Hehe County, located in the southwest of Lanzhou, is named because there is a blue water flowing through the city and merging with the Yellow River. The ancient name is Imjin, and the current name was obtained in the first year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty.

This county-governed city is almost the same scale as Loufu City, and they are both earthen cities that have not been covered with bricks for less than three miles. However, with the Song army being good at defending and adding equipment, it was enough for the army to rely on the battle defense.

Liu Anshi and Yang Keshi's troops united, and with a powerful rush to the city of Hehe County, they only encountered sporadic Jurchen sentinels along the way, and they turned east without resistance. After entering the city of Hehe, it was found that about 1,000 Jurchen defenders in the city opened the east gate and left, each equipped with two horses, and ran fast.

In fact, Yang Keshi also wanted to pursue with a light horse, catch a few Jurchen Tartars to inquire about the military situation, but he couldn't catch up.

However, Liu Anshi's subordinates were too lazy to care where the Jurchen Tartars fled to, and what their plans were. Thousands of men and horses rushed into the city with a strange whistle, and they actually took the biggest target Hehe County in just ten days after the oath was launched!

In Hehe City, when Liu Anshi's troops rushed in, there was already thick smoke, and when the Jurchen Tartars abandoned the city and left, they set a fire and burned the small grain and straw reserves in the city. However, the goods in the city are still piled up, and there are still thousands of Han people running around the city, wailing and crying.

Liu Anshi's subordinates saw the wealth and goods in the city, their eyes were red, and they didn't care about the fire and black smoke. was already running around the city, fighting for looting property everywhere, and even Liu Anshi couldn't restrain him for a while!

In the end, it was Yang Keshi's troops who hurriedly entered the city, extinguished the fire, and gathered the scattered Han people. and do their best to maintain order in the city. and sent out sentry light cavalry to the east.

And Liu Anshi did not wait for the situation to stabilize. He has already sent his own guards. Flying back, he reported to his brother, saying that after the bloody battle, this Hehe county has been trampled under his feet!

And Liu Guangshi was also overjoyed after learning of such a good news, and immediately urged the Chinese military headquarters to rush westward, and ordered the follow-up brigade of military horses to speed up the journey. It will be in line with the Hehe River. Concentrate the army, and have the city to rely on, even if the Jurchen Tartars have any plans, they can't gnaw the entire Yan army!

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The sound of the golden drum resounded in the west of Hehe County, and the cavalry had already gone out of the city, putting on the best armor. All kinds of flags fluttered and danced in the summer sun, and countless iron armors flashed in the sunlight with pieces of golden light, turning Hehe City into a sea of metal. An unprecedentedly magnificent army.

The cavalry of Yang Keshi and Liu Anshi, and the infantry army of the infantry who arrived in Hehe County in advance, put on such a lineup at this moment. It is to welcome the arrival of Liu Guangshi.

At this moment, Hehe County has changed its appearance. It turned out that the Jurchen West Route army attacked the city and entrenched it. Although it has not been for a long time, it has been ravaged and ravaged. Every day, the captured raw mouths were used to go up to the city to demolish the battlements and city walls and other defensive facilities. Every day, when a large number of people died, they filled in the moats, sprinkled with a thick layer of earth, and filled almost all the moats, which were already in decline.

As for the official temples in the city, the houses of the common people, etc., they are even worse. In the end, a fire was set and the whole city was scorched black.

And in the past two days, not only Yang Keshi has attached great importance to the restoration of the city defense, but even Liu Anshi has not dared to slack off on this. After all, the Yan army went 100 miles deep to the east, and the mountains were continuous in all directions, and the mountain trails were divergent. The governance of Hehe County is the most important support for the Yan Yan Army.

With this, and then with the Zhijia army to keep the back road unblocked, the Yan Yan army can gain a firm foothold in the closest place to the battlefield of Zong Han and Xiao Yan, once the situation is favorable, it can be prominent, go straight to the direction of Taiyuan Mansion, welcome back the two saints, and re-save the dynasty. It is really related to the safety of the entire army of Yan Yan and the century-old wealth of the Liu family in the future!

Before Liu Guangshi arrived, the two had already mobilized their subordinates to repair the city defenses. The walls of the battlements that had been demolished by the Jurchen army were restored as much as possible, and when the materials were insufficient, the remaining houses were demolished, the trenches were dug again, and the rescued people were organized to immediately build a military fortress outside the city. When the follow-up people hurried over on Liu Guangshi's strict order, they were immediately sent to build a village. These soldiers and soldiers, who had marched hard for nearly ten days and were half-starved and half-fed, originally thought that they would be able to take a breath when they arrived at the foot of Hehe City. Everyone knows how important this foothold is to this army!

When he arrived at the outside of the city to greet Liu Guangshi today, the city defense was already rough and coarse. The original gaps in the city wall are now filled with earth and stones, and the newly built sheep and horse wall around the city is already half a man high. Along the military fortress outside the city, the fence has been erected, and the trench has also taken shape. The tents of the various departments have been lined up with these military villages outside the city, and the banners are lined up, and the fighting is fierce, compared with the scattered atmosphere when the mountain roads are fearfully advancing, they have changed their appearance.

As long as you have the bottom in your heart, the command of the generals is a little more reliable, and the Western Army, even if the backbone of the Yan Yan Army, which has withered most of the backbone, has its own heritage, and it is still able to fight!

At this moment, it was early in the morning, and nearly 10,000 people of Yanyan army and horses had rushed to the left of Hehe County, and most of them came out in a team at this moment, looking at the direction of the road to the west, waiting for Liu Guangshi's arrival.

The morale of the soldiers was much higher than at the beginning, and the weather was very majestic when the men and horses were waiting in line, compared to a few days ago.

According to the military order passed by Liu Guangshi, he was about to rush to the left of Hehe, and he personally led the Chinese army, mainly on foot, plus a small number of cavalry. There were also 10,000 thousands of soldiers, and a solid camp was laid out for several miles along the river valley road with Hehe County as the center, and it was firmly nailed to the west of Yifang.

In the rear, there are nearly 20,000 remaining troops and horses of Liu Guangshi's army, plus a part of the Zhejia army, which is used to protect the back road, cover the flanks, maintain an endless supply of help, and fight after the horses. Once there is a gap. You can wave the army at any time. The strategic situation can be described as extremely favorable.

All in all, after taking Hehe County lightly, no matter what the Jurchen Tartars were planning, the battle situation had already taken the initiative for the Yan Yan army, so the morale of the army was naturally high. The soldiers couldn't help but really wonder if their opinion of their own generals was wrong. This Liu general seems to be quite clever in his vision, and he is very interested in the movements of the Jurchen Tartar army. It's also very accurate!

Thinking of the slander against this general along the way, as well as the unbearable appearance of the various departments on the march. At this moment, the military horses lined up, although they have been waiting for more than an hour, are still in good spirits, and they are neatly arranged with their chests and bellies, and they are silent in the ranks, as if they want to show themselves well in front of the general, and all the unbearable things before will be redeemed!

Time passed little by little, all of a sudden. On the west avenue, the sound of horses' hooves was heard. In the midst of the gaze of tens of thousands of people, dozens of figures suddenly appeared.

These dozens of horsemen are all skilled in equestrianism, and they are also riding good horses in Hexi, with splendid brocade clothes and cold iron armor. Everyone sat straight on horseback and held a large flag.

The flags of these flags are all square, which is different from the pennant flags used in the army. The flags are all plain brocade faces, and there is a Liu character sewn with gold thread on them!

The first flag, larger and wider than the rest of the flags, with four gold threads sewn on it, was written on it by the chief officer, and in the smoke and dust, the dazzling light came out.

Liu Guangshi has arrived!

Dozens of horsemen roared in, and the smoke and dust rose behind them, and the figure of the army gradually appeared. The smoke and dust rose so high that I don't know how many military horses were coming to Hehe County.

The first one, all of which were Liu Guangshi's personal guards and cavalry, about 1,000 riders. Brocade and iron armor, the banner is clear. And Liu Guangshi is among them, a carefully selected tall horse with white river meandering mane flying, four hooves moving briskly, and Liu Guangshi lives on the horse, looking forward to himself, like a god.

With such a scene, Yang Keshi, who would greet the front of the team, was stunned. And Liu Anshi, who was beside him, suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Wan Sheng!" ”

A sound is out, ten thousand people should be peaceful, and the voice of ten thousand victories resounded in the sky!

Under the arch of thousands of knights, in the flying of countless pennants, especially under the guidance of the banner with gold thread stitching. Liu Guangshi rode a white horse and finally arrived.

I heard the loud sound of the collision of the nail leaves, and how many generals in front of the greeting team turned over and dismounted together, knelt on one knee, hugged their fists and bowed their heads, and bowed to the bottom: "The last general will wait to welcome the master and the tiger!" ”

With Yang Keshi's status and status, there is no need to be so bold. But Yang Keshi is still an honest man after all, if he makes a Beacon Mountain today, it will not be very beneficial to have a relationship with Yan Yanjun. He must not be ordered by the minister, and he still has to obey orders under Liu Guangshi. And now Yang Keshi is also a little hesitant, Liu Guangshi has achieved such a record, the army presses the east of the Jurchen army, and presses the Jurchen army to turn back and fight to the death with Xiao Yan.

Is it in the best interests of the Western Army?

In the end, Yang Keshi had to sigh in his heart, nodded reluctantly on one knee, and hung his head with his fists clenched.

Liu Guangshi proudly received the salute of the generals of the whole army, twisted his beard and smiled: "Hehe, this situation is in the hands of my generation!" The thieves of the east, whether they are the Jurchens or whomever they are, are all in the middle of our soldiers! The generals have contributed so much to the country, how can they be rewarded heavily? The soldiers and sergeants of the whole army are rewarded with two texts, the generals have their own differences, and the meritorious departments of the Kedu River will be rewarded twice! When the back road relief and salary items arrive, they will not break their promises! ”

It was Liu Anshi who took the lead in cheering, and the generals responded, and then tens of thousands of people ripped their throats and shouted, causing the water to roll upside down and the mountains to roar!

Liu Guangshi looked left and right, and after enjoying the cheers of the whole army, he slightly signaled the generals of the Chinese army to settle down in the next trivial matters, such as placing all the units of the Chinese army into camp, taking over the defense of Hehe City, and most importantly, setting up the camp of his general Liu. Even if there were no Jurchen Tartars, Liu Guangshi could not look down on the residence in a remote county in Hedong, and he still used all his belongings that had been brought all the way by the people and horses and sergeants who had squeezed the capacity of the army.

He jumped off the horse by himself, one in one hand, and set Yang Keshi and Liu Anshi, surrounded by hundreds of guards who dismounted from the horse, and walked towards the city.

Don't be too polite to your brother, just nod. is quite courteous to Yang Keshi, maybe Yang Keshi bowed his head today and bowed down to make Liu Guangshi think that he had subdued him.

"General Yang has been working hard all the way, Ke Du River. It is a great achievement that has not been achieved by the Western Army in recent years. General Yang will be promoted............ Fought for the Western Army for many years. General Yang does not yet have his own flood land. I don't know what I think is the dispatch of the deputy head of the Yan Army? In the future, he will be the manager, and it is not known that he will extend all the way, and after decades, he is still afraid that he will not be the county of the Yang family? ”

This is a naked woo, and Liu Guangshi is now sent by the deputy head of the Yan Army, and he wants to protect Liu Guangshi's dispatch when he opens his mouth. Obviously, he put his own house in a higher position, presumably in his mind. If he can achieve great achievements in the end, the Shaanxi Sixth Road Pacification Envoy and other aspects of the handsome will not be in his eyes. Let's say that Bao is Bao, as if the person in charge of the Western Army at this moment also has him Liu Guangshi. The court or something, let alone refute him, the face of Guo Ziyi in the future!

Yang Keshi was silent for a while, and coughed dryly: "The last general is dull, and he doesn't dare to be the master so kindly............ And the heavy troops are hanging in the Hehe River, even though the battle and defense are all relied on, but the most important thing is to ensure the back road. If you are flanked by the Jurchen Tartars, cut off the help. With the strength of the Yan army, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it for too long............"

Yang Keshi didn't accept this stubble to win him over. Liu Guangshi's face suddenly flashed with a hint of uncertainty. Hearing Yang Keshi say that he was worried about the way back, he smiled faintly: "Xiao Yan stirred up the wind and rain in Bianliang, bullied the saint for a while, and monopolized power. The Western Army was cramped in Shaanxi, waited and hesitated, and could not come up with an idea. A certain plan for the Western Army stepped forward and created such a situation. The Western Army, do you still want to miss this opportunity? A certain has gone to report to the small species, let it urge the army, and a steady stream of responses. Presumably, the small species will not be confused, as long as the army is coming, what are you afraid of? It's just that only Yan Yanjun is here, how dare the Jurchen Tartars come to light the tiger's beard? ”

These words were even more arrogant, and the original small species suddenly became a small species. Yang Keshi's face turned red when he heard this, but in the end, he couldn't help but burst out.

Liu Anshi also laughed beside him: "My brother sees it clearly, how can he worry about the future road?" The rear road was arranged with tens of thousands of horses and horses. Seeing such a situation, the Zhejia army should also contribute to its own effectiveness, and it can be begged by the old prisoner, and when he sees the credit in front of him, won't he fight? Dare to let us lose the way back? And even if the Jurchen Tartars strike out from the side of the mountain road, how can we be afraid of them? Just fight them along the mountain pass, there is support for advance and retreat, and the Jurchen Tartars even have a hard time fighting the new army of Xiao thieves, and they still want to swallow our Yan army? Isn't that a joke? ”

The two brothers all have such an attitude, and Yang Keshi has nothing to say. In his heart, he was also relieved since he won the governance of Hehe County. The Yan army has been fully deployed along the road of the river valley, and there is Hehe County to rely on, and there is also the Zhejia army to cover and support, and the Western Army Brigade will indeed be mobilized to respond one after another. If the Jurchen Tartars came out of the crowded mountain paths and flanked to cut off the long snake formation of the Yan Yan army, it would indeed not be so easy. Maybe he was so oppressed that he went east to find Xiao Yan desperately.

He worked hard for the striker, but he couldn't bear to see the defeat of the Yan army, and now the shape has improved. Then the thief is willing to deal with these two brothers more. The deputy head of the Yan army and the like, there is nothing unusual. Yang Keshi consciously felt that he was an old soldier who went into battle to fight, and his home was just the entire Western Army. As long as the Western Army can survive, it will be enough.

At that moment, Yang Keshi stood up and bowed to Liu Guangshi: "The last general is a rough man, and he will do nothing but fight." Now that the army is not allowed to march east to fight with the Jurchen Tartars for a while, the last general will return to the left side of the Black Tea Mountain to cover the flanks of the army, and please ask the lord for permission. ”

Hearing Yang Keshi's words of keeping his distance, Liu Anshi sneered and turned his head away with disdain. The smile that Liu Guangshi had always maintained on his face was also stiff, and finally waved his hand and said: "Since you are willing to undertake the responsibility of covering the flanks, it is natural for you to do it." Please ask the consular department to be stationed in the area of Black Tea Mountain, and at the same time ensure that the back road is endless. This is a heavy responsibility, if there is a mistake, even if someone wants to tolerate you, military law will not tolerate you! ”

Yang Keshi was speechless, just hugged his fists and took his life.

Liu Guangshi smiled faintly and strode away with his brother. Hundreds of guards crowded around the side, leaving Yang Keshi alone behind in the blink of an eye.

The army is on the side, the armor is bright, and the flag covers the sun. Such a magnificent military appearance can be called the most since the dispatch of troops.

But Yang Keshi still had a trace of uneasiness in his heart, standing in place and looking east.

Where are the Jurchen Tartars of Zong Han's department, and what are they doing?

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More than 100 miles west of Hehe County, hundreds of horsemen and horses are descending from the avenue to the edge of the water, drinking horses and washing. Take a break.

It was quite hot on these two days. And it hasn't rained for a long time. The convoy of large soldiers and civilians passed through the road, rolling up countless smoke and dust, and the march lasted only an hour or two, and even the inside of the mouth and nose were dusty, and the war horses were quite restless. When they went to the river to wash and drink their horses, everyone was in good spirits, and many sergeants took off their clothes and armor and soaked in the water shirtless. Shouting, looking very refreshed.

In these hundreds of rides, he also hit the shirtless body to pry water, this year he is already forty years old, but the muscles are protruding, not losing the youth, and the body is covered with large and small scars, which shows how the experience of the head of the family has been fighting for half his life.

A military general approached: "General, you are almost resting, do you want to continue on your way?" ”

Fold Keqiu still rubbed his body unhurriedly. Squinted at him: "What? Anxious to get next to Liu Guangshi to ask for credit? ”

The general sneered: "Who knows that the Jurchen Tartars are so bad, it really scared Liu Guangshi back." I won Hehe County in one fell swoop! Now the Yan Yan army has been laid out, and there is a basis for advancing and retreating. Even if the Jurchen Tartars attacked from the mountains, they would have to get a dozen. Yan Yanjun really stood on his feet! If you don't get together at this time to get some benefits, when will you have to wait? Anyway, we started by cutting Tartars for the Great Song Dynasty, cutting Party Tartars and Jurchen Tartars, thinking about it, we always fight Han, don't rely on fighting to get merit, what else do we rely on? ”

Zhe Keqiu sneered.

Liu Guangshi won the governance of Hehe County at once, which was also quite unexpected by him. Originally, I thought that the Jurchen Tartars were deliberately showing weakness and letting the Yan Yan army go deeper, and then a flank attack, it was estimated that the Yan Yan army would be defeated and lost, and the wolf bèi fled back to the edge of the Yellow River. At that time, whether it is the Western Army or that Xiao Yan, they can only rely more on the Hewai family. It is possible to reap more benefits on both sides, and even plan to take advantage of the defeat of the Yan army to swallow more soldiers and horses to expand the strength of the Zhejia army. Now that he has figured out the way of the world, a strong soldier is the capital to obtain the greatest benefits!

But the Jurchen Tartars lightly let go of this opportunity to intercept the flank attack and retreated very deep to the east. Even if you have to do it on the flank, it's not so easy now.

After receiving the news that Hehe County had been reinstated, Zhe Keqiu immediately released the baggage convoy that had been stopped by him for a long time. and led the guards to rush to the front of Liu Guangshi's army.

From any point of view, now is the time to fight for merit. Liu Guangshi also needs wings to strengthen his own strength now. However, there are always some inexplicable worries about the folds of the old battle, and the journey on the way is a little slower than before, and now it is still far away from Hehe County. The soldiers of the Folding Army under his command were so anxious that they were angry.

Before abandoning the Lan Army, the folding family has not been without slander. The reputation of the broken family has not fallen for more than 100 years, isn't it just by cutting tartars? Although they are also from a different race, the Zhe family has long regarded themselves as Han'er, and they don't feel any difference anymore.

Zhe Keqiu acted in this war, although everyone knew that he was thinking about the preservation and even development of the Zhe family's strength. But if it goes on like this, is the Zhejia Army still the original Zhejia Army?

However, in front of Zhe Keqiu, he glanced at him coldly, and no matter how much he had an idea in his heart, he just couldn't say it, so he could only hang his head and wait for Zhe Keqiu to arrange a layout.

Fold can beg his own family to immediately pull out a dry cloth from his bag and dry his body. He took a long breath: "It's going to rain ...... rain"

The generals who came all the way to the dry and hot and walked in a daze looked at the flattering guards, and then looked at the sky, the sun hung high like a fireball, and there were no clouds on the horizon, where was it going to rain?

Zhi Keqiu shook his head: "When you are old and wounded, once the weather changes, you will know." The whole body was so sore that I wanted to cut the straight lady thief twice on the body............"

He nodded heavily: "The taste is wrong, I can smell it!" ”

After saying this, he turned over and got on his horse shirtless, and gave a categorical order: "Go back!" ”

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To the east of the Hehe River, stretching to the top of the mountains, Zong Han only took dozens of horses, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked west for a long time.

Looking back, you can see Yifang County, where tens of thousands of people are gathered in the main force of the Jurchen West Route Army. Tens of thousands of Jurchen military horses were all over the city, just set up simple camps, silently waiting for Zong Han's order to counterattack.

Tens of thousands of hedgehogs are gathered in a small area, and it is difficult to drink water and food. And the room for maneuver is narrow, once it is attacked from all sides, tens of thousands of people will disturb each other, and one percent of the combat power will not be able to exert itself, and the whole army will be wiped out!

But the Jurchen army still endured a qiē and made a far-reaching retreat to the east. Because from top to bottom, they firmly believe that Zong Han will only bring them a great victory!

A little further east, it was Xiao Yan's department, which had already moved, and was attacking westward along two roads, as strong as ever, and as resolute as ever. The Jurchen defenders only relied on the defense system such as the mountain fortress to support it.

And in the west, tens of thousands of Yan troops flocked to the city and had already gained a firm foothold. It's not so easy to push them back head-on.

But what Zong Han wanted was never to defeat this southernal army advancing eastward, but to destroy them all!

In this way, the Jurchen Western Route Army can really get rid of the strategic dilemma of being attacked on both sides, gain more room for maneuver, and then maneuver and fight, until the Yanwang army and horse of the Nanren who killed their own son and beloved general are crushed!

Zong Han turned his head abruptly and asked the guards around him: "Is it time for Lou Room to go?" ”

The guard looked at the sun, wiped his sweat, and nodded resolutely: "Lou Room should move!" ”

At this moment, in the clear summer sky of Hedong, the sound of drought and thunder suddenly sounded! (To be continued......)

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