Cao Bin had already ordered the money and property escorted by the official family to the reward, and the chief bookkeeper of the army and other Lang officials were distributed in turn. The www.biquge.info money is extra money, and it is the money that the officials reward the soldiers, not the monthly money.

Although it was less than 200 yuan in the hands of each soldier, it made each soldier happy for a long time.

The bonfire was still baking, and the soldiers were all sitting around their barracks.

In the cold winter months, it is very warm.

Cao Bin couldn't sleep tonight, so he slept on the bed. The plate armor on his body is uneven, the bed board is also hard, and it is not very comfortable to lie down for a long time, not to mention that at night according to the order of turns, the soldiers and others on duty in the camp are not allowed to disarm, although he does not need to be on duty, but he still has to go and see.

And now the days are short and the nights are long, the soldiers are still holding on to the north, and the night sentry is even harder, the official family sent them to stick to this place this time, waiting for a fierce battle after the beginning of spring, a desperate struggle with the Khitans.

Now the spies have informed him of the information of the northern kingdom, and he also knows about the things that happened in the territory of the Liao country.

Although this time it was not the imperial court that unanimously commanded the former army to fight, as a thousand troops is the majesty of the imperial court.

Not long ago, as a commander, he knew that the official family was ordering the transfer of grain and grass from various places to Jinzhou, Liaozhou, Luzhou and other places to hoard, and at the suggestion of the King of Wei, he had to recruit craftsmen and strong men to mine stone quarries near these prefectures and counties to make round stone bullets, which were intended to be used in future battles.

The god machine cannon and other ballistas and car cannons that are being invented are scheduled to be mobilized to the north after the beginning of spring this year......

Although the Liao army has been repeatedly hit hard, they are northern nomads after all,

They had to consider reinforcements from the Liao army; Second, it is the horse of the cavalry of the Liao army, and their horses are the fattest in autumn. The grass on the grassland bears seeds in autumn and can raise fat, at this time the grassland war horse is the most powerful time, and it is also the strongest time for the nomadic army, so there is a saying of "autumn defense" in all dynasties.

Cao Bin understood that the cavalry in the Central Plains was not as good as the Khitan at all, and the horses were not as good as the north, so they could not achieve one person and two horses, and there were also problems with supplies, and the grassland was full of soldiers, and the most elite palace soldiers in the Khitan were not so easy to deal with.

Cao Bin was worried about the Khitan cavalry.

However, he also wanted to see if Yang Ye's cavalry was as the official family and the King of Wei said.

In addition, the north is their target.

But on such days, they will have to wait for a while, and everything will wait for the time.

……

In the middle of the night, sporadic snowflakes began to fall in the sky, and he took off his Fan Yang hat, his eyes were very sharp, looking at the northern end of the Yanshan Mountain Range, which was still the boundary of the Liao Kingdom.

It is separated by a mountain range, but it is divided into two countries for no reason, and last year, they just recaptured Yandi from the hands of the Liao, separated for dozens of years, it still returned to the embrace of the Central Plains.

Since the return of Yandi, the Great Song Dynasty officially declared his status as a great power in the Central Plains.

Cao Bin looked excited, he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

He put on his hat and was just about to go back to his barracks to rest, when suddenly Cao Can hurriedly ran over.

Cao Binhu said suspiciously: "Brother Can, what happened when you ran in such a hurry?" ”

Cao Can breathed out of breath and breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Daddy, it's Yang Wushu who is here." ”

When Cao Bin heard this, he was a little strange, "Yang Wudi, didn't you say that you would only arrive tomorrow morning, why did you rush so much?" And how did you know about this news? ”

"General Yang went all the way north in the starry night, and suddenly heard about the Khitan Nayelu, and when he got up, he hurriedly urged his subordinates, which was several hours early, and this is what a young soldier named Guo Qiyun under the command of General Yang told me."

"It doesn't matter, he Yang Ye has always been obsessed with the Khitans, and the Yang family of Linzhou is also a great war in the northwest, in the near future, my Great Song Dynasty is about to set foot in the northern country, drink blood and go to the capital, such a major event of meritorious service, is what every Great Song man is looking forward to."

"That's what Daddy said. But the snow is falling too fast. ”

"Yes, but as soon as the spring is over, the official family will gather a large army, and then it will be a vicious battle. I hope it doesn't fall too much. ”

……

In the second half of the night, it was already bitterly cold in the Northland.

At this moment, the snowflakes in the sky fell from the sky, and this was the first snowflake of this spring in the northern Yandi.

The snowflakes in Yanshan are as big as a seat, and the snowflakes are much bigger than when they were young, and at this time, the raging north wind is howling, sweeping over every military tent, blowing and hunting, but this has not affected the morale of the Song army officers and soldiers in the slightest.

And on the distant plains, an iron horse is running wildly in the wilderness, and the cold-faced man in the armor is none other than Yang Ye.

This cavalry was not very large, and the number was probably only about 1,000.

Although there were only 1,000 cavalry, the shock of the cavalry still surprised the Song soldiers in the silent middle of the night.

Cao Bin had already learned everything, and when Yang Ye was three miles away from here, he went to greet Yang Ye in person with several other Song army generals.

Under the long snow line, the horses are like foxes in the snow on the vast white plains, showing a vigorous and majestic posture, with four hooves flying and long manes flying, like elves born in a storm.

Cao Can exclaimed, he rubbed his eyes, staring at this magnificent picture on the distant horizon, "Huhu, is this Yang Wu's cavalry, I thought I met the Khitan cavalry, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I thought that King Wei Chitose was just saying it casually." ”

"It seems that this person is still a little powerful, otherwise he would not have been affirmed by the official family and King Wei for no reason."

Although Yang Ye is a demoted general, he is still a fierce general in Cao Bin's heart.

In fact, King Wei, who was far away in the capital, naturally knew Yang Ye's ability.

In history, that is, in March of the second year of Yang Ye's return to the Song Dynasty, 100,000 Khitan soldiers entered Yanmen, and Yang Ye led thousands of cavalry from the west to the north entrance of Yanmen, and attacked it in the south, and the Khitan was defeated. "Since the Khitan wants to see the banner of karma, it will lead it away." From this battle, we can see Yang Ye's level: first of all, he "rode to control the horse", leading the elite cavalry to fight against an enemy dozens of times his number. Secondly, he is very clear about the terrain and landforms such as the trails around Yanmen, and he is worthy of being "old in side affairs".

The most important thing for the Yang family, for the entire Song army, the Yang family is good at using cavalry, and even able to use cavalry to control the cavalry, which is what the Song army lacks the most.

"Guohua has seen General Yang, and the general has worked hard all the way north." Although Cao Bin's eyes were on Yang Ye's face, he had already noticed those sturdy horses at this moment.

Cao Can asked, "Are these cavalrymen trained by General Yang?" ”

"Exactly, but the training days are too short, if there are another three or five years, then against the Khitan cavalry, we will have a chance of winning."

"Generals don't have to be modest."

"It's a joke."