Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 670
Jinzhou is the largest state in the southeast of the river. It is located on a major traffic road and was very prosperous in previous years.The Jin army invaded south and plundered a large number of people in the west of Beijing. Those who did not have time to move north were mostly in Jinzhou and Longde Prefecture.Wang Xiaolie went north quickly, and most of these people were under the rule.At this time, Jinzhou was much more prosperous than the state army on Jingxi Road.

On June [-]th, Wang Xiaolie held a banquet in the Changqing Building in the city, and hosted Li Songchen, Liang Qing and other leaders of the Hedong Rebel Army.

In a small courtyard behind Changqing Building, flowers and trees are scattered, and cicadas are singing.In the pavilion by the lotus pond in the courtyard, set up a table with wine and dishes on it.

Jiang Min, Li Songchen, Li Shi, Liang Xing and Zhao Yun came in, saw Wang Xiaolie standing by the pavilion, and hurried forward to salute.

Wang Xiaolie said: "I can hear the names of you guys like thunder. When I saw you today, you are all heroes and promising young people! Today I have prepared a thin feast here, come and sit down quickly."

Li Songchen and Liang Xing hurriedly said, not daring.Following behind Jiang Min, he sat down at the banquet.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Hedong Road has produced famous wine since ancient times. However, most of the restaurants stopped brewing when the Jin people came to invade. What I drink today is the old spirits in our army. I am a person who is not good at drinking. Just enjoy yourself. Do not bother me."

Both Li Songchen and Liang Xing had fought in the enemy's rear for many years, and they were used to hard times.I heard that the wine brought by Wang Xiaolie is like royal wine in their hearts.After listening to Wang Xiaolie's speech, his tongue was full of saliva, and he couldn't wait.

The soldiers poured wine, and Wang Xiaolie invited a bowl.

Liang Xing took a gulp, aftertaste for a while, put down the bowl hastily and said: "Ah, this wine is so strong! I've never drank such a strong wine when I grow up to be so big!"

Jiang Min said: "Xuan Fu said, this is strong wine, how can you drink it like other wines? One bottle of this kind of strong wine is worth ten bottles of other wines, so don't dare to underestimate it."

Wang Xiao said: "This time I came to Jinzhou, all the way along the Yellow River. After passing through so many states and counties, the cooks in our army learned two dishes. One is braised carp, and the other is hot and sour fish soup. Try it .”

After drinking for three rounds, Li Songchen and Liang Xing became drunk and gradually became less restrained.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Jiang Min went to Shenshan County last year and spent a lot of effort. This year, he finally won a big victory. This big victory, the most important thing, has trained a team. According to the current situation, Xuanfu Division It was decided to set up an army in Hedong with Jiang Min as the capital, Li Songchen and Liang Xing as Marquis of Yu. The soldiers of this army were mainly collected from Hedong to cooperate with some Shaanxi soldiers. Since the founding of the country, Hedong, like Shaanxi, has been a An important source of troops for the imperial court. Over the years, the gold thieves have committed crimes in the south, and have not recruited soldiers from Hedong for many years. It should not be difficult to have 3 soldiers."

Li Songchen said: "There are few people in the nearby prefectures. If you add Fenzhou and Taiyuan Prefecture, it will be easier."

Wang Xiaolie said: "We have risen too fast and our foundation is not solid. If we attack Taiyuan now, there will be many difficulties. In the past two years, we have mainly defended in Hedong to prevent the Jin army from going south from Taiyuan. When the foundation is solid, we will have a lot of difficulties later. Prosperity, and then find a way to go north.”

Liang Xingdao: "I have fought against the Jin people all these years, and I haven't found anything special about them. If there are enough troops, it will not be difficult to defeat the Jin army!"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "Brother, that's not how you look at combat power. An army of 3000 people is completely different from 3 people. It can lead 3000 people, and at most three or four of ten people can lead 3 people. .The Golden Army you faced before was mostly 2000 people. From now on, this will not be the case.”

Liang Xing thought about it.Dao: "Xuanfu said yes. In Shenshan County, there are only 3000 Yingying people, and the scale is different. If it weren't for Jiang Zhaofu's effective command, he would really be unable to deal with him for a while. It is said that Jurchen is less than [-], and Manten is invincible , and it’s not all lies.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "5 Jurchen soldiers, if you add Alixi and the army that transports food and grass for them, there will be nearly 15 people, which can be regarded as one side. How can we take it lightly? The Jurchen has a national military force It is about 20 to 10,000. It is not too much, but it is really a lot. With [-]+ soldiers, Yizu can wipe out all the countries in the south of the Yangtze River and pacify the land of Shu. The current Jurchens may not be as good as the Forbidden Army when the country was founded. How much worse."

Liang Xing and Li Songchen nodded, knowing that what Wang Xiaolie said made sense.

Wanyan Yuying's real name is Talan, which is the same name as Wan Yanchang, who had just been promoted to the right deputy marshal of the Jin Army.Most people who are familiar with Jinjun will call it Yuying to avoid confusion.

The Jurchens are invincible, not 1 Jurchens, but a 1 Jurchen army.It is absolutely impossible for a 1 Jurchen army to have only 3 people.Including their auxiliary soldier Ali Xi, there are 5 to [-] people.Plus other slaves, it is likely to exceed [-] people.

Most of the time, Arixi is also the Jurchen.When the battle is tense, Arixi will also fight.Therefore, the calculation of the number of the Jin army is different from that of the Song army.The 4 Jurchen army is equivalent to the Song army's [-] or [-] troops, which is not uncommon.

Li Songchen said: "I have been in Jinzhou these days, and I see Xuanfu's army is very different from other troops. We are villagers and can barely read a few characters. I'm afraid it will not be easy to stay in Xuanfu's army. "

Wang Xiaolie said: "It doesn't matter. Soldiers have a new barracks, and they are all retrained. Officers have a military academy. After a few days of study, everything will be fine."

Li Songchen said: "To tell the truth, Xuanfu, I never even went to school. Later, when I was a county captain, I only knew a few words with the officials. Even if I entered the military academy, how could I be able to read? I think Cao Du commanded the army. In the middle, the generals can’t read, but they can’t do anything.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "Actually, there are many generals like you. You have seen many in the military academy, and you have your own way. Generally speaking, if you don't have much literacy, the military academy will have short-term literacy classes. One or two months. Most people can read one or two thousand characters. Don't worry about it."

Li Songchen looked at Li Shi with disbelief.

Lingshi County is located between Jinzhou and Fenzhou, not far from Lengquanguan, and is in the mountains.Compared with Liang Xing in Zezhou, the conditions are even more difficult.When Li Songchen had the largest number of people, there were more than 2000 people.There are more than 2000 people, and few of them are literate.These literate people are all rural scholars.Not to mention the classics of sages and sages, the poems and lyrics, and even the official documents to the court are full of typos.

In Jinzhou these days, Li Songchen couldn't help being surprised to see that Cao Zhiyan's army had frequent exchanges of official documents, and there were no officials.With the literacy level of myself and the generals under me, I can't even handle daily official documents, so how can I lead troops to fight?

After living for decades, Li Songchen felt that he was able to roughly understand official documents.If he could read and write like the generals in Cao Zhiyan's army, Li Songchen felt that he would never be able to do it in his life.

This is a very real problem.The Jin army committed crimes in the south, and most of the scholars fled to the south.In addition, compared with the Xiangyang area, the people in Hedong are barren and poor, and their cultural level is lower.The soldiers here are obviously much less literate than those in the south.

Unlike the Forbidden Army, Wang Xiaohun's army cannot be an officer because they cannot read and write.Many rebel generals are worried about their future.

Liang Xing was better. Most of his subordinates came from plains and hilly areas, and their education level was relatively high.Most of Li Songchen's subordinates are farmers in mountainous areas, and there are very few people who can read and write, so it is impossible to find another way.

(End of this chapter)