To The Land of Nevernight

One hundred thousand black wolf troops marched day and night, and it took only three days to reach Datong Mansion.

If it's an ordinary army, let's not talk about raids by surprise soldiers, and even beware of the Song army's attack.But instead of recuperating, the black wolf army took the initiative to attack.Because Song Jun had obtained information in advance, he immediately retreated, leaving the Black Wolf Army in vain.But in the military tent, everyone was arguing endlessly.

"As soon as the black wolf army arrived, the morale of the Liao people rose! As I said earlier, before the black wolf army came, they would directly take down that Jiaozhou. Now it's all right, reinforcements are here, how can we fight this!"

"That's an order from the Generalissimo. If you have any objections, go and speak in front of the Generalissimo."

"Hey, you little-eyed rosacea..."

Most of the generals in the Northwest Army Camp came from poor backgrounds, and they all obtained their official positions with a pair of fists.In the military tent, as long as Grand Master Zhou is not around, he will listen to whoever has the loudest voice.Among them, Li Jingde was young, and his voice was the loudest: "What are you arguing about, show me a joke! The Generalissimo naturally has his intentions, you guys can understand?"

"Then you understand?"

Li Jingde stared: "I understand, why don't I understand!"

"You understand what you said."

Li Jingde rolled up his sleeves and said, "I don't understand, but my fist understands."

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Yu Chaosheng, who was the inspector of the march, immediately said: "The Black Wolf Army is indeed a tiger-wolf army. From Shangjing to Datong Mansion, it takes six days for a normal journey, even if you go fast, it will take two days. Black Wolf The army arrived in two days, and it still has the power to make a surprise attack, so it should not be underestimated."

The only civil servant in the big tent spoke, and all the generals turned their heads to look at him, making Yu Chao's scalp tingle.

Li Jingde has often dealt with civil servants in recent years, he said: "What is the opinion of the supervisor?"

Yu Chaosheng: "Before the reinforcements from the Liao people did not arrive, it was a good time for us to attack Datong Mansion, but the Taishi did not move. In the humble opinion of the following officials, perhaps the Taishi was waiting for the reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom. Since the 27th year of Kaiping, we The Great Song repaired the official road and set up the Yin Yin Division, all for this great war. If it was just to get a Datong Mansion, it would be very little. The picture of the Grand Master is the land of the three states that my Great Song lost a hundred years ago. The fear that the Liao Kingdom would not dare to commit another crime for a hundred years!"

After hearing what he said, the generals who had scolded their mothers with rough voices suddenly froze, and only then did they understand the grand master's intentions.

But Li Jingde thought in his heart, this Yu Chaosheng was talking a bunch of nonsense.He knew these things a long time ago, so does Yu Chaosheng need to talk about them?But then he thought that although Yu Chaosheng appeared to be one of the people in charge of the Yinyin Division, he had never really been in contact with the Yinyin Division's work to seek Liao.He guessed this purely based on his own control of the situation.

For a while, Li Jingde had some admiration for him.

The brains of these civil servants are really not in vain.

The hussar general Wei Lv and the inspector Yu Chaosheng both arrived in Youzhou. Naturally, the fourth prince Zhao Jing and the fifth prince Zhao Ji also arrived.

As soon as the two arrived in Youzhou, they rushed to the Northwest Daying camp without stopping to meet Grand Master Zhou.

Zhao Jing is three years older than Zhao Ji, and he is quite fat in middle age.As soon as he saw Taishi Zhou, his eyes turned red, and he said: "I heard that the two armies were fighting, and I was anxious in my heart. I only hated that I was unable to participate in the battle in Shengjing. Today, I have received the grace of my father, and I can come to Youzhou to participate in the battle. I will not let my father. , Grand Master is disappointed."

When Zhao Ji heard it, how could he fall behind others: "Zhao Ji also invites to fight. Father is old, and he can no longer drive himself to conquer like 27 years ago. As a son of man, as a prince, I will definitely lead the way and fight with blood. The head of the enemy."

In the military tent, there were candle shadows, Grand Master Zhou looked at the two princes, but there was no movement on his face.He said: "The three princes work together, and the veteran believes that this battle will surely be won."

When Zhao Jing and Zhao Ji heard this, their faces were slightly distorted, and they quickly said: "This battle must be won!"

On the fifth day of May, the Black Wolf Army and the Song Army fought a battle more than [-] miles outside the Datong Mansion, and the killing was so dark.

Two days ago, the fourth and fifth princes had just arrived in Youzhou, and they asked the grand master for a battle.After they left, the second prince, Zhao Shang, also came. He also wanted to fight in person, and even his rhetoric was similar to that of the previous two princes: "Father is old. Our morale."

However, the real battle was imminent, and all three showed timidity.

In their military tent, they paced back and forth in fear.Knowing that this battle in the northwest is very likely to determine the future battle for the crown prince.But the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, even the brave generals will die on the battlefield, let alone princes like them!

However, Taishi Zhou didn't let these princes go to the battlefield at all, and even didn't let the three of them participate in the military meeting, and sent them back to Youzhou City directly.

On the fifth day of May, the two armies clashed tentatively. The battle was invincible and undefeated, which only allowed both sides to have a preliminary judgment on the strength of the other side.After the battle, Yu Chaosheng returned to Youzhou as a supervisor.As soon as he arrived at the mansion, he received an invitation from the second prince Zhao Shang.In just a few moments, invitations from the fourth and fifth princes were also delivered one by one.

If Wang Qin and Su Wenyun were here, I am afraid that they would not accept these invitations, but would refuse them with excuses.

But Yu Chaosheng looked at these three pictures and remembered what his teacher had said to him before he left.

"Xianzhi, this is your only chance to save yourself!" 』

Yes, with the difficulty of the Xingzhou case, others have no chance to save themselves. All he can do is save himself!

Yu Chaosheng ordered: "Tomorrow there will be a banquet at the mansion for the three princes."

"Yes."

Fifteen miles outside the city of Datong Prefecture, there is a steep and rugged hill named Zhanhu Peak.

It is rumored that in the former dynasty, a fierce tiger often haunted the northwest and ate human flesh.A caravan passed through Youzhou and encountered a tiger in the suburbs in the middle of the night.The tiger was so fierce that it ate up three caravan guards. Finally, after the caravan retreated to Zhanhu Peak, the tiger was blocked by the mountain.

On June 36th of the [-]th year of Kaiping, the Black Wolf Army of the Liao Kingdom was brave and good at fighting, and had the best iron cavalry in the world.They drove straight in, clanging their iron hooves, stepping on the chests of soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, trampling them into flesh.

Li Jingde led the Feilong army back to Zhanhu Peak.

The Liao general who led the troops was named Gunzaer, a lieutenant who had not yet been given a surname.Gunzaar defeated the Feilong army, so he naturally wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Unexpectedly, Yeluqin, the confidant of the second prince Yelushege, drove his horse to the front of the army in a hurry. There is still mountain fog. Do not take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, you should withdraw your troops!"

When Gun Zal heard this, he also thought of retreating. "Is what you said true?"

Yeluqin: "Of course it is true. If I catch the Song army's ambush, it will be a big disaster."

Go Zal: "Retreat!"

Li Jingde, who was hiding in Zhanhu Peak, was greatly relieved when he saw that the Liao people had retreated.But he remembered it.

That night, Liao general Xiao Han heard about Gunzaer's retreat and said angrily: "Zhanhu Peak is a dangerous place, but it was noon, the sun was shining, and there was no mountain fog to block it. Our black wolf army is also powerful , why not take advantage of the victory to pursue? The intelligence of the spies is that Li Jingde has no ambush at all, you have to go after him, and his [-] flying dragon army will become my Daliao prisoner tonight! Stupid thing, get the three-stick army stick!"

Gun Zal held his breath and was issued a three-stick army stick.

The next day, Gunzar secretly found someone and replaced the milk given to Yeluqin with unprocessed goat milk.The smell of the goat's milk made Yeluqin spit it out on the spot.He knew it was Zal's revenge, so what he should do at this moment was to give a gift and apologize to resolve the resentment.But Yeluqin didn't do that, instead he poured out the bowl of goat's milk.

When Gunzaar learned of this, he was even more furious.

Yeluqin paid his respects to the second prince Yelushege, Yelushege had already heard about this matter, he asked with concern: "I heard that Lord Yelu vomited, is he alright now?"

Yeluqin saluted and said, "I'm fine with this official. It's just that from now on, Na Gunzal will hold a grudge against this official even more."

Brother Yelushe sighed: "If you want to kill the 6000 black wolf army, it's useless to rely on those Song people who are not successful. It's been a month, and the black wolf army only killed [-] people, which is far from enough. "

Yeluqin: "That's why the officer deliberately provoked Gun Zar this time, in order to kill one hundred thousand black wolf troops."

"Sure enough, Master Yelu will never do anything without a reason, and he will never disappoint His Highness. How are you going to do it?"

"The Zhanhu Peak is the tomb designed by the lower official for Gunzar and the [-] Black Wolf Army! Moreover, the lower official will accompany the army to kill the Black Wolf Army this time. Worry."

Brother Yelushe said in shock: "Master Yelu, are you going to put yourself in danger?"

Yeluqin gritted his teeth, knelt down and saluted, with a sincere voice: "Your Highness is the true king and master of Daliao, and only Your Highness is the real master of my southern officials! Even if the official died in the barrier tiger peak , and die without regret.”

Brother Yelushe immediately stepped forward and helped him up: "Brother She will definitely not disappoint you."

At the same time, in the northwest camp, Li Jingde also immediately asked to see the Generalissimo, and told what happened today.

"That Gunzaer was originally a reckless man with little strength and no knowledge of the art of war. Today I really fled to Zhanhu Peak, but he retreated and lost his opportunity for nothing. This matter spread to the Liao army. The general of the army will definitely punish Gun Zal. If this is the case, then I will do it a few more times! Next time, I will escape to the barrier tiger peak. Hufeng. At that time, his [-] black wolf army will be wiped out."

Taishi Zhou pondered for a moment: "It is indeed a clever plan. But how do you know that the next time Na Gunzaar won't directly take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but will wait until you are ready to ambush?"

Li Jingde was swallowed, but he smiled loudly: "The Black Wolf Army can be said to be the most powerful army in the world. If you want to win them, you can't do it without paying! If I, Li Jingde, are wrong, I will only pay for my life. The few remnants who were already defeated. But if we win, I, Da Song, will be able to truly not be afraid of this greedy tiger hovering in the northwest!"

Li Jingde didn't know at the moment that his thoughts coincided with Yeluqin's.

Three days later, Qiao Jiu tried every means to spread the news to the Northwest Camp.Taishi Zhou was overwhelmed with surprise, and called Li Jingde. He looked at him up and down, and rarely smiled: "If there is someone who can not only save your Flying Dragon Army's life, but also really kill Gunzaer and his [-] Black Wolf Army!" Fazi, do you want to listen?"

Li Jingde's eyes lit up immediately: "Marshal, tell me!"

Taishi Zhou: "This matter is related to Yin Yinsi."

Li Jingde is not stupid, he immediately thought: "Could it be that the spies in the Liao Kingdom also want to attack Gunzaer?"

"It's okay to tell you, but you have to promise one thing first."

"What's the matter? I, Li Jingde, am not afraid of going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire!"

"Shave your beard off."

"……what?!"

Taishi Zhou said lightly: "Shave your beard off."

Li Jingde: "..."

"No, Marshal, what does that have to do with my beard?"

Taishi Zhou stroked his beautiful beard, and said with a smile: "I heard that a few years ago, you used to plot against others in the camp, and put someone's head in a sack?"

"..."

"I told you, just don't offend those civil officials. Even the old man would not be angry with Zhong Taisheng and the group of literati. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and today someone else is here to take revenge. If you want to get information, you can. You, Li Jingde, shaved off your beard."

Li Jingde was extremely ashamed and indignant: "Teacher, you can treat such a villain as a trifle with such a big family matter?!"

Taishi Zhou said in a majestic voice, "Of course not. But the old man also wants to see what you look like when you shave your beard."

"..."

On the fourth day of July in the 36th year of Kaiping, Tang Shen left the Ministry of Industry, walking very fast. He took a booklet and anxiously entered the palace to meet the saint.

Outside the Chui Gong Palace, the eunuch Ji Fu saw that the person who came was Tang Shen, walked over quickly, his wrinkled face turned into a flower with a smile: "Master Tang, why are you here today?"

Tang Shen couldn't hide his joy, he breathed slightly: "Please trouble your father-in-law to inform you, my next official, Tang Shen, pays homage to the Holy Majesty."

Ji Fu rolled his eyes: "But is there a happy event?"

Tang Shen smiled.

Ji Fu immediately went in to report, and after a while, he came to take Tang Shen into the hall.

Tang Shen walked into the Chuigong Hall and saw Zhao Fu sitting on the Arhat couch eating melons.The two eunuchs carefully helped the emperor pick out the pulp and seeds of the melon, leaving only the crystal clear flesh.

When Zhao Fu saw Tang Shen, his voice was kind: "Jing Ze, I heard that you have something happy to tell me?"

Tang Shen held up the memorial in his hand, and was about to speak when he saw a young eunuch rushing in.

Ji Fu reprimanded: "Those who don't understand the rules, who let you in."

The little eunuch immediately moved to Ji Fu's ear and whispered something.Ji Fu's face changed, he hurriedly said: "The official, it's a military newspaper from the northwest."

Zhao Fu put down the melon slices in his hand: "Xuan!"

The scout officer strode into the Chuigong Hall, Ji Fu quickly took the wooden tube in his hand, and handed it to Zhao Fu with both hands.Zhao Fu opened the wooden tube and looked at the military situation inside. Suddenly, his eyes froze.The next moment, he burst into laughter, walked up to Tang Shen, and patted his shoulder vigorously.

Seeing Zhao Fu's appearance, Tang Shen already guessed that it must be a great victory in the Northwest.

Zhao Fu said: "Jing Ze, you are really my lucky star. As soon as you entered the palace, the military report came from the grand master. Li Jingde killed [-] black wolf troops in the Zhanhu Peak, and the Liao army was defeated! You and Jingde, I am really not disappointed. This is double happiness!"

Kill [-] black wolf troops!

Hearing this short sentence, Tang Shen felt his heart beating with fear and his blood boiling.

Tang Shen respectfully said: "I congratulate Your Majesty, and congratulate my Great Song!"

Zhao Fu was overjoyed, his laughter spread throughout the Chui Gong Hall.

Ji Fu on the side quietly looked at Tang Shen, thinking to himself: This Tang Jing is really lucky, look, before he even said a word, he was called "Double Happiness" by the officials for no reason.Even if he came here to report a trivial matter today, the credit for him in the future will not be small.It seems that Master Tang's promotion is not far away!

The author has something to say: Ji Fu: Tsk, what luck, I love it!

Tang Shen:? ? ?Who says I'm lucky, what I'm going to talk about is a big deal, a big deal, let that Li Jingde get in the way, okay?

Li Jingde: My jaw is so cold...

Su Wenyun: Fuck my CP?In this world, no one worthy of me, Su Feiran, has yet been born!

Old Wang next door: ... [Those who didn't show up today, don't have the right to speak! 】