. ”

Lu Fei shook his head and said, "There are no outsiders here, and since I proclaimed myself emperor, I don't have time to drink with my brothers." ”

Zhang Jiang raised his head excitedly but seriously.

Lu Fei was not in a hurry for a while, and continued: "The commander of the Xiangdu can be regarded as a real general, you can enter and exit the front division of the palace every day, and no matter how big the front division of the palace is, you have to participate." Although the position is a little lower than Yang Yanzhao, you are younger, aren't you? I'm still looking forward to your success. ”

Zhang Jiang immediately clenched his fists and said sonorously: "The last general, please drive forward for the emperor, as long as you can serve the emperor, you will not hesitate to go up the sword mountain and down to the sea of fire, and the liver and brain will be smeared!" ”

"Good!" Lu Fei said, "Go to Bazhou, and take the 10,000 elite horsemen of the Tiger Army." ”

Zhang Jiang hesitated slightly, the Tiger Ben Army is the emperor's cronies, so he wants to be transferred so far?

Lu Fei's eyes also flashed with sharpness: "When I tell you to go up, you will lead the troops north." When they saw the Khitans, they killed all the sheep and horses, burned all the grain and grass, and left when they were dry. You can't be caught by the big force of the Liao army, you must be flexible and changeable, bold and fast! ”

Zhang Jiang Zhengse said: "What are the main places to attack?" ”

Lu Fei stood up, there was a big picture on the wall, slapped it with his palm, slapped it in a different place, and said in a deep voice: "Grain Road." If the Liao army gathers soldiers and horses to attack our defense line in the south, and the army will fight a decisive battle, the Liao army will have more than 100,000 people, at least 230,000 horses, and there will be nothing in the ice and snow, I don't believe that the grain and grass they bring with the army are enough to eat! Youzhou is the territory operated by the Liao State, this time they can't rely on looting, and after the soldiers and horses are concentrated, the place that can be plundered is too small. ”

Zhang Jiang said: "The last general understands! ”

Lu Fei couldn't help but say: "You must be vigilant at that time, the Liao army has a lot of cavalry and is also fast. ”

Lu Fei fell silent after speaking, lowered his head and pressed the hilt of his sword, his eyes were attracted by the red satin tied to it, and he seemed to see a pair of gentle jade hands. The thought flashed, and he steadied himself.

Now Lu Fei doesn't go to the front line to inspect the field, because the range that his eyes can see is too small and the battlefield is too open, even if he goes to the front line, most of the things can't be seen, and he can only listen to the narration of people from all over the country.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Lu Fei didn't do anything all day, and he hardly went to the palace. But there are some things that have little to do with whether you seem busy or not...... He was even thinking about eating and sleeping, and he couldn't help but think that this kind of pressure and the state of mind that was difficult to rest might be harder than busy work.

Lu Fei paced a few steps, and said in his heart: I have tried my best to attach importance to intelligence, but in fact, it is still very difficult and slow to grasp the enemy's situation and enemy strategy in this era, and many things can really only be guessed in advance!

...

The clouds in the sky were so low that one was worried that they would fall onto the roof of the attic of Bazhou City.

The small snowflakes in the air were blown sideways by the wind, like catkins in late spring, and like paper money on the funeral, adding a bit of sadness to the atmosphere. The house was hot and busy.

There were several ministers and officials sitting in the front yard of the palace, and there were also many military officials in the wings on both sides. The people were very busy, and the grain, armaments, fortifications, and intelligence of the 200,000-strong army had to be reported here for processing, and the military government of the former battalion was also responsible for issuing military orders.

There seems to be only one idler here, and that is Lu Fei.

From time to time, he listened to important news from Kou Zhun and others in the upper seat of the hall, and then sat there for a while; From time to time, I got up and went back to the detention room to look at the picture. Anyway, he didn't have to do specific things, and he did almost nothing for the whole day.

Occasionally, he walked in the courtyard behind the second hall, but there was nothing to walk, so he could only walk back and forth in a long corridor, and it was snowing outside, and he didn't expect to go in the snow.

There is always a feeling of uneasiness.

At this time, Cao Bin came in, and Lu Fei looked back and saw him, so he stopped and waited in the corridor. Pan Mei didn't come this time, she stayed in Bianjing, and the person who presided over all the branches of the Qianying Military Government was Cao Bin. Cao Bin is very hard-working, and he is very careful when he gets up early and is greedy for darkness, after all, Pan Mei has been so favored in recent years, no matter what major things are, the emperor will ask Pan Mei first before making a decision.

Cao Bin stepped forward to salute, and then said: "Your Majesty, the news from the front-line scouts has been reported one after another, and the minister feels that he can be sure that the main force of the Liao army is in the north of Jinzhou, and almost all the men and horses are there. ”

Lu Fei's mind suddenly came up with the grand scene of the camp tent on the snowfield not ending, and his ears seemed to hear the thick and dull sound of horses' hooves stepping on the snow.

He said in a deep voice: "Did they attack Jinzhou City? ”

Cao Bin said: "Not yet." ”