Under the city of Chang'an, Zhang Jun was still in a stalemate with Wanyan Lou's room.

Liu Ziyu said: "The chief is afraid, what can he do? The only way to build equipment is to forcibly attack the city. ”

Zhang Jun said: "No. Husband and fighter, when the war book is about to fight. "He sent an envoy to give a letter.

Jin people do not report the book, where the number goes, Jun Dashu said on the list: "There are those who can give birth to Lou Room Sumire, although the white clothes are also awarded the festival envoy, and the silver silk is ten thousand." ”

Wanyan Lou Room confronted the official army at the head of the city, and the army said: "Those who can give birth to Zhang Jun will be rewarded with a donkey." ”

Zhang Jun is cowardly in Lou Room. And said: "I will break the captive." "Liu Ziyu asked for a woman's clothes to leave Lou in the room, and Zhang Jun followed.

The woman was sent into Chang'an City, and all the generals of the Jin soldiers were furious, and Wanyan Lou Room laughed: "The turban skills are poor. He chose a pair of bridled saddles, and asked the Han officials to write the words "I ride Zhang Jun" and returned them to the Song army.

Zhang Jun was waiting for the news that Yan Lou Room was angry and went out to fight, and when he saw Jin Bing send a tray, he proudly uncovered the cloth covering the tray, and found that he was compared to a mount by Wan Yan Lou Room, so he was furious, and pulled out his sword to cut the saddle to pieces.

Just when Zhang Jun was arguing with Wanyan Lou's room, Wanyan Liduo had already been on the bank of Luoshui; Wanyan Wushu also advanced westward from Luoyang, and met with Liduo in Xiadi, that is, sixty miles north of Fuping.

"Pronounce the verdict, Fuping is our grain and grass collection, and we must not lose it." Not only Fuping, from Fuping to Chang'an, the villagers of Zhulu transported grain and grass to the road, and the army went around the village to settle down. Each state and county is a small village, guarded by cars and horses, and the fifteen-five are continuous. Each section of the road can be intercepted by the golden soldiers.

Zhang Jun frowned, sat at the back of the big case, motionless, and after a long time, Liu Ziyu carefully shouted: "Pronounce the verdict, announce the verdict." ”

Zhang Jun came back to his senses, as if asking Liu Ziyu, and as if he was talking to himself: "How about retreating?" ”

"Pronounce the verdict, retreat at this time, and be intercepted and killed by gold thieves along the road, how is it good? What's more, there is still a military order at the end of the sentence and that Quduan. ”

Hearing the two words Qu Duan, Zhang Jun frowned, and pretended to laugh generously: "Military order...... It's just a momentary joke, how can it be compared with the life and death of the army? So, drumming gathering. No, Ziyu, you go and find the Liu family brothers and Zhao Zhe. ”

After a while, all five generals arrived. Zhang Jun gave Liu Ziyu a look, and Liu Ziyu gave a general introduction to the situation: Chang'an's Wanyan Lou Room couldn't shrink, and Wanyan Liduo brought a little trouble.

The news of the convergence of Wanyan Liduo and Wanyan Wushu was brought back by Wu Lan, so all the generals were a little mentally prepared and were not too surprised.

Zhang Jun said: "Liu Du is in charge, what do you think?" ”

Liu Xidao: "The last general thinks that the gold thieves are attacking from below, and our army is a long snake formation, which is easy to be broken by the gold thieves." At the moment, there are only two strategies: our army withdraws from under the city of Chang'an and returns to Fuping; Or move the heavy grain and grass of Fuping to Chang'an City. ”

Liu Xi said that there were two strategies, but in fact there was only one strategy, Fuping's heavy grain and grass had accumulated for half a year, how could it move down to Chang'an City with the army at once, so there was only a withdrawal.

Zhang Jun looked at the other generals, everyone showed a look of approval, and Zhang Jun was heartbroken: "The ancients were full of energy, and then exhausted, and then declined." I will wait for this to be withdrawn, and the soldiers will be chilled, and the plan to restore Chang'an and Yanyun will be far away. ”

Zhang Jun changed his words and said highly: "It's just a matter of slander, I should send a strange soldier to block it, then Chang'an will have no worries." I don't know which general would like to take on this position. ”

Liu Qi raised his head, clenched his fists and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

"It's really a gatekeeper." Zhang Jun exclaimed, "You can lead the Jingyuan Army Headquarters forward." ”

When Wu Jue heard this, he wanted to say something, but suddenly found that Liu Xi was glaring at him, so he couldn't help it.

Zhang Jun ordered again: "Zhao Zhe listens to the order. ”

Zhang Jun asked Zhao Zhe to gather the grain teams along the way and place them in the rear of the large camp under Chang'an City, and ordered the Yongxing and Xihe armies not to pretend to besiege the city, but to stay in the barracks, conserve their strength, and wait for the decisive battle with Suolu.

Wanyan Lou also detected the changes in the Song army, he climbed the city wall, looked at the barracks of the Song army, and said with a smile: "Although there are many people, the camp wall is not solid, there are thousands of holes, and it is very easy to break ears." ”

Zhang Jun sent someone to write a war letter again, but Yan Lou still ignored it.

The next day, a cavalry came out of Fuping City, and the banner died down, the people were ranked, the horses were wrapped in hooves, and they quietly crossed the Baishui River.

The general who led the army was nine feet long, with ten sashes, armor and horses, and iron spears horizontally. But who is not Liu Qi?

On Zhang Jun's military order, he attacked the Jin soldiers sixty miles north of Fuping. He left his generals to defend the city, and he himself led the cavalry to set off.

As for how to get mixed with the camp along the line of the Jin soldiers, it is simple to say, and there are no more than two main points. First, camouflage, wearing the armor of the golden soldier, playing the banner of the golden soldier, and pretending to be a golden soldier. Second, the whole was divided into three, 3,000 people were divided into three teams, more nearly 1,000, less hundreds, according to the map drawn by the meticulous work, led by the township guide to avoid the tightly defended place of the Jin soldiers, and took the trail, interspersed with sneaking.

The gray twilight obscures the distant mountains and rivers. If we talk about the prosperity of Hexi, the first talk about the Guanzhong Plain, after the Baishui River, and then to the north, it will gradually approach the loess-filled Yanyan Road.

Compared with Yanzhou and Yanzhou, and Yongxing Road in the south and Jingzhaofu Bashui around Chang'an, it shows the desolation and ruthlessness of the northwest. There are many Fan people in these places, and most of the Tangut people and all kinds of miscellaneous people who moved to the Song realm live here. Every spring and summer, every spring and summer, the grass is lush, and the cattle and sheep are flocked. On a sunny day, looking into the distance, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. In the land west of the river, the folk customs are fierce and rough, not only men are good at riding, but many women are also outstanding in equestrianism. When the war did not break out, there were often men and women riding on horseback and galloping across the wilderness.

Liu Qi once heard from the old soldiers in Hexi that the envoys of the peaceful and prosperous era, in Hexi, travelers travel far away, and they don't even need to carry dry food with them, and they can go straight into their rooms when they live, and the host will go into the chicken or slaughter dolphins, and prepare beans to feed horses and mules, without asking where the guests come from or where they are going, and the guests will leave without taking a penny.

It's very old-fashioned. Let people listen to it, leisurely fascinated. It's a pity that now that the war is raging, the scenes of the past are no longer there.

Liu Qi is riding in the autumn wind. In order to hide their whereabouts, they did not carry torches, and completely relied on the guide's familiarity with the terrain, so it can be said that they marched blindly.

The three thousand people were divided into several shares, and the team he led was the smallest, more than 700 people, all of whom were Liu Zhongwu's personal soldiers, and they were divided into a few brothers.

The long queue, followed closely before and after, the people and horses were silent, like a long snake, silently walking through the night mist. There are officers behind the palace to prevent the non-commissioned officers from falling behind. It was dark and foggy, and once you fell behind, it was difficult to return to the establishment.

So far, they have marched fairly smoothly, marching silently for more than ten miles, and have not encountered a single patrol of golden soldiers. However, Liu Qi did not dare to take it lightly, he knew that the responsibility was heavy, and gently comforted the restless mount, he asked the township guide in a low voice: "How far is the first line of defense from us?" ”

In the twilight, he could not see the distance clearly, so the guide discerned the surrounding scenery and replied: "About seventeen or eighteen miles, there is a village where two battalions of Suolu's foot soldiers are stationed. The villain knew a path to bypass, and although there were also ropers guarding it, there were not many of them. It's just that the road is a little rougher. ”

Before Liu Qi left the army, Zhang Jun specially allocated him a lot of hundred-way iron-hoofed horses and the like, who were good at trekking through mountains and rivers, but he was not afraid of rough roads. It's just how to quietly kill the Jin soldiers guarding the entrance to the path, it's a little troublesome.

However, he has been in the army for many years, and has fought a lot of similar small-scale raids, and he has experience. At that moment, he frowned, called over two or three brave generals, and ordered to select elite veterans, led by guides, first touch the external surroundment, and then infiltrate and kill, and so on, to open the way for the large army.

According to the detailed investigation, the camps of the Jin soldiers reported to each other twice a day, morning and evening. In other words, after killing this group of golden soldiers guarding the path, the golden soldiers stationed in the village in front will learn the news early tomorrow morning. They may not pursue, but they will definitely report to the rear, but with the time difference of this night, by that time, Liu Qi will not know how far to gallop.

The Jin soldiers' defense line is very long, and even if they will definitely strengthen their defenses because of this, there is still a gap to take advantage of in the twilight. The only trouble is that he will be guarded in advance, and Liu Qi has been a veteran for many years and has his own countermeasures to deal with it. He had agreed with the other troops that he would meet before dawn, and at his current pace of march, he must arrive before dawn.

He looked at the sky, but he had other worries: "If the sky is bright, it will not be easy to get through." "It's past midnight, not as thick as the previous days. He made a decision: "Speed up the whole army, watch your step." I'd rather stay a few more hours outside the Xiatai camp than miss the appointment because I can't see the reason clearly. ”

"Our army goes deep into the enemy's hinterland, and if the speed is too fast, it is difficult to hide, and we need to be careful to expose it."

"The whole army is ready for war at any time; Increase the number of scouts in front of you, expand the scope of vigilance, and spread out more than five miles. Liu Qi did not hesitate, he had made up his mind. If the military law is missing, it should be beheaded, and it is a trivial matter to cut off the head, but it is just a death; If he misses the great task of destroying the enemy, it will be difficult to atone for his sins.

The fog covers the west of the river, and the night is dark.

Liu Qi gave the order, and the three armies moved. Go around the village in front of you and turn into the forest path. Hundreds of people lurked outside, sneaking into the old soldier of the golden soldier outpost, the cat waist, silent, the cold short knife, penetrating the enemy's throat bone, the golden soldier quietly fell to the ground, the blood like a fountain instantly stained red gray mist.

Liu Qi easily solved the first outpost camp of the Jin soldiers and led the brigade to continue to advance. He couldn't help but think of his arrangements for the three roads before he set off.