The sky gradually became darker, and when the night was about to fall, the explosion of rockets suddenly exploded over Hongdong County, emitting roar and flames. At the same time, there was a horn sound that was tight like a tide, which kept ringing.

The scouts of the Hexi army, who were keeping surveillance on the approaching Song army, stood up straight from the ground in a squatting position.

The four generals, under the command of Gao Shixuan, the commander of the Hedong Road military commander, built camps on the plain more than ten miles south of Hongdong County, relying on the dangerous Fen River. Although the Song army now emphasizes "building hard villages and fighting stupid wars", the entire Jinzhou is under the control of the Song army (including the Hexi army), and it is really unusual to build hard villages in its own "home". Therefore, it naturally aroused the vigilance of the Hexi army.

The terrain of Jinzhou is actually a narrow river valley, only Huoyi, the northernmost part of the state boundary, is all mountainous. Huoyi is facing south, which is the Fen River Valley. As long as the entrance of Huoyi is guarded, it will be difficult for the Liao army to enter the valley. At this moment, Huoyi County is under the joint protection of Jinzhou Tuanlian and Hexi Knights. The scouts and stings of the Hexi Army have all been scattered to Pingyao and Jiexiu. Of course, I know that the main force of the Liao army is still in Taiyuan and has no intention of going south.

However, the Song army built camps on its own territory. Although it had a little bit of a direct response to the Hexi army, there was no need to be too nervous. Let's send out a signal of assembly and fighting now?

Could it be that the Liao army in the north launched a large-scale invasion of the south? Could it be that Taiyuan Prefecture has been violated by the Liao people? But this is good, you can let go of your hands and feet to fight in the previous battle!

Since the war was about to fight, the knights were determined. They were originally warriors and were not afraid of war. As long as the official in Kaifeng Prefecture should not be too stingy, it would be enough for everyone to use the Khitan heads to get a full reward.

The scouts who were originally scattered everywhere turned over and headed towards the Hexi Army camp outside Hongdong County.

The knights of the Hexi Army were different from the Youzhou Knights. They were not really heavy cavalry, but half-light and half-heavy cavalry, taking into account mobility and impact. At the same time, because the situation in Hexi and Anxi was chaotic, these knights have developed the ability to ride and shoot and fight. Therefore, in the Anxi Army, there were no independent light cavalry, but ordinary knights took turns to act as scouts. This feature is somewhat similar to the cavalry in the grassland stream.

It is precisely because of this that the Hexi Army can often release a large number of rangers and conduct strict surveillance in all directions. Similarly, before concentrating forces to engage in a large war, the Hexi Army must recall most of the rangers and re-design them.

The large number of rafts suddenly gathered into the heavily guarded Hexi Army camp like a stream flowing into the river.

...

Su Zhihuan rode on the horse, like other Hexi knights, wearing half-body wart armor and carrying slender cavalry rifles. On both sides of the saddle were carrying two quivers, a step bow, a riding bow, and a round shield tied to his left arm.

Standing with him was Zhang Zhuo, the magistrate of the Tianzhu Prince's Mansion who had just come from Kaifeng Prefecture. Zhang Zhuo was Zhang Yuan's concubine son. He studied military affairs for three years at the Biyong Academy and later followed Zhang Yuan to fight for Anxi. After the war between the Song and Liao Dynasties, Zhang Yuan was arranged to be the magistrate of the Tianzhu Prince's Mansion by Zhang Yuan to be the magistrate of the Tianzhu Prince's Mansion by Zhang Yuan.

He was the "person from the Tianzhu Palace" who arrived in Hongdong County this morning!

Zhang Yuan's son came, and there was always one who had to stay with Su Zhihuan and Fengmingshan. So only Fengmingshan went to Linfen with Lu Qian.

Zhang Zhuo's arrival this time was unusual! Although his dispatch was only a guest at the royal palace, he had the position of the seventh-rank Xuan Delang. In the Song Dynasty, it was also a high-ranking official. If he left Beijing and returned to Hexi, he would have to entertain the public and inn along the way. And it would be impossible to turn to Hongdong County. From Kaifeng Prefecture to Hexi, he should go to Henan Prefecture to Guanzhong and then to Lingzhou. Why did he come to Hedong?

In fact, he did not leave Beijing normally, but sneaked out of Kaifeng Prefecture! The reason he wanted to sneak out of Kaifeng Prefecture was because he learned that the court was going to betray Hexi for Hedong!

In the eyes of most people in Kaifeng Prefecture, it is a great thing that can be used to exchange Hexi, which does not belong to the Song Dynasty, for the evacuation of the Liao army from Hedong. No matter how you look at it, it is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Even if you pay one million yuan in annual monies, as long as the world can be peaceful, there is nothing wrong with it.

But in the eyes of Zhang Yuan, the son of "King of Hexi", the court betrayed Hexi, undoubtedly would cut off the "King of Qin" Chuan Zhang family and the soldiers of the Hexi army!

Although Hexi is bitter and barren, it is also the result of everyone's hardships in battles! It is the foundation for the ten thousand Xiliang knights to settle down! How can it be ceded to the Khitan? Could it be that all the 15,000 Xiliang knights go to be slaves to the Khitans?

Moreover, Zhang Zhuo did not forget that there were 5,000 Xiliang knights stationed in Jinzhou on Hedong Road! His imagination was quite rich. He actually thought that the court might have dealt with the 5,000 Xiliang knights who had fallen out of Hedong by force before officially announcing the land.

There are currently 15,000 knights in the Hexi army, and 5,000 Xiliang knights are almost one-third of their strength! If they are eaten by the Hedong army, the capital of the Hexi army will be greatly damaged. It will be difficult to resist ceding land.

So he took his own initiative and sneaked out of Kaifeng Prefecture and rushed to Hongdong County. Finally, he stopped Su Zhihuan and Fengmingshan before they stood up to Linfen.

But Zhang Zhuo knew that Fengmingshan was from Liao and Lu Qian was from Tong Guan, and he belonged to the "direct line" of the Song Dynasty court. So he only left the reliable Su Zhihuan and asked Fengmingshan and Lu Qian to Hongdong County to explore the truth and reality.

As a result, at dusk, Han Shizhong, who led troops to escort Fengmingshan and Lu Qian, sent someone to deliver bad news!

The court attacked the Hexi army, and Feng Guanjun was trapped in the city, not knowing life and death, and there was also a general of Hedong army infantry attacking Han Shizhong's troops...

Needless to say, the traitors in the court must have reached an agreement with Liao Gou to sell their country and seek honor and kill the soldiers of the Liao Dynasty!

So Zhang Zhuo and Su Zhihuan immediately ordered preparations for the war!

The Hexi Army is not easy to bully!

...

"The imperial court has gone out of traitors!"

Hundreds of torches surrounded Zhang Zhuo and Su Zhihuan, illuminating everything around them like daylight. The red flames reflected on the silver armor on the two of them, reflecting a bloody light.

The Hexi knights have been mobilized. Nearly 10,000 cavalry (including auxiliary soldiers) are lined up in the open space outside the camp. There are cavalry and guns everywhere, and there are murderous auras everywhere. More than ten Hexi army camps and Jiyi are surrounded by Zhang Zhuo and Su Zhihuan, each of whom is as beautiful as iron, with long swords in his hands, and murderous aura.

After all, the Hexi Army is a powerful brigade. Although it is much worse than the Youzhou Army in terms of command, equipment, organization, training, logistics, etc., it is still the best elite soldier in the world today. Even if he is surrounded, he still has the determination to fight.

Zhang Zhuo was shouting loudly: "The traitors want to sell our Hexi to the Khitan in exchange for the Khitan retreating from Hedong! What should you do?"

His words were immediately repeated in unison by dozens of loud-sounding knights around him.

Now everyone heard it clearly and suddenly felt an uproar.

Why did the imperial court get traitors?

Why are the traitors so hateful? If you want to sell you to Hedong, Youzhou, even if you sell Kaifeng Prefecture... why do you want to sell our Hexi?

"Hexi is ours! Every inch of mountains and rivers is every inch of blood!" Zhang Zhuo gritted his teeth, "Hexi is our home, the home of our descendants. How can we give it to Liaogou?"

"Can't give it to Liaogou!"

"You can't cede Hexi!"

"The traitor is so hateful! It's hard tolerate the truth!"

"Kill! Kill all the traitors!"

Uneducated and superstitious, it is naturally easy to incite.

Without saying a few words, the entire audience became excited. Everyone was ready to shout the slogan "Kill all the traitors".

Zhang Zhuo glanced at Su Zhihuan beside him, and the latter immediately shouted: "Keep the laws of nature! Kill the traitors in the country! Kill the Liao dog!"

"Keep the laws of nature! Kill the traitors in the country! Kill the Liao dog..."

When Zhang Zhuo saw the scene in front of him, his blood was boiling.

The morale of the army is available!

As long as he can bring 5,000 cavalry back to Hexi, he will no longer be a worthless concubine son, but the heir of the chief tutor and the future lord of Hexi!

It seems that this fight has been successful!

I only saw him gently raise his right hand and pointing to the south: "Keep the laws of nature! Kill the traitors in the country! Kill the Liao dogs... The entire army attacks! The enemy is in Linfen County!"

"The enemy is in Linfen County!"

...

Jinzhou, Linfen County.

The fire, blood, and the shouts of killing came together, covering the entire Linfen County.

There was chaos in the city, and outside the city was a bonfire full of mountains. I really don’t know how many Hexi generals have already been killed?

In the middle of the city, the generals in Hedong, Hebei and Youzhou military affairs offices were barely maintaining a lush atmosphere.

Inside and outside the yamen, there were soldiers wearing strong and holding sharp weapons everywhere. The personal soldiers of the General Leader’s Military Affairs Office, and the personal soldiers brought by Liu Yanqing from Shaanxi were mobilized at this time, with more than a thousand people. These people were not mobs, but really elite soldiers who could fight. Of course, they were not able to fight against dozens of Fengmingshan soldiers outside the gate.

So the school ground outside the gate has now returned to Zheng Juzhong's hands, but the surrounding bustling street markets have all burned to white ground.

The order in the city has not been restored and is still in chaos. The personal soldiers of Fengming Mountain have now scattered into several teams, killing people and setting fires everywhere (they are not good people), creating chaos. After their trouble, many refugees who have no food and clothing have also started to make trouble.

The thousands of new troops, imperial guards and wing troops in the city were under the dispatch of Liu Yanqing, maintaining order while putting out fires while oppressing the personal soldiers of Fengmingshan who were still fighting stubbornly in the city.

If he gave him a few more hours, he would probably be able to quell the chaos in Linfen City. As a long-time general of the Western Army, he still has this ability.

But the question is, dozens of rebels have been eliminated, but there are still 4,900 rebels?

Jinzhou seems to be falling!

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