Wen Yanbo commanded the Northern Expedition, which is easy to say, but even with Wen Yanbo's identity and the emperor's will, he also warned Xia Zhu in person, but he really wanted to get the 100,000 forbidden army together with grain and grass in his hands, and personally went to the various yamen under the Privy Council, and wasted a lot of effort.

Of course, Wen Yanbo, as a political counselor, has such an identity, and he has to go through these procedures in person, which is indispensable for Xia Zhu's efforts, when all matters are ready, plus the Privy Council dispatches troops, and gathers 100,000 forbidden troops to prepare to set off, more than ten days have passed since the mutiny.

Wen Yanbo promised three months in front of Zhao Zhen, and now more than ten days have passed, and he has not done anything, the angry Wen Yanbo is extremely angry, and he ordered the forbidden army, and then went out of Bianliang, hurried along the way, and went to the Daimyo Mansion first.

A march of 100,000 men is different from a few thousand, and a contingent of several thousand men can advance and retreat together as long as there is a good general, proper scheduling, and the leaders of each battalion working together and obeying the dispatch.

However, when 100,000 people march, no one can control the whereabouts of 100,000 people at once, and at this time, it is necessary for the commander to subdivide the matters in his hands to each general, and then the generals will convey orders and command the military camps.

The march naturally could not only walk on land, sometimes crossing the bridge, sometimes crossing the river, so that the speed was even slower, starting from Bianliang and coming to the Daimyo's Mansion, Jia Changchao took more than ten days.

Counting up, from the beginning of the rebellion to the present, a month has passed, and Wen Yanbo has not even seen the face of the rebels, where can Wen Yanbo not be in a hurry, especially the frequent good news along the way, but seeing that Ming Hao led the team and besieged the city of Beizhou, Wen Yanbo was even more anxious, he was the commander of the imperial seal, and he led the troops to quell the rebellion, even if it was a little difficult, this is the responsibility, and the difficulty also represents hard work, and there will always be a reward.

But now, he has a big mouth, Guan Zhao Zhen asked for 100,000 horses, but he has not yet arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, and the people Ming Ho took a few thousand people to exterminate the rebels, and the credit is not put aside, the main thing is that he can't afford to lose this person, now at this time, even if he rushes to the outside of Beizhou City, Ming Ho will break Beizhou City again, and he will always ask himself to go back and have an explanation, otherwise, he will lead the 100,000 forbidden army, wouldn't it become a public trip to the Daimyo's Mansion.

Thinking so, seeing that the Daimyo's Mansion was close in front of him, Wen Yanbo asked the army to camp outside the city, made a sedan chair by himself, and went straight to Jia Changchao's pacification envoy Yamen, then Jia Changchao had already been notified, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he took people to sweep the road on Jingjie Street and went out to welcome Wen Yanbo's arrival.

Jia Changchao and Wen Yanbo were officials in the same dynasty, and they were both important ministers, so they naturally met, but in terms of age, Jia Changchao was nine years older than Wen Yanbo, and he was an official earlier than Wen Yanbo.

For such a change, Jia Changchao has nothing, the rules of the Song Dynasty, don't care who you are, don't want to be the prime minister for a lifetime, let alone two or three years, when Zhao Zhen cracked down on the Junzi Party, he had to change the prime minister in a few months, and the number of times was more, everyone got used to it, who is big and small, it doesn't mean anything at all, now you beg me, maybe I will beg you tomorrow, so among the officials, most of them are polite, and there is no too much emphasis on status.

Jia Changchao and Wen Yanbo are the same, both of them are top-notch figures in the gentlemen's party, and they have some friendship, and after meeting each other, they were polite, and then let them go to the living room and talk about the counterinsurgency this time.

Wen Yanbo hurriedly asked, "How is the situation in Beizhou City?" ”

Jia Changchao said, "According to the battle report three days ago, Lord Ming led everyone to surround Beizhou City, and he was already preparing for the siege of the city, as long as the timing is right, he can take Beizhou City in one fell swoop." ”

Wen Yanbo listened, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, this Ming Ho, where did the sacredness come out, according to the war report, what he led was just a few thousand Xiang Army, tens of thousands of people, this person, not even as many as the forbidden army he brought, how did they fight and win successes, forcing the rebels into Beizhou City, these people, will not lie about the military situation, exaggerate the results of the war, you know, there are 10,000 elite rebels, 10,000 border troops are not as good as thousands of Xiang Army, this, where to reason.

But fortunately, since the rebels have been surrounded, now as long as they lead the troops to the city of Beizhou, then a credit will be at your fingertips, from here to Beizhou City, it only takes a few days of effort, now you have to look forward to the rebels in Beizhou City for a few more days, so that when the commander rushes to the city of Beizhou, he can no longer hold on.

Thinking of this, Wen Yanbo couldn't sit still any longer, and said to Jia Changchao, "In this case, without further ado, please ask Lord Jia to hand over the military talisman and arrow to me, and I will rush to Beizhou, arrive one day earlier, quell the rebellion one day earlier, and make the emperor feel at ease one day earlier." ”

Jia Changchao sneered in his heart, now in this situation, everyone's hearts are like a mirror, doesn't he know why Wen Yanbo is so anxious, to be honest, Jia Changchao is Hebei's pacification envoy, Ming Hao is the head of the Hebei Road Soldiers and Horses Division, and Xu Deshan is Jia Changchao's proud door

Sheng, the same credit, of course Jia Changchao wants to leave it to his own people, how can he be willing to ask Wen Yanbo to take it empty-handed, but in the officialdom, the transfer of power is just a sentence, a seal matter, if he doesn't pay it, let alone have no credit, after Wen Yanbo goes back, he will sue himself for the crime of falling in love and gathering people to disobey.

Thinking like this, Jia Changchao was also a little aggrieved in his heart, stood up slowly, and said, "Lord Wen, since you are in such a hurry, then you don't need to ask Ming Ho and the others to stop attacking, and wait until Lord Wen arrives." ”

Wen Yanbo was also a little embarrassed when he saw that his mind was broken by Jia Changchao, and he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, thinking that as long as Jia Changchao handed over the seal talisman to himself, then the rest of the matter was not up to him, and he didn't have to talk nonsense with Jia Changchao here.

Jia Changchao knows that this is the advantage of being in the court, casually say something in the emperor's ear, as long as the emperor feels reasonable, then the release of officials, no matter what they do, will be useless, and there can be no half-word refusal, Jia Changchao was a little angry at this time, and said that Xu Deshan didn't say it when he left, he could take Beizhou City in a month, and now a month has passed, and the court has sent Wen Yanbo, now it's okay, the hard work is yours, and the credit is someone else's.

After thinking about it, Jia Changchao had no choice, took out the letter and soldier talisman, and was about to hand it over to Wen Yanbo, Wen Yanbo saw it, nodded with satisfaction, and was about to take over the two things that represented all the rights of Hebei, at this time, there was a small colonel outside the door shouting, "Report." ”

Jia Chang paused at the movement of his hand and asked, "Come in, what's the matter?" ”

Xiao Xiao said, "Lord Jia, well, and this adult, there is good news from the front line!" ”

Jia Changchao glanced at Wen Yanbo and said to the little school, "Read." ”

The little colonel opened the battle report and read it word by word, "The city of Beizhou has been broken, 3,000 enemies have been killed, countless people have surrendered, and the puppet king has died, and the rebel general Zhang Luan Buji has been captured alive, the time is two days ago!" ”

Jia Changchao was overjoyed, and Wen Yanbo's head was Weng's, secretly screaming that it was not good, and snatched the battle report held in the hand of the little colonel, only to see that the fire paint and the letter were all there, and at the place of payment, it was written that it was the head of the Soldiers and Horses Division, Ming Hao.

There is no need to distinguish the authenticity, people's mood, can be reflected between the lines, this letter of Ming Ho's handwritten war report, the words written are called a dragon flying phoenix dance, eyebrows flying color dance, elated, with Wen Yanbo's cleverness, where can you not see the state of Ming Ho when he wrote the war report.

Wen Yanbo took the battle report, read it up and down several times, his face was extremely exciting, he wanted to cry but couldn't cry, he wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, a huge governor of political affairs, the second minister Wen Yanbo, squeezed out a grimace, so that Jia Changchao could laugh in his dreams.

Jia Changchao looked at Wen Yanbo's face, and knew how distorted Wen Yanbo's heart was now, and it was also true, he was afraid that Wen Yanbo would come and take away his credit, and now that Wen Yanbo is here, as soon as the person arrives, the counterinsurgency is over, what do you think in Wen Yanbo's heart, and how to explain to the emperor when you go back.

To be a man to do Jia Changchao's part, he may not argue with others, and he can't insist on his own opinions, so he will be demoted from the court, but also because of this, Jia Changchao will take into account the face of his colleagues, so that things will not get into trouble, so Jia Changchao has firmly controlled Hebei Road for so many years, no matter how turbulent the situation in the DPRK and China, Jia Changchao can stand.

Jia Changchao put away the smile on his face, asked someone to change a cup of tea for Wen Yanbo, and said, "Lord Wen, look at this soldier seal letter......

Wen Yanbo's face was pale, and he said, "Since Beizhou City has been breached, there is naturally no place for me. ”

Jia Changchao said, "Don't say angry words to Lord Wen, although the city of Beizhou is broken, but Ming Hao and others are a martial artist, where do you know how to deal with the aftermath, think that Beizhou is an important town in Hebei, if it is not handled properly, it will fall into a thousand years of hidden dangers, and it is good to use the means of Lord Wen, and this time Maitreya Buddhism rebellion, although only the two armies of the Xuanyi Army and the Qianning Army rebelled, but Maitreya Buddhism spread widely, and there are remnants in other armies, and there are many believers in the people, this is a major matter, and we have to wait for Lord Wen to deal with them one by one. ”

Jia Changchao can be regarded as finding a step for Wen Yanbo, the first credit for breaking the enemy is gone, but there is still the credit for the aftermath, although the credit for the aftermath is not so great, but it will not be enough to ask Wen Yanbo to go back empty-handed, as long as Wen Yanbo handles it well, it will still be a great glory after going back.

Wen Yanbo looked at Jia Changchao, and naturally understood Jia Changchao's good intentions, in the face of such an honest man, Wen Yanbo really had nothing to say, originally, the original rebellion was to be 100,000 urgent, and he couldn't blame others for breaking the enemy The time was too short, and think about it, people Ming Ho broke the enemy three days ago, and if he hadn't been rubbing in the court for three days, wouldn't he just be able to catch up, in the end, no one complains about this, just blame yourself.

Since Jia Changchao is kind-hearted, Wen Yanbo will not be angry with Jia Changchao, so he immediately thought about it and said to Jia Changchao, "Wen is entrusted by the emperor and does not dare to slack off, since this is the case, he will not shirk." ”

After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he took the soldier talisman seal letter in Jia Changchao's hand, went out of the yamen, went straight to the forbidden army, and asked his generals to tear off half of the men and horses and return to Beijing.

The remaining 50,000 people immediately set off with themselves and rushed to Beizhou.

Wen Yanbo's mentality is very good, Seeing that the biggest credit is no longer his own, he no longer thinks about him in his heart, but now Wen Yanbo is concerned about another thing, that is, how the Ming pickaxe used thousands of troops in his hands to break the rebel defense, and the city wall is thick Beizhou City.

In fact, not only Wen Yanbo, but everyone else is wondering in their hearts, how can such a huge and strong Beizhou City, since the day of Ming Hao's siege, more than ten days of hard work suddenly broke through, and it does not mean that there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the pickaxe, even if tens of thousands of people come, I am afraid that it will take some days to storm Beizhou City, how did Ming Hao do all this.

In fact, it's very simple, it's not so much all this that Ming Ho sat on, but Xu Deshan planned all this, when he came to the city of Beizhou for the first time, Xu Deshan found Ming Ho, said his plan, digging tunnels!

Xu Deshan's idea is very simple, we have few soldiers, but there are many people, we will definitely not be able to attack Beizhou City, it is better to repair the plank road in the open, secretly Chen Cang, pretend to attack the city in the south, and dig a tunnel in the north overnight, leading directly to the city, in this way, those city wall bows and arrows are useless, as long as you choose a dark and windy night in the month, send the elite into the city to take Wang Ze, then the rebels can break through without attacking and take Beizhou City.

Ming Ho scoffed at Xu Deshan's idea at first, where to dig the tunnel is to dig if you want to, although this method can cross the city wall, but the amount of work is too large, and the second is that the movement is also very large, ping pong, you think that the rebels are deaf and can't hear anything, and where is the soil you dug out of the tunnel, as long as the rebels see it, they can immediately know what you want to do, and when the time comes, take precautions in advance, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Based on this contradiction, Xu Deshan put forward the idea of digging a pit outside the city gate, so that the rebels could be prevented from leaving the city, and the second could cover up the movement of digging tunnels, and the excavated soil could be piled up outside the south gate, which could also be used as a dirt mountain.

Ming Ho still thinks this method is too stupid, but Xu Deshan's method of digging pits and piling up dirt mountains is a good idea, and then I think about it, so many people, idle is idle, then go and dig it, even if it is unsuccessful, there is no loss.

In this way, after making careful arrangements, 50,000 people, at least 20,000 people were assigned to dig tunnels, in Xu Deshan re-explained to them the precautions for digging tunnels, skills and methods, the tunnels dug very smoothly, and finally after five days of siege exercises outside the south gate, the tunnels were dug through, and the location was in the courtyard of a family in the north of Beizhou City.

This is also the loss of the rebels unpopular, robbed and killed in the city of Beizhou, the family saw that there were people out of their yard, frightened, but when they heard that it was the Daimyo Mansion Army, who came to kill the rebels, they immediately cried with joy, not only did not report the authentic matter, but helped the Daimyo Mansion Army to hide the exit well, and concealed the rebel soldiers who patrolled.

Anyone will do the next thing, and suddenly, Myeongho gave the order to attack the city, and thousands of troops were all dispatched, turning the acting into a real battle, and at all costs, assaulting the southern city wall. And Wei Huang, led five hundred elites, quietly advanced in the north tunnel, after most of the rebels were concentrated in the south, suddenly attacked, attacked the interior of Beizhou City, first went straight to the south gate, gave the rebels a painful blow, and so on should be outside the city gate together, and after the Xiang army converged, and then attack the prefect's yamen, at this time the king saw the big thing bad, set fire to the yamen, and died, the daimyo army was all over the city to find the rebels, pacify the people, within one day, the king rebelled, and so on.

Wen Yanbo walked on the road to Beizhou, and got this more detailed battle situation, he looked up and down carefully, trying to find a key in it that could make Ming Ho defeat the rebels, gradually, Wen Yanbo's eyes focused on a name, Xu Deshan.

In fact, in the war report, even if it is a very detailed battle report, most of the things written are battlefield battles, casualties between the enemy and us, and Xu Deshan's name is rarely mentioned, but Wen Yanbo looked at it and keenly noticed that this Xu Deshan, it seems that his official position is not high, his position is not big, he has never heard of it before, but as long as everything mentioned in the war report is Xu Deshan's name, Wen Yanbo's intuition tells him that Xu Deshan must be the key person.

Wen Yanbo immediately instructed the guards to inquire about all the news about Xu Deshan, and the benefits of the leadership were shown at this time.

Of course, this hasty investigation, the information found is definitely not so detailed, but it is just this vague and general matter, which is enough for the guards to rub a cup of tea in Wen Yanbo's carriage before finishing speaking, these situations, including Xu Deshan's family background, experience, how to get to the Daimyo's mansion, how to be a councilor, how to go out with the army, how to outsmart Beizhou City, one by one, just like the story in the mouth of a storyteller on the street, even Wen Yanbo was dumbfounded and excited.

Wen Yanbo claims to have the wisdom of filling a float at the age of six, and Xu Deshan can break the rebels at the age of five.