June 17, the fourth year of Shaoxi, was a day that should be happy for Ye Qing, but more of a day that was chaotic and made him feel confused.

Liu Keshi set out on June 10 to help the Central Guard. Unexpectedly, before arriving in Jingtai, he actually met a small group of Xia troops who were bypassing the Central Guard and detouring on a narrow road.

Liu Ke's army, who did not know how to lead troops at all, unexpectedly wiped out the Xia army and won the first war in his life.

The excited Liu Keshi was not only nervous and sweaty, but also his clothes covered with armor were wet with cold sweat. Even his throat was reflected by the conditioned reflex of the battlefield. He also began to become hoarse when he was fighting. At this moment, he sounded like sandpaper rubbing.

His eyes were red, his emotions were excited, and he looked at the vast battlefield tremblingly, then turned his head and looked at his generals excitedly: "Did you win? Did we really win? Hurry up, bring paper and pen and report it to Lord Ye immediately... But how should these dead bodies be dealt with?"

The battlefield rookie Liu Keshi immediately trembled with excitement, lay on his back, and wrote Ye Qing the first battle report after he went to war. Then he looked at the vast battlefield and continued to march towards the central defender.

This incident was good news for Ye Qing. After all, he had never expected Liu Keshi to win the battlefield he had never experienced before. He just hoped that the 20,000 army could reach the central defender smoothly under his leadership.

Therefore, it is naturally a blessing for Ye Qing to wipe out his opponent without bloodshed, and he naturally hopes that Liu Keshi can become a person like Yu Yunwen who is both civil and military.

Although Liu Ke's small victory was insignificant and did not have much impact on the entire battle situation, at least the 20,000 people under his command finally made Li Heng much less pressure after rushing to the central defender in time, so that he could easily start a tug-of-war with the Xia army in the central defender, preventing him from being unable to pass the central defender and thus moving south.

Of course, this little force is still easy to fight against the internal strife of Xia Kingdom, but if Li An usurps the throne and attacks in large numbers, this little force will obviously not be enough.

After only half a day of rest in Pingliang Town, Li Zhongfang was immediately sent to Jingtai by Ye Qing, and then went to Zhongwei to meet with Li Heng and Liu Keshi.

On June 17th, when Ye Qing had not had time to be happy about Liu Keshi and Li Zhongfang's incident, Dong Chao's secret letter and Xiao Zhen's secret letter instantly made Ye Qing's originally determined face become cloudy and frown.

The Jin people planned to attack Song again, and as before, they were still divided into two groups. In order to go south and take Jinan Prefecture, the gods slaves of Qishilie led their troops westward, pointing directly to the three Hetao Routes and Jingzhao Prefecture Road, which were defending the empty defense.

In addition to these two armies trying to attack Jinan Prefecture, Hetao Third Routes and Jingzhao Prefecture, Wanyan Jing also sent a large army this time to feint attack Kaifeng and Luoyang from the north bank of the Yellow River, which made the military judges who were originally stationed between the two prefectures unable to rush to assist Hetao Third Routes, or Jinan Prefecture, they could only be guarded against this small-scale Jin people's feint attacking army between Kaifeng and Luoyang.

In addition to the Jin people who began to wait for an opportunity to go south, and Song Ting was also making small moves behind Ye Qing, the Jiangyin army led by Zhao Fang under Han Tuozhou also put a lot of pressure on Ye Qing, fearing that Yu Yunwen would not be able to avoid it, and that the Jiangyin army and the Xia people would join forces to attack Lanzhou they occupied.

Fortunately, after the Anfeng army led by Sima Jian also arrived at Dasan Pass, the pressure in Lanzhou was much smaller, but Han Tuozhou actually went to Lizhou Road in person, which gave Ye Qing and Yu Yunwen a thick layer of concerns.

The Lizhou Road was brought by Han Tuozhou, which made the pressure on Lanzhou Road increased. The same was true on Huainan Road. As the Fujian Chamber of Commerce was hit by some merchants headed by the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, it finally realized that all this was done by Ye Qing. In order to revenge Ye Qing or to give the power of the Ministry of Personnel, Shi Miyuan took this opportunity to expand to Huainan Road. At this time, Shi Miyuan sent Zhao Yanbian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to Yangzhou again to seize power.

On the night of June 18, the fourth year of Shaoxi, outside the Longcheng military camp, an army like a fire dragon ran under the night, heading straight to the Longcheng military camp.

Wang Chong and Xie Lun, the two commanders who remained in Longcheng Barracks, had to gather the newly recruited soldiers from Longcheng Barracks as soon as possible, and waited for the unknown army that was getting closer and closer.

"Master Ye returns to the camp... Open the camp gate quickly." Just as Wang Chong and Xie Lun climbed the tower again, an anxious voice sounded under the camp gate, followed by a token, which shot up the tower with an arrow.

With dusty faces, a solemn face, and a cold armor, Ye Qing led the Hua Family Army like an iron tower. After two days and one night, he returned from Guguan to the Longcheng Barracks and appeared in front of Wang Chong and Xie Lun.

When Wang Chong and Xie Lun saw Ye Qing frowning and covered in dust, his heart sank, his heart sank at first, and the same thought emerged from the two of them: Could it be that Lord Ye has failed? Guanshan has been lost? But... why didn’t he know any movement at all?

"How many people are there in the camp?" Ye Qing took off his helmet, his eyes were filled with a hint of fatigue. After glanced at Wang Chong and Xie Lun, he asked lightly.

"Sir..." Xie Lun looked at Wang Chong next to him, saluted and continued: "Thirty thousand new recruits, but they have only been in the camp for less than two months..."

"It's enough, I'll order immediately. Tomorrow morning, you two will lead 30,000 troops from Longcheng Camp to go to Jingzhao Mansion with me." Ye Qing threw the helmet in his hand to the soldiers next to him, and then stretched his waist and said, "Prepare a room for me."

"Sir... is it..." Xie Lun asked, looking at Ye Qing with a little entangled look on his tired look.

They were in Longcheng and knew nothing about the war ahead. Every day, except for a large amount of food and grass supply, they still set off through Longcheng and entered Guanshan, and then went directly outside Xia. No other war news about the frontline entered their ears. So at this time, they saw Ye Qing, who was solemn and tired, and they were still worried.

"There is nothing ahead, but... the Jin people are coming." Ye Qing took a deep breath, and just as Wang Chong and Xie Lun were about to breathe a sigh of relief, he gave the two of them another shot, enough to make the two of them look like a heavy blow.

Looking at the shocked expressions of Wang Chong and Xie Lun, Ye Qing, with a solemn expression, rarely smiled, patted the two of them on the shoulders, and chuckled, "Why, is the golden man just scaring you like this?"

"That's not, it's just..." Xie Lun looked at Wang Chong, and then said truthfully: "But Mo Jiang didn't expect the speed of the Jin Man to be so fast."

Whether it was Wang Chong or Xie Lun, he had never had any chance to show up in front of Ye Qing before. In addition, Liu Keshi's brainwashing of Longcheng Barracks and some of the deeds about Ye Qing made Wang Chong and Xie Lun seem extremely restrained when facing Ye Qing.

So when they were with Ye Qing at this time, they would be a little nervous and uneasy when facing the most powerful vassal king in the North.

Although the two were in the Longcheng Barracks and did not participate in the war in the Xia Kingdom, and even knew very little about the situation in the war in the Xia Kingdom, they were promoted and trained by Liu Ke's army, so in their way of dispatch, they were more or less influenced by Liu Ke's army.

It is precisely because of this that the two of them, even if they were unable to participate in the battle against Xia, were not idle in the Longcheng Barracks. In addition to deducing the situation of Xia State, they also made a detailed analysis of how the Jin people would react to this.

The conclusion was naturally that the Jin people would never miss this great opportunity to regain their lost territory, and they would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Song.

But the two of them could not guess whether the Jin people would join forces with Xia or whether they would only use their own strength to win and lose with Ye Qing.

Ye Qing looked at the two of them in surprise, but naturally he didn't expect that they were in Longcheng Military Camp. It turned out that they were not only practicing troops every day, but also caring about the surrounding situation and war.

He nodded with satisfaction, and then smiled and said, "Yes, although the Jin people are coming in a fierce manner, they are not as fast as you think. Now the slaves of the gods of Qishilie have just set out from Yanjing for three days, but even so, we have to rush to the Hetao Third Route immediately to guard against their raid."

"So that's it." Wang Chong glanced at Xie Lun and realized in an instant that there was also a spy from Lord Ye in the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, Lord Ye would never be able to clearly understand the every move of the Jin people so quickly.

Xie Lun couldn't help but feel overjoyed, patted Ye Qing's chest and promised boldly: "Sir, since this is the case, then the general can guarantee to him that although the soldiers in Longcheng are just some newcomers who have never been stained with blood, as long as they fight against the Jin people, the general dares to say that they will do their best and be braver than dealing with the Xia people."

Ye Qing nodded in agreement. In fact, it can be seen from the battle in Lanzhou that the combat power of the Song army was somewhat restrained in Xia territory. The reason for this was not only because the situation was relatively urgent, but because of the anxiety of Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang and others, it was because the morale of the Song army was unstoppable. When facing the Xia people, it was not as exciting as when facing the Jin people.

Naturally, the war situation was in a stalemate, or the siege of cities was blocked, and there were definitely many reasons. It was not just the above reasons. The Jin Kingdom had not been able to get any advantage from the Xia people for many years. Temujin, who had just established the Great Mongolian Kingdom, also gave up the Xia Kingdom that was close to him, but instead went far to attack Liao, which was enough to show that the Xia Kingdom was definitely a difficult bone to crack.

Now that Ye Qing has taken the initiative to invade Xia, it is almost impossible to take over the internal strife without any obstacles.
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