Xiao Ming told Emperor Tianzuo that for the sake of the face of Da Liao, not only could he not escape, but he also continued to hunt and play here, and appeased the envoys of various vassal states, insisting that he could retreat the Jin soldiers in the first day.

Before leaving, Xiao Ming asked people to bring a message to Ami, asking her to take care of the eldest princess and wait for the perfect solution of the matter, Yelu Chunxian had no one around, and now Yelu Dashi was convicted, he was also very worried, and now Xiao Ming left, even more at a loss, Xiao Ming had to tell him to take care of himself first and wait for the arrival of the soldiers and horses in Nanyuan and Xiongzhou, and then send Yelu Dashi to Yunzhou.

Xiao Ming was fierce here, and the Chinese military minister had a lot of complaints, and he was very dissatisfied with him, Xiao Fengxian also began to hate him, and the people's hearts were available, and secretly said: "The kid has no good end!" "But Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi likes it, this emperor is too lazy, it would be good if someone could help him get everything done, so he wouldn't have to worry about it.

After packing up, Xiao Ming and the Zhao brothers went on the road in the afternoon, from Yingzhou to Yanmen Pass is not much distance, the south of Yingzhou is Shuozhou, and then south is Yanmen Pass, the terrain here is suddenly steep, high mountains and evil valleys, and Yanmen Pass is on the Yanmen dangerous road thirty miles north of Daizhou.

Yanmen Pass is an important town in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, more than 40 passes in Shanxi, with Yanmen being the most majestic, dozens of miles outside the pass, it is the land of Liao, it is to have heavy troops stationed under the pass, Xiao Ming they rode horses to the mountain, but saw the east and west mountains and rocks steeply pulled, the middle road circled and rugged, it was really a desperate place, the heart said: "The wild goose travels south and returns to the north, it is difficult to fly over the peak, all pass between the two peaks, it is called Yanmen."

Come to the Absolute Ridge, look around, but see Fanzhi, Wutai East Tower, Ningwu Zhushan West Belt, Zhengyang, Shigu stand in the south, its north is Shuozhou, Mayi, Changpo Junhan, blank, cold forest desert, scene Xiaosuo. During the Warring States Period, Li Mu, the general of the Zhao State, and Zhidu, the general of the Han Dynasty, were stationed in Yanmen to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu, and now the Khitan Liao State is after the Xiongnu.

The cliffs on both sides of Yanmen Pass are towering into the clouds, it is really difficult to cross the birds, Xiao Ming beats the horse from here, he sighs in his heart, here is one of the famous ancient battlefields, even Xiongguan is the original ecology, Yanmen Pass is majestic and the city is thick and high, it is really a man who is not open.

When he saw the King of Dan and His Royal Highness King Kang, he hurriedly opened the city gate and put down the drawbridge to welcome everyone into the city, Wang Yu personally came to greet him, Wang Yu was also the hero of the last southeast rebellion, and was transferred from the Western Army to the Yongxing Army, and now he is in charge, and the next step is to make the Jiedu envoy! His promotion depends entirely on Tong Guan's promotion, which can be described as Tong Guan's descendant.

What surprised Xiao Ming was that Wang Yu's deputy general Han Shizhong was also there, and it was also a coincidence, Wang Yu was originally stationed in Taiyuan as the commander of the capital, and the guard here was originally a humble general surnamed Zhang, and the court decreed: Liao will hold a spring bowl conference in Yingzhou, fearing that the other party's meeting is fake, and taking the opportunity to invade the south is true, so he took Han Shizhong to be stationed at Yanmen Pass during this time to take precautions.

When he saw Xiao Ming, he was stunned, and he didn't know who this person dressed as a Khitan nobleman was? In fact, the two have never met, of course Wang Yu didn't know Xiao Ming's original identity, but he returned at the same time with the two princes of the Great Song Dynasty envoys, which shows that his status is not low, but Han Shizhong didn't care about that, and rushed up directly to give Xiao Ming a salute.

"Brother Xiao! How did it happen here? Last time I said goodbye, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore."

Xiao Ming smiled and waved his hand, signaling Han Shizhong to talk about the old again, he turned to Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou: "Without further ado, it's important for us to get down to business!" Zhao Gou nodded and said to Zhao Huan: "Do you want to go to the meeting hall now?" ”

Wang Yu heard Zhao Gou say this, he wanted to come and be the prince must have something important, so he personally led everyone to the hall of the official office, and now in the entire Yanmen Pass, it belongs to the highest level of Zhao Huan, the king of Dan, everyone is waiting for him to speak, Zhao Huan looked at everyone and opened his mouth, hesitated, and then turned to Wang Yu.

"Wang Dutong, how many soldiers and horses do you have now?"

Wang Yu stepped forward and replied: "Lord Yu, there are 8,000 sber players in the Yanmen guard, 15,000 pikemen, 5,000 archers, and 16,700 cavalry,"

Zhao Huan groaned: "It's less than 30,000 horses!" ”

Xiao Ming interjected: "Too little, too little!" And how many auxiliaries are there? ”

Zhao Gou said: "Brother Xiao, although it is a borrowed army from the Liao State, my Great Song soldiers and horses are guarded again, how can I take them all out?" ”

Wang Yuqi said: "What Liao State borrowed troops? What the hell is going on with the two princes? ”

Zhao Huan said: "That's the case, General Wang, now the emperor of the Great Liao State is holding a spring bowl conference in Yingzhou, and the cavalry of the Jin State is coming to raid, the Liao Emperor now has no soldiers and horses to resist, with my Great Song Dynasty is a brotherly state, I specially borrow troops from us to fight against the Jin soldiers!" ”

"What!" Wang Yu was shocked, "How can this work?" The two princes, my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have always been enemies, and now this move is not an enemy? ”

Zhao Huan said: "General Wang, don't panic, we sent troops to help Emperor Liao, in exchange for the land of the six states of Yanyundong, this is a supreme achievement!" ”

Wang Yu's eyes rolled and he said to Xiao Ming: "What are you Liao people calculating?" The Jurchen Jin Kingdom is thousands of miles away, how can I reach Yingzhou, do you want to deceive my Great Song soldiers and horses, so as to take advantage of the situation to capture my Yanmen Pass? ”

Xiao Ming said: "General Wang, information!" Information, as a leading general, you are closed to the news, and you don't understand current affairs, now the Jin State is really strong, and the Liao State has been beaten to a large number of generals! I don't want to talk about you! ”

Wang Yu's face was darkened when he was said, and he said angrily: "I can't understand current affairs, do you want you to blame this Liao dog?" ”

Zhao Gou said: "General Wang, don't be impatient, Brother Xiao is from our Song Dynasty!" This time, the six states of Yanyun and Dong can be recovered, all of which are the credit of Brother Xiao! ”

Zhao Huan said: "Okay, don't fight, since we promised Emperor Liao, we want to borrow troops with him, we can't lose our trust, I have the Liao State and the "Regulations on Leasing Land and Commerce" that we are going to sign must rush back to Bianjing immediately, General Wang quickly gathered the soldiers and horses, and went to Yingzhou from Lord Xiao."

"Slow!" Wang Yu took a step forward and said: "The matter of borrowing troops is very important, the last general does not dare to make his own decisions, he must report to His Majesty, the military talisman transferred by the military department, or one of His Majesty's sidelines, now the last will be the border guard general, and he cannot lend a soldier and a pawn to the Liao people privately!" ”

Zhao Gou hurriedly said: "It's too late in time, General Wang, the matter can be handled as appropriate, as a border general, it is better for you to act cheaply!" ”

Wang Yu still shook his head and arched his hand: "Please forgive the two princes for the last general, this matter will never work."

Xiao Ming secretly scolded: "Pedantic! Suddenly, the body rushed out, ghostly behind Wang Yu, Wang Yu had a good reaction to many years of marching and fighting, but as soon as he turned around in shock, he had been slashed by Xiao Ming on the "big vertebral point" on his neck with a palm, and he suddenly fell soft.

Xiao Ming didn't dare to use much strength, Wang Yu had already fainted, and he scolded at the same time: "All the good things that are so long-winded have been delayed!" Lao Tzu is a Xuanhui envoy from the fourth grade, you are a fifth-grade official, if you don't listen to me, you will be punished"

Although the official level of the fourth rank is higher than that of the fifth rank, it is not a matter of whether a system can cure people's crimes, Xiao Ming can't figure it out at all, and he doesn't bother to figure it out, he doesn't have time to do this now, after he stunned Wang Yu, he looked at the people in a daze: "The two princes are temporarily acting as powers, and things can't be delayed."

He said to Han Shizhong again: "Liangchen, you are now the largest general of the entire Yanmen garrison, and now gather all the soldiers and horses immediately" Without waiting for Han Shizhong to agree, he said to Zhao Huan: "His Royal Highness King Dan, you and His Royal Highness King Kang have nothing to do, now immediately send someone to Bianjing with you to report the matter of the six eastern states of the imperial court"

He is equivalent to taking away Wang Yu's military power, fortunately, he handed over the command to Han Shizhong, everyone has no choice but to listen to him, Zhao Huan took the envoy group on the road again, but Kang Wang Zhao Gou was unwilling to go, and wanted to follow Xiao Ming to send troops, he was a young man's temperament, and he felt fun, and on the other hand, he saw that Xiao Ming's eldest brother was vivid, and he dared to do anything, and felt that following him must be exciting.

Han Shizhong is still relatively honest, he first knew Xiao Ming for a long time, and admired him very much in his heart, in a family with King Dan and King Kang, obviously doing big things, Wang Yu didn't know that he deserved to be robbed of military power, but he was still cautious in doing things, and he still asked Xiao Ming for everything.

"Brother Xiao, too few soldiers and horses? How many people do you need? ”

"Of course, the more the merrier," Xiao Ming said, "Do you think I let you go to war?" Now there are no less than 150,000 war horses dedicated by the Fanbang vassal states of the Liao State in Yingzhou, and this time, you can ride back as many as you can for me! ”

"So that's the case, I understand" Han Shizhong nodded, and immediately turned around to make arrangements.

Zhao Gou was excited when he heard it, "Yesterday, the sixth brother also mentioned to me the hundreds of thousands of war horses in the Liao Kingdom, we are all envious, it turns out that the eldest brother wants to borrow troops from the Great Song Dynasty, just to fight the attention of their war horses!" That's great! ”

Xiao Ming said: "What is this, could it be that I borrowed so many soldiers and horses from the Great Song Dynasty this time, so that people can run for nothing?" Do you have to pay some hard money anyway? This time, we will come back with some gold and silver, so that we can pay the brothers. ”

The defenders of the entire Yanmen Pass are all assembled, which is inevitably a bit of a chicken and a dog, Han Shizhong really has a way, in addition to summoning all the 30,000 defenders, he has all kinds of auxiliary soldiers, miscellaneous servants, as well as chariots, horses and cooks, all of them are pulled, and 50,000 people are directly gathered!

Xiao Ming didn't care, he directly took 50,000 horses out of Yanmen Pass, and marched towards Shuozhou along the way, and after arriving in Shuozhou, Xiao Ming asked Han Shizhong to stop the men and horses here, and he took King Kang Zhao Gou to ride straight to Yingzhou.

It took him two or three days directly back and forth, and the Yunzhou defenders had temporarily blocked the Jin soldiers with the help of 30,000 horses led by the King of Jin, but the Jin soldiers were strong in combat, and how long Yunzhou could block them, no one knew that in the past two days, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was like an ant on a hot pot, restless.

The battle report of Yunzhou flew like snowflakes every day, the battle was very fierce, the Liao army was all waiting for reinforcements, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Xiao Ming rushing to respond to the state, but he was disappointed not to see him leading the soldiers and horses.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has borrowed 50,000 soldiers and horses from the Great Song Dynasty, but the Song army is all infantry and has no war horses, so the march is slow, and it has not yet reached Shuozhou. Your Majesty, these Song army infantry are all soldiers who have been guarding Yanmen Pass all the year round, and they have rich experience, just to help us defend Yunzhou! ”

Emperor Tianzuo said: "No war horses? We have, now give them 50,000 war horses, one for each person, and let them hurry to Yunzhou! ”

Xiao Ming was overjoyed...... "Oh yes! It's easy, the horses are in hand! ”

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