Fu Song

Chapter 89 Determining the Destination

As soon as he walked out of Ma Xing's public house, Luo Gang immediately let out a long breath. The breath was so long that Xiao Cheng on the side was taken aback. With sweat-stained hair, he couldn't help but say in surprise, "Yuting, what about you?"

Luo Gang also hated himself for being unsatisfactory, but fortunately, in front of Xiao Cheng, he wouldn't let others know if he was ugly.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, Chongwen. Standing in front of this appeasement envoy, I always feel that he may pull out a big knife and slash at me at any time." Having said this, he suddenly frowned and said, "Wait a minute. I, I'm going to the thatched hut."

Seeing Luo Gang's disappearing figure, Xiao Cheng couldn't help it.

But then again, this appeasement messenger in front of him is indeed not putting too much pressure on him.

Earlier on Hebei Road, Xiao Cheng also met Xia Jie and Xia Zhiyan, but that person felt like a spring breeze.This Xia Zhiyan is much older than Ma Xing.

Or maybe it's just a different personal governance style.

Ma Xing is the kind of aggressive and threatening.

Working under such a person is bound to be very hard, and there is no room for slack, but this person is also a responsible person. As long as he is willing to do things, he will be willing to take care of you for you, so working under such a person is also very important. Easiest to do.

Of course, bad things are easy too.

Xiao Cheng shook his head and threw these thoughts out of his head. Speaking of these things, these are things that big brother should worry about in the future, but he himself is trying to do the things in front of him first.

As expected, Ma Xing raised his butcher knife and slashed and killed a group of corrupt officials, but he did not move the Dingbian army, not because the Dingbian army was fine, but because he was really impatient.For fear that a careless act will cause turmoil and bring about a big change.

From this point of view, although Ma Xing, the appeasement envoy, is very rude, he is by no means reckless.

Miao Shou, the commander of the Dingbian army, was originally from Hengshan and Qiang.The so-called familiar Qiang refers to the Qiang people who completely surrendered to the Song Dynasty and accepted the governance of the Song Dynasty. Almost identical.

But in recent years, things have changed.

Li Xu continued to gain momentum, and Hengshan's party projects were about to move, and the Qiang people in Hengshan were naturally unwilling to be lonely. Heroes were born in troubled times. Take the opportunity to come out and make a fortune, what if you make a name for yourself?

Li Xu's failure was naturally a death. He ran to the ends of the earth, and the Song Dynasty court was going to chop off his head, but what is so scary about these party tribes and Shengqiang tribes in Hengshan?

Even if it fails, if you dig into Hengshan, what can you do to me?In the end, don't you want to come to recruit security for peace?

The cost of rebelling is so small, so naturally you have to give it a try.

According to the information obtained from Ma Xing, Miao Shou did not intend to rebel, but he had been entangled with the Hengshan Dangxiang and Shengqiang tribes, and even had contacts with Li Xu. If he was pressed, he would really rebel. That's big trouble.

"The Dingbian Army has been assigned to your brother's command, and will be his Xiao Changqing's subordinate in the future. This Miao Shou, let Xiao Changqing handle it!"

Thinking of Ma Xing's grinning expression when he said this, Xiao Cheng really wanted to punch this guy in the face.

Ma Xing didn't want to touch Miao Shou, firstly because it was really troublesome, and secondly, because he really wanted to study Xiao Ding's skills.

When an official, there are no good people!

Even a person with strong shoulders like Ma Xing, with a small calculation, is no worse than Xia Jie and Cui Ang.

Back at the Guangrui army station outside the city, Xin Jian, Wei Wu, He Zheng and others immediately greeted him.

After dinner, it was quiet in the military camp.

Guangrui's army is very strict in governing the army. In Xiao Ding's view, this time the relocation of the town is no different from a combat march. Whether it is an army soldier or a young man, it must be carried out according to the rules of war.

"Enter the tent and talk!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and walked to the tent that belonged to him and Luo Gang.

The conditions were of course extremely poor. Everyone could only sit on the floor on a felt blanket. An oil lamp was flickering faintly. The weather in mid-October was already a bit cold.

"Luo Gang and I have already met the appeasement envoy." Xiao Cheng said straight to the point: "Although we have obtained the official document and promise to act cheaply from the appeasement envoy, we can honestly say that the Dingbian army is much more complicated and difficult than we imagined. I'm afraid our entry will not be so smooth."

"I also ask Erlang to tell everyone in detail." Xin Jian said.

Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "The Dingbian army and Hengshan Dangxiang, Sheng Qiang, and even Li Xu's Dingdi army are somewhat unclear, so that the appeasement envoy also casts a taboo, for fear of one accident, Miao Shou is forced to come here. According to a series of documents we obtained from the appeasement envoys, such as the specific Dingbian military grounds, there is no place around Dingbian City where we can place tens of thousands of subordinates of our Guangrui Army. Some of them are empty. The land is either mountains or gravel, let alone growing food, grass is not very willing to grow."

"The surrounding area of ​​Dingbian City is so wide?" Xin Jian looked at the map in his hand and asked in surprise.

"They are all the fields of the Dingbian Army's military colonies, and some of them have been converted from military colonies to civilian colonies." Xiao Cheng spread his hands and said, "This is the latest land loan booklet just reported by the Dingbian Army in September. ."

"I'm afraid there are ghosts here!" He Zheng said angrily.

"Naturally there are ghosts!" Xiao Cheng said: "I don't even have to look at it on the spot, and I can guess that there are many places in here that are still deserted and uncultivated. It's just because we are coming, So overnight, they changed their identities. In other words, there are many good places here, which are private land of some people, but they were not included in the land register, and they did not pay taxes to the imperial court."

Everyone is familiar with this kind of thing.

On Hebei Road, there are many such situations. Many generals occupied the land by force and lied to them that it was a military colony. .

"So, around Dingbian City, we have almost no place to stand." Xiao Cheng said: "Even if there are still a few good places, they are not connected to each other, one in the east, one in the west, this is of course for our Guangrui Army. Pretty unfavorable."

"If we don't go to Dingbian City, where are we going?" He Zheng said worriedly.

"Fortress of God!" Xiao Cheng's fingers poked heavily on the map.

Everyone immediately took a deep breath.

Shentang Fort is the military fort of the Dingbian Army closest to Hengshan, and it is also the place that has been attacked the most by Hengshan.These things can be understood by looking at the newspaper of Shaanxi Road.

"Is it too dangerous? This is almost under the eyes of the enemy!" Xin Jian hesitated.

"Everyone, what is our Guang Rui Army here for? Isn't it just to recover the Hengshan Zhu Fans? In this case, how can we avoid dealing with them! No matter whether it is hard or soft, in short, we have to communicate with them. Besides, it's too early to call them enemies now, as long as they haven't rebelled seriously, they are still the people of our Song Dynasty." Xiao Cheng said.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. Of course they could say that, but in fact, what is the difference between the Hengshan Zhufans and the rebels?

"We are here to do things, not to enjoy happiness. The emotion of fear of hardship is useless to us, and it is justified to face up to the difficulties." Xiao Cheng continued: "There is another advantage of Shentangbao, that It is located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, with lush water plants and fertile land. As long as you carefully cultivate and reclaim tens of thousands of mu or [-] mu of land, it will not be a problem at all. Compared with the surrounding area of ​​Dingbian City, the biggest advantage here is that there is no shortage of water. "

"But we must always prepare to meet the attack of the Hengshan Zhufans!" Xin Jian said.

"That's natural!" Xiao Cheng said: "So from the moment we step into the territory of the Dingbian Army, the entire army will enter the state of the highest alert equipment, ready to welcome attacks from anyone at any time. Everyone must remember, If the Hengshan Zhufans really want to give us a slap in the face, then of course we will give them a blow to the head, beat them all at once, and be afraid of them. "

"Understood!"

"There are still nearly three months before the main force of the Guangrui Army arrives in Dingbian City. In these three months, we will be building camps, reclaiming wasteland, and preparing to meet the enemy's attack. Everyone will be very busy. Xiao Cheng said: "Let's be careful, we have survived these three months, and when the main force arrives, we will see what new tricks he can come up with as the old seed of the frontier army."

Xin Jian looked at the map and suddenly understood that Xiao Cheng had placed the Guangrui Army in Shentangbao. If it succeeded, wouldn't it be the isolation of Miao Shou's division of the Dingbian Army from the Hengshan Zhufans?
When Xiao Ding's army arrives, it will be much easier to pack up this Dingbian army.

That's it!

Looking at Xiao Cheng who was calm, Xin Jian couldn't help but admire him even more. This man was calm, but he was already laying the foundation for what happened later.As for the possibility of Hengshan Zhufans attacking Xinjian, they are not worried.

This time, they came with five hundred main soldiers and five hundred young men. The usual petty fights could not be their opponents at all, but could only become their military exploits.I really want to swallow them all in one bite, unless the Hengshan Zhufans jointly organize a large number of tens of thousands of horses, but in this case, the Ma Xing side of Yan'an House will not sit idly by.

Since the Hengshan Zhufans have not yet made up their minds to rebel, they will not make such an unwise move.

(End of this chapter)