In Suicheng, Hu Yan Shouxin held a whip and whipped his soldiers hard, whipping them while roaring, "Often people are five or six, why do you give me a bear when you arrive on the battlefield? Don't you look down on the Northwest Army? Why are all his mother beaten down by others..."

Hu Yan Shouxin beat him hard and scolded him even harder. In fact, this was the first time he was so angry after coming to Suicheng, but the soldiers who were beaten and scolded all lowered their heads, and they didn't even dare to hide, and they had no shame to hide, because Cao Mata from the northwest came before and was also stationed in Suicheng.

The two musket troops have long been famous for each other, especially Cao Ma's musket army has made many military achievements in the northwest, which has suppressed the musket army in Hebei so hard that it is hard to raise its head. However, the Hebei army has always felt that it is against the powerful Liao Kingdom. Compared with the Liao Kingdom, Dangxiang in the northwest is just the first-class bandits and bandits and is not at all possible, so they look down on the Northwest musket army.

In this case, the Hebei Musketeers Army took the opportunity to challenge trouble and competed with the Northwest Musketeers Army. Although Hu Yan Shouxin and Cao Mata had a good relationship, they were both the main generals of the Musketeers Army, so they naturally wanted to compete. As a result, the Northwest Musketeers Army almost crushed the Hebei Musketeers with their rich experience. Hu Yan Shouxin felt that his face was almost thrown away, and at the same time he was angry for his unsatisfactory subordinates, and then beat and scolded him.

"Yeah, Brother Shouxin is training troops?" At this moment, Cao Ma suddenly walked into the camp with a smile. Seeing the beatings, he couldn't help but laugh. After their musket army was transferred to Suicheng, they were directly mixed with Huyan Shouxin's musket army, and this time they were also one of the main forces in the attack on Liao.

Seeing Cao Mai come in, Hu Yan Shouxin was embarrassed to scold his subordinates again, and immediately drove all the unscrupulous guys out. Then he smiled at Cao Mai and said, "I don't know if I don't fight. I used to think that the soldiers I trained were already quite good, but I didn't expect that just a drill would let them realize their true colors!"

"Brother Shuxin, don't be angry. In fact, to be honest, your soldiers are not bad at training. Some places are even stronger than our Northwest Army. They just lack actual combat, to be precise, large-scale actual combat, so there are some problems in cooperation and coordination. I believe that as long as you fight a few big battles, the soldiers under your command will definitely not be worse than us." Cao Mata said seriously at this time.

Cao Mata was not comforting Hu Yan Shuxin. In fact, Hu Yan Shuxin is indeed very good at training troops. However, Hebei has been in peace for a long time, and occasionally the Liao army goes south, and the number is not large, so it is not enough to train troops. Therefore, it is normal for Hu Yan Shuxin's soldiers to lack practical experience.

When Hu Yan Shouxin heard what Cao Ma said, he felt a little better. He laughed at the moment and then ordered the delivery of food and drinks. He and Cao Ma were friends, but they were a little unfamiliar with each other for several years. Although he had a competition this time, he beaten the previous unfamiliarity.

"Brother Cao, Brother Li should have written to you this time, right?" Hu Yan Shouxin personally poured a glass of wine for Cao Ma, and then asked.

"Yes, Brother Li wrote a letter to remind me to seize this opportunity. If I can win Yan Yun in one fell swoop, you and others will be kept in history forever, and even surpass our grandfather in terms of achievements!" Cao Mata smiled and picked up the wine glass and sipped. Although wine was forbidden in the army, it was only during wartime. Usually, these soldiers liked to drink a few glasses when they were fine.

Cao Ya's grandfather was Cao Bin, and Hu Yan Shouxin's grandfather was Hu Yanzan. They were all famous founding generals of the Song Dynasty, especially Cao Bin. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Zhongshu Ling and Jiyang County Prince, with the posthumous title of "Wu Hui". Even with Cao Wei's current military achievements, he dared not say that he was better than his own. As for Cao Ya, he was far inferior. However, they were still young and had a high spirit and always aimed at surpassing their grandfather.

"Haha~, Brother Li said this to me in his letter, and he also said that recapturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is only the first step. Even if you have the chance in the future, the ultimate goal is to directly destroy the Liao Kingdom, the enemy. It depends on how we fight in this battle." Hu Yan Shouxin also laughed and drank the wine in the glass.

As military generals of the Song Dynasty, although they were treated well, their status was very low, and they were even rude in the army. In addition, the Song Dynasty's external strategies rarely used troops. However, the generals did not fight and naturally had no military achievements. This was naturally a torture for the aspiring young generals such as Hu Yan Shuixun. However, since they met Li Zhang, they seemed to have no need to worry about having no war.

"Destroying Liao is naturally the greatest wish in our generals' hearts. However, even if the Liao Kingdom is in civil strife, it cannot be underestimated. This time, it will cost a considerable price to send troops to recover Yan Yun. Brother Huyan, you must be prepared for this." Cao Mata said in a deep voice at this time. He was a person who had participated in a big battle and knew the cruelty on the battlefield better than Huyan Shuxin. Therefore, he has always been very awe-in-command for war, and even if he has an advantage, he will not underestimate any enemy.

"Brother Cao, don't worry, I have been dealing with the Liao people for so many years, so I naturally know that the Liao people are not easy to mess with. Otherwise, with General Liu's arrogance, I would not have told us to be careful when we were discussing the matter last time, and I would never underestimate the Liao people." Hu Yan Shouxin immediately smiled again.

Liu Ping had arrived in Hejian Prefecture a long time ago, and even called them to discuss matters some time ago. It was on that day that Liu Ping announced the use of troops against Liao. Many generals were kept in the dark in advance. Only smart generals like Cao Mata and Hu Yan Shouxin could analyze the court's strategic goals from some signs.

Hearing Hu Yan Shouxin's words, Cao Ma nodded with confidence. Then the two of them ate and chatted, mainly talking about the upcoming war. A few days ago, the civil strife broke out in the Liao Kingdom, and Liu Ping also ordered the entire army to prepare. Now they were just waiting for Liu Ping's order to enter the Liao Kingdom immediately, but they had no news when this order was issued.

In fact, not only Hu Yan kept his trust in Cao Ma, but all the generals in the Hejian Prefecture who participated in the attack on Liao were waiting for Liu Ping's orders. After all, such a good opportunity, they were all waiting to make contributions, at least earning a title for themselves to protect their descendants. After all, the title of Song Dynasty was still very valuable.

At the same time, in the camp outside Hejian Prefecture City, Liu Ping stood in front of a huge sand table and carefully looked at the terrain on the sand table. The method of making sand tables was spread from martial arts and was soon recognized by veterans such as Liu Ping. The sand table in front of him was made in detail according to the terrain of the Song and Liao borders. Each road and the first city were marked on it.

Liu Ping held the red flag representing the Song army in his hand, simulating the marching trajectory of several armies, while Guo Zun on the other side held the blue flag in his hand. He represented the Liao army and responded to the attack of the Song army. However, there were too few Liao troops in his hand, so he could only give up the outer city and then concentrate his troops to defend among several big cities such as Xijin Prefecture.

"Brother Shiheng, you have three armies in the mirror. I have no other way except retreating to Xijin Prefecture. However, the walls of Xijin Prefecture are high and deep. Even if you have firearms, it is not so easy to conquer. If you consume too much force in Xijin Prefecture, you may not be able to attack Xijing Datong Prefecture, and it will be even more difficult to easily conquer the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the future." In the end, Guo Zun put down the blue flag in his hand and smiled.

Guo Zun is Liu Ping's deputy, and he is very good at cavalry fighting. It just so happened that the Liao army was mainly cavalry, so he always played the role of the Liao army during the deduction, but the final result was almost the same. Every time he was forced to shrink his troops and defended the city wall of Xijin Mansion, hoping to consume the Song army's strength, and even drag the Song army to retreat, and then try to counterattack. This is a bit similar to the current Yelu Zongzhen.

Liu Ping also lowered the small flag in his hand at this time, and frowned and said, "I have discovered this too, so I hope to eliminate more Liao troops outside the city of Xijin Prefecture. However, most of the Liao troops are cavalry, so it is too difficult to intercept them."

"In fact, there is no way. Only the cavalry can catch up with the cavalry. When Zhao Zhen and Dangxiang's army were fighting against the Yellow River, they sent my cavalry to the rear and sneak attack the Dangxiang people's camp, which made it difficult for Dangxiang to take care of the head and tail, and finally had to retreat. This time, it would be better to let me lead a cavalry to raid, which would definitely intercept the Liao army and prevent them from retreating to Xijin Mansion!" Guo Zun took the initiative to ask for his order. He was a cavalry general, and what he most yearned for was to be able to fight life and death with the Khitan cavalry.

Liu Ping was also quite moved when he heard Guo Zun's suggestion. He decided to fight quickly this time to attack Liao Kingdom, and the cavalry could achieve this goal. In addition, Guo Zun was experienced and his cavalry were very elite. The Liao Kingdom's cavalry might not be an opponent even if they faced them.

However, Liu Ping finally shook his head and rejected Guo Zun's proposal: "The Khitans are famous for their cavalry. Although the main force of the Liao army has been transferred, they cannot be underestimated. Cavalry is still a bit too risky to the cavalry. Moreover, the Xijin Mansion is too close to it. If you intercept the Liao army on the periphery, the Xijin Mansion will send troops to attack you, and you will also encounter danger. When we use troops against the Liao Kingdom for the first time, we must fight beautifully in the first battle so that we can build the confidence of the soldiers, so we must never take risks!"

When Guo Zun heard Liu Ping say this, he also felt that it made sense. Although he had defeated the Dangxiang Cavalry before, he was not very sure of the Liao cavalry. After all, the Liao cavalry's reputation was too high. After all, the Song Dynasty was established for so many years, it had been suppressed by the Liao cavalry's reputation. He had never dared to raise troops before.
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