The Bashang Military Camp in Jingzhao Prefecture is a new military camp established at the beginning of the year. It was a heavy garrison for the army during the Han Dynasty and Sui and Tang Dynasties. It has many excellent conditions for garrisoning troops, such as vast wilderness, rich water resources, etc., especially water resources. Not only does the Ba River flow through it, but also can basically water out of the fields. This is the first condition for the army to station.

After the New Year, the Jingzhao Army circled a military camp covering an area of ​​2,000 acres in Bashang, built thousands of large tents, a wide training ground, surrounded by camp bars and trenches, and a viewing tower every few hundred steps.

The Bashang Military Camp is also called Xinpeng Camp. It is a rural soldier training base in Shaanxi Road and prefectures. A total of 50,000 rural soldiers from Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road are gathered here in late April for a month of intensive training.

A one-mile-long city wall was built on the vast training ground, and the shouts of killing sounds were shocking. The two armies were conducting fierce siege exercises. Both armies were wearing leather armor, but the colors of the helmets were different. One was a red helmet of two thousand people and the other was a black helmet of five thousand people, which meant the Red Army and the Black Army. The current state was that the Red Army defended the city and the Black Army siege the city. Under the city wall was a pond that was deep with chests. Even if it fell from the top of the city, it would not hurt his life. However, minor injuries were inevitable. Dozens of people were injured in each actual battle.

Li Yanqing stood on a three-meter-high wooden platform to watch the battle, looking down at the two armies with a high position to choose and practice the offensive, defensive and training. Each actual combat training takes two hours. The Red Army must withstand the fierce attack of the Black Army within two hours. If you defend it, you will receive rewards. If you fail, you will be punished for running.

The commander of the training of 50,000 soldiers was Han Shizhong, and the supervisor was Tang Huai, and Li Yanqing only came to inspect the training situation and did not interfere with the specific training.

Han Shizhong shouted on the platform: "At the catapult!"

The high platform waved the blue flag, and more than twenty large catapults in the distance rumbled and lined up two hundred steps away. At this time, the bell of retreating troops rang, and the five thousand attacking black troops retreated like a tide, and the catapults began to take place.

Of course, the trencher would not throw huge rocks, but instead cast them into huge fireballs with wheat straw. The Western Xia army was good at fire attack, and the rural soldiers also had to conduct fire attack and defense training. They saw huge fireballs flying into the air and smashing towards the city. A lot of tinder oil was poured on the city front. Soon, the tinder oil on the city was ignited by the fireball. The soldiers carried sandbags and rushed towards the fire, using sand to extinguish the burning fire on the city.

After several rounds of fire attack and defense training, the horn was blown again on the wooden platform, and the five thousand black troops shouted again and rushed towards the city wall.

Han Shizhong walked to Li Yanqing and said, "There are six such training sessions every day, one of which is a night battle. Each soldier has to undergo ten such offensive and defensive training within a month, as well as usual practical exercises and physical strength, spears, and crossbow training. In one month, he can basically be reborn."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "There should be no problem with regular training, but I think special training should be strengthened."

"Does the rule of the sky mean thunder?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "Soldiers should be used to explosions that shake the sky, and they should also be proficient in using shields to make some effective defenses."

The Gunpowder Camp has repeatedly tried. If the shield is used properly, it can effectively resist the attack of shrapnel after the explosion of the Death Thunder, reducing the killing effect of the Death Thunder by 80%. Even if the Death Thunder explodes within thirty steps, soldiers can survive. This requires repeated training of soldiers and accumulated experience. The Imperial Guard of Jingzhao Prefecture has conducted firearm defense training including Death Thunder since the previous year.

"The Huyi is ready to undergo three to four special training sessions in the later stages."

As he was speaking, several cavalry rushed from a distance. After a moment, the cavalry was taken to the viewing platform. He knelt down on one knee and bowed, and presented a letter to Li Yanqing, "Emergency News in Jingzhao City!"

Li Yanqing took the letter and looked at it, frowned immediately, "Constitution, what happened?" Han Shizhong saw a trace of uneasiness in Li Yanqing's eyes.

"There was something strange in Xixia. Mr. Mo asked me to go back immediately. Qiao Zhongan brought extremely important information."

"Is the war coming?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I don't know yet, but the training needs to be extended. Without my order, gathering the village soldiers will not be disbanded and returned to their hometown for the time being."

"I understand!"

Li Yanqing told Han Shizhong a few words and then quickly walked off the battle stand. He turned over and over to the horse, and under the escort of more than 100 personal soldiers, he urged the horse to run towards the North Camp of Jingzhao City.

One hour later, Li Yanqing arrived at the Beidaying of Jingzhao Prefecture and went directly to the deputy account of the Central Army. The deputy account of the Central Army was also called the aide account, which was the position of the chief officers and aides handling official affairs. Mo Jun and Liu Fang each had a special account, and the right deputy account was Mo Jun's account.

In the big tent, Mo Jun was handling official duties, while Qiao Zhongan was sitting not far from his left, drinking tea with a little uneasy expression. He had just rushed back from Xingqing Mansion and brought extremely important information.

"The handsome man is back!"

As soon as the soldiers outside finished speaking, Li Yanqing walked in like a gust of wind. Qiao Zhongan quickly stood up, and Li Yanqing waved his hand, "Please sit down by Lord Qiao Dong!"

He nodded to Mo Jun again, and Mo Jun took a letter and came over, "This is the letter brought back by Master Qiao from Xixia, Liang Anping's handwritten letter!"

Li Yanqing felt something was wrong from Mo Jun's heavy tone. He took the letter and sat down, looked carefully, and his eyes became sharper. Obviously, he also saw the key to the problem. It was not that Xixia tore up the agreement on truce withdrawal, but that the Jin Kingdom ordered Xixia to send troops, which meant that the Jin Kingdom was going to take action.

"In addition to the content in the letter, what else did Liang Anping say?"

"There is also that Xixia and the Shaanxi Road were mainly used to attract but not to fire. If they could not withstand the pressure of the Jin Kingdom and launch an attack, they would also mainly attack the Hehuang area of ​​Longyou, and they would not attack Shaanxi Road for the time being. In addition, it was about trade between the two countries."

"What do you mean by trade?" Li Yanqing was also very concerned about this matter. It was related to the military expenditure of the new army. Even if the two countries were fighting, he did not want to break the line.

"There is no problem in the Xixia side. The key is that in the Song Dynasty, King Liang hopes to go to the business roads of Yan'an Prefecture and Fuzhou. What does Tongzhi think about it?"

Li Yanqing nodded. He also served as the governor of Yanfu Road. He was responsible for the defense of Yan'an Prefecture and Suizhou. It was not a big problem to go on this road on the business road. "What else?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Qiao Zhongan thought about it, then shook his head and said, "There is nothing else!"

"That's hard work, Master Qiao, go down and rest first. If you have any questions, I'll let Mr. Mo contact you."

Li Yanqing called two personal soldiers to take Qiao Zhongan down to rest. Looking at Qiao Zhongan's back walking away, Mo Jun lowered his voice and said, "If you fight with Xixia and have trade with them again, someone will probably impeach Tongzhi and the charges will become very serious."

Li Yanqing made a statement and said, "If you continue to trade first, I guess the court will be very chaotic this year and I don't care about our affairs for the time being. For us, military spending is more important than anything else, and you can ignore everything else."

As he said that, Li Yanqing stood up, "I'll go to see His Highness Kang, and I'll leave it to you for the time being."

Li Yanqing was anxious. The incident between Xixia and Jin Kingdom must be transmitted to the capital by Zhao Gou. This matter was urgent and could not be delayed for a moment.

Li Yanqing left the barracks with his personal soldiers and soon entered Jingzhao City. The Kang Palace and the Jingzhao government were together, located in the middle of the city, with a wide surrounding area. There was a large square in front of him. This was not the first time Li Yanqing came to find Zhao Gou. It used to be deserted, but today there was a carriage in front of the Kang Palace, and hundreds of palace guards stood in front of the gate. This made Li Yanqing stunned. What's going on? Is Zhao Gou going back to the capital?

"Manager Liu!" Li Yanqing suddenly saw Liu Yan, the eunuch in the Kang Palace, walk out of the mansion, and he shouted quickly.

"Ah! Li Tongzhi is here." Liu Yan bowed to him with a smile.

"Manager Liu, what's going on?"

Liu Yan laughed and said, "Emperor Rongde and Prince Cao are here!"

It turned out that Cao Sheng was here, and Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Are you just here?"

"I just arrived, but the things have not moved into the mansion yet!"

"Is Your Highness Kang here? I have something urgent to look for him."

Liu Yan knew that Li Tongzhi was deeply trusted by King Kang and did not need to inform him when he entered the mansion. He told him that it was obviously to give him face.

"Of course your Highness is here, please follow me."

Because the Emperor's Mansion was also in his house, Li Yanqing could not walk around, so Liu Yan had to lead the way in front. Li Yanqing came to the central hall for a moment. As soon as he walked into the central hall, he saw Cao Sheng and Zhao Gou sitting at the stone table in the central hall drinking tea and chatting.

Cao Sheng looked up and saw Li Yanqing, and waved with joy, "Yanqing, here! here!"

Zhao Gou turned around and smiled, "I thought you would come here only tonight, but I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly!"

Zhao Gou thought Li Yanqing was visiting Cao Sheng, and Li Yanqing walked forward and bowed, "Your Highness, I may bring you a relatively disappointing news."

"What happened?" Zhao Gou's smile disappeared.

"I just received news from Xixia that Xixia was ordered by the Jin Kingdom and decided to increase troops to the Songxia border on Shaanxi Road by 100,000."

Zhao Gou's face suddenly changed drastically, and he couldn't speak for a moment, but Cao Sheng slapped the stone table hard and cursed: "I knew that the people of Xixia were unreliable, and the ink of the armistice agreement had not been dried yet! This was torn apart, a group of traitorous bastards!"

It seems that Cao Sheng has not realized the seriousness of the problem yet. Li Yanqing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Prince Consort, Xixia is not important, it is the Jin Kingdom!"

Cao Sheng was stunned, "What does Jin Kingdom mean?"

Li Yanqing and Zhao Gou have deduced this result many times. At this time, Zhao Gou sighed and said, "The Western Xia invaded the south under the order of the Jin Kingdom to restrain our Shaanxi Road army, which means that the Jin Kingdom is about to launch a large-scale attack on the Song Dynasty."

Cao Sheng was stunned for a moment and said for a while: "Will this happen?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "This is the only reason, and the news is absolutely possible. The Xixia army should have arrived at the Songxia border now."

"What should we do?" Cao Sheng was a little panicked.

Li Yanqing glanced at Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou understood in his heart. He nodded silently, "I'm writing a letter to my father now!
Chapter completed!