Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 26 Selfishness
  Red is the color of Song Army armor, and it also represents celebration on many occasions.

But Pharmacist Guo had just accepted the official position, and the Changsheng Army had only changed its banner less than half a year ago. After the officials confirmed their acceptance of Pharmacist Guo, the food, pay, soldiers, armor, and horses given to the Changsheng Army were all worthy of being on the road, and how much had gone through them. Human hands are always an unknown quantity.

Most of the ever-victorious army still has the armor of the Liao people. Only the military flags, the flags of the generals, and the flags of the generals, have been changed to those of the Song army.

Wearing a very sexy red armor, Medical Master Guo rode his horse into the Chinese army's tent, looked around, and fixed his eyes on one of the generals.

When he looked at it, the general trembled for a moment, and then told him everything like pouring beans.

Liao general Xiao Qian, well, now should be said to be the sacred emperor of the Great Xi Kingdom. The last time Yanjing fell, the newly established Empress Dowager Xiao had long been killed by a victorious soldier with an arrow, so that the Liao people were in a hurry and had no master.

Last year, at the beginning of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty was defeated and fled to the Jiashan area. In March of the same year, King Yelu Chun of Yan ascended the throne in Nanjing (Yanjing) of the Liao Kingdom with the support of his ministers. Proclaiming himself emperor and naming Emperor Tianzuo as King of Xiangyin from afar means actually vetoing the other party's imperial power.

In June of the same year, Yelu Chun died of illness, and his concubine Xiao Puxian was supported by the ministers as the empress dowager. When the Song army attacked, she chose to defend Yanjing. That is, the Liao queen mother who was killed by Liu Ling with an arrow.

This Empress Dowager Xiao is similar to the famous Empress Dowager Xiao in history. She also has some achievements. If she had not been killed by Liu Ling with one arrow and Juyongguan and Yanjing fell successively, she would have defected to Emperor Tianzuo together with Yelu Dashi and other civil and military officials of the Liao Kingdom. , and then she was killed by the latter for supporting Yelv Chun.

Therefore, Liu Ling's shooting of her only accelerated certain historical events.

Liao general Yelu Dashi chose to defect to Emperor Tianzuo who was stationed in Jiashan area.

Xiao Qian chose to surrender to the Jin people for various reasons, but then betrayed him and raised troops from the Lulongling area. Due to lack of food and pay, he went south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Linghui, the general of the Ever-Victorious Army, and others chose to fight, but before they set off, Zhang Linghui took away most of the armor and grain in the army; no matter what time it was, they could barely fight without armor, and grain and grass were the lifeblood of the army. The soldiers How to fight when you are hungry?

Pharmacist Guo was thinking about how to solve the problem. The deputy general came over and whispered: "Liu Ling is here."

"How many troops did he bring?"

"About more than nine hundred people."

Pharmacist Guo sneered, and the deputy general added: "There is still a lot of food."

"Brother Liu Xian, come on, come on, sit down quickly."

Liu Ling felt something was wrong when he saw Yaoshi Guo's smiling face.

Starting from Rongcheng, we arrived all the way to Zhuozhou City. We originally wanted to bring more soldiers and horses to build a strong momentum, but we regretted it when we arrived in front of Zhuozhou City.

In the Ever-Victorious Army, Pharmacist Guo is the leader of the large army, and the generals under him are the leaders of the smaller armies. It is more like the relationship between local vassals and their generals in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

What if Pharmacist Guo suddenly wants to cause trouble and sees that he has too many soldiers and horses, so he directly sends Liu Ling out as a vanguard?
  You know, when Liu Ling first arrived in Rongcheng, he had more than 400 soldiers under his command, and when he came back, there were nearly a thousand soldiers.

Relying on these nearly a thousand soldiers, and by slightly improving the framework and letting the old soldiers serve as grassroots officers to lead the new soldiers, we can directly form an army of three to four thousand people, and this is also Liu Ling's direct army, not that A mixed bag of soldiers mixed with sand.

"Commander, the war situation in Jizhou is very tight, why haven't you sent out troops yet?"

"General Liu knows that the ever-victorious army cannot sustain its supply of food and grass. If the army goes north, it will need ten days of food, but now it only has eight days. If there is a slight delay on the way, I am afraid that it will not reach Jizhou."

The person who answered was a civil servant in a red official robe, with a handsome face and a slim figure. When Liu Ling looked at him, he was sitting in his seat and did not get up, but he still smiled slightly.

Liu Ling stood up and saluted, thinking about who this person was.

Even the civil servants in the Ever Victorious Army are mostly dressed as Liao people, and they are even less likely to wear red official robes.

If he is a general, he should not fail to recognize him, and the other party should be wearing armor at this time.

Then, he should be a civil servant sent by the Song Dynasty court.

"Liu Ling, the last general, haven't you asked for advice yet?"

"My surname is Wang, and I am the envoy of Xuanfu on Yanshan Mansion Road."

It turned out to be Wang Anzhong.

Liu Ling suddenly realized that since the land of Yan "returned" to the hands of the Song Dynasty, the nominal chief executive of the land of Yan was this person, but in fact it was still Guo Yaoshi and the Changsheng Army who commanded everywhere, just like a country within a country.

Seeing Liu Ling's silence, Wang An felt a little dissatisfied. At this time, he had not yet realized his actual status.

After all, in his understanding, the Ever Victorious Army was just a group of surrendered soldiers and generals. After the Song Dynasty King's Division captured Yanjing, he was still willing to give them a place to stay. These Qiu Ba should have been grateful.

But this Liu Ling, who was so favored by the officials when he entered the capital, now speaks for himself, how dare this traitor to the army be absent-minded?
  He smiled slightly, not noticing the look in the eyes of Pharmacist Guo next to him, and said to Liu Ling:
  "General Liu, I heard that your army has a lot of food. Now the army is in embarrassment. Please take the food and grass that you have brought to the army and distribute it to the soldiers."

His tone revealed a sense of matter-of-factness.

Liu Ling looked at Pharmacist Guo, who raised his eyebrows and indicated that he didn't mean to say that.

Then don't blame me for giving you a face. There were several civil servants sitting nearby, and they all frowned, but they were not looking at Wang Anzhong, but at Liu Ling.

They probably haven't realized that the place they are in is no longer the capital where they can talk kindly.

"Guo Gong,"

Liu Ling looked at Pharmacist Guo and said calmly: "The general's food and fodder are only enough to supply the needs of two thousand people for five days. The army is huge, so I'm afraid it won't be enough. But since this is the governor who has the order, the general will take responsibility for it." Obey."

Pharmacist Guo had an expressionless face and did not answer.

Under the gaze of everyone around him, Liu Ling took a step back, half-knelt down to Wang Anzhong, and said in a deep voice:
  "Now that the army's food and fodder problem has been alleviated, the next step is to start a war. The general will ask the commander for an order, and En Zhunmo will take this battle as the vanguard!
  The last general will definitely be able to break his army and kill his general, and win a reputation for our Song Dynasty! "

Wang Anzhong was silent for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "I am not the coach, Guo Taifu is."

"Then you must be the deputy commander?"

Seeing the silent Wang Anzhong and the growing anger in his eyes, the civil servants around him had anger on their faces and were not afraid to show it.

But when the generals of the Ever Victorious Army saw this scene, they guessed what Liu Ling meant and did not hide the appreciation on their faces.

The atmosphere sublimated in silence, becoming more and more weird.

All the expressions on Liu Ling's face turned into a hint of mockery. He stood up and said calmly:

"Since it's nothing, then where are you*?"

Wang Anzhong was stunned.

"Shut up! This is an important place in the army. How can we allow you to quarrel like a shrew here? Get out quickly and take your troops to set off first. If the advance is unfavorable later, I will only ask you for help!"

Pharmacist Guo glanced at Liu Ling approvingly, told him to get out, turned around, and advised Wang Anzhong, who was trembling with anger: "Liu Ling is rude, young and ignorant, and is still a child. Don't follow me." He’s generally knowledgeable.”

After coming out, Liu Ling thought that the matter of paying for food must have been taken care of.

He raised the grain himself, and also used money to buy a lot of it at high prices from "smugglers" on the border of the Song Dynasty.

For this reason, the stewards of the Chen family had to run out more than a dozen horses in a few days to raise this batch of food for him.

My men and I have worked hard to raise the money and food. Not only do you want to leave with just one sentence, but you also want to use my money and food to take away your favor?
  I want to blind your mind!

After sending armor twice before, Pharmacist Guo probably knew that Liu Ling had some property in Rongcheng, so when he sent food and salary later, he just converted it into armor, weapons, bows and crossbows.

This is not to intimidate Liu Ling, but to deliberately support him.

Zhang Wu and his soldiers were waiting outside and saw Liu Ling coming out. As the latter walked away, he briefly explained what had just happened.

"General, you didn't want to talk to the imperial court before."

Zhang Wu rubbed his fingers, hoping Liu Ling would understand what he meant.

After all, he was a confidant, and he could tell Zhang Wu some things. Liu Ling's previous vision was to become the driving force for the Song Dynasty to divide the victorious army, and ruthlessly eat the money, food, and soldiers supported by the Song Dynasty.

“But now we are going to war, and our only friendly forces are the victorious armies.

I can't please these few Song bureaucrats, but they can't give me immediate benefits. But if I offend Pharmacist Guo or other generals in the army, they will be jealous of my rapid promotion. Fortunately, after such a trouble, they will also Just treat me as one of your own. "

"besides."

Liu Ling walked outside the camp. His troops entered the camp and were still waiting outside.

After getting on his horse, he sneered at Zhang Wu:
  "Do you really think that the Song people's money, food and soldiers are still on the way and have not been transported?

The steward of the Chen family went to Xiongzhou and found out the news for me. As early as five days ago, a huge grain team entered Xiongzhou.

I had already sent someone to deliver this news to Pharmacist Guo.

He Song people really have a problem with their brains.

There is a war going on in the north. Is it interesting to still carry out these actions here to test the loyalty of the Chang Sheng Army? "

Zhang Wu was silent for a moment and agreed: "Some Song people are indeed sick in their brains."

(End of this chapter)