Chapter 244: Preparation

The white feather army commanded Yu Furen Rail but was very energetic, and when he chased it to about a hundred miles away from Liangzhou, Yu Furen Rail had the intention of returning to the army, but who knew that Wu Yingying sent light cavalry to chase after him from behind, saying that Dong Zunzhi would bring the elite out this time, Lingzhou was empty, and the opportunity could not be lost. Wu Yingying ordered Fu Ren Rail to pursue all the way, the hussars had already set off as the vanguard of the army, following behind, and Wu Yingying himself would immediately lead the army to besiege Lingzhou after cleaning up the Liangzhou troops. At present, the Song army is attacking Lanzhou day and night, Xiao Jiu's situation is critical, in order to negotiate peace with the imperial court as soon as possible, Yu Furen did not dare to delay, and closely followed the traces of Dong Zunzhi's retreat all the way. He had a plan in his heart, it was best to capture Dong Zunzhi alive before Lingzhou, and then make a plan to take Lingzhou, and then negotiate with the imperial court.

"His grandmother's, it's a step too late!" Yu Furenliang snorted angrily, the horse urine on the oasis ground still emitted a hot smell, it seems that Song Jun has not left for a long time, "fetch water, get on the horse, and nibble on some dry food immediately!" Yu Furenliang simply gave an order, the dry food in the Han army was dried meat marinated in salt, cloves, cinnamon and pepper, although it was also difficult to swallow, it was slightly better than Song Jun's fried noodles. More than 300 cavalrymen silently carried out the order, and many of them had families in Lanzhou.

In this way, the Song army and the Han army chased each other through the vast desert, the Gobi, and the grassland, and occasionally the Han army could see the tail of the Song army, but there was always such a glimmer of opportunity.

The towering Lingzhou city suddenly appeared in front of Yu Furen Rail, seeing Dong Zunzhi and other Song Riders running into the city in a smoke, and the drawbridge was slowly pulled up, the cavalry of the White Feather Battalion were a little depressed, and the horses were too short to do so, and they all looked at Yu Furen Rail and asked him to make up his mind.

"Find a village to camp, sentry, and prepare to besiege the city!" After Yu Furen issued the military order with an expressionless face, for a moment, several veterans almost thought that there was something wrong with their ears. However, before the battle, there was no question about the rules of the commander, and the sergeants settled down in a village next to Lingzhou. This Lingzhou is located on the plain of the Yellow River, full of fertile fields, and is known as plugging the south of the Yangtze River. The sergeants searched for a clean mansion in the village and called the owner for questioning.

"Don't blame the old man, we are the Great Han White Feather Army, fighting against Lingzhou Dong Zunzhi, and I will not offend you and other people if I have nothing to do. Let me ask you, how many soldiers and horses are still in the city?" Yu Fu Renliang asked with a pleasant face, Lanzhou sergeant has become a kind of ability to take care of civilian households, and it is not in line with his own interests to provoke the Yin Hu who can cultivate and weave to defect to others, so in the eyes of the Han people who have first come into contact with the army of the Lanzhou system, the military discipline of this army is quite good.

Wan Qiding was about sixty years old, dressed in a coarse cloth shirt, with a pale face, and replied with a lowered hand: "Shangguan, how many soldiers are in Lingzhou City, how can I, a farmer, know about it? However, some time ago, many military horses drove into Lingzhou City from the east, saying that they were going to use swords and soldiers to the northwest. As he spoke, he wiped his eyes with his hands as if weeping.

Yu Furen did not have it, bowed his head and pondered, Lingzhou is the first male city in the northwest, the city is high and the pool is deep, since the reinforcements have come, I am afraid that even if the lord's army arrives, it will be in a hurry, thinking of the family members who were trapped in Lanzhou, I can't help but start from the heart and tighten my brows. At this moment, a sergeant hurriedly came in, with an ear to report, Yu Fu Renliang got up and turned to the outer room, only to see a man dressed as a porter was already waiting, and when he saw him come in, he bowed down and said: "Military Intelligence Division Rao Qijun see General Yu Fu." โ€

Yu Fu Renliang raised his hand and said, "My own brother, you don't have to be polite. "This Rao Qijun is a brother personally developed by Chase, and is responsible for military intelligence spying in Lingzhou. Yu Furenliang asked: "Brother Rao, how many soldiers and horses are there in this Lingzhou City? Is there enough food in stock?

Rao Qijun had already prepared, and said in a deep voice: "Lingzhou originally had a forbidden army of 5,000 and a box army of 5,000, Dong Zunzhi sent troops to Liangzhou and took away 3,000 forbidden troops, and 4,000 Xiang troops also transported grain and grass with the army. Rao Qijun nodded affirmatively and said: "I have planted eyeliner in many places inside and outside the city, the Song army is not good at secrecy, if there are really eastern soldiers to help, then how can there be some fresh-faced soldiers who come out of the camp to eat and drink and play money these days." Yu Furenliang breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Thanks to the arrangements made by the Military Intelligence Department, if the military situation is not clear, it will really be a big mistake." โ€

After learning about the military situation in Lingzhou from Rao Qijun, Yu Furen returned to the main house with his sword pressed, and the old man Wan Qiding was still standing with his hands down, and he couldn't see that this person was actually lying. Yu Furenliang strode forward and said angrily: "You thief old man, there is obviously no Song army to help you in the past ten days, I ask you kindly, you actually deceived me?"

Wan Qiding saw that the lie was exposed, but he didn't panic, his expression was cold, and he blurted out and scolded: "Tartar, if you want to kill, you will kill, you and other people who wear sheepskins and have bald hair on the left, and you still pretend to be the Han army, ridiculous, ridiculous, am I dazzled by deceiving the old man?" It turns out that the barbarians in Lingzhou and the surrounding areas have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, the army and the people are all the same enemy, the white feather battalion has absorbed a large number of warriors from the Dangxiang Qiang tribe near the left side of the land Jin Ze, these sergeants hurriedly assembled from Xiazhou, in addition to the armor distributed, the hairstyle and clothing are also the dress of the party people, no wonder the people outside Lingzhou City do not believe that this is the Han army anyway. Seeing that the left and right sergeants had already twisted Na Wan Qiding, Yu Fu Renliang said in a deep voice: "No need to beat and scold, let's watch and detain first." He was originally a member of the Tuyuhun tribe, and he didn't bother to talk to Wan Qi Ding, but he sighed in his heart at the fierceness of the Han people in the Central Plains, no wonder with the strength of the Great Liao army, taking advantage of the four sides of the board, he could not stand in the Central Plains, Liao State Yelรผ Deguang sighed: "I can't imagine that the Chinese are so difficult to control!" and finally killed Hu Lin violently.

Since he knew that Lingzhou was full of hostility, Yu Fu Renliang told the soldiers of the White Feather Battalion not to go out alone, most of these Lingzhou people and men have learned bows and arrows, if the sergeant is left alone, it will be a pity to be killed by the cold man. Fortunately, after Dong Zunzhi retreated into Lingzhou City, he did not send a cavalry detachment to sweep away the cavalry of the White Feather Battalion, which had been trailing behind, but instead sent more than a dozen teams of military envoys to Bianliang in a row. Yu Furen let all these envoys go. "Let the imperial court know that my Lanzhou Han army is not easy to mess with!" he instructed his warriors.