Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "Does my brother know Yelu Dashi? ”

Zhang Xian nodded and said: "This naturally knows that this person is a Khitan nobleman, and he is known for knowing soldiers." When Liao died, this person was the king of the Southern Courtyard, and he led the elite soldiers to recover, but he was defeated by Jin Taizu, so he fled. Two years ago, I heard that this person was restored in the grassland, but in the past two years, there has been no news."

"The pedestrian division has been paying attention to the whereabouts of this person, this person since Jingkang three years in Mobei oath, killing the green cattle and white horses, after sacrificing to the ancestors, to the Khitan and the grassland tribes of 100,000 people to the west, first to Jili Jishi, and then over the Golden Mountain, to Ye Mili to establish a new country, self-proclaimed Juer Khan, in recent years the strength has grown, the support of the local Turkic tribes, the number of households has increased to more than 40,000, the destruction of Gaochang Uighurs and the Qarakhanid, the establishment of a new capital in Kashgar Geer, the country name is still Liao. His Majesty is worried that this person will be difficult to control, and even has the intention of restoring his homeland. Even if you can't build a village in a short period of time, you can still know the local situation. ”

Zhang Xian said suspiciously: "Didn't you ask you to move Yelu Dashi to lead troops to restore the homeland?" ”

Li Xianzhong shook his head and said: "This person is different from Hebule, Hebule is just a barbarian tribe, the Khitan people have enjoyed the country for a hundred years, and the cultural relics system is no different from China. His Majesty taught me to go, and in my opinion, there are many precautions on the side. ”

Only then did Zhang Xian know the meaning of this little brother's coming, and it was okay to go to Mobei, half a year was enough time to go back and forth, and he traveled to the Western Regions, but he also had to observe and visit on the spot, the road was far away, and he was afraid that he might not be able to return within a year or two. stood up at the moment, took a deep look at Li Xianzhong, and said, "The general has worked tirelessly for thousands of miles. It will definitely benefit our country. ”

Li Xianzhong hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "What do you say, let's have a good relationship, and suddenly become so serious." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both returned to their seats, Li Xianzhong smiled again: "Coming here today, saying goodbye to my brother is still a trivial matter. Tell his brother about Hebule, and raise troops from Taiyuan in the future. or straight out of the clouds, rendezvous with Hebul, it is not known. His Majesty has ordered to allocate all the 300 Mongolian soldiers to his brother's department, and the elder brother should take good care of him, learn more Mongolian customs and the method of cavalry and archery, and if there is a change in the future, he can deal with it calmly. ”

Zhang Xian raised his eyebrows, and he had already learned the emperor's deep meaning.

If it was just to follow the Tang Emperor to bring in foreign soldiers to help in the war, naturally there was no need to be so careful. And in the future, "there will be changes" is the main topic. I was worried that the entry of foreign soldiers into the Central Plains would be chaotic. I am afraid that the emperor will go one step further and destroy this strong foreign army to prevent future troubles. Nodded solemnly at the moment. Xiang Li Xianzhong replied: "I can save it, when I come to see Your Majesty in the future, I will have my own district." ”

Li Xianzhong knew that he was smart and didn't need to say more, so he smiled slightly, revealed this, and only asked him: "When I entered the account, I saw that my brother seemed to have something on his mind, and I don't know what was bothering?" ”

Zhang Xian said: "It's not that there is anything difficult, it's just that I have been away from Taiyuan for a long time." Some of the suspense is real. ”

In fact, this review of the army, most of the departments were called to the vicinity of Chang'an, and after the review, the main general led his subordinates to return to the station, but Zhang Xian did not return for a long time, only in Chang'an to train the newly recruited soldiers and horses of the Holy Army, such as him, a horse general, for a long time can not serve in the front enemy, naturally troubled.

I remembered when I conquered Taiyuan that day. There were many disobediences with Yao Duan, and the privy wanted to punish several times, but Zhao Hang stopped him at that time, Zhang Jun said, if Zhang Xian was lawless, after a long time, it would be difficult to control, and the emperor smiled and said that he only had his own punishment for a while. At this time, he was trapped outside Chang'an City for several months and could not return, not only responsible for training the recruits of the Fengsheng Army, but also the new soldiers of the Gongri and Tianwu armies, and the main generals Guo Hao and Yao Pingzhong were the commanders of the palace, responsible for the security of the forbidden palace. And the emperor even hinted that he intended to leave the main queue of the first-line forbidden army and let him serve in the Chang'an Lecture Hall, which made Zhang Xian tremble, although he was also a very good tactical general, but his personality was rude and straightforward, let him be a mountain chief of the Martial Arts Hall and educate the students, which was sadder than killing him.

So honestly, he drilled the soldiers in the barracks every day, vented all his anger on the recruits, and recruited tens of thousands of new Song soldiers, and the training was worse than death.

Recently, there has been a lot of news, from the transfer of the entire army, the emperor summoned the minutiae of his subordinates, and the newly established Privy Counsellor of the Geographical Governor's Military Division, there are many officers who are his old acquaintances, and Zhang Xian has faintly discovered from the conversation that the deployment of a super-large strategic plan has begun to start, and the entire Great Song Dynasty has been secretly mobilized.

Zhang Xian roughly estimated that in the month of December of the sixth year of Jingkang alone, at least one million stone of grain was transported to the front lines in various places. At that time, an adult man only needed seven stone of grain a year to feed and clothe himself. In this way, the amount of food, bows and arrows, swords, guns, armor and other funds mobilized in the past few months will obviously bear a super-large-scale and protracted battle!

With his temperament, he sits in a troubled city, facing a large-scale war that is approaching in the blink of an eye and is useless, but how can he teach him not to be worried.

I have the heart to ask the emperor, but I know that I have a lot of baskets, if it weren't for the emperor's appreciation, I am afraid that I would have been dismissed from office and returned to my hometown for the people. And at this time, it was the emperor's intention to coach recruits here, and he didn't dare to go at the risk of the holy will.

Li Xianzhong waited for him to finish speaking, and he admired it very much in his heart. Yu Yunwen and the Privy Council's Military Affairs Department's plan, he was also ordered to participate, this matter is top secret, and a local military commander like Zhang Xian cannot participate in it. And Zhang Xian can detect nine times out of ten with just some clues, the emperor said that he is a rare general, and this person is indeed well-deserved.

And Zhao Vao's purpose of trapping this person here, he almost knew it. The whole battle plan for the beginning of the spring of the next year is to be launched by Jing Xiang, and then the two Zhun and Sichuan and Shaanxi follow-up, with Zhang Xian's character, although he is a hero among the people on the battlefield, but the weakness of his personality is highlighted by the Taiyuan siege battle, which is also very obvious. Seeing the situation, not controlling the overall situation, is Zhao Hang's evaluation of him. If he can let this person return to the front line, God knows what kind of beautiful battle he can fight, and the bigger Hedong fights, the more unfavorable it will be to the evolution of the entire battle situation, so the stronger Zhang Xian's ability, the more he has to be tied up by dogs in Chang'an at this time, so that he will not act rashly.

Li Xianzhong understood in his heart, but he didn't dare to explain it to Zhang Xian, so he only smiled vaguely:

"My brother is already a famous general, and the two governments definitely don't have a reason to put you, a famous general, here."

"Two mansions?" Zhang Xian sneered, pointed at Li Xianzhong and said: "The political affairs hall has long been unable to manage the military, and several ministers in the Privy Council are now out, who else cares about me." ”

He knew Li Xianzhong's difficulties, and he didn't force him, the other party was about to go away, and it was not good to ask him to intercede in front of the emperor for himself. In the next few days, Li Xianzhong was ordered to go west, in addition to bringing dozens of direct guards from the inner temple, there were still more than 100 light cavalry led by Niu Plaster, the deputy commander of the Holy Army, together with more than 10 Mongolian knights, accompanied by Li Xianzhong.

According to the plan, after going to Demobei and discussing with Hebule, Niu Paste led a few people back to Chang'an, while Li Xianzhong took dozens of henchmen and soldiers to thousands of miles away and rushed to the Western Regions to observe Yelu Dashi, who had just stabilized his position in the Western Regions and was attacking and attacking the rest of the countries.

Zhang Xian, who saw off Li Xianzhong in Puqiao, looked at the remnants of snow around him and the frozen soil, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, and said to Li Xianzhong: "Brother is going to thousands of miles away, why don't you have old relatives and friends to send it, Your Majesty in the DPRK and China has no instructions, and ordered the relevant officials to see him off?" After all, you are also acting on behalf of God! ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "Male husband, what do you do about these vanities outside your body?

Although I was ordered to send an envoy, in fact, the errand was secret, what did I send to people with great fanfare? As for my relatives and friends, my family will follow my father and go to Hengshan. ”

"Yokoyama?"

Zhang Xian was suddenly shocked in his heart, a party family like Li Xianzhong has been sent to the Song and Xia border areas a lot recently, what is the intention of the imperial court, is it that when the Central Plains and Jin soldiers are in action, they still have the intention to plot the world?

Li Xianzhong didn't pay attention to his thoughts, opened his eyes and looked forward to it, only to see that everywhere was gloomy, the stumps were bald and the snow was all over, and the pedestrians on both sides of the road were continuous, all of them were saber columns, high-spirited, occasionally the forbidden army passed, and it was also heavily armored, the bow and arrow were sharp, the swords and guns were dazzling, in a few years, the situation in the world changed greatly, and the spirit of the hundred officials of the Great Song Dynasty army and people was also a big change, he saw Zhang Xian was always a little interested, knowing that the other party was still suffering because he could not rush to the front, he smiled secretly in his heart, remembering the heroic style of the other party under Taiyuan City that day, he couldn't help but say aloud: " After a long time of separation, I suddenly remembered a poem and wished to give it to my brother. ”

Zhang Xian perked up and said with a smile: "You can memorize it, and listen to it." ”

"The young man has the courage to regain his chance. Go out with a sword, and the lonely city will be surrounded. Kill people on the water, go to the fishery, and return to the sun. Scattered gold chain mail, covered mink clothes. Returning home and hunting, the bow and arrow are as fast as flying. The ground is full of eagle dogs, and the grass is deep and the fox and rabbit are fat. Two ribbons around the waist, turning to shine. As for today's battle, how can it be followed by Jianwei? ”

Zhang Xian was silent for a long time, and gradually felt the blood and qi in his chest surging, and couldn't help but smile at Li Xianzhong:

"Go ahead, you will definitely live up to your poem!"