Two Song Dynasty officials, one of whom is about 40 years old, has a dark complexion and is a bit short, giving people a very stable feeling. [This chapter is updated by friends] If Li Jun, Zhu Wu and others were here, they would definitely
You can recognize this person - he is none other than Song Jiang, who was at Luocao Shaohua Mountain! People in the world call Baoyi, also known as Xiaoyi Heisaburo!
Originally, after he left Shaohua Mountain, he went to Taihu Lake and fell into disgrace in Taihu Lake. Now he became an official of the Song Dynasty court! Moreover, it seems that his rank is not low, and he is a second-grade official.
Apart from him, there was another Song Dynasty official in the room who was about 30 years old. He seemed very elegant. He was also wearing a second-grade court uniform. This person was also very famous in the Song Dynasty court. He was a member of the Song Dynasty.
Qin Hui, the censor Zhongcheng.
The two of them sat opposite each other, with exquisite food and wine on the table, but neither of them was in the mood to eat or drink for the time being.
"General Song, it seems that the person who sneaked into the Lifan Academy yesterday was Liang Shan's craftsman. Unexpectedly, Liang Shan's craftsman had already entered Yanjing City." Qin Hui frowned.
"Liangshan is very powerful. It doesn't matter if they have fine work here." Song Jiang said lightly.
"General Song, are the Liangshan bandits really as powerful as you say?" Qin Hui asked again.
"I'm afraid it's even more powerful than what I said!" Song Jiang said.
"Two years ago, when the Liangshan bandits attacked Bianliang, I also saw the Liangshan bandits. The Forbidden Army in Bianliang was indeed no match for them at that time, but that was because the Forbidden Army had not been trained for a long time and did not have the slightest force, so they were defeated by them.
.After the imperial court's army of King Qin arrived, the small group of Liangshan bandits quickly fled. In the past two years, the imperial court's forbidden army has
The conquest of Fang La went through countless wars. The current Forbidden Army is no longer what it used to be. It has changed from a weak force to a strong army now. Now, the Forbidden Army is definitely not afraid of those Liangshan bandits. In addition, the Western Army has also expanded its recruitment in the past two years.
With the Forbidden Army and the Western Army united, and with famous generals like General Song still alive, is it not impossible to eliminate the Liangshan bandits?" Qin Hui said.
"Lord Qin, even if the Forbidden Army and the Western Army are much stronger than before, I'm afraid they are no match for Liangshan." Song Jiang shook his head.
He picked up a glass of wine on the table and sipped it gently. Gradually, his eyes became blurred, and he couldn't help but think of what had happened over the years.
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After Zhu Wu, Li Jun, Dai Zong and others "defected" in Huashan, Song Jiang was extremely angry and his soul suffered a great blow. Finally he calmed down and first came to Goryeo to carefully inspect Goryeo.
According to the situation, he wanted to understand why Liangshan was so powerful. When he returned from Goryeo, he took Li Kui, Shi Jin and some remaining brothers into Taihu Lake, and finally occupied the entire Taihu Lake.
In those few years, the imperial court's evil deeds brought disaster to the whole world, and countless people in the south of the Yangtze River could not survive. In addition to some people who went to the sea to go to Korea, some people came to the Taihu area. Song Jiang was originally a ruthless bandit who robbed homes and houses.
But after he inspected the situation in Goryeo, he actually learned from Liangshan and began to recruit these Jiangnan people who could not survive. Slowly, his strength became stronger and stronger.
By the time of the Fangla Uprising, Song Jiang already had 200,000 people under his command, and his army had reached 30,000.
When Fang La first revolted, he sent someone to contact Song Jiang, hoping that Song Jiang would respond to him. When the time comes, the two of them will occupy the south of the Yangtze River and even divide the world equally in the future. Li Kui and Shi Jin were very interested in Fang La's proposal, and they persuaded Song Jiang to follow Fang La.
They revolted together, but it was a pity that Song Jiang had no such intention at all. Song Jiang had been obsessed with being a "loyal minister" since he was a child. He had no choice but to turn into a bandit, so how could he take the initiative to revolt?
Fang La didn't take it seriously when he saw that Song Jiang didn't follow him. At the beginning, Fang La developed very quickly, occupying dozens of states and counties in just one month. Not long after, even the city of Hangzhou was captured by him.
But although Fang La was called a "hero", he actually had no heroic means at all. The army of refugees he led brought disaster wherever they went. At first, the people in Jiangnan responded to Fang La, but soon, the people in Jiangnan
He began to be afraid and cursed Fang La.
At this time, Gao Qiu went south with more than 100,000 imperial troops. Originally, Gao Qiu came to Jiangnan to avoid trouble after being defeated by Yue Fei. When he went to Jiangnan, he had no idea that there was an uprising in Jiangnan.
His Forbidden Army was vulnerable, but Fang La's refugee army was even worse. When his Forbidden Army and Fang La's refugee army met by chance, the Forbidden Army actually won.
Gao Qiu was overjoyed, and while asking for credit from the court, he continued to pursue Fang La. But outside Hangzhou, he encountered 10,000 elite soldiers of Fang La's direct lineage, and his more than 100,000 forbidden troops were defeated by 10,000 Fang La's elite soldiers! Gao Qiu
Fang La was also almost saved alive. In the end, Gao Qiu and dozens of people fled to Taihu Lake, but were captured by Li Kui again.
After Song Jiang knew Gao Qiu's identity, he was very happy. While he loosened Gao Qiu's bonds, he expressed his desire to be recruited. Gao Qiu had already been defeated and had no troops under his command, so he was afraid that the emperor would punish him when he returned.
I heard that Song Jiang’s men actually
When there were 30,000 Taihu troops, he was overjoyed. So Gao Qiu had no time to report to the emperor, so he directly recruited Song Jiang as the Taiwei of the palace commander's office, and made Song Jiang the deputy general manager of the imperial army, with a status second only to him. Song Jiang's
The Taihu Army was also converted into the Forbidden Army.
At that time, Li Kui and Shi Jin were very opposed to Song Jiang's decision. They kept trying to dissuade Song Jiang, but Song Jiang didn't listen to them at all, and they were helpless. These two people valued loyalty. Although Song Jiang did not satisfy them,
But they still followed Song Jiang, and now these two are also generals of the Forbidden Army.
Song Jiang's army of 30,000 was much more powerful than Fang La's army of refugees. Soon after, Song Jiang's army began to attack Fang La. In a short period of time, Fang La was defeated like a mountain. Song Jiang's name as a "famous general" also spread throughout the world.
Everyone in the world knows that Song Jiang is the most capable general in the Song Dynasty.
Not long after, Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao also rushed to the south of the Yangtze River with tens of thousands of Western troops. The style of the Western Army was very different from that of the Forbidden Army. They were usually well-trained, but because they were the Si army, their discipline was extremely poor.
.Like Zeng Guofan’s Si army in later generations, every time they defeated
Everywhere was plundered, all the gold and silver treasures, all the silks and grains were taken away, all the women, all the men, all the young and old were killed, their heads were used as a sign of military exploits, and the men in their prime were killed.
Forced conscription to become the new blood of the Western Army.
When the city of Hangzhou was captured alone, the number of civilians killed by the Western Army was more than 300,000, and the heads piled up like mountains, all of which were counted as the heads of the "Fang La Bandits".
For a time, the people in Jiangnan were as afraid as tigers of the Western Army. Wherever the Western Army went, the people in Jiangnan fled one after another. They hated Fang La before, but now they hate the Western Army even more.
After Gao Qiu learned about the "heroic deeds" of the Western Army, he was greatly moved. He first came to Jiangnan. Because of Song Jiang, he killed a lot of Fang La bandits, but they only counted between 20,000 and 30,000, while the Western Army
Just after arriving in Jiangnan, the number of "Fang La bandits" killed reached 300,000. His forbidden army was immediately outnumbered by the Western army!
So Gao Qiu ordered Song Jiang to learn from the Western Army. Every time Song Jiang captured a place, he would allow soldiers to plunder it for three days. Song Jiang was unwilling to do this for fear of being infamy in the future, but under Gao Qiu's strict order, he did not
Dare to resist. But those ordinary soldiers are not interested in this
The order was extremely welcomed. They fought hard for fame and wealth, weren't they? After conquering the city, the property they grabbed was theirs, and the women could let their old people and children be killed and then start pretending to be war merits. In this way
Who wouldn’t want to do good deeds?
Originally, Song Jiang's army had a strong combat effectiveness. After implementing such a policy, his army's combat effectiveness became even stronger. He originally hoped to build a strong army based on the Liangshan model, but now it has become a powerful "si army", and
The Western Army is exactly the same.
In just one year, the vigorous Fang La Uprising was suppressed. Fang La himself fled Sichuan and Shu with thousands of his direct troops, and is now hiding in the mountains of Sichuan and Shu. Jiangnan has calmed down again. But Jiangnan
After such a war, the loss of population and wealth was huge, and it would be impossible to recover in less than ten years.
As for the Forbidden Army, the number of the Western Army has been greatly increased due to the continuous forced recruitment during the war. The number of the Forbidden Army has reached 500,000, while the number of the Western Army has reached 400,000. And the current Forbidden Army, the Western Army is more than
He was much sharper than before, and his combat effectiveness was much improved.
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Song Jiang recalled the past, and thoughts surged in his heart. Qin Hui over there saw him like this and couldn't help but laugh, saying: "General Song, I still think we can defeat the Liangshan bandits without borrowing troops from Liao. There are currently 500,000 forbidden troops.
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00,000, plus some garrisons in various places, the total number of troops is over one million. Do we still need to be afraid of the Liangshan bandits? I think the Liangshan bandits are not as good as Fang La. As long as we are determined, we want to
Killing them is easy."
Song Jiangdao: "Master Qin, that's not the case! Whether it's me, Master Tong Guan, or Master Zhongshi Dao, we have all fought against the Liangshan bandits. Their troops are indeed very strong. We still have to fight against the Liao Dynasty."
The country is borrowing troops! This is not just my idea, it is the idea of Master Tong Guan and Master Zhong Shidao."
Qin Hui shook his head and said: "Today's Liao Kingdom is no longer the powerful Liao Kingdom in the past. They themselves were defeated by Nv Zhenren. Now only Yanjing and Xijing are left. I don't think it's okay to borrow troops from them."
Unrealistic."
Song Jiangdao: "No matter what, you have to give it a try. The foundation of the Liao Kingdom is still very strong. Those women who are really barbarians can only defeat the Liao Kingdom temporarily, but they cannot really defeat it."
It was 200 years since the founding of the Liao Kingdom and it had been a deterrent to the Song Dynasty for 200 years. The Song Dynasty had a fear of the Liao Kingdom from top to bottom. Even though Song Jiang knew that the Liao Kingdom was defeated, he still felt that the Liao Kingdom was very strong, so he still wanted to attack the Liao Kingdom.
Borrow troops.
There was silence in the room for a while. After a while, Qin Hui said again: "If we borrow troops from the Liao Kingdom, do we have to separate the Hedong region?"
Song Jiang nodded and said: "This is natural, otherwise why would the Khitans send troops to help us? They can't send troops in vain? We must be paid! Anyway, Hedong does not belong to us now, and giving it to the Khitans is nothing! A small
I think it’s worth buying a piece of land in exchange for peace in the world!”
Qin Hui said: "Okay, today we will go to see Yelu Dashi of the Liao Privy Council and have a good discussion with him first."
Yelu Dashi was originally left behind by Yanjing. A few days ago, he was appointed deputy envoy of the Privy Council by Yelu Yanxi. Now his power is getting higher and higher.
Song Jiang nodded again and said: "I hope this matter will be settled as soon as possible! At that time, the Forbidden Army will set out from the south, the Western Army will set out from the west, and the Liao Army will set out from the north. The three armies will unite to eliminate the small group of Liangshan bandits in Hedong.
The problem is that the Liangshan bandits are causing harm to the country and the people, and we must not allow them to continue to exist!"
Later, Song Jiang began to gnash his teeth. He hated Liangshan and Wu Dong extremely, not only because Zhu Wu, Li Jun and others were poached by Wu Dong, but also because Wu Dong framed him in the first place! Since being
After the recruitment, he already understood that the emperor had
Why should he be wanted all the time? Because in order to rescue Li Shishi, Wu Dong killed Song Huizong and left Song Jiang's name behind, so Song Huizong pursued Song Jiang. Fortunately, the news about Li Shishi in Liangshan had been spread, otherwise Song Jiang wanted to
It's impossible to be recruited.
In the afternoon of that day, Song Jiang and Qin Hui came out of the Lifan Courtyard and went to Yelu Dashi's mansion under the protection of countless Liao soldiers.
In the distance, Lu Zhishen was leading several personnel from the Intelligence Department to closely monitor the situation here. He promised Shi Xiu to investigate the Song envoy's intentions, so he arrived near the Lifan Courtyard an hour ago.