Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 290 It turns out you also have a last name.
When he received the secret report, Liu Ling once thought that something had finally gone wrong with the detailed work he had arranged outside, but after confirming it several times, he really couldn't help laughing.

Civil war is often a tragic word.

My family went to war with my own family, and the blood of my compatriots was shed on the land of my hometown. It was a tragedy.

For example, during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the government army and the rebels fought fiercely with each other, but before that, they were all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and were fellow soldiers.

Compared with them, the Song people's civil war method was very civilized.

They choose to hire agents.

"Your Majesty, Hebei has sent people over again to borrow money and food."

"Just give them half."

Han Fang immediately nodded understandingly. According to the calculations of the Han officials, the first two batches of money and food were enough for the Hebei Army to fight for another half a year. But now the Song people come to ask for money from time to time. It shows that they are either too greedy or too corrupt.

It's just that the apparent relationship between the two parties cannot be severed now. Liu Ling will continue to bleed the Song people, so that the Song Dynasty court no longer has the confidence to say that we will wait and see in a few years.

"The minister obeys the order."

The two cavalrymen stopped in front of the gate of the military camp, and then said a few words to the guard at the gate and showed their identity tokens, and the latter let them in.

I'll give you the soldiers and enough food and fodder, so go ahead and fight.

"call"

"Oh, one more thing," Liu Ling called out to Han Fang again.

But after seeing the bloody letter on the wall, Liu Qi sold his belongings and bought weapons on the same day, and persuaded several colleagues to join Li Gang's account.

"drive!"

Bianjing has not experienced that kind of baptism in history, so Zhao Ji has always been in power, and the Song Dynasty court has always had the same group of people, which can be said to be "the most positive people in the court."

"I will explain the situation to the lieutenants of the army. If you are willing to follow me, please continue to go to Jujube to support me. Regardless of victory or defeat, I will finally live up to the imperial court. If you are not willing to follow me, just let them go."

Father of the country?

Liu Ling thought for a while and realized that Han Fang was talking about Wanyan Yanmu.

Liu Ling nodded slightly, asked some more questions about the court, and then signaled that Han Fang could leave.

"What about you?"

"Uncle Xin, there are always too few people like you and me. They will be inconspicuous even if they die, and they are not worth it. But I have read the books of sages for most of my life, and there is no reason why I should surrender when the traitors come. "

For such a group of monarchs and ministers, Liu Ling has always been extremely reassured. What he is afraid of is that Zhao Ji will make too many tricks and may lose the civil war directly.

Liu Ling didn't just hear the news. After returning from the southern expedition, Xizuo told him that Wanyan's mother was often sick. Even if there were famous doctors at his side, his health was getting worse and worse.

Two horses and two cavalrymen ran on the official road with the momentum of thousands of troops.

"Where is Bianjing?"

Han Fang thought for a while and said: "On the grassland north of Yinshan Prefecture, there are a large number of Turks, Tatars, Shiwei and other tribes. They recruit surrenders and rebels, gather tribes, and often cross-border plunder. Our own grassland tribes From time to time, people are sent here to ask for help.”

"My lord, I'm going to prepare a move today."

After the imperial court knew that the Hebei Army had crossed the Yellow River, Zhao Guan's family first talked about the Six Soldiers and Liujia in the court. Li Gang couldn't help but listened to it when he was standing in the court, and he was so angry that he handed over five pieces of information in a row after leaving the court.

Liu Ling was no longer interested in the civil war between the Song people. The only thing he was interested in was
"Where is Yue Fei?"

"drive!"

The heroic young man in front of him was named Liu Qi. After the imperial court received the information from Li Gang, they posted it outside the imperial city as a joke, saying that anyone who was brave could go.

Li Gang let out a long sigh again.

"Not a single soldier came out, and only people came in and out of the city gate."

The imperial court actually agreed to him. After Li Gang made five concessions, the imperial court gave him 500 soldiers, of which only 100 were forbidden soldiers, and the other 400 were miscellaneous Xiang troops or militiamen.

Every excerpt is written in blood, just to beg the court to send troops and not to engage in any superstitious activities.

Han Fang stood up immediately and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "Prince Zhang, your health is no longer good."

After the Shuai case, Li Gang rubbed his face and sighed.

"Is he dying?"

The grassland Han Fang mentioned is actually the Mongolian Plateau.

Liu Qi was originally a minor official on duty in the palace, and he was also considered a general in the family. After gaining seniority, he could have a better future.

Li Gang shook his head and said calmly: "Uncle Xin, don't do this. You are still young. There will be many opportunities to serve the country in the future. You can take your colleagues back to the capital."

"There is an urgent report from the north. The rebels are attacking Suizao County. The magistrate of Suizao County is sending people for help!"

replied the young man beside him.

Historically, Wanyan's mother seemed to have died a year or two ago, but she has been delayed until now. Liu Ling didn't know if it was because of himself. He thought for a while and said: "Bring the princess to Yanjing, if it is true, No, I have to let her take a look."

Mongol?
Liu Ling lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Send someone to contact Kedun City again. If the leader is willing to accept the canonization, Guhui will rebuild the Yanran Protectorate in the northwest desert and let his leader be the king of Liao."

"Wulahai City sent a message saying that the river project is about to be completed. In another year at most, Yinshan Mansion will have countless more fertile fields, but"

Liu Ling remembered that he conquered the grassland twice and completely wiped out the Wanggu tribe. Then the grassland had no choice but to surrender because of the lack of power.

"Five hundred people, almost all of them are mobs. If you use them to suppress bandits, you may not be able to win, let alone a war with the Hebei Army."

Li Gang was desperate in his heart, but on the surface he seemed to speak calmly. When Liu Qi was silent, he reached out and took out a handwritten letter and said: "I still have some family members in the city. If you can go back, please help me get this letter." Leave it to them.

Tell them, Li Gang, he has no regrets in his heart. "

Liu Qi took a deep breath, leaned over and stuffed the letter back into Li Gang's hand, saying, "I am also a man. How can I escape from the battlefield? Isn't it making others laugh?"

"Anyway, let's go for a sword-and-gun fight. If you win, you'll be generous. If you lose, it doesn't matter. Why should Mr. Li be so childish?"

Outside the commander's tent, there was a sparse group of soldiers standing. Most of them were wearing uneven armor and holding weapons in their hands. The number of soldiers was only two to three hundred at most, which showed how serious the desertion phenomenon was.

Although there is no shortage of food here in Li Gang and there is enough to eat, everyone knows that they will have to work for the court next, so some smart people often run away after eating here for two days.

Li Gang looked at these people and became more and more irritable, so he became less and less able to say anything inspiring.

But at this time, Liu Qi took the initiative to stand up and said to everyone: "My name is Liu Qi, and my father is Liu Zhongwu, the governor of the Shanghai-Sichuan Army."

Is he a second-generation official?
Everyone looked at him curiously. Li Gang stood aside, not knowing what he wanted to do, but he didn't stop him immediately.

Liu Qi cleared his throat and said:

"I, Liu Qi, came out not to put you down, but to let you know that I could have stayed in the city. If the enemy came over in the future, no matter it was from Hebei or Yan people, I could at least have enough food and clothing. ; But now, I stand with you.

In recent days, there have been many deserters and routed soldiers in our army. "

When Li Gang heard this from the side, he suddenly felt bad and thought about how he could say this.

"but!"

Liu Qi suddenly roared, suddenly drawing everyone's attention to him.

"Those who are willing to stand in this camp with me, Liu Qi, today are all my brothers, Liu Qi! Others say that we are thieves, Qiu Ba, and that we are nothing, but I, Liu Qi, think that they are all good men!"

He raised his hand and pointed to the north and said in a deep voice: "The Hebei Army is about to attack. You and I are both from the capital. Our home is here. We have all heard about the virtues of the Hebei Army before.

What if they come calling?
The mother-in-law in your family will be humiliated by them, and all the money, food and property in your family will be robbed by them! "

They are all Song soldiers, who still doesn’t know who’s ins and outs?

In previous years, when local riots occurred in Songjiang and Fangla, the court said it was due to serious banditry, but in fact it was a military disaster. The people were in dire straits before the army came, and they were in dire straits after the army passed. It was normal for ten households to have nine empty houses.

The official army robbed more powerfully than the thief army, and the thief army was more or less recruited into the official army, forming a closed loop.

After Liu Qi shouted, the atmosphere at the scene was slightly aroused, but everyone was still lack of interest. As a last resort, Liu Qi gritted his teeth and said: "I have ordered on behalf of Duke Li that all armies should bring three days' worth of food." , rush to the wild jujube.

If you kill a bandit army, you will be rewarded with five coins! "

"Five strings of money!"

Liu Qi shouted loudly, and the shouts were passed among the crowd.

"If you live half your life, will you be able to see five pieces of money in your hand? Let me tell you, if you kill an army of thieves, you will be rewarded with five pieces of money. Even if you don't kill the army of thieves, as long as you follow me to Sanzao and come back, I will be rewarded with five pieces of money. I’ll still reward you with three coins!”

The crowd finally had some reaction, and Li Gang listened with fear. He could give it to Wu Guan, but there were two to three hundred people present. During the war, there were not many people, but when the money was distributed, there were not many. not enough.

If everyone is given five guan of money, it would still cost thousands of guan. Who can come up with this?

As soon as he returned to the handsome tent, Li Gang lowered his voice and said hastily: "How can you talk nonsense? How can we get this money?"

"Then we may not be able to reach the Jujube River alive."

Liu Qi stared at him and said word by word: "Mr. Li only cares about his own pleasure. If he is really determined to fight, why not find a way for everyone and himself to survive?"

"But we tricked them into taking wild jujubes. There are thousands of soldiers and horses on the opposite side, so we just lead so many people there to die!"

"The more people there are on the battlefield, the harder it is to die!"

Liu Qi said hurriedly: "There are many idlers and desperadoes outside Bianjing City. In addition, the Hebei army crossed the river to the south, and there are also many defeated soldiers and refugees in the north. How about we do it more simply, burn all the boats and recruit people desperately?" , many benefits!
I heard that the Hebei Army has plenty of money and food. If we are lucky enough to defeat a Hebei Army and get additional money, food and supplies, then we don’t have to worry about whether it’s five-guan money or not. We can get as much as we want at that time! "

Li Gang stared at him for a moment, then his voice deepened.

"But have you ever thought about how many people will die in vain in the future if you do this? We originally killed dozens or hundreds of people?"

"But this way, we have a chance to win!"

Liu Qi's eyes were determined. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Li Gang rubbed his brow.

"Just do as you say."

"Smash it, smash it quickly!"

"Fire arrows!"

There was chaos on top of the city. Jujube City was not big. The only advantage was that the city wall had been reinforced a year ago and could barely withstand the attack at this time.

If Suanzao City is lost, a large area northwest of Bianjing will only become a place for the Hebei Army to race, and the latter can directly try to attack Bianjing from here.

"The magistrate was shot to death by an arrow!"

Suddenly a panicked shout came from the crowd, and immediately, people couldn't help but look towards the city head.

The magistrate of Suanzao originally wanted to encourage people, so he stood at the top of the city and beat drums to cheer him up. However, the magistrate, who was accustomed to hearing stories about the battlefield and yearned for them, did not think of it. The enemy was not a fool. He saw such a man wearing an official robe. Standing on a high place and playing drums, your first reaction would definitely be to try shooting a few arrows at him first.

The magistrate was too fat to wear armor, so he only wore an official robe. When he was standing on the high platform and preparing to beat the drum, a cold arrow suddenly hit his arm, followed by a second arrow. Five arrows in succession. Hit the mark and nail him to death in front of the war drum.

"Official family." The magistrate's fat body lay on the war drum, he only murmured two words, and then closed his eyes.

The magistrate was the heart of everyone in the city. Once he died, the city's defenders immediately fell into chaos.

Liu Guangshi sat in the distance and watched his army attack the city. Seeing that many soldiers had climbed to the top of the city, General Huzi, who was already in his thirties but was actually commanding the siege for the first time, was finally excited. got up.

The first time I directed an siege, it went so smoothly.

Of course, if there weren't a few witches dancing next to the army, this scene might be more exciting.

Tsk,
It doesn't matter if he's wearing rags, but he's still old and ugly. Wouldn't bringing such things into the battlefield really lower morale?

Liu Guangshi raised his head, ready to order the rear army to press forward and completely capture the city wall, but then, a messenger rushed to his side and shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming!"

"You bastards, we are the army!"

Liu Guangshi was furious, but he didn't bother to reprimand him. He immediately led people to gather troops and horses, hastily ordered more than a thousand soldiers, and formed an array outside the camp to prevent the so-called official troops from attacking his own army that was attacking the city.

"Report! The enemy's army is nearly ten miles away! There are nearly 2,000 troops!"

"Where's the flag? Who's the flag on the other side?"

Liu Guangshi also recognized some generals in Beijing, but of course he looked down upon most of them.

"Yes." The deputy general mumbled his lips and replied, "It's Liu!"

"Liu? Which Liu deserves the surname Liu?"

Liu Guangshi trembled, and subconsciously thought of the King of Han, but then he realized that there was no way that the other party would appear on the battlefield here at this time.

He sneered and immediately began to order the attack.

(End of this chapter)