Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 594
At this time, the door creaked open, and Zhu Pei came in with a cup of tea. She put the cup of tea on the table and said with a smile, "Did you dare to face us and escaped here early?"

"Why are you afraid to face it?" Fanning was a little confused.

Jupe pointed to the table, and Fan Ning noticed that there was a copy of "The Letter" on the table. He picked up the "Letter" and looked at the date. It was yesterday's newspaper. When he read the content again, he suddenly screamed bitter.

The headline on the front page was "Xiao Fan Xianggong enters the prime minister to pay homage to the commander", which means that he will go to Hebei to command the Song Army and the Liao Army to fight.

Fan Ning's face was bitter, and he said for a while, "I just found out about this today. If you all object, I don't have to accept this appointment."

Zhu Pei shook his head, "If you don't accept it, you will be a deserter from the Song Dynasty and will be spurned by the people. We will not object, but you hope that you can think about your own safety. For example, today, the majestic commander of the Song Dynasty army even has a guard None, and you still have to call ox carts on the street, if spies from the Liao Kingdom find out, my husband, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Today was an accident. I mainly considered that Zhu Long and the others are old, but they have no wife or heirs, and they don't even have a family. I also thought that Ganjiang Island lacks loyal and skilled people, so I sent the four of them to Ganjiang Island. , who would have thought that I would be taken into the imperial court as soon as I entered Beijing, and I would be asked to go to Hebei to take over from Han Ge, a series of surprises."

Zhu Pei said quietly: "I didn't mean to blame my husband, but I was very worried. Hey! Zhu's family still has some dead men with high martial arts skills, but in the old house in Wujiang, let Sister Jian stay with you for a few days! Sister Jian is here , I also feel relieved."

Jianmeizi returned to Putuo Mountain Plum Blossom Temple shortly after Fan Ning arrived in Quanzhou and served as the temple master, but she was always excluded by several junior sisters. In addition, she was not very good at dealing with people, and the female disciples in the temple did not listen to her. In anger, he resigned as the temple master, and returned to Quanzhou at the beginning of the year to join Zhu Pei. Now he is practicing in Fanning's mansion while protecting Fanning's family.

Fan Ning nodded, with a few ordinary attendants and Jianmeizi protecting him in secret, it was almost enough.

He drank a few sips of tea and felt hungry, so he got up and said with a smile: "I'm a little hungry, let's have dinner!"

The family finished their meal happily, and the children went to evening class, which was to practice calligraphy, and Fan Ning returned to his study.

He took out a map of the confrontation situation in the Liao and Song Dynasties. This is a map of the situation of the battle between the Liao and Song Dynasties in Hebei during the Song Zhensong period. He then compared the map of Hebei to carefully figure out the confrontation situation at that time.

At this time, a maid said outside the door: "Officer, there is a visitor outside, and he said that he hopes you can meet him."

Fan Ning was taken aback, and asked, "Who is it?"

"He is a very energetic old man. He said he is called Yang Wenguang."

Fan Ning laughed, "I know, please ask him to sit in the outer study, and I will come right away."

Fan Ning knew that once he returned to Beijing, he would be watched by people, and sure enough, the first person was Yang Wenguang, who he hadn't seen for many years.

Fan Ning changed into his hospitality clothes, and walked to the front yard, where there was his outer study, which was actually the place to receive important guests.

Fan Ning walked into the yard, and immediately saw Yang Wenguang sitting in the lobby drinking tea. He bought this Cuiyun Building from Yang Wenguang. Yang Wenguang was only in his early 50s at the time, and now he is in his [-]s.

However, he looks very energetic, with a feeling of being old and strong. In history, Yang Wenguang was a late bloomer. Song Yingzong only started to use him after he ascended the throne. Song Shenzong Zhao Xu also valued him very much. In the end, his ambition was unrewarded and he died at the age of 75. At the age of [-], it can be regarded as a lifetime military career.

Yang Wenguang is currently serving as the cavalry commander of the Dragon Guards, in charge of [-] cavalry.

Emperor Zhao Xu accepted Fan Ning's opinion, and implemented changes from simple places first. At the beginning of the year, the military system reform was carried out, the military system was simplified, and the wartime military system and the peacetime military system were combined into one. Then mess up and reorganize, so that the generals know the soldiers, and the soldiers know the generals, avoiding the confusion in the past.

Divide the 40 Imperial Army, 20 Xiang Army, and 20 Frontier Army into sixteen guards. Each guard has 5 troops. Chief soldier.

Commander level is equivalent to the original commander, there are 2000 people, if they are stationed alone, they are called general soldiers, if they are stationed together with the army, they are called commanders.

Then below the commander is the battalion general, and below the battalion general are the escort and team leader.

Du Yuhou and Yuhou are still retained. As the deputy generals of the capital control and control, the term of the command is four years, and the term of control is five years. , the generals will not be separated.

In addition, the Liuya and Staff Battalion were set up under the capital control, and there were six officials under the control, who were in charge of military affairs as civilian officers.

Fan Ning walked into the lobby and said with a smile, "I kept General Yang waiting for a long time."

Yang Wenguang quickly stood up and saluted, "I came here uninvited to disturb Mr. Fan's rest."

Fan Ning was a little helpless. Mr. Fan was just a joking name at first, but now everyone called him Mr. Mr. Fan, even Yang Wenguang, who was always serious, also called him this way, and it became an official title.

"Old General Yang, you are welcome, please sit down!"

Yang Wenguang sat down, and Fan Ning asked the maid to serve tea again. He asked with a smile, "I've been overseas for a long time, and I don't know much about the situation in the court. What position does the old general have now?"

Yang Wenguang bowed slightly and said, "I am currently in command of the Dragon Guard Army, belonging to the Imperial Army, and in charge of [-] cavalry."

Fan Ning's eyes lit up, "But the war horse from Kunzhou?"

Yang Wenguang nodded, "Of the [-] horses, [-]% are from Kunzhou, and the other [-]% are from Qingzhou Racecourse."

Before opening up overseas horse breeding lands, the Song Dynasty itself also raised war horses. For example, there were horse farms in Qingzhou, Yuanzhou, Central Plains, and Shandong Peninsula in Shaanxi Province, but the scale was not large, and they were mainly raised in captivity. Unlike Kunzhou, with a cold climate, practiced wild breeding and raised high-quality Kunzhou horses.

Yang Wenguang knew what Fan Ning was interested in, and smiled again: "Don't worry, Mr. Fan, the Kunzhou horse is very powerful, extremely fast, and has good endurance and good load-bearing capacity. It can be used as a heavy cavalry. We all call it a horse." It's a horse."

After Yang Wenguang praised the Kunzhou horse again, the conversation between the two turned to serious business.

Of course, Yang Wenguang went to the Three Treasure Hall for nothing. He got the news that the Dragon Guards would not be transferred to the front line. He was a little anxious. He was already over sixty years old. If he didn't seize this last chance again and again, his life might be over.

Of course he couldn't change the court's decision, but Fan Ning could. As long as Fan Ning asked the Dragon Guards to go to Hebei by name, the emperor would definitely agree.

Yang Wenguang faltered and stated his intentions, hoping that the Longwei Army would also be transferred to Hebei.

Fan Ning understood the purpose of Yang Wenguang's visit. He didn't promise anything, but smiled slightly: "The old general has been a soldier all his life, and his father and grandfather have two generations of famous generals. I wonder how the old general thinks about this battle with the Liao army?"

The Tanyuan Alliance has been abolished by the Liao Kingdom. Before a new alliance agreement is reached, the Liao and Song Dynasties are in a state of war, and a fierce battle will break out at any time.

Yang Wenguang immediately excitedly said: "This time is the golden opportunity for Song Dynasty to recover Youzhou. We can't blindly defend, we must take the initiative to attack, but frankly speaking, our cavalry is still relatively weak compared with the Khitan cavalry, except for better equipment , all kinds of techniques and tactics are not as good as the opponent, I think we should advance step by step, with the city as the center, fight to advance and defend the city, and it is best to divide the troops to attack."

"Shouldn't it be to concentrate superior forces to fight against the enemy?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"That's not the case. The battle between us and the Liao Kingdom is actually a battle of national power. The prosperity of Buddhism in the Liao Kingdom has consumed a lot of money and food from the treasury. Yelu Hongji is even more extravagant, which has driven the luxury and pleasure of the nobles of the Liao Kingdom. There are a lot of luxury goods in Song City. Just look at the border trade market last year. More than [-]% of them are all kinds of luxury goods. The consumption of various spices is no less than that of Song Dynasty.

The humble official guessed boldly that this time the Liao Kingdom went to war against the Song Dynasty because of the sharp internal conflicts in the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Hongji provoked the war against the Song Dynasty in order to divert domestic conflicts.

But the national power of the Song Dynasty is ten times that of the Liao State. As long as we use our national power to compete with the Liao army, and don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, we will definitely have the last laugh. "

Yang Wenguang's suggestion and Fan Ning thought of going together, using national power to consume each other, he asked again: "What other good suggestions does the old general have?"

"I suggest launching an offensive next spring. When the Yellow River thaws, even if the Liao Kingdom sent surprise troops southward, they would not be able to cross the Yellow River and threaten the capital. As long as the capital is safe and sound, then it would be useless for the Liao Kingdom to send surprise troops."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "It seems that the old general is really wasting his talent if he doesn't go to fight in Hebei."

Yang Wenguang was overjoyed, and stood up to salute, "The humble job will definitely not disappoint Mr. Fan!"

(End of this chapter)