The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

When you draw your bow, you should draw your strength.
Use arrows as long as possible.

If you shoot the man, shoot the horse first.
Catch the thief first to catch the king.

Although this is a principle that has remained unchanged on the battlefield since ancient times, it is also extremely difficult to do.

How can a strong bow and long arrow be used? Only a strong man cannot do it.

How can a horse be easy to shoot? Why do the light cavalry not charge, but cruise and harvest? It is to guard against flying arrow weapons.

Is Wang Yan easy to capture? If it is easy to capture, there won't be so many consecutive battles, just capture the opponent's coach directly.

The anesthetic prescription presented by Wu Yong contains seven herbs, including Naoyanghua, Gooseleaf, Zushima, Jiulixiang, Wentiancao, Jianxuefei, and six auxiliary drugs.

All six species are slightly poisonous.

The main drug is called Drunken Horse Grass.

Drunk horse grass is also known as horse tripe, broken intestine grass, drunk horse bean and spoon grass. It is poisonous.

It grows on river flats, lake basins, grass flats and salt-derived soil in desert areas. It can be found on both sides of the Yellow River and grows in Hexi, Shaanxi, Hedong and other places.

Shandong didn't have it, so Huangfu Duan didn't develop this kind of anesthetic in Liangshan. It wasn't until he followed Zhao Tong to overthrow Xixia that it was created in Hexi.

Without the flavor of drunken horse grass, there will be no immediate effect. Although it also has some anesthetic effects, it takes a long time to take effect and requires a long wait.

Even if you have drunken horse grass, if the proportion is wrong and the cooking method is wrong, it will not produce immediate paralysis effect.

Zhao Tong held this prescription and felt ripples in his heart. This is an important weapon.

Used to treat horses, it can save many internal diseases of war horses, because it can quickly operate on horses.

When used on the battlefield, in addition to heavy armor, other types of cavalry will be affected.

Although horses are not as easy to shoot as expected during a confrontation, after all, except for heavy cavalry, most cavalry are guerrillas, but as long as the opponent forms a formation to attack, they will definitely be able to shoot.

The Song Army had specialized archers, which had been established to deal with the northern nomadic cavalry, but their effect was not that great.

Because many times, the light cavalry does not charge head-on, and even if the horse is slightly injured, it does not actually affect the battle.

But with this anesthetic, it's different. As long as you scratch some skin, it will have an effect, especially on the horse's legs, which will affect the horse's running.

Taking a step back, if the other party knows about hemp, if the cavalry is cautious and does not approach, then the hemp can also be used as a deterrent. With this thing, the other party will be wary. Once the nomads can no longer use their cavalry, There is really no advantage, and even if the combat power is directly cut in half, it is nothing to say.

Even if the other party has some countermeasures, finds some antidote, and can feed the horse in advance to prevent it from being poisoned again, it doesn't matter. War is often fought with a time lag.

From the discovery of narcotics, to shocking research, to coming up with a solution, it may take a long time, and by that time, many battles may have been fought, and the other party may have been wiped out. So what if he can figure it out? Even if you come up with it soon, there is still a time lag, and you will get the upper hand on the battlefield. One step ahead will determine the outcome of the war with a high probability.

Zhao Tong held the anesthetic prescription in his hand, looked at Wu Yong and said, "Has this prescription ever been leaked to others?"

Wu Yong bowed: "Your Majesty, I have never revealed anything to others."

Zhao Tong looked at him and said nothing for a long time.

After a few breaths, Wu Yong seemed to have woken up and said again: "Weichen, Weichen actually didn't look at this recipe carefully. He was just curious when he saw that Huangfu Duan's attempt was effective, so he asked him to write down his reservations. Already...already Don’t remember anything.”

Zhao Tong nodded: "Jia Liang, you and Huangfu have made great achievements this time. When the war is over and you return to the court, you will be rewarded according to your merits and... you will be promoted to a noble rank!"

Wu Yong was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. He had no official position at this time. Although Zhao Tong opened the Tiance Mansion in Hexi, he did not place any official positions, including Song Jiang and others. Although they were all called generals, they were actually just like aides. exist.

But this time it was different. This time Zhao Yan returned to the court to take over the throne and regent the world. If he really wanted to be appointed an official, it would only be for actual duties. He had to wear a robe, hang a fish bag, and make seals to record the officials.

Before Zhao Tong left the capital, he only granted six titles: Liu Suiyun, left prime minister, Lu Junyi, privy envoy, Tan Zhen's bodyguard commander, commander of the military division, Du Bodian, former commander of the division, and Li Gang, the ambassador of the Northern Roads. Except for these few, Huang Jue's honest visiting envoys from the south did not seal anyone else.

Although there is no further seal, everyone understands that this is to wait for the end of Jingbian. Once the battle with the Jurchens is over and the opponent is driven out of the country and the army returns to the court, then rewards will be based on merit.

But now that he had promised Wu Yong and Huangfu Duan a reward in advance, it was different in the eyes of everyone.

Because although looking at the situation, one wants to go back with a big victory and then discuss merit and reward, but the truth is that not everyone can get it, because there is no calculation in the battlefield. What if someone suffers a defeat? What about those who delayed the opportunity to fight? I'm afraid it's good if you don't get punished, but where can you get credit for it?

Wu Yong and Huangfu Duan received the promise in advance, so there would be no more variables. Even if they made some mistakes, the official position would be determined and the merits would be recorded, so everyone envied them.

Song Jiang's eyes changed when he looked at Wu Yong. Wu Yong was not a military general. When he was an official, he must be a civilian official. Civilian officials had high status and reputation, and had more say in the court.

He is naturally a man of justice and wealth. He does not think about the corruption of civil servants and the opportunity to outperform the military officers. He only wants to be prominent as a civil servant, to honor his ancestors, to shine on his lintel, and to pass down the history.

As soon as he thought of this, he subconsciously pushed back the sword in his waist. He regretted why he had brought such a useless person with him, and he also carried a sword. There were no civil servants with swords.

Wu Yong knelt on the ground with a "plop", his face was excited and grateful, Zhao Tong waved his hand to call him up, then thought for a moment, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, summoned Bai Zhan, and ordered him to be rushed to the Hexi Racecourse to be delivered to Huangfu, and then continued discussion.

The next discussion was to prepare for making narcotics. We had to pick those wild grasses first, which were not too unusual. There were many people in the army, and many of the soldiers were from Hedong and Hexi. They basically knew the grass, trees and wild medicines, so they took the lead in digging everywhere.

As for the proportioning and cooking, they are done separately, with more than a dozen teams working on each item to ensure that no one knows the actual contents of the recipe.

They had to do this, otherwise the soldiers captured by the Jurchens on the battlefield would inevitably leak secrets under interrogation, and all their efforts would be wasted.

After some distribution, everyone took orders and went out to prepare. Zhao Tong picked up the prescription and took a look at it, then lightly twisted his palms. The prescription suddenly turned into paper scraps and scattered on the ground...

Ten miles north of Xinzhou City, in the Ten Thousand Army Killing Formation, Zhang Xian was standing on the arrow tower at the eye of the formation, looking out.

He held a monocular telescope in his hand and turned it gently. The water mist was lighter at high places, and he could see distant scenes.

Zhu Wu said from the side: "Young General, how are you doing?"

Zhang Xian's brows furrowed slightly: "This Wanyan Lou room does have some skills, and he actually came up with such a way to test."

Zhu Wu was confused: "Major General, what's the solution?"

Zhang Xian put down the telescope and said in a low voice: "He actually..."

Wanyan Loushi looked at the hundreds of unsaddled horses in front of him, nodded and said: "Paint the horses' tails with kerosene and drive them into the Song army's formation and see what happens." Pusan ​​Heda said: "General, you are really good. Strategy, then we can find out the reality of this so-called formation."

"Let's give it a try. I'll bring more horses this time. I can't tell clearly at the first try. Then I can try again."

His army of five thousand cavalry refers to people, but there are more than these horses, nearly ten thousand, and almost every cavalryman has an auxiliary horse.

Just look at the hundreds of war horses, whose tails were set on fire by the Jurchen soldiers, and then they whipped their whips fiercely and immediately rushed forward.

Although the war horses have been trained for a long time and are not easily frightened, no one can bear the burning of their buttocks. After running a few steps, the burning pain behind them was unbearable, so they kicked up and accelerated forward, and within a moment, they rushed into the white mist. .

Zhang Xian stood in the arrow tower with a solemn expression: "This Wanyan Lou room is so scheming!"

Zhu Wu was silent and seemed to be thinking.

Zhang Xian added: "A small number of horses is not a problem, but I am afraid that if he drives a large number of war horses to rush in, then the Jurchens will inevitably detect the actual situation in the formation."

Zhu Wu took the telescope from Zhang Xian, watched it for a few seconds and said: "It is not easy to change the formation temporarily. We should dig half of the horse pits and ditches."

Zhang Xian sighed: "I have no choice but to do this..."

Over there, Wanyan Loushi's eyes were fixed on the direction of the horses, and then he listened carefully. The horses rushed into the white mist like mud cows entering the sea, and none of them came back. Under the sound of gongs and drums, there was a faint tragic neighing.

After waiting for a moment, he said calmly: "There must be many traps in the formation."

Pusan ​​Heda said: "General, the white fog obscures your eyes and you can't see the trap. How can you attack?"

Wanyan Loushi sneered: "Then fill it up with war horses first. This time we will drive five hundred horses over."

The Jurchen soldiers in front immediately prepared, and soon five hundred horses rushed into the formation again, but they never returned, and none of them was traced.

Wanyan Loushi observed for a while, then narrowed his eyes and ordered again: "Put another thousand horses in!"

A thousand horses were no less than before, and the ground rumbled as they galloped, making a huge noise.

Zhang Xian looked at the scene outside the formation: "The other side is driving horses in again. Wanyan Loushi's team is light cavalry. How can it be equipped with so many auxiliary horses?"

Zhu Wudao: "Qingqi rarely has auxiliary horses. Even if they do, they can't exceed the number of soldiers at most. If they have five thousand people, then the auxiliary horses will only be 5,000 at most. If they are good, they should release about 30%."

"Release about 30%..." Zhang Xian thought: "Then the next step..."

"The next step is to let them all out and charge. The soldiers behind will follow the horses and charge into the formation!" Zhu Wu nodded heavily.

"That's how it should be." Zhang Xian said, picking up a big red flag, raising it high into the sky, and chanting the flag.

As his flag wavered, the soldiers below the arrow tower changed like a tide, and this change spread to the surroundings, and the formation accelerated its transformation...

"Drive all the remaining horses over!" Seeing that two horses escaped from the formation with smoke from their tails, Wanyan Loushi immediately ordered: "The entire army will follow the horses into the formation!"

He was waiting for this moment. Horses ran out of the formation, which meant that some of the traps in front of the formation had been filled by horses, otherwise there would be no way to turn back.

There are still 3,400 of the 5,000 auxiliary horses, which is almost equivalent to a cavalry team. With so many horses clearing the way and the trap in front of the formation has been filled, these horses will definitely disrupt the formation.

As long as they can penetrate half of the formation, then the formation will inevitably be unstable if they charge into a rampage, and these horses are not afraid of damage, they are used as shields for the rear cavalry and are used by the vanguard army.

Thousands of horses galloped in an instant. Wanyan Loushi waved his hand, mounted his iron gun, led his soldiers to follow closely, and crashed into the formation...

As the sun set, Zhao Tong was eating in the tent, while Zhe Hanmei sat aside.

The dishes are very simple, there are only two kinds.

The same is carp baked noodles, and the same is lamb bones boiled with wild vegetables.

Baked carp noodles are a famous dish in Tokyo, even more famous than the set of five treasures.

This dish was not created by later generations. It actually existed in the early Song Dynasty. There is also another name among the people, called Huangpao Jiashen, which is actually a metaphor for Chen Qiao's incident.

This place is close to the Yellow River, so the fish is naturally the authentic Yellow River carp. As for the noodles, they are not the same as those made in later generations. They are not the crisp thin noodles. The noodles are called soup cakes at this time. They are just lightly boiled and covered like toppings. On carp.

The wild vegetables in the stewed wild vegetables with sheep bones were picked by Song Jiang when he led his men to dig for narcotic herbs. In the army, there were no vegetables available, so wild vegetables became a good thing. It does not mean that he could not eat them just because of his status, otherwise Song Jiang would not have eaten them. Delivered.

"Song Gongming is still interested." Zhao Tong said while drinking the mutton bone soup. This wild vegetable is good, and he knows the name. There are no vegetables in the army, let alone fruits. His mouth is dry enough, and he feels much better at the moment.

"Your Highness, is General Song the former leader of Liangshan?" Zhe Hanmei asked curiously.

"He is the leader of Liangshan. He was stable and peaceful in the first half of his life, and wandering in the second half of his life."

"Oh..." Zhe Hanmei thought for a while: "I heard that Liangshan was very powerful that day. Together with Wang Qingtian and Hu Fangla, they were known as the four major bandits, but in the end only his family was recruited?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "It's just that our backgrounds are different."

"Different origins?" Zhe Hanmei looked confused.

Zhao Tong said: "Wang Qing is a scoundrel. He served as a vanguard in Kaifeng Prefecture for a short period of time. To be honest, he is a bandit. He was born as a hunter in Tianhu. In fact, he is not a good citizen. When he goes up and down the mountain, he is alone. The business travelers were directly robbed and killed, while Fang La was a great stickman. He had plenty of food and drink at home, but he always thought about big things and was rebellious by nature. As for Song Gongming..."

At this point, he put down his chopsticks, took the silk handkerchief and wiped the grease from eating the mutton bones, and continued: "Song Gongming's family has been better off than those three since he was a child. He has read books for many years, but He didn't get any fame due to his talent and academic skills, but he got into the position of Chief of Police in Yuncheng, Shandong because he studied a lot."

"Administrator?" Zhe Hanmei said, "Since he is an official and not an official, he doesn't have much authority."

Zhao Tong said: "Don't underestimate the position of the custodian. This position is specially designed to serve as a subordinate to the superior officer. He has an insight into local affairs. He is very good at discussing matters and has a wide range of friends. Even some officials are incomparable."

Zhe Hanmei said: "So that's it. General Song was a government official. Even if he goes to the mountains and weeds, his heart is devoted to the imperial court. He has been studying for many years, and he definitely wants to be an official and not an official. No wonder he was finally recruited."

Zhao Tong touched his chin and smiled slightly: "Of course it is like this. How can your husband live in heaven and earth and be depressed for a long time..."

(End of this chapter)