Sichuan, Lizhou West Road, Yangping Pass, Jialing River.

Yangping Pass leans on Jigong Mountain in the south and Jialing River in the north, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. The south can enter Sichuan, the north passes through the west road of Lizhou, the west reaches Longnan, and the east reaches the Xingyuan Mansion of Hanzhong. As far back as the Three Kingdoms period, it was an important military town.

The weather in April is already a little hot, and the usually quiet post road suddenly becomes lively.

Hundreds of sturdy knights rode along the post road. They are full of armor, complete war horses and horse harnesses, knights are fierce and fierce, everyone and horses hang longbows, quivers are full, and they are full of spirit.

"Wang Wen, how could you think of going to the martial arts hall as a dignified two-rank jinshi? Still running to this northwest side? ”

In the crowd of knights, Xu Sheng rode his horse and smiled at the big black-faced knight next to him.

The Great Song Dynasty used literature to control the military, and the status of scholars was transcendent. But since the emperor founded the Jinling Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and implemented new policies in various ways, it seems that everything is different.

"What two Jinshi, it's just a false name. Rather be a centurion than a scholar, which is why I went to Jinling to lecture on martial arts, and Mao recommended myself to come here. ”

Wang Wen, a maverick divine power jinshi, went to Jinling to lecture on martial arts, and became the official who took office in the northwest border this time.

What official position, the emperor did not say. However, if the emperor takes him along, he must at least give him a small county order or magistrate.

Wang Wen's heart was filled with a little pride and anticipation.

"Mao Sui recommended himself, not for the sake of making contributions, what to pretend? I heard that when you took the palace exam, the article annoyed the officials. What exactly did you write to make the officials angry? ”

Thinking of Wang Wen's anecdote, Xu Sheng asked curiously.

"As for me, I just want to sensationalize and make the emperor notice me. In fact, Shi Miyuan has power, the emperor is like a puppet, how can I let the prime minister dominate, let me have a lack of Yang Qi in the Song Dynasty, and the emperor can't give birth to a son. ”

Wang Wen was a little embarrassed and whispered, he looked around nervously, and noticed that only he and Xu Sheng walked side by side, so he was relieved.

"Yang energy is insufficient! Scolding without dirty words, reading people, it's really different! Aren't you afraid of offending the first emperor and offending the current queen mother? ”

Xu Sheng smiled in surprise and gave a thumbs up.

Although this guy has entered the lecture hall, he is still a real reader, and he has a lot of flowers and intestines in his stomach.

"Did you get scared of cracking your crotch? Although the first emperor was useless, his greatest merit was to establish the current son as the crown prince, and also set up an edict for the emperor to inherit the unification. Just this point, he can go down in history and smile at Jiuquan! ”

Wang Wen smiled, not knowing whether to belittle or praise.

has been by Zhao Hong's side for a long time in Jinling Jiangwutang, and he is also a black man who is close to ink, and he has brought many of Zhao Hong's mantras, such as "cracked crotch", "I'll go", "cold salad" and so on.

"You're finally telling the truth. However, when you go to the Jinling Lecture Hall, you have also learned the emperor's meat jokes! ”

Xu Sheng smiled. In fact, he himself is not poisoned, more deeply than Wang Wen.

"This time, Your Majesty drove a personal expedition and led an army of 70,000 to the expedition, is this going to be a big move?"

Wang Wen asked softly.

Zhao Hong entered Sichuan this time, Chengdu transferred 40,000 troops, and Lizhou battalion 30,000, all of which were elite after training, and they were menacing. I don't know what Zhao Hong's plan is to lead so many troops out of Shu?

It's not going to be okay to lead troops to march and show off their muscles to the enemy, right?

"I only know that Your Majesty's expedition this time seems to be coming for the Tatar army. Listening to His Majesty's private words, it seems that he wants to open a passage with Western Xia. ”

Xu Sheng looked left and right and whispered, and Wang Wen was taken aback.

Open the passage of Western Xia, is the emperor going to a head-on war with the Mongol army?

Everyone knows that the emperor deployed heavy troops in Shukou to prevent foreign invasion. However, it is too crazy to go to war directly with the Mongol army and to open up the main road to Western Xia.

That's the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry that dominates the world!

"Your Majesty's move can be said to have scared my dog guts, and the crotch of my pants is cracked!"

Wang Wen was shocked, shook his head and sighed.

An army of 70,000, plus the two roads in Shukou, I am afraid there are 100,000 people.

It really scared his guts!

"It's useless to be a scholar! Even you are scared like this, you can see those scholars and scholars! ”

Xu Sheng smiled coldly, slowly beat the horse, and let out a Zhao Hong-style sigh.

"It's so hard to do something!"

The emperor drove to Shukou in person, and the government and the opposition violated the yang and the yin, and they became demons. If it weren't for the emperor's dictatorship, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been done yet.

"Xu Sheng, Your Majesty brought these students, as well as the graduates of the Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, also for the war in Shukou?"

Wang Wen couldn't help but be curious, and continued to ask in a low voice.

Xu Sheng is Zhao Hong's personal guard, and he must know a lot more than himself.

"These-stirring sticks are protesting against His Majesty's use of troops against Mongolia, and His Majesty has no choice but to bring them with him, also to convince them. As for these graduates of Jinling Lecture Wutang, they are the emperor's treasures, so they naturally want to be placed in the army and entrusted with important tasks. ”

Xu Sheng's words made Wang Wen nod slightly.

The emperor wanted to come to the northwest frontier, but the ministers of the court and the central government blocked him one after another. Now that the Western Xia and the Great Mongolia are in full swing, no one wants to see the Great Song Dynasty stirring into this whirlpool.

"General Xu, did the emperor say that he wanted to give me any official position?"

Wang Wen's topic went round and round, and finally returned to himself.

"I can't help it, Brother Wang."

Xu Sheng laughed and relieved Wang Wen.

"The heart of the gentleman is unpredictable. Your Majesty's thoughts, who can guess it? In my opinion, Your Majesty will at least give you an official position as a county magistrate. You just wait to take office! ”

As soon as Xu Sheng's words fell, the rangers in front hurriedly came over and stepped forward to report.

"General Xu, there are a lot of people in front, it seems that something has happened!"

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Xu Sheng was startled and urged the horse to lead the guards forward.

It is not yet the Da'an Army, and it is still thirty or forty miles away from Chuzhou. Could it be that something really happened?

Zhixian!

Wang Wen's heart was shocked, and he quickly took off the hard bow and beat the horse to follow.

Sure enough, just walked less than Lixu, and many Song people on the post road dragged their families and mouths, and they were in a hurry, and everyone was frightened, coming from north to south.

"Uncle, what happened?"

Xu Sheng dismounted and stopped a gray-haired old man.

"Are you officers and soldiers? There were many Tatar cavalry in front, burning and looting, besieging the Daan army. Go check it out! ”

The old man's words lifted Xu Sheng's spirits.

"Uncle, how many Tatar cavalry are there?"

"There are probably a thousand of them, quite a few anyway. Beware! ”

After the old man finished speaking, he hurried south and joined the fleeing crowd.

"It seems that this old man has no confidence in my Great Song Border Army!"

Wang Wen looked at the back of the old man and the others fleeing in panic, and said quietly.

"It's not just the old man, all the people who fled have no confidence in us."

Xu Sheng took off the horned bow and struck his horse forward.

"Li Da, you go and report to Your Majesty, let's go and have a look!"

"Xu Sheng, there are hundreds of Tatar cavalry, but we only have a hundred. Are you waiting for the army to come up? ”

After all, Wang Wen is a scholar, so he is still a little worried.

"Wang Wen, you, a Jinshi of Jinling Martial Arts Hall, won't you be afraid? That's it, you still want to Jin Ge Iron Horse, and point troops on the battlefield, you might as well forget it! ”

Xu Sheng patted the earth-shattering thunder on his waist, raised his eyebrows, and looked arrogant.

"The Tatar cavalry has bows and arrows, we have them, we also have earth-shattering thunder and artillery. Besides, let's go back and report to the emperor, don't we know if we don't know, isn't it a joke? ”

"Okay. Listen to you. However, the Tatar army is outnumbered, so it is better to be cautious, I am reminding you. ”

Wang Wen's face turned red, and his mouth was still strong.

"Don't worry! Play it by ear! ”

Xu Sheng shook his spirit and urged the horse forward.

Wang Wen shook his head and led the guards to follow closely.

On the post road, thousands of troops were crowded, Zhao Hong beat his horse forward, and the Sichuan system made Cui He and Sichuan Commander Fan Zhong follow closely.

"The wind and smoke are clean, and the Tianshan Mountains are colorful. It's a pity that the soldiers are in trouble and can't live in peace! ”

Fan Zhong looked at the scenery along the way and couldn't help but sigh.

The country is picturesque, and there is an invasion of foreign enemies, which is really regrettable.

"Swift arrows, fierce waves. Hengke is covered, and it is still dusk in the day. The kite flies to the sky, looking at the peak and resting the heart; Those who are in the world of economic affairs, peep into the valley and forget to rebel. ”

Cui He followed Fan Zhong's words and said, very emotional.

It's a pity that the Mongolian army is burning and looting in Shukou, and it is far from the time when Ma Fang Nanshan.

"Cui Xianggong, I heard that the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are all hindering His Majesty from coming to Shukou, how stubborn and stupid!"

Fan Zhong had a dark face and looked at Zhao Hong's back in front of him.

The Mongol army has reached the gate, and the scholars and doctors in the court are still looking left and right. I don't know what's going on in their heads.

"If it weren't for His Majesty's layout in Sichuan two years ago, Shukou would be full of holes at this moment, and the people would have suffered countless casualties. Even so, my Great Song is still inevitably a war. ”

Cui He sighed leisurely, secretly admiring in his heart.

Zhao Hong seemed to be an unpredictable prophet, who could have predicted that the Mongol army would invade the Song Realm two years ago, and laid out the layout in advance.

"Cui Xianggong, can you hold it up on Lizhou West Road?"

After all, Fan Zhong had no experience in border affairs, and he was worried about the border war.

It has been more than half a month since the Mongol army attacked the city of Chuzhou and the military situation in Chuzhou arrived. I don't know how the fighting on Lizhou West Road is going.

"Fan Xianggong, don't be impatient. The walls of Lizhou and Lizhou have been strengthened and raised, and there are firearms to help defend the city, so the Mongolian army should not easily take it. There is no war report ahead, which shows that Canzhou is worry-free. ”

Cui's words made Fan Zhong feel a little more at ease.

"Cui Xianggong, that's not necessarily. The Mongol cavalry came and went like the wind, and they liked to use roundabout tactics. It is not impossible that they will block the military intelligence report after they go around to the city of Chuzhou. ”

The accompanying military department Shangshu Xuanxuan suddenly joined in.

"Xuan Xianggong, if there is a detour of the Mongolian cavalry, there will always be refugees. You can rest assured. ”

Cui rubbed his beard, smiled, and said softly.

This stubborn military secretary knows so much about "Tatar Policy" that he seems to have studied it a lot.

As soon as Cui He's voice fell, several elite horsemen in front hurried back and were reporting to Zhao Hong.

"Your Majesty, the Da'an army has encountered thousands of Tatar troops more than ten miles ahead, and they are attacking the Da'an army!"

"Probe!"

Zhao Hong's face did not change and ordered to go down.

The scout's report was heard in his ears, and the smile on Cui He's face disappeared immediately.

The Da'an army is hundreds of miles behind Lizhou West Road, why did the Tatar army come here?

"Cui Xianggong, the Tatar army has run to the Da'an army, and the city of Chuzhou is probably more auspicious!"

Where is Xuan Xuan still in the mood to mock Cui He, his face darkened, and his heart is heavy.

"Not necessarily!"

Choi quickly regained his composure.

"The Tatar army is good at detours, and it may not be able to break through the city of Chuzhou. Besides, even if we break through the city of Chuzhou, there are important towns everywhere on both sides of our Lizhou Road. The Tatar army wants to storm the city, how many soldiers can he fill it? ”

Cui He lifted his weight lightly, but Fan Zhong and Xuan Xuan had solemn faces, and several people stopped talking and urged their horses forward.

The Mongolian army is approaching the Da'an army, and this fierce battle has exceeded expectations.