It was three days later that it would be arranged to leave Youzhou, and it was very easy to purchase intelligence.

It can't even be said to be a purchase, but Li Binggan's manager Fei Ting Duoluo invited the leader who was guarding the warehouse to drink. The other party was half drunk and half awake. Then Fei Ting Duoluo didn't ask at all, and the other party said.

So much so that after Fei Ting Duoluo came back, he complained to Li Binggan that Dangxiang should ban alcohol and drink some wine, and he didn't even know what his surname was. Not only did he talk nonsense about military intelligence, but he also said a lot of secrets in the army. But Li Binggan suspected that the information that was easy to obtain was true?

Li Kui was also very suspicious, and because of his suspicion, he had to look for evidence.

This took only two days to delay.

The final result is that it is true, no lie. Dangxiang men are straightforward and straight, especially after drinking, they tell the truth and don’t even have a lie.

But Li Kui still felt something was wrong. Why were only three thousand people attacked?

"Is the Jianing Military Office crazy? Only 3,000 people dare to attack Longzhou?"

The army commanded by Li Yun was not large, only 3,000. However, the combat effectiveness had been baptized by war and was not bad. In addition, the people at the bottom of Longzhou had no way out after killing the Dangxiang people in the city, and they had no way out and could only fight to the death. Yan'an Prefecture also sent a portion of infantry, and nearly 10,000 young and strong people could fight in the city. If 50,000 people were sent to attack, they might really be able to capture Longzhou.

But three thousand people, isn’t this too underestimating the offensive and defensive battle?

Li Binggan said angrily with a gloomy face: "Why didn't Ren Meng recruit servants and slave soldiers? This move has simply put out all the flames in the army."

Li Kui didn't care about Li Binggan's behavior of being unclear about the situation. Is this guy a Dangxiang person or a royal family? Even if he surrendered to the enemy, he was still struggling in his heart, which is understandable.

However, Li Kui noticed some clues from Li Binggan's words. Dangxiang's army was dominated by tribes and royal troops. The tribe army, with about a thousand people, was a scattered level, and was a scattered below. One scattered can be managed by twenty to thirty scattered, depending on the strength of the tribe. One scattered has four regular soldiers, which is already an army that cannot be smaller than that.

Zhengbing is the elite of the Dangxiang army.

It is also the basic skeleton of the army.

During the war, a regular soldier would select 7 to 8 people from the recruited servants and slave soldiers to form the smallest combat unit in the army. The copy would also turn from four regular soldiers to about 30 combat units. Then it would scatter, from more than 100 people in normal times to about 1,000 people.

Li Binggan scolded Ren Meng, General of the Jianing Army, as a fool, probably because this guy wanted to recover Longzhou by relying solely on his regular army.

"You mean, Ren Meng did not recruit servants?" Li Kui recalled and thought of this possibility. This is not good news. The soldiers have strong combat power and strong fighting will. When they encounter hard battles, they can often turn defeat into victory. This is also the definition of elites. Ambushing elites requires a good terrain to succeed.

In Longzhou, the army of the Jianing Military Office is locally combative and has very obvious advantages.

Li Binggan said angrily: "Don't think that the number of soldiers is small, but the combat power is strong, and he is the backbone of the army. The Jianing Military Office is also a large army department that can recruit 50,000 troops. In case of this, it will not be so confused. Maybe Ren Meng also thinks that Longzhou is easy to take over, right?"

"If it's just a rebellion, it's really easy. But when my Song Dynasty imperial guards come, they can't get it well. They may even be destroyed." Li Kui analyzed: "As long as the Jianing Army is finished, do you think the Miqin tribe of your brother-in-law's family can compete for this military position?"

Li Binggan shook his head and said, "It's impossible. The Jianing Military Office is too important. It is the only way for Yinzhou, Longzhou, Hongzhou and others to enter Xixia. In addition, the land is fertile, and it is still a place with heavy grain production. In this kind of place, the Miqin tribe wants, and the court will not allow it because it can't be trusted. Besides, Li Kui, don't think that the Jianing Military Office has few people, but they are all first-class elites. If I don't underestimate you, your Song army is really not a rival to the Jianing Military Office."

After saying that, Li Binggan looked at Li Kui proudly. He was strong, but he could still gain enough superiority in his heart.

But Li Kui took off his clothes and sneered: "Just him? I'll bah!"

"No matter how strong Ren Meng is, can he be able to make a strong country and be stronger than Tie Yaozi? I can tell you that the imperial guards stationed in Longzhou were the main force of the siege of Tie Yaozi, and the people from the Jianing Military Office were dead."

Li Binggan became inexplicably angry: "Why didn't this damn Ren Meng recruit servants?"

He heard from Doro that he could answer this question, and he said humbly: "Prince, it's time to harvest wheat."

This season is the day to harvest wheat. Dangxiang rarely launched wars during the decades of war in the Song Dynasty. The Western Xia wanted to harvest wheat, and the Song Dynasty also wanted to harvest wheat, so June of each year may be the most peaceful time for the two countries.

Li Binggan's pupils suddenly opened a little wider, and she opened her mouth, as if she was choking in the throat by the boiling pieces of meat, and she couldn't speak. The dignified nomadic people, after mingling in the farming circle, could not compare to the Song Dynasty and grazing with the Liao Dynasty. What's the future of this day?

Li Binggan's face suddenly turned red, his head drooped, and he cursed in a low voice: "Damn farming, the Dangxiang people are tied up by the land, what ambition can they have?"

This is right or not.

Food is very important, and herdsmen also need food.

It’s just that the amount needed by farmers in the Central Plains is much less. At the same time, the biggest difference between farming and grazing is that farming is conservative and calculating, and grazing is bold and arrogant. Cavalry is the most powerful army of troops in this era. Once the nomadic people lose the absolute advantage of cavalry, it means that this nation has begun to decline. To sum it up in one sentence, it is:

The grazing man thought: his mind was as vast as the grassland, so he would have to rob him without them.

People who farm firmly believe that if you shed more sweat, you can harvest an extra grain of food.

It is always easier to grab than to plant it.

This is the essential gap. This is the case in Xixia today. Xixia learned to build cities from the Han people, and began to dig canals and irrigate farmland. People became more and more diligent. At the same time, they became weaker and weaker in their hearts. Of course, they could not see it in a short period of time. After a hundred years and two hundred years, Xixia was another Song Dynasty. Fortunately, Xixia had a large number of pastures, and as long as the cavalry did not die, they still had the power to fight. This was much stronger than the Song Dynasty.

It was not that Ren Meng did not recruit. Instead, some were recruited, but the number was not large. The total number was only a few thousand people. This number of people might be enough for Ren Meng.

When Ruan Xiaoer passed the message to Li Yun, Li Yun was also puzzled.

He asked, "Woman, is it okay for my second brother to be in Youzhou?"

"No, I'm very tired when working for the monk all day." Ruan Xiaoer burped beautifully while eating the long-lost millet rice with salted fish.

"Is this information true?" Li Yun couldn't believe the information brought by Ruan Xiaoer. The Jianing Military Office was one of the five major military offices in Xixia. He actually sent less than 5,000 troops to recover Longzhou.

Isn’t this a delusion?

But Ruan Xiaoer said to Li Yun seriously: "Young Master said that these are Dangxiang's soldiers, which are very difficult to deal with. Let you prepare to use the means of dealing with Iron Harrier to deal with this army. Especially this army that was attacking, they are all regular soldiers and the elites of the Jianing Military Office."

"Are you going back or go to the battlefield with me?" With trust in Li Kui, Li Yun decided to lead his troops to fight the ambush himself.

Ruan Xiaoer hesitated for a while and hesitated: "But I have to send the treasures that the young master brought from Youzhou to someone to take to the Beijing house."

"What baby?"

"A Buddhist scripture."

"What's the point?" Li Yun didn't like studying much, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the martial arts exam. He was very dissatisfied with Li Kui's useless things when he went to the enemy country and did not forget to scrape these useless things: "Take it to me!"

"Diamond Sutra!" After all, Li Yun studied with Su Shi for two years, and had been studying for several years before. If he couldn't recognize the Diamond Sutra, wouldn't it be a shame for Sumen? But the lay Buddhist Xiangshan did not recognize it and threw the Buddhist scriptures to Ruan Xiaoer and said: "You bring a message to Eunuch Hao on the way back. I guess that after the autumn of this year, Xixia may have a big battle, so he asked him to find a way to notify His Majesty and be prepared."

"Young Master has noticed it long ago!"

Ruan Xiaoer was not surprised by Li Yun's suggestion, but said casually: "The young master has told the bachelor a long time ago that the bachelor has gone to the capital, but it is for this matter."

Li Yun exclaimed: "Why don't I know?"

"Your official is too young." Ruan Xiaoer looked down on Li Yun's official title a little bit: "How can you let such a secret be known?"

Li Yun suddenly felt itchy hands, and his mind went back to the past. If he had bullied this kid when Ruan Xiaoer was not favored, and now he wanted to bully him, Li Yun was worried that he would be embarrassed.

A dignified general, if he couldn't even get the three moves of the servants around Li Kui, wouldn't he lose face in the army?

But in fact, Li Yun knew that even thirty moves, he could not defeat Ruan Xiaoer even with thirty moves.

It is very likely that he is almost lucky and will be equal. If this is the case, how can he still lead troops to fight?

After seeing off Ruan Xiaoer, Li Yun immediately found Zhong Jianzhong who was patrolling the city. He said to him: "There is information coming to Xixia, I have to lead my troops out to ambush."

Zhong Jianzhong was obviously a civil servant, but he heard that it was going to fight, but his eyes shone. He was also unlucky. When Lu Huiqing heard the news of the recovery of Longzhou, he immediately ran to Yan'an Road and rushed Zhong Jianzhong to Longzhou. He wanted to command the overall situation on the front line of Yan'an Prefecture. Of course, this guy would not fight. His ability was far worse than Shen Kuo back then, but his character was the same. It was true that he came to grab credit.

In fact, civil officials do not value military merit. Civil officials do not rely on military merit. Civil officials want to be promoted quickly, shortcuts for the Secretariat and Secretariat. These are institutions around the emperor. Even if they are a small ninth rank, they can become a sixth rank magistrate after being released for a few years. As long as they successfully pass the threshold of the prefect, they can become a fourth or fifth rank Beijing official when they return to the capital.

No matter whether it is the Secretary of the Central Committee or the key yamen, wearing purple, holding white jade scepters, and pointing out the country in the Zichen Hall is not a dream.

Zhong Jianzhong is unlucky. He is the only unlucky man under Lu Huiqing who can be sent to the front line.

As a prosecutor, he did not dare to argue with Lu Huiqing at all. He had to be rushed to Longzhou in shame. However, after coming to Longzhou, he seemed to have found his pursuit of life, and his whole body gave people a youthful and capable spirit.

The old bird said boldly: "Go to General, if I am here in Longzhou, I will keep it safe."
Chapter completed!