The setting sun melts gold, and the evening clouds combine.

Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the valley where Lou Fan was, he looked like a large army of 800 miles away.

The army gathered here was composed of the Dragon Guards, the main force of the Divine Guards, and the Imperial Guards, which were the auxiliary troops of Hedong. From here, within 200 miles of Taiyuan Prefecture, but there were Kuanping who could camp, all of them were stationed in military horses.

It was dusk at this moment, and smoke was everywhere in the camp, and a large group of war horses were led by the cavalry themselves and brought to the edge of Lanshui to drink and dissipate and wash. Then they led the horse back to the camp, filled the manger with good beans and fodder that were not cut more than an inch long, so that the war horses could eat, so that these cavalry could eat.

On weekdays, even if the infantry is placed on the carriage, they carry the dry food and water bags on their bodies, and their faces are covered in dust. The cavalry whistled past is enviable. However, after entering the camp, the infantry can eat and rest, and the cavalry has to serve the Ma Zu. This is the time for the infantry to mock the cavalry.

The infantry took the rice bowl and went to the river to wash the horses. The cavalry was still working hard to clean the horses. This was the best way to clear the bloodline of the war horses. The mounts were soaked with wet, and their stomachs were so hungry that they screamed. The infantry was deliberately complaining that there was too much oil and water in the bowl, and it was quite difficult to clean them. They were so angry that they rolled their eyes.

When entering Loufan, the ones who are on the front line are naturally elite troops. They are ready to fight with [↘, w▼ww. Zonghan's troops at any time. During this assembly process, the treatment is naturally first-class. The King of Yan has issued strict orders, and the military horses stationed in Loufan and Kuguzhai, and the daily supply of fine rice and white flour is not to be mentioned. Vegetables must be fresh. A meat is indispensable every day.

In addition to this daily supply, there are always hot pots and stoves in the camp that catch fire for twelve hours, and all the hot soup is boiled inside. The cavalryman returned from the front and could have hot soup at any time.

The weather is gradually approaching summer. Although the weather is colder this year than usual. When you are in the mountains, you often have to wear jackets, and various medicinal materials for cooling off have been transported to prepare in various battalions. Every day, you have to make a large pot of drinks for the soldiers to use. Although the skills in the army are really bad, even if the drinks made with good ingredients always taste like horse urine. But such treatment is not something that the soldiers of the Song army who have sent troops to release horses over the years can imagine?

When King Yan Hou met this, these old soldiers naturally understood that they should report it with bloody battles when they were in battle!

Such a superior supply is naturally supported by a huge logistics system. From Taiyuan Prefecture to the south, half of the officials on Hedong Road were busy, collecting civilians and raising food and grass. In addition, so many abundant reserves in Nanjing were transferred out, transported to the north continuously, and finally transferred to the front line.

Wu Min and hundreds of officials who fled to the city were completely corrected by the King of Yan's military law. They really shocked the civil officials of the Song Dynasty who had always been wandering and honored. It is unknown how to curse the King of Yan behind their backs, at least they have to jump up now. They run around and participate in these military supplies and mobilize civil servants. There are thousands of officials running around, and there are more than tens of thousands of civil servants who transport military supplies and pay on the road every day!

The abundant resources of the Song Dynasty finally played a role at this time. The massive amount of armor and weapons, expensive bed and crossbows, and various military artifacts were all transported from the huge arsenals near Bianliang and sent to various armies. In the time and space without Xiao Yan, when the Jurchen Tatars finally opened Bianliang, they found that the mountains of the arsenal were full of military artifacts for millions of troops. However, the Hebei rebels in the Song Dynasty were poorly equipped, mostly fighting the Tartars with only a passionate blood!

The battlegrounds in Hedong were so busy, so the officials of Bianliang could not be easily saved. The war was fierce before, and the army was stockpiled like clouds, and money and grain were spent like flowing water. The money was half of the accumulation and storage of the King of Yan before, and half of the treasury was funded by the state treasury. However, the accounts must be done well, which is enough to make many officials in the capital busy, and various essential documents in the bureaucratic system were flying all over the sky.

Bianliang was originally a place with a large population and a tight grain supply. Therefore, the transportation of grain ships has always been the most important thing in the Song Dynasty. At this moment, the war between Hebei and Hedong was in the capital of Hedong. Hedong was not a place with abundant grain production. Hebei still did not recover from the war against Yan a few years ago, and all needed the rear to support food and grass. At this time, it was necessary to collect food and grass from Jinghu, Jiangnan and even Jiannan, and then organize the transportation to Bianliang. This is another extremely troublesome thing.

In addition, even the Western Army groups, which are now occupying Shaanxi and have a significant situation, should also take into account the situation. Although Xiaozhong is still watching the war, his subordinates are also having a chaotic opinion and are far from being unified. However, taking advantage of the preparatory reason to ask for food and salary from the court center, it is not polite, and it is also a shocking sound. It seems that if the court does not support it, the Western army will collapse and no longer be able to contribute to the court. At that time, not to mention the Jurchens, even the Western thieves will decline and revive, and they will fight to Guanzhong in one breath.

Regarding the Western Army, the King of Yan was naturally trying to comfort and perfunctory at this time. However, if you have any requests, you have to provide a discount as soon as possible. How could this not be a huge trouble?

The bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty was built and restrained each other. It was not known for its high efficiency. The Song Dynasty had never fought such a huge war that lasted thousands of miles and was so large! In addition, the two palace changes made the posts in the court empty. Many people watched coldly, seeing how long the imperial center that Xiao Yan temporarily formed a team, would be ineffective, and finally, it would be implicated in the front line!

However, to their surprise, those who have retained and continued to this day, and those who have been resigned and surrendered to the present, have only made promises. Xiao Yan was placed in the court two most important figures, one was Fang Teng in the East Prefecture, and the other was Zuo Liaozhe as the chief of the King of Yan and the other was also the chief of the shogunate of the King of Yan and sent Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei to transfer the ambassador to transfer the ambassador.

Both of them are young and strong, and they are both shining with dazzling brilliance. Fang Teng is so busy every day that he is really a verbal verdict, and he keeps writing. He piles up all kinds of texts, reports and seals every day. He handles them properly. He also suppresses the bureaucratic system of Bianliang with great majesty and has to follow him. You must know that Xiao Yan left a thousand men and horses to the Bianliang capital. Fang Teng just ordered the orders. Just as Fang Teng was sent by the Tokyo Four Walls Defense Envoy. He ordered the army and horses, which was just right. At this critical moment, Fang Teng did not hesitate to use such authority!

If any official is incompetent, Fang Teng will be in the Eastern Prefecture and will immediately produce a document of seizure and punish the officials, and send it to the Eastern Prefecture to ask the officials to paint the promise. Then the military officer will come to the door with the official documents and invite the person to go to Bianliang Prison.

Xiao Yan killed the Privy Council as if he was slaughtering a dog. Fang Teng, a person from the literati class, was so cruel once he was in use. I don’t know how many people hated the two of them behind their backs, secretly prayed, hoping that they would die soon!

However, the prayer has not yet been so powerful, Xiao Yan is still alive on the Hedong front line. Fang Teng is still surrounded by a large group of soldiers and runs back every day, dealing with all kinds of difficult matters. The officials of Bianliang could only endure such tyranny and were driven to make a mess.

Zuo Zai Shi was far from Fang Teng's talent in political affairs. He was not as talented as Fang Teng when he encountered problems. He didn't know which agency he should be responsible for when encountering problems. However, Zuo Zai Shi's strengths lies in his financial planning, which accumulated a lot of money. He was unhappy at all. The family that King Yan gathered was in his hands, and he spent at the same time as the treasury, and he had to supply three battlefields. He had to send forward and later transportation, and the wages were discounted, the wages were discounted, and the rewards were paid according to different standards. All kinds of stolen things were like a mess. If the original bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty was allowed to operate such financial planning, it would be better to encroach on the inside, and it would be good if the 10th of the expenditure could be used for the main items.

But Zuo Zai Shi was to cook this difficult thing with a refreshing and clear manner, and he was very particular about it. He knew the truth of the Yan Wang family. He had copied the house twice and added the big banner to make tiger skins. The money accumulated by the so-called bonds can be used only about 20 to 30 million yuan. Some real estate is not easy to sell and discount at this time. The treasury is just trying to support it, and it is good to allocate three to four million yuan a month. The imperial guard industries in the Dumen have also been greatly reduced due to the war.

In fact, the decisive battle with the Jurchens without the battle against Yan, the family's wealth was not as thick as that of Tong Guan's war against Yan! If he still allowed the previous method of embezzling together, the family would be controlled. In less than half a year, the King of Yan would have to be defeated and the supply would not be available in the future.

Zuo Zaoji devoted himself to great energy and was almost obsessed with such a big scheming of money and affairs. But he could not escape his eyes if he had any tricks. After following Xiao Yan for a long time, and with Fang Teng, a good example, Zuo Zaoji became cruel and decisive in his actions. Anyone who dared to reach out here would never wait for the time being!

During these days, people who are greedy in financial affairs are pushed out of Nanxun Gate every day, and are chopped off their heads in the new school ground left by Xiao Yan's army.

There are rumors in the capital that Gong Fang imprisoned me and Gong Zuo killed me. The eight words spread so much that it made people feel that the entire capital of the Song Dynasty seemed like a dark hell!

Fang Teng and Zuo Zaiji alone naturally could not stand such a big air. Even if people in the original bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty could barely obey orders, they would never cooperate fully. Fang Teng also boldly promoted a large number of daily drum candidates, and briefly examined their nature and used them. However, those who could show their abilities and act in a solid manner immediately gave important missions, mainly among the two newly established yamen of Zuo Zaiji's transfer commander and Fang Teng's four-wall defense envoy.

For a time, Quanfa was sent to the sky, flying all over the city of Bianliang. These suddenly promoted people would be eliminated or imprisoned if they were mistaken. Those who dared to reach out for military expenses would have to go to the new school outside Nanxun Gate to try a knife on the neck!

These people who listen to the drums have been in the sea of ​​elections for a long time. They were originally people who were unlikely to stand out in the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty. Now they suddenly had such a way out. It is not a way out for the present situation. At least half of the people were in charge of their work. Under the leadership of Fang Teng and Zuo Zaoji, outside the court structure, they actually supported such heavy logistics matters!

Such a scene, in the view of the original bureaucratic system that ruled the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, was naturally a group of demons dancing, villains were in power, and national affairs were changing day by day. Later, this depression came to an end, besides the secret connection that had never been interrupted and the curse behind the back. Many people were eagerly looking forward to it day and night, it turned out that Xiao Yan's army had lost both in Hedong and Hebei. They would rather discuss the annual gift with the Jurchens in the future. They would never want to see Xiao Yan return victorious again!

Fang Teng and Zuo Liaoshi, two representatives who were in charge of Xiao Yan's situation in Beijing, naturally knew the undercurrents in the Bianliang Dynasty. However, in addition to keeping a close eye on the royal family, they really didn't have much energy to care about these messy things.

Now the war in Hedong and Hebei is at a critical moment. The most important thing is to win this war! The most important thing is that Xiao Yan can defeat the Jurchens! Otherwise, the fate of the two of them in the future can be imagined what a cruel ending they will end!

Every day, Fang Teng, who is generally busy, always silent and unrestrained, will retreat and come to a secret room in his own government office. There is a portrait of the Northern Xuanwu Emperor, burning a thread of incense and praying silently.

Zuo Zaoji even started to vegetarian food after Xiao Yan became a master. He had little food and was troublesome, and he became thinner.

Hebei is fighting hard, Hedong is in stalemate, the Zhe family and Liu Guangshigeng coalition forces are unpredictable in the west, King Yan, how will you break such a deadlock?

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While Fang Teng was silently burning incense and praying, Xiao Yan was also praying under the setting sun.

The war is imminent, so Xiao Yan will naturally be in front of the enemy.

The Zhao family’s three treasures are placed in Taiyuan. It is also very stable. It has to be said that as if they don’t have their own time and space, the Zhao family’s three treasures are very conscious of the times, but in the hands of people, they will honestly never cause trouble. They just eat and sleep every day. As for how they hope that they will suddenly lose, or even die suddenly, and then the day they will revive them. Xiao Yan didn’t care at all.

The most important thing is the battle situation in front of you!

Hebei was really out of reach for a while, and could only rely on the support of the Longwei Army led by Liu Baozhong and the Tianwu Army of Yujiang Horses. Although the Jurchen Eastern Route Army went south, its power was great. Even Xiao Yan himself did not know how long the two military horses he had tried to arrange in advance could last. But now he could only think about it and focus all his energy on the battle situation in Hedong.

The battle situation in Hedong is also not optimistic.

Loufan slightly defeated the enemy in the battle, and finally stabilized the situation in the hinterland of Taiyuan Prefecture. However, Zong Han's troops flexibly turned west and did not waste their troops in the mountains and ridges near Taiyuan Prefecture. They immediately stepped on the edge of the Yellow River and pressed to the gate of the Fuyan Army.

For the Western Army, Zong Han turned around and attacked them, which was a situation that broke the bottom line. Liu Guangshi immediately crossed the river and advanced eastward, and Zhe Kexue, who had been watching the battle situation and even made a way to make Zong Han go deeper.

These two military horses gathered in the west, and everyone could guess. They were either trying to fight Zong Han in a decisive battle outside the river, or trying to put on an stance, oppress Zong Han and continue to fight against himself!

Therefore, Liu Guangshi took out the entire family of Fuyan's army, and the emptiness east of the Yellow River was ignored. In addition to the established military and horses, even the strong bows and arrows were forced to go into battle. The unreliable foreign cavalry were also incorporated into the army that crossed the river and advanced eastward while Liu Guangshi promised a generous reward.

Such a mixed army horse, advancing from the river, once it encounters setbacks, Xiao Yan really doesn’t know what kind of result it will become!

As for the Zhe family army, this is a very elite, but its strength is a bit weak. What's more important is that Xiao Yan absolutely cannot believe this army in the hands of Zhe Keqiu, who can open the road,!

For several days, Xiao Yan has sent envoys to venture through the Jurchen defense line through the mountains, trying to establish contact with Liu Guangshi and Zhe Keke.

Xiao Yan no longer expects these two people to obey his orders, but just hopes that they can guard the river defense and block the path to the west of Zonghan's troops. Don't easily encounter setbacks, so that Zonghan's troops can gain unprecedented room for maneuver.

He led the main force under his command to attack. Han Shizhong, the Shenwu Changsheng Army came out of the Kuguzhai, attacked the retreat of the Jurchen West Route Army, and closed the tunnel that retreated from Hedong. Yue Fei led a unit of the Long Guard Army and the main force of the Shen Guard Army from Loufan. In the end, the two armies advanced to seek a decisive battle with Zong Han!

Xiao Yan was preparing to fight himself with heavy casualties, but only had the requirements for Liu Guangshi and Zhe Keqiu. Moreover, in front of the Jurchen enemy, Xiao Yan could only pinch his nose and promised a lot of benefits to the two.

Liu Guangshi was appointed as Jiedu, and Gao Guodu added a fief. He was appointed to transport 500,000 guan from Bianliang to Jiefa Fuyan's army. Zhe Keqiu also added a fief. Gao Guodu added a fief. He sent more than 3,000 elite armor and ordnances through the Yellow River to help the Zhe family expand their strength. The court also transferred 300,000 guan to help the Zhe family's army.

There is also a nominal Hedong Pacification Deputy Envoy, who is willing to return to the court. He will be appointed as the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council. There is no need to say that he will be awarded the title and rewarded. I wish to conquer Hedong Pacification Clan, and the court will give him the authority in both money and food. We will fully support him, as the Hedong Pacification Clan, and he will be famous and practical.

When Zong Ze discussed with his staff, he proposed the conditions for Liu Guangshizhe to be comforted by others. At that time, Xiao Yan was so depressed that he almost threw the table over. However, at present, at least Xiao Yan's house was already in danger of mountains and rivers, so he silently made a promise and sent an envoy out.

I just hope that these people will not cause trouble and no longer pull the hindrance, so that they can fight the Jurchens with ease. Such a little wish will be returned one after another as an envoy, but it still disappoints Xiao Yan!

Liu Guangshi was a child of a noble family, although he was a bit ridiculous and had a pretty good demeanor. He sent someone to entertain the messenger for a meal, and then sent the messenger to turn around after receiving the documents, and even sent a few chunks of rewards. As for the reply, there was nothing at all.

Zhe Keqiu stayed in the door and said that Xiao Yan sent the envoy to come again, so he would not be polite. The Zhe family was established for decades in the Song Dynasty, and countless children were killed and injured in the war for the country. It was also necessary for such a sudden rise of Nanlaizi to teach the Zhe family how to fight?

The monks showed their strictness and ruthlessness, and directly criticized Xiao Yan as a powerful traitor who was in trouble with the country. He led the Fuyan army and the Zhe family army, and he should go east to defeat the Jurchens first, then eliminate the traitors for the country, and go straight to Taiyuan Prefecture to welcome the two saints!

Along the way, the envoy also saw that the Fuyan army was still crossing the river and coming from the east. All the troops were preparing for war and horses, and they were moving eastward to oppress the Jurchens at any time!

As the news reversed, Xiao Yan had nothing to say. In addition to sending more cavalry to monitor Zong Han's troops, he was to step up preparations and strive to drive the army to attack as soon as possible.

And I went to the front line of Loufan in person, hoping that the generals would be able to attack sooner than before under their own leadership!

But in case of emergency, it is one thing to send light cavalry out of the city to fight an interception battle. It is another thing to drive tens of thousands of troops out of two routes, and to follow two not-wide mountain roads to attack the Jurchens that will inevitably strengthen the defense line!

The transformation and construction of various attack tools, the Shenwei Army, as the main force, is still a bit messy and insufficient in practice, and needs further training. Moreover, the three main forces in Hedong, the Shenwu Changsheng Army fought from Yunnei to Hedong, and the Long Guard Army rushed from Daizhou Daying, and the Shenwei Army was even hurriedly organized and trained to form an army and went to support thousands of miles, and they all needed a breath to take a head-on battle.

All these take time, but Xiao Yan didn't know whether the current situation in Hedong would give himself this time!

Today, as usual, the patrol patrol was already completed. Xiao Yan was surrounded by his personal guards and did not return to his central army tent. He rode his horse to a dirt mountain south of Loufan County. He watched his troops gathering one after another and preparing to fight alone for a long time.

In this Song Dynasty, did he only regard the Jurchens as a great enemy of life and death? Everyone doesn’t understand that everything he has done over a thousand years seems to be his wisdom and hero, and finally he is swaying up the storm. Is it actually just to prepare for a good battle?

Only when you are in the game can you know how powerful the heavy inertia of this history is!

On this earthen mountain, soil and stones have been piled up, and a very crude small temple has been built. Not to mention buildings like the main hall and the side hall, this small temple is just a earthen house.

This earthen house is only half a person tall, and the inside is very shallow. There is only one altar table, and there are two tablets on it.

"Therefore General Li Zhong's position as a god in Guanxi"

"Therefore General Li Yizhong's position as a god in Hedong"

A small plaque was hanging above the low lintel of the earthen house with three words written on it.

Shuangzhong Temple.

Outside the earthen house, there is a small incense burner, and there is already half a burner of incense ash in the furnace. According to the freshness of the earthen house, the incense in this simple small temple is quite prosperous.

This small temple is the people in Loufan City. After a great battle, they moved soil and stones and built overnight. They worshipped the two generals Li Zhong and Li Yizhong who became gods here. They hope that these two heroic souls will forever conquer Loufan and protect this land.

Xiao Yan glanced at his army horses in the setting sun for a long time before turning around and did not go down the mountain. Instead, he called out the temple prayer from a thatched hut next to the earthen house. He took the incense of thread from him. After lit it, he saluted silently and ate in the incense.

This temple was wearing a Taoist bun and wearing an old garment, which described it as ugly. It was the ugly soldier who killed Yin Shuke in the melee. After the battle, seeing that the Shuangzhong Temple was built, he insisted on breaking out of his military status despite his great contributions. He here to pay homage to the temple for life.

Not to mention whether a soldier can leave the army easily when the war is about to come. This ugly little Tartar made such a great contribution. When he was promoted and rewarded, he planned for his future. He was unwilling to let him go when he knew the request. He had to persuade him with great sincerity, hoping that he could give up this idea.

But the ugly little Tartar refused to let go of his words, saying that if Shangguan refused, he would ask for the presence of the commander Yue. If the commander Yue failed, he would ask for the address of the King of Yan. If this act was a violation of military law, then he would be willing to take over military law, only to seek to restrain his body and be buried in front of Shuangzhong Temple.

No one expected that this ugly little Tartar was such a righteous person. Li Yizhong's kindness to him would be repaid for the rest of his life. The achievements of killing silver craftsmanship were enough to allow him to move forward and get hundreds of tons of rewards. If he had better luck in the future, he would have to show off his official position and hide his descendants. But these were all abandoned by this ugly little Tartar!

At the end, this matter was presented to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan felt relieved for a while and finally agreed. The ugly little Tartar took off his red robe, tied up a bun, and set up a thatched hut on the side of Shuangzhong Temple. Every day, the people of Loufan sent some food to him, so he lived on this. In his spare time, he cleaned the Shuangzhong Temple, and then sat upright on the mountain, staring at the battlefield before in a daze.

When Xiao Yan was incense, the little Tartar stood beside him. When Xiao Yan's deeds were finished, the little Tartar bowed his head and returned the ceremony.

Xiao Yan seemed not to want to leave yet, and looked at him and suddenly asked, "Is this what you have been like in your life?"

The little Tartar rolled his eyes, thought for a while before slowly answering: "That's it, I feel at ease. Generals and the others always have to be with them, otherwise they will be alone and I feel uncomfortable. If there are Tartars who come here, there will be military blades hidden in my shed, and I will go down the mountain to fight them."
To be continued...