It was already three days before arranging to leave Youzhou, and it was very easy to buy information.

It can't even be said to be a purchase, but Li Bingqian's steward Fei Tingduoluo invited the head of the warehouse to drink, and the other party himself was half drunk and half awake, and then Fei Tingduoluo didn't ask at all, and the other party said.

So much so that after Fei Tingduoluo came back, he complained to Li Bingqian that the party should ban alcohol and drink some alcohol, and he didn't even know what his surname was. But Li Bingqian doubted that the information that was so easily obtained was true?

Li Kui was also very skeptical, because he was suspicious, so he had to look for corroborating evidence.

It was only a two-day delay.

The end result is, really, no lie. The party men are all upright rectums, especially after drinking, they actually say the truth, not even a word of falsehood.

But Li Kui still felt that something was wrong, why did only 3,000 people sneak attack?

"Is Jianing Military Division's approach crazy, and only 3,000 people dare to sneak attack Longzhou?"

The army commanded by Li Yun was not large, only 3,000. But combat effectiveness has already gone through the baptism of war, and it is not bad. Coupled with the low-level people in Longzhou, after killing the party members in the city, there was no way to retreat at all, so they could only fight to the death. In addition, Yan'an Prefecture sent a part of the infantry, and there were nearly 10,000 young and strong people in the city. If 50,000 men are sent to attack, they may really be able to take Longzhou.

But three thousand people, isn't this too underestimated offensive and defensive battles?

Li Bingqian said angrily with a gloomy face: "Ren Meng, a fool, why don't you recruit servant soldiers and slave soldiers, this move simply extinguishes the flames in the army." ”

Li Kui didn't care about Li Bingqian's practice of being so unclear about the situation. Is this a party member or a royal family? Even if you surrender to the enemy, your heart is still struggling, which is understandable.

However, Li Kui sensed some clues from Li Bingqian's words. The party's army was dominated by tribal and royal armies. As for the tribal army, the army of about 1,000 people is a slippery level, and the slip is a copy, and a slip will govern twenty to thirty copies, depending on the strength of the tribe. There are four regular soldiers in one copy, which is already too small to be a small army establishment.

The regular soldiers are the elite of the party's army.

It is also the basic skeleton of the army.

During combat time, a regular soldier will select 7 to 8 men from among the conscripted servants and slaves to form the smallest combat unit in the army. And the copy will also change from four regular soldiers to a combat unit of about 30 people. Then it was slippery, from more than 100 people in normal times, to about 1,000 people at once.

Li Bingqian scolded Ren Meng, the general of the Jianing Military Division, for being a fool, probably referring to the fact that this guy wanted to recover Longzhou with just the regular army.

"You mean, Ren Meng didn't recruit servant soldiers?" Li Kui came back to his senses and thought of this possibility. This is not good news, the regular soldiers have strong combat effectiveness and tenacity to fight, and when they encounter hard battles, they can often turn defeat into victory. This is also the definition of elite. Ambushing the elite requires a good terrain in order to succeed.

In Longzhou, the army of the Jianing Military Division is fighting locally, and the advantage is very obvious.

Li Bingqian said angrily: "Don't think that the number of regular soldiers is small, but they have strong combat power and are the backbone of the army." The Jianing Military Division is also a large military division that can recruit 50,000 horses, and in the case, it will not be so confused. Maybe Ren Meng also thinks Longzhou is very easy to win, right? ”

"If it's just a rebellion, it's really easy. But when the Great Song Forbidden Army came, they couldn't please me. It could even be wiped out. Li Kui analyzed: "As long as the Jianing Military Division is finished, do you think your brother-in-law's Mi Bao tribe can compete for this military position?" ”

Li Bingqian shook his head and said: "There is no way, the Jianing Military Division is too important, it is the only way for Yinzhou, Longzhou, Hongzhou and other countries to enter Western Xia, plus the land is fertile, it is still a heavy grain producing land." In this kind of place, the Mi Bao tribe just wants to, and the court will not allow it, because it can't be believed. Besides, Li Kui, don't think that there are few people in the Jianing Military Division, but they are all first-class elites, it's not that I underestimate you, your Song Army is really not necessarily the opponent of the Jianing Military Division. ”

After speaking, Li Bingqian looked at Li Kui proudly. If he is strong, he can still get enough sense of superiority in his heart.

Li Kui pulled off his clothes and sneered: "Just him? Phew! ”

"No matter how strong this Meng is, can he strengthen the country and be full, and can he be stronger than the iron harrier? I can tell you that the forbidden army stationed in Longzhou, but the main force that besieged the Iron Harrier at the beginning, the people of the Jianing Military Division are dead. ”

Li Bingqian was inexplicably angry: "This damn Ren Meng, why don't you recruit servant soldiers." ”

Fei listened to the answer to this question, and he said shyly: "Lord, it's time to harvest wheat." ”

This season is the day of the wheat harvest. During the decades of war in the Great Song Dynasty, the party rarely waged war in this season. The Western Xia had to harvest wheat, and the Great Song Dynasty had to harvest wheat, so that every year in June, it may be the calmest time in the two countries.

Li Bingqian's pupils suddenly widened, and his mouth was open, as if he was choked on a piece of hot meat, and he couldn't speak. The dignified nomads have mixed in with the farming circle. Farming can't compare to the Great Song Dynasty, grazing can't compare to the Great Liao, what's the rush in these days?

Li Bingqian's face suddenly turned red, his head drooped, and he cursed in a low voice: "Damn farming, the party members are tied to the land hand and foot, what other ambitions can they have?" ”

This is not true.

Food is important, and pastoralists need it.

It's just that the amount demanded by farmers in the Central Plains is much less. At the same time, the biggest difference between farming and grazing is that farming is conservative and calculating, and grazing is bold and arrogant. Cavalry is the most powerful type of army in this era, and once the nomads lose the absolute superiority of cavalry, it means that the nation has begun to decline. To sum it up in one sentence:

The herdsman thinks that his heart is as big as the grassland, so he will rob without them.

Farmers firmly believe that one more drop of sweat can harvest one more grain of grain.

It's always easier to grab than to grow.

This is the essential gap. This is the case in today's Western Xia, which learned to build cities from the Han Chinese, and also began to dig canals and irrigate farmland. People are becoming more and more industrious. At the same time, my heart is also weak. Of course, it won't be visible in a short time. After a hundred years, two hundred years, Western Xia is another Great Song Dynasty. Fortunately, Western Xia has a large number of pastures, and as long as the cavalry does not die, it still has the strength to fight. This is much stronger than Da Song.

It's not that Ren Meng is not recruited. Rather, some were recruited, but there were not many of them. The total number of people is a few thousand, which may be enough for Ren Meng.

When Ruan Xiaoer passed the news to Li Yun, Li Yun also wondered.

interrogated: "Little Er, is the second brother okay in Youzhou?" ”

"It's not good, I'm very tired of working for the monk all day." Ruan Xiaoer ate the long-lost small rice with salted fish, and burped beautifully.

"Is this information true?" Li Yun also couldn't believe the information brought by Ruan Xiaoer, the Jianing Military Division was one of the five major military divisions of Western Xia, and he actually sent less than 5,000 men and horses to recover Longzhou.

Isn't that wishful thinking?

But Ruan Xiaoer said to Li Yunzhengse: "The young master said, these are the party's regular soldiers, and they are very difficult to deal with. Let you prepare to deal with this army with the same means as you deal with the Iron Harriers. Especially the army that attacked this sneak attack was full of soldiers. It is also the elite of the Jianing Military Division. ”

"Are you going back, or are you going to the battlefield with me?" Believing in Li Kui, Li Yun decided to personally lead his troops to an ambush.

Ruan Xiaoer hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "But I have to send the treasure that the young master brought from Youzhou and let people take it to the mansion in the capital." ”

"What baby?"

"A broken Buddhist scripture."

"What's the point here?" Li Yun doesn't like to read very much, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the martial arts exam. He was very dissatisfied with Li Kui's failure to scrape these useless things when he went to the enemy country: "Show them to me!" ”

"Diamond Sutra!" After all, Li Yun had studied with Su Shi for two years, and had studied Mengxue for several years before, if he couldn't recognize the Diamond Sutra, wouldn't it be a shame for Su Men? But the Xiangshan monk really didn't recognize it, and threw the Buddhist scriptures to Ruan Xiaoer and said: "You bring a message to Gonggong Hao on the way back, I estimate that after the autumn of this year, Xixia is afraid that there will be a big battle, let him find a way to inform His Majesty and be prepared." ”

"The young master has already noticed it!"

Ruan Xiaoer was not surprised by Li Yun's suggestion, but said casually: "The young master has already told the bachelor about this, didn't the bachelor go to the capital, but for this matter." ”

Li Yun exclaimed, "How come I don't know? ”

"You're too young." Ruan Xiaoer looked down on Li Yun's official title a little: "How can you know such a secret?" ”

Li Yun suddenly felt itchy in his hands, and his mind went back to the past, if he took advantage of Ruan Xiaoer's unfavored, he would bully this kid, and now if he wants to bully him, Li Yun is worried that he will lose face.

Dignified general, if you can't even take the three moves of the little guy next to Li Kui, wouldn't you lose face in the army?

But in fact, Li Yun knew that he couldn't beat Ruan Xiaoer even if he made three moves, even if he made thirty moves.

It's likely that he was unlucky, and he would be on par, if it really became like this, what kind of face would he have to lead his troops to war?

After sending Ruan Xiaoer away, Li Yun immediately found the kind of Jianzhong who was patrolling the city. He said to him: "Xixia has come with intelligence, I have to lead the troops out to ambush." ”

Chong Jianzhong is obviously a civil official, but when he heard that there was going to be a war, his eyes lit up. He was also unlucky, Lu Huiqing heard the news of the recovery of Longzhou, and immediately ran to Yan'an Road and drove Chong Jianzhong to Longzhou. He had to command the overall situation on the front line in Yan'an Prefecture. Of course, this thing will not fight. His ability is far worse than Shen Kuo back then, but his character is just as bad. It's true to take credit.

In fact, civilian officials do not attach importance to military merits. Civilian promotions do not depend on military merit. Civil officials want to be promoted quickly, the shortcut of the Zhongshu Province, and the secretary province. These are all institutions around the emperor, even if he is a nine-grade petty official, he can be mixed with a six-grade general judgment after a few years of being released. As long as you successfully pass the threshold of Zhizhou, you can be a Beijing official of four or five grades when you return to the capital.

Regardless of whether it is a book or a key yamen under the door is gilded, wearing purple, taking a white jade wat, and pointing out the country on the Zichen Palace is not a dream.

He is the only unlucky guy under Lu Huiqing who can be sent to the front line.

And he is a pusher, and he doesn't dare to fight with Lu Huiqing at all. had to be driven to Longzhou in a gray way. However, after coming to Longzhou, he seemed to have found his own pursuit in life, and the whole person was young and capable.

The old man said very arrogantly: "General, go ahead, if there is me in Longzhou, it will be safe to keep it." ”

Li Yun opened his mouth, and finally held back his frustrated words. He wanted to tell Chong Jianzhong: "General Ben is not sure, you are a civil official, how dare you be so arrogant?" ”