At this time, many of the soldiers who greeted him were the Jingyuan soldiers in the original Guanshan Sixth Road, Yao Duan's department, which was originally under Zhang Jun's command, and was not familiar with Quduan, but Zhang Xian's department, although many soldiers had just joined the army in the past two years, and most of the lower-level officers were from the original Jingyuan army. At this time, seeing the arrival of the old boss, although it was inconvenient for everyone to talk about the past, they stood one by one according to their swords, and near the city gate, they gathered to bow to Qu Duan and salute.

If it was in the past, Qu Duan would definitely ignore it, but at this time, he nodded with a smile and gestured to the officers.

Because of the crowding, the cavalry slowed down their horses and slowly entered the city, and Qu Duan looked at them all over the commanding class, and it was extremely rare for them to see officers of the command class, adjutant generals and above. He was surprised in his heart, and after looking at it for a long time, he saw an adjutant general standing behind the generals, and immediately raised his whip to signal, and asked the adjutant general: "What is the name of this general, and which one is it under his command?" ”

The general is tall and burly, but the skin on his face is blue and blue, which is very weird. It's just that the accent of the speech is the same as that of Qu Duan and the others, obviously a Guan Shaanxi man, hearing Qu Duan's question, he immediately trotted forward, bowed down and replied: "The last general, Yang Zhi, belongs to the sixth deputy general of the First Army under General Zhang Xianzhang, and was ordered to guard the city gate here. ”

"Yes, very good."

Qu Duan tilted his head and thought for a long time, knowing that this Yang Zhi was not his old department, and then asked: "What about your boss, haven't you heard that I'm here?" ”

Yang Zhi's face was flushed, and he replied, "This last general doesn't know." ”

Seeing Qu Duan's surprised expression, Yang Zhi said again: "This, as soon as the last general heard that someone was coming, he had already sent someone to pass on General Zhang, but I am afraid that this time will also come to greet him." ”

If he had answered like this from the beginning, Qu Duan naturally didn't have much to say, and this person looked strange and began to be full of confusion. Now he said that he would send someone to summon the invitation, but the preface did not match the afterword, which made Qu Duan suspicious.

I was about to cross-examine again. But he saw that the lights were bright not far away, and the soldiers of the forbidden army of the brigade held torches and swarmed towards the city gate. Qu Duan knew that it must have been Zhang Xian and others who heard about his arrival and came to greet him. At the moment, he didn't talk much to the deputy general, just waiting for Zhang Xian to come.

After a while, I saw the golden light flickering under the torches, Zhang Xian and Yao Duan walked in the front, and dozens of lieutenant generals behind them were clustered behind. The golden light on his shoulders flashed, so it was not dazzling.

At this time, Qu Duan already knew that the other party must be holding a military meeting, leaving Yang Zhi, the deputy general, to patrol the city, but he wondered in his heart that these two young generals didn't know what they were doing, and why they were so sneaky. After dark, a military council should be convened.

He was suspicious in his heart, but his face was silent, and when Zhang and Yao came closer, Qu Duan didn't wait for these two people to salute first, so he immediately turned over and dismounted. greeted the two of them with a smile: "The two generals are really hard, and they are still discussing in the military at this time." ”

Yao Duan was rough and straightforward by nature, and when he heard Qu Duan say this, his old face immediately turned red. Zhang Xian was lazy and informal, in front of Qu Duan, the commander of the army, but he was not very respectful, and he could listen to Qu Duan's questions. He immediately grinned and replied, "The general is about to rush to the army." Moreover, the military situation changed several times a day, and the last general and others gathered their subordinates to discuss whether to lean on the side of Taihang and take the army out of the mountain. ”

Qu Duan let out a "hmm", noncommittal. But he knew in his heart that these two bold generals who didn't care about the sky and the earth must have analyzed the changes in the overall situation, and they were about to take action, and before their military orders arrived, they must have taken the lead without following the order, which was the case with the attack on Taiyuan that day, but he also admired the grasp of the overall battle situation of these two people, and such courage and heroism.

It's just that invisibly, his own commander was commanded by the army, and if he relied on his past temper, he would definitely be reprimanded, and even affirmed the military order, and the two people were suspended and detained first, waiting for the order to deal with them. At this time, he changed his original intention, and knew that it was the time to employ people, Yao and Zhang were not only fierce generals, but also quite talented in the overall situation, and they dealt with extreme treatment, but in fact, it was not conducive to opposing the war.

When he thought of this, he smiled at the two of them, "Very good, the two generals really have a heart. On the same day, the two generals were also attentive to the attack on Taiyuan, so that the battle could go smoothly and break the city in one battle. ”

This is to wake up the other party, he is not a fool, he needs to deceive himself.

Hearing him say this, Yao Duan felt very ashamed, and couldn't help but bow his head and reply, "The general has won the award." ”

Zhang Xian's face turned red, and he also bowed with Yao.

What these two people did, it was as expected. The changes and evolution of the entire battle situation are indeed on a track other than the design of the Cardinal Campaign.

If it is said that in the ten years of the Northern Expedition of Shaoxing, the territory of Zhao Gou, only Yue Fei achieved brilliant results and defeated the Jin soldiers in a row, but the main force of the Jin soldiers was actually not damaged, and Zong Bi dared to continue to gather large troops, ready to induce Yue Fei to divide his troops, and then eat Yue Fei near Kaifeng, Zhao Huan's deployment of Jingkang's seven-year Northern Expedition was an unexpected fruitful result. The main force of the Jin soldiers is divided into two parts, Hebei and the Central Plains, the whole territory of Shandong, are unable to fight again, in this era, stick to the deployment of the campaign, without any changes, of course, it is not the character of Zhang Xian and Yao Duan and the way of the general.

Before Quduan's military order arrived, both of them only cared about the smooth situation of the battle, regardless of their own future, and wanted to do something immediately, instead of waiting near Zhaocheng and acting step by step.

At this time, Qu Duan suddenly arrived, and the two didn't know why he was so urgent, thinking that although he had a plan, he hadn't taken action yet, and the coach wouldn't rush to the scene because of this matter.

The two of them had ghosts in their hearts, and they kept squeezing their eyebrows and making eyes, signaling to each other, and Qu Duan looked at it in his eyes, but he only felt funny.

When they arrived at the place where the two of them were stationed, they turned over and got off the horse to enter the room, and someone had already stepped forward to greet them, leading the Quduan war horse aside, and Quduan's footsteps did not stop, but he commanded: "Good raw feeding and brushing, and I will ride again in a while." ”

The soldier who led the horse was very strange, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to lead the horse and hurry away. Zhang Xian and Yao Duan glanced at each other, both of them were surprised, but they vaguely guessed the intention of Qu Duan's trip, and both of them showed excitement on their faces.

After Qu Duan sat down, Zhang Xian Yao Duan led the generals to bow and salute, and then retreated to the side and stood solemnly, waiting for Qu Duan's orders. Qu Duan smiled slightly, and said to everyone: "The latest military information, the generals must know?" ”

The military information was transmitted quickly, but it was thanks to him, and everyone immediately replied: "The last general knows." ”

Qu Duan nodded and smiled, and said: "General Zhang and General Yao naturally know that the overall situation has changed, so naturally they can no longer stick to the rules." Now that the generals have been summoned, presumably the military affairs have also been explained? ”

He pointed to the general sitting at the front and asked with a smile, "What military affairs has this general assigned?" ”

When the general heard the general's question, he immediately stood up and replied: "The last general is under the command of General Yao, and he was ordered to lead 300 rangers to patrol the Luzhou and Zezhou areas, and if he finds any trace of the enemy, he will report immediately. ”

"Hmm." Qu Duan was extremely satisfied with the other party's answer, looking at Zhang Xian and Yao Duan's embarrassed expressions, he didn't care too much, he asked for a while, and knew that Yao and Zhang had already prepared for the attack on Zhending, and invisibly saved a lot of things for themselves, and when they interrogated clearly, they said to Yao Duan and Zhang Xian: "The two generals know that the military situation has changed, and the handling is very appropriate. Since the deployment is appropriate, there is no need to wait, and the whole army will immediately set off. ”

Yao Duan took the lead and said with a smile: "The last general will lead the cavalry of the headquarters and think it is the vanguard." ”

"Okay." Qu Duan nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "I am tired of the Chinese army, so I will march with most of Zhang Xianjun's army, General Yao is really determined, there is no need to attack the city immediately, continue to go north, and cut off Zhongshan and other cities to aid Zhending Road." ”

"Yes, the last will obey."

Yao Duan knew that the military situation was urgent, and Qu Duan, as the commander-in-chief, hurried here overnight, obviously because the military situation in front had changed several times overnight, and he must completely cut off the enemy's rear road before Zong Bi gave up the entire Hebei and the whole army fled to Yanjing.

At that moment, he came out with his fists clenched, picked up his headquarters and hurried to the direction of Zhending. Not long after he set off, the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of his department, plus Zhang Xian's department and Quduan's Chinese army, gathered together, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were like a fire dragon, heading straight for Zhending.

Zhending was originally the Song Dynasty against the Liao army of the Xiongguan city, built extremely tall and precipitous, the Liao army invaded the south several times, all under the city of Zhending to kill feathers and return. It's just that when the Jin soldiers invaded the south, the military affairs of the Song Dynasty declined, the city of Zhending was high and dangerous, and there were many reserves of weapons, grain and grass in the city, and Hebei Jingluo had tens of thousands of troops in the city, and it was captured by the enemy in one day.

If the enemy opens the gateway to the east of the river and the Yellow River, and then drives straight in, as if entering a no-man's land, it is enough to see the importance of the strategic position of Zhending.

The situation in Jin today is similar to that of the Song army. The elite soldiers of the famous generals either stayed in Shangjing, or gathered under the command of Zong Bi, and Zhending was in its hinterland, and the Jin State never thought that the Song army could one day come to the city.

The Song army came suddenly, but the main force guarding Zhending was the Han army, from the Liao generation, there was the establishment of the Han army, Hebei and Yanjing, the distinction between the Han people and Huayi was not clear, the late Tang Dynasty Hebei domain and the Liao State were originally very close, so after the Liao State got the Yanyun area, many Han people served in the army, when Song Taizong invaded Liao, the Han army was actually for the Liao State to serve loyally, and fought hard. At this time, tens of thousands of Han troops in Zhending City had no intention of fighting, and there were a small number of Khitan soldiers, who were not elite when they were originally destroyed, so how could they have the heart to work for the Jurchens.

Waiting for tens of thousands of Song troops to cover up and kill, coupled with a large number of Hebei, Taihang righteous army waved the flag and shouted, in order to help the prestige, the defenders in the city only one fierce Jurchen soldiers landed in the city to fight, the Song army had already prepared, had already prepared a lot of siege equipment, at the moment Qu Duan ordered the flag to wave, tens of thousands of troops covered up, but less than two hours, the Jin soldiers in the city were killed, the Han army Khitan all surrendered, no one dared to resist stubbornly.

Soon after the real decision, Quduan got Zhongshan again, and after the main force arrived, the army covered the Baihe area, not only cut off Zong Bi's return road, even Yan Kyoto was very tight, Zong Han got the news in Shangjing, set off overnight, first took more than 10,000 fine horsemen, rushed to Yanjing to garrison. He also urgently dispatched all the border cavalry and rushed to the front line of Yanjing to station in case the Song army attacked.