After Yang Jinhua complained several times, Xiao Yunjin also felt that he had rested enough, and finally began to prepare to attack the first major fortress on the Song-Liao border, Yijin Pass.

She is still very self-aware about the war, knowing that she is not that material, as long as she can complete the meritorious service smoothly, the process is not important, so she follows Yelu San's advice in terms of war. Yelu Sanjun himself has never experienced such a big battle, but as the commander of the Liao Janissaries, he must still have at least military literacy.

After repeatedly confirming the situation of his various armies, he said to Xiao Yunjin: "Queen Mother, all the departments of our army have been prepared, and the siege weapons have all been put in place, including 50 large catapults and 5 rushing vehicles......

Xiao Yunjin interrupted him: "You don't have to report these little things to the mourning family, you just say how to fight this battle, the pressure on the mourning family this time is not small, you have to cheer up and deal with it well, as long as you win the battle, the reward promised to you by the mourning family is only a lot more!" Therefore, you can use your brains more, don't be like Xiao Xunbu's reckless man, he didn't do anything, he lost so many soldiers in vain, and when the time comes, he will inevitably blame those ministers again, and I don't know how many people are jealous of his position as the king of the North Courtyard! ”

Yelu stroking her and said softly: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the minister will definitely help you with her heart, as long as we win the three levels and pull out the last barrier of the Song Dynasty, how you want to pinch it in the future depends on your mood!" It doesn't matter if we lose a lot of soldiers because of this, we can take this opportunity to get rid of those who are disobedient, anyway, as long as we win the battle in the end, no one will dare to say anything! ”

Xiao Yunjin nodded: "You are right!" That's what the mourners thought at first. Those old guys thought that the mourning family didn't know that they had planted their own people in the army to grab credit, and the mourning family just wanted them to steal chickens and rice, otherwise why did the mourning family have to fight to the death with the Song army in these three passes, and it was them who mourned the family. Don't look at our mighty army of 200,000, and the one who really has the same heart as the mourning family is the 100,000 in the middle of the road, so you can't be reckless, understand? ”

Yelu said: "The Queen Mother is wise! No wonder you didn't get angry when you saw that the king of the North Courtyard had lost the battle, it turned out that this was planned by you a long time ago! Admire and throw yourself to the ground! ”

"Alas!" Xiao Yunjin sighed: "That's what I said, but after all, we are still the warriors of our Da Liao, if they can take down the silt pass, they will also die, but Xiao Xunbu is a waste who hasn't even knocked off a piece of the city wall, it's angry to think about it!" ”

Yelu frowned and held his forehead with his hand: "Queen Mother, you said that the king of the North Courtyard was about this, and the minister has been puzzled. Listening to the description of the king of the North Courtyard, the minister felt that his command problem was not very big, but he lost in a daze. Especially the loss of 20,000 cavalry, the minister couldn't figure it out, even if the Song army was ambushed in advance, what way could they keep all of them? The Song Dynasty has this art of war: ten are to encircle, five are to attack, and if you are doubled, you can fight, and the enemy can divide it, if you are less, you can defend it, and if you don't, you can avoid it...... Could it be that when did the Song army form a large-scale cavalry? ”

Xiao Yunjin: "Although the mourning family doesn't understand military affairs, they also know that cavalry is to fight horses, and the Song army should not be able to form a large-scale cavalry, and it stands to reason that it cannot pose a threat to my Daliao cavalry, there must be something hidden in this!" ”

Yelu said: "The Queen Mother Shengming! That's what the minister thinks too. Therefore, the minister plans to send some people to test it first, to see what the situation is going on, what do you think? ”

Xiao Yunjin: "Let's hear it!" ”

Yelu Sanyan didn't care whether Xiao Yunjin could understand the simple map or not, he still laid out the drawings in front of her, pointed to the approximate location and said, "Queen Mother, please see!" Recently, the minister sent a large number of scouts out to investigate, but for some reason only a small number of reports, the others were nowhere to be found, and the minister sent people to find them and there was no news. Well, let's not talk about this first, let's take a look at the map, as far as the reconnaissance and cavalry reconnaissance are concerned, the Song army is still defense-oriented as before this time, and judging from the battle process of the king of the North Courtyard, the Song army really has no intention of taking the initiative to attack. ”

Xiao Yunjin interjected: "Isn't this normal!" The mourning family heard that the Song army was very cowardly, and only dared to defend the city and fight. ”

Jerusan: "That's right! But this time there is a little strange, the Song army actually arranged about 20,000 infantry in the field on the left and right sides of Yijin Pass, this method of arranging troops is very abnormal, if it is not the Song army generals are brainless, then what tricks are they going to play! Therefore, the minister planned to send someone to stab him. ”

Xiao Yunjin: "Then where are you going to stab them?" How many people? ”

Yelu pointed to Huo Wangxi's troops of the Qinglong 4th Army and said: "The minister plans to use this Song army, this army is only 10,000 people, about ten miles away from Yijin Pass, and there are 10,000 troops ten miles away on the other side of them. We can send 10,000 or 20,000 troops to fight them, and we must be prepared here, if the Song army mobilizes reinforcements from Yijin Pass or other places, then we will take the opportunity to fight a big battle, and it is better to fight in the field than to siege the city. However, there was also a risk in this way, if the Song army really had any tricks, then this army to attack was very likely to be ......"

Xiao Yunjin stretched out his hand to block his mouth: "The mourning family understands, if we want to do big things, we can't care too much about the small sections, go and call the king of the North Courtyard!" ”

After a while, Xiao Xunbu came to Xiao Yunjin nervously: "Queen Mother, are you looking for me?" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Yunjin nodded: "The mourning family won't go around in circles with you anymore, you lost the first battle, and you suffered heavy losses, and it also had a very bad impact on the morale of the army!" Logically speaking, the mourning family should cut off your head to set an example, but for the sake of your loyalty, the mourning family will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

Xiao Xunbu knelt on the ground and said gratefully: "Thank you Queen Mother for not being stupid!" Please instruct the Queen Mother, and the ministers will not hesitate to go to the soup! ”

Xiao Yunjin pulled him up and patted him on the shoulder: "It's not as serious as you said, it's that 10,000 Song Army infantry were found stationed there ten miles east of Yijin Pass, you see if you have the courage to go to them for bad luck, so as to earn back a little face for you." ”

Xiao Xunbu: "The minister is willing to go!" ”

Xiao Yunjin: "Very good! The mourning family ordered you to lead your remnants to attack the Song army here, and bring their heads back to the mourning family! ”

Xiao Xunbu: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Xiao Yunjin: "You have to be careful of the Song army's ambush, you must not act recklessly, the mourning family will watch Yijin Pass here, so that they can't increase their troops, do it well!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie cares! Go too! ”

Soon after, Xiao Xunbu led his remnants of nearly 15,000 people to rush to the designated position. In the previous siege battles, his infantry had lost half of his infantry and he also had a deep understanding of the bow and arrow skills of the Song army. However, he still thinks that it is the advantage of the Song army with the help of the city wall, and if it is placed on the field battlefield, if nothing else, it is absolutely no problem to win the same Song army.

Not only him, but most of the ordinary soldiers of the Liao Army also thought so, so Xiao Xunbu didn't take much effort to muster up his morale, ready to bully a group of "lonely" Song soldiers and regain his dignity as a Great Liao warrior.

In order to deal with a possible war, Zhao Zhen began to arrange the flying pigeon system on the frontier many years ago. Flying pigeons are naturally very fast in ancient times, but they are not like the gods and dramas where you can find the person you want with a letter by throwing a pigeon. The reason why pigeons can be used to pass on the book is because of their unique homing ability, which means that when a young pigeon grows up in a place and takes the pigeon to a long distance, it will still be able to find its original nest. Therefore, if you want to build a huge "flying pigeon network", it is necessary to cultivate a large number of carrier pigeons in each information node in order to carry out point-to-point information transmission.

Zhao Zhen, as a modern person who has traveled through time, naturally values the importance of information more than the ancient aborigines, especially in military operations. Therefore, he began to lay out this bureau early, and gathered the strength of the country to build a carrier pigeon network system. Of course, so far, this pigeon system has only covered the county-level local government and various garrisons. The transmission of information in the prefecture is only a unilateral acceptance of information from all parts of the prefecture, and it is not possible to directly transmit the information to the various execution terminals, and it is necessary to rely on people to transmit the information in a small area.

Therefore, Ding Zhaolan and his entourage, who were wandering behind enemy lines, used the carrier pigeons they brought out to Yijin Pass to send back the news of their inquiry.

"These Liao barbarians are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard!" After reading the information, Zhi Weizheng handed it to Yang Jinhua, who was eager to wear it, and as for Zhang Yaozuo and Ma Su, they would be directly ignored.

Zhang Yaozuo didn't dare to rob Yang Jinhua, so he had to ask Zhi Weizheng: "Lord Zhe, what's wrong with Liaoguo?" ”

Zhi Weizheng: "Lord Zhang, the Liao State should have found out the army we arranged outside the city, not long ago, they sent more than 10,000 people to the place where the Qinglong 4th Army was driven, and it is estimated that he is a self-righteous guy who wants to pick up cheap!" ”

Zhang Yaozuo: "Then should we send someone to support?" ”

"Ori-sama, let Hongu go! Hongu must have beaten them all over the ground looking for teeth! As soon as Zhang Yaozuo's words fell, Yang Jinhua volunteered to jump out.

Zhi Weizheng's face turned black on his forehead: "Guifei Niangniang, if you want to do this again, what the minister says, you have to report to the saint, and let the saint call you back!" ”

"Oops! Don't mind! Yang Jinhua hated for a moment, and immediately grabbed him obediently, and said coquettishly: "Isn't it okay if this palace doesn't make trouble!" It took a lot of effort for people to get the emperor to agree, please don't tell the emperor! ”

"Alas!" Zhi Weizheng sighed softly and looked at her kindly: "The minister also watched you grow up, and the Zhi family and your Yang family are also world friends, and to venture to say, the minister is also half of your elders." Although you are now a noble concubine, the harem has never been a peaceful place, with your big personality, ...... Alas! ”

Yang Jinhua saw her former boss and elders say this, even if she was in a rough way, she would still be moved. However, he was not worried about Zhen Weizheng's words, but persuaded: "My lord, you are too worried! The emperor is very good to me, and the queen and several other sisters are also very good to me, let's talk about the current war! ”

"That's right!" Zhi Weizheng took a deep breath, and then shouted to the staff officer: "Check if there is a carrier pigeon bureau near the Qinglong 4th Army?" Relay the information to them immediately. ”

The staff officer immediately took out a special map, took a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, before he said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, there is no carrier pigeon bureau near the 4th Army of the Green Dragon." ”

Zhi Weizheng: "You can send a herald to inform Huo Wangxi to prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

Staff: "Yes!" ”

Ma Su: "Lord Zhe, don't we send someone to support?" ”

Zhi Weizheng shook his head: "The Liao army only sent more than 10,000 people, this official believes that Huo Wangxi can deal with it, let's see what moves the Liao army has first, you go and arrange more scouts, and the Liao army will be stared at to death by this officer, and this official wants to see what tricks they play!" ”

Ma Su: "Yes, my lord! ”

Huo Wangxi, who was still continuing to improve his tower defense concept outside the Sikou Pass, also hurried back to his other 10,000 soldiers and horses after receiving the report, preparing to warmly welcome Xiao Xunbu's arrival. (To be continued.) )