Hedong Road, north of Fenzhou, Guozha Town. At this moment, inside and outside the town, there are full of sergeants, chariots and horses, and it is the time for sunset to prepare for the army's peace. In the wilderness outside Guozha Town, there were large military camp tents everywhere, and there were marching stoves made of fortifications everywhere, and cooking smoke rose one after another, like a forest spear pointing to the sky.

The geese flew through the air, and their chirping was high. Such a scene has a desolate and magnificent scene of a large army on the way.

Although Guozha Town is named after the town, it is located in the vast river valley of Fenshui. It is connected to Taiyuan Mansion in the north, Shangdang Basin in the south, Shizhou in the west and Yansui Town in Shaanxi. Fenshui, Wenshui and Taigu water converge in the southeast of Guozha Town, which is one of the important transportation hubs south of Taiyuan Prefecture. Although it is a town and has no walls, its inhabitants are no less prosperous than those of other prefectures and counties.

In Guozha Town, there is a very large post house, and there is a horse delivery set up, from Taiyuan Mansion to the south of the express delivery, to Guozha Town is the fourth station.

At this time, the large group of people and horses inside and outside Guozha Town was the Divine Guard Army that was speeding up to the north, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was located.

The Divine Guards are settled, and they are naturally outside the town, guarding the imperial camp in the shape of plum blossoms. Even if they set up camp temporarily, they were meticulous, all the ditches and walls were set up, and the outside was sprinkled with triangular iron nails as obstacles. During the march, the generals of such civil engineering work were all staring closely, precisely to hone the character of the new army of the Divine Guard, so that they could adapt to the atmosphere of the battle as soon as possible.

The field army of the Divine Guard Army, in fact, is not bad in terms of Su zhì. The backbone is Xiao Yan's most loyal and capable thousands of people who ran the new army in Bianliang and left after the turmoil. At the beginning of the army. They're in Bianliang. Needless to say, the equipment is the most sophisticated. And Bianliang became chaotic. I've seen blood. It has always been trained ruthlessly, and under the command of experienced and capable generals, it should be regarded as a certain combat effectiveness.

The other large part is the selection of the Xihe Army. Since the opening of the Hehuang River, the Xihe Army has been known as the Great Song Dynasty. Most of the frontmen were cavalry, and there were even one or two thousand horsemen. Needless to say, the combat effectiveness is strong. It is second only to the Shenwu Victorious Army and the Dragon Guard Army, which have been honed by repeated vicious battles in recent years.

These Xihe selections are driven by Yao Gu's father and son. drove thousands of miles to Bianliang to take chestnuts from the fire. The people and horses were dragged to a very tired point, and in the end, they were surrounded by the superior Yanyun Iron Cavalry led by Xiao Yan, and they lost their reputation and righteousness, and offended the small species and had no way back. This was easily solved by Xiao Yan and basically co-opted. If you really want to go into battle, this army of military horses may be the most reliable main force in the Divine Guard Army.

The other one is the elite one of the Youyan Iron Horses, and there is no need to say Su zhì. Anyway, it is stronger than those garrisoned forbidden troops in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.

The imperial camp guarded by the Divine Guard Army is mainly composed of thousands of classes brought by Zhang Xian. Although the scale is not large, it is straighter than the former royal front who could only perform flower fist embroidery legs on the Jinmingchi competition. That's the elite who can be pulled out in the field when it's time for emergency.

The disadvantage of such a good army is that the ingredients are too mixed. If you really want to face a life-and-death battle, I am afraid that everyone has their own minds and cannot cooperate properly. Therefore, Xiao Yan originally planned to train them in Xijing Zuojin and train this Divine Guard Army into an appearance. However, the matter in Hedong was urgent, and Xiao Yan could only ride lightly and go north. and summoned Zhang Xian to strengthen the commander of the Divine Guard. It also made the Divine Guard go to the road immediately.

As soon as it was practiced, it was only made up while marching. That's why we have to be meticulous in the earthwork that we camp every day. didn't set up a stable camp, from top to bottom, no one was allowed to rest, let alone have hot soup and rice. At night, when they were sleeping soundly, perhaps the camp would have to sift through the gongs several times to drive the sleepy-eyed sergeants up. Or in the village each in place to make a defense, or the infantry army out of formation, the cavalry also have to mount their horses and spread their wings to cover the infantry array.

This kind of tossing happens almost every day.

This Divine Guard, which was formed by the gathering and training of military horses from several sides, endured the toss of the generals together, dug ditches and erected fences like marmots every day, and was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums every day to form a field battle. In the general unlucky encounter, there is some sympathetic friendship, a bit like a military horse that breathes and smells the same.

The training is so hard, the army must keep up, otherwise in this era, even if you Sun Wu is alive, you will have a part in the mutiny.

Fortunately, in Xiao Yan's hands, the resources to decide the fortune of the country are more than enough. Those Bianliang wealth that was captured by the Jurchens and transported back to the north by thousands of Taiping carts after being destroyed by the Jurchens in time and space without Xiao Yan was already in Xiao Yan's hands after two turmoil. And now the princes of Dongfu are submissive to Xiao Yan for a while, at least in terms of military spending, Xiao Yan can take what he wants for the time being.

In the Divine Guard Army, it goes without saying that military salaries are paid in full. Since crossing the Yellow River, adhering to Xiao Yan's order, he has come up with a battlefield allowance, and in Hedong for a day, regardless of whether he engages in war or not, there will be fifty pure copper per day. Although the name of this field allowance is strange, it is a real good!

And along the way, Hedong counties and counties are also going all out for the supply of food and straw for the march. Although the daily work is hard, the food is very good. You must know that there were too many people who stretched out their hands in the army's various envoy expenses in the past, and the Western Army spent tens of millions of yuan a year on military expenses in its heyday, but the sergeants often had black rice that they had released for an unknown number of years, and there were not a few cases that finally provoked mutiny. Now that Xiao Yan cut down so many heads in Bianliang, it is still fresh in people's memories, and the land east of the river is more of a territory where Xiao Yan's army gathers than Bianliang. For a while, no one dared to stretch out their hands, and the benefits fell on the heads of the officers and men in the army.

For most of the Great Song sergeants in this era, the Shangguan who can give enough military salary and goods is a good official, and only when the goods are given enough can they have enough heart to fight. This is also a reality that cannot transcend the times. Fortunately, Xiao Yan has always been a Shangguan with an excellent reputation.

In addition to this favor, there is also a sense of honor that must not be missing for the military sergeants.

Supporting the royal car to follow the king of Yan and personally conquer and fight with Hulu, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, how many cases can there be? So died in battle. It is also the glory of the ancestors. The honor of a hundred generations of blood food. If you defeat the teacher. This credit is enough to lie on it and eat until the family dies of old age!

And the Divine Guard Army is now one of the four armies, and it is one of the main forces of King Yan's lineage. Looking at King Yan's current power, it is difficult to say how far he can go in the future. If you really want to work for it, it's hard to say that you can't be a hero from the dragon. At that time, the merit is not to eat until old age and death, but to eat together with children and grandchildren, for three or five lifetimes!

If it's for the vast majority of the rotten characters of the Metropolitan Gatekeeper Army. No matter how great the benefits are, they may not be as important as their lives. Even if he finally brought a knife to the Tartar to kill him, he was never willing to fight to the death for this Great Song Dynasty.

However, in the Divine Guard Army, whether Youyan entered the Iron Cavalry, or the Gongwei Forbidden Army still retained the subordinates of Xiao Yan in the end, or the Xihe Elite Cavalry. After all, he is still willing to fight in exchange for future fame and wealth. Youyan enters the guard iron cavalry, has natural loyalty to Xiao Yan, who started in Yandi, and is not afraid of blood and fire. The surviving members of the Gongwei Forbidden Army have also experienced two chaos and quenching, and as for the Xihe Army, they have been fighting for the Great Song Dynasty for decades!

Since you can fight and are willing to fight, you have such a reward. Why are you unwilling to contribute?

All the way to the left of Guozha Town, the Divine Guard Army already had a bit of a look. From generals to soldiers, although they are all disgraced, they are quite energetic. The closer you get to Taiyuan, the more you can get out of your spirit. The latest military information has already arrived, as soon as King Yan arrived in Taiyuan, he beheaded and pacified Wu Min to calm people's hearts, and then defeated the vanguard of the Jurchen West Route Army in Loufu, beheading three thousand people!

Yanwang Shenwu really lives up to its reputation. The strength of the Shenwu Changsheng Army is also a shock to the Quartet. The more this happens, the more the Divine Guard will have to come out!

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Therefore, the military camp set up in Guozha Town today is strictly legal, the trenches are dug wide and deep, and the fence is erected meticulously. The soldiers and soldiers of the Divine Guard Army, who had been marching and working for a day, were still lining up to sing the imperial military song of the Great Song Dynasty and to receive their own meals, and the momentum was much higher than when they crossed the Yellow River.

In Guozha Town, the original post house was temporarily used as the Imperial Palace, and the Banzhi Imperial Camp was guarded outside, taking turns on duty. The three treasures of the Zhao family are all in the Divine Guard, and they are arranged far away from each other in the pavilion. The three members of the Zhao family are very knowledgeable, and after entering the post house for the class guards, they will never leave the door. However, a group of Wenchen who accompanied the car, after settling down a little, had to come out to walk around Guozha Town to dissipate, and the imperial camp Banzhi had to send someone to escort him, I don't know how many Banzhi people scolded in their hearts.

Straight lady thief, do this class of straight do very much, the old brothers of the Shenwu Changsheng Army are fighting happily in front, but we are here to serve a bunch of big turbans, I really can't say that I want to wipe the skin in front of the Lord and make a mess, to see when we can be transferred out of this bird class!

Among the class straight, those veterans who have followed Xiao Yan for a long time naturally occupy the majority. even added some of Yan Yun's disciples as guards. But there are also other characters who work halfway.

At the north intersection of Guozha Town, the two Banzhi who patrolled side by side were two old acquaintances who shared some benefits in the ball market when Xiao Yan entered Bianliang back then, and called Xiao Yan's men and horses Yan Ling.

It was Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang.

At the time of the first Bianliang Palace Change, these two saw the opportunity quickly and joined Xiao Yan's command with their families. When the second Bianliang Palace changed, the position was very stable. Especially Shi Xingfang's father, Shi Lao Fat, was beaten in the arsenal and almost lost his life.

Such a loyal person, Xiao Yan naturally reciprocated.

The future of the children of Wuchen can only be found in the army. Without any credit and hard work, even if he is promoted, he can't explain it in Xiao Yan's group. It is impossible for these two people to fight in battle, in addition to destroying their own homes, they also have to cut off their men and horses by the way.

The only thing that can be done is to stuff it into the Imperial Banzhi. The disciples of the sect are familiar with the rules and know how to behave, and they can make a buffer for the new royal class to fight the heroes. Follow the royal car to Hedong for a while, and come back to promote a little, that is, there is a reward for these people who serve halfway.

Compared with the previous two years, the two people who are now patrolling the intersection side by side have changed. Gao Zhongwu has lost the style of Gao Saburo before, and it seems that he is finally in line with his early thirties. When you speak, you always have to think about it first, and then you say it carefully.

As for the stone line. The changes are even greater. It turned out to be a fat spherical figure. Now you can actually see the waist. Once slimmed down. only to find out that this little fat man Shi actually looks quite attractive, not the original obscene appearance. You can sit firmly on a horse with armor on, and you can hold out if you are on duty for an hour or two with a saber and armor.

The duty of the two of them is to watch the intersection of the north road and prevent irrelevant people from colliding with the imperial camp. If a Wenchen wants to go out of Guozha Town, he must also block it politely. The scope of their activities is within the circle where the imperial camp is located.

Smoke curls from the barracks outside. The majestic singing resounded in all directions. The two people who were patrolling side by side glanced at each other, and Gao Zhongwu arched the stone line: "Don't you want to enter the four armies?" Your father was in chaos in Bianliang last time, and he won a lot of money, even if he asked for it in front of King Yan, he was still afraid that he wouldn't be able to? Seeing that King Yan killed Wu Minru in Taiyuan Mansion and killed a chicken, after this battle, the world was really about to turn over. At this time, hurry up to join the four armies and ask for a piece of heirloom wealth? ”

Shi Xingfang just shook his head, looked around, and lowered his voice: "It's better to be stable in the imperial camp!" Follow the Son of Heaven. No matter how the wind and waves change, there is nothing wrong with it. King Yan is naturally a tiger. But if you really want to go further, you must completely return to the heart of the Western Army! This trouble is not taken care of, and it is difficult to say whether this battle will be won or lost............ God knows what will happen in the future! My father explained clearly, since King Yan gave the send, it is just a matter of our father and son doing their own dispatch steadfastly. Don't think about so many things that you don't have, in this world, no one's head is safe! ”

Although Shi Xingfang has been trained, he is much calmer. But before that, he was not a very strict-mouthed person, Gao Zhongwu is a brother who wants to have the same background, the same experience, and a caring life. I saw that no one said this.

Gao Zhongwu was moved in his heart, knowing that if he didn't treat his family as a brother in life and death, Shi Xingfang would not say this. And it's a very reasonable remark.

Xiao Yan's power is naturally quite large at this moment. and mastered the king of the Zhao family, and had a certain reputation and righteousness. If there is no Jurchen invasion, this great change. Concentrate on internal strife, with Xiao Yan's means, more than ten years later, the Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan can't say that it really has to change color.

And at this moment, I encountered the disaster of the Jurchen going south! At this time, no matter how strong Xiao Yan's strength was in the Great Song Dynasty for a while, he would have to suffer a lot of restraint.

The Zhejia Army, which belonged to the scope of the Western Army, gave way to the Lan Army, which immediately caused Xiao Yan to encounter a dangerous situation. fought with his life to go to the town of Taiyuan in person to save the danger.

The Western Army, the largest Great Song Qiang town except for the Yan Wang Army, could not be subdued by Xiao Yan in this war. In the end, no one can say what the overall situation will be. Maybe in the next moment, at this time, the scenery is infinite, and Xiao Yan, who is even above the king of the Zhao family, will fall from the peak, and finally fall to pieces!

And if Xiao Yan is defeated, the torrent of the Jurchen army will drown the entire Great Song Dynasty, that is, the undecided sky.

All in all, this day is about to change, and being in the game, every qiē is so unpredictable!

Gao Zhongwu muttered in a low voice: "Straight lady thief, can't you wait for King Yan to beat back the Tartars, and then the princes of all parties will fight each other to fight for your life or death?" Don't end up cheap tartars! ”

Shi Xingfang just shook his head, all the princes, who knows what kind of thoughts he has now. Although Xiao Yan is in the limelight for a while, he is on the outside and on the inside, I am afraid that he is also exhausted, like walking on thin ice!

Gao Zhongwu didn't know how to talk today, and he lowered his voice and said, "Could it be that King Yan really wants to wait for the royal driver to come to the door in Taiyuan Mansion?" This is already in the north of Fenzhou, and it is not yet here to meet it. Even if you are a powerful minister, you should also decorate the façade a little............"

As he was saying this, he saw the camp of the Divine Guard Army in the distance, and suddenly moved, and many generals came out of the camp one after another, converging at the intersection to the north. And there are even more horsemen who came straight to the imperial camp, holding the flag of the Chinese army that is unimpeded. Seeing the flag in front of them, Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang hurriedly got out of the way without saying a word.

Not long after the cavalry entered the imperial camp, he saw that Zhang Xian had already led hundreds of classes of direct Zhang honor guards and hurried out. Roll up the smoke and dust from the two of them, and head north to greet them.

At this time, I don't need to ask, King Yan is driving, I'm afraid it's coming soon!

Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang didn't dare to leave their posts without permission, so they each tidied up their appearance, stood up straight, and no longer had the leisure to say some idle words.

And at this moment, in the Divine Guard Army, the drum and trumpet of gathering military forces also sounded. The brigade of men and horses marched out in formation on both sides of the road from the north. In the imperial camp, how many Wenchen who came with the car, no matter how they didn't go straight to this southern-born Xiao Yan, they all changed their official crown belts, and those with enough identity naturally went to the north, and those who did not have enough identity waited in front of the imperial camp. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Divine Guards were in an uproar, just to welcome Xiao Yan's arrival!

I don't know how long I've been waiting, but when the sunset on the horizon is already like blood. Finally, the sound of the golden drum was heard, and the dust rose in the distance to the north. Countless flags opened the way in front, how many Xiaorui soldiers guarded the guards as the front guards, and in the smoke and dust, they finally held out the banner of Yanwang Xiao Yan!

As soon as they saw the banner, thousands of Divine Guard soldiers cheered loudly, and with the general's order, they all knelt on one knee.

The smoke and dust gradually approached, and they greeted people outside Guozha Town, from the accompanying Wenchen to the royal front class, and they all bowed and saluted!

Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang were naturally respectful and courteous.

Regardless of whether Xiao Yan is an enemy inside and outside at the moment, whether Xiao Yan has an unpredictable future. But now Xiao Yan is indeed from the south to unify the army of 100,000, standing at the peak of the power of the Great Song Dynasty! And now he has welcomed the royal car to Taiyuan, and his Yan Wang camp is like a separate court center. Internal and external wars must be run and rolled with Xiao Yan as the core!

In the cheers of thousands of athletes, in the midst of countless people saluting and greeting. Xiao Yan came out of the crowd, and only Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Tang Huai, Wang Yu and other important generals of the Divine Guard Army were served, and dozens of Yan Wangzhi guarded him directly, and went straight into Guozha Town.

When passing Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang, Xiao Yan also stopped his horse a little and asked: "But Gao Sanlang and Shi Dalang?" ”

Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang raised their heads in shock, they really didn't expect Xiao Yan to remember the two of them!

Looking up, Xiao Yan was sitting on the horse, although his body was thin and his appearance was slightly tired, but his status was like this, and he already had a kind of spirit that looked at the world. The eyebrows and eyes are still as sharp as when they entered Bianliang. It's just that the status of Xiao Yan and their two former generals is already far away.

Before Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang had time to reply, Xiao Yan smiled again: "Sure enough, it's you, you have already served in Banzhi, it's a good life, don't insult your lintel." ”

After saying a word, under the arch guard of the armor, Xiao Yan was already far away. Gao Zhongwu and Shi Xingfang watched Xiao Yan and his party in a daze, and before they arrived at the pavilion that was used as the palace, they didn't even have any process to pass on the call, so the door of the palace had already been opened, and they came out at a trot with the attendants, and after bowing to the ground, they welcomed Xiao Yan into the palace like a phoenix! And the Yan King Straight Armor always wears armor and follows!

Gao Zhongwu said to Shi Xingfang in a daze: "Such a Yan King, an internal and external enemy, can you really do anything?" ”

Shi Xingfang was silent, and saw Xiao Yan with his own eyes. I can suddenly feel that it is this person who has miraculously risen to such a high position! But for a man, no matter how unsuccessful, seeing such a miracle with his own eyes, he can't help but have the heart to follow!

Whether it is the Jurchens, the Western Army, or the princes of the court, can they really defeat the Yan King in front of them?

Along the way, this Yan King no longer knows how many hardships and obstacles he has faced, but he still stands here steadily, and he is getting higher and higher!

Xiao Yan entered the palace proudly, and then Hanlin, who came with him to be in charge of the draft, was also hurriedly summoned. Not long after, the horsemen with the imperial edict came out one after another, and went straight to all sides from Guoqiao Town.

After breaking away from the brigade and urgently saving the Hedong crisis, Xiao Yan took the imperial drive in his hands again, and this time he could no longer give in, wanting to mobilize the power of the Great Song Dynasty and fight to the death with the Jurchens!

And how will the parties in this war behave, and where will this increasingly urgent storm go. But no one can understand it! (To be continued......)