[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

The following year, in January of the ninth year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen, the emperor of Song Dynasty, formally handed over the letter of credence to the envoys of the Liao Kingdom who came to celebrate the New Year with a kind smile, requesting to buy the three prefectures of You, Zhuo and Shun.

In this year, after nearly seven years of honeymoon between Song and Liao, they finally showed each other's fangs. The conflict between each other has disappeared, but it was Song Xianxian who provoked, which was unexpected by all the vassal states.

It is also because of this that the king of Liao can be said to be furious.

Since the flames of war ignited on the Liaodong Peninsula two years ago, there has been no peace in Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Longxu, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, knew very well that this was because many ministers felt that he was old.

He is 59 years old this year, and he got sick last year. Because of his illness, even though the news was kept secret, he still wanted to bite like a beast caught by someone.

"I'm not dead yet!"

Yelu Longxu threw the Song Guoguo letter brought back by the envoy to the ground. He paced back and forth and pointed at the document, his anger surging but he couldn't express it. He felt dizzy for a while. "Buy land?"

"Buy land!?"

"Wu that kid, how dare he tell me to buy land?"

"It's still Sanzhou!"

"Where did he get the guts? Who gave him the guts? Is he the old man who only knows how to make alchemy? Or the grandfather who just went back to shit? Or that group of courtiers who only know how to read?"

The man's gaze lingered in the room like a trapped animal for a moment, and then fell on the face of the returning messenger. He walked up to the man, squinted his eyes, and said in a very low voice, "Tell me, who gave him the courage?" ?”

Although his words were gentle, the envoy knelt down in fright, and the two battled. , Lu Chen never opened it!"

"Haven't opened it? Then why do I want you!" In a rage, Lord Liao kicked the envoy on the shoulder and lifted him to the ground.

Seeing this, a Hanchen next to him thought for a while, and said, "My lord calm down, I'm thinking... Is this a temptation by the Song lord?"

His words attracted everyone's attention, Yelu Longxu suppressed his anger, he turned around and strode back to the throne, and said, "Tell me, what do you mean?"

The Han courtiers came out and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty was ill in the winter of the next year. At that time, the news was strictly blocked, so there must be a delay when the news reached the State of Song. For a while, the State of Song must not know what is going on with our Lord, so I sent this letter." Probing."

"You mean..." Yelu Longxu pondered for a moment, "If I get so angry that I overreact, I will feel guilty...By the way, to use that word, you will be harsh and soft inside, right?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

"What you said makes sense."

After calming down, King Liao's eyes pierced away like lightning. He has been king for many years, and as the owner of the most powerful dynasty on this continent, he has accumulated momentum. Isn't it embarrassing?"

"Your Majesty." General Yi Liao took a step sideways, "Shouldn't I fight him first, beat him to the ground and then send this letter back the same way? Why not just nail it to the top of their city wall as a deterrent?"

"Hmm..." King Liao showed a thoughtful expression. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a courtier who had never spoken, but showed hesitation on his face. When he turned his eyes, he had an idea, "How about you?" Have something to say?"

After being called by name, the courtier slowly stood up in the hall, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the words that Song State returned to Xia State more than [-] years ago?"

At this time, King Dangxiang had been deprived of his title by Zhao Zhen and turned into Lord Xia. Dangxiang also lost his other name of Xia Guo, but this courtier still called him Xia Guo, obviously not paying attention to the edict of the king of Song. His attitude did not surprise the officials in the court, and it was obvious that this was also a customary attitude.

And his question made King Liao look puzzled, "20 years ago..."

He raised his head slightly, lowered his eyelids, and slowly brushed his beard with his fingertips, revealing a thoughtful expression.This time point is too long ago, and it is a matter between Song and Dangxiang, so he has forgotten it for a while.

But when someone reminded him in a low voice, "The Prime Minister at that time was Wang Dan", Yelu Longxu immediately remembered, "What Qing said, could it be that Li Deming borrowed food from the Song Dynasty?"

This happened four years after the Chanyuan Alliance. At that time, the Lord Song was not the little emperor he is now. He remembered that the party members were famine at that time, so he wrote a letter to the Lord Song "asking for a million millet".

It is a request, but it is actually a threat.

At that time, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was still engaged in the matter of enshrining Zen in Mount Tai, and his prime minister, Wang Dan, directly returned "a million millet to the capital" and ordered Deming to take it.It frightened Li Deming back so abruptly that he changed from a wolf cub to a dog cub again.

It is natural that this subject will not be groundless when he brings up the old matter again at this time. Emperor Liao understood his thoughts after a short turn of his mind. Wonderful~"

He said three tricks in a row, and seeing that anyone in the tent was puzzled, he explained in a good mood, "In the past, Song said to Dang Xiang, [The millet is ready, take it yourself] scared Li Deming, put his tail between his legs and ran away. Jump up, today, I also said to Song [the land deed is ready, take it yourself] and see what they want."

Everyone in the arena was stunned, applauded one after another, and even a Liao general clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it is too difficult for them to come to my capital. If we make it easier for them, didn't they say they want you, Zhuo, and Shun?" States? Let’s just say that the land deeds are in these three states, and you can get them yourself if you have the ability.”

His words caused everyone in the venue to burst into laughter. Even the Liao Lord pointed at him and narrowed his lines. Seeing that the emperor's mood changed from anger to joy, someone immediately clasped their fists and said, "We are brothers, how about you?" How about letting him step aside and say that the land deed is at the border?"

"General, this is absolutely impossible," he said, causing the conservative civil servants to frown, and a young man who looked like a Han stood up and frowned and said, "If it is really placed on the border of Song and Liao, the Song people will give it a go. , if we really got the title deed, what should we do?"

"If you gave the land because of this, wouldn't you be wronged?"

"Hey—Master Xiao's words are wrong," a general of the Liao Dynasty stood up before Yelu Longxu could speak. To practice their martial arts skills, in contrast to Song Bianjun...every autumn and winter, they start to play something, to play ice games."

As soon as he said this, the Liao officials who knew the inside story also nodded repeatedly and said, "It is said that they still rely on this to go to Bianjing to participate in the competition and get bonuses for military expenses."

There was a lot of laughter in the arena, obviously this joke has become a "secret" known to everyone, and then another Liao general came out and said, "Not only that, they didn't conduct drills, but went to raise pigs, Your Majesty doesn't know about it, The pigs raised by Song Jun are delicious, and their skill in raising pigs is much better than dancing with swords and spears!"

"Oh, have you eaten?" Yelu Longxu raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was no expression of joy or anger on his face. The Liao general coughed dryly, "That's not true, but I just heard from the brother who changed the frontier army. This pig was pulled by the Song army." It was sold in a market. They didn’t know who they sold it to at first, they were bought by the brothers through the merchant’s channel, Song Jun didn’t know that it was eaten by our frontier army, it’s really a surprise.”

"Hmm." Emperor Liao pointed his chin up and motioned for them to continue, "I heard that the Song army was extremely careless. They even let the soldiers wash their own clothes, burn bricks, and chop pig grass. In this way, there is only so much time for training in a day. ? How can they defeat our Liao Kingdom's million soldiers?"

"Master Xiao, look at such soldiers, what do they use to obtain the land lease? Do they rely on the pigs they raise?"

As soon as he said this, the audience laughed again. Emperor Liao shook his head with a smile, raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then he said, "In that case, I will write a letter myself and return it to the little emperor Song."

When the waiter offered the ink and the emperor opened the scroll, he shook his sleeves and said while writing, "Didn't the little emperor of Song attract a large number of Yan people before?"

"I like Yan so much, so I will put the land deeds of the three lands in Yandi, and put them in our Xijin Mansion. If you have the ability, you can get it yourself."

"Don't say that my elder brother bullies him. If he really has the ability to get the land deed, I will give him away for nothing, hahahahaha!"

"Your Majesty is wise—"

All the officials bowed down one after another, with very relaxed expressions on their faces, and some even grinned loudly. Of course, in this state, no one noticed that there was a mocking smile on the lips of one of the officials.

Half a month later, this provocative letter was sent to the capital of Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen unfolded the letter in the small study. After reading it, he was not angry, but smiled a little, "It was actually talking to Wang Xiang." It's the same as Wang Qing's plan."

Wang Dan, who was praised so much by him, frowned and smiled, "Your Majesty praised me, but this is just a small way. At that time, it will still depend on the generals attacking the city."

"President Wang doesn't need to be modest." Xia Anran said with a smile, "Prime Minister Wang's plan can avoid the counterattack that the soldiers will face at that time. We are standing on the peak of morality again. No matter how the Liao Kingdom reacts, Song Dynasty will stand firm. defeat."

He turned his eyes slightly, and the light in his pupils flickered, "If you can take these three states, plus Yingzhou and Mozhou under our control, you can gain a firm foothold in Yan, and then Tutan and Ji will be able to keep the Liao army out." North of the Great Wall, west of Taihang Mountain."

"Kaifeng is safe."

Now Liangzhou has been taken back by the Song army, and after several years of operation, it has achieved small results. The reconnected Hexi Corridor has also re-delivered horses and pasture resources to Song.

The importance of Yanyun Sixteen States is actually very simple. It is divided into two parts, one Yan Qizhou, which occupies the North China Plain to the south of the Great Wall and west of the Taihang Mountains, and lost this place in the north of Bianjing, the country of the Song Dynasty, except for the Yellow River. There is no shelter outside, if Liao wants to, he can cavalry go south, and it only takes a few days to rush into the border.

In order to prevent this, the Song army had to hoard a large number of soldiers and food on the border. The cavalry's charge ability in the plains was too strong to avoid. Of course, the Song army did not have other actions, such as planting trees. This method can beautify the environment, conserve water and soil, and stop cavalry.

It's a bit troublesome for my own people.

In addition, the "cloud" composed of Kyushu is mostly on the Loess Plateau, which exists attached to the Outer Great Wall. For the Song Dynasty, its defensive pressure is not great, but it only cuts off the horse transportation line of the Song Dynasty.

Now Song State has regained healthy and vigorous horses by squeezing places and resources from the same party and establishing a trade port with Tubo.

But it is not enough to have empty horses. The cultivation of war horses must give them enough space to run. Da Song must have pastures for them to run. Previously, Xia Anran thought of creating facilities similar to modern playground tracks for horses to run. In a short period of time, it meets the needs of running and training, but at the same time, horses are not good at teamwork, and the center of gravity of the horseshoes will be biased when running circles, which is far less effective than straight running or group running.

Short-term exercise may be feasible for civilian horses, but it is useless for military horses.

From the current point of view, the Song Dynasty has no way to completely take back the entire territory of Liangzhou from the Dangxiang people in the near future, but it doesn't matter. He has to be a master who can beat Cao Wei before he can get back up.

And General Cao Wei Cao, the old general who should have died of illness last year, is now leading troops for a walk in the finally recovered Hexi Corridor and buying war horses every day. Noisy, Hubu Shangshu is going to annoy him to death.

The eyes of everyone in the small room were heavy. They looked up at the Song and Liao map hanging on the wall by Zhao Zhen. There were a large number of lines added to it because of the victims of Youzhou disasters. Among them, the emperor melted five lines with a Chinese ink pen.

Three roads travel by land from the east of Taihang Mountain, and two roads travel by sea from Bohai Bay.The final meeting point is the Xijin Mansion in Nanjing of the Liao Dynasty, which is the ancient Youzhou.

Xia Anran took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.

The operation of sending troops to sea this time is extremely important. It is related to the backup of the Liao army and the cutting off of its material lines. If possible, it can also gather some of the forces of the rebellious Liao army. I ask them to "help" and delay it for a while.

The waves in Bohai Bay are not small, and are significantly affected by the monsoon. To safely land, the Song army must avoid the northern waves in winter and the southerly waves in summer, especially during typhoon seasons.

He did know that Emperor Liao would die this year, but he really couldn't remember when he died. As far as the current situation is concerned, Emperor Liao is still alive and well.If he remembers it, he can use it. Sure enough, he will hate the book when it is time to use it. In the future, he will never blame the history teacher for making people recite the date. How important the date is.

He said to the emperor who was looking at him with gentle eyes, "My brother checked the water scriptures, and the best time for Bohai is from March to April."

Zhao Zhen stood up slowly, "Since that's the case... let me predict the date of the expedition."

Everyone in the arena was stunned. The day of the expedition is extremely important in this era. It can almost be said that a good time to travel can determine half of the outcome. Of course, if this day is chosen wrong, it will naturally become a very good throw pot object.

But now the emperor said that he would bear half of the result if he was to divination the battle time.

Everyone's eyes fell on the emperor, and many soldiers had tears in their eyes. The emperor took a deep breath, "I will fast for three days, take a bath and change clothes, and ask God for help."

In the ninth year of Tiansheng, on the tenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, it is advisable to sacrifice, travel, break ground, and bury, and do not take other things.

But it was on this day that the five armies of the Song Dynasty all set out to attack the north. This action greatly alarmed the government and the public. All the transportation was covered up by commercial activities. In addition, there were many escort teams of the Song Army flying the military flag of the subordinate army, so the domestic spies mistakenly regarded the escort of a lot of grain and grass as the normal activities of the Song Army's tertiary industry, and did not pay attention to it.

This still has to boast about the delivery method using cartons as the medium.

Compared with wooden boxes, cardboard boxes are lighter, but they are also quieter. During the transportation process, weapons are placed among light and sound-absorbing goods such as reeds and rice straws. In addition, the wheel marks are much shallower. As the main delivery of goods, the judgment of the stalls has been blurred to a great extent.

Most of the grain and grass escorts use refined feed. Although the freshness of the processed feed has declined, the transportation volume has been greatly reduced. A lot of low-key.

Even in retrospect, these spies couldn't figure out how the Song army had deceived their eyes and experience to complete the pre-war material transportation operation.

In this battle, Zhao Zhen boldly recruited new recruits, especially his subordinates who had three first-class fighters and two top-ranked talents were all put on the battlefield. Except for the Northwest Army which still had defensive forces, even the Forbidden Army was suppressed. A large number were dispatched to the front line. In this battle, a solid 30 troops were dispatched, and many of them were generals and officers and soldiers carefully cultivated by the Song Empire.

It can be said that if he loses, Song Ding will be seriously injured.

This crazy act shocked the whole country, but before anyone could say anything more, Song Yixin's determination to take back Yandi greatly inspired the whole country.

In the past, the Song Dynasty also repeatedly used troops, whether it was against Jiaozhi or Dangxiang, they all ended in victory. In addition, the media propaganda in the past few years has been sufficient, and the atmosphere among the people is extremely passionate.

A country that always wins wars and always gets benefits after victory, when it is ready to go to war again, most people will not object, even if there are voices of opposition, they will be quickly suppressed , Of course, this kind of suppression is only temporary, it all depends on the results of the battle.

If the first battle was lost, or if the result was unfavorable, the suppressed evil wind would immediately turn around and overwhelm the entire audience.

Everyone knows this.

The court was very quiet for a while. Now that troops have been dispatched, it is useless to say anything at this time. All the people in the court have developed and transported strategic materials to the north. The west and south cannot relax. At the same time, we must stabilize the country and prevent domestic instability. Forces take the opportunity to create chaos, especially religious forces.

Whenever there is war, it is the time when religions wantonly absorb wealth. Fortunately, all major religions have records in the local area. Who is in charge and who is a fanatic is recorded in the small books of the local bureaucrats. As long as they pay attention Some stools are not easy to cause trouble.

The Privy Council and the Ministry of War were so busy that they kicked the back of their heads. As soon as the battle started, the Song army was rushing towards the Liao army's defense line, and there was a stalemate for a while. This kind of stalemate was the time when the logistics reserves were most tested.

Not only have reserves, but also appease the common people.

The Ministry of War was already busy with the transportation of weapons, and they never expected that they would receive requests from all regions to join forces to join the battle.

What are you doing! !

The Minister of the Ministry of War, who was full of foam, threw the memorial on the table, "Please fight? What are you kidding, how many of them can still fight?"

"My lord..." The Minister of the Ministry of War is also one of the first two seniors. "After the war broke out, all those who were retired from the frontier army and the imperial army in the Xiangbing sent a letter requesting reinstatement."

"I can go to him..." The Minister of the Ministry of War swallowed the nonsense words that almost blurted out, "These veterans are all wounded and disabled, why are they rejoining the army! If they want to rejoin the army, they have to ask the frontline if they want it!"

He didn't care about the waiter's hesitation, and waved his hand, "Tell me what's going on with them. At that time, they tried their best to join the soldiers. Why do you want to go back now?"

The servant coughed dryly, "Master, have you not been home for several days?"

"Go home? Why go home, my root will grow here!"

"That's no wonder," the servant said with a smile, "Now the streets are full of singing, and my lord will definitely hear it when I go home."

"Song?" Minister of the Ministry of War frowned, suddenly thinking of the fear of being dominated by the song "Wen Zhan" back then, "What song?"

He also just asked casually, but unexpectedly the servant cleared his throat, and opened his mouth to say, "Wolf smoke rises from the mountains and rivers to look north, dragons rise from horses, and their swords are like frost,..."

The Minister of the Ministry of War was shocked to see his adjutant singing. The arrangement of this song is not retro, but both the lyrics and music are powerful and the rhetoric is simple and popular. Although he joined the Ministry of War, he was also born as a civil servant. Words fell.

He scanned up and down twice, and suddenly hit the desk table, "It's such a sigh, and I'm speechless, with blood and tears in my eyes." He took a deep breath, as if thinking of his bloody heart but was killed by the man in Chanyuan. The years blocked by the League, "Has it been 20 years..."

"To be exact, twenty to seven years." The servant also sighed.

Twenty-seven years ago, soldiers from the Liao Kingdom went south. The first emperor did not want to fight, but avoiding it would destroy the country, so he had to go to the front line.When the three bows and crossbows turned the tide of the battle with a breakthrough blow, how excited was he, who was only a junior official at that time?

But when the letter of peace talks came, he was so speechless. When the Chanyuan alliance was signed, wouldn't his eyes be filled with blood and tears, and he would take a deep breath to cover his tears?

He has never been full of ambitions, and he has never thought of sending troops to the north. He only wanted to enjoy himself after Chanyuan, and he was content with the Tao.

As the minister of the Ministry of War, he knew all these things, but if he knew, what could he do.

Empress Liu was in power, although there were no major mistakes, nor great achievements. The female family members of Empress Liu were naturally fond of defending and not attacking. He waited and waited, and the weapons in the waiting arsenal were rusted. When the township soldiers were abolished and weapons were reduced, his heart became cold.

Finally, he waited.

Wait until the day when someone shouts "I would like to defend the land and open up the frontier".

At this moment, Shangshu of the Ministry of War felt exhausted all over his body and disappeared. He took a deep breath and stood up, with his hands behind his back.

"My lord?" The servant was puzzled.

"I've been sitting for a while." Shang Shu's voice was hoarse, "I'm going to find a bathhouse to take a bath and refresh myself."

The servant looked at the Minister of the Ministry of War who hurried out empty-handed, shook his head with a smile, and felt that the old boss would not come back for a while. In fact, he thought too well, the Minister of the Ministry of War did not walk out of the gate of the Ministry of War at all.

The gate of the Ministry of War was blocked.

A number of soldiers were at the entrance of the military department wearing armor, and when they saw Shangshu coming out, they immediately surrounded him, "What are you doing?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War encountered Liu Niang's siege a few years ago, and now he saw another similar situation and felt a headache, "Don't you also want to return to the army?"

"Uh...yes!" Several men hesitated for a moment and then puffed out their chests. Seeing Shangshu immediately showed doubts, they immediately slapped their own strong chests. Let's go back."

"Yes, my lord, we don't ask too much, we can walk to the front line."

"Yes, my lord, you see we still have our own armor."

...and speaking of the armor...

Shangshu, who was a little dizzy due to lack of sleep and lack of sleep, frowned, and immediately realized that something was wrong. The armor on these generals was not made by the Song Dynasty officials, but more like armor ordered by small workshops or rich households themselves. , no matter the thickness or hardness is far from enough, it is entirely because the wooden armor is covered with a layer of iron.

This kind of armor is only a little bit better than not wearing it, "It's just nonsense!"

Hubu Shangshu's beard flew up, he stared at the people in front of him, "Are you really an honorary retiree?"

"……Uh……"

"Tell the truth!" Facing the low voice of the minister of the Ministry of War, these young people were still stubborn, seeing the minister sneered, "Have you read "Letter with Love?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he said, "The standard spear-lifting movement that Muniang practiced after entering the camp, can you show me?"

As he expected, these young people looked at each other and then started to move sparsely. There were many mistakes in posture, strength, and angle. Standing aside, but to their surprise, Shang Shu didn't say much, just waved his hand to signal them to go in through the side door and sign up at the conscription office.

This unexpected situation made the young people stunned. They thought they would be stopped if they were exposed, and they were even prepared to persuade the people in the Ministry of War!I specially found a scholar to write it, and it was always difficult to memorize.

"Accident?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War hummed, "All those who come to me to sign up are Xiang soldiers. If you want to go to the front line, you are in the wrong place!"

He pointed to the Privy Council, which could be seen from a distance, "If you want to go to the front line, you have to go there."

The young people looked at each other in dismay, then cupped their fists at the Minister of the Ministry of War, picked up the weapon on the ground, and ran towards the direction of the Privy Council. When he came back, he made a special trip to the Privy Council. Sure enough, he saw that the entrance of the Privy Council was tightly blocked. The recruitment is open, everyone should start with Xiangbing, Xiangbing has to go to the Ministry of War to sign up】Information.

And the people who just came over from the Ministry of War said they didn't buy it. The young people gradually became angry, and the defense area of ​​the weapon in their hands was rattling. Vice envoy.

The Minister of the Ministry of War bowed his hands to the man from a distance, with a particularly coquettish and unrestrained posture, and then quietly disappeared, hiding his achievements and fame.

There was a lot of noise in the back, accompanied by "My lord, why can't we go to the front line? We are so strong that we can plow the fields all day without panting!"

"My lord! I am stronger than him. I can plow for two days without breathing!"

"I can... Cough, although I can't breathe for three days, but my father named me Yanyun back then, my lord, look at how good my name is, and how predestined it is!"

"That's right, so you should stay here even more. It's auspicious for Yan Yun to stay in Song Dynasty."

"Oh, Li Ermazi, if you say one less word, you will die, won't you?" "It's not that you will die, but you will suffocate to death." - All kinds of loud voices. The mountains of official documents also have the motivation to solve them.

It is not so easy to conquer the north in one go. What he can do now is to keep the supply chain going. Fortunately, the main battlefield is not far from Bianjing. It plays a sufficient role in transportation and reduces the pressure on the horses.

Although donkeys and mules are not as powerful as horses, their advantage is that they are also part of the grain and grass. After transporting them to the Northland, they can add meat and vegetables to the frontier army, and it can also save the consumption of supplies when returning to the city.

The disadvantage is that there is always a return journey, which makes them unclear about the situation in the north.

Now that the army is still in the Song Dynasty, if they successfully cross the river and break through the defenses of the Liao Kingdom's frontier army and enter the enemy's belly, it will be the time to test them the most.

At that time, there may also be a flood of the Baigou River... Take this into consideration.

The Minister of the Ministry of War walked and thought, until it was suddenly dark before he raised his head, and saw a young man in a plain white gauze robe standing in front of him with a smile on his face. Turned around in a circle before bowing down to "King Pingnan."

"Xu Shangshu." Xia Anran nodded, with his hands in his sleeves, his posture was calm, "I don't know if Shangshu lacks animal power to transport food?"

The eyes of Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly lit up, and he made a gracious smile, "I'm really ashamed. This battle is sudden, and we are beyond our strength. It would be great if the prince can help."

"This king is here for this." Xia Anran frowned, "I want to donate [-] cows for military pay." He paused and said, "In the name of [three] shopkeepers."

"...not in the name of King Nan?"

"Of course."

"..." Minister of the Ministry of War thought for a while, and said, "This is not where my authority lies... I am not in charge of purchasing, let alone money, but at this time the situation is special, and the Ministry of Households is also impatient, so I overstepped my authority once. , in the future make an appointment to plead guilty to the officials."

Hearing this, the young man's brows and eyes stretched, and he looked at the minister of the Ministry of War with a hint of ambiguity in his eyes, "If your lord is afraid of accidents, you might as well make an announcement to the public and ask the people to supervise it."

The Minister of the Ministry of War was stunned, and after a moment of careful thought, he suddenly showed a clear expression. He shook his head with a chuckle, and said, "The prince's plan is excellent. I should accept a sum and make a public announcement. The money is two, and the donor is free." It won't leak."

The two faced each other face to face, and they both smiled knowingly after seeing each other.

The author has something to say: Wang Dan has indeed done this. In fact, Dangxiang has always been an unfamiliar wolf cub. Li Deming came to ask for food, and Wang Dan said directly: The food is in Kaifeng Mansion. If you are so brave, come here.

In fact, the civil servants in the Northern Song Dynasty were very rigid, ahem.

The importance of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is divided into left and right halves. The dividing line of the Taihang Mountains and the right is the main defense of Beijing. Taking it down can push the Khitan people beyond the Great Wall, and the defense of the entire plain will be replaced by a few lines of the Great Wall. Pass defense, and a small part of gorge defense can save huge military expenses.

On the left side, the mountain range itself is the main area, and the defensive pressure is not high, mainly because the horse trail is cut off.

Of course, the most essential reason is that Xixia broke the racecourse.

So the most serious thing is to take Yan, but Yun can let it go for a while.

As long as Yan wins, Kaifeng is worry-free.

If there is no Yan, if you want to develop with peace of mind, you will definitely have to move the capital, but Song is very dependent on shipping. If Kaifeng is moved to Luoyang, it will be at least half of the depression, and there will be many people who oppose it, so we need to build Greater Luoyang first.

... It's too troublesome. The author chooses the front bar (rolling up the sleeves)

The logistics of the Song Army has always been a big problem, especially when it was mainly transported by horses and horses in the Northern Song Dynasty.

By the way, some people may not understand, isn't there a lot of donkeys in Song Dynasty, why can't they be transported?

Let’s put it this way, first of all, horses and donkeys can’t be walked together. It’s better for modern horses to be well-informed, but the first reaction of many horses when they see a donkey is to explode. It probably feels like: what kind of monster is this? !

If you want to understand... you can imagine that there is an orangutan sitting in the classroom one day during class.

I remember seeing this report, but I can’t find it now, but because I saw it at a glance, I was deeply impressed. At that time, it said that many horses, especially the "imported horses" in the article, absolutely cannot accept donkeys and mules. It doesn't work either, if you see it, you have to pick it up.Therefore, during transportation in ancient times, mules, horses, and donkeys basically could not walk together.

Of course, you have to ask, since the horse sees the donkey going to blow up, where did the mule come from... This question, one is that when you let the horse fuck, it is actually not easy to let it see the mating partner, it is all about blindfolding or With the help of tools (cough), the other is that spring comes with its own filter, and the other is to raise it for a period of time until everyone is familiar with it.

So in the later stage, we can actually walk together, but as animal power, horses are better than donkeys and mules, but you also know that horses are too precious, even cavalry are reluctant to ride horses when they are not fighting. Horses used as animal power are inferior Or old horses, usually donkeys and mules. The latter two eat less and work much better. The disadvantage is that they are very poor in obedience, especially donkeys are particularly bad-tempered.

But it can be eaten =w=

A large part of the Xiang soldiers are retired from the Imperial Army and the Frontier Army, so they can occasionally be reinstated, eh.

In the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of War was in charge of the box army + material delivery, and the Privy Council was in charge of the frontier army and the forbidden army, and there are three other government offices, so I won’t say much here!

(To be reasonable, I think the official nouns of Tang and Song Dynasties are a bit difficult to remember)

The picture that Xia Miao saw yesterday was Huaying's memory, and it was passed on because the emotion was too intense.

In the original work, Shang Bai Yutang died when he shot through the heart for the third time when he explored the sky tower. There was no bones left, only the locust stone was left. It should be really dead, because the soul of Yutang appeared later in the article. The description, but "Seventh Five-Year" itself is a line of life and death (forced refutation)

Huaying is the second setting of TV, so it was set to be taken away by the people of King Xiangyang.