The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Early the next morning, Huang Peisheng set off to return to Beijing. He planned to stay in Weizhou for a few days, but the barren border town was really boring, and knowing that the war was about to start, Huang Peisheng was even more anxious to stay away from the right and wrong place.

Of course, Su Jin would not treat him badly. From the confiscated stolen goods of Li Zhihe and others, he picked a box full of more delicate gold, silver and jewelry and gave him a box as a gift. .

When the dynasty came, Yan Biyun Rou Niang waited for someone to ask him to bring a carriage of food and clothing, among them were some new clothes specially made by Yan Biyun for Xia Siling, which made Xia Siling extremely happy and surprised.This shows that the lady of the Su family knew that she was by Su Jin's side, and judging by her attitude, she didn't seem to reject her. Originally, Xia Siling was most worried that the daughters of the Su family would not be able to accept her, but now it seems that the situation is quite optimistic.

Su Jin is not in the mood to take care of these things now, he never expected a war, the preparation of supplies, the establishment of the Wengcheng, and the reinforcement of the city defenses are not at all because the enemy planes know that there will be a war, but because the people's idleness To be idle is to be idle', it is necessary to let everyone get busy and forget the current predicament.

Now that a war is really going to happen, Su Jin’s heart is still beating. If you can control the fight between hundreds of people or thousands of people, the massacre of 10,000+ people really makes your legs weak. If you make a mistake, you will pay thousands of people. With life as the price, Su Jin felt a lot of pressure, and the expression on his face had been clouded since Huang Peisheng was sent away.

However, Su Jin also has some expectations. This time is the best chance for him to become the mainstay of the Song Dynasty. The eyes of the whole Song Dynasty will soon be focused on Weizhou, and his performance is enough to determine the future path.Most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are waiting to see if they have real skills. This is also a battle to measure whether Yan Shu and Zhao Zhen have vision. The battle is not only in Weizhou, but will also spread to the court, or the same sentence My own honor and disgrace are no longer my own business, but the business of a large group of people tied to a pole, including Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and others, and even the emperor.

Su Jin can't back down either. The result of backing down is no different from defeat. He can't have any thoughts at the moment. The key is to prepare for the battle with all his strength and win this battle with all his strength.

In the afternoon, the government office of Weizhou government posted a notice stating that the army of western thieves would invade Weizhou in the near future, and informed the people to withdraw from Weizhou city and evacuate to other places in Yuanzhou, Jingzhou, Qinzhou and other places under the organization of the government. After passing the registration point, the evacuated people registered and recorded here, and then led by the yamen officials to evacuate quickly.

The news quickly spread throughout the city, and the hearts of the busy people who were working on their own were suddenly cold. Seeing the piles of wood and stone felled by their own hands, they were planning to build their homes according to the plan of the magistrate, but they were suddenly poured on their heads. One can imagine his mood with a ladle of cold water.

People gathered in the Fuya Square, but there were very few people who registered. Everyone wanted to figure out what was going on. Su Jin showed up in the square with people, and was immediately surrounded by the people.

"Master Su, what's going on? We have to evacuate everywhere, can Weizhou not defend?"

"That's right, magistrate, isn't there [-] soldiers in the city? Besides, the second marshal Han Fan on Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road will sit and watch? Don't they come to rescue?"

"Master Su... are you planning to abandon the city? Weizhou City has never been lost."

"..."

The crowd chattered and asked, some people were agitated because they were angry, and they spoke out. Zhao Mahan and others glared and wanted to scold them, but Su Jin stopped them and stood quietly in the crowd, waiting for everyone to vent their emotions. , and then he waved his hand and opened his mouth.

"Fathers and elders, Weizhou is your homeland. Although most of you originally lived in villages and towns outside the city, you have regarded Weizhou as a place to live and live. Of course I understand this feeling; someone asked me just now Whether it is to abandon the city and flee, what I want to say is that since the rebellion of the Western Thieves, Song and Xia have fought dozens of battles with each winning and losing. I will not be the cowardly person who abandons the city."

"Then why do you want to dismiss us? If you are not worried about the city being destroyed, why should you do this?" someone shouted.

Su Jin said: "Yes, I issued the dismissal order precisely because I was worried that the city would be destroyed and the people would be harmed. Both Han Shuai and Fan Shuai came to Weizhou to discuss the matter of the war yesterday. This is our joint decision. "

"Are Han Shuai and Fan Shuai also worried that Weizhou will not be protected? Why don't they come to defend the city but let you guard it? I heard that you were born in the imperial examination. I am afraid that you are not very good at fighting. Why don't you invite Han Shuai or Fan Shuai?" To defend the city?"

Wang Chao sternly shouted: "Have you ever talked to Lord Fu Zun like this? Who said such a thing? Stand up for me immediately."

After drinking this, the common people realized that this was not Zhang San Li Si's nonsense, and they were facing the prefect of Weizhou. Based on these words, it would not be too much to slap dozens of boards one by one, and they all shut up immediately.

Su Jin smiled and said: "There is no need for Wangdutou to be like this. The people are also worried about the safety of Weizhou, so they said this. Besides, they are not wrong. Compared with the two commanders Han and Fan, I, Su Jin, are unknown people. If one of the two marshals can come here to defend the city, the chances of winning are at least better, but that is impossible."

Someone boldly asked, "Why is it impossible?"

Su Jin said seriously: "I'm not just the magistrate of Weizhou. The imperial decree was issued yesterday, and my government has been appointed as the acting envoy of Jingyuan Road. I can only take care of the safety of the entire Jingyuan Road. The two commanders of Han and Fan led Qin Feng to celebrate. Yan Yan and other roads, their duty is to protect the safety of other roads, they have no obligation to be responsible for the safety of Weizhou. Besides, how can our Weizhou and even the entire northwest be in charge of the two marshals Han Fan? Fighting to the east, and fighting to the west, wouldn’t the two adults be exhausted? Moreover, the two adults will be transferred to the capital soon. If they leave the northwest, who will we find to help defend the city when the war resumes? What? So it’s better to rely on yourself than to rely on others.”

The crowd was silent, what Su Jin said was not unreasonable, relying on these two people to fight the fire forever, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan would die of exhaustion even if they had three heads and six arms.

Su Jindao: "We can't hope that the two commanders of Han and Fan will bring troops to help, because Yan Yan Huanqing is also at the border, if they want to come to help, there will be no chance for the western thieves to take advantage of, and no one knows whether the western thieves will suddenly attack Yanyan Huanqing and other roads; as the chief envoy of the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing, Fan Shuai's duty is to protect the safety of the two roads; and there are not many troops on Qinfeng Road in the rear, and the actual garrison of seven or eight state capitals is only Forty thousand, Han Shuai has promised to send [-] soldiers to assist in the defense, it is considered as the best of benevolence, how can we rely on others for everything?"

"But Master Su, you said that you are ready to break the city, that is to say, even if there are 5000 people to assist in defending the city, it is difficult to escape the disaster of breaking the city, right?"

Su Jin said quietly: "Before the war, you need to prepare for the worst. This time the western bandits are different from the previous ones. I might as well tell you that the preliminary investigation shows that the western bandits have the Jianing army, the Baotai army, and the Shenmeng army on their left and right sides. The assembly has been completed, and they are currently stationed in the military camp east of Huizhou, 180 miles north of Weizhou. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least 20 people; If the enemy is fully prepared, if the enemy does not come, it will be a thunderbolt; our Weizhou City plus reinforcements only have more than [-] people, [-] against [-], who can dare to say that we will win this battle?"

All the people exclaimed like a frying pan, everyone has seen the scene of the western thief cavalry rushing back and forth, the charging momentum of thousands of western thief cavalry is already horrifying, let alone a hundred thousand army, it is not overwhelming Will Weizhou be submerged like a tsunami?Everyone understood why Su Jin said that he was not sure. They thought it was just a regular army of 2 or [-] people attacking. Under such circumstances, even Han Shuai and Fan Shuai came here, but a clever woman would be hard-pressed.

"So the government has to ask you to evacuate Weizhou. If the sky has eyes and the gods protect it, Weizhou city can be preserved in this battle, and the folks and elders can come back and rebuild their homes with the government. If the city is not protected, you will also But if you live in another place, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood if you stay in the green hills. As long as everyone survives, one day you will defeat the western thieves and take Weizhou back. Do you understand what I mean?" Su Jin said quietly.

The crowd was silent for a while, and suddenly someone asked softly and loudly: "If Weizhou is not protected, where will you go?"

Su Jin took a breath and looked around the audience, and said loudly: "I will live and die together in Weizhou, and my government will lead [-] soldiers to fight to the last man. I will live up to the grace of the emperor and everyone's trust. Let the western thieves pay a huge price, and make them invincible after the battle of Weizhou."

As soon as Su Jin said something, he felt something was wrong. He saw the light of reverence in the eyes of everyone. In fact, he just wanted to say a few bold words. If he wanted to live and die with Weizhou, Su Jin would not do anything, but He ignored the admiration of the people of this era for the heroes who regard death as home, and suddenly a commoner shouted: "My lord, you are willing to live and die with Weizhou even if you are not from Weizhou. How can we wait for the people to leave? We wait for you!" We must fight against the western thieves together with Fu Zun, and live and die with Weizhou!"

"Yes, we will live and die with Weizhou, and we will never leave one step!"

"Swear to kill all the thieves, protect my homeland, and I will never leave!"

Several citizens clenched their fists and roared, like a spark on the dry grass, instantly igniting the dry grass, and the sound of shouts spread all over the square, and the shouts of tens of thousands of people seemed to shake the sky open.