Fu Song

Chapter 325 Rebellion
The inner courtyard of the general manager's mansion has been decorated as a mourning hall.

In the middle of the nave, there are two huge spiritual tablets, and servants in plain clothes are adding paper money to the brazier.And Gao Yi led Xiao Jing, both of them were filial, standing at the door of the middle hall, looking at Xiao Ding who came in.

Without taking off his armor or removing his saber, Xiao Ding fell to his knees in front of the spirit seat with a heavy bang.

With a bang sound, both Gao Yi and Xiao Jing were taken aback. Looking at Xiao Ding, their foreheads were already flushed.

There were several thuds in a row, each time Xiao Ding knocked on the capital very hard, after three knocks, blood was already flowing down.

"Officer!" Gao Yi knelt beside Xiao Ding, and grabbed his arm.

"Father!" Xiao Jing burst into tears, obviously frightened.

Holding one in each hand, Xiao Ding stood up, didn't say anything, just stared at the two spirit cards on the altar for a long time.

He left home to join the army at the age of sixteen. At that time, he was still a boy who didn't have to think about anything.

In a blink of an eye, it has been ten years, and he is already twenty-six years old.

Song's youngest marching chief.

A general who controls an army of [-] and is in charge of a land of thousands of miles.

Once upon a time, he still thought about how to serve his parents, how to let the elderly enjoy the happiness of his family, and how to make his parents proud of him.

Unable to imagine but die in the middle way.

The son wants to support but the relative does not wait.

Think about it, these years, I really haven't done any filial piety!

"Officer!" Gao Yi's voice came from beside him.

Xiao Ding turned his head, looked at Gao Qi with a worried face, and said softly: "Don't worry, you are a married daughter, the daughter-in-law of my Xiao family, and have nothing to do with the Gao family. You won't be involved If you come to the Gao family, even if there is something, Duke Bao must be able to deal with it."

Gao Qi shook her head slightly: "I'm not worried about my natal family, I'm just worried about you, are we going to war with the imperial court?"

"The war has already begun!" Xiao Ding said: "The moment I entered the mansion, there was news from Shentang Fort that Li Dan led thousands of troops to attack our fort, but Li Yituo set up an ambush halfway. First wipe out most of its troops, and then defeat the opponent in Dingbian City, behead Zhao and Song generals Li Dan, Hao Yue, Qiu Zheng, and Xie Dong, and nearly ten thousand Song troops were either killed or captured."

Gao Yi let out a heavy breath, before the war, endless and various worries, the news really came, but relieved.

What should come, always will come.

Moreover, there is no way out.

Li Dan was the top general of the Song court on Shaanxi Road, and even he was killed by the subordinates of the officials, so what is there to say?

"Can we win?" she asked tremblingly.

"I don't know!" He said that he didn't know, but his tone was extremely firm: "You have to fight to know."

When Xiao Ding appeared in the vestibule of the General Manager's Mansion again, Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others who had been waiting there were all stunned.

For a moment, they didn't realize that standing in front of them was their leader Xiao Ding.

The beard that Xiao Ding had grown for many years was shaved clean, and what appeared in front of everyone was a slightly unfamiliar face.

Xiao Ding is very handsome, he perfectly inherited the genes of Mrs. Han, but Xiao Erlang and Xiao Cheng are more like Xiao Yu.It was because of this face that when Xiao Dingchu joined the army, he had to grow a big beard to make himself look more fierce.

After more than ten years, Xiao Dabeard's vicious reputation has spread far and wide among the Liao people, and now it naturally makes all the ministries in the Northwest fearful.

Today, Xiao Ding shaved off his beard.

The corner of Zhang Yuan's mouth curved into an arc, but he swallowed his smile abruptly.

There was a white curtain wrapped around the chief's forehead, and there were faint bloodstains on it, obviously, it had just been knocked open in the inner hall.

They all went to the inner hall to have a drink, of course they knew the situation inside.

Xiao Ding looks calm at the moment, but in fact, his anger is like a volcano about to erupt, and if something goes wrong, it will erupt.

Xiao Ding is usually very kind and rarely gets angry.

But once you really get angry, it doesn't matter who intercedes.

"Let's all sit down!" Xiao Ding, who was wearing a filial piety dress and tied a hemp rope around his waist, went to the middle seat and waved to everyone.

There was a rattling sound of tables, chairs and benches being dragged.

Speaking of which, these are all things left by Xiao Erlang back then.

When the meeting is held, everyone sits around a long table, and the secretary has long written down the general situation of the matter to be discussed today on a piece of paper and placed it in front of everyone in the meeting, so that Everyone can see the meeting agenda at a glance.

During the meeting, several secretaries sat in a corner and were responsible for recording the entire meeting process including everyone's speeches and final decisions.

At first Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others were not used to it, but gradually, this became a tradition of the Western Army, from the General Manager's Mansion to every prefecture and county.

What is good at the top will be effective at the bottom.

"When the second brother left the Northwest, he had a long talk with me all night." Xiao Ding's opening remarks were beyond everyone's expectations, "The most important point is that he talked about the foundation of the Zhao Song court and the foundation of the state. There are some deep-seated problems in the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. One of them left a deep impression on me. Do you know what the second brother is talking about?"

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly. If there was anyone who made him unable to see the depth clearly, it was Xiao Erlang.Even Xiao Ding in front of him, Zhang Yuan can roughly judge some of the other party's thoughts.

No one made a sound.

In fact, everyone also knew that Xiao Ding didn't need them to answer.

Sure enough, Xiao Ding continued: "Second brother said that the Great Song Dynasty has supported scholars for hundreds of years, and it can barely be justified for the common people. The foundation is very stable, so if you want to overthrow the Bianliang court through rebellion, it is very difficult, very difficult! "

"Second Young Master's words are biased!" Zhang Yuan glanced at the civil and military officials in the room, and felt that Xiao Ding should not be allowed to grow others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige! "Like today's Zhao Song officials, they reuse people like Cui Ang, which shows their strength, and the use of Chu King instead of King Jing shows the stupidity of the officials. In the battle of Hebei, the frontier army was completely destroyed. The imperial army is unbearable to fight, and Zhao Song is extremely weak at this moment."

Everyone was stunned, and they also understood that there were some things that no longer needed to be discussed.

Because when Xiao Ding opened his mouth, he didn't even ask whether he wanted to rebel or not, but directly discussed the question of whether he could win the fight, which already explained the problem.

"That night, we talked a lot!" Xiao Ding did not say goodbye to Zhang Yuan, but squinted his eyes, leaned on the chair, and said to himself: "At the beginning, the second brother told me that if one day I want to If they rebelled, how could they survive under the pincer attack of the two great powers, Liao and Song?"

Having said that, even Zhang Yuan shut up.

Because of Xiao Erlang's wise plan, he also admired it very much, and he did not expect that Xiao Erlang had discussed this issue with Xiao Ding a few years ago.

"At the beginning, I thought it was just a joke." Xiao Ding smiled wryly: "I thought how could I become a traitor? Impossible! I have always been loyal to the imperial court. I never thought that Erlang would be a prophecy. Ah, now I'm a traitor too!"

"Zhao Song has no way." Tuoba Yangwei stood up: "I am a barbarian, but I have also read the books of sages. Mencius also said that the king treats his ministers like brothers and sisters; the king treats his ministers like his heart; the king treats his ministers like dogs and horses , the ministers regard the emperor as a countryman; the emperor regards the ministers as dirt, and the ministers regard the emperor as a bandit. Chief, you have never been a traitor."

Xiao Ding waved his hand, "We can think so, but the world doesn't think so, but it doesn't matter, if I, Xiao Dingneng, don't avenge my parents, how can I stand in this world, how can I order this One hundred thousand tigers!"

Everyone in the room stood up with a clatter, some with serious faces, some with excitement, and some with anger. The same thing is, everyone was extremely excited.

"I am willing to follow the manager, go through fire and water, and do whatever I want!"

Xiao Ding pressed his hands down, motioning for everyone to sit down.

Yes, everyone here is willing to follow him, that's because everyone has a higher pursuit now.I was in the Song Dynasty, and I had already become the chief of the march. It can be said that I had reached the end of my career as a military officer at a young age. If I want to go further, I have to go back to Bianliang.And these subordinates of mine, their way of advancement is about to be blocked. If they can't make progress, they naturally can't make progress either.Even if they are self-motivated, their path to advancement is very limited.

And these people have already seen the vastness of the world.

They have seen the spaciousness of the land of Qingtang and the immensity of the land of the Western Regions. They are used to being respected and feared by others in this vast and boundless world.But as soon as they returned to Song Dynasty, they were nothing.Not to mention being rich and well-rounded, it's even hard to be respected.

Because they are barbarians and warriors, the few scholars present are basically down-and-out guys who have tried and failed.

If they rebel themselves, their future will be limitless.

This is the most fundamental reason why they are willing to follow themselves forward.

And this point, Erlang had already made it clear to himself.

Is there such a thing as a truly loyal man?
Of course there are, but such people are extremely rare.

Because there are very few, every time one appears, there will be a special book in history.

The people need heroes.

The court needs these people to show its justice.

Basically, everyone has something to ask for, and they gather around you, hoping to achieve their own goals by helping you.

No matter whether it is to confer a wife and son, or to be famous in history, it is essentially a personal appeal.

And now, I can give them this hope.

"Don't look at the territory we control now is wider than Zhao Song, but when it comes to the most basic things, we are incomparable with Zhao Song!" Xiao Ding said: "Take this battle of Shentangbao as an example, Li Yi Tuoba Fen fought extremely well. At the cost of losing a thousand people, he severely injured the Song army of nearly [-] people. It was an outright victory. But what is the loss of [-] people to Zhao Song? It's nothing. They can assemble an army of [-] or even a million in a very short period of time. But the loss of [-] people is very distressing to us, isn't it?"

Everyone wants to refute, but it really makes sense after thinking about it.

People in the Northwest can't compare with Zhao Song!So Zhao Song didn't care about this kind of human life consumption, but they couldn't help it.

"Two things, if we do two things well, we will be able to survive for a long time." Xiao Ding said: "The first thing is to keep the line of Hengshan. This is our destiny line. If we lose Hengshan, we will almost be doomed." The second thing is to try to avoid fighting with Zhao Song, because we can't fight, whether it's human life or financial resources."

"Boss, this is a matter for the future." Zhang Yuandao: "But now, the first thing we have to do is to give Zhao Song a blow in the face. Only by winning the current battle can we have a strategic plan for the future!"

"Zhang Chao came to Shaanxi in person and gathered [-] troops to attack Qinfeng Road, Shaanxi Road, and Hedong Road." Xiao Ding sneered and said, "But in fact, we are mainly facing one road, Shaanxi Road. We are defeated. On this road, Zhao Song's attack this time will collapse across the board. To win the battle on Shaanxi Road, the first one to be defeated is Li Du. After defeating Li Du and taking Siwu Village, Zhang Chao will Half the battle."

"Yuzang, if you go to Weizhou, you don't need to take the initiative to attack. If you defend Weizhou and withstand the attack of the Song army on Qinfeng Road, you will be victorious." Xiao Ding said: "Tuoba, you go to Dingbian Town and gather more Hengshan soldiers. Party items, looting and harassing attacks on Shaanxi Road."

"Obey!" Yuzang Huama and Tuoba Yangwei stood up at the same time, bowing to accept the order.

"I led [-] iron kites and [-] strides to fight against Li Du. The Dingnan Army is about to arrive in Youzhou, so let's take care of this fish that slipped through the net in Youzhou and let him go to accompany Li Xu." !” Xiao Ding continued. "Ren Duozhong, all the logistics supplies of our department will be supported by you."

"Don't worry, Chief, Ren Duozhong has been looking forward to this day!" Ren Duozhong said excitedly, "For the past two years, the General Manager's Office has been letting us gather grain, grass and military equipment in Yanzhou, and several large warehouses are full, so we can guarantee that the General Manager's work will not be missed. "

Xiao Ding glanced at Zhang Yuan, of course Zhang Yuan was arranging these things.In the past two years, he has been focusing on mopping up the external military forces, and all the internal governance has been handed over to Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others. Now it seems that these two guys have long been preparing for this day.

"Chang Shi is still responsible for the overall planning and deployment of all internal affairs!" Xiao Ding said in a deep voice, "Zhang Changshi, we are facing great difficulties right now, and some things that were sunk in the past will inevitably turn up. Noisy"

"Don't worry, the manager, it's very season, very tricky, if someone really doesn't understand, Zhang will lend his head to use!"

Looking across all the officials in the room, Xiao Ding said slowly: "Everyone, if you win this battle, you will have a future. If you lose this battle, we will die!"

(End of this chapter)