Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 487 Sweeping Thousands of Armies Like a Rolling Mat ([-])

Before the Lantern Festival, the wind and snow in the inland of the Central Plains gradually stopped, and it was the time for Lu Qian to use his troops.But on the frontiers of the Liao and Song Dynasties, the winter is still as cold as before.

At night, the city of Cangzhou is covered with red clouds and the wind is rising, but sooner or later there will be a heavy snowfall.

In the magistrate's yamen, Song Jiang was still working hard in the study. On the table in front of him were maps, military books, and a lot of information he had collected recently on Hebei and Liao.

Among them, the source is not only from Han, but also from Khitan.Just talking about Hebei, if you want to talk about the understanding of the intelligence of Hebei Bianzhou, except for the high-level officials of the Song court, it is none other than the Khitan people.Relying on the capital in his hand and his good friend-making characteristics, Song Jiang also got a lot of information from Khitan.

Now they are all placed on the desk case for him to check at any time.

One side of the map is densely marked with many symbols, just look at the map, what Hei Saburo intends to do, it is self-evident.

Song Jiang was not yet in his [-]th year. After joining the Liangshan Army, he first defended Dizhou and then went to Huainan to conquer. Considering his previous military experience, he had experienced several ups and downs, and his face was already frosted. The experience also made him a bit more heroic and resolute, adding a lot of masculine charm.He was already married when recuperating in Songjiazhuang, and the bride was a twenty-eight beautiful woman, but she and Hei Saburo were like glue, just like honey mixed with oil.

This time Song Gongming neglected his wife, and there was a reason for it. Flying Pigeon sent a letter the other day, and Lu Qian asked him to start planning for Baoding, Xin'an, Bazhou, and Xiongzhou.The letter sent by Flying Pigeon is not official, and there will be a clear text sent from Yidu soon.

Song Jiang completely forgot about his lovely wife and stayed in the study for two nights.The lights in it are always on until late at night.

At this moment, Song Jiang was carefully looking at a piece of information in his hand, gesturing on the map with his fingers, frowning slightly, looking at it for a while, then putting the information down and focusing on the map.

Outside the government office, a group of soldiers is patrolling, because most of the refugees in Cangzhou are still there, so the guards inside and outside the city of Cangzhou are strictly guarded.

Even though most of the garrison sergeants were resting, there were only two battalions of soldiers and horses on duty inside and outside at night.

The bright blubber candles illuminated the room like daytime, but the sorrow on Song Jiang's brows did not fade at all.It is not difficult to take down the four places of Baoding with Cangzhou soldiers and horses. Although tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed in the four military states of Baoding, they are all figures on paper.And Cangzhou Mansion is the only northern state capital of the Liangshan Army. After the recent adjustment of the military deployment, there are only [-] battalions of the garrison here, and there are also a thousand cavalry of the strong army, a thousand cavalry of the selected front army, and five infantry battalions of the main army. The battalion can be described as strong and strong.With him as the main general, Lu Qian supervised the troops from Cangzhou to advance westward, captured the four places of Baoding, but the difficulty was to prevent the Liao people from invading the territory.

This "realm" does not only refer to the border of Cangzhou, but also generally refers to the borders of Baoding, Xin'an, Bazhou, and Xiongzhou.The Song army in Hebei is like a piece of paper, if the Khitan people really sent troops south, smashed the city before him, looted and returned north quickly, what could he do to them?

King Lu said that he has already asked the Ministry of Rites to issue a document to Khitan, and the official document will be sent to Cangzhou together with the military order in a few days, and Chen Guan will officially visit Khitan Nanjing City.

But in Song Jiang's view, this is all false.The barbarians from the north came to rob. There are still hundreds of miles of border west of Xiongzhou. If the Liao people really want to go south, how can the Song army on the West Hebei Road resist?At that time, it will be a waste of life.But can the Liangshan Army confront the Khitan in this regard?King Lu's top priority is to sweep Hebei and seize the Central Plains.

Song Jiang stood up, turned around from behind the table, and walked out of the study.Compared with the study room with a brazier for heating, the air outside is bitingly cold, and the cold wind blowing on the face is like a knife cutting the skin.

Song Jiang didn't go back to the room to put on the fur. He breathed out twice and moved his bones and joints. After a crunching sound, he felt his whole body relaxed a lot.After sitting for two hours, my joints became stiff.

He started to practice his fists and kicks in the courtyard.

Hei Saburo has never been famous for his force, but he and Song Qing, the iron fan, can fight a few times.Even Wu Yong can play two meteor hammers.

After practicing a set of punches, he saw a follower walk in from outside, waiting for him to stop.

Seeing him standing still, the man walked up a few steps and said, "Master, there is news from the station outside the city that General Shi has arrived there and is resting."

"Pass me the order to tell General Shi to enter the city overnight." Song Jiang said without thinking.

Back in the study, he took a pen and wrote down a warrant, attached it to his private deposit, and handed it to the attendant, saying: "Go and use the big seal." The Fu Yin's big seal is kept by a person who has changed his job, and every time the seal is used, there is a record.

When Song Jiang saw the long follower leaving, he lowered his head again and looked at the map carefully.It wasn't until the charcoal fire in the brazier was approaching that he felt a little cold, so he stood up and added a few pieces of charcoal to the brazier.Amidst the sound of the charcoal being burned, the sadness on Song Jiang's face suddenly melted away.

But he racked his brains to come up with a good way to do but not to say.

With a big stone removed in his heart, Song Jiang sat behind the desk, rubbed his brows, and suddenly felt a little tired.

When Shi Wengong came out of the study in a full suit, Song Gongming almost fell asleep.

"Haha, General Shi has worked hard all the way, please come inside."

Song Jiang was very enthusiastic, but Shi Wengong's face was full of solemnity. The mansion minister urged so urgently that something big must happen.

Song Jiang didn't fight with him, and showed the secret letter to Shi Wengong, who also had a happy face, "This is..."

"The Great King Feige sent a secret decree, let you and me prepare it first, and there will be a decree coming down in the near future. Prior to this, we must act in secret and keep quiet."

"Your Majesty is going to Hebei." When there are battles, Shi Wengong is happiest.He can have today, isn't it because of fighting.

Song Jiang stroked his short beard and said: "The land in Hebei is already empty, this is the right time; the terrain is flat and waveless, and our army can gallop freely, this is the right place; The lives of the living people are countless, the reputation spreads far and wide in the universe, and the foundation has been established. This is the harmony of people. The time, place, and people are harmonious, and the three have both. If you don’t take it now, when will it be?” Take it a step further.

Then Huainan took advantage of Guo Yong, and the governor of Shandong was occupied by Li Guang, a new recruit.Li Guang and Li Taifa are awesome, and Song Sanlang dare not compare with him. He was the one who dared to stroke the tiger's beard when Zhu Miao was in the limelight. His father Zhu Chong was taken down, but this is already admirable.

After Gao Qiu and Tong Guan were defeated one after another, Tokyo was shaken. He also pointed out that today's literati and bureaucrats are flattering and sycophant, blocking the way of speech;Cai Jing and Wang Fu hated him deeply, so they demoted him to the magistrate of Yangshuo, Guizhou.Immediately afterwards, when the imperial court was in turmoil, another order was passed down, and he was sent to Qiongzhou on the grounds that he was a dirty minister and framed Zhongliang.Li Guang also lost his heart to Song Ting.It can be said that it is another important role brought by Chen Zhenghui.

When Lu Qian heard Li Guang's name, he felt impressed. After thinking about it, he already understood.This person is not well-known to the public in later generations, even he only knew that there was such a person in history when he was Baidu Li Gang and Zhao Ding.Together with Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and Hu Quan, he was hailed as the four famous ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty.If so, Lu Qian first asked Li Guang to serve as the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect the relief of refugees in Jeju and Xuzhou, then he was promoted to the right deputy capital censor, and then he was promoted to governor of Shandong.

Song Heizi looked at the Shandong governor's position greedily, but he also knew that he couldn't get it.But what about Hebei Province?He Song Gongming first made meritorious service anyway, and later resisted the Song army's attack, conquered Huainan, and governed Cangzhou.
"General Shi is a heroic warrior, this is the place where the general can use his martial arts, and he can show his ambitions." Song Jiang said so, which made Shi Wengong excited and kept saying that he dared not.If so, Hei Sanlang changed his voice and said: "The only one to worry about is Khitan."

Shi Wengong's face changed when he heard these two words, and he also felt a headache when he thought of the request in the secret letter.

"Cangzhou soldiers and horses have a total of 5000 infantry and cavalry. And some guards must be left behind. The infantry and cavalry soldiers that can be dispatched are about [-]. It is easy to attack the city, but it is difficult to take care of such a long border. .”

Song Jiang chuckled, Shi Wengong made it difficult, but he didn't make it difficult. "Don't worry, general. Song Jiang already has something to do with such things." As he spoke, he revealed his plans, "What do you think, general?"

Shi Wengong's face was tangled, this matter is not small, if the higher-ups blame it, it will be a disaster.But other than that, it was difficult for him to come up with a better plan. "It's a good plan. I'm afraid the king will be offended..."

"How dare you not report to the king." Song Jiang was able to send a secret report directly to Lu Qian.But this kind of thing must be done first, otherwise there will be too little time.

"Since that's the case, the young general is willing to attach his tail."

Song Jiang was overjoyed. "In this way, you and I will start immediately. And the general will start counting the troops and horses. Once the king's order comes, he will send troops immediately." This is even more important.

……

Let's say that in Baoding Junzhou, which is not far from Cangzhou, Wu Ming, the military commander there, rushed to the official office of Junzhou with his horse.Stepping inside, I saw that the attendant had already set up a guest seat by the desk.Zhijun Fan Bingguo got up and gave way: "Annoy Wu Dujian to come in the snow, and sit down and have two bowls of wine first."

Wu Ming saw a feast of food on the table, and said with a smile, "My husband is happy, but the young general is very anxious."

Fan Bingguo said: "Wu Dujian is too worried. Now that the cold winter is not over, how can there be military incidents in the cold weather? The land bandits mobilized their troops and gathered in Jeju, which is only a short distance from the Daming Mansion. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang are not in a hurry yet, but my Baoding army is afraid of him? This countermeasure will come sooner or later, but it will not work. The Baoding army belongs to my surname Fan and your surname Wu, but Tong Xianggong and Zhang Xianggong Ignore it."

Wu Mingdao: "Although this is the case, we must guard against it. Song Jiang's intentions are repeated, but he is not a good person. My Baoding army currently only has 4000 to [-] people in the city, and it has not been practiced for a long time. The soldiers are not complete, and the equipment is not ready. In case something happens to the bandits in Cangzhou, how can I defend them? Even if the bandits in Hebei Prefecture are as hairy as a hair, it will not be easy to deal with them if they send troops to fight the bandits."

Fan Bingguo said: "The prison guard is right. But I don't know how much food is needed to train soldiers?"

"Just prepare the armor and equipment, and raise the soldiers and generals. First, you must take out [-] guan."

Fan Bingguo was shocked and said, "How much money and food does this place need?" Before Wu Ming could speak, Fan Bingguo said again, "How much money is there in Baoding, a barbaric military state? The prisons don't even hear that my yamen has not seen my salary for several months. It's gone." Seeing that Fan Bingguo didn't agree, Wu Ming had no choice but to drink wine sullenly.Outside the paper window, several gusts of cold wind blew loudly.A servant raised the curtain, looked outside, then retracted his neck and said, "Snow is falling outside, like goose feathers flying."

Fan Bingguo was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked his attendants to put up the curtain and look out.I saw snowflakes flying in the sky, and the courtyard was covered with snow in the blink of an eye, as if countless white salt had been sprinkled.

Fan Bingguo took a sip from the wine cup, laughed and said, "God bless me, Song Dynasty. Let's see, Wu Dujian, how to march in the middle of winter, with ice and snow on the way? It is the Cangzhou bandit army who intends to invade the country. At such a time, He can't move on his own."

Wu Ming laughed angrily: "It's almost Lantern Festival, how many days can we endure the bitter cold in the north?" Fan Bingguo just didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)