Fu Song

Chapter 477 Cut off the robe and cut off the righteousness
The whole city is happy.

Or within a few days, everyone in the Song Dynasty will be full of joy, the wine in the restaurant must not be enough to sell, and the business of those theater troupes will definitely improve by several percent.

After several years, Song Liao finally signed a peace agreement.

Moreover, the negotiation this time ended with Song's overall dominance.

At least, according to Da Song, this time, they won at the negotiating table.

The Liao Kingdom returned all the land they had snatched through the war a few years ago, and all the Liao troops retreated to the north bank of the Juma River.

What Da Song paid was nothing more than some money.

Year coins doubled.

It's only two million guan.

This amount of money is really nothing to Da Song.

Of course, when it comes to presenting New Year coins to the Liao Kingdom every year, it is a bit embarrassing.

However, the current emperor of the Liao Kingdom calls himself his nephew in front of the officials of the Song Dynasty, so this little money can be regarded as a gift from his uncle to his nephew!
People in the Song Dynasty have always been able to find the point of self-loathing very easily.

Of course, this is only part of what the Song and Liao countries disclosed to the outside world.

Some others have not been made public.

That is, the two countries will jointly encircle and suppress Xiao Ding who is entrenched in the northwest.

Five years ago, the Battle of Hengshan broke out, the Great Song Dynasty was defeated, and the [-] troops were completely lost. The generals including Zhang Chao and Li Du fell into the sand on the Hengshan battlefield. Xiao Ding's Western Army once occupied almost the entire Shaanxi On the way, scouts from the Western Army have already appeared outside Jingzhao Mansion.

This has always been the pain in Zhao Suo's heart that the official of the Song Dynasty did not want to be mentioned.

Being beaten up by the Liao State was a matter of indifference, because over the past few hundred years, everyone seemed to be used to being beaten up and down.

But being beaten by Xiao Ding is something that cannot be tolerated.

Not to mention the officials, the officials of the imperial court, even the people of the Song Dynasty, seemed unable to bear such humiliation.

It seems to have become a consensus among everyone to save face and catch that traitor back.

For such a state of mind, Xiao Cheng, who lives far in the southwest, summed it up brilliantly in eight words:

Ning and foreign thieves, not slaves!
When everyone worked together to defeat the traitor, everyone seemed to have forgotten the countless contributions this traitor had made for this country, and the countless scars on his body that he had left for the Song Dynasty.

And, even if everyone turned against each other, the traitor was still doing his best to send out his subordinates to harass, attack, and contain Song's greatest enemy.

It's not that the Liao Kingdom didn't want to pull Xiao Ding into the gang. For this reason, Yelujun tried every means, but the envoys sent out never saw Xiao Ding's face, and they were all sent back by the humming Zhang Yuan. Sending countless money over, people want money, but things are absolutely not done.

After all this, Yelujun also gave up his mind, so far he had to agree with his empress Xiao Chuo's advice to him.

Xiao Chuo told Yelujun not to bother, Xiao Ding, his elder brother, would never be fooled by these sweet words.

Xiao Dalang is not like Xiao Erlang, he was born with insight and can easily see the blue sky through the clouds and mists, but he has a firm heart and perseverance and tenacity to the set goal. Once the goal is determined, even nine cows will never want to pull him look back.

Yelujun once hoped that after Xiao Ding established his foothold in the northwest, he would establish himself as emperor. In this way, he and the Song Dynasty would have an endless ending.

But Xiao Ding chose not to.

Now Xiao Ding is heading west all the way, the entire Qingtang Plateau, going west and crossing the Congling Ridge, is covered by Xiao Ding's iron cavalry, but he just doesn't want to be called emperor, not even king.

The flag flying in Xingqing Mansion was still the big flag of the chief of the Western March of the Great Song Dynasty.

This made Yelujun a little anxious.

Xiao Ding's strength is no longer what it used to be.

The current Xiao Ding really has the ability to shake the foundation of the Liao Kingdom, which can hurt the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, Yelujun must first take down the unpredictable enemy in the sky.

The court of the Song Dynasty was like a blank sheet of paper, they could see through what they wanted at a glance.

But Xiao Ding, Yelujun couldn't see through.

What does this guy want?
And that Xiao Cheng!

These two brothers are completely confusing.

As for what Xiao Chuo said to Yelujun, Yelujun felt a little illusory.

What Chinese orthodoxy?
When I defeat the Great Song Dynasty and unify the world, I will be the orthodox Chinese.

But now it is not so easy to unite with Song State to clean up Xiao Ding.

Therefore, Yelujun bled profusely.

Abandoned the large piece of Song State land that was occupied after the war five years ago.

In order to lure the Song people to take the bait.

Sure enough, Song Ren happily agreed to all of this.

Or in their hearts, the Liao Kingdom is a big fool, right?
The officials were going to deal with Xiao Ding!

Are you still willing to pay such a price?
Very good!
Hurry up and sign!
Don't let you have a chance to regret it.

Both sides are very happy.

As for who will be really happy in the end, we can only wait for time to verify.

Shaanxi Road, Yan'an Mansion, Sanchuankou.

Under the guidance of the command flag, groups of soldiers circled back and forth, rushing and killing repeatedly. Two teams of tens of thousands of people were catching and fighting each other.

This is not a war, this is just a drill.

However, compared with the highly performative drills of the Fourth Army in the capital, the military drills here are many times higher in terms of intensity and intensity.

Such exercises allow soldiers to die.

The exercises here did not presuppose who would win the final victory.

For Zhang Cheng, what he wants is the smartest general and the strongest soldier.

For this reason, he didn't care if some people died due to various mistakes during the exercise.

Because his enemy is too powerful.

To defeat his opponent, he must be stronger.

The Battle of Bianliang during King Jing's rebellion made Zhang Cheng famous.With [-] soldiers of the Fourth Army whose combat effectiveness and fighting will were far inferior to those of the frontier countries, he firmly guarded the imperial city, laying a solid foundation for the final victory over the rebels.

After that battle, he was truly appreciated by the emperor, and he was promoted several times within a year.

At the age of twenty-five, he became the deputy general on Hebei Road, second only to Zheng Xiong, Li Du, and Wang Jun in the ranking of Hebei military generals.

Although he is still not as good as the Chief Executive Xiao Dingxiao who dominates the Northwest, he is still full of ambitions and has a bright future.

But it was at this time that a big change came.

A battle between the imperial court and the Western Army cost his father his life.

And what he couldn't accept the most was his father's death.

Zhang Chao, the Taiwei of the Dynasty, was beheaded by Xiao Ding when the two armies were facing each other.

According to the memories of the soldiers who fled back at the end, Xiao Ding charged into the formation with his horse, while Zhang Chao raised his gun to meet them. The two met suddenly in the formation, and Xiao Ding killed Zhang Chao with one shot.

Zhang Chao's body was sent back by Xiao Ding, and Zhang Cheng saw the horrible and hideous wound.

It was indeed a fatal shot.

It can be seen that Xiao Ding did not hesitate or show mercy when he stabbed the spear.

It was for Zhang Chao's life.

This made Zhang Cheng angry.

Although he also knew that this was the result of his father's desire to die, otherwise, how could the current Taiwei charge forward in person?

One hundred thousand troops were defeated. For Zhang Chao, the supreme commander, when he failed, he was considered dead.

But Zhang Cheng couldn't accept the result that Zhang Chao was killed by Xiao Ding himself.

He regarded Xiao Ding as an idol, and Xiao Cheng as a brother and friend, but his father died in Xiao Ding's hands.

He was transferred from Hebei Road to Shaanxi Road urgently.

In the second year, he was appointed by the court as the highest military officer of Shaanxi Road.

He has already proved his ability in the battle of the imperial city, and now, the emperor needs him to fight against Xiao Ding on the Shaanxi Road.

No one is more suitable than him.

Because Zhang Cheng will never join forces with Xiao Ding, and will not be bought by Xiao Ding.

Between the two of them, there is only inextricable hatred and hostility.

Xiao Cheng disappeared for two years, then rose strongly again and became the pacifier of Guizhou Road, but Zhang Cheng was not at all surprised. This person is a miracle in itself.

Zhang Chao sent someone to send the knife that Xiao Cheng gave him all the way to Guiyang, and returned it to Xiao Cheng.

Cut off the gown and break the righteousness, return the knife to break the friendship!

From now on, the Zhang family and the Xiao family can only be enemies.

On the practice field in the distance, there was a huge cheer, and the victorious side waved flags, weapons and shouted loudly.The victory of such an exercise rewards the officers with promotions, but ordinary soldiers are eager for more rewards.

The winner will naturally get more.

Zhang Cheng nodded slightly, getting stronger each time.

The murderous aura and ruthlessness of this army are being cultivated bit by bit.

In the past few years, Zhang Cheng has only recruited soldiers from Shaanxi Road or Hebei Road, because the young and strong in these two places have gone through wars and hardships, and they have a kind of ruthlessness. As long as they can be effectively organized and trained Come out, they are the best soldiers in Song Dynasty.

As for the transfer of troops from the capital, although Lan Sixin, the pacifier of Shaanxi Road, had always had this idea, Zhang Cheng did not agree with it.

The soldiers of the Fourth Army were all recruited from the surrounding area of ​​Bianliang, and their personal combat effectiveness seemed to be good, but on the battlefield, they were still not as good as these soldiers from Shaanxi Road and North Road.

The guy who climbed over the line of life and death and grew up in suffering is much better than the guy who grew up in a honeypot.Of course, it is also possible for a small number of soldiers to come over there. Throw a dog into the pack of wolves, and after a while, the dog can still turn into a wolf.

Zhang Cheng's current subordinates only have four battalions with [-] people.

Lan Sixin always wanted to expand the army, but was discouraged by Zhang Cheng.

Soldiers are more expensive than fine.

If these [-] people are trained and raised well, they will be enough to protect Shaanxi Road.

Let them have more salaries, better equipment, and more rewards, and they will naturally get better combat effectiveness.

And these were all told to him by the man named Xiao Cheng.

And by practicing it personally, let Zhang Cheng know that it is completely feasible, and he is also a guy named Xiao Ding.

Ten frontier cavalry defeated more than a hundred cavalry of the Fourth Army,
Twenty-five frontier infantry fought with more than a hundred upper fourth army infantry and won a complete victory.
Both of them illustrate this fact.

Although his heart was full of hatred, Zhang Cheng was extremely vigilant in his mind.

With my current strength and military strength, it is completely wishful thinking to seek revenge from Xiao Ding.

Unless the imperial court decided to use all its strength to crusade against the Western Army.

But under the circumstance that the Liao people were watching one thing, it was basically impossible for such a thing to happen.

It seems that the only chance for revenge is when Xiao Ding suddenly loses his mind and personally leads troops to attack, while he has the advantage of home court to seek an opportunity to kill this beast.

It's a pity that in the past two years, the main force of the Western Army has no intention of crossing Hengshan at all.

The information that Zhang Cheng can inquire is all about how many miles the Western Army has advanced to the Western Regions, captured several cities, suppressed several rebellions on the Qingtang Plateau, and confronted the Liao Army on the northern grasslands. How many times, how many cattle and sheep were looted.

Xiao Ding had absolutely no intention of attacking Shaanxi Road.

Even if Zhang Cheng sent his subordinates to tentatively attack Castanopsis Village and Shentangbao, the military points that the Western Army left behind in the south of Hengshan.

Xiao Ding didn't respond.

Whether it was Castanopsis Village, Shentang Fort, or Luowu City, these tentative attacks could not be defeated. The Western Army sent at least one army to guard these three strongholds.

Although they are not elites of the Western Army like Iron Harrier and Bubazi, they are also regular troops of the Western Army.

Zhang Cheng could only wait for the opportunity.

"General Zhang, please return to Jingzhao Mansion immediately to discuss matters!" An officer galloped over with sweat dripping down his face.

Zhang Cheng's central army camp is located in Yan'an Mansion, and he himself is basically stationed at Sanchuankou.

"What happened?" Zhang Cheng asked casually.

The pacifier Lan Sixin is the kind of official who has the heart to do things but has no ability to do things. He often puts a lot of effort into some unnecessary things, which often makes Zhang Cheng very speechless.

"I heard that the imperial court signed a peace agreement with the Liao people!" The officer's face was full of excitement: "On the other side of Hebei, the Liao people retreated to the north of the Juma River, and all the land on the south bank was returned to the Song Dynasty. The first negotiating ambassador was King Jing, so it was a great achievement.”

"There is such a thing?" Zhang Cheng was surprised.

"There are still secrets that have not been announced." The officer whispered: "The two countries have agreed to jointly encircle and suppress the Xiao bandits of the Western Army. General Zhang, you can avenge your great revenge!"

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, but there was no joy on his face.

He wanted revenge, but he didn't want to borrow the hands of the Liao people.

Moreover, is it so easy to take advantage of the Liao people?
Zhang Cheng didn't believe it at all if there was no plot by the Liao people.

It seems that Xiao Ding really hit the sore spot of the Liao people, making the Liao people willing to pay a huge price to destroy him, at least so that Xiao Ding can no longer threaten them.

"If you don't have anything to show courteousness, you can either rape or steal!" Zhang Cheng said coldly: "I'm afraid the Liao people don't have any good intentions."

"General, no matter what, it's always a good thing, at least for the moment, it's a good thing."

"I'm afraid that if I gain in the short term, I will suffer in the long run!" Zhang Cheng said.

(End of this chapter)