Yi County is the Yandi Yizhou Governing Office, Xiao Yan once retreated under this city, and Xiao Gan, the king of the remnants of Liao at that time, was the main force.

Since the restoration of Yandi, the Bianliang court has also selected officials to follow the newly acquired land.

But for more than 100 years, the Great Song Dynasty officials who have been raised by their rich and noble lives have been soft to the bones. The first choice to be an official is, of course, to stay in Bianliang City, Bianliang is not allowed, that is, the Zhulu, followed by the Hebei Zhulu, and then the Jiangnan and Shaanxi Hedong.

In the rest of the places, even if there is no military fire, the civil affairs are not complicated, the minister's money is doubled, and he is willing to go to the post, even if he chooses people, he can be pointed to as an official, and it is not a problem to send the Zhizhou army. But the officials of the Great Song Dynasty still avoided it, preferring to continue to listen to the drums in the capital.

Yandi is new, reckless everywhere, strong everywhere, residents are scattered, and there are more border troubles, but there are no strong soldiers in charge. Although officials were appointed, in more than two years, few of them actually took office.

Yizhou is very close to Hebei, and being an official for a year can be counted as a regular appointment, and the minister's money has been doubled. But if there is anything, it is easy to run towards Hebei. Finally, an official has taken office, and it has been changed three times in more than two years. In the governance office, everything is ignored, and the scope of activities is not far from the dilapidated Yixian city wall. It's just a closed-door government office that eats the minister's money. When the term expires in a year, it is a regular grinding, and they are all left without attachment.

When the news of the Jurchen East Road army entering the Kou came, Yizhou, which was already short of officials, ran out overnight. On the contrary, it is the indigenous Yan people inside and outside the city of Yi County, who guard the city with their own Ge to maintain order inside and outside the city.

It's not that Yizhou Yanmin cultivated loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty in just over two years, and they were willing to defend Yizhou for the Great Song Dynasty to the end after the Great Song officials abandoned them. And Xiao Yan is very close to Hebei because Yizhou is not easy to do big business. Yizhou is sporadic and strong. also has no sense of belonging to Xiao Yan.

It's just that these indigenous swallows have nowhere to run. When he went to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, he had no relatives and no reason. Only in vain died in the ravine. What you do is just to maintain order and reduce the loss when there is chaos. Just wait for whichever force arrives first, and surrender to whichever side of the force. That's the law of survival in troubled times.

Liu Baozhong led more than 2,000 horsemen, from the flying fox, straight into Yi County, what he saw was this scene. The local heroes of Yi County handed over the city defense without resistance. They also have eyes. Although there are not many of these more than 2,000 horsemen, it can be seen at a glance that they are all fierce and daring warriors, and the Great Song Dynasty army and horses came so fast, indicating that the Great Song Dynasty is still willing to guard Yandi. As Hermes-Epitek, this army can be relied on!

Immediately afterwards, they knew that this military horse was under the command of Xiao Yan, the king of Yan, and Yizhou Haoqiang was even more enthusiastic.

Xiao Yan's name, in the Great Song Dynasty, can almost be regarded as infamous under the slander of the scholars. But in the land of Swallow. But it is the object of everyone's heart!

In the northern half of Yandi, how many heroes are under Xiao Yan's command. Now the children of each family. All have a background in the Great Song Dynasty. In the future, if Xiao Yan can go further, the future of Yandi's children will be even more limitless. And Xiao Yan broke the Yelu Dashi, broke Xiao Gan, broke the Jurchen, and determined the prestige of Yanjing, a few years later, it is still thunderous in Yandi!

At this moment, it is still Xiao Yan's military horses who come to the aid of Yandi. King Yan still hasn't given up on this place!

Liu Baozhong, who received local support, although he arrived in a hurry, was immediately able to ban it in Yixian County. Immediately gather men to repair the city defenses, hoard grain and grass materials, collect military information on the front, and contact various places.

Although the number of Liu Baozhong's department is small, the task is very heavy. One is to connect with the direction of Danzhou, the second is to cover the Flying Fox Road, and the third is to win a little time for the Tianwu Army of Yujiang Ma Kuan to expand and the border of Hebei. As soon as he arrived in Yi County, Liu Baozhong, who had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, was very busy!

The news of the war in Yandi kept coming. And it's not good news.

The Jurchen East Route Army was so large that it was divided into two routes, and what entered from Yanshan was the first section of the True Jurchen and a large number of auxiliary troops who took over from the Liao people. The coach Wan Yan Zongfu, the deputy marshal Wan Yan Zongbi, and there are people from the Bohai clan who are from the Yang family, Ma Monk and other former Liao Xiaorui. Danzhou has been besieged, and countless artillery and stone bombardments have been added. Danzhou, a place where Xiao Yan has been operating for a long time, is retreating south one after another while closing the city and defending it, while relying on Xiao Yan's Yan.

From Pingzhou to attack Yanjing, it was the main force of the Jurchen East Route Army, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun and other Jurchen most noble generals, all in between! Raw and mature women, the total number of iron horses is no less than forty or fifty thousand! The auxiliary army, the tribal army, etc., is even more like a cloud.

Wanyan Zongwang, as the commander of the army, did not use the main force in the direction of Danzhou, but first pointed to Yanjing. Then Yanjing, the hub of Yandi, the road extends in all directions, and you can run vertically and horizontally. The entire strategic initiative is in our hands.

And at this moment, Yanjing, the liuguan is just in Hebei. It's just that Haoqiang, who is attached to Xiao Yan, and some Han officials in the former Liao are sitting in an unknown name. After Xiao Yan took charge of Bianliang, he originally wanted to give Yanjing a name and officially start to do a good job, but the Jurchen East Route Army did not give Xiao Yan this time.

Liu Baozhong sat in Yixian for a few days, and the refugees from the north and the local powerful army came one after another, congested on the way. Many of the defeated troops retreated here, everyone with bows and swords, men and horses were exhausted, and many were wounded. When they saw that the Great Song Army Flag appeared at the head of Yixian County, they all cried loudly!

Xiao Yan has been operating in Yandi for several years, leading the children of Yandi to fight in Hedong and enter Bianliang. At least let the people of Yandi, when the Jurchens go south, even if they are mantis arms as a car, even if they are defeated in a battle and go south. At least he fought desperately for the Great Song Dynasty. Instead of being like in history, after the defeat of Guo Yaoshi, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians surrendered to the Jurchens together!

These rout refugees brought news that Danzhou had been besieged several times and that Yanjing had fallen. While the Jurchen army was burning and looting in Yandi to raise military funds, it had already sent out sentinels to ride south, sweeping the road ahead, and after a little rest for the Jurchen army, it went straight to the north of the Great Song River to prepare!

When such a critical military situation came, Liu Baozhong could only grit his teeth and hold on to the end.

On the one hand, he sent a group of elite cavalry to the north to see if he could try to lure the defeated refugees south. At the same time, he is also trying his best to collect the rout of the refugees, repair the defense of Yixian County, and prepare to make a desperate plan here. At the same time, he did not stop sending the pass to ride south. Look where the Tianwu Army has gone now.

Liu Baozhong played a covering role. The Tianwu army has not arrived. Liu Baozhong will defend Yizhou to the end. If the Tianwu Army can be launched in time, he can also lead the refugees to get out of Yizhou!

The worst plan, Liu Baozhong has already made. It's nothing more than martyrdom with Yi County. At this moment, the Jurchen army is surging south, and the Great Song Dynasty is in danger of collapsing everywhere. But for the military ministers, where is not the place of death? I only hope that I will sacrifice myself to win the battlefield for King Yan in the future and save the rivers and mountains. You can win a little more!

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Standing at the head of the wall of Yixian County and looking north, it is an open terrain, where spring grass is in full bloom, swaying in the wind, dotted with wildflowers. But in this scene of deep spring, what came with the wind was full of murderous spirit.

In the four roads, there are scattered knights from time to time, guarding chariots, horses and pedestrians. The weary came south. The patrol horses released from the city of Yi County were patrolled in all directions. But when they encountered such a rout of the refugee team, they all let them go to Yi County to gather.

That is in Yi County, there is still a selection, strong and horse, can go into battle to fight into the army, the rest of the strong, can also be left as an auxiliary army. The old, weak, women and children were allowed to choose by themselves, or they went to Hedong through the Flying Fox, or they were given the documents of the Long Guard Army to let them enter Hebei.

Every day, there are hundreds of cauldrons set up in Yixian County, and a cloud of white mist rises to make Yixian County look like it is on fire. In each pot is gruel and a variety of wild vegetables, so that these refugees can fill their stomachs a little. The grain and grass reserves in Yi County are insufficient, and the Hebei defenders will not send grain and grass to Yi County before the Tianwu Army has not been launched and the border of Hebei is managed by military orders. Liu Baozhong can only count the rice to live, and he can't be generous.

Although the north gate of Yi County is open, the refugees cannot stop entering. However, a sandwich village has been set up outside the city gate, and countless bows and crossbows have been laid out on the wall, guarding the city gate. The city is also full of patrolling troops, often a veteran of the Dragon Guard Army with more than a dozen strong proportions of Yandi, acting as a soldier guarding the city.

The elite cavalry, on the other hand, entered and exited from the south gate, scattering to all sides, or patrolling, or answering, or sentry.

Liu Baozhong's face was a little dark, and he was patrolling the city wall, looking at this scene of chaos and chaos. In the past few days, the hours he has spent sleeping with his clothes closed and disorderly added up to two or three at most. The heavy responsibility was pressed on his body, which made this strong general look a little haggard.

Now Yandi has been swept by the torrent of the Jurchen East Road army, yesterday there have been Jurchen squad sentry scouts appeared in Yixian only more than 20 miles away, for the Dragon Guard patrol cavalry collision, the two sides fought a small-scale fight, cut off six Jurchen Tartar heads, after robbing three horses, the Jurchen Tartar sentry cavalry retreated on its own.

Although it is a small victory, it also shows that the Jurchen Tartar army has already arrived, and the key points such as Yanjing and Danzhou are afraid that they have all fallen into the hands of the Jurchen Tartars!

Yesterday was a sentry team, and in a few days, thousands of Hulu troops will be rolling in! How long can it last with only one Yi County? Needless to say, Yi County can cover the northern edge of the river, but it's just a short line!

Why hasn't the Yujiang Tianwu Army, who is a straight thief, come yet?

Liu Baozhong, who was meditating while pacing on the city wall, couldn't help but slam his fist on the battlements. The guards who were also tired around them were startled, and after looking north, and didn't notice anything wrong, these guards stood there again and lowered their heads, and they could close their eyes for a while.

When I arrived in Deyi County, the task was very heavy, even if it was Liu Baozhong's personal guard, he had to take turns to patrol the sentry. Yixian County has insufficient grain and grass, everyone is half hungry and half full, and if you close your eyes for a while, it will be worth eating meat.

Suddenly, these guards all raised their heads suddenly, and Liu Baozhong also took a step and ran towards the south city wall.

There is no other reason, because from the south came the cheers of their own military horses!

In the south of Yi County, north and north of Yi Shui, there is a convoy winding up. The convoy consists of more than 100 two-wheeled Taiping vehicles commonly used in Beidi, which can carry about 1,000 catties on the plain road of Yandi Hebei.

Around this convoy were hundreds of cavalry guards, looking at the flags. It is the commander of a cavalry army in the middle army of the Tianwu Army! In front of them was the Dragon Guard's squad of sentinel patrols leading the way. Seeing that it was close to Yi County, there were dozens of horsemen who broke away from the brigade. Get up to speed. Roll up the dust and smoke. Straight to Yi County!

Straight lady thief, the Tianwu Army has finally arrived! I also received a pass from me, and I sent grain and grass to come up!

Liu Baozhong clenched his fists and waved them twice, and then ran towards the city. Before they arrived at the city gate, these dozens of horsemen galloped to the city under the guidance of the dragon guard sentry horse. The first one turned over and dismounted, not tall, mediocre in appearance, and did not have the bearing of a heavy general in the army. It's like an old soldier in an army. But it was Xiao Yan's crotch that was single-handedly promoted from the bottom of the old Changsheng Army!

Many refugees were defeated, and at this moment they were also gathered near the city gate. How many people know Yu Jiang from Danzhou, who has been in Danzhou for a long time. Immediately they cried and cried out to him.

"Lord Yu, Danzhou is finished!"

"Lord Yu, you're finally here. When will you take us back to kill! ”

"Lord Yu, you have to avenge us! How many armies did King Yan give you? ”

There were even those who cried and asked about the whereabouts of their military children, and those who mourned to Yujiang, and suddenly the south gate of the city became chaotic.

Without waiting for Liu Baozhong to restrain him, Yu Jiang shouted: "We Youyan men, what kind of mourning is the mother's howl!" My mothers and children are not all in Danzhou! This revenge will be avenged after all! Armor Blade. I will send it over in an endless stream, wanting revenge. Joining the army is. Who is this bird for? ”

As soon as Yu Jiang drank this, all these refugees retreated and slowly retreated. He has been in Danzhou for a long time, won the hearts of the people and the army, and with countless Youyan disciples under the command of King Yan, although his appearance is not amazing, he has enough prestige among the soldiers and civilians of Yandi!

After drinking the influx of refugees from the rout, Yu Jiang hugged his fist and saluted Liu Baozhong: "General Liu, I'm late, don't blame." ”

Liu Baozhong is considered to be a veteran general of the Western Army, even if he is not so deep under Xiao Yan's command. Liu Baozhong may not be much close to Yu Jiang, who was born in the old Changsheng Army. Not to mention that Yu Jiang is now in charge of the Tianwu Army, and his status is already one level higher than him.

He has been alone in Yi County these days, looking forward to the arrival of the Tianwu Army, and has accumulated a belly of resentment towards Yu Jiang.

But now when Yu Jiang took the lead in saluting him, Liu Baozhong redoubled his respectfulness and returned to him: "I have seen General Yu." As long as the Tianwu Army arrives, the last general will be relieved. Is there a long time to wait? But please ask the rest of the generals to go to the city, but what is arranged, the last general will obey the order. ”

For no other reason, after Yu Jiang finally got married for more than 30 years, he has all been trapped in Danzhou City at this moment! Just because he was called by King Yan, Yu Jiang led the people and horses of Yandi to defend and left his wife and children behind. At this moment, when he turned around, he was already separated from life and death. is such a loyal and diligent general, even if he is from a victorious army?

And looking at Yu Jiang's haggard description, the appearance of a servant in the dust, leading the Tianwu Army to the north, must have done his best. At this time, Liu Baozhong's previous grievances had long since disappeared.

Surrounded by personal guards, the two walked up to the city, all the way to the northern city wall, exchanging military information on both sides as they went.

The Tianwu army led by Yu Jiang and Ma Kuo did their best to go north quickly. According to Xiao Yan's instructions, Hebei's defense is divided into three levels, the first layer is to further integrate the Yandi forces, which play the role of blocking the delayed Jurchen East Route Army. The second layer is to rely on the border defense line on the northern edge of the Hebei River, and the defense system that the Great Song Dynasty has operated for decades to prevent the conflict of the Liao cavalry, and it can also rely on the garrison for a period of time. The second layer is the defense system with the Daimyo's Mansion as the core.

The Daimyo's Mansion is the north of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty and is the core hub of Zhulu in Hebei. After the edge of the border was lost, the Daimyo's Mansion was the key point to cover the Yellow River. If the Daimyo's mansion is not secured, the Jurchen army can go straight to the banks of the Yellow River. The heart of Bianliang is already in no danger to defend. And the Daimyo Mansion is a big town in Xiongcheng, with a lot of reserves, and Hebei's wealth and military resources are all in the meantime. If the Jurchen gets it, the military power will be even stronger, and it will add ten times the fierce flames!

The Tenmu army went north and ran into trouble when it came to arranging the defense of the Daimyo's Mansion. It turned out that Xu Churen, who knew the famous mansion, had been recruited into Bianliang as a Zhongshu squire, and he was ready to use Cai Mao to go out of the famous mansion, but because he was implicated in Cai Jing's rebellion, he degraded Yingzhou.

The Daimyo's Mansion was short of commanders for a while, and under Xiao Yan's instruction, he knew the Daimyo's Mansion with Ma Kuoquan, and was responsible for sorting out the defense of the Daimyo's Mansion.

With Wuchen Zhizhou County, although there are precedents in the Great Song Dynasty, they are all border states. Suddenly, a military minister knew that the Great Song Dynasty Beijing, even though Xiao Yan was under the authority at the moment, the princes of the Eastern Mansion were the only ones. But how can the local officials of the Daimyo Mansion be convinced? They have never seen Xiao Yan's head cut off in Bianliang, and after Yu Jiangma expanded the army into the Daimyo's mansion, the local officials were a little better to serve the yin. It's almost like they don't obey any orders. He also boasts of being a gentleman.

Yu Jiang Ma Kuo was entangled patiently for a few days. After the Jurchen East Road army suddenly went south, the military intelligence came. finally couldn't bear it anymore, Yu Jiang was still a little subconsciously cowardly towards the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, but Ma Kuo was young and reused by the Great Song Dynasty, that is, Xiao Yan, after experiencing the Bianliang Rebellion, still valued him, and finally made an unceremonious move. Although he did not kill the doctor, he was sent to Bianliang for disposal. Those little officials who fanned the flames even cut off a batch of heads in blood! In this way, the Daimyo's Mansion was suppressed and he truly held full power.

After Ma Kuo stayed behind to run the Daimyo's Mansion, Yu Jiang, who had been delayed for some time, immediately went north. Race for time to deploy troops on the edge of the Hebei River. Stick to the main points. When he received the military information from Liu Baozhong, he immediately led the team to the north, replenished the grain and baggage to Yi County, and discussed with Liu Baozhong how to deal with the war in Hebei.

At this moment, there are more than 10,000 people in the main force of the Tianwu Army, and there are more than 20,000 people in the Hebei Garrison Forbidden Army. No one can say.

After listening to Yu Jiang's introduction, Liu Baozhong groaned. He said angrily: "General Yu, although I am the department of the Dragon Guard. But since General Yue has sent me here, I will fight to the death in Hebei. There are two generals in the east of the river, Han Yue, and there are even King Yan who led the Divine Guard Army to sit in the town, and there is no shortage of me. I have calculated that in addition to the military horses of the headquarters, it is not difficult to receive the local powerful military horses these days, as well as the army that has been scattered from the south, and then recruit the strong Yandi, and gather 5,000 capable troops............ As long as Hebei's aid supplement is not broken! I'm nailed to this Yi County! ”

Yu Jiang was moved.

Liu Baozhong received the order to send out the Flying Fox to aid Yandi, and at this moment he waited for the arrival of the Tianwu Army Brigade in Yi County, and contained thousands of defeated troops and many refugees, which was considered to have completed the task. When the Yujiang army arrived, he could leave and return to Hedong. There are many elite soldiers and strong generals, and there are more Yan Wang, and there are opportunities for meritorious service.

However, staying in Yi County helped the Tianwu Army to guard the border and struggled to support the offensive of the Jurchen East Route Army. And for the high-level generals, they all know in their hearts that King Yan is gathering a large army to fight a decisive battle with the Zonghan West Route Army in Hedong. Here in Hebei, there was no more support for a while, but they had to rely on their hard fighting and sacrifice to buy time for the decisive battle of the Hedong army!

Liu Baozhong's decision can be called Gao Yi.

Yu Jiang is not a person who is good at words, and he is also a little inferior because of his own background. At this time, I couldn't say anything, I just turned over and bowed down.

Liu Baozhong grabbed him: "How can there be a reason for Shangguan to worship his subordinates?" ”

Looking at the north from afar, Liu Baozhong smiled bitterly: "Now it is the hard battle that King Yan is alone to fight against so many Jurchen Tartars, and others are unwilling to fight, and King Yan will fight." In the Yan Wang army, there are always people who have to fight hard! If we hold on here for one more day, the decisive battle of King Yan will be more calm. And as a general of the Great Song Dynasty, you can't let the Jurchen Tartars spoil Hebei lightly! Even if we die here, as long as King Yan can win, we can always save the situation, and after thousands of years, there will always be people who can remember us! ”

Yu Jiang nodded solemnly, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence: "Then it's decided, you are in Yizhou to protect the Guangxin Army and the Ansu Army, I will guard the Xiongzhou Bazhou Xin'an Army and Cangzhou, and the horse general will be the apse in the Daimyo's Mansion." We will stay here until we die, waiting for the arrival of the army of King Yan! ”

The two of them struck hard with both hands, even if they reached the conclusion of fighting to the death on this front.

The conversation between the generals is all refreshing. In a few words, there is a result. After finishing speaking, the two of them looked north together, and they were speechless for a while.

Liu Baozhong hesitated for a moment and slowly spoke: "............ General Yu, I have already sent a group of capable soldiers and horses to the north as much as possible. Those who lead the army are good at fighting. Maybe the lord's family, the Ji people only have the heavenly phase, and they will be picked up by my soldiers and horses............"

Yu Jiang smiled bitterly and shook his head slowly: "I didn't want this for a long time, in the troubled times, how can the dead be just my family?" I only hope that with our death battle, we can help King Yan sweep away this troubled world as soon as possible! Then I will go and pick up their bones............ This thief of the straight mother! ”

After cursing suddenly, Yu Jiang didn't look north again, and squatted down with his head in his hands.

Liu Baozhong stood beside him, waving his hand to let the guards back a little, but he was just accompanying the robe next to him.

At this time, no matter how much persuasion is given, it is powerless. I only hope for the upcoming big war and kill a few more Tartars for revenge!

Yang Zaixing, the straight lady thief, let it out like a wild horse that has taken off the reins, and don't turn around at this time? Soon, the Jurchen Tartar army will be killed in front of you! (To be continued......)

PS: The tinnitus is still very serious, grit your teeth and stick to the code word!

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