Zhao Huan was taken aback, but remembered that the Song army was in camp for more than ten miles, and Qu Duanshi said that a large number of cavalry could be gathered in less than half an hour, and he didn't care, it seems that this person is using carrier pigeons as heralds, so that they can fly to the battalions to give orders, but in this way, it is faster than using cavalry to send orders.

He turned around and asked Zhao Ding, only then did he know that the method of passing the military order with colorful pigeons was in the early Song Dynasty, and now it is carried forward in the hands of Quduan, all kinds of pigeons are used for different purposes, each color represents an army, or some kind of order, Zhao Ding just arrived at Tongguan when he made the appearance, Quduan summoned the troops with a carrier pigeon, and each pigeon started the three armies to obey the order, and the command was extremely smooth, which surprised Zhao Ding.

After Zhao Huan asked, he realized that he was lonely and unheard, and he looked down on the wisdom and creativity of the ancients. In fact, the idea of creating a military pigeon to pass the letter and establish a military pigeon point in all parts of the country, he had it in the first two years, but he was afraid that it was too difficult to create and not easy to domesticate, he only knew that it was feasible, and it was not clear how to start.

He was surprised in his heart, praised the end of the song, but also secretly remembered this matter, and prepared to return to Chang'an, so he clearly ordered the cardinal and military departments to establish effective military pigeon outlets throughout the country.

The sound of trumpets and drums rumbled, and more than 20,000 cavalry gradually converged into a river like a stream, and like a river converging into a sea, the fiery red armor and banners reflected the sky, the swords and spears were dazzling, and the spears became a forest.

"Let's go."

Zhao Huan's heart shook when he saw it, seeing that it was not early, there were already dots of torches lit, the military situation was urgent, even if he was in a hurry to travel at night, he couldn't take care of it, so he immediately took the first step and prepared to go down to Guancheng.

"Your Majesty......"

Zhao Ding and the others showed hesitation and reluctance, although the emperor said that the head was the way, after all, this trip was to go to Rongji in person, and something would happen if he was not careful. Since the Song Dynasty descended from Taizong, there has never been an emperor who is heroic and can fight in battle. Zhao Huan is becoming more and more wise and wise, in case of carelessness, the country has no long-term monarch and the whole world is suspicious, and the hard-earned good situation will be lost in one day.

Putting aside state affairs, everyone has been following Zhao Huan for a long time, and they only feel that the emperor has no last resort, and he does things whether he is right or wrong. The emperor always has a way to remedy it, so he is extremely relieved.

In the past few years, everyone regards Zhao Huan as a tree that can be relied on, can support their hearts, can send their lives, and has long formed a tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers, although there is no selfless friendship, there is also a unique feeling.

Zhao Huan saw everyone like this, and his heart was also moved, but he only nodded slightly to everyone. Then he strode down to the city.

Follow a winding hillside path. All the way to Depingdi, Niu Gao and other generals of the Fengsheng Army who accompanied him already knew that they were going to go out with the car, and saw the emperor striding forward. I couldn't help but get down on one knee and shout long live.

And the rest of the soldiers in the assembly area also knew that it was led by the emperor himself, and they couldn't help but thunder with joy, and their morale was high for a while, and everyone was extremely excited.

In ancient times, it was very rare for the emperor to drive in person, and often a flag representing the emperor could inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and the emperor himself came. Together with these ordinary scattered cavalry, charge into battle and risk arrows and stones.

"Get up, don't make such nonsense on the battlefield."

Zhao Huan's expression was relaxed, and while waving his hand to tell everyone to get up, he took the iron spear handed over by the guard, and waved it slightly, feeling that it was a hand.

Tens of thousands of soldiers saw it clearly, and suddenly felt that their blood was full of blood. I was excited, and then I saw Zhao Huan turn over and get on the horse very neatly, and with a little control of the reins, the horse's front hooves jumped up, and Zhao Huan took the horse around with his half-oblique body, and his body was not messed up at all.

Hearing the sound of joy like thunder, Zhao Huan was also smug in his heart, he has been riding and shooting every day for the past two years, not only his physical fitness is getting better and better, but his riding and archery skills are also under the advice of Hebule, and his current skills are no longer under ordinary cavalry generals.

After he turned the horse's head, he set off first, surrounded by the attendants of the inner hall, Niu Gao led the cavalry of the Fengsheng Army to follow, followed by the cavalry of the guard Ma Junsi led by Wu Lan, and then Guo Hao, Guan Shigu and others broke off, more than 20,000 cavalry were mighty, like clusters of bright red flames, forming a spectacular long dragon, and the sound of horses' hooves stepped on the surrounding valleys, causing a great echo.

They set off in the evening, walked for half an hour, the sky was already dark, the accompanying guards were afraid that Zhao Huan would lose in the night, three or three lit the torches, behind them, 20,000 cavalry also had a small half of the people with torches, saw the front team lit the torches and hurried, many people also lit the torches in their hands, after a moment of effort, the cavalry team that stretched for more than ten miles lit the torches, in the dark night, graceful like a swimming dragon, kept galloping forward.

Yuzhou is more than 200 miles away from Tongguan, Zhao Huan first led the team to gallop with all his might, and stayed until the second half of the night when it was more than 100 miles to gallop down, if it was on flat ground, this distance did not lose too much horsepower, but from Tongguan to run out, most of the distance was all difficult mountain roads, horsepower consumption was very large, at this time it was only thirty or forty miles away from Yuzhou, in order to save horsepower, Zhao Huan raised his hand and ordered the whole army to slow down at this time and the scene was different from the first half of the night, a bright moon had long been suspended in the air, and everyone's torches had long been extinguished, Take advantage of the moonlight to trot away.

Niu Gao was originally very worried about the emperor's trip, but at this time, seeing that he dealt with Guo Yi, he was very disciplined, and he admired it very much, and when he ran forward for more than ten miles, Zhao Huan ordered the whole army to get off the horse and rest, he was even more admiring.

couldn't help but step forward and said loudly to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty is really wise, the minister always thinks that Your Majesty is the Holy Son of Heaven who rules by the arch, but I don't think that Your Majesty is also very proficient in cavalry tactics." ”

Zhao Huan smiled slightly and said to him: "There are a few Mongolian hundred households around me, and I know some of them every day. ”

Niu Gao pouted at this time, and said: "There are also capable people in our Great Song cavalry, and the Mongolian barbarians can't beat the Liao dog, and they can't beat the golden dog, what is the use of their tactics." ”

Zhao Huan didn't care when he heard this, the Mongols had not yet risen at this time, and only by getting the grandson of Hebul Khan could he become an invincible hero who terrified Eurasia. At this time, it is not surprising that even the Song people look down on them.

He didn't care, but the few Mongolian households who followed the trip this time were furious, they had followed Zhao Huan for a long time, and they had long been able to understand Chinese, Niu Gao's voice did not fall, and Baihu Hele pointed at Niu Gao on horseback and scolded: "Don't you obey our Mongolian man, come, I will compare bows and arrows with you, if I lose to you, I will cut off my finger and wrestle, if I lose to you, I will lie on the ground and never get up again." ”

The Mongolian character is cruel, but he has not been civilized for a long time, and his speech is simple, not as vicious as the Han scolding, and he thinks he is scolding, but Niu Gao only said that he did not accept the challenge, and immediately grinned and replied: "Cheng, I have time to approve it." But if you lose, please drink, how can you say it so seriously, haha. ”

Zhao Huan knew that these Mongolians were dry, not like the Han people who had been civilized for a long time, if they really started, they were afraid that they might not end peacefully, and shouted in a deep voice: "When marching, how can there be so many words, shut up!" ”

Hele was not convinced, and wanted to say more, but was swept away by Zhao Huan, and he sighed in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak again.

Silent for a while, everyone turned over and dismounted, let the horse recover its horsepower, and led the horse slowly, Zhao Huan drank back these Mongolians, and felt a little uneasy, just about to take the word to solve, but saw a figure flashing under the moonlight not far away, he was suddenly startled, only felt that his whole body was tight, and he didn't say anything at the moment, took the bow and arrow hanging on the belly of the guard horse next to him in one hand, put on the arrow, pulled the bow violently, and it was already an arrow shot over.

The bow and arrow he used was the standard bow and arrow of the Song army, which was powerful and heavy, although it was not as powerful as the bow and arrow used by the generals with arm strength.

At this time, Niu Gao and Hele and others also found the figures on the opposite side, each of them was burdened, and immediately scattered forward, blocking Zhao Huan behind, and when they looked back, a group of guards in the inner temple had already surrounded Zhao Huan in it, and everyone put their minds at ease, so they opened their bows and arrows one by one, preparing to fight with the enemy.

In the midst of the chaos, the figure on the opposite side who had pulled out Zhao Huan's bow and arrow spoke and asked loudly:

"Whoever is on the other side, don't ask, just shoot arrows."

"And who are you?"

"Liu Weifu, deputy commander of the Second Army of the Imperial Camp, you were sent by Lord Zhao Envoy?"

As soon as they heard that it was Liu Weifu, Niu Gao and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief, put down the swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be General Liu, come here to talk." ”

Seeing that the other party did not act, Niu Gao hurriedly said again: "I am Niu Gao, the deputy head of the Fengsheng Army, General Liu does not need to doubt it." ”

Fengshengjun is a new establishment of the imperial court, Liu Weifu let go of his doubts when he heard it, even if the Jin people sent a detailed work, they couldn't make up the name of Fengshengjun for the time being.

At that moment, he also rode over, a little closer, and saw Zhao Huan looking at himself and laughing under the moonlight, but he was taken aback, hurriedly saluted, and said with a frightened face: "Why did Your Majesty get here?" ”

Zhao Huan laughed and said to him: "I drove the expedition myself, I didn't expect that an arrow shot by my own hands fell on your head, fortunately, my arm strength is not enough, if it really hurts you, it will be a big joke." ”

Liu Weifu was taken aback, but he was laughed at by Zhao Huan at this time, but he also came back to his senses, and smiled at the moment: "This is the dark night, Your Majesty still has such an accurate head, and the archery skills are really good." ”

In fact, he blocked it casually, and pushed away the arrows shot in the dark without incident, one is that he reacts quickly, and the other is that Zhao Huan's archery skills are not successful, although he is a little accurate, but his strength is too poor.

Zhao Huan didn't care either, and only asked him: "You have been here for a few days, what is the situation in the opposite city, how many soldiers and horses are there, what is the morale of the army, how much grain and grass is there, have anyone ever come to help?" ”