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"My lord, there's a letter from the capital." Zhang Qixian's master ran so fast that his old legs were about to fly off. He ran across the yard and into the hall and said, "My lord, your majesty has ordered that the troops from Shanxi are not allowed to fight. General Pan is back!"

"Really? Where did the news come from?" Zhang Qixian stood up excitedly, and he asked the master, if the news is true, then he really narrowly escaped death.

"General Pan sent a general here, right outside!" Master wiped his sweat, a middle-aged man came outside while speaking, Qi Yue subconsciously wanted to hide, but it was too late, it was not someone else It was Ye Suinan.

Ye Suinan entered the door and cupped his fists towards Zhang Qixian and said, "Master Zhang."

"What did your general say?" Zhang Qixian didn't have time to say something on the scene, and went straight to the point.When Ye Suinan looked up and saw Qi Yue who happened to be behind Zhang Qixian, he was so excited that he almost forgot to reply to Zhang Qixian's words. Yang Ye's army was wiped out in the battle of Chenjiakou. They thought Qi Yue had died on the battlefield, but they didn't expect that he was still alive!This is simply a joy to fly!

"My lord, my general had already led the army out of the city, but His Majesty's secret decree suddenly arrived, ordering the army in Shanxi not to fight. My general said, don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Shanxi is not the main battlefield of the Liao army, and the troops coming here are limited. , so that Master Zhang can rest assured."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Qixian said yes for two times before remembering to ask his servants to serve Ye Suinan tea. Ye Suinan declined with a smile: "Suinan is going to convey His Majesty's will to General Lu, so he will stay soon."

Ye Suinan got up to leave, Zhang Qixian hurriedly ordered his master to see him off, Ye Suinan glanced at Qi Yue, but found that Qi Yue was looking away, obviously avoiding himself, but Ye Suinan still couldn't hold back and said: "Qi Yue..."

"Qi Yue, who General Ye knows? What a coincidence, come here, Qi Yue, say hello to General Ye." Zhang Qixian turned to Qi Yue and said, Qi Yue had no choice but to step forward to Ye Suinan and said, " General Ye."

Ye Suinan didn't care about being in front of Zhang Qixian anymore, he stepped forward and pulled Qi Yue to look him over and said, "We all thought you died in battle with Yang Shuai, but we didn't expect you to be alive, that's great, the general always misses you, if he I'd be glad to know you're still alive."

Qi Yue had a thorn in his heart, so he said coldly, "Yeah", "General Ye, you still have to convey His Majesty's will, so don't waste time."

"Well." Ye Suinan also felt Qi Yue's bluntness. At this time, it was inconvenient to say a lot in front of Zhang Qixian. He didn't even have time to ask why Qi Yue was here, so he said, "It's over here, come here Find the general, he has something to tell you."

Without waiting for Qi Yue's reply, Ye Suinan cupped his fists at Zhang Qixian and bid farewell. When Ye Suinan went out, Qi Yue raised his head and saw Ye Suinan's back.Zhang Qixian had never asked about Qi Yue's background, but only knew that Zhao Pu had found him a helper. From this point of view, this young man had some background.

"Qi Yue, look at the current situation, are we still going to fight?" Zhang Qixian is not a person who asks the bottom line, he ignores the episode in front of him, and directly asks Qi Yue about the current battle situation, and Qi Yue is asked by Zhang Qixian. Next, the lost soul also came back, he said "Oh" before saying: "Fight, it is not the main force of the Liao army, and they don't know our actual situation, so they can cheat."

"I think so too!" Zhang Qixian and Qi Yue thought of a place, and he said, "I'll go to General Lu again to see if he can lend us some troops."

"It's useless. General Lu has been sticking to the city and refused to fight. Today, His Majesty's secret order has come down. He has more confidence and will never leave the city." Qi Yue shook his head and sighed, although Pan Mei had seen death for them. They can't save them, but they cannot deny the fact that he is an outstanding general. If it was Pan Mei who was in Daizhou now, they wouldn't have to work so hard, but it was Lu Hanyun.

"It's a very important matter, I'll ask again." Zhang Qixian went out after saying that, a horse was prepared for him outside, and Zhang Qixian went in a hurry.

Qi Yue only sat in the lobby for an hour, when Zhang Qixian came in with a helpless face, Qi Yue knew that Lu Hanyun would definitely reject Zhang Qixian again.

"Brats, so what if I'm a civil servant, so civil servants won't be able to go to the battlefield?" Zhang Qixian complained to Qi Yue angrily. He couldn't sit still when he thought of Lu Hanyun's cowardice. Qi Yue couldn't help seeing Zhang Qixian like this. Zhu laughed: "My lord is not an ordinary civil servant, so he will naturally win the battlefield."

Zhang Qixian hummed and said, "That's right."

"My lord, dinner is ready." The housekeeper stood at the door and said.

Zhang Qixian tossed and tossed all afternoon, his stomach was already empty, he waved his big hand and said: "Hurry up and bring it up."

"Yes." The butler responded, and served the food in a short while. Zhang Qixian glanced at the food and asked the butler, "Is there any meat in the kitchen?"

"Old slave, go and ask." The butler went to the kitchen again, Zhang Qixian picked up a big bowl of rice and started to eat, Qi Yue was used to seeing how this lord eats, so he acted as if he hadn't seen it at this time.After a while, the housekeeper came up with half a sauced elbow and said, "My lord, there is also half of yesterday's sauced elbow, which was just warmed up by the cook."

Zhang Qixian pointed to the butler with a "hey" and said, "Put it between us." The butler put the sauced elbow between Zhang Qixian and Qi Yue. Zhang Qixian saw that he was still angry, put down his chopsticks, smiled and stretched out his hand, and tore the elbow into pieces Two servings, he handed half to Qi Yue, Qi Yue took it with his hand, only to see that Master Zhang ate a large piece of meat with white rice in one hand.

"When I was not an official, I was in my early twenties. I was outside alone, without a penny in my pocket, and I couldn't even afford to live in a shop. It happened that day, I passed by a shop, and I was sitting in a shop. More than a dozen thieves scared away the store owner and customers. A group of people were eating meat and drinking alcohol in the store. I saw my eyes burning and told them, I am a poor man, penniless, and I can eat as much as you want Is it?" Zhang Qixian said with a smile, "The robber said that they are all rough people, it is good that I, a scholar, don't dislike them, and then he treated me to a meal of pork knuckles."

"This big thief is cute." Qi Yue said with a smile.

Zhang Qixian remembered those robbers, smiled and sighed: "It's just the people who were forced to become strongmen with no way out. I was so hungry at the time, I drank three bowls of wine in a row, took the soy sauce elbow and broke it into several pieces." Just stuffed it into his mouth, the big man said with a smile, I saw that I was the material to be a prime minister, otherwise how could I be so informal? They all became robbers when they had to, I hope that when I am an official, I can be considerate to the people He gave me a lot of gold and silver."

Qi Yue also laughed when he heard the words, he said: "This group of strong men look good, your lord is indeed a general, if you are a general today, you will be a prime minister tomorrow."

Zhang Qixian bit his elbow and said with a smile: "Thank you for your good words, I hope we will triumph tomorrow."

"Yes." Qi Yue followed suit with a smile.

After eating, Zhang Qixian went to see the [-]-armed army gathered by Qi Yue. The [-]-armed army had only gathered for two days, and Qi Yue had only practiced briefly. Now he barely looks like an army capable of going to the battlefield. .

"My lord!" When everyone saw Zhang Qixian coming, they all saluted together. Zhang Qixian looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "I know you are afraid in your heart. We are just the Xiang army, and we dare to attack the Liao people. But I, Zhang Qixian, dare to attack the Liao people." Do what Lu Hanyun dare not do! Liao people are also flesh and blood, and they are also mortals like us. They are not invincible. Today we are going to show these forbidden soldiers that we can do what they dare not do! We want to show His Majesty who is far away in the capital, that I, Song Dynasty, still have soldiers that can fight!"

"Yes!" The two thousand soldiers said in unison.

Zhang Qixian personally picked two hundred soldiers, each carrying a flag and a bundle of grass, and sent them to the southwest of the city, which is the direction Pan Mei promised to come, and lit a fire. Bigger is better.He also ordered Qi Yue to take the rest of the people to Tudeng Village to lay an ambush, and when the Liao people came, they would suddenly kill them.

When Qi Yue left, Zhang Qixian smiled with him and said: "Yue, the 2000 of us are all soldiers who could not go to the battlefield before, you take them there, as long as each of them can kill two people, we will make money."

Qi Yue put his hand on the knife at his waist and said to Zhang Qixian, "I will definitely live up to my lord's trust."

Zhang Qixian knew things like a god. As soon as the flames lit up in the southwest of the city, the Liao people outside the city immediately thought of the messengers they had captured, and thought it was Pan Mei's reinforcements. Seeing such a big momentum, they were frightened for a while. It's the soul flying away!Pan Mei was notorious when she was in the Song army, but in the hearts of the Liao people, Pan Mei was still the great Song general who had never lost in successive battles and victories in the just-concluded Yongxi Northern Expedition!So what are you waiting for, run now!

The Liao people immediately retreated to the north, and the direction of retreat was heading towards Tudeng Village where Qi Yue led his men to ambush.

Qi Yue and his [-]-army army had been in ambush in Tudeng Village for less than an hour, when they faintly heard the sound of Liao people's war horses, Qi Yue gestured to the soldiers behind them, and the soldiers behind them turned their bodies to the dark place again Hidden, one by one ready to go.After a quarter of an hour, a group of Liao troops appeared in front of them.

"Boss, they are here." The team leader leaned beside Qi Yue and said, "Shall we fight?"

"Wait." Qi Yue said in a deep voice. Don't be in a hurry at this time. Although this team of Liao people is not strong, it is still a big trouble compared to their 2000 people. If they stop these people, When the time comes to head-to-head with the whole army, they won't get any benefits.

The head of the Liao people passed by, and Qi Yue's hand decisively swiped down from his shoulders. The 2000 men and horses behind him swarmed out. Before the Liao people saw the Song army, they heard the shouts.They had just seen "Pan Mei's reinforcements", and now they only had one thought in mind, no, this is Pan Mei's ambush, and they are waiting to wipe them out!

The Liao people were in turmoil, and Qi Yue was the first to kill the enemy. He led two thousand armored soldiers and charged out like wolves and tigers.

Before dawn, Qi Yue's two thousand troops won a complete victory. Except for those who escaped, the rest were either dead or captured.

"Boss, we caught two officials!" A few soldiers came over the two officials who looked like officials, but none of them could understand Khitan's language, so Qi Yue waved his hands and said: " Take it back and show Master Zhang!"

"Boss, we killed two thousand and captured five hundred. There are also horses, cart tents, cattle and sheep, and a lot of armor." The soldiers who counted the battlefield came up and reported with a smile. Qi Yue smiled and waved his hand. : "Go, take it back to the city!"

"Yes!"

It was very cold in winter. Zhang Qixian put on a cloak and sat on the city wall all night. He burned a stove next to it, but it didn’t help. go back.Finally at dawn, Zhang Qixian saw a large group of people coming towards the city gate.The soldiers on the city wall panicked immediately, thinking that it was the Liao people who had come, but when the group of people got closer and took a look, it turned out to be the banner of their Song army!

Zhang Qixian stood up all of a sudden with joy, he waved his hands vigorously at the people who were coming from a distance, Qi Yue saw it and cupped his fists at him from a distance, the two of them laughed at the same time.

The first ray of sunlight in the sky shone on the city wall of Daizhou.

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