Before the Lantern Festival, the wind and snow in the inland of the Central Plains gradually stopped, and it was already the time for Lu Qian to use troops. But on the border land of the Liao and Song Dynasties, it is still the same cold winter.

At night, the city of Cangzhou is covered with clouds, and the wind is gradually rising, but sooner or later there will be a heavy snow rolling down.

In the prefect's yamen, Song Jiang was still working hard in the study, and on the desk in front of him, there were maps, military books, and a lot of information about Hebei and Liao that he had recently collected.

Among them, the sources are not only from the Han region, but also from the Khitan. Only talking about Hebei, if you want to talk about the understanding of the intelligence of the border states of Hebei, except for the high-level of the Song Dynasty, it must be the Khitans. Song Jiang relied on the capital in his hands and his ability to make friends, and he also got a lot of information from the Khitan.

Now they are all on the table for him to check at any time.

The map on one side is densely marked with many symbols, just looking at this map, what Hei Saburo wants, he doesn't ask for self-explanatory.

Song Jiang is still less than forty years, after serving in the Liangshan army, he first defended Dizhou, and then entered Huainan to conquer, counting the military affairs he had experienced before, several ups and downs, and his face was already covered with wind and frost, but several experiences also made him a little more heroic and resolute, adding a lot of masculine charm. He was married when he was recuperating in Songjiazhuang, and the bride was a twenty-eight beauty, but he was also like glue and lacquer with Hei Saburo, like oil in honey.

This time Song Gongming snubbed his wife, the reason is naturally there, the day before yesterday, the flying pigeon passed the book, Lu Qian asked him to start planning Baoding, Xin'an, Bazhou, Xiongzhou. The flying pigeon biography is not regular, and there will be a clear text from Yidu Express later.

Song Jiang completely forgot about his wife and stayed in the study for two nights in a row. The lights were always on late at night.

At this moment, Song Jiangzheng was seriously looking at a piece of information in his hand, while his fingers were comparing and drawing on the map, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, he looked at it for a while, put down the information, and focused on the map.

Outside the palace, a team of soldiers was patrolling, because most of the refugees in Cangzhou were still there, and the guards inside and outside the Cangzhou city were strict.

Even though most of the garrison sergeants were resting, there were only two battalions of soldiers and horses on duty at night.

The bright blubber candle illuminated the room as if it were day, but the sadness on Song Jiang's brow did not fade at all. It is not difficult to use Cangzhou soldiers and horses to defeat the four places of Baoding, don't look at the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the four military states of Baoding, but they are all numbers on paper. Cangzhou Mansion, as the only northern state capital of the Liangshan Army, after the recent military deployment adjustment, there are only 20 battalions of the garrison here, as well as 1,000 cavalry of the Jianrui Army, 1,000 cavalry of the Xuanfeng Army, and five battalions of infantry armor of the regular army, which can be described as strong and strong. Lu Qian took him as the main general, supervised the Cangzhou soldiers and horses to march westward, and captured the four places in Baoding, but the difficulty was to prevent the Liao people from invading the border.

This 'realm' not only refers to the border of Cangzhou, but also refers to the border of Baoding, Xin'an, Bazhou and Xiongzhou, which is nearly 400 miles away from east to west, and there are many military village passes, which can be used for the north-south passage. The Song army in Hebei is like a paper paste, if the Khitans really send troops and horses south, break the city in front of them, and quickly return north after plundering, what else can they do?

King Lu said that he had already asked the Ministry of Rites to write the Khitan, and soon the official document would be sent to Cangzhou with the military order, and Chen Guan would officially visit the Khitan Nanjing City.

But in Song Jiang's view, it is all false. The barbarians in the north came to rob, there are still hundreds of miles of borders west of Xiongzhou, and if the Liao people really want to go south, how can the Song army on the west road of Hebei resist it? When the time comes, it will be a misery. But can the Liangshan army fight with the Khitan on this? King Lu's top priority was to sweep Hebei and seize the Central Plains.

Song Jiang stood up, turned out from behind the case, and strolled out of the study. Compared with the study with a brazier for heating, the air outside is biting cold, and the cold wind blows on the face like a knife cutting the skin.

Song Jiang didn't go back to the room to put on the fur fur, sighed twice, moved his body joints again, and after a crunchy sound, he felt that his whole body was much more relaxed. I sat for two hours, and my joints were stiff.

He practiced his fists and kicks in the courtyard.

Hei Saburo has never been famous for his force, but he and Song Qing, the iron fan, can use a few fists and kicks. Even that Wu can play two meteor hammers.

After a set of boxing exercises, I saw an entourage outside walking in, waiting on the side for him to close his momentum.

Seeing him stop, this man walked up a few steps, and said, "Xianggong, there is news from the post station outside the city that General Shi has rushed to the other side and is resting. ”

"Pass me the warrant and tell General Shi to enter the city overnight." Song Jiang said without thinking.

When he returned to the study, he took a pen and wrote down a warrant, attached it to his own private custody, handed it to the attendant and said, "Go and use the big seal." "The Yin Great Seal of Nafu is kept by a transferred person, and every time the seal is used, there is a record.

Song Jiang saw that Chang Sui went out, so he lowered his head again and looked at the map carefully. It wasn't until the charcoal in the brazier was approaching that he felt a little cold, so he got up and added a few pieces of charcoal to the brazier. In the clicking sound of the charcoal being burned, the sadness on Song Jiang's face suddenly dissolved.

But he racked his brains to come up with a good way to do it and not say it.

With a big stone removed in his heart, Song Jiang sat behind the desk, rubbed his eyebrows, and suddenly felt a little tired.

By the time Shi Wengong came to the study in full costume, Song Gongming almost fell asleep.

"Haha, General Shi has worked hard all the way, please come inside."

Song Jiang was very enthusiastic, but Shi Wengong's face was full of solemnity, this Prime Minister of the Mansion was urging so urgently, there must be something big.

Song Jiang didn't fight with him, and looked at the secret letter to Shi Wengong, who also had a happy face, "This is ......"

"The king flying pigeon sent a secret decree, let you and I prepare in advance, and there will be a clear decree in the near future, before that, you must act in secret and not make a noise."

"The king, this is going to the land of Hebei." Some battles, Shi Wengong is the most happy. Isn't he the result of a war to be where he is today?

Song Jiang stroked his short beard under his chin and said: "The land of Hebei is already empty, and this is the time of day; The terrain is flat and waveless, and we can let our army gallop vertically and horizontally, which is also geographically advantageous; At the same time, in the winter of last year, the king helped the refugees, saved countless lives of the people, and his reputation spread far and wide, and the foundation has been set, which is the people. The right time, place and people, both of the three, do not take it at this time, but when? "He, Song Gongming, still thinks that he can go further.

That Huainan was cheaper than Guo Yong, and the governor of Shandong was occupied by a new Li Guang. Li Guang and Li Taifa are very awesome, Song Sanlang does not dare to compare, that is the master who dared to brush the tiger's beard when Zhu Mian was at the height of his limelight, although Li Guang only punished the slaves of the Zhu family, not Zhu Mian's father Zhu Chong, but this is already admirable.

After Gao Yu and Tong Guan were defeated one after another, Tokyo shook, and he pointed out that today's scholars and doctors are sycophants and traitors, blocking the way of speech; So that the anger of resentment accumulates the heavens and the earth. called Cai Jing and Wang Huang hated him to the bone, and he was degraded as the magistrate of Yangshuo County, Guizhou. Immediately, when the imperial court was shaken, he passed down the Jun order, and sent Qiongzhou on the grounds of dirt and heavy ministers and framing loyalty. Li Guang also lost his heart towards the Song Dynasty at this point. can be said to be another important role brought by Chen Zhenghui.

Lu Qian felt impressed when he heard the name Li Guang, and after thinking about it, he already understood. This person is not well known to the public in later generations, that is, he only knew that there was such a person as him in history when he was in Baidu Li Gang and Zhao Ding. He, together with Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and Hu Quan, were known as the four ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty. If so, Lu Qian first asked Li Guang to supervise the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate and inspect the relief of refugees in Jeju and Xuzhou, and then he was promoted to the right deputy imperial history, and then he was promoted to the governor of Shandong.

Song Heizi looked at the position of the governor of Shandong and was greedy, but he also understood that he couldn't hook it. But what about this Hebei province? He Song Gongming first had merit anyway, and then resisted the attack of the Song army, conquered Huainan, and governed Cangzhou, which are all real merits, how can he not be the governor position?

"General Shi is heroic and powerful, this is the place where generals come in, and they can show their ambitions." Song Jiang said this, so that Shi Wengong was excited and said that he didn't dare. As soon as Hei Saburo's voice changed, he said: "The only one who can be worried, Khitan also." ”

Shi Wengong's face also changed when he heard these two words, and he also felt a headache when he remembered a request in the secret letter.

"Cangzhou soldiers and horses have a total of 15,000 foot riders. And leave a few guards, which can be dispatched by the cavalry, that is, about 10,000 or so. It is easy to attack a city, but it is difficult to take care of such a long border. ”

Song Jiang smiled, Shi Wengong was difficult, he was not difficult. "Don't worry, general. Song Jiang has already done something like this. As he spoke, he laid out his plans one by one, "What do you think, general?" ”

Shi Wengong's face was tangled, this matter is not small, if there is any blame above, it will be a disaster. But he couldn't come up with a better plan than that. "But it's a good plan. I'm afraid the king will be surprised......"

"How dare you disobey the king." Song Jiang was able to send a secret report directly to Lu Qian. But this kind of thing must be cut first, otherwise it will be too late.

"That being the case, the young general is willing to attach the tail ji."

Song Jiang was overjoyed when he heard it. "So you and I will do it at once. And the general will also start counting the soldiers and horses, and as soon as the king's decree comes, he will immediately send troops. "It's more at stake.

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Let's say that in the Baoding Military Prefecture, which is not far from Cangzhou, Wu Ming, the commander of the soldiers and horses there, beat the horse and galloped to the military state office. Stepping inside, I saw that the attendant had already set up a guest seat next to the desk. Zhijun Fan Bingguo got up and said, "Disturb Wu Dujian to come in the snow, and sit down and eat two bowls of wine first." ”

Wu Ming saw a table of food on the table, and said with a smile: "The husband is happy, but the young general is so anxious." ”

Fan Bingguo said: "Wu Dujian is also a little more worried. Now that the cold winter has not passed, how can there be war in the cold season? The land thieves mobilized their troops and horses to gather in Jeju, only a stone's throw away from the Daimyo's Mansion, Tong and Zhang's two ministers are not in a hurry, but I, the Baoding army, are afraid of him. This countermeasure should come sooner or later, and it will not be this Baoding Army is the two people whose surname is Fan and your surname Wu, but Tong Xianggong and Zhang Xianggong ignored it. ”

Wu Ming said: "Even so, we must not guard against it. That Song Jiang is repetitive, but he is not a good person, my Baoding army can only be used by three or four thousand people in the city, and there has been no training for a long time. The armor is not complete, the equipment is not ready, in case something happens to the Cangzhou thief army, how can I resist it? It is this Hebei County bandit like hair, one day Shangfeng dispatched soldiers and horses to level the thief, and it is not easy to deal with. ”

Fan Bingguo said: "The superintendent is reasonable. But you don't know how much food you need to train your soldiers? ”

"As long as you prepare the armor and equipment, and raise the soldiers, you must first come up with 10,000 yuan."

Fan Bingguo was shocked: "You want so much money and food? Without waiting for Wu Ming to speak, Fan Bingguo said again: "Baoding, a barbaric military state, where is there so much silver?" The eunuchs have not heard of me, and the whole of the yamen has not seen me for months. Wu Ming saw that Fan Bingguo didn't approve, so he had to eat and drink sullenly. Outside the paper window, a few gusts of cold wind blew loudly. An attendant lifted the curtain, looked out, and then retracted his neck and said, "There is snow outside, and there are goose feathers flying." ”

Fan Bingguo was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked the attendant to fork the curtain and look out. I saw that in the sky, snowflakes were flying white, and snow was accumulating in the courtyard in the blink of an eye, as if countless white salt had been sprinkled.

Fan Bingguo took a bite of the wine cup, and said with a smile: "God bless me Da Song." Wu Du Jian looks, in the middle of winter, the ice and snow are on the way, how to march? It was the Cangzhou thief army who deliberately violated the border, and at such a time, he couldn't act on his own. ”

Wu Ming smiled angrily: "It's almost the Lantern Festival now, how many days can you endure the bitter cold in the north?" Fan Bingguo just didn't say anything.