Ye An slept soundly. After watching the victory of the battle under the command of Sha Wentian, the Xiqiang people began to burn the woods. The Song army withdrew from Qingping Pass. He sat on a chair and fell asleep under the gate on the city wall.
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The soldiers on the city wall did not dare to wake Ye An. Tieniu, Zhao Hu and others also fell asleep leaning on the battlements. They were exhausted from a night of fighting and a day of waiting.
Cheng Gongshou and Xu Yongzhang stood on the steps of the city wall without saying a word. Although the Yunzhong Lord in front of them still had the immaturity of a young man, no one dared to underestimate his abilities and methods.
They did not go out of the city with Ye An last night. This was what Chen Lin had told them before, and what Ye An insisted on. As long as they were there, they would avoid leaving the army without senior officials to lead them if something unexpected happened to them.
War is like this, anything can happen on the battlefield. If something happens to Ye An himself, it will leave a way out for Qingping Pass.
Fortunately, Ye An came back safely, which also reassured Cheng Gongshou and others. Seeing them sleeping peacefully on the city gate building, Xu Yongzhang asked the soldiers of the Anhua Army to help the group leaning on the city gate building.
The people sleeping nearby set up a pergola.
"Gongshou, do you think our Yunzhong Commandery can stabilize the Huanzhou Rebellion?"
Seeing Xu Yongzhang's careful look, Cheng Gongshou smiled: "To be honest, someone originally thought that Chen Daguan was crazy, Fan Shizhi was crazy, and Cao Jiedu was crazy too, and handed over this huge Huanzhou to this Huang.
I'm a kid, but now... Hehe, to tell you the truth, Lao Xu, no one dares to be unruly in front of Ye Hou, for fear that he will use the military law of the Anhua Army to do it to me, Lao Cheng!"
Xu Yongzhang shook his head: "It must be the strictness of military law! I, Old Xu, have not admired many people. The current Wang Zengwang Xianggong is one, General Cao Weicao of the Battle of Sandu Valley is one, and the others are really not the same.
See it in your eyes!”
"Yo yo yo... You, the patrolman of the Imperial City Department, are just a subordinate officer at most. There are only two civil and military officials in the entire dynasty whom you take seriously? What a shame!"
Xu Yongzhang smiled slightly and said: "How come? A certain family is also a Han family man, and he is also a hero in the army. He has his own arrogance! Ye Shuai is someone I admire, why can't I praise him?! To be honest, Old Chen, you didn't think about it
Are you going to work under Ye Shuai?"
"One mouthful, Marshal Ye, you are almost becoming a soldier of the Anhua Army. Don't say such words in the future. We were supported by Senior Official Chen all the way in the Imperial City Division. Without Senior Official Chen, our brothers would be where we are today? Besides, Ye Hou is a bodyguard."
In order to appease the deputy envoy, once the Huanzhou is settled, Yehou will definitely abandon this mission. Why do you want me to wait? Could it be that we can become personal soldiers with Yehou?"
Xu Yongzhang sighed: "That's right! We two brothers can only stay in the Imperial City Division. I don't know how the other brothers who stayed behind in Tongyuan City with Chen Daguan are doing?"
Cheng Gongshou made a silly laugh, but the shrewdness in his eyes could not escape Xu Yongzhang's eyes: "Shi Xin followed Chen Daguan to sit in Tongyuan City, while several other brothers quietly followed Cao Jiedu to Zhenrong Army. We will follow this time.
The Huangchengsi brothers who came to supervise the army have divided their troops into three groups. Do you think you need to be so cautious in dealing with the Xiqiang people? I heard that this time Yehou will dispatch tens of thousands of troops to Huanzhou...
Xu Yongzhang patted the saliva on his hands and said angrily: "How can you announce such a big thing to your mouth?! You don't want your head, I still want it! This is a secret order from a high official, and it is also the secret letter post of our Imperial City Division. Why do you
Don’t you know the weight of it?!”
Cheng Gongshou took a breath of cold air. The secret letter post was rarely used by the imperial guards, but once it was used, it was almost the most confidential and urgent matter of the country. It would not be used unless it was extremely urgent!
"So Ye Hou is going to make a big move? Is he really asking the party...those people to the west to take action?!"
Xu Yongzhang nodded seriously and said: "I'm afraid that will be the case. In my opinion, Ye Hou is planning to disturb Li Deming's foundation. The blocking of the Xiqiang people at Qingping Pass this time is fake. It is true to confuse Li Deming. What's going on with you and me in Yanzhou?"
I don’t know, but the high official must know.”
Xu Yongzhang does not need to say more about what follows. Cheng Gongshou also understands that Huanzhou seems to be in chaos at the moment, but in fact the Xiqiang people no longer pose much of a threat to the Song Dynasty.
Ye An, Chen Lin, and Cao Yi led the troops all the way north, and almost achieved great success in both Shiliangdu and Fangquzhai. While stabilizing Tongyuan City, they divided their troops into three groups again.
Tongyuan City was defended by Chen Lin for a period of time and the Xiqiang people could not conquer it at all. Even if they attacked, the Xiqiang people would not be so courageous.
As for the Zhenrong Army, Cao Yi was in charge. Anyone who knew a little bit about the terrain knew that these three directions almost trapped the Xiqiang people in Huanzhou. Ye An led his army north along the Baima River to Qingping Pass, which was considered a complete victory.
The Xiqiang people surrounded him on three sides.
The Xiqiang people either gave up their loot and returned via the mountain road with light vehicles, or they cleared Pingguan with hard steel and broke out to fight back to Qinggang Gorge, or they continued southward, and they would definitely be killed in the
Within the Song Dynasty.
Although Cheng Gongshou and Xu Yongzhang were not famous generals in the military, they also knew that Ye An seemed to easily surround the Xiqiang people, but they were aware of the hardships and strategizing behind it.
"Not to mention, a certain family admires Yehou for sleeping so soundly after the war. He can fall asleep leaning on a chair. This calmness, this calmness, this..."
Boom... bang! Boom... bang!
A series of thunderstorms exploded, shaking the earth like dry thunder. After the thunderstorms, there was absolute silence. Birds stopped flying, insects stopped chirping, and it was as if even the wind had stopped.
With a clang, Ye An fell off the bench and hurriedly climbed up to look into the distance. Cheng Gongshou and Xu Yongzhang stepped onto the city wall and were stunned as they watched the mushroom-like black smoke rising in the distance.
As for Tieniu Zhao Hu and other soldiers, they looked at the land beside the woods that turned into a sea of fire with trembling hands. They vaguely felt that the fire and the mushroom-like black smoke were caused by the jars they bought before.
The fire in the woods was already fierce, but it would never have caused an explosion like a thunderstorm, let alone turn the new camp where the Xiqiang rebels had withdrawn from the woods into a sea of flames.
The heat wave hit his face with the summer whirlwind, but Ye An looked up to the sky and smiled amidst the dull eyes of everyone: "God help me! Tieniu, Zhao Hu sent me an order to Anhua Army soldiers!"
"Here!"
Tieniu almost rushed down the city wall. He was not stupid. This was definitely the best opportunity to launch a counterattack and go out of the city to wipe out the Western Qiang people.
As the Song army gathered, Sha Wentian and the security forces saw for the first time the military discipline, speed and rules of the Anhua army. In just a cup of tea, this army of three thousand people was ready to go, with a high spirit that no one dared to match.
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"The Western Qiang rebels harassed our border state, plundered the people, and slaughtered the living beings. Humans and gods were outraged! Today's thunderstorm shows that our Emperor Song obeys the will of God and responds to the people. He should punish the rebels! All the soldiers followed me out of the border to kill the enemy and build an unstoppable world.
Military merit!"
"Here!"
There is no unnecessary nonsense. As Ye An drove his horse out of Qingping Pass, three thousand Anhua troops also followed and killed him. Their killing intent was high and they were invincible!