Chapter 59: Tuyue Prefecture (1)

Yuezhou was called Baling in ancient times, the land of ancient three seedlings. Zhibaling, Yuezhou Prefecture (in present-day Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province). Under the jurisdiction: Baling (the county is in the present-day Yueyang City, Hunan Province), Pingjiang (now Pingjiang County, Hunan Province), Linxiang (the county is in the present-day Lucheng Town, Linxiang City, Hunan Province), Huarong (now Huarong County, Hunan Province), a total of 4 counties, is the strategic place of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the control of Yuezhou will choke the throat of the south, south, east and west of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Now that Shi Bin has fully controlled Tanzhou, and all key issues have been basically solved, in his opinion, he should take a good rest. This eldest young master has not taken a day off since he became the commander, and in his opinion, Song Ting should evaluate himself as a model worker or something.

But people's desire for power is endless, and even if Shi Bin wants to have fun, several of his brothers began to encourage him to try to expand his territory and increase his strength.

After all, these soldiers, who not so long ago were just despised, are now respectfully called "commands". One might ask, why are soldiers despised? Because since ancient times, it has been distributed to fill the army, "good iron does not hit nails, and good men do not serve soldiers", so this sense of accomplishment is needless to say.

This kind of thing is not a contradiction, it's just that Shi Bin wants to be lazy, and at the same time, he is afraid that the development will be too fast, and the foundation will be unstable, and when the time comes, he will lose money if he doesn't get the benefits.

In the study, he never came up with a good solution, but going out for a walk or chatting with people can open up his mind and find the right direction.

So he simply stood up and walked along the corridor, the problem is that his brain seems to be a mess this day, and he only thinks that the development is too fast to his own detriment, and he can't think of how to get Yuezhou, and what specific benefits he will have after occupying Yuezhou.

Within a single stick of incense, he became agitated, and he didn't want to go back to the house, but he couldn't think of a way, so he had to sit on the bench in a daze and look at the moon.

Jia Ling has the habit of going to the toilet before going to bed, and on the way back to the room, she saw Shi Bin sitting in a daze in the porch and began to think that something was wrong, so she pulled him back to the bedroom without saying a word and was ready to ask.

Of course, I understood that my smart wife had misunderstood, and I wanted to make up an excuse to fool the past, but I was worried that something was wrong, which made her even more suspicious, so she immediately explained.

In the room, facing Jia Ling, the female Zhuge , Shi Bin was still a little embarrassed, after all, few husbands used their wives as think tanks. However, if you listen to both, you will listen to it in the dark, although Wang San is resourceful, it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate places, and the rest of the people are not as wise as Jia Ling. So after discussing with Wang San, he still often asks Jia Ling's opinion before making a decision.

Since she was arrested tonight, it is better to simply bring it up and ask her if she thinks she is plotting against Yuezhou in the near future and how to take it if she wants to.

"Madam, those restless ones are encouraging me to continue to expand my strength. It seems that the strength of the three armies {fifteen battalions} is already very high, so is it necessary to take military control of Yuezhou in the near future? Shi Bin asked suspiciously.

Another charming smile, a sly gaze flashed in her eyes, and Jia Ling said firmly: "It must be won." ”

Not only did she affirm the brothers' proposal, but she even used the word "must", Shi Bin knew that Jia Ling must have a good reason. Although she likes to take risks, she will not joke about such a big thing, and she is taking risks for Shi Bin.

I know that Shi Bin is still thinking about some trivial things, such as: grain and grass, troops, etc. Jia Ling didn't have that much patience, and said directly: "The Song court is weak, and the Yuan soldiers have already hit Xiangyang, so we can only have a good result if we become strong as soon as possible." Otherwise, we will either die without a corpse, or we will beg to be the lackeys of the Yuanren. ”

The reason is naturally this reason, but after all, he has only read a few history books, and he is just a little nervous that he can expand the army without permission, and he has to expand his territory without permission, which is enough to make him tremble. He didn't want to be untainted and sleepless.

Seeing that Shi Bin hadn't opened his mind yet, Jia Ling said: "Things are not as complicated as you think, just use your means a little." The key is that my father is in Jingzhou and controls the money and grain of the entire Huguang, if you can control the military affairs of the entire Jinghu South Road, then isn't this piece our family? Speaking of this, Jia Ling even screamed excitedly as if she had seen a big treasure.

If these factors are linked, they will indeed get a mouth-watering result, at this time, Shi Bin remembered Li Yunlong's line in "Bright Sword": The wolf walks thousands of miles to eat meat, and the dog walks thousands of miles to eat.

Isn't Li Yunlong so powerful that he not only dared to mobilize the army to fight privately, but even grabbed the meat from the mouths of his companions to strengthen those dying armies? Thinking of this, Shi Bin fully realized that he really can't be too disciplined in such a troubled world, "people are not rich without windfalls, horses are not rich at night, grass is not fat", and it is impossible to be strong without getting some "side business" and only eating other people's leftovers.

But the last time he robbed the grain, he dared to attack because of Meng Hui's military order, but this time he transferred troops to forcibly occupy other regions without authorization, and being stabbed by someone with a heart is a capital crime of rebellion.

"My Commander Shi, no one wants you to forcibly occupy Yuezhou, even Zhao Gang's stunned baby will not do this, don't worry, Wang San and I will have a way, tomorrow you just have to convene a meeting of those brothers to discuss." Knowing Shi Bin's concerns, Jia Ling, the female Zhuge said to him with a smile.

This time it was a military meeting in the military tent, so everyone was wearing military uniforms, and they were not so idle, and they were all very solemn.

"Commanders, last time in my study, you proposed to Xu Tu Yuezhou, I went back to the house to think about it carefully, I think it is to figure it, but it is not feasible, how about you come to help plan?" Shi Bin asked.

As soon as he heard that his own commander was willing to do it, Yuezhou was naturally very happy, just like a group of wild wolves saw the meat, and they all roared and rushed to give advice.

"Commander, isn't Jia Rudao your father-in-law? He is the commander of Huguang, so wouldn't it be good to ask him to help him transfer the guards of Nayuezhou away? Zhao Gang really doesn't understand politics, so he said this without thinking.

"Commander Zhao, you're too ignorant. What are you the commander of Yuezhou, is it the dog of Commander-in-Chief Jia's family? Where do you want to get it? Li Chao said with a smile.

Zhao Gang was very unhappy when he heard Li Chao's words, and was about to start a verbal fight, Liu Xiao immediately ran out to be a good gentleman, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, oh no, Commander Zhao, maybe you don't care if Commander Li's words are inappropriate, but he is reasonable." It's just that a dog has to have a bone hooked and a rope to lead before it can go. ”

"It's just a guard, and you dare to put forward conditions to Lord Jia? Aren't you afraid of accidents? Zhao Gang said unconvinced.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh at Zhao Gang's simplicity of mind and loveliness of personality. Yi Jun had no choice but to say vaguely and put pressure on the guard. Wearing small shoes and letting him retreat is of course good, but it will damage Shi Bin's official reputation, so it is not advisable.

Although Zhao Gang agreed with Yi Jun's opinion, he was still indignant, and wanted to provoke two times to make him unhappy, but he was patted on the back by Shi Bin, and Wen Yan calmed him down, but he was bored and drank tea on the side.

Xie Qiangbing proposed to put more pressure on the governor of Yuezhou from other necessary aspects, so that he could take the initiative to ask Shi Bin to support or remove the current Yuezhou guard.

It's a good idea, but it's easy to say, but it's hard to do. How do you get Nazhizhou to take the initiative to ask for support? Okay, who will ask for the transfer of troops? As for the removal of the current defender, there must be a name, and this is even more difficult.

At this time, everyone looked at Xie Qiangbing with a different taste in their eyes, as if they had just seen what kind of goods he was, and he was not the loyal blacksmith he usually knew. Noticing the eyes of others, Xie Qiangbing said unjustly: "Why do you look at me like this?" I only said that I would find a way to get Nazhizhou to take the initiative to ask for support, and I didn't say anything bad! ”

"Commander Xie, if there is nothing bad, then how could Zhizhou think of us? What does he want us to do if he doesn't burn and loot, parade the streets? Zhao Gang was holding back, and when he saw this, he immediately used Xie Qiangbing as a punching bag.

"You 。。。。。" Xie Qiangbing knew that Zhao Gang was angry but became a mad dog, arresting who and who to claw his teeth, but he didn't like to be so rude, so he just pointed at Zhao Gang and didn't bother to pay attention.

The meeting was about to come to a standstill, Wang San drank the last sip of tea and said, "Commander, I have a law, but it is not very bright, but it will not hurt the heavens and reason." ”

Everyone knows that Wang San is full of bad water, and he is not surprised that he has a bad move, but if he doesn't make a bad move, others will feel that something is wrong. Therefore, as soon as they heard him say that there was a way, everyone came to the spirit again.

"Actually, it's simple, it's just to go to Yuezhou to get a few small accidents." Wang San said with a smile.

As soon as he heard that it was going to be a little accident, Yi Jun snorted coldly: "I thought you had a good way, it turned out that like Commander Xie, I also wanted the governor of Yuezhou to take the initiative to ask for support, and he said something 'little accident' lightly." ”

As if knowing that there would be such a reaction, Wang San smiled slightly and said, "This little accident is not aimed at the people, but at those bullies and ruffians. ”

As soon as the words were said clearly, everyone seemed to have guessed a rough idea, and Li Chao even nodded crookedly.

"Commander Wang is going to send our troops to teach those bastards a lesson? What should I do if I am discovered? Zhao Gang asked excitedly.

"It should be, but I should pick some sergeants who have been bandits to disguise themselves as bandits to teach a lesson, huh?" Li Chao said with a smile.

Wang San nodded seriously and said, "Those bullies have a close relationship with the powerful people everywhere, and if they are attacked, it will definitely increase the pressure on Na Zhizhou, after all, he can receive a lot of benefits from others." ”

After hearing this, everyone thought so, and said that the Yuezhou guards had to go out to suppress the bandits. And the army of the defender has no combat effectiveness, but a rabble, which will definitely collapse at the touch of a button. The defeat of those ruffians in the battle will increase the pressure on the governor of Yuezhou, so that he has to ask for foreign help.

And the nearby states and counties all know that Shi Bin's army can fight well, and it is the closest, so it is naturally the first choice. Not to mention full control of Yuezhou, but it is certain to enter the southern part of Yuezhou in a dignified manner.

"Bad, bad, you're bad enough!" Zhao Gang said with a smile.

"Commander Wang, the younger brother admires, admires." Li Chao said with a fist salute. The rest nodded in agreement.

With such a plan, Shi Bin ordered Li Chao to lead a whole army into Yuezhou, disguised as scattered bandits, and went to various disreputable landlords or merchants to loot and set fires, but did not kill anyone; Zhao Gang led a large number of troops to teach those soldiers a lesson and put pressure on the defenders of Nayue Prefecture; The most important one is that in addition to the standard daggers for self-defense, everyone is holding rusty swords, guns, swords, and halberds. And the fight was all rushed up, and after the fight, it was scattered in a hurry, without any rules.

In this way, the governor of Yuezhou and the guard general were really angry, and the governor began to prepare grain and grass, and the guard general led the troops to suppress the bandits, and shouted to kill the bandits.