Xu Jun stood in front of him with a sullen face, pretending that the civil servants did not exist.
Li Dadong guessed that the way he was determined to fight just now was too concerned, which aroused the veteran's vigilance. He was a little resentful at the moment, and it was inconvenient to catch up and disturb him.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses marched silently, with a solemn momentum. The people and horses stepped on the ground, making a dull sound. The sharp sounds of arrows and whistles continued to be heard from behind the queue. It was the teams that were ambushing the Jin army one after another, breaking away from the pursuit and leaving the wetland lake.
Zejian got away. As for when he would be able to rejoin the main force and how many people who went to fight would come back, Xu Jun seemed too lazy to say, and it was not convenient for the civil servants to ask.
No matter what, it was still a battle. When asked by outsiders, at least he responded decisively and did not lose Huang Song's face.
Zhao Shanxiang comforted himself in this way, and then chatted with the small colonel next to the queue and asked him some trivial matters about military affairs.
His son Zhao Ruzheng was planning to get married to Shi Xiang's daughter. He himself was Shi Xiang's right winger. I guess Shi Xiang would not necessarily give up on his own family, and his mentality was more relaxed than Li Dadong's.
In the early years of Jiading, he was sentenced to Wuweijun, and he served as a transfer judge in Huainan. In Huaixi, he made some prison sentences and asked about military affairs, but he was still on the idea. After a while, he came back and told Li Dadong that the marching direction at the moment was Jingxie.
Walk across the Feishui River and go directly to Luzhou.
The team responsible for escorting the New Year Coins was already far behind the team. Now extra capable people were sent to support them. It was expected to turn back two days in advance without any problems. Moreover, the Jin cavalry was insufficient, and the marching route was close to the river.
I don’t dare to drive far away, so you can rest assured.
"If you don't have enough cavalry, why don't you dare to stay away? The Jin people are fierce. Seeing that we are weak, how can we not pursue them?"
"..."
Zhao Shanxiang was stunned for a moment and wanted to remind Li Dadong that just now everyone was agitated and said that they would chase the North and attack the Jin army. However, the officials of the Song Dynasty said that orpiment was the norm. You think the pros and cons are too abrupt.
If you open your mouth again, you can still say seven or eight other truths.
At the moment, he only explained: "Some soldiers behind the scenes reported that the Jin army was busy cleaning up the battlefield and picking up missing arrows."
"What's the point?"
"Just now the two armies had a slight contact. Our army rained down arrows. The Jin army also had archers who fired back. However, the arrows they shot were missed. Many of them were polished by themselves with old objects. I guess the gathering of troops in Kaifeng Mansion was in vain.
Hundreds of thousands, which looks glamorous and scary on the surface, but is actually very embarrassing. I think it's not just Xu Dutong who doesn't want to fight, but the Jin people may not be willing to fight..."
After hearing these words, Li Dadong felt depressed and felt that he should have persisted in fighting just now. Then he thought that he no longer had to be on the battlefield and felt much more relaxed.
He smiled reservedly and whispered to Zhao Shanxiang:
"Xu Jun's idea was simply that he was unhappy about paying the annual coins, and that he and I had just arrived and lacked foundation. Therefore, he deliberately avoided the war and wanted to use the momentum of the Jin army's march south to give us a show of strength."
After all, he is a Hanlin bachelor, so he is indeed clever. This angle is very good!
Zhao Shanxiang nodded repeatedly, then frowned: "I see...Xu Jun is a veteran general and is well-known throughout Huaishang. As expected, he is in trouble for us. How will we deal with the next battle?"
Li Dadong said in a deep voice: "The Jin people in Kaifeng and the Zhongdu side, separated by the Red Coat Army in Junzhou west of Mount Tai and Yishan in Shandong, the two families do not interfere with each other. This situation has been maintained for more than a year.
It is obvious that neither side wants to face each other head-on and have a large-scale war. Therefore, when the Jin people go south to plunder, they may not be willing to cause much commotion in Huainan..."
"If we really want to capture Huainan, we'll have to go around in a circle and face Shandong's Dinghai navy!"
"That's right!"
Li Dadong signaled Zhao Shanxiang to keep a lower voice, and then continued: "I think most of their efforts are directed at Jingxi Road, and at most Qingyuan Mansion on Lizhou West Road... Those places have nothing to do with us, and Zhao
Fang and An Bing will have a headache! They are both known as knowing soldiers, how can they not be able to cope with it?"
"Then here in Huainan..."
"With Xu Jun showing such a stinky face, do we really have no one available? There are plenty of people available to us in Anqing Mansion, Zhenzhou, Chuzhou, and Yangzhou!"
"this……"
Of course Zhao Shanxiang knew which group of soldiers and horses Li Dadong was talking about. However, there was something special about the identity of this group of soldiers and horses. Li Dadong suddenly wanted to use them, which had to make people hesitate a little.
It turns out that after the Southern Song Dynasty, the original imperial army system collapsed, so the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the role of local force, often granting local officials the power to raise their own financial resources and recruit troops. The soldiers recruited by these officials were under the control of the Privy Council and the Imperial Palace.
The Infantry Army Department is actually controlled and managed by local civil servants with titles such as envoys, appeasement envoys, and propaganda envoys. The Destroying Front Army, Flying Tiger Army, and Left Wing Army are all famous among them.
In the past few years, the situation along the northern border has been complicated, and the Imperial Army, which was originally the backbone of the garrison, performed very unusually during the Kaixi Northern Expedition, which greatly disappointed the central government. Therefore, the literati along the northern border were greatly disappointed.
Members gradually gained authority here.
For example, the Huaidong side began to recruit the remnants of the Red Coat Army who had fled from the north, and gradually formed the so-called Loyal and Righteous Army; while the Huaixi side generally worked hard on the Shanzhai and tea merchant smuggling forces established by the local people's own financial resources.
However, the cottages in Huaixi are too scattered and have been defeated by the Jin army recently. Many people have become prisoners captured for the Jin army; and the tea merchants' smuggling force is too close to the Kaifeng government. At present, the two countries are at war. Li Dadong can't help but
To send people to exterminate them is to show mercy.
Therefore, we naturally have to rely on the loyal army on the Huaidong side.
However, it has only been a few months since the Zhongyi Army was formally established, and there are still many complicated backgrounds.
For example, the Loyalty Army itself is divided into two groups: Yang You, the "Nine Kings" of the Red Coat Army recently praised by the Prime Minister, and Liu Quan, Guo Yao'er, who were previously sheltered by Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue.
It is said that the Fourth Lady, Yang Miaozhen, supports her behind the scenes.
These two families competed with each other, had entangled interests and conflicts. At the same time, they often conflicted with the local management of the imperial court. The recruitment process of the so-called loyal army actually affected Jiankang, the imperial army, and the two commanderies in Zhenjiang
However, in Lin'an, there are always people speaking out based on ancestral laws, always trying to balance each other and stirring up conflicts.
This chaotic situation is naturally inseparable from history.
Xianggong Shi is really not the kind of strongman with a strong fist. He relies on balance and patchwork to survive every day, and he also thinks the same way in military and political affairs. Therefore, even if his subordinates are able to go abroad, they will inevitably undermine each other.
At this moment, Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang looked at each other, thinking of Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue, who were originally highly valued, but now they are about to be unlucky. They thought of Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue, who were just county magistrates last year, but this year they are flying high into the blue clouds.
Jia She thought of Shi Kuanzhi, the son of Shi Xiang. Jia She's son Jia Sidao had been in Zhenzhou since last year, and he was involved in something unknown in Anqing Mansion...
These people are all Shi Xiang's people, but some are already unlucky, but they still hold on to the soldiers in their hands; some are popular, but occupy the territory of Huainan, making Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang who are scheduled to show their talents in Huainan unhappy; and some are
They thought they were members of the Prime Minister's family and despised the authority of the court officials.
Of course, the last item can only be thought about in private and cannot be spoken out.
Now that the Jin army is moving south, if we don't take the opportunity to weaken their strength, how long will it take?
"I will write a report right now, saying that the war in Huainan is urgent, and we must unite all the ministries to face the enemy."