Qin Ming's anger at this moment comes more from jealousy. He is jealous of Hua Rong's achievements and also jealous of Hua Rong's current status.
The same is true for Huang Gai, but he doesn't have Qin Ming's fiery temper and is more careful.
"It's going to be very difficult to break the Liangshan moor." Huang Gai shook his head.
The 800-mile Liangshan River is full of reed marshes, and there are many small islands in it. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the Liangshan River Army is far stronger than the officers and soldiers. In the past few years, the officers and soldiers have often encircled and suppressed them, but there has never been an attack.
Went in. Although Huang Gai agreed with Qin Ming's idea, he knew that it was almost impossible to capture Liangshanbo.
"Qingzhou's military strength alone cannot capture Liangshan Po. We have to unite the forces of several surrounding prefectures, and even let Daming Prefecture send troops to encircle and suppress Liangshan Po with Shandong-wide control. It shouldn't be a problem," Qin Ming said.
"This is just the idea of you and me. Others may not agree with our idea." Huang Gai said.
"I will ask Magistrate Murong to convince other magistrates from various places." Qin Ming said.
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While these two people were burning with jealousy here, in the far northwest, they had just received news that the Liao Kingdom had been destroyed.
Everyone in the Western Army, from ordinary soldiers to senior generals, was shocked.
As soldiers of the Song Dynasty, they understood the power of the Liao Kingdom better, so they were even more unbelievable about the news.
Jingyuan Road of the Western Army, this is the core of the Western Army and the station of the Zhong Family Army. Zhong Shidao is holding the battle report there and looking at it carefully. His face is very bad. The most famous soldier during the Huizong period
The armed eunuch Tong Guan was sitting on the other side. Tong Guan was tall, but his brows were furrowed at this moment.
"Sir Zhong, did the Liangshan bandits really capture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?" Tong Guandao said after a while.
"It's true! Our Western Army also has some spies in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and they have sent back the news that Yanyun was indeed captured by the Liangshan bandits! The Emperor of Liao, Yelu Yanxi, has now become a prisoner of Liangshan.
Liao's hundreds of thousands of troops were also defeated by Liangshan!" Master Zhong said.
"How can thieves be so powerful?" Tong Guan murmured to himself.
"This thief has finally become powerful!" Master Zhong sighed deeply.
Below the two men sat countless generals of the Western Army. At this moment, these generals also looked frightened. Mountain was their enemy. The enemy was so powerful now, how could they not be afraid?
"Commander, how many troops did the Liangshan bandits use in total?" Qu Duan, the commander of Jingyuan Road, asked.
"100,000!" Master Zhong said.
"Is there only 100,000? Can 100,000 destroy the Liao Kingdom? When Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty tried to retake Yanyun, he mobilized the power of the whole country and assembled an army of 700,000 but was defeated by the Liao Kingdom. Now they only have 100,000
Will the Liao Kingdom be destroyed?" Qu Duan couldn't believe it.
"I couldn't believe it when I first heard it, but it's true! Among the Liangshan bandits, the leader was the same young general who defeated you and me in Hedong that day!" Master Zhong said.
"So it's him." Qu Duan nodded, and then he realized that it was Yue Fei who was leading the army.
"The military strength of Liangshan has almost reached the level of the prosperous Tang Dynasty! This was the case in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The Jiedushi of any strong town could command 100,000 soldiers and horses across the Western Regions, and no one could defeat him! Liangshan was divided into the east of the river,
Of the two divisions in Liaodong, Yue Fei was only a member of Hedong's subordinates and commanded only 30% of the troops in Hedong. This destroyed the Liao Kingdom! In terms of military strength alone, we are no longer their opponent." Master Zhong said.
There was silence in the room, some were worried, some were afraid, and some had other thoughts, such as surrender or defection.
"Is there no way to restrain thieves?" Tong Guan said.
"It's very difficult, it's very difficult! Relying on the army alone is not enough! From now on, we must not take the initiative to attack, but must strengthen the defense of various places. This is one of them! Although Liangshan destroyed the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom had a large population and their food production was
It is extremely limited. In previous years, the Liao Kingdom purchased grain from me, the Song Dynasty. I would like to submit it to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to strictly prohibit grain trafficking from various places to the direction of Yanyun.
This is the second one! Also, we must unite with the Jurchens to deal with the Liangshan bandits. This is the third one! The fourth one is that the court must clean up the officials and work hard to become stronger. Now the court is still orthodox in the world and it is what the people want. As long as this
If you do it, defeating the bandits will not be a problem! I heard that His Majesty wants to return to Hua Shi Gang again, is there any problem?" Zhong Shidao looked at Tong Guan and asked coldly.
"It seems there is." Tong Guan said softly.
"Hua Shi Gang is a disaster for the country and the people! If your Majesty really wants to do this, he will be putting the world at risk! Mr. Tong, you and I will come together to explain this powerfully. I wonder if you are willing?" Master Zhong said.
"This..." Tong Guan smiled bitterly. He supported Zhongshi Dao, but he was absolutely unwilling to let him join Zhongshi Dao and offend the emperor together.
Seeing his state of nirvana, Master Zhong felt cold in his heart and walked away immediately.
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The night was already dark, and although it was still summer, there was already a cool breeze in the northwest night. Master Zhong could not sleep, so he came out of his yard and walked to the main road in Jingyuan → Duan was originally waiting for him outside.
At this moment, he hurriedly followed.
"Commander, you don't need to worry too much," Qu Duan said.
"Don't worry?" Zhong Shidao frowned.
"Commander, no matter what, Yanyun now belongs to our Han people! Although Liangshan is a bandit, he is the political power of our Han people after all." Qu Duan said.
"What do you know? This is nonsense!" Master Zhong said.
"Is it better if the Han people occupy that place than if the Liao people occupy it? They are our same race after all." Qu Duan said puzzledly.
"Precisely because they are our same race, the threat is greater! The same race is more ferocious against the same race, and it is more life-and-death! The Liao people are foreigners. They have been in the north for hundreds of years and have no intention of going south! As for Liangshan, they are also Han people,
So they must go south, and they must want to destroy the Song Dynasty! These bandits are a greater threat than the Liao people." Master Zhong said.
Although Qu Duan felt that what Zhong Shidao said was wrong, he didn't know how to refute it.
"Commander, Han Shizhong is also a Liangshan general now. He is in Liaodong and controls tens of thousands of troops." Qu Duan said again.
"I really misjudged him at first, this disloyal and unjust person!" Zhong Shidao said a little irritably.
Han Shizhong was the young player he had chosen at the beginning, and he had decided to vigorously promote him. Who knew that something like this would happen now, so he felt very uncomfortable.
"Commander, since we want to unite with the Jurchens, do you think we can unite with Xixia?" Qu Duan asked again.
"Yes, a good idea! I want to contact the Xixia people in person! It's best to pick a capable man from the Zhong family army and go to Xixia." Master Zhong said.