Shao Song - Vol 2.3 Chapter 2

Chapter 402 Zhuma

“Hurry up!”

“The whole army keep up!”

“Don’t wait for the pawns, bring dry food, ride on the horse, and find a horse to load the armor, and the whole army will go north!”

“Throw down those pots and horse spoons! You are in Taihangxing, Zezhou is so big, you don’t need a horse spoon!”

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first lunar month, just a few days after the tenth year of Jianyan, the ice and snow had not melted, and the river had not been opened. On the plains on the north bank of the Yellow River, Wangwu Shandong, and the southern Taihang Mountains, countless cavalry were marching eastward in a hurry. Make a mess.

“I don’t know the heavenly palace, what year is this eve?”

In this chaotic scene, surrounded by several knights, on a hillside somewhere in the north, there was a majestic armored general straddling an exceptionally majestic war horse, uttering absurd words.

of course is a paradox.

After all, at this moment, it is the time of the New Year. This situation and situation are clearly in turmoil. This place is obviously the old place of Hanoi and the boundary between Meng and Huai.

No matter from which point of view, this phrase is too uncomfortable.

However, many high-ranking officers around the general seemed to count as one, and they all understood the deep meaning of their own verses… Now that most of the imperial cavalry army, is it “I don’t know what year is the palace of heaven, what year is this evening?” ‘?

That’s right, the man who chanted this sentence was that the imperial cavalry commanded the song, and many of his accomplices were also officers of the imperial cavalry, and these commanders of the imperial cavalry who were known as both civil and military Therefore, to approve this phrase is nothing more than the situation of the imperial cavalry at the moment is in line with the artistic conception of the phrase Dasu Xueshi.

In addition, in order to prevent the main force of the Jin army from crossing the Yellow River in Hunnan, the heavy cavalry of the imperial cavalry and a part of the eight-character army under Li Qiong, a total of more than 30,000 people were thrown on both sides of Zheguanxing as a precaution. Participating in the critical battle between Daming Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion, the imperial cavalry army was very dissatisfied at that time.

But now, with the two loud noises a year ago, the Daming Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion opened the city together, and the situation was completely changed. In a few days, the flow of good news was usually sent from the north, and the imperial cavalry simply learned the information passively. Even more dissatisfied.

It’s like being thrown behind the head, and it’s like being isolated from the core warfare. Anyway, there is a sense of fear of being abandoned.

As I said before, it’s much harder for the high-level imperial cavalry to be both civil and military. How do they not know what it means from the military and political aspects of the Taiyuan Mansion and the Daming Mansion’s change of hands? How can I not know how those soldiers who accompanied the army under Taiyuan City and stayed at the side of Queshugu for consultation, including the Xianggong, Mige, and Gongge in Tokyo, will show how these two big victories will be portrayed in the Dibao ?

But what then?

Then this big victory has nothing to do with them!

The Daming Mansion was commanded by Yue Fei, and then Zhang Rong and Tian Shizhong were all nestled in that big stockade. They couldn’t hide their merits, and others couldn’t get rid of them. When the city of Taiyuan was broken, everyone was there, and your imperial cavalry was separated by hundreds of miles.

At this time, isn’t the poem by Dasu Bachelor right now?

However, no matter how dissatisfied everyone is, they must not complain about the official and central arrangements, so they can only stop by poems, and then quickly change the topic.

“Is it time?” After a period of silence, Liu Qi, deputy commander of the imperial cavalry army, looked at the army moving forward from the hillside, obviously a little disturbed.

“It’s hard to tell.” Control officer Zhang Zhongfu frowned. “We are cavalry, but the north knew that it was two days earlier than us. Zezhou must be ours. It’s hard to say about Lund Mansion.”

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t we have a trip to Bairao in this battle?” Liu Qi couldn’t help taking a long breath when he heard this.

“What do you say about the vice capital?” Zhang Zhongfu obviously misunderstood and tried to comfort him. “We are cavalry. We are supposed to be used for field battles. It is good to have credit for winning the city, but if you have lost all these vain spaces, why bother too much? Right now, we will fight in the wild in Hebei!”

“Field battle may not be able to fight.” Liu Qi whispered to reveal a piece of news that was only known to all levels. “The logistics cost is much more than the previous plan, and it will last three more months at most… This is why Qu Dutong would rather get a whip from the official family before trying… You said, if the golden guy retreats decisively , He directly gave up all the places in Hedong and Hebei and retreated to the city of Yanjing. Then, considering spring ploughing, if the officials are pushing the boat along the river, what should they do if they stop their troops for a while?”

Zhang Zhongfu’s expression remained unchanged when he heard the words, but he was shocked in his heart. He immediately reined his horse to take a few steps forward and came to Qu Duan’s side.

After all, it’s his own direct line of the Xifu. The Qu Duan riding on the new’Iron Elephant’ has no choice but to nod slightly: “Vice Liu is all telling the truth… But according to my Qu Da’s point of view, the decisive battle is still to be fought… …Because the battle is up to this point, the officials have no reason to stop. If they stop, let go of the Golden Army Brigade, and send troops again in two years, it would be a waste of military resources and manpower.”

Zhang Zhongfu nodded slightly, but after a little thought, he made a serious request: “Tongtong, no matter what, it’s always right to move forward to Longde Mansion soon… Jin Jun lost both Daming Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion, Longde Mansion is sandwiched in between. It’s a dead place, there is absolutely no reason to stick to it, it is always a credit to get it…How about the warlord in front of me personally?”

Qu Duan thought for a while, but couldn’t refuse, so he immediately nodded: “Go…Hurry back, but be careful!”

Zhang Zhongfu immediately responded, but he went downhill, and rushed away with a few confidant officers.

As soon as the people left, Qu Da was beside Liu Qi and only Xia Houyuan’s guards, so he couldn’t help but turn back and complain: “Why tell the people below… I was in a mess, isn’t it even more chaotic now? It’s not that Jin Jun loses its combat power after losing two cities. If he encounters one or two brains and loses another game, who is it?”

“Why do you blame me?” Liu Qi shook his head again and again. “It’s just like this, if I don’t say, could it not be messy? Besides…”

“Besides what?” Qu Duan stared at the troubled army below, perfunctorily.

“Besides…” Liu Qi sighed for a while behind. “To Tong, let’s say something of conscience, just rely on Kansai’s actions that day. It’s really hard for you to ask for a big hunch, but you can’t stop the people below who want to go further, right? It’s me, although I don’t expect to be mixed. , But why don’t you not want to build merits, so that you can ask for grace in front of the official, so that your brother can have a good result? He is still just a pardoned white body, consciously ashamed of the family. And, is it just like our cavalry? Me? I don’t believe in Wang De’s that he doesn’t want his eldest son to have a bright future, and he doesn’t want his second son to return to the army to get a favor! Although you are difficult, everyone is average!”

Qu Duan sighed, knowing that the other party was telling the truth, so he stopped talking, and the cavalry below continued to march in chaos.

Not to mention the thousands of miles away, Qu Duan, who quickly sent troops after receiving the information, only talked about the Zhao Guan’s side in Taiyuan City. Although Wu Jie’s arrival had shed military responsibilities, but a few days later, he was still very busy.

First of all, we still have to participate in military meetings, and we still have to come on paper.

Secondly, in addition to military discussions, the Zhao official’s family has been walking around with nearby ministers and ‘for consultations’ these days, so as to comfort the military.

For example, on the morning of Lunar New Year’s Day, Zhao Guan’s house, who washed his hands, ate with the wounded in the city. Not only that, in the afternoon he sent Wang De to lead his army to attack Dingxiang and Yanmen in the north. Give up the inner city and return to live in the big camp outside the city.

On the second day of the new year, he went to the city again, participated in the city defense and repair activities, and carried soil and repaired the city together with Yang Yizhong.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, he personally patrolled the private husband’s camp, condolences the former private husband, and even wrote a family letter in Chinese for a party veteran, instructing that party veteran’s wife to be careful of the cow belly at home. Calf in the house.

All kinds of behaviors, there are many.

Of course, all of this was done under the eyes of countless courtiers, guards, and many Southeastern’for consultations’ who are good at writing stories…He took more than a full-staffed commander wherever he went. Entourage.

I can only say that as long as Zhao Guanjia is not embarrassed by himself, it is someone else who is embarrassed.

“To defeat the war.”

Back to the front, on the afternoon of the fourth day of the first lunar month, after a round trip from the military camp, Zhao Jiu, who got the news, entered the city to participate in the military meeting. When he saw Wu Jie, Han Shizhong, and others, he blurted out and spoke surprisingly.

“Why did the officials say this?”

In a strange silence, Wu Da, who was still yellow, bit his head and answered the official.

“Taiyuan city is broken too neatly, the army is arrogant.” Zhao Jiu avoided the main seat and sat aside, calmly said.

“There is indeed such a concern.” Wu Jie burst into laughter. “But please make sure that arrogance is arrogance, but Taiyuan City is so easy to succeed. The overall situation is controlled by your majesty. It is also true. There is a reason for arrogance… Besides, this kind of national war is a matter of victory or defeat. This is normal, as long as it does not affect the overall situation, some things are actually that way.”

Zhao Jiu thought about it in the room, but it is indisputable. Besides, he has always trusted Wu Jiu’s several handsome officials in military matters, so he stopped talking about it, and just asked the military situation seriously: “I heard Yelmah didn’t want to go down when he saw the first level?”

“So that the officials will know.” Wang Yan turned from one side, facing up. “It’s not just unwilling to drop, but also returned the head of the messenger instead of the head.”

“He is a Khitan, what on earth does he picture?” Zhao Jiu sneered. “With the capital in his hands, he went to Xiliao, Yelu Dashi can make him a great king of the North Court, only half a head shorter than a few surnamed Xiao, and better than Yelu’s foresight! On the contrary, he stayed in the Kingdom of Jurchen, a Jurchen Can you treat him sincerely?”

“This kind of thing is hard to say, but if you hold it in one breath, you don’t care about life or death.” Li Yanxian, who stood with his hands on the side, couldn’t help but interject. “The war is like tides, the waves are raging, and the mud and sand are falling. This is the tone that makes people worse…”

“It makes sense.” Zhao Jiu was also thoughtful, but for some reason, he only said this and didn’t say much.

Moreover, Wang De led an army of 20,000 to the north to attack Dingxiang and Yanmen, and under the Yanan County King Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Ma Kuo, Wu Jie, and Wang Yanju stayed in Taiyuan City to take control. They were also in front of the imperial court, and the officials were speechless. Although the hall was full, it was difficult to answer for a while.

After a while, Zhao Jiu, who realized that he had affected the atmosphere, shook his head, and no longer expressed any emotion, but continued to ask the military situation: “Yeluma Wu is unwilling to let the road go, what about the deadly Sa Liyue?”

“Return to the official.” This time I changed to Li Yanxian to report… Obviously, there is a tacit understanding between these handsome officials, and they have their own responsibilities and division of labor in the imperial court. “Sa Liyue is still muffled, guarding the city tightly.”

“He doesn’t believe that Taiyuan is already off?” Zhao Jiu raised an eyebrow.

“There is no reason not to believe it.” Li Yanxian said sternly. “A few Meng’an and dozens of Muke’s heads in Taiyuan City were sent to him, as well as reinforcements sent to replace Li Fudu Tongxiang Qingqi Siege. He shouldn’t believe it…”

“That’s pretending to be dead.” Zhao Jiu didn’t know whether to laugh or to be angry. “This kind of character is also common… blocking ears, not falling or fighting, sitting and waiting to die… Knowing this, no matter what the result is, I can’t forgive him, and Wushu can’t forgive him, but still Don’t dare to move… Does that mean?”

“I am afraid that is the case.” Li Yanxian said concisely.

“It’s also a trouble.” Zhao Jiu was also a little helpless. “What else? How about east and west, south and north?”

“Longde Mansion in the south has asked Li Li to send his army cautiously…” Ma Kuo answered this time.

“Is it to give Qu Duan and the Yuying Cavalry a face?” Zhao Jiu shook his head in response, but was too lazy to speak. “How about the north?”

“So that the officials know that the defenders of Xinzhou in the north do not believe that Taiyuan has fallen, and the resistance is tight. However, Wang De Nasi is still a good man. After leading his troops, he fought fiercely in five games in two days, but he also won one after another. Zhai, Chitang Pass, and Shiling Pass have all been taken, and it should be close to Xiurong, the capital of Xinzhou. Xiurong takes it again, and Dingxiang is right in front of him…” This time it was Han Shizhong to report. “If you take Dingxiang, you can enter the Yanmen Gate and threaten Datong.”

“In this way, it can be considered as progressing smoothly.” Zhao Jiu nodded, noncommittal, but looked at Wu Ji with some doubts.

Without him, the city of Taiyuan is under, and following the current progress, all directions are in a state of sweeping, and this kind of sweeping will not be able to sweep it out for a while. As for the postures of Wanyansa Liyue and Yelvmawu, although they were a bit unexpected, they weren’t surprising in the war years. Just just say it… Then, this time, I specifically called him over to join the military discussion in the city. What did you want to say?

Of course Wu Da knows it, and he immediately bowed his hand forward and said the fundamental reason for inviting the official Zhao family to participate in this military meeting: “So that the official family will know that there are general discussions…Yanmen and Datong are certainly going to be taken, but since Xinzhou’s progress went smoothly, but Jingxing’s Yelv Mawu was unwilling to descend. Can an army be sent from the north of Wutai Mountain, to Puyinxing, and out of Pingxingzhai (Pingxingguan)… If it succeeds, the Jinjun will inevitably be in chaos. Jingxing will not break down here immediately…What’s more, our army has a huge margin of military strength in Taiyuan Hedgehog, so there is no reason to throw munitions here.”

Zhao Jiu was silent for a while, and then asked: “Who is this’general officer’ specifically?”

“It is Wang Sheng, the deputy capital of the Zuo Army of the Imperial Camp.” Wu Jie did not dare to hide it.

Zhao Jiu nodded. This person should be pleased to fight, but he was still noncommittal: “Then you guys think this is feasible?”

This sentence is still nonsense. If these people think it is not feasible, they will not call him.

“After the ministers waited and discussed, they thought it was feasible.” Sure enough, Wu Jie bowed his head to the right, as expected.

“If this is the case, let a few bachelors make an order.” Zhao Jiu’s expression remained unchanged, and he nodded in agreement, but said something. “Who is Wang Sheng or who and how many people to take? You can discuss it yourself, and Wu Jie can summarize the resolutions and report to me… However, it seems that I entrusted the rear to the sages because the sacreds can not abolish the public privately. In the same way, you must put the military first and not delay your military strategy.”

This is not a serious sentence, and it can’t even be called a warning, but Wu Da still hurriedly agreed, and the rest of the Jidu also expressed their opinions.

And Zhao Guanjia just smiled and didn’t care, and immediately after the military discussion ended, he left calmly.

However, Zhao Jiu did not go out of the inner city of Taiyuan all the way to the south of the city. Instead, he asked most of his officials and entourages to go straight back. He and Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan took part of the imperial squad. Lema left the west gate and arrived at the shore of Fenshui. Only then did Lema slowly drive south.

In other words, it is already after the New Year’s Day, and it is reasonable to say that the freezing period should end at any time, but this kind of thing still depends on the face of God, and Fenshui is still frozen in fact, as if waiting for a specific spring breeze.

Zhao Jiu walked south along the river bank, and within sight, he could see many soldiers rushing to and from the bank… That was normal fetching water, fishing, and cross-river communication, transportation of supplies, etc…. So, OK. Going to the southwest of the city, which is the remaining gap after the explosion a few days ago, the official stepped down again and talked with the soldiers who fetched water here. Knowing that the ice layer did indeed become thinner, he did a little bit. Instruction, let these people be careful to melt the ice.

does not get tired of it.

After the conversation, he walked north to the place where he was stationed at the foot of Taiyuan City. Seeing Daying ahead, Zhao Jiu didn’t know why. He just sighed immediately, and he was stationed at the station just like that day. By the side, he didn’t move anymore… Only this time, he turned his back to the city and looked at the glacier and the barracks in the opposite direction.

Of course, they can meet each other completely. No matter where they are facing, there should be no Jurchen cavalry coming to battle again this time.

Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan still understand the disposition of Zhao officials, so they didn’t care about it at the beginning.

However, seeing the sun sinking to the west, the sun went straight down, only Hui was left, and the Zhao official family remained motionless…Moreover, the two of them could see clearly that the official family did not intend to watch the sunset… they became somewhat helpless.

So after waiting for a while, Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan looked at each other, and then they agreed to divide the work-Liu Yan turned around and went to the camp to find more people to make the necessary preparations, while Yang Yizhong took the initiative after hesitating for a while. Step forward and ask for a moment.

“Nothing… I just don’t want to join the camp.” Zhao Jiu was also frank. “I don’t like the atmosphere in the camp these days.”

Yang Yizhong, who had already noticed something from the subtleties, was not surprised: “The officials are still worried because it is so easy to break the city that the army is too arrogant to hide. Will there be defeats?”

“Almost!” In the sunset, Zhao Jiu finally turned back and laughed. “But the atmosphere in the army is actually not just arrogance. What I am upset about is actually not just arrogance and defeat.”

Yang Yizhong thought about it right away, and said one thing: “Shu Chen is dull, the atmosphere in the army is really not simply high morale. When the army is calling for battle, he usually sees the situation as good, and he is blind and lax… …I can’t think of extra things.”

“Of course you can’t notice it.” Zhao Jiu smiled easily. “The superfluous part of the bad atmosphere I mentioned actually refers to the fact that after the city broke that day, the upper and lower levels were more blind and awe-inspiring to me… This kind of atmosphere, I am afraid that I can only perceive it even more. Be clearer.”

“Isn’t it a good thing to be afraid of the officials?” Yang Yizhong hesitated and asked in a low voice.

“I can’t tell if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.” Zhao Jiu turned his eyes back to the military camp under the afterglow of the setting sun, and then sighed slightly. “It is reasonable to say that whether the Northern Expedition succeeds or fails, after the war, I still want prestige to do great things. At this time, the army is afraid of me, of course it is a good thing. It was when I broke the city that day. His demeanor also has a bit of going smoothly, unintentionally borrowing things to build a blessing… But the fear I want is not such a superstitious fear!”

“The minister is dull.” Yang Yizhong seemed to understand, but he understood a little bit in his heart, but he didn’t know what appropriate words to say.

“What stupidity?” Zhao Jiu laughed again. “If you don’t even know my thoughts, then you are really lonely… What I want is for them to know that it is gunpowder~www.mtlnovel.com~ but I understand that it was after hundreds of experiments. Get the best formula of gunpowder, knowing that it is four or five years of accumulation and forbearance, only then did you create the kind of fear of this movement!”

At this point, seeing Liu Yan come with a few close ministers and a group of civil servants with torches and the like, the official paused slightly, and then added another sentence: “To put it bluntly, I think they will treat me as me. Adults come to fear, not as gods.”

Suddenly under the Yang Yi Center…This is the same as he thought.

This is the only way to say that…it’s hard to say if you are a courtier, nor can you say if you are an official.

“Let’s go, it’s so cold, don’t cause so many people to be frozen by the river.” Zhao Jiu made a few words, after all, facing Liu Yan, he went back to camp.

Under the afterglow of the sunset, Yang Yizhong also hurriedly followed.

I can only say that regardless of the so-called overall situation, nine years of Jianyan have passed, and the Zhao official family does not miss it. The ten years of Jianyan have arrived, and the Zhao official family did not particularly welcome it.

PS: Thank you for your cuteness.

Happy May Day, everyone…By the way, if the official event is to be written, what do you want to watch?

(End of this chapter)