As a prisoner, Hao Sui's power in the Northwest Sixth Route was basically unlimited. Of course, only in the military. The civil official group doesn't take Hao Sui too seriously, the emperor's dog, even if he has a gold seal around his neck, isn't he still enough?

But Hao Sui's identity faced Chen Qi, it was a dead eat, and Chen Qi, the guard of the mountains and rivers, didn't dare to get up at all.

If you say that you can't give up Sanchuankou, you won't give up Sanchuankou.

Anyway, Sanchuankou is the eternal pain of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was here that Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia, defeated the Song army, thus obtaining the qualification for the establishment of the Western Xia state.

Later, Mikawaguchi was built as a fortress and has been built and expanded ever since, and its defense is indeed among the best among the many fortresses in the northwest. Because it is not as important as Jinmingzhai, it is much smaller in scale, but as long as you eat and drink, there is still a great hope for defending the city.

But Hao Sui's next order made Chen Qi angry, and he asked Chen Qi to lead his troops to meet Li Kui.

Didn't you see that the party members had already surrounded Jinmingzhai?

Looking out from the head of Sanchuankou Castle, I can't see a single party member, but who knows when the party member will come out? There are 50,000 party troops outside Jinming Village, but they all came overnight, and they didn't even give the Song army time to react, this is in the city, if it is outside the city, how can these thousands of people and horses in Sanchuankou resist the attack of the party people in the field?

Hao Sui forced him to die!

"Big brother, do you think this Grandpa Hao is fake?"

Fathers and sons go into battle, and brothers fight in battle. Chen Qi's younger brother Chen Jue is also in the army and is on an errand under his brother. He met Hao Sui with his brother, and then went out with a blue face. Saying this at this time is obviously with ulterior motives.

in the army, especially in the border army. Borrowing a knife to kill people, hiding and not reporting, and waiting for friendly troops to perish, this kind of thing is very common in the Western Army, and even because of his disagreement with Li Xian, he sat back and watched Yongle City being conquered by Western Xia. He is already a famous general, and there is no big problem with moral exercise, even he will have selfish intentions on the battlefield, let alone others.

But Chen Jue's proposal was really appalling, and Chen Qi, who was the elder brother, hurriedly pulled him to walk a few steps quickly, found a secluded place, and then reprimanded: "You are a ...... Bastard thing, he is no longer an angel, he is also an angel, how can you have such a confused idea, this is a big crime to be beheaded by the family, do you want the Chen family to follow you and never recover? ”

"Big brother, I don't know if there are any party members outside the city, don't say it. However, Sanchuankou is a fortress in the northwest, and Jinmingzhai is surrounded, do you think the party people will not see our Sanchuankou? Hao Sui asked us to go out of the city to meet what Li Zhimi, no matter how many people he brought with him, how could he defeat the cavalry of the party in the field battle? What is he that makes you and my brother go with him to die? ”

Chen Jue is young, but he is very angry. In the face of impossible tasks, even tasks that you know will be sent to death, you will naturally be dissatisfied. He thought that although Hao Sui's identity was an angel, first, there was no official correspondence between Xuanfu and Lu Huiqing, and second, there were no officials from Yan Yanlu who followed, and there were not many people Hao Sui carried, and the city was all subordinates of the Chen brothers, as long as it was clear that Hao Sui let them die, he would definitely follow them.

But once the matter is revealed, the Chen family can only take the road of rebellion.

How dare Chen Qi agree to this kind of risk?

He scolded: "There is no problem with the identity of Gonggong Hao, although he is not accompanied by officials from Yan Yanlu, but there is a secretary from Jingzhao Mansion to follow, no matter what he says or does, we will do it." Third brother, you are in a hurry, and you are not suitable for doing things in the army. Brother Wei was also worried about it at the beginning, and let you enter the forbidden army, but it hurt you. ”

"Big brother, what do you mean by that?"

"Third brother, our Chen family is a small family, you dare to have such a thought, and then stay in the army, this is to cause trouble for the family, I decided to let you leave the army, whether it is to go to the capital to do business, or stay in your hometown is better than to cause trouble in the army." Chen Qi's courage is not very big, even if he is a kind of soldier, he can only prevaricate with heavy rain for days, muddy roads, and low morale, and the person who asked for help at that time was Shen Kuo, the envoy of Yan Yanlu. That's right, it's Shen Kuo, the scientist who wrote "Dream Creek Writings".

No matter how bold he was, he didn't dare to kill Shen Kuo. can only borrow a knife to kill, but unfortunately in the end, Shen Kuo did not die, but Yongle City was captured by Western Xia.

It can be seen that Chen Jue's courage is a little boundless, although Chen Qi's words are not very friendly to his brothers, but they are completely for the sake of his own family.

"Big brother, but outside the city...... This is a dead end, the dog eunuch asked you and my brother to lead troops to pick up people near Pingrong Village north of Jinming Village, even if there is no party cavalry around Sanchuankou, but what about Pingrong Village? There can be no enemy troops, our brother went, in case there are three long and two short, what will the old lady of the family do? And God knows that Hao Sui made such a detour to Pingrong Village, and brought so many Western Xia war horses. There is also the Western Xia captive, this dead eunuch can't wait to raise him as his own father. Maybe he's trying to send us to death for nothing, that's all. ”

Chen Jue was suddenly anxious, but he also knew that it was really impossible to stop his brother. The eldest brother is like a father, the old man in the family has passed away, and he is the eldest brother who is the deputy commander in charge.

Chen Qi sighed and said: "I still have to go, but it is easy to take the official road, but now I have been intercepted by the party members, and I can't go." If you take the mountain road, we will go the wrong way. Find a ravine and wait for a few days, if you can wait for people, you will naturally be happy, if you can't wait for people, let's talk about it! ”

Unexpectedly, the rigid eldest brother on weekdays was also active, Chen Jue was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, I'll go to reorganize the army." ”

In the village owner's mansion, Hao Sui frowned, and his face was gloomy.

When Li Kui separated from him, he said that it was for Hao Sui's palace to block the party's chasing soldiers.

But four days have passed, and it stands to reason that Li Kui should have come, but he didn't even come to deliver the letter. At this moment, Hao Sui became anxious, and hurriedly dispatched Chen Qi, the only one who could be used. It's a pity that this guy is very timid, and he doesn't have the joy of being looked at by the angel at all, but has a depressed face, and he smells of sadness when he looks at it.

For Hao Sui, it doesn't matter if others lose it, Li Kui must not lose it.

No, he couldn't wait for Li Kui, so he naturally began to get anxious. The patience is getting worse and worse, and he has to give Chen Qi, the guard general of Mikawaguchi, a big problem. To find Li Kui, the specific address is in the north of Jinmingzhai.

Today, the party's 50,000 troops are besieging Jinming Village, and the vicinity of Pingrong Village must be an area controlled by the party's people. Any Song army passing by may be targeted by the party. Besides, the Song army did not have any cavalry, and it was a little powerless to deal with the party cavalry in the field.

This is also the reason why the Chen brothers are resentful, and they make it clear that they will be sent to death.

Besides, Li Kui, after leaving the battlefield, marched until the second half of the night and camped, and continued to hurry the next day.

The scouts who stayed at the end did not come over to deliver the news that there were pursuers, which made Li Kui, Gao Yu and others breathe a sigh of relief. After the battle, the Song army was already exhausted, and after several days of hurrying, Li Kui decided to repair for a day.

In fact, without trimming, Li Kui also delayed the trip, and he had waited for the party members in the river valley for two days.

Song Jun is tired and sleepy now, but he is not short of food.

The aroma of barbecue spread in the camp, and the barbecue with only salt as a condiment was almost meaningless, but in the mouth of the Song Dynasty, it was already a rare delicacy. The beef and mutton were eaten open, but the staple food was a little troublesome to cook, and the marching pot was lost. It can only be used with a helmet as a pot. The cooked small rice always has a sour smell of sweat, but fortunately, it can be eaten immediately.

Of course, the captives were not treated like this.

For those who stutter, as long as they don't die, it is already Li Kui's greatest mercy. At Gao Yu's request, the number of prisoners increased to forty, and Li Kui felt troublesome at first. This thing is like a winning ticket that can only be used once. In his opinion, it is enough to make the emperor happy, but Gao Yu has his thoughts and plans.

Although the captives were captives, they all made Li Kui break a leg. Li Kui's explanation is that he is afraid that people will run away. But what the actual reason is, God knows.

This can be regarded as a serious injury, Gao Yu was worried that there would be too many deaths on the road, not enough to count, so he gathered forty people. In fact, the party members are really not very good, and there are many surrenders. Even the entire family, the entire tribe surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty. If Da Song wanted to, he would be able to play the drama of offering prisoners every day. But the problem is that the party members who surrendered before are already considered to be from the Great Song Dynasty, and many of them have become military generals of the Great Song Dynasty. Let them accompany the emperor to act, maybe there will be no complaints, but if they are poked through the bottom line, they will lose face and lose their hair.

And whether the party members captured by Li Kui were serious party members or cavalry captured on the battlefield, dozens of people were nothing. But the current situation is that Yanyan Road was attacked by the party people from the border all the way, extending from Longzhou to the hinterland of Yan'an Prefecture, and more than a dozen military villages were broken by the party people one after another. Although, some of the stockades no longer have troops, and there are no supplies, so they are used as beacons. But there are a few villages that are very important. Especially Jinmingzhai, which is now besieged by more than ten times the party's army, once it falls, it will definitely be a huge blow to the emperor.

The little emperor Zhao Xu is a sensitive guy, and he is not very old, if he really suffers a big defeat in the northwest in the first year of his pro-government, he will definitely not be able to accept it.

But after capturing the generals of Western Xia, as well as the nobles, this is completely different.

The emperor can turn a fiasco into a big victory through the operation of the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Hall, the Privy Council and other yamen. Although there are some distorted elements between it and reality, for the sake of face, this kind of thing is likely to happen. The emperor is not afraid to admit mistakes, but the emperor is supposed to be a person who never makes mistakes. This is also why some emperors are forced to issue 'edicts for crimes', and the emperor's cronies and ministers will kneel and cry, not because they are wronged, but because the myth of imperial power has been broken.

Gao Yu doesn't understand this, but Li Kui does. Seeing Gao Yu's insistence, he didn't pursue it.

But the strange thing is that the party members in the camp all made up Li Kui's idea, and the generals of the Song army only needed twenty living prisoners. But there were forty of them.

Twenty people would be tortured and killed when they arrived at the Song army's city.

Fear turned into action, and yesterday night, seven party captives died. Strangely, they did not die from injuries and infections, nor did they die of sudden illness, but were strangled to death by their accomplices. Gao Yu couldn't accept this result. What's even more strange is that the party captives are cruel to their own people, but they try their best to stammer with the Song army, and it seems that at the moment of surrender, the whole person has changed the soul of a dog, and only the instinct of shaking his head and tail remains.

Faced with this situation, Gao Yu was also caught off guard and helpless. can only go to Wugutai and ask him to explain it clearly to the party captives, Gao Yu said with a bitter face: "Wugutai, you should understand your situation, you need to cooperate with the general, so that you can live a comfortable and good life in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"General Gao, I'm just a prisoner." The Ugudai was very sad, he was captured alive, and his leg was broken by the main general, and the reason was very strong, he was afraid that he would escape.

Of course, if there is a chance in theory, he will definitely run!

But because of the fear of escaping, it is not a reason to break the prisoner's leg!

He was unreasonable, and said that the Great Song Dynasty was a state of etiquette, but there were unreasonable barbarians, and Wugutai had a kind of helplessness to meet soldiers before they were showy.

Gao Yu doesn't care about this, he has a headache and cannibalism between the captives, in case it goes too far, won't there be a living mouth left when Sanchuanguchi is waiting?

After thinking about it, I could only find Wugutai: "You are a general, most of them will listen to you." ”

This would definitely work when he was not captured, but now, Wugutai didn't dare to guarantee it, so he could only say without confidence: "Okay, I'll give it a try, but General Gao, what do you want me to say to my subordinates?" There must be a reason, right? ”

"It's simple, you just tell your subordinates, don't kill each other anymore, they are prisoners, as long as at the moment of surrender, the Song army is a benevolent army, and will not be sentenced to death because of the mistakes your soldiers have committed. Not to mention the statement that there are only twenty captives, you just need to explain it to your subordinates, let them keep to themselves, and when you arrive in the city, the official will immediately arrange for a doctor to treat you. Gao Yu said a lot, his tone was sincere, and he poured out his heart and lungs.

But Wugutai looked at Gao Yu like a fool, and said suspiciously: "General Gao, do you believe what you say?" ”

"I ......"

"There were four or five hundred captives before, but now those are beheaded and carried on the horses behind." Wugutai reminded, came up with a plan in a blink of an eye, and secretly said to Gao Yu: "General Gao, you see that your deputy is not doing as well as you want, it is better to find your boss to sue the black-faced general when the time comes, maybe you can replace him." ”

Gao Yu hurriedly shook his head, he also knew that Wugutai was a counter-plot, this thing probably hated Li Kui to the core, but if he wanted revenge, don't think about it, don't think about it in this life. Gao Yu told Wugutai that Li Kui was a civil official.

Unexpectedly, Wugutai reacted extremely violently, shouting: "Impossible, how can he be a civil official." Random's face collapsed and said: "I know I'm stupid, and I've been plotting on the battlefield, but you can't catch me and lie to me, right?" ”

"I didn't lie to you!" Gao Yu retorted.

"Scholars never use knives to kill!" Wugutai couldn't wait to point at Li Kui's back and shouted: "Can that embryo killer be a civil official?" ”

As he spoke, the scout came back with bad news.

Li Kui frowned and said, "There is an ambush thirty miles ahead?" ”

"Yes, Lord Zhimi, I'm afraid Grandpa Hao...... It's already more auspicious! The scout choked up as he spoke, and he had worked hard to make a great contribution, but Hao Sui might have died, and it was really not the right time for this thing to die.