Looking at more than a dozen truckloads of ordnance and materials, Zhao Decheng was so happy that he rubbed his hands and said to the people below: "Lord Qin has sent us thousands of knives and guns, 200 sets of light armor, and 1,000 sets of cloth armor, and distributed them to the sons." ”

"There are also 5 new sets of general armor, all of which are brand new Chiba armor, just one set for each of us."

All the military academies were very happy and thanked Qin Guan in unison.

After the military academy left, Zhao Decheng asked Xiong Er with a smile, "General Xiong, did the Xin'an Army also send so much?" ”

Xiong Er smiled: "A little more than here, well." ”

When Zhao Decheng heard this, he paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It should also be, after all, is Mrs. Qin in the Xin'an Army, with these, I am very content." ”

Xiong Er laughed.

The time enters November, and the north wind is howling.

Yesterday there was a snowfall, and the sky and the earth turned white, and suddenly, there was a rumbling sound like thunder in the distance.

After a while, the sound came closer, and it became clear that it was a large cavalry team advancing unhurriedly.

Thousands of horses' hooves trampled on the snow, instantly crushing the original white of the place and turning it into filth.

At the front of the procession was a tall and sturdy beard, with a pair of fierce eyes, wearing a suit of armor, a gray fur coat, a peaked fur hat, and two long white fur caps hanging down from his chest, dancing in the wind.

This person is Yelu Chongxin, the king of the Northern Court of Liao.

At this time, a general stepped forward and came to Yelu Chongxin's side and reported: "King, the front is to the Yellow River, it has been surveyed, the Yellow River has frozen, and the cavalry can pass." ”

Yelu Shigenshin nodded.

Ask one of the people next to you, "Is the appointed time up?" ”

This man was a Han man, and when he heard Yelu Chongxin's question, he replied: "The two armies march together, and the agreement is today." ”

Yelu Chongxin showed a smile on his face and said: "Zhao Guo never imagined that we would attack in a big way at this time, and after the Yellow River, I see what they will do to stop the iron hooves of my Great Liao Kingdom." ”

"Let's go, after crossing the Yellow River, I will kill Qizhou directly, I will take 200,000 iron horsemen, crush all the way, and kill directly under Jinling City, without giving Zhao Guo any respite."

Thundered.

The hoofs of the horses rolled, and the huge cavalry began to run.

On the other side of the Zhao-Liao border, there was also a huge army, this army was led by Xiao Chucai, the king of the Southern Court of Liao, and it also had 200,000 soldiers.

Xiao Chucai was cautious, and after approaching the border, Xiao Chucai called his generals Bao Mi Sheng and Qu Li, and ordered: "Bao Mi Sheng, order you to lead 20,000 people to kill the Pingzhou Pingding Army, destroy them if you can, trap them if you can't eliminate them, and not let them form an encirclement, and at the same time be optimistic about our back road." ”

"The last will be ordered." The Sacred Way of the Treasure Secret.

"Qu Li, order you to lead 20,000 people to kill the Xiongzhou Xin'an Army, if you can eliminate it, you can eliminate it, if you can't eliminate it, you can stop him, you can't let him send troops to rescue other Zhao troops, you also have to watch the Baode Army, can it be completed."

"The end will destroy them." Qu Li said confidently.

Xin'an Army Tuncheng.

Several soldiers rode into the city.

When he came to the command post, he shouted: "Report ~~~"

"Report to the general, report urgently before the army, the army of Liao has pressed the border, and it has reached the border."

Han Shicheng and Li Xuan were both shocked after receiving the battle report, and Han Shicheng asked urgently: "How many people came, who led them, and where did they go?" ”

The messenger said: "General Hui, the Liao State sent 20,000 cavalry to attack, and the leading general was Qu Li, and now he has arrived at Shixia Ridge. ”

Han Shicheng was shocked: "With 20,000 troops, is it impossible for the Liao State to prepare to occupy Xiongzhou." ”

Li Xuan was a little frightened and said: "I'm afraid that's the case, hurry up and send troops to stop the enemy, I will go and write a report to Your Majesty." ”

Little did they know that it was much more serious than they thought.

"Dangdangdang."

The dense sound of gongs sounded, alarming the entire Xin'an Army Tuncheng.

All the soldiers in the city gathered, and the generals went to the command post to deliberate.

General Han Shicheng reported to the generals, and everyone was shocked when they heard it, although Zhao Liao had a lot of friction in previous years, but he sent 20,000 soldiers to attack, which was not an ordinary plunder.

"Dashuai, we only have 20,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, going out of the city to block the enemy is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, if we defend the city, we can still save a little strength, and when they go deep into Xiongzhou, we are uniting other armies to encircle him." There is a military academy that said.

"But if we don't fight, let the Liao army bypass our tuncheng, we are cowardly, and you and I will all be held accountable." Some generals retorted.

Han Shicheng faced Chen Rushui and ordered: "Listen to my order, the whole army will set up a position at Chitang Pass to block the Liao army, as for Tuncheng, the Xiang army is responsible for guarding it, if we can't stop it, we will retreat to Tuncheng and wait for the order of Shangfeng." ”

Soldiers are like this, they know that they can't do anything, but when it comes to the life and death of the country, they have to rush forward even if they die.

The Xin'an army set off, and only Xiong Da and other troops were left in Tuncheng, and when they heard the news of the war, everyone seemed worried and a little at a loss.

Xiong Da stood at the head of the city and shouted loudly: "The soldiers defend the country, they have gone out of the city to meet the enemy, we must do a good job in the defense of the city, leave them a place to retreat, brothers, move all the defense materials to the city, if the enemy comes, we will let them all die under the city." ”

Originally, Qin Guan slept very peacefully, but in a daze, he heard a rapid slamming of the door.

"What?"

Qin Guan closed his eyes and asked in a muffled voice.

"Young master, the military report from the front says that the Liao State has invaded Xiongzhou."

Qin Guan opened his eyes suddenly, quickly got out of bed and opened the door, saw Qin Mao who was anxious outside the door, and asked, "What's the matter, say it carefully." ”

"Young master, General Xiong sent someone to report the news, knocked on the gate of Xiongzhou City, and the border urgently reported that the Liao State had sent troops, and the messenger was in the main hall." Qin Mao said.

Qin Guan walked quickly to the main hall.

The soldiers standing in the main hall looked anxious, and immediately bowed down and saluted when they saw Qin Guan, and said: "My lord, General Xiong urgently reports that the 20,000 troops of the Liao State have invaded and have arrived at Shixia Ridge, and General Han Shicheng led all the Xin'an troops to the front line of Chitang Pass to block the enemy. ”

Qin Guan knew this person, and he was a junior colonel beside Xiong Da.

Qin Guan was surprised, he really didn't expect that the war would come so quickly.

Now it's winter, and Liao has been on the edge in autumn in previous years, so why did the winter come.

What's more, Qin Guan hasn't been arranged yet.

He had thought about how to deal with the constant military nuisance of the Liao State before, they only invaded last autumn, and they should not come this year, Qin Guan also thought that there would be a year or two of peace, good development, and then get some modern things over, and if the Liao State dared to invade, give them a profound lesson.

But unexpectedly, he was not ready, but the enemy made the first move.

There are 20,000 soldiers in Liao, which doesn't look like much, but the combat power of the soldiers of Zhao and Liao is different, Liao is basically cavalry, Zhao is mainly infantry, and the combat effectiveness of the Liao army can be equivalent to five times the combat power of the Zhao army.

Last year, the Liao State harassed and invaded the border, but only sent 10,000 people over, and it turned Xiongzhou upside down, raging for more than half a month, and finally gathered a few large armies in Hexi Province before finally forcing people away.

See clearly, it's not to be eliminated, it's to be forced away.

It can be seen that the gap in the strength of Zhao Liao's army.

Now that 20,000 cavalry have been sent to attack, how can it not be worried.

Qin Guan sorted out his thoughts for a while, and immediately said to Qin Mao: "Immediately notify all the officials in Xiongzhou and go to the Yamen to discuss matters." ”

Not long after, the officials from Xiongzhou came over, Qin Guan reported the news, everyone was shocked, Xu Tongju said: "My lord, this is not an ordinary loot, send 20,000 troops, they won't want us Xiongzhou." ”

Qin Guan said with a calm face: "I think so too, so we must hurry up and prepare, notify all the government officials and Xiang army, and ask them to notify the two counties, and all the people will enter the city to take refuge." All the grain that can be taken away can be transported into the city as much as possible, and it cannot be left for the Liao people. ”