Fu Song

Chapter 359
Yan'an Mansion once again became the front line against the enemy.

As Cui Ang returned to Bianliang with a series of treaties signed with the Liao Kingdom, the Song Kingdom began intensive war preparations, and countless troops, food and grass began to be sent to Shaanxi Road in an endless stream.

And the Taiwei Zhang Chao, who was deeply trusted by Zhao Suo, was appointed to lead the six side affairs of Yongxing, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Xihe. In his hands, the positions of appeasement envoys, economic envoys, and transshipment envoys of all roads were also placed under Zhang Chao. This is also a rare practice in the Song Dynasty to use martial arts to control texts. Such a thing has never happened before.

The Song Dynasty judged from top to bottom that after Xiao Ding defeated Li Dan and Li Du, two generals with tens of thousands of troops, his rule in the north of Hengshan had almost been stabilized, and this person had already met the conditions for self-reliance.And according to the intelligence collected by various spies, it seems that the entire Western Army is preparing for Xiao Ding to proclaim himself emperor.

This is not what Bianliang can tolerate.

For the Song Dynasty, it has always been the dream of everyone, including the emperor and ministers, to inherit the former Han land and achieve a unified dynasty, but now, Jin'ou is lacking.

The Liao people occupied the land of Youyan, but the current Song Dynasty can't beat the Liao people at all. If they are not bullied by the other party, they will be Amitabha. How dare they provoke them?Secondly, it is a cochin, sneaky and self-reliant, but the location is remote, and there is no big threat to Da Song. When the world is settled, it is not impossible to deal with him later.Now the land of Hexi dares to think of becoming its own country, on an equal footing with the Song Dynasty, how can this be tolerated?
The emperor couldn't bear it.

The courtiers couldn't bear it either.

So even if this time the Liao people once again signed a treaty of losing power and humiliating the country, Bianliang couldn't care less, and first took down the rebellious Xiao Ding in Hexi before talking about other things.

When Bianliang confirmed that Yeluxi, governor of Shangjing Road in the Liao Kingdom, had mobilized more than [-] soldiers and horses to press down on the land of Hexi, he immediately ordered Zhang Chao to launch a military operation.

Since May, Zhang Chao has launched intensive military operations against the Western Army on Shaanxi Road.

In the early stage, because of the defeat of Li Dan and Li Du, the Western Army left Hengshan, and the entire Suide area was under the threat of the Western Army. Dozens of hundreds of soldiers were conquered by the Western Army. If these places were not recaptured, the Song Army would have no It is impossible to launch a large-scale counterattack.

After nearly two months of continuous combat, the Song army recovered these border military strongholds one by one.

Of course, this also has a great relationship with the entire Western Army's indifference to fighting.

What they are facing now is the joint attack of the two superpowers in the world today. In the north, more than [-] Liao troops are approaching the city. Unlike Hengshan, there are still natural dangers to guard against.

Strategic contraction is already an inevitable choice.

"Xiao Ding's contraction of troops is inevitable." Pointing to the map, Zhang Chao said to the two generals standing on the left and right: "He must first deal with the attack of Yeluxi's [-] troops. This time the Liao people attacked Hexi Most of the land is cavalry, and Hexi has no danger to defend, so it can only be head-to-head."

Zheng Xiong nodded and said: "The Taiwei is right. Xiao Ding now controls [-] strings, among which thousands of iron kites are the elite among the elite. With his personality, he must want to fight head-on in the desert, completely Defeat Yeluxi. As for our side, because of the natural danger of Hengshan and the vast sea, he must rely on danger to delay time, and wait until he defeats Yeluxi before turning back to face us. General Wang, what do you think? "

On the right side of Zhang Chao, the general Wang Jun who had just been transferred back from Hebei could not see any joy or anger on his face. As the former deputy general Xiao Ding and a member of the Guangrui Army, he was transferred to Shaanxi Road to assist in the battle. It caused a lot of controversy, and in the end it was Zhang Chao who resisted all opinions and transferred him here.

"Taiwei and General Zheng said that the art of war is justified!" Wang Jundao: "From now on, the Western Army's retreat seems to be showing that the opponent's strategy is just like this."

"It seems?" Zheng Xiong asked with a smile.

Wang Jun nodded: "Yes, the last general will follow Director Xiao, oh, Xiao Ding." Wang Jun glanced at the two people in front of him, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about them, he continued: "Look at Xiao Ding." It looks rough and unrestrained, but its combat style is extremely cunning and delicate. Arranging troops is often unexpected, and we have to guard against this."

"You mean that Xiao Ding is likely to target us?" Zhang Chao asked.

Wang Jun was silent for a moment, and said, "If it were me, I would do the same."

"Why?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Because our Song army is weaker than the Liao army, Xiao Ding is well aware of this!" Wang Jun took a deep breath and said, "The most capable army on the Shaanxi Road was wiped out along with General Li Dan. The other one was also squandered by Li Du in Hengshan, how many troops can fight on the Shaanxi Road now?"

"That's why I transferred General Zheng and your General Wang's troops here," Zhang Chao said.

Wang Jun couldn't help smiling bitterly.

He had seen Zheng Xiong's army before. Compared with the general army, it was indeed elite and dared to fight, but compared with the army he was familiar with, it was not a star and a half worse.

As for his subordinates, Wang Jun is confident, but what can an army of less than [-] people do?

After breaking away from the Guangrui Army, Wang Jun took a group of confidants and defected to Ma Xing, the comforter of Shaanxi Road at that time.This was also one of the methods used by Ma Xing to divide the Guangrui army.However, what Ma Xing did was aboveboard, and it was not considered a secret poaching.Wang Jun wanted to go further, but Xiao Ding had nothing to say.

Later, Wang Jun followed Ma Xing to Hebei Road. At this time, Wang Jun already had a thousand well-trained troops under his command.Adhering to Xiao Ding's philosophy of building an army, rather than overdoing what's lacking, Wang Jun's recruitment is also extremely strict.After returning to Hebei, Wang Jun was even more powerful. He was originally from Hebei.At this time, because Hebei Road was defeated in the battle with the Liao army, the army was disintegrated, and the people suffered, which gave Wang Jun great convenience.

His army has absorbed many scattered Hebei frontier troops. The addition of these people has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of Wang Jun's troops.

But problems followed.

It wasn't until this time that Wang Jun really understood what it means to not be in charge of the family and not know how expensive Chai Migui is.

In the past, under Xiao Ding's command, whatever was lacking, he just reached out and asked Xiao Ding for it. If Xiao Ding didn't give it, he would complain a few words in his heart that he favored this and compared him. It was only when he had to worry about everything that he realized that , How difficult it is to build a truly strong army!

No money!

Even if Ma Xing takes extra care of Wang Jun's subordinates, the money is still not enough.

So Wang Jun can only eat empty pay.

With an army of [-] men, there is a shortfall of more than [-] men.

But Wang Jun's empty salary was not filled with personal pockets. He stuffed all the money and food of the thousands of people who had been greedy on the heads of the remaining three thousand people.

And he didn't hide this matter from Ma Xing.

Ma Xing, who had seen Guang Ruijun, acquiesced in Wang Jun's actions.

In Ma Xing's view, three thousand wolves are definitely more effective than five thousand dogs.

This time Wang Jun was unwilling to come, and Ma Xing was actually unwilling to let Wang Jun come, but Zhang Chao recognized this army, and the court ordered Wang Jun to come.

From the bottom of his heart, Wang Jun was unwilling to fight against the Western Army.

Not only because Wang Jun was born in the Western Army, but also because his confidants have a deep affection for the Guangrui Army, but also because he has no confidence at all in fighting the Western Army.

"This time, the army dispatched by the imperial court exceeds half a million, including young and strong civilian husbands." Zhang Chao turned around and looked at Zheng Xiong and Wang Jun with a serious expression. "There is no doubt about the determination of the officials. In the first battle, if we win, all of you will be rich and prosperous, if you lose again, let alone you, even I, I am afraid that I will go to Lingnan to supervise the wine tax."

"Do your best!"

"It's not about doing your best, it's about winning!" Zhang Chao said, "General Wang, you and the Hedong Army will join forces. The strategic goal of the first phase is to wipe out the Western Army forces around Siwu Village and capture Siwu Village for the second phase." Make all preparations. General Zheng, your goal is Shentangbao. This is a sharp knife protruded by the Western Army. On Qinfeng Road, Li Chun will attack Weizhou fiercely. This time, he will never dare to be perfunctory. The imperial court has sent a supervising army there. What he is facing is Yuzang Huama, a Tubo man. The pressure is much less than ours. Many. Perhaps, the first one to break the game is his place."

"The guard of Siwu City is still Zhang Yunsheng. Li Du died at the hands of Xiao Ding. Can you send someone to talk about surrendering Zhang Yunsheng? Even if you can't, it's good to make them suspicious and suspicious of each other." Wang Jun said.

"Send people already!" Zhang Chao shook his head and said: "The effect is not good. Zhang Yunsheng directly beheaded the people we sent and sent them to Xingqing Mansion. Therefore, in Siwu City, I am afraid that in the end we will have to fight hard." !"

Thinking of the precipitousness of Siwu City, and the ability shown when the Western Army attacked Li Du, Wang Jun felt pain in his cheeks.

There was a clanging sound of armor leaves colliding outside the door, followed by a young general striding in with a waist knife in his hand. Although the visitor was young, his identity was unusual. It was Zhang Cheng, the son of Taiwei Zhang Chao.

Wang Jun stood up with a smile and saluted with fists in his hands.

Zhang Chao naturally ignored his son, and since Zhang Cheng is now Zheng Xiong's lieutenant general, Zheng Xiong has no reason to welcome his subordinates. Although Wang Jun is higher in rank than Zhang Cheng, Wang Jun, who has always been very careless, doesn't want to offend He saw the young general in front of him who was in full bloom.

And this guy deserves his gift.The guy who was able to defend Miyagi under the attack of King Jing, Tao Dayong and other famous generals of the Song Dynasty had no real skills, and he would definitely not survive the present.

Moreover, the [-] imperial troops led by this person are exactly the same army that followed him in the bloody battle in the capital. The army that has seen bloody battles is different from the general army.Now in this Yan'an mansion, it is acting as Zhang Chao's guard and the inspection team of all the soldiers.

"Looking at your appearance, what happened?" Zhang Chao asked in a deep voice.

"Today, dozens of soldiers who disturbed the place were arrested!" Zhang Cheng said angrily: "I haven't dealt with it yet, but their generals have come to ask for someone! They are still arrogant, and they open their mouths to say that they still They have come here from thousands of miles away to fight for their country, yet we treat them like this!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng's angry appearance, Zheng Xiong was a little funny.

"This time it's on Huainan Road, or Jingdong East Road, or Jingdong East Road?"

"Army on Huainan Road! When Chen Ping found me, he was furious and wanted to take back these soldiers who violated military discipline. Hmph, it was a bad idea. It's still stained with blood, but Chen Ping still wants to take him back, is it really out of his mind?" Zhang Cheng said angrily. "I'm afraid it won't be long before he finds you, Taiwei!"

The three people in the room looked at each other, Wang Jun immediately lowered his eyebrows, he was unwilling to say anything more, Zheng Xiong thought for a moment, and said: "It's so comforting, I feel that those who have blood on their hands and those who have harmed women , must be severely punished, but the rest of them, forget it. General Zhang, those people you arrested earlier, you might as well let them go, these few heads can shock the entire army, it’s almost the same.”

Zhang Chao nodded: "General Zheng is right. Use these few heads to deter the newly transferred troops and let them know that a certain family's knives can still kill people in the face of the war. If others make minor mistakes, you might as well Let them take their crimes and make meritorious deeds."

This is a compromise method, which not only requires strict military discipline, but also gives face to the generals of other troops, so that they can get down from power.But Zhang Cheng was obviously dissatisfied: "Taiwei, are these troops really going to fight on the battlefield? I'm afraid they will pee their pants in fright!"

"You can't face the enemy head-on. It's okay to defend the army camp, escort food and grass, and maintain roads." Zhang Chao glanced at his son and said, "Everyone has a use for everyone. In this world, there is no useless person. It just depends on whether you know how to use it. If you can’t learn this, you’ll just be a general who charges into battle all your life, and you’ll never be able to control one side alone.”

In front of the two generals under his command educating their sons, Zhang Chao told these two guys calmly in an extremely different way, I don't treat you as outsiders.

Walking out of Zhang Chao's camp, Wang Jun and Zheng Xiong bid farewell.

Unlike Zheng Xiong who is full of confidence, Wang Jun is full of worries.The number of troops gathered this time is actually very large. In addition to the side troops on Qinfeng Road, Shaanxi Zan, and Hedong Road, a large number of forbidden troops were also transferred from Jingxi Road, Jingdong Road, and Huainan Road. Speaking of it, it is far worse than those forbidden troops in Bianliang.

The combat effectiveness of the Liangliang army is a bit weaker, but the military discipline is still there. It must have been listened to by the emperor. Such people are a little dumbfounded.He is used to the style of troops with strict military discipline, and the looseness of these troops can really be described as an eye-opener.

Can such an army fight?

Full of worries, Wang Jun rushed all the way to the Suide area.

(End of this chapter)