Fu Song

Chapter 732 Two Big Pliers

Liu Yimin got a little angry, half of his cheeks were swollen, he gasped hissingly while covering his cheeks, and looked at the construction site in front of him.

There are three or two big cats and small cats, which makes people's head ache.

Then take a look at Tian Fengchun, the magistrate of Dengzhou County, who is beside him anyway. He looks unkempt, and he hasn't shaved his beard for a few days. He looks even worse than himself.

This guy has already worked very hard, even his own family members were brought in by him to join the construction team, but compared with the amount of projects to be completed, the number of people who can be commanded is really too big.

The local young and strong were either recruited by Liu Yu to serve as soldiers, or they were recruited to become civilian husbands. They either fought in Jianghuai, or ran on the road from Qidi to Jianghuai, carrying food, grass and military equipment with hunchbacks on their shoulders. .

Those who stay at home are basically old and weak women and children.

But what he wants to build now is a storehouse and some houses for various logistical materials such as food, ordnance, medicine, etc. that will be needed after the landing of an army of nearly [-] troops.

Although they are all simple, relying on these people at present, I am afraid that they will not be able to complete them before the arrival of the next batch of fleets.

In the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, the most direct way to evaluate an official is, what is the result of the matter?
As for the process of doing things, it is actually not important. As long as you can achieve the predetermined goal, then the rest can be set back a little bit.

If it's a civil matter, it's okay to say, at most it's just a reprimand.
But now it's military. Thinking about the extremely strict military law, Liu Yimin's scalp is numb when he makes a red beheading at every turn.

Even if his elder brother is Liu Yiguo, it can't help him much in this regard.

The military judges in the army of the Song Dynasty formed their own system and were not bound by the commander of the army at all, but directly belonged to the Supervisory Yuan.

The Liu family must seize this great opportunity.

Nearly [-] troops came across the sea to attack.

Zheng Zhihu was in charge of matters on the water, but on the shore, his brother Liu Yiguo was in charge of all the more than [-] people.

In the past ten years, although the Liu family has experienced ups and downs, its entire destiny is largely tied to Xiao Cheng, Cen Zhong and others.

Strictly speaking, Liu Yiguo and others can be regarded as Cen Zhong's direct troops.

Back then when Cen Zhong opened up the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi, he came with bare hands, so he found Xiao Cheng, and borrowed Iron-footed General Wei Wu and a group of sergeants from Xiao Cheng.

Later, Cen Zhong gained a firm foothold, and after absorbing the Liu family, Liu Yiguo stood out. Although Wei Wu was still under the jurisdiction of Guangnan West Road at that time, the military power slowly fell into Liu Yiguo's hands.

Wei Wu began to sit on the bench.

When the new Song Dynasty was established, Wei Wu led the Baiyu army to attack, while Liu Yiguo stayed in the southeast.

The two people who were originally in similar status were immediately pulled apart again.

Wei Wu has now become a general.

This time Cen Zhong fought for this position for Liu Yiguo, but he did a lot of hard work, but it was also very difficult.

Reserve troops from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang have formed the current expedition team. They don’t know each other and don’t belong to each other. To knead them together, the difficulty here is to think with your butt I also know it's not easy.

Military orders are not everything.

Discipline does not guarantee that everyone will be convinced by you.

But to fight, what is needed is a ban.

Therefore, Liu Yiguo attaches great importance to these preparatory work in the early stage. This is the most important moment to show his leadership and overall planning ability to the generals.

Coming thousands of miles across the sea and fighting behind enemy lines, logistics and supplies are naturally the most important thing. Although the Song Dynasty navy is invincible at sea, without a solid base on the shore, it will become rootless duckweed.

Liu Yimin was the first to arrive, just to do a good job in this matter.

The previous things went well, but I never expected that now I am stuck on labor.

There are not many soldiers who arrived in Dengzhou early, and it is impossible for these people to do these basic construction tasks. After all, this place is still in Qidi!This group of elite troops must always be on guard against incoming Qi troops from the surrounding area.

Although it is said that the Qi army left behind is not good enough, if these people link up with the local tyrants, it will not be a trivial matter.It is not uncommon for ants to kill elephants.

Right now, the Song Dynasty's Zhiqiuyuan spies, and the Imperial City Secretary's secret agents are all crazily operating on this land, with the purpose of attracting more local clans.

Thanks to Liu Yu for his madness and the meanness of the Liao people. The local clans have been bitter Liao people for a long time now, but other than the local clans, those clans in other places can only say that when you call, I will naturally rise up and respond, but Now, I still have to be honest, and I can only express my support verbally.

Why is this so?
It is nothing more than the current battle of Jianghuai, the outcome is unpredictable, and the fourth battlefield, the army has not arrived, seeing is believing, hearing is believing, and if they don't see the real army coming ashore, they want these people to stand in line immediately, they don't want to Will do it!

Liu Yimin knew very well that if this matter was done well and the Fourth Battlefield was a success, the Liu family would truly enter the core circle of the New Song Dynasty.

On the contrary, once it fails, the Liu family will probably fall a few more levels in the current circle.

Given the opportunity, how to grasp it is their own business.

"How can we get more labor?" Liu Yimin rubbed his cheeks and looked at Tian Fengchun with red eyes.

"There are a few places, there are a lot of young men!" Tian Fengchun glanced at Liu Yimin a little timidly, this guy was obviously a little anxious right now.

Not only Liu Yimin is in a hurry, but he is also in a hurry!

Now that the boat has been changed, Tian Fengchun naturally wants to make some contributions, but the rice seems to be boiled into a pot of raw rice at the moment, and it will be a disaster if there is no merit in fooling people.

"Then tell me sooner!" Liu Yimin was furious, "There, why didn't you come here?"

Tian Fengchun smiled wryly and said: "General Liu, they are entrenched in Yushan, Laishan, and Zuogoushan."

"You mean those bandits?" Liu Yimin frowned.

"Not all of them are vicious people!" Tian Fengchun said: "Many people were good people before."

"Together, how many people are there?"

"If everyone can go down the mountain, there will still be thousands of people!"

Liu Yimin straightened up all of a sudden, "Find me a guide, I'll go up the mountain to find them!"

Tian Fengchun was surprised: "General Liu, just send someone to find them with your letter. It's too dangerous for you to go up the mountain yourself. What if someone doesn't know what to do?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of!" Liu Yimin said: "Most of these people are forced to go up the mountain by your exorbitant taxes and heavy labor, right? We are here to rescue them, why do they want to kill me?"

Tian Fengchun looked at the guy in front of him with some admiration. To be honest, Tian Fengchun really didn't have the courage to go to the bandit's den to persuade these people to go down the mountain.

Hebei Road, Zhending Mansion, by the Hutuo River, Zhang Cheng watched with a livid face as the Fan army under his command was charged by the Liao Pishi army on the opposite side, and they were beaten into chaos.

These foreign soldiers from Qinfeng Road are not bad in terms of riding skills or personal skills.Fighting individually, they are all first-class heroes, but when they are put together, they immediately become a mess.For such a long time, Zhang Cheng has put in countless efforts on them, but unfortunately the results have been minimal.

Go up when you see it, and run away if the limelight is not right.

Even though Zhang Cheng was aware of their virtues and put them on the flanks as a containment, he didn't regard them as the main force of the battle at all, but they were defeated so quickly, which still made Zhang Cheng's face hot.

He seemed to see the face of Zhang Yunsheng, the general of the Western Army on the other side of the battlefield.

Although Zhang Yunsheng was ordered to accept Zhang Cheng's unified command, but if Xiao Jing was not by Zhang Cheng's side at this moment, Zhang Yunsheng might not buy Zhang Cheng's account.

If Zhang Cheng's subordinates performed well, he might be able to look up to him, but it's a pity that these foreign troops are too embarrassing for Zhang Cheng.

Seeing a Pishi army following the scattered Fan army and approaching from the left flank, Xiao Jing lifted the spear in his hand and said: "Taiwei, I'll go!"

"It's enough to meet them back." Zhang Cheng nodded.

Xiao Jing was put by Xiao Ding's side beside Zhang Cheng to express his sincerity in cooperation, similar to being a hostage. Of course, those who came with Xiao Jing were thousands of elite cavalry. selected from.Those who were selected were all retired from the iron kite in name, and turned around and were gathered among Xiao Jing's personal soldiers.

Even Xiao Jing himself, although he was not as powerful as Xiao Ding at the same age in those years, his ability won the admiration of all the Western Army.

The dragon horse under the crotch is a descendant of Chaying in the Xiao Mansion back then. It is more than eight feet tall at the shoulders. Wherever it is placed, it is a horse that is unique in ten thousand.

Riding his horse and raising his gun, with a soft shout, Xiao Jing took the lead and rushed towards the Pishi army attacking from the left.

A black horse, black armor, a big cloak of black on the outside and red on the inside, and a black long spear, like a black lightning bolt, Xiao Jing led his troops into the battlefield with a slanting stab, the long spear shook a bowl-sized spear flower, and with one pick, a long spear The knife flew up in the air, and when it was pressed, a head was smashed like a pumpkin with a slap. With a spin, the bent gun barrel bounced back out, and a rider flew upside down. As soon as it was retracted, the blade of the gun passed the throat of a cavalryman, and blood flew.

As soon as they came into contact, several leather knights known for their bravery were like babies in front of Xiao Jing, they were powerless to fight back, and they were killed by him like chickens and ducks.

But this didn't scare the Pi Shijun who rushed up, but aroused their anger, and more Pi Shijun rode their horses towards Xiao Jing.

Whether it's the skill, or the dress, or the horse under the crotch, or the spear in the hand, everything is not ordinary, and it is not something that ordinary people can have. If you can kill this person, fame and fortune, I am afraid that all of them will come soon. have.

But now they want to get close to Xiao Jing for a fight, but it seems a bit late.

Previously, Xiao Jing was quick-handed and quick-eyed. After killing several people in a row, his personal guards had rushed up. Except for Xiao Jing in the front, there were people guarding him firmly in the left, right and back three directions. , so that he can concentrate on killing.

With the addition of these 1000 people, the left wing instantly reversed the situation, and the front stabilized once again.

Zhang Cheng let out a long breath.

The Pishi Army is indeed very powerful, but the current Song Army is not the Song Army of the past.

After years of hard work, the sons under his command have not lost to their opponents.

The soldiers of the Western Army have never stopped fighting for more than ten years.

It's just that these foreign troops still can't support the mud on the wall.

He looked at the battlefield again, the Pishi army that was chasing them was killed by Xiao Jing, and they were retreating at the moment, while more Pishi troops were slowly pressing forward to catch up with the fleeing cavalry.

Xiao Jing on the battlefield pulled the horse, and the extremely handsome horse came to a complete stop from a very high speed. It only took less than half the distance of a normal horse. The guards behind him reined in their horses one after another, but no one passed Xiao Jing. The eyes of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield almost all stayed on the black-armored general who was leaping on his horse and holding his gun.

At that moment, Zhang Cheng seemed to see Xiao Ding when he was young.

And so radiant,
No matter where it is, it will become the center of everyone.

Zhang Cheng's heart was really full of jealousy.

This God, at least in this era, is especially fond of the Xiao family.

A fast horse came galloping from afar, stopped beside Zhang Cheng, clasped its fists and said in a loud voice, "Reporter Taiwei, the Liao Army of Zhending Mansion has already left the city and is heading for the battlefield. It is expected to arrive at the battlefield in an hour."

Zhang Cheng let out a sigh of relief: "Ming Jin, withdraw troops."

If they didn't defeat the [-] Pishi army who came to help them in one fell swoop, they would have lost the opportunity. If they didn't leave, they would be flanked by the Liao army from Zhending Mansion.

In a short period of time, it will be very difficult to win the Zhending Mansion.

However, if we can attract the [-] Pishi troops to Hebei Road and prevent them from going south for reinforcements, the result is actually not too bad.Then confront the opponent near the Zhending Mansion, it may not be impossible to find a chance.

Even if you can't eat them, it's okay to beat them up.

When Xiao Jing returned from riding his horse, what he saw were a dozen or so generals of the Fan army who were bound and pinned to the ground, their faces ashen ashes.

Following the order of the execution officer, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground in an instant.

"Jing'an, what a skill!" Zhang Cheng didn't even look at the beheaded generals of the foreign army, nor paid attention to the trembling foreign army. He was usually worried about their fighting, but now he was really not afraid.

"Taiwei's praise!" Xiao Jing smiled and bowed immediately. "Did the enemies of Zhending Mansion come out?"

"Yes! So we have to go!"

"Unfortunately, if the generals of the Liao army in Zhending Mansion were less courageous, we would have a chance to severely injure this Liao army." Xiao Jing felt a little regretful.

"This is the Leather Army of the Liao Kingdom. Even though we have the superiority in numbers, if we really want to injure them severely, we will not be much better off! Killing one thousand enemies and harming ourselves by eight hundred is nothing to do. Meaning." Zhang Cheng said: "It's better to retreat and look for another opportunity!"

"Taiwei is right!" Xiao Jing glanced at the foreign soldiers: "After this battle, I think they can be more attentive in the future. Taiwei, why don't you give me some, I have many foreigners under my command, quite a few It can also be related to these foreigners on Qinfeng Road."

"If you think they can be useful, then I'll send half of them to you!" Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "I hope they don't hold back in the future, otherwise, I will wipe out their race!"

(End of this chapter)