Three days later, Tokyo Bianliang, Privy Council!

A middle-aged man in a green shirt walked slowly to Tong Guan's study, approached the door, and waved his hand indifferently, signaling all the guards outside the door to evacuate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This man was dressed very ordinarily, and he looked like he had no official position, but those people listened to him very much, and quickly retreated with interest.

After making sure that there was no one around, he slowly walked through the door.

Tong Guan is tall, because he is relatively late, so he is one of the very few eunuchs with a long beard, and he cares about his beard very much, and he is very beautiful, if he didn't know that he was a eunuch in advance, he would definitely think that this was a Confucian general. Although he is now in his sixties, he looks like he is in his forties and is very handsome.

At this time, he was wearing the official uniform of a privy envoy, and he was standing in front of the bookcase flipping through something, as if he noticed someone coming, and said without looking back: "Shen Hanyang, there is news from Luokou Town?"

There was very little expression on Shen Hanyang's face, and he seemed to be ethereal, and in the face of Tong Guan's inquiry, he was also unhurried.

"My lord, the plan should have been discovered, the 300,000 Guan Shengchengang was robbed, and he didn't know where to go for the time being, and Zhu Xiaosun led the troops to Luokou, and when he returned, Zhu Bocai was already in the team, and he didn't see the 300,000 Guan. ”

"Alas!" Tong Guan sighed, slowly put down the scroll, and turned around. "Zhu Bocai is a smart person, it's really not that easy to deal with, but if you see it, you can see through it, I didn't expect to really kill him, with his ability, the possibility of falling into this trap is really not great, but it's a pity that Li Bangyan's 300,000 yuan must have been swallowed by him!"

"My subordinates also got news from the north!" Shen Hanyang was neither happy nor sad, and did not go to pick up Tong Guan's words.

This time, Tong Guan was obviously in good spirits, and approached him excitedly and asked, "How is it?"

Shen Han Yang said indifferently: "It's successful, the Liao State broke the Waqiao Pass and the Yijin Pass, and 30,000 soldiers and horses approached Bazhou City, Li Miao took the initiative to lead the army out of the city for ten miles to meet the battle, we are flying pigeons to pass the book, so it is faster than eight hundred miles to expedit, but at the latest this evening, there will inevitably be a battle report!"

"Wonderful!

Tong Guan laughed out loud, slapped the table with his right hand, and said proudly: "Zhu Bocai, Cai Jing, what are you people planning, don't I know? I will give you a plan this time, a series of plans, how about attacking the east and the west? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all thought about the 300,000 Guan and Li Bangyan, but I let the Liao soldiers enter smoothly, this is the role of me to divert your attention!" What is 300,000 guan, the Liao State is in, the harder the fight, the more painful the fight, I can wave the army to conquer, I can be promoted to the lord and make a fortune, this time as long as I can lead the army to the north to attack the Liao State, then I can completely hold the military state in the north in my hands, and when I go over to gather people's hearts, I can get more than 300,000 guan every year in the future!"

"Congratulations, my lord!" Shen Hanyang congratulated with his fists at the right time, but his tone was still a little flat.

Tong Guan seemed to have been accustomed to his tone, and he didn't care at all, but said with a smile: "Xin'an Prefecture has long fallen into the hands of the Liao State, and now Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass have also fallen, and the north can be said to have lost a barrier, with the defenders in the north, even if he Li Miao can fight again, he can still turn the sky upside down, as long as Bazhou falls, Your Majesty will definitely agree to send troops! Don't run around in the near future, when Your Majesty agrees to send troops, you will follow me all the way north!"

"Yes!"

Shen Hanyang responded, slowly exited the door, leaving Tong Guan alone in the study and laughing......

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Bufan, who was far away on the way back to Bazhou, also got the news in the north, and was stunned. Their horses were burned to death in Luokou Town, so after leaving Luokou Town, in order to rush back to Bazhou as soon as possible, Zhao Bufan hired a carriage at a high price.

But when the coachman learned that there was a war in the north, he refused to go north again, and Zhao Bufan was forced to have no choice but to let Wu Song put the knife on his neck and force him to go.

Within two days, the three of them successfully arrived in Juxianzhuang, Zhao Bufan gave Na Mafu twice the money and let him return, and he went to find He Daye and Zhang Jiaotou as soon as possible.

At this time, Juxianzhuang is also panicked, although it is located in the southernmost part of Bazhou, but if the war in the north is lost, then it will not take too long for the Liao people to fight, how can the tenants not be sad? But it is useless for them to be sad, if they leave their hometown and go south, then most of them will lose their source of livelihood, how to live?

When Zhao Bufan found He Daye and Zhang Jiaotou, they were stepping up their training to train the strong among the tenants, and they didn't have too much politeness at all, Zhao Bufan said directly: "Call me Shi Wengong and Su Ding, and prepare a war horse for me, I will go north immediately, and the two of them will go with me!"

"Owner, I'll go too!"

"I'm going with you!"

Wu Song and Yang Zhi spoke in unison.

Zhao Bufan looked back at the two of them, shook his head and said: "This trip is to deal with the army, the identities of the two of you are not suitable, or stay to protect Juxianzhuang, you must maintain the stability of Juxianzhuang, work together to stabilize the mood of the tenants, don't forget, this is our home!"

Wu Song and Yang Zhi's lips moved, but they couldn't refute it.

Just when Shi Wengong and Su Ding heard the news, Zhao Bufan turned his head to look at them and asked urgently: "Are you willing to go into battle with me to kill the enemy!"

"I've been impatient for a long time!" Sven replied sharply.

Su Ding also nodded: "It is my duty to kill the enemy and serve the country!"

Zhao Bufan smiled and shouted in a deep voice: "Good brother, then we will go north to fight the enemy, they are responsible for taking care of the house!"

After a while, a few Zhuang Ding led the war horses over, and Cao Zheng came with them, and shouted from afar: "Zhuang Master, take me!"

Zhao Bufan took a war horse and turned over and stepped on.

"Brother Cao Zheng, you just stay in Zhuangzi, you have a lively mind, help them think of a way to take care of our home!"

After speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to answer, looked at Shi Wengong and Su Ding, who had already ridden the war horse, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and shouted loudly: "Drive !!"

In an instant, the war horse galloped out like an arrow from a string, and Shi Wengong and Su Ding followed closely, each holding a blade, following closely.

The wind is howling, and the three riders are absolutely dusty!

Half a day later, Zhao Bufan took Shi Wengong and Su Ding to rush to the outside of Yantou Village, and the soldiers at the head of the city saw Zhao Bufan from a distance, and when they saw the heroic posture of the horse, they immediately shouted excitedly: "Zhao Zhizhai is back!! Zhao Zhizhai is back!!!

The sound quickly passed through the wall, and when Zhao Bufan rode his horse to the outside of the city gate, the city gate had been slowly opened.

Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Suo Chao, and Zheng Ming all greeted them at the city gate.

"Harnessing !!"

Zhao Bufan stopped his horse, jumped down, threw the reins of his horse to the soldiers who met him, and hurried towards the city wall while looking at Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen and others.

"How's the battle going? Are there enemy troops near our Yantou Village?"

Suo Chao hurriedly replied: "Lord Hui, the Liao State did not come to fight Yantou Village, they seem to be deliberately avoiding the confrontation with our Yantou Village, the main force on the side of Xin'an Prefecture will attack Cangzhou and Qingzhou to the east, and the main force that will break through Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass will fight with Lord Li in the north of Bazhou City!"

Zhao Bufan said: "Over there in Bazhou City, in addition to Lord Li's own 10,000 soldiers, how many soldiers are there?"

"There are more than 13,000 infantry, these people not only include the garrison of Bazhou, but also the reinforcements transferred from Hejian Province in the south, Xiongzhou and Mozhou in the west, but these soldiers are said to have poor combat effectiveness!"

"How many Liao soldiers are there?"

"Fifty thousand! There are 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, although they are not the most core elite, but they are very strong in combat!"

Listening to Suo Chao's answer, Zhao Bufan paused, frowned and pondered for a moment, and asked again: "Has Lord Li ever confronted the Liao State head-on now?"

Suo Chao replied: "The Liao State has attacked twice, but Lord Li Miao commanded properly, and the Liao soldiers also gave up due to excessive casualties. Although there are masters in Lord Li Miao's guards, they are Lord Li's personal guards, and they are responsible for protecting his safety, and they can't go into battle, and the generals in the army don't have that ability, so Lord Li doesn't dare to act rashly!"

After roughly understanding the current situation, Zhao Bufan didn't say more, and walked on the city wall to check the layout of the defense facilities.

After a moment, he nodded in satisfaction and turned to look at Zheng Ming.

"Deputy Commander Zheng, the arrangement on the city wall, you refer to what I did in Bazhou City, try to use the strength of the people as much as possible, Yantou Village is dangerous, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you do a good job of defense, then the Liao State will send tens of thousands of people to attack, and it is not a short time to take it, what needs to be paid attention to is the interior. ”

Saying that, Zhao Bufan looked at Lin Chong again and said: "Deputy Commander Lin, Xizhai will be handed over to you, be sure to pay attention to internal problems, kill if you should kill!"

"Obey!" Lin Chong replied quietly.

"Commander Lu, you and Zheng Ming are in charge of Xizhai, you are only in charge of the battle, and Zheng Ming is in charge of internal affairs and deployment!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that the leaders of the East and West Erzhai were settled, Suo Chao was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "My lord, what about me?"

"You follow me to Bazhou City, let's go to the main battlefield, I ask Lord Li Miao for your life, let you take the lead and kill the morale of the Liao soldiers!"

As soon as Zhao Bufan's words came out, Suo Chao was really happy, and immediately gave a standard military salute: "Obey the order!"

"Okay! Since Yantou Village is fine, I need to rush to the main battlefield, we have a lot of talents here, we must go to help Master Li as soon as possible, if we stick to the camp for a long time, with the lazy and death-fearing character of our soldiers in the northern frontier army, we will be afraid, if the city of Bazhou is broken, our Yantou Village can be called self-defeating. ”

Zhao Bufan waved his hand, resolutely turned around and walked down the city wall, and said as he walked: "The defense of the city wall is well arranged, but the density is not enough, you still have to hurry up and fill it!"

"Yes!" Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and Zheng Ming responded in unison.

Walking down the city, Zhao Bufan did not delay at all, changed a war horse, put on a stomach, and also gave Shi Wengong and Su Ding a set, and then together with Suo Chao, a group of four people rode horses and whips, and galloped to Bazhou City!!