Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 213 Shi Congyun's Happy Life
In autumn, the weather gradually turned cooler, and a charcoal fire was lit at home, making Shi Congyun extremely busy.

"The physical strength I have consumed in the past two days is more than fighting a big battle!" Shi Congyun proudly put his arms around Zhao Shijian and Zhou Xian. The two were flushed and sweating profusely. Look.

Originally, they disagreed, and it was a technical job. If the skin is not thick enough and the brain is not good enough, maybe the fun will become embarrassing.

Fortunately, this is his specialty. Shi Congyun is eloquent, persuasive, and after continuous efforts, he finally got the two to agree.

Shi Congyun could be regarded as enjoying the blessings of Qi people, lying comfortably on the bed and not wanting to move, Zhao Shijian was thin-skinned and urged repeatedly: "Stop making trouble, get up and wash up."

Shi Congyun laughed and jumped out of bed: "I'll ask someone to boil water, you two can exchange feelings."

As soon as he left, the room suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Zhou Xian was very embarrassed. Although she and Zhao Shijian communicated a lot on weekdays, this was the first time for such an exchange.
She was too shy to speak, and even closed her eyes, not knowing how to respond.

At this moment, the other party said first: "We... let's get up first."

"En." Zhou Xian nodded, and the two got up in tacit understanding, even covered their chests with the quilt, and even avoided each other's eyes after looking at each other.

"He is a bully. What he said before must have lied to us."

"Yeah." Zhou Xian nodded repeatedly: "He lied to me back then when I was in Jiangnan."

"Really? How did he lie to you?" Zhao Shijian asked curiously.

Zhou Xian then talked about how he was deceived in Jiangnan, and when he talked about Shi Congyun's cunning and shamelessness, the two immediately chatted endlessly, they had a common topic, and the embarrassing atmosphere was resolved a lot.

The two chatted slowly, and after a while, a servant girl told them outside the door that the two realized that they were not wearing any clothes, and they felt awkward again. After the two courtesies, they finally decided to let Zhao Shijian wash first.

When the other party left, his eyes turned around her chest inadvertently. Zhou Xian was a little shy and proud, because she was indeed much bigger than ordinary women, and my husband couldn't put it down.

Later in the afternoon, Shi Congyun went to look for Fu Liu again. Fu Liu was still very well-behaved, and she would agree to whatever she asked her to do, unlike Zhao Shijian and Zhou Xian, who were even more talkative.

Shi Congyun hugged the well-behaved little girl. Before he knew it, she was already 16 years old, but she was still very young, just a beautiful little lolita, so Shi Congyun was very careful, and planned to have another child when she was older.

With the hygienic conditions of this era, the child mortality rate is too high, and the mother is also very dangerous. At her age, a dystocia would be fatal.

"In a few more years, when you grow up, give me a child." Shi Congyun hugged the little girl and stroked her black hair.

"I think I want it now." Fu Liu raised his head, looking straight at him with watery eyes.

Shi Congyun laughed loudly: "I can't wait for you to have a litter, but not now, you are still young, you have to listen to your husband, it is very dangerous for you to have children now." Shi Congyun stroked her little head.

"Oh..." Fu Jinling was a little disappointed.

Shi Congyun put his hands in from the corner of her clothes, "Come and see, husband, have you grown up?" Jin Ling's face turned red instantly.

"Don't worry, you have to believe what your husband says. I am your husband, and I will do whatever I say. You have to believe it." Shi Congyun groped as he spoke, Sixth Sister nodded blushingly, and quickly lied to his chest.

"There will be children sooner or later, and I won't dislike you because I don't have children. To me, you are more important than children."

Sixth Sister nodded, her little face was already so red that it was dripping water.

"Your pelvis is not yet fully developed, and it is very dangerous to have a baby. After two years, when you grow up, you can have a litter."

"Hmm..." Fu Liu had already trembled.

Shi Congyun didn't go anywhere these days, he just hid at home and didn't see anyone. He knew that many people wanted to see him, but now that his position was different, he had to restrain himself.

Even when Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Wang Shenqi and others came to him, he let them in through the back door.

In the following days, there will be rewards for the entire army and follow-up deployment.

These matters were mainly carried out by the Privy Council, but the front office also needed help. Fortunately, the officials allowed him to rest for half a month, so that Shi Congyun had time to do the things he liked with his three wives. It was rare to relax and enjoy life.

One night, Shi Congyun finally got his wish and asked Zhao Shijian to try out the pose he had planned, and also learned about her meeting with Empress Fu and what they said from the tortured little goblin.

Afterwards, Shi Congyun carefully considered the matter and found that the little woman was very smart.

"To reward you, we will do it again."

Zhao Shijian put his hands against his chest: "It's business."

Shi Congyun had to stop for a while, "Hebei is very important, but I don't have the right person, wait, I think of someone."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand dishonestly, but was held down by Zhao Shijian, and the little lady said angrily, "I want to get down to business."

Shi Congyun thought for a while, and he already had an idea in his mind.

Hebei is really important to the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the history of Zhao Kuangyin’s mutiny in Chenqiao, the person who received the highest reward afterwards was not the Conglong hero who followed him to Beijing with him, but the two brothers who helped him guard Hebei at this time.

This shows the importance of Hebei. With the growth of imperial power, the importance of Hebei's Fu family will inevitably decrease. less and less important.

Power is guaranteed by the army. The Central Forbidden Army has won successive victories over the past few years and has continued to grow. It has expanded to more than 18 people, close to 20.

The growth of the central imperial army was followed by the growth of the imperial power, and with the growth of the imperial power, the power of the local governors would be continuously squeezed, which was inevitable.

Like Li Jun, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, the supervisor sent by the government a few years ago dared to beat and scold him, but after Shi Congyun captured Huainan and destroyed Nanping and Wuping, would he still dare?Don't dare at all, the supervising army sent by the imperial court made life much easier.

The same is true for the Tianxiong Army. As the imperial power becomes stronger and stronger, the gradual decline of the Fu family is inevitable, unless they allow their younger generations to gradually enter the central government.

Shi Congyun thought, Empress Fu is indeed a smarter woman, and she can still think of these long-term things.

A few days later, Shi Congyun had already prepared the people on his side. These two men were originally his own messengers, and they had been asked to send battle reports to the rear for several major victories before.

Moreover, these two people are from Chanzhou, Hebei, and they have followed their historians for a long time. They were his soldiers at the beginning. Shi Yanchao passed by Hebei when he followed Guo Wei to the south. They just joined the army, and now they have followed the historians for more than ten years.

The point is that the two brothers have both read some books and can read and write, which is another important reason why Shi Congyun brought them with him.

One of these two people was called Zhang Zhengtao and the other was called Zhang Zhenghai.

Shi Congyun talked to them and told them about this matter. The two were originally from Hebei, and naturally they had no objection to letting them go back to Hebei, and they both agreed.

Of course, the most important person is Guo Tingwei.

This Southern Expedition also allowed Shi Congyun to see Guo Tingzhi's outstanding diplomatic skills and ability to adapt to changes, and he deserved to be a direct descendant of Guo Ziyi.

This time the imperial court rewarded Guo Tingwei as a training envoy of the Zhengzhou regiment, but did not seal the specific functions. People in the Privy Council also understood that Guo Tingwei was one of his subordinates and meant to let him arrange it himself.

Jiedushi has judges, secretaries, promoted officials, engaged officials, etc., all of which Jiedushi can appoint and remove by himself. Even if they want to report to the court, it is only a process.

Shi Congyun also made up his mind, and made a request to Empress Fu through his sixth sister. Zhang Zhengtao, as the envoy of the Tianxiong Army Jiedushi, Zhang Zhenghai will serve as the general of the Tianxiong Army, and Guo Tingwei needs to lead the foreign army of Bozhou. military.

The armies under Fanzhen Jiedu are classified. Generally speaking, there are Yajun, Foreign Yajun and Zhoubing. The three are collectively called Fanzhenbing.

Fanzhen soldiers and Central Forbidden Army are two completely different military systems, and the relationship between them is very weak. In theory, the emperor can command the Fanzhen Army, but he must have the power to command, and the emperor's power is guaranteed by the Central Forbidden Army. Yes, so it can also be said that the Fanzhen Army and the Forbidden Army have a certain degree of opposition.

The Ya Army is the personal soldiers of the Jiedu envoys stationed in the vassal town government, such as Weizhou where the Tianxiong Army ruled, and the elite of the Xiong Army was stationed in Weizhou that day.

The Foreign Ya Army is also the army of the Jiedushi, but it is not stationed in the government office, so it is not as elite as the Ya Army, but Bozhou is an exception. The Tianxiong Army used to be called Weibo Town. In order to prevent the two states from separating, Wei Bobing also rebelled.

The status of Weizhou and Bozhou is very important. Although Weizhou is the township of the Tianxiong Army, the army in Bozhou will not go anywhere. The conditions put forward by Shi Congyun are actually much more excessive than those of Zhao Shijian.

The state soldiers are the soldiers in charge of the governors of each state, which can also be roughly understood as the police armed in each state, which is incomparable with the internal and external tooth troops of the Jiedushi.

Shi Congyun's request for Zhang Zhengtao to be an officer is to enter the administrative system of the Tianxiong Army, and Zhang Zhenghai is a general of the Neiya Army, which is to enter the Tianxiong Army's personal series.

Guo Ting said that to take charge of the Bozhou Foreign Ya Army is to take over the strongest of the Foreign Ya Army, and the conditions are much harsher than Zhao Shijian's.

Although the Tianxiong Army guards several states, Weizhou and Bozhou are the two most elite soldiers.

He wasn't sure if the Fu family could agree, and he didn't force it if he didn't agree, because next year he would lead an army of tens of thousands to Hebei!

At that time, the officials will appoint him as the recruiter to the north, and all the troops and Jiedu envoys in Hebei will obey his orders. At that time, the Fu family will have no right to bargain with him.

Shi Congyun immediately felt refreshed. At the beginning, he was still a lowly figure in front of the Fu family, but now after several years of hard work, the situation is completely different.

In the next few days, I played some small games such as mandarin ducks playing in the water, water and milk blending with the three beautiful wives, and the whole person also recovered from the Southern War and returned to normal state.

Afterwards, he also began to summon his father Shi Yanchao from time to time, and his subordinates Luqiu Zhongqing, Guo Tingwei, Pan Mei, Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Wang Shenqi, Gao Huaide, Wang Quanbin, Murong Yanzhao, etc. Let's study the issue of the Northern Expedition.

Of course, he didn't reveal that the officials were going to go to the Northern Expedition, but he just told everyone about it in the form of a discussion.

The Khitan was the number one enemy of the Great Zhou, and everyone didn't find it strange.

And because Shi Congyun is now inspecting the front of the palace, the chief of the imperial army, it is logical and reasonable to call everyone to discuss this matter, and the generals should obey his orders.

There is no need to go to the restaurant specifically, but directly summon everyone in the official office in front of the palace outside the north wall of the imperial city.

The officials were very happy when they heard about this incident, and even came to Conggong several times to participate in their discussions.

In the future, Li Gu who came back from the front, Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Wang Pu and others from the court will also come to participate.

What Shi Congyun did was to arrange the tables in a circular shape, so that everyone could speak freely regardless of their status when they sat down, and there were also many psychological hints in the setting of the environment.

He also did a good job. He never revealed his own views, nor did he offer any opinions, and let everyone speak.

In this way, everyone became active in their speeches, and also brought up many things that Shi Congyun had never thought of.

Everyone's opinions are varied and difficult to unify for a while, but everyone agrees on one point.

To attack Youzhou, some rivers in Hebei, especially the waterways near Cangzhou, must be dredged first, so as to provide reliable logistical support for the army.

Shi Congyun agreed with this point.

Most cities are built near rivers, and rivers are also an important logistical force for the army to march.

It is more convenient to fight in the south. The rivers in the south are wide, the water network is dense, and the water flow is sufficient. Almost everywhere the army goes, they can find rivers to guarantee logistics.

Therefore, the need for logistics personnel to fight in the south will be much less. For example, to fight in Huainan, a 20 army only needs about [-] logistics personnel.

But if they go north, a 40 army needs at least [-] logistics personnel or more, because there are few rivers, the water network is not as developed as the south, the water flow is generally small, and the transportation volume depends more on people and livestock.

This is also one of the important reasons why the South has always been difficult to resist the North's attack. The more the North fights south, the less logistical pressure it is; the more the South fights north, the greater the logistical pressure.

Therefore, building the river channel first, so that more ships can go north with the army, can effectively relieve part of the logistical pressure. Although it is still far from the convenience of going to the south, it can at least reduce a lot of workload.

The total number of soldiers and horses dispatched by the imperial court this time will be about [-].

The main force is about [-], [-] are needed to block the flank of the Northern Han Dynasty, [-] to sit in Chanzhou, plus the accompanying Jiedushi army.

Therefore, everyone believes that it is conservatively estimated that 25 civilian husbands and state soldiers will be recruited in Hebei to provide logistics for the army.

Li Gu believes that 40 is needed, and a reserve team is needed.

Li Gu's words are very convincing. He has rich experience in logistics. Li Gu was responsible for the logistics supply in several battles in Gaoping, Huainan, Nanping, and Wuping.

So he put forward his own professional opinion: the rivers in Hebei are too narrow, water transportation is not completely reliable, and the main force still needs people and livestock.

Li Gu also gave an example, if a big ship gets into an accident and blocks the river, it is impossible for you to stagger the boat in the wide rivers like the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River, but it will be blocked directly.

At this time, the reserve team is needed to rescue, otherwise it may affect the battle ahead. If the water transportation is not blocked, the only way is to let the ship go directly into the Bohai Sea.

So no matter how he thought about it, he felt that if there were no accidents, he had to completely exclude the influence of water transportation and only consider human and animal power.

What Li Gu said made sense, but the statement was also extreme.

After careful consideration, everyone felt that Li Gu's words were reasonable.

Finally, after deliberation, Shi Congyun decided that at least 30 civilian husbands and state soldiers should be conscripted to ensure the supply of the army.

At the same time, about 10 people were requisitioned half a year before the start of the war. Before the start of the war, the rivers in Hebei were quickly repaired and widened, so that large ships could enter the Bohai Sea and go northward, or go northward from the river, reducing the logistical pressure during the war.

As for who would do the job of dredging the waterway, everyone thought of one person—Han Tong.

The first ten days of discussions made Shi Congyun a little frightened, and what was frightening was the consumption of the war.

This is the attrition war that Shi Congyun is worried about, which is completely different from fighting the south.

This is just fighting in the north of Hebei. At least there are still a lot of farmland here, and there are many people. The annual grain production has begun to be inferior to those in Jiangnan and Shu due to decades of war, but it is still a lot.

If everything goes smoothly and wins all battles, it will be profitable.

And like the Han Dynasty, they crossed the Yanshan Mountains and went deep into the grasslands and deserts to launch an attack, let alone how much money, food, manpower and material resources would be consumed.

This is actually what Shi Congyun is most worried about. This battle is not only concerned about whether it can be won, but also about whether the current Great Zhou can afford it. After all, the current Great Zhou can only be regarded as a slightly larger separatist regime. That's all.

At the end of the Jin Dynasty, many people scolded him for exploiting the people and not being popular with the people. In fact, he also suffered. He relied on his small territory to fight against the huge Liao Kingdom.

There are winners and losers in the war, but the Jin Dynasty can't afford it at all.

Khitan once lost in the south can come for the second time, and if they fail to please the second time, they can come for the third time. Anyway, they can lose, but the Jin Dynasty can't afford to lose. In the end, the Liao Kingdom invaded Daliang City and wiped out the Later Jin Dynasty.

It is impossible for one or two wars between major powers to determine the final victory or defeat, although only the most critical ones will be recorded in history books.

There is not a military gap between the Liao Kingdom and the Later Jin Dynasty. Although the Later Jin and Liao Kingdoms fought on the defensive and suffered greater losses, they still won and lost each other.

The gap lies in the territory, population, and comprehensive national strength of the two countries. The huge and unified Liao Kingdom can be consumed slowly, but the later Jin Dynasty, which has not unified China, cannot afford to consume one side separately.

What Shi Congyun is most afraid of is that Da Zhou will fall into the predicament of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Once the high-level leaders of the Liao Kingdom made up their minds to fight them to the end, the Zhou Dynasty could only passively follow them. The separatist regimes such as Houshu, Southern Han, Southern Tang, Northern Han, and Wuyue, which were lying beside them, would be powerless take into account.

However, the current situation is that the arrow is on the string and has to be launched. This battle must be fought. If the determination is made, he must go all out and strive for the best. He can no longer think about the future, and can only comfort himself. There is a way.

Shi Congyun felt unprecedented pressure. It has been more than five years since he came to this world, and he has never felt so anxious now.

　Liao

　　As the great worry of Shi Dashuai, the Liao Kingdom is not simple. The first empire of the nomads is of great significance to the Asian nomads.

　　In the past, the nomadic peoples had Sinicization, but they all started to Sinicize after going south. After Sinicization, they gradually transformed into farming peoples, and gradually most of them were called Han people.

　　Among the nomadic peoples such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei on the grasslands, there is a tribal alliance system, a loose organization of various tribes, and a primitive system. It is not an empire at all, and the direct relationship between the various ministries is loose and cannot be coordinated.

　　However, the Liao Dynasty carried out Sinicization reforms on the grasslands. Relying on the Han people who fled to the north to avoid disasters caused by the wars at the end of the Tang Dynasty, they moved the imperial system of the Central Plains to the grasslands.

　　So I say it is the first nomadic empire in the true sense. From then on, empires began to appear on the grasslands, which had a profound impact on the many nomadic tribes they ruled. For example, the Mongolian tribe was originally ruled by the Liao Kingdom.

　　The nomads under the imperial system have their original mobility advantages, and they also have the war mobilization ability and war resilience of the Central Plains Empire, which is not comparable to the tribal alliances on the grasslands before. fundamental.

　　In the end, Guozuo of the Liao Kingdom died for more than 200 years, largely because they had no foreign enemies, and the biggest foreign enemy, the Northern Song Dynasty, reconciled with them.Without stress it begins to rot internally and eventually becomes vulnerable.

　　In fact, the failure of many powerful empires in history is almost like this. Once they are united on the basis of a stable and feasible system, it is very difficult to defeat them from the outside. Only internal corruption is the most deadly.

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