Jizhou Prefecture governs Yuyang, began to be placed in the pre-Qin, is a thousand-year-old city, the name of the pearl of the wall, because there is no end mountain in the north of the state, also called the fishing mountain, so it is named Yuyang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The wall of the info city is three zhang high, with a circumference of about 20 miles, which can be called a strong city. It is located in the basin between Wuzhong Mountain, Cuiping Mountain and Gushuize. However, most of the plains from Yuyang to the south are gradually higher and higher after passing the Gushuize to the northeast.

On the 18th, the weather was not very good, the sky was thick with clouds, and the temperature also carried a kind of warmth, which was a precursor to the change of day in spring. In the evening, on the official road outside the border township post ten miles outside the West City Gate, An Shouzhong stood on the horse with Jizhou Thorn Shi Bian Renzhao and Sun Shoujing, and behind him was a group of state officials and several gentry led by Song Tiren, the judge of Jizhou, and two thousand soldiers lined up to accompany each other on the side of the road.

"Since the end of the Central Plains, the state has been lost, the north and the south have been isolated for decades, and many northerners have fled south, and southerners do not know what is going on in the north. Since this Zhang Xianggong is a native of Jizhou, he is not very familiar with us Yuyang Biansai, and I don't know what to think of us and other state officials and soldiers. ”

Bian Renzhao is from the local Bian clan in Yuyang, and there have been two generations of officials awarded by the Liao State, but they are all county officials under the rule of Jizhou, and some of them are military positions, so I can't help but feel worried when I think of this.

"It is a great achievement for Bian Tai to abandon the secret surrender, Zhang Xianggong is too late to be happy, and now the use of troops needs the full support of the state gentry, so naturally you need to reuse you." The matter of persuading the surrender was carried out by Zhuang Shao, and after the matter was completed, he had already led people to Danzhou at noon yesterday, and An Shouzhong did not see him when he came.

"This is the best, I heard that the Son of Heaven drove the expedition in person, and after the war, I said that I would not go to Youzhou to meet him, and I could be transferred at that time." Bian Renzhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he had been the assassin of Jizhou for seven years, and the Bian clan and several other wealthy families in the state had almost monopolized the entire fields in Jizhou, and he was worried about this.

"It's easy to say...... Now the war is the most important, since the Liao army of Dadingfu has arrived in Zezhou a few days ago, but I don't know whether the Jingzhou garrison is reliable, Luanhe Xifeng Pass our army is determined to win, there must be no recurrence, Bian Taishou should also focus on the overall situation. An Shouzhong reminded.

"General An is right...... That's right......" Bian Renzhao gave his hand again and again with a flattering smile on his face, and said: "The 5,000 Jingsai troops stationed in Zhouzhi can be used at any time, and the 2,500 Xiongwu troops stationed on the Great Wall at the mouth of the Xunhe River have also surrendered, and now there are only two counties left in Jingzhou Zunhua and Luanhe, and Cui Luan is a native of Bohai, as long as General Zhai hands over a certain book and silk when he arrives, Cui Luan will definitely be willing to surrender, but Xiao Han of Luanhe County is a Xi general, and the 5,000 troops are stationed in the three passes of Xifeng Pass, which is not easy to persuade to surrender. ”

"It's time to arrive! There is the sound of horses' hooves! Sun Shoujing is a martial artist, his ears are more clever, and he is more sensitive to the sound of the tide like this kind of mountain flood.

In the distance, I saw a black shadow surging at the end of the gray-white official road, and when I got closer, I saw the banner waving in the wind, and thousands of horse troops rolled in, and I was a little surprised to see someone greet me, and rushed past the two of them, and gradually stopped before the post station.

Bian Renzhao saw that the forward Ma Jun was well-equipped, fierce and agile, and couldn't help but praise it secretly in his heart, and only remembered it suddenly after being reminded by the entourage around him, and hurriedly ordered the drumming to be beaten, and the honor guard drum band that lined up to greet each other started together, and the drums shook the sky.

When thousands of people arrived at the open space east of the post station, as soon as the drums stopped, the post station officials who had been waiting for a long time brought the miscellaneous servants to bring a large bucket of warm water and add food to the manger. Yuyang's father and elder are looking forward to Master Wang, today is really waiting, all the soldiers are here, that is, they are home, why don't you wait for me to serve again. ”

"It's really tiring to march all the way, then there is labor!" The soldiers are all straightforward men, and they don't think that those miscellaneous servants have a low status, and the soldiers and the people get along very happily, and they are already making a mess.

The former military director obeyed the horse, walked straight to the bucket and picked up a floating water grunt, the shiny water droplets flowed down the corners of his mouth, and the front placket of the red military jacket was damp, and he poured a floating of warm water into the sky in an instant, and wiped his mouth happily, seeing that the soldiers were already in a mess, and it was not strange that he was disorderly, but grinned.

"General Dong came very quickly, and the main force has arrived, right?" An Shouzhong hit his horse and stepped forward, and said with a smile.

"It's ten miles away, it's almost there! Is the camp ready-made? We waited for yesterday's overnight march, and everyone was tired, so we prepared hot water and meals early for camping. ”

"With Yuyang Bian Taishou and General Sun helping to arrange it, we are waiting for you to arrive! There is still some way to the state city, and follow me to the post station to rest for a while. An Shouzhong greeted with a smile and led Dong Zunzhi and several other officers to the post station.

When night fell, the main force of more than 10,000 cavalry arrived, led by a commander of the Jingsai army to the west of the camp, Zhang Yue entered the post station to meet Bian Renzhao, Sun Shoujing and other state officials and gentry, a reception banquet was slightly drunk, and had to stay in the border village post that night.

The next morning, when he went to the barracks, Zhang Yue convened a meeting of the generals, and Bian Renzhao and Sun Shoujing, two newly attached people, were also invited to attend. Considering that there were still tens of thousands of defenders in Pingzhou, and Yuguan over there could not be left unacceptable, he sent An Shouzhong to lead 8,000 soldiers from the Pinglu Army Headquarters to Pingzhou through Yutian in the southeast, and on the way he could wait for Wang Lixin, who was still in the Lutai Military City, to go north to meet Qi, so that it was feasible for 10,000 soldiers to fight Pingzhou.

At the end of the military discussion, the generals led the troops out of the camp and lined up, and An Shouzhong led his troops first. Zhang Yue was also accompanied by Bian Renzhao, and led 22,000 troops including Gao Zhongyi, Dong Zunzhi, and Sun Shoujing through the city and rushed to Jingzhou Zunhua non-stop. Bian Renzhao stayed in Yuyang, negotiated with several wealthy families in Jizhou, donated grain, grass and military funds together, added grain to the official warehouse as a continuation of the army, and requisitioned the Jingsai army and the people to assist in the transfer.

On the 19th, Zhang Yue led his troops to camp in Shimen Town, that night it rained beautifully, in the morning the mist shrouded the four fields, the spring rain was endless, and the temperature dropped sharply with a bit of chill, damp and cold.

There are still seventy or eighty miles from Shimen Town to Zunhua, there are some mountain roads on the way, and the march on a sunny day will take a whole day, the road surface is muddy and slippery in this rain, and the ordinary soldiers are wearing linen shoes on their feet, even if the military boots of the officers are also cloth bottoms, all wet below the knees, and the cavalry is a little better to have war horses to walk, but it is impossible to always be on the horse.

War horses are delicate, and in the case of insufficient horse materials, it is more necessary to save the physical strength of war horses. It takes at least half a month for Cangzhou grain and grass to be transported to ensure a continuous supply, which is necessary to rely on saving in the early stage, and it is not enough for local states and counties to provide.

On the evening of the 20th, I finally camped outside Zunhua County, and I didn't have time to catch my breath, and bad news came one after another. Zhai Tonghu also arrived with a letter from Bian Renzhao the day before, and successfully persuaded Shi Cuiluan to surrender, but it was too late to attack Luanhe County, and there was military information outside the pass.

The Liao army has camped at the mouth of the confluence of the Luanshui and Songzi rivers, which is near Chengde in later generations, and if the Luanshui River valley goes south, it will be possible to reach Xifeng Pass in two and a half days at most.

Now that a day has passed, there is only one and a half days left to capture Xifengkou, but it is necessary to march 126 miles, and on the way, it is necessary to capture Luanhe County, which has 2,000 Liao troops to defend the city, and the combat task will be extremely arduous.