Fu Song

Chapter 721 Entering Qin
Shaanxi Road is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization and Chinese culture. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, and Han Dynasty, a total of [-] regimes have established their capitals here.In the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an had a population of more than one million and was the largest city in the world at that time.The Tang Dynasty, whose capital was established in Chang'an, was one of the most prosperous dynasties of Chinese civilization. It had contacts with more than [-] countries and regions. At that time, a large number of foreigners came to Chang'an by water and land every year. holy place.

But now, Shaanxi Road, which has been through many wars, has been quite withered.

Xiao Jing, who rode his horse on the still unobstructed road, recalled the past glory of this land, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Not to mention the destruction of Shaanxi Road by the Huangchao Uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the subsequent chaotic era, it seems that the war in this land has never stopped in the past ten years.

As long as I can remember, war has accompanied this land.

First, the imperial court fought with the Dingnan Army Li Xu Group. In fact, it was my own Laozi who fought with Li Xu. Then the Shaanxi Road at that time was involved. The north of Jingzhao Mansion was all involved in the war, and the Suide area was even more involved. It was beaten almost to a white ground.

Then there was the King Jing's rebellion, the Xiao family was involved, and then the imperial court sent Zhang Chao to lead an army of more than [-] to attack the Western Army, fighting to the death with his own father.

Shaanxi Road, which has not yet regained its vitality, was pushed hard into the bottomless abyss.

Next, the city of Tokyo was destroyed, the Song Dynasty almost destroyed the country, and Shaanxi Road was divided up by the Western Army, Liu Quanyi of the State of Jin, and Cui Ang Quzhen of the State of Zhao. Come and grab some.

Since then, this land has never stopped. Several major forces conquered each other, arrested strong men, forced food and taxes, and endless suffering befalls the people on this land.

The person is Zhang Chao's old department, who is more than ten years older than Zhang Tai.Loyal to Zhang Chao and Zhang Cheng and his son, even when Zhang Cheng was at his worst, he never left him.

But now, without sea power, they are suffering backlash.

"For poor families, big animals are the most precious wealth in the family. Judging by the appearance of this woman's treasure, this big buffalo should belong to her own family, not leased to her by the government, so I cherish it so much!"

Xiao Jing actually had no foundation in his heart.

And Zhang Cheng, who is entrenched in the Qinling Mountains, is called a bandit by these forces, but has become the only hope of the local people. Every time Zhang Cheng goes down the mountain, he can always vent his anger for the people. Whether it's Zhao's people or people from the puppet Jin Dynasty, in the eyes of ordinary people, there is nothing good about them.

Without the support of land forces, the Liao people had no power to compete at sea.

"The major general is too polite!" Gan Quan smiled and helped Xiao Jing up: "The governor is not feeling well today, so Gan can only welcome the major general in place of the governor!"

In the direction of Jianghuai, Yeluzhen personally commanded, but also had little effect. The Jianghuai area was a mess, but Xuzhou was still firmly controlled by the Song army.

But throughout the winter, the progress of the Daliao army was extremely limited.

But this time, when Xiao Jing came to Jingzhao Mansion, he wanted to unite with Zhang Cheng to deal a heavy blow to the Puppet Jin Dynasty in the direction of Hedong, and to draw the energy of the Liao people from another direction, so as to relieve Song Guo's efforts in Xiangfan and Jianghuai. pressure.

On behalf of Zhang Cheng, Gan Quan went to Jiangning to negotiate with the imperial court. At that time, Xiao Cheng and Liu Fengkui did not want to exchange this matter with Gan Quan. In their opinion, they could still follow Zhang Cheng and never give up under such circumstances. Those who are loyal to Song Dynasty can be said to be unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, which is worthy of their admiration.

This matter, now only Xiao Jing and Xiao Ding know.

Xiao Jing was actually not very comfortable in his heart, because in this way, Zhang Cheng's power was completely wedged between them and the Central Plains, faintly becoming a barrier for the Central Plains.

Xiao Jing smiled in his heart, Zhang Cheng wasn't physically unwell, but his heart was unwell, and he felt uneasy, he must be feeling unwell, but the fact that Ganquan came already showed his attitude.

Surrounding the city, once abandoned villages are now billowing with smoke, and the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking once again proves that this place is still a world of fireworks.

In the Jingxiang war zone and the Jianghuai war zone, the Liao people did have the upper hand, but it was only the upper hand. They wanted to win the Song army, but they were powerless.

It's just that in the beginning, Zhang Cheng was weak, and he had to go back after he went down the mountain to grab some supplies.

The first to sound the horn of counterattack was the ocean navy of the Song Dynasty.

In the past, Ganquan was sent by the Imperial City Division to monitor Zhang Chao by his side.

Now Qi Guo has to follow Lu Ben'an's example.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

This blitzkrieg that Yeluzhen hoped so far has turned into a battle of offense and defense with back and forth.

Xiao Jing couldn't help but stop.

"Major General, the Shaanxi road has been ravaged many times, and the young and strong have suffered great losses. It is common for women to plow the fields. In fact, in our northwest, there were many such things back then. When we were fighting abroad, the people outside Xingqing Mansion Those fields are also cultivated by women. It's just that under the leadership of the prince, oh no, the grand master, everyone's life is getting better and better, and there are fewer such situations!" The guard whispered. "In this family, either all the men in the family have died, or they are going to serve in the army or corvee, and they are not at home. The women can only come out and do these things by themselves!"

It is not that the Empress Dowager Chengtian of the Liao Kingdom did not work hard to build a sea navy, but the ocean-going fleet that was finally built only went to sea a few times, and was almost wiped out by the Song people.

This big buffalo was not the only one pulling the plow. Behind the big buffalo, there were two seven or eight-year-old dolls, who even had ropes around their shoulders, bowing down to help the big buffalo pull the plow.

The area around Jingzhao Mansion is slowly returning to life.

"When we get rid of Liu Quanyi and defeat the Liao people, everything will be fine." Xiao Jing looked at the field, and the woman plowing the field over there also stopped at this moment, straightened up and turned her head to look at them, and that The two children were also looking at Xiao Jing, and even the big buffalo looked over. "A child of this age should study in the school instead of helping a big buffalo plow here!"

Xiao Jing saw a young woman with her trousers rolled up, her sleeves rolled up, holding an iron plow, driving a big buffalo, plowing the ground.The big buffalo buried its head forward, and the iron plow passed by, and the soil was turned to both sides like waves, and the black grass ash was also buried in the ground.

The coastal areas of Qi State are also economically affluent areas of Qi State. If they want to give up completely, it will be enough for Liu Yu to feel distressed for a while.The momentum of Qi State's attack at the moment, under the involvement of these things, is far from being as fierce as last winter.

But this is not something that will happen overnight.

The ocean water equipment led by Zheng Zhihu not only harassed the coastal areas of Puppet Qi, but even began to directly attack the mainland of Liao.

After the Song Army's navy gained the upper hand, it also enabled the Song Army to more easily withstand the massive offensive of the Liao Army in the Jianghuai theater.

"The two children?"

Instead, Song Jun started to fight back.

In the direction of Nanyang, Yelu Longxu and Wang Zhu fought on the Nanyang Plain. Three months later, Wang Zhu gave up the Nanyang Basin and retreated to the Xiangfan area.

Both Xiao Jing and Xiao Cheng were unwilling to use this kind of thing to judge Ganquan, but Zhang Yuan and Tuoba's prestige may not be necessarily.

But slowly, more and more people went up the mountain, and finally fled to Qinling with their families.

Zhang Chao died under his father's spear.

Is the second uncle guarding against their Western Army?Is this not trusting their father and son?

Xiao Jing did not expect that it was Zhang Cheng's deputy Gan Quan who greeted him at the gate of the city.

Now, Zhang Cheng is already the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Song Dynasty, and most of Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road have been placed under his management. Moreover, the area of ​​Gansu that was originally under the rule of the Western Army will also be designated in the future. Under the rule of Zhang Cheng.

A beggar doesn't care if his body is not clean.

"Here!" A guard reached out and took a bag from a spare horse, and walked towards the woman.

The Liao eventually abandoned this effort.

Raising his whip and riding his horse, Xiao Jing galloped all the way.

Zhang Cheng is now the governor of Shaanxi-Gansu, but Gan Quan is the highest military leader in the nominally Shaanxi-Gansu land, and he is the number two figure in this land.

"General Gan!" Xiao Jing swung his saddle off his horse, strode towards Ganquan, crossed his hands and raised his eyebrows, and gave a deep bow.

However, Xiao Jing, who went to Jiangning once, knew that Gan Quan had another identity.

Zhang Cheng finally became the number one person in this world.

This time I came by myself, my father repeatedly told me to lower my profile and give others face.

The Liao State Navy commanded by Liu Zheng, who was placed in great hopes by the Empress Dowager Chengtian, not only did not take advantage of half of the advantage in the struggle between Jianghuai and the Inland River Navy commanded by Song Army Jiang Xiong, but because of the difference in quantity and quality, Under the double disadvantage, one-third of the troops have been lost in one winter, and now they can only gather all the troops to resist the Song Army navy in some areas.

It's always better to be prepared for something.

And now there are only a handful of people who know this, and Liu Fengkui, the current ambassador of the Imperial City Department, is precisely one of those very few people.

But unexpectedly, Gan Quan confessed this when meeting Xiao Cheng.

But thinking about the vast majority of foreign troops under the rule of the Western Army, he had to admit that there was actually nothing wrong with what the second uncle did.

At sea, the Liao Kingdom was completely unable to compete with the Song people.

Ganquan is naturally the most important one.

The reason why I came here in person this time was to show the sincerity of the Western Army.

This is in line with the expectations of the Song State, but it is not the hope of the Liao people.

Gan Quan is loyal to Zhang Chao and Zhang Cheng, but he is even more loyal to Da Song.

On both sides of the road, there is land that has been plowed in spring, and a little further away, more land has just been burned. The weeds that were taller than a person on it have now turned into black ashes. above the ground.

The guard smiled wryly: "Major General, poor people are like this."

People who have no tomorrow after today will not care about this.

Today this place was taken away by the Liao people, and tomorrow the Song army snatched it back. Back and forth, you fought over each other, but the battle line was still there without moving.

But even if the Liao people went into battle shirtless in person, the Jianghuai theater was still as stable as a rock.

The king's banner changes at the top of the city, but the people who suffer will always be the common people.

The closer it is to Jingzhao Mansion, the better the appearance and the wealthier the people. At least, they can see complete clothes on them. Although they are patched and patched, at least they look clean.

Of course, here, there is also the reason why Liu Yu took advantage of the situation and found an excuse to preserve his strength.

"How can a man be inferior to an animal?"

"Send some food!" Xiao Jing waved his hand, "Give me more!"

Not now, but always has been.

Gan Quan is a member of the Imperial City Division.

Zhang Cheng and their Xiao family, to be more precise, had a deep hatred with his father.

Zhang Cheng's current influence is no less than that of his father Zhang Chao back then.

This is also the style that the second uncle has always done.

When the arrival came, master Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others analyzed Zhang Cheng and his important figures in detail, including Xiao Jing.

Don't underestimate this point, it shows that the people here are more hopeful for the future, so they live cleanly every day.

Last winter, the Southern Expedition of the Liao Kingdom finally kicked off. As the commander, Yeluzhen assembled almost all the mobile troops of the Liao Kingdom, plus almost all the troops of the Puppet Zhao and Puppet Qi, and the total was nearly 50 troops. , almost twice as many civilian husbands, launched a full-scale attack on the Song Dynasty in the direction of Jingxiang and Jianghuai in Nanyang.

When Lu Benan was in Koryo, he completely gave up the defense of the sea area, and even retreated the coastal people for dozens of miles, just to guard against the harassment of the Song Dynasty's ocean-going navy.

Even Zhang Yuan and Tuoba Yangwei didn't understand.

In any case, his father died at the hands of his own father,
For whatever reason.

"Governor Zhang is in danger of the entire Shaanxi-Gansu region, but you must take care of your health. This time, my nephew came here and brought a lot of high-quality supplements!"

"It's not really a serious illness. It's just that the governor took everyone to plow in the spring a few days ago, and got caught in the rain. After returning, he stayed up all night to approve various files. The wind and cold entered his body. However, the governor is in good health, although he still feels a little unwell. , took the medicine and fell asleep, but he is already well." Gan Quan said with a smile: "Although the major general has been to Jingzhao Mansion before, he just passed by. This time, let's take a good look at Jingzhao Mansion first. Scenic spots, take a good rest for a few days, and wait for the governor's health to recover, how about we meet and discuss in detail?"

"Little nephew, everything is up to your arrangement!" Xiao Jing nodded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)