"Get out of here!" Dozens of Feilong sergeants came over, kicking and beating them, and coaxed a group of Tibetan people away.
At the gate of Tangtangcang City, a stall has been set up, selling all kinds of odds and ends brought from the grasslands. Are you here to fight, or are you here to do business?
"These idiots are becoming more and more useless."
"Every time we fight, we are just messing around. If it weren't for our Feilong Army and some courage, we wouldn't dare to bring bad luck on the Khitan people."
"Forget it, they are all miserable miserable people. The chiefs of the Tibetan tribe are becoming more and more outrageous and do not restrain their subordinates."
After the sergeants drove away the hawkers, they each found a place to stand. After a while, Liang Hanke, the commander of the camp, came over surrounded by his own soldiers and walked inside while talking.
Following him were several local officials of Guanbei Province. The first one was Zhang Quanyi, the governor of Shenzhou, followed by the governors of Rouzhou and Shuozhou.
Jin Chongwen, who came all the way from Lingzhou to deliver supplies, looked at the majestic generals with envy, took out the vinegar cake from his arms, and ate it with cold water.
"That guy Zhang Quanyi is really acting like a dog." A man next to him was directing the master to unload the goods, and he kept mumbling when he saw him.
"Brother Yue, can you please stop saying a few words?" Jin Chongwen glanced at Cangcheng worriedly and whispered.
Jin Chongwen now knows a lot of words and is no longer the illiterate shogunate envoy he was. On the eve of the founding of the Xia Dynasty, he was lucky. Because of his hard work for many years, he became the county captain of Dingyuan County, Lingzhou.
Finally he left the ranks of officials and became an official.
"I'm so afraid!" Yue Yemou said nonchalantly, "It's just a surrender."
Yue Yemou had reason to despise Zhang Quanyi.
He was originally the leader of a small tribe in a certain party. After he was established as a household, he had no tribesmen, so he became an idle official in the state and received a salary for free. After a long time, he felt too idle, so he took the initiative to join the army.
He was promoted to the leader of the team in the town. After fighting for many years, he got old and his team was gone, so he retired and returned to Lingzhou to retire.
In fact, his official rank is from the eighth rank, which is one level higher than Jin Chongwen's county lieutenant, who is from the ninth rank. However, the two have a good relationship and there is no distinction between them. This time they went on an expedition together to escort the supplies to Johor for delivery.
, chatting on the road was quite enjoyable.
In short, Yue Yemou was from the "Zhengxia Banner" in the northern part of Guan Dynasty, and he was also a brave warrior. Naturally, he looked down on Zhang Quanyi, the poor local governor of Xiazhou, who sacrificed his wife for glory.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't block the road." Another loud voice sounded not far away.
Jin Chongwen took a look and said: "Jiang Xuanhui, who used to work beside Zhang Quanyi, is now a member of the Rouzhou Sicang Army."
"Can a dog-like person be an official?" Yue Yemou was a little surprised.
Sicang Joining the Army is a state official who is under the eighth rank and has eight serious qualifications. Not to mention his rank, in terms of responsibilities alone, he can be called a good job - Sicang Joining the Army is in charge of "public houses, measurement, cooking, and warehouses" in a state.
"Leasing, tax collection, farmland, and business affairs", the main warehouse and the charity warehouse are all under his control, and government loans are also within the scope of his responsibilities, which is a very important position.
Considering the status of Johor, this is even more serious. The amount of money and food that passes through his hands every day is not a small amount.
Jiang Xuanhui quickly came over and said loudly: "Stop unloading here, go to the Zhenbei warehouse. Especially the fodder, pull it over. There are people in the east who want to withdraw, and the food and fodder are all ready."...
"One moment this, another moment that, are you sure?" Yue Yemou cursed loudly, but he was a little far away from Jiang Xuanhui, so most people didn't hear him.
"Who from the east withdrew? Could it be that they suffered a defeat?" Jin Chongwen was keenly aware of the problem.
"We haven't fought yet, how can we suffer defeat?" A person next to him whispered: "With this situation, we won't be able to fight within two months. How many percent of the food, grass, equipment, and soldiers have been reached?"
Jin Chongwen took a closer look and saw that the speaker was the warehouse governor of Daxicang, and immediately stepped forward to say hello.
"I heard that those who were withdrawn were members of the Cangcai Wang family." Cang Du added: "This gathering of troops is very strange. In previous years, all ministries were notified in February, but the order was only issued in May this year. It was very hasty. Waiting for the gathering.
It’s over, it’s almost the end of July or the beginning of August, so there’s not much time to fight.”
"I didn't want to fight this year." Jin Chongwen said after being silent for a while.
"I think so too." Cangdu smiled and said, "There are rumors in the state that the Khitans are attacking in large numbers. Sanquan, Ruyuan, and Xianyou Palace are unable to withstand the enemy. They must first kill the old, weak, women, children, and cattle.
Move the sheep westward to avoid being plundered by the Khitans."
They evacuated people and property first without firing a single shot. How many people from the Khitan came this time?" Yue Yemou was surprised.
He actually participated in the Eastern Expedition, as the commander of Xiangyong. I remember that the commander-in-chief at that time was Yang Yue and Yang Dutou, and the battle was very easy. The Khitan did not have many people to kill 10,000 to 20,000 horsemen, and it was impossible to withstand the overwhelming force.
Xia Bing. This time, they actually took the initiative to evacuate the old, weak, women and children who were unable to fight. It can be seen that the Khitan is coming fiercely. Could it be that there are 100,000 riders?
"I'm afraid it's not just the Khitans." Cangdu said: "The south of Rouzhou can reach Yunzhou. If Li Keyong sends troops, with so many people inside and outside Rouzhou City, the defense may be enough, but they are also contained.
There is no spare power to rescue the east side, so we can only withdraw first."
To put it simply, it gave the Khitan a time lag. Although the war has not officially started yet, they have to guard against it. If our own troops and supplies cannot be assembled in a short period of time, we can only shrink the front line to avoid being intercepted by the Jin army moving north.
The Khitan attacked head-on again, unable to care about each other from the beginning to the end, and suffered a huge defeat.
Several people present were all lower-level officials. Some had worked at the grassroots level for more than 20 years, some were directly responsible for the distribution of supplies, and some had been fighting in the war for many years. With your words and my words, they analyzed the situation to the nines.
So, for many things, you can only deceive your superiors, but not your subordinates, because they work directly and are the most sensitive. As long as they have enough information, they can immediately give you a plausible whole.
"Dong dong dong..." Drums sounded on the post road.
The three of them turned around and saw the banner of "Yinshan Second Town" flying in the air.
Thousands of infantrymen stopped in unison. After sorting out the queue, they continued to move forward.
On both sides of the queue, riders rode by from time to time, speaking with Xuzhou accents and conveying various orders.
"The suppressing troops went south to prevent Li Keyong from being blocked." A sudden realization arose in the hearts of the three of them.
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"Can you lure the Jin army out and annihilate one of them first?" Liang Hanke got on his horse after inspecting the warehouse and asked.
"Maybe I can give it a try, but the Jin people may not be as good as I want." Pei Guan, who served as the camp commander in Rouzhou, said...
As far as this year is concerned, the gathering of troops was unplanned. Or even if the troops were gathered, they were not prepared to gather so many people.
The Khitan has been raided for several years, and its tributary tribes are in dilapidated condition and have fled one after another. At this point, almost all the money and water that can be extracted has been extracted, and the next step is to gnaw on the hard bones.
If we send out troops this year, there is a high probability that we will still lose money, that is, the plundered livestock, cattle, sheep, and goods will not be able to make up for the expenses of sending troops.
Then the decision is simple. Either don't fight, or scale down and reduce expenditures.
The imperial court agreed to the latter, that is, this year, 20,000 to 30,000 people will be gathered to secretly sneak into the territory of Khitan. They will burn, kill and loot. There is no need to make such a big noise that the local savings will be emptied, and the people will be miserable and flee.
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But things changed.
All the senior officials of the Privy Council went to Shengzhou to take charge and passed on top-secret information received by the imperial court. In addition to the tribes in the Yinshan Mountains that were the traditional targets of conscription, now even the tribes in Hexi have been recruited. A large number of herdsmen, cattle and sheep are passing through various roads.
roads, and assembled in the direction of Joju. Several officials from the North Kanbei Province also came out to urge states and counties to recruit masters, either by ship or water transport, or by horse and camel land transport, and gather supplies to Jozhou. Before the outbreak of the war, the first thing needed was
What has been completed is the assembly of soldiers and supplies. This process is expected to last until the end of July.
In fact, Liang Hanyong did not feel that the Khitans were difficult to deal with. What he was really worried about was that the Jin army would join forces with the Khitans, which would be very troublesome.
"The location east of Hedong is really good. It is sandwiched between our granary and the front line." Liang Hanyong said: "If I were Li Keyong, once the imperial army and the Khitan fought against each other and fought in Yanbei, I would definitely send all their best cavalry northward.
, cut off the king’s retreat.”
"Du Tou, in fact, the Jin people and the Khitan may not be as united as you think. There may be an opportunity to take advantage of this.
Pei Guan said.
"Where is the machine?" Liang Hanyong asked.
"The Khitans, the Khitans, and the Jin people all gathered together to gain advantage. They all expected the other party to attack first, hold back, consume our army, and then come out to take advantage." Pei Guan said with a smile: "I guess, if the Khitan people came with a large army, they would definitely
Attack Yanbei first, sweep all the pastures, gain benefits first, and will not fight head-on with our elite army. As for the Jin people, most likely they will first inquire about the news to see if our army will fight with the Khitan people before making a decision. This is called each
Every woman has her own hidden agenda."
Liang Hanke laughed loudly: "Counsellor Pei has seen through both the Jin people and the Khitan people. There is no mutual trust between them, so how can they cooperate?"
If you think about it carefully, it is indeed impossible for the Khitans and Jin people to cooperate closely and advance and retreat together.
If the Khitan army does not come, the Jin people will probably just sit back and watch the situation change before adjusting their deployment. If the Xia army does not fight well, they will attack, take advantage of the situation, and turn the Xia army's small setback into a major defeat. If the Xia army does not fight well, they will attack
If the fight is good, the Khitans will be killed and flee in panic, while the Jin people may not move out and continue to cower and pretend to be dead.
Thinking about it on the other hand, would the Khitans also have this idea? It is very possible.
Thinking of this section, Liang Hanyong already had a plan in mind.
"Give me the order to Quzhu, Tuoba Jin, don't just retreat, find a way to detect the strength of the Khitan people."
Then send an order to Wang He to select the elite first and take the initiative to invade the Khitan territory to see how prepared they are.
After issuing two orders in a row, Liang Hanke called Xue Li again and said, "This side of Rouzhou, please watch for me for a while."
"Where do you want to go?" Xue Li asked in surprise.
"Go to Shengzhou and meet with Privy Minister Yang." Liang Hanhao said, "Some plans need to be coordinated by the imperial court."