“Is the Fenzhou grain bill enough?

"Your Majesty, don't worry about food and grass, it's enough for a large army to use for half a year." "Okay, I won't ask about the morale of the army. At the same time, I can often hear about your ability to lead troops. I'll transfer you to your command, but now it seems that it's right for you to stay in Fenzhou. Other people with a good meal will probably have lost Fenzhou long ago."

"Mr. Xie praised me. I am really sorry that I am so sorry to lose my land."

"Don't be so humble. Dajin now needs talents like you. After this battle, I guarantee you to bring some troops and lead the troops well. I, Monk Wanyan, will never treat you badly."

"Apart from that, there will be no fewer people who escape to Fenzhou, right? But I haven't seen many people in Taiyuan, and they have all been detained by you?"

"Yes, in the past month, there have been about 40,000 to 50,000 people fled north. Later, the city was in chaos. If there were Qin spies, they would be afraid that they would ruin major events, so the city closed the four doors later and asked the Lord to forgive me."

"Haha, what's the crime? It's done well. Now I'll order you to bring all these people together, man

... They were killed, and the old and weak also took care of it, leaving young women as official prostitutes. This army of war was not possible except for food and grass."

Wang Xiu was finally shocked, with a cruel thought, but he still gritted his teeth, "Yes, the last general obeys the order, but those fugitives."

"What official?" Monk Wanyan's face was indifferent. "Everyone lost his subordinates and said that he was an official? He killed everyone, which was also very shocking. All officials knew that they still had the responsibility to defend the territory."

Wang Xiu was so bitter that he killed all of them? He was just right, but there were so many people who offended him. Who had no relatives and friends, and who had no support? These officials, don’t look at the current emperor of Cangkang, like a dog of a family, once he returned to Xijing, he might be glamorous again. As long as he bribes the right person, where can he become an official in Dajin?

This is really a job that offends people, but how can he hesitate at this moment? He could only respond loudly and dare not even say another word of pleading.

Monk Wanyan gave a few more instructions, stretched out his palm... and let the snow fall on it. After a long time, he murmured: "It seems that it's time to wait for the next year."

..” The words were full of unwillingness

In the snow, Linfen was covered in white.

Pedestrians disappeared between the streets and alleys of Linfen, and only occasionally patrol soldiers lined up in formations to pass the streets. Linfen was in a depressing scene in the heavy snow.

The sound of horse hooves, and in the heavy snow, the people and horses were all snow-white and galloped over and fell from the horse. The people's faces were frozen and purple, but their movements were agile. In front of the Linfen Guard General's Mansion, several guards were trembling in the cold, but they still stood there like nails, refusing to move slightly.

I only occasionally patrol the door left and right, and move my feet so cold that I feel numb.

When he saw the visitor, someone immediately shouted, "What a?" "Emergency military information, report to the Grand Marshal." The visitor shook and took out the sign from his arms with his bloody hands, but he could hardly hold it. It was obvious that he was really cold.

After a careful examination, I heard the answer "Come with me." In the lobby of the Linfen Guard General's Office, there was little charcoal fire, which made the lobby warm and warm without any cold air.

When the horse was brought in, Zhao Shi sat behind the desk and sorted out today's military affairs. Zhao Da and Zhao Er stood around, moving boredly, and it seemed that something was wrong all over his body. Obviously, compared with his days in Chang'an, the winter in Linfen is indeed a bit difficult.

Now the guard leader Zhong Qiniang moved a chair, sat next to the charcoal fire, holding a white cloth in her hand, and was carefully wiping the big knife in her hand, her eyes rolling, and she looked at her husband from time to time, thinking that she was worried that the tea was cold, or Zhao Shi was hungry or something.

"I reported that my subordinates were exploring Fenzhou. This morning, about five or six thousand elite cavalry came from Taiyuan. Now they have entered Fenzhou. I think it should be Taiyuan reinforcements.

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Zhao Shi suddenly looked up, and was surprised that the Jin people's reinforcements arrived at this time, five or six thousand cavalry, but not many, but the Jin people's reaction was much stronger than he expected.

"Who leads the troops? How powerful are you?" The spy replied without hesitation: "There is no banner, and you can't get close. I don't know who leads the troops, but my subordinates are equal to checking at a high place. Most of the more than 5,000 cavalrymen are Jurchen barbarians, who are skilled in equestrianism and have a strong army. They are undoubtedly elite Jin people. The subordinates wanted to do more inquiries, but they entered the city immediately and could only report to the general to learn about it quickly.,

"Okay, I know." Zhao Shi frowned and fell into deep thought. When the weather was getting warmer, it was time to withdraw his troops. He told him rationally, but he was still a little unwilling to accept it. As a soldier, meeting the enemy with his life and death is the strongest moment in their lives. The intrigues in the court were both infighting each other, and it was okay to make people indulge in it, because the process was too long and too troublesome. What soldiers thought of at the first time was to destroy the other party from the body, rather than sleeping on firewood and tasting gall. It would be no longer late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.

Although it was a great achievement when you came to Hezhong, you would have to retreat and move the people of Hezhong to Daqin by the way. But in that case, how many days would you have to wait before you could come to the Hezhong River again?

The idea of ​​retreating was actually forced by the situation. The Battle of Heluo has come to an end now. The Qin army besieged Luoyang, and the Later Zhou general Meng Gong led his army to defend the death. The Qin army repeatedly attacked and failed to defeat them. The Later Zhou reinforcements came one after another. The Qin army was not afraid at all. While attacking Luoyang, they were entangled with the Later Zhou reinforcements.

During this period, there were many gains. Later Zhou reinforcements first came and returned one after another. The reputation of the Qin army spread all over the world. But what made the Qin army helpless was that Luoyang still stood there like a nail, and no matter how fierce the Qin army attacked, there was no sign of wavering. Later, Zhou reinforcements were more and more. The two Huai soldiers and the Jingxiang army were all coming one after another. The people of Heluo also rose up to resist the Qin army together, and the Qin army gradually had an unfavorable point.

The most annoying news was that the Southern Tang should have been entangled with the Later Zhou Dynasty on the river to restrain the Later Zhou Jingxiang and even the two Huai people, but the Southern Tang Dynasty was good. Seeing that the Later Zhou heavy troops were heading north, even the Later Zhou naval army locked up various water camps, but did not take the opportunity to invite the battle... Instead, they stopped fighting and returned to Jiangnan to come and watch the tiger fight.

Such a treacherous treason is annoying, but helpless.

At this time, General Zhang's mood was actually the same as Zhao Shi. He was full of unwillingness, but he also knew that it was better to retreat to Hangu and wait for another battle next year.

While he was hesitating whether to withdraw immediately, Jiang Shan, the army officer, offered advice and said, "Luoyang cannot be easily expelled. Only Meng Gong, Meng Gong, is the talent of a general. However, he is strong and strong, and he cannot be the hearts of the Later Zhou court officials for a long time. Now I am very anxious to attack and attack, so I will use his man as a general and reject my kingly army. It is better to pretend to be defeated and return to the army and abandon Hangu to show the enemy as weak.

After watching the last general, Meng Gong will leave soon. If he goes there, there will be no hope of revival. Without Meng Gong, he will be very angry. In the coming year, our army will win. Zhang Peixian was overjoyed when he heard this. He loved this army who had repeatedly left Jishu, so he promoted him to be a general of the commander and a counselor of military affairs. Yu valued it.

Later, the Qin army besieged Zhongyue in the city, which was gradually surrounded by the soldiers of the Later Zhou Dynasty. At this time, Zhang Peixian ordered the retreat to return, but the unlucky Wang Pei was entrusted with the important task of cutting off the rear.

At this time, Meng Gong made a big mistake, but it was not his fault. There were less than ten thousand soldiers in Luoyang City, and everyone was injured and exhausted. If it were not for the recruitment of the people and the strong people to defend the city, the Qin army might have already attacked Luoyang.

The Qin army retreated, and Meng Qing asked for an order to chase the enemy. Meng Gong thought about it over and over again, but in the end he was afraid that he would fall into the Qin people's plan, so he ordered Meng Qing to guard the city strictly and not to leave the city. If it was not a mistake at this time, he would be very wrong next. Reinforcements from various routes of the Later Zhou Dynasty saw the Qin people retreating.

With the combat power of the Qin army, it is impossible to stop it, and there is no time to siege the Qin army. However, those who are more courageous think it is still possible to chase it?

Wu Song, the governor of Caizhou, arrived early. Although this person was a literati and a typical example of leading military affairs, he was very brave. When he heard that the Qin army surrounded Luoyang, he immediately raised an army to support him. He had a few battles with the Qin army. What made people feel depressed was that he had never won once. With the loss of troops and generals, there were only more than a thousand left in Caizhou's children.

The Qin people left, and he was the one who was most unwilling to accept it. However, the Qin people were too few and it was difficult to provoke him, so they did not dare to pursue him easily. So they joined forces with the commander of the Pingshun Army Deng Qian, the soldiers and horses of Haozhou were promoted to Li Shengcong, and gathered more than 20,000 troops to attack the Qin army's rear army.

Wang Pei was also depressed. This time he came out, he was full of energy, but was defeated by Meng Gong. He was thinking about how to make up for his merits, but Zhang Peixian entrusted the important task of the palace behind him. When he saw someone coming to his door, he was really overjoyed.

Zhang Peixian left him only 20,000 troops, but he was not afraid. The reinforcements of the Later Zhou Dynasty were of varying quality. The most elite troops were similar to the Qin army, and the most frustrated ones were similar to the bandits, and they were just relying on their blood and courage.

So after this battle, the soldiers and horses of Haozhou were killed in battle, and Wu Song, the governor of Caizhou, was seriously injured. More than 20,000 Later Zhou soldiers and horses were rushed to the ground by the Qin army and fled in all directions and were defeated and fled.

Wang Pei was overjoyed and was never stunned by such a small victory. He restrained his troops and retreated slowly. At this moment, he was really moved by Zhang Peixian. In his opinion, this battle was enough to shock the Later Zhou people and make others dare not invade.

But he was obviously too happy too early. At this time, the famous general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the General General of the Military and Horses of Jingnan, was promoted to the Ministry of War Shilang, the Prince Shaobao, and the Hou Yue Donglei of Xiangyang had already led his troops to the Houtong Army.

The reinforcements from the Later Zhou Dynasty were not unified, and when they fought, they fought each other and it was difficult to coordinate. However, this person was different from the army. The man took over the command without permission. In just one day, he had already subdued the generals and rectified the troops.

Tens of thousands of troops, under the command of this man, came overwhelmed and finally caught up with the tail of the Qin army more than 20 miles northeast of Mianchi. Yue Donglei personally led the elite troops to stand in front of the formation and had a fierce battle with Wang Pei's troops who had no choice but to fight.

Even if the Qin army was brave, it could not stop the many soldiers and horses of the Later Zhou Dynasty whose eyes were red by Yue Dong Lei Jili's eyes. A fight lasted from noon to evening. More than half of them were injured by 20,000 elite imperial guards in the front hall. Wang Pei ordered people to ask for help from the central army and led his troops to break out in the direction of Mianchi.

Fortunately, although he had the intention of deception, Zhang Peixian really did not dare to leave Wang Pei here and ignore it. So he ordered the general Wang Ying and the side general Jiang Shan to lead troops to rescue him. Zhong rescued Wang Pei's troops, who had only more than 8,000 people left, from the siege.

How could Yue Donglei be willing? The central army successively pushed forward and forced the main force of the Qin army to stop and fight with him. He was determined to take advantage of the long-term battle of the Qin army and retreated and left. When the army had no morale, he defeated the Qin army near Mianchi.

If it were put before a month, if the Later Zhou soldiers dared to fight the Qin army, Zhang Peixian would definitely not hesitate to hunt Heluo with Yue Donglei. In the last battle, let Yue Donglei know that the Qin army had never been afraid of anyone, but at this time, Zhang Peixian was determined to fight the Later Zhou soldiers, and it was impossible. When the army retreated, it was definitely a taboo in the army. Even if it was victorious, the more than 100,000 troops would definitely be seriously injured and the gain would not be worth the loss.

Zhang Peixian was unwilling to fight to the decisive battle, so he asked Wang Ying and others to cut off the rear and fight and leave. At this moment, he was really unable to see the deception of the gods.

In a few days, the Qin army retreated to Hangu. Yue Donglei would never allow the Qin people to occupy the Heluo gate. Later, Zhou reinforcements increased and their morale became stronger, even though they led their troops to attack Hangu.

The Qin army held on for several days, and it was already early winter. If Zhang Peixian decided to defend to the death, it would be difficult for the Later Zhou soldiers to conquer Hangu Pass City. However, Zhang Peixian listened to Jiang Shan's persuasion and knew that once Hangu Pass was still in the hands of the Qin army, Heluo would be a place to rush troops. Later Zhou would not sit idly by, and it would be far away from the original intention.

Zhang Peixian believed Jiang Shan's words, and a few days later, he abandoned Hangu Pass City and slowly retreated back to Tongguan. The troops of the Later Zhou Dynasty were exhausted and dared not pursue him again.

A big battle came to an end at this time

The Qin army fought between Heluo for several months, and each suffered casualties. The Qin army besieged Luoyang for more than a month, but could not defeat it. So he retreated. The Later Zhou army chased after him, and first fought a big battle with the Qin army in Mianchi, forcing the Qin army to retreat. Then there were dozens of battles. Along the way, countless corpses were left behind. The Qin army retreated to Hangu. Later Zhou army then arrived and attacked for several days. The Qin army was exhausted for a long time and his morale was also depressed. So he abandoned Hangu and retreated to Tongguan.

So, after several months of war, both countries returned to the origin. The Qin army was seriously injured, but the Later Zhou Dynasty was even more severe and the war subsided. Both sides were tiǎn’s own wounds and stared at them. It was not until the first heavy snow in winter that the battlefield finally calmed down completely.

When he returned to Meng Gong, after the Qin army withdrew, the biggest mistake he made was to close the four gates and not send a soldier to pursue the Qin army. Meng Gong had his own reasons. The Luoyang defenders had actually been crippled and could not send anyone to chase the enemy. Even when the Qin army was forced to retreat step by step, Meng Gong also thought so. In addition, the credit was almost a waste of money, Meng Gong did not bother to ask for it. If he had not dragged the Qin army here, how could he have tolerated each army to compete for merit?

But he was very wrong. Someone later gave him one of the charges that he had issued. Seeing that various troops were fighting against the Qin army, he just sat down and ignored them, and his desire to be afraid of DDT war was obvious.

Does it sound ridiculous? Lead Luoyang's lazy army to attack the enemy a hundred miles, defeat one of the enemy, and then lead the troops to defend Luoyang to death, allowing the Qin army to attack fiercely without moving. If this is a DDT fight, will the person who speaks open his eyes and be blind?

But this is not funny at all. It is this one that nailed Meng Gong to death. As for other oppressing colleagues, scolding and scolding, such as not accepting good words to slaves, leading troops to lightly lead them to lose their troops, and almost causing Luoyang to fall, etc., it is nothing.

The war of DDT is timid and preserved, and has ulterior motives. These words are used by civil servants. As military generals, they should not send troops. That's it. Send troops, but they have become leading troops to lightly attack border quarrels. When encountering such unreasonable people, how can the generals have a way out?

This time it is not as simple as dismissal. The regent wants to shirk responsibility for this battle. The court officials have to compete with the generals and help the regent divert their attention. In the past, Luoyang has also raised some troops. Qian Zufan, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, is jealous of his talents and wants to compete for the position of Privy Councilor. He has repeatedly slandered him. The generals are also waiting for the rewards from the court. For the unlucky Meng Gong, few people will stand up and speak. Can't you see clearly? What kind of official do you still be?

So, in the twelfth lunar month, Meng Gong's official position was cut off and transferred to the capital to the Ministry of Interpretation to Luoyang. Meng Gong's son Meng Qing was furious and led people to kill Qin's envoys. He was blocked by Meng Gong. Perhaps he had already realized that this time he entered the capital, he would probably have a lot of danger, so he summoned Meng Qing to the front and told him to resign and not to go to the countryside of Huaizuo, escorting the Meng family to Jingxiang and defecting to Yue Donglei.

Meng Qing refused to obey and insisted on escorting Meng Gong back to Beijing. Meng Gong was furious and slapped him in the face, and ordered him to return home. Meng Qing then gave up, but in fact he had the idea of ​​going straight to Jingxiang and asking Yue Donglei to speak for his father.

But neither of them expected that this farewell would be a perfect outcome.

In the heavy snow, Luoyang went east for hundreds of miles. In a dilapidated mountain temple, a glass of poisonous wine entered his throat. He fought for a lifetime and defeated countless enemies. He attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty in the south, resisted the Jurchens in the north, and arrived in the west of the Western Qin. A generation of famous generals of Zhongzhi and Genglie went quietly. He was accompanied by only a scar and the sinister envoys. The famous general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Meng Gong passed away.

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On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month of the sixth year of Xianning, the garrison of Luoyang of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Meng Gong, the garrison of Luoyang of the Later Zhou Dynasty, died in fear of crime and died on the way. Zhao Yan, the regent of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was furious and destroyed his nine clans. He strongly recommended Meng Gong to conquer Luoyang's Privy Councilor Li Chengmou, the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, was also implicated and demoted to the left of Huai. The Deputy Privy Councilor Qian Zufan, did nothing. Zhao Yan accused him of being too greedy, so he drove him back to Luoyang and still appointed Luoyang as a military officer. The Privy Councilor, but he was granted the position of Minister of War Chen Dazhong, which was a waste of money.

Yue Dong Lei's memorial to protect Meng Gong was late. Regent Zhao Yan was also afraid of the Yue clan, who had made great contributions and was deeply rooted in the army. Meng Gong was dead, but Yue Dong Lei was not Meng Gong, so he needed to be comforted. He was promoted to the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor, the Prince Taibao, and he still ruled Jingnan.

When Yue Donglei heard about Meng Gong's death, he was depressed for several days. It would be fine. After all, although Meng Gong was a family friend of the Yue family, Meng Gong himself did not have much friendship with him. Only Meng Gong's son Meng Qing was spared. He also knew that Meng Qing was a rare general. He loved talent. Later, he sent someone to search for him, but he had long disappeared. He had thought about his whole heart. Yue's ancestors were not allowed to interfere in the government affairs of the court. So, it was fine, but he didn't even have the idea of ​​waiveing ​​the wrongs of Meng Gong.

But he didn't know that at this moment, on the bank of the Yellow River, there was a broken young man staring at the blood-red eyes stinged by hatred, staring at Kaifeng with resentment, and making a poisonous oath. Sooner or later, Meng Qing would return there, kill all his enemies' heads and drink all his enemies' blood, and to avenge the deep hatred of the sea of ​​blood that could not be cleared even if the waters of the three rivers and five lakes were poured out.

The news of Meng Gong's death reached Tongguan. Zhang Peixian sighed but was overjoyed. He believed Jiang Shan, who was as good as a god, and he seemed to be a confidant and beloved.

The personnel of Tongguan also changed a lot. Wang Pei was defeated repeatedly, lost his troops and humiliated the country, and was summoned back to Beijing. However, there were many people who pleaded for him. After all, he was one of the only generals in the court. Although he was defeated twice this time, both times were extremely miserable, but his talents did not seem so unbearable. The second defeat was even more unfair. In fact, he led an army of 20,000, and fought hard for one day, blocking more than 100,000 reinforcements from the Later Zhou Dynasty and killing countless enemies. If you really compete with it, you can actually be considered a merit or failure.

But if you lose, you will definitely be punished. So, you will punish Dai for one year, take away his title, and temporarily take over the position of commander of the imperial guards in front of the palace to observe the future. Although the punishment is considered very light, after going out, you can get nothing and become a defeated general. Only Wang Pei himself can truly understand the depression.

Later, Li Chengqian, the Minister of War, invited him to serve in front of the Tongguan formation. Emperor Jing did not allow it and discussed for a long time. In the end, the position of deputy commander of the army was suspended, and the three heads became two. No one knew whether this was good or bad for the army.

When he returned to Linfen, Zhao Shi could not guess the many subsequent Fengbos and Zhao Shi. Now he only knew that the army had retreated, and he didn't even defend Hangu, and retreated directly to Tongguan. Seeing this battle report, although he didn't say anything, he was already cursing in his heart. How did he lead this soldier after retreating thousands of miles? Could it be that Yue Donglei of the Later Zhou Dynasty even became a god, and would he withdraw his beans into soldiers?

Of course, what made him puzzled was that the elite of the Qin army was not like this at all. He did not know that Jiang Shan offered his plans, and it was impossible to mention this in the battle report. For a secret plan, only Zhang Peixian and Jiang Shan knew about this. Otherwise, he would have to applaud and not pay attention to the young captain with a sick face he saw in Lizhou City that year, which had begun to show his glory.

In fact, even if you understand this, it will not be of any benefit to the situation of the Qin army in Hezhong at this time. The army retreated to Tongguan, but Zhang Peixian did not force him to retreat this time, but just let him act according to the opportunity, and there is no need to worry about the way out of food and grass. The meaning of the words, Zhao Shi understood that the battle with the Later Zhou was not over, and there was no need to move, his side troops that protected the army behind him. However, once the spring of the next year begins, looking at the current situation, the Jin people will definitely gather in large numbers, and Linfen can still defend? Is there any need to fight with the Jin people?

This is the reason for his headache. It’s not that he is not determined enough, but that it’s really hard to make a decision.

Indeed, if you defend Linfen, it will definitely be much stronger than defending Jiezhou. However, in the hands of the Jin people, the Jin people have no worries about the retreat, so they can attack with all their might, and the war will inevitably be difficult. However, if you defend Jiezhou, Jiezhou, is a little broken, and it is far less solid than Linfen, but it also lengthens the front line of the Jin people. Once the Jin people cannot attack and pull it off, they will be weak and easy to defeat the enemy.

After thinking hard for a long time, it was still difficult to make a decision. I couldn't help but stand up and pace back and forth...

"Why would you ask for some reinforcements from the court?"

At this time, it was not someone else who spoke. She seemed to know what he was thinking and suggested softly

Zhao Shi shook his head, "You don't know that the imperial court occupied Heluo. How could the army easily change its course after a long time? Besides, if you add troops to the river, Zhang Peixian would not agree. The merit of Heluo is great, will it be less important to take Taiyuan? It is too much to take the master, and Zhang Peixian would never agree."

Zhong Qiniang giggled and tried to create a relaxed atmosphere. "My husband is really a little Huaxin, and she actually wants to take Taiyuan." Zhao Shi couldn't help laughing, his worries were slightly reduced, and he also joked, "More than 100,000 soldiers in his hands, Taiyuan may not be able to think about it."
To be continued...