Empress Dowager Xiao quickly walked into the tent, and the general on duty, Xiao Feng, immediately came forward to pay homage: "Your Highness." Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and asked, "Why has it been so many days and there is still no reply from the court?" Xiao Feng said, "I just received it from the court.
The reply letter is about to be presented to the Queen Mother." Then he quickly walked behind the desk, took the letter he had just received, and presented it to Queen Mother Xiao with both hands.
Empress Dowager Xiao took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, and read it again. She frowned slightly. When the generals around her saw this, they couldn't help but be a little anxious. Xiao Duoli couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, what does the letter say?"
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Your Majesty and the three councils believe that it is not appropriate to use troops southward at this time. They believe that the main threat at present is the Tokyo rebel general Gao Yongchang. Your Majesty and the ministers judge that although the Song Dynasty attacked Nanjing, they were unable and unwilling to continue.
To advance north, there is no need to rush to use troops against the south; but Gao Yongchang is different. The two are already close friends. If they cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, the consequences will be disastrous. Your Majesty has appointed Yelu Chun as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Lin as the deputy commander-in-chief. He has raised 400,000 troops to attack Gao Yongchang.
Yongchang. This battle is extremely critical!" The generals couldn't help but worry. Brother Ye Qianlang also failed at Yanmen Pass, and the loss of 60,000 was also caused by the Cangzhou Army.
Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the generals and said, "Your Majesty is unable to look south for the time being and has given us the important task of guarding against the Southern Dynasty. The generals must be more vigilant and not to allow the Southern Dynasty to take advantage of it!" The generals clasped their fists in agreement. Empress Dowager Xiao walked up to the top.
He sat down on the throne, picked up a command arrow, and said to Maha Wolf: "Maha Wolf, you lead your light cavalry team to camp thirty miles south, and send war cavalry to patrol the south day and night. Once any abnormality is discovered, immediately send out a warning.
Alarm!" Then he threw the command arrow over. Maha Wolf took the command arrow and made a promise. Yelutri warned: "Remember, you must not take the initiative to provoke! The current situation is tense, and you must not start another war in the south unless you have to!
" Maha Wolf responded.
Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Xiao Duoli and said, "General Xiao, Your Majesty has agreed to my request. I will record your sins and not punish you for the time being. You will be able to make meritorious deeds for your crimes." Xiao Duoli bowed gratefully: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for interceding for me.
!" Empress Dowager Xiao said: "This is Your Majesty's grace, you don't have to thank me." "Yes."
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Our army only has 40,000 people, and I'm afraid it won't be enough for us. General Xiao, since you have been staying in Nanjing for a long time, it is up to you to recruit people to strengthen the garrison." Xiao Duoli agreed.
.……
Yang Peng was sitting in the study room of the left-behind residence, looking at the letters he had just received. There were two letters, one was a letter home from Yang Tong, and the other was a letter from Zhang Xiang. Yang Tong said in his heart
The situation at home was fine, but because of the change in Yang Peng's official position, they could no longer live in the prefect's yamen and had moved back to the villa in Tianjing New City. Zhang Xiang said in the letter that the new prefect had arrived.
It's very annoying, but he will remember his brother's instructions and try his best to manage the soldiers of the 5th Division with patience.
The current magistrate of Cangzhou is a close associate of Taishi Pang, named Pang Zhi, and is related to Taishi Pang. After Yang Peng was promoted to the general of Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture East Left Guard and Yu Linwei, Taishi Pang petitioned the emperor to dismiss Yang Peng as the prefect of Cangzhou.
and Jingdong East Road, and the post of Cangzhou magistrate was succeeded by Pang Zhi recommended by Pang Taishi. Not long ago, Pang Zhi had arrived in Cangzhou to take office.
Most of Cangzhou's armed forces were brought to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun by Yang Peng. Only Zhang Xiang sent Chen Jie's fifth division to stay behind, and Yang Xiong also stayed. The troops brought to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun by Yang Peng naturally
It was transformed into the left-behind troops of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, while the fifth division that stayed in Cangzhou was still the left-behind imperial army in Cangzhou and came under the jurisdiction of the Qingzhou Prefect. After Yang Peng learned that he had been dismissed from his position as the Qingzhou Prefect, he sent someone to inform him
Zhang Xiang and Chen Jie asked them to stay in Cangzhou with peace of mind and obey the orders of the new prefect, and told them that their stay in Cangzhou would be useful to him.
Yang Peng put down the letter, stood up, walked out of the study, and stared at the turbulent sky in the distance. Zhan Jinguo, a man in armor, ran in, cupped his fists and said, "Brother, Bi Shi'an is here." Yang Peng frowned.
Walking towards the front hall. When I came to the hall, I saw Bi Shi'an in official robes sitting on the main seat with a golden sword. On both sides stood several lieutenants wearing helmets and holding armor and holding long swords in their hands.
The virtue of looking up to the sky and leaving nothing behind.
Yang Peng clasped his fists and said, "Bi Liushou." Bi Shi'an glanced at Yang Peng and said in a commanding tone: "I'm here to receive Shang Jing today. You should leave as soon as possible." Bi Shi'an's so-called Shang Jing refers to the former Liao Dynasty.
Nanjing City, not long ago, the imperial court issued a document naming this place Shangjing City.
The Kingdom of Zhan Jin was furious, but it was inconvenient to get angry; Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Does Bi Liushou have an order from the imperial court?" Bi Shi'an stared, "Why do I need an order from the imperial court? If I want you to leave, you have to."
Leave!" "Who are you? I can't obey the order. The imperial court ordered me to guard Shangjing, the Xin'an Army and Bazhou. The five states under Bi Liu's jurisdiction do not include Shangjing."
Bi Shi'an stood up suddenly, glared at Yang Peng, and said threateningly: "You dare to go against me?" Yang Peng said calmly: "It's not about doing the right thing or not. I'm just executing the order of the court!" He glanced at Bi Shi'an.
With a glance, "There is one thing that Bi Liushou had better understand. You and I are both Liushou, and I have the title of General Habayashi Wei. Your rank is lower than mine. You'd better be polite when talking to me!"
You!..." Bi Shi'an was so angry that he couldn't refute.
Yang Peng said to Zhan Jin Guo: "Send off the guests!" Zhan Jin Guo immediately stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation to Bi Shi'an: "Please!" Bi Shi'an said fiercely: "You are toasting and you will be punished with wine! Come on,
Get him!" Several captains around him immediately stepped forward to take action.
Zhan Jinguo immediately protected Yang Peng, drew his sword out of its sheath, and shouted: "Here comes someone!" All the secret guards immediately rushed into the hall, drew their sword out of their sheath, and surrounded Bi Shi'an and his men. Bi Shi'an and others couldn't help but express their feelings.
With an expression of panic, Bi Shi'an shouted sternly and restrainedly: "Yang Peng, what do you want to do?"
Yang Peng looked at Bi Shi'an and said coldly: "I should ask you this! What do you Bi Shi'an want to do? How dare you come to me to show off your power! Understand, the elite of the Liao army are not worth mentioning in my eyes, let alone you
Bi Shi'an! You are really a fucking thing that doesn't know how to live or die."
"You, you dare to kill me?" Yang Peng smiled coldly, "You can try." Bi Shi'an glared at Yang Peng, but after all he did not dare to try. He said to Yang Peng with a sullen face: "You will regret your words and deeds today.
!" Then he walked away with a puff of his sleeves. Several of his lackeys quickly followed him away. Yang Peng looked at Bi Shi'an's back and sneered.
Zhan Jinguo said to Yang Peng with some worry: "Brother, Bi Shi'an is a narrow-minded person who will definitely retaliate. I'm afraid he won't let it go!" Yang Peng said: "I will pay attention to this matter." Thinking of something, "By the way, I heard
Did Sun Tong go to the military camp outside the city this morning?" Sun Tong, the supervisor assigned to Yang Peng by the imperial court, had just taken office a few days ago.
Zhan Jinguo showed an annoyed look, "This guy is really annoying. He interrupted our training this morning and asked questions among the soldiers! Yesterday, he also went to various recruitment offices to ask about our army's recruitment.
Scale and other things! Brother, this guy is too restrictive to us!" When Yang Peng said this, Yang Peng kept looking thoughtful.
There was a sudden quarrel at the gate. Yang Peng looked towards the gate and saw Sun Tong arguing with the secret guard who stopped him at the gate. "As a supervisor, there is a place I cannot go! Get out of the way!" But that secret guard was blocking him.
Wei just wouldn't get out of the way.
Yang Peng said to Zhan Jinguo: "Bring him in." Zhan Jinguo responded, ran over, and then brought in the frustrated Sun Tong. When Sun Tong saw Yang Peng, he did not salute and said in a straight voice: "Yang Peng"
Sir, what exactly do you mean? Why don’t you let me in any warehouse?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Master Sun, please be patient for a moment. Sit down and talk." "No need! Master Yang, as a supervisor appointed by the imperial court, is there anything I can't go to? Why do you have to cover it up? Is there anything you can't do?
Hidden things?" Sun Tong was so angry that it didn't look like he was talking to a superior at all, but rather like he was reprimanding his subordinates.
Yang Peng said: "The warehouse is such an important place that the guards dare not let people in without my order. Since Mr. Sun wants to see it, I just ordered them to let them in. Why should Mr. Sun be so angry?" "Hmph! Since I came here, I
I feel like you are hiding a lot of things from me, and you'd better tell me clearly, otherwise once I submit my official report, I'm afraid Master Yang will be left with nothing to eat!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I really don't know what Mr. Sun wants to know. Just tell me what Mr. Sun wants to know and I will definitely cooperate." "Very good, first of all, I want to check all the warehouses. Please pass on the order from Mr. Yang."
Open the warehouse." Yang Peng said: "It's getting late today, why not take a look tomorrow."
"No, you must watch it today!" Yang Peng nodded, "In that case," he looked at Zhan Jinguo, "Jinguo, please take Master Sun to visit various warehouses. No matter what Master Sun asks,
Everyone will cooperate with him." Zhan Jinguo clasped his fists and promised. Sun Tong turned around and left the hall, and Zhan Jinguo followed. Yang Peng looked at Sun Tong's back and smiled coldly, murmuring: "Master Pang, Master Pang, you are really impatient.
You want to knock me down!"
Later that day, Zhan Jinguo came back alone. He smiled and clasped his fist at Yang Peng and said, "Brother, the supervisor has already seen it." Yang Peng asked with a smile, "He must be very disappointed, right?"
No! When he saw that the warehouse was indeed empty as stated in the official document, he was stunned." Yang Peng smiled, and then warned: "Send someone to tell the people left behind in Yuhe County to be careful and don't worry.
Leak the news. If there is anything unusual, report it immediately." Zhan Jinguo responded and ran down. The Yuhe County Yang Peng mentioned is a small county in the mountains more than 20 miles south of Shangjing City. Yang Peng said this
Tell Zhan Jinguo, has he transferred the seized money, food, ordnance and supplies there?
Yang Peng came to the backyard and strolled along a corridor. On the left side of the corridor was a sparkling lake, and on the right side were rockeries and bushes. The scenery was quiet and beautiful, but these scenery could not attract Chen Xiao's attention at all.
A wisp of fragrant fragrance wafted towards him, and Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise his head and saw Chai Yonghui standing a few steps ahead. Chai Yonghui was wearing a moon-white waist-length skirt, and her hair was tied with a fairy cloud ring on her head, and then
It hangs down on the back of her head like a waterfall, with a thin layer of makeup on her face, which makes her look radiant. Her beautiful eyes are staring at Chen Xiao, with a faint smile hanging from the corner of her mouth.
Yang Peng stopped and couldn't help but admired: "Miss Chai is so beautiful today!" Chai Yonghui blushed, turned her head and smoothed her hair. "I heard that Bi Shi'an came to trouble you just now.
And the supervisor named Sun?" Yang Peng nodded.
Chai Yonghui frowned slightly, "Look, you have made great contributions to Zhao Song. Not only are they not grateful, but they are guarding you like a thief!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Actually, the emperor is not bad to me.
Not only did they appoint me as a stay-at-home guard in Beijing, but they also made me the General of the Yulin Guards." Chai Yonghui was very angry, and said as if he hated iron and said: "Did such a little kindness buy you off?"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "It's not about bribery or bribery, but people should always be grateful! Since the emperor treats me so well, how can I let him down?" "Hmph! If you continue like this, sooner or later you will die without a burial.
Damn it!" Yang Peng smiled and said nothing. Chai Yonghui stamped his lotus feet, "You are talking!" Yang Peng shrugged, "What is there to say?"
"Don't you make plans for the future? The emperor seems to be treating you well now, but no one can predict what he will do to you in the future! Based on my understanding of the Zhao family, sooner or later a military general with outstanding achievements like you will be poisoned.
!" Chai Yonghui looked anxious.
Yang Peng glanced at Chai Yonghui and asked with a smile: "Why are you so nervous? Are you nervous about me?" Chai Yonghui was stunned, her face suddenly turned red, and she said angrily: "Who are you nervous about?"
Yang Peng sighed, looked at the sparkling green lake, and said with regret: "I thought sister Yonghui had a secret love for me! After a long time of quarrel, it turned out that it was me who was so passionate!" Chai Yonghui was embarrassed, "You
Why do you always say these things! I'm ignoring you!" Then he turned around and ran away.
Yang Peng looked at Chai Yonghui's graceful figure and felt particularly comfortable. He couldn't help but whistled and shouted: "Sister Yonghui, why did you run away?" Chai Yonghui ran faster.
Yang Peng turned around and faced the lake, and said with a smile: "Teasing girls when you have nothing to do is such a refreshing sport!" Then he thought of what Chai Yonghui just said, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised to reveal an enigmatic smile...
…
That evening, Liu Zhiliang and Duan Zhixian came to report to Yang Peng the day's recruitment situation. Duan Zhixian said: "Today, more than 7,000 people have been recruited and have been placed in three recruit camps outside the city. So far we have a total of
More than 30,000 soldiers were recruited, most of them are Han people from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and a small number are Khitan people." Yang Peng thought and nodded.
Duan Zhixian said: "But one thing is very troublesome. That Sun Tong always comes to the recruitment office to inquire about the situation and to look at the roster. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to expand our troops to the 100,000 people we planned before." After Yang Peng broke through Shangjing,
, he sent a document to the court requesting to expand his troops to 100,000 to guard Shangjing and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. The emperor originally wanted to agree to this request, but due to the obstruction of Taishi Pang and others, there was a change. The emperor agreed to Yang Peng
The army expansion plan, however, reduced the scale of the army expansion from 100,000 to 60,000. In other words, the total force under Yang Peng was allowed to expand to 60,000. According to this order, Yang Peng's current number of conscripts has reached the upper limit.
Yang Peng originally wanted to secretly expand his troops to 100,000, but looking at the current situation, it seems difficult to do so.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "In that case, let's suspend the recruitment." "Yes." In addition, Zhang Xiang was asked to recruit 10,000 soldiers in Tianjing New City. We are going to move all the Tianjing New City teams to Youzhou, Duan Zhixian said
"Brother, now is not the time. We can wait until we drive Bi Shi'an away, because we don't have a minister anywhere," Yang Peng thought about it.
Yang Peng thought for a while and said, "The new recruits will not be specially trained. They will be distributed to each division according to the size of 15,000 people per division, so that the new recruits and veterans can train together." "Yes."
After Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo left, Yang Peng still didn't rest. He sat behind the desk and read a proposal and thought about it. This proposal was not sent by his brothers, but by a Han from Nanjing, Liao Dynasty.
Official. This person's name is Qian Letian. He once served as a judge in Nanjing's left-behind mansion in the Liao Dynasty. He is a native Han Chinese. After Chen Xiao captured Nanjing, he left behind a group of officials from the original Liao Kingdom, one of whom was Qian Letian.
A secret guard came in, cupped his fists and said, "Master, Qian Letian wants to see you." Yang Peng looked at the sky outside and smiled: "This man is very impatient! Let him in." The secret guard responded and left.
, a moment later, he led a middle-aged man in. The middle-aged man was tall and thin, wearing a black scribe's robe. He had three long beards under his chin, a good temperament, and a pair of bright eyes. He belonged to
The eyes of a very wise man. This person is Qian Letian, the former judge of the left-behind mansion in Nanjing, Liao Dynasty.
"General." Qian Letian bowed with clasped fists. Yang Peng picked up the proposal he was reading just now and raised his eyebrows, "I have already read your proposal. Agriculture, commerce, handicrafts and other internal affairs aspects
The suggestion is very good." Qian Letian showed joy and asked hurriedly: "Has the general decided to implement it?"
Yang Peng shook his head, walked to the desk, sat down on the edge of the desk, and said with a smile: "There is one thing you may not understand. As a stay-at-home person, I don't have such great rights! I can't control all aspects of policies.
The imperial court has to have the final say!”
Qian Letian cupped his fists and bowed: "I'm sure that the general will one day carry out his intentions!" Yang Peng squinted his eyes and looked at him, and said with a smile: "Why don't I think there will be such a day?
"
Qian Letian glanced at Chen Xiao quickly, lowered his head and said: "The general is a dragon and a phoenix among men, how can he stay below others for a long time. A barbarian like Ye Qi can rise in Changbai Mountain, let alone the general! The general is just here now
Just wait for the opportunity."
Yang Peng stood up, walked to Qian Letian, and asked calmly: "What opportunity am I waiting for?" "The general is waiting for the opportunity for the complete collapse of the Liao Kingdom. As long as the Liao Kingdom suffers another major defeat, the opportunity will come.
Okay. The general can send his troops north to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his territory. But at this moment, we must not become enemies with Xixia."
Yang Peng smiled and said: "In this way, after Xixia destroyed Daliao, I will bear the brunt." Qian Letian said: "As long as the general can withstand several waves of Xixia attacks, Xixia will definitely give up attacking the general temporarily and go south.
Central Plains. At this time, the general can sit back and watch the success or failure and wait for the opportunity. Jin Sheng will take advantage of the trend and go south to capture the roads in Hebei and Jingdong. Song Sheng will take the opportunity to expand northward and sweep the Zhongjing Road and Tokyo Road in one fell swoop. No matter which route he takes.
All the generals will have the capital to compete in the world. At that time, when competing with Song and Liao, with the ability of the generals, they will not be at a disadvantage."
Yang Peng smiled and said, "What you said is very exciting." Qian Letian suddenly knelt down towards Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to be loyal to the general, through fire and water, no matter what!" Yang Peng glanced at him lightly, "You are very good.
You have talent and ambition, but where is your loyalty?"
Qian Letian clasped his fists and said, "I'll let the general see his loyal heart!" Yang Peng said, "Take this letter and go to Tianjing New City to study for a while. I'll arrange things for you. How about it?" "Ah
, Tianjing New City is yours, I didn’t expect it, okay, I will set off today to learn from the general’s trust.”…
A few days later, the secret guard outside said, "One of your brothers is outside and wants to come in to see you." Yang Peng said, "My brother, that's impossible, right?" Yang Peng said, "Tell him to come in." After a while, a young man came to Yang Peng.
In front of Peng, who is such a handsome, graceful, graceful and elegant young man with a beautiful tree facing the wind and a majestic air?
The young man looked at Yang Peng and said, "You are Yang Peng. You seem to be about the same age as me. My name is Yang Dezheng. I attacked the Liao army's grain and grass at Yanmen Pass. After I succeeded, I was chased by the Khitan army. I evaded the Khitan army along the way.
When I got near Youzhou, I heard that Youzhou had been captured by you, so I came to find you because I was hungry."
Yang Peng immediately called the secret guard to prepare a meal for Yang Dezheng. He also asked another secret guard to go to Daizhou immediately to inform Yang Yanzhao and Yang Bamei. This guy was really like this. His family would go crazy looking for him.
Alas, you should ask someone to inform Mrs. She, otherwise the old woman would think that her grandson would get sick. Now that it’s better, this guy actually came to Youzhou, which is good.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.