Shao Song

Vol 2 Chapter 44: Personal communication

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Why did the war ignite?

This question is as stupid as "Why did the autumn leaves fall?"

Regardless of whether it’s cold in the cold, it’s unable to absorb water, or the accumulation of minerals, the fall of autumn leaves is a natural way...The same reason, in the current situation, the state of total war has been going on for ten years, there is no need to emphasize the two again and again How many people in He suffered, how many times Guanzhong was looted, or how many cities in Zhongyuan were slaughtered, it was not even necessary to move Jing Kangsha out.

As early as the autumn of this year, when the Zhao Song official family returned from the south, everyone knew that they were going to fight. It was when the senior officials of the Kingdom of Jin were at Shangshutai. After hearing Qin Hui and Wushu's thesis, they just nodded and thought. It's just a cry!

Only everyone knows that they will fight, they must fight. They already know that this mountain is about to collapse and that piece of land is about to crack. But when the mountain is about to collapse, the ground will crack. Eyelids twitched, hair roots pierced, and my heart was shocked.

In addition, in early October, early winter has arrived, but the weather is still warm, the Yellow River still has plenty of water, and several old roads can still pass large ships.

After the mobilization in the late autumn and ten days, because Zhao Guanjia officially issued the will from Ziluxun of Jingdong, the Song army roughly entered the state of fighting from east to west. Among them, the only exception was Shan State-Li Yanxian early held the Song Army’s only serious city in Hebei, Pinglu, and the surrounding troops had surrounded the Hezhong Mansion several times in rounds, so this time it was considered as a familiar road. Once received the order, he would dispatch troops immediately. .

In other words, only at the beginning of October, the Song and Jin two countries have opened a battle line of 1,700 miles from Fengling to the Bohai Sea.

This is not to be counted. It is conceivable that with Han Shizhong and Wu Jie launching in turn, the front continues to stretch beyond the river, then the extreme length of the battle front in this war is likely to reach the true meaning of three thousand miles.

The sun in early winter is warm and not dazzling, and the rain in early winter is pattering and not gloomy.

On the coast of the East China Sea, Li Bao, who had long been unable to restrain himself, received the military order and immediately led his troops out of the port with his deputy Cui Bangbi, leading the number of ships that could not suppress the Jin Guo Navy to the north, but he surpassed the military mission that required him to suppress. The mouth of the Magu River even crossed the Cangzhou Mountains to the north of the mouth and went straight to the hills of Cangzhou.

That place is basically the place where the Jin Guo navy was led by Li Qi, the former governor of the puppet Qi navy division, and now the Jin Guo navy deputy commander Li Qi.

In fact, Li Qi, as the Dengzhou tycoon and pirate leader of the day, once organized a rebel army after Jingkang, claiming to go up the river to the king of Qin. However, the time is also fate. At that time, they were all heroes in the Shandong Rebel Army. Li Bao, Li Kui, Liu Monk, Xu Dadao, Hu Cheng, Du Yan, Wu Shun, and Li Zhang were not necessarily worse than everyone else, but they were often inferior to each other. Because a thought is a little bit of the current situation, it follows the trend and embarks on a completely different path.

There may be a conclusion about which is right and which is wrong, but there is no final conclusion yet who can have the final laugh.

Here in Qingzhou on Jingdong East Road, Tian Shizhong was very calm after receiving the decree and military order, but instead of sending troops in a hurry, he took the initiative to make a detailed report to his father-in-law Zhang Jun... after Zhang Jun nodded. The whole army was just issued to cross the river, first concentrate the troops to attack the second time, and then divide the troops to attack Zhao'an, Shanghe, Wudi, and Leling.

Not only that, after actually entrusting the forward task to Zhang Jun's nephews and confidantes, Tian Shizhong still chose to stay in Qingzhou and had a banquet with Zhang Jun, a banquet with only two people.

No one knows what this said to the unrelated father and son in private.

Further west, it is raining in Jinan, but this section of the Yellow River front line is calm to the point of silence. The imperial former army heavy group stationed here, as the earliest target of mobilization, gathered up early. In the rain, countless people on Jingdong who were recruited ignored the mud and kept transporting the storage in this area upstream...Under the misty rain, the scenery on the road seemed to be no different from the situation when Liu Yu conquered Dongping Mansion that day. .

In Dong'a City of Dongping Mansion, after receiving the order, Wan Tusao came to this important material transshipment site early.

Today, in the face of a sudden rain in early winter, after inspecting today’s storage situation and ordering all the civilians to cook two more bowls of porridge at noon, Wan Tsung slightly rejected the follow-up of his aides and eliminated these. The flattery of the people, alone boarded the North Gate Tower of Dong'e City, and then looked towards the north without a word, letting the rain wet his purple robe.

If it’s fine, you can see Wushan on the other side of Jishui from here, and even in the wet season, you can vaguely see the Yellow River that is not far behind Wushan. But at this time, the winter rains and the weather It was gloomy, but no one knew what Wan Cheng Yuanzhong saw.

Why are you silent?

On the west side of Dongping Mansion is Ziluxun. After Zhao Guan’s house personally appeared on the other side of the river, and the third prince Erriduo suddenly died, the greatly shaken Liaocheng Prefecture made the decision to dedicate the city, and also succeeded in general Song Jun. Welcome to this military center for the first time.

Unexpectedly, Yue Pengju did not choose to continue to use Liaocheng as a breakthrough point to expand the results. Instead, he ordered Tianshi to send to Dizhou at a moderate speed, while himself and the main force of the department chose to start from the more upstream Ziluxun.

The combined forces of the imperial camp and naval forces, which had gathered as many as 40,000, crossed the river from here in general, and the overwhelming force told the people of the world that the Song army was expedition to the north!

After crossing the river, the Song army quickly seized the city on the other side of the river with absolute superior force and with the posture of Mount Tai overpowering the top.

After that, they ignored the more than 10,000 main elites of the Golden Army in Liaocheng who might not have been evacuated. They continued to the west and quickly swept Chaocheng, Six Pagodas and other places, and captured Shang Huyu on the second day. , So that the Yuying navy drove into the east channel of the Yellow River without hindrance.

This is the second river course from south to north among the Three Ways and Five Chasses of the Yellow River in Hebei, and it is one of the main roads, which is of strategic significance.

However, just as Ali gave up Liaocheng without hesitation in the face of Yue Fei’s main force, and went straight north, the warships and equipment in the merchant’s house were also taken away by the defenders early, and it seems that they should be delivered early. The Maling crossing in front of the Daming Mansion... Obviously, Gao Jingshan, the marching division of the Jin Guo Daming Mansion, remained sober and made the most reasonable strategic decision he could.

That is, before the people who can really take the lead in the big battle arrives, maintain their vigor and carry out strategic contraction.

At the same time, as the Song Jun crossed the river, the Jin Jun began to give up the last glimmer of fantasy. Around the Daming Mansion, there were Jin Jun pullers everywhere, searching for food, grass, and iron cavalry that might be useful.

At this time, Yanjing Shangshutai's knowingly signed military-related decree was not even sent to the Daming Mansion.

Also because the Song army captured Shang Huxun, a large number of civilian husbands began to travel to the unquestioned Hebei region by boat.

Zhou Bin, who led the first village in Heyin Jiazi, was one of them. As the first village in Heyin, this Jiazi No.1 village filled with refugees and veterans has always been attached to the Yuying Water Army. Sequentially, they knew several years ago that once a war was fought, they would undertake the duty of transporting supplies to the imperial navy.

But once, the distance was obviously beyond their imagination... Within a few days, they followed the large ship of the Imperial Navy and became the first group of civilians to cross the river in a daze.

Above the Yellow River, when the people on the boat gradually realized where they were going, some of the refugees from Hebei couldn't help but cheer on the boat, and even lost their way to tears, while some of the villagers in the Central Plains seemed numb and puzzled. Some even cringe and fear coming to this unfamiliar area of ​​Hebei.

As the chief of the village and the status of a county official, Zhou Bin stood up with a shoulder pole. He wanted to scold the cheering Hebei boys and comfort the Central Plains villagers. But when he got up from the boat and looked around, he saw countless ships, flags, soldiers, civilians, and the outlines of the market in Hebei towns in the distance. When the changing river eastward was shining in the sun, it seemed a little trance.

Pulling the sword and looking around at a loss.

Inexplicably, this heroic scholar who once claimed to be all-rounder in civil and military affairs during the Jingkang Rebellion, but was quickly smashed into pieces by the times, he suddenly thought of this poem.

But soon, he thought of his Hun family in Hebei, thought of his infant son, and thought of his father-in-law's hometown that he kept mentioning after a few cups of turbid wine during the festive season... It seems to be Guan Tao, but Guan Where is Tao?

No one cares where Guantao is, at least the big figures in Tokyo don't care.

For Tokyo, this expected war came too hastily. The army hurried forward, the officials hurried westward, Yue Fei had already crossed the river with the main force, and Zhang Rong had seized the east flow of the Yellow River, inside Tokyo. Still worrying about countless troubles.

Not for the chief minister, Zhang Deyuan, because of the turmoil of the previous memoirs, the other important ministers are mostly boring to work because of the previous serious mistakes... However, from the Zaizhi Shangshu to the six divisions and foreigners, they find that they try their best to solve the problem. After one problem is solved, multiple new problems will arrive.

This is not to blame them, really not to blame them.

This year’s autumn tax in the south is still on the way of transportation, and here they will immediately launch the Central Plains Fourth Road... Counties, 31 counties with one government, seven prefectures and one army on Jingxi South Road, sixty-three counties with one army on Jingxixi Road Sifu and five roads, plus the 16 counties of Kaifeng prefecture itself, totaling thirty-eight counties and 200 A county... Such a huge mobilization itself is unprecedented.

The household department needs to count the accounts, recruit the young men, and check the materials; the military department needs to measure the military resources, coordinate the ordnance, from the armor to the crossbow, from the salary of the family members in the rear to the selection and scheduling of the reserve officers, all must be careful; because of a slight mistake, the work The ministry will call back directly.

And the Ministry of Industry is not deliberately making things difficult. They are responsible for directly connecting with the front line. For military affairs, the Zhao official family is waiting for departure in Luoyang. Who dares to make mistakes?

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Justice are also at a loss for the local wrangling and the evaluation of officials. Honghu Temple is constantly intimidating the Koreans in Jingong day and night, and has to spare time to study with the Ministry of War which might arrive next month. How to deal with the samurai.

Under this circumstance, the members of the Ministry of Ritual have simply gone to the Privy Council to help.

For a time, the entire Tokyo, only on the mansion report, everything is well and vigorous, today is a great victory on the river to cross the river, tomorrow is the imperial army heading towards the daimyo mansion... However, two issues have just been issued, with The military news on the frontline is slow, and Hu Quan Hu editors do not know what to say.

Can't say that Hezhong Mansion has been laid down with a black face, right?

Qing Wang Lun of Hongyou Temple has complained about Hu Quan several times. Why didn't the four counties that were taken down by the imperial army be separated?

Four great victories, how great? !

Hu Quan also only hated his own quickness... And that night, this well-known editor contemplated and meditated, and sat withered until late at night. Only then did he write on the manuscript paper in front of him that the official family came to the river, and the Hezhong Mansion was covered on three sides. Surroundings, a manuscript that has become something in the bag.

That's right, although the Hezhong Mansion hasn't been laid down, it is about to be laid down soon!

Of course, Zhao Guan's family definitely didn't visit the river in person, and the Hezhong government couldn't directly surrender.

In fact, just as the entire battle line gradually received the enemy, Zhao Guanjia himself was slowly marching westward in the safe Luoyang Basin under the environmental protection of the imperial army...The only major thing he did in the past two days, I just remembered that Chang'an still had an envoy who had lost value since the Northern Expedition, and then hurriedly ordered the other party to supervise the logistics and ensure the supply of the Hedong Front Army.

After all, even though today is different from the past, this official’s “Knowing Bing Mingzhu” persona is already very strong, but if there is no regional big city at the level of Hezhong Mansion, no one will allow this official to pass. Of the river.

When it comes to Hezhong Mansion, it was the first stop of the Northern Expedition that was truly strategic.

For a long time, Song Ting has been perfecting and refining the plan for the Northern Expedition, but no matter how perfected or adjusted, it is inseparable from Yue Fei and Lu Zhi’s coincident gold-killing strategy—take Hedong first, Hedong in hand, Taihang wins. Land, condescending, Hebei will be in hand sooner or later.

Not only that, the topography inside Hedong, the so-called rivers and mountains on the outside and inside, can also ensure that the results of the Northern Expedition will not be thrown lightly.

The entire Hedong region, Taihang Mountain to the east, Luliang Mountain to the west, and a large river outside, there are four basins strung from the southwest to the northeast, just like two long buns wrapped in four skewers of meatballs—and this The four meatballs are the Yuncheng Basin where the Hezhong Mansion is located, the Linfen Basin in the Quwo area of ​​Jinzhou, the Taiyuan Basin where Taiyuan is located, and the Datong Basin where Datong Mansion is located.

These four basins are all on the west and in a series. One can hold one. After four, the remaining east Shangdang basin has no reason to survive independently, so it will never let the results of the battle be thrown lightly. This is not the same thing as Hebei, where the Jurchen cavalry is allowed to roar around in the dry season.

Therefore, no matter what, he must attack Hedong, and Zhao Jiu must also go to Hedong.

In fact, until now, nearly 200,000 of the 300,000 imperial army, plus tens of thousands of military auras, are very strong. They can assist soldiers and the party tribes of Kminfu, plus Taihang rebels, and possibly Mongolia and Khitan reinforcements. They are all arranged around Hedong.

It can be said that Song Tingmu's northern expedition with sufficient strength is more like a bet on whether such a left uppercut aimed at Hedong can beat the Jurchen.

Therefore, with the beginning of the Northern Expedition, after the news of the death of the third crown prince Erriduo and the major news of Yue Fei's seizure of the plane to march north, the truly knowledgeable people turned their eyes to the Hezhong Mansion.

Everyone wants to know, when will Hezhong Mansion be taken down?

That's right, just like the article written by Hu Zhongxiu...Although the Hezhong Mansion did not win it, it will be taken sooner or later...No one will ask the question whether the Hezhong Mansion will be taken down.

The reason couldn't be simpler.

This is the Northern Expedition. The Song army spent three years in the Northern Expedition. It has been waiting for three years and saving for a year. It gritted its teeth and left behind many internal problems. It concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops to launch a full-scale offensive, with the basic goal of regaining the two rivers. In the national war, if you can't even win a river mansion, then what is the Northern Expedition?

You must know that even the Jurchens knew the dangers of Hezhong Mansion. They didn't dare to deploy heavy soldiers there. Instead, they chose Wen Dun Sizhong, who had always despised the Song army and had a fierce personality, to stay in Hezhong Mansion, and then repeatedly used Taiyuan and Longde Mansion’s Heavy support came to end the rounds of previous years.

Such a lonely castle, if you can't get off, whether it is Zhao Guan's house or Han Shizhong, Marshal of the Hedong Front, it is better to go home and hold your child!

Hezhong Mansion must go down, and it must be down quickly.

"I regard this city as invaluable."

On the third day of October, the stork upstairs in the west of Hedong City, Hezhong Mansion stayed behind Wen Dun Sizhong to wait for the building in person, facing the densely packed Imperial Camp Zuojun crossing the river to the west, watching, but looking back and pointing to his own city in the east behind him, it was calm. calm.

The surrounding civilians and martial artists nodded and seemed to be equally confident. After all, they had seen a lot of such scenes. Han Shizhong and Li Yanxian, including Wang De and Li Qiong, who hadn't been here in the past few years? How many times have you been here?

But which time was it?

But soon, there was still a local Han official who was thoughtful, and then took care to face each other upstairs: "Ming Gong, before the Zhao Song official family had repeatedly advocated the northern expedition in the south, it was because His Royal Highness Jin also took the initiative to sit down in the south. Abnormal, it can’t be said that Song Jun is really going all out. By then, it won’t be better than before, so let’s be careful.”

Wen Dun Sizhong glanced at the person who made the speech. Not only was he in no hurry, but he turned his head up to the sky and laughed. The Han official who smiled turned pale before turning his head back and pointing: "I ask you... you know that the third prince went south, knowing that he was before The letter stated that I went to the Daming Mansion?"

"The lower official knows." The Han official quickly bowed his head.

"Then I will ask you again, why did the third prince go to the Daming Mansion?" Wen Dun Sizhong asked.

"It's because it is said that the Zhao Song official family left Beijing on the first day of September, and then patrolled the river from west to east as always... plus the previous rumors, which caused tension on the Daming Mansion, so the lower part of the Jinwang Palace left Zhending and went to the Daming. Away from the house."

"Not bad." Wen Dun Sizhong finally raised his eyebrows triumphantly. "According to this information, the Zhao Song official family should have been opposite the Daming Mansion more than half a month ago, and the third crown prince should be the Daming Mansion that arrived in the second half of last month... Then I will ask you, what is the madness of the Zhao Song official family? The prince did not come to him to patrol the river honestly, and he patrolled from west to east according to the usual practice. Then when he saw the third prince at the Daming Mansion, he flew over and asked Han and Li to send the whole army to cross the river? There is no reason to have such a rush to fight a serious battle!"

Not only the Han officials, but the surrounding officials all woke up.

In other words, they were all awakened, saying that they had stayed behind Ming Gong to make clear thousands of miles, and saw through the fictitiousness of the Song army at a glance, and then this battle was afraid that they had been prepared for a long time, but they were still doing routine rounds as they did in previous years.

What's more, it is straightforward to say that the Song Army used all its strength to attack in the past years, and could not shake the Hezhong Mansion. It can be seen that the Song Army really came to the battle this time, and they could only go away with their heads...What is unparalleled in the world, what? The mainstays are just boasting.

"You can't say that." Hearing this, Wen Dun Sizhong was a little self-aware, and he stood up in awe and waved his hand upstairs. "Han Shizhong must be a famous general in the world, otherwise, where are there such wonderful old deeds? But since Yaoshan, this person has been a Shaobao, a princess, and a three-town Jiedu, and he has a double share with the Zhao Song official family. My sons and daughters, relatives, have long been rich and wealthy...I am afraid that the enterprising spirit has long been gone, and these years of fighting have just been blindly coping. As for Li Yanxian, he used to fight wars, but he has been in Shaanzhou for eight years. It would be a waste of war... Otherwise, how would Han Shizhong start to cross the river? He is at ease in Pinglu, not even separated by a river, but there is no sign of it? It hasn't been so slow in previous years."

Everyone nodded again and again, once again praising Minggong Wentao and martial arts for staying behind, and sooner or later he would become prime minister, surpassing the pair of villains by the brothers of Wulin Dazhanmo.

Wen Dun Sizhong became more and more overjoyed when he heard the words, but after all he came out of the age of Aguda, watching the Song army in Pujin gradually getting ready, it was Han Shizhong's "Unparalleled Under Heaven" Dazhu also appeared in the field of vision on the other side of the river, but he knew The opposite side was about to cross the river immediately, and became serious again. He pointed out that there were four out of ten thousand defenders in his own place. Then he separated the front and the right and left, and let the four generals stand in line. When the forward of the Song army crossed the river, he made a sudden surprise. Riding, hitting Song Jun, a foothold was not stable, to frustrate the spirit.

Immediately, he took Hedong City's civil and military directly back to Hedong City, the capital of the unusually strong Hezhong Mansion, ready to stand by and wait for assistance as always.

His messenger, as always, caught a glimpse of the situation on the other side and hurried westward this morning.

Not to mention how Wen Dun Sizhong can see through the reality and reality, he only talks about the West Bank of the Yellow River, under the unparalleled big bun, Han Shizhong dismounts his horse and sits, but he does not wear armor or seeks his own bow for defeating the enemy. The case, spread out the pen and paper, and prepare to write a poem to show loyalty and help Yaxing.

Not to mention, in recent years, the king of Han Jun, who had read some books about to write, actually came up with poetry, and dropped a line of words directly on the paper.

Wang Shixiong, who was close to the small school next to him, could clearly see that it was precisely: It is hard to treat all the monarchs in Chixian County.

Can't help but surprise in my heart, secretly applauded.

Not only Wang Shixiong, but also some of the subordinates of other military staff, who were a little acquainted, and were surprised for a while after they took a peek... These two poems are too right, and Marshal Han is a natural cultural man like Marshal Yue!

However, this poem is coming and going fast. Marshal Han, who has only been studying for three years, hurriedly dropped a line of words, and didn't know what to do later, so he scratched his head in a hurry.

Also anxious that other subordinates were speechless.

Both deputy lieutenants, Wang Sheng and Xieyuan handled the matter of crossing the river. At this time, they came to report and saw this scene. They looked at each other and wanted to go up and grab the pen and paper of the other party, but they knew that the other party was not strong enough, and was afraid. If you can't take it, you can only stand with a sigh.

And at this embarrassing hour, a cloud of smoke came down the river in the distance, and several knights escorted a knight in a special costume galloping there, ignoring the collision with the ceremonial guard of the Yan'an County King, and there was still a bell from afar. It came...Whether it was Han Shizhong or the surrounding imperial camp left army up and down, no one knows, this was another urgent message from the Zhao official's house, and they were almost relieved together and went forward to greet the messenger together with King Han.

However, when the messenger came to the front, it was not an express purpose, but a private letter from the official family to be handed to the King Han.

Although it was a private message, it was a military station along the Yellow River. It used the highest level of delivery method... The distance was six hundred miles, twenty horses and twenty knights were changed before and after, and it took two nights, one day and a half day to arrive. of.

It seems that this private letter is far more serious than ordinary will, and the rest of the people are not easy to watch.

Therefore, without waiting for Han Shizhong to say anything, Wang Sheng and Xie Yuan and below, including many guards, took the initiative to retreat, leaving a full dozen steps, and Han Liangchen himself hurried back to the front of the case and took a knife to cut it open. Envelope, look carefully.

It didn't matter to look at it, but found that Zhao Guan's family had sent a poem.

As the saying goes:

In my drunkenness, I turned on the lamp to watch the sword, and dreamed back to blow the horns.

Eight hundred miles away, under his command, the fifty strings turned over the sound of the cock, and the battlefield was in the fall.

Lu Fei made a horse, and his bow was like a thunderbolt.

After the king's world affairs, he won the name after his life.

Pathetic happened in vain!

Han Shizhong stared at it for a while, opening his mouth to speak, but he didn't know where to start, only to feel that the whole body was filled with heat suddenly.

It was only a quarter of an hour later that the Hedong Marshal realized that there were still words at the bottom of the song "Broken Time" ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, but it was clear and brief after a closer look:

This "Broken Time" was made by Han Liangchen, the king of Yan'an County, in the autumn of the ninth year of Jianyan. I felt it in my heart and decided not to hesitate anymore. The three-year period expired and the northern expedition would be imminent.

Han Liangchen, a young man who served in the army, bravely crowned the three armies, since Jingkang, has been at the side of the army, loyal and courageous.

After the Yaoshan war, the world was turbulent, and there was a sense of slack, or some famous commanders were complacent and perfunctory military affairs; or some generals were afraid of the current situation and preferred to travel under the woods; Although Han Liangchen was noble to the county king, the official was at least guaranteed, and he was the leader of the three towns. He was the first military minister. The riches and honors were called the blessings of the heavens. He still thought of the continuous northern expedition. He never slackened. .

Worthy of my daring, I will not move for ten years.

After reading it in silence, Han Shizhong paused for a while before carefully putting this piece of paper into the jade belt between his waist, and then sitting behind the case, with his eyes raised, like a laser, sweeping past the generals, and directly The generals were taken aback.

Immediately after the case, the Marshal Hedong tapped people with his fingers: "Hu Yantong, you are the vanguard... the enemy army will lie in ambush on the opposite bank with a fine ride, in order to attack your unsteady footing, you should bring a long spear and crossbow. , But try not to show it first, I know if I mean it! Xie Yuan leader destroys the Pian army afterwards, so be sure to teach Jin Jun a lesson. Cheng Min sends three shots, and Wang Sheng takes my Dahong Supervisory Brigade to send later!"

The generals were in a trance, and quickly said yes.

And the next moment, Han Shizhong's eyes widened, but he stared at a person not far away: "Wang Shixiong, take my armor, you wait for me and Cheng Min to send it together! Let's see how the golden guy stops me!"

All the generals gathered together, but they finally woke up.

PS: Thank you Mr. An and Yunzhu Song for their cuteness.

Continue to give New Year greetings to everyone.

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