Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 701 Yan Yun (21)

On the official road from Jizhou to Yutian County, under the winter sun, a patch of red bursts out on the horizon. This is an endless army and flags. After a while, people look at it again, and it becomes much clearer—one by one neatly The phalanx is advancing.

The marching phalanx was naturally not as uniform as when it was in formation, but it was still basically intact, crimson like a sea of ​​flames.

Ten thousand Qi army, ten thousand Jizhou Han'er army, plus hundreds of vehicles and thousands of civilian husbands, stretching for ten miles.

The [-] troops went straight to Yutian County.

Because Huili Baoqie is still there.Liu Tang didn't necessarily want to clear Huilibao, but at least he had to force Huilibao to escape to the north of Yanshan Mountain as soon as possible. Even if he entered Jingzhou, it would be better than staying in Yutian County, stuck between Jizhou and Luanping. .

Without Huili Baobu, Jizhou and Luanping can be united as one, and the two sides join forces, with a strength of more than [-].Whether it is dealing with the enemies of Jingzhou in the north or the enemies of Yuguan in the northeast, they are much calmer.

Jingzhou, Jizhou, and Yutian are in the shape of an isosceles triangle, but Jingzhou and Yutian County are separated by the remaining vein of Yanshan Mountain, so the connection is naturally blocked. It is only necessary to block a few trails inside, and the enemy in the north will break the scene. After the state, it is necessary to capture Jizhou, so that it can freely traverse the land of Yanshan.

Those small roads were already held in the hands of Hui Libao. He was tricked out of the city by Liu Yanzong and Han Qixian, and he received an urgent report on the way, and when he hurried back with his troops, it was too late.The head of Jizhou city has been replaced with Lu Qi's flag.When Liu Tang arrived in Jizhou with his troops, he had to retreat from Jizhou City to Yutian when he returned to Libao.

But now Liu Tang led an army of [-] to press him again, but Huilibao couldn't fight back. He didn't have the confidence that with the nearly [-] Khitan soldiers and Xi soldiers in his hands, he could defeat the Qi army that defeated the Jurchen soldiers in the field battle.Not to mention that Liu Tang also brought [-] Han'er troops from Jizhou, which is an even greater advantage.

But it is impossible for him to turn around and attack Luanping eastward. Zhang Jue has more than 2 people in his hands, and the folks in the two prefectures of Luanping will respond in groups. Xiangdong can only seek his own death.If so, the only way back to Libao is to go north through the remaining veins of Yanshan Mountain, rush to Jingzhou, and join Guo Yaoshi's department there.

From the moment Liu Tang's army headed east, this was a planned road for returning to Libao.After arriving there, they happened to be stewed by Guo Yaoshi together with Yelu Dashi.

In other words, Guo Yaoshi has not yet surrendered to Lu Qi, but because of his background, many people believe that Guo Yaoshi will surrender to the Qi army sooner or later.These people have always included Yelu Dashi who was forced to flee to Jingzhou, and Hui Libao who was now reluctantly heading north.

At noon, the horns in the army continued to sound, and the army slowly stopped advancing, gathered together, and became neat and solemn, but it was time to stop for lunch.

The front army is still in order, compared with the [-] Han army in the rear, it is a shame.

But the few people who led the army didn't feel ashamed of themselves, apart from sighing "the world is strong" to the front.Because of this face, if you throw it away, you will lose it all.I don't care anymore!
Half an hour is enough for the entire army to have a hot lunch.Regardless of whether it is the front or the rear, the Han army in Jizhou is far inferior to the Qi army in front in terms of strength and armament, but it is already on par with the former in terms of logistics and food.

Marching and fighting, two porridge and one meal a day, helpless, getting up early and having limited time at noon, it is not enough to eat biscuits or dry rice.It can only be placed at night, and there is only a meal of cooking cakes or a bowl of dry rice.The other two meals were thick porridge, the kind of solid cubes that were pressed with a hydraulic forging hammer one hammer head after another hammer head, which can be picked up as dry marching rations for bricks and people in winter.

To say that this marching dry ration is not cheap, it contains not only whole grains, but also egg powder, fish meal, shrimp skin and meat fat, seasoned with salty cornus cornel, one piece weighs half a catty, crushed and put into the pot, it can fill a soldier All you need for a day.Not to mention that Qi Jun also served jerky and hot drinks.

The hot drink is actually powdered milk tea, of course not the milk tea from the nomadic areas in the north. Few people in the Central Plains can adapt to that taste.Qi Jun’s milk tea is simply made by mixing milk powder + black tea powder + sucrose powder. The taste is naturally far less fragrant than that of later generations, but in winter, a cup of instant milk tea can be drunk. For soldiers, Already lucky.

Of course, if you eat thick porridge to fill your stomach and save milk tea, you can find another time to solve it yourself.

Therefore, after the Han soldiers in Jizhou put on warm cotton coats and ate the meals of the Qi army, they returned home instantly.God is pitiful, how long have they not had enough food and clothing?And is it still such a good food, clothing, and money?
Although such an evaluation is only because their original living conditions are too low, now the comparison between the two sides reveals the gap.But he didn't know that the current treatment was just a helpless move limited to the territory of Yanjing Mansion.If it was changed to northern Hebei, the army would fight on the front line, and the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in the rear would have already been sent to the front of the army in a steady stream.

Emperor Lu had always been generous to the soldiers who had to fight desperately.Even if 10,000+ troops eat together, 20 kilograms of pigs and sheep are enough. The Qi army is not the Song army who is short of oil and water, so the cost is only a few thousand guan.

In this way, ten ton, twenty ton, thirty ton, fifty ton are only hundreds of thousands of guan.

With only a few hundred thousand guan in exchange for a well-fed army of 10,000+ people, the morale of the army was so high, how could Emperor Lu not do it?
That battle defeated the main force of the Jin army, and the impact and benefits it produced were more than billions of dollars?
It's just a pity that there are very few pigs and sheep in Yanjing Mansion, and the army can only use dried bacon transported from the rear.

But this kind of treatment has made Han Erjun extremely satisfied.This is the difference between the original standards of the two sides.

In the Khitan Palace of Yanjing Prefecture.

"Minister Ma Zhi pays homage to Your Majesty!" Ma Zhi, who was Zhao Liangsi earlier, stepped in cautiously and bowed to pay respects. Emperor Lu raised his hand to signal Ma Zhi to stand up.

After thanking him for his kindness, Ma Zhi stood up and saw Emperor Lu sitting at the desk. Only Le He and Song Jiang were around. Obviously, the scope of this discussion was very small.

"Yanjing is pacified, but the side affairs are not over. Jurchen Wu is my great enemy of Daqi. Moreover, the land of Yanyun will not return to China for 200 years, and the barbarians are very strong. Therefore, I want to establish Yanjing as the northern capital and use it to suppress Yan. land."

"Ma Qing was born in a rich family in Yan, and he knows this place very well. He paid more attention to the affairs of the North, so he didn't need to go back to North Hebei, and he was appointed as the governor of Yanjing. This is the northern capital of my Great Qi. I don't expect you It can change its appearance in two or three years, but you must be careful. In the future, government affairs, finances, river works, transportation, household affairs, and acres of land here will all be major issues, and you need to grasp them and quickly manage this place. , the cabinet will uniformly dispatch and dispatch officials to cooperate."

Later, Emperor Lu mentioned shipping again, "In order to fight against the Jin army in the future, food and fodder are indispensable. Transshipment by land is too expensive, and a good port must be found north of the Jiehe River for sea transportation. .”

Speaking of this, Emperor Lu smiled again, "I still want to set up a left-behind department in the northern capital to be in charge of military and vassal affairs and assist in government affairs." Looking at Hei Sanlang, he moved Song Jiang from the position of governor of northern Hebei to Yanjing left-behind , can also be said to be a kind of flat tone.Moreover, the right to stay behind in Yanjing does not seem to be as great as that of the former governor of northern Hebei, but there is a saying that military merit comes first.Hei Sanlang is a self-motivated person, but in the earlier conferment, he only got a Ren Chengnan, and he stepped into the threshold of conferring. Not to mention compared with Chao Gai and Hua Rong, he was compared with Zhu Dian, Zhu Dian, and others. Compared with Lei Heng, it was only on par.This caused a sudden change in Song Sanlang's external attitude, and it also made him deeply understand what it means to be hard-pressed to be a civil servant.

Now Emperor Lu has transferred him from civil to military, not to mention that he is only in charge of military and vassal affairs, assisting in government affairs, even if there is no four characters in the back, he is very happy.Just like Ma Zhi, it was also a transfer at the same level. The power of the Governor of Yanjing was not greater than that of the former Hebei Right Chief Envoy, and there was no change in rank, but Ma Zhiwu was in high spirits.Just because he changed from deputy to official.

Even if there is still Yan Jing who assists in government affairs, he will not be able to stop him.

In the officialdom, it is a flat tune, and it is also a happy event to be able to change from a deputy to an official.What's more, he is the Governor of Beidu.This is a bit like the ordinary member of the Standing Committee of the Deputy Ministry in the east of Guangdong turned into the top leader of Shenzhen City or Yangcheng, so it is not a promotion.

Even the Northern Hebei Province lost two senior officials, and the Emperor Lu was very helpless, saying: "The territory under the jurisdiction of the imperial court has expanded too fast, and the number of provinces has increased day by day, but the imperial court has not been able to provide suitable officials for the frontier. This is also a joke of this court."

Song Jiang hurriedly bowed and said: "This is due to your Majesty's wisdom and martial prowess. Although there are some constraints in the short term, it is nothing more than an immediate emergency."

Lehe also said: "Your Majesty is a hero. Zhenghe raised his troops in four years, and became king in eight years. Even before that, it has only been eight years since he was sitting on the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. Years, the time is short. Many officials have been promoted to a higher level in only a year and a half. So many talented people have just emerged, and they have only been in the state capital. This way it seems that there is a shortage of high-ranking officials. Your Majesty will wait another three years. That is, there are as many capable ministers and officials as there are fishes crossing the river, and as few as stars."

Emperor Lu who said this laughed out loud. "That's what happened in Hongwu four years ago." But now he has to make an exception for promotion.For example, the governors of western Jiangxi and Fujian, and the governors of eastern and western Guangdong.Along with the governor of northern Hebei, five vacancies were vacated at once.

Later, Wen Huanzhang, Zhao Mingcheng and others were recruited, and they had nothing to say about Song Jiang's and Ma Zhi's job changes.Even the cabinet and the Ministry of Officials have only the right to recommend, not the decision-making power to provincial officials.

It's just that Wen Huanzhang and Zhao Mingcheng didn't expect that Emperor Lu would suddenly give away such a big piece of fat, the governor of the five provinces, which would involve a series of job changes.

In those high positions, there was originally a radish and a hole, and now five suddenly popped up, so at least five people would have to fill them, and there would be five more positions behind them?

Of course, they also knew that even if Emperor Lu personally threw out this piece of fat, they couldn't eat it all greedily.

Wen Huanzhang thought a lot, and Zhao Mingcheng also thought a lot, but his identity was different from Wen Huanzhang.He is very decent in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and it is because of his talented wife who is very popular.Now the status in Lu Qi's court is a bit detached.

And he also faintly felt that he was on the right path, "a gentleman without a party" can't really be alone, but if he has the emperor's care, who would want to go down into the muddy water?

It must be known that the princes are growing up and will soon have a master. This is the first round of standing in the court.

Zhao Mingcheng didn't want to wade into muddy water. "The minister thought that the Northern Hebei Province would be the backup of the Northern Capital in the future." Because the establishment of the Northern Capital and the main responsibility of the Left Behind Division were to be responsible for fighting the war.Northern Hebei, as the province closest to it, naturally wants to be the Olympic aid of the northern capital.

"In this way, the new governor should be a person who is good at planning and dispatching."

Emperor Lu's eyes flashed, "Zhao Qing is right!"

(End of this chapter)