Chapter 21 Planning for Taiping Prefecture

In Lugang in the early morning, Liu Yu was woken up by the shouting of a trumpet. When I got up, my head was still faintly dizzy, it seemed that I had stood by the river for a long time last night and was blown by the wind. I wiped my face with cold water, and when I went out, I saw that the sergeants had already started their morning exercises under their respective commands.

Fortunately, Jia Xianggong has not been a bastard enough to prohibit the sergeants from making noise, nearly 10,000 people are divided into several units, some are practicing formations, some are teaching tactics, and several big men are half-naked, carrying leather whips to patrol around, and when they see that the movements are not standard, they are just a moment, and some foul words come out of their mouths from time to time.

"With such a good mental outlook and such high morale, how could it collapse at the touch of a button." Liu Yu watched from the sidelines, a surge of blood surged, and he couldn't help muttering to himself.

"A soldier has the intention of death, and will not have the heart to fight. How! Hu Sanxing's voice came, full of infinite melancholy.

"Brother of the body, there is something to do, and I hope to help." Liu Yu turned his head to look at Hu Sanxing.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." The two had a long talk last night, and they were both a little pessimistic about the prospects of the war, Liu Yu felt that it was time, and if he didn't talk about it, there would be no time.

"If the war is not harmonious, please also ask your brother to restrain the troops, those military funds are all the anointment of my Great Song people, and they must not fall into the hands of the Tartars." Liu Yu pointed to the mountains of grain, grass and ordnance in the distance, which could not affect Jia Nidao, so he had to start from Hu San Province.

"I'm afraid that at that time, the army's spirit has been dispersed, and no one can obey the order, Hu is alone, what can he think?" Hu Sanxing shook his head.

"In this way, a trustworthy person will be sent on the same day, and he will surely protect his brother at that time." Liu Yu was afraid that Hu Sanxing would also run away with the defeated army when the time came, so it would be difficult to do.

"Jiankang is hundreds of miles away from here, how can I get the news?" Liu Yu nodded secretly, to be able to say that, he can be regarded as a cautious person.

"Okay, a certain has his own clever plan, and my brother will know it at a glance when he arrives, if my brother feels that he can't do it, he will never be reluctant."

Hu Sansheng heard Liu Yu say this, nodded, and stopped talking, among the hundreds of thousands of troops, individuals are as small as ants, and they know that they can't do it, and they are righteous.

Bidding farewell to Hu Sanxing, Liu Yu went to the Chinese army to meet his own commander, and saw a group of people walking slowly from a distance, among which was Wang Lixin.

Liu Yu stopped and immediately gave a salute, peeking at it, Wang Lixin blushed and nodded at him without saying a word, it seemed that he was very angry. Liu Yu entered the team and looked at Wang Lin, who shook his head at him slightly.

How can the inertia of history change because of the arrival of this little person, Liu Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, his wings are not big enough and not hard enough, one day, my brother will definitely set off a storm of time and space, he said to himself very inspirationally.

The group returned to Huangchi Town in a dull atmosphere, and Jin Ming, who came to greet him, saw the appearance of everyone, and swallowed the words that were about to come to his mouth.

Wang Lixin dismounted and hurriedly walked into his big tent, picked up a teacup but found that there was no water, and threw it out hatefully, with a crisp sound, the broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere.

Liu Yu walked into the tent and put down the door curtain easily, Wang Lin and the others were silent, not daring to brush the tiger's whiskers, he could only bite the bullet, the old man was too old to be too angry.

Looking around, a boiling water hanging pot was roasted by the flames, Liu Yu went to the table and took a cup, put in a few tea leaves, picked up the hanging pot and poured water. The water was too hot, and he didn't dare to take it directly, so he put it aside.

"The erector is not enough and the plan." Just when Liu Yu was thinking about how to speak, there was such a sentence behind him.

"Recruit him to look up to him, how can he be able to match the courage of the overlord." This is a familiar statement, and it seems to be in high school textbooks.

"Whew! He is also worthy, but unfortunately there are no more warriors to guard the land of my Great Song Dynasty. Liu Yu's nondescript analogy made Wang Lixin laugh, and then shook his head and said.

"Why be angry, the kid entered the mansion at the beginning of the day, didn't he already calculate with the recruitment, and now this move is just a matter of personnel, in the end, the destiny cannot be violated, what can we do?"

"The old man is just a pity for the more than 100,000 soldiers, you have also seen it, which one is not my good man in the Song Dynasty? Now that he can only watch them die by themselves, how can the old man be willing? Wang Lixin sighed.

"Don't be discouraged, there is still something to be done in this matter." Liu Yu opened the map, dry persuasion was meaningless, and if he wanted to touch Wang Lixin, he had to start from reality.

"This is Jiankang Mansion, this is Lugang, the distance between the two places is about 270 miles, among which is Dangtu County, and we will wait here to respond." When Tu is the seat of Taiping Prefecture.

"How did you expect the rout to go down the river?" Wang Lixin looked at the map and asked.

"If Pingzhang escapes, take the land route? Waterway yes? Liu Yu asked rhetorically.

"It's the fastest down the river, oh, I see. Yes, when it is indeed the key. Wang Lixin immediately reacted, the army collapsed, and it was inevitable that he would flee in all directions, but as long as the flag on Jia Rudao's boat did not fall, most of the sergeants would naturally follow the flag, and this was the case in history.

"Knowing the Taiping Military Prefecture affairs Meng Zhijin, ask for a letter that can be repaired, and go to see him." This Meng Zhijin is the son of the famous general Meng Hui, after the defeat of Ding Jiazhou, the Yuan army attacked, he had no troops to defend, so he opened the city and surrendered. This time, Liu Yu didn't want him to repeat the mistakes of the past and fall into the prestige of his ancestors.

"No need, the old man officially wrote to him and ordered him to be controlled by you." After Wang Lixin finished speaking, he took the pen and ink, and waved it on the bookcase. Liu Yu picked up the handsome seal and stamped it, put it away and hid it closely.

"Let that Jin Ming go with you." Liu Yu was about to pay the bill, but Wang Lixin stopped him behind him.

"A certain self-ordered fifty sergeant, Commander Jin should be with the attendants to ask for the right and left." Liu Yuwan rejected Wang Lixin's kindness, because he knew that Jiankang City was not peaceful, and there was no Jin Ming in charge, so he was not at ease.

From Huangchi Town to Dangtu County, about 60 miles, because the sergeants behind him were all foot soldiers, Liu Yu also got off the horse and ran forward with everyone. Time was too tight, and it had been several days since Sun Huchen led the army to set off. Historically, the Great War would have broken out on February 17, and today it is February 6.

Seeing Liu Yu and a civil official running all the way ahead, all the sergeants were not far behind, and everyone shouted slogans one after another.

"Li Shiyi, you are also a man, you run so slowly, haven't you eaten in the morning?" The leaders of the team shouted loudly.

"Wang Dutou, I have to bury it, I just have to slow down a little." The sergeant named Li Shiyi was unconvinced.

"Hurry up, don't fall behind, turn around and miss the opportune event." In fact, the sergeants didn't know what Liu Yu was about, but the military orders were like a mountain, and the military law was even more ruthless, and no one dared to slack off.

After running about half the distance, Liu Yu himself was almost exhausted, so he ordered everyone to find a town to rest, drink some tea and eat some dry food.

I have to say that the physical fitness of these forbidden soldiers is still good, Liu Yu is so tired that he snorts and pants loudly, and he can't say a word. Those military men can still be in the mood to eat and drink while flirting with other people's tea assistants.

Fortunately, he often told them stories and talked about the ancients, and everyone also had some friendship with each other, so Wang Dutou persuaded him to ride a horse well, so that everyone might go faster.

Liu Yu's face flushed, knowing that he was despised, and he didn't want to say more. In fact, there is basically no civil official who can do this, and in this regard, everyone still admires him very much. It's just that Liu Yu prides himself on being a good young man in the 21st century, but he is not as good as the old and weak soldiers in feudal society, and it is a shame to say it.

Wailang, a member of the military department, Yundong Judge and Governor of Taiping Prefecture, Meng Zhijin, has been in a very troubled mood recently, and the Taishi, the minister of power of the Pingzhang military state, is stationed in his own management. As the supreme military and political governor of a state, he was almost useless, and the thousands of soldiers under his original jurisdiction were transferred by the Governor's Office to transfer their baggage, not to mention that a Hengjiang Naval Army stationed in Quarry was also directly under the account of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

If the army was defeated, he couldn't help but shiver in his heart. There are only a few hundred servants left in this Taiping Prefecture who can only bully the villagers, how can they resist the tyrannical Mongol Tartars? Young Cheng court training, he can be regarded as a general, what should he do when this soldier has no generals?

"Tell Taishou, an outsider, claiming to be the Jianghuai ambassador, and there are documents to be handed over to Taishou." A call from an errand interrupted Meng Zhijin's thoughts.

"Oh, if you're here, why don't you bring it in?" As soon as he heard the report, Meng Zhijin had a headache, and he was another official.

"The little one was invited, but the messenger said," the messenger hesitated for a while.

"Say what?" Meng Zhijin asked impatiently.

"He said he was going to pick it up himself." The officer said in a slurch.

Meng Zhijin has a big head, and although he is just a Zhizhou from the fifth grade, he is not a servant sent by others. These envoys, one by one, rely on Shangguan Fox's fake tiger might, but they can't be offended.

Liu Yu did this on purpose, except for some complaints about his defection and surrender, mainly because the time was urgent, and he didn't have the time to deal with it again. Since he was given the right of moderation, Liu Yu did not care whether Meng Zhijin was convinced or not, he had to fully cooperate with him.

Handing the Huai Chinese book to Meng Zhijin, Liu Yu turned over and dismounted, looking at the governor of a state. Dressed in a scarlet robe, wearing a hat, with long hat wings fluttering in the air, a round face, a short and fat body, and no demeanor after a famous general.

"Even if you ask for help, but if you have an order, you will never dare to resign." After reading it, Meng Zhijin held his hand as a courtesy, although the other party was lower than his own rank, but he had to submit to the order of the official. What's more, the sergeant behind the person who came, as soon as he saw the color of his uniform, he knew that it was the former division of the Forbidden Army Palace, and his eyes were above the top.

"Taishou first finds a place to live for a certain class, and then talks about the rest." Liu Yu was very satisfied with his attitude and no longer made it too difficult.

The courtyard arranged by Meng Zhijin for everyone is very large, and it is not very crowded for fifty people to live in, and Liu Yu himself occupies a large house alone, most of which is the courtyard of a large family.

Later, he arranged for the county restaurant to send wine and food, and the sergeants were indeed tired and hungry, smelling the fragrance, where could they still hold it, Liu Yu didn't care about them, just told them to drink less, don't miss tomorrow's things, and pulled Meng Zhijin to eat by himself.

"What?" Hearing Meng Zhijin say that there are almost no soldiers in the state, Liu Yu was taken aback, there is no manpower, how to do this?

"There are still hundreds of servants, and if the opportunity is too small, we can only levy people's husbands." Meng Zhijin had no choice.

"Is there a big boat by the river?" Liu Yu asked another question that he was concerned about.

"Originally, there were still 20 large ships in the Hengjiang Navy, but now they have been requisitioned by the Governor's Office, and there are more than 10 grain ships parked on the wharf outside the river, I don't know if the opportunity can be used?" Meng Zhijin thought for a moment and replied to him.

"How much grain and grass are there in the warehouses in the county?"

"There is still grain and rice in the warehouses of Changping Taiping, but every day, the governor's office has to transport grain to Wuhu, and I am afraid that there are only half of the warehouses." The daily grain and rice eaten by more than 100,000 troops is an astronomical amount, and I am afraid that it will take several states and counties to supply it.

"Anyway, all the big ships in the county were requisitioned, and in the name of Jianghuai to recruit envoys, and then in the name of the front line army, they went to the state capitals to urge grain, and ordered them to transport them to the county. Tomorrow, the poster will post the list of texts, levy 5,000 people, and give each person 30 wen a day, one liter of rice, and distribute it to the state treasury. "Liu Yu needs a lot of manpower, and there are vehicles.

Meng Zhijin wrote them down one by one and said goodbye. Liu Yu saw him go out, ate a few bites, and stopped. He can't rest yet, and tonight, he's going back to the afterlife to get something very important.