Shao Song

Chapter 233

Deciding to go to the expedition does not mean that you can go to the expedition right away, just as the decision to go to the expedition does not mean that the victory rate in the expedition is very high, or that the person making the decision really thinks that the expedition will win.

At the very least, from Zhao Jiu's point of view, he chose to take the initiative to attack largely because the situation has been involved, and his heart is simply sullen. Before and after this, the other high-level officials should agree or agree, and those who oppose still oppose... For example, Zhang Jun always believed that it was time to go to the expedition, and Liu Ziyu also opposed it from beginning to end.

However, since the emperor made a decision to march, Liu Ziyu had no choice but to keep his mouth shut, because at this time, at least the officers and soldiers and the common people below must think that the march is inevitable, and Liu Ziyu's outfit has to pretend to be convinced.

But still the same sentence, the expedition does not mean that the expedition can be expedition immediately.

How can the troops of 100,000 people gather together? Who comes first? Which route respectively? How to deploy logistics when the troops are like this? So many generals, who will listen to whom when they bump into each other?

All these things must be arranged and resolved one by one, but fortunately, the Privy Council has already had a plan.

But on this day, as Zhang Jun played again, demanding to send troops, and ‘persuaded’ the official Zhao’s house, things really started to become complicated and cumbersome.

From the perspective of high-level planning, one thing that comes up is the question of who stays in Chang'an.

Zhao Jiu had made arrangements for this. He first hung up a brand-new Jin Wuzheng in Chang'an City, and formally settled in the Chang'an City Palace...Although Chang'an inside and outside has long been guessed, the news of the emperor's move is still shaken. The whole Jingzhao.

However, Zhao Jiu quickly dragged Yuwen Xuzhong into the Old Palace of Chang'an City, and bestowed that side of Jin Wuzhen to the other party.

Obviously, when Luoyang is about to be exposed, he still has to play psychological warfare with the people in Lou Shi, but it is for Yu Wen Xuzhong to stay in Chang'an in his own name.

As for the Weiqiao key, it was handed over to Liu Ziyu, and Zhang Jun still took over the logistics... and he himself was going to go directly to the front-line Daying Yujia in the name of Yuwen Xuzhong.

Anyway, it's a little bit confusing.

In fact, this arrangement was somewhat in the expectation of the high-level civil and military personnel. Zhao Guanjia didn't mean to go out in one day or two days. Starting from the day of Tuogu, everyone basically had an expectation.

However, after such a high-level plan was quickly decided, it really reached the implementation stage of dispatching troops, but something that stunned the Zhao Guanjia's heart-the soldiers and horses of the Kansai Third Route, who had been hiding behind Jing Zhao, were already preparing to go to the front. , But after hearing that the officials came to Chang'an, I don’t know who encouraged them to ask for rewards from the city.

How to say it?

Astonished, Zhao Jiu was not angry, and even felt that this incident was unexpected and reasonable.

In this sense, it is not that this should be the case, but that Zhao Jiu woke up almost immediately. This army was originally at this level... This is the original Western army, and it has combat effectiveness. The experience may even be richer, but in essence it is still an old army with'Da Song characteristics'. It is the unit that directly gave up fighting on the battlefield because of the lack of silver bowls for rewards. It is also the one that will kill Liangmao from time to time. Power, sit back and watch the destruction of friendly forces.

Moreover, this army has experienced several big defeats before it regained the salary for more than half a year. After seeing the equipment and treatment of the imperial army, I heard that the official family of the Song Dynasty has reached this point, and it seems that it is also necessary to ask for an extra reward for psychological balance. Not incomprehensible.

However, compared with Zhao Jiu’s calmness, it is Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong who are obviously embarrassed because of this incident. The former is the actual commander of these units, facing the imperial camp. The decisive action of the soldiers and horses and the record of Wu Jie in the North Shaanxi Third Road were consciously embarrassing; while the latter was obviously because of the previous speeches to the Zhao Guanjia to'protect the home and defend the country', and to guarantee the combat strength of these Western troops. Shame about things.

Of course, no matter what, Zhao Jiu is familiar with this kind of thing.

The reward, or the opening fee, the Zhao official family did not hesitate to let Zhang Jun send it down...otherwise? The increase in taxes for Southeast, Jingxiang, and Bashu are two years of tax advance. Dongting Lake has already begun to rebel. It will be said that there must be no other problems. What is it for such desperation? Isn't it that the picture is not restricted by money and food right now?

Besides, the Western Army was indeed poorer.

At the same time, Zhao Jiu asked Yang Yizhong to select 30 officers below the commander level, all of which were the most noisy in this round of recruitment fees, and then handed the list to Liu Xi, Liu Qi, and Zhao. The three of Zhe, let them kill the public immediately in their respective names, in order to behave like you.

Moreover, Yang Yizhong did this not because his imperial city secretary was so useful when he arrived in Kansai, but his grandfather Yang Zongmin was originally the general in charge of the defense of Jingkangzhong in Chang'an and was in charge of the defense of the entire Guanzhong. Later, he was also in Chang'an. Those who were martyred to the country when they were destroyed by the Lou room have a reputation in the local people, so that they can act cheaply.

After the killing, Zhao Jiufu officially issued the ranking as the emperor. On the grounds that the Golden Army had broken the pass and had a lot of unowned land, he promised to grant land to the local sergeants for military service, and a golden soldier's head would reward ten acres of land. The imperial soldiers and horses also have similar regulations, but they directly promised to take out the former Henan army camp and use the public and private as a reward.

As for the Westerners in the Imperial Army Mazhong who want to buy properties in Kansai, they are also allowed to participate in the Kansai military awards.

Frankly speaking, Zhao Jiu's this is a typical empty check, because the imperial troops are okay. After all, there are Henan army troops at the bottom. But here in Guanzhong, he has only been here for a few days. How do you know how much the Jin army left after the previous sweep of Guanzhong? Xiantian? How do you know if these idle fields have been trapped by these army leaders, officials, and landlords?

But there is no way, this time, he has to do it!

To make a wish to the upper ranks of the military leaders, he did this as soon as he arrived. At present, there are already five or six military officers, five or six soldiers and horses, and one commander has been sealed off directly. , For the middle and lower-level officers, it is a reward for money, which has just been thrown out, and for the lower-level soldiers, it is a promised field... Since ancient times, if you want to inspire the army, what other means?

And besides, if this battle is won, the Guanzhong fields are occupied. He can also let those people spit out these lands. If the battle is lost and Guanzhong is gone, what should I say?

All in all, as the official Zhao Song in Chang'an gritted his teeth, no matter what, the huge war machine was launched in a hurry... And while these messy things were hurriedly dealt with, the rest of the Kansai army had already been issued according to Chang'an City. Various instructions came into action.

Qu Duan, Wu Lin, and Li Yongqi were sent to the south at a high speed;

Under the command of Wang De and Wang Yan, the Chinese army in the imperial camp marched from left to right and divided into the four cities of Pucheng, Meiyuan, Xiajun, and Fuping. It was the border between Huazhou and Yaozhou, and it was also the Wanyan Lou house. At this time, it is in the area opposite to the junction of the Weibei Plain and the northern hilly plateau;

On the 10th day of May, the troops on Xihe Road, Lizhou Road, and Qinfeng Road that were rewarded with money and silk and promised military service to set up land, of course, had their heads chopped off for demonstrations. The troops on Xihe Road, Lizhou Road, and Qinfeng Road were finally opened. Leading across the Weishui River, the main force of the Lou Chamber in the northeast opened.

So far, the Song and Jin war has suddenly entered a new stage.

Of course, if there is nothing wrong with the assessment of Yue Fei by the scholar Kobayashi, it is of course that Yue Pengju's imperial front army Duanwu Beidu is truly saying that the battle has entered a new stage.

But Yue Fei's success or failure, and even Luoyang's gains and losses, Zhao Jiu can't take care of a lot. He clearly wrote a private letter to Li Yanxian, intercepting all military affairs in the Kwantung, and ensuring that Luoyang's golden army cannot be harassed. Kansai, to do this, he is the first-class minister of merit in this battle.

Of course Li Yanxian knows well and is worthy of trust.

In fact, Zhao Jiu’s only military response to Luoyang was that he sent Zhai Jin’s eldest son Zhai Cong and his two hundred elite sergeants back to Luoyang from the Nanluoshui Trail.

that is it.

On May 12, in the hot summer season, Zhao Jiu also left Chang'an. On May 14, he came to Suyi Town behind Fuping and Xiajun. This was the Weibei logistics base planned by the Privy Council and was stationed by Zhang Jun. And Zhao Jiu did not stop here for a while, he just regarded the'killer' that everyone has always regarded as himself, that is, those three or four thousand soldiers gathered in the same way as Zhai Cong stay here, and continue. Head northeast.

On May 15th, in the morning, after a summer torrential rain that suddenly arrived last night but quickly left, Zhao Jiu personally led the imperial squad Zhi and the two back troops to Pucheng, Fuping, Meiyang, The location between the four cities of Xiaju is about ten miles northwest of Jingyao Town.

This is the front-line camp set up by 30,000 people of the West Third Road Army. It is presided over by the leader of the Xihe Road Economic and Strategic Envoy, Liu Xi, who has the highest official position, the oldest seniority, and the strongest military force in the West Third Road Army... This place is far from Lou. The location of the camp on the south bank of Baishui where the room is located is only seventy to eighty miles away.

"Look at the officials."

After the rain, the sun was shining and the weather was rare and refreshing. Liu Xi, who had just arrived, invited Zhao Guan’s house, who had just arrived, to board the highland camp on the side of the plateau. "The minister did not set up the big camp in Jingyao Town, but stood behind the waters ten miles away from Jingyao Town. One can escape from the heat, and the other can delay the golden cavalry with the muddy water..."

Zhao Jiu looked at it according to his instructions, and saw that the unique topography of the plateau in the northwest has appeared here... The so-called plateau means a flat plateau on all sides. This is because of soil erosion, causing the gully to pass through the plateau, as if lines are in the middle. Graffiti on the ground, so the formation of this kind of terrain similar to the irregular chessboard.

There are similar views of Yao and Yao. Yao is a land with a mountain beam in the middle, and a mountain with a small mountain in the middle, which can be regarded as a deformed highland.

And Liu Xi’s big camp is next to a highland with small hills, that is, a mountain. At the foot of Zhao Jiu, he did not occupy this highland. Instead, he chose to build a village at a lower position, but it was because In front of the open land was a large swath of greenish water.

Loess, water, highland, and plains meet here, but the plains are not very flat, the ravines around the highlands are not very steep, the waters are not very deep, and the loess is not completely covered by vegetation...According to the locals, this kind of complex terrain It will continue to the front of Baishui City, where the Lou room is located.

In fact, according to the information, Lou Shi also took the initiative to cross the Baishui River, next to a stronghold of water.

Back in front of him, when Liu Xi's mouth became dry, and after talking for a long time, the official said: "You used to send a letter to establish a village here. Did you take a fancy to this piece of water?"

"Return to the official, that's the case." Liu Xi quickly explained again. "Although there are sayings in the highlands and gully areas, it is still Mizusawa's stagnant cavalry, and the effect is best."

Of course, Zhao Jiu didn't understand this, so he nodded and asked again: "Will the soldiers and horses be too open?"

"No, the surrounding four cities are not far apart, and the Golden Army is 80 miles away from here. Once dispatched, it will be enough for the four cities to unite..."

"What if they take the opportunity to occupy the city?"

"They are about to occupy the city... once they dominate the city, they will lose the advantage of the cavalry.

Zhao Jiu frowned slightly: "Sure enough, Jin Jun will act as we thought?"

"Of course not." Liu Xi was right again immediately. "Officials, this is just the best behavior of our army at the moment. It is to join the camp here, as one with the surrounding four cities, and make a posture of blocking the Jin army from entering Weibei. If the Jin army has other responses, we will When other responses..."

Zhao Jiu looked at the surrounding terrain again and nodded slightly... He probably understood what Liu Xi meant. He said that he was going north to meet Lou Shi, but he could not directly agree on a date and then start the battle together. It is necessary to seize the dominant terrain, arrange troops, and then tentatively test each other, move and force each other as if playing chess, and finally launch or induce the opponent to launch a decisive battle according to changes in the situation.

This is a continuous dynamic process.

But the current situation is that Song Jun plays the first move as he thinks, and the Jin Jun responds or does not respond, it will change the situation... and it depends on what Lou Shi thinks and how he does it.

"You arrived the day before yesterday. Didn't the Jin Army send cavalry to harass your Lizhai?" Zhao Jiu continued to ask.

"When the army marched the day before yesterday, naturally, a few Golden Army rangers crossed the front Pucheng and fought with our forward sentry horses. Yesterday, there were more than a hundred horse-level fights beside Changle Town where the Beiluoshui Bridge is located, but because of the fact that the river is on the other side of the river. Taiwei Han sent troops to help, so they evacuated without fighting for a long time, and there is no return today, but there is no smoke in Pucheng and Mihara in front of him." Liu Xi answered like a stream. "In general, the Jin Jun did not really fight."

At this moment, Zhao Jiu had no words at all. To be honest, he was originally a layman in formation, and listening to the report was just to make himself understand the situation better.

However, Zhao Jiu had no words, but Liu Xi still had his own problems.

"Officials." After hesitating, Liu Xi asked tentatively. "I don't know where the Yujia will be stationed?"

"I take the banner of Prime Minister Yuwen as the commander, and the two troops of the Imperial Front and the Front Army of the Imperial Army as the Chinese Army, and the Imperial Capital Controlling Wang Yuan as the general affairs of the Chinese Army's large camp, and the village is established behind you. "Zhao Jiu simply answered. "You have military affairs, so come to me directly."

Liu Xi was silent for a moment, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The official family, the official family is the lord of the people, the emperor of Song Dynasty, and his status is precious. I am afraid it will be difficult to personally contaminate the military... But now Liu Canjun is not there, dozens of miles around here There are nearly 80,000 kings and divisions in it, but there are kings and ministers here, and there are also a king and deputy kings in Pucheng and Meiyuan..."

"You don't need to say more, my will is determined." Zhao Jiu interrupted the other party as if he didn't understand the other party's meaning. "It will coexist and die with the armies, so you don't have to persuade me."

Liu Xi was silent for a moment, but after all he didn't dare to say anything, so he nodded reluctantly, and then directly reined in Zhao Guan's house and turned and went down to the plateau, after returning to Shuize.

After the establishment of the official camp, the ‘Yuwen’ banner was hurriedly hung up. Liu Xi, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Qi returned to the camp, but finally couldn’t help complaining to his brother in the middle of the journey:

"There was a rumour before Hitachi Village, saying that Qu Duan entrusted the soldiers to the Zhang Zhongfu brothers and rode the iron elephant to go south by himself. I knew it was not good. Whoever wanted to fight for many days, this handsome position was actually Qu Da is taken away, and it can be seen that no matter how hard you guard the side, you can't show more faces in front of an official, and it can't be better than getting a Jinshi and ranking!"

Zhao Zhe pretended not to hear, but Liu Qi was helpless when he heard what he said, so he could only persuade a few words casually, but did not say much.

Besides, everyone knows that it is impossible for the official Zhao to lead the soldiers himself, and this official has always admired that those who do not know the soldiers are not handsome. Therefore, the official house has several layers of identities and flags, and there is always one person who will do more than ten. The commander-in-chief of Wan Dajun!

And when the army of the imperial camp was divided into two and Wang De and Wang Yan were in command of each other, it was very likely that Liu Xi and Wang Yuan were competing for the command. In fact, they had been fighting openly before in Chang'an. After this time of expedition, Liu Xi went first and was ordered to act cheaply, almost thinking that he was going to get this handsome position.

Who thought that the official attitude was ambiguous, Qu Duan went south to the extreme speed, but Liu Xi completely lost his thoughts.

After all, Qu Duan was the No. 1 general in Guanzhong before and the actual military leader of Beisan Road. In the Western Army, who pays attention to qualifications, he jumped out to grab this commanding position, and Liu Xi really did nothing.

In fact, it was Liu Xi's complaint, and he was somewhat suspected of admitting it.

But just in the evening, when the sky was not dark, there were a few of the Chinese Army's large camp that was hurriedly erected and built in a large scale. Sure enough, there were a few riding directly from the north to face the holy. As a capitalist, Liu Xi naturally had a sentry to see it, and then hurriedly reported back. According to the sentry seen from a distance, he could not see his appearance and did not have a flag. However, Kansai's famous iron elephant of the gods and horses Everyone recognizes it, and it can be seen that Qu Da is really back.

Up to this point, Liu Xi's last thought was completely absent, and he only waited for the officials to gather together tomorrow, and publicly pointed out the handsome position.

"You are Wu Jinqing?"

Zhao Jiu shot halfway through his arrow, and saw a yellow-faced general led by Wang Yuan and Yang Yizhong into the shooting range behind the Chinese Army’s big tent. UU reading www.uukanshu.com directly closed the arrow, then turned and smiled. "I ask Qu Duan to defend the Fangzhou for you, shouldn't it matter?"

"The minister is terrified." Wu Jie, who had been running for a whole day, was sweating profusely, knowing that the young man in front of him who was wearing cotton clothes more expensive than silk must be an official of Zhao Song. He was really a little worried, but the military situation was urgent. Still hurriedly kneeling and saluting, while trying to raise his head to inquire. "The ministerial department is also the old department of the Qujing, so naturally it does not matter, but I don't know if your majesty calls the ministers to this end, what instructions do you have? Please make it clear."

"It's like this." Maybe because this place was next to Shuizawa, Zhao Jiu, who didn't sweat much, dropped his bow and arrow, went straight to support the opponent, and smiled slowly. "Qing Jin should know that there will be a great war in the country. Here in Kansai, Han Liangchen should be allowed to give orders and command the military for me, but although he is in the same state on the other side of Beiluoshui, he has other important tasks, so I think Entrust you with the only 100,000 tribes here in Guanzhong, and ask you to swallow Lou's room for me... but I don't know if Jin Qing is willing?"

Wu Jie was stunned... Besides, what he thought of was not thank you for the first time, but it was Qu Da Nasi who came to Fangzhou to borrow his iron elephant to make his face full of sacred time in the south.

In that way, it seemed that I didn't owe a horse, but he owed him a good time.

(End of this chapter)