Fu Song

Chapter 733

Gan Quan held a bowl of mutton soup in one hand and a big pancake in the other, walked up to Zhang Cheng, and sat cross-legged on the grass just like him.

These senior generals don't usually mention it, but during wartime, they eat the same big pot of rice as ordinary soldiers. What's great is that the soldiers who distribute the meals give them more hard goods in their bowls, but they don't care about this. Things, the cook scooped them into their bowls, and they turned around and picked them up for ordinary soldiers.These careless and casual actions are the most popular and can make people serve them wholeheartedly.

As a family of generals, Zhang Cheng has learned these things from his father since he was a child.

At this moment, there is only a bowl of clear soup in his bowl.

Looking at Gan Quan's appearance, Zhang Cheng asked with a smile: "If you have any questions, just ask, you and I have a different relationship, so what are you doing hiding?"

Gan Quan rolled his tongue, rolled up a piece of meat in the bowl, and asked while chewing: "Taiwei, as long as those foreign soldiers are well trained, they can be regarded as a new force. Today you have imposed military law, and they are trembling. When you have a good time with them, you are not afraid that they will not try their best, so why did you give it to Xiao Jing?"

"Because now I am the commander-in-chief of this army, which is different from my previous status!" Zhang Chengdao: "The first thing I have to consider now is whether the combat objectives of the entire army can be achieved, not whether my own strength is diminished or not. Growth, if I win this battle, I will naturally have the most credit, and if I lose, I will naturally be the first person responsible.”

"That's not necessarily true!" Gan Quan was a little unconvinced: "Cui Ang was beaten like that on Hebei Road back then."

Zhang Cheng's face darkened: "Do you think I'm that scum?"

Gan Quan looked embarrassed: "Taiwei, I made a slip of the tongue."

"As the commander-in-chief of the army, I have to comprehensively measure how the entire army can exert its strength to the fullest, even super-level!" Zhang Chengdao: "Ganquan, what do we rely on to make these foreign troops obedient?"

Gan Quan pondered for a moment, and said, "It depends on coercion!"

"That's right. At the beginning, we beheaded Li Chun among the thousands of troops, destroyed thousands of Li Chun's relatives, and made the foreign troops on Qinfeng Road terrified and had to submit to us, but this is just the lowest level. It’s just a way of commanding troops.” Zhang Cheng shook his head and sighed: “Coercion is suppressed, grace is accepted, interests are combined, ideal comrades, I have only achieved the first step!”

Looking at Gan Quan's confusion, Zhang Cheng explained: "It goes without saying that you can understand the two points of coercion and envy. The so-called knot of interests is to tie the interests of all people together. One is prosperous and the other is prosperous. This is the third level, and the so-called ideal comrades on the fourth level are what Xiao Chongwen told me. It means that everyone gathers together to overcome difficulties and forge ahead for a common ideal. Indomitable, unyielding, is for comrades. If we do this, we will be victorious in all battles, and no one in the world can be our opponent! In fact, this is not only limited to the field of leading troops, it can almost be let go It’s all right in the world.”

"This, can it be done?"

"Maybe it can be done!" Zhang Cheng hesitated. "At least now, I have been persuaded by him, and I am willing to become comrades with him, and fight side by side in order to regain my homeland, conquer the shadows in the Northern Expedition, and unify the world."

Gan Quan nodded thoughtfully.

"Speaking of the present, I have only achieved the first point for these foreign soldiers. Now I have killed many of their leaders. They are afraid of me, but they are not convinced. Next, they are afraid that I will kill them Sending them off on the ground, let them perform some mortal tasks, and I am worried that they will revert to their old ways. When will they give me a waist eye? Since everyone can’t treat each other frankly, how can I play their best role? Overall That being said, their combat effectiveness is quite good."

"Is it okay to stay at Xiao Jing's place?"

Zhang Cheng nodded: "At least it's much stronger than ours. Don't forget, the Western Army also has a majority of barbarians. And Xiao Ding led the troops, and he has achieved the third point. Xiao Jing this time To these foreign soldiers, it is undoubtedly a kindness to save them from my tiger's mouth. And Xiao Jing is not short of money and food, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards. Moreover, just as As Xiao Jing said earlier, the foreigners on Qinfeng Road were already closely related to the Western Army, and some were even of the same origin and species. When they got there, they would definitely play a greater role. I think that Xiao Jing is really not Lost Xiao Ding when he was young."

"If we also have enough money and food, we can naturally benefit from it!" Gan Quan chewed a big cake and sighed, they are still too poor!
Shanxi Road was previously divided and occupied by the forces of Jin, Zhao, Xijun, and Zhangcheng, and there were constant wars. Li Chun on Qinfeng Road, with different ambitions, continued to increase donations and taxes, expand the army and prepare for war. Both places are poor. ring.

With the fall of Li Chun and the return of Zhangcheng to the Song Dynasty, with some support from Yizhou Road and the land of two lakes, life is finally easier.But these two places are just to enable Zhang Cheng to gather another large army to cooperate with the court to open up a new battlefield. As for the ordinary people's livelihood, sorry, they still have to support themselves.

Of course, without those heavy levies and miscellaneous taxes, the common people can be regarded as unloading a heavy burden, and finally they can take a breath and see the hope of living.

And the inflow of a large number of troops will indeed have some driving effects on the local economic recovery.

The new imperial court and the new weather have brought new hope to the common people. They sowed the hope in the spring, and they had to wait a few months to reap the harvest.

So Gan Quan said they were poor.

In order to make the life of the people under his command more comfortable, Zhang Cheng squeezed some money and food from the army to support the local people.

Of course, they don't have more money, so they can make those fanatics who are blind to money go all out.

Song Jun retreated all the way.

Then military strongholds were established in Xiaozuokou, Wangjiagu, West Linshan, East Linshan and other places, forming a semi-encirclement state of Zhending Mansion.

From the construction process of these military strongholds, it can be seen that the Song army is preparing to fight a protracted war.

The [-] reinforcements who came all the way from the mainland of Liao were stationed in Huolu and Lingshou respectively, forming an inverted shape with Zhending Mansion and confronting the Song army.

In the battle on the banks of the Hutuo River, both sides understood each other's strength, and it was basically impossible to kill each other in one bite. Even if they won quickly, they might not be able to do so.

It is only in a long-term confrontation to see who makes more mistakes.

The side that makes more mistakes will of course be the one that loses.

Yelv Bianji stared at the map for a long time.

Until the voice of Xiao Ruoshui, the guard of Zhending Mansion, came from behind.

"The Song Army, with Zhang Cheng as the commander, gathered Shaanxi Road, Qinfeng Road, and the Western Army's West Chamber Shenyong Army Division Zhang Yunsheng and Shentangbao Li Yi's troops. The total strength exceeded 8. This time, except for Li The Yisuo Department and other departments have arrived at Zhending Mansion, it seems that they want to defeat you in one fell swoop, and then deal with our Zhending defenders later!"

"It's a good idea!" Yelu Bianji sneered. "Do you think we are also the Hedong Army?"

"Liu Quanyi is really a waste. He is sitting in the wealthy Hedong, but he was beaten by the Song army and has no power to fight back. Now he is huddled in Taiyuan Mansion, precarious, and can't help at all." Xiao Ruoshui also shook his head. "If he can defeat Li Yi's troops, maybe he can help us a little bit."

"How about Zhang Cheng?"

"The old man of the general family is Zhang Chao." Xiao Ruoshui said: "This man is resolute and skilled in military affairs. He has fought against us in the Qinling Mountains for many years. Zhang Yunsheng is an experienced veteran. We count on such a man to take risks. It's impossible at all. To deal with Zhang Cheng, we can only gnaw bit by bit! But the well diameter is now controlled by them, which is extremely bad for us!"

"Except for the Taiyuan Mansion, the Song army has almost completely controlled the prosperous Hedong region, and they can get supplies, food and salaries nearby. Liu Quanyi is such a waste!" Yelu Bianji said angrily.

"The root cause is not here, it's still in Jianghuai! If King Zhennan can't win, we will be passive in terms of grand strategy." Xiao Ruoshui frowned.

"If you can't win quickly, why don't you withdraw and wait for later!" Yelu Bianji walked around the room and said loudly: "Liu Zheng's navy has been destroyed. In the Jianghuai area, without the support of the navy, Basically, there is no chance of winning. Why is Zhennan King desperate? This is a joke about the lives of hundreds of thousands of troops. I am not in Jianghuai, and I can guess what the Song army is doing now! Master Chuan Ren went to the rear, cut off the back road, and cut off my food road. General Xiao, is it appropriate for King Zhennan to cater to the queen mother like this? He is the brother of the late emperor Xinzhong, and an important minister of Daliao!"

Xiao Ruoshui sat down, stared at Yelu's defense machine, and said slowly: "General Yelu, I believe you know what the Southern Song Dynasty is like through the information of the school office, whether it is economic or military. , The development of the Southern Song Dynasty makes me feel scared. On this point, I absolutely support the Queen Mother. Today we do not defeat the Southern Song Dynasty. Every day in the future, we will walk into the abyss step by step. In your opinion, the Song Dynasty has become stronger , will you let us go?"

"So you are pinning all your hopes on the next final blow to Xuzhou? What if you lose? Don't forget that the Song Army is not only attacking Zhending Mansion, but also has a large army coming across the sea to land in Dengzhou .”

"So we must guard the Zhending Mansion and the back road!" Xiao Ruoshui lowered his head.

"Why is this, who said that we will definitely lose to the Southern Song Dynasty in the future?" Yelu Bianji said angrily. "Where there is life, there is hope."

"General Yelu, you are also a person with both civil and military skills. You should understand that in the past we were able to beat the Song people because they were rich but their army was weak. But now they are not only rich, but their army is getting stronger and stronger. From now on, you Do you think we still have a chance?" Xiao Ruoshui shook his head and said.

"Although our majesty is young, he is wise and powerful, while Emperor Song is obsessed with heretics and ignores political affairs. Xiao Cheng monopolizes power and overrides Emperor Song. Sooner or later, it will arouse public anger. The current unity of the Song Dynasty is precisely because of us. They put too much pressure on them. If we retreat here, we may even withdraw from Hebei." Yelu argued: "We will withdraw voluntarily and form a brotherhood with Song State again. In this way, the pressure will go away. There will inevitably be internal fighting within the Song Kingdom, and when they are in chaos, we will take action again, why not?"

"It's Yelu Longxu's trick again!" Xiao Ruoshui sneered: "What if the people of Song Dynasty are not chaotic? What if they maintain such a strong momentum? What should we do? Give up Youyan again? Or go back to our hometown go?"

The words were not speculative, and the two of them had no more words.

Although Yelv Bianji led [-] fur troops from Shangjing to support him, he was extremely dissatisfied with the current situation, thinking that since the battle was not going well and the hope of victory was slim, he should save his strength for another day.It is really not the way to govern the country like a crazy gambler who has lost his mind as he is now.

Like Yelu Longxu, Yelu Bianji was also a group of people who wanted the Queen Mother to return to power.

In their view, the Empress Dowager is just acting out of anger now, and she is using Liao's national fortune to satisfy her selfish desires.

It is true that the Empress Dowager Chengtian is extremely talented. Under her leadership, the Liao Kingdom has made great progress compared to the past, but when it comes to the root, the ultimate goal of the Empress Dowager to try every means to develop the Liao Kingdom is not For the long-term state of Liao.The Liao Kingdom, with the Empress Dowager, might just be a tool.

And on this point, Yelu Bianji was really right.

In Xiao Chuo's eyes, the Liao Kingdom is just a sledgehammer in his hand. He has put the sledgehammer in the fire and re-forged it, which is stronger and tougher than before. Then she swung the sledgehammer The hammer hit Da Song hard.

Either Da Song was hammered to pieces by her, or the hammer was broken.

that is it.

No matter what the result is, she doesn't really care.

People like Yeluzhen and Xiao Ruoshui were willing to gamble with Xiao Chuo because they believed that time was on the side of the Song people. Now that the Southern Song Dynasty will not be destroyed, the Daliao will be destroyed by the Southern Song Dynasty sooner or later. It's just a matter of time.

However, people like Yelu Longxu and Yelu Bianji did not believe in this evil. They believed that the worst result would be that the two sides would return to the previous stalemate, and they could even weaken the Song Dynasty through some other later stages. , Hasn't it never been done before?
Therefore, if the Empress Dowager can return to power, perhaps there will be a brand new situation in this world.

With the unsatisfactory battle ahead, the Liao army suffered consecutive defeats, and the Song army began to penetrate into the area controlled by the Liao army. In the Liao country, there were more and more people supporting Yelu Longxu and Yelu Bianji.

Of course, if you say how many of these people are for the great cause of the Liao Kingdom, it is not necessarily true.

Xiao Chuo did everything he could to carry out the Southern Expedition, violating the interests of many people.

When Xiao Chuo was making great strides, no one dared to say no.

But now that the defeat of the Southern Expedition Army has been revealed, and the Song Army has already started a large-scale counterattack, voices of opposition naturally arise.

(End of this chapter)