Qian Song

Chapter 183 Li Cun: Yue Fei is Mine (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

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In fact, it is not far from Li Cun's site to Yanjing.

Moreover, this road can take the waterway, that is, take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, directly to Yanjing.

but--

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in this era is not called the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in this era is not as straight as the later generations to Yanjing.

——The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations was rebuilt by Kublai Khan. He dug the Jeju River and Huitong River to connect Tongzhou to Qingjiang, Jiangsu. .

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in this era was still the one dug by Yang Guang. It was centered on Luoyang and divided into four sections: Jiangnan River, Hangou, Tongji Canal, and Yongji Canal.

But although the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in this era is more than 900 kilometers longer than the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations, because it is a continuous waterway, the transportation volume and speed are still far from comparable to land routes.

But the problem is that the Zhao and Song Dynasties did not allow Li Cun to walk along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

——Zhao Jijun and ministers were afraid that Li Cun would attack Guo directly by attacking Bianliang City in Tokyo and destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Li Gang negotiated with Li Bangyan and Wu Min many times, but Li Bangyan and Wu Min insisted that Li Cun should not be allowed to go to Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal. Ji Qu, their Zhao Song Dynasty would rather give up the attitude of letting Li Cun help Zhao Song Dynasty recover the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures".

Li Gang had no choice but to come to Li Cun to explain the situation. What should I do if I ask for instructions?
Li Cun called Li Bangyan and Wu Min, and asked bluntly: "Your emperor is afraid that I will attack Guo with false ways."

Li Bangyan and Wu Min didn't speak, and used silence to express that Zhao Song Dynasty was very worried about this matter.

Seeing this, Li Cun said: "At this time, my army will not take the water, but let me take the food, grass and luggage, how about it?"

As soon as Li Cun said this, the officials of Dagan immediately objected.

You know, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Li Cun has prepared a whole [-]-gang ship's food and supplies this time.

That's all.

— There are two other parts.Some of them are transported by sea, and the quantity is almost the same as that by water; another small part is transported by land.

There is no way, since the Zhao and Song Dynasties are in the middle, Li Cun must be planning to transport more food, grass and luggage to Yanjing when the two sides are still in the honeymoon period, so as to avoid the lack of food in the future and lead to the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures fail.

In addition, the Yanyun area has been fighting for several years, and the people in the territory have no time to farm, so they must be extremely short of food. Li Cun has to prepare emergency food for the millions of people in the Yanyun area.

——Although the Yanyun area is small, its status in the Liao Kingdom is very high.Liao has a total population of about 1000 million, of which Nanjing Road (Yandi) has a population of more than 220 million, Xijing Road (Yundi) has a population of 170 million, and the total population of Yanyun area is nearly 370 million, which is the third of the total population of Liao. one-third.Moreover, the Yanyun area is also the most agriculturally developed area in the Liao State, and a large number of sources of soldiers and financial resources of the Liao State depend on the Yanyun area.Therefore, if there is no food in the Yanyun area, then the entire Liao Kingdom must have no food.And Hedong and Hebei are not areas rich in grain.Therefore, if Li Cun did not bring enough food, there would be no place to rob him.

In addition, the north is no better than the south, and it will become extremely cold in a few months. Therefore, Li Cun prepared a lot of cotton clothes and things for winter.

And the volume of sea freight is large.

But apart from the Jiaodong Peninsula, a port with incomplete facilities that Li Cun just borrowed from the Zhao and Song Dynasty, there is not even a single port on the long coastline going north, and there is no way to resupply Dagan's fleet. And shelter the fleet of Daqian.

This will undoubtedly bring certain risks to shipping.

Besides, you can't put all your eggs in one basket, right?

Li Cun stopped the yelling of his officials, and said lightly: "If his family dares to move my food, grass and luggage, I will immediately launch a full-scale war on his family, and destroy his family first."

Li Bangyan and Wu Min's faces turned dark when they heard it, but they thought about it again. Li Cun only used Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal to transport food, grass and supplies. Don't be afraid that Li Cun will attack Guo with a fake way.

After asking Zhao Ji for instructions, Li Bangyan and Wu Min agreed that Li Cun's grain and supplies could go through Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal, and offered that Li Cun could send an army of no more than 1 horses to escort grain and grass.

Zhao Ji and his ministers were actually unwilling to send Li Cun an army to escort food, grass and supplies, but the problem is that the territory of the Zhao and Song Dynasties is not safe now-peasant uprisings have begun again in Hebei and Shandong.

Zhao Ji and his ministers were very worried. If Li Cun did not send troops to escort the grain and grass, and Li Cun's grain, grass, and supplies were robbed by those daring ant thieves, then the Song Dynasty might be in trouble.

Li Cun was not polite to Zhao Ji's officials, and directly sent the experienced and steady Xie Yuan to lead [-] Jinwu troops to escort this part of the grain and grass to the border of Song and Liao.

In addition to the two large quantities of grain and grass by sea and water, Li Cun also used the more than 3000 war elephants he brought back from the Indochina Peninsula, the [-] Dali horses he bought from Dali Guoqiang, and more than [-] civilians. A batch of grain and grass supplies.

However, the amount of this batch of food, grass and luggage is not large - except for the nearly 30 soldiers and civilians who eat and use on the road, after arriving in Yandi, it is estimated that there will not be too much left.

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Li Cun's army was almost at Liaocheng, but Li Cun didn't see Zhao Li leading his [-] soldiers to catch up.

In this regard, Li Cun couldn't help being a little disappointed.

Li Cun even thought that even if Zhao Li could only bring 5000 people, he would first give him a deputy commander.

Who wants to...

Just when Li Cun felt sorry for Zhao Li, the sentry suddenly reported that there were [-] soldiers in my military uniform ahead.

Li Cun laughed when he heard the words: "My good will be in the future!"

Li Cun then ordered: "Call Zhao Li to see me."

Soon after, Zhao Li was brought before Li Cun.

Li Cun asked, "How many of my eight thousand soldiers did Aiqing bring to me?"

Zhao Libai said: "It should be [-], but it's actually [-], which is not a lot for one person."

"it is good."

Li Cun said happily: "Zhao Li listens to Feng."

Zhao Lilang said: "The minister is here."

Li Cun looked at Zhao Li and said: "I have specially appointed Zhao Li as the commander of the subordinate soldiers, and the subordinate soldiers are my third personal guard."

He became a senior member of the military as soon as he was white, and he was also the leader of the emperor's personal guard. Although Zhao Li was very calm, he couldn't help being excited and forgot to thank him at the first moment.

Luckily Liu Xuan reminded Zhao Li: "Quickly receive the decree to thank you."

Only then did Zhao Li come to his senses, and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Retire without courtesy."

Li Cun said again: "You report the meritorious people later, and then write a recommendation. The soldiers are the soldiers. I don't plan to add others to my soldiers. In the future, my soldiers will be filled by Chu people."

Zhao Li liked it even more, so he could explain something to his brothers when he went back.

Zhao Li understood that His Majesty was helping him deal with the aftermath.

With an emperor who is so considerate to his courtiers, what else can Zhao Li say besides dying?
Zhao Li bowed to the ground again: "No!"

Li Cun told Zhao Li, "Train your troops well, don't lose the prestige of my Jiangdong soldiers", and then asked Zhao Li to go north with the army and replace the combat equipment.

After walking a certain distance, Li Cun called Zhao Ding and Qin Hui, the companions sent by Zhao Song Dynasty.

These two people were wanted by Li Cun and Zhao Song Dynasty.

According to Zhao Jijunchen's intention, Wu Min and Ma Kuo were sent as companions.

But Wu Min's talking is fine, but it's not very useful in reality, and Ma Kuo's ability is mainly reflected in diplomacy, not the management talent Li Cun wants.

Besides, it is rare to have an opportunity to pick someone from the Zhao Song Dynasty, so Li Cun will of course pick two useful ones.

The Zhao Song Dynasty didn't want to cause further problems because of this trivial matter, so they sent Zhao Ding and Qin Hui over.

Li Cun said to Zhao Ding and Qin Hui: "I heard that Xiangzhou soldiers are good, so I want to go to Xiangzhou to recruit some brave men, and tell you two, lest you two think that I am going to attack your famous mansion."

Zhao Ding hurriedly stopped him: "We will arrive at the border in a few days, so why should His Majesty make trouble at this time?"

Qin Hui also said righteously: "If Your Majesty feels that you don't have enough troops, you can discuss with Song Dynasty. How can you recruit people from Song Dynasty?"

Li Cun smiled and said, "I'm just talking to you two, not asking for your opinions."

After all, Li Cun sent Zhao Ding and Qin Hui away with a wave of his hand, and then Li Cun led the front guard army, the rear guard army, the white army, eight thousand soldiers, and some civilian husbands who transported food, grass and luggage to Xiangzhou Tang Yin County, as for the other armies, continued to advance towards the border of Song and Liao under the leadership of Han Shizhong and Wu Jie, and joined the grain, grass and supplies traveling to the border of Song and Liao by water and sea.

in fact--

It is very troublesome for Li Cun to make such a trip.

But Li Cun felt that Yue Fei was worth the trouble.

A thousand troops are easy to get but a general is hard to find.

Zhao Ding and Qin Hui were afraid that Li Cun would clash with someone on the way, which would cause the two families to fight, so after discussing with each other, Zhao Ding followed Li Cun on this journey.

Along the way, with Zhao Ding communicating, who would dare to stop Li Cun's tens of thousands of troops?

So all the way without words.

Soon, Li Cun came to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou.

Here, Li Cun put up such provocative slogans as "recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun", "I have been in the hands of Han for 200 years", "there are Han people in Xiangzhou".

At the same time, Li Cun sent people to post the recruitment policy everywhere, and announced it in the form of propaganda.

Generally speaking, the selected brave will get [-] mu of fertile land, and all family members, regardless of men, women, old and young, will get [-] mu of fertile land. The monthly fee for bravery is one and a half coins, and the regular monthly coin is two coins. Every time a general is promoted, five acres of fertile land will be added With half a month's money, family members prioritize work...

In short, Li Cun took the two-pronged approach, opened the big net and waited for Yue Fei to take the bait...

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Yue Fei was born in the second year of Chongning in a village in Yonghe Township, Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, Zhendingfu Road, Hebei Province. He was the fifth son. The first four elder brothers all died young, and there was an older sister and a younger brother.

Yue Fei's father was named Yue He and his mother was Yao.

According to legend, when Yue Fei was born, a big bird flew over his home, so Yue He named Yue Fei "Yue Fei", and even Yue Fei's word "Pengju" may have come from this way.

The conditions of Yue Fei's family are relatively poor. The fields owned by his family are too barren, so that the income from the family's hard work cannot make the whole family full of food and warm clothes.

And Yue He's health is not very good.

Therefore, from the day Yue Fei was able to participate in labor, he helped the family with work.

Yue He has a bit of culture, so he can teach Yue Fei how to read and read, and he often tells Yue Fei the deeds of some historical heroes.

This had a great impact on Yue Fei.

It may be because he has helped the family with work since he was a child, or it may be because of his extraordinary talent. Yue Fei has had strength beyond ordinary people since he was a child.

——When Yue Fei was not yet an adult, Yue Fei could draw a strong bow of three hundred catties.

Zhou Tong, Yue Fei's fellow countryman, is a man of high martial arts and good at riding and shooting. Yue Fei learned all his kung fu from him after several years.

Yue Fei's grandfather Yao Daweng admired his grandson Yuefei's martial arts very much, so he asked Yue Fei to learn martial arts from Chen Guang, a famous gunman in the county.

This makes Yue Fei's marksmanship invincible.

Yue Fei got married at the age of 15, and married the Liu family who was slightly older than him in the same village.

The eldest son Yue Yun was born the following year.

Because of the family, the expenses are even greater.

Yue Fei had no choice but to go to the Han family in Dayjintang in Anyang County to be a farmer.

During the time when the Han family was a farmer, Yue Fei shot and killed a leader of the rebel army named Zhang Chao, and helped the Han family repel the rebel army.

Not long ago, Yue Fei became a gamer, that is, an archer.

However, within a few days of this job, Yue Fei was fired because of drinking.

Currently Yue Fei is at home, being nagged by Mrs. Liu, "The food at home has bottomed out", "Father-in-law has no money to buy medicine", "Yun'er is about to run out of food"...

Yue Fei was also worried about making money - he was thinking about whether to go to the army to earn some quick money or something?I heard that Song and Liao were fighting, so they might be able to make some meritorious service, establish a career or something.

At this time, Yue Fei's elder brother Yue Heng, cousin Yao Zheng, good friends Gui Zhang Xian and Wang Gui came to find Yue Fei together.

Before the man entered the courtyard, Yue Heng yelled: "Yue Fei, the emperor wants to personally conquer Yanjing and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Now he comes to our county to recruit guards. If he is selected, he will give [-] acres of fertile land, and his family will return the money to everyone." Give five acres and monthly money of [-] yuan and [-] yuan as a base, and you can get three yuan's monthly money when you become a boss. I'll go there soon, or I won't be able to choose after the emperor has chosen enough."

As soon as Yue Fei heard this, he quickly called his younger brother Yue Fan to follow Yue Heng and others to sign up.

Signing up went well.

Yue Fei also won the position of acting capital because of his comprehensive conditions such as winning the first prize in bow and arrow, being able to ride horses, good spear skills, and superb martial arts. He commanded a hundred people and received four monthly payments.

In addition, as long as Yue Fei brings his parents, wife Liu, and son Yue Yun, each of them will get five acres of fertile land.

Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Yue Heng, Yao Zheng and others also received a lot of rewards - the worst among them was Shi Chang.

The only thing is that the good land is not in Xiangzhou, but in Ezhou, they have to move their home to Ezhou.

However, the imperial court said that they would arrange a residence for them.

Where is Ezhou?

Yue Fei and the others were all clueless.

It can be seen that the imperial court is rich and powerful, and there must be no difference between fertile land and real estate.

Many people have already gone home to pick up their families, and Yue Fei and others are also planning to go home and discuss with their families about moving their family to Ezhou.

On the way, the careful Zhang Xian said to Yue Fei: "Fifth brother, why do the imperial army wear black clothes, and don't my Song army wear red clothes?"

Wang Gui smiled and said: "You don't care if he wears black or red, it's still our Han army, and this money is not fake, and it can go to recover Yanyun sixteen prefectures, so what do you do with so much money?"

Zhang Xian thought the same thing, these big soldiers, they just eat food as soldiers, maybe they will die in a fight, what are they thinking so much about?
Even Yue Fei was thinking that it would be great if he could become an officer directly without starting as a soldier. The imperial court still values ​​talents.

Yue Fei and Yue Fan went home and told Yue He and others.

Yue He said straight away that Ezhou is on the banks of the Yangtze River and is a state larger than Xiangzhou.

Mrs. Liu was not in the mood to listen to Yue He explaining geography to Yue Fei and Yue Fan there. He just stared at the small 40 taels of silver in Yao's hand with fever in his eyes, and said excitedly: "Where is Ezhou, as long as the official Ren and the sixth younger brother will serve as the emperor's personal guards, and my family will have nearly a hundred acres of good land, and have a lot of monthly money, so we don't have to have enough food and clothing."

Yue Fei and the others agreed as well.

The family discussed it and decided to move to Ezhou.

The next day, Yue Fei, together with Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Yue Heng, Yao Zheng and others, took their family members to report.

The court's opportune text told Yue Fei and others to join the army immediately and go north with the army, and his family members had their own special personnel to send them to Ezhou on a large ship.

Yue Fei and the others did not dare to be negligent, and hastily bid farewell to their families to receive their military uniforms and become a member of the honorable army.

After Li Cun saw Yue Fei and others put on the uniforms of Ganjun with a binoculars from a distance, he smiled: "Yue Fei is mine now."

Then, Li Cun ordered the person in charge of arranging the family members of these recruits to send Yue Fei and other family members of Tangyin County recruits to Ezhou properly...

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