On the morning of the 18th day of the third lunar month of the 9th year of the Ying calendar (the 6th year of Xiande), although the rain that lasted for several days temporarily stopped, the weather did not clear. On the spacious review ground of the "Feilong Village" in Xiayunling, all the officers and men of the First Infantry Corps, the Second Infantry Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the "Ranger" Battalion, and the "Wolf Tooth Battalion" of the "Flying Dragon Army," as well as all the officers and men above the company level of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army," stood solemnly. The entire queue was set against the backdrop of the still slightly gloomy sky, giving people a sense of solemnity.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Wang Kunjun, who was wearing a well-fitting military uniform and wearing the rank of general on his shoulder, accompanied by the other three committee members/alternate members, as well as the brothers of the Military Department and the Security Department, walked to the school review platform to give lectures to the officers and men of the "Flying Dragon Army" and "Security Army" who were about to go out for the battle, and to do pre-war mobilization.

Since worshipping the old immortal of Fuyaozi as his teacher, Wang Kunjun has always insisted on practicing martial arts, and his figure is far better than the typical general's belly style before the crossing, and he is also much stronger. In addition, the military dress was tailored according to the style of the military uniform of the previous life, so as soon as he stood on the school review platform, the majestic and heroic momentum made the eyes of all the soldiers in the audience shine and the spirit was also lifted.

Wang Kunjun was obviously very satisfied with the effect of his appearance, he nodded slightly, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, as the saying goes, 'raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while'. Now, the war of Youyun has begun, and the two countries of Zhou and Liao are fighting for the land of these sixteen states. Although the Zhou army had been overwhelmed before, almost bloodlessly taking the seventeen counties of Sanzhou, its vanguard had even entered the city of Gu'an. However, its vanguard troops have been blocked under the city of Gu'an for many days, and the city cannot be captured for a long time. And the so-called Khitan left behind in Nanjing, Xiao Siwen, had personally led 60,000 troops from Youzhou City to the south the day before yesterday, wanting to stop the Zhou army under Gu'an City. Outside the pass, the Khitan Emperor also led an army of 100,000 to come day and night, intending to aid the Youyun Liao army and fight to the death with the Zhou army.

I think that although the Zhou army was strong, it was already inferior in terms of numbers with 100,000 horses against the Khitan army of 160,000. In addition, most of the Zhou army was infantry, while the Khitan army was mainly cavalry, and it was inferior in combat power. In such a situation, even if the Son of Heaven had great talent and ambition that day, if he wanted to win in this dark cloud battle, he was afraid that it would be even more difficult. Of course, I don't say this to increase the morale of the Khitan people and destroy the prestige of my Han family. I said this to tell you that now is the time for you to use the army, and it is also the time for you to make contributions and glorify your ancestors.

I think that the land of the sixteen states of Youyun has been the land of the Han family since ancient times, but it has been ceded to the Khitans by the emperor Shi Jingjiao there, and it has been more than 20 years. For more than 20 years, the people of Youyun have not looked forward to expelling the Khitan barbarians and recovering the rivers and mountains of our Han family. Since you are the children of the people of Youyun, you should fulfill this wish for your parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters. Although the number of my 'Flying Dragon Army' and 'Security Army' is small, they are strong and invincible, and one is ten. The great cause of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun that the 100,000 army of the Zhou State could not complete, and 40,000 soldiers of my 'Flying Dragon Army' and 'Security Army' will complete it for him. At that time, you will be the savior of the people of Youyun, and the heroes of the recovery who have been sued by later generations.

Moreover, the recovery of the clouds is only the first step in the success of your brothers. Not only do you want to expel the Khitan barbarians and drive them back to the bitter cold land of Saibei, but also firmly protect this land, so that they will no longer be given to outsiders by shameless people who are as greedy as Shi Jingjiao and only think about the throne; They will never again be touched by the greedy and brutal northern barbarians, so that your children and grandchildren will never again experience the miserable conditions of inferiority and slaughter that you have experienced. When the time is ripe, you will wave your army north, go straight to the old nest of the Khitan barbarians, and liquidate the accumulated crimes committed in the sixteen states of Youyun and the land of the Han family. At that time, you brothers will not only become great heroes and heroes in the hearts of the people of Youyun, but also great heroes and heroes in the hearts of all the Han people in the Central Plains. It will not only be respected by the people, but will also be famous in the annals of history and will be remembered for eternity. ”

Wang Kunjun's impassioned pre-war mobilization on the school parade platform was retold by hundreds of high-level soldiers and soldiers, and it was instantly spread throughout the entire school parade field, making all the soldiers in the audience also enthusiastic. Although out of their understanding of the various reward and punishment systems of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army," those middle- and high-ranking officers rarely had the idea of using the war to make meritorious contributions and confer their wives and sons, while the low-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers had more or less plans to receive awards for meritorious service and to receive promotions and rewards. However, relying on the long-term education of political work officers at all levels, such as supervision and military supervision, while all the officers and men were eager to make meritorious contributions out of the consideration of obtaining their own interests, the vast majority of the soldiers also naturally gave birth to a pride and ambition in their hearts to fight for the local people, for the peaceful and comfortable life of their children and grandchildren, and for the Han people to no longer be oppressed by foreign barbarians. ,

Seeing that thousands of soldiers on the school parade ground were high-spirited and morale-high, standing not far behind Wang Kunjun, Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin, who had the rank of lieutenant general on their shoulders, looked at each other for a while, and then took a few steps forward in a very tacit understanding, jumped off the school parade platform, raised their arms, and took the lead in shouting "Our army is mighty, our army will win", "Expelling the Khitan barbarians, and recovering the rivers and mountains of the Han family." With their shouts, Zhang Weixin and Yang Xin, the two deputy military envoys of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army", immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to arouse the emotions of the soldiers and stimulate their fighting spirit, and hurriedly signaled Tang Chao, Mutr, Huang Hai, Xin Feiyu, Yang Xin, Wang Feng, Wu Peng, and other brothers from the Military Department and the Security Department, as well as those local senior officers who were qualified to stand on the school review platform, to come to the school review platform together, and also followed Qian and Zeng to raise their arms and shout. Even Li Junwu was pulled by Zhang Weixin and jumped off the school review platform to shout slogans. Driven by these people, the sound of shouting slogans spread from near and far, from the front of the school review platform to the most remote position of the parade array, and almost in an instant, the entire school review hall was boiling.

Listening to the shouting louder than louder, looking at the passionate brothers and soldiers in the audience, Wang Kunjun, who has always been steady, was also infected by this high emotion, his heart was surging, his body was hot, and he had the urge to shout loudly with all the brothers and soldiers in the audience. It's just that as the supreme commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" and "Security Army", his identity and status require him to remain calm, because only in this way can he show the majesty of his army commander and the bearing of a team leader. Therefore, although Wang Kunjun very much wanted to express his emotions here and vent with his brothers and soldiers, he finally held back. All he did was take off the horizontal knife he wore at his waist, hold it in his right hand, and raise it high into the air to respond to the shouts of the brothers and soldiers in the audience.

After the enthusiastic and effective pre-war mobilization, the Travelers of the Military Department, the Ministry of Defense, and other relevant support departments immediately sprang into action and began to fully prepare for the coming big war.

According to the "Zhuji No. 1 Action Plan", the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" will be divided into two routes, north and south, and will attack separately.

The Southern Route Army is composed of all the first corps of the "Flying Dragon Army", the main force of the Third Infantry Regiment (the seventh infantry battalion and the eighth infantry battalion), the main force of the cavalry regiment (the first battalion of the cavalry battalion, the second cavalry battalion), the main force of the artillery regiment (a 75-mm field artillery company, a 105-mm howitzer battalion, and a 120-mm mortar battalion), all of the "rangers" battalion, and the first, third, fourth, and sixth regiments of the "Security Army", with a total strength of more than 18,000 people. Its task was to use Xiao Siwen's order to transfer troops as a cover, disguise the "security army" as a villager, and lead Wang Feng to Liangxiang County. On the one hand, he dealt with Xiao Siwen's order to transfer troops, and on the other hand, he tried to persuade Xiao Siwen to agree to the "villagers" led by Wang Feng to stay in Liangxiang County. In this way, it can not only prevent Wang Feng's troops from being affected when the main force of the Southern Route Army attacks the main force of the Youyun Liao Army, but also take the opportunity to occupy Liangxiang County and cut off the logistics supply channel of the Youyun Liao Army. At the same time that Wang Feng led the army into Liangxiang City, Qian Yuanshan and others led the main force of the Southern Route Army to the south in concealment, maneuvering between Gu'an County and Liangxiang County, looking for an opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the main force of the Youyun Liao Army that was about to form a confrontation with the Later Zhou Army.

The Northern Route Army is composed of all the Second Infantry Regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army", one of the Third Infantry Regiment (the Ninth Infantry Battalion, the regimental artillery battalion), the first Cavalry Regiment (the Third Cavalry Battalion, the regimental artillery battalion), the first Artillery Regiment (a 75-mm field artillery company, a 130-mm siege artillery battalion), and all the "Wolf's Tooth" battalions, as well as the second, fifth, seventh, and eighth regiments of the "Security Army", with a total strength of more than 12,000 people, commanded by Zeng Zhilin, Huang Hai, Tang Chao, Wu Peng, and others. Its task is to disguise himself as a villager in the "Security Army", led by Xin Feiyu to Youzhou City, enter Youzhou City in the name of Xiao Siwen's troop order, and try to gain the trust of the Khitan generals who stayed in the city, and win the task of guarding a section of the city wall and a city gate for himself, so that when the main force of the Northern Route Army is attacking the city, it can cooperate with the outside and open a passage into the city for the Northern Route Army, so as to reduce the difficulty and time of the Northern Route Army attacking the city. The main force of the North Route Army was led by Zeng Zhilin and others, and approached Youzhou City in concealment, and when the time was ripe, it cooperated with Xin Feiyu's department to take Youzhou City in one fell swoop and occupy the core city of the sixteen states of Youyun.

In addition to the northern and southern route armies, the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the "Feilong Army" and the Ninth and Twelfth Regiments of the "Security Army" under the command of the Committee, mainly Yang Xin, were used as the reserve of the Northern and Southern Route Armies, ready to send men and horses at any time to support the operations of the two route armies, although they went up to Wang Kunjun and down to the bottom lineThe ordinary soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" do not think that they need reinforcements from the reserves, but for the crossing team, it is the best choice to be prepared.

On the afternoon of March 18 (April 28, 959) of the ninth year of the Ying calendar (the sixth year of Xiande), after drinking the Zhuangxing wine handed by Wang Kunjun and other committee members/alternate members, Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and other eight brothers led nearly 10,000 soldiers of the first step corps, the second infantry regiment, the artillery regiment, the ranger battalion, and the "wolf's tooth battalion" of the "Flying Dragon Army" to leave the "Feilong Village".