Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 47 Lack of Horses
  He quickly rode his horse to the city wall and raised his voice.

"General Liu, we met during the day. You were wary of me then. Now it's night and you're still so scared. Could it be that after your brother left that day, you didn't dare to go down the city wall for a moment. Are you waiting for me at the top of Zhuozhou City?"

Ba Lisu looked back at the cavalry behind him and shouted in Liao dialect: "After you became a general of the Song Dynasty, did your temperament become the same as that of the Song people, hahaha?"

Behind him, the golden soldiers let out a burst of laughter in cooperation.

Just like the customary milking method of later generations, in this era, the tradition of milking in Liao and Song Dynasties was also inherited by the Jin people.

According to the agreement of the Maritime Alliance, the two countries will jointly deal with the Liao Kingdom, and whoever conquers the land will belong to whom. Therefore, according to the previous alliance, not to mention Zhuozhou, even the newly established Yanshan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty will naturally belong to the Jin people. All of them were bought back by the people of Song Dynasty with money.

When Taizu of the Jin Dynasty was still alive, many Jin army generals and commanders strongly disapproved of handing over land to the Song people, and Ba Lisu was one of them.

Now Wanyan Wu is begging for help, which has further encouraged this trend - Ba Lisu was ordered to deliver a message to Yanshan Mansion, but he brought hundreds of cavalry with him. It was both a warning and a way to show off that he was a Jin man, but he could still do it. They were domineering in the land of the Song people and came and went as they pleased.

Zhang Wu cursed, raised the divine arm crossbow in his hand and pointed it at Bali Su. Liu Ling waved his hand and replied loudly:
  "General Wanyan, you were originally a warrior of the Jin Kingdom, but now you like to show off your rhetoric. Could it be that you have learned the habits of the Liao people?"

"Liu Ling, I'm a ******!" Balisu was furious when he heard this. Liu Ling could even laugh and scold him back when he called him a beast, but now he actually said that he was from Liao?

Liu Ling allowed him to curse with a thick accent under the city wall, then raised his fingers to the side and asked two soldiers holding shields to stand in front of him to prevent anyone from the Jin army from firing cold arrows.

Previously, it was seen that Ba Lisu led the Jin Army cavalry in the direction of Yanjing, and then Liu Ling sent the sentry cavalry from the city to confirm that they were going to Yanjing.

They are probably going back to Pingzhou now?

Wanyan Zongwang's troops should be stationed there.

After Ba Lisu finished cursing, he shouted angrily to the cavalry behind him to leave, leaving only smoke and dust on the ground. On the top of the city, the defenders on the other walls all sent people to report, but no trace of other Jin army soldiers and horses was found.

Zhang Wu stood next to Liu Ling and asked in a low voice: "Isn't this Yanyun land returned to us in the Song Dynasty? How come the Jin people still treat this place as their own home?"

"Xiao Qian rebelled and destroyed the Jingzhou and Jizhou areas. The Jin soldiers and horses had already crossed the Great Wall in the north, and now they have captured the two states of Pingying. This means that they can send troops to bypass Yan at any time. Beijing, reaching directly to the states in the rear. We, Zhuozhou, are naturally one of them."

In fact, there is another reason. Although the Song army is weak, the victorious army has its own system after all. If they dare to fight, the Jin people will not be so provocative.

The main reason is the special background of the Ever Victorious Army. The military leaders from Guo Yaoshi to the lowest level still want to preserve their strength and will not rashly start a war unless they are forced to do so.

Furthermore, the people of Song Dynasty are causing trouble now, do they need their Chang Sheng Army to help wipe their ass?
  Liu Ling was very dissatisfied with this. Of course, he was not against Yaoshi Guo, but he went to Cai Jing again and complained all night long.

"Zhizhou, the soldiers and horses of the Jin people come and leave when they want. Who knows what day they will come to the city again and start attacking Zhuozhou City."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

Cai Jing was sitting in the courtyard wearing a white singlet. Liu Ling just left the city, still wearing the armor.

Liu Ling rubbed his fingers and said with a smile: "The Jin cavalry outside the city are very arrogant. If the general can have hundreds or thousands of cavalry, if nothing else, he is guaranteed to be able to defend the Song Dynasty from the enemy at the gate of the country. Otherwise, how could there be the humiliation of the city today!"

"Impossible!" Cai Jing flatly refused, "I just wrote to you to ask for it the day before yesterday. The money, food and soldiers are enough to supply your three thousand soldiers! Liu Ling, don't think that I don't know that you count all the civilians and auxiliary soldiers as People, the superiors have always thought that you have the fewest soldiers and horses among all the prefectures, and you have taken so many advantages. Aren't you afraid that others will hate you?
  Do you still want a war horse? You might as well want my head! "

"Is this the general trying to take advantage?"

Seeing Cai Jing's firm tone this time, Liu Ling had no choice but to sit across from him and sighed, "A man can't live without a head, and a general will die without soldiers. Look, there is Duke Guo's army stationed in Yanshan Mansion, and there is special money and food in the rear." The transportation of soldiers and armor is extremely strong. But Cai Zhizhou, you have also seen that the Jin cavalry can completely bypass Yanjing and reach our city. Once Zhuozhou is defeated, let alone the common people, we, the two generals of the Song Dynasty, are both civilized and military. Officials would have to be tied up and played with as dogs by the Jin. If there were more cavalry, they would be able to hang out with the Jin outside the city for a while longer. This is a tangible benefit!" Liu Ling patted his chest and said sincerely.

"The final general really doesn't want it for himself, Cai Zhizhou, you can understand it completely."

"Shut up now."

Cai Jing picked up the tea cup and took a sip. His thoughts were confused by what Liu Ling was talking about. After swallowing a few sips of tea, he felt better and stood up to walk in the courtyard.

"General Liu, if you wanted money and food, I could still shamelessly ask for more from the court for you, but now you want war horses," Cai Jing couldn't help but want to curse when he said this. .

If a local guard dares to ask for it, other people will naturally ask for it as well. Will the court give it to you when the time comes?

If you don't give it, it's easy to offend people.

But how can the Song Dynasty still produce so many war horses at will?

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Song Dynasty actually had no shortage of war horses, even more than the previous dynasties. However, as the Guo Zuo was passed down from generation to generation, first the Guiyi Army was destroyed by Xixia, and the Song Dynasty could no longer get the horses from the Western Regions. Most of the good horses in other military towns with horse farms, such as Hedong and Hehuang, were lost due to similar reasons. Other places with grasslands were also used to raise sheep;
  At the same time, the domestic Ma Zheng was completely destroyed by the Song people themselves. "Xuzizhi Tongjian Changbian" says: Yizhongshu and Privy Council said: The twelve prisons in the north of Henan, from the second year to the fifth year of Xining, produced 1,640 horses per year, and 260 cavalry were available. Fourth, Yu Zhi can be given to the horse shop.

To put it simply, twelve places in Henan and Hebei produced a total of 1,600 horses in four years, of which less than 300 could be used as war horses by cavalry.

Xining is the reign name of Song Shenzong, and in March of the fifth year of Song Zhenzong’s Dazhong Xiangfu reign, that is, before Song Shenzong, the emperor checked the files and found that the number of horses produced this year was 20,000 less than last year. Taking this When I asked my subordinates about the matter, Chen Yaosou, the commander-in-chief, kept telling lies, saying that the horses were probably frozen to death due to the heavy snowfall last year. This time I punished myself with three cups of wine. I will pay attention next time.

And it's not just this matter. Chen Yaosou and the Chunze Supervisor and Ma Zheng officials in his charge used a series of tricks such as tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall and setting up clever names. Song Zhenzong was not a fool, but I didn't care until the end.

After Chen Yaosou, there was Xiang Minzhong, who was more ruthless than his predecessors. Shangshu said that we had too many horses in the Song Dynasty and suggested selling a large number of horses.

After generations of hard work, how many horses can be produced now?

Even if there is, it must be supplied to Pharmacist Guo first.

After Cai Jing finished explaining slowly, he felt a lot more comfortable. He thought that Liu Ling should ask for trouble now. Unexpectedly, Liu Ling still sat there with a shy face and said with a smile: "There are no war horses, and the crossbows are made of fire oil." Things like that aren’t considered rare items, right?”

Cai Jing took a breath of cold air.

When Liu Ling returned home, Wan Niang had already rested. Yelu Huaixian came over to her, but Liu Ling pushed her away: "Go and grind ink for me."

Cai Jing meant that war horses must be given priority to Medicine Master Guo. When Liu Ling arrived, his mind realized that Medicine Master Guo had horses.

With his face, it should be no problem to ask for another two to three hundred war horses from Medicine Master Guo.

After writing the letter, Liu Ling couldn't help but sigh.

"I wonder when Brother Balisu will come next time."

As soon as he comes, he can ask Cai Jing to report to the rear and ask for money, food and supplies. If he comes forward, the rear will most likely give it to him.

This day is really too comfortable.

(End of this chapter)