Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After crossing the Dalong Mountain and going down the Jing River, the Qinfeng Army led by Zhao Dian came to camp ten miles outside Weizhou City, forming a corner with Weizhou City, and formed a threat to the Xixia Brother Li Cha's army that surrounded Weizhou City. threaten.

However, in the camp of the Xixia Army, the head coach Li Cha was overjoyed when he learned that the reinforcements from the Chu Army had arrived.

In this valley of the Jing River, Li Cha, the coach of the Xixia Army, had already decided on the strategy of "surrounding the spot and fighting for reinforcements", and was waiting for the Chu army's reinforcements to arrive, so as to wipe out the vital forces of the Chu army in the field battle.

Chapter 995 Ximen Qing Zhengxi

The Xixia army invaded Shanxi Fifth Road, Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, Jingyuan Road, and Xihe Road, but there were no traces of the Xixia Army on Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Army Road.

Zhao Dian, the envoy of Qinfeng Road, had no worries, and personally led [-] troops to the outside of Weizhou City to rescue Xi Gong, the envoy of Jingyuan Road who was trapped in Weizhou.

After the two defeats of the Zhenrong Army and Wating Village, most of the soldiers and horses on Jingyuan Road retreated back to Weizhou and stood firm, no longer having the strength to confront the Xixia Army in the wild.

Once the Jingyuan Road is lost, the Xixia Army can go directly to Jingzhao Mansion and shake Chu's rule in Shaanxi.

Therefore, the guards and horse troops stationed in Jingzhao Mansion commanded envoys, and Wang Jin, the general manager of the Yongxing Army, also led [-] troops up the Jing River and entered Jingzhou City.

After arriving in Jingzhou City, Wang Jin assigned [-] troops to "Jumping Tiger" Chen Da and "White Snake" Yang Chun, and asked them to go north to Yuanzhou quickly to help the local guards hold on to the city and ensure that Yuanzhou was not lost.

Later, Wang Jin took Han Shizhong as the vanguard, and asked him to lead [-] soldiers and horses to continue westward along the Jinghe River and reach the city of Weizhou.

Wang Jin led the army with "Jiuzhilong" Shi Jin and "Shenji Military Division" Zhu Wu, followed closely behind.

Wang Jin also had some intentions of revenge when he went west this time.

Liu Fa, Wang Jin's coach back then, was defeated by Brother Li Cha.Wang Jin learned that it was Marshal Ma of the Xixia State Army who besieged Weizhou City. After Jin King Li Chage, he decided to defeat Li Cha's army under Weizhou City and avenge General Liu Fa.

When Wang Jin left Jingzhao Mansion and went west, he also ordered the troops stationed in Huazhou, Shangzhou, Shanzhou and other places to follow up and support them and gather in Jingzhou.

Therefore, soldiers and horses from Shanzhou and other places also marched westward along the Yellow River and Weishui.

At this time, a fleet of the Chu state's official army appeared on the Yellow River in the north of Shanzhou City. The flag hanging high on the bow was waving in the wind.

This army is exactly [-] strong soldiers led by four generals, "Big Sword" Guan Sheng, "Jing Mu Xuan" Hao Siwen, "Ugly County Horse" Xuan Zan, and "Holy Water General" Shan Yangui.

And the word "Guan" on the military flag is exactly the calligraphy of Ximen Qing, the great calligrapher of the dynasty.

After learning that the Western Army was defeated by the Xixia Army and was unable to fight back, Ximenqing knew that the opportunity to stand up had come.

Therefore, Ximenqing flew pigeons to pass the letter, let Wang Jinxi go west to break the siege of Weizhou, and at the same time dispatched troops to conquer the Xixia Kingdom.

Guan Shengjun, who was awarded the military flag by Ximenqing, was ordered to go first to support Yan'an Mansion on Yanyan Road.

Guan Sheng's marching route was to take a boat from the Yellow River up to Tongguan, enter Weishui, and then go north to Luoshui to reach Ganquan County in Yan'an Prefecture.

After arriving in Ganquan County in Yan'an Prefecture, Guan Shengjun abandoned the boat and walked northward to Yan'an Prefecture.

Ximenqing wanted to train the sailors, and at the same time saved Guan Shengjun a lot of fatigue.

When Guan Sheng's army was resting outside the city of Shanzhou to replenish supplies, a young general came to visit the main general Guan Sheng.

The young man recommended himself in front of Guan Sheng, willing to serve in Guan Sheng's army.

Guan Sheng asked about the origin of the young man. His name was Li Yanxian, a native of Pengyuan, Ningzhou, and he moved to Gongzhou, which is Longxi.

Because he grew up in the frontier area, Li Yanxian learned the art of bow, carbine, spear and stick since he was a child.

In the first year of Jingkang in the former Song Dynasty, Jin soldiers invaded Bianjing. Li Yanxian scattered all his wealth and recruited soldiers and horse kings.

At that time, it happened that Li Gang was ordered to proclaim Lianghe. Li Yanxian wrote to impeach Li Gang for his ignorance of military skills. As a result, he was hunted down by Yousi and had to change his name and flee.

This year, the Jin soldiers occupied Hedong, and Li Yanxian joined the army again in order to serve the country.

After the fall of Hedong, Li Yanxian came to Shanzhou to visit the guard Li Mida.

Li Mida was once demoted because of his disagreement with Li Gang, and he and Li Yanxian shared a bit of the same hatred and sympathy for each other.Seeing Li Yanxian's extraordinary conversation, he asked him about Northwest Defense.

Li Yanxian pointed out the country and was impassioned. He was appreciated by Li Mida and was left as a lieutenant general, stationed between Wei and Mian.

At this time, the Jin soldiers invaded Bianjing again, and Fan Zhixu, the appeasement envoy of the Yongxing Army, was ordered to command the six-way army for reinforcements.

Before the army set off, Li Yanxian put forward his own suggestion again, not to be humbled: "Xiaomian is a dangerous pass, it is difficult to garrison troops, advancing and retreating will easily lead to the collapse of the army.

The army should go in separate ways and look for an opportunity to leave the customs.Shaanxi should be guarded with half of the army before further action can be taken. "

Fan Zhixu, like Li Gang, was originally a literati who didn't know how to fight, and he was headstrong, so not only did he not listen to the advice, but he blamed Li Yanxian for being greedy for life and fear of death, and depressed the morale of the army. He dismissed Li Yanxian and sent him to Shihao Town, Shanzhou to serve as Lieutenant Shi Hao, who was in charge of catching robbers.

Now that he heard that the Xixia Army had invaded the Fifth Route of Shaanxi, Li Yanxian had the desire to serve the country again by going to battle to kill the enemy.

It's just that Fan Zhixu's generation is still in Shaanxi, and Li Yanxian has no future.

Now I heard that Guan Sheng's army under the privy envoy Ximen Qing's army was marching into Shaanxi, Li Yanxian secretly thought that there was a place to use his force, so he rushed to the outside of Shanzhou City with hundreds of people, and made a special trip to wait for the arrival of Guan Sheng's army.

Guan Sheng is also a person who has been underappreciated for his talents and has been a subordinate for a long time. After hearing what happened to Li Yanxian, he has a good impression of him.

Unlike Li Gang and Fan Zhixu, who are well-known but don't know how to fight, Guan Sheng has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he encourages himself by his ancestor Guan Yu.

Guan Sheng immediately tested the method of marching and fighting with Li Yanxian.Li Yanxian's answers were fluent and clear, which made Guan Sheng greatly appreciate it.

Therefore, Guan Sheng took Li Yanxian into the army and still served as a lieutenant general.After making military exploits in the future, he will be rewarded.

Li Yanxian led hundreds of people to join Guan Sheng's army happily, and followed Guan Sheng to march to Yan'an Mansion.

After Guan Shengjun marched westward, Ximenqing also swore an oath outside Bianliang City, Tokyo, and personally led [-] elite soldiers to conquer the west, officially sounding the drums for the decisive battle between Chu and Xia.

During this expedition, Ximen Qing was surrounded by fierce generals like clouds, Lu Zhishen, Jiang Zhong, Jiao Ting, Tang Long, Hong Zhen, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Yao Zheng, Xu Qing, Duan Jingzhu, Fan Qiong, Wei Dingguo, Shi Wengong, Su Ding and other generals were in the army, and the "miracle doctor" An Daoquan also led the medical team to go out with the army.

Among the [-] troops of Ximen Qing, there were [-] Musketeers under the command of Ximen Qing, Tang Long, and Wei Dingguo. Ling Zhen did not go out with the army, but stayed behind to take charge of the construction of firearms workshops in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, and Bianliang City, Tokyo. And the production of muskets and artillery.

Ximenqing's brother-in-law Hu Cheng, Zhu Biao, Zhu Hu and other generals also did not go to Xixia this time. They were left in Bianliang City, Tokyo by Ximenqing, and continued to control the army on Jingji Road.

When Ximen Qing's army set off, Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of Chu State, led civil and military officials out of the city to see them off, and the people in the capital also came spontaneously to cheer for Ximen Qing's army.

With all kinds of military supplies donated by the merchants in the capital, Ximen Qingjun left Bianliang City, Tokyo with high morale.

Chapter 996 Ending Yan Zonghan's Performance

After Ximen Qing's army set off, the important officials in the Chu court also got busy.

Qin Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Household, Zong Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others knew that this was a battle of national destiny, and they all worked hard to allocate money, food, supplies, and various military supplies for Ximenqing's army.

Ma Zhicai, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, returned from his mission to the Kingdom of Jin. This time, he took Ximenqing's secret letter and went to the Kingdom of Jin again.

In fact, as soon as Ma Zhi crossed the Yellow River and set foot on the Hedong River, information about the Westward Expedition of the Ximen Qing Army of the State of Chu was reported back to Datong Mansion in Xijing.

At this time, Wan Yan Zonghan had completed the merger of Jin Guodong and West Privy Council, and assigned his generals to guard various places.

Wanyan Zonghan personally sits in Xijing Datong Mansion, Wanyan Xiyin is sent to Yanjing City, Wanyan Yinshu sits in Taiyuan Mansion, Wanyan Loushi sits in Hezhong Mansion, Xijing Road, Yanjing, Hedong, and Hezhong are all placed in Wanyan. Under the direct rule of Yan Zonghan.