Song Dynasty

Chapter 108 Heart ([-])

To be honest, although the little lady of the Du family was born healthy, she was not too ugly, mainly because she was dark.I'm used to it, and I don't think so.

Moreover, she is gentle and gentle, which is also comparable to Yue Yun.

After the two got married, they were tired of being together all day long, and they seemed to get married first and then fall in love.

Usually it was Miss Du who drove Yue Yun back to the barracks, saying that a man was born in the world and should do something, how could he stay at home all day long and love his sons and daughters.

Seeing this situation, Wang Shen unconsciously nodded secretly, and also heaved a sigh of relief, it seemed that Yue Yun was very satisfied with this marriage, and he didn't need to ask others to complain.

As for An Niang, she loved the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yue family even more like a treasure, and the two had endless words to talk about.

Next, it was time for Wang Shen to fulfill his promise.

After the new year, the army has been rested, and the number of troops has expanded to [-], which has greatly exceeded that of the First Army. The Sizhou Camp was officially renamed the Sizhou Army.

The backbone of these 5000 soldiers and horses are all veterans of the Sizhou battalion. Almost all the soldiers who survived the Jiankang defense battle were promoted and became middle and low-level officers of the army.

Among the 5000 troops, there are 2000 Western Army pre-headquarters drawn from the left-behind division, and more than [-] refugees recruited from Jiangbei.The recruitment criteria are the same as before, honest and willing to endure hardships.As for soldiers and bums, no matter how good the physical condition is, no matter how rich the combat experience is, they don't want them at all.

Du Chong wanted to support Wang Shen and Du Shu, and he turned a blind eye to the sudden expansion of the Sizhou Army to such a large scale, and even set aside half a year's military salary, for which he almost emptied out the entire Jiangning City's autumn gifts this year.

The Sizhou Army is still divided into five battalions, of which 1000 cavalry are organized into the Tabai Army, led by Wang Shen himself, with Tabai as the middle army, and he also leads the front army with 1000 troops; Yue Yun leads the back Wei army with [-] heavy armor Lu Can led a thousand troops to select the vanguard and was also the deputy commander of the army; Gu Lie led a thousand troops to defeat the enemy; The envoy's surname is Wu and his name is Constitution, and the deputy commander's envoy is named Wu Tuo.

Both Wu and Wu were promoted by Wang Shen from the lowest ranks of the army, and Wu Xianxian was a detainee.But this man can read and write, has a flexible mind, and behaves decently. In the bloody battle with the Khitans last time, Yelu Mawu was defeated by eating a locust stone from him.It can be said that his stone was the key to the Sizhou army's complete defeat of the five tribes of Yeluma, and he made great contributions. This person is Wang Shen's key training target.

As for Wu Tuo, he was simply an ordinary soldier before.During the defense of Jiankang, he beheaded many people, so he was a warrior.

It's a pity that this kid took the enemy's spear in the chest and was seriously injured. He is still lying on the hospital bed, and it may take a month to recover.

To make the soldiers dare to fight and like to fight, they need a fair and smooth promotion channel. To promote these two, Wang Shen just wanted to be faithful and tell his subordinates that as long as they made contributions on the battlefield, he, Wang Shen, would not hesitate to reward them generously.

The troops started training half a month ago. After the new year, with the leadership of veterans, their combat effectiveness should be restored.

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There has been no snow for more than ten days, and the sun has been shining brightly all day long. The severe cold of years ago is unbearable.

It was getting dark gradually, and the Yangtze River was flowing slowly.

A large boat was parked in the reed marshes beside the Majiadu River. Wang Shen was wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat and was sitting on the prow of the boat, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and the fishing line was hanging straight into the water.

The sunset is red.

Behind him, Guo Ya was deftly tending to the small red clay stove. In the water bucket, a pot of rice wine was heating up, exuding a mellow aroma.

Beside him, another tall man knelt on the deck and touched the ground with his forehead: "Military envoy, it's my fault, it's my fault, please punish me."

"Huyantong, do you know that you are wrong? You have caused such a catastrophe before you have entered our army, how dare you ask someone to make you." Wang Shen threw the fishing rod in his hand into the water: "Fishing for an afternoon Fish, but nothing. I don’t know if it’s me fishing, or the big river is fishing for someone.”

Without looking back, he said, "General Huyan, my military temple in Sizhou is too small to accommodate a big Bodhisattva like you, so you should go back to the left-behind division!"

Hearing Wang Shen's words, the man named Hu Yantong became anxious, and said in a trembling voice: "Military envoy, military envoy, the last general has no control over his mouth, he can say whatever is on his mind. If he says something wrong, he does something wrong. Where you are, you just need to rule me by military law, but don’t drive me away?”

Speaking of this man named Hu Yantong, he was originally a brave general under the command of General Chen Cui of the Central Army of the Remaining Division, and he served as a lieutenant general in the army.He was originally a descendant of Hu Yanzan, the founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he possessed undue courage.

It's just that he is rude, irascible, and likes to talk nonsense.

During the Jiankang Defense War, Chen Cui and his son died for the country, the Chinese army was also disbanded, and the entire army establishment was cancelled.

The army of the left-behind division is currently being reorganized. He has nowhere to go, so he reports back to Du Chong to see if he can get another job.

At this time, because the troops of the left-behind department have completely collapsed, most of the troops have fled, there are too many officers and few soldiers, and a large number of officers have no place to settle. In addition, the officials of the left-behind department are greedy. If you want to become an officer and lead the army again, No filial piety, who would care about you?
Hu Yantong was simple-minded, but he didn't think of this level, so he walked over with two empty hands, so it was inevitable that he would be regarded as air.

After receiving the cold reception, Hu Yantong had a fit, and directly patted the table with his boss, only to be kicked out.

It just so happened that Wang Shen happened to be on business in the left-behind department on this day, and when he saw the commotion coming out to watch the excitement, he saw that this person had a pure personality, and he was a bully, so he immediately became interested.

I asked the person in the left-behind department who this person was, and only then did I know his name.

Hearing Hu Yantong's name and origin, Wang Shen's spirit was greatly lifted.This is a good officer. In real history, he was Han Shizhong's number one hero, and he made a lot of contributions in the later war against Jin.It's just that there was a fierce conflict with Han Shizhong because of his personality. If Hu Yantong can survive Shaoxing for 12 years, he may be able to get a commander of a large military region.But he is really a brave man with a bad temper. When he entered the court with Han Shizhong, he used to speak rudely, which made the ministers want to kill him to sue the army.

Han Shizhong is also a rough man, he does things carelessly, and when he goes to a banquet at the general's house, he often asks the general's wife and daughter to come out to accompany the wine, Hu Yantong is furious because of this, and wants to kill Han Shizhong.

After Han Shizhong found out, he demoted him to a small soldier with an excuse and sent him to serve under his enemy Cui Deming.Later, when Han Shizhong celebrated his birthday, Hu Yantong felt that it was an opportunity for reconciliation, so he came from thousands of miles to congratulate him. Unexpectedly, Han Shizhong went back to the tent when he saw him, and even Hu Yantong cried outside but did not see him.Hu Yantong had no choice but to go back, and was beaten again by Cui Deming for leaving the army without authorization.At this point, Hu Yantong couldn't bear it anymore, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the canal.

Afterwards, Han Shizhong also regretted it very much. This incident is also one of the rare stains in Han Shizhong's life history.

There was a shortage of talents in Wang Shen's army. After hearing his name, he asked for someone from the left-behind division.

At this time, Hu Yantong was also a general, equivalent to a division and brigade officer in later generations, at the same level as Wang Shen.Ordinarily, it would be inappropriate for him to be his subordinate.However, Wang Shen is gaining the trust of Du Xiang now, and he is so popular.In order to please Du Chong, the officials of the left-behind department couldn't control so much, so they just threw a transfer order and asked Hu Yantong to go to the Sizhou Army to perform his duties.

Hu Yantong and Wang Shen are of the same rank, and going to the Sizhou Army can be regarded as a downgrade.However, this reckless man doesn't have so many tricks.I also admire Wang Shen's character and fighting ability, and I am very happy to be able to serve under his command.

However, because of his personality, he had a conflict with Yue Yun when he first arrived at the Sizhou Army and before he reported for duty.The thing is, just this morning, when he entered the barracks, he saw Yue Yun training the Beiwei army.Immediately, I became interested, so I watched it on the sidelines.Seeing that he was in the alley, he couldn't help but said: "That's right, if Wang Daosi really wants to use XX, give this army to me to lead."

Hearing this, Young Master Yue became annoyed. Who are you? You wanted to seize Lao Tzu's military power as soon as you came here. When Lao Tzu was fighting the enemy on the battlefield, where are you ramming, get out!
Hu Yantong heard Yue Yun's scolding, how could he bear it, he rushed up and beat him.

So, the two strong men punched me and kicked each other lively, which immediately alarmed Du Shu, Lu Can, Chen Da and others.

Chen Da, a military judge, is not a good friend, and he will be ruled by military law immediately.

Seeing that he was about to be beaten with a military stick, Hu Yantong flicked his sleeves and said, I am not going to be an officer, and I haven't officially reported anyway, so I will go back to the left-behind division.There is no place to stay here, but a place to stay.

gone.

After leaving Sizhou Army, Hu Yantong regretted it more and more.I know my own affairs best. He has offended too many people in the past and has a good reputation. If he returns to the left behind department now, no one will take him in.Moreover, the Sizhou army is very famous, and he stayed there just to show his revenge.If you leave, I am afraid that such an opportunity will never come across again.

Thinking of this, he decided to seek Wang Shen to make amends.

It happened that Wang Shen took half a day off from Fusheng and brought Lao Guo to Majiadu for fishing, so Hu Yantong chased after him.

Wang Shen: "Military law, you are also a person who leads old soldiers. You must know that the army is a place where rules are followed. If you do something wrong, you have to accept punishment. However, a certain person said that you hadn't officially reported for duty when you fought with Yue Yun. , it can’t be considered a violation of military regulations, and this military law can’t be used against you.”

Hearing that he did not impose military laws on himself, Hu Yantong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the general is right, if I violate military discipline in the future, and if you punish me, just come, no complaints, but please The general takes him in."

Wang Shen suddenly said coldly: "If you want to obey someone's command, you have to have means. General Hu Yan's martial arts is naturally good, but I don't know how to lead troops to fight?"

Hu Yantong: "At any rate, the last general has been back and forth on the battlefield for many years. He has no other skills, but he still knows how to march and fight. The general just thinks about it."

According to what Hu Yantong said just now, he had served as an army commander under the command of Si Zongze, who stayed behind in Tokyo for a period of time, and had experience in leading large armies to fight. He was exactly the talent Wang Shen urgently needed.Moreover, Hu Yantong's combat skills were written in the book.

"No, let's sit down and have a drink. I would like to ask you about the specific situation of the battle of more than [-] people."

"Don't dare." Hu Yantong sat down, had a few glasses of wine with Wang Shen, and then described in detail the few decisive battles he participated in in Tokyo that year.

Wang Shen put away his messy thoughts and listened carefully, interrupting his words from time to time, turning around to ask a few questions.Then, he picked up the paper notes and put them into the booklet in his arms.

This speech was quite long, and before he realized it was already dark, Guo Ya lit a lantern and hung it on the bow of the boat.

He boiled another glass of wine and filled it up for the two of them.

Wang Shen put the booklet back into his arms, and said lightly: "Huyantong, our army is short of a brave general like you who has battle experience, you can stay. Our Sizhou army is still short of a commander, you It can be temporarily replaced."

Hu Yantong didn't expect that he could lead a thousand elite soldiers as soon as he joined the Sizhou Army, he was so excited that he trembled all over: "Thank you, General, thank you, General."

Wang Shen snorted coldly: "What are you happy about? I understand that it is a temporary replacement. All the generals in our army were born on the battlefield. You have no skill, and you are in a high position as soon as you come. I am afraid that the soldiers will I am dissatisfied."

Hu Yantong slapped his chest loudly: "Military envoy, don't worry, let's see you on the battlefield! If the last general can't make meritorious service, you can relieve me as commander and let me be a leading soldier."

Wang Shen: "Also, let someone keep your mouth under control from now on, and stop talking nonsense."

"Yes, yes, the general will never talk nonsense, and everything will be obeyed by the general." Hu Yantong was overjoyed, and poured another glass of wine for Wang Shen: "Military envoy, the general respects you."

The two of them kept drinking, and they were both drunk.

Looking at the rolling Yangtze River, I remembered that I was about to lead the army to move to Jianghan, but I didn't know what the vastness of Chutian looked like at this moment.Wang Shen's heart was full of pride, he tapped the wine bowls with his chopsticks, and said: "The white head is fame. The old pine and bamboo in the old mountain hinder the return journey. If you want to put your heart on the Yaoqin, there are few bosom friends, who will listen to the broken strings?"

It is the second half of "Little Heavy Mountain" written by Yue Fei.

At this time, a few people suddenly walked on the shore, and a woman's voice sang softly: "Spring arrives at Changmen, the grass is green, the red plums are broken, and they are not evenly bloomed. One Ou Chun."

It is also "Little Heavy Mountain", but it is the first half.

Yue Fei's "Little Heavy Mountain" writes about the boredom and sadness in his heart, which is full of great feelings.

This woman's Xiao Chongshan sang the little happiness of cherishing people in spring and looking forward to the return of people from afar.

It is feminine and soft, which is in sharp contrast with the second half of Wang Shen's poems.

After singing, the voice said softly again: "There is no one on the wild crossing, the light boat is self-propelled, fishing a river of water, your honor is very interesting, can I ask for a sip of cold wine?"

"Who?" Hu Yantong jumped up suddenly, and put his hand on the handle of the waist knife.

Wang Shen turned his head to look, and saw a total of four people coming up the river bank, two men and two women.

Headed by a woman and accompanying maids.

The woman was dressed in plain white, and her head was covered with a sarong, so she couldn't tell her appearance or age, but judging by her speech, behavior and dress, she was also a person of status.

The other two men are both in their 50s and [-]s, with a burden on their shoulders and a big knife on their waists. Presumably they must be the woman's old family.

It was getting dark, and the woman took the initiative to sing peace with Wang Shen, she was quite courageous.

Wang Shen waved his hands towards Hu Yantong, stood up, cupped his hands slightly, and said loudly: "Young lady, do you want to take a boat to Jiankang?"

The woman gave a little blessing: "Exactly."

Wang Shen: "A certain person is about to take a boat into the city. If the lady is not afraid that we are villains, you can get on the boat."

The woman laughed, straightened up, and said: "If you can sing 'The white head is fame. The old pine and bamboo in the old mountain prevent the return journey. If you want to put your heart on the Yaoqin, there are few bosom friends, who will listen to the broken strings?', how can you?" Is it a villain?"

Wang Shen: "The green cloud cage grinds the jade into dust, leaves the dawn dream, and breaks the spring. The lady is also an elegant person. The wine in the pot is still warm, come up!"

Lao Guo was a little worried, and said in a low voice: "Master, the origin of these people is unknown, so be careful."

Wang Shen: "It's okay, Lao Guo, I'm already drunk, you can socialize."

After the woman and others boarded the boat and thanked Wang Shen, the three people on the boat saw her face clearly.

But I saw that the woman was about forty years old, with a trace of wrinkles around her eyes, but her skin was fair, her eyebrows were delicate, and her personality was full of heroism. She looked like she was from a famous family.No need to guess, it should be the nobles who were exiled from Bianliang, Tokyo to the south during the Jingkang Incident.

Originally, Hu Yantong and Lao Guo were a little wary of her, but now seeing her appearance and demeanor, they didn't dare to offend her, so they hurriedly greeted her to be seated.

Wang Shen had something on his mind, so he asked the two to entertain the woman and lie down to rest after going to the boat.

(End of this chapter)