"Also, with this paperwork, we can go out of the mountain and get what we urgently need, including bows and crossbows and weapons. With these things, what is it to seize a mere Liaozhou? ”

"There are so many cottages in the mountains, there won't be only this one document, right?"

"There shouldn't be more, the person who sent me this document was a close confidant of Marshal Yue back then, and now he is the head of a special army in the Great Song Dynasty, and he also has a part-time job in Luzhou."

"I see."

"Luzhou is not in the hands of the righteous army, he is the head of the army, how can he serve in the righteous army?"

"Do you know that the rebel army that controls Luzhou has actually been the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and it is only because of the Song-Jin Treaty and the covenant that they continue to show themselves as the rebel army. Therefore, before the Song and Jin Dynasty officially tore up the peace treaty, the appointment document in my hand cannot be made public, and the identity of the Liaozhou capital cannot be publicized. In other words, we can only seize Liaozhou as a rebel. ”

"Big brother, let's be quiet first, it's a bit much."

About a quarter of an hour later, the voices in the chamber resumed.

"After seizing Liaozhou and assisting the imperial court to recover Taiyuan, Hedong, Guanzhong, Zhending, and Yanjing, we will be able to achieve fame, glorify our ancestors, be worthy of the sky, worthy of the earth, and have a fair and righteous way out for future generations!" Chen Zhai said.

"Big brother, just tell us what to do next!"

"Select young people from each mountain and village, and on the pretext of preventing officers and soldiers from entering the mountain, first concentrate on training them, and when the farming is idle, lead the people down the mountain and occupy Liaoshan County in one fell swoop. Liaozhou Mountain is high and the road is far away, Liaoshan is lost, and so the Jin people get the news, it is estimated that it will be three or five months later, if you send troops to reinforce, I am afraid it will have to go up for a year, Wan Yanliang is now too busy to take care of himself, it is very likely that he will not care, Luzhou is richer than Liaozhou, most of Luzhou has been lost for almost a year, and there is no Jin army from Taiyuan Mansion to support. Don't worry, do it boldly. When Liaoshan County is taken, as soon as the banner is erected, the rest of Liaozhou will definitely be attached to the wind, and when the time comes, it should not be a problem to get the armaments supported by the imperial court and form a strong army. After that, we were training in Liaozhou while waiting for the order of the imperial court, as long as we captured Taiyuan Mansion, this merit was enough for us to glorify our ancestors! ”

"Liaoshan is empty, and it is not difficult to fight Liaoshan, but after the fight, we are all stationed in the city, what should we do about the problem of eating brothers? It is not in vain that it cannot stand. ”

"Yes, when young adults go down the mountain, there will be less labor to farm, and there will be less food, and the cottage alone cannot afford to support the brothers."

"Otherwise, after we conquer Liaoshan, we will grab the land of those rich and big families, so that the brothers can have something to eat while stationing and farming."

"No, you can't. Most of those big families are Han people who have lived there for generations, and we are righteous soldiers and have official status, how can we do such a thing. The Great Song Dynasty now has a Marshal Yang, and every time his army goes, whether it is ordinary people or large squires, almost no one escapes, and even takes the initiative to send money and food to comfort the army. ”

"And such a thing? How did he do it? ”

"Leave that alone. Now divide the work, the third and fifth are responsible for training the troops and capturing the county seat of Liaoshan, and the fourth is staying in the cottage, responsible for the stability of the cottage, supervising and arranging the planting and harvesting of grain, and I will solve the supply of money, food, clothing, armor and weapons and other materials after going down the mountain. Do you understand? After the arrangement was completed, the owner of Chen Zhai immediately asked for confirmation.

"Got it."

All three replied at the same time.

"The time has not yet come for us to say these things today, so don't make it clear, and don't leak the rumors of attacking Liaoshan County. From now on, our external identity is that of the Righteous Army, and we are not allowed to disclose to anyone without my permission that we have been appointed by the imperial court! ”

"Big brother, we know what to say and what not to say."

Chen Zhai was afraid that the news would leak and cause unnecessary trouble, so he repeatedly asked for confidentiality, and the brothers naturally agreed.

Four months later.

In the early morning, a rebel army appeared outside Liaoshan County, taking advantage of the opening of the city to catch the market, the flow of people surged, suddenly rushed into the crowd, killed more than ten officers and soldiers defending the city, and captured the city gate in one fell swoop.

Half an hour later, the rebels captured Liaozhou Prefecture, Zhizhou died in the melee, most of the officials were taken prisoner, and the county seat of Liaoshan fell into the hands of the rebels.

On the same day, the rebels issued a notice that they were willing to fight together against the brutal and greedy Jin State, they were all brothers, and those who did not oppose the Jin Kingdom were all enemies!

At the same time, the rebel army erected the banner of the rebel army in Liaoshan and recruited Liaozhou righteous people to conspire with each other.

Two months after Liaoshan County fell into the hands of the rebels, as the rebels approached other counties and towns in Liaozhou, Heshun, Yushe, Wuxiang and other places, with the help of the rebels, successively overthrew the Jin state and joined the rebels.

By November, Liaozhou had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and a small number of die-hard Jin diehards fled separately, some of them went north to Taiyuan, and some of them went south to Luzhou, preparing to enter Pingyang Mansion through Luzhou to the west.

At this point, the southern area of Taihang Mountain, south of Taiyuan Mansion, east of Pingyang Mansion, north of Mengzhou, and west of Daimyo's Mansion, almost all of the land assigned to the Jin State at the time of the Song and Jin peace negotiations fell into the hands of the Great Song Righteous Army, which cleared the obstacles and paved the way for the Song Army to recover all the land east of the river in advance.

In December, detailed information that Luzhou and Liaozhou had all fallen into the hands of the Taihang Mountain rebels was sent back to Bianjing and delivered to Yang Congyi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

After a quick read, Yang Congyi put down the information and delineated the important gateway for the northern grasslands to enter the Central Plains on the huge map, Yanmen Pass.

Although the imperial court did not have the strength to launch the Northern Expedition again in a short period of time to recover Guanzhong, Hedong, Hexi and other places, these places will be recovered sooner or later, and only by recovering Hedong and Guanzhong can we raise troops to the north and capture Yanjing.

The emperor gave him enough power, but now the imperial court wants money and food, and he urgently needs to recover his vitality, so it is not suitable to start any war.

All Yang Congyi can do now is to plan and plan the Northern Expedition in advance, and make all the preparations he can do as much as possible.

Because he knew that the emperor was in a hurry, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were also in a hurry, eager to launch the Northern Expedition and dominate the world.

Before, he was also very anxious, anxious to make meritorious contributions, anxious to recover the lost territory, but since he was in the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he gradually discovered that the battle of the Northern Expedition was really urgent, if he was not well prepared and launched the Northern Expedition in a hurry, once he lost, he would not only lose a war, but even the national fortune of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Because of the Northern Expedition, it can only succeed in one fell swoop, and there is no second chance, the court will not give it, and the people will not give it.

The 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty has repeatedly proved that the first time it was unsuccessful, and the subsequent Northern Expedition can only get worse and worse, not better.

Therefore, if the Northern Expedition is launched again, it must be well prepared, and it can only succeed, not defeat!

is in an important position, a high position and power, and every move will affect the situation in the world and the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, and he can't be careless.

After moving the capital to Bianjing, he has never left Bianjing for half a year, but he has not stopped paying attention to the situation in the world for a day, because no matter what, his goal is to live in Zhao Yan to unify the world and seize Yanyun, and he wants to grasp any changes in the situation in the world as soon as possible.

A year ago, after he led the Northern Expedition to capture the Daimyo's Mansion, he sent people to go to Tianzhu Mountain in Huaixi, found the Song leader who was quite related back then, and asked him to go out of the mountain to help. As a result, Leader Song not only came by himself, but also brought hundreds of people, all of whom were good hands in Tianzhu Mountain.

As soon as the Song leader led the people to the Daimyo's mansion, Yang Congyi talked with him for a few days, and then selected and dispatched another 100 people and handed them over to the Song leader, leaving him with full authority to spy on the intelligence of the Jin State.

Half a year later, under the personal deployment of the Song chieftain, his intelligence network was basically spread to Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Yanjing, Taiyuan Mansion, Pingyang Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion and other places in Guanzhong, Hedong, Yanyun and other places, and it was still being rapidly improved, and the spy personnel were constantly supplementing.

Although the development of the intelligence network is fast, Yang Congyi is not satisfied with the status quo, and in the future, to recover Hedong, Guanzhong, and Yanyun, he needs more, more timely and accurate information.

Infiltration, infiltrating the Jin State, or directly plotting against officials in important positions are the next things that the intelligence network under the leadership of the Song leader must do.

And whether it is infiltration or rebellion, it is not something that can be done with empty mouths and white teeth, it requires both people and real money.

Most people, living for a lifetime, are not famous, but profit.

If you want people to do things for you, real money is always the most real, direct and efficient!

But here comes the problem, now that the north and the south are divided, the north of the Yangtze River is suffering from war, and is exempted from taxes, and there is only the property transferred from Lin'an in the Bianjing treasury.

The current treasury is like a small closed pond, which can only enter and exit, like a source of water. And Bianjing has to use money everywhere, and each ministry and department is eager to break a copper coin in half and spend it, even so, it can't last too long, where is the extra money for Yang Congyi to lay an intelligence network and plot to infiltrate the officials in important positions in the Jin State?

In the middle of the year, when Zhao Yan summoned Yang Congyi alone, he tentatively proposed the establishment of an intelligence network, the collection of intelligence on the Jin State, and the preparation in advance for the Northern Expedition.

But when Zhao Yan learned that this matter required a lot of money, he asked Yang Congyi to put the matter aside for a while and wait until the treasury was not so tight.

At the beginning, Yang Congyi thought that Zhao Yan was thrifty and reluctant to spend money, until he served in Bianjing for a few months, and still did not receive his official uniform, so he understood that the imperial court was really poor.

And after the relocation of the capital, other officials, from the prime minister to the officials, still wore old official uniforms, some of them were washed white, and some of them were even patched, and even Zhao Yan himself did not sew extra clothes, turning them over and over, just three or two sets.

At this point, Yang Congyi knew that it was impossible to establish an intelligence network and other imperial court funds, so he had to find his own way to raise funds.