Chapter Twenty-Nine: Return to Beijing

P> "That's how it is!" Liu Yu sighed, Li Fu transferred Huaixi, Huang Wanshi was appointed to Jingnan, and Xu Zongren went to Jiangxi, so that a few vacant positions of Luchen were filled. As for whether these people are usable, others don't know, Li Fu is still good, he blocked Ali Hague for three months in Tanzhou with a lonely city and widows, and there are such people to go to Huaixi, at least it can be guaranteed that Huaixi will not be light.

p > just like this, the current elite soldiers and strong generals of the Great Song Dynasty are concentrated in Jianghuai, and in the rest of the places, Zhang Jue in Shu does not need to worry, this fierce man still blocked the Tartars under the cut off of traffic in Lin'an, and the resistance in the central Shu region even reached 1290 years later, and at that time it had been eleven years since the fall of the Song Dynasty!

p > From this point of view, the only thing to worry about is the Jingbei line, the imperial court may be considering that there is a general Gundam sitting there, for this person, Liu Yu couldn't help but shake his head, it is not only Xia Gui who is not guaranteed in the evening festival, at least Xia Gui is still after Xia Gui's surrender, but what about him? Gao Shijie is a problem of ability, at least he dares to fight, but he is not even as good as Sima Mengqiu, a small town supervisor in Shashi.

p> If the Tartars sent troops, it was impossible not to move Jinghu, if the naval army of the Great Song Dynasty was strong, there was a big river and the vast Dongting Lake as the boundary, which was more reliable than the dangerous road in Shu and the heavy troops of Jianghuai. Now, those northerners have been able to crisscross the river, and even the water is not weaker than the Song people, and the Xie family is a good example.

Yang Xing, who was on the side of the p> saw his owner looking at the map and sighed for a long time, and he didn't know that he thought that a certain prime minister was worried about the country and the people, but this "prime minister" was also a little younger. I don't know where the future of my family is, can I take care of these idleness, so what Liu Yu inadvertently saw was his somewhat disapproving expression.

p>"'The humble did not dare to forget the country, and the matter must still be closed. You've probably read these poems, but I'm afraid you thought so at the time. Dive, a big change is imminent, and I am afraid that this fame will end up in the hands of the Tartars. Liu Yu patted the map on the table, took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve cage and handed it to him.

p > needless to say, those things recorded on the paper are the news that Li Shiyi and they discovered, and what Yang Xingqian is doing now is basically the Jiyi text that Liu Yu used to do, if these things were not brought back by Liu Yu personally, he would definitely be the first to receive them in the end, although the news was heavy, it had not yet made him to the point of losing color.

p> "The proprietor is worried that the imperial court's measures are wrong and cannot stop the Tartars' invasion?" Yang Xingqian turned his gaze to the map, and the people in charge of the various state capitals were marked on it one by one, as well as the general distribution of troops, equipment, morale, etc.,

p>"'The strong enemy peeps outside, and the suspect is inside, and he still doesn't know', I don't know, what confidence the imperial court can stop the enemy from going south. When the Tartars went south last year, there were only 300,000 soldiers, and they almost succeeded. ”

p > Yang Xingqian was silent, of course he could imagine what the consequences would be, if it weren't for Wang Lixin, Liu Yu and others to stir things up, the Tartars would have occupied Jiankang City long ago. As for then, Yang Xingqian didn't dare to think deeply, if he was the commander of the Tartars, he would naturally go straight to Lin'an, this was an easy choice to make, if it was really like that, could he stop it? Thinking of this, he actually had a feeling of cold sweat in the hot day.

P> "There is still a lot to be done. But you and I can't just do it, if you can't be released this time, you won't be a courtier in this Lin'an City, waiting for the Tartar soldiers to come to the city, at that time, are you still willing to follow? Hearing Liu Yu's words, Yang Xing raised his head subtly.

p> This is the first time Liu Yu told him what he thinks, good luck will only happen once, this Lin'an City is not as strong as Jiankang City, and because of the long period of peace, its people have long lost the heart of fighting to the death. I'm afraid that Bianliang was like this back then, and instead of helping, millions of soldiers and civilians have become a drag on food in vain.

p> "Yang has no virtue and no talent, but he doesn't want to be a guinea dog under the rule of the Tartars. It's just that the owner also said that there is still something to be done in a big way, and if you want to do something, the owner might as well say it bluntly, and you must do your best to die. Yang Xingqian bowed his head without a crown, and Liu Yu helped him up, lifted a big bag on the ground and put it in front of him.

p> "What is this?" Yang Xingqian watched him pull open a swarthy chain, revealing that it was full of books, originally thought it was some kind of military book secrets, but when he took out a book and opened it, it seemed that it was a storytelling book with illustrations! He remembered these books or found someone to write them himself, looking at this full book, he didn't know what it would be for?

p> "Without him, it's just a prestige." Liu Yu said with a smile, according to his plan, these will be given to those storytellers in the tile alleys for free, as well as those who travel from south to north. The Song people are so novel, this kind of story from this dynasty can definitely spread at a rapid speed, he is not interested in copying poems and texts, so he has to use this way.

Although > knew that it was impossible for the imperial court to leave the seat empty and wait for him, he was still a little disappointed that it was filled so quickly. Looking at this full picture of the Great Song Dynasty, Liu Yu has a feeling of "the world is so big that I don't know where it belongs to me", do you really want to find an island to play farming? Wouldn't what I did a few days ago be in vain?

p > In the big camp at the foot of Wu Mountain, Jiang Cai's department is still training there unhurriedly, obviously the imperial edict of the imperial court has already been issued, but his own general seems to be waiting for something, since he was notified, he has been making all kinds of preparations in the camp, meticulous to whether each horse is sick or not, and where there is still the previous act of decisiveness and order.

p > it's just that his subordinates needless to say, even the imperial court is not easy to urge clearly, who doesn't know that this time he has wronged this hero, the cardinal's request to him is almost every request, and he tries his best to do it, and what he didn't expect is also prepared for him, this kind of treatment is not even the Sanya forbidden army.

p> Not only that, but recently he also specially announced in the camp that anyone whose home is near Lin'an Mansion can ask for leave to go back to visit. Those who are not there can also go into the city in groups of three or five to see it, as long as they don't make trouble, so that the sergeants are all cheering, but they have thrown the worry of the upcoming expedition to the back of their minds.

p> It's no wonder that they are all fighting men with their heads, and those who have survived the sea of blood are just asking for a moment of entertainment, and those who have a family can give money and goods in exchange for their lives, so that their descendants can have a place to go. No, I don't know about the Ming Dynasty today, where is it not a death, I can live happily in this prosperous place in Beijing, what are the regrets?

p> Only his old brother Shi Zhong understood what he was thinking, and every day others could ask for leave, and only those spies under his command were not allowed to rest, and he was sent out in arrays, and scattered along the official roads, paths, and mountains of Jiankang Mansion to this place, and every day he had to report to him what he had seen that day.

p> "Alas! Stretching out his hand and waving away his subordinates, Shi Zhong raised his eyes and sighed in that direction, calculating the itinerary, how could he have entered Lin'an Mansion now, why is there still no news?

p> "Lao Shi, is there still no news?" Don't worry, he and the others are all foot soldiers, how can they go fast, in case of a rainy day with slippery roads or something, they will have to delay a lot of trips. It's okay, just these few days, your people have also worked hard, and then let them all rest for a few days, and the cost of entering the city will be paid. ”

p> Jiang Cai's voice sounded behind him, Shi Zhong nodded speechlessly, this is not his business, where is he in a hurry? The imperial court has been blocking the news, and they have no eyes and ears in this Lin'an City, how can they know what happened in Huaixi, so they can only take this stupid method of waiting for the rabbit.

p > only he knows in his heart, if it weren't for this, he would have led people on the journey a long time ago, but everyone has selfish intentions, so how can he Jiang Cai be an exception. Since he is going to that unpredictable place, he doesn't know if he can come back alive, so he can only be so selfish, and he is not afraid of being known by anyone.

P> "It's coming, it's coming!" They're coming. The two men were standing there in silence when suddenly there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves, followed by a loud roar like a broken gong, as if they were afraid that others would not hear them, and they waved their hands as if they were not heard.

P> "Bring so-and-so's horse and so-and-so will personally go to meet him." Listening to the report of the spies immediately, Shi Zhong breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, according to the news, they had just entered the territory of Changhua County under the jurisdiction of Lin'an Mansion through Guò Baizhang Mountain, and it took most of the day for the spies to come back, so they would definitely stay in Changhua County today.

P > originally thought that they would be able to get here the day after tomorrow at the latest, but Jiang Cai really couldn't wait, anyway, he didn't have anything to do here, so he just walked on a trip and showed his solemnity. In less than a moment, his own soldiers led the horse, Jiang Cai flew on the horse, and took the two personal soldiers to beat the horse away, forgetting to even say a word, Shi Zhong looked at their disappearing backs, and couldn't help shaking his head, don't look at him being so strict with Brother Ning on weekdays, it can be said that he is still in love with his son.

P > crossed the river all the way, and Jin Ming's department did not take the road from Jiankang Mansion to Jingshi, but from the shore of Chizhou to Lin'an Mansion through Ningguo Mansion. It's okay to say elsewhere, but what he saw in Chizhou made him and his soldiers all angry, the original prosperous state in the south of the Yangtze River is now full of smoke, broken walls and devastation, and the roads along the way are full of dead corpses, and the Tartars have done so much!

p > has been in the army for so many years, and this kind of shocking scene is not unheard of, but it is all after the war, and it has already fallen here, which can be regarded as the Tartars' own territory, and they still do this, how can it not be shocking!

p> Therefore, until he passed through Ningguo Mansion and entered the territory of Lin'an, Jin Ming's mood was still depressed, and Liu Yu's words were constantly recalled by him. Since you can't be obedient to the people, then try your best to fight, even if you die, you can't be slaughtered like pigs and dogs by Tartars like those corpses!

Before > p, his party arrived at the county seat of Changhua, Jin Ming refused the reception banquet set up for him by the local magistrate, and only accepted those things of the labor army, and his brothers had a full meal in the military camp outside the city. R1058