Li Xuan ran to Qin Guan's side, holding a document in his hand, and said with a frightened face when he saw Qin Guan: "Lord Qin, something is wrong. ”

Qin Guan asked, "What happened?" ”

"I just received a secret report from the flying pigeon, I transcribed a copy, you can take a look." As he spoke, he handed the document to Qin Guan.

Qin Guan took it and was also taken aback.

The document reads that the Liao State sent 400,000 troops, divided into two large armies, one led by the king of the North Courtyard, Yelu Chongxin, entered from Qizhou, crossed the Yellow River and stepped on the Central Plains, the day before yesterday had fought with the Shun'an army, the Shun'an army was all killed, and yesterday the Yongning army was defeated, the Yongning army was defeated, the main general was killed, and the deputy general was defeated with 2,000 remnants.

Now the Eastern Route Army of the Liao State has taken Qizhou and Qizhou in a row, and is advancing to Gunzhou, and the speed is very fast.

The other Liao army, led by Xiao Chucai, the king of the Southern Courtyard, entered from Daizhou, Xiao Chucai did not advance quickly, but divided the troops into three routes, and the main force killed Daizhou, the day before yesterday destroyed the volcanic army, and after taking Daizhou, he was advancing to Mingzhou.

The other two roads were led by Bao Mi Sheng with 20,000 people, and directly killed the Pingzhou Pingding army, and the Pingding army was defeated, leaving only 6,000 people to retreat to Tuncheng.

The other way is to lead 20,000 people from Qu Li and directly kill the Xiongzhou Xin'an Army.

Qin Guan really didn't expect that he would send 400,000 troops, which is all the troops of the Liao State, and the Liao State would raise the whole country's troops to attack, is this to destroy the Zhao State.

"My lord, what are we going to do?" Li Xuan asked anxiously.

Qin Guan frowned and asked, "Does the imperial court have an order?" ”

"Not yet, I'm afraid the imperial court has just learned the news."

At this time, in the main hall of the imperial palace of Jinling City, all the ministers gathered, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with a serious face.

Uncle Lin said in a deep voice.

"The Liao State suddenly sent 400,000 troops to invade our country, Yelu Chongxin led 200,000 troops, took the opportunity of the Yellow River to freeze, directly crossed the Yellow River into Dongshan Province, the Shun'an army and the Yongning army failed to block the enemy, the whole army was annihilated, Jicheng was breached, and the governor Li Ling, the political envoy Zhou Chenghu and other ministers were killed."

"In just three days, Yelu Chongxin's cavalry has advanced 500 miles."

"Xiao Chucai led 200,000 troops to enter from Daizhou, and the Volcano Army was annihilated."

Hearing this news one by one, the ministers in the palace felt heavy.

"Xiao Chucai did not rush forward like Yelu Chongxin, but sent 20,000 cavalry respectively to attack Pingzhou and Xiongzhou, Pingzhou's Pingding army was defeated and retreated to Tuncheng, and Xiongzhou's Xin'an army ......"

As soon as he said this, the emperor had a gloomy face, slapped the table and shouted: "Fiasco, fiasco, all fiasco, is the army of the Great Zhao State so vulnerable." ”

Lin Shuquan was yelled at by the emperor, and after the emperor finished venting, he bowed down and saluted: "Your Majesty, although the Xin'an army also suffered heavy losses, they won the battle. ”

Hearing the only good news, the emperor immediately said, "Speak carefully. ”

"Yes,"

"Xiao Chucai's general Qu Li led 20,000 cavalry to attack the Xin'an army, and the Xin'an army could not stop the enemy at Chitang Pass, so they retreated to the plain to set up a battle formation and fight a decisive battle with the Quli cavalry."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, "20,000 infantry against 20,000 cavalry, how can there be a chance of victory." ”

Uncle Lin said: "It's really invincible." ”

The emperor's face showed anger, "Then you still say that you have won." ”

"Your Majesty, in the war, the main general Han Shicheng was killed by the enemy general, and the soldiers lost more than 10,000 soldiers, at this moment, Qin Guan, the prefect of Xiongzhou, led 5,000 cavalry to the rescue, Qin Guan speared the Liao army commander Qu Li, the enemy was defeated, our soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally killed more than 6,000 enemies, the deputy marshal of the Liao army led the remaining Liao soldiers to retreat, and the Xin'an army recaptured Chitang Pass."

Hearing the news of this only victory, the emperor's face softened a little.

At the very least, this shows that the Zhao army is not all incompetent, and there are also soldiers who can fight.

The emperor said directly: "Posthumously awarded the title of Han Shicheng as the Grand Captain, Qin Guan has meritorious service in protecting the country, and he has been awarded the title of Yong Anbo, and he has the rank of general who protects the country." ”

Although the Xin'an Army also won a miserable victory, when the market was green, a red stock could be seen, which was naturally very conspicuous.

The emperor did not hesitate to praise him, and Qin Guan was promoted again.

Originally, he was from the fourth rank, but now he has been named Yong'an Bo and the general of the protector, both of which are the rank of the fourth rank, and the general of the protector is still a military rank, that is to say, Qin Guan now has the right to directly command the army.

Zeng Yu wanted to stand up and object, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw the emperor's gaze, the two glanced at each other, Zeng Yu could see the coldness in the emperor's eyes, which made his heart tremble, and the leg that wanted to step out immediately stopped.

The emperor retracted his gaze, glanced at the ministers in the palace, and said in a deep voice: "The Liao State is attacking menacingly, what countermeasures do you have?" ”

"Lin Shuquan, you are in charge of the military department, what is the plan of the military department."

Lin Shuquan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the 400,000 troops of the Liao State suddenly went south, and we were caught off guard, and the border defense line has been broken down. ”

The emperor's face was unhappy: "Then the large land in the north of our country will be left alone." ”

"Your Majesty, although the Liao army attacked quickly and seemed ferocious, they bypassed the defense line of the good multilateral army, we still retained at least 300,000 troops north of the Yangtze River, as long as these troops are sorted out, we can inflict heavy losses on the Liao army if we have a north-south attack, and when the time comes, their logistics are not smooth, and the attack is weak, so they will naturally retreat."

The emperor thought for a moment and asked Shen Zheng, "Shen Xiang, what about your opinion." ”

Shen Zheng looked serious and said: "The Liao State came too suddenly, there was no sign before, in only three days, Yelu Chongxin led his troops to advance 500 miles, and now it is too late for the north to organize an army to fight with him, so it can only be so." ”

"Xiao Chucai marched cautiously and attacked Pingzhou Xiongzhou, in order to create a safe passage, and echoed Yelu Chongxin's east and west, and now it is difficult to defeat the Liao army with only the border army."

"Zeng Xiang, what do you think?" The Emperor asked again.

"Your Majesty, the northern border army has been defeated, and now there is an urgent need for a commander to concentrate the army in order to compete with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State, this candidate is very important." Zeng Yu replied.

The emperor thought for a moment and said: "Order Cao Bin to be the commander of the forbidden army, gather 400,000 forbidden troops and sailors, and block the enemy on the north bank of the Yangtze River." ”

"Order Li Jilong to be the commander of the border army, hold all the border troops hostage in wartime, and organize troops to fight the enemy."

The emperor ordered, and the military machine of the Great Zhao State began to move rapidly.

Two days later, he received a letter from the imperial court.

Qin Guan didn't expect that he would be promoted again, awarded the title of Earl of Yong'an, and had an additional military title of protector general.

At this time, Li Xuan hurriedly found Qin Guan and said, "My lord, I just received an order from the commander of Li Jilong, and a Liao army of 30,000 people besieged Dayuan City and asked us to go to the rescue. ”