Qian Song

Chapter 118 Fang La: Too Much Regret (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

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Yangzhou, Xuan Fu Division.

Knowing that Zhongshidao and Zhongshizhong had captured Hongzhou, Liu Yanqing, Xin Xingzong and others hurried to the Xuanfu Division for a meeting.

Because this is a meeting that boosts the morale of the generals of the Song Army, and it is also a meeting to revive the prestige of Commander Tong Guan, so all generals above the command can participate.

Therefore, Song Jiang also got a seat near the door.

in fact--

It's not that no one suggested to Tong Guan to send a partial division to bypass Jingzhou and attack the Liangzhe area.

But these suggestions were all rejected by Tong Guan, and he didn't even give those suggestions a reason.

Because of this, some people scolded Tong Guan for not knowing the soldiers, scolding Tong Guan for going his own way to harm the country, and even scolding Tong Guan for being bribed by Li Cun or Fang La.

Who would have thought that Tong Guan had already sent a partial teacher to detour to Jingzhou, and play with them here to build plank roads and cross Chencang secretly.

At this time, many people can't help but sigh, people are old and treacherous, horses are old and slippery, and rabbits are old and eagles are hard to catch!
Tong Guan, this old guy, is really not ordinary treacherous, and he can endure what others can't.

What a master.

Undoubtedly, Tong Guan's prestige has increased a lot.

After everyone was seated, Tong Guan looked around and asked, "Old Zhong and Xiao Zhong are now entering Zhejiang, how should our army respond?"

Yang Keshi said: "Naturally, I made a detour to Jingzhou to reinforce the two old generals."

This is actually inevitable.

Everyone knows that half of the Western Army is here in Yangzhou, and it is impossible for the Dao and Zhongshi to lead the rest of the Western Army out. Let’s not say that there are 200 million ant thieves now, there must be more than 100 million. As far as the troops in the hands of the seed master and the seed master, if there is no reinforcements, or even if the reinforcements are not timely, they may die. He was beaten out of the Liangzhe area again.

If that's the case, then Song Jun's side will not only lose all previous efforts, but may also ruin the only good chance to wipe out Li Cun and Fang La.

Seeing that no one objected to the reinforcement of Zhongshi Dao and Zhongshizhong, Tong Guan asked again: "How many troops should we send?"

"This……"

Many people are caught in the balance.

Of course, there were also those who were forced to lose their minds by Li Cun, such as Liu Xiliang, general of the Fengxiang Army, who blurted out: "The left and right can't cross the river, otherwise the whole army will move to Jingzhou and wipe out Li Cun and Fang La with the momentum of Mount Tai. Ant thief, to dispel my anger of waiting for months!"

As soon as Liu Xiliang's words fell, Qu Duan, the general of the Jingyuan Army, sneered and said: "You treat that thief Li Cun as a good friend. If you follow your plan, that thief will lead an army across the river, or take the capital directly in a bold way. At that time, if the officials knew that you, Liu Xiliang, were the ones who came up with this plan, they would take you as the thief and work it out carefully, and cut you into pieces."

When Liu Xiliang heard this, his face flushed red - only then did he realize what a joke he had made.

General Guo Yan of the Yongxing Army said: "That bandit Li Cun employs troops in a strange and changeable way, and does not act according to common sense. Now he is leaving with thousands of large ships, so we must guard against it."

Very rarely, most of the generals nodded in agreement.

Seeing this scene, Song Jiang thought to himself: "The enemy is fearful, and the prestige of Li Dadudu has been achieved."

After everyone reached a consensus, it was time to discuss how many people should be sent to reinforce the cultivation way and cultivation division.

In fact, in addition to the fact that the Song army had to leave a large number of troops to prevent the Huben army from crossing the river north, it was also necessary to consider the food and supplies needed to detour to Jingzhou.

You know, because of the shortage of ships, it will be troublesome to transport food, grass and supplies this time. If there is any doubt, it will have to be transported by land only by manpower.

In this way, the logistical pressure must be great.

Of course, Tong Guan will definitely send people to Jingzhou to collect food and supplies on the spot first.

But even so, the army must carry a certain amount of food and grass.

However, it may take three civilian husbands to transport the food eaten by one soldier—the civilian husbands are not wooden cows and horses who don’t need to eat, they also need to eat, so this part of the food must also be counted.

Therefore, considering the problem of grain and grass transportation, it is also necessary to limit the number of reinforcements.

But then again, the number of reinforcements should not be too small, otherwise the purpose of reinforcements would not be achieved at all.

Everyone discussed and discussed, and in the end most people felt that it was better to send half of the troops to reinforce, so that both sides would be safe.

Therefore, Tong Guan resisted all opinions and chose Song Jiang's right-hand army to reinforce Zhongshidao and Zhongshizhong.

After the dust settled, Tan Zhen suddenly knocked on the table lightly.

For a moment, everyone looked at Tan Zhen.

Tan Zhen straightened his body and said, "Although it is not thousands of miles away to go to Jingzhou, it is also beyond the reach of Yangzhou..."

As soon as Tan Zhen opened his mouth, Tong Guan knew what Tan Zhen wanted to do.

To be honest, Tong Guan is also hesitating who to send as the commander-in-chief of the western front?
Some people may say, the way of being a teacher is qualified, capable, and just on the front line. Who else is more suitable to be the commander of the Western Front than the way of being a teacher?

I am sorry.

This option is not within the scope of Zhao Song's choice.

In the Zhao Song Dynasty, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, military generals would never get the power to command the troops and become commander in chief.

Now this matter is not only watched by the emperor of Zhao Song, but also all the literati of Zhao Song are watching this matter.

Let's put it this way, assuming that Zhao Ji wants a military general to be the commander in chief, all literati will strongly oppose it, and even remonstrate with death.

What's more, this kind of thing was done by the successive emperors of Zhao Song, how could they set this precedent?

In a word, in Zhao and Song Dynasties, unless the emperor and literati were all dead, warriors would never be able to become commanders.

Wen Zun Wu Bei, in Zhao Song Dynasty is not just talk.

In Zhao Ji's dynasty, the conditions were even more stringent. If you want to be a commander, you should be an eunuch.

After such a set, it is natural that Tan Zhen is the most suitable commander in chief of the western front.

Let's put it this way, if Tan Zhen didn't have the previous two defeats, then this matter would not even need to be discussed, and Tan Zhen could directly lead the right army to Jingzhou.

But now, let alone Tong Guan, even the soldiers of the Song Army didn't trust Tan Zhen anymore.

——The army is no better than other places. One general is incompetent, and the whole army is exhausted. If you follow an incompetent commander, you will die, there are many, many of them.

Therefore, many people gave Tong Guan winks, telling Tong Guan not to let Tan Zhen go to Jingzhou.

But at this moment, Cai You tightened his voice and said, "Tong Xuanfu is the leader of an army, don't move lightly, if you are on the ground, let me and Tan Zhi walk away."

When all the generals of the Song Dynasty heard it, Tan Zhen, who was so ostentatious and didn't know what soldiers wanted, was not enough. They even added Cai You, a dude who didn't know what soldiers wanted at all. Was it because they were afraid that the Song army would not be defeated? !
Tan Zhen was stronger than Cai You anyway. He knew that his brand was completely stink in this Song army, and the soldiers of the Song army would never trust him anymore.

Moreover, Tan Zhen pulled the worse Cai You, which must have made Tong Guan and the soldiers of the Song Army even more worried.

The key point is that Tan Zhen understands these arrogant soldiers of the Western Army, and those who refuse to accept them, don't even think about commanding them.

So Tan Zhen said very euphemistically: "Going now, I will take charge of the overall situation with the university scholar, supervise the food and grass, and order the states and counties along the road to be used by our army. The old general of the western army is also the old general. The three of us will definitely conquer the west of Zhejiang. Attacked the Jiangning mansion back and forth, fully recovered the two Zhejiang provinces, shared the concerns of the officials, and quelled the rebellion for the court."

Tan Zhen was really in a hurry, so he almost said that Cai You and I went to the front to ensure the logistics of the army and communicate with the local area. After Zhejiang, I will immediately go north to attack Jiangning Mansion, let you cross the river, and do nothing else.

Hearing what Tan Zhen said, Tong Guan couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Tong Guan knew very well that as long as he could pacify the rebellion in the Liangzhe area, he would definitely be the first to do it, and no one could fight for it.

Under such circumstances, Tong Guan must of course ensure that this battle can be won.

In this way, the commander in chief on the western front is very important.

To be honest, Tong Guan has never found a suitable candidate in his heart.

——In today's Zhao and Song Dynasties, there are too few literati who can be commander-in-chief, and as for eunuchs who can be commander-in-chief, they are even rarer.

And a warrior cannot be a commander in chief.

In this way, Tan Zhen is willing to bear this name and hand over the actual command power to Zhong Shidao, which is undoubtedly the best choice at present.

To be honest, Tong Guan is also afraid of sending a commander who doesn't understand soldiers and likes to point fingers at random. In that case, it will be a disaster for Tong Guan and Song Dynasty.

Crucially, Tan Zhen also hooked up with Cai You.

——Tong Guan can guarantee that even if he does not agree with Tan Zhen to be the commander-in-chief of the western front, Cai You can still persuade Zhao Ji to agree with Tan Zhen to be the commander-in-chief of the western front. , and offend Cai You, the loss outweighs the gain.

After comprehensive consideration, Tong Guan looked at Tan Zhen and said, "This battle is of great importance."

Tan Zhen replied solemnly: "I know."

Tong Guan looked at Tan Zhen: "Say what you say."

Tan Zhen was overjoyed, and quickly said, "It's hard to catch a four-horse horse."

In this way, Tan Zhen got the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front as he wished.

There was that straight-minded boorish man who complained: "How could Mr. Tong ask this ball to command us? It's hard to keep such a good head, master."

The person next to him whispered to him: "These two are puppets, and the commander-in-chief is an old businessman."

Prepare for three days. Tan Zhen and Cai You will command the troops, and Xin Xingzong will control them. Zhao Ming and Yao Pingzhong will select the vanguard army, He Guan and others will guard the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and 25 troops will rush to Jingzhou in the starry night to reinforce the cultivators and the cultivators...

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At the same time, Zhong Shizhong led 50 troops to garrison Hongzhou to ensure that Hongzhou, a crucial throat, would not be taken by the Huben Army or Fang Layi Army, while Zhong Shidao led [-] troops and [-] civilians. [-] troops entered the Liangzhe area from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Corridor.

Fang La's officers who were stationed in Raozhou heard that the Song army was attacking, and sent flying horses to report to Fang La, while guarding the city.

The defense of Raozhou City was very strong, Zhong Shidao ordered Hong Zai to capture the city in three days.

After Hong Zai led the crowd to fight for a whole day, he began to get tired.

Hong Zai had a confidant who was even more lazy and sat on the bed to rest by himself.

After Zhong Shidao saw it, he immediately beheaded him at the military gate to show the public, and ordered: "If you don't leave this city today, you will be like him!"

Hong Zai and others were horrified and clamored to board the city, and the city defense collapsed only that night.

Since then, the Song Army has officially landed in the Liangzhe area.

After receiving the urgent report from the front line, Fang La finally realized that she was mistaken for her cleverness, and regretted it too much.

Soon, three flying slaves also flew out from Shezhou...

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