Song Dynasty

Chapter 221 Depressed Li Heng ([-])
Naturally, Wang Shen knew what was going on with him, and smiled: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself, the general situation in Jianghan has to be presided over by the gentleman!" This was full of sarcasm.

The generals around Wang Shen burst out laughing, followed Wang Shen on horseback to the pontoon bridge, and ran across the river arrogantly.

Only Li Heng and a group of staff and followers were left to eat the dust behind.

All the staff members were full of indignation and cursed in unison: "Domineering!"

"Little man!"

"A lowly soldier, worthless to kill."

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"Okay, don't let people listen to the joke." Li Heng said with a livid face, "Go, don't fall behind."

This time, he was slapped by Wang Shen and suffered a dark loss. He could only knock out his front teeth and swallow blood, otherwise what could he do?Turn against him and walk away?

Wouldn't that not fulfill the wish of the surname Wang, so a certain person refused to leave!

The day before yesterday, during the military discussion, Li Heng proposed to transfer the more than 4 yuan of military funds obtained after the annihilation of Li Hong to the public office.

He has two purposes for this proposal: First, as long as this example is opened, he will be considered to have captured the financial power of the Sizhou Army.In the future, no matter whether it is to control the army through food and fodder logistics, or simply start a new business, there will be a lot of capital; second, through this matter, the establishment of the Si Xingyuan will be justifiable in the future whether it is to govern the army or the herdsmen.Over time, under subtle influence, the soldiers of the Sizhou Army would all realize that their commander-in-chief, Wang Shen, still had an envoy on his head.Yes, the Sizhou Army was led by someone other than Wang, but in the end it had to be controlled by Xingyuan, and in the final analysis, it was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.The Sizhou Army is the army of the Great Song Dynasty, not Wang Shen's personal soldiers.

Li Heng has been in the officialdom all his life, and he is a rare talent in the officialdom in the Southern Song Dynasty. Naturally, he has a wonderful grasp of people's hearts.

Unfortunately, it turns out that the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is one foot tall.In the end, not only did I not get any benefits, but I was full of anger.

The thing was like this. Immediately after coming down, a clerk of the Sizhou Army presented the account book to Li Heng's desk, and his attitude was very respectful: "My lord, it's already summer, but most of the soldiers in the army are still wearing winter clothes. According to my According to the rules of the Sizhou Army, each soldier will be given two sets of summer and winter clothes every year. Today, because of the continuous fighting, there is no harvest in the field. So the matter has been delayed until now, and we can only spend money to buy linen. Please take a look at it, Mr. Fu After a while, check the data, and the subordinates can handle it."

This was Li Heng's first official business after he came to Jianghan, and he directly intervened in the Sizhou Army's finances, so he immediately cheered up and started to audit the accounts.This matter was not difficult, Li Heng and his staff had been busy for a long time, and finally completed all the accounts and signed the official letter.

Seeing how fast he moved, the clerk praised him repeatedly, and said, "Yes, this subordinate will go to work right away. This money will be spent from the account of the system envoy, and I will use it to pay the envoy Wang Jun." Take a look."

"This..." Li Heng was stunned, feeling as if something was wrong.I haven't seen the more than 4 coins, and more than 2000 coins have been stolen for the summer clothes alone.

"It seems to be tricked by Wang Shen. Hehe, Wang is a fraudster. This old man must not be fooled by him again."

But after a while, another civil servant came over to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, in the battle yesterday, our army captured many prisoners of the bandit army. This subordinate wants to ask for instructions. How should these captured bandits be disposed of?"

"Arrangement?" These are all healthy soldiers who can fight. If they are all taken into their own hands, they will immediately become a new army.Li Heng's eyes brightened: "Naturally, it's forming an army. The envoy has already made up his mind about this matter, and he will send generals to rectify it in a few days. Why, the envoy Wang Jun has other measures?"

"No, no, what Wang Junshi means is that everything is under the command of the lord." The official said: "If the lord wants to organize a new army, the armor, equipment, and the food and clothing of the soldiers must be repurchased. Income, this expense has to be taken from the Xingyuan account."

Hearing this, Li Heng was furious, and only then did he realize that Wang Shen was still planning for the 4 yuan.With a cold snort, he shouted: "Wang Daosi captured a lot of weapons, horses and tents when he killed Li Hong this time, so he just took a little from him. Why did he pay for it?"

Wen Li: "My lord, my Sizhou army is poor, and I can't do a set of armor for one person. In many cases, only two people have a spear to use. This time, we won Li Hong's camp, and we can basically be fully equipped. Full staff. How important is it to attack Anlu Zhangyong and Cao Cheng this time, so we must guarantee the front-line combat troops!" This clerk was Du Shu's man, and he had the title of county lieutenant.As a member of the Du Party, he was naturally not polite to Li Heng.

Li Heng was furious. He couldn't do anything with a set of armor for one person. Many times, two people have a spear to use. Isn't this talking nonsense with your eyes open?When Wang Shen came to Huangzhou from Jiankang, Du Chong almost emptied the entire arsenal of Jiankang Mansion in order to equip this caring team.Speaking of equipment, Wang Shen is top-notch, even better than the official's pro-army.

However, since Wang Shen ate those equipments into his mouth, it was impossible for him to spit them out, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Just snorted: "Okay, then build and buy."

So, he and his subordinates worked together for a long time, and came up with an astonishing figure: to equip so many surrendered troops, at least [-] yuan is needed.

No way, it's just so expensive.A good set of armor costs more than a dozen yuan, a knife, a knife, and a war horse... These things can't be bought even if you have money.

Even if I emptied out all the foundations of the family, I still can't do it. Even if I barely equip it, I guess I have to pay for the soldiers, and the troops will be scattered in less than two days.

It seems that this is not possible.

While feeling annoyed, several clerks came over with official letters, and there was no nonsense: "Your Majesty, this is the expenditure of Xingyuan, and it will be paid out soon. Please sign it with your seal."

"What is it?" Li Heng took the official letter and looked at it, and suddenly he felt guilty.

The clerks had mocking expressions on their faces.

One person said: "My lord, in this war, the dead soldiers of our army need to be compensated, the wounded soldiers need to be treated and recuperated, and those who can no longer go to the battlefield also need to be resettled in the fields. I will go to the Wang Junshi later, and the military envoy said that these are all important things. It's Xingyuan's business, let me find my husband."

Another humane said: "My lord, to wipe out Li Hong's bandit army, as a rule, meritorious soldiers need to be rewarded. The list and data of the soldiers have been calculated by each army, please allocate funds."

"Master, Zhang Yong will be conquered tomorrow. According to the rules of our army, the troops need to pay for the expedition. Please come up with a figure..."

Li Heng was completely stunned, yes, he set up Xingyuan's shelf, and got more than 4 yuan.But the various expenses of the Sizhou Army were also found on their own heads, and they had to be officials.

After calculating for a long time, he found that the 4 yuan was not only not enough, but he had to make up for it.

His heart is broken.

If you ignore it, the civil servants and the generals of each army will send people to pester him.Those military men are irritable, they slam the table and throw the benches if they disagree, and they call and scold the emperor for being a starving soldier. You bastards refuse to give money, do you want to be greedy for our hard-earned money?Annoyed us, and slaughtered with a knife, at worst, go up the mountain and fall into the grass.A few years later, after being recruited, maybe this official should be a bigger one, and the faces of Li Heng's subordinates were so frightened that they turned pale.

In this way, after staying up all night, after checking the figures, the more than 4 yuan was spent before I got it.

He, Li Heng, was so clean that the vast expanse of white land was so clean, not only did he not get any benefits, but instead he became a bookkeeper for Wang Shen.

Wang Shenlai's move completely offended Li Heng.

He rode to the pontoon bridge with a sullen face, hated his opponent and said: "Wang Shen is really annoying, seeing me as innocent? You don't need to say those useless things, the future will be long."

"Tomorrow, is there still a future?" One of the staff smiled bitterly: "My lord, I really didn't expect the Sizhou army to be so brave. Li Hong's 1 horses were beaten to annihilation in just one night. And Kong Yanzhou, when he came out When the Kong thief ran across Jianghuai and Shandong, the imperial court had nothing to do with him. But Wang Shen took off his head as soon as he made a move. If Wang Shen swept through Anlu again this time and took the entire De'an Mansion and Ezhou into his pocket, We have no place to live."

"Yes!" All the staff and followers sighed when they thought of their bleak future.

With Wang Shen's domineering warlord style and the Sizhou army's fierceness, after sweeping Jianghan down, once they get this fertile land, it is naturally impossible to spit it out.With the illustrious record and this fertile plain, the power of the surname Wang will increase exponentially.

Now that the prestige of the imperial court is gone, no matter whether it is external or internal wars, we must rely on these military leaders.A while ago, the imperial court and the officials had shown signs of vigorously wooing the generals of the unified army, changing the ancestral law that Jingkang had restricted many of them in the past.

For example, Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying were named Jiedu envoys because of their meritorious service in suppressing the southern bandits; as for Han Shizhong and Han Liangchen, they were even promoted to envoys of Ren Jiankang, Zhenjiang, and Huaidong, which greatly boosted the morale of the military officers.

Given the fact that one more thing is worse than one thing less in the imperial court, once Wang Shen wins Jianghan, he will be promoted to a noble position, and even a Jiedu envoy will not be able to escape.

By that time, everyone really came to Jingchu for nothing.

Seeing the despondent look of his subordinates, Li Heng snorted coldly, and said: "What do you know, in my opinion, Wang Shen used more troops to win by wit, and his troops were not much stronger than the bandit army, or even worse."

"Also ask my husband to teach me."

Li Heng said indifferently: "Wang Shen killed Kong Yanzhou because of the internal strife between the father and son of the Kong family. The Liu family rebelled and opened the city gate to let the Sizhou army enter the city. This is the only way to win a big victory. As for the battle last night, you also saw it in your eyes." Yes. Li Hong was stupid. He set up a stronghold in a low-lying place, so that Wang Shen came to flood the Seventh Army. He defeated Cao Cheng's army with fire attack. As for the real combat power of the Sizhou Army, there is no element of bragging and rumors, old man I don't think it's a big deal. If the Sizhou army were really capable of fighting, they wouldn't have attacked Qichun for two months and lost so many soldiers."

All the staff nodded upon hearing the words: "Indeed, Wang Shen is a wise general."

Li Heng: "Wang Shen's favorite saying is that water is impermanent, shape is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent. In every battle, you can win by combining justice and surprise. Therefore, in every battle, this person is dedicated to taking advantage of tricks, or even taking risks, which is not an upright method. Judging from the current enemy situation, seven or eight thieves from Zhang Yong and Cao Chengde have already occupied the entire De'an Mansion, with limited space to move, and it is all in the Great Plains. There are [-] troops, stronger than the Sizhou Army. Moreover, the rebel army is the elite of the former Tokyo Left Guards Division, and their combat effectiveness may be stronger than the Sizhou Army. In my opinion, Wang Shen’s Western Expedition is very wrong. Wisdom. If the two armies lined up and confronted each other on the plain, it would be an unprecedented defeat waiting for him."

"The minister is right."

"My lord's words are extremely serious. Wang Shen is arrogant and rebellious. It's a pity that if he doesn't listen to the words of the lord, he will suffer an unprecedented defeat. If he loses for a while, it doesn't matter. I'm afraid that the court will be ruined, and it will not be easy to create in Jianghan. great situation."

"In my opinion, it would be good if the Sizhou army was defeated. Only in this way can we see that Xianggong is a talent for managing the world and admiring the country."

"That's right, it's good to lose."

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Li Heng scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Although the old man has a relationship with Wang Daosi, the Sizhou Army is the army of the imperial court after all. There is no reason to expect the thieves to win and the official army to lose. It is absurd, absurd."

However, there was an indescribable joy in his heart.

What he said just now, he actually believed it a little bit: Maybe the Sizhou Army really can't beat Zhang Yong and them!
(End of this chapter)