Datang New Order

The Great Wall winds and stretches in the Yanshan Mountains, standing tall on the steep peaks and cliffs, firmly blocking the passage of the northern barbarians from entering the Central Plains, and guarding the glorious civilization inheritance and population reproduction of the land of China.Since the Qin Dynasty, this rugged mountain range has been the top priority of the Central Plains regime for thousands of years to resist the southward invasion of the nomadic people in the Northeast. Many military fortresses and checkpoint castles have been set up here, becoming the front line of the confrontation between farming civilization and nomadic civilization. .

Four hundred miles from Yuguan to the northwest is Lulongsai, an important part of the Great Wall. Li Chengyue, the fifth rank under Zhizheng and Ningyuan General Li Chengyue, is stationed here.During the Southern Expedition, Li Chengyue served as the patrol envoy of the Eighth Army behind the mountain, and together with the Gao brothers, he commanded the soldiers of the Lulong Army's children behind the mountain.Soldiers from Shanhou came from Guizhou, Weizhou, Yunzhou and other places west of Yanshan Mountain, located at the junction of Youyan and Hedong, including Xixi, Qidan, Shiwei, Shatuo Turkic, Qi, Tuhun and other ethnic groups.These people have been influenced by the Han civilization for hundreds of years, and they have already become part of the Han people, but they still retain the unique toughness of the nomads, and they have always been a force that cannot be ignored in the Lulong army.

After the disastrous defeat of the Southern Expedition, the army of the soldiers behind the mountain was divided into two parts when the Lulong army was reorganized. One was commanded by Li Chengyue and stationed at the side of Lulong Sai, and Li Chengyue himself served as the envoy of Yancheng; Under the leadership of the Gao brothers, they returned to the birthplace of Konglingguan in Guizhou, the birthplace of the descendants of the mountain, and adapted it as a local town army in Guizhou.

Of course Li Chengyue and the Gao brothers knew that this was a move by the commander-in-chief Liu Rengong to take the opportunity to squeeze out the descendants of the mountain queen and establish the authority of the Chinese army, but the situation is stronger than others. The army behind the mountain, so Li Chengyue and the Gao brothers could only obey the order and go to northern Xinjiang.

What's more, guarding the frontier has always been an inescapable duty of warriors. Li Chengyue himself does not have much resistance to this. He is far away from the vortex of power and profit in Youzhou. Although the wind and sand in the frontier is severe, it seems more pure.It's just... I don't know what's going on with that little lady now...

After the disastrous defeat in the Southern Expedition, and when Lu Long's army reorganized, he was in a very bad mood, so he went to the famous Mingyue Restaurant in Youzhou City to drink alone.Drinking wine to drown your worries and make you more worried, the more you worry, the easier it is to get drunk. Li Chengyue, who was drunk, did not bring any money with him, unable to pay the bills, and was taunted and humiliated by the shopkeeper and the waiter for a long time. He was furious and wanted to use force. Helpless, his body didn't listen to his commands, and he had no personal guards around him, so he suffered a lot of stinky beatings instead.

At that time, Li Chengyue was lying on the street in front of the restaurant, listening to the taunts and abuse from the restaurant owner, and vomiting until his intestines came out. He was feeling ashamed and angry when he saw a man in a plain dress The young woman came out from the crowd of onlookers, helped him pay for the drink, hired a cart, and asked softly where he was resting.After that, he fell asleep, and when he woke up the next day, his heart was full of the smiling face of that young woman, that face... so beautiful!

Later, he told the Gao brothers and Wang Sitong about the matter, and they all agreed to help him find it.Gao Xingzhou also asked him if he fell in love with that girl, and Li Chengyue blushed and explained that he just wanted to repay his kindness, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.Wang Sitong still wanted to find bad luck for the shopkeeper of the Mingyue Restaurant, but was stopped by Gao Xingzhou.

"Who knows the owner of Mingyue Restaurant?" Gao Xingzhou asked Wang Sitong with a sneer.

"I don't care who he is! Let's talk about it! If you dare to touch a certain brother, I will lead the troops to destroy them!" Wang Sitong said with his neck stuck.

Li Chengyue patted Wang Sitong on the shoulder, and sighed: "Don't be rash, fourth child, I can bear this tone. Besides, I was really wronged at the time."

Gao Xingzhou reprimanded with a cold face: "Go and suppress! Take all your silver gourds! How many people are there? Is there a thousand? Go and see if you can beat the Yier Army!"... ,

Wang Sitong ate with his mouth wide open, "...is... the Yamen?"

Gao Xinggui also came up to persuade: "Forget it, right now we are in the process of reorganizing the army, and they are trying to find a way to deal with our brothers, so bear with it for now. Let's see the future!"

Wang Sitong's father, Wang Jingrou, was a veteran leader in Lu Long's army who had a lot of words. When Liu Rengong was not successful, in order to curry favor with this veteran, he married his younger sister to Wang Jingrou and gave birth to Wang Sitong (Note 1).In this sense, Wang Sitong is actually Liu Rengong's nephew.But in this troubled time, there is no need to care about any blood relationship. While inheriting his father's power, Wang Sitong's silver gourd has also become an independent mountain besides the Lu Long army's middle army, so it also became an independent mountain during the reorganization of the army. The remediation object.Therefore, when Wang Sitong heard that Mingyue Restaurant was owned by Liu Shouguang, he had no choice but to endure it.

After that, Li Chengyue always wanted to find the girl at that time, so that he could thank her. In addition, he also wanted to see the beautiful face that had been entwined in his dreams all the time, but the army plan was laid down very quickly. He had no choice but to leave Youzhou.

"Third brother, what are you thinking about? Still thinking about that girl? Haha, don't worry, someone has already arranged staff before leaving, and I will continue to help my brother find... Uh... Brother, pay more attention, the Khitan people are coming up again." Wang Sitong was there. Guancheng stared at the large group of Khitan people rushing up, and quickly reminded Li Chengyue.

Li Chengyue hurriedly put aside the charming thoughts in his heart, and commanded the soldiers to get ready.

In recent days, the Khitan people outside the pass became more and more rampant, not only wantonly plundered the people outside the pass, but also went straight to the gate of the pass to provoke them several times.Li Chengyue, who had only 800 men under his command, suffered from insufficient troops, so he could only guard the pass city and watch the Khitans wreak havoc outside the pass.Who would have thought that the Khitans would go further and further, ten days ago gathered thousands of people, and suddenly started storming Lulongsai Pass.Seeing the urgency of the situation, Li Chengyue asked Wang Sitong, the nearby flood guard, for help.

Wang Sitong was originally the commander of the Silver Gourd Commander, but he was transferred to the Flood Guard Envoy when the army was reorganized, and his thousand silver gourds were also changed to Bianguan Township to accompany the army to Shuishui Pass next to Lulongsai.He and Li Chengyue were brothers in love. After hearing the news, they immediately lit up five hundred silver gourds and rushed to Lulongsai Pass. After joining forces with Li Chengyue, the number reached 300, and finally stabilized the situation.The two armies fought repeatedly near Lulongsai in the Yanshan Mountains, and the casualties were not small.

After the Khitan attack was over, Wang Sitong panted for Li Chengyue.Li Chengyue was counting the losses. In this battle, nine of his disciples from behind the mountain were killed, seven were seriously injured, and more than [-] were slightly injured.Among the seven people who were seriously injured, one saw that he was dying. Li Chengyue held the injured man's hand for a long time and said nothing. After a while, the injured man tilted his head, and Li Chengyue gently closed his eyelids.

Wang Sitong waited for a while, and after seeing Li Chengyue's investigations one by one, he said: "Third brother, one of a certain subordinate also died and six were injured. In the past few days, more than 60 brothers have been killed or injured. It is not an option to fight like this A certain one looked carefully, and it wasn’t just the Khitans who attacked this time, but also some Mohe people...” Wang Sitong’s silver gourds are famous for their bows and arrows, most of them are archers, and they lost so many people in the defense of the city , It hurts a bit.

Li Chengyue nodded, and said: "Yes, the enemy seems to be fighting more and more. Someone speculates that they may have conquered Mohe."

Wang Sitong hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, why don't you take some brothers down to the north side of the pass, and set up an ambush for them? It's really a bit of a loss to hold on like this."

Li Chengyue thought for a while, and said: "Well, it's good to go out and fight. It's just that your silver gourd is not good at melee combat. If I give you a hundred brothers, be careful!"

Wang Sitong smiled: "Forget it! Don't worry, brother!" After finishing speaking, he went down to make arrangements. …,

During this month, not only Yuguan and Lulongsai were under pressure, but also the Beikou, Zhenyuan, Jimen, Kongling and other passes along the Great Wall were all in emergency.The Khitans changed their combat methods of looting and harassment in previous years, and launched a full-scale offensive to all parts of the Great Wall.

In Jiedu Mansion of Youzhou, Marshal Liu Rengong sat behind the Shuai case, closing his eyes and listening to Jiedu Judge Liu Zhiwen's report.

"...According to the situation reported by various gates, the Khitan sent 700 people in Yuguan, 3000 in Lulongsai, 300 in Beikou, 900 in Zhenyuan, 600 in Jimen, and 300 in Kongling Pass. 9000 people, a total of nearly [-] people. In addition, the Guangbian Army in Guizhou and Longmen County have also found traces of Khitan cavalry." Liu Zhiwen explained the current situation in detail. He passed the tea on the table beside him and drank it in one gulp.

Liu Zhiwen originally joined the military for the Jiedu Mansion, and was appreciated by Liu Rengong for offering the Tucheng strategy in the First World War in Weizhou. After returning to Youzhou, he proposed a set of detailed and feasible army reorganization plans, so he was appointed by Liu Rengong as the judge of Jiedu , relying on the heart.In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Jiedu magistrates were very powerful, not only in politics and issuing government orders, but also in military affairs and planning, and had a vague responsibility as a deputy envoy.After Liu Zhiwen became the judge of Lu Longjun Jiedu, he devoted himself to serving the general Liu Rengong. In less than two months, not only made Liu Rengong's position in the Chinese army more stable, but also initially eased the tense situation of income and expenditure.

After a pause, he continued: "It is now clear that the enemy in the direction of Yuguan is the Khitan Pin Department, the enemy in the direction of Zhenyuan is the Khitan Diela Department, and the enemy in the direction of Lulongsai is the Suju Department. There are also many Mohe people among them. ..."

Liu Rengong suddenly opened his eyes, and interjected: "The one who broke through Zhenyuan was the Diela tribe? The Diela tribe is the strongest tribe in Khitan, and they fought against them a few years ago... They must have [-] to [-] string-controlling men That's right, it seems that the main force of the Khitan people hasn't shown up yet." Five days ago, the Khitans broke through in the direction of Zhenyuan Pass, Liu Rengong hurriedly sent some yamen troops there, and the Khitans retreated from the pass again, but they had already covered the area for thirty miles. The area was looted.

Liu Zhiwen nodded and said, "The commander is very clear. From a certain point of view, although this attack seems violent, it is actually a temptation."

Liu Rengong asked: "Do you have a good plan to deal with it?"

Liu Zhiwen replied: "After some discussion, we plan to transfer the yamen back to the army to stop the Khitan invaders in the north. Specifically..." The yamen he was talking about was Liu Rengong's Erlang Liu Shouguang.Liu Rengong had two sons together. Liu Shouwen, the eldest son, led the Yichang Army Jiedu envoy, and took Cangzhou, Jingzhou, and Dezhou as the southeast Pingfan of Lulong Army.Erlang Liu Shouguang prepared to form the Yier Army, led the commander of the Yier Army, guarded Hejian, an important town in the south of the Lulong Army, and made great contributions in Hejian, defeating the Chengde Army who came to pick up cheap, and captured Wang Zhaozuo, the only son of the titan Liang Gongru and the Jiedushi Wang Rong.Because of Liu Shouguang's achievements in the battle, he also served as the deputy commander of the Yameni Army, and Liu Rengong served as the commander of the Yameni Army's capital.

Before Liu Zhiwen could finish speaking, Liu Rengong shook his head: "Move the righteous army to the north? No way! We just lost the battle, and Zhu Wenwen and Li Ke used two men to stare at us. It was only because of mutual restraint that there was no further movement. Now the Yichang Army who guards the text has been exhausted. If there is no Shouguang to sit in Hejian, the south will be empty immediately. Although we have captured Wang Rong's heart, the clowns of the Chengde Army will definitely not be reconciled! How is the conversation with Cheng Dejun?"

Liu Zhiwen said: "It has been preliminarily negotiated. According to the commander-in-chief's strategy, the Chengde army will pay [-] guan, [-] pieces of silk, and [-] stones of grain. After the things are in hand, we will return Wang Zhaozuo and Liang Gongru. Give us the same amount to reward the army. At the same time, Chengde’s army has completely withdrawn from Shenzhou, and the Jiedu Mansion is planning to appoint Li Yan as the governor of Shenzhou..."

Note 1: Wang Jingrou married Liu Rengong's daughter, and Wang Sitong is actually Liu Rengong's grandson. This was adapted for the sake of the novel, so let's just smile.