Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 149 Catching the Bastard

In July of the seventh year of Xuanhe.

Yanjing.

This place can be regarded as the front line of defense against gold. Less than half of the money and food earned by Chen Liang's help was directly spent on the defense line in Yanjing. The wife carefully supported the child with her left arm, and stretched out her right hand to cover the child's head. He blocks the wind.

Liu Ling turned around and saw this scene, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"How can it be so delicate?"

Wan Niang wanted to reply, "How can he not be valuable because he is the eldest son of the King of Han?", but remembering Shi Liai's warning before, she shut her mouth and silently protected the child in her arms.

Liu Ling turned his head and stood on the tower of the Yanjing city wall looking south. He was silent for a long time before he said: "Three years ago, you and I were just the worst and lowest ants in Yanjing city. We didn't have enough to eat. There are only two pieces of clothing;

When the Song people were attacking the city, I was lucky enough to catch up with Medicine Master Guo and was taken into the army by him. But I thought I was worthy of him. When I escaped from Yanjing City, I helped him bring hundreds of people back. In Yuyang, I helped him kill Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunchen. He later sold me to the Jin people and framed me. With more than a thousand cavalry, I killed his entire family, but spared the woman who was pregnant with his child.

A year ago, when I captured Yanjing City, I happened to meet a neighbor from back then. He told me that after the Song people were completely wiped out in the city, the Liao army and Liao people in the city carried corpses for four days. There were corpses from the Song Dynasty and Liao people. They were piled up from the streets to the alleys. The corpse was wheeled out in a cart. I think, if Yaoshi Guo had not taken us with him at that time, I would have been one of those corpses piled on the cart and pushed out. "

Liu Ling stretched out his hand and pressed it against the city wall. The sunlight in the sky was just right, and it shone slightly warmly on his body, making him feel very clearly that he was still alive.

"But even so, I still think that my life is good, and I have a hard life!" Liu Ling raised his finger and pointed at his son, and said softly: "But this kid has a better life than me, he will be the heir apparent when he is born. "

Wan Niang was startled, and all the confidant generals following her raised their heads.

"Okay, it's windy at the top of the city, so go back quickly."

Liu Ling waved his hand and continued to look at the scenery outside the city. He still remembered that the outside of Yanjing City was deserted three years ago. Now he could see large areas of cultivated fields. It was not until Han Shizhong came to him that Liu Ling came back to his senses. to him.

"The Yongqing Army's more than 9,000 people have all moved to Yanjing. The four generals found in the Yanjing garrison who had private dealings with the Jin people have all been executed."

"No one left?"

"Leave no one behind."

There was nothing else for Han Shizhong to come, except that Han Shizhong would guard the north to guard against the Jin people. Liu Ling also had some words to explain to him carefully. After finishing speaking, the sun gradually reached the sky, and the soldiers brought simple wine and food. I was sitting at the top of the city, drinking wine in the breeze.

"I asked you to guard the north, but I won't let you join the battle this time. Do you feel resentful?"

"The king is joking." Han Shizhong put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "I will serve the king, so I will naturally obey the orders. If the king asks me to charge, the general will not be ambiguous. If the king asks me to defend the ground, the general will not let the Jin soldiers go." One pawn goes south."

Liu Ling raised his glass and clinked it with him, then drank it down in one gulp.

"How many times did Liang Zhe disobey orders when he was in the grassland?"

"Um" Han Shizhong's originally drunken eyes suddenly became clearer, and he looked at Liu Ling calmly.

"About two or three times."

"He's quite smart." Liu Ling chuckled and signaled Han Shizhong to continue pouring the wine. The latter quickly stood up and poured a glass for Liu Ling first. He did not sit down and stood aside.

Liu Ling swallowed his drink and placed the glass on the table.

"After disobeying orders and gaining military merit, when he comes back, he will persuade you to persuade me to become king. Then he will be able to claim his merits again and cover up his previous disobedience." Han Shizhong is now also the commander of an army of tens of thousands, but standing next to Liu Next to Ling, there was a well-behaved aura about him.

"I, the king, never use my own people to establish authority."

Liu Ling's words calmed Han Shizhong's mind. After all, if he really wanted to care about Liang Zhe's fault, even if Han Shizhong was a good boy, he actually had a share in it.

Han Shizhong shut up and didn't speak. Liu Ling stood up and said calmly: "Don't Liang Zhe like to fight? This time I will let him lead the troops as my front army. I will see how many Song troops he can fight for me!"

Looking at Han Shizhong who looked like a quail, Liu Ling patted him on the shoulder.

"Good minister, you don't have to think too much. Keeping Yanjing City safe is your greatest contribution."

"Here."

Han Shizhong nodded, and couldn't help but ask: "Recently, many Song people's spies and sentinels have been captured everywhere. Your Majesty, what if they know the true strength of our army?"

"What they know is only what I want them to know."

Liu Ling said calmly: "When the time comes, I will personally wait for the Prince of Guangyang County in Zhuozhou to invite you to the urn!"

"It is reported that the garrison stationed in Zhuozhou is Gao Feng, the military envoy of Wei March. This man was originally stationed in Yizhou and was considered a general in the Zhenyuan Army."

Tong Guan sat on the Grand Master's chair and said loudly: "But the Wei March troops under his command are all broken soldiers and auxiliary troops. In a field battle, they will never be able to defeat our Tiger and Wolf Division of the Song Dynasty!"

What Tong Guan said is true. Yanyun's army is said to be one hundred thousand, but in fact the only main forces that can fight are Zhenyuan, Yongqing, and Shengjie.

What's more, from his perspective, if the size of the Song Dynasty were to launch an undeclared attack, it would definitely be a thunderous blow. When the time comes, Zhuozhou will be defeated first, and then Yanjing will be captured. The several states east of Yanjing will inevitably be conquered. surrender.

Even Zhang Dungu and Yelu Dashi who were stationed in Luanzhou had a chance to surrender in his opinion.

The worst case scenario was promising high-ranking officials generous salaries and spreading more dog food on the ground. If Tong Guan didn't believe it, he couldn't let them kneel down and wag their tails.

At that time, most of the Yan region can send messages, and in addition, many states in the clouds have the imperial army of the Song Dynasty stationed there. If everyone responds to the call, wouldn't it be that I personally defeated Yan Yun this time?

When he thought of this, Tong Guan felt a sense of pleasure rush from his tailbone to his brain.

"The Wei marching army in Zhuozhou has a lot of troops, but in fact its armaments are slack. Our troops are led by Wang Zhen to lead the front army, and Wang Yu leads five thousand forward troops. The two are the vanguard, cross the Baigou, rush to Zhuozhou, and lure Yan Yun in the Zhuozhou area. The troops are gathered, and then the king personally presses in.

The troops in Zhuozhou are weak, so Liu Ling will definitely gather a large army to come back for reinforcements. When the time comes, I will lead his army to fight against him. Yang Weizhong will lead 6,000 forward troops to bypass Zhuozhou and attack Yanjing, leaving him empty-handed and unprepared! "

In fact, it is very simple. It is to copy the classic example of the second expedition against Liao that year - Tong Guan led the army to feign a frontal attack, attracting the main force of Yanyun, and then used the superiority of troops to hold back Liu Ling. Finally, a surprise force was sent to attack Liu Ling's hometown. .

The last time was actually very successful. The main force of the Liao army was dragged into the Baigou River. The Song army and the Changsheng army invaded Yanjing. After three days of bloody battle, the entire army was annihilated.

Therefore, it is not a mistake in decision-making, but that a certain army is too stretched.

But this time, Tong Guan claimed to lead the three main armies of the Song Dynasty: the Hebei Forbidden Army, the Western Army, and the Central Forbidden Army. This was not what Gao Feng's men did.

"When the time comes, I'm going to play catching turtles in an urn in Yandi. I'm really curious. I wonder what Liu Ling's expression would be like when he finds out that his family is gone, hahahaha."

(End of this chapter)