Chapter five hundred and thirty eight good news and bad news
How fast does the white horse cross the mountain stream? Just like the passage of time, Ye An always thought that the white horse passing through the gap was just a metaphor, but when he saw Cao Yi ostentatiously riding the white horse rushing over from the Tiger Leaping Stream, he suddenly realized that he was carrying Xiqiang with him.
People arrived at Xiamo Village to spend more than a month.
"You are riding a white horse on the battlefield. Is Brother Cao afraid that the enemy chief will not know where you are?"
For some reason, Ye An became more familiar with Cao Yi. Although the two had not seen each other for a long time, their cooperation and support made their relationship quite stable.
The only people who can be trusted on the battlefield are colleagues who are officials in the same dynasty. Even when the Song Dynasty cultural relics are against each other, as long as they are on the same battlefield, civil servants and military generals will tacitly forget their identities and even what they represent.
interest group.
Of course, the premise for this is that the interests of both parties are almost the same. If there were fundamental differences from the beginning, Ye An and Cao Yi would definitely not be so close to each other.
"You're getting better and better at arranging people's words. I got this white horse by accident. It has a red forehead, black hooves, and a snow-white body. It's an excellent horse even if it's a tribute to an official!"
Ye An stretched out his hand and touched the bright red spots on the horse's head. He looked at the vermilion paint in his hand and stared at the dark horse's hooves and smiled: "Oh? You are not afraid of being known as a bully? Wutai has never been lax in guarding you.
Come on!"
Cao Yi's face turned red and he muttered dissatisfiedly: "You kid is really spoiling people's interest. After all, you are a good horse all white!"
"How are the Dangxiang people doing in Huanzhou?" Ye An smiled and asked the question he was most concerned about.
Who would have thought it would be better if I didn't say it, but when I said it, Cao Yi burst into laughter, and the belly behind his armor "jumped" up and down: "It's like a tiger falling on a flat sun, a dragon trapped in a pool! The military fortresses in various places are all built with strong walls and the wilderness is clear.
Some policemen would rather lose wheat than let the party members succeed. As for the utensils, they suffered heavy losses, including countless iron pots, earthen pots, and linen. It is said that some unscrupulous people took away the sacrificial objects in other people's ancestral halls...
Ha ha!"
Ye An smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't find it funny. You can see how poor the Dangxiang people are. I'm afraid they are not much better than the Xiqiang people. But the poorer they are, the tougher they are, and the more they are not afraid of death.
I, Da Song, have to be more careful!"
"Most of the Dangxiang people focus on cavalry, but they are not very good at attacking cities and territories. They haven't even captured the military fortresses, so how can they dare to attack important towns and cities? Let's join forces together, and when the Dangxiang people's veterans are tired, we can encircle and suppress this place.
Five thousand thieves, this military merit alone is enough for us to sell for three levels!"
Cao Yi's confidence made Ye An smile slightly: "I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Bad...good news!"
When Cao Yi saw Ye An's expression, he knew that something big had happened. In his impression, Ye An rarely felt so helpless.
"Let's break the bad news first! We sent a spy to Qintuokou to report that Dangxiang has assembled an army of more than 10,000 people and may send troops south at any time!"
"What?!"
Ye An's words shocked Cao Yi. The Dangxiang army of more than 10,000 people gathered, which was enough to represent the determination of the Dangxiang people to go south. Otherwise, Dangxiang's national strength would not have organized so many people to gather at Qintuokou for nothing.
It is not a small sum of money for the Japanese to eat horse chews, and the party members are not stupid. How can they spend such money if they have no plan to go south?
"Well... what's the good news?" Cao Yi had already begun to stutter. Although he had previously agreed with Ye An's approach of luring the enemy deeper, now that Dang Xiang's army had arrived, he became nervous.
Ye An got off his horse and took his reins to the city gate of Xiamaozhai. He said calmly: "The good news is that Tokyo City has sent the camouflage uniforms I ordered before. In addition, Chen Daguan is in Tongyuan City.
At that time, we had already begun to prepare various troops, and Fan Shizhi was also mediating the strength of the various states and even the entire Yongxing Army. We were already at Guide Fort near Xiamo Village, and we had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers."
After hearing the news, Cao Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. There were still 5,000 Dangxiang cavalry in Huanzhou. Now there were more than 10,000 Dangxiang troops coming from Qintuokou who were preparing to go south. He and Ye An's total of more than 10,000 troops were not part of the Dangxiang army at all.
opponent.
Apart from defending the city wall, he could not think of any other way to force the Dangxiang people to retreat. Yes, at this time, Cao Yi no longer thought about how to defeat the enemy or even destroy the Dangxiang army.
At this time, he just wanted to force the party members to quit, which was a blessing from heaven.
Even the Liao people suffered heavy losses at the hands of Dang Xiang, let alone the Song Dynasty border army whose combat power was not as good as the Liao people? As for the elite in Tokyo... Cao Yi wouldn't even think about it.
The combat power is not as reliable as the frontier army.
"I have some bad news and some good news for you..."
"Brother, what time has it been? Why don't you try to embarrass your brother and give him a good time? Pulling the meat with a dull knife will cost your brother's life!"
Ye An patted his shoulder and smiled and said: "Actually, it's not good or bad, it's just my inference. There should be very important figures in the Dangxiang army in Huanzhou, otherwise why would Dangxiang gather a large army to fight with Qin Tuokou?
The good news is that the Xiqiang people have completely broken with Dangxiang and will never look back."
Cao Yi breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at Ye An with a resentful look: "You scared my brother to death. Do you know who the great figures are in the Dangxiang Army in Huanzhou? It can't be that Li Deming personally led the troops here, right?"
Ye An was slightly startled: "Could it be that Li Deming came in person?"
"Impossible!" Cao Yi objected without thinking: "After all, he is also the king of Daxia. He is nominally a subject of our Song Dynasty. He surrenders to our Song Dynasty. How could he lose his mind and lead troops into the Song Dynasty? This is
At best, this kind of thing can only be done by the generals below him assigned by him!"
Ye An nodded. As Li Deming, he would not risk such sharing and infiltrate the Song Dynasty with such a connection. "A son with a lot of money cannot sit down in court." This saying is very applicable to that country, and it should even be especially applicable to this country.
Party items.
Li Deming is the only person who can integrate Dangxiang. In Ye An's view, he can bring Dangxiang and the surrounding departments together to achieve a balance of interests and at the same time twist them into a rope. This method has to be said to be extremely clever.
If it were anyone else, the slightest mistake would be irreversible.
Ye An nodded slightly and tied the horse to the stake and said: "Well, Li Deming will not take such risks, but who are the people in Dang Xiang's army?"
"Who cares who he is? As long as it is not Li Deming, it is meaningless. Although the five thousand cavalry are elites, they are not a concern because they are trapped in Huanzhou. What is important is that the more than ten thousand party troops in front of us will be together with the five thousand cavalry.
With thousands of fine cavalry united in one place, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with them."
Cao Yi waved his hand indifferently. In his opinion, this was not a problem at all.