Three thousand miles in exile

Tongtianguan, Liu Zhan's study.

As soon as he returned to Guannei, Liu Zhan immediately called Cao Zhuang from thousands of households, Cao Ming from hundreds of households, Wei Chenggui, Li Xiaolian, Zhang Xiaoman, Li Futian from the General Banner, and several confidants to discuss the next step, and of course Song Fenglin.

Everyone has not taken off their sabers and light armors, and everyone has a strong smell of blood. Only Song Fenglin is sitting on the upper right in a green dress.

He looked at Liu Zhan who was standing with his sword in his hand. When he met him for the first time three years ago, he just felt that the young man in front of him was full of heroism. Now Liu Zhan in front of him has gradually faded away from the immature appearance of a young man, and he has grown into a man.

Annihilating 3000 people in the Yan army, such a big contribution, if the victory is delivered to Beijing, it will be no problem to be promoted to two levels.

Liu Zhan watched the sand table standing in front of him for a long time, and finally made up his mind. "Don't make a fuss about the battle at Zhou Shukou. I ordered the whole battalion to rot in my stomach. If there is any leak, it will be dealt with according to the military law."

Cao Zhuang and others immediately agreed with clasped fists. Although they were puzzled, no one questioned Liu Zhan's decision.

Only Song Fenglin breathed a sigh of relief, Tongtianguan Tiancang Village and even Qiyun Mountain hide too many secrets of them, and they still need to cultivate a bigger force here to train more soldiers, and now Fang's foundation is not stable and should not be exposed prematurely.

"Everyone has worked hard. We won a complete victory in the battle of Zhou Shukou. The captured luggage will be returned to the camp. I will reward you and won't let you brothers do their jobs for nothing." Liu Zhan said again. "Xiao Lian, Xiao Man, you two cooperate with Mr. Song to check the luggage and store it in the warehouse. The rest of you should disperse and go back to rest."

In this battle, Liu Zhan seized a batch of excellent weapons and supplies. All the weapons in the hands of the three thousand Yan army infantry entered Liu Zhan's warehouse, as well as more than 100 horses and a lot of food that were looted from multiple garrisons.

It wasn't until everyone left that Liu Zhan showed a trace of fatigue. He took off his saber and wanted to go to the kang, but Song Fenglin pulled him away to remove his armor. For ten days, Liu Zhan hardly slept. He personally led the team to sweep all the villages on the border of Yandi under Qiyun Mountain In the past, Yan people resisted, and after Yan army chased after them, they had to arrange and plan routes for transporting luggage, and they couldn't do without him.

940 people were taken away, and dozens of people were lost.

Although the loss of these dozens of people is negligible compared to the total annihilation of 3000 enemy troops, Liu Zhan still regretted it. The moment before he fell asleep, he thought that he must give a large enough compensation.

Liu Zhan slept for a full day and night before waking up, still hungry.

"My lord, you're awake!" Li Asan had been guarding the door, and rushed in when he heard the movement. "My lord, I'll go to the kitchen to get some food. Mr. Song asked the cook to prepare it all the time!"

"Where's Mr. Song?" Liu Zhan called to stop him.

Li Asan turned around. "Mr. Song led people to order food early in the morning, ah! By the way, Mr. Song said that if you wake up, you will go to the warehouse, and you will not go until you have eaten."

Liu Zhan, who was bluffing, waved his hand to show that he knew.

When Liu Zhan arrived, Song Fenglin was leading the soldiers to put the luggage into categories, and some of them had already been put on donkey carts to be transported away.

Seeing Liu Zhan coming, Song Fenglin explained. "There are so many things that Tongtian Pass can't fit in so little, and the soldiers can't accommodate so many people. I will make a decision for them to organize the supplies to be transported and wait for you to get up."

Liu Zhan smiled. "You can arrange it. I said you can decide everything in the camp."

Even so, Song Fenglin never overstepped, he didn't get entangled in this matter. "Yan Jun will not let it go, how do you plan to deal with it next?"

"Leave 500 people stationed at Tongtian Pass to wait for work. Let's see how they want to take revenge." Liu Zhan sneered. The strange rocky mountains and forests from Tongtian Pass to Yandi are desolate and uninhabited. Tongtian Pass chokes Qiyun Mountain's throat. 5000 people come to Liu Zhan without fear!

Since Liu Zhan took over, Tongtianguan has been expanded twice, and now Tongtianguan has been integrated with the dangerous mountain. It is not enough to fill the mountain gate unless the Yan army has planes and artillery.

Liu Zhan recruited Cao Zhuang and Li Xiaolian, and ordered Li Xiaolian to take 500 people and the seized luggage to return to the training camp tomorrow. Cao Zhuang led the remaining 400 people and the 100 people stationed at Tongtian Pass to stay and wait and see.

"The notification continues. From now on, the Tongtian Pass will be closed and the common people will not be allowed to enter or leave. If Yan soldiers come and violate the closed pass and stick to it, those who disobey will be dealt with by military law."

Cao Zhuang accepted the order with his hands clasped.

Then Liu Zhan and Cao Zhuang went to arrange fortifications. In addition to preparing enough arrows, they also prepared stones, wood, kerosene, etc. It would be best to make a trebuchet. Liu Zhan planned to find someone to try it out. This dynasty also had trebuchets, but only the army could equip them, and small counties like them had to find ways to piece them together.

Song Fenglin originally wanted to discuss with Liu Zhan the issue of compensation for the fallen soldiers, but seeing that he was preoccupied with fortifications, he didn't bother to make decisions for himself.

"Xiao Man, go to the treasury to pay some money, 50 taels of compensation money for each soldier who died in battle, order someone to clean up the body and send it down the mountain together with the money." Song Fenglin thought of something and said again. "Add another piece of cloth, five stones of fine grain."

Zhang Xiaoman said: "Mr. Song, this is already very generous. I thank you on behalf of the families of these soldiers."

Song Fenglin shook his head. "They are all soldiers who followed Liu Zhan, so naturally they should be treated favorably."

50 taels of silver can buy four acres of paddy fields or ten acres of dry fields on Qiyun Mountain. This is a wealth that many tenants can't imagine in their entire lives. Although the families of these soldiers are heartbroken, they are also grateful to Liu Zhan.The soldiers in the camp also kept it in mind, even if they lost their lives, the family could still use 50 taels of pension money to buy private property, at least the family could have food and clothing without worrying about it.

That night, Liu Zhan was rewarded for his meritorious deeds. This time, every soldier was given at least three taels of silver. Everyone is divided into one hundred taels, and as for cloth, food and other items, there are rewards according to the usual practice.

Liu Zhan didn't stay in Tongtian Pass for long, and took Song Fenglin down the mountain three days later.

The training camp is in a dense forest in Jiagou on the outskirts of Wuyuan County. Now that Liu Zhan has got a batch of luggage capable of arming 3000 people, how can he stay idle? Immediately arrange conscription and expand the camp.

Liu Zhan felt that there was not enough manpower when there were too many things. Thousands of Cao Zhuang were stationed on the mountain. Liu Zhan had to look at everything on the mountain and make up his mind. something else.

Song Fenglin gave him an idea. "According to the system, the county barracks has one county lieutenant and one thousand household heads and one thousand household heads. Now that there is a war in the north, Peizhi Prefecture may be allowed to add a thousand household heads with a special license on the grounds of the war."

Liu Zhan said in surprise, "Is it okay if we're not on the front line?"

Song Fenglin said: "Didn't you seize a few signs of Yan Bing's hundred households? Submit one up, saying that Yan Bing came to attack. From their mouths, they learned that Yan Guo wanted to attack Tongtian Pass, and left and right were just an excuse to let Pei Zhizhou There is a reason to allow it."

"That's right! I'm going to write a letter right away."

Song Fenglin quickly grabbed him. "Let me write."

Let’s forget about Liu Zhan’s □□ crawling.

Pei Wanshan returned quickly over there, Liu Zhan wanted to promote Li Xiaolian as the head of a thousand households, but he was just a nine-rank dirty official, and Pei Wanshan, who was already the head of a state, asked Master Ma to draw up the paperwork without even raising his eyes. Shangzhizhou University has approved it.

Li Xiaolian didn't know it at all. When he took over the paperwork, he was in a daze. He was giggling for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

When the news was sent back to the Liu family in Tiancang Village, Mrs. Li was also in a daze for a day. Now the housework is being done by servants, and chores are also taken care of by the housekeeper. Liu Xueyi is busy with school affairs every day and rarely hangs around the flowers. She felt unreal as if she was in a dream, how could she think that her son was accepted as an official, and now everyone had to call her madam when they saw her.

After the affairs in the training camp were handed over to Li Xiaolian, Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin returned to the county seat. Liu Zhan hadn't been back to the Yamen for a long time. As soon as he came, Lu Shusheng immediately sent someone to invite him over.

"My dear brother, you came at a good time." Lu Shusheng looked panic-stricken.

"What happened?" Liu Zhan held back his mind.

Lu Shusheng hissed, "We're defeated! The Yan family is defeated! The fertile soil of the Cangxia Plain belongs to the people of Yan!!"

Yan's 32 troops were completely annihilated by the Yan army at Yangbeiao. Except for Yan Qirong who brought [-] personal guards to break through and escape into Jinyang City, none of the [-] troops survived!Liyang Pass, Fanyang Pass, and Giyang Pass fell, and [-] townships in the surrounding four counties lost their barriers and were swept up and burned by the Yan army. The Cangxia Plain, known as the northern granary of Great Chu, fell completely!

The sad news of this thunderbolt from the blue sky quickly spread throughout northern Xinjiang, and the messenger has already rushed eight hundred miles to Beijing, and will arrive in the capital in a few days.

Everyone in Dachu knew that the Yan family was not as good as the previous generation, but no one thought that the Yan family would lose so quickly and so thoroughly!

Emperor Xuan, who first heard the bad news, was so angry that he passed away on the spot. The palace was in chaos. The three princes and nine ministers and the important ministers of various ministries entered the palace to discuss countermeasures. The emperor was still lying on the dragon couch in a daze. .

Some ministers demanded that the entire family of the Yan family be beheaded immediately, some ministers demanded to send troops immediately to retake the lost land, and some ministers actually suggested to stick to Qiyun Mountain and then slowly map it out in the future.

Emperor Xuan fainted and couldn't make up his mind, and the ministers couldn't come to a conclusion after discussing it. At dawn, he could only wait in the palace and wait for Emperor Xuan to wake up before making a decision.

These are all later stories.

In the Wuyuan County Yamen, who had learned the bad news that day, Liu Zhan held Lu Shusheng's trembling hand. "Don't panic, the fall of the Cangxia Plain was not the fall of Qiyun Mountain, the Yan family was rotten and useless. We hadn't expected this result a long time ago."

Seeing that Lu Shusheng had stabilized his mind, Liu Zhan asked someone to invite Song Fenglin to come over immediately. Song Fenglin who heard the news at first was just stunned and soon returned to normal. He only hated Da Chu, who would be the emperor in this world Don't care, let alone just lost the land of the city?

Liu Zhan was in the same mood as Song Fenglin at this time. He had no feelings for Da Chu and even less for a bewildered emperor. All he was thinking about was what should they do next.

The screen retreated left and right, and Liu Zhan blurted out immediately without the outsider. "As long as Jinyang City is still there, the Yan family is not really defeated. The so-called centipede is dead but not stiff. The foundation of the Yan family has been in Jinyang City for a hundred years. It is not so easy for the Yan people to take Jinyang City."

Lu Shusheng didn't understand, Liu Zhan looked at Song Fenglin. "Fenglin, what do you think?"

Song Fenglin said: "Jinyang City is backed by Qiyun Mountain, in the hinterland of Bijialing and Fengweiling, surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Yan people want to attack Jinyang City, unless they can trap Qiyun Mountain, they will not be able to trap Jinyang City, people’s livelihood, military supplies, food and grass can go to Qiyun Mountain and enter Jinyang.”

Song Fenglin was sitting gracefully on the teacher's chair, his tone was steady and his expression was indifferent. "Secondly, the Yan family has no more soldiers. The Yan people have broken the backbone of the Yan family. A bedbug without a backbone is not worth the King of Yan's further action."

"Thirdly, Great Chu will definitely not let it go. With the temperament of the current one, he will definitely use the strength of the whole country to send troops to the Northern Expedition. There will be an epic battle in the Cangxia Plain. As long as King Yan is not stupid, he should rectify military affairs at this time. Waiting for a big battle next year, so Jinyang will not be destroyed for the time being."

Liu Zhan listened intently, what he was thinking in his heart was just like what Song Fenglin said, but his lack of words could not describe it so clearly.

Song Fenglin didn't want to say it. "Fourth after this battle, Chu's defeat is a foregone conclusion."

Lu Shusheng was stunned when he heard this, this thorough analysis really convinced him.

Suddenly Liu Zhan had an idea. "By the way, we have to draw a clear line with Jinyang City immediately to write to Pei Zhizhou!"

Song Fenglin stood up. "I'll write."

Lu Shusheng was confused. "What's wrong?"

Liu Zhan said, "Why don't you draw a clear line and wait for the Yan family to send people to ask for soldiers and food?"

"Everyone is the servant of the emperor, isn't that what it should be?" Lu Shusheng felt that his three views were broken.

Liu Zhan was upset. "He is now a criminal who lost his city and land. It is reasonable and legal for us to reject him without the emperor's will."

Lu Shusheng said anxiously: "If the Yan people took the opportunity to capture Jinyang City, wouldn't we also become sinners?" Although Song Fenglin's analysis and deduction were very reasonable, it couldn't stop Yan's incompetence.

Liu Zhan waved his hand. "Jinyang City's geographical location is superior and it won't be a big problem to stick to it until winter. After winter, the Yan army will retreat thousands of miles away. Besides, we didn't say that we would cut off his food and grass, but we can't give it for nothing. We want Yan's money. buy it."

At the Cenzhou Mansion, Pei Wanshan was having a headache about this matter, and Song Fenglin's letter arrived, making him laugh for an hour, drawing the line clearly, and buying food with money!

Pei Wanshan immediately issued a death order to the six counties under his jurisdiction, and the matter of conscription and food distribution was uniformly arranged by the state government. If the Yan family sent someone to ask him, he would be asked to go to the state capital.

At the same time, Liu Zhan is intensively carrying out conscription matters. The Yan people successfully captured the Cangxia Plain. The next step will definitely be to use troops in Qiyunshan. They will not go to war, but they will definitely send troops to harass and spy. Tongtianguan, which is the gateway to Qiyunshan, will bear the brunt.

"You want to form a cavalry?" Song Fenglin and Feng stared blankly. "Now we only have 2000 horses at full cost, and the cost of raising these [-] horses is a big one. Don't you want to expand to [-] people? How do you plan to maintain such a large expenditure?"

"You listen to my explanation first." Liu Zhan hooked his shoulders and pulled him to his thighs to hug him, Song Fenglin struggled for a while but did not break away. "Cavalry is a sharp sword in the confrontation between the two armies. It can break through the enemy's defense line and disrupt the enemy's rhythm. The benefits are endless. It's like a nirvana. We can use it but we can't."

Song Fenglin raised his forehead, this set of fallacies is still irrefutable.

Liu Zhan said again. "The money on our books should last for half a year. During this time, I will take people down the mountain..."

"No!" Song Fenglin flatly objected. "The land of Yan near the border has already been severely damaged by you, how much can you rob if you go to rob food? Moreover, you are now a serious county captain, so you can't just think about robbing when you are short of money. "

Liu Zhan hugged him a little tighter. "Then what do you say? I will listen to you."

But the cavalry must be raised, right?Song Fenglin was already unable to complain.

"We need to earn a decent living. Whether it's opening a business or setting up a caravan to sell goods, we have to use the money in our hands. I think Liu Cheng, the eldest son of Steward Liu, is quite talented in travelling. I can entrust him to take charge of this matter."

Liu Zhan was like enlightenment, why did he keep leaving Liu Cheng alone to no avail!

There are so many wild game products on Qiyun Mountain, and how many traveling merchants come to sell them at low prices and sell them at high prices. He can completely monopolize the exclusive business, as well as the distribution channels in Wuyuan County, and even the entire Cenzhou business. He can cooperate with Pei Wanshan to monopolize the sale. play!

It really has been in ancient times for a long time, and the brains of making money in the previous life are rusted. Now, with Song Fenglin's little touch, there are great business opportunities here.

Liu Zhan was so happy that he kissed Song Fenglin hard on the face, and then chased after the small mouth that he couldn't forget, and then wiped the gun and let it go.

"Don't make trouble! I have to go out!"

"It's been a long time since I've eaten, let me take two bites." Then he pulled his pants.

Song Fenglin scolded him like he was on fire. "No face and no skin!"

"If you can't come out normally, I'll help you. This thing has to come out regularly, otherwise you won't be happy."

Song Fenglin was ashamed and angry but could do nothing about a certain person with a thicker skin than the city wall.

Afterwards, Song Fenglin buried himself in the bedding and refused to move or pay attention to someone.

Liu Zhan supported his head and played with his long hair that fell on the pillow, thinking that he had to send some people to find a better doctor, so that his body that had been damaged due to injury had to be repaired.