Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 206
Bianjing South Gate.

A young and handsome boy, with a sword on his waist, looked at the mighty Zhou capital, and said with emotion: "The world has been in turmoil for a long time, and now the Central Plains has such a climate, and the trend of unification is complete. The luck of our generation is the luck of the world."

"My lord, can I enter the city?"

A quick-witted boy came up close.

The handsome young man said: "Hurry up and enter the city, I can't wait to meet Mr. Yu Jun, Mr. Yang Shaoshi and Mr. Ping. I heard that Mr. Zhou Zong, a great Confucian of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is also in Bianjing. He can listen to the advice of many great sages, and life is beautiful. It's a pity that Feng Yuan has passed away, so he can't just listen to his teachings."

As he spoke, he beckoned to the entourage behind him to line up for inspection and enter the city.

The handsome young man's name is Bi Shiyuan, his style name is Rensou, and he is from Yunzhong, Daizhou. His family has been officials in Daizhou for several generations. His father, Bi Yilin, also served as the county magistrate of Guancheng, and his family has a lot of money.

Due to the death of his father, Daizhou is remote in the cloud, and the talents are exhausted and there are no good teachers.

Bi Shiyuan was eager to learn since he was a child, but because his stepmother Zhu Shi was still alive, he didn't want to stay away and served around him.

Zhu Shi was reasonable, called Bi Shiyuan to him and said: "To study, you must have a good teacher and helpful friend. My son should go to the south of the Central Plains."

Therefore, the Zhu family gave the savings accumulated by several generations of the Bi family to the young Bi Shiyuan to let him go south to study.

Bi Shiyuan studied for teachers in Songzhou and Zhengzhou, and became good friends with Yang Pu, Han Pi, and Liu Xi, and they were successful in their studies.

This Bianjing will be the last stop in his plan. He will visit Dou Yujun, the leader of scholars in the Central Plains, ask Yang Ningshi, the most famous calligrapher after Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, for calligraphy, and Feng Ping, the eldest son of Changle Lao Feng Dao, for advice on classics. History.

After completing these three things, he plans to return to Yunzhong, Daizhou, to serve Mrs. Zhu, concentrate on learning, and digest the knowledge he has learned over the years.Until a hundred years after the Zhu family, he became an official through the imperial examination and worked for the benefit of the common people in the world.

Talented people like Bi Shiyuan plan their future in great detail.

It's just that he didn't know that Fang had just entered the city, and he was already being watched by others.

The person who saw him was none other than Kong Shouzheng, the inspector general.

This person's boss is the newly appointed South Gate Inspection Envoy Wang Yansheng.

Wang Yansheng was expelled from the Dianqian Division for offending Shi Shouxin. From a general who held military power to a white body all of a sudden, he was inevitably depressed.

After spending half a month in a daze at home, I was summoned by Zhao Kuangyin and knew that I had a new appointment, the position of inspector, and I was even more grateful to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin also told Wang Yansheng to work hard, not to act impulsively, and to think twice before acting.

Naturally, Wang Yansheng promised one by one.

This was a lesson learned once. After Wang Yansheng took office, he didn't dare to mess around, and did his job conscientiously.

But with a deeper understanding of the powers and tasks of the patrol envoy, Wang Yansheng suddenly felt unbalanced.

The inspection department began in the Five Dynasties. It was in charge of training armor soldiers, patrolling prefectures and counties, arresting thieves, and being responsible for the public security of Kaifeng.

There are four inspection envoys under the inspection department in Bianjing City, who are responsible for the four directions of southeast, northwest, respectively.

Among them, there are two markets in the east and west streets of Bianjing City, which are Bianjing Business Center.

Then the north gate is close to the imperial city, where the dignitaries of the imperial court gather, and there is also a Tianshui Lane that is famous all over the world.

The South Gate of Kaifeng is of course a place where the common people and the three religions and nine streams live together.

This gap can be big.

The inspectors of the East and West Gates are given to the big merchants in the East and West Streets as uncles.

From time to time, the inspectors of the North Gate can still prostitute big names in Tianshui Lane for nothing.

He, the inspector of the south gate, faced a group of bitter people, how could he have anything to gain?
Because he committed a crime before, Wang Yansheng planned to keep himself safe.

But when the colleagues are sitting, some people give gifts to flatter them, and they can go whoring for nothing. They are obviously of the same level, but no one cares about them on their side.

How could Wang Yansheng bear this huge difference?
This South Gate Patrol Envoy was originally a very good position, but Wang Yansheng became more and more unhappy the more he worked.

To this day, his subordinate Ma Yuan came to report that a fat sheep had entered the south gate.

"The leader is a scholar, there is a school boy and three grooms driving the carriage, but there is a carriage with two donkeys pulling ten boxes at the back. Judging from the appearance of the boxes, they are quite heavy. I don't know if they are what."

"Ten boxes?"

Wang Yansheng's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Just keep an eye on him and see where he lives."

He rubbed his hands greedily, and suddenly thought of Zhao Kuangyin's advice, "Don't act impulsively, think twice before acting."

Wang Yansheng calmed down, thought about it three times, and said, "Don't let him find out. The troops are divided into two groups. Let people watch him along the way to see who he has contacted and where he has been. The other way is to inquire about this person. Let's see if he has any background and can provoke him."

I have to say that Zhao Kuangyin's exhortations are still useful.

Wang Yansheng really thought twice this time, without any recklessness.

Ma Yuan went home at that point, made a small detour, and arrived at the home of Kong Shouzheng, the inspector general.

Kong Shouzheng is also waiting for Ma Yuan at home.

"Here, Brother Ma, the beef is specially prepared for you. We two brothers, share and eat."

Kong Shouzheng warmly invited Ma Yuan to the house.

Ma Yuan also twitched his index finger. Even in Bianjing, beef is an extremely luxurious delicacy.

The two sat opposite each other, and Ma Yuan explained Wang Yansheng's situation in detail.

Kong Shouzheng listened carefully, and said solemnly: "Then we will wait. Remember, you must be patient and don't instigate Wang Yansheng to do anything. All actions must be left to him. Wang Yansheng is a reckless man, but he Zhao Kuangyin behind the scenes is not easy to mess with. We can't afford to mess with..."

Ma Yuan fanned the smell of beef with his hands, and said, "Brother Kong, don't worry, everything my younger brother does is what Wang Yansheng ordered me to do, and I won't rush ahead when I act, and I won't let him cause trouble."

Kong Shouzheng nodded and smiled.

He has no grievances with Wang Yansheng, but Wang Yansheng's appearance picked the peaches that belonged to him.

Since he was promoted as the inspector of the South Gate, there has been no newcomer to replace him.

The inspector's affairs are naturally in charge of him, the agent of the inspector general.

According to common sense, if the inspector of the South Gate is always vacant, he can be directly promoted if he performs well during the agency period.

Kong Shouzheng acted as the inspector of the South Gate for half a month, and he was about to be promoted. Wang Yansheng's sudden fall from the sky directly ruined Kong Shouzheng's dream.

Kong Shouzheng didn't have much ambition, so he wanted to bear it and let it go.

As a result, Wang Yansheng was greedy and violent, and he regarded the inspection department as a soldier of the Dianqian department.

During the training, they beat and scolded frequently, and they didn't distinguish between the seriousness and the severity, which made the sky angry and others complain.

Following such a boss, not to mention being promoted and making a fortune together, and those who don't let him suffer together are considered Amitabha.

Kong Shouzheng had resentment from the bottom of his heart, seeing this situation, he couldn't help arranging Wang Yansheng with his confidants.

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Imperial Division.

Luo Youdu is inspecting the training of the Dragon Army.

Each of the vigorous soldiers, with their bodies low and flat, was conducting cavalry face-covering assault training under the command of Dang Jin.

The so-called face-covering assault is to protect the arms on the face, and use the big wrist guards on the arms to protect the vitals of the face.

Luo Youdu always thought that the Khitan cavalry were very cowhide, but he didn't know where the cow was.

But after reading Fu Yanqing's notes, he gradually had a certain understanding of the Khitan cavalry.

The Khitan cavalry is indeed strong, but far from as strong as he imagined.

At least during the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Khitan repeatedly went south and beat the army leaders of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

The Five Tiger Generals in the early years: Zhou Dewei, Fu Cunshen, Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan, Guo Chongtao almost regarded Khitan as a bag of experience.

Especially the battle of my old father-in-law's Lao Tzu Fu Cunju Yi Bu Ke Qi, it is simply not too awesome.

When the infantry moves, it forms an army, and when it stops, it forms a stronghold, and the infantry becomes a flower.

As soon as the Khitan army approached, ten thousand crossbows fired a volley, and the arrows covered the sun. This is definitely one of the most classic battles of the Bu Keqi.

If it wasn't for the cheating Shi Jingtang who directly sold Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, with Khitan's strength, it might not be able to defeat those reckless military leaders of the Five Dynasties who simply relied on fighting to continuously upgrade.

People reckless return to reckless, but they can really fight.

Luo Youdu silently watched Dang Jin's training, but he thought in his heart that he had to get some more trustworthy wool, and let him personally give advice to Dang Jin and his Longchamp Army.

Or try to throw Dang Jin into the Tianxiong army of his old father-in-law for training?
Compared with the two of them, Dang Jin was still a little younger, and he couldn't control the speed of the cavalry well.

When fighting against the Khitan cavalry, you must control your speed, otherwise it means that Tie Hanhan, who has no dashing skills in the game, has no temper for a kite when he meets a highly mobile shooter.

The biggest feature of the Khitan cavalry is that they have a large number of people and win by quantity.

They have always maintained that all the people are soldiers, and they can easily gather about [-] cavalry.

In addition to the numerical advantage, there are also their innate riding and shooting skills and Khitan war horses.

The generals of the Song Dynasty looked down on the inferior Khitan horses because of their different fighting styles.

The Khitan war horse is not bad at all. It is a typical northern horse breed. Between the desert and grasslands, it is cold and windy, and the environment is harsh, which makes the Khitan horse generally have a low center of gravity and short stature, but they are muscular and can run and turn quickly. Durability and sensitivity Qi Gao is the most suitable war horse for riding and shooting.

Most of the generals in the Central Plains like to use cavalry to fight in battle, so the taller and bigger the horses, the better, and the horse breeds produced in the West have become the favorites of the generals in the Central Plains.

Most of the war horse breeds bred by the Central Plains Dynasty in ancient times originated from the Lianglong area in the northwest.

Therefore, there is an old saying that Liangzhou Dama is rampant in the world.

Compared with Khitan horses, Lianglong horses are bigger, faster and more explosive.But endurance and adaptability to the environment are far inferior to those of Khitan horses.

Therefore, if you want to defeat the Khitan cavalry on the battlefield, you can only fight at close quarters. First of all, you must resist their bows and arrows. The cover-up assault is designed to deal with the Khitan cavalry's tactics.

But the Khitan cavalry will not let you approach me foolishly. Their horses are short and flexible, and they can easily turn around and retreat.

It is necessary to use Liangzhou Dama's explosive power to catch up with them in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, after a long time, Liangzhou Dama's physical strength will be exhausted, and he will only be beaten.

How to control this speed is the most critical.

(End of this chapter)