Measured in a straight line, the distance between Lingzhou and Shunzhou and Jingzhou is about the same, all of which are about sixty miles. Lingzhou is related to the life and death of Western Xia, so that the Western Xia government and the opposition will set their eyes here.

Originally, they thought that Lingzhou could stop the Song army, but the scouts sent by Shunzhou and Jingzhou saw with their own eyes that the Song army blew up the Yellow River embankment, diverting the water of the Yellow River and Lingzhou River into Lingzhou, making Lingzhou a Ze country.

After the news came back, the Western Xia government and the opposition shook, although Lingzhou did not fall but it was no different from the fall, the Song army was further ahead of Shunzhou and Jingzhou, if these two cities were captured by the Song people, Xingqing Mansion was directly exposed in front of the Song army, although there were tall walls to block the enemy, but the Song army did not know what else to come up with to attack the city.

Firearms, water irrigation, the Song people even used these two methods, I don't know what other methods will be used to deal with Gyeongju City, if even Gyeongju falls, Western Xia will be equivalent to the death of the country.

Therefore, at this moment, the Western Xia was completely nervous, and no longer cared about what shook the foundation of the country, and the large-scale expansion of the army, regardless of the party, the Uighurs, the Tibetans, the Han people, and the men from the age of fifteen to the fifty years old, were all conscripted and sent into the country.

There is no way, if not, the Western Xia will be destroyed.

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With the foundation laid by the previous dispatch, this time the division was extremely easy to send troops, compared with the other Song armies were still fighting hard, at this time the Jingyuan Road army was in the midst of rest.

Just when the seed master was staring at the map and thinking about how to fight next, suddenly the junior colonel below came into the account to report: "Yu Dashuai, Huanqing Road passed through a little pacification to make Liu Shuai divide his troops into two roads, one way to break through the Jing'an Military Division, and the other way to attack the Qingyuan Military Division, Pule City, and Yaode City. ”

"Hahaha, finally one has arrived!" Hearing this little school's report, the planter immediately laughed, and then ordered: "Quickly send someone to contact Liu Shuai, this marshal is waiting for him here, invite him to join forces, and cross the Yellow River together to attack the thief's nest!" ”

The little colonel was instructed to go out in a hurry.

Finally waited, Lotte was also a little excited in his heart, and waited for eight days on the south bank of the Lingzhou River, and finally waited for a strong team, and this time he could finally join forces to conquer Xingqing.

Huanqing Road Jinglu appeased Liu Zhongwu, who was also a fierce general in the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in the northwest for many years.

In the history of the Song Dynasty, Liu Zhongwu is slightly general, but Liu Zhongwu has a son is very unusual, Liu Zhongwu's son is called Liu Qi, if it is enough to enter the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongxing four generals, but the history of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongxing four generals is different, but purely in terms of merit, Liu Qi entered the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongxing four generals, it is well-deserved and undisputed.

In the Southern Song Dynasty painter Liu Song's "Zhongxing Four Generals" drawing, the four Zhongxing generals are Fei, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Liu Song's list of these four people for the reason for the four generals of Zhongxing will be simple, because these four generals have kings, Yue Fei chased the king of Hu, Liu Guangshi chased the king of Yan, Han Shizhong chased the king of Qi, Zhang Jun chased the king of Xun. But this reason is also a bit unreliable, because Wu Jie, who was as famous as Bingfei in the same period, was posthumously presented to King Fu after his death.

There was also a historian named Zhang Ying in the Southern Song Dynasty, who wrote a book "Biography of the Four Generals of Emperor Song Zhongxing", in which Yue Fei, Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi, and Wei Sheng were included in it.

In Liu Song's "Four Generals of Zhongxing", Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun are really suspected of indiscriminately, because Liu Guangshi's resistance to gold is a joke, either fleeing without a fight or trying to retreat, and the army is not strict, many rogues and rebels are willing to join as subordinates, called "fleeing generals", and the Huaixi military mutiny is also from his army; Needless to say, Zhang Jun assisted Qin Hui in implementing the begging policy, and conspired with Qin Hui to create an unjust case of Yue Fei's rebellion, causing Yue Fei to be unjustly killed. I think these two can be on the list of four generals because of Zhao Gou's favor.

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Two days later, a large group of men and horses came from the east.

A veteran rode a horse, smiled at the breeder, then dismounted and bowed his hand, and pointed to Lingzhou City soaked in the water, and said with a smile: "Uncle Yi almost took the two cities of Mingsha and Yingli at the same time, and flooded Lingzhou, it is really fast!" ”

Uncle Yi, the ancients liked to name the word, and Liu Zhongwu was close to him, so he naturally called it by the word of the teacher.

The seed master also smiled, and returned the salute: "Brother Ziwen is not slow, Ke Jing'an Military Division solves a certain worry, and even Ke Shucheng, which is also a great achievement!" ”

At this time, the planter also stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's getting cold, Liu Shuai still goes into the camp tent to drink some hot tea to warm up and talk about it!" ”

"Duanru, we may not have seen each other in a long time!" Seeing the seed master, Liu Zhongwu said with a smile. The name was used in the seed master, but the name was changed later, but Liu Zhongwu called it for a long time, but it couldn't be changed.

"Nephew Liu Xi has seen Uncle Planter!"

"Nephew Liu Qi has seen Uncle Seeding!"

At this time, the two young generals who followed Liu Zhongwu saluted the two brothers in the seed master and the seed master.

Seed Master Dao looked at Liu Xi and Liu Qi, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen each other for a few years, these two little guys have grown up, and they are worthy of being the queen of the gate, and we generally plan to fight horses for the rest of their lives!" ”

Unlike Yao Gu and Chongshi Dao in the Western Army, Liu Zhongwu was fought out by low-level officers and promoted to Jingluo pacification envoy, so he married late, at this time he was more than 60 years old, and his second son Liu Qi was only 22 years old.

Liu Zhongwu shook his head and said with a smile, "Uncle Yi, compared to your grandson Chongyan, my two children are much worse, I heard that your grandson Chongyan made a great contribution in Xiao Guan in August and beheaded more than 1,000 Western Xia soldiers!" ”

"It just so happened that I met some thieves who didn't have long eyes!" The seed master smiled and said haha, he couldn't tell the details.

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Speaking of Chongyan, Liu Zhongwu's eyes fell on Lotte's body, and he walked closer and looked at it and said with a smile: "This is Chongyan, his face is becoming more and more handsome!" ”

"Liu Shuai, the juniors are here!" Chongyan, who was following behind Lotte, was busy.

Liu Zhongwu's face was a little embarrassed, and he exchanged a few polite words with Chongyan, and began to look at Lotte, and asked: "This posterity is tight, which offspring is it!" ”

Giving a gift, Lotte said: "Lotte has seen the old man of Jingluo!" ”

Hearing that it was Lotte, Liu Zhongwu showed a smile on his face and said: "It turned out to be the owner of the Peach Blossom Nunnery who was famous in my Great Song Dynasty, and he was the hero who saved Liu Shuai, but the old man has been admired for a long time!" ”

"Liu Shuai actually knew the name of the lower official, and the lower official was overjoyed!" Lotte was busy.

"Don't be polite, let's go in and eat tea!" The planter said with a smile.

……

In the handsome tent, in addition to the seed master Dao, Liu Zhongwu and the seed master, there is also a lotte in the shuai tent.

Although the three of them are the masters, they are all the official positions of the three products, although Lotte is young, but it is the civil service of the fourth product, and the Beijing officials are noble, as long as Lotte does not make mistakes and then stays up for a few years of seniority and waits for the release, it is a natural thing to be promoted to the three-grade system, and it is enough to be on an equal footing with these three people, so it is a matter of course that there is a place for Lotte in this big tent.

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After a brief conversation, Liu Zhongwu said: "I have two soldiers and horses together, how to fight next, please ask Uncle Yi to show me!" ”

In fact, Liu Zhongwu knew in his heart that when it came to fighting, the planter was much better than himself, and besides, the planter was a giant family living in Shaanxi, and the Liu family's strength was really not as good as the planter, so Liu Zhongwu naturally didn't want to compete with the planter for this military power.

The seed master said: "According to the prediction of the seed, the next step for my two soldiers and horses is to cross the Yellow River and take Shunzhou!" ”

Liu Zhongwu said: "I also think so, if we take Jingzhou first, it will inevitably cause our army to suffer from the enemy, and it is the best policy to take Shunzhou!" ”

The two of them unified their opinions, so naturally they had no opinions, but the seed master did not forget to ask Lotte, "How about the discussion between the two of us?" ”

"The two bosses and heroes see the same thing, and the lower officials have no objections!" Lotte said, and then said: "Xia Guan believes that in addition to attacking Xia Zhou, the two elders can also encircle and send reinforcements to consume the limited field strength of the Xia people. ”

Seed Master Dao nodded and agreed: "Encircling the point to send reinforcements, it is a good strategy, first, our army can work for Yiyi, and secondly, it can annihilate the already small number of Western Xia soldiers and horses." ”

"Although Lord Le is a civil official, he has the strategy of a military general, and it is a pity not to come to command the army!" Liu Zhongwu also nodded.

"Liu Shuai has a false reputation, and the lower officials are just scholars who can't carry them on their shoulders and can't lift them in their hands, and they are really not that piece of material." Then Lotte said: "The lower official still has one more matter, I want to tell the three bosses, it is related to the military aircraft, and I also ask the three elders to retreat from their sides, and let the lower officials speak slowly." ”

Chongyan and Liu Qi and others, who were following behind the Seed Master Dao, were immediately startled, and quickly responded and went to the outside of the tent.

Liu Zhongwu was curious about Lotte's performance, and said: "Le Zhongshu, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it!" ”

Lotte said: "Xia Guan thinks that this time my Great Song Dynasty will attack Xia, the Xia Kingdom will be destroyed, and the threat to my Great Song Dynasty in the future will definitely come from the north, or the Khitan or Jurchen, and Yanyun's hometown is still in the hands of the Northern Dynasty......"

"Liu is a rough man, Lord Le doesn't want to go around in circles, it's better to put it simply!" Liu Zhongwu interrupted Lotte.

Lotte said bluntly: "Le Mou is thinking, can I hand over the task of encirclement and reinforcement to the young generals in the army, so as to train the next generation of generals who can lead the army for my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Seed Master Dao, Seed Master Zhong, and Liu Zhongwu are all old fritters in the officialdom, and they immediately heard the overtones in Lotte Talk, not only to cultivate newcomers, but actually to promote their own descendants and young cronies. Besides, these people are a lot older, and they want to cultivate some newcomers for the Great Song Dynasty.

The master also has this thought, but he is still a little hesitant: "The major affairs of the country of soldiers, the survival of the way of life and death, are the lives of thousands of people at every turn, and young people are impetuous, I'm afraid they can't bear the heavy responsibility?" ”

"The three marshals are all experienced in battles, just take one of them to guide the juniors!" Lotte smiled, but it was actually a round.

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