Time: May 29, the fourth year of Xuanhe.

To be more specific, it can be regarded as the night of the third day after Yang Keshi's army, the vanguard of the Western Route Army, returned from a great defeat under the attack of Yelu Dashi, the commander of the Liao army.

Location: On the north bank of the Baigou River, a large number of camps set up by the Northern Song Dynasty Expedition Liaoxi Road Army, among which the largest and most middle, that is, the old Xianggong Seed Master, is in the big camp.

Compared to the past, it was nightfall.

Most of the sergeants in this large battalion had entered the tents early to rest.

Only the camp was surrounded by a few soldiers on duty at night, and the waiters patrolled with a large number of heavily armed soldiers, and it was a rather quiet scene.

Tonight, the camp was very lively.

All the reasons are because at this moment, in a vacant lot in the camp, a simple stage has just been erected.

On the stage, he can now be regarded as a warehouse manager of a skilled old actor, wearing a tattered robe, hunched back, and holding a red rope in his hand.

To Ah Li, who was dressed as a village girl in front of him, he sang loudly:

"People's daughters have flowers to wear, and it's hard to buy them with little money, so pull on a two-foot red head rope and tie it up with my Xi'er~"

Because he has sung many times, and now he has some emotional singing, the warehouse manager took the red rope in his hand and drew it on Ah Li's skull.

With the relevant background, the face of Ah Li, who looks like a village girl, is full of a bright and innocent smile.

The singing in the mouth of the warehouse pipe was not completely finished, and it was suddenly in the position of the audience.

At least 3,000 soldiers of the Western Army burst into applause, and clapped their palms frantically, giving out thunderous applause.

After the two voices were intertwined, in such a quiet night, they immediately conveyed the distance.

But in the camps in other areas, the other Song soldiers who heard such a movement did not have the slightest surprise on their faces.

If there is any expression on their faces, it is deep envy and expectation.

envy those colleagues in the main camp, tonight can see a big drama like "The White-Haired Girl"; Looking forward to the day after tomorrow, or a little later, the troupe will also be able to perform in their camp.

Yes! The drama "The White-Haired Girl" became popular.

At least here in the Central Army of the Western Route Army, since the first day of the performance, it was immediately on fire; And it is getting more and more popular, and the main actors such as Ali will be greeted and discussed warmly wherever they go.

If you think about it, it seems to be a logical thing to think about the current scene.

The nightlife in the Northern Song Dynasty was originally quite barren; Rich people can also go to Goulan to listen to a song and drink a meal of flower wine or something.

But when the poor get to the night, they basically fall asleep.

Otherwise, why do you think the fertility rate was so frighteningly high at that time? Idleness is idleness.

If the environment is replaced by the army, especially the elite troops of the Western Army, because the military regulations are more strict, there will naturally be no other entertainment programs at night.

So in such a situation, suddenly there is such a novel, down-to-earth drama, and even a big drama like a story that happened around them.

While it refreshes them, isn't it normal to be obsessed.

It must be admitted that although the level of the cast and crew such as the warehouse manager is a little worse; But after watching "The White-Haired Girl", the morale of the soldiers in the army has obviously been greatly improved.

The military attachés at all levels in the army are not stupid, and naturally they have seen this benefit one after another.

began to take the initiative to invite Hu Biao and them, and every night after that, they staged a big scene like "The White-Haired Girl" in a different camp.

And Hu Biao and the others also took this into account at that time:

If it can improve the morale of more soldiers of the Western Army when fighting against the Liao army, then it will also be a great benefit to their next plan.

So after a little hesitation, I simply agreed to such an invitation.

Even now, as we get closer to June 3rd, time is becoming more and more precious.

After some trade-offs, the big drama of "The White-Haired Girl" is still staged at least once a day.

Sometimes because there are too many invitations, I have to work an extra shift or something.

So for the rest of the day, every night they were in a camp, and after a big show, they mobilized the warriors by the way.

At this time tonight, it's finally time to get to the main camp......

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It's just that he is sitting in the audience at this moment, and he is talking and laughing with some commanders of the middle battalion of the Western Army, Du Yuhou, these middle and low-level military attachés, which can be regarded as getting closer.

In the future meeting and dealing, Hu Biao and Yang Dongli, who can be more or less convenient, what the two of them can't know is.

Hundreds of meters behind them, there was already a 71-year-old veteran Breeder Gongshi Dao, the eldest elder in the army.

At this moment, it is under the escort of a group of personal guards.

Standing at the door of the big tent, looking at the stage from a distance, and letting the singing in the mouths of the warehouse manager and Ah Li, continue to fall into his ears.

After a long time, he said a sentence in his mouth:

"Hu Biao, Hu Yitong, right? It's kind of interesting to be able to write such a miscellaneous drama~"

After giving such an evaluation, he returned to the big tent without looking back; After sitting on a stool, under the light of several butter candles, he began to seriously study a map of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

I didn't mean to have a seat before going to the stage and take a good look.

is indeed the case, because Hu Biao's behavior, style, and even the role they played, they felt a little novel in front of this old minister, which could improve the morale of the army.

As for something more, that's completely gone.

In general, Hu Biao gave him the impression that he was a somewhat talented military attache in the cannon fodder army; The low-ranking officers under his command are just some jokes.

It's just a few dramas, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to meet him.

Not to mention, with his identity and status, he knows more about the inside story inside and outside the current battlefield.

Because of these insiders, it is natural to know how bad the current situation of the army is; For a while, where was the mood to take care of the little things of Hu Biao and these actors.

To know! In order to recover the homeland of the Han family in the sixteen states of Yanyun.

The official family has made a lot of money and issued a princely seal; In the history of the Great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, it can be said that it is an unprecedented thing for a person with a foreign surname to be crowned a king.

In other words, if Tong Guan, the commander of the army, can successfully recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, then he can really reach the apex of a supreme minister in the Great Song Dynasty.

That one is a dead eunuch who must do whatever it takes to become the king.

It's just that Tong Guan has always had a dirty relationship with the generals of their Western Army, and has always intended to suppress and divide their Western Army.

The so-called Yan Yan Army was divided from the Western Army by him, so that the Western Army, which was an iron plate, is now a little less powerful than before.

Therefore, in this war of Liao, a group of Western army generals were under the acquiescence of his master.

Although he didn't pull his hind legs clearly, he originally had ten percent of his strength, but he only used two or three percent of his strength; In order to let their western army generals, they can also get more benefits in this war of Liao.

But what they didn't expect was that the combat power of the Liao soldiers was so amazing.

originally thought that in the battle of Hubu Dagang, there were already 700,000 casualties under the hands of the Jurchens, and it was considered the remnants of the Liao people who had exhausted their essence, and they were not a threat at all.

But in the battle three days ago, the Bai Xuan soldiers under Yang Keshi were also defeated.

After receiving the news, the seed master Dao thought of a terrifying possibility, in case of a defeat in the battle of Liao, what should they do with the Western Army generals?

After some thought, the way of planting a master is not so difficult.

After years of habitual thinking, I made such a decision:

Try to keep the soldiers and horses under your hands, as long as the soldiers and horses in your hands are in hand, the officials of the imperial court and the ministers, even if they are defeated in this battle of Liao, there is still no way to take them.

Correspondingly, after exhausting almost all the manpower at hand, a total of 30,000 troops were mobilized to the Baigou River battlefield for reinforcements.

One side has long made up its mind to maintain its strength, and the other side is willing to do whatever it takes.

In this way, it seems that the outcome of the follow-up war has been predestined as early as possible.

It can only be said that the court of the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is the civil official who actually manages this Guo Jia, or the military attache who defends this Guo Jia, they are basically all rotten.

and when they are destroyed, they also bring it upon themselves.

However, their people are not guilty, and the splendid civilization they have created is not guilty, and they do not deserve to suffer a series of catastrophes that follow......

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