Chapter 390: Commander of the Expedition

If the military situation was urgent, Shi Bin's subordinates spent less than six days to go to Jia Rudao, Lu Wende, Sai Zhangfei and Chen Yan to take a turn, and brought back the joint performance of the four people. The content is to ask Shi Bin to bring 100,000 elite soldiers to fight against Meng Ge's 100,000 elite iron cavalry.

Anyway, Lu Wende has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and Sai Zhangfei and Chen Yan can still hold on, in order to let himself rest for two more days and adapt to the 'exorcism jade belt', so Shi Bin did not immediately present the fold in his hand to the emperor, but held it in his hand.

Looking at the fold in his hand, Shi Bin spoke: "Xu Feng, when do you think this fold is appropriate?" I don't want to send it so soon anyway. ”

Xu Feng didn't want Shi Bin to be sent too soon, anyway, the battle was already in the confrontation stage, and no one could help anyone. Because as long as the Great Song Dynasty does not fall for Meng Ge's treacherous schemes, the fortified cities, sufficient troops, and grain and grass can definitely withstand the attack of the Yuan people. Although Meng Ge is very good at grain and grass, he is hard, and it is not easy to transport grain across the Yellow River, so as long as he can defend it, he will retreat without a fight.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Xu Feng smiled and said: "I don't think this matter is in a hurry, although all the troops near Zhengzhou have been mobilized to reinforce Lu Wende, but it is not out of control, Lord Lu should still be able to hold on." My lord, although Lord Chen Yan was defeated for a while, there are still 40,000 left of 50,000, and Lu Wenfu and Lu Wenxin also have at least 20,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and there should be at least 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhengzhou of Lord Lu, so there are 70,000 Song troops in Zhengzhou. It should be enough to guard a Zhengzhou city. ”

Seventy thousand? The number is not small, but Shi Bin does not believe in the combat effectiveness of the 70,000 Song army. I think that Zhao Guangyi, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, led more than 200,000 Song troops who were accustomed to fighting to conquer the Western Xia, but he was beaten by a mere 30,000 Western Xia troops and lost his armor, and he himself fled back to Bianjing in embarrassment.

It can be seen that the number of troops is not necessarily the most important, not to mention that these 70,000 soldiers and horses are no longer as brave as they used to be, so the situation is not as optimistic as Xu Feng thought. Therefore, if you want to delay it, you can only delay it for a period of time to fulfill the lie, and you can't ignore the military situation.

"Xu Feng, what you said is good, but you forgot one thing, the elite of my Great Song Dynasty and the elite of the Yuan people are completely incomparable. You have followed me to fight all year round, and you have an illusion that my Great Song army can still fight. However, I can responsibly say that the army of the Great Song Dynasty must have broken up when they saw the Yuan people. Shi Bin said helplessly.

After Shi Bin did this, Xu Feng remembered the fact that Jia Rudao's grain transportation team had collapsed twice before. Indeed, this kind of thing is too funny, the Yuan people are still hundreds of miles away from the Song army, and the 'elite' will become an establishment and disperse, which is really incomprehensible and intolerable, and I have to admit that Shi Bin is very reasonable.

"In that case, what are you going to do? According to the adults, the matter is already very urgent. Xu Feng asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, even if all the 60,000 soldiers and horses outside Zhengzhou City are scattered, Lu Wende in the city can support at least half a year, it's okay. The reason why I said that just now is just to tell you that my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses are just in vain, and they are not worthy of the name. ”

Seeing Shi Bin's inconsistent speech, Xu Feng had a little temper, paused slightly, and said seriously: "I think that now is not to discuss the combat effectiveness of my Great Song army, nor should Lu Wende be too anxious, but should discuss a way to send troops as soon as possible." ”

I understand what Xu Feng's 'method of sending troops' means, that is, I don't want to have to fight because of a twist and turn, and I have to make Li Zong pay some price for what he did before. Shi Bin is not a marionette, he has to go wherever he is mentioned. So Xu Feng also helped Shi Bin think of a way.

Suddenly, Xu Feng smiled strangely and said, "My lord, I heard that Li Zong fell off the dragon chair when he first heard that Meng Ge was driving in person? ”

"yes, what?"

"He's useless, isn't this just a piece of rubbish?" Xu Feng sneered disdainfully.

"Shut up! Aren't you afraid that the wall has ears? He's not much, but what are you talking about now? Shi Bin reprimanded softly.

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Xu Feng immediately apologized, and quickly said his thoughts: use this recital to scare Li Zong again, so that he was scared to beg Shi Bin's army to go on the expedition.

This is a great solution, but the question is, what to scare about? There has to be something right, and it can't be fake. If it is fake, it is a bully who is afraid of a long life, and he is wiping his neck.

"Then do you think of any good way to scare Li Zong into coming to the 'Three Visits to the Thatched House'?" Shi Bin asked.

He shook his head a little ashamedly, saying that he hadn't figured it out for the time being, but just thought of a general direction. Although there was no specific way, Shi Bin recognized this direction very much, so he didn't blame Xu Feng, but just smiled: "You are very bold, you dare to think about it." But next time, remember to think it through, it's better to talk about it. ”

Although this was a tactful statement, Xu Feng understood the meaning, and in order to wash away the shame brought to him by this instability, Xu Feng just nodded silently and thought again.

It didn't take long for Xu Feng to laugh again, this time he smiled very calmly and confidently, no longer so frivolous. After looking at Shi Bin, he said: "My lord, this time I have come up with a countermeasure, if you can succeed, not only will you be promoted, but maybe Zhengzhou will fall into your hands, and even make Li Zong dare not think crookedly about you again." ”

In the blink of an eye, Xu Feng was able to come up with such a wonderful plan to kill three birds with one stone, of course Shi Bin didn't believe it, so he looked at Xu Feng with suspicion. But Xu Feng still had a confident smile on his face.

"Tell me about it." In order not to hit Xu Feng, Shi Bin quickly said.

"Yes, sir. The lowly strategy is to ask your father-in-law, Lord Jia, to send at least five copies of the 600-mile urgent military newspaper every day! ”

At least five military newspapers with an expedited 600 li per day? Shi Bin felt too crazy after hearing this, he was afraid that Li Zong would be scared out of myocardial infarction or cerebral hemorrhage by these military reports in two days and die.

So after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Xu Feng, this... Isn't it too much to rush five parts of six hundred miles a day? What's more, what is the content of the military newspaper, is there so much to write about? Even if it is written, what if it scares Rishu out of trouble? ”

Xu Feng was only thinking about how to force Li Zong to beg Shi Bin's army to go on the expedition and didn't think about what would happen if he forced it too far, so when Shi Bin asked, 'What if Li Zong was scared out of trouble', he felt ashamed again.

Seeing Xu Feng's appearance, Shi Bin immediately said: "A wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and it is very good that you can think of these." There should be something unspoken, go on! Tell me what the military newspaper is about! ”

After Shi Bin's encouragement, Xu Feng came to confidence again and said: "I don't think I need to write anything special, I can write whatever I have." Just ask Master Jia to write in detail and pay attention to the words..."

This time, Shi Bin completely understood what Xu Feng meant, that is, he wanted to rely on those words that provoked people's fears to scare the waste of Li Zong, and it was best to make him unstoppable, but he had to pay attention to the scale.

Of course, Shi Bin agreed with such a good strategy, and decided to present this joint letter in three days. For the sake of insurance, the five parts of the 600 li per day expedited was changed to three parts of the 600 li per day, and Dong Songchen had to be asked to help observe the state of Li Zong, so that he couldn't really scare that guy out of his trouble.

What Jia Rudao wanted most was for Shi Bin to lead the army to support as soon as possible, of course, he fully cooperated with Shi Bin's request, and added fuel to the fire, pulling Lu Wende, Sai Zhangfei and Chen Yan in to send a six-hundred-mile urgent military report.

As Xu Feng said, Li Zong was frightened when he saw only ten copies of six hundred miles in an expedited manner, and he muttered to himself. Look at that look, if he doesn't find a solution, he's probably going to have a nervous breakdown.

Seeing this, Wu Qian and Zhao Kui immediately entered the palace to face the saint, and after knowing the specific situation, they proposed to let Shi Bin lead the army to the expedition without saying a word.

Soon, the first edict reached Shi Bin, ordering him to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to support Zhengzhou five days later as an envoy from Henan and a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion. and allowed him to gather all resources on the spot.

The conditions are very generous, but of course Shi Bin will not be so obedient, so it is those few words over and over again: If your health is not good enough, your talent will not be enough to bear the responsibility, and you will have to live up to the emperor's high expectations.

issued three edicts in a row, although they were all humbly accepted, but Shi Bin just didn't lead the troops. I never thought that Shi Bin would be so bold to ignore his majesty like this, and Li Zong was so angry that he had the idea of raising his sword and cutting Shi Bin.

Dong Songchen received a lot of benefits from Shi Bin, and Wu Qian and Zhao Kui also knew the overall situation, so they all discouraged Li Zong's idea of never killing Shi Bin, emphasizing that even if he was arrogant, he had to endure it.

After another two days, there was already a stack of 600 miles of urgency related to the Zhengzhou military situation on the copywriting of Li Zong, but Shi Bin was still not invited, and Li Zong felt very powerless. Although Shi Bin is not a powerful general in the world, but if he can fight against Meng Ge, he will not be defeated, except for Lu Wende, Shi Bin.

It has been more than ten days since the joint recital was submitted, and Li Zong couldn't stand it, so he could only invite Wu Qian and Zhao Kui into the palace to discuss matters. The two didn't expect Shi Bin to be so arrogant this time, so they had no choice but to persuade the Sect to invite him personally.

Before entering the door, Shi Bin was already at the door, although Li Zong was holding his breath in his heart, Shi Bin's approach made him a little more comfortable.

After the two talked, they both cared about each other very much, like good uncles and nephews who had not seen each other for many years.

I thought that I would come to Shi Bin in person, and I would know it very well, so I agreed to lead the army to support Zhengzhou, but I saw Shi Bin crying. said that although his body was good, his opponent was Meng Ge, and the little capital in his hand was to go to the battle to find death, not to mention that if Li Zong wanted to kill him, it would be good to give an order directly, and there was no need to kill people with a knife like this.

Hearing this, Li Zong felt helpless and aggrieved. I had to say: "How can Shi Aiqing be willing to fight against Meng Ge, if I can do it, I will definitely agree." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's request is very simple, that is, after the battle of Zhengzhou, hand over the Henan Road to Weichen and let Weichen help you guard the Yellow River."

Shi Bin's mind has been revealed, he wants to break away from the control of Li Zong and want to cut off the claimed king.

However, Li Zong had no choice but to let Shi Bin come. If you don't agree, you have to agree, and it's not without benefit to do so. Once Shi Bin really seized Henan Road, then he was surrounded by the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Yuan, and Shi Bin, who had a deep blood feud with the Yuan people, would never defect to the Yuan people, so it was difficult to form a big threat to the Great Song Dynasty by being attacked by the enemy. What's more, his old nest is in Jingnan and Sichuan, and this Henan Road has become an enclave, which is even more difficult to govern.

After thinking of this, Li Zong agreed to Shi Bin's request and took the initiative to give him a promise: if he could kill Meng Ge, he would be crowned king.

Shi Bin didn't bother to ask for the false name of the king, and another request he made to Li Zong was: to bring 80,000 elite soldiers to the battle, and to choose by himself.

Li Zong, who had no choice, agreed to Shi Bin's bone extraction, and Shi Bin was too dissatisfied to make any more requests, saying that he would immediately take command of the expedition after preparing the grain and grass.

Lin'an was rich, and in less than five days, the soldiers and grain and grass were ready, and Shi Bin took command and set out on the expedition.