In the military camp outside the city of Hejian Fu, when the sky was just dawning, the horn in the military camp had already sounded, and then under the reprimand of the generals, team after team of soldiers lined up neatly and ran and assembled, and Hu Yanqing on the platform inspected as usual, and then criticized a few of the slowest teams by name, and then led the team out of the camp for running training.

It was not until the sky in the east was bright that Hu Yanqing returned to the barracks with the team, and then gave a few words before queuing up to eat, Hu Yanqing never did anything special, and he always ate and lived with the soldiers, so he himself went to the canteen with some generals to have breakfast together, and then rested for a while and began to practice intensely.

However, before the day's drill was completed, I saw a team of cavalry galloping from the west, and the horses sitting down were very miraculous, speaking of the fact that after the destruction of the Western Xia, the Western Xia and the farther Western Regions were rich in good horses, so the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty had also developed extremely rapidly in recent years, and there was no longer as short of horses as before.

This team of cavalry galloped to the front of the barracks, and then reported their numbers and names, saying that they wanted to see Hu Yanqing, and the soldiers guarding the door looked at the other party's dusty appearance, and they came from the capital, it seemed that there was something urgent, so they did not dare to have the slightest delay, and rushed into the camp to find Hu Yanqing to report the news.

Hearing that someone from the capital was coming, Hu Yanqing was also puzzled, and when he came to the outside of the barracks, when he saw the generals led by the outside, he also shouted with an ecstatic expression on his face: "Zongwu, why did you bastard come here?" ”

The general headed by Hu Yanqing is Hu Yanqing's iron buddy Zhao Zongwu in the military academy, they were all the first batch of students in the military academy, and they were all forced to lose weight by their families, but unfortunately Zhao Yan turned the weight loss class into a military school, and as a result, they did not suffer much in the hands of Yang Huaiyu, and they can be said to be a pair of difficult brothers. In addition, they live in the same dormitory, so the relationship is particularly deep, and there are also Yang Anxing, Cao Gu and others, all of whom have now become famous generals in the army.

"Haha, your position is the highest among our brothers, and I naturally came to hug your thick legs!" Zhao Zongwu immediately laughed. Then he stepped forward and hugged each other fiercely, this was originally the etiquette of the Hu people, but everyone who came out of the military academy had seen Zhao Yan like to express the excitement in his heart like this, so they all learned it, which is also a special feature of the generals who came out of the military academy.

Hu Yanqing was also very happy to see Zhao Zongwu, and he also slapped the other party's back a few times at the moment, and then asked him to go into the barracks to talk again, but Hu Yanqing didn't think that Zhao Zongwu was okay to visit him, because Zhao Zongwu was different from him. Speaking of Zhao Zongwu is a royal family, he is still Zhao Yan's cousin, he performed very badly in military school, not only timid, but also poor in all aspects of physical training, but Zhao Zongwu has a strong point, that is, he has a good brain and a lot of ghost ideas. In Hu Yanqing's words, it was a bad stomach, plus he read a belly of the art of war. So in the end, I was transferred to the staff department of the school, and after graduation, I entered the Sanyali to serve, and it is rare to see each other in normal times, but this time I went all the way to Hejian Mansion, and there must be some important order from the imperial court.

Zhao Zongwu and Hu Yanqing haven't seen each other for many years, so both of them are also very happy. Entering the barracks, Zhao Zongwu first visited the situation in the barracks, but when he saw the soldiers who were training, he couldn't help but praise Hu Yanqing: "Brother Qing, you had the best grades in the military academy at the beginning, and you were the most desperate to fight." Otherwise, I wouldn't have made such a great contribution in Western Xia, but when I saw it today, I found out that Brother Qing'er you are still a military trainer, it has only been a few years, and the originally rotten Hebei Army has been trained by you to look like this, which is simply no worse than the Western Army! ”

"Haha, these rabbit cubs look good, but at most, they have only fought against some squads from the Liao State who went south to fight in the Grass Valley, and they can't be regarded as seeing blood at all, so they are worse than the Western Army, I don't believe you can go to the Western Army to take a look at Cao Gu and An Xing's army, that is the real division of a hundred battles, on the battlefield, one is better than killing two or three on my side!" Hu Yanqing was still a little dissatisfied when he heard his brother's praise, Cao Gu and Yang Anxing in his mouth were their brothers in the same dormitory of the military academy, but they both stayed in the Western Army at the beginning, after all, if they want to completely control the Western Army, they must not be missing these generals from the military academy.

Hearing Hu Yanqing mention the brothers in the military academy, Zhao Zongwu couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and asked about some of these brothers at the moment, after all, he served in Sanya, and rarely left the capital, although he had heard about some brothers, but it was definitely not as clear as Hu Yanqing's knowledge, and Hu Yanqing also helped him introduce them one by one.

Zhao Zongwu came in and didn't rush to say why he came, and Hu Yanqing didn't ask, after all, their brothers hadn't seen each other for a few years, and they had too much to say, plus it was almost noon now, so Hu Yanqing took Zhao Zongwu to the canteen for two lunches, but they didn't eat in the canteen, but took them back to Hu Yanqing's place to live and chatted while eating.

There were no other people around, and after Zhao Zongwu chatted a few words, he suddenly said with a solemn face: "Brother Qing'er, I came here this time on the orders of the imperial court, and I have something extremely important to tell you!" ”

"Zong Wu, please tell me, what orders does the imperial court have?" Hu Yanqing also said with a serious face when he heard this, he knew that Zhao Zongwu must have something important to order when he came.

I saw Yang Zongwu stand up immediately, and then took out a copy of the order he brought from his arms and said: "The commander of the Hejian Mansion sent Hu Yanqing to listen to the order, and ordered you to immediately send troops to the border Qu County to gather, and you must arrive within seven days, and listen to the dispatch of Wang Shao, the observation envoy of the Hebei Road, and Yang Huaiyu, the head of the march, there must be no mistake!" ”

"The last general commands!" Hu Yanqing knew that this was an order issued by the imperial court through the three ya, so he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately bowed down and took the order, but then he frowned and asked Zhao Zongwu: "Zongwu, tell me honestly, is this time to transfer us to Quxian to attack the Liao State?" ”

Originally, as Hu Yanqing, he only needed to follow the instructions of the dispatch, and he couldn't ask about the purpose of going to Quxian this time without authorization, but his relationship with Zhao Zongwu was extraordinary, and Quxian was the junction between the Great Song Dynasty and Liao, so Hu Yanqing suddenly guessed the purpose of this troop transfer, so he couldn't help asking.

"I know that I can't hide it from Brother Qing'er." Zhao Zongwu couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard Hu Yanqing's words, "First of all, Lu Huiqing proposed to His Majesty to attack the Liao State, and Sima Xianggong and others were resolutely opposed, but His Majesty had made up his mind and secretly supported Lu Huiqing, and finally passed this resolution. ”

"It's really him! Lu Huiqing, a traitor, just wants to let my Hebei army go to die! Hu Yanqing slapped his thigh with hatred when he heard this, scolding Lu Huiqing so directly with his identity will definitely lead to a catastrophe, but there are only two people here, Zhao Zongwu and Zhao Zongwu, and Zhao Zongwu didn't have a good impression of Lu Huiqing just now, plus the personal relationship between the two of them, so Hu Yanqing is not worried that today's words will be spread.

"Alas, Brother Qing'er, you are right, as long as the people in the capital know the news, almost all of them scold Lu Huiqing for being a traitor behind their backs, but they are very popular with Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is bent on recovering Yanyun, so this matter is settled, but your Hebei Army is afraid that it will really suffer heavy losses now." Zhao Zongwu also sighed when he heard this, as an official in the Sanya, he knew better than anyone the risk of attacking the Liao State at this time, but unfortunately although the Sanya was in charge of military power, he had no right to speak in the court at all, and no one would listen to their words.

"Not only is it a heavy loss, with the current situation of the Hebei Army, I estimate that it may occupy a little advantage in the early stage of the war, which is mainly an advantage that can only be taken with the help of firearms, but when the Liao State reacts, I am afraid that even if there are firearms, it will be very difficult to fight, and even if you are not careful, it may be impossible to say who will win or lose in this war!" Hu Yanqing said with some sadness at this time, he wanted to recover Yanyun more than anyone else, because this was not only related to the safety of the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the ancestral training of their Huyan family, but he also knew better than anyone that the Great Song Dynasty was not ready to recover Yanyun at all, and it was not appropriate to easily go to war with Liao.

"Alas, it's too late to say anything now, the imperial court has already decided, Your Majesty has even personally formulated a plan to attack the Liao State this time, and all aspects have been prepared, just wait for your army to assemble, you will attack the Liao State by means of a surprise attack, and strive to be able to take down the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun before the Liao State reacts." Zhao Zongwu once again revealed to Hu Yanqing some plans to attack the Liao State this time, after all, although Zhao Xuan can make a big plan, some details must still need to be supplemented by the military attache of Sanya, and it just so happened that Zhao Zongwu participated in the formulation of this plan.

Hu Yanqing didn't care much about the plan to attack Liao, because this kind of war is not just a competition between the two armies, but also a confrontation between the national strength of the two countries, but with the current state of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how powerful the army is, it is difficult to exert too much combat power.

"By the way, what is the attitude of the school governor towards this attack on the Liao State, does the school governor also agree with His Majesty to attack the Liao State at such a time?" At this time, Hu Yanqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked anxiously, although Zhao Yan left the capital, he still served as the governor of the military academy, so the students who graduated from the military academy were all commensurate with the governor.

As soon as he heard Hu Yanqing mention Zhao Yan, Zhao Zongwu immediately patted his head and said, "I almost forgot, I received a letter from the school governor before I came, let me convey a few words to you!" (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry, I forgot to pass it on after I wrote it, I just remembered it, and I was an hour late.