Yi Song

Chapter 174: Zhenwu Department, I really understand it very well

Liu Guozhang set up a banquet in the pavilion next to the school grounds and invited Liu Zhene, Xue Anliang, Dazhongbao and Yan Zhengchen.

"Suppress evil, be a good person, be a loyal protector, and be an honest minister. I will practice it for you today!"

"We are eager to return home. We just want to go back quickly and tell the good news to our tribe." Liu Zhene said.

"On your way back to the Zhenwu Department, observe carefully and find out the positions and strengths of the tribes along the way.

When I returned to the Zhenwu Department, I immediately asked for canonization from Bei Liao in my name, and tried to get official positions such as Northeast Road Recruiting Envoy and Jingbian Army Envoy. In this way, he can be regarded as a master. The key is to get Beiliao's armor and materials.

The Song Dynasty was rich in products and had excellent soldiers and armor, but transporting them to Mobei was too troublesome. The Northern Liao Movement was much simpler in the past. They have accumulated a lot over the past few hundred years and cannot take advantage of the Jurchens. Leading soldiers and horses, they climbed over the Jinshan Mountain and struck the Wanyan Department's flanks from the Duck River Basin.

As long as we can defeat the Jurchens, the Khitans will definitely be generous. "

Dazhongbao couldn't help but ask: "Sir, are we going to turn around and help the Khitans?"

"Haha, Dazhongbao, don't worry, we are not of the same mind as the Khitans. The main reason is that the Wanyan Department has been too smooth in the past two years, and has been too arrogant. We must give them a hard blow to make them sober.

We cannot let the Khitans be defeated too quickly. If they are defeated too quickly, the Wanyan tribe will have nothing to lose and will be very full. When the time comes, we will have to use up our energy to defeat them. First, help the Khitan people, help them regain their strength, and fight Wanyanbu for dozens more rounds, so that both of them can bleed more.

The most important thing is that I have not laid a good foundation in Da Song Dynasty, so I need to control the rhythm and not let Wanyan Department expand too fast.

To suppress evil, remember, use three parts of your force to attack the Yan Department from the flanks, and place seven parts on the periphery, win over Zha and only attack the other departments, defeat Wugu, Dilie, Hei Chezi, Meng Gu and other departments. Open up the passage from Jingbian City to Yunshuo Hetao. But we must also be prepared for Wanyanbu's sneak attack and counterattack. "

"I remember my brother. Don't worry, the Wanyan Department is now going all out to fight the Khitan people. The main force is all crowded in the Liaodong area, and there is no way to deal with us. By the way, brother, I think we need to control the war between the Khitan and the Jurchens. It can be controlled by war horses.”

Liu Zhene's words stunned Liu Guozhang, and he touched his chin and began to think.

"The Khitans are short of horses, and we have seen traces of them. I have read the Di Bao. In the early years of Zhenghe, in Shiichang, Hebei, the Khitans mixed their horses with fine mares and stallions in exchange for silk, tea, and porcelain.

At that time, someone in the court said that the Khitan people were benevolent and righteous. Bullshit, that's because they are short of horses. However, the nobles above still had to exchange horses for a large number of luxury goods. The people below had no choice but to take out these horses that were originally prohibited from being imported into the Song Dynasty. Is it just that the Jurchens are also short of horses? "

"Brother, except for the Jurchens of the Five Kingdoms and the Jurchens of Heishui who are good at raising horses, the other Jurchens of the East China Sea, Baishan and other tribes, although they can ride and shoot, mainly focus on fishing and hunting, and do not raise many horses. The Wanyan tribe is the Five The true daughter of the country gradually rose to prominence by virtue of the many horses she raised.

In the past two years, they had fought bloody battles with the Khitans, and the Jurchens' horses had suffered a lot of wear and tear. In particular, their skills in making horseshoes were not up to par, and their horses often became useless after two or three charges. At present, there are still many good horses in Heishui and Huntongjiang areas, so there is no need to worry for the time being. But after a few more years of fighting, the Jurchens will also be short of horses. "

Liu Guozhang high-fived him.

"Yes! These horses are not food. They can grow if they are sown in the ground. It will take two or three years to tame a batch of horses. The Jurchen tribes originally had a small population, but now they are fighting against the Khitans with all their strength, and they have no manpower to tame the horses.

The Khitans themselves were also short of horses, and their war horses were becoming increasingly scarce. Seized from the Khitan people, it could not supplement the needs of the Jurchens at all. They can only go to the Jiangheishui area in exchange for plunder.

Suppress the evil. After returning, immediately organize people to move the Tieli, Shiwei, Jurchen and other tribes from Yahe River, Huntong River, Heishui River, including people and horses, to the west of Jinshan Mountain. If you don't obey."

Liu Guozhang made a gesture, and Liu Zhen nodded in disgust, "Brother, I understand."

"In three days, you will set off with Yang Xiaojie and King Murong Ye to go to Taiyuan first."

Not long after they reunited, they were separated again. Liu Zhene, Xue Anliang, Dazhongbao, and Yan Zhengchen were all very reluctant to part with them.

"Sir, why don't we go back to Jingbian together, lead the Zhenwu tribe to unify Mobei, and then send our troops south to defeat all the Jurchens and Khitans, and become the greatest khan in the world." Xue Anliang said with some reluctance.

Liu Guozhang didn't know how to answer for a while, so Liu Zhene spoke first.

"I thought the same thing when I went south to look for my brother. But after staying in my hometown in the Central Plains for several months, I saw that there are endless fertile fields, endless food, endless cloth, and endless swords and guns. , endless arrows to shoot.

Looking at Mobei again, there are only endless grasslands, countless cattle and sheep, endless war horses and warriors. I was thinking in my heart, why don’t we combine the endless products of the Central Plains with the horses and warriors of Mobei? Liu Guozhang said with enthusiasm.

"That's right! Let the people of the Central Plains grow food for us and make excellent soldiers, armor, bows and arrows. Let the herdsmen of the southern and northern deserts raise cattle and sheep for us. We will gather the warriors from the grassland, as well as the craftsmen and infantry of the Central Plains, and fight in the distance. .

The world is so big that we can run as far as we want. The place where the sun and moon shine is waiting for us to conquer! "

"Erlang said it so well!"

Liu Zhene, Xue Anliang, Dazhongbao and Yan Zhengchen all yearned for it.

After finishing dinner with the four people in the side courtyard and chatting for a while, Liu Guozhang got up and came out.

After leaving the side courtyard and walking in the front hall of the middle courtyard, King Murong Ye walked up to Liu Guozhang.

"Erlang."

"Wild King, is something wrong?"

"When I saw Erlang coming out of Zhene's yard, I couldn't help but want to ask him something."

"Please say."

"Erlang, do you trust them so much?"

Liu Guozhang glanced at Murong Yewang and knew what he meant.

"I trust them very much because I know them. The real military department is very united."

Liu Guozhang's words have a certain meaning.

Unity is very crucial for the Zhenwu Department to gradually develop in the environment of Mobei surrounded by wolves.

And their unity is different from the unity that ordinary people understand. Their unity is more akin to the loyalty of a wolf pack.

After the wolf king was elected based on his strength, all members of the wolf pack obeyed him unconditionally, through life and death, through fire and water.

Under the leadership of the Wolf King, everyone is united in order to enforce orders and prohibitions.

King Murong Ye didn't know why Liu Guozhang was so confident, and he couldn't say anything. He said instead: "Although he is young, he is a heroic warrior. Xue Anliang is an excellent rider and ejaculator. I heard that there are more such heroes in the Zhenwu Department. I really didn't expect it." , there are so many talented people gathered in this remote place in Mobei."

Liu Guozhang glanced at Murong Yewang and said nothing more.

The inheritance of Zhenwu tribe is completely different from other tribes in Mobei. They have cultural heritage and knowledge inheritance. However, the dangerous environment prevented them from practicing the scriptures and writing poems. They focused on practicality.

Generation after generation of clan elders and sages, between life and death, summed up the most practical experience and knowledge, integrated it into wisdom, and passed it on to the next generation. Use the most effective methods to select and train batches of talents.

That's why there was the predecessor Zhenwu Huan, and Zhenwu suppressed evil, punished evil, and maintained sharpness, each leading one to check and balance each other.

"Wild King, this time you go north to Taiyuan, please be more careful and raise as many soldiers, armor, bows and arrows as you can."

"Don't worry, Erlang. I have a lot of experience in dealing with people in the officialdom. I know what they think."

"Okay, please."

(End of this chapter)