Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 Rebellion

In Yunzhong territory, in addition to Yunzhong Mansion, there are currently eight prefectures under Liu Ling's actual control. At least three prefectures have no defenders, and a large number of horse bandits and mountain bandits are rampant among them.

After the Song army arrived, Liu Ling needed to hand over three states to them, namely Wu, Shuo, and Wei, all of which were close to the northwest territory of the Song Dynasty. Among them, the two states of Wushuo were completely destroyed. There was no real benefit in taking control, so Liu Ling gave it to the Song people this time.

The spring breeze in February was like scissors, but there was only cold wind in the north, so Zhen Wuchen felt that the buds in his crotch would be withered by the cold, let alone the buds on the trees.

There was a salty smell in the camp. What he ate for lunch today was pancakes with dried salted fish and vegetable soup. Zhen Wuchen took a sip of the vegetable soup and felt his whole body warm up. When he was about to continue eating, the soldiers outside brought it to him. The military newspaper.

This time, the four Jiedu envoys assigned by the Song Dynasty court did not have his share, but Zhen Wuchen did not feel resentful in his heart.

After all, those who were sealed were all those who had followed the commander into Xixia and fought against the Jin people. They all worked hard for their achievements. He had no reason to be jealous. If Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were still alive, they would probably be dead at this time. I want to vent my dissatisfaction with my face.

The soldiers did not leave. After Zhen Wuchen read the military report, he reported: "The commander-in-chief sent an order to lead your troops to clean up the bandits in Wushuo area."

"I know." Zhen Wuchen nodded slightly.

Not only him, the Zhenyuan Army sent out 8,000 troops this time to clean up the bandits in Yunzhong and Yandi. There were a lot of bandits and bandits, but in the face of an elite army like the Zhenyuan Army, which was so murderous, it was impossible to Didn't make any waves.

After the three kingdoms of Song, Jin and Xia jointly recognized Liu Ling's status in Yunzhong, Yan, Liu Ling's first move after he secured his position was to clean up his rule. From the first day when Cai Jing took office in Yunzhou City, he We continue to receive news that bandits and bandits from various places have been ruthlessly eliminated.

The latter was actually the target of recruitment by the Song Dynasty court, and some of them had even accepted the surrender and transformed themselves into the "Song Army". However, Liu Ling and his generals seemed to be completely unaware of this, and along with them they had already All the bandits who surrendered to the Song Dynasty were crushed.

In this regard, Cai Jing just pretended not to know and silently handled the political affairs in the Yunzhong area.

For a whole month, the reputation of Liu Ling and the Zhenyuan Army once again rose to a new level, and the newly established military towns in the other four towns were also settled in sequence. The fallen soldiers from Liao and Xia, as well as some Zhenyuan Army officers and soldiers, filled in a framework. There is also an army, most of which are Song troops.

Liu Ling looked down at the distribution of the four armies. In his expectation, two armies were guarding Yunzhong, and the other two and his Zhenyuan army were guarding Yandi. These five armies also had a new name in the Song Dynasty court - Liu Jiajun.

"The households of the Song Dynasty have arrived in the Yan area one after another," Han Fang stood next to Liu Ling, holding several official documents in his hand, and read: "There are officials who are distributing the land to various states. The Duke of Shi refused the reward from the Song Dynasty court. I don't want to be an official, so I am currently dealing with political affairs due to illness.

He also suggested building a city in the Xiangshan area to the north of Yanshan Prefecture to defend against the Jin people who might move south at any time. "

"Have you sent back the high-quality medicinal materials I collected last time?"

"I gave it as a gift. Shi Gong is very grateful. Also, Shi Gong said that the young master is very good."

"Young Master?" Liu Ling was stunned for a moment, "What Young Master?"

"Mr. Liu, your eldest son."

"I have a son, I remember it." Liu Ling coughed. He had been out on the field for too long, and all he could think about was the war and the government. He couldn't care about things at home.

Han Fang hesitated for a while, wondering if he should give some more advice.

It was obvious that Mr. Liu didn't care much about his children, but given his current status, it was really inappropriate for him to have just one son.

Logically speaking, Liu Gong's women are either princesses or nobles. Men should be more interested when seeing the latter. Why haven't there been any movements from his other concubines so far?

Han Fang lowered his head and thought silently. Liu Ling called him twice. He raised his head and subconsciously said: "Euccommia ulmoides."

"Who is Eucommia ulmoides?"

"It's just a prescription. I have been working all night long recently and my kidneys are not working properly. The doctor prescribed this prescription. Liu Gong, what did you just say? I was negligent for a moment." Liu Ling did not hear the panic in his tone. He stood up and came to the map hanging in the handsome tent, looking at it calmly.

"Yandi, Yunzhong, Yinshan... Haha, the place I control now is like a Great Wall, forcibly separating Song and Jin."

Moreover, coupled with Xixia, it formed a solid line of defense. If the Jin people really wanted to go south, they would have to attack Liu Ling first, and then they could plot against the Song Dynasty.

Liu Ling calmed down, turned around and walked outside, his voice falling far away.

"After Yinshan is captured this time, I will become the king."

Han Fang greeted him respectfully. He bowed and saluted Liu Ling's back, with a trace of eagerness in his eyes.

After two months of recuperation, the rewards for the army and the expenses for resettlement in various states and areas were all huge expenses. Especially before the battle of Ningyuanpo, Liu Ling offered extremely high rewards to the army officers. Now Of course it has to be fulfilled.

Otherwise, the soldiers are not fools. If they don’t redeem this time, why should they sacrifice their lives for you next time?

Liu Ling held a handful of copper coins in his hand, and then slowly let go. Hearing the clattering sound of the coins falling, his eyes were full of indifference.

"This time the rewards, as well as the pensions for soldiers who died in battle, have all been increased by 30%."

The several civil servants and big shopkeepers in charge of finance all felt as if they had lost their heirs in an instant. This undoubtedly created a big gap in Zhenyuan Army's already ugly financial figures, but they did not dare to say no to Liu Ling.

In front of the group of people was a treasury filled with copper coins from the Song Dynasty.

When the Liao Dynasty was still there, they minted iron coins in large quantities to exchange for copper coins from the Song Dynasty, and made a lot of money from the Song people. Liu Ling is now preparing to copy this successful case. Although the Song people are not fools, if both parties can benefit, there will be many Song merchants who are willing to secretly communicate with Liu Ling behind the court's back.

Although the treasury in front of me is still full of money, tomorrow, not even a penny will be left here.

The Kingdom of Jin shrank back and was licking its wounds, but according to the course of history, the time when the Jin people went south was in August of the seventh year of Xuanhe, which is this year.

The time is very near.

Liu Ling's eyes seemed to collide with the emperor of the Jin Kingdom thousands of miles apart. He knew very well that even if it wasn't this year, when the Jin people took a breath, they would definitely try to go south. By then, he would Facing the entire Jin Kingdom.

Han Fang always felt that Liu Ling sometimes liked to act too hastily and wanted to solve everything together. Of course he would not understand Liu Ling's mood.

While a group of people were checking the treasury, outside, Han Shizhong led several generals in and presented a military report to Liu Ling.

"Commander, urgent report from the north."

"What's the matter?"

"The Yinshan tribe rebelled, and many large tribes such as Wanggu and Dilie rebelled. The Zubu tribe was besieged and envoys were sent to the clouds to ask for help."

Before Liu Ling could speak, Han Fang said slowly: "According to the previous records of the Liao Kingdom, the tribes of divination need to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom of more than 20,000 horses, as well as a large number of livestock and servants every year."

"Beat the drums and gather the generals. I will send out troops today." Liu Ling turned around and strode outside. He said in a deep voice: "I led you to worship Helan before. This time, I will lead you." Go to the Onan River to drink from the horses!”

(End of this chapter)