Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 137 I stock up on guns, you stock up on food, and your home is my granary.

"Brother Yue Fei, I am going to Yunzhong this time to follow Mr. Lao Zhong. As for you, work hard in Hedong. With your ability, you will definitely be successful in the future."

As Qu Duan spoke, he threw a money bag into Yue Fei's hand. He didn't allow Yue Fei to refuse, so he told Yue Fei to hold the money bag tightly.

"Brother, I have some savings. I know that your family is not easy, so I will accept it to help support your family.

This time I went to Yunzhong, although I said I was following the old Mr. Zhong, but in fact I was fighting against Marshal Liu. If you make a fortune through military exploits, I will not be short of this little money. If you can't come back, I naturally don't need you to pay it back. I just need you to burn some paper money for your brother every year in the future. "

Yue Fei took a deep breath, but did not refuse anymore, and bowed to Qu Duan.

"Brother, don't be so sad. That Marshal Liu is a hero of the world. Maybe you and I can still work under him in the future." Qu Duan knew it was impossible, but he still comforted Yue Fei and deliberately joked a few words. He raised his head and drank a bowl of farewell wine, then said goodbye.

The 4,000 Western Army, plus 30,000 Imperial Guards, couldn't be said to have cried bitterly when they set out for Yunzhong, but it was almost the same scene.

Except for the soldiers who ran away to avoid being transferred, there were some who had no sons before they left home, and even recognized a godson from a member of the same clan. They were already prepared to have the godson mourn in mourning in a few months.

Compared to the Song people, most people in the Yanyun area became elated when they heard that there was going to be another war.

Fighting means generous rewards and official titles. Everyone will die anyway, but Liu Ling tells them time and time again that even if they die, Marshal Liu will pay enough to buy it.

If you come back alive, your whole family will have enough to eat. If you die, your whole family will still have enough to eat.

The resources of the entire Yunzhong and Yandi were pouring in. Cai Jing knew that Liu Ling was going to conquer the Yinshan tribe. He was so happy that he felt like he was twenty years younger. He worked overtime to deal with government affairs with a smile every day.

After two months of rest, the Qiuba people in the army were not dissatisfied when they heard the news of the war again. Most of them were highly motivated and eager for military success.

After all, Marshal Liu had led them to fight for three years. They fought bloody battles every time, losing less and winning more. Not long ago, he even beat the golden man like a dog.

With such a coach at their head, at least the soldiers will not worry about him abandoning the army and running away. Everyone has the confidence to win and want to win.

The people of the Song Dynasty were also happy that Liu Ling led the army to cause trouble in the north. For the Song Dynasty court, Liu Ling just wanted more money and food, but overall he was really peaceful. He was not like Xixia who often invaded the invaders to raid grass valleys. It's not like the Liao Kingdom, which extorted money every year and had to poop and piss on the Song people's heads every year.

As for Liu Ling himself, he knew the terrible burden Yanyun was facing now on his finances, and it was impossible for the Song people to give him blood and milk at no cost. Therefore, the next step was not only to support war with war, but also to Rob.

The leaders and chiefs of the Yinshan tribe thought they could take the opportunity to rebel because of the murder of the envoy, but what Liu Ling wanted was for some of the tribes to take the initiative to rebel.

"In the fourteenth year of Yingli's reign, the Wugu tribe in Yinshan rebelled, and the Liao Kingdom quelled it three years later.

In the first month of the second year of Kaitai, various tribes rebelled, and it took four months to put down the rebellion.

In September of the third year of Kaitai, eight enemy tribes rebelled."

Liu Ling looked down at the book record in his hand. According to the above content, the northwest of Liao Kingdom has never been very stable. Since more than a hundred years ago, large tribes have rebelled almost every year, or every two or three years. The Liao Kingdom was pacified either with soldiers and horses, or with the help of pacification methods.

But correspondingly, there are terrifying interests behind the Yinshan Grassland. The 20,000 horses that the Yubu tribes pay tribute every year are enough for Liu Ling to launch a large-scale war again.

"Commander, the people of Song Dynasty are asking for an audience." An announcement sounded outside. Liu Ling and the generals in the tent looked at each other. To the surprise of the generals, Liu Ling stood up this time, as if he wanted to personally meet.

Master Zhong is already very old, but he is not confused after all.

This time he was re-appointed by the court, and he had a relationship with Tong Guan, but Master Zhong knew very well that this old eunuch might not have any good intentions.

Since the death of Liu Yanqing, there have been voices in the DPRK asking Zhong Shidao to come back to take charge of the northwest defense, and it is getting louder and louder. It is difficult to say whether there are other people behind this.

Tong Guan took advantage of the situation and asked the court for permission to let Master Dao come out of the mountain and let him lead the Western Army to Yunzhong to take charge.

The old castrated dog played this trick very beautifully, he wanted to let himself die in the clouds.

Zhong Shidao was thinking silently, with no expression on his face. He looked at the handsome tent and was already prepared to be humiliated by Marshal Liu.

In his opinion, they did have the confidence not to give him face. After all, Zhong Shidao used to be stationed in the northwest to defend the Xia people, but their Marshal Liu led thousands of soldiers and horses to fight outside the Xingqing mansion of the Xia people. , forcing the Xia people to swear an oath!

When the curtain of the commander's tent was lifted, Zhong Shidao saw a heroic face. Immediately, the Zhenyuan Army general lifted the curtain and came out, bowing to him and saluting.

"Liu, I have met Mr. Zhong of the Song Dynasty."

"Liu" Zhong Shidao was stunned for a moment. He was not stupid after all. He would rather admit his mistake at this time than lower his head first.

"Could it be that Marshal Liu is in front of you?" "Liu just started his career by luck. How can he afford Mr. Zhong to be so polite? Come in quickly. Our army is discussing military affairs. Mr. Zhong can also come and listen."

Liu Ling took Zhong Shidao's calloused hands and led him into the handsome tent. After letting go, Zhong Shidao was still in a daze. After Liu Ling reminded him, he hurriedly faced him as if he had just woken up from a dream. All the generals in the tent saluted.

But the latter was more respectful than him and bowed down one after another.

This respect is obviously not because of him, but because of Marshal Liu.

Zhong Shidao immediately had a good impression of him.

There was a huge sand table in the middle of the commander's tent. Several specialized officials had already arranged the sand table in advance, stacking and marking the locations of mountains, rivers, and rivers on it. Master Zhong walked over and listened silently. He noticed that, A muscular general was speaking loudly.

"Seven tribes of the enemy have rebelled. All the tribes under the largest Wanggu tribe have rebelled and are besieging the Zubu tribes in the south. The estimated strength is more than 80,000, with cavalry accounting for the majority. Our Yongqing army has many armored cavalry, which can be used as The vanguard goes north.”

The general had a louder voice and placed a small flag representing the Yongqing Army on the sand table. The other general immediately said coldly: "As for the cavalry, our army has three thousand iron kite troops, all of whom were elite iron cavalry from the previous Xia Kingdom. It has more troops than your disabled Yongqing Army cavalry, and it can still fight!

In this battle, I should be the vanguard! "

The largest tribe among the Zubu tribes is called the Kelie tribe, which is only one word different from the seven enemy tribes of rebels who besieged them.

Now the resistance of the various tribes is very tenacious, so whoever leads the troops to support first will be able to take the lead. Liang Zhe stared at Han Shizhong coldly. There were several generals standing beside them, and they were faintly visible. There is a sense of confrontation.

Liu Ling coughed lightly.

"The guests are still here, and you want to let them laugh?"

More than a dozen generals immediately turned around, bowed and clasped their fists.

"The Wang Gu tribe is the leader of the rebellion, but it is the furthest away from us, so it will not be easy to deal with it for a while." Liu Ling walked to the sand table and placed the small flags of the Yongqing Army and the Shengjie Army on the north side of the sand table to represent The location of Jiashan.

"Each of you will lead seven thousand soldiers to the north, march from the east and west, and rush to the aid of the Chubu tribes. Then, whoever defeats the eight enemy tribes first will be granted the title of marquis next."

The eight tribes of Kelei are actually the Yinshan Tatars. This time, seven major tribes among them raised their flags to rebel.

Liu Ling returned to his position as coach and sat down, looking at the generals: "Commander, I'm waiting to ask for credit for you."

Han Shizhong and Liang Zhe bowed and saluted at the same time.

"The last general takes command!"

Zhong Shidao kept staring at the sand table until the generals in the tent were almost gone, then he turned around and asked Liu Ling: "Commander, I have a doubt."

He pointed to the sand table: "There are many mountains in the north. You have 14,000 soldiers entering the grassland, and there will be a large number of troops behind. Is your food route safe?"

The Jin people will definitely not interfere this time, but Liu Ling cannot directly tell Zhong Shidao the news.

“There aren’t many food channels.”

"Then if you send out so many soldiers at once, if there is a shortage of food and grass, the morale of the army will be disturbed."

"The big grassland tribes are actually very wealthy, but they happened to rebel." Liu Ling replied, "We don't have any surplus food for the winter at home, so we just went to grab some."

When Liu Ling personally escorted Seed Master Dao out of the camp, a group of Song Army cavalry happened to stop here. Liu Ling noticed that one of the Song generals looked at him very eagerly. After looking at each other for a moment, his eyes stopped at On the Song general behind that man.

Zhong Shidao followed his gaze and immediately smiled and said: "Shuai Liu, this is the general of our Western Army. His surname is Yang and his name is Keshi. Because of the failure in the previous expedition to Liao, he was frustrated for several years. Now he has been reused. Get up."

Liu Ling nodded slightly, smiled and nodded to the "new acquaintance" General Song.

Yang Keshi sat on the horse, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "This time in the clouds, of course, I am also taking care of Marshal Liu. I am doing my best for the imperial court. Everything is for the Song Dynasty!"

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