At this time, the Song Dynasty still had quite a bit of strength, but the food supply was just enough to eat.
Like most people, they still mainly eat whole grains and miscellaneous grains, and they can only satisfy one half full. As a result, they cannot eat openly, and the army cannot train every day. Just like the strongest Forbidden Army, they also eat every three days.
The Western Army and the Northern Army drill once every five days. As for the Xiang Army and the Xiang Army, they drill once every ten and a half months, or even more than a month or longer.
Under such circumstances, the combat effectiveness will naturally become weaker and weaker.
"What? You said Xinzhou soldiers also eat this thing?" Wang Deyong was stunned.
He thought that because he was the biggest official here, he would eat such good food. But he never expected that ordinary people would also eat this.
"Yes, everyone eats this." The soldier nodded and answered seriously.
"How can this be done? If everyone eats like this, how much food is enough? This Su Shi, isn't this a waste of military rations?" Wang Deyong stopped immediately.
Every time we go on an expedition, the imperial court allocates a certain amount of money, and the standard of food for the army is also rationed.
In the final analysis, everything must be planned. It is like one bucket of refined grains can be exchanged for five buckets of coarse grains and miscellaneous grains. Of course, the taste is not as good, but the quantity is sufficient.
Other grains are naturally not as delicious as refined grains, and the nutrition in all aspects is naturally inferior, but this is the general trend. Otherwise, you can eat whatever you want, and how much money is enough. The money of the imperial court does not come from the strong wind, right?
Thinking that he was in charge here now and would never allow such nonsense, Wang Deyong didn't even eat. He got up and walked out. He wanted to get food.
Take a look at Cao Chu and tell them that's not how things work.
Soon, a large number of soldiers arrived at the grain and grass department, and Zhang Qi, who was in charge of affairs here, hurriedly greeted him. "My Xinzhou grain and grass officer has met your Excellency."
"Are you the one in charge of food and grass?" Wang Deyong looked at Zhang Qi and said quickly: "Let me tell you, I will be the one to make the decision here from now on. From now on, for two meals a day, polished rice must be replaced by miscellaneous grains. The standard is also
It needs to be reduced by at least 50%, do you understand?"
"Understood." With Zhang Qi's identity, he naturally did not dare to be serious with Wang Deyong.
But after agreeing, Zhang Qi still wanted to say something, "Sir, it's just..."
"I don't want to listen to anything, I just need to obey." Wang Deyong shook his sleeves and turned around to leave.
A small state grain and grass officer still dares to question himself, he really doesn't know the superiority and inferiority of superiors and inferiors.
Wang Deyong left. Zhang Qi looked at his leaving figure and murmured: "It's just that the food and grass in the city are only enough for one day. Even if we save more, we will run out tomorrow night. We have to find a way to do this."
"
Zhang Qi wanted to explain the situation clearly, but Wang Deyong refused to listen, so what could he do. He could only sigh and couldn't help but think, "Where did General Zhongwu go and when will he come back?"
...
Liao, Lingqiu City.
Outside the city, the Phoenix Mountains are rolling.
A large number of Liao soldiers are passing through here one after another, aiming directly at Taixi Mountain in the Song Dynasty.
One hundred thousand Liao troops marched hundreds and thousands of miles around in order to secretly enter the country and join forces with the Mongolian army to give Su Shi a hard blow.
But what they didn't know was that because of Mei Yang's insider, Su Shi had already noticed that Fei Ying
Scouts were sent out to expand the search area, and finally found them. They found that Su Shi had already escaped from Xincheng.
The Liao army didn't even know that there was another group of people watching them in the Phoenix Mountains. They were the Phoenix Mountain bandits entrenched here.
The bandit leader Hu Yunfeng, 30 years old, came to Fenghuang Mountain when his family fled famine in his early years. During a raid by Liao soldiers, his honest parents and brothers were killed by Liao soldiers! Later, in order to take revenge, he became a mountain bandit in the Liao area, and his martial arts skills
Very good! (Hu Yunfeng, the character set for reader L_尐Rui, makes a brilliant debut.)
Over the years, Hu Yunfeng also killed many Liao people and soldiers in order to avenge his family, and was wanted by the Liao officials for many years.
Because of the complex terrain of Fenghuang Mountain, several encirclement and suppression campaigns by Liao soldiers ended without success.
Having lived here for many years, Hu Yunfeng was very familiar with every plant and tree here. Hu Yunfeng looked dissatisfied when he saw so many Liao soldiers passing through his mountains.
"Brother, if that doesn't work, let's kill them. They don't take us seriously." Ji Qing, the third leader of the bandits, spoke up, looking indignant.
"Fart, I want to do it too, but you don't even look at how many of them there are." Chen Jiu, the second head of the family, opened his mouth. He scolded the third son angrily, then looked at Hu Yunfeng and said, "Brother, you still have to be careful, Liao soldiers.
There are too many.”
"What are you so afraid of? Don't you admire the one named Su Shi the most, brother? People always win with less." Ji Qing, the third child, said a little unconvinced.
"How can we compare with Mr. Su?" Chen Jiu shook his head and looked at Ji Qing, as if you are so ignorant.
appearance.
"Okay, stop arguing." Hu Yunfeng said.
He had long been accustomed to the two brothers arguing when they met and was too lazy to dissuade them. What he was thinking about now was why these Liao soldiers appeared here.
What is their goal?
There have never been so many Liao soldiers in this place before. Now that they have appeared, there must be a problem, and it is a big problem.
Thinking about the intelligence he had recently obtained, Hu Yunfeng frowned and said, "Who do you think the target of these Liao soldiers is? Are they trying to copy the old records of the Mengqi, or are they trying to deal with General Su Shi?"
"It's hard to say. Could it be that the Liao people were defeated by the Mengqi before and they just want to take revenge this time? Of course there is another possibility, that is, they join forces with the Mengqi to cause trouble for the Song Dynasty and want to get a piece of the pie.
." Ji Qing spoke.
This was said without saying anything. He pointed out both possibilities, which made Hu Yunfeng glare at him again and said: "Shut up."
Ji Qing scratched his head and found that he was not talking.
Chen Jiu, who was on the side, hesitated for a moment and then said: "I feel that they are probably going to deal with General Su. If they really want to deal with the Meng cavalry, they should be cavalry. But the Liao soldiers we saw, there are many
The main force is infantry, and the speed cannot keep up. No matter how many people come, it will be useless. Besides, instead of trying to take the retreat of the Mongolian cavalry, it is better to attack the Mongolian cavalry directly, and it is more direct to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao."
"Besides, if the Liao soldiers really want to deal with the Mengqi, they should bring the Song army with them. But looking at the current situation, the Song army should still be kept in the dark, so I analyze that this possibility is unlikely."
Chen Jiu still has a brain. Hu Yunfeng also admitted this. After hearing this, he also nodded, "So, General Su is in danger?"
"Brother, if this is the case, then should we send someone to inform General Su. You always said that you wanted to fight with General Su, and you also said that you wanted to choose the opportunity to cut off the Mongolian cavalry's retreat, but now something happened
As things change, we must also change with them.”
Ji Qing, who had shut up, spoke up again, but this time he got to the point.
The last time Su Shi showed up in Liao with the Su Family Army, he did not visit Phoenix Mountain, but Hu Yunfeng still knew about his reputation.
When he pieced together some news that Su Shi had defeated the Liao soldiers and made the Liao people dizzy, he was determined to surrender.
It's just that at that time, Su Shi was like a dragon, and Hu Yunfeng sent people to contact him, but he couldn't find anyone. In the end, Su Shi went to Mengdi, so he had to let go of this idea first.
But deep down, after hearing Su Shi's deeds, Hu Yunfeng wanted to follow him wholeheartedly.
This time Su Shi came again with his troops and defeated Meng Qi again outside Xincheng. Hu Yunfeng wanted to take more than 2,000 brothers in the mountains to follow him, but Chen Jiu finally stopped him.
In Chen Jiu's words, we can follow, but we can't just leave like this. We should give a big gift so that we can be taken seriously when we go there.
What is a great gift?
On the battlefield, there is no greater gift than the enemy's head.
Hu Yunfeng kept an eye on Meng Qi, thinking that when Meng Qi and Su Shi fought again, they would take each other's retreat and attack from both sides.
Number of people under Hu Yunfeng’s command
There are only more than two thousand, and the number of war horses is only about 500. On their own, they cannot face the Meng cavalry head-on.
Although Hu Yunfeng and everyone have never slacked off in training in the past few years, more than two thousand people have seen blood, and their combat power is still good. But Meng Qi is really not easy to mess with. Just refer to Hu Yunfeng's men and horses.
It will be very difficult to inflict serious damage on it.
If they can't fight tough battles, they can only fight clever battles, and they have to wait for opportunities.
Unexpectedly, before they could take action, a large number of Liao soldiers appeared, which also disrupted their plan.
Hu Yunfeng heard what Chen Jiu and Ji Qing said, "The notice must be given, but shouldn't we also do something?"
"Brother, there is nothing we can do. Our numbers are too small. Although these Liao soldiers are mainly infantry, they are also supplemented by Liao cavalry at intervals. If we rush down now, we will probably be entangled.
Come on, we are very likely to be hit hard. And since we have no strength, will General Su still agree to our joining?" Chen Jiu spoke again, speaking very rationally.
These days, if you want to join others and be valued by others, you need to have strength.
If you don't have enough strength, why should you let others think highly of you?
If you don't have enough strength, how can you compete for a certain right to speak?
Hu Yunfeng naturally understood this truth, "Okay, let's send someone to contact General Su first and explain the situation here clearly, and then we will listen to the order. If General Su asks us to take action now, then there is no need to worry about it.
Let’s do something big first.”
This is equivalent to giving it to two people in advance
The brother's greeting was also intended to tell them that sending someone to contact Su Shi would mean handing over the command of the mountain. At that time, they would not be able to regret it.