Xianxia version of Water Margin

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In Shuibo Liangshan's first martial arts competition, Yue Fei won the top spot.

yes.

In terms of fighting strength alone, Yue Fei is not as good as Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing.

But Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing both knew very well that if Jiang Hongfei hadn't taken action in time that day, they would have definitely been defeated by Yue Fei's trick.

On the other hand, after being lectured by Jiang Hongfei, Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing realized that it was inappropriate for brothers to fight against each other due to their ancestors, so neither of them wanted to be the top pick. So Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing both gave up the competition and each won. A martial arts scholar.

Yue Fei, on the other hand, passed through all the obstacles and killed everyone, and finally defeated Zhang Xian and won the first place in the competition.

You may want to ask, besides Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, and Luo Yanqing, are there no other masters in this subject?

How can it be.

Zhang Xian, Zhang Yong, Dong Xian, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Xu Qing, Bi Jin, Zhao Hong, Yue Heng, Fu Qing, Yao Zheng, Shi Quan, Liang Xing, Zhao Yun, Zhou Qing, Gu Qing, Yao You, Luo Yan, Gao Lin, Wang Lan, Li De, Guo Jin, Han Shunfu, Wang Jing, Fu Xuan, Li Shan, etc. are all very strong - the weakest among them are all second-rate Qi practitioners. , there are several first-class qigong masters.

In addition, Yue Fei won first place in both archery and strategy hosted by Jiang Hongfei himself.

In the end, Jiang Hongfei personally selected Yue Fei as the top pick.

The second place on the list is Zhang Xian.

The third flower is Zhang Yong.

After the military examination selection was completed, all the new martial arts candidates, including Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Zhang Yong, entered the political and educational office of Shuibo Liangshan for half a month of political study, and then received half a month of military training.

After Yue Fei and others "graduated", Jiang Hongfei summoned Yue Fei and other new martial arts scholars at the former Daming Mansion Remaining Department and now the Guogong Mansion.

Yue Fei led the new martial arts scholars to the stage. They all knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Hongfei: "I will see you, the Duke!"

This time, Jiang Hongfei could take a good look at Yue Fei.

I saw that this Yue Fei was in his twenties, tall and tall, with a dignified appearance, a face like a silver basin, two sharp eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes, two clear white eyes, and a sense of righteousness between his eyebrows. Kneel there, it is really a mountain of gold, a pillar of jade, majestic. Look at the outside and know the inside, look at the eyes and know the heart, you are truly a pillar!

Jiang Hongfei liked it however he saw it, and then said with a smile: "Yue Fei, you are both civil and military, and you have won the first prize in the military. I want to reuse you. I hope you will be loyal and loyal, perform meritorious service on the battlefield, and help me defeat the Tartars and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun." If we, the Han people, take back the bronze walls and iron gates, I will seal them heavily."

Yue Fei said: "The common people obey the decree!"

When Jiang Hongfei heard the word "grassroots", his heart moved: "I have to give him an official."

Jiang Hongfei asked: "Everyone, what official position should I give Yue Fei?"

Li Gang, who had already joined Jiang Hongfei, issued a memorial: "With the wishes of a minor official, Yue Fei can be named the commander. The front of the Liao army will be labeled as the vanguard officer. When he has meritorious service in the future, he will be given another title."

Jiang Hongfei was a little hesitant to let Yue Fei, a new recruit, be the vanguard officer!

When Xu Guanzhong saw it, he came out and said: "The vanguard officer is very important. Yue Fei has no experience in commanding troops, so he may not be qualified for this position. It is better to give him an infantry army and teach him to practice troops first. As for whether he should be the one The vanguard officer will depend on his training status."

Jiang Hongfei thought for a while and said: "Yue Fei, I will make you a commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the left to recruit the front army of the Liao Army. You will be assigned to the military counselor Zhu Wu's camp to listen to orders. If you perform well in the future, you will be given another title."

Yue Fei responded: "Wei Chen takes orders!"

Jiang Hongfei added: "Zhang Xian, I will make you the commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the left to recruit the left army of the Liao Army. You will be assigned to the military counselor Zhu Wu's camp to listen to orders. If you have meritorious service in the future, you will be given another title."

Zhang Xian responded: "No!"

Jiang Hongfei then said: "Zhang Yong, I will make you the commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the right to recruit the Liao army's rear troops. You will be assigned to the military counselor Sun Jing's camp to listen to orders. If you have meritorious service in the future, you will be given another title."

Zhang Yong was overjoyed and responded loudly: "I obey!"

For this expedition to Liao, Jiang Hongfei mobilized 100,000 garrison troops and boldly used generals such as Wang Zhen, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Wang Yan, Zhao Li, Li Yanxian, and Wu Lin who must have the ability to command troops, and gave them each An infantry army was assigned to the people, and they were allowed to train and control it themselves.

Of course, the premise is that the supervisors and chiefs of staff of these armies are all loyal officers of the Liangshan Army.

Moreover, the middle and low-level officers of each army were either from the Liangshan Army or from this military examination.

Moreover, all generals and officers, including Wang Zhen and other generals from Zhao and Song, had to receive political and military education from Shuibo Liangshan and "graduate".

Others will not talk about it for now, except that after Yue Fei accepted the order, he went to the colonel's military field to recruit troops the next day.

As the number one scholar, Yue Fei was allowed to be the first to select soldiers.

Needless to say, generals, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Yang Zaixing, and Luo Yanqing were all selected by Yue Fei. In addition, Yue Fei also selected a large number of generals, lieutenants, and tooth generals according to his own methods. .

As for soldiers? Jiang Hongfei was very curious, wondering if Yue Fei would choose the 800 Yue Family Army again?

So Jiang Hongfei came to the school military field in person, sat on the general stage, and watched Yue Fei and the others select troops.

Xu Guanzhong, who was presiding over this matter, smiled and said to Yue Fei: "You can choose any of the 60,000 garrison troops here. They can be mobilized after five days of training."

Yue Fei bowed and said, "General, I will obey your order."

A lieutenant general led Yue Fei to the school military field.

The soldiers in the school field chattered loudly, all of them were proud of their chests and bellies, showing off their power. Their military uniforms were neatly decorated, their armor was bright, and their swords and halberds were shining brightly.

Yue Fei was a wise man. When he saw the 60,000 garrison troops, he knew that although they were new troops and had been left over by others, they were definitely well-trained elite soldiers.

Don't say anything else, just look at how they stand, how they sit, and how their energy and spirit surge. It's not difficult to tell that they are all rare and good soldiers.

But Yue Fei had his own logic in selecting his troops. He carefully selected them, looking for men in their late teens or early twenties. All of them were big-bodied, round-waisted, muscular guys who couldn't be beaten down with two sticks. They also had quick hands and quick eyesight. , the key is to be a Qi practitioner with strong aura, and also to have a family with no worries.

This is difficult. It is really about selecting the best among the best. Six thousand are selected from the sixty thousand elite soldiers, and six hundred are selected from the six thousand.

Yue Fei was quite satisfied and came to see Jiang Hongfei: "My lord, the general will select 600 soldiers."

Jiang Hongfei really didn't expect that Yue Fei would only pick out 600 of the garrison troops he had stored for so many years.

Of course, this is also because Wang Zhen and others have already selected them all.

But this is still too little.

Jiang Hongfei pointed at the 5,000 personal guards behind him and said: "Go and pick 400 more from my personal guards, and you can make up 1,000 to be your central army. Then you can pick 4,000 more, and you can make up 5,000." Otherwise, how can we help in this national war?"

Jiang Hongfei thought that Yue Fei would pick another 200 from his own troops to make up 800 Yue family troops.

Who would have thought that Yue Fei rolled his eyes and asked: "My lord, I want five hundred at the end of the month, can you?"

Jiang Hongfei was a little surprised: "Why didn't Yue Fei act according to the script?"

Jiang Hongfei smiled and said, "Okay."

Unexpectedly, Yue Fei raised his eyebrows again: "Can their equipment and horses also be given to the general?"

At this moment, Jiang Hongfei realized that Yue Fei had the audacity to take all his 500 good horses away!

You know, Wang Zhen and others don't have a horse army. Not only does Yue Fei dare to attack the horse army, he even dares to attack his own good horse!

Jiang Hongfei pointed at Yue Fei and cursed with a smile: "You, you, you really dare to think that Du Bo and the others don't dare to ask for my five hundred horses, all of which are top-grade horses, but you dare to ask for them from me, well... …Okay, because of your courage, I’ll make an exception for you.”

Yue Fei is overjoyed!

This time, Yue Fei didn't want to choose. He went directly to Ruan Xiaoqi and said, "Master Qi, just give me 500 horse troops."

Ruan Xiaoqi knew that Jiang Hongfei liked Yue Fei, so he said with a smile: "Make good use of this horse army. They are elites who have followed my brother in many battles."

Yue Fei couldn't hide the smile on his face and took away this elite cavalry army.

After that, Yue Fei selected another 4,000 people, and then took away 4,600 sets of armor and corresponding items.

Then, Zhang Xian also selected five thousand people.

Jiang Hongfei looked at Zhang Xian's back and thought: "Is his father Zhang Suo? If so, will he be like Zhang Zhongxiong, a craftsman who broke into my Shuibo Liangshan?"

After Zhang Yong finished selecting people, it was already dark, and Jiang Hongfei returned to his residence.

After entering the house, Jiang Hongfei saw Yan Zhengu making his bed.

Jiang Hongfei ducked and arrived behind Yan Zhengu.

It has to be said that Yan Zhengu's reaction was really fast. She put her hands on her swords at the first moment.

But Yan Zhengu was faster, and Jiang Hongfei was even faster. He used his magical power to shrink to an inch, and hugged Yan Zhengu in his arms. Then he threw Yan Zhengu down on the bed and kissed her. Zhu Chun never gave Yan Zhengu a chance to draw her sword...

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Five days later, Jiang Hongfei stepped onto the general stage and said loudly:

"The barbarians occupied our Han people's Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures for more than 200 years, and they went south to clear grass and valleys many times, extorting annual coins every year. Their hatred is as deep as the sea. I only hate that Zhao and Song were incompetent and could not regain the bronze walls and iron gates for us Han people. Teach the barbarians to continue sucking the blood of our Han people. Now the Jurchens have risen from the north and swept across Khitan Prefecture and County, and have captured three of the five capitals. This is a golden opportunity for our Han people to regain their homeland and take revenge. Therefore, I decided to attack the Liao Dynasty. Sun Jing is the commander-in-chief of the left-leg army in the expedition against Liao. I will take charge of the other generals in the center. We will launch an army in the next day, go straight to the nest, attack the people, and clear the borders. We will also order officials to pay for their food. If there are any officials and others who do not obey the general's orders, they will be dealt with accordingly. Know..."

But he said that Jiang Hongfei sent Liu Huiniang, Chen Xizhen, Wen Huanzhang, Li Gang, Chen Tuo, Zhan Du, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Xin and other accompanying military advisers and officials to arrange the men, horses, navy and ships, set a date, prepare food, grass and baggage, and travel by land and water in parallel. Bazhou and Xiongzhou.

When Jiang Hongfei led the Chinese army to Hejian Mansion, he listened to Sun Jing's report.

Although Jiang Hongfei was mentally prepared, after listening to Sun Jing's report, Jiang Hongfei's face was still solemn, because the war readiness situation left by the Zhao Song Dynasty in Hebei was not optimistic, even worse than he imagined.

Jiang Hongfei went to check the ration warehouse and armory in person, and was shocked by the difference in situation.

It turns out that because Song and Liao signed the "Chanyuan Alliance", there has been no war in Hebei for hundreds of years. As a result, the generals were arrogant and lazy, did not train to fight against the enemy, and had nothing to use for military supplies. In addition, the military rations were too coarse to eat, and they were plentiful at great distances, making transportation difficult. There is a serious shortage of ordnance, and as for the tools for siege and defense, everything is seriously lacking.

In other words, the prisoners here in Hebei cannot be used as supplementary troops for the Liangshan Army. In addition, Liangshan in Shuibo has to transport a large amount of grain, grass and baggage to the front line.

Fortunately, Jiang Hongfei had already arranged for Liu Huiniang and Chen Xizhen to lead Li Gang, Chen Yu, Zhan Du, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Chou and others to transport grain and grass to various places in Hebei.

Let's put it this way, the reason why Jiang Hongfei has been slow to lead his troops northward is mainly because the food, grass and baggage have not been prepared.

Before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass should go first.

Now, since Jiang Hongfei can lead his army northward, it must be because the food and baggage has been solved, at least it will not affect Jiang Hongfei's expedition to Liao.

In fact, the reason why Jiang Hongfei cares so much about the grain and grass supplies Hebei has is mainly because Jiang Hongfei is worried about how to feed the 20 million people in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures plus Hebei and Shandong after the war.

There was no words all the way, and Jiang Hongfei's 200,000 troops who led the expedition against Liao were quickly assembled in Xiongzhou and Bazhou respectively.

Jiang Hongfei did not delay, but directly announced:

The Left Route Army is the Xiongzhou garrison. Its goal is to advance into the Baigou River area, with Zhu Wu in charge. Generals Lin Chong and Yue Fei are in the front army, Generals Shi Jin and Zhang Xian are in the left army, Generals Tang Bin and Liu Qi are in the right army, Generals Yang Zhi and Zhao Li are in the rear army, Generals Hua Rong and Wang Zhen are in the middle army, Wen Huanzhang, Chen Tao, Zhao Ding serves as staff officer and political officer.

The Right Route Army is the Bazhou garrison. Its goal is to advance into the Fan Village area, with Sun Jing in charge. Luan Tingyu and Wu Lin will lead the front army, Sun Li and Han Shizhong will lead the left army, Suo Chao and Wu Jie will lead the right army, Guan Sheng and Li Yanxian will serve as the rear army, Xu Ning and Wang Yan will serve as the center army, and Zhan Du, Chen Kangbo and Qiu Cui will be the staff officers. ,politics.

Jiang Hongfei led the rest of the armies to be stationed in Xiongzhou - Jiang Hongfei would set up the headquarters of the Liao army here. He planned to sit here and use various political, diplomatic and military means to coordinate and command and regain Yanjing in one fell swoop.

On this day, Jiang Hongfei convened a meeting of military generals in Xiongzhou to discuss the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Unlike before, when Jiang Hongfei liked to ask questions before making a decision, this time Jiang Hongfei said bluntly:

"I have told you before that this is definitely the closest opportunity for us Han people to regain the Sixteenth State of Yanyun and once again have the copper wall and iron gate that can stop the Hulu from going south to invade us Han people.

Today I will stop talking about clichés.

Today I will tell you about the significance of the Yanyun area to the Hulu, or to be precise, to the Liao people living there.

In your imagination, the nomads living on the grasslands eat meat every meal, drink kumiss often, and live like gods. Therefore, they have extremely strong fighting power. Coupled with the fast horses and scimitars, they must be invincible and invincible. ?

This is not the case.

Huru are generally short in body length, the longest one is only five feet one or two feet, and none of them are fat.

As for the officers and men selected by our Liangshan Army, the lowest ones are five feet three. For the officers and men of our Liangshan Army, the barbarians are all short.

Ordinary hulu live a hard life. They eat wolves, dogs, foxes, rabbits, and rats. When food is extremely scarce, they even eat humans. If they are extremely hungry, even the lice on their bodies are considered delicacies.

In summer, Hulu only drank mare's milk, because summer is the milk-producing period of horses, which can be eaten for three months. If any cows or horses die of old age, illness, or disease, they will all be made into dried meat to prepare for the winter.

In winter, Hulu only eats rice soup, which is so thin that you can see the bottom of the pot, supplemented with dried meat, so that they can survive the whole winter.

If there is heavy rain or snow, the livestock will starve to death, and the people of a tribe may be able to save only one or two livestock out of ten.

Only the princes and nobles can eat meat. The poor and humble should kill a sheep's ear on a single festival, and the sheep must be divided among several households. This is considered the time of year to eat meat.

The Hulu have repeatedly gone south to invade our country for the sole purpose of finding food.

If successful, the barbarians will be able to have enough food and clothing, and they will be able to kidnap my Chinese women as slaves to carry on the family line.

If you don't succeed, you will escape death.

The land in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is fertile, and you can herd sheep and horses. You can also trade with my Han people, and you can even come to my Han land to extort and plunder.

Since the Liao people captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, the Hulu living here were able to get rid of hunger and live a life of ample food and clothing, and live and work in peace and contentment.

Moreover, most of the areas next to the Liao Kingdom were captured by the Jin people, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were their last place of survival.

In the eyes of the Liao people, we are here to destroy their beautiful life and snatch their last home. How can the Liao people not fight with us? "

After hearing Jiang Hongfei's words, the faces of all the generals, including the officials, who originally thought they would be able to capture the Liao expedition, became heavy.

This is exactly the effect Jiang Hongfei wants.

Then, Jiang Hongfei asserted: "The Liao people will never give up to us the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures.", and then said: "If we want to regain the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures, besides defeating the Liao people, there is no other way. There is no other way, so I give an order that no matter which army encounters the Liao army, it can attack first to gain strength. Victory will be rewarded, and political and diplomatic matters should not be considered. Soldiers should win the war as their principle..."

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