Loufan County, southeast of Lanzhou, is located between river valleys surrounded by mountains. The southern tributary of Lanshui passes through here and joins the most important Fenshui in the east of the river. In later generations, the Fenhe Reservoir was set up at the site of Loufu County in the Song Dynasty to supply water to Taiyuan. Later, Loufan County moved to the southwest, making way of this important river valley.

At this moment, although Loufan County is not the seat of Lanzhou Prefecture, its location is the most important west gate of Taiyuan Mansion. As long as you rush through here, it is the vast Fenhe Plain, and Taiyuan Mansion is only more than 200 miles away from here!

The Hedong defense system, originally here in Lanzhou, was already considered a rear. In front of him, there is the Hewai Zhejia army, as well as Han Shizhong's Shenwu Changsheng army. Both roads are heavily defended and protected by the Walled Fort Pass, and the defending army is also known as the strong army of the Great Song Dynasty. As for Yue Fei's way, even if the Jurchen Tartars were killed, they would have to cross Taiyuan Mansion and go west before they could reach the territory of Lanzhou.

The soldiers and civilians of Hedong never thought that in the short time after the war began, the Zhejia army had almost never made any kind of resistance to the Lan army, so that the Jurchen Tartars would enter like a bamboo. Han Shizhong's troops fell into a crisis of opening the flank portal, and the Jurchen Tartar vanguard had already burned the troops to the territory of Lanzhou!

Lanzhou is guarded, and it is naturally very empty.

Xiao Yan sent the army to operate the east part of the river, except for the part of the river where the Zhejia army was stationed. The rest of the forbidden army stationed in Hedong has long been rotten to the bottom, and the empty amount has eaten more than sixty percent, except for a small number of military horses stationed in Taiyuan Mansion and the edge of the edge still maintain some combat effectiveness, the rest are afraid of being dragged back even if they are pulled into battle.

After the Shenwu Changsheng Army initially grasped the situation in Hedong, some of the Hedong garrison forbidden troops that still had to be used were absorbed into the Shenwu Changsheng Army. Now in the Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army and the Dragon Guard Army. There are also one or two thousand Hedong athletes. Other military horses. Otherwise, they will transfer military supplies and salaries for the auxiliary army in Taiyuan Mansion and Daizhou Battalion. Otherwise, they will simply be severaled and resettled.

There was a very interesting situation in the Song Dynasty, that is, when the DPRK and China discussed the reduction of military horses, everyone from the Wen to the military seemed to be in a dilemma, as if once these military officers were abolished, they would have to change. But when it was time to make up their minds to do it, the soldiers who had been laid off and returned to agriculture rarely had anything to do.

Compared with being in the army, you have to be served by the powerful and powerful, and you have to be severely deducted from military salaries. If something is slightly wrong, the military law will still fall on the day, and the soldiers would rather return to agriculture or find other small livelihoods to live. For example, when the art of war is practiced, the army is rectified, the generals are strong, the old and weak are dismissed, and nothing happens to the dismissed soldiers. The real screams are still those vested interests who are full of fat in the cost of raising soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

Han Yue adhered to Xiao Yan's will to drastically rectify the Hedong garrison and forbidden army, and also successfully expanded the field forces under his command, and rectified the original chaotic Hedong military system into a concise and efficient one.

These redundant troops, who will only drag their feet and eat military spending, have been cleaned up, although the power is unified. The command is effective, and the two main forces of the Hedong field can be pulled out at any time to do a battle. Can be relatively speaking. At present, there are not so many strong soldiers, but they fill all the key points in the east of the river!

In addition to the tight defense of the borderlands, there are some auxiliary military horses in the Daizhou camp and Taiyuan Mansion that are mainly used to protect the grain route and escort supplies. Lanzhou, which is regarded as the rear of Hedong, has only sporadic troops to maintain law and order, and it is impossible to talk about how effective it is.

Yinshu can risk death to rush forward, and the Zhijia army will get out of the way, and it will hit the soft underbelly of the military layout of Hehedong Road. The hinterland of Hedong is completely in a panic!

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At this moment, outside the gate of Loufu County, there is a panicked scene.

How many tired people were gathered around the four gates of the county seat, begging to open the city gate and let them into the city. On the city wall, the military man wearing a red jacket was also nervous looking at the crowd under the city.

Most of these people have begun to flee after the fall of Flying Kite Fort and the burning of the soldiers to the border of Lanzhou. After these days, he has been tired and haggard to the extreme, and the scale of Loufu County is not small at this time, and the city wall is also very complete, which is stronger than Yifang, the county under the governance of Lanzhou Prefecture.

Fleeing here, it was already close to Taiyuan Mansion, and these refugees who had left early finally felt safer. When you get here, Taiyuan Mansion will always send a large army to guard this key point? Everyone just wants to have a place to live in the city, and the government can give some thin porridge, so that everyone can suffer for a few more days.

On weekdays, after completing the grain and paying taxes and serving in the conscription, the layers of burdens were heavily pressed on the heads of the people, and the fields worked hard to create such a rich Song Dynasty. Now that the Jurchen Tartars are coming, the defenders are scattered all the way, and everyone has escaped by themselves, and now the city of the Great Song Dynasty should always let their own people in, is this request too much?

Thousands of ragged people surrounded the city walls, wailing and pleading, and the cries of pleas were earth-shattering. There were not many soldiers guarding the city, and the people who were fighting were strong, and they looked down with unbearable looks on the battlements, looking at each other, and no one dared to open the city gate that had been blocked. It's just that he keeps sending people to find people who can take charge of things and hurry up to the city.

I don't know how long it took, but a general in his thirties, thin and tired, his eyes were blue, and he was afraid that he hadn't slept for several days, finally walked to the city. Several equally tired guards crowded behind him.

Seeing that this general seemed to be a person who could take charge, the voices of the people in the city suddenly became loud again.

"General, please let us enter the city! Escaping here, it was easy to struggle for a life from the Tartars, some old and some weak, they couldn't walk, and the food was eaten. Accumulate some yin virtue! ”

"We men can sell our energy to build the city wall, transport earth, stones, bricks and tiles, and do anything! begged for a change for the mother-in-law and doll, and there was a broken temple and kiln to rest and take a breath. General, be merciful! ”

"We want to see the county! On weekdays, we are all parents and officials, and we people really respect them as parents, but now the people are in trouble. Did the parents abandon it? ”

The army will hold on to the battlements. Sneered. Let go of her voice and yell at the city: "Straight lady thief, I still see the county zun, that even the bird county zun, I have long said that I want to go to Taiyuan Mansion for help, and I patted my ass three days ago and walked away from him!" Just leave me here to top the tank! ”

The general of the army was called Li Yizhong, a native of Daizhou, Hedong, born in Wuju, and sent to the Hedong garrison forbidden army. A person from a martial arts background. In the Great Song Army, he was the most unpopular. It is a world of difference from the status of those generals in the army who have been born in the military for generations. Li Yizhong is really a little capable, more than ten years of hard work, when he suppressed the Taihang Mountain bandits and Luliang Mountain bandits, he made great contributions, and when the Liao State was still there, the Liao people who came to fight the grass valley sporadically got off the military horses, crossed the border and burned the Liao people to patrol the shops. Finally mixed into the official position of a small envoy, a commander of the envoy. However, it also broke his body bones, and the hard work of the field battle could no longer be eaten.

When Han Yue presided over the rectification of the forbidden army stationed in Liaodong, Li Yizhong was retained because of his military exploits. Because of physical reasons, I can't enter the two main field forces. I got a dispatch from Fang Shanzhai to inspect and settle in Loufu County.

The so-called Fang Cottage. In the southwest of Loufu County, it has long been abandoned. For the side of the cottage are inspected. The garrison is also within the border of Loufu County, commanding three or four hundred garrison forbidden troops who have not been selected into the two main forces of the field to maintain local law and order, and at the same time have the responsibility of guarding the west gate of Taiyuan Mansion.

Although he was sent here, the way to promotion in the army would come to an end. However, after Han Yue rectified the Hedong Forbidden Army, the original mess of the forbidden army with different military numbers and the command system of the general army was also empty, and the forbidden army stationed in these places was directly responsible for the rear camp of the Shenwu Changsheng Army set up by Han Shizhong in Taiyuan Mansion.

Li Yizhong also lost the ambition he had when he was in junior high school, so he was at ease in Loufu County.

It's just that occasionally I get up in the middle of the night, secretly hating my own uncompetitive body, thinking of my young arrogance, wanting to be a famous general in Lingyan Pavilion, and wanting to leave traces in history. I can only laugh at myself.

The war on the eastern edge of the river was in full swing, and the Jurchens suddenly broke through the border from the direction of the Lan army, and the smoke spread all the way to the south. The county lord of the original right to know Lou Fu County, who was born in a famous family in Jiangxi, did a lot of flowers when he was admitted to the Jinshi Examination. When he was dispatched, he was in the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, and he came out step by step and mixed one or two people to know the county seniority, and he could be among Wutai when he returned to Beijing.

This county respects the generals on weekdays, and the people are self-exalted, and the minister's money can be consumed in less than the middle of the year. The small words are fresh and gratifying, and they are also a little famous in the literary world. But when he was drunk, he was empty and aggressive, and from the central government to the localities, there was no one he did not dare to criticize and accuse. Since the war against Yan, all the characters in the changes in the court situation have been criticized by him as useless, and King Yan is even more reckless and first-class, and he has the ambition to clarify the world. It seems that once the DPRK summons him back to Beijing and entrusts him with important tasks, he will be able to save the day, eliminate treachery, and reorganize the dynasty. And the so-called border troubles are not worth mentioning, as long as the DPRK and the central government appoint him to appease the position of the marshal of the system, what is the reason for sealing the wolf?

But it is this county lord who has his own great article on governing the country in his chest, and he is really economical. After the Jurchens continued to go south, they wept day and night in the government office, saying that their good lives were about to be cut off by the traitors and evil spirits of the court. Li Yizhong's duties are related, and from time to time there are things to rectify the defense of the city, and he has to ask this county lord to order cooperation. Where did this county lord have the slightest heart to come to see him?

In the end, the county lord finally took a few cronies and fled out of the city at night, leaving a letter saying that he was going to Taiyuan to ask for help. When it was dawn, the people in the government office found that they couldn't even smile bitterly!

The order was to flee, and the urgent military situation kept coming. The people of Loufu County were suddenly bad, the rich families fled, the people fled, and even the military horses under Li Yizhong were also panicked. As long as the Jurchen military horse suddenly appeared at this time, it would be another situation where the city fell without the slightest resistance!

At this time, it was Li Yizhong, who had always been sick, who stood up. beheaded the sergeants who wanted to escape, and forcibly opened the county treasury to reward the whole army, and stabilized the army's morale. He also led his army and horses, blocked the city gates everywhere, repaired the garrison, raised grain and materials in the city, and made plans to defend the city in the building!

This is the west gate of Taiyuan, if this light yì falls, let the Jurchen Tartars rush into Taiyuan Mansion, this state affairs can not be asked. At this time, someone must stand up! It's worth eating food for so many years!

These days, Li Yizhong has been inspecting the city defenses almost sleeplessly, inspecting the city, and organizing the strong militia in the city to help defend the building. Centralized grain and straw are distributed daily. Demolish the empty houses of the temple and collect bricks and stones for guards. He also concentrated on repairing blades and creating arrows. The thin body seems to be full of strength again, and it is overdrawn to control all the qiē.

Today, there was an uproar in the city, and Li Yizhong had not been able to sleep for an hour, so he hurried up to the city to face the thousands of fleeing people surrounding the city.

The news that the county lord had fled suddenly shook the city and quieted down.

They have all fled to the west gate of Taiyuan Mansion, but even their parents and officials have abandoned their posts and absconded. The whole east of the river. Where is it safe, and where is it possible to avoid the Jurchen Tartar soldiers?

A few children's hungry cries sounded in the silence, and the city and the city were speechless.

Li Yizhong cheered up and said loudly: "Fathers, we are here to fight. Others fled, but we didn't. If you lose it here, Taiyuan Mansion will be in danger! Someone has to drag the tartars here! Flee to the east, for we will not die, and the Tartars will not be able to pursue you!" The gates of the city could not be opened. Who knew that when the gates were opened, thousands of people entered the city. Will the Tartars suddenly cover up and rush into the city! ”

He shook deeply at the people outside the city, turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "Throw food out of the city!" ”

The military and the people who volunteered to stay in their homes threw cooked food such as steamed cakes out of the city, but those who had relatives in Taiyuan Mansion or their own people also fled to Taiyuan Mansion. While throwing food again, he shouted loudly, asking these people to bring a message to their relatives.

There must be someone who fights to the death for their homeland in front of the Tartars, and if the child is not filial, he will not be able to accompany him in the future!

While the refugees were picking up cooked food, they were also entrusted with the search for their relatives. Later, the city and the city wept.

At this moment, in the distance of the road in the western valley, a large cloud of smoke and dust was raised, and there was a faint cry!

Li Yizhong, who looked at Li Yizhong in front of him with a cold face, suddenly straightened his waist, and ran to the highest place of the enemy tower at the head of the city with his personal guards, looking west.

Above and below the city, they all noticed the commotion and the smoke and dust that was rolling up over there, and they all looked westward. Running to the height of the enemy building, Li Yizhong raised his eyes and looked as best he could, and saw that in the smoke and dust, hundreds of people were running and crying, and seeing where he came, it was the people who fled all the way from Yifang, the state of Zhiyi!

Hundreds of people stumbled and ran in the smoke and dust, and many of them were vomiting blood when they ran. And after them, there were groups of knights, who spread out and occupied a very wide front, and drove the people unhurriedly in the direction of Loufu.

These knights were dressed in leather robes, with corded heads and bows and swords. It's exactly what Hu Qi looks like!

Zhou Zhi Yifang has fallen, and Hu Cavalry Feng has already killed before Lou Fu!

From time to time, these horsemen who drove the people like dogs and sheep rushed into the fleeing people, slashed and killed one or two people with their knives, and then turned back triumphantly, arousing a frantic cheer from the miscellaneous beards. And the people could only run forward numbly, and from time to time some people fell to the ground, exhausted, and then trampled by countless pairs of feet.

Those who can drive Hu Qi away and persist here are all strong men. Along the way, I don't know how many women, children, old and weak, have been looted, killed, and buried in the ravines by these horsemen!

What about Yifang's officials? What about Yifang's defenders? What about the big people in Yifang who provide for the people? And what about the so-called strong army of the Great Song Dynasty that should hold the strong fortress on the edge of the Lan army?

These people are really not as good as King Yan, at least King Yan's department, and they have been fighting to the death with these Hulu at the forefront!

Li Yizhong's eyes were torn, but the city gate had been blocked, and there were only hundreds of weak troops and strong civilians in the city who had never practiced war. At this time, nothing can be done!

Li Yizhong desperately rushed down the enemy tower and shouted at the city: "Escape!" Flee east! ”

Thousands of people exploded in one fell swoop, and their cries were ten times higher than before. Amid the cries, the crowd became chaotic, pushing and trampling on each other, all trying to seize the road and flee east. These people left the county seat and poured onto the road leading to Taiyuan Mansion, and Hu Qi also discovered the movement here in the distance, and immediately hundreds of horses crossed the refugees they drove away, surpassed in the smoke and dust, and pounced on the large group of people who had not fled far from the city!

Li Yizhong shouted angrily: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows! Kill the Tartars! ”

The bow and crossbow on the city wall were suddenly activated. But Li Yizhong's military horses can only shoot strong bows and crossbows, and there are only a few hundred or dozens of people who can shoot and attack along the road outside the city, and these hundreds and dozens of people can't all gather to the city wall facing the road for a while!

A small number of feathered arrows shot out, knocking down several Hu Qi. But for the Hu Cavalry Brigade, this injury is like being nailed twice by mosquitoes. More Hu Qi was still red-eyed, rolling towards the people who were running wildly under the city.

In the refugees, there are goods, there are women, and there is everything they want to get! They just want to bring the greatest fear, so that these southerners no longer have any will to resist in front of them, and in such panic and fear, they have rushed all the way to the city of Taiyuan Mansion!

Finally, destroy the strong army of the Southern Dynasty and destroy the rich Southern Dynasty! Who let this Southern Dynasty, except for a few military horses, the rest of the people, in front of them, there is no blood to resist!

Li Yizhong also gritted his teeth and opened his bow and arrows, shooting three arrows in a row. But he was injured and no longer as strong as he had been when he was younger. The three arrows couldn't reach far, and they fell lightly halfway.

Hu Qi rushed into the people's brigade, trampled on it, slashed and killed it wantonly, and the cry went straight into the sky.

Why don't the Ori family fight? Officers and troops along the way, why don't you fight? Could it be that this Great Song Dynasty doesn't have a man who dares to fight? Under the so-called situation of Fengheng and Yuda in the past few decades, there is a piece of internal strife, a piece of weakness and chaos, a wasted national strength, and an extravagant folk style, which turned out to be just the end of the world under the flashy scene. In such an apocalypse, who can stand up and help the crisis?

On the city wall, the defenders and the people were strong, staring blankly at the tragic scene in front of them, and even the bows and arrows in their hands slowed down.

This day has been poked into a big hole, who can stop this turmoil and make up for this day?

Li Yizhong's throat was hot, and he only felt a mouthful of blood gushing up, but he gritted his teeth and only let the blood come out of the corners of his mouth.

The sound of the trumpet whimpered, but this time it sounded in the east. Li Yizhong looked to the east blankly, and his eyes suddenly widened.

A Great Song Dynasty military horse, covered with mud and dust, appeared silently on the skyline, red helmets, hunting and dancing.

This army of horses was the first general, and without armor, he tried his best to straighten up on the horseback. The horse lance in his hand resolutely pointed forward.

On the skyline, red helmets flutter. This military horse launched an attack on the raging Hu cavalry!

The generals around him are holding the flag, which is the flag recognized by the army of the Shenwu Victorious Army!

The Shenwu Victorious Army has come to help! They fought to the death with Hu Lu in Yandi, fought to the death with Hu Lu in Yunnei, and blocked Hu Lu from the Great Song Dynasty Gate in the Ninghua Army, and now they are riding lightly to help, to block the ruin tide that others have put in!

Li Yizhong laughed loudly.

In this Great Song Dynasty, someone will eventually stand up and stand in the way of this ruined turmoil, until the entire Great Song Dynasty wakes up and follows under their banner! (To be continued......)

PS: Others celebrate the Spring Festival, and Oscar is still coding words.

Worth some monthly passes, right?