Ding Chengzong led 10,000 new troops to hurry back to Yinzhou City.

Ding Chengzong and Xiao Yan were originally responsible for the statistics and compilation of household registration, and the determination of matters related to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and commerce; household registration and the common people are the foundation of a political power that is stable and sustained, and they are the most important thing, so they naturally have to be handed over to the most trusted people to take care of. Ding Chengzong has difficulty moving, and Xiao Yan is good at management in this area, so Yang Hao arranged for the two of them to set up a team.

But although Ding Chengzong is incapacitated, he is young after all, and the foundation laid by many years of martial arts practice is also there, and Xiao Yan is a scholar, old, not in good health, when it comes to the attack of asthma and rheumatism in winter, he can't let him run around, so he sits in Yinzhou City, Ding Chengzong personally rushed to the tribe attached to Yinzhou to confirm the household registration, statistics, and draw Ding to enlist in the army.

And Ding Yuluo is responsible for training the new army, mainly because Yang Hao is now unavailable. At the same time, now Yang Hao's armed forces have the seven clans of the party, the wood line, the Ke line, and the Ai line, and there are almost no people directly belonging to Yang Hao, he does not doubt the attachment of the party Xiang Qishi to him, nor does he doubt the loyalty of Mu En, Mu Kui, Ke Zhenwei, Ai Yihai and others, but a balanced, stable, and sound system is the policy for long-term peace and stability, which is far better and more appropriate than relying on the personal loyalty of military generals.

At this point, Yang Hao is actually inclined to the army building policy of the Zhao brothers of the Song State, and the army is nationalized and professionalized, rather than engaging in a warlord system. If the military of the Song Dynasty peels off the skin that has been splashed with sewage and deteriorated by the ugliness of the storytelling, there are actually not so many criticisms, and the Song Dynasty is ineffective in using troops, mainly because it lacks the most powerful weapon in the era of cold weapons: war horses, so it cannot grasp the initiative on the battlefield; There are too many shortcomings in the establishment of the national capital and the civil service system, which leads to a lack of military and governance; During the Xiaoice period, the climate began to form, the survival pressure of the northern peoples became greater, and the strategic intention of invading the Central Plains was even greater than the previous northern peoples, and they had entered the national political system, much larger than the previous nomadic tribes, plus political ** and other factors.

Even so, the Song Dynasty was longer than the Tang Dynasty, the people's livelihood was stronger than the Tang Dynasty, the country was richer than the Tang Dynasty, the stability period was longer than that of the Tang Dynasty, and there were very few internal worries and civil strife, and its political system still had considerable advantages and advantages. To establish a political regime, from scratch and from weak to strong, it is inevitable to fully absorb the lessons and lessons of other countries and previous regimes, inherit its strong points, and open up new ideas for political work in light of its shortcomings.

Since Yang Hao has decided to establish a regime of his own, he naturally has to learn from the lessons of many predecessors, and he has begun to consciously strengthen his preparations in this regard, instead of being a grass king. The most important thing in the initial stage of establishing a regime is, of course, the building of the army, so when the household is established and the army is built, it is inevitable that this army recruited from the people under his rule will be handed over to his absolute cronies to build a new army that has no factional entanglements with other armies.

Therefore, Ding Yuluo and Ding Chengzong regarded this matter as their most important work, after the initial results of recruitment and training, their army was still stationed in the area north of Mingtang River, the original intention was that once Yang Hao's plan to steal the sky failed, Yinzhou also fell into the hands of the enemy and retreated to the area to accept the Khitan asylum, there was a new force available, two days ago, he had just received Luo Dong'er about Xiazhou had arrived, Li Guangrui hastily withdrew the army, Yang Hao had rushed to chase the news that the army had rushed to Yinzhou.

According to the distance, there were only dozens of miles left from Yinzhou in the evening, and it was unnecessary to stay in place and toss for another night, Ding Chengzong returned to his heart like an arrow, so he ordered the whole army to rush overnight, and strive to arrive in Yinzhou before midnight.

I didn't want to go to the city of Yinzhou, I saw the torches everywhere, the people were in chaos, a large number of people in the city had poured out of the city, fleeing everywhere in the mountains and wilderness, Ding Chengzong was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered someone to grab a person to ask about the situation, just learned a little about the situation, and escaped from the city Doll, Yanyan, Xu Xuan, Xiao Yan and others came together.

Ding Chengzong hurriedly finished the matter, and seeing that the people who escaped from the city were gradually scarce, he immediately called Ding Yuluo to instruct, Ding Yuluo jumped on his horse and raised his sword, and Ke Zhenwei led the 10,000 new troops back to the city.

At the forefront were the heroes of the Khitan tribe they recruited, and according to the habits of the Song army, this group of men and horses was called Khitan Zhi. It is said that they are new recruits, just because this is a newly formed army, and their soldiers are not eighteen-year-old recruits, many soldiers have already had combat experience, including many tribal fugitives who failed in the battle between the tribes, and the herdsmen of the tribe who failed to rebel and escaped from the Khitan several times.

Under the leadership of Yelu Mowen, the leader of the Khitan direct class, they rushed into the city like a fierce god, shouting Khitan words, and shouting that they were ordered by Empress Xiao to march to the northwest and seize Yinzhou. Li Jiyun only has 6,000 soldiers and horses, at this time, the city is scattered, looting property, robbing men and women are all busy working, Li Jiyun can't control it, and there is no need to control it, he knows the emptiness of Yinzhou, and it is too late to gather the army to strictly control the whole city until dawn.

And Ding Chengzong's army not only surpassed them in terms of troops, but also the soldiers were concentrated, and this way of killing the generals was simply invincible and overwhelming. Li Jiyun was slapped by the charming Taoist aunt and his head was swollen like a pig's head, he couldn't speak clearly, his cheeks were high, this kind of injury looked ugly, but he didn't have to be bandaged, and there was no suitable medicine.

Li Jiyun was shocked and suspicious when he heard it, he knew about Yang Hao and the Khitan joint attack on Yinzhou before, when the Khitan dispatched 50,000 elite soldiers from the six courtyards of Diera, who could fight well, and finally captured and killed Yelusheng, the king of Qing. In this way, they should have some kind of alliance with Yang Hao, of course, there are only eternal interests in the world, there are no eternal friends, and it is not impossible for the Khitan to send troops to attack Yang Hao, but ...... It's really such a coincidence, the Khitans also came to intervene at this time?

Listening to the authentic Khitan words, looking at the authentic Khitan-style warrior charging formation, how could Li Jiyun not believe it? Last time, the Khitans dispatched 50,000 elite soldiers from the Sixth Courtyard Department of Diela, how many did they dispatch this time? The more Li Jiyun thought about it, the more shocked he became, seeing that the enemy army was menacing, and the men and horses were gathering more and more, he talked about resisting, just summoning back the six thousand soldiers and horses scattered all over the city, and he didn't know that he would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, so he had no time to think about it at the moment, so he had to sigh secretly, and fled out of the city.

Li Jiyun never suspected that it was the suspicious plan of the Yinzhou army, he knew how empty Yinzhou was, and the weak resistance encountered when he broke into the city also verified this, if Yinzhou still has a new army, how could it be idiotic enough to ambush outside the city, waiting for him to break the city, kill the people in the city and flee, and then rush into the city to fight a decisive battle?

Especially after Li Jiyun escaped all the way out of Yinzhou City, he wanted to try his best to gather the old department, but not long after he stopped, a large group of people and horses were crowded in the city, seeing that the posture was actually perseverance, Li Jiyun was even more convinced of his judgment: If this was not the outpost of the Khitan soldiers and horses of the brigade, and there was a steady stream of soldiers and horses behind them, how could they not quickly control the whole city after they won Yinzhou City, but chased the enemy in the night?

Li Jiyun finally gave up, and led hundreds of remnants with him to flee...... He didn't know that Ding Chengzong had learned that the car that his niece Xue'er and Xiao Zhouhou were riding in was carried by the chaotic people and didn't know where to go, so he controlled the situation in Yinzhou a little, and immediately made people look around, and the cavalry went out of the city to find Xiao Zhouhou and Xue'er.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ dawn, Zhang Chongwei fell into a dilemma.

Now he has determined that Yang Hao's soldiers and horses left in the camp by the Wuding River far exceeded his expectations, and the other party is the defending side, these days the fortifications have been continuously strengthened and improved, and the defensive battle has been fought through wind and rain, and many corpses have been left on the position, but at dawn, his camp has not yet been set down, the soldiers are sleepy and tired, cook some porridge and food, and the front has to line up heavy troops to prevent Yang Hao's camp from launching a counter-charge.

He couldn't imagine what kind of anger he would be in the face of a series of defeats, and at this moment, he rode all the way to his station, and the person who came was Tuoba Wanran, a general of the Tuoba family, the two have never had much intersection, but they are quite familiar.

Tuoba Wanran led a team of 100 people to gallop into the humble camp that Zhang Chongwei hastily established, and immediately went to see Zhang Chongwei, Zhang Chongwei took him into the half-set camp tent with anxiety, hurriedly retreated left and right, and asked tentatively: "Why is Lord Wanran here?" But a military order with a big handsome? Moyunling, have you saved the military rations? ”

Tuoba didn't answer, he looked at the embarrassment in Zhang Chongwei's camp, couldn't help frowning, and asked: "After a whole night's work, Lord Zhang didn't take down the enemy's camp, and he lost his armor, so embarrassed?" ”

Tuoba Wanran's official position is much smaller than Zhang Chongwei's, although Tuoba Wanran is the person who listens to Li Guangrui's side, but at least the upper and lower humility should be guarded, Zhang Chongwei was secretly angry when he heard it, but he couldn't offend Tuoba Wanran, so he had to explain: "Lord Wanran doesn't know, Yang Hao's loss of strength to stay here is not only five or six thousand people, according to my estimate, the total number of his soldiers should not be under my department, so many men and horses, and take the defensive, my department wants to capture his camp, it is not easy." ”

Tuoba sneered and said, "Lord Zhang, do you exaggerate the enemy's strength after losing the battle?" Why did Yang Hao have so many soldiers and horses? With so many soldiers and horses, he wouldn't be so embarrassed. ”

"You ......"

"Okay, you don't have to say more, you can keep these words and explain them to the marshal, I came this time to pass on the marshal's military orders."

Zhang Chongwei hurriedly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Please command." ”

Tuoba said: "The marshal ordered, after ordering your troops to eliminate Yang Hao's remaining army, immediately cross the river, attack on both sides of Camel Ridge and Yanei, eliminate Yang Chongxun's department, and then join forces to attack Yinzhou." ”

Zhang Chongwei was surprised and said, "Fight Yinzhou again?" Since Yang Hao has not been eaten by us, according to the plan, shouldn't we retreat to the direction of Shizhou and strive to retake Xiazhou, how can we ......? ”

"You're as handsome as you are?"

Tuoba glared at me, and said: "Zhe Yuxun wants to attack my Moyunling and cut off my grain and grass, hey!" But his treacherous plan was seen through by the marshal early, when Zhe Yuxun was attacking Moyunling, the marshal had already surrounded him, and now although he escaped a Yang Hao, Zhe Yuxun was unable to fly. Although Yang Hao escaped, but he lost his troops and lost his generals, can he still fight? In this case, why should we retreat in a hurry, we can still carry out the first plan, annihilate the three feudatories, seize Yinzhou, and then return to Xiazhou with an undefeated posture, wouldn't it be better? Okay, okay, I won't tell you so much, I thought you had annihilated the enemy camp defenders, but I didn't expect that you would work hard overnight, and you didn't advance an inch. ”

Zhang Chongwei was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "In this case, please also ask the commander to divide the troops to help, I really don't hide it, my lord, the strength of the defenders of this enemy camp is indeed beyond our imagination." ”

Tuoba glared and said, "Divide the troops? Is it so easy to deal with your desperate resistance? The marshal is still under the Moyun Ridge, and is continuing to attack its remnants, and it will take time to destroy them all. After destroying the Ori Imperial Hunt, don't you need to rest? Moyunling has already been in danger once, doesn't it need to be guarded by heavy troops? Lord Zhang, Yang Hao slipped away from you, if you can't atone for your crimes, the handsome means ...... Hehe, you know. ”

Zhang Chongwei's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "General Wanran, please rest assured, when the soldiers have eaten and rested, Zhang will personally lead the team to charge again, and be sure to take the enemy camp and go to the aid of Camel Ridge to be the pioneer of the commander." ”

He swept the stool diligently with his sleeves and said: "General Wanran has traveled all night, it's been hard, please sit down for a while, Zhang went out to make arrangements, and came back to accompany General Wanran for breakfast in a while, and then asked the general to go back to resume his life." ”

Zhang Chongwei left the tent, and suddenly heard a commotion in front of the battle, he felt annoyed in his heart, and stepped forward and shouted: "Who is making noise? ”

A soldier pointed out: "General, please look, Yang Hao's battle flag!" ”

Zhang Chongwei looked up and saw that Li Yide's battle flag in the opposite camp was slowly lowering, and Yang Hao's battle flag was raised again, Zhang Chongwei couldn't help but gasp: "Yang Hao returned to the camp safely?" My guess was not wrong, no wonder the defenders on the opposite side increased greatly, it turned out ......"

He suppressed his shock and shouted: "What's the panic, the marshal has trapped the Fold Yuxun under the Moyun Ridge, and today he destroyed the Fold Yuxun, Yang Hao's department, in front of the handsome, is just a mantis arm as a car." ”

When he said this, he turned around and wanted to leave, and as soon as he took a step, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart: "Moyunling...... Is it really okay? With the strength of the commander, if the commander traps the Fold Yuxun, how can he wipe them all out in one day today, when the army is heading north, and the new victory is sharp, isn't it more appropriate? Why rush to urge me to cross the river and fight, first relieve the siege of Camel Ridge, and then attack Yinzhou City? ”

The more Zhang Chongwei thought about it, the more uneasy he became, walking around the big tent of the Chinese army and thinking, suddenly he looked up, and saw the one hundred and ten guards who came with Tuoba and were resting in a separate place, so he walked slowly, squinted at the expressions of those guards, and quietly observed for a moment, Zhang Chongwei already knew in his heart, he took a few steps forward, and a guard in front of him got up to salute, Zhang Chongwei split his head and said: "The grain and grass are burned, the marshal must be angry, right?" ”

These guards were strictly instructed not to talk to each other with Zhang Chongwei's subordinates, not to mention the military situation in front of them, but Zhang Chongwei was a general, and when he stood in front of them, he was a little in awe, Zhang Chongwei blurted out and asked about the grain and grass being burned, and what was the situation of the marshal, instead of asking whether the grain and grass were burned, they thought that Tuoba had told Zhang Chongwei the truth, after all, ...... For these pawns, Tuoba just instructed them to pay attention to something, it was impossible to tell everything in detail, so he intuitively said: "Back to my lord, the commander is indeed furious, and the remnants of the soldiers guarding the mountain were ordered by the commander, all of them were beheaded and thrown into the fire." ”

Zhang Chongwei's heart was shocked, and his heart jumped to his throat, but he suppressed his calm and nodded: "Yes, if the general only said that the marshal was angry, I expected to punish them severely, these people are not good at guarding food, they really deserve to die." Oh, by the way, the Origokubu seems to be ...... now."

He knocked on his head, and his finger nodded into the distance, and when the guard saw it, he hurriedly reminded: "They went to the southeast, according to their subordinates, the handsome men and horses may not be able to catch up, we are still far away from Moyunling, they set fire to it and left, where else to find it after a night's work?" ”

Speaking of this, he asked with some concern: "General, what do you say...... Can we still return to Xiazhou safely? ”

Zhang Chongwei patted him lightly on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, let's ...... Will go back. ”

Zhang Chongwei walked away, a sneer slowly appeared on his face, and the sneer then turned into a cruel smile.

"The grain and grass in Moyunling have been destroyed, and Zhi Yuxun is already like a fierce wolf, tearing a hole in the giant Li Guangrui, biting off a piece of meat, and then avoiding a dark corner, quietly waiting for the next opportunity to attack, waiting for the giant's blood to slowly dry up and collapse, vulnerable to a blow...... And Li Guangrui repeated his old tricks, last time, he slaughtered all the messengers and concealed the soldiers of the three armies, this time, he even had to hide it from me. Hey! Reinforcements from Camel Ridge to attack Yinzhou City, Dashuai is going to use me to attract the hungry wolves chasing behind him, so as to increase his chances of escaping back to the northwest! ”

He walked to the front of the formation again, and the commander of the first battalion guarding the formation, his brother Rimai Muxi, met him in surprise and asked, "Big brother, what else do you command?" ”

Zhang Chongwei raised his head, squinted at the big banner with the word "Yang" fluttering high in the sunlight opposite, beckoned to the captain of the guard, and calmly ordered: "Take a few people and tie up Tuoba for me!" If you dare to resist, you will be killed! ”

The chief of the guard was obviously a little surprised, but he did not hesitate to agree, and rushed away with a few fierce soldiers.

Rimai Muxi said in surprise: "Big brother, you ...... What are you? ”

Zhang Chongwei smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and ordered: "Don't talk nonsense, gather your men and horses, give me all the weapons of Tuoba like those personal soldiers, and watch them!" ”

Yang Hao's camp was also opened, the rice was bad, and there was a piece of fresh horse meat on it, and the veteran Marcy felt very satisfied, he grabbed the chopsticks made of the twigs beautifully, and just wanted to eat a bite, an arrow shot into his bowl impartially.

"Damn, it's not easy to eat, this arrow is not quenched, right?" Marcy pulled out the arrow and carefully examined it, but found that there was no cluster of arrows, but a paper scroll was tied to the arrow, took it down and unfolded it, he didn't recognize a word, he scratched his head, and suddenly saw Mu Yu walking by, and hurriedly called: "Little Lord Mu, this is shot from the enemy camp, you see what it is." ”

Mu Yu took it and took a look, and his two eyes suddenly widened: "This is shot from the other side?" Is it really shot from the other side? ”

After receiving an accurate answer, Mu Yu pulled his legs and ran: "Madam, madam, the people on the other side are about to surrender!! ”