Fu Song

Chapter 181 tit for tat
Qin Kuan, the commander of the Xin'an Army, is just forty this year, which is the golden age of a general. Whether it is personal experience or personal force, Qin Kuan is at the peak of a general.He was born in a general family, and his promotion is quite satisfactory. Apart from Xiao Ding, Qin Kuan can be regarded as the backbone of the generals in the Mesozoic Era.

Of course, he is also a key figure that King Jing Zhao Zhe is trying to cultivate and win over.

The Xin'an Army, which was ordered to go to Beijing for rotation, just evacuated to Xiongzhou at this moment.

When the bad news came, the Xin'an army was preparing to move out again.

"Qin Tongzhi, you can't leave no matter what!" Xiongzhou Zhizhou Lu Lin grabbed Qin Kuan's arm desperately, "Once you leave, Xiongzhou will be over."

The Xin'an army could indeed leave at this time, because they received the military order to rush to Daming Mansion within ten days, but Qin Kuan knew that he could never leave Xiongzhou like this.

"Don't worry Lu Zhizhou, someone from Qin is a general who guards the frontier, he eats the king's salary, and is loyal to the king. How can he leave when foreign enemies come?" Qin Kuan comforted the sallow-faced Zhizhou. , although yesterday, the magistrate didn't give him half a favor. His Xin'an army arrived here and needed all the food and other supplies provided by the other party. They were either short catties or shoddy, but Qin Kuan had long been used to all this. , just sent some other people to go shopping again.

Anyway, if military generals fight civil servants, it is the military generals who will suffer in the end.

But now, the proud magistrate yesterday hadn't straightened his back since he stepped into the barracks, which really made Qin Kuan a little funny.

Because Qin Kuan can leave.

But Lu Zhizhou couldn't leave.

As a magistrate of a state, if he abandons his land and flees, losing his official position and dismissal is only the lightest punishment. Although it is not enough to cut off his head, a word since his birth is enough to drive him into the abyss.If you make other mistakes, it is not difficult to recover in the future, but if the officials of the frontier abandon the land and flee, not only will there be no hope of recovery, but their reputation will also be bad.

"I don't know what Qin Tongzhi needs? As long as I have what Xiongzhou has, I'll deliver it right away!" Seeing that Qin Kuan would not leave, Lu Lin was determined at once, and Dang Shi patted his chest and promised.

"Since there is going to be a war, food and supplies must be fully prepared. In addition, the arsenal of Xiongzhou must be opened. Zhizhou also knows that when we leave, we leave all the arsenals in the station to the successor." Speaking of this, Qin Kuan couldn't help sighing, those armors, god arm bows, defeating enemies bows, etc., presumably have become the equipment of the Liao people. "So we need a lot of bows, arrows, swords and shields."

The people of Liao really seize the opportunity to eat persimmons and only pick the soft ones!

"Open it right away, open it right away, the control can go and get it at any time!" Lu Lin said again and again.

"In addition, please Zhizhou must do a good job in appeasing the people, evacuate the surrounding people into the city as much as possible, and at the same time organize the Xiang army and distribute weapons.!" Qin Kuan said. "Even the young and strong must be organized immediately. The Xiangjun and young strong on our Hebei Road are not easy to mess with. As long as the organization benefits, they are good at defending the city."

Lu Lin nodded repeatedly.

"At the same time, I also want to ask Zhizhou to join me in writing a letter to the pacifier." Qin Kuan said.

After reading Qin Kuan's letter to Cui Ang, the appeasement envoy, Lu Lin was silent for a while, but still bit his toothpick and signed his name.At this time, his fate was already tied to Qin Kuan. If he didn't sign this letter, maybe Qin Kuan would break up and leave with his troops.

As a veteran who has been guarding the border for many years, by this time, Qin Kuan has roughly understood the strategic deployment of the Liao army and what it wants. Judging from the current degree of completion, the Liao people have already completed half of it.What I can do right now is to try to prevent my opponent from completing the other half.

But the terrible thing is that his strength is insufficient.

There are only [-] people in the Xin'an Army.

Therefore, Qin Kuan immediately sent envoys for help to the Baoding Army stationed in Wen'an, the Ansu Army stationed in Ansu, and the Shun'an Army stationed in Gaoyang.

"Defend Baigou Station and the pontoon bridge there, and the [-] troops in Guiyi City will retreat across the Juma River to join us." Qin Kuan knocked on the map on the table, and said to the generals in the room: "In this way, , we will be able to gather nearly [-] troops in Xiongzhou, plus the local Xiang army, which is enough to withstand the onslaught of the Liao people. And as long as we have carried the first three axes of the Liao people, the next army on Hebei Road will be able to Continuously pouring into the battlefield, turning this battle into a stalemate, as long as it looks like this, it will basically be over soon."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Over the years, we have fought many battles with the Liao people. Both sides are very aware of each other's strength. Once the battle becomes a loss-making business, no one wants to fight again.

Negotiations have become the keynote.

Of course, how well the battle is played on the battlefield also determines the level of the envoys' voices on the negotiating table and the final result.

"Guan Zhi, your arrangement is of course no problem, but is there any other arrangement from above?" A battalion general said: "I heard that Guiyi City is named by the officials to defend it. If they don't withdraw, we will defend it." Baigou Station, but it is thankless. Yeluzhen heard that he is also a general in a hundred battles. He will not fail to see the importance of Baigou Station. If he storms somewhere, he will cut off the only way back for our army in Guiyi City of."

"I can see the problem, can the appeasement envoy not see it? The large number of officials and staff in the appeasement envoy's mansion can't see it? How can Guiyi City be defended?" Qin Kuan said with a smile: "Cui The privy secretary won't even understand this bit of common sense, don't worry!"

Everyone in the room laughed.

"Okay, now everyone knows that Baigou Station is a tough battle, a tough one, who will guard it? Two infantry camps, I will give you as much as you want for the bow and arrows!"

There was a moment of silence in the room, and a young general stood up: "I'll go!"

Qin Kuan nodded. The person who stood up was his son Qin Min, who was just twenty years old this year.

"When we arrive at Baigou Station, we must contact Zhao Zheng Zhao Tongzhi of Guiyi City as soon as possible, and ask him to evacuate quickly!" Qin Kuan urged.

"I will understand at the end!"

"As long as the [-] troops from Guiyi City cross the Juma River and join you, they can slowly return to Xiongzhou. At this time, the Ansu Army, Security Army, and Shun'an Army have already gathered in Xiongzhou. Xiongzhou, our strong army of nearly [-] borders, and the cooperation of the local Xiang army to defend Xiongzhou, the Liao army would not dare to drive straight in. Even if they dared to go inward, they would only be sporadic small groups of harassing troops, which did not affect the overall situation. It's going to have a huge impact."

In Ba County, Yeluzhen with her hands behind her back, looked at the mountain of armor, bows and arrows and other supplies piled up in front of her, smiling from ear to ear.

He casually picked up a divine arm crossbow from the pile of weapons, stretched out his hand to flick the bow string, and listened to the clear voice, said: "This divine arm bow, my Daliao also gathered many master craftsmen to imitate it, but after making it The things they made look similar, but they are very different in use. The Song people's accomplishments in this artisan craftsman are really beyond our comparison. Look at this armor!" Throwing away the magic arm bow, he picked up another piece of breastplate , trembling in his hand, rattling: "It is much better than our craft."

"In the end, it didn't hurt us!" A general laughed.

Yeluzhen squinted at him, and said, "That's not what I said. We can indeed seize some on the battlefield, but compared to the huge manufacturing power of the Song people, it is a drop in the bucket after all. Why did the Song people these years Can they be evenly matched with us on the battlefield? The advantage over equipment is also one of their greatest reliance."

"No matter how good the armor these troops put on, they are still a bunch of trash!" the general said disdainfully.

"How about Xin'an Army?" Yeluzhen smiled: "How about Dingwu Army? How about Guangrui Army?"

The general was speechless for a moment.

"Song people are not only good at farming, but also good at making craftsmen, and they are also cunning and cunning in business. Over the years, it seems that we are evenly matched, but in terms of national strength, the other side is constantly rising. I'm at a disadvantage." Yeluzhen said: "Otherwise, the lord would not have allowed the county king to come to Nanjing Road. This time, the county king and Lin Xueshi have been thinking hard and planning for several years before we have the situation we have today. You Do you know what the ultimate goal of the county king is?"

"Of course it is to expand the territory!" The general said without hesitation.

"Fart!" Yeluzhen spat at the other party, "On weekdays, you are asked to read more, read more, and turn a deaf ear to each other. I think you are almost the same as those Jurchen barbarians. With the current national strength of the two countries, the territory is not so easy to get In the end, we still need to negotiate a solution. This time, the king of the county wants to eliminate the border guards that King Jing of the Song Dynasty worked so hard to build in the past few years!"

The general's eyes widened.

"Such an army cannot be built overnight." Yeluzhen said with a smile: "If Zhao Zhe was here, we would have no chance to do this at all, but if it is Cui Ang, hahaha, no, the opportunity will be Are you here? Without these elite frontier guards who can compete with us, we will come and go whenever we want on Hebei Road in the future! Is the border useful? This is what the king of the county said, to eliminate The vital force of the enemy is dominant."

"The last general understands!" The general nodded repeatedly.

"General Yelu, Brother Wanyan is here!" Hearing the shout, Yeluzhen raised her head, and saw not far away an eight-foot-tall man with half of his arms bare, whose messy hair was only tied with a cloth belt. The big man is coming with his head held high.

Before the people arrived, a sour smell came over the face, the Liao general next to Yeluzhen frowned and took a few steps back, but Yeluzhen stood there with her hands behind her back calmly, looking at this starling Wanyan Jurchens.

"Myna Wanyan has met the general!" Seeing Yeluzhen, myna Wanyan paid homage immediately.

Yeluzhen smiled and said, "Brother Wanyan, this time I will give you a chance to make meritorious service. After this battle is won, the county king and I will fully support you to become the patriarch of your tribe. How about it?"

"Thank you, General." Brother Wanyan stood up and nodded, "I don't know what the mission is?"

"Baigou Station." Yeluzhen said: "When the time comes, my people will take you there. As long as there are a few people who understand the Song Army, they must guard Baigou Station. Qin Kuan is in Xiongcheng, this man They are a strong enemy, they are closer to Baigou Station, and the enemy who wants to come to Baigou Station must be the Xin'an Army."

Brother Wanyan stared fiercely, and said: "Please give me some weapons and armor from the general, and I will take the Baigou post for the general."

"I'm afraid you don't know how to use these magical arm bows and enemy bows!" Yeluzhen said, "It's useless if I give them to you. You can use the other armor and weapons here as you like. I only want one result, that is to take down the white Ditch post."

Looking at the mountains of weapons and armor, Wanyan Myna laughed wildly: "Thank you, General, thank you, General."

Yeluzhen waved her hand, "Tomorrow morning, I want to see you and your people have set off."

"Yes!"

Accompanying Yeluzhen away from this Wanyan starling, General Liao said worriedly: "General, the Jurchens have always been rebellious, holding those primitive weapons gives us a headache, if we have such sharp weapons like the Song people Weapons, if they mess up, it will be troublesome."

"It's just how to control them." Yeluzhen said flatly: "They are the best knives. It would be a pity to kill them for nothing. I don't feel sorry for driving them to fight with Song people. It can save me a lot. Why not take the lives of the warriors of the Liao Dynasty? Wanyan starlings have thousands of people, how big a wave can they create? When they are all wiped out, we will bring another Jurchen tribe over!"

"General Gao Ming!"

The next day, a Jurchen army armed with weapons and armor abandoned by the Song army in Bazhou, set foot on the road to Baigouyi at a high speed, and at the same time, the Song army of the two battalions led by Qin Min, It is also close to Baigou post.The two armies will inevitably collide at Baigouyi.

At this time, the four gates of Guiyi City were closed, and flags were flying. Inside the city, trebuchets stood like a forest, and on the city, big killer weapons such as eight-ox crossbows and whirlwind cannons could be seen everywhere.

On the opposite side of Guiyi City, the king's flag of the Liao army Yelujun's King Qi Wangjun was clearly visible, and Liao army generals gathered from all directions to Guiyi City, probably tens of thousands of people.

Zhao Zhengding stood on the tower with his helmet on. Although his heart was pounding, he didn't show much fear.Guiyi City was originally a military city. In the past half a year, from the beginning of the Dingwu Army until he came here, he has been continuously managing the city defense. Right now, it is not an exaggeration to describe the defense of Guiyi City as impenetrable.

If Guiyi City, which hangs alone on the side of the Juma River, does not make great efforts to defend the city, how can it gain a foothold?
The Liao people were not good at attacking the city, but the Song people were very good at defending the city. Zhao Zheng wanted to show his skills here. If he could fight the Liao people Qishui County King undefeated, he would become famous all over the world. Got it.

"Zhao Tongzhi, Qin Kuantong of the Xin'an Army sent someone to send a message, please evacuate Guiyi City as quickly as possible, he has already arranged troops to respond at Baigou Station!" A general walked over quickly, low voice.

(End of this chapter)