Qian Song

Chapter 139 Cheating Dad (Ask for a monthly ticket!)
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After Xiuzhou City, Zhao Song's last granary in eastern Zhejiang, was pulled out by the Huben Army, the Song Army on the northern line, which had been attacking Zhenjiang City for a long time and could not go down the river, slowly fell into trouble.

—They are out of food.

This is definitely not a small problem.

Throughout the ages, too many armies have mutinied because of lack of food.

Liu Yanqing sent people to sneak across the Yangtze River and asked Tong Guan to find a way for the Northern Song Army who had crossed the river.

But Tong Guan can't break the blockade of the Huben navy on the Yangtze River, so what can he do?

Tong Guan discussed and discussed with his staff, and finally asked Liu Yanqing to send someone to ask Tan Zhen and Cai You for food, and even consider joining forces with the Song Army on the Western Front.

Liu Yanqing was very dissatisfied with the strategy given by Tong Guan and the others.

First of all, Tong Guan and the others had no brains at all when they came up with this idea.

Yes.

Because of the decisive battle with the Song army on the western front, Fang La withdrew the Fang Layi army of the Fang Qifo tribe who were entrenched in Xuanzhou and Chizhou.

But the problem is, the Fang Layi army of Fang Qifo's department withdrew, but the Huben army did not.

——The Huben Army Su Dongfang is still entrenched in the area of ​​​​the Guangde Army, and its tentacles have even extended a lot.

If the Song Army's food delivery troops dared to deliver food from under Su Dongfang's nose, do you think Su Dongfang would intercept Song Army's food and grass?

Secondly, the current Song army on the western front is not so much commanded by Tan Zhen and Cai You as it is commanded by Zhong Shidao.

What is the relationship between Liu Yanqing and Zhong Shidao?
Liu Yanqing was chosen by Zhao Ji and Tong Guan as the successor of Zhong Shidao. The relationship between the two can basically refer to the relationship between Tan Zhen and Tong Guan, and the relationship between Wang Fu and Cai Jing.

Moreover, Liu Yanqing was personally appointed by Zhao Ji and Tong Guan to be in charge of the capital. This time, he went south to suppress Fang La and Li Cun's rebellion.

And Zhongshi has a high prestige, has just made great achievements, and has a stubborn temper. He is still the actual commander of the Song Army on the Western Front.

In this case, after he Liu Yanqing led the army to merge with the Song army on the western front, will he, Liu Yanqing, control the way of cultivating teachers, or the way of cultivating teachers will control him Liu Yanqing?
There is another question, do you want the Jinling City they have worked so hard to get?

Without this bridgehead, they would never even think about crossing the river via the northern line in the future.

Liu Yanqing did not make a decision on his own, but took the trouble to send someone to ask Tong Guan again, and secretly told Tong Guan about these problems.

After receiving Liu Yanqing's request for instructions, Tong Guan was also in a dilemma. After thinking for a long time, Tong Guan wrote a reply letter to Liu Yanqing.

The reply this time was not an official document, but a memo written on a piece of exquisite bamboo paper.

The original text is written like this: "Looking up at the situation, if you can do it, then you can do it, and you can't make mistakes in the military."

What Tong Guan meant was to let Liu Yanqing decide what to do according to the actual situation. If the situation is really bad, you can withdraw, but you can't delay the military.

"That time" is a dialect in the Song Dynasty, which means to withdraw troops.

Tong Guan was still in Yangzhou, separated by the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and didn't know the situation on the battlefield ahead. It should be said that there was some reason for him to let Liu Yanqing deal with it as appropriate.

Of course, this is also Tong Guan trying to avoid this difficult problem.

Tong Guan kicked the ball back to Liu Yanqing, but Liu Yanqing was in trouble!
——Then should I fight, or withdraw?How to fight?Withdraw, how to withdraw?

Liu Yanqing gathered all the senior generals of the Song army on the northern line who had crossed the river, talked about the current situation, and said that the Xuanfu Division asked them to decide whether to fight or withdraw. As for the food, there is no food for the time being, so let them figure out their own way , and then let everyone speak up and discuss what they should do?
Many Song generals looked at each other in blank dismay.

They have always been only responsible for fighting, how can they know how to make decisions?
The point is, if you don't give food and grass, if you retreat, you may be completely wiped out by other people's navy.

This decision is too bad to make.

Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Huan suggested: "Otherwise, give up Jinling City and go south to Shezhou to join forces with the old economic minister. The old economic minister has won consecutive battles. I think he should have no shortage of food and grass."

After listening to Wang Huan's suggestion, Liu Yanqing's face sank instantly.

——This is what Liu Yanqing most wanted to avoid.

Tong Guan, including Zhao Ji behind Tong Guan, had hinted to Liu Yanqing long ago that as long as Liu Yanqing has made enough military achievements this time, he will wait another year or two, and when he grows up as a teacher, he will let Liu Yanqing take his place. Zhong Shidao became the supreme commander of the Western Army.

But this time when he went south, Liu Yanqing did not make any contribution, but Zhong Shi's way of being a teacher was old and firm, and he made great contributions one after another.

If things go on like this, Liu Yanqing will lose his status as the successor of the teacher, not to mention being inoculated with the teacher's way. , Ma Bujun are in charge, and the identity of Zhiyan'an Mansion has been lost.

Therefore, Liu Yanqing desperately wanted to make some great contributions, instead of taking the initiative to run under Zhongshidao and be oppressed by Zhongshidao, thus losing his chance to be in charge of the Western Army.

Liu Guangshi, who had just returned to Jinling City from Xiuzhou, also attended the meeting.

Liu Guangshi also didn't want his father Liu Yanqing to be oppressed by the way of being a teacher, which is not conducive to Liu Guangshi's development, so Liu Guangshi said euphemistically: "Mr. Zhong should be encircling and suppressing the remnants of Fang Lana's bandits. When he is here, his army We must have already entered Muzhou, if our army goes south to Muzhou, we must pass through the eastern defense zone of the ant thief, will this thief allow our army to go south smoothly?"

Liu Zhen said domineeringly: "If you don't let me beat you, just do it."

Liu Guangshi smiled at Liu Zhen and said, "I went to Xiuzhou to investigate the terrain a few days ago. I saw ant thieves hoarding millions of troops in Xiuzhou. This department will definitely fight our army. If we know that our army is going south, then the million Ant thieves will definitely go west to intercept our army and fight our army."

Hearing Liu Guangshi say that there are millions of ants in Li Cun's department, many Song generals were shocked.

But Ma Gongzhi curled his lips: "Fang Lana's bandits also have millions of troops, and they were also defeated by the old businessman."

As soon as Ma Gongzhi said this, everyone thought the same thing, the level of ant thieves is just a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes, and among our more than [-] horses, half of the elite Western Army, even the Imperial Guards in Gyeonggi, are also high-ranking. The Taiwei selected elite soldiers from hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in Gyeonggi. From the perspective of overall strength, our place is not much inferior to the Song army on the western front.

Liu Guangshi said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of the enemy. I mean, instead of being forced to fight a decisive battle with ants from the southwestern part of Zhejiang Province, it is better to go southeastern Zhejiang Province and take the initiative to attack."

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As soon as Liu Guangshi said this, all Song generals couldn't help looking at Liu Guangshi who proposed this bold battle plan, including his father Liu Yanqing.

Liu Guangshi did not have stage fright, he talked eloquently: "I have three reasons."

"One, today our army has no way to retreat, no way to defend, no way to fight, only to fight to the death with the ants and thieves."

All Song generals thought about it in their hearts:
Retreating, separated by the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and blocked by the mighty Huben navy on the Yangtze River, if they cross the river by force, they are likely to be completely wiped out by the Huben navy on the Yangtze River;

There is no food and grass, because the Yangtze River is controlled by the Huben Army, and the strategic value of Jinling City is also greatly reduced;

There is no difference between throwing and going to a decisive battle with the Huben army blocking in the middle.

Therefore, Liu Guangshi's analysis of the current situation is quite reasonable.

Seeing that no one refuted, Liu Guangshi continued: "Both, there are many poor mountains and bad waters in the west of Zhejiang, while the east of Zhejiang is flat and flat. , it is advantageous to fight in simple places, and it is forbidden to fight in complicated places, and the ant thief is from the west of Zhejiang, and knows everything about the west of Zhejiang, so the decisive battle in the east of Zhejiang is better than the decisive battle in the west of Zhejiang.”

Liu Guangshi ran to Xiuzhou to rescue Xiuzhou City this time, but he did not run in vain. He touched the terrain of eastern Zhejiang all the way, and Niu Meng is from Western Zhejiang. They knew each other very well, and when the two chatted, Liu Guangshi judged that the decisive battle in eastern Zhejiang was of great benefit to them.

Those who are familiar with the topography of the Liangzhe area nodded frequently after listening to Liu Guangshi's words.

There is nothing to say. The west of Zhejiang is either a mountain or a river. It is easy to be used by the tiger and cardinal army fighting from the west of Zhejiang to win this decisive battle. However, the eastern part of Zhejiang is all plains. In the decisive battle in eastern Zhejiang, the Song army not only failed They will suffer from the disadvantages of the terrain, and they can also give full play to the advantages of their horse army.

So no one refuted Liu Guangshi.

Seeing this, Liu Guangshi said the third point straightforwardly: "Three things, if our army wins this battle, we can capture the ants and make them an auxiliary army, and then continue to go south to attack Hangzhou. If we win, our contribution will be great." Lost to the generals on the Western Front."

The truth couldn't be simpler.

The Song army on the western front wiped out Fang Layi's army, and broke through Shezhou, the base camp of Fang Layi's army. If they want to not lose to the Song generals on the western front, there is only one possibility for them, that is, to wipe out the Huben army, capture Hangzhou, and capture Li live.

Even, if they can really do this, then their credit will be higher than that of the Song generals on the western front. After all, Hangzhou is the political, economic and cultural center and the capital of the Liangzhe region.

And many people went south this time to quell the chaos, in order to gain military exploits, otherwise, why would they come all the way here?
Besides, using these farmers who have just put down their hoes to make military achievements is not much better than fighting those Xixia people or Liao people who are good at fighting?
Therefore, Qu Duan, Cookie's younger brother, simply raised his hand and said, "I agree with Liu Dujian's plan."

Soon, Liu Guangshi's proposal was supported by a large number of young generals.

The reason is simple, these young generals, including Liu Guangshi, want to take advantage of this good opportunity to fight hard, so that these new talents have a chance to stand out.

Those veterans were a little hesitant.

The reason is also very simple. They have obtained the status and power they want. For them, the most important thing now is not to make meritorious deeds, but how to maintain their existing power and status.

Liu Yanqing is actually partial to this kind of thinking.

Liu Guangshi knew his father's conservative faults, so Liu Guangshi glanced at Liu Yanqing indiscriminately, and then looked at Liu Yanqing's chair.

To be fair, there is no problem for Zhao Ji to find successors for Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Zhong Shidao. After all, Cai Jing is 74 this year, Tong Guan is 67 this year, and Zhong Shidao is [-] this year. They are really too old.

But the problem is that in these terrible positions, Zhao Ji's selection of these successors is not good.

Wang Fu and Tan Zhen stopped talking.

Just talk about Liu Yanqing.

Liu Yanqing was born in a family of generals.

——The Liu family of the Security Army is a well-known family of Tibetan officials on the border of Song and Xia.

Liu Huaizhong, the founder of the Baoan Liu family, is extremely capable of fighting.

Developed to the fourth generation, the representative of the Baoan Liu family is Liu Yanqing.

And Liu Yanqing was also fought in the Western Army one by one, and he was definitely not a dead man.

The most intuitive proof is that during the Jingkang Defense War in history, Liu Yanqing came out again. He led the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City. He really fought a few beautiful battles and retired the Jin army.

Even at Liu Yanqing's last moment, Liu Yanqing still wanted to escort that coward Zhao Huan out of the city. If it hadn't been delayed for a long time by the capricious Zhao Huan, Liu Yanqing would not have died in battle among the rebellious soldiers.

But then again, although Liu Yanqing is not a rich man, he can be a general, but not a commander.

Because Liu Yanqing has a fatal weakness, that is, he is too indecisive.

This is a taboo for handsome people.

If Liu Yanqing only has the problem of indecision, there is actually no problem.

Because a good fighter has no great achievements.

——Generals who are good at fighting will generally not fight easily, but pursue victory first and then fight, depending on the battle.

In fact, Liu Yanqing already had this intention.

But the terrible thing is that Liu Yanqing is still greedy for power and power.

This makes it impossible for Liu Yanqing to become a real general who is good at fighting, because such a general will not fight until the opportunity determined in the first battle comes, even if he does not fight for a lifetime, he will never fight, and he will never desire to make meritorious deeds out of wishful thinking. Therefore, those good fighters often consider whether the actual conditions are mature, rather than their own interests, and fight very few battles.

But Liu Yanqing couldn't do this.

Just like now, after Liu Guangshi's reminder, Liu Yanqing immediately understood that Liu Guangshi was saying: "Father, if you don't follow my plan, the position under your butt will be lost."

When it came to his own power and status, Liu Yanqing's balance inevitably shifted towards a decisive battle with Li Cun.

But Liu Yanqing still couldn't make a final decision, so he couldn't help but ask again: "How to solve the problem of food, grass and supplies?"

Liu Guangguo couldn't let his younger brother focus on the front, he said first: "I have a way."

Liu Guangguo's method is very simple, that is, to "borrow food" from ordinary people.

This is what Hu people and Fan people often do, and it is commonly known as "beating the grass valley".

I often deal with Hu people and Fan people, and even the Western Army, which has many Fan soldiers, actually has a bit of this tradition.

But that is what they will do when they are at war with foreigners such as Xixia and Tubo.

This is a civil war, so...wouldn't it be bad?
Soon, the cheating duo, including those who wanted to make meritorious service in this decisive battle, convinced Liu Yanqing and other Song generals who were still hesitating.

In fact, it can't be said that Liu Yanqing and the others were persuaded by these radicals, but they were short of food immediately and had no other place to get food, and now they had no other choice at all.

in short.

The Song army attacked everywhere and grabbed a lot of food, grass and supplies from the civilians in the nearby areas.

During the period, there were also many soldiers of the Song Army with poor military discipline, who did a lot of things that both people and gods were angry with.

The blood debts one after another were all recorded on Zhao Song's head by the people in the Liangzhe area.

Undoubtedly, this further intensified the resentment of the people in the Liangzhe area towards Zhao Song.

At the same time, it also made the people in the Zhejiang and Zhejiang regions more support the Huben Army and Li Cun, the leader of the Huben Army, who have strict military discipline and can bring them a good life.

After several days of looting, the Song army finally gathered enough food and supplies.

Early August.

After crossing the northern line of the river, the Song army went south, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Huben army...

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Stomach flu, having diarrhea, using a hot water bottle to help her, going to the toilet again and again, and coding this chapter of the novel.

It is really not easy to code this chapter.

I beg my brothers to reward me with a few chapters of monthly tickets for the sake of my whole night in this state!

(End of this chapter)