Partisans hiding in the valley?

Is this what nomads are supposed to do?

When Li Kui approached the place with people, he noticed that something was wrong. It's not that something is wrong, but these people are too cowardly, they light a bonfire, they are all in the hidden place of the valley, and they can't wait to be careful and cautious to enclose the bonfire with an earthen wall, it is really impossible to be a party member, and the party cavalry with the marching ability that makes the Great Song envy absolutely impossible to enter the valley.

Because, this kind of terrain does not matter to the infantry, as long as they occupy a high place and ensure food and drink, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty can spend the New Year in the valley. If there were women, farm tools, and even the army of the Great Song Dynasty were besieged in the valley, as long as the food could guarantee the next harvest season, they would be able to turn the entire valley into a manor.

The cultivation technique of the people of the Great Song Dynasty has always been the envy of the northern nomads. The Western Xia changed from a nomadic tribe to a semi-nomadic, semi-agricultural economy, mainly relying on the plundering of the Great Song people to farm their land. The Tangut people's own farming skills were sparse and ordinary, and they didn't dare to serve the crops at all.

Not only the Western Xia, but also the nomadic people, although they lived on the grass and lived on the grasslands and livestock. But they also have a need for food. There are no carbohydrates, you can't just eat meat, you can only eat water when you drink milk, and you have to have rice noodles in the end. The Khitan's grain mainly relied on the sixteen states of Youyun, and it was also the Han people who farmed the land.

But the cavalry is different, the cavalry needs space to move on the battlefield, and when they enter the valley, as long as one end is blocked, they will never be able to get out again. No matter how strong the combat effectiveness is on weekdays, it will not help.

"You guys, follow me in!"

Li Kui is worried that it will be a rout, and now Yan Yanlu, if it sounds good, it is fighting for itself, and if it is not good, it is in the city.

In the northwest, there are party members everywhere, in addition to Jingzhao Mansion, Huanqing Road, Yanyan Road, and Qinfeng Road, there are party members to attack. It can be said that each side has become a situation where each side is facing each other. The Jingzhao Prefecture, which was not under pressure, did not dare to send troops out to support the two important directions of Gyeongju and Yan'an.

In case the support is not successful, but is entered into the hinterland of Guanzhong by the party members, no one can bear such a criminal responsibility.

It's just that the situation of Yanyan Road is the worst, more than a dozen fortresses on the border have been conquered by the party people, and the party has an army of 50,000 Chen soldiers Jin Mingzhai, which is clearly to knock on the door of Yan'an Mansion, once Yan'an Mansion is conquered by the party people, this is not a war that can end by plundering, and the party people who enter the hinterland of Guanzhong will be nostalgic for the flower world of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will not return to a place like Lingzhou again.

Li Kui chose Li Yun, as well as Ruan Xiaoer, and brought more than a dozen good players.

In the case of Gao Yu's hard persuasion to no avail, he haunted the night.

The valley wasn't far away, but it was so secluded that the scouts wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't for the fire at night.

"My lord, there are sentinels behind that stone, and we don't dare to act rashly, so we don't disturb them." The scout pointed to a silhouette in the darkness and explained to Li Kui.

"Ruan Xiaoer took two people to touch the sentry card, if the Song army is defeated, move lightly, don't kill."

Firelight, bonfires.

The Song army that came out of Sanchuankou didn't realize what they would attract by doing this?

It's just that it's already deep, and after being frightened, the sentry entered a state of sleepiness, and from time to time he sighed, but the resentment in his stomach was not small: "The general is also unlucky, why listen to a eunuch who doesn't know where he came from?" He didn't listen to the Xuanfu envoy who sent people before, but now he was forced by a eunuch to leave the village in the cold and come to the mountains to blow the cold wind, so he knew that he would toss with pawns like us. ”

"Don't complain, you kid, Xuanfu envoy let us save Jin Mingzhai, how can our general have the ability to find the bad luck of the party members? Besides, I heard that there are 100,000 party members from outside Jinmingzhai, and our people will not only not help, but will send the party members to death. ”

"One hundred thousand? Didn't you say 50,000 horses? Why did you get an extra 50,000 horses? ”

"Maybe we ask for help, and don't allow the party to increase the troops! I've heard that the brothers of the dozen or so villages north of Jinmingzhai have all been harmed by the party. Fortunately, we are in the vicinity of Fushi, otherwise, you and I might have become the swords of the party members. Zhang Dashuai left the northwest, and Fan Dashuai also left, and now the northwest roads are really difficult! ”

"Why does the court eat ......?"

"Well, don't talk nonsense, you kid. The court is not something you and I can discuss, let's be soldiers and eat food, just to eat a mixed meal, so that the family can live a good life in peace, and we will be content. If you can be blessed by the Buddha when you are on an errand, you will burn high incense. ”

Three or five sentries gathered around the fire to vent their frustrations. But no one dared to sleep.

I waited for dawn, but the more I waited, the longer I felt that the night was long.

One of the sentries brought a bale of hay and yawned, "I can't do it, I'll stare at it for a while, and I'll take your place when I wake up." ”

"Aren't you afraid that the captain of the patrol camp will see it and take your military justice?"

"Don't talk nonsense, that's what you said when you left the stockade? Go to the vicinity of Pingrong Village to meet friendly troops. But how long did the general come out of the stockade, and he hid in the valley, and he had the face to do this, so why didn't I dare to sleep? ”

As he spoke, the sentry curled up and glared at the leeward side of the fire.

"One, two, three, four, five...... Seven or eight ......"

"Oh no! How many more people are there? Brother, you are the one who commanded? Why does it look like a raw face? ”

"The people in Jingying are all hard-working people, do you think I want to come!"

"That's right!" It seems that the one who opened his mouth was a small boss and something like that, but the military commander and the chief were all dressed the same, and there was nothing special that could be seen at a glance.

However, after waiting for a while, the other party reacted: "What about Da Zhou?" And what about Kong Erleng? ”

Suddenly, this person felt the cold knife on his neck on his neck, and he was dumbfounded, trembling for a while, and said with a bitter face: "The king spares his life!" ”

"Who is the king of your family?" Li Kui slapped the back of the opponent's neck angrily, and the sentry rolled his eyes and softened to the ground.

After interrogating the two sentinels who had been woken up, Li Kui realized that these were the garrisons of Sanchuankou. It turned out that the village was quite peaceful, although a small group of cavalry with party members came and walked around from time to time, but the days passed without danger and were quite stable. But suddenly, a few days ago, a eunuch came with about 200 people, looking at the glossy armor! At first glance, it is a powerful person from the capital.

He also brought a few prisoners of the party members, as well as a large number of war horses of the party members.

The problem is, you are a eunuch, you took hundreds of people to fight, and you won the war, and you also captured important people in the party, you are bragging, do you believe it yourself?

The eunuch's surname is Hao, and when he sees everyone, he is smiling, and they all call him Eunuch Hao, and his origin is also very big, so big that even General Chen, the owner of the village, dare not offend.

Soon, Eunuch Hao's true nature was exposed, he was a black-hearted bad eunuch, and he made a fuss, saying that he still had an army to follow, but he didn't come for a long time, so General Chen took someone to find it. This frightened Chen Qi, he didn't dare to resist, so he could only take his troops out of the city. But the eunuch was also bad, and Chen Qi was not allowed to bring more people, so he gave two commanders a thousand men and horses out of the city.

If this point of men and horses encounters the party cavalry, not to mention the main force, it is a thousand-person team, and it can be eaten alive.

As a last resort, General Chen thought about his brother, so he could only find a valley to hide, scold Eunuch Hao all day long, and then pray to God and Buddha, pray that reinforcements would come, or the party members would retreat.

Anyway, their generals are getting nervous these days.

"Where's your general?"

When he met a guy who didn't plant, Li Kui was also angry, and snorted coldly: "Where is Chen Qi?" ”

Chen Qi is a general and deputy commander, where is a reckless man like you casually called? But the sentry glanced at the knife around his neck, and decided not to refute, "Right next to the biggest fire." ”

Li Kui nodded and said to the scouts beside him, "You go and bring people, we will sleep in this valley tonight." Wait for tomorrow, Venucia will go to Sanchuankou. ”

After speaking, Li Kui stunned the sentry with a slap and strode into the valley. The valley is not big, and the mouth is small, but after entering a narrow path, it suddenly opens up.

The largest fire pit was against a cliff, and Li Kui and his men were wearing the armor and battle robes of the Song army, so even if someone woke up and saw Li Kui walking around the camp, it would not be strange.

After approaching the fire, Li Kui sat down, and the guy opposite exuded a strong smell of alcohol, squinting as if he was drunk but not drunk, and stared at the bonfire.

The flames danced, creating a shadow of light and dark on his face.

Suddenly, the other party's fingers moved, and he suddenly reached out to touch his saber, but was kicked down by Li Yun, rolled on the ground, faced the ground, and suddenly vomited. The pungent smell and the sudden movement of the night suddenly woke up the soldiers and generals around the firepit, and they hurriedly searched for their weapons.

Li Kui waved his hand, and his subordinates punched and kicked like tigers descending from the mountain, controlling the people around the fire pond. At this moment, the camp was in chaos.

Vomit –

Chen Qi spit out a cloud of filth, and then he was a little more energetic. Standing up, I was blown by the cold wind in the mountains, and suddenly woke up for seven or eight minutes. glared at Li Kui, who still didn't take him seriously and sat on the ground, and even ate barbecue. An evil fire rushed up, strode towards Li Kui, and then he didn't even react, and lay on the ground again, this time even worse than the last time, and the pain in his chest was as if his bones were broken.

At this moment, Li Kui opened his mouth and asked, "Are you Chen Qi?" ”

"Who are you? You and I have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, why do you want to do it to me? Could it be that you are a spy of Western Xia? A thought flashed through Chen Qi's mind, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Li Kui was wrong, the strong smell of blood on his body might not be distinguishable to ordinary people, but he was a general in the army, even if he was not very brave, but he also fought a few tailwind battles in the northwest with Zhang Qi, and slashed and killed several party pawns.

He could smell the smell of blood on Li Kui's robe by his nose was so strong, as if the robe had once been stained red with blood.

In today's northwest, in addition to the forbidden army that broke through, how could the Song army have such a heavy fishy smell on Li Kui's body? It's just that what makes him strange is that looking at Li Kui's appearance, although there is a tired look on his face, he doesn't look like a defeated general who has broken through.

"I'm the one Hao Sui asked you to come to, do you remember?"

Li Kui's cold tone seemed to reject people thousands of miles away, but it made Chen Qi overjoyed, Li Kui? As long as he finds Li Kui, it will be regarded as completing the task assigned by Hao Sui for him.

He can continue to be a salted fish in Mikawaguchi.

But didn't Hao Sui say that there were about 1,000 foot soldiers? Why are there so many?

The general who dared to call Hao's father-in-law's name directly, Chen Qi didn't seem to be able to provoke him, so he didn't ask.

In the second half of the night, as more and more troops entered the valley, the whole valley was packed. There are many such ravines and valleys in the northwest, and the western army often takes advantage of such terrain to ambush soldiers, and then earn a small victory for the party.

It's a pity that now that the party members have learned to be obedient, it is becoming more and more difficult to find such opportunities.

Li Kui was not idle, and asked Chen Qi for more than an hour, from Jinmingzhai, Gyeongju, Yan'an Mansion, and Juzhou.

He found that it seemed that the party people did not have an offensive target, there were wars everywhere, and there were a large number of party troops in various places.

It is not difficult to guess the reason for Liwei, that is, to make Zhao Xu realize that the party members are not easy to mess with, and further hope to gain the initiative in the post-war negotiations and gain enough initiative when demarcating the border. Maybe the party members still think that the Great Song Dynasty is still the Great Song when the Empress Dowager Xuanren was in charge.

The emperor is only a teenager and has only been in power for a few months, as long as there is a big defeat, the Great Song Emperor can clearly realize that if he does not want to lose a bigger face, he can only accept the conditions of the party members.

The knowledgeable high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty all understood that what the party wanted was nothing more than the city and the annual coin.

But this is probably the two most unacceptable results of Zhao Xu, as soon as he took office, he couldn't wait to explain the policies of the Yuanyou period, the purpose was to do a lot and show his ambitions. At this time, the party suddenly came over, if it was really a defeat, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers would be disgraced. Not to mention the emperor, even the prime minister Zhang Dian could not accept such a result.

Gao Yu worried: "Renjie, it seems that these three rivers are not safe. ”

"Senior brother, you came to the northwest to enjoy happiness?" Li Kui choked on a sentence, and then laughed happily: "It seems that my teacher Li Qingchen didn't seem to expect such a situation in the northwest today. ”

Gao Yu was stunned, and said eagerly: "Renjie, do you mean that we still have a chance this time?" ”

Gao Yu has already won a lot of military merits, but who minds more?

But Li Kui shook his head and said: "I can't say clearly, the problem is not in Western Xia, nor in the Western Army, it depends on how the Privy Council thinks about it." If Li Qingchen continues to be obsessed, I will join him. ”

Chen Qi looked at Li Kui stupidly, and only now did he remember who Li Qingchen was?

Privy Counsellor, Privy Minister!

You are ashamed to ask for one of his copies? Can this book be handed over?

Lu Huiqing came to the northwest and immediately served as the Xuanfu envoy of Yan Yanlu, who seemed to have a lot of power, but the requirements for ordnance and troop transfer were suppressed by the Privy Council, and they were not approved.

Li Qingchen's purpose was probably to make Lu Huiqing lose in the northwest, which echoed him, as well as the interests of all the reformers in the court.

After all, Lu Huiqing's qualifications are too old, and if he is really allowed to return to Beijing, the good situation of the Fa-changing faction will change its taste. At least Zhang Dan, Li Qingchen, and Cai Bian will be unlucky.

People are not as good as heaven, I didn't expect that the scale of the attack of the party was so large, and all the borders of the northwest and Western Xia were fighting. The Yanyan Road, which had the fewest garrisons, became the hardest hit area and was taken care of by the Western Xia army.

The next day, the fog in the mountains cleared, and the forbidden army at Sanchuankou was surprised to see thousands of war horses carrying heads on their backs, and they were so frightened that they were about to collapse. Finally, the brothers Chen Qi and Chen Jue arrived, the two of them stared at the hideous head with their eyes, stepped forward to look carefully, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, the two looked at each other, and finally nodded: "It's true." ”

Chen Jue's eyes rolled, and he whispered to Chen Qi: "Big brother, let's buy some, right?" ”

Chen Qi was embarrassed, Li Kui was very difficult to deal with, and even the forbidden army of the Beijing camp with a big victory was very difficult to deal with, and if he wanted to buy the first rank, he had to pay a lot of money.

Chen Qi thought about it and stomped his feet; "I'm out of the way, I'll go to find that Li Zhimi, even if it's bankrupt, I have to buy enough heads."

Chen Qi is an old oilman who has been in the army for 20 years, and naturally understands that after this war, someone should always be responsible for the erosive situation in the northwest, and many real shortages will be vacated. He is now a deputy commander, and it is extremely difficult to be promoted to commander, and if he goes further, he can only use extraordinary means, unless it is a distinguished military achievement.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly became hot, and he hurriedly went to Li Kui to discuss.

But after only a while, the guards ran back and shouted to Chen Jue: "Second general, go and have a look?" The general was whipped by the men of the Beijing camp by hanging from a tree. ”

Yes!

Chen Jue jumped up on the spot and said angrily: "Trading is not in benevolence and righteousness, the barbarians in the capital are too unreasonable!" ”