Song Dynasty

Chapter 115 Mr. Donglai
Hearing this, Wang Shen was puzzled and a little angry.These war horses are his precious lumps, and the white stepping army will play a pivotal role in his future strategy.With cavalry, it finally made up for the shortcomings of the army.

Seeing the pain of the war horses in front of him, his heart ached.

Lao Guo: "Master, don't worry, I know it well. Didn't I just say that these horses have been raised and abandoned by the people who stayed behind? Hold your head high. War horses are used for charging. If you don’t look straight ahead, don’t you collide with other war horses? The reason why it took a long time to list the formations a while ago has something to do with these horses. Therefore, the small ones Hang up the heads of these war horses and let them get used to raising their heads. Don’t worry, nothing will happen. In two more days, the horses’ heads will be raised, and once their wildness is gone, it will be considered a success.”

He continued: "Isn't the master worried that there are not enough war horses? Yes, qualified war horses are hard to find, and the south is not a place for horse production. This is right or wrong. In fact, it's not that the folks don't have horses. However, those war horses They have not been trained, and they are used by the common people as large animals to carry goods on camels, so they can be conscripted and added to the army. In this way, don’t you have horses for cavalry?”

Wang Shen: "Old Guo, you are talking about draft horses and draft horses. Can they be used for war?"

"Yes, the key is to see how to train. Although it can't compare with the horses ridden by Liao people and Jurchen cavalry before, it can still be used to encircle bandits and bandits."

Wang Shen cheered up: "Yes, anyway, as long as you can run faster than infantry, if you can't do it, you can use it as infantry on horseback." Without qualified horses, an armored army cannot be formed. I will get one that can run faster. Fast motorized troops are always okay, right?

Guo Ya: "The master is right. On the battlefield, one step is fast and one step is fast. The key is to seize the opportunity."

Wang Shen asked again, "How are the soldiers doing?"

Lao Guo felt helpless when he heard the master's question.Since stepping into the army, all the training has been implemented on his head.Dao Sigong, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry, has never been here once, which is really helpless: "It's okay, more than [-]% of the troops are cavalry veterans, and the other recruits are smart people. If there are veterans leading them, there will be no one." Any omissions, now we only need to pull out to fight a battle. If we don’t fight, we can’t see what’s wrong with the troops.”

"I will stay in the White Army for the next few days to train with the soldiers. As for the battle with Kong Yanzhou, there is no rush for now, let's delay it for a while. If we fight one day later, I will be more confident."

"As far as I know, Kong Yanzhou's army has been short of food in recent days. As soon as he entered Qi and Huangzhou, he couldn't wait to attack the city and plunder the land. If the general wants to delay, I'm afraid Kong Juji may not agree. Marching to fight a war is not a matter of Wenping hand in hand. , the enemy has to wait until you have no regrets before responding. Wang Shen, don't think about things too simply. Sun Ziyun: If the husband has not fought and the temple is considered a winner, it must be counted as more; If you count more, you have to count as less. More counting wins, less counting is not enough, let alone nothing? This sentence means that before the start of the war, it is expected to be able to win because of careful planning and sufficient conditions for victory; , because of poor planning and insufficient conditions for victory. Well-planned, sufficient conditions will lead to victory; negligent planning, insufficient conditions will result in failure, let alone no planning. You are not considered Kong Yanzhou, and others are plotting against you. It is impossible for you I will fight you on the predetermined day and at the predetermined place."

A voice sounded hoarse and desolate.

Just now, Fang Worong, who was standing by the side, was listening to Lao Guo's talk about raising horses with great interest, but he didn't expect that there was another person in this dark stable.

Moreover, this person was also very rude to General Wang when he spoke. Not only did he call him by his first name, but there were also accusations and sarcasm in it.

In the minds of Sizhou soldiers and officials in Qizhou and Huangzhou, Wang Daosi is simply an invincible God of War and a highly respected hero.Although he has a good temper, he always smiles when talking to people.But for some reason, seeing him, everyone felt trembling and afraid to sweat.

Following the sound, I turned my head and looked closely, and saw a thin old man standing in the corner of the stable at some point, holding a handful of horse feed and looking at it carefully.

He was wearing a blue Confucian robe, with an indescribable elegance and ease.

Wang Shen laughed: "Mr. Donglai, why are you here, are you also interested in my cavalry?" Then he glanced at Fang Worong again: "Fang Worong, why don't you come and see sir."

"Ah, Donglai...Mr. Donglai...Mr...." Fang Worong had goosebumps all over his body, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the ground, trembling slightly with excitement: "But'Hate the Lord is not like Jiang Louyue , north and south east and west, north and south east and west, only Mr. Donglai who goes hand in hand without parting? The students are here to greet you!"

"Who else can it be? Naturally, it is Lu Juren who hates the emperor but is like Jiang Louyue. When he is full, he still loses. How long will he be reunited?" Wang Shen laughed.

That's right, this man named Mr. Donglai is Lu Benzhong, a famous poet and Taoist in the late Northern Song Dynasty.His ancestral home is Laizhou, from Shouzhou.The great-great-grandson of Lu Yijian, the Prime Minister of Renzong Dynasty, the great-grandson of Lu Gongzhu, the prime minister of Zhezong and Yuanyou years, and the grandson of Lu Xizhe, Mr. Xingyang, are really from a famous family, and the family members and old officials are all over the world.

During the Yuanfu period, he served as the chief book of Jiyin and a scholar of Qinzhou, Cao Cao, and was later enlisted by the court to be the commander of the Daming Mansion.In the sixth year of Xuanhe, he was promoted to the Privy Council as an editor.

Jingkang was changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and the party member Wailang was relocated.

Although his official position is not high, he is very well-known in Shilin and the literary world. The master of the Jiangxi School of Poetry occupies a place in the history of Southern Song Dynasty literature.

After Zhao Gou withdrew to the south, because his family was in Huaixi, he was in a hurry, so he was separated from the court.

Just a while ago, Kong Yanzhou's army fled to Huaixi, and Lu Benzhong fled to Huangzhou with his family, preparing to return to Lin'an after the war in the south of the Yangtze River subsided and the Jin army retreated northward.

Lu Benzhong was a very serious person, he just stretched out his hand to help Fang Worong to get him up.Then he said lightly to Wang Shen: "Wang Shen, I came from Shouchun, and I know something about the situation in Kong Yanzhou's army. He came to attack this time, and his ambition is not small. It may not be that he wants to annex your Sizhou army and Qi and Huangzhou. .”

Wang Shen: "Also ask Mr. Donglai."

Lu Benzhong: "Kong Yanzhou has [-] troops, came from Huaixi, and threatened a large number of people. Qi and Huang are barren, and these two prefectures alone cannot support so many horses? According to the old man, his ambition is in Ezhou, and his interests are in Quick attack. You can't allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, you can't escape this battle."

Ezhou is the later capital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, which is located on the Jianghan Plain and has the advantage of Yangtze River water transportation.The land is fertile and the population is large, which is a good place to raise soldiers.

The Sizhou army happened to be stuck on Kong Yanzhou's westward passage to Ezhou, and they were officers and soldiers in name, so they naturally became Kong Juji's thorn in the flesh, and they were eager to get rid of it quickly.

Hearing what Lu Benzhong said, Wang Shen suddenly realized: "So that's the case, these are troublesome."

It's just that the troops haven't finished training, especially the cavalry, so it's probably not a good time to fight him now.The most terrible thing is that the army is also short of food, and the food in the army is only enough to support a ten-day war.

This kind of thing is not a joke, you have to make a decision before you move, and don't act rashly until the material conditions are not fully prepared.

But, will Kong Yanzhou give me a chance to prepare calmly?
Seeing the worry in Wang Shen's eyebrows, Lu Benzhong asked lightly, "Wang Junshi, how many more days do you need to prepare?"

Wang Shen thought for a while: "At least ten days."

"Ten days, I'll give you ten days." Lu Benzhong said: "When I was in the left-behind department in Tokyo, I met Kong Yanzhou a few times, and I was able to talk to him. General, you might as well prepare some gifts, and the old man will go to Kong Juji's place. one trip."

Wang Shen: "Mr. Donglai, are you going to discuss reconciliation with the two families?"

"Do you think it's possible? You are an official, and Kong Yanzhou is a thief. Hans and thieves are not equal." Lu Benzhong snorted coldly: "Just now, the old man has made it clear that things in this world can't be escaped by a single word. He wants to rob Ezhou Yang Bing, you, Wang Shen, blocked his way, how could you strike peace with you? I went to see him this time, but it was only a ten-day delay.”

Only then did Wang Shen understand, and he was overjoyed: "Ten days is enough, so I'll leave it to you sir."

He also felt strange, and he didn't know what method Lu Benzhong wanted to use to delay Kong Yanzhou's attack, so it was hard to ask.

Anyway, the situation is already very bad, even if it is useless for Lu Benzhong to run this trip, it is not bad to go anywhere, it is no harm to try.

Wang Shen was just a little worried about his safety. In real history, this Kong Yanzhou was a famous killer.When Zhong Xiang was in trouble in Dongting Lake, Kong Yanzhou couldn't get along in northern Hubei, and wanted to go to Dongting Lake to eat with the army.

After arriving at Dongting Lake, Kong Yanzhou's army attacked Tu County in Zhouzhou and killed Yingye, occupying every place.In order to prevent the local people from being coerced by the peasant army and becoming the enemy's source of soldiers, they were killed directly.Similarly, Zhong Xiang was also afraid that the officers and soldiers would conscript soldiers and food on the spot, so he also brandished the butcher knife in his hand to kill people, and came to a strong wall to clear the country.

Just like this, you kill me and kill me, killing the land of fish and rice around Dongting Lake into a hell on earth.After this catastrophe, the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake failed to recover for decades.

If Lu Benzhong went to see Kong Yanzhou this time, if it was his fault, Wang Shen would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Seeing the worry on Wang Shen's face, Lu Benzhong said proudly: "It's okay, the thief Kong didn't dare to kill the old man. By the way, Wang Daosi, you might as well write a humble letter and ask me to take it over. I know whether you want it or not."

Really crazy confidence ah!
"It's just writing a letter. It's no big deal. A man can bend and stretch."

When the old man left Huangzhou with letters and gifts, Wang Shen thought about it.Indeed, although Kong Yanzhou was cruel, the political impact of killing Lu Benzhong was too bad, and Kong Yanzhou couldn't bear the consequences, at least for now.

Old man Lu is from a prominent family in Huaixi, Dabie Mountains, Qi and Huang prefectures, and the Jianghan area are all his classmates, classmates, and former officials of the Lu family.Even if Kong Yanzhou won the land of two states or even Ezhou, he still had to rely on these scholars to manage the place.If Lu Benzhong is killed, who will work for him?
Just relying on the group of fake Tartars under him, big boss?
……

It's useless to think too much. What Wang Shen needs to do now is to hurry up and train the cavalry, and let the Sizhou Army's various arms, which have rapidly expanded to [-], run in as soon as possible.

After two days, Yan Yuemeng came up with a charter, which was well-organized, detailed and highly feasible, and also let Wang Shen see his capable side hidden under his cowardly character.

Therefore, Wang Shen asked him to act as Du Shu's deputy to implement it as soon as possible.At the same time, he also set up a market department, and got a navy army of about [-] people to let Yan Yuemeng patrol the water to collect business taxes from ships.

The food and fodder needed by the army was confiscated bit by bit, and the entire civil service system of the Sizhou Army was also mobilized to make material preparations for the upcoming war.

(End of this chapter)