After the fall of Yingzhou, Youzhou Lulong Jie Du made the northernmost place of the jurisdiction of Danzhou, and the northernmost place of Danzhou was the border of the Great Wall.

After the Khitan captured Yingzhou in the northeast of Lulong, the soldiers invaded Pingzhou, and a fierce battle broke out with Lulong's army in Yuguan, and the two sides invested a huge amount of troops and had been fighting fiercely for several days. In this case, whether the Gubeikou fortress can be held is particularly important.

Once Gubeikou is captured and the Lulong defense line loses the Great Wall as a support, Danzhou is bound to be difficult to defend, and the war will directly spread to Youzhou, and even the Khitan soldiers will come to Youzhou City.

Unlike Yingzhou, a purely military frontier with few thousand households, Youzhou has always been the center of the northern border, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there have been many people living here, with more than ten counties under its jurisdiction, which is the real northern Xiongzhen.

"I heard that Pingzhou and Jizhou in the east, and Fuzhou and Yunzhou in the west, are now inextricably fighting, and our Danzhou is caught in the middle, so we should be under more pressure, why is there no Khitan army outside this pass?"

On the Gubeikou Pass, the two dogs who had just come up on the transfer of duty asked the head next to him with a hippie smile and a worried face.

"You know what!"

Du Tou Niu Dan snorted coldly, "We are guarding the north entrance outside the pass, and I don't know how many corpses of the grassland barbarians have been buried, how dare they easily come to attack? To tell you the truth, we have never been defeated in a war with the grassland barbarians! The worst thing is that it is also a draw."

"Over the years, our Lu Longjun has been fighting alone, and we have never needed the support of the imperial court, and the imperial court will not give support. Now you don't have to panic, although the offensive of the grassland barbarians this time is not small, I heard that the imperial army has already entered the boundary of Youzhou, and it will come soon. When the time comes, you kid will wait to cut off people's heads to report their military exploits. ”

The scene of educating the recruits in the capital will probably not be much different, it is nothing more than boasting and exaggerating the combat history and exploits of the troops, causing the recruits to bow down and worship, and from then on abide by the military rules and strive to make progress.

Perhaps, the recruits will be driven by relentless work and reverence for the old soldiers.

If it were usual, such a scene would finally end with the admiring gaze of the recruit, the high fighting spirit, and the appearance of the old soldier's nostrils facing the sky, but this time is different from the past, and before the conversation between the two is over, a serious voice comes from the side.

"The battle for the North Exit Guard will not be so simple. Those who attacked the camp and Ping'er Prefecture were the Khitan North Courtyard who destroyed the Jin Yelu enemy, and those who attacked Jizhou were the South Courtyard who destroyed the Jin Yelu Wanting to hide, and the one who attacked the Yanzhou was Xiao Jindu, the prime minister of the Northern Mansion.

"These people are the most powerful generals in the Khitan army, each of them is a great achievement, and they are terrifying existences in the grassland, which is naturally needless to say. But in the Khitan Kingdom, the most elite and brave are the descendants of Yelu Abaoji's elite horsemen - the heart and the near department.

"The heart of the abdomen fell into Yankou outside of Yunzhou, and was severely damaged by the Wolf Tooth Army, and more than half of the elite was damaged, not to mention it, but the Si Jinbu has not shown up so far, isn't it strange?"

Hearing such a tirade, all the cow eggs only felt that their heads were as big as a bucket.

As a native of Danzhou, and a veteran of Beikou, he has been guarding the border here for more than ten years, although his military rank is not high, but he is a real bloody hero.

But when it comes to the general trend of the battlefield, strategy and tactics, he doesn't know a basket of big words, but he can't think too much.

If these words come out of the mouth of the commander, although the cow egg can't understand it, but it will

I think it's very powerful, but if it's a white-faced scholar in a green robe, that's a different matter.

Niu Dan looked at the man with a sneering face, and said contemptuously: "You pedantic Confucian students, apart from knowing that you are irresponsible and think that you are high-spirited and instructing, what else can you do? Why don't you take a few heads of Khitan scouts and come back and ask them what Khitan subordinates they are?"

"If you don't have this strength, don't pretend to be a superior here. In the Central Plains War, Gao Biao didn't survive even three months under King An, and he was defeated and died, that is, there are too many Confucian students like you around you, who only have a big mouth!"

When Confucianism was less than a year old, his words were reasonable and well-founded, but he was unexpectedly humiliated by this, and he was so ashamed that his face was red and his ears were red, and he couldn't say a word in half a voice.

However, he did not ridicule each other, or even defend himself, but in the contemptuous gaze of the old soldiers and recruits, he lowered his head and gritted his teeth and walked away silently.

Confucian scholars did not come to Gubeikou alone, and there were more than 30 people accompanying them. The purpose of their coming here is, of course, to support the defenders of Guancheng and resist the Khitan invasion, in order to make meritorious contributions to the country.

It's just that they don't get welcome.

Normally, ordinary people will look up to scholars, and sergeants in the army are no exception, but if they are veterans on the battlefield and are facing scholars who like to talk highly, they will resist and disdain from the bottom of their hearts.

Because they know that these people will be useless when the big war comes. Because of their ignorance of war, their unsupported blood, and their pedantic reasoning without realistic roots, they may even endanger the army and even bury the soldiers.

"You kid stay away from this group in the future!"

After Confucius left, Niu Dan whispered to Ergouzi, "I see that you seem to like talking to them very much, don't be blinded by this group of guys whose brains are full of dung." On the battlefield, the truth in those books is useless, and the more you think about it, the faster you die.

"The only thing you can believe is the sword soldier in your hand and the comrades beside you, the only thing you need to obey is the military order!"

The second dog, who had been brainwashed by Niu Dan, hurriedly agreed, and repeatedly promised that he would definitely follow the figure of Dutou.

Niu Dan was very satisfied with the consciousness of the second dog, and glanced at the scattered Confucian scholars in the Guancheng with a knife, snorted, and pouted: "I don't know what the commander thinks, he will allow these scholars to stay in the Guancheng, they should be dispersed, so as not to get in the way!"

Confucian Zhang Zai returned to the barracks full of anger, and wanted to find Mr. to tell him about his grievances and ask for some comfort.

Listening to Zhang Zai's complaints, Zhang Qi raised his head, glanced at him lightly, and said with disappointment: "Let you come to the border pass, it is for the country's merit, but you can't even get along with the soldiers, when the war breaks out, who dares to use us?"

Zhang Zai said angrily: "We came here without asking for anything in return, just to help them defend the city! But they don't know what to do, they never look at us properly, and every time they are humiliated between words, the disciples have been in pain for the past few days." If it weren't for the teacher's order, we would have abandoned it a long time ago!"

Zhang Qi put down the book and sighed, "Abandon it?" Where can you go? Where else can you go in this world?"

Zhang Zaisheng blushed and said: "It's a big deal, it's better to go back to the countryside to study!"

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Zhang Qi's expression became grim, and his eyes became sharp, "Go back to the countryside to study and study? Okay! Do you want your old mother, wife and children to face the loess with their backs to the scorching sun every day, and work hard to farm the land to support you? You really have ambition."

"What do you want to say? You farm yourself? Do you? Even if you learn, look at the farmers, how many days do they have to spare all year round? What do you do with your studies?"

Zhang Zai opened his mouth, and the reprimanded Ne was speechless.

Zhang Qi picked up the tea bowl and brought it to his mouth, but put it down again, sighed, looked at Zhang Qi and said seriously: "You have no way out, there is no teacher either, and we Yangzhou Confucianism do not have it." Look at the world in front of you, the country is peaceful, the four seas are clear, and the lost land is gradually recovering, which is the time when the whole country is high-spirited.

"Ma Yin, who intended to cause chaos, didn't even show the banner of raising trouble, so he was in a different place, and Liu Yin of Lingnan didn't even dare to have the courage to disobey the Tsing Yi Yamen. Everyone in Datang is excited, and they all want to fight for a place in the upcoming prosperous era, so as to glorify their ancestors and bless their descendants.

"In such a situation, if we do not swim against the current, we will become outcasts of prosperity. can only envy the wealth and prominence of others when they are desperate and poor. Can't you even understand that?"

Zhang Zai's face changed several times, and in the end he could only bow down and be taught.

Zhang Qi took a sip of bland tea, and when he saw that Zhang Zai had not left, he knew that his mind was not fully open, so he said: "We Confucianists have always been guests of the princes' seats, enjoying a lot of honor and respect, and now let you lower your body, it is inevitable that you will feel uncomfortable."

"But you must understand that the people who are intimidated by the Confucianism are nothing more than the morale of the battle array and the governance of civil affairs, and the latter has been controlled by the Confucianism in Qingzhou, and we can't rob them of it. Now the only thing that can be used as a step to advance is the morale of the battle array. And if the soldiers do not approve of us, how will they be inspired by us when the time comes?"

Speaking of this, seeing that Zhang Zai was no longer unconvinced, Zhang Qi pushed away the tea bowl and said, "From now on, if you don't drink this tea, change the bar."

"You pass the order, from now on, the Confucian disciples will no longer wear green shirts, all wear armor, and no longer work alone, they must share weal and woe with the soldiers, eat the same meal, and be on the same duty.

"I heard from the commander of the capital that he will send scouts to investigate the movements of the Khitan army later, and this trip will be fifty miles away, and there are many dangers, so you will take two disciples with you. Remember, you must follow orders, if you encounter Khitan rangers and the soldiers do not all withdraw, you must not retreat, otherwise, the door rules will be dealt with!"

Zhang Zai opened his mouth, wanted to speak several times and stopped, and in the end, he could only choose to receive his life.

Looking at Zhang Zai who went out, Zhang Qi's eyes were leisurely, and he was out of mind for a long time.

From this moment on, there will be no Yangzhou Confucianism in the world.

There are only Confucians in the army.

To cultivate Confucian generals who are both civil and military, can not only focus on the overall situation of the war, but also can go into battle to fight, the core of the Confucian sect in the army.

This is the direction and path that Zhang Qi chose for his disciples, and they can't help but not fight for it.

There is no other option.

But he also knew that Li Ye must be happy to see this.

The army can't be decided by just one family, only let the generals control the army, it is inevitable that the tail will not be big, even if Li Ye, who is powerful in the world, is not worried, he has to consider the emperors of later generations.

Let the Confucian sect enter the army to bear a burden, and at the same time complete the self-transformation, help the army become stronger, no matter in any way, it is the best choice.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors