Chapter 21 Southwest Drums

It was almost dusk and the sky was gloomy. Although it did not snow, it also made the soldiers guarding the west gate of Yunzhou shrink for a while. At the low God, Jia Liu tightened his tight sheepskin coat and said to his companions, "After a while, we can close the gate."

"Yes, there is still half an hour left. I don't know how to do it this day. It hasn't been so cold since I can remember. The soldiers guarding the door next to him nodded and said, "Forbid that the Spring Festival is coming, and we can also rest for a few days."

"Six son, your daughter-in-law has already burned the wine and cooked the dishes for you at home, so you are so anxious." Someone joked and said, "Your sixth son is still living a good life. I found a good mother-in-law and prepared food and drink for you every day."

"Hey, that's because you don't want to save money and throw that little money into the kiln, otherwise you won't find the mother-in-law?" Jia Liu shook his head proudly and said, "It's too late for you to envy me now..." Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped because he saw a fast horse coming this way at an alarming speed.

"What kind of people..." Seeing this, the soldiers guarded the door also hurriedly stood up and took weapons to stop them, but then they saw clearly the clothes of the people and flashed aside. The horse knight didn't even look at them, and continued to drive his horse through the gate and went away.

The reason why they did not stop them was that they had seen that the dusty guy was carrying three small red flags on his back, which was the dress of the Southwest Army to send emergency military information. Knights dressed in this way can pass through the cities in the southwest states at will, and those who dare to block can kill immediately, so they will immediately retreat.

"What's the emergency? How can you work so fast?" The soldiers looked at each other in con'sinuation, but they couldn't come to a conclusion.

There was also a chaos with the appearance of the knight on the street. Many vendors and pedestrians shouted and hid on both sides. Fortunately, everyone's movements were not slow, so no one was injured, but there were still many stalls on the street that were swept to the ground by horses, and all kinds of New Year's goods rolled all over the ground, leaving only one A large group of unknown people were stunned there.

The knight ran wildly in his horse and finally stopped in front of the governor's government. Immediately, the knight pulled the reins hard, and the horse, which had been running hard, rushed forward for a long time before raising its front hoof and stopped walking, but almost threw the knight above the horse off the horse.

This movement immediately shocked the yamen in front of the governor's office. They rushed out, but as soon as they saw the clothes and appearance of the people, they immediately changed their appearance. Some people came forward to help the knights who could hardly get off the horse, and some people ran into the government office to report to Liu Mo.

Half an hour later, the officials of the whole governor's office were called over by Liu Mo. He solemnly announced a shocking news: "The news came from General Wang Chong, the marshal of the Southwest March. The barbarians who had been at peace with me in the Song Dynasty suddenly sent troops to attack our border town, killing more than 500 people in our local garrison, and thousands of people. He was kidnapped and robbed of a lot of grain, cattle, sheep and other livestock..."

"What? Is this someone pretending to be General Wang? All the officials present came up with such an idea after hearing the news, because it was really incredible.

Although the southwest is also the border of the Song Dynasty, and tens of thousands of troops are stationed, it is just a precaution, just in case, and this is just an unlikely event for these local officials. You should know that for more than 20 years, barbarians have rarely dared to provoke the Song army. The strength of both sides is there. How dare they hit the stone with the egg?

However, Liu Mo's words calmed everyone down: "This is a true thing. This urgent matter has the seal of Marshal Wang, and he also sent people to transfer troops to our four battalions in Yunzhou."

"What?" Now everyone exploded even more: "Even if the barbarians really invade our Song border, General Wang also has 30,000 elites in his hands. Why do you still want to transfer troops to our Yunzhou?"

"In addition to Yunzhou, the military horses in Guizhou and Xizhou will also be transferred to Dingxi City." Liu Mo handed the urgent mail in his hand to the officials below and said, "This time, the barbarians came fiercely. According to the scouts there, there are a total of 70,000 to 80,000 people. When this urgent document was issued, Marshal Wang had sent all his troops ready to fight. However, it's not that simple. Just in case, the general will order our soldiers and horses to support it.

All the officials were so shocked that they couldn't speak, but the black and red letters were all there, so they would naturally no longer think this was a fake order.

"What the hell is going on?" Such a question flashed through everyone's mind. At the same time, the same problem was in the Dutong account of Xuanzi Camp in Yunzhou, and Lou Guanhai was also questioning.

Why did the barbarians suddenly take the initiative to provoke again after 20 years of peace? Aren't they afraid of the pressure of the Song army? What can they rely on to withstand such a powerful enemy?

As those officials thought, there has been no real war in the northwest of the Song Dynasty and the barbarians for more than ten or 20 years. Twenty years ago, 150,000 troops from the Song Dynasty killed more than 50,000 barbarians who had invaded the north and returned. After building a barbarian fortress in Dasheng's place, the barbarians did not dare to speak lightly about military affairs.

However, because the barbarians are located in a remote location, the Song army has no interest in their territory at all, so the Song army did not send troops to attack the barbarian territory again, and the two sides have passed these 20 years in peace.

In Song people's imagination, after such a blow, the barbarians have naturally learned a lesson. Even today, 20 years later, they dare not come to the tiger beard of the Song army. However, this time, everyone's surprise was unexpected. The barbarians not only came, but also killed people, looted the food and livestock in the town's barbarian castle, slaughtered more than 500 garrison in the castle, and also plundered the people in the castle. Only a few soldiers fled back and reported to Wang Chong, Chen Bing in Dingxi City...

After Wang Chong was repaid, he naturally refused to let the invading barbarians escape, and immediately sent 2,000 cavalry to intercept them, not only to avenge the soldiers who died, but also to rescue the robbed people. But after the two thousand horses went out, there was no reply. It was not until two days later that everyone learned from the soldiers who came back with blood that the 2,000 people were in pursuit and were ambushed by the barbarians, and the whole army was destroyed!

At this time, the Song army was completely enraged. The barbarians fought so much that they were obviously declaring war on the Song Dynasty. In order to protect the peace of our border and give the barbarians a heavy lesson, they must fight back fiercely. When the generals asked for war one after another, Wang Chong, the commander of Southwest, ordered everyone not to act recklessly. In addition to prepare for the enemy, he immediately issued an emergency and ordered Yun, Gui and Xizhou to join the same army and cooperate with himself to defeat the enemy.

This is why Wang Chong has always been cautious. After learning that 2,000 cavalry were ambushed and annihilated by the enemy, he did not act recklessly. If he had changed a general, he might have attacked 50,000 troops in the west city.

But this practice makes other generals in Dingxi City disapprove of it. In everyone's eyes, the barbarians are still only incompetent people 20 years ago, even worse than 20 years ago. Why do they need to dispatch troops so carefully? However, under Wang Chong's authority, they did not dare to be too presumptuous, but complaining was indispensable.

After listening to the complaints of the soldiers, Wang Chong not only did not change his mind, but was even more worried. I don't know why, there is always a feeling of uneasiness in his heart. It seems that this war is far from as simple as everyone thinks. The barbarian's sudden uprising after 20 years of silence must have been prepared, but the whole army of the 2,000 cavalry has woken him up one by one. If he can't figure out the reason, he really doesn't have the certainty of winning.

However, because they have always despised the barbarians, the Song army did not send any scouts and spies to sneak into the barbarians at all. Therefore, until they sent troops and killed the Song army unpreparedly, they still knew nothing about the strength of the barbarians today, and the soldiers still only looked at them with old eyes. Barbarians, which made Wang Chong have to first mobilized all the troops from the three states in the southwest to deal with the barbarians with absolute superiority.

Time passed little by little. After the barbarians raided the town barbarian castle and destroyed another 2,000 reinforcements and one whole army, they retreated. However, the bright-eyed people can still clearly feel that the dark clouds of war have enveloped the southwest of the Song Dynasty, and a war between Song Man is about to begin.

Many people are very puzzled about the cause of this war. No one will think that all this was caused by Ye Hao's downfall, and he was demoted because of Xu Jinghong. Therefore, in a sense, this southwest military was actually caused by Xu Jinghong...

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