Song, Jiankang.

The morning mist shrouded the palace, and the peach blossoms in the imperial garden wafted with the fragrance of flowers.

There was the sound of small broken steps in the corridor, several eunuchs opened the way in front, and Liu Jun, who was wearing a dragon robe, yawned and walked to the court in front of him.

The young Liu Jun's face was pale and bloodless, and his spirit was very poor, a young man of his age should have been vigorous and energetic, but his body was actually very weak.

The reason for all this is due to his super preference for women, as long as it is a beautiful woman, a woman who can make him feel excited, no matter what the identity of the woman is, he will not let it go.

However, Liu Jun is a very talented young emperor, he has an extraordinary talent in literature, his poetry attainments are quite high, the article is Hua Min, and the Ming literary and poetry circle he organized broke the boundaries of Shishu gate.

When Liu Jun walked to the door of the main hall, the civil and military ministers in the hall were arguing, and as soon as he appeared, the ministers immediately closed their mouths, and the entire hall became silent for a moment.

"Your Majesty arrives—the ministers, kneel—" the salute shouted.

The ministers bowed down and shouted, "Welcome Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Jun walked through the hall and climbed the steps, walked to the throne and turned around to kneel, and raised his hand: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers shouted again and stood up in unison.

Liu Jun swept his eyes and asked, "What are you talking about?" Can you let me know? ”

The ministers looked at each other, and one of them hurriedly stood up, but it was the general of the chariot cavalry, Zang Qian, who only heard him say: "Your Majesty, the ministers are discussing the matter of sending troops to the Northern Dynasty!" ”

"Send troops to the Northern Dynasty?" Liu Jun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Zhao Junsheng has already entered Mobei with a large army?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I received news last night, half a month ago, Zhao Junsheng took 50,000 horses to Lingzhou, that is, the former Northern Wei Dynasty Bogulu Town, from the perspective of time, although they may not have entered Mobei at this time, at least they have reached the border with Rouran! In this way, according to the agreement with Rouran, our army should gather and send troops, and when Zhao Junsheng really fights with the Rouran people, we happen to send troops, Zhao Junsheng has no time to return to help, and the Rouran people will not allow him to calmly return to help, so this time is the best time for my Great Song Dynasty to defeat the Qianguo! ”

Xu Yibao, the general of the auxiliary country, stood up in support: "The minister thinks that what the general of the chariot cavalry said is even true, please Your Majesty order to assemble a large army to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and now my grain, grass and ordnance have long been ready, just wait for the army to assemble and go to the expedition!" ”

"Your Majesty, the morale of the soldiers is high, and they are eager to fight!" Someone else stood up in support.

Liu Jun was always young, and he was still a little angry, thinking that he wanted to fulfill the long-cherished wish that his grandfather and father had not fulfilled, so he said loudly: "Okay, if this is the case, then send an order to all armies to assemble······"

"Wait!" Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted Liu Jun's words.

The ministers looked at it, but the person who finished speaking was Pei Songzhi, only to see him bow his hand and say: "Your Majesty, this soldier can't be out!" ”

Zang Zhen was furious: "Old ghost Pei, what are you talking nonsense? This time is the best time to defeat the Qianguo, or even destroy the Qianguo, if you sabotage the Northern Expedition plan and let His Majesty's years of planning go to waste, even if you have ten heads, it will not be enough to cut off! ”

"Hehe, hehehe······" Pei Songzhi looked at Zang Zhen and the others and let out a sneer.

Liu Jun frowned, "Pei Gong, if you have something to say, don't come with me like this!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Pei Songzhi saluted again, and immediately said: "The minister heard that Dai Lin, a native of Yidu, bewitched the displaced people, gathered people to rebel and rebelled, until now there have been more than a month, the momentum is huge, and the strength is increasing day by day, and now there are displaced people in my Great Song Dynasty who rebel, and the prince of the clan supports the army and respects himself, His Majesty's Jiangshan Sheji has been crumbling, and at this time I don't want to pacify the civil strife, but I want to send troops to attack the Qianguo, isn't this self-defeating?" ”

Liu Jun's face changed, and he looked at Zang Qian: "Zang Qian, is there such a thing?" ”

Zang Zhen stood up and saluted unhurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter does exist, but it is not as serious as Pei Songzhi said, the anti-thief Dai Lin does have tens of thousands of horses, but they are all rabble, there are only more than 2,000 people who really fight, and they have not gone through the battle array drills, they rely on just a large number of people, this is just a small disease, the minister has ordered Xiangzhou and Baling to send troops, and the bandits can be exterminated in a few days!" ”

"Hahaha······ What a joke! Pei Songzhi laughed loudly and sarcastically, "You said that Dai Lin is just a bandit, there are only tens of thousands of rabble, and there are only more than 2,000 people who can really fight?" Zang Zhi, you dog thief, you are still thinking about deceiving your superiors and subordinates! Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Dai Lin first started in Yidu, a month ago he instigated the homeless people to kill officials and rebelled, broke through the city of Yidu, selected more than 8,000 homeless people, and selected more than 2,000 soldiers from the surrender in the city, 10,000 horses! ”

"In the past month, Dai Lin's strength has expanded dramatically, and his sphere of influence has also expanded rapidly, and all the lands of Badong, Wenyang, Jiangling, and Yidu counties have been fallen, and now he has 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, plus other miscellaneous miscellaneous soldiers, a total of 150,000 people, is this strength really just a rabble and bandits?"

Xiao Siyan stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the minister can testify that what Pei Gong said is true!" ”

Liu Jun Huo Ran got up, "What? Zang Qian, is what Pei Songzhi and Xiao Si said true? ”

Zang Zhi's face was embarrassed and embarrassed, and he hesitated for a moment and replied: "Yes, yes, what Pei Songzhi said is basically the same, but Your Majesty, the Dai Lin bandits are really just a minor illness, and the Northern Expedition is a big deal, Your Majesty!" ”

"Enough!" Liu Jun slapped the desk and was furious, "Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition, do you think I don't want to go on the Northern Expedition?" If you want to go on the Northern Expedition, you have to settle your home first, and then talk about it, now the Dailin bandits have become a prairie fire, if you don't put it out quickly, my Song Dynasty is in danger! I ask you, how many men and horses did Xiangzhou and Padang send to quell the rebellion? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, a total of 5,000 troops have been gathered!"

"Ha, that's funny!" Fan Ye couldn't help but stand up and sneered, "Five thousand centaurs want to destroy 150,000 people, even if these chaotic people are 150,000 pigs, it is enough for these 5,000 centaurs to kill softly!" ”

Although a war cannot be won or lost by the number of troops, to a large extent, the absolute superiority in the number of troops cannot necessarily be reversed by strategy, weaponry, and combat quality, unless the commander of the side with the advantage in strength is a straw bag, and as long as the commander of the other side has some ability, it is enough for the elite side with fewer troops to drink a pot.

Liu Jun couldn't sit still, Dai Lin's momentum was too great, occupying several counties, a full 50,000 elite soldiers, and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, and now the entire Southern Dynasty can only mobilize so many troops, if this Dai Lin really occupies a base area, it will be troublesome.

He immediately said: "There are too few 5,000 soldiers and horses to conquer the Dailin bandits, so I will immediately spread my will, requisition 10,000 horses from Yizhou to go out of Sichuan to quell the rebellion, and then transfer 40,000 horses from Jiankang to the west to fight the bandits!" Xiao Siyan, I ordered you to be the chief general of the Western Route Army, and rush to Yizhou to lead the troops and horses out of Sichuan within two days; Liu Jingyuan, I ordered you to think that the commander of the Eastern Route Army would command 40,000 troops to attack and exterminate the bandits! ”

Liu Yuanjing and Xiao Siyan respectively stood up and hugged their fists and agreed: "The minister's order!" ”

Liu Jun originally wanted to suppress Dai Lin's rebellion as quickly as possible, and then take advantage of the great victory to send troops to the Northern Expedition, but things often do not depend on the will of people, and his plan is doomed to fail.

With the help of the defenders of the southern Xinjiang of Qianguo, Dai Lin led the Liumin Army to block the first wave of the Song army's ferocious offensive and stabilized its position, although the territory was reduced a lot, and there were some losses in the troops, but the losses were some cities that were not in danger to defend, and then Dai Lin's Liumin Army and the Song Army fell into a long-term tug-of-war, so that the Song Army no longer had the time and opportunity to attack Qianguo.

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Monan.

On May 12, Zhao Junsheng's army arrived at the city of Bigan, where it completed its last replenishment.

The army rested in Bigancheng for two days, Zhao Junsheng ordered all the loaded baggage wagons to be left in Bigancheng, all the baggage was loaded with horses, and more than 200,000 horses were mobilized for tight logistics and transportation, and dry food, dried meat, arrows and other military supplies were enough for the entire army to continue fighting for three months.

In the early morning of May 15, the army marched from Bigan City under the order of Zhao Junsheng and advanced northwest along the southern foot of Nanbed Mountain, while at this time, the East Route Army led by Bai Jinguang and the Middle Route Army under the command of Wei Dependents set off from Yuyi Town and Huaishuo Town respectively.

If you go north from Bigancheng, you have to pass through the desert between Mobei and Monan, the terrain environment is complex, and the test of the army is very large, and the middle route army led by the captain and his family will take this road, but the captain and his family only have 20,000 horses, which is more than half less than Zhao Junsheng's Western Route Army, and the logistics burden is much smaller.

Zhao Junsheng's task for Wei Jun and Bai Jinguang was to cross the desert and enter Mobei as quickly as possible, and then attack quickly and reach the Khan's Court as quickly as possible, after all, these two marching routes were much farther than the Western Route Army.

Zhao Junsheng's Western Route Army did not need to pass through the desert Gobi on this route, and the march to the northwest was always grasslands and mountains, and there were water sources along the way.

After a seven-day march, on May 23, Zhao Junsheng's army crossed the border and marched for several days before arriving in front of Junji Mountain.

"Pass the order, and the army will camp on the spot!"

It has not been half a day since the beginning of the morning, and Zhao Junsheng suddenly ordered to stop advancing, which made many generals and ministers very confused, but orders are orders, and the generals and officials can have doubts, but they can't help but carry them out.

The temporary camp was quickly set up, and Zhao Junsheng asked the generals and ministers to boil the batter in the tent, adding dried meat, pickles, and fresh wild vegetables.

Xue Andu's qualifications are old, although he no longer has military positions and official positions, no one can underestimate and despise him, he put down his rice bowl and stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to understand, this army is marching well, why don't you continue to advance, but stop here?" Moreover, the sentry ahead did not find anything abnormal, at least there should be no ambush within a radius of twenty miles! ”