"Father, the front-line military intelligence!"

In the middle of the night, An Tao had just fallen asleep under the service of a handsome maid in his twenty-eighth year, when he was woken up by An Rui's call at the door.

"Palm Lamp!"

After a while, An Tao's impatient voice came from the room, and then the lights came on. The figure appeared at the door, and the moment the door was opened, An Rui drooped his head and hung his head.

Why?

There is a way not to look at incivility, not to listen to incivility, whether it is a maid in the father's room, or a concubine, they are all elders, and they need to be respected by their sons but cannot be rude.

As for An Tao is so old, why is there a young one hidden in the room?

There is a way that young people are angry, An Tao, and Bachelor An have worked hard for the Great Song Dynasty, if there is not even a caring person to warm the quilt at night, wouldn't this be a slap in the face of the Great Song Dynasty?

"Rui'er, what's the matter?"

An Tao coughed twice, Xu is too old to withstand this toss, and he got up a little bit in the middle of the night.

An Rui approached An Tao's ear and whispered a few words, and the old man, who was originally sleepy, immediately became energetic. His eyes were like electricity, and after he was dressed under the service of the servants, he hurriedly said to An Rui: "Go to the front hall." ”

"My lord, the front-line military situation!"

An Tao squinted his eyes and glanced at the other party lightly, and then said leisurely: "Present it!" ”

He carefully looked at the secret military report, not only one, but several, including Li Kui's, Gao Yu's, and Tong Guan's. An Tao looked at it, his eyes were about to widen, and he couldn't believe that what was said in the secret report was true with his mouth open. Then he asked eagerly: "Where did you come from, tell the old man everything you have seen and heard." ”

"The villain came from Jingchuan Pass, and Gonggong Tong and General Gao led the Feilian Army to arrive at Jingchuan Pass. In addition, the Deshun army, also led by Lord Zhizhou, arrived at Jingchuan Pass. However, the villain heard that there were countless cattle and sheep outside the Jingchuan Pass, and the brothers who went out of the customs in advance must have won a big victory. ”

"Out of the west of the Jingchuan Pass, isn't it the grassland? What is the situation in the steppe? ”

The herald shook his head and said helplessly: "My lord, after the villain followed Gonggong Tong from Lanzhou to Jingchuan Pass, he was ordered to rush to Qinzhou. There are also brothers who have rushed to the capital. The villain also knows that it is a big trouble, but the villain really doesn't know, and asks the adult to forgive him. ”

"It's none of your business, you go down first!"

When the dusty herald left, An Tao looked at the other party's back in a daze, and finally disappeared into the night, not coming back to his senses for a long time.

He felt that something was wrong, why did Li Kui attack again, and said that he would fight steadily and steadily, step by step?

This strategy was also a tactic used by Wang Shao back then, and it worked, and it once gave the Qingtang people a desperate situation of boiling frogs in warm water. By the time the Qingtang people reacted, their living space had been confined to a small area and had to fight a decisive battle. At that station, the lord of Qingtang was captured and sent to Beijing.

But in fact, the strength of the blind expedition is not strong in Qingtang, and it only occupies the identity of the heir of the lord of the country, and the real strength of Qingtang is controlled by his brother Dong Yu. As for the current Qingtang King Aligu, he is actually not Dong Yu's son, but Dong Yu's adopted son, and he can't even be regarded as a Qingtang person, but a Khotanese person. He was able to inherit Dong Yu's position as the lord of the country, entirely because he took advantage of Dong Yu's internal discord.

Today's Qingtang is no longer the Qingtang of Dong Yu's period, although Ali Gu is not from Qingtang, but he facilitated the alliance with Western Xia. And after the Liang family controlled the Western Xia, he married the Liang family.

He used external forces to consolidate his position as the lord of the country, cleanse the interior, and embarked on the road of an iron fist step by step.

It's just that sometimes, the wrist is very effective, but in the face of strength, these are just empty.

But it is precisely because of the integration of Ali bone that Qingtang looks stronger than ever. It is this powerful appearance that gives An Tao an illusion, and Ali Gu is very difficult to deal with.

Why was Ali Gu, who was not easy to deal with, beaten by Li Kui?

He couldn't figure it out, and there was another person who couldn't figure it out. It is Liu Yannian, the deputy envoy of Qin Fenglu.

Liu Yannian is the number one person in Qin Fenglu's army, and he has not dealt with Qingtang for a day or two. He also couldn't figure it out, why did Ali Gu, who he thought was difficult to deal with, be so unbearable in Li Kui's hands?

Is it that you are too weak?

Or is Li Kui too strong?

In front of An Tao, he read the military report word by word, and his face was a little ugly. I always felt as if I had been slapped on the cheek, and it hurt hotly.

He is more worried about An Tao's attitude, unlike Cai Jing, An Tao is the No. 2 real power boss in the Great Song Dynasty military. He can disagree with Cai Jing, mainly because Cai Jing's methods are only used in civilian officials, and if he is extended to the military, Cai Jing will also be blind.

But An Tao is different, if Liu Yannian dares to go against An Da Lao, not only him, but also his clansmen and sons will be suppressed into the mud by An Da Lao. Let's just say that the transfer of officials can make Liu Yannian lose all his reliance in an instant. Transferred him from Qinfeng Road to Guangnan Road, he is still the deputy envoy of Xuanfu Road, but is the deputy envoy of Xuanfu and the deputy envoy of Xuanfu really the same?

On Qinfeng Road, the Western Army has 30,000 forbidden troops, plus the overwhelmed box army, the total number will exceed 50,000.

But what if you go to Quang Nam Road?

In that broken place, there is not even a standing military town, and he can be turned into a bare-bones general in an instant.

Liu Yannian was even more worried, An Tao's intention to let him read these military newspapers?

Could it be that he should be Li Kui's deputy?

It's not groundless, but Liu Yannian is a thorn in An Tao's eyes. Liu Yannian and Zhang Qi became good friends, and the two once cooperated tacitly in the battle against Western Xia on Huanqing Road. But Zhang Qi is the brother of Prime Minister Zhang Dan, and An Tao is Zhang Dan's sworn enemy.

Unlike Cai Jing, Liu Yannian didn't have any intention of resisting in the face of An Tao.

It's not that I don't want to have it, but I don't dare to have it.

Although he showed the state of studying the battle report at this time, in fact, Liu Yannian had a thought in his mind. What does An Tao want him to do?

Support Li Kui?

Or will it bring greater merit to An Tao?

The latter is not very practical, and An Tao does not need such flashy things. He has reached one of the highest levels that a civil official can win, although he is one level worse than the privy envoy, and he is not as good as the deputy minister, but in addition to these few people in the court, he has to be counted. What else does he crave to chase feats?

Just think about it, and assist Li Kui. As for whether Li Kui is An Tao's favored junior, or An Tao's illegitimate son who is exiled, these are not issues that Liu Yannian considers. As long as he makes An Tao happy, he won't be too unlucky.

"The prime minister, the final general will be sent by Lord An."

Liu Yannian said that An Tao was a little surprised. In terms of wind reviews, Liu Yannian is not the kind of person who is easy to bow his head, he won't disobey the yang, right? Besides, he sent Liu Yannian, what did he want him to do?

An Tao remained silent, raised his hand and pointed: "General Liu can think like this, the old man is very relieved." It's still too early to send troops, why don't you talk about how to deal with the battle of Qingtang? ”

"Mobilize troops, spare no effort to transfer troops. Envoy, this opportunity has come, once you hesitate, it will be passive for me Qin Fenglu. In addition, the Fei Lian army led by Li Kui may also be dragged into a predicament. For today's plan, I can only ask for help from Master Zhang of Huanqing Road and Master Fan of Yan Road, based on this battle. ”

Liu Yannian actually had doubts about the war report, but he also understood that attitude was very important.

He can come against Cai Jing, mainly because Cai Jing didn't do it, but at the same time, he can't do anything about Cai Jing.

But An Tao, forget it, this is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but a knife that can fall from the top of his head anytime and anywhere.

An Tao nodded with relief and said, "The old man thinks the same way, the old man asks you separately, what do you think of Li Kui?" ”

Here it comes!

It's finally here.

An Tao really wants to support Li Kui.

Liu Yannian was aggrieved, he was the deputy envoy of the dignified Xuanfu, did he really want to listen to the dispatch of this stinky boy? Well, Liu Yannian felt that being able to bend and stretch was an advantage, he decisively shook off the discordant things in his mind, and assured An Tao with a sincere expression: "Li Kui can be literate and martial, and he is also a genius, whether it is leading troops to fight or governing places, he is a great Song Dynasty nengchen." Although the last general has been fighting on the battlefield for 20 years, in terms of his martial arts, he is less than one-tenth of Li Kui, which is really embarrassing, and this battle must be dominated by Li Kui. ”

An Tao looked at Liu Yannian in surprise, after all, it was really difficult for a veteran to admit that a civilian official was better than him in leading troops to fight.

An Tao never thought of letting Li Kui lead this war, first, Li Kui's gang was very difficult to control and easy to get out of control. Second, Qin Fenglu is not without ability, Liu Yannian has been with Wang Shao, and he has also been with Zhang Qi, and his ability is definitely the best choice. But he actually thinks that Li Kui is better than him, since there are better ones, why not use them?

An Tao didn't even have a polite mind, and nodded directly in agreement: "General Liu, let's go to Qingtang, the old man will discuss the matter of borrowing troops with several other roads, don't worry about the supplies, grain and grass." ”

"The last general will go and prepare."

Liu Yannian walked out of the official residence, touched his heart, and said secretly: "It's so dangerous." ”

Since An Tao came to Qin Feng Road, he brought down Cai Jing, not to mention, even the forbidden army with Qin Feng Road was cleaned up a lot by An Tao. These are Liu Yannian's subordinates, and he will not be untouched.

In particular, An Tao also brought Chong Jianzhong and Li Kui to Qinfeng Road, which made Liu Yannian feel like he was about to be set aside.

Fortunately, there was a false alarm, and he passed safely.

After passing the customs, he thought of Li Kui.

Not long after Fei Lian's army conquered Lanzhou, why did he go to Qingtang City all of a sudden?

Everyone knows that Qingtang City is not easy to fight.

Besides, Li Kui besieged Qingtang City, how did he do it?

After Liu Yannian led an army of 20,000 from Qinzhou, An Tao also sent people to Jingzhao Mansion.

He needed to prepare more grain, grass and ordnance for the army on the front line, but fortunately, Zhang Qi and Fan Chunren were not selfish people, and they responded to Qin Fenglu's requests.

In the midst of his busyness, An Tao sometimes gets angry, and he is unknowingly led away by Li Kui.