The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1386 The Messenger Arrives

In the Song Dynasty, Chengdu Fulu Xijiang.

Hanyuan, the main residence of Lizhou.

It is the time when the climate in central Sichuan is the coolest.

About twenty civil servants and military generals were sitting in the main hall of the government office wearing spring official uniforms issued by the imperial court.

Sun Leyu, the magistrate of Lizhou, was wearing a scarlet official robe. He was young and had a bright future, but he was not sitting in the main seat at this time.

On the main seat is a general, with a tiger embroidered on the chest of his official uniform.This represents the rank of the third rank in the Great Song Army.

Since Zhao Dongting implemented the military and political reforms, the court system of the Song Dynasty has become much clearer, and there are no longer any vacancies or low-ranking and high-power situations.

The rank of lieutenant general in the army is similar to that of the modern army, and rank nine corresponds to all ranks.

The dresses of different generals are also quite surprising.

For first-class ones, there are only military aircraft orders and deputy military aircraft orders from the Ministry of Military Aircraft in the whole country, and the uniforms are inlaid with unicorn patterns.

Then the marshals of the military regions, as well as some deputy commanders and Du Yuhou, were awarded the rank of second rank, with lions on their dresses.

Some deputy commanders, Marquis of Du Yu, and commanders of the group army are of the third rank, with tigers inlaid on their uniforms.

Then down in order, they are bears, leopards, rhinos, eagles, and wolves.

Ordinary soldiers and old strokes are also divided into first class soldiers and private soldiers.

And the armor of the generals is also equipped with epaulets.On non-special occasions, their level can also be seen from the patterns on the shoulder straps.

Civil officials are also classified according to various patterns.

At this time, the Major General sitting in the main seat in the main hall of the Hanyuan Mansion is Yuan Yinghao, the commander of the garrison army of the Chengdu Mansion.

On the left side of him are the generals in the armies of Chengdu, Jiading, Yazhou and other places.

Among them, since Jiading Mansion is an important town, its commander-in-chief of the defending army is a fourth-rank military rank, and even the ranks of the lieutenants in his army are not low.

Although Sun Leyu, the magistrate of Lizhou, is a fifth-rank official, but according to his salary, he really can't sit in the front.

As for the head of their Lizhou garrison regiment, he was nothing among the generals in the hall.

When everyone was seated, it was Yuan Yinghao who spoke first, his eyes swept over everyone and said: "So far, the Tubo army has been stranded outside Lizhou for nearly two months, right?"

When Sun Leyu heard this, his eyes fell on Zhong Jin, commander of the Lizhou garrison who was sitting below him.

Although Zhong Jin was also called the commander in chief, as the commander in chief of the Lizhou garrison, his military rank was much lower than that of Yuan Yinghao, but it was only a fifth-rank military rank.

Seeing Sun Leyu glanced at him, Zhong Jin with a somewhat gentle aura slowly stood up, cupped his hands at Yuan Yinghao and said, "General Huiyuan, to be precise, the Tubo army is only two months away from pressing our Lizhou border. It's been three days."

"Oh……"

Yuan Yinghao, who was about forty years old, nodded lightly, and said again; "Since the Tubo army suppressed Lizhou, the emperor ordered us soldiers from the Chengdu government to deploy defenses along the lines of Yazhou and Chengdu. , I asked the emperor for instructions, and the emperor asked me to wait for the army to gather in the territory of Lizhou. At the same time, he also sent the soldiers of the Dali Imperial Army to go to Tubo. But until now, there has been no movement from the Tubo soldiers. I would like to submit another memorial to the Your Majesty, please tell your Majesty what we should do next, what are your thoughts?"

There was a little silence in the hall.

Then Sun Leyu stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said: "General Yuan, I am a civil servant, and I am far from familiar with marching and fighting. I just think that if our army continues to be stationed in Lizhou, it will only be the logistics of food and grass. Supplies will cost countless. There is no foreign aggression in Tubo, and it may not matter if they consume some food and grass, but our Song Dynasty is at a time when the war is raging, and it is not worthwhile to confront them like this."

Yuan Yinghao looked at Sun Leyu, "What does Master Sun mean?"

Sun Leyu said: "I think we should not only present the book to the emperor, but also state our interests in it, either fight or make peace, and let the emperor make a conclusion."

Yuan Yinghao looked at everyone in the hall again.

Most of the crowd nodded slightly.

Although the defenders of the Great Song Dynasty were not as elite as the Forbidden Army, they were not cowardly either.After staying in Hanyuan City for such a long time, the generals in the army are actually a little impatient.

Rather than confronting the Tubo army here and wasting food and grass, it would be more enjoyable to take the soldiers to train and exercise in the barracks.

"it is good."

After seeing everyone's expressions, Yuan Yinghao stopped hesitating and said, "Then I'll write the scriptures for this, and then you and I will jointly play the emperor."

The defenders are also responsible for assisting the Social Security Bureau in managing public security and responding to various sudden disasters in the city.He obviously didn't want to continue spending time with the Tubo soldiers here.

But soon, there were flying pigeons flying towards the direction of Changsha City.

At this time, uninvited guests also arrived in Changsha City.He was an envoy of the Yuan Dynasty.

It's just that this time the envoys are no longer led by Wang Yun, but a guy named Li Yinan is the ambassador.

In fact, a few days before the envoys had just arrived at the Song and Yuan borders, Zhao Dongting had already learned that there were envoys from the Yuan Dynasty coming to Changsha.

But until today when the envoys from the Yuan Dynasty arrived at the north gate of Changsha, there was still no movement in the palace.

In the past, when Mayi, Liuqiu, and even the envoys arrived, Zhao Dongting would arrange Chen Wenlong and other humerus ministers to welcome them, but this time, it seemed that they didn't know about it.

When the Yiyuan envoys arrived in Changsha, they were really embarrassed.

Looking at the bustling scene in the city, they suddenly felt rejected.

This made Li Yinan, the great eunuch who was a close minister of the real gold in the Yuan Palace, sigh in his heart. It seems that the previous several attacks on the Song Dynasty had already made the Emperor Song no longer want to make a fuss with the Great Yuan.

He looked at the city with a complicated expression, and when he heard the words Zhen Jin confessed before leaving, he really didn't have the slightest idea.

At this time, Qi Hongda, Yuan's ambassador to the Song Dynasty, finally came out from the city.

He crossed his hands and stood in front of Li Yinan, but his expression was extremely complicated, and he only shouted, "Master Li..."

Also with a sigh.

As the ambassador of the Yuan Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, Zhen Jin did not send a letter asking him to meet Zhao Dongting this time, but sent Li Yinan here, which was enough for him to smell something unusual.

Li Yinan also bowed his hands to Qi Hongda, and shouted in a shrill voice, "Master Qi."

Qi Hongda sighed softly again, stretched out his hand and said, "All envoys please come inside!"

Although the surrounding people of the Great Song Dynasty looked here frequently, no one came close.There was an undisguised hostility in his eyes.

This made Li Yinan and others feel deeply rejected.

Following Qi Hongda into the city, Li Yinan seemed to be talking to himself, "Are the people of Song Kingdom so hostile to us now?"

In the past, "awe" might be used to describe the attitude of the people of the Song Dynasty towards the Yuan Dynasty, but now, there is really only hostility left.

Qi Hongda sighed lightly: "Song State and Xixia have good relations. I bullied the army to Xixia, and the Song State Imperial Army had to send troops to help. This is no secret in Song State. The people of Song State feel that this incident is caused The rise of our Yuan Dynasty, and now, the sound of the whole country destroying the Yuan... makes people tremble..."

Li Yinan frowned slightly and stopped talking.

In this way, it goes straight through the two cities inside and outside Changsha, until the front of the Song Dynasty Palace.

There was a hint of emotion in Li Yinan's eyes.

From outside the city to inside the city, he saw all the prosperity in Changsha city.Living in the Yuan Palace all year round, he really never imagined that the Song Kingdom is now so prosperous.

No wonder... No wonder the spirits of the people of Song Dynasty are different from before.

Qi Hongda walked up to the guards of the imperial palace and said, "Please also inform that the envoys from the Yuan Dynasty have come to see Emperor Song."

Unexpectedly, the general of the Imperial Guard just glanced at him lightly, and said: "The emperor has ordered, so I won't see you."

The attitude can be described as blunt.

Qi Hongda couldn't help being slightly stunned, and then asked, "Why didn't you see me?"

The general of the imperial guards said: "How can I figure out what the emperor is thinking..."

Immediately afterwards, he lightly dismissed Qi Hongda and said, "Our Da Song has nothing to talk to you about."

There was quite a strong hostility in his words, and he looked at Li Yinan and the others quite unkindly.

These days, after Zhao Dongting made public the number of soldiers killed in battle on the front line, it can be said that the voices of resisting and destroying the Yuan in the Great Song Dynasty became louder.

At this time, although it has been some years since the Yuan army committed crimes against the Song Dynasty, the humiliation that weighed on the hearts of the common people has been ignited again without knowing it.

(End of this chapter)