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Chapter 1076 The more you fight, the stronger you become
Yanzhou during wartime was different from peacetime. Of course, wartime and peacetime are the same in any border area, but Yanzhou is very different from other places.

It is the end of spring plowing,
The entire Yanzhou is like a sophisticated war machine. Above the official road, various supply teams appeared from time to time, escorting food, grass and military supplies. In the fields, the elderly and children are busy working, and the petty officials are also busy in the fields. There are also patrols wearing light armor, riding horses and patrolling everywhere. Anyone who commits a crime will be given a heavier sentence.

The large number of prisoners who were mining stopped mining. They all had a full meal and were taken out to carry out some infrastructure construction. They began to build roads in Suizhou and Xiazhou, assist in transporting supplies, and build other buildings. fortifications.

The common people who were originally responsible for these tasks and the craftsmen under the state government officials, except for some who were responsible for the production, repair, and maintenance of weapons, all took up swords and guns to guard the Xixia surrender troops captured in Suizhou and Xiazhou, and suppressed the two armies. Xixia people in the land.

Different from the officials, the scholars with green cloth strips hanging around their waists acted as managers and could be seen everywhere in Yanzhou and the newly conquered Suizhou and Xiazhou.

It was the end of the spring plowing, but there was a war again, and all those who were younger were mobilized to escort grain and grass, or continue working on previous projects, and women were all on the battlefield. At this time, only the old, young and pregnant are not working. The old one takes the young ones to work in the fields, and then takes care of the children. Schools are all closed, and there are basically no idle people in Yanzhou.

The remaining large local families and foreign merchants are all equally busy, and they even have to recruit people from elsewhere to work. Because Wang Yan gave them a lot of orders, and even asked them to go out with the army to purchase or trade with the people of Xixia, which was a great success.

All action orders in Yanzhou are issued from Suizhou.

Suizhou has now been completely taken over, with Wang Yan sitting in charge and giving orders. With the blessing of his strong personal ability and the mobilization ability of Yanzhou, which he had vigorously reorganized, the transition to taking over, maintaining stability, and managing the newly acquired territory was smooth.

In this regard, the scholars of Yanzhou played a great role. They were trained when they were organizing affairs in the state. They were very skilled in business. They learned the methods of officials under Wang Yan's rule and formed a unified style of doing things.

To sum it up simply, I speak and you listen. If you don’t do it, I’ll punish you. This is the so-called foreshadowing. He has already prepared the manpower to do the work.

It was also under this kind of guidance that large local households, criminal gangs, and some louder groups in Sui and Xia Prefectures were all eliminated in a short period of time. They were all suppressed by militia forces. They worked tirelessly to build Xinsuizhou and Xinxiazhou in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Yan's actions were questioned by Zhao Zhen, the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, yamen at all levels, Cheng Kan, and even his subordinates. They all agreed that it was extremely unwise to invest in Sui and Xia states now. Instead, they should plunder them fiercely to subsidize war funds.

This is because everyone in the Song Dynasty is afraid of fighting. The past failed war experience has taught them an important lesson: getting fat first does not mean getting fat. Zhao Zhen even sent a eunuch to reprimand him.

In this regard, the war criminals who provoked the war, who had been dubbed the "Sinners of the Song Dynasty" by the Song Dynasty tacitly, knew about the Yanzhou incident, and wrote a letter to make the strongest voice of the times. The Song Dynasty inherited the land of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the lands of the Xia Dynasty were all our old lands. Now that we have recovered the old lands, our soldiers have conquered them with their lives, and there is no possibility of abandoning them. If there is even a slight loss, Wang Yan will wear armor and sharp swords and go into battle to kill the enemy until death. Now that Wang Yan is dead and more people are coming to carry out my ambition, Xia will surely perish.

Then no one spoke, because Wang Yan's meaning was very clear. If the place he took over and managed was taken back, he would die.

As for plundering people to subsidize war funds, although a large amount of money can be recovered in a short period of time, it is too low-level.

Of course, it is fast to rob wealth, but the wealth of some big families in these two places is only a drop in the ocean compared to the huge war expenditures. Looting the people here will not be enough to fill the funds, but it will also turn this place into an enclave, which will greatly increase the number of people. The difficulty of management increases the management cost, and there is even a chance that someone like Li Yuanhao will appear again. Wealth, after all, must be produced, then it will be practical.

But Wang Yan has his own ways to make money. Otherwise, why would he let go of business and even lead merchants to fight in order to make war fortune? He opened up markets and collected taxes. While carrying out extensive construction in the two places, they are stabilizing prices to win over people's hearts and collecting taxes to collect funds.

Of course, overall, you still have to invest. But it doesn't matter, he has applied for the right to coin coins. There is no need to print copper coins, and there is no need to hand over money. Instead, he uses the anti-counterfeiting methods that his banks have developed long ago to issue new banknotes and circulate them in Xixia. And it is mandatory that only banknotes issued by him can be used for transactions.

Firstly, it does not cost so much to print money, secondly, it promotes his banknotes, and thirdly, he also steals a little bit of the power of the country. As long as it develops slowly, it will inevitably spread gradually. All benefits.

And the most important point is, why did Wang Yan want to take Xiazhou? Because as long as he takes Xiazhou, Shizhou, Yinzhou and other places to the east of Xiazhou and north of Suizhou are within his grasp, and can directly replace Fengzhou in Hebei. The state became the junction of the three countries, where he could open a market and promote his banknotes.

As for why it is not implemented in other places, it is very simple. It is not easy for him to speak in other places. But he can say with certainty that the newly conquered land will listen to him, and it will be impossible not to listen.

He was sure that after this battle, he would continue to stay, because he was asked to clean up the mess, and he was not allowed to return to the capital with the power of winning the battle and expanding the territory. If he really returns to Beijing, no one would dare to think about the scene. It is really a tragedy in the world, and it will definitely make life miserable for officials.

After careful calculation, Wang Yan has been an official for five years, but there has never been a year without trouble...

On this day, Wang Yan was arranging affairs in the temporary government office in Suizhou, when Xiao Dongliang hurried in.

"Alang, Alang, Mr. Fan is here, he's just five miles away."

Wang Yan, who was writing, kept moving and asked, "Is it just Mr. Fan?"

"There is also Di Qing, the supervisory eunuch sent by the government, and some other officials."

After Xiao Dongliang finished speaking, Wang Yan also stopped writing, picked up the porcelain folding fan at hand, unfolded it with a snap, flashed a few times, dried the ink manually, lifted it up, folded it in three, put it in an envelope, and removed it from the envelope. He took fire paint from the side and fastened the seal. Then he called a small official and asked him to send someone out. Then he took Xiao Dongliang and others out to pick up people...

"Long time no see, Zi Yan." Before Wang Yan could speak, Fan Zhongyan laughed and greeted him.

"I have met Mr. Fan." Wang Yan nodded, then looked at the old man with a broad frame and tall and thin body who was following Fan Zhongyan, "I have met Mr. Di."

Di Qing smiled and nodded: "I have heard of Wang Zhizhou's name a long time ago. When I saw it today, it is really majestic and extraordinary."

"Gong Di, thank you. Mr. Fan, Mr. Di, let's go in and talk about it later."

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and walked away with his hands behind his back: "After riding in the carriage all the way and rushing to go again, everyone is about to fall apart. Let's take a walk."

"That's fine." Di Qing happily agreed.

He and Wang Yan immediately followed Fan Zhongyan, one on the left and one on the right, lagging slightly behind.

"Zi Yan, do you know why I am here?"

"Since students are hated by everyone, no one wants to be troubled by the students. Mr. Fan has close contacts with the students and has led wars here, so he is the best choice."

Fan Zhongyan nodded and said with a smile: "Don't I hate dogs just like you do?"

"It's different. After this battle, Mr. Fan will definitely return to the throne. I'm afraid it will be difficult for students to leave in a short time."

"So confident?"

"Must win!"

Wang Yan didn't say anything about defeat, so there was no need to say so. If they lose, both Fan Zhongyan and Wang Yan will end badly. This is one of the reasons for sending Fan Zhongyan here. Of course, this is an additional condition.

After all, as Wang Yan said, if Fan Zhongyan hadn't come, others would have been killed by Wang Yan before they could even wait for the defeat, and they were really afraid.

Di Qing nodded at the side: "I read the battle report. Wang Zhizhou used his troops quickly and caught him by surprise. Moreover, Zhong'e's troops were all elite and powerful. The remaining troops did not seek victory, but invincibility. With Wang Zhizhou and Zhong'e, With 20,000 troops in hand, we can't defeat Xia, but we can gain a large area of ​​land. I'm afraid it won't be a feint attack, but a real attack. Our Song Dynasty will be in danger."

"It's just a combination of vertical and horizontal alliances." Wang Yan said with a smile, "Yelü Zong is really about to die, but at the end of the strong crossbow, the national strength is not as good as when Yelu Longxu was, the internal strife is serious, we will not dare to raise troops to invade, it will be regarded as a feint attack, there is nothing to worry about. I The Song Dynasty is used to sending money, but this time it is not us who send money, it is Xixia who sends money."

Fan Zhongyan shook his head: "The variables are unknown, so don't be happy too early."

The group of people sat down to drink tea in the temporary official house. Fan Zhongyan directly talked about serious matters: "How can I help?" "I want the command of Yanzhou's troops and horses."

"Okay. Now you send people to transport Yanzhou's soldiers, horses, and food, so it's natural for you to command them. But you were right to be cautious and didn't reach out in advance, otherwise you would be in big trouble."

Wang Yan can coerce a traitor because he is a civil servant, his official position is high, and he has the power of the Xiang army. He also chose Qingjian to take action. If he changes to any of the generals, he must act in a hurry. Since he is blocked If you can't raise troops according to Wang's words, you can only follow him and strengthen your strength.

But Wang Yanren didn't even go to the other armies, but he directly commanded the imperial army without orders from his superiors. That was a huge mistake.

But Fan Zhongyan was right. He took charge of the logistical supplies of Yanzhou's troops. Supplies rushed in from other places were distributed in Yanzhou and escorted by Yanzhou officials and militia to ensure efficient operation.

"Of course the student knows, and he didn't even mention it to Cheng Kan." Wang Yan nodded with a smile.

Fan Zhongyan smiled, of course he knew about Lao Cheng, how miserable he was.

"How do you plan to fight this battle?"

"If nothing happens, we will keep fighting. The students are not ready to stop. Duke Fan and Duke know that before the war began, the number of cavalry under the students' command was only two thousand, but after more than a month, it was nearly five thousand. What Zhong E said at the beginning The army he led was only 17,000, but now there are 20,000. The extra troops are all soldiers and civilians from Xixia. They have been fighting for a long time and they are all elite. "

"Do the Xixia people dare to use it? Are they not afraid of being harmed?"

"Mr. Di, the lower officials treat them just like me, the Han people. Every family has their own land. If we are defeated in the Song Dynasty, they will have nothing. To win promotions and make money for others is to gain more acres of land for your own family. You understand this, how dare you not die?"

This is political work, and Wang Yan's goal is to delay. The Song Dynasty certainly couldn't afford it, and Xixia couldn't even afford it. But with the arrival of Fan Zhongyan, his power is even greater. He can be dragged down by fighting, and his power will become stronger and stronger. After all, he now commands a total of more than 50,000 troops in Yanzhou, and Of course, he hopes that the political affairs of Yan, Sui, and Xia Prefectures that he controls will last for a long time.

If the fight lasted for another year, he would dare to drag Beiliao to fight together, and beat them until the sky was dark and the earth was dark.

"I don't understand something, and I hope Wang Zhizhou can clarify it."

"Why should Mr. Dee be so polite? Just say it."

Di Qing asked puzzledly: "Looking at the current war, the general trend lies with me, in Yanzhou, and in your Wangzhizhou. Don't seek victory elsewhere, just undefeated. You can win by containing your troops, and you can fight steadily and achieve something." Under such circumstances, why did Wang Zhizhou send me a letter to command the military?"

This was the first meeting between Wang Yan and Di Qing. They had never crossed paths before. Wang Yan also subconsciously checked him out and found that he was in good health and could live for a few more years. However, Di Qing's death date was less than two years ago. Apparently he was depressed by the civil servants and died of melancholy.

Wang Yan asked with a smile: "Dong Di, do you really not know?"

"I really don't know."

Seeing Wang Yan looking at him, Fan Zhongyan smiled and shook his head: "None of the Han officials asked me about him along the way."

Wang Yan nodded and said to the confused Di Qing, "It's to save Mr. Di."

Hearing Wang Yan's words, Di Qing was stunned for a moment, and then fell into a long silence, really silent.

He has gone from being a prisoner to becoming Privy Councilor and Prime Minister today, so he is naturally wise. He had already felt that his situation was very bad. If it hadn't been for Nong Zhigao's rebellion before, he would have been in trouble.

This time he was transferred to Xixia. He was a little lucky. Fortunately, he had escaped danger again. Of course he understands that warriors can only show their value in war.

But he never thought that Wang Yan asked him to come here just to save him...

Seeing his silence, Wang Yan said with a smile: "Our dynasty has always valued civil service over military affairs. Duke Di was a prisoner for his crimes. He was promoted to the rank of privy envoy and was loved by the generals. No matter where he went, generals from all over the country would like to see him. I will respond. If I have more merit, how will I be placed? I'm afraid I have to give him a different surname. I think Duke Di should understand his situation."

"Of course I understand, but Di Qing has never had any different intentions..."

"The crime of having a jade has nothing to do with Duke Di's intentions."

Judge Dee sighed: "If we win this battle, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape my fate."

"Dong Di, do you think Fan Gong and Wang Yan are vegetarians?" Wang Yan asked with a smile and said, "After this battle, Di Gong asked himself to leave his post and return home. He will recuperate his body after a good life and wait for a useful life. No need for three In the next year, Wang Yan will definitely start another war, and Duke Di will definitely resurrect by then. I know that Duke Di does not admire the power of the nobles, but is actually a loyal and patriotic commander. What does Duke Di think of this arrangement? "

"Wang Zhizhou is a well-educated and military man, so why do you try to protect him from old age?" Di Qing did not doubt Wang Yan's ability to protect Wang Yan, a Zhizhou man, who was at the peak of his military skills.

"How could Mr. Dee be so old when he was at the age of fighting? Mr. Dee was so capable that he died for nothing. It is only right to live a good life for a few more years and fight a few battles that will last forever."

Di Qing shook his head: "It's useless to talk now. Let's talk about it after fighting this battle."

"That's fine. Mr. Fan and Mr. Di, let's have some tea." Wang Yan gestured, and all three of them took tea and started drinking.

Fan Zhongyang had stayed in Suizhou for a long time. He came all the way from Yanzhou to investigate the people's situation, and he almost knew the situation. Anyway, he admired it. Before he came, he had already made a decision. He would cooperate with Wang Yan in this battle. If Wang Yan had not been confident, he would not have rashly started a war. He believed that he was not as powerful as Wang Yan, so he simply let Wang Yan take the lead, and he held the power as a support.

Therefore, the main purpose of coming here is to meet Wang Yan. After all, there are always things that cannot be put on paper, and you must fully understand them. He also asked Wang Yan to take a look at his body and take his pulse.

After finishing talking and looking at the body, he stayed overnight and set off to the west to take up his post the next day. His and Di Qing's mission was to suppress the Xixia army over there.

The more enemies you can hold back, the better. If you can achieve some results, that would be even better.

In fact, Xixia has lost this battle so far because they have no way to effectively solve the problem. Adding both sides together, the number of troops participating in the war has reached 500,000 so far, and the number of troops is still increasing.

If more troops are invested in the west, the east will not be taken care of, and a large amount of land and population will be lost, and many soldiers will be captured. But if we focus on the east, the battlefield on the west front will be miserable. The strength of the troops there is several times that of the east front. The attack direction is a straight line. If we attack Xingqing Mansion from all directions, we will lose the country.

Of course, the main reason why such a situation can be formed is Wang Yan. Of course, everyone wants to form such a situation, but others are not as capable as him.

Without him, support would not be timely, food and grass would not be provided in time, and all aspects of dispatch would not be timely, and the elite would not be immune to death. The more we fight, the more troops we will have, and the more we fight, the stronger our troops will be. The front line, the rear, and the newly occupied territories were all top priorities. Only he unified all forces and also engaged in political and ideological work.

However, Zhonge's level is also good. After all, he is the one who actually leads the troops in the war. Although he is constantly making adjustments according to the strategy set by Wang Yan, the emergency decisions are all made by Zhonge. He does not have enough brains and skills, and he has already made them. game over.

It is Wang Yan's general direction, as well as the timely dispatch of limited troops for support, counter-encirclement, logistical supplies, political work, etc., coupled with Zhong'e's wisdom, that formed the way the war on the Eastern Front is getting stronger and stronger now.

Otherwise, with the current level of the Song Dynasty, Xixia would still be hammered, and after one battle, the annual coin would be doubled.

Now that Fan Zhongyan and Di Qing are here, they are more reliable people than Lao Cheng. Moreover, Fan Zhongyan has given Wang Yan more power and can dispatch more troops. The war on the Eastern Front is naturally getting better and better...

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