Prime Minister

Chapter 652 Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy

After finishing speaking, Han Tong and Tang Jiu on the side were all fascinated by it, and the old man and others on the side were all savoring Zhang Yue's words.

This seems to be a ditty, the words are not difficult, even ordinary people who are illiterate can understand it.

Looking at Tongguan in the distance, where the peaks and ridges gather together, the waves are like anger, and some are called mountains and rivers, everyone savors the bitterness in this little song, and there is a sense of helplessness during the period.

The old man said: "Mr. Lang, this song is well recited. It would be great if the officials in the court knew about it."

"We ordinary people flee from wars, avoid natural disasters, and avoid man-made disasters. There are too many days like this."

At this time, a commoner beside the road suddenly sang: "Brother Feng Jun, Xiao Feng Jun, brothers follow each other."

"Smart and virtuous to benefit the officials and the people, the government is like Lu Weide transforming Jun, Zhou Gong and Kang Shu are like two kings."

The people sang the Shangjun song, and they talked about the succession of brothers Feng Yewang, Feng Li, the prefect of Shangjun.

It is said that the two brothers govern Shangjun excellently, and the people are looking forward to having such a good official.

This song has been sung by the people of Northwest China since the Han Dynasty.

Many people followed suit one after another, and their words were full of sad tones.

Zhang Yue also understood where the misery of Xintianyou came from, it was the burden of a nation for thousands of years.

"On the road, on the road!"

The civilian servants got up spontaneously, and the people who were singing along just now were all busy. The old man and the others didn't dare to rest too much, otherwise they would be fined if they missed the deadline, and besides, there was a long line of custody.

And Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's failure to be executed is of course more severe than this.

However, for thousands of years, the civil servants have been very conscious even without the urging of the law.

Without a word of complaint, everyone pushed and pulled the chicken carts of various grades, and the Taiping carts walked on the official road.

The people of the Han family have always been the most able to endure hunger and hardship. Now, for the imperial court's grand strategy to capture Hengshan, the people of many counties and counties have been mobilized in this way, and countless luggage are being transported to the Tongguan Road day and night. Guanzhong.

At the end of the day, the old man said to Zhang Yue: "Lang Jun, thank you for the wine! When the old man finishes his trip, come to my house and sit down."

"Ok."

"Lang Jun, if there is such a day, I hope you can help us common people to talk to the officials."

Zhang Yue was startled, although he didn't reveal his identity, the old man could tell at a glance that he was an official.

"Speaking for the common people is the duty of us scholars! Just like Mr. Feng and Mr. Feng!"

Zhang Yue replied.

Then everyone bowed their hands to Zhang Yue and set out on the road.

Zhang Yue watched these people off, and murmured: "Speak for the common people!"

Han Tong and Tang Jiu all nodded.

On that day, Zhang Yue arrived at Chang'an through Tongguan Road. When he was resting at the post station, Zhang Yue knew that Han Jiang had also arrived at Yanyan Road.

, and set up the shogunate in Yanzhou.

Zhang Yue rushed to Yanzhou to meet Han Jiang day and night.

There are four appeasement roads in Shaanxi. The reason why Han Jiang set up the shogunate in Yanzhou on Yanyan Road is also very understandable, because the Suide Army (renamed Suizhou) is on Yanyan Road.

Yanyan Road is located in the northeast of Shaanxi, while Qinfeng Road is located in the southwest of Shaanxi. The positions of Guweizhai and Suide Army are like the two fists of an adult man with his left and right arms open.

Suide is on the right, and Gu Wei is on the left, just like in boxing, when the opponent is fully defending against your right uppercut, a left hook unexpectedly hits the opponent's right cheek hard.

In the three years of Xining in another time and space history, the Song Dynasty had no left uppercut plan at all.

Because Wang Shao is Guwei who only arrived in Xining two years ago, despite his great abilities, it is impossible to organize a large-scale offensive against Xixia in two years.

But now, in the second year of Zhiping, Wang Shao was recommended by Zhang Yue to Guwei, and he has been operating here for six or seven years.

As for the plan to send troops to Suide, most people still don't know about it. This is only known to the officials, Han Jiang, Wang Anshi, Zhang Yue, Chong Er and other five or six people. Are still in the dark.

Zhang Yue originally planned to report to Han Jiang's shogunate, but Han Tong said no, because Zhang Yue was Han Jiang's own family, so he went directly to Han Jiang's residence in the city. As for the shogunate, it was a place for official reception.

Zhang Yue went to Han Jiang's residence in the city.

Zhang Yue learned from Han Tong.

Generally, generals in Jiedu places live in the shogunate, so they can report at any time if they have military affairs, but Han Jiang likes quietness and doesn't like so many people coming in and out, so the shogunate is the residence of the staff, and Han Jiang sleeps in the mansion.

In case of any emergency military situation, the staff rushed to the residence to report to Han Jiang, and the staff usually handled it by themselves.

Zhang Yue also saw Han Jiang's character, that is, he didn't like small things, so he could delegate power to others generously.But with such a character, it is okay to be an official, and maybe even a good boss, but in the important task of being in charge of the military, it is impossible not to personally grasp the power.

When Zhang Yue arrived at Han Jiang's home, half of the commanding guards were guarding the outside, but all the Xiang troops were inside.

In the military system of the Song Dynasty, the forbidden army fought, and the local Xiang army nominally cooperated in the battle, but in fact they were just doing odd jobs. An official could let the Xiang soldiers come to his home to do odd jobs at will.

Therefore, the Xiang army has no combat effectiveness. In the war against the Xixia people in Shaanxi in the past few years, the volunteers recruited from the people are far more powerful than the Xiang army, and even stronger than the forbidden army.

Zhang Yue went straight to the mansion to meet Han Jiang.

Han Jiang said: "The speed can be counted."

Zhang Yue said: "Let's go after seeing the commander-in-chief. The next official needs to go to Qinfeng Road to take up his post."

Han Jiang said: "Don't worry, stay one more day, I will introduce you to meet the officials and generals of Yanzhou. I knew that Cai Que had come. This person is indeed a capable person. I hate seeing it too late. Now I am in the shogunate. Most of the things are entrusted to him."

Zhang Yue smiled, it was not unexpected that Cai could be reused by Han Jiang.

Cai Que has always been short of a chance to make a fortune.And as a boss, Han Jiang is more than ten times stronger than Xue Xiang.

"Although people in the shogunate are now getting people, food, salaries and supplies are being transported from Guanzhong in an endless stream. A few days ago, the government even distributed 100 million silver silks from the inner storage, half of which were sealed for the four roads, and half of them were used for this time. Capture Hengshan's military reserve."

"Earlier, the appeasement envoy of Jingyuan Road said that the tribes of this road were short of food, so they asked for [-] certificates to subsidize, but the officials gave [-] certificates in one go."

"But now what I lack is soldiers and horses."

Zhang Yue asked: "Is the Han army available?"

Han Jiang shook her head and said, "Not available. You have also seen this war. Most of the military reserves in Shaanxi were transferred from the interior, but the states along the border of Shaanxi are more remote, and it is even more inconvenient to transfer supplies."

"On weekdays, the soldiers of the village can only afford two liters of rice per day for defense, and three hundred pickles per month. They can't even make ends meet. Many soldiers' armors are made of paper, and the soldiers have complaints against the court, so that the little Shengzhi makes the soldiers make noise. , the movement will provoke a mutiny.”

"Then recruit recruits?"

Han Jiang shook his head and said, "Both you and Judge Lu persuaded me to follow the example of the Han and Tang dynasties in recruiting sons from good families, but this dynasty values ​​culture over military affairs, so there are no sons from good families who are willing to serve in the army. This time when I first entered Shaanxi, I recruited [-] troops. , Later I saw that they were all robbers, thieves, and criminals on the run.”

"The only thing I can do is to organize these people into an army, and the seven armies will all be led by Han generals."

"Why don't I want to use the Han army, but how can there be a Han army?"

Zhang Yue couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard this, and his expectations for Han Jiang's attack on Hengshan this time were a little lower in his heart.

Han Jiang said: "Now there is only one way to use the Tibetans! This time when we leave Suide, we will compete with the Xia people for the Hengshan Fan tribe. The soldiers of the Hengshan Fan tribe are brave and good at fighting, and the Hexi soldiers in Xixia also think they are inferior."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, if the Han army is not strong, how can it hold down the Fan army.

"Then the imperial court gave the Fan army several times more than the Han army, so the Han army won't have any objections?"

Han Jiang said: "The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade, and now Guo Kui also said the same thing, but this man has great power and a strong temper. I vaguely tried his idea of ​​sending troops from Suide to take Hengshan, and he didn't even think about it." declined."

"That's right, Guo Kui has always opposed He Huang's idea of ​​opening the border, and it's really hard for me to implement it with this person."

Zhang Yue listened to Han Jiang's complaints. He felt that before Han Jiang arrived in Shaanxi, he had at least [-]% confidence, but now he is not even [-]% confident.

Zhang Yue said: "Since Guo Kui is unwilling, he can be transferred!"

"But he has a high prestige in Shaanxi. Yes, he knows that you have come to Shaanxi, so he invites you to meet him. This is why I want to stay with you for one more day."

"Guo Kui wants to see me?" Zhang Yue was a little surprised, but the other party was called 'Little Guo Ziyi'.

Zhang Yue said, "Why does he want to see me?"

Han Jiang said: "He was single-handedly picked up by Duke Han Wei. When Duke Han Wei went to Chasuide City in the northwest, he listened to his opinion. He heard that Duke Han Wei admired you so much, so he wanted to meet you, probably not What do you mean by embarrassment?"

Zhang Yue said: "Okay, then I'll see you for now."

Afterwards, Han Jiang discussed with Zhang Yue the steps to take Hengshan, and Zhang Yue said: "If Mr. Han sets a date for dispatching troops to Hengshan, he will inform his subordinate officials, and the subordinate officials will dispatch troops from Guwei ten days in advance to attract Xixia people."

It is very risky for Zhang Yue to launch an attack in advance. If Xixia misjudges that Zhang Yue is the main force along the way, it will be bad.

But it is of great benefit for Han Jiang to seize Hengshan head-on.

Han Jiang was not too pretentious, but said: "I understand, I will definitely let you know when the time comes. You have also seen that Xuan Fusi is also in a dilemma. I really don't have extra manpower and material resources for you, so I must use all my strength. Capture Hengshan."

"But I have a hundred certificates here, you can take them to Qinzhou and use them first."

Zhang Yue did not refuse and said, "Then I will thank Mr. Han."

Zhang Yue and Han Jiang discussed for a while before leaving.

When he came out of Han Jiang's mansion, Zhang Yue deeply felt why Xiao He, the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, was ranked first.

What did Xiao He do?Town country, caress the common people, supply military supplies, give food and salaries...

These things are not as impressive as Han Xin's siege of the city, and they are not as good as Zhang Liang's ingenious plots dedicated to Liu Bang, leaving good stories in the history books.

What Xiao He did was the most inconspicuous, seemingly insignificant, but most crucial issue.

Therefore, Liu Bang saw this, and finally ranked Xiao He's contribution first when deciding on the affairs of the world.

And the key to the victory of this battle against Xia is actually here.

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