On a new day, the eastern sky showed the dawn, the morning glow dyed the clouds red, and the sun peeked out from the horizon, and the warm light dispelled the clear and thin morning mist on both sides of the Hongliu River, reflecting the golden sparkling surface of the wind-blown water. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The camp of the Zhou army on the north bank of the Hongliu River, the garrison on the wall of the wall is heavily guarded, and the night patrol posts go back and forth. Facing the closure of the palace due to the war, Zhang Yue specially ordered the soldiers of the whole army to rest for a day last night, but he himself still got up early in the morning and decided to go to see his masterpiece.

Yang Xuanli had already gathered his own soldiers to wait outside, and after Zhang Yue finished washing, he walked out of the big tent, stepped on his war horse and went outside the gate, and took Feng Qianhou, Li Duoshou, Xuan Chongwen, Shi Deyuan and other generals with him. After walking for more than ten miles, I saw two huge gaps in the west wall of Tongwan City, piled up tall bricks and stones.

"Ho! The power of gunpowder should not be underestimated! Feng Qianhou couldn't help but exclaim, although the mining in Huining is also used, but the buried gunpowder is often carefully calculated, so that the mine cliff can be loosened, and it will not be used too much at one time, and here to blow up the city, each blasting point uses two or three thousand catties of gunpowder, and the result can be imagined. In addition, the technology of preparing gunpowder in the Huining workshop is quite mature, and the purity and power are also extraordinary.

"That's it! I don't know if there is still a living ...... in the city," Zhang Yue muttered, suddenly feeling that this method was too cruel, and he actually moved a trace of compassion.

"I'm afraid it's gone! If anything, it's all nerd and deaf...... That's better than nothing! Xuan Chongwen also thought of it, and grinned bitterly when he heard this.

Soon arrived at the city, Zhang Yue listened attentively, and the huge city was dead silent, and there was no sound. When he arrived at the mound of soil in the gap of the city wall, Zhang Yue jumped off his horse, carried a big iron gun as a crutch, and climbed to the top of the gap with some difficulty, and climbed to the top of the gap with some difficulty.

I saw that all the houses within a radius of about two miles near the gap in the city were kicked inward, and there was a mess everywhere. Farther afield, in the centre of the city, the rows of houses looked nothing out of the ordinary, and the binoculars moved back and forth, and through the two small round frames, the streets were deserted, except for the flags in front of a few shops fluttering in the wind.

"Yang Xuanli! Take someone in for a spin! The pier under his feet shook a little, Zhang Yue's heart was weak for a while, and he hurriedly jumped down with the battlement.

"Ouch! It's kind of scary! Yang Xuanli had already come up with his own soldiers, and he was a little stunned when he heard this, the ghost domain in this city was the same, and it felt terrifying just by looking at it. But Zhang Yue ordered him not to disobey, and he didn't bring two hundred soldiers to come immediately, so he had to go down the mound.

"The city was broken like this, and it was simply flattened after the war, but the location of this place is really good, and it is a pity that it is abandoned, so it is better to build another city on the south bank of the confluence of the Hongliu River and Wushui." Xuan Chongwen proposed.

Feng Qianhou was quite interested when he heard this, nodded and said, "This is right!" It's not appropriate to call it Xiazhou...... The state was originally called Shuofang County, and the ancient name was also Yunzhong, and this place needed to be governed by Dazhi, and it could be promoted to Yunzhong Mansion in the future. ”

"Hah! In this way, it is another problem of immigration! Zhang Yue shook his head and smiled bitterly, it is obviously not possible to move Fan Qiang and Zahu to settle in such a military land, and if you move from the Central Plains inward, you will not be able to pass the court at all.

"This is a long-term thing, but according to the old methods of the Hehuang states, pull the township soldiers over and establish a military town first!" Feng Qianhou smiled, his meaning was self-evident, implying that Zhang Yue swallowed this place.

"Huizhou and Jingzhou are not good, and Lanzhou and Gongzhou are still short of people! This time, we have to find a way from Yeonju and Gyeongju! Zhang Yue pondered, and suddenly thought of several Turkic remnants such as the pheasant tribe and the cattle killing tribe in Huan and Qing prefectures, they have a deep degree of sinicization, they can speak Guanzhong dialect, read Chinese characters, maybe they can move here to cultivate the wasteland here.

A few people were idle, suddenly heard a dense sound of horses' hooves, and a horse team came from outside the north of the city, driving thousands of people connected by ropes to the south. A few fast horses galloped to this side, went to the city to inspect, and saw that Zhang Yue and others were watching from the city, so they immediately moved away.

After a while, more than 200 horsemen surrounded a few officers over, and when they arrived at the mound, they had to dismount and walk, and they came up with Feng Shouxin, the deputy staff officer of the first brigade of the Changyi Army and the deputy commander of the Ma Army, and Yao Keding, the head of the first regiment of the Ma Army, and a few people went up to the city along the gap.

"What do you see? Hasn't the Liao army left yet? Zhang Yue asked with a smile, now that Li Yiyin has been solved, if Brother Yelu Xiu doesn't know each other again, Zhang Yue will lead his troops north.

"Gone! The last general was about to report this. Yesterday evening, when it was dark, General Hao received a report that he sent six regiments to cross the river and in one fell swoop to defeat Li Guangrui's 3,000 cavalry who had fled north, and captured him alive. After the loud noise last night, the Liao army may have crossed the river to inspect, and quietly led the troops to evacuate in the second half of the night, and General Hao received the report and led 7,000 horsemen to follow north, and it was expected to reach Jingde at noon. Feng Shouxin reflexively stood up and saluted, and replied loudly.

"Oh...... Are those people? Check it out! Zhang Yue had long seen that those prisoners were dressed extraordinarily, not like ordinary party soldiers, and many of them were women and children.

"Okay! The last general told them to wait......" Feng Shouxin beckoned, led a few people down first, beat the horses to catch up with the soldiers, and escorted the prisoners in a long line.

Zhang Yue led everyone down the original road to the city, rode up to inspect, and saw that most of these captives were young people, and there were many women and young women, but there was no one strong soldier, and there were only about more than a thousand people.

What Li Guangrui looked like, Zhang Yue had not seen it, but there was a rough impression of the soldier's report description that Gen Lu had seen, but his eyes swept around the crowd, and Leng didn't find it. However, there were a few young ladies dressed in bright colors that attracted his attention, and they were actually quite colorful, and they couldn't help but look at it twice.

Especially a fifteen or sixteen-year-old lady wearing a fox fur short jacket, a plain white fine saffron over-the-knee long skirt, and long boots, her skin is better than snow, and her slightly yellow hair is particularly eye-catching. Zhang Yue found out that her long eyelashes were crooked, and her eyes were actually a little blue, not brown and yellow like ordinary Qiang people, and she should have the blood of the northern Qiangs or Grolu.

A somewhat alternative little lady, Zhang Yue quickly looked away, and walked back and forth in front of the crowd, these captives looked embarrassed, and some of them were still injured, so there was nothing to look at. Feng Shouxin, who followed behind, saw that Zhang Yue's gaze stayed on the little lady for a long time, and his face suddenly showed surprise, his eyes rolled slightly, and his mind began to come alive.

Zhang Yue wanted to see Li Guangrui, but he didn't know if there was a patriarch in the eight party departments, so he asked Feng Shouxin, who followed behind: "How many people are in the Li family?" Bring them all! ”

"No! We interrogated and screened them one by one last night, and those with identities were tied to the horses in front of them alone and led by ropes! Feng Shouxin replied. (To be continued.) )