Gubeikou on the border of Danzhou.

There is a Tang Army border pass in the south of Gubeikou, which chokes the throat of the mountain road. This pass is called Gubeikou, although it is a male pass, but it is not called the male armor in the world, but it is absolutely solid, the city wall is as high as more than four zhang, the horse road on the wall is more than ten steps wide, there are many defensive equipment, the bed crossbow, the wolf tooth beat, the rod is everything.

These days, there have been twice as many sergeants guarding the city as usual, and if you look closely, you will find that the Tang army, which has newly joined the city defense sequence, has a slight difference from the border army in terms of armor and battle robes.

Huang Fulin stood at the head of the city, looking north in the direction of the mountain road. The field of vision in front of me is not very broad, the place with a good field of vision is on the mountain, where there is the fort of the border army of the Tang Army, and there is a team of border troops stationed in the fort, which will light a fire of peace every night to convey to this pass whether the wind and clouds on the grassland are as usual.

On the school field not far behind Huang Fulin, the Tang Army, which could not be seen at a glance, was practicing, and the footsteps of the sergeants made the dust fly in the sky. It has been a long time since the first part of the Hundred Battles Army was stationed in Gubeikou, and the army has been standing still since it set up a position here, and even the Khitan outpost in the north of Gubeikou has not been pulled out, and there is a kind of anticlimactic situation.

Sima Changan walked up to the city from the road, and after reporting some routine military affairs to Huang Fulin beside him, he hesitated for a moment, but still said: "General, our army has been stationed in Gubeikou for more than ten days, but there is no movement at all. ”

Huang Fulin only went to another camp to see Li Shaocheng a few days ago, and only returned here today, he didn't squint, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid that the complaint is more than this, right?" Are there some commanders below who are already discussing that we are stationed in Gubeikou but do not move, in fact, Li Congjing intends to send our brothers who originally controlled the Crane Army here, so that we can guard the pass here in the future? ”

Sima Changan lowered his eyebrows and was silent. In fact, it's not just the following commanders who are discussing, as the deputy general of the Wuzi Battalion of the Hundred Battles Army, Sima Changan doesn't know what the army is doing at Gubeikou this time, when he set off from Youzhou in advance, Li Shaocheng, the deputy commander of the Hundred Battles Army, only said that he was going north to prepare for war, but he always had to prepare for war. The Ranger Scout must at least send out a mountain trail to patrol the grasslands, right? But now there is no such thing at all. When I arrived at Gubeikou, in addition to defending this border pass with the border army, it was a never-ending exercise, how could people not complain?

Huang Fulin ignored Sima Chang'an and continued: "In the first battle of Daliang City, the Crane Army caused heavy casualties to the Hundred Battles Army, although Li Congjing recruited my brother of Emperor Fulin and the Crane Army, it was just an expedient measure at that time. The Hundred Battles Army was formed by Li Congjing, and he fought in the north and south with him, and his feelings were very strong, my Emperor Fulin and the Crane Army offended him that day, and now they are sending people under the fence, where can they have a good life? This time we go north to the clouds, the battle against the Khitan is inevitable, we people are cannon fodder, my emperor Fulin is a cannon fodder general, the Wuzi battalion is a cannon fodder battalion, we don't die for a day, Li Congjing will not stop for a day! ”

After speaking, Huang Fulin turned around and looked at Sima Chang'an with his hands, "What I said is not also the discussion of the soldiers below?" ”

Sima Changan originally thought that Huang Fulin was talking to him, and was about to continue talking about this topic, when he touched Huang Fulin's scarlet eyes, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, he was shocked, and quickly knelt down, "General......

Without warning, Huang Fulin kicked Sima Changan to the ground, and when he went up, he was punched and kicked, and scolded with hatred: "As a deputy general, rumors are rife in the army, you don't think about serious military discipline, and you are even disturbed by rumors, which makes people in the army panic!" In that case, what use do I want you to be a lieutenant? ”

"Where is the marshal, the sergeant below doesn't know, don't you know? The Hundred Battles Army poured out to the border pass, and united with Lu Long's army to set up layers of large arrays, just to play a drama and send you and me to the border to guard the pass? ”

"Do you know where the gentlemen are now? What is the MIA's action, haven't you found any clues? Our army practiced all day long, and turned a blind eye to the Khitan checkpoint on the opposite side, and the soldiers couldn't understand the deep meaning, and you couldn't figure it out? ”

"What ambitions does the commander have, what ambitions do my emperor fulin, you have forgotten them! Even military discipline can't be restrained, let alone let you guard the border, even if you are asked to guard it, can you keep it?! ”

Huang Fulin's hand was not light, Sima Changan rolled on the ground with his head in his arms, and after a while, he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face. The surrounding sergeants all stayed in place, and they had the heart to dissuade them, but when they saw Huang Fulin's face, they all lost their courage.

Huang Fulin finally finished the fight, withdrew his hand, and resumed his posture of looking north with his hands down, he said coldly: "Stand up for me if you don't die, don't let me lie on the ground and be embarrassed!" ”

Sima Changan wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, struggled to get up, stood behind Huangfu, bowed his head and didn't dare to speak.

Huang Fu Lin let out a long breath, "As a general of the First Army, you should know that since we are a descended army, if we want to gain a firm foothold in the Hundred Battles Army, we have to talk about our military exploits, and we must abide by the military discipline of the Hundred Battles Army!" Otherwise, even if the commander does not punish you and me, what future will you and I have? If this is the case, he should have died in Daliang City that day, so why bother to steal his life? ”

He turned around and stared at Sima Chang'an, "When the Hundred Battles Army was established, there were only three thousand people, how many are there now?" More than 20,000! How many of the 20,000 people in this group were not surrendered? The generals in the Hundred Battles Army, the commander of the Right Wing Army, Meng San, the deputy general of the Junzi Army, Guo Wei, and the commander of the Gengzi Battalion, Chen Qinglin, which one is not a general? Now that the war is imminent, it has only been four days since the general left the camp, and the army has become like this. ”

Huangfu Linfu looked at the north again, "Chang'an, you disappointed me too much!" ”

Huang Fulin's words made Sima Changan ashamed, he knelt down, gritted his teeth and did not speak.

Huang Fulin waved his hand, "Those who disturb the army's hearts with rumors will be killed!" Ben is going to ask for some heads, and you go and get them for Ben. After doing this, you can go and do it all. ”

……

To the west of Danzhou is Confucianism, and the junction of the eastern line of Confucianism and the grassland is the Great Wall, and there is a pass in the Great Wall called Guangbian. At this time, Li Shaocheng, deputy commander of the Hundred Battles Army, was in Guangbian.

This time, the Hundred Battles Army converged with the border of the Lu Long Army, and responded to Li Congjing, who sent the Khitan envoy, Li Cunxian did not go out with the army because he was not in good health, but sat in Youzhou. Li Shaocheng and Li Yanchao, a general in Lu Long's army, were the front-line commanders, and Li Congjing was still nominally the commander, but now Li Congjing was still in the grassland, and Li Shaocheng and Li Yanchao were the de facto rulers for the time being.

Li Yanchao is the eldest son of Li Cunxian, and he is also an important general in Lu Long's army. At this time, he stood in the Guangbian Pass with a solemn face, looking at the thousands of horsemen in front of him, and he stopped talking.

"What does the General have to say?" Before Li Shaocheng got on the horse, he took Li Yanchao's look in his eyes and asked out loud.

Li Yanchao snorted, and said angrily: "These five thousand horses, but the old bottom of the Lu Longjun I brought, you have to bring all of them back to me if you take them out!" ”

Li Shaocheng has a cold personality, and he rarely smiles on weekdays, but he was also amused by Li Yanchao at this time, "General Li rest assured, not only you Lu Longjun, but also the horse army that I can piece together in the hundred battle army is here!" If I don't bring them back, don't say you're angry, I'll be by myself first! ”

"Humph! It's good that you know! Li Yanchao was not angry, he glanced at the cavalry formation in front of him, and the reluctance in his eyes was as if he was looking at his wife, even more reluctant than looking at his wife, he took a sip and couldn't help scolding: "Damn, hurry up, if you don't leave, Lao Tzu will change his mind and not lend you these treasures!" Straight lady thief, Lao Tzu really doesn't understand what you hundred battle army people have in their heads, the northern desert grassland is thousands of miles long, and the eyes are all fucking white, Lao Tzu has fought with the Khitans all his life, and he has never set foot in the grassland for half a step! Youyun has only been here for a few days, and you dare to lead the troops out of the grassland? He Li Congjing's brain is also bamboo, all of which are fucking tendons, damn it, fuck it, get out, get out of Lao Tzu, be in front of Lao Tzu, look upset! ”

Li Shaocheng smiled, hugged his fist at Li Yanchao, and turned over on the horse.

"Wait!" Before leaving, Li Yanchao stopped the guy in front of him who he had never looked at, and said in a deep voice: "Kill a few more Khitan barbarians for Lao Tzu!" If there is a triumphant fate, Lao Tzu invites you to drink! ”

Li Shaocheng nodded, clenched his fists again, and then raised his horsewhip and went out of the gate with the army.

It wasn't until all the five thousand horsemen left that Li Yanchao turned around, rubbed his face indiscriminately, and muttered in his mouth: "His grandmother's, the Hundred Battles Army are a group of fucking crazy people, all crazy, crazy!" ”

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After Li Congjing and the others converged with the Junzidu, they galloped all the way south, and by the time dawn, the army had already galloped for nearly a hundred miles. At this time, Li Congjing ordered the army to slow down, and then choose a place to rest. After all, yesterday the gentlemen came to attack the camp again, although it was not for the purpose of breaking the camp, but there were also wounded in the army, and the wounds of these wounded needed to be formally treated. Moreover, the road to the south is still very long, and the foot strength of the horse army must be guaranteed. Fortunately, the gentleman has been tossing in the grassland for a long time this time, and the horses are not less hand-led, and there are more than three horses for one person at this time.

During the break, Guo Wei, Lin Ying, and Lin Xiong brothers came to visit, on the one hand, they reported the results of Junzidu's northern expedition, and on the other hand, they also asked for instructions on the next actions, after all, Yelu Deguang also brought people to find Junzidu, and it is not certain whether the two armies will meet.

"When they went north, 3,318 men fought all the way, and according to the orders of the commander, they avoided the big tribes, and picked out the small tribes to practice, except for those who died in battle, and more than 600 were seriously wounded, and these people were escorted south by the lightly wounded one after another. At present, there are more than 2,000 sergeants in the army. Guo Wei said to Li Congjing concisely, "However, the number of beheadings is too much, and there is no time to summarize it, so I only count an approximate number, which is in the number of three or four thousand." ”