There were still seven hours to go

"Cricket...... "At ten o'clock at night, people will rest peacefully, but the study of the second prince's mansion seems to have a palace lamp that is always bright."......

Qiu Sheng, a good guy, was not polite, he directly took the fruit and leaned on the collapse to gnaw on it improperly, and took a sip of tea from time to time, full of Jianghu people's style.

"Brother Qiu, let's take care of it. The matter of the golden dragon you mentioned, there are indeed people in the court who reflect, but they are all low-end nobles who have no real power. As for the father's original intention, he did not express it in detail, and as a son, he naturally cannot predict the holy will. The second prince gently buckled the tea lid, and the clear and unrevealing "ding" sound was enough to hear that this was a good tea vessel.

The second prince paused and said, "Recently, what the court is concerned about is the second thing you asked. General Di Qing is brave and good at fighting, even against the Shangliao and Xia alliances, he will not drag the battle for so long. ”

"Your Highness, I heard that the heavens are not beautiful, and the heavy rain has delayed the reinforcements' trip, so wouldn't the overseer in charge of this matter be severely punished?" Qiu Sheng finally sat upright, but the half of the uneaten fruit in his hand was a little dramatic.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince's sitting posture relaxed slightly, but still did not lose the royal dignity, "That's true, the person in charge of the reinforcements is Wang Jianjun, this person is down-to-earth and hard-working, has a heart of love for the people, although he is not rich in his life, but his ancestors have also had a record of being on the job, but he has been excluded in the officialdom and has not been able to get any real power." There was a hint of silence in his eyes, "Although I have the heart of love for talent, I originally wanted to promote him after this battle, but now I only hope that he can redeem his merits and judge his merits in the future." ”

Qiu Sheng smiled slightly, "Your Highness's eyes are like torches, this Lord Wang Jianjun must have something extraordinary, I am born to be useful, I think I will come to your support, Lord Wang will definitely be able to keep the clouds." ”

"I hope so......"

His Royal Highness the Second Prince sat silently for a while, and something like lightning flashed through his mind, "Brother Qiu Sheng, although I was born in the royal family, I don't know much about the rivers and lakes. But many things in the world are the same, and some things are better planned earlier. ”

"Please advise Your Highness. ”

"In terms of the imperial court, the so-called meritorious master, although General Di Qing is a general, his father sent him to fight, but he refused to let him mobilize the western and northern troops, just in case. If you look at it from the perspective of Haoyue Sect, the Lieyang Sect was dominant at that time, and now Haoyue has taken its place, if it weren't for the frequent wars of the army, I'm afraid that the matter of Haoyue's golden dragon would be fermented. ”

"It's true, Jianghu and the Great Song Dynasty have also been relatively close in recent years, and Haoyue is located within the Great Song Dynasty, and compared to the Lieyang Sect in the north, the direct influence on the Great Song Dynasty is more intense. Although I can guarantee that my senior brother will be able to defend one side during his reign, it will be a problem in a hundred years. After all, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. Qiu Sheng lowered his eyebrows, slightly worried. But he thought about it for a while, harm, isn't there a senior brother here, what are you doing with this idle mind, so he threw a piece of golden cake into his mouth and chewed it.

The second prince was originally envious of the people in the rivers and lakes, he was free and relaxed, he was drunk today, and he couldn't help but relax when he saw a big-hearted person like Qiu Sheng.

But the people of the rivers and lakes have the chic and wanton of the people of the rivers and lakes, but if there is no wine today, how many people can be safe in the dregs?

Qiu Sheng moved his muscles indoors, and he caught a glimpse of a game of chess next to the table of the second prince, so he sat down loudly, "Your Highness, you still have chess here!"

"This is my sister's birthday gift, can Brother Qiu Sheng kill chess?" he straightened his shirt and sat down on the other side.

"Master used to teach that chess games are like plotting games, and I don't play much on weekdays, but I only know a little bit about them. His Royal Highness, as a prince, has been familiar with military books and strategies since he was a child, and his chess skills must be profound. Qiu Sheng supported his chin with one hand, and he still didn't have a positive shape.

"No matter how advanced he is, he can't compare to my father. This is really not a flattery, but the truth, the second prince almost regards his father as an idol on weekdays, speaking of which, this chess skill is still personally guided by Song Zhen.

The chess game opened, and the two of them were speechless.

Qiu Sheng looks like a fool all day long, hippie and smiling, but chess skills are like a big knife with a blade, although the edge is exposed, but the moves are impressive, precise strikes, the layout is not like some old foxes around the bush, hearty at the same time, but there are traces of the art of war.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince is obviously a chess player, after all, he is in the palace, and he sees the hearts of the people even more, he is more breezy and bright, dignified and atmospheric, and the chess game faintly reveals the trend of closing the net, like a gentleman, the swordsmanship used is not leaky, gentle and polite, but the overall situation laid out by it is from the fragmentary details to the whole picture, which makes people realize the terrible thing about this person.

It was late at night.

Qiu Sheng and the second prince are killing chess, and Wang Jianjun, who is thousands of miles away, is also coordinating.

Although the natural environment is relatively harsh and the roads are full of deep potholes, along the way, it is indeed time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the frame is damaged by five or six amounts, in this case, the situation is already good.

"Wang Jianjun," the person who came looked arrogant, and spoke stiffly and half a beat slower than a normal person, and he swiped the ground and suddenly opened the folding fan of his bag, "How is the account book doing?"

The little soldier on the side lowered his head and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This son-in-law said that he was sent by the family to practice, and begged the prison army to take care of one or two, but he didn't do anything, he was idle all day long, and he lowered the progress of the army, not to mention, the loss of rain was caused by him, but now he let the prison army take the blame. If he really entered the army, it would really cost him his life.

"Li Gongzi, today is tired, please rest early. Wang Jianjun dipped his ink and remained silent.

"What do you mean, let me not bother you?

"Drop-off. Wang Jianjun didn't even give him a look, and continued his work.

"Childe, please go out. The little soldier on the side finally couldn't hold it anymore, and hurriedly pushed him out on his behalf.

"What's the matter? I'm at the same level as you now, and I dare to be disrespectful to me. This boy and brother exaggeratedly straightened his clothes and walked out in a sloppy manner, "Hmph, I don't care about you." ”

After a while, Wang Jianjun closed the accounts, "Okay, I'll be at the barracks tomorrow, and there will be no trouble." Such people do not live long. ”

Wang Jianjun has a deep "Chuan" on his brows, which seems to be caused by a long frown. The faint flame of the candle stained his eyebrows, and there was an indescribable desolation of his own.

There were still six hours left before reinforcements arrived

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In the past, when people fought in the Spring and Autumn Period, they had to send war posts in advance, but later during the fierce struggle for hegemony, those with strong military strength directly crushed each other, and they didn't care about any gentleman's etiquette at all.

And now, it is all for the sake of the land and the reproduction of the nation, and the methods used are all strange, and all kinds of despicable means are for the survival of the nation.

Everything was planned. Xuanyuan had long found out that the Great Song Dynasty army was insufficient, and he would definitely have to replenish the reinforcements, and if the reinforcements and grain and grass arrived, the consequences would be unimaginable.

You have to start first!

At noon on the second day, the Great Song army sent a signal of an enemy attack.

Originally, Xuanyuan's army occupied two cities. And walking towards the pass, there is an ambush gathering point prepared by Di Qing.

This gathering point was their scout point, and Di Qing was also here.

Xuanyuan wanted something very simple, to annihilate the Great Song army before reinforcements arrived. Capture the thief and capture the king first, and he will also take Di Qing's life.

The scout team was lightly armed, and Di Qing led all the scout teams, "Hmph, aren't you coming? Everyone, come with me. Wang Liao, you go get our good baby!"

"Yes!"

The mountains here are complicated, although they are not as good as Emei Mountain, but the mountains are complex, and the grass is gray. It's so useful to start a war.

Looking down, there is a curved road in the middle of the uneven mountain range, and the terrain is generally high on the left and low on the right. The gathering point of the scouts was in a small valley recessed into the mountain range on the right, at this time Di Qing led the men and horses out for a while, and not far behind followed by Xuanyuan's forward, which happened to pass by their small valley.

The Liaoxia army followed behind them with a high momentum as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Release!" Di Qing shouted, and after all of them passed a green vine, the figures of Wang Liao and the others swept over the hillside next to them.

"Gollum —————" Several horse-drawn carriages tethered together sped from the high ground on the left to the right.

"Bang bang ———— call ————— "The horse in front can't stop the car Directly hit the carriage, the horse behind was shocked, in order not to affect the rear, they can only follow the direction of the carriage to the right, although the casualties are avoided, but in this way, directly bring the people behind to the valley.

The formation and direction of the entire team were out of order.

Originally, Di Qing would have deployed a team of crossbowmen here, but due to the urgency of time, their men were fortified in another place, which wasted this good opportunity.

But this is only an appetizer, if the enemy's vanguard army is brought down at once, then this battle is really not interesting.

The Liaoxia army could only let the people behind pass first, and the people who rushed into the valley followed behind.

However, as soon as they stepped over the smashed wagon, the horses screamed.

"What's going on?"

"There are nails in the ground!"

"These Han people are really treacherous, they actually put nails in the car!"

After the carriage was smashed, it was full of broken nails, stones and other objects, all of which were scattered, so that the Liao army, which did not bypass the ruins of the carriage, injured eleven or twelve more horses.

"I'll kill you!"

"Kill them!"

Just as they officially entered the avenue sandwiched in the middle by the mountains, the road ahead was slightly narrow, but there was a large flat ground in the middle, a bit like the dumplings that the soldiers said, but this dumpling was a little leaky. Its large rear also leads to other places, but of course that's a story for later.

The Liao army saw that the terrain here was convenient for ambushes, and it was the most suitable for archers to show their skills.

Called the high shield to block the front, one step at a time, neatly aligned. The momentum is menacing, "huhuha...... Huhuha......"

However, to the surprise of the vanguard, there was no movement.

He sensed that something was not quite right, so he asked the person in front of me to stop.

"General, what are you still doing in a daze? Di Qing and they are almost gone!"

The vanguard general was rare to be smart for a while, "We can't be led away by them, from beginning to end, we didn't encounter their main force, but went deeper and deeper, although we were not ambushed in front of us, but Di Qing would not let go of this excellent terrain." Can't go inside. ”

"Woo ——— Woo ——————" set off a riot in the rear.

"What's going on?"

"General! It's the military flag of the Great Song Dynasty!"

The latter fought chaotically, and they were in the middle of the road and couldn't use their hands and feet, so they could only retreat to the dumpling-making area in the depths while fighting. And when most of the vanguard army is pressed inside, "boom.........

"A lot of boulders rolled down the hillside.

"Ah———hh

"Run!!"

The vanguard general dismounted and drew his sword, swung several blades, and went up to meet him, wanting to resist the boulder first, but the lieutenant general who united him was still a little difficult. They half-chopped and half-retreated to crush a boulder, and many soldiers later followed suit when they saw them fighting like this. It's a pity that their skills are too weak, and before they can stop what is in front of them, they have already been killed by another boulder.

This place does not have boulders in all directions, and where a boulder rolls over, a particularly large open space will be vacated. A few men with shields put together and drove the boulder to the corners, like playing polo, but after exerting too much energy, they were exhausted in a while.

A scream came from a distance, and Xuanyuan's eagle flew high, which also indicated that Xuanyuan himself was coming with the main army.