Fu Song

Chapter 707
"What did you say?" The three generals stared at the young county magistrate opposite, with incredulous expressions on their faces. "Magistrate Jin Huang, are you kidding us?"

Jin Huang, the magistrate of Yongqiu County with a dark complexion and long hands, can tell at a glance that he is an atypical scholar. He is from Jiangning, but his family has been farming for generations. The whole family has worked hard for him to study, just to let him one day be able to read. Get ahead, so that the whole family can stand up.

In the south of the Yangtze River, anyone with a little wealth in the family would choose an intelligent person to take the road of studying.

If there is no change in this world, Jin Huang will definitely give up halfway, because he is really not very good at poetry, poetry and other things, even the Four Books and Five Classics are not very interested, but he is extremely talented in mathematics.

It was also his luck that the old Song Dynasty perished, and Xiao Cheng established a new Song Dynasty in Jiangning, which brought about earth-shaking changes in the entire imperial court's system of recruiting scholars.

Mathematics has become one of the exams in the mid-term exam.

Jin Huang thus entered the official career.

After a one-year internship in Jiangning, this new scholar who was born in a farming family has emerged in practice and has become one of the lucky ones who can take up real jobs in the local area.

Of course, at this time, the difference between having a background and not having a background emerges.

A place like Yongqiu, which was just brought down by the Xin Song Dynasty, became a place for people like Jin Huang.

In fact, this also has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the starting point of such a place is extremely low, and no matter how bad it is, it can't go there. As long as you do things with sincerity, it will be easy to achieve results.

Of course, the disadvantage is that it is easy to lose your head.

You can't tell when the other side will call, but my life is really tied to the crotch.

Jin Huang came to Zhang Ren, Ren Zhong, and Wu Zheng this time, not because he coveted the large animals in the barracks, but also because he didn't want the soldiers to sing red faces to help him evacuate the people. He actually asked the three of them to send troops to face each other. Chen Liu rescued the local people.

For Zhang Ren and others, this was not only unexpected, but also really unbelievable.

"Why?" Zhang Ren widened his eyes and looked at Jin Huang puzzled.

"They can't survive anymore. They wanted to escape to our side, but they were stopped again. It is said that there are at least a thousand people who were arrested." Jin Huang said: "The people who escaped from there said that these people must He will be punished as a criminal slave and sent to the army, and when the time comes, it will be a dead end."

Zhang Ren took a deep breath and said: "Jin county magistrate, this will be difficult to obey. Zhang has only six battalions with 3000 people, and the guards of Yongqiu are already stretched. I learned something from your superior, such a thing is unbearable!"

With a whoosh, Jin Huang stood up, his face flushed, looked at the three generals opposite, and said loudly: "The official family, the first assistant is aiming to recover the old capital and the old land, and the ambition is to conquer the Northern Expedition, take Youyan, and attack the Liao Kingdom. , the people of Chenliu on the opposite side are also citizens of the Great Song Dynasty. Now they are being tortured by the puppet Zhao and Liao people, and their lives are worse than death. The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are only tens of miles apart, but they just sit back and ignore them. Can this behavior make the people of the world understand the determination of the officials? ? Can the people of the world return to their hearts?"

"Jin Huang..." Zhang Ren was furious: "Military affairs, how can you do what you want like you do, whether to attack or defend, and have your own rules and regulations. How can it be changed suddenly because of these trivial matters? Do you know how to mobilize the whole body by pulling one ? Yongqiu is just a point above the entire defense line, if we act rashly here and something goes wrong, which affects the entire strategic plan of the imperial court, can you bear the responsibility?"

"I'm just a small county magistrate, and my eyes can only see the little things in front of me. I only know that if we don't save them, we will lose the hearts of the people, and it's easy to lose the hearts of the people. It's hard!" Jin Huang kicked the chair away and strode away: "I want to go to this place to see you die in fear of battle, and don't save the people and the places where they are destined to die."

Looking at the figure of the other party leaving, Zhang Ren trembled with anger.

"Didn't you say that Jin Huang is a very pragmatic official? Why is he so bookish!"

Wu Zhengdao: "Yongqiu and Chen Liu are too close. In the past, the two sides had very close contacts and relatives and friends. This must be how the news came. Jin Huang did this because he wanted to win Yongqiu's hearts."

"In fact, he is right about one thing. The people of Chenliu are also the people of our Great Song Dynasty!" Ren Zhongwei sighed: "You have never seen the end of being a criminal slave of the Liao people! Heh, other things are also the same. Needless to say, let’s just talk about the battle, these people will be driven out by the Liao people and charge forward as the vanguard, charging with bare hands, and the Liao people will follow behind them.”

"So vicious?" Zhang Ren changed his color.

"That's it."

Zhang Ren took two steps in the room and said, "But you two, I'm more worried about any other conspiracy here!"

"Are you worried that the opponent will use this to set a trap, lure us to attack, and then take the opportunity to set up an ambush?" Ren Zhongdao.

"We have to guard against it!" Zhang Ren said.

"Then save or not?" Wu Zheng frowned: "Jin Huang's stunned head Qingzhen really exposed this matter, I'm afraid it will cause an uproar in Jiangning, and we may also suffer at that time. Even if we It's nothing to be wronged, but if there is a big trouble, it may involve General Wei. You also know that there are people in the court who have always wanted to add sand to the frontline army. I won't let it go."

"Besides, if people can be rescued, it will be something that can be described in a big way. It will definitely boost the morale of our army and deal a major blow to the enemy."

"This matter needs to be carefully planned. No matter whether the enemy has set a trap through this matter or not, we must arrange it according to this idea." Zhang Ren took a deep breath: "If Yelu Chengcai's [-] If the people of Liao didn't come out, they can still make a plan. Brother Wu, please contact Zhiqiuyuan and the Imperial City Division. I want to confirm whether Yelu Chengcai has moved in the east. If Yelu Chengcai's soldiers and horses have changed, then we can't move."

"Understood!" Wu Zheng turned around and walked out.

Zhang Ren sighed: "Jin Huang, this bastard, found us some more things. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

"It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided." Ren Zhong said with a smile: "For me, this is more enjoyable."

Chen Liu, Jishan Village.

The villagers looked in horror at the galloping cavalry in the distance, turned and entered the house one after another, and closed their doors tightly with a bang.

During this time, Zhao Jun has been wreaking havoc in Chenliu. Now, has he finally arrived at Qingshan Village?

However, the half-person-high fence couldn't stop the horses at all. Those cavalrymen just lightly moved the horses, and they jumped into the yard with ease. Following the two huge front hooves, they lifted up and fell heavily, and the gate was like paper. Generally crushed.

"Get out of here, food, gold and silver, all the belongings!" The cavalry in the yard tapped the sharp knife on the armor, and shouted happily at the terrified villagers in the house: " Anyone who dares to disobey will be shot to death!"

A person walked out tremblingly, he seemed to be the head of the family, his wrinkled face was full of fear, "Master, we have paid all the spring tax and autumn tax this year, and there is no one who is sent to the government, and the corvee is also After taking it, there is only a little food left in the family, without this food, our family will starve to death."

Swish the whip down, and knocked the old man to the ground, "The war is about to start, and the Southern Expedition of the Daliao Army is about to start. Previously, you paid the regular tax, but this time the tax is increased, and there is not enough money and food. , How can we fight against the Song people, how can we win them? These grains are all raised for the Shangguan of Daliao, do you want to rebel?"

"You don't want us to live?" Another young man rushed out of the room, yelling angrily.

The cavalry grinned grimly: "I think you don't want to live now."

The old man on the ground jumped up, hugged the man, and said loudly: "We pay, we pay."

After a while, all the valuable things in the house were placed in the yard.

Fangyuan reined in at the entrance of the village, looking at the smoky village, there were exclamations and screams everywhere, and some houses were set on fire.

The door of a room was opened, and a man rushed out with a sheep fork in his hand, but just as he stepped out of the door, he was already galloping, the knife flashed, and the man fell down, with blood on his neck surge.

Fang Yuan sighed, rode his horse and walked to the other side, looking at his current battalion commander, his former elder brother Hu Fei.

"Brother, we used to just ask for money, what the hell are we doing now? We used to say that we were grand thieves, robbing the rich and giving to the poor!" Fang Yuan's face flushed red.

"We used to have less than fifty riders." Hu Fei said, "Now we have five hundred riders. I can only let our brothers not get innocent blood on their hands. This matter was ordered by Commander Zhou. We can How about it?"

"If we continue like this, even if we win, how many people in this world will survive?" Fang Yuan sneered.

"Brother Fang, this is not something we should worry about. We should worry about how we can survive the next battle." Hu Fei said.

"If you want me to say, we shouldn't be in this muddy water. How happy we should be to be our bandits!"

"It's useless to say these things again. If we can still be like the past, I would like to be this suffocating cavalry general? Look at these mobs. When they go to the battlefield, they can really move forward with orders and prohibitions? But if we don't come, we will live even more. No way. Since the Liao Kingdom is about to come out in full force, and hundreds of thousands of troops are heading south, do you think we still have a way out if we continue to be horse bandits?"

"Fleeing to the south is also a way!" Fang Yuan whispered.

"Shut up!" Hu Fei glared at him: "The south is not the north. People like us are simply looked down upon. Many colleagues in the south fell into the hands of their officials. There is only one way, death! Here, at any rate, they are willing to take us in."

"It's just asking us to work hard for them!"

"You still have a chance to work hard to survive." Hu Fei pointed to the village in the distance: "Those people can only work hard, and the chance of surviving is much smaller than ours. Come on, it's getting late, today Come here, let’s go back to the camp. This Jishan Village seems to be quite rich, and it’s not bad to be able to collect so much surplus food from here.”

"Are people going to take them away too?"

"Of course, this is Commander Zhou's order. These people are of great use!"

It was late at night, and under the moonlight, armies one after another quietly left the barracks.

Zhou Shuguang stood in front of the map and stared at the map in front of him.

Now he has a full [-] troops under his command.

In Tokyo, he tried his best and finally hugged Yelu Chengcai's thigh, and finally got his wish, became a serious commander, and gathered tens of thousands of troops under his command.

Although these troops are all newly recruited bandits and powerful troops from the surrounding areas, with the support of Yelu Chengcai, they can be managed as they wish.

More importantly, after becoming a man of Yelu Chengcai, Quzhen could no longer do anything to him, and she had to honestly open the arsenal and ask Zhou Shuguang to rearm her troops.

Of course, if you get more benefits, you need to pay more.

The new task he got was to take down the protruding parts of Yongqiu and Kaocheng on the opposite side when the Liao army marched in a large scale.

"Brother, this time, the reputation of our Zhou family is pretty bad." Zhou Shuqiang said a little sadly: "The reputation that our ancestors have worked hard for hundreds of years is good for us, and it was wiped out in two months. Big brother , is it necessary to do this?"

Zhou Shuguang turned his head, looked at his younger brother coldly, and said, "Since we led the troops into Tokyo, and since I knelt down in front of Yelu Chengcai, we have no reputation. Now, what we want to think about survive."

"But the Song Army from Yongqiu, will they really come out?" Zhou Shu said strongly. "If they don't move at all, we will really lose our wife and lose our army."

"There is no other way but to try." Zhou Shuguang said: "Yelu Chengcai wants us to take down Yongqiu, but is the Song army there easy to deal with? If we go to attack fortified positions, we will rely on these people I'm afraid there won't be any chance, but if we can lure some of Yongqiu's Song army out to encircle and destroy them, it will be much easier for us to attack Yongqiu."

"I hope that Zhang Ren from Yongqiu will be fooled!" Zhou Shuqiang said: "That guy is only in his 20s, very young, maybe he will be impulsive."

"How much food is collected these days?"

"It's quite a lot, a full 20 shi!"

"The food must be firmly controlled in our hands." Zhou Shuguang said: "All ministries distribute food every day. Only by controlling the food can we firmly control those bastards."

"What about those captured?"

"It's still useful when attacking Yongqiu!"

"understood."

(End of this chapter)