The people of Qianjue Mountain and the generals of the Zhao family were drinking, and the soldiers came to report to Zhao Jiao, saying that the big thing was not good. Zhao Jiao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Xiongnu Shan Yu and King Zuo Xian led the army to kill the Yumen Pass! Border Emergency"

Zhao Jiao, Zhao Kui, Li Mingyuan, Zhuge Ying, and others, when they heard that the Hun army had killed Yumen Pass, they did not drink any more wine; the Zhao family would go down the mountain and return to the camp to discuss the military situation, and Li Mingyuan, Zhuge Ying, and the generals would discuss the battle strategy in the Juyi Hall. The misfortune is not alone, the spy sent by Zhuge Ying came back, saying that Zhao Song, the son of King Ning, had an army of more than 100,000 troops, and the troops were divided into Hebei and Hedong to kill the capital. Officials along the road abandoned the city and fled, and the rebels slaughtered the people. Zhao Song has been proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the rebel army is very arrogant and is killing Tongguan.

The crowd listened, and the crowd was excited. They have asked to send troops, kill the rebels, and teach the people. Hei Saiwen said: "My brother and sister are willing to take 5,000 soldiers and horses from Heifeng Mountain to the marshal's place to listen to it and save the people of Li from the disaster of swords!" When the generals heard this, they became even more energetic. A few nerds were arguing: "Hurry up and send troops!"

Zhuge Ying said: "Brothers, don't be anxious. We came with 10,000 soldiers, and nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded in the attack on the mountain. There were less than 500 new recruits, plus the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Hei brothers and sisters, a total of more than 14,000 people. There are too few soldiers and horses!"

A few nerds shouted again: "If you say so, you don't have to fight!"

"How can you not fight?"

"Tell me quickly, how do you fight?"

"We should join forces with Zhao Wangbing, merge with one family, and fight Zhao Song together."

Li Mingyuan said: "What Mr. said is extremely true. In my opinion, only in this way can we be conducive to breaking the enemy. ”

The big nerd said, "Big brother." You can't listen to the old bull's nose! There are many soldiers, but we have few soldiers, and when we come together, we will have to listen to others, and you don't want to be a marshal!"

The nerd said: "If you want to join forces, you must tell them first, and Li Mingyuan will be the marshal." Otherwise, we won't join them!" The nerds shouted in unison, "Yes, or we won't join them!"

Li Mingyuan shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!" When the big trouble is at the head, we should focus on the overall situation. Such as being in harmony with Zhao Wangbing. Fight against the thieves. I would like to listen to it under the tent of King Zhao. ”

At this moment, there is no one who dares to quarrel anymore. Li Mingyuan and Zhuge Ying led people down the mountain and went to the barracks to discuss the matter of joining forces. Zhao Jiao and Zhao Kui glanced at each other, and Ha Lu and Ha Da smiled. Applauded again and again. Li Mingyuan said: "The two are thousands of years old. I wonder when I'll be there to listen to it?"

Zhao Jiao smiled. said: "If the two families join forces, they will be able to extinguish the thieves." Save the people from fire and water, and save the people from suffering. Mingyuan. There's no need to rush. It's rare for us to get together to talk. Come, how about you and I talk about the art of war?"

"I would like to wash my ears and congratulate my ears when I am late."

"No, the afterlife is terrible! Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: A king should not raise an army out of anger, and a commander should not go to war out of anger. Mingyuan, why do you say this?"

"For anger can be restored to joy, and anger can be restored to joy, but when a nation dies, it cannot live, and when a man dies, he cannot be resurrected."

"Good. Have you ever read the military book "Three Strategies"?"

"Late students read it. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Huangshi Gong wrote "Huangshi Gong Three Strategies", which was referred to as "Three Strategies" by later generations. The book is divided into three volumes: the upper omitted, the middle omitted, and the lower omitted. It is said that as a general, you must know astronomy, observe the sun, moon and stars, and know the changes in the operation of yin and yang; We must be good at making good use of the terrain and winning by surprise, we should know what we know about the other, promote our own strengths, and break the enemy's shortcomings. ”

"What about Liutao?"

According to legend, "Liutao" was written by Jiang Taigong of the Zhou Dynasty and is divided into six volumes, namely: Wen Tao, Wu Tao, Long Tao, Tiger Tao, Leopard Tao, and Dog Tao. What it is said is: Wen Tao governs the country, Wu Tao Anbang, You Tao makes water, Tiger Tao makes fire, Leopard Tao can fight, and Dog Tao can defend. ”

Zhao Kui interjected and asked, "What are the military laws in the camp of the Thousand Peerless Mountains?"

"There are seventeen laws." Then, Li Mingyuan elaborated one by one - the first one, if you don't hear the drums, you can't stop hearing the gold, you can't raise the flag, you can't cover the flag, this is a rebellion. Chop it off. Article 2: The name should not be called, the point cannot be reached, the division is out of order, and the deadline is not reached, this is a slow army. Chop it off. Article 3: Spreading the practice of fighting at night, neglecting and not reporting, even more excessive, and the voice is unknown, this is a slack army. Chop it off. Article 4: Complaining too much, slandering the commander, not listening to constraints, and stalking the religion is difficult to cure, this is a horizontal army. Chop it off. Article 5: Laughing and laughing, telling the army, and flouting the forbidden covenant, this is a light army. Chop it off. Article 6: The bow and crossbow are absolutely stringed, the arrow has no feathers, the sword and halberd are unfavorable, and the sword is withered, which is a bully. Chop it off. Article 7: Fabricating ghosts and gods, pretending to be dreams, wanton heresy, and bewitching soldiers are demon troops. Chop it off. Article 8: Slander against the army is a slander against the army if they sow discord and talk falsely to sow discord. Chop it off. Article 9: Wherever you go, you insult the people, destroy the houses, and force the women to commit adultery, and this is a traitorous army. Chop it off. Article 10: Stealing people's property and thinking that they already have it, and taking people's heads as their own merits, is a thief. Chop it off. Article 11: Gathering people in the camp to discuss the military situation in secret, and secretly listening to secrets under the tent, this is to explore the army. Chop it off. Article 12: Either they hear what they are plotting or what they are saying, and they leak it out so that the enemy will know about it, and this is a rebel. Chop it off. Article 13: When calling, the tongue should not be stammered, the eyebrows are bowed, and the face is difficult, which is cowardice. Chop it off. Article 14: Going out of the army, looking ahead and looking backwards, speaking loudly, and not obeying the forbidden covenant, this is a chaotic army. Chop it off. Article 15: Fake injury and illness to avoid conquest, and escape by being wounded and defrauding death, this is a fraudulent army. Chop it off. Article 16: The person in charge of money and grain deducts military salaries, and engages in malpractice for personal gain when rewarding money, which is a malpractice. Chop it off. Article 17: If you don't notice the thief, you don't know what to do, if you don't say anything, if you say more, you will say less, and if you don't know much, you will say more, and this is a mistake in the army. Chop it off.

After listening to this, Zhao Kui said: "Brother, let's ask one, Mingyuan will answer ten, and the answer is like a stream, I don't think let's ask any more." ”

"Okay."

After Zhao Jiao finished speaking, he turned to Li Mingyuan and said: "Mingyuan, we came back from the mountain, discussed the military situation, and thought that we should be united. Who is the right marshal after the merger? Our old brothers pondered and pondered, and thought you were quite suitable, but I don't know if you are familiar with military books and war strategies, so we were the same just now. Now, my brother and son are very relieved. Mingyuan, you will be the generalissimo of the two families. ”

"Two old princes, this matter is not possible, I am willing to hand over the military power of the Qianjue Mountain Battalion to the king of the town, and I will listen to the order under the old prince's account."

Zhao Jiao said: "This is not good. Don't look at our official position as bigger than you. In terms of skills, we are not as good as we were back then. The generals under my account, my four sons and thirteen grandchildren, and my brother Zhenxi's two grandsons are not enough to be marshals, and I am willing to hand over the military power to you. Three generations of our fathers and grandchildren, as well as all the generals, are willing to obey your orders. ”

"Two old princes, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

Zhuge Ying said: "I'll say something for me Li Mingyuan, so many soldiers will be handed over to him, to be honest, it's really not good." ”

"Why can't you?"

"He can bring thousands of soldiers, but he can't bring Dahua soldiers."

"Why is that?"

"He can lead a thousand soldiers. It's because we all admire him. ”

"I don't admire it. Can you give him the power of the army?"

"Yes, don't look at him as the marshal of the Thousand Peerless Mountains, to this day he doesn't even have the handsome seal! The prince handed over the military power to him, and there was no handsome seal. Will they be able to listen to him?"

The king of the town, Ha Luha, smiled: "I see! Good. I handed the handsome seal to Li Mingyuan. ”

Li Mingyuan said that he would not accept Shuai Yin. Zhuge Ying said: "Let me say a few more words. Today. I, Li Mingyuan, refused to accept the seal, and the old prince was willing to let it from the bottom of my heart. I see that you also imitate the ancients. Accept my eldest brother as a righteous son, and also have a son to replace the father, what do you think?"

"Wow! Such a great hero, can you worship me as your father-in-law?"

Li Mingyuan knelt down and said, "Father is on top, the child will see you." ”

Zhao Jiao's heart was immediately overjoyed, and he hurriedly helped Li Mingyuan up. Li Mingyuan worshiped Zhao Kui again. The four of them discussed, and Li Mingyuan will take the stage tomorrow to pay homage to the commander. Zhao Jiao said: "Set up the shuai stage and all other preparations, our old brother and son are all covered. Mr. Mingyuan and Mr. don't have to worry about it, you all have a good rest!"

On the second day, the troops on the mountain and under the mountain were united, and Li Mingyuan took the stage to pay respects. The generals were in high spirits and asked for battle. Li Mingyuan, Zhuge Ying and the two old princes agreed on how to quell the rebellious army.

Zhao Yan said: "After thinking about it, I think the soldiers should be divided into two ways. Beat Zhao Song all the way, take Fan Yang all the way north, smash his lair, and make the rebellious army collapse. ”

Li Mingyuan and Zhuge Ying agreed very much. Zhao Jiao said again: "Since the marshal and the military advisor both think that it is good to use troops in this way, our elder brothers and sons are willing to ask for a big order, lead their children and grandchildren and 10,000 soldiers and horses, and take Fanyang in the north." ”

Li Mingyuan and Zhuge Ying were very moved when they saw the two old princes rushing to shoulder the heavy responsibility, and they both said that bringing 10,000 soldiers and horses was too little, and they should let them bring 30,000 soldiers and horses. Zhao Jiao said: "No. Our old brother and son can also recruit some soldiers along the way, and the two forces must not be divided equally. Otherwise. It is not good for the army. ”

The two sides fought for a long time, from 30,000 to 20,000, but the two old princes still didn't do it. You have to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses. Zhuge Ying said: "I don't think it's going to fight, the two old princes should bring 15,000 soldiers and horses!" And so it was decided.

Li Mingyuan allocated the ten generals of Ma Biao, Ma Long and the eight brothers of the Wu family to the two old princes. For what? Because these ten will be familiar with the area to the north. Moreover, Ma Biao came and went high, and he visited the city and the pass, which was very useful. Zhao Jiao Ha Ha Da smiled: "I think so thoughtfully!" Okay, then I will leave Zhao Xiaojie and Zhao Kefeng to you, his father and son are familiar with the geography of the capital and Tongguan. That's it, tomorrow the soldiers will go to Fanyang. ”

The next day, 15,000 soldiers and horses from Fanyang set off from the north. Li Mingyuan led the generals to say goodbye to Zhao Jiao, Zhao Kui, Ma Biao, Ma Long and others. When Li Mingyuan and the others returned to the camp, they saw one or two hundred people gathered at the camp gate. A soldier came to report it. It is said that these people are all minions and officers and soldiers who were released home in Wujiazhai two days ago, and they learned halfway through that the rebel army had killed their hometown, and they all came back to ask to join the army. As soon as Li Mingyuan and the generals stepped forward, an old man led a strong man to greet him. The old man said: "Marshal, this is my son Cheng Xiaoliu, who originally asked the three ghosts of the martial arts family to be caught on the mountain. Thanks to you breaking the martial arts village, our father and son can be reunited. Now, I have sent my son to you, let him join the army, and go with you to kill Zhao Song's thieves!"

Liu Jiao looked at the old man and remembered: Isn't this the old man who he and Ma Biao met when they came to Wujiazhai to explore the mountains? Liu Jiao hurriedly stepped forward to thank the old man. Li Mingyuan and the others didn't know what was going on, and Liu Jiao told the reason. Li Mingyuan stepped forward to thank the old man and said, "Uncle, you only have this one son now, let's let him stay by your side and practice filial piety." ”

"Marshal, as the saying goes, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Since I have sent my son, I have no intention of bringing it back. If you think of me as a person, take him; If you don't treat me personally, don't accept him. ”

Li Mingyuan heard this. He said he was desperate, so he had to accept it. The one or two hundred men were also to join the army to kill the rebels, and they were all taken in and hired. Li Mingyuan and others sent the old man away. Back in the battalion, the recruits were divided into battalions, and the soldiers who were wounded in the attack on the samurai village were left on the mountain to recuperate. All the arrangements have been completed, and the generalissimo gave an order, and the soldiers rushed to Tongguan.

All the way the flag fluttering, the dust is rolling, the earth is shaking, the mountains are shaking! Li Mingyuan's troops sent to Tongguan. At this time, the capital city of Jinluan Palace. At this time. Zhao Changqing is sending generals. He was originally going to drive the pro-conquest, but as soon as the two sons made a fuss, he stopped the pro-conquest order. Yang Xuhui said: "Long live the edict to stop the pro-conquest is really a wise decision. The minister expected to be a few generals sent by Long Live Chief. Good news will come in a few days. ”

There was a minister in the literary class named Ge Taigu, who was a student of Xie Xian. This man is upright. Jealousy is like hatred. When he sees someone who is not pleasing to the eye, he either does not speak, or he has thorns when he wants to speak. It's either sarcasm or sarcasm. Those guys hated him. After listening to Yang Xuhui's words, Ge Taigu scolded in his heart: It is you dog men and women who mislead the country and harm the people, and now that the national disaster is at the head, you kid is still blowing nonsense!

He came out of the class and said: "Long live, Weichen thinks that it is the best policy for the royal driver to go to the army. Since the edict has been issued to stop the pro-conquest, it is not good to change it again, then the general should be sent to the expedition, at least the general should be sent to Tongguan to help Tongguan Marshal Li Zikang stick to the fortress. ”

Zhao Changqing didn't hear the words in front of him, but he felt that there was some truth in what he said later, so he asked, "Which Aiqing went to guard Tongguan with Li Zikang?"

As soon as the officials heard this, they didn't have any stubble. Zhou Anwu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, replied: "The minister is willing to go." ”

Ge Taigu also came out of class. Yang Xuhui looked at him and said with a sneer: "Could it be that Lord Feige is also going to guard Tongguan?"

Ge Taigu smiled coldly: "I have never hidden traitors. At this time of national disaster, he intended to contribute his meager strength, which made Lord Yang smile. ”

These words are soft in the rigid, soft in the rigid, rigid and soft, and suddenly pushed Yang Xuhui back, and Yang Xuhui blushed. Ge Taigu avoided Yang Xuhui, faced Zhao Changqing, and said: "Long live, Weichen is willing to send the little girl Mingxia to help guard Tongguan and serve the country." "Everyone knows that Ge Mingxia, the only daughter of Ge Taigu, has outstanding appearance and strong martial arts. However, no one expected that Ge Taigu would send his daughter to the former enemy at this time.

Yang Xuhui smiled secretly: "This old thing is really old and confused, didn't he let his girl go to death?"

Zhao Changqing. The next day, Zhou Anwu and Ge Mingxia went out of Beijing, took 20,000 soldiers and horses, and ran in Tongguan. They came to Tongguan, and Li Zikang, the marshal of Tongguan, led the vanguard officer Liu Bin and the generals out of the pass, and took Shangshu and Ge Mingxia of the military department into the pass to discuss the strategy of resisting the enemy. After a while, the cannon outside the city rang out. The scouts came to report: the enemy brigade set up a large camp.

Marshal Li Zikang said: "Lord Shangshu, I want to go into battle and kill him by surprise first!"

"Marshal, why use a slaughtering knife to kill chickens, and you will obey it at the end of the day. Wait until the end of the battle!"

Li Zi Kangshun's voice looked back, and it turned out to be the pioneer officer Liu Bin, and said, "You have to be careful!"

"Order."

Liu Bin was neatly draped, mounted his horse with a gun, led 3,000 soldiers, and went out of the city. Zhou Anwu, Li Zikang, and Ge Mingxia watched the enemy's battle. At this time, three cannons rang out on the opposite side. A curly-haired lion beast flew in, and an enemy general sat on it: seeing that this person was too tall, with a round waist, bronze armor, a fox tail, a pheasant feather, and a face like a crab out of the water, saying that black is not black, saying that green is not green, saying that gray is not gray, lion eyebrows, leopard eyes, weighing nose, blood basin mouth, black steel under the chin, and gossip electric light power in his hand. Liu Bin came to the front of the battle to watch, pointed at the gun, and shouted: "The thief will be killed!"

"I am Ha Yuantuo, the governor of Bohai. My brother Hamantuo died at the hands of Li Mingyuan. This time I came to the Central Plains to avenge my brother. Now I, Emperor Dayan, have personally led my troops to Tongguan. Listen to my advice, sacrifice it as soon as possible, and if you don't, you will die by my sword!" ”

The pioneer was furious and shouted: "Ha Yuantuo, Liu Bin, the pioneer of Tongguan, want to see how much skill you have!" After that, urge the horse to twist and grab the stab. Ha Yuantuo hand-wrote the gossip electric light knife, and returned it to the shelf. As soon as Liu Bin and Ha Yuantuo made a move, they knew that this kid was very powerful. After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Liu Bin was cut off by Ha Yuantuo.

When Marshal Li Zikang saw that the vanguard was dead, his heart was like a knife, and he raised his knife to urge him to go into battle. At this moment, some soldiers snatched the corpse of the pioneer and carried it back to the city. He Yuantuo looked at Li Zikang: I saw that he was about fifty miles away, such as jumping off the horse, with a nine-foot body, broad shoulders and a round waist, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, a big nose, a big mouth, wearing a handsome purple gold helmet, matching pompoms around him, there was a three-strand fork on the top of the helmet, wearing a purple gold chain armor, stepping on a purple gold stirrup, holding a goose feather knife in his hand, and riding a five-flowered horse under his crotch. Ha Yuantuo looked at it and shouted, "The name of the person who came!"

"I am Li Zikang, Marshal of Tongguan. Who are you?"

"Harinto. Your vanguard did not listen to my good advice, and died by my sword. Li Zikang, you know that I am very powerful, hurry up and surrender!" Li Zikang is bent on avenging the vanguard, how can he have anything to say to him? He raised his sword and slashed. What Yuan Tuo took the knife and opened. The two big knives flew up and down, like lightning, and the war drums of the two armies in front of the formation were urging together, just like bursting beans. The two fought for thirty rounds. No matter how you win or lose.

Clear-eyed people know that it is also very difficult for Li Zikang to defeat Ha Yuantuo. At this time, Li Zikang suddenly heard the sound of the gong. If you hear the drum, you will advance, and if you hear the gold, you will retreat, and you will be beheaded if you violate the order, which is a military regulation. He didn't dare to fight again, so he turned his horse back, thinking: What are you doing with the gong for me? When I looked up, I saw Ge Mingxia coming with a horse-carrying knife. (To be continued......)