Lin Xun was still very capable. He directly deducted the goods from the Tea Horse Company and shipped them to Jiazhou to buy grain from Lu Youcheng.
"Prefect, do you really want to transport grain to Lizhou?" Kan Mian, the general judge, asked.
Lu Youcheng, the governor of the state, sighed: "All the goods have been delivered, how can we not go as planned? Yu Wenchang and Ju Ming actually teamed up with the traitor Lin Xin and deliberately provoked border provocations in order to gain military glory."
Kan Mian said: "If these three people are defeated, the barbarians in Jiazhou may cause trouble. We must make preparations in advance."
Lu Youcheng said: "Go and inspect the villages in the south and keep an eye on the movements of the barbarians."
"Yes!" Kan Mian accepted the order with his hands raised.
Lu Youcheng is already quite old. His father's name is Lu Jie. He participated in the establishment of Zhao Shu, Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty, and was good friends with Sima Guang, Fan Zhen and others.
With Lu Youcheng's ability and achievements, he should not be just the governor of Jiazhou.
But his father belonged to the old party, and he himself was a favored official. He made great achievements many times but had difficulty getting promoted.
When Dengzhou rebelled and occupied the county seat, the officials were so frightened that they fled. Lu Youcheng, as a minor official who collected wine taxes, went to appease the soldiers who were demanding pay, and actually put an end to the mutiny.
Wang Zhongli and Zhong E conquered Lingzhou. The weather was freezing and the food was exhausted. All the civilians in other states and counties fled. Only the civilians sent by Lu Youcheng to accompany the army did not escape. They hung on until the end of the war.
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Historically, Lu Youcheng fought against the Jin Dynasty in Shandong, and more than 40 members of his family died for the country...
After receiving the goods sent by Lin Xu, Lu Youcheng immediately summoned the grain merchants, ordered them to sell them at a fair price, and recruited civilians to deliver them to Lizhou.
Such nanny-style service is not because Lu Youcheng is afraid of traitors, but because he is afraid that Yu Wenchang and Ju Ming will lose the battle.
When Lizhou is in chaos, Jiazhou will also be in chaos. The Xuhen Department is actually affiliated with Jiazhou.
"The country is about to be in chaos, and evildoers will be everywhere!"
Lu Youcheng stood on the tower and watched the grain transport team go away, and he was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.
Both Yu Wenchang and Zhu Ming were regarded as monsters by Lu Youcheng, who believed that they fought because they wanted to achieve military merit.
Two months later, grain was shipped to Jiazhou, and the military rations were immediately sufficient.
Ju Ming did not hesitate to flatter him, and praised him: "Lin Qiju is really brave enough to do his job. He even dared to seize the tea and horses' property. I admire him very much."
Lin Xin smiled and said: "As long as we can win the battle, there will be no trouble."
This guy is a strange thing among the traitors. When others are traitors, they are just trying to get money and get official positions. They will basically not offend officials in the same camp. But he often does things blindly. When he was the governor of Kaifeng, he dared to punish some officials.
A businessman with a powerful background.
Now he is even more unscrupulous in taking refuge with Tong Guan, and has taken advantage of Cha Ma Si's property. Anyway, Cha Ma Si must be Cai Jing's man.
Lin Xin said: "We must have sufficient food and wages to fight the war. I think this food is not enough. Over at Chengdu Fuxing Road, I will urge them to transport another batch of food."
Ju Ming flattered him and said, "If you win this battle, you will take the greatest credit!"
Lin Xun stroked his beard and smiled: "I still need to rely more on Prefect Yuwen and Magistrate Zhu."
"For the sake of the imperial court and the official family, I will go all out!" Ju Ming quickly expressed his stance.
A guy who can pronounce even words wrongly can stand out among many traitors. How can he be the white lotus that emerges from the mud and remains unsullied?
Ju Ming was thinking on his knees and knew what Lin Xin was thinking.
This guy wanted to be the head coach as soon as he came here, and he probably wanted to take away all the military glory.
By that time, Tong Guan was planning the Battle of Lizhou, Lin Xin himself was commanding from the front line, and Ju Ming and Yu Wenchang became the foils.
If unfortunately they are defeated, all the blame can be placed on Ju Ming and Yu Wenchang!
Lin Xuan is using Ju Ming as a spearman, but why is Ju Ming not like this?
They both just get what they need.
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When Zhu Ming was training his troops and preparing for war, the envoy sent by Song Huizong to the Jin Kingdom was beaten by Wanyan Agu and detained under house arrest.
Didn’t I say before that the Kingdom of Jin sent many valuable gifts?
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty regarded this as a tribute, so he asked Hu Yanqing to bring the edict to the Kingdom of Jin.
Wanyan Aguda was furious because of this and said to Hu Yanqing: "What I brought to the Song Dynasty was a letter of credence, but you brought an imperial edict. Am I a minister of the emperor of the Song Dynasty? You, a small commander, can bring
(500 soldiers), he is actually responsible for the negotiations between the two countries. The Emperor of Song is looking down on me!"
The Song-Jin negotiations stalled.
The Song Dynasty is really nonsense, even diplomacy can make such mistakes.
What’s even more outrageous is yet to come… I won’t mention it for now.
But it is said that Tong Guan attacked Liao with Jin, causing the Song army to lose one hundred thousand soldiers. Xixia took advantage of the victory to pursue Zhenwu, surrounded Zhenwu with heavy troops, and several reinforcements from the Song Dynasty rushed to rescue him.
One of the Song armies (Lanzhou soldiers) captured the three cities of Shuibo, Gaizhu, and Pulong in Xixia. They threatened Zhuolu City in Xixia by encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. Prince Richard of Xixia immediately withdrew his troops.
Before leaving, Brother Richard pointed at Zhenwucheng and said: "Don't destroy this city, leave it as a disease of the Southern Dynasties."
This sentence is half a lie and half the truth.
Zhenwu City was too far away, and there was barren land along the way. If the Song Dynasty wanted to occupy it for a long time, it had to consume huge amounts of supplies every year. After just a few years, the grain and grass reserves on the frontier were less than a month, and the military fortresses along the line were as if they were made of paper.
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Both sides stopped their troops and declared the war to be over, and the Song Dynasty took control of the Hengshan area.
Tong Guan was unparalleled in the limelight, and his arrogance even surpassed that of Cai Jing.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty had someone carve a monument to commemorate the glorious achievements of the war: "Captured the entire Qing and Tang Dynasties, surrendered 200,000 princes and three tribes, captured and killed 40,000, and gained four states, one army, one pass, and six cities.
Ten villages and twelve forts. Occupied thousands of miles of Xixia land, established a new army, seven cities, and five villages with twenty-four forts. They captured eight Xixia cities, captured 3,000 enemies, surrendered 20,000 troops, and beheaded five enemy troops.
Ten thousand."
If we do not count the number of casualties suffered by the Song army and how much food the Song Dynasty lost, this is indeed a brilliant victory.
Xixia's finances were devastated and it would be difficult to recover in the short term.
With the victory in foreign wars, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty engaged in feudal superstition and canonized Zhuangzi as the True Monarch of Wei Yuantong and Liezi as the True Monarch of Zhixu Guanmiao.
However, this year, floods occurred again on the southeastern roads, drought occurred on the Huainan East Road, and famine broke out on the North Beijing Road.
The water in Liangshan is gathering for justice!
The cottage was originally built by Chao Gai, who robbed a large amount of treasures two years ago and planned to hibernate for a while. So he took Wu Jialiang (Wu Yong), Liu Tang, Qin Ming, Yan Qing, Ruan Jin, Ruan Tong and others with him.
, went to Liangshanbo to build a cottage.
Song Jiang traveled through the Yellow River area of Hebei Province and reached Liangshan a while ago. It happened that Chao Gai died and was elected as the leader by Wu Jialiang and others.
Zhao Qi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others evaluated Song Jiang as "a fierce and cunning thief" and "brave, brave and narrow-minded".
This guy is definitely not the submissive image in "Water Margin". He appointed Wu Jialiang as his deputy general and began to recruit water bandits, fishermen, and thieves near Liangshanbo.
Two years ago, a large area of Liang Shanshuibo was heavily taxed by the government, making it difficult for fishermen to live. After Song Jiang showed his strength, fishermen joined in one after another, and in the blink of an eye there were thousands of thieves.
In autumn, the Liangshan heroes began to rob the ships, and then went ashore to plunder the towns.
The county magistrate of Yuncheng sent archers to capture him, but they returned defeated.
The governor of Jeju mobilized local soldiers, but they were also unable to annihilate them.
Both officials kept it secret until winter came, when Song Jiang led his men to attack Yuncheng County. The local officials finally couldn't hold on anymore and quickly reported to the court, requesting that officers and soldiers from Yunzhou and Jezhou be mobilized to suppress the attack.
The scale of Song Jiang's uprising was small, but the commotion it caused was not small. The reason was that he blocked the Cao River and blocked the water transportation of Jingdong Road, Huainan East Road and Liangzhe Road!
These were tax-heavy areas, which made the Song Dynasty's finances even worse.
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In Hanyuan County's Yamenhouzhai, Zhu Ming has been training troops for several months.
The servant brought a plate of delicious food, and Zhang Jinping introduced it: "This is my husband-in-law's hometown dish, which is called fragrant bowl. I asked the cook to try it out, and finally made it now."
What kind of hometown food is this?
Zhu Guoxiang had a colleague who was from Sichuan, and he learned Dongpo Rou from this person. After Zhu Ming was brought to the city by his father, he often went to this house to have a meal. His favorite food was the fragrant bowl, and he would watch it every time he went there.
Yu Wenchang took a piece and tasted it, nodding his head in approval: "This is the most delicious thing in the world!"
Ju Ming said: "It's very well done. It's stuffed with minced pork, alternating with fat. The thinner the better. Add onion, ginger, cornstarch, salt and egg white, stir and beat repeatedly, then spread the egg yolk on the surface and steam over high heat for two quarters of an hour.
That’s it. It can be cooled, cut into pieces, or steamed and eaten.”
Yang also took a bite and praised: "The cooking is simple but extraordinary. I have never tasted such delicious pork."
Yuwen Chang smiled and said: "Success is as elegant as Mr. Dongpo's."
The two families chatted and laughed for a while, and Yu Wenchang started to talk about business: "If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. What is the name of the army to conquer the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians?"
Ju Ming said: "If you can't get in with the poor people, and you can't share the sacrifices of the king, you can't shorten the wine."
"Haha, that's wonderful!" Yu Wenchang laughed.
It was about Qi Huangong's attack on Chu. The King of Chu sent an envoy to ask: "You are in the north and I am in the south. I have not provoked you. Why did you send troops to attack me?"
Guan Zhong replied: "Chu did not pay tribute to thatch, and the emperor could not filter the wine residue, so it was difficult to offer sacrifices to Qi to ask for tribute."
Does Emperor Zhou lack those few straws to filter wine?
Just find any reason.
Lizhou had many excuses for sending troops to attack the Sichuan barbarians in Qiongbu. It was enough to say that they had not paid tribute for several years.
Yuwen often said: "After half a month, we can send troops."
Ju Ming reminded: "Order the five barbarian tribes and the Xuhen tribe to send out barbarian soldiers to help. If you are willing to give soldiers the best, if you don't send soldiers, they will be convicted afterwards!"
"It should be so." Yuwen Chang nodded.
The two families had enough to eat and drink, and went to the garden to drink tea.
Halfway through the drink, Yu Wenchang's personal entourage suddenly came in: "My lord, the two forest barbarians asked for help. More than a dozen of their villages in the northeastern mountains were attacked by the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians. The ghost owners of those villages were all beheaded as sacrifices to the ghosts.
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"What a courage!"
Yu Wenchang slapped his thigh fiercely: "It goes without saying that they are incompetent. The Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians have repeatedly violated the boundaries. It will be difficult to live in peace unless they are subdued!"
Although the barbarians in Lizhou were in the Jisi state, the Song Dynasty also established states, with a total of fifty-four Jisi states.
Often dozens of villages, or even more than a dozen villages, together with large surrounding mountains, were set up as a state by the imperial court.
Due to the continuous expansion of the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians, the divisions of these Jizhou prefectures have changed beyond recognition.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, things went too far. The territory of the two forest barbarians was completely changed. They were beaten and moved all the way south. They were completely inconsistent with the court data.