Chapter 276: One Leaf Knows Autumn Water Flows East (4)
Liu Cunyi entered the county governor's house overnight and found Liu Kai, the governor of Hebei Province, who was busy.
"Governor Liu, this is the information reported to the Armed Forces Department by the Hebei Branch of the China News Agency."
Liu Cunyi got straight to the point.
"In several counties in Xiangzhou, some people quietly gathered and moved in groups? Call Huo Anguo and the police chief Xu Yuchun." Liu Kai frowned after reading.
Now is the most critical moment in the war to destroy the Liao Dynasty. As the rear area, Hebei has important responsibilities and dare not make any mistakes.
While waiting, Liu Kai asked Liu Cunyi: "Liu Bingshi, how many soldiers do you have in hand now?"
Liu Cunyi thought for a while and said, "There are only five thousand rural soldiers."
"It's enough." Liu Wei said, "Now the border troops and reinforcements are all stockpiled on the Zhending and Hejian lines. They need to support the main force of the Northern Expedition at any time and defend against the Liao army's southern attack. Not a single soldier can be moved.
.As for the security police, who need to protect the canal and water transportation, they cannot move and can only use rural soldiers. However, our rural soldiers in Hebei are enough to deal with these evil thieves."
Soon, Deputy Chief of Staff Huo Anguo and Chief of the Hebei Police Department Xu Yuxian arrived.
Liu Kai directly handed the information to the two of them.
Huo Anguo and Xu Yuxian looked very surprised after reading it.
"Tianzhengdao? How did they get to Xiangzhou?"
"Tell me, what's going on?" Liu Kai asked in a deep voice.
Huo Anguo and Xu Yuxian looked at each other, and Huo Anguo answered.
"County officer, Tian Zhengdao was a target of severe crackdowns when he was the governor of the police department. It is reported that they originated from Cangzhou, and in just two or three years, they spread to Dezhou, Weizhou, Zhaozhou, Xiangzhou, and even crossed the border.
Taihang Mountain, spread to the east of Hedong. At first they simply promoted Taoism and suppressed Buddhism, but they changed several times in the middle and began to become evil..."
"In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Police Department and the Security Police team joined forces to severely crack down on Tianzhengdao. However, Tianzhengdao was very tenacious this time. After one attack, it disappeared, and then reappeared a year or two later. In the eighth year of Apocalypse, Tianzhengdao disappeared in Hebei.
, some leaders went into hiding in Qilu County..."
Xu Yuchun added: "Qilu County also carried out a crackdown. Everyone thought it was finally eradicated. Unexpectedly, last year, there were traces in two or three counties at the border of Dezhou and Weizhou. The police department did not dare to neglect and organized efforts
Carry out a crackdown. At the same time, the Judicial Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior organized a special team to coordinate the police departments of the four counties of Hedong, Hebei, Qilu, and Henan to carry out centralized rectification of Tianzhengdao."
"...I never expected that there is still a group of Tianzhengdao troops hidden in the Xiangzhou area."
After listening to this, Liu Kai looked even more serious.
"So, this Tianzhengdao is not simple. How can ordinary crooked ways escape us time and time again? There must be a big force behind it, with professionals acting as the backbone, or even acting as leaders. It
The fact that he deliberately concealed his power here and chose this moment to attack is enough to prove that it should be the son of Bu, a ferocious dog raised by the Liao Kingdom."
Liu Kai concluded categorically.
"Everyone, everyone knows what time it is now. If something goes wrong in Hebei and disrupts the Northern Expedition, you and I will be the eternal sinners of the Song Dynasty!"
Huo Anguo and Xu Yuchun said quickly: "Prefect, my subordinates immediately rushed to Xiangzhou with elite soldiers and generals to find out the situation."
Liu Kai thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay! Remember, don't alert the snake. If we want to catch them, we must catch them all to eliminate future troubles. The Chief Secretary and Liu Bing will inform you of the information at any time."
When Huo Anguo and Xu Yuchun left, Liu Kai said to Liu Cunyi: "According to the military system, you cannot mobilize five thousand rural soldiers at will. Fortunately, the official is in Xindu. We will go to see him immediately."
After listening to the reports of Liu Kai and Liu Cunyi, Zhao Si frowned and turned to Yu Wenxuzhong and asked: "Didn't the Secretariat Department and the Information and Inspection Office find any signs before?"
"Reporting to your majesty, only Tianzhengdao was active in Hebei, Hedong, and Qilu counties before. It was attacked several times and disappeared. Xiangzhou has indeed not received any relevant reports."
Yu Wenxuzhong had a photographic memory. As long as he reviewed the information, he would remember it in his mind. If he said no, then he really didn't.
Zhao seemed a little angry.
If such a mistake occurs at this time, if these thousands of people cause trouble in the hinterland of Hebei and affect the transportation of grain, grass and military supplies, the front line will be greatly affected.
There are currently 150,000 main troops in the Northern Expedition, and there are more than 300,000 second-line troops gathered in Zhending and Hejian. If a few of them collapse due to lack of food, who can guarantee that it will not spread?
Zhao Si believed that the main force of the Northern Expedition would have combat effectiveness and toughness, and that problems would not arise easily. However, there was a problem with the second-line army, and a gap was exposed. The Liao army took the opportunity to sneak into Hebei, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. What should he do?
"The Sword Comes"
At this critical moment, one hair can affect the whole body.
But Zhao Si quickly controlled his emotions. At this time, being angry and scolding would not help. Instead, it would affect the emotions of his subordinates, making them impatient, reckless, and more likely to make mistakes.
"Mr. Zhongyan, Cunyi, please take a seat." Zhao Si waved his hand for the two of them to sit down, and then ordered the most detailed map of Hebei County to be hung up.
"Let's think about it from our own perspective: if we were spies of the Liao Kingdom, what would we do to cause the greatest damage at this time?"
Zhao Si asked.
Everyone was silent for a while, and then Liu Kai spoke in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I feel that attacking the canal, cutting off water transportation, and starving our army of food and grass is the first choice."
Liu Cunyi nodded in agreement.
Zhao Si turned around and looked at the map for a while and agreed.
"The canal in Hebei County stretches for thousands of miles from Liyang to Yongguang. There are more than 20,000 security police teams in Hebei County. They are fully guarding it, but it is difficult to take care of it. Cunyi, I give you an edict authorizing the Military Preparation Department to mobilize rural soldiers.
Mobilize another 50,000 rural soldiers to protect the canal for me."
"Here!"
"Do you have any other ideas?" Zhao Si asked again.
Changsun Moli and Yu Wenxuzhong looked at each other, and Yu Wenxuzhong replied: "Your Majesty, if you follow your wishes, why not gather your troops, turn around and head south, and attack Henan County. Now Hebei County has a large number of troops and can mobilize a large army at any time.
The encirclement and suppression campaign left Henan County empty of troops. Once the rebels appeared outside Kaifeng City, the world was shocked..."
Yu Wenxuzhong quickly added: "But I guess that these Liao spies don't think that far ahead. They chose this time to attack in order to relieve the Liao army and find a way out. Attack the canal and disrupt Hebei.
, although it is the most dangerous, it is indeed the fastest effective.”
Changsun Moli suggested on the side: "We can take precautions to prevent the traitors of Tianzhengdao from going south. Then we can protect the canal with all our strength and encircle and suppress the traitors."
"Okay, let's do it like this, draw up a plan immediately and issue an order."
Zhao Si made a decision immediately.
He slowly walked to the map of Hebei, looked at it for a while with his hands behind his back, then turned to everyone and said: "When you see a bird, there are already countless birds hidden in the woods. Xiangzhou Tianzhengdao
It can be seen that there are so many dirty things hidden under the flowers."
"We have been carrying out reforms and striving for strength for ten years. What we have seen is that the country has become stronger, the people are rich, and they have the ability to send troops to the Northern Expedition, regain Yanyun, and eliminate Liao. But under this situation, there are places we cannot see.
, how many dark and illegal things are there?” This chapter has been completed!
