Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 403 Long Halberd 30 (2)

Yang Ren looked at the disappointed expression on Zhao Xingde's face and asked, "I heard that Colonel Yu is very supportive of sending troops eastward. But Captain Kang is against it." Zhao Xingde nodded and sighed.Compared with Yu Zangyun's illusory theory of righteousness in the world, it is obvious that Kang Deming's proposition has been recognized by more school captains.

"Although Lieutenant Yang can't come forward, can you give me advice on how to persuade my colleagues in the government?" Zhao Xingde sensed Yang Ren's kindness and humbly asked for advice.Yang Ren was silent for a moment, then murmured: "The reason why the Huguo Mansion can rule the world is not by 'persuasion'. The captains come from different battalions and have their own opinions in their hearts. Captain Zhao, who has never met anyone before, wants to 'persuade' 'For them, it can be said that the road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky."

Zhao Xingde nodded sympathetically, convincing the captain of the Huguo Mansion is more difficult than convincing the scribes in the Kanto.The school captains are very practical in their consideration of issues, and every decision they make in the Huguo Mansion must be explained to the sergeant in the battalion.Intervening in the battle of Song and Liao now means paying countless lives, money, and military funds.Sergeants and civilians will bear more taxes, but there is no guarantee of war compensation.Everyone knows that the wealth and population of Kanto cannot be plundered and disposed of at will like the barbarians.When would it be most beneficial for Xia to intervene in the war?On the one hand, there is the frivolous righteousness of the world, and on the other hand, there are heavy sacrifices and taxes.Xia Guo's sergeants are far smarter than ordinary people, and they are not fools who can be fooled at will, especially the captains elected by the sergeants.

"This is also understandable. According to Confucius, those who work hard will rule others, and those who work hard will rule others. If someone can easily persuade the captains, the existence of the Huguo Mansion will be completely meaningless. In the end, the captains and sergeants will It will definitely be governed by others. Therefore, the Huguo Mansion is a battlefield, where the parties unite to fight against differences, unite vertically and horizontally, and use force to win. It is not a place for anyone to "persuade" anyone. If Captain Zhao finds out something, let most of the captains Sincerely agree, it's not that you 'convinced' them, but that this matter is in the interest of most of the sergeants." Yang Ren paused, filled the teacup in front of the two, signaled Zhao Xingde that you don't have to be polite, and continued, " To be honest with Colonel Zhao, Yang has been in the Huguo Mansion for many years, and it is extremely rare for him to truly "convince" his colleagues. Every time he succeeds, it can only be said that he has "discovered" something that everyone would agree with, and then promoted it according to the trend That's all. Speaking of it, even if Yang doesn't promote these things, sooner or later, colleagues in the Huguo Mansion will adopt them. It's just that the price paid by the court will be greater."

Zhao Xingde sighed, he also faintly felt what Yang Ren said.Yang Ren sent him to the door, watched the lonely figure go away, and was about to turn around and go back to the house, when suddenly a sergeant came galloping along the long street.Yang Ren frowned immediately, if it wasn't for an emergency military situation, he would be severely punished for galloping so fast in the city.Seeing the cavalry rushing straight in front of him, the sergeant reined in his mount and got off the saddle, Bing said: "Prince Ross colluded with the barbarians to rebel, and the Sultan of Roma has harassed the river. Please come to the mansion quickly to discuss matters."

At the junction of the Liao and Song Dynasties, the dense forests were originally planted to prevent the Liao army from going south.But ten years ago when the Liao Kingdom invaded Hebei, countless roads were cleared. Now, instead of slowing down the cavalry, the forest has become a good place for the Liao Kingdom to hide its army.Under the vigilance of scouting horses, behind the woods on the north side of Baigou River, a continuous camp has been formed.

"Report to Your Majesty, thousands of Song troops fought against Brother Tiemu's troops in the Lianliang River, and the nearby Song troops have all sent out to help and besiege."Yelu Dashi took a look and smiled at Brother Yelu Tie: "The Song generals in Hebei have always been on their own, but now they are besieging Brother Tiemu. It seems that the Song people have been harassed by him quite a lot these days."

After Temuge fled to Hebei, he still burned, killed and looted everywhere.The Hebei Song Army hated it so much that their teeth itch, but Temuge's subordinates were all light cavalry with a number of horses. Whenever the Song Army arrived, the enemy had already disappeared, leaving only corpses scattered all over the ground, a piece of scorched earth.Now, the Baozhou Song army intercepted Brother Tiemu at Lianliang River, and immediately refused to let him go, entangled him tightly, and at the same time notified the Song army in Zhenzhou, Dingzhou, and Baozhou to come to the battle.

Brother Yelu Tie immediately said: "Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately to order the cavalry of the former army to cross the Baigou River, wipe out the Song army in the towns and Baozhou, and eliminate future troubles for the Southern Expedition." Yelu Dashi nodded.The Liao Army has been planning for this Southern Expedition for a long time, and more than [-] Liao troops have already gathered at the border of the Liao Kingdom to watch.According to the plan of the North Academy, relying on the rapidity of the cavalry, it is best to conquer the strong cities along the way. If they cannot be conquered, only a small number of cavalry will be left to monitor.The main force of the Song army was enraged by the Mierbo cavalry army and went out of the city to invite a battle. This opportunity should not be let go.It didn't take long before the former army was dispatched. In late autumn, all the rivers and canals in the Song Dynasty were in the dry season. Fifty thousand cavalrymen easily crossed the border area and galloped towards the deep Lianliang River in Baozhou. The sight of the cavalry of the Liao Army can only be seen by closing the gates of the city.

After the front army set off, the middle army and the rear army also took action.The Han army in the artillery battalion hurriedly put the heavy artillery carts on the animals, while the Khitan cavalry rolled up the tents and put the baggage on the carts.Compared with the Song army, the Liao army's transport team moved more quickly. On the one hand, it was because of the large number of livestock such as horses and donkeys, and on the other hand, it did not need to carry too much food and grass when going out in autumn.The grain and fodder of the Liao army was stored in Nanjing.But now is the time when the young crops are mature, and fodder can be obtained everywhere the army passes by.

Yelu Dashi, surrounded by the palace tent cavalry, boarded the royal tent camel cart, picked up a notice of Anmin, and looked at it from the top.According to the notice, as long as the Song people along the way did not resist, honestly handed over food and grass, and acted as signing troops, the Liao army would not send troops to attack grass valleys, nor would they kill them arbitrarily.Otherwise, food and grass will be forcibly recruited, and those who dare to resist will be slaughtered.Yelu Dashi also let go of the ban on Han people being officials, and ordered the North Court to prepare many blank confessions. As long as the local local tyrants in Hebei could obey the orders of Khitan, they would be appointed as prefects and counties immediately, so as to raise food for the southern expedition army.

Along the road specially cleared for heavy-duty iron barrel cannon survey, [-] palace tent troops surrounded the emperor's camel cart and meandered forward.More than ten miles to the south, more than a hundred miles away, the smoke of wolves continued to rise into the sky. Wherever the Liao army passed, the soldiers and civilians were terrified, praying that this was just an ordinary cross-border operation to fight grass and valleys.However, the Liao army continued to march southward, and sometimes the inland states and counties often had not received the news of the Liao army's invasion, and they were already approaching the city.The villages along the way were completely unprepared, and the people could only let the Liao army fish and meat.

Over the years, the Song army in Hebei experienced a major defeat in Hejian, dispatched elite troops to the south to fight the 'chaos', and Liu Yanqing and Wang Yan both deployed swaps.The imperial court was also worried that the commanders of the camps and borders would be too difficult to control. Although Wang Yan was deployed in the camps in Hebei, each of the border generals held military power.Before the court's decree was issued, it was difficult for the nominal commander of the Hebei Army to coordinate the generals.Therefore, more than [-] Liao troops entered the bandits and went all the way south, but the Song army was weak and could not go out of the city to fight with it.

Twenty days later, the Lianliang River was defeated, the Liao army marched south, and the news that the forward rangers had reached the north bank of the Yellow River caused an uproar in the Bianliang court.In addition to panic and uneasiness, the courtiers pointed their finger at Wang Yan, who was deployed in the Hebei camp. Several courtiers impeached Wang Yan for not sending out troops, and sat back and watched Baozhou, Dingzhou, and Zhending Mansions fall one after another.The officials hastily ordered Zhang Shuye to be the general manager of the Henan Mabu Army. He led [-] forbidden troops in the capital, and more than [-] commanders were stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the Liao army from crossing the river.He also urgently ordered the Xijing camp to send [-] soldiers and horses to assist Bianliang.However, there seems to be turmoil everywhere in the north of the Yellow River, and no one knows the details of the situation.

Although the outside was shocked three times a day, the routine in Bianliang Taixue did not change at all.Since the return from Xijing, the emperor Zhao Ke has become much colder towards Deng Su, and he hasn't been summoned once for many days.Deng Su felt ashamed. If he didn't go to court, he would study at home.On the contrary, the students in Taixue didn't know the inside story, and they still respected Deng Su.Sometimes even Deng Su felt that compared with before the case of exposing the post, the Tai students are much more honest now.Now that the national situation is in turmoil, if Chen Dong, Zhang Bing and others were back then, it is bound to stir up a storm again.The day before yesterday was the anniversary of Zhang Bing's death, and Deng Su led his disciples to pay homage to him.Thinking of Zhang Minghuan, he felt sad for a while, his old friends either passed away, or they were separated, and Zhao Xingde didn't know where he ended up.

On this day, Deng Su tested the classics, Ci and Fu of two students, and talked about the current events of the Liao army's invasion of the invaders.

"Teacher, although Zhang Xueshi is a famous general in the world, if he presides over the overall situation, the river defense will be safe, right?" Tai student Liu Wengu said.Jia Yuanzhen said: "Xueshi Zhang celebrated his sixtieth birthday last year. I don't know if Lian Po is old, can he still have food?" Yu Chicheng said angrily: "Wang Yan has 20 soldiers, but he allowed the Liao army to invade and punish him in prison. "Ma Yuan retorted: "When employing people, how can you harm yourself when the enemy is in front of you? In my opinion, it's just that I have too few cavalry, so I have to fortify everywhere. However, the cavalry of the Liao army comes like the wind, but they can It was caused by criticizing Kang and making mistakes." Wu Jinxian also agreed: "Wang Yan once defended Hejian and defeated Yelu Dashi, and commanded the army to destroy Fang La. He is a loyal minister and famous general in the world. The Liao army invaded Hebei, and most of the responsibility does not lie on him."

All the students couldn't resolve the dispute, so they asked their teacher to make a decision, but Deng Su shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "Civil and martial arts are different, and there is specialization in art. It's good to worry about the division of the country, but the general is away, and the king's order is not acceptable." , its plans are not allowed to be guessed at will, let alone intervened indiscriminately. You should pay more attention to the articles and current affairs. You must know that Li Ruoxu, who is the chief executive of this science and technology department, is only about the same age as you."

Liu Wengu and others were a little embarrassed.Li Ruoxu is also a supervisor of Taixue, he is usually very dull, his articles and discussions are not very public, and he doesn't rarely hang out in brothels.Unexpectedly, this year's Qiuwei will be the number one high school champion in one fell swoop.One of Deng Su's disciples was awarded Jinshi, but none of the students present at the scene were awarded Jinshi.