Qiming 1158

Chapter 87 What you do is as important as the war

Su Yonglin was a little confused.

It stands to reason that it has been more than two months since the uprising, Wanyan Liang should know about it, and the possibility of not knowing is very low.

But if he knew about it, why wouldn't he send troops south to quell the rebellion?
However, the intelligence of the intelligence troops would not be wrong. If Wanyanliang really sent troops to the south, it would be impossible for Hebei to have no military action at all.

It is a traditional art of the Jin Kingdom to issue signing troops as cannon fodder and issue people's husbands to transport food. It will definitely make people jump around, and it is absolutely impossible for people to quietly enter the village and shoot.

So why is there no movement in Hebei Zhuzhou Prefecture?

Su Yonglin was puzzled and couldn't figure out why Wanyanliang didn't send troops south to attack Shandong.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a way.

There was no movement on Wanyanliang's side, but Zhu Hu Siji and Tu Shanjing, who had been beaten away before, reacted and were ready to fight back, so it was estimated that the problem lay with these two people.

Having said that, Su Yonglin didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

He could only send people to continue to keep an eye on the news from Hebei, and then shared military intelligence with Zhao Kaishan and Sun Ziyi, and then began to re-plan his military plan.

Although Shu Hu Siji and Tu Shanjing were not the powerful frontier army leaders of the Jin Kingdom, since they could plan a counterattack, they must have regular troops on hand.

Su Yonglin, who has always fought surprise attacks and rarely had face-to-face battles, is very eager to face-to-face and defeat the regular army of the Jin Kingdom with absolute strength.

That will give him enough confidence and joy to have some control over the uncertain future ahead.

To what extent is the combat effectiveness of the Shengjie Army, whether his painstaking efforts and a lot of investment are meaningful, and whether his new way of governing the army can create a strong army in the world.

This battle may be a good experience.

It’s also good, fight the weak first and then the strong. If you fight against the real elites of the Golden Army as soon as you come up, it will be really bad luck, and you can almost pack up and prepare to fight guerrillas on Mount Tai.

The order here is to go down and let the army prepare. Su Yonglin over there calls Su Changsheng to a place where no one is alone, and assigns him a task.

"Ah? Going to Jiaxing?"

Su Changsheng was a little puzzled: "Alang, the battle is imminent, how can I leave?"

"What you do is as important as fighting a war."

Su Yonglin said, "I want you to go to Huating County, Jiaxing Prefecture, and find a man named Yao Hongfang. On the surface, he runs a hotel called Wanfudian, but he is actually a private salt dealer."

"Private salt dealer?"

Su Changsheng was very sensitive to this, and immediately smelled a different taste: "Alang, why are you looking for a smuggled salt dealer? Are we going to sell smuggled salt again?"

"No, I asked you to go to him, discuss with him, and let him cooperate with us to sell all the treasures, jewels and rare antiques that we have seized and exchange them for money."

"what?"

Su Changsheng was surprised: "Alang, who is he? Why do you want to cooperate with him?"

"He's a friend of my grandfather, and I've met him."

Su Yonglin said in a low voice, "As far as I know, my grandfather once said that the backer behind this person is someone with a high position in the Lin'an court, who is much more powerful than Sun Yuanqi."

"This……"

"Those jewels and antiques are useless in our hands. If they can't be exchanged for money, they have no other use. We need money very much to do things now. It's the best way to sell them all and exchange them for money. You can recruit more soldiers and make more weapons, understand?"

"Then I understand."

Su Changsheng nodded immediately, but then frowned again: "Alang, is this Yao Hongfang reliable? Don't let us go to him, he turns around and goes to the Lin'an court to tell the truth, and tell us all the information and attract officers and soldiers, that's not good. .

And since we came to the north, we never went back to the south. We don't know what happened to the south. What happened to Sun Yuanqi? Did they find out that we did this? , is very dangerous. "

"That doesn't matter. If the main force of the Jin Kingdom is not destroyed, the Zhao Guan family will never dare to go north. As for Sun Yuanqi... Anyway, I don't plan to go back to the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has no binding force on me. I don't need to be afraid of it. If something goes wrong, I will do it as soon as possible. Just run away."

Su Yonglin said this, and Su Changsheng also felt that it made sense.

Everyone has already drawn a clear line with the Southern Song Dynasty. Even if they want to go back, they will lead the troops back in a dignified manner, not go back in despair.

"Should I go directly to him to cooperate?"

Su Changsheng asked.

Su Yonglin shook his head.

"Illegal salt dealers are very vigilant. You first ask him if he still remembers the old people of Qingyuan Mansion, and then deal with it randomly. I don't need to teach you this, right?"

"Of course."

"Well, anyway, bring a few more people to pave the way, and if something goes wrong, you can quickly return north. If this person is credible and can do business, you can plan to build our intelligence station in Jiaxing Prefecture, although we are here. , and also quite need information from the Southern Song Dynasty."

"understood."

Su Changsheng was a little happy.

Although he can't stay in the north to participate in the upcoming battle, if he can open up the situation in the south, it should be a great achievement.

Without further ado, Su Yonglin gave an order here, and Su Changsheng took five subordinates and a small amount of pearls and antiques on the road overnight.

When they abandoned their family business and went north, some of the more than 30 sea-going ships of the Su family stayed on the salt-making island and hid them, while the other part was brought to Juzhou, where they hid in a hidden place on the coast of Juzhou. stand up.

Su Yonglin has no spare energy to develop the navy for the time being, but the ships are still kept and some anti-corrosion treatments have been done.

Just in time for that.

After Su Changsheng left, Su Yonglin's side also began to prepare intensively to meet the counter-insurgency forces of Shuhu Siji and Tu Shanjing.

At the same time, Shuhu Siji and Tu Shanjing are very anxious, uneasy, and live in fear.

The reason is very simple, they finally found out that they were not facing the robbers who "raised three thousand troops", but the huge rebel force that had swept over half of Shandong.

There are already rebellions everywhere on the east and west roads of Shandong. The government has suffered heavy losses, and the officers and soldiers have been retreating. It is impossible to effectively control the situation.

On their way to Jinan Prefecture, they encountered an attack by a chaotic army calling themselves the "Recovery Army" under the banner of [Expel Hulu and restore China].

At that time, the chaotic army asked them to surrender quickly, lay down their weapons, and spare them not to die.

Of course, the chaotic army of three to five hundred people was completely wiped out by the angry Shuhu Siji commanding the cavalry around him.

The elite cavalry around Shuhu Siji did not armour the war horses at that time, but still a single charge turned the chaotic troops on their backs and suffered heavy casualties, their heads fell to the ground one by one, and blood was sprayed from their necks like a fountain. Come out, and then the rebels will disperse.

How can two legs outrun four legs?

This chaotic army of 500 people was tortured and killed by the Jin army in an extremely brutal way. Only a very few people were lucky and escaped.

The leader of the chaotic army was mentioned in front of Shuhu Siji, trembling all over.

Through the "kindness" interrogation, Shuhu Siji learned some information that he desperately needed to know.

For example, the chaotic army called itself the Liberation Army, under the name of [Expelling Hulu and Restoring China], using this as a call to call on the "heroes" in Shandong to rebel.

He also learned that the leader of the Restoration Army called himself [Kaishan Zhao].

(End of this chapter)