The young soldiers of the Western Army whispered with three points of progress and seven points of optimism, but the atmosphere of the old army was completely different.

Among these important generals in the army who can respond to the summons of the old species, in addition to his younger brother and Qin Fenglu's envoy, the highest status is Yao Gu, the envoy of Xihe Road.

A head of a Jiangmen family like Yao Gu should not exist in the institutional design of the Zhao official family. If it weren't for the war between the Zhao Song and Western Xia that lasted for nearly a hundred years, the Guanxi Zhulu had been in a wartime system for a long time, and it would have been difficult for a martial arts group like the Western Army Jiangmen to grow step by step to the point where it is today. Although in the long years from Renzong to Zhezong, the military and political power in Kansai was still held by civil servants such as Fan Zhongyan and Wang Shao, but after several generations of operation, these high-ranking generals have become interest groups that are difficult to get rid of, and there is even a faint trace of the Tang Dynasty feudal town in their own jurisdiction.

In the face of these generals of the Western Army, even if they have been the observer of a state and have been operating in Xiongzhou for more than ten years, they can only be shy and take the incense that their father had served under Di Qing Diwuxiang.

However, the Western Army, a group of generals who have been infiltrated for several generations, has always attached great importance to seniority. Although He Xu is the head snake of Xiongzhou, but he is a right martial arts doctor and Xiangzhou observer, and he has to avoid the way in front of the old people who hang the Baojing Army's festival envoys, and even Xiao Zhen and Yao Gu have also made a strategic envoy all the way, and their status is far above him, and they can be regarded as the bigwigs of the Western Army who can accompany the last seat to give him face.

Although since the old race, everyone in the hall is a heavy general who leads an army alone, and it is enough to open a government in the late Tang Dynasty and the fifth generation. But in Xiongzhou City, Tong Guan, the Xuanfu envoy, is still nominally the commander, and the best places are naturally occupied by the Xuanfu Envoy. The old kind of this line is only in the Xiongzhou city in the temporary requisition of the monk's room, although this Zen temple has a bit of "winding paths lead to the secluded place, the Zen room flowers and trees are deep" in the noisy quiet, but compared to Tong Guan swaggering into the Xiongzhou Mansion, but one is on the ground, one is in the sky.

However, in this small meditation room, such an old man with a bent waist and a white beard is the leader of the Western Army who has made Tong Guan wary of decades and targeted for decades, but he still can't do anything.

Although this Baojing Army Festival Envoy, Shaanxi Five Roads Commander, and Jingyuan Army Economic Strategy Envoy, now it seems that even the bones and muscles on his body are not as heavy as the cold coat. But in the eyes of everyone in the hall, this old man who is almost seventy years old is like a sick tiger, thin and skinny, but he is still powerful.

Mo said that he has always been a small breed of his brother and a horse, and Yao Gu, who has always been a green leaf in front of the breeder, is not in the Western Army system, and he also faintly feels a little sweaty in front of the old breed!

But the old man's expression is still calm as if he is chatting in winter, and there is still a bit of Kansai native sound in the official dialect of Bianliang when he speaks, as if he is saying that today's stomach-warming drink should put a few coins of ginger slices: "After staying in Kansai for a long time, I can't help but be nostalgic for that side of the water and soil, and when I get to Hebei, the more unfortunate my body is." Although these children of the Western Army are still strong and not as sick as a certain person, they are always guest troops fighting in different places, and this is always a trouble."

The old breed can gossip like this, but he can't respond as indiscriminately as he should deal with the chattering old man, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "What did the old breed say, Tong Xuanshuai led the Xuanfu system and placed the envoy, and was in charge of the military affairs of the Hebei Zhulu, and always focused on the Northern Expedition, and the supply of the Western Army was sent by the subordinate officials, how could he not be careful?"

Dialing the charcoal in the hand stove, the old seed said "um", which was an answer to He Xu, but the topic turned straight to the other side: "The Western Army has never gone deep into the land of Youyan, fighting in a different place, the road is difficult to understand, and even the sentinels can't spread it, which will inevitably hinder the movement of the army, and this incident is really worrying." ”

He was stunned, and since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, not only the border troops of Hebei Zhulu have been mobilized, but also tens of thousands of Hebei soldiers have been recruited on the spot, including many people who know the inside of Liaodi such as merchants who often go to Yandi to sell horses. Although these people are mainly the Shengjie army and Liu Yanqing's Huanqing army, the Jingyuan army of the old species, the Qin Fengjun of the small species, and the Xihe army of Yao Gu are not nothing, why are they talking about this now?

But his family knows his own affairs, and He Shu also knows that since he is on the side of the Western Army, he still has to express some expressions and take a separate position from that Tong Xuanshuai.

In fact, because Tong Guan and Cai You did not move in Xiongzhou, the daily consumption of grain, firewood, charcoal, and even oil, salt, sauce and vinegar by the army had to be supplied on the spot, and the system of the Song Dynasty was always strong and weak, and the local financial resources were not strong.

Therefore, these Hebei Road guards and border generals represented by He Xu, on the contrary, are the most resolute in the main battle, and they all look forward to the army going north to plague the Khitans as soon as possible, otherwise the local government will really not be able to withstand the destruction of so many Qiu Ba Masters.

Under the accumulation of all kinds of pressure, it is no wonder that He Shu could not bear to switch to the side of the Western Army.

He gritted his teeth and nodded: "The old breed is a prince, please rest assured, I will transfer a group of people who are familiar with the path of Yandi, they are all years of horse trafficking, and what are the official roads and paths in the sixteen states of Yanyun, they are as clear as if they are watching the patterns in the palm of their hands!"

The old man glanced up at him, nodded and agreed: "The military situation is urgent, and it is advisable to look and observe this matter from the cooking to be refreshing." ”

With the words of the old seed, He Shu hurriedly responded, and retreated to the full house, and hurried away.

He Xu's front foot left, Yao Gu glanced at his back, and also said to the old man: "The old breed is a prince, the Yan land is vast, and if you want to send sentinel spies, you need to select more people, this matter is urgent, so I will go back to the Xihe military defense site first and handle this matter!"

Facing Yao Gu, the old man's face changed, and he first called Yao Gu's words seriously: "Mufu, I know what you are thinking, your Erlang was ordered to go to Zhuoyi Erzhou, but he was lost, and he couldn't understand the books." The elders are worried about the safety of their children, this is a normal situation, and even the saints can't say it. However, the fall of the Liao State is imminent, this general trend is here, even if the Liao people are still caught off guard in Zhuoyi Erzhou, they don't dare to hurt a single hair of your Erlang, this matter and put your mind on it!"

After all, the old breed has been in charge of the Western Army for decades, even if Yao Gu, the head of the Yao family, has something disagreeable in his heart, but the prestige of the old breed with the Western Army, he can only nod his head first, and then argue: "The old breed is a prince, how can a certain person disregard the overall situation for the safety of the dogs? However, we do not serve the generals of Xuanshuai and transfer troops to the north without authorization, this is not sloppy!"

The old man didn't have time to answer, and the small seed on the side had already cut off his words coldly: "The army is not allowed to move without permission, and how many people and horses are scattered by the sentinels, and he can't ask about this." In the current situation, whoever controls Zhuoyi Erzhou will take the initiative to attack Liao, if we don't do this, do we want to let Liu Yanqing's Huanqing Army and Wang Yu's Shengjie Army do it?"

Lao Chong glanced at his younger brother, who was similar in age and temperament, but was still the eldest, sighed lightly, put down the hand stove, and said to Yao Gu: "Mufu, what kind of intentions our Xuanshuai has for the Western Army, you also understand. It's not that the old man is still greedy for power and love stacks, fighting for the right to do the Northern Expedition. But if we don't argue, the Western Army will end up in the hands of his Tong Daofu in the future, and it is really impossible to ask. And to grasp the two states of Zhuoyi, with the land of the two states, connecting sorghum Henan, it has become a deep-rooted trend in Yanjing, this time in the public and private, we have to fight for the land of these two states. This is a major matter related to the luck of the Great Song Dynasty and the hundreds of thousands of Yuanrong children of our Western Army.

was entrusted by the old breed like this, Yao Gu didn't have anything extra to say, just hung down: "The old breed is the father, I will take care of this matter, the Xihe army will send out two battalions of men and horses first, and everything will be in front of the Huanqing army and the Shengjie army, and the old breed will only wait for me to have good news!"

Yao Gu hurried away here, and the two brothers of the Seed Master Dao and the Seed Master were left in the meditation room.

Without outsiders, Xiao Chong's words showed a bit of a precipitous temperament more than before: "Yao Mufu is just too enthusiastic, and he can be regarded as a man who can go into battle, and he is not insulted by the style of his Sanyuan Yao family." However, this person, although he is also known as a border army, is a little too soft and cowardly. He has been operating in Xiongzhou for more than ten years, and he has only heard that Xiongzhou soldiers are good at sentinel detectives, but he has never heard of him having any real achievements, and even this Xiangzhou observer envoy has also been exchanged for a new heavy crossbow 'Phoenix Bow', these people say that they are military generals, but they are closer to Wenchen, and they are afraid that they will not be useful when encountering major events!"

Listening to his brother's character here, the old man also smiled: "I'm afraid this and the observation have never really been in battle, if they are placed in the army, they will mess with our army." But Yan Yun's affairs are inseparable from those who are familiar with geography, not to mention that he is also quite keen on the merits of Liao, if he can really contribute a little, it is okay to share some of his merits. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Chong remembered something: "We are busy here, but in the end, we still have to rely on the people in Bianliang to speak." Now that Tong Daofu is evil, Xiao Cai is evil, and Wang Jinjing is evil, and it is not easy to do activities in the capital. Seeing that Xu Xuanling is also in favor of going north, it seems that he is not the same as Wang Jinjing's generation, but "

Xiao Chong didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Lao Chong: "No matter whose path you take, you can't take the path of that Xu Shichen! Taoist officials are not like civil ministers, but close ministers of the Heavenly Family. The Western Army said that it can't be contaminated with such things, we are not official favorites, and we can't withstand those big turbans and drums to attack them!"

(End of chapter)