Chapter 234: Take control of the situation

Celebration and commendation are re-arranged

Throw a pen from Rong to the barracks

Song did not declare the war, first there were small victories, and then lost again and again, Jin Ben did not want to fight, forced to fight, and the general who defended the city dealt with it properly, which was remarkable. Emperor Wan Yan Jing was satisfied with this and decided to hold a celebration party to reward the winning generals.

The left deputy marshal Bu Sanyu has a good command and proper deployment, and he should be the first to make a contribution. The official is a product, and he is given a jade sword, a jade lotus, a hundred taels of gold, eleven ends of the inner house, two pairs of jade saddles, and a number of imperial medicines!

Other generals will be promoted to knights according to the size of their merits:

Tangzhou Thorn Shiwu Gu Sun Wutun, Dengzhou Military Horse Affairs completed Yan Jiangshan into the second level, Caizhou defense envoy Wan Yan Buddha into the first level.

Su Shi Liezhen, Nalan Bang Lie, Mo Ran Shi and so on each have their own rewards to enter the knighthood.

After all the commanders finished Yan Saino, the deputy commander Puxian Wannu entered the first level of the knight and was rewarded a few.

Bu Sanhua sent an urgent message from Bianliang to report the relevant work and some ideas, and after Yan Jing's imperial view, he felt that he was still satisfied.

Since July, the Song State has dealt with some defeated generals, adjusted the commander of the Eastern Central Front, and the army has entered a state of rest, which is basically calm and has not provoked major wars; The last general led a cadre of people from Xingtai and others to inspect the front line of Jianghuai and Beijing, and the situation was still very good. All prefectures and counties took the initiative to repair the city, prepare equipment, guard the generals were diligent and thrifty, and all the military and rewards were in place, and the morale was high, except for Sizhou, they were all prepared and ready to deal with the attack of the Song army at any time; If there are still shortcomings, it is that the troops are somewhat weak, and they cannot form an advantage in numbers, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to cope with the large-scale overall attack of the Song Dynasty and the counterattack of our army. For this reason, the last general suggested that the army and horses should be mobilized as soon as possible to prepare for the next step with a strong advantage.

In his grasp of the entire war, he completely implemented his guiding ideology and relevant principles. Based on Dajin's domestic and international situation and economic strength, this challenge to the Song Dynasty was mainly based on containment, and the expansion and protracted war were avoided as much as possible. Before, I gave in again and again to show the sincerity of peaceful coexistence, but Song did not know the current affairs and did not declare war, so he must return the color.

Bu Sanhua has another idea, I don't know if it is feasible, please ask the emperor to judge. The mastermind and supreme commander of the Song war was Han Yanxuan, whose ancestral home was Anyang, Xiangzhou. Send people to Anyang to find the Han clan, let them hold the portrait of their ancestor Han Qi and the Han family tree, and go to the Song Dynasty to find Han Yanxuan, hoping that he will consider the safety of the Han family's ancestral tomb and the people, and turn the conflict into a jade silk.

Shu Han Lu pacified Wan Yan Gang and reported the good news to him. Wu Xi read the edict written by the emperor himself, and the shock was not small. In particular, taking Yue Fei as an example, he pointed out that Song's "Wei Luo shook the master's body, and those who covered the world were not rewarded, which has been the case since ancient times, not only today." "It really went to his heart. Based on the suspicion and suppression of the Wu family by the Song court, and in the face of the powerful and did not take any advantage, the emperor said: The land of Shu is known as the Qing Dynasty, and it should be sealed. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to surrender to our country, expressing his neutrality in the current war between the two countries. It was only proposed in the number of Xianzhou counties to see if they could be replaced by gold, silver and jewelry.

Wan Yan Jing smiled, I tried my best to plan, and finally saw the dawn, the sky has eyes, the ancestors and ancestors protect me, and my Dajin will survive another catastrophe.

He instructed Wan Yan Gang: return to Shaanxi quickly, actively defend, respond to Wu Xi's attack at any time, and resolutely and completely defeat him, so that he knows that only by taking refuge in Dajin is the only correct way. Tell Wu Duan again that one of the four states cannot be less, and there is no room for it.

Instruct Huangmen Liang Shidao: Summoning Zhang Wangong, Wanyan Kuang, Beiye Moshi, Meng Gong, and Pu Chareker to the apse to discuss matters.

This was the highest-level military strategic meeting of the two countries, focusing on the situation and strategic arrangements between the two countries; due to some results in the relevant work in the early stage and some clarity in the situation, the meeting was held relatively smoothly, and the following consensus and decision were made after consultations:

We will express strong protest and resolute opposition to the Song Dynasty's unauthorized tearing up of the covenant and provoking war, and the principle in the future will be to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, completely annihilate the invading enemy, and choose an appropriate time to negotiate peace.

For this reason, the edict of Zhangde Mansion was specially issued: send troops to protect the ancestral tomb of Anyang Huangfutun Han Yanxuan, and it is not allowed to be cut down.

The main battlefields to deal with the Song army were placed in Lianghuai and Jingxi, and all kinds of troops and horses were assembled on the relevant front lines; If Song Wen can learn a lesson from this, honestly admit his mistakes, pay reparations and apologize, Daikin can make a truce, and the two sides can continue to coexist peacefully; The Western Front continued to do a good job in recruiting surrenders and signed an alliance as soon as possible.

Qiu Zhongqing hurriedly returned to Beijing and reported to Han Yanxuan with a sad face. King Pingzhang, the situation on the front line is not good. Let's talk about the generals first, many generals don't know the art of war, are not skilled in martial arts, don't know their own troops, not to mention love nurses and soldiers, when fighting, they are afraid of the head and tail, and always want to save their lives; Speaking of soldiers, they don't like to train, they are afraid of hardship, and they don't even bother to bring chariots and ladders for siege of the city. The war can be won only when the two armies meet, the brave wins, the generals do not hesitate to die, and the soldiers are not afraid of death. Now, the soldiers are afraid of death, like a rabble, and lack the necessary strategy, how can they win?

Han Yanxuan was also surprised, oh, is it so serious?

I am nearly seventy years old, how can I lie to you? It can also tell you. After I arrived in Yangzhou, Governor Sun complained to me. What their government has dealt with the most during this period of time is the bad and ugly things that the soldiers have done.

There are such things as gathering crowds to make trouble, interfering with good people, stealing chickens and touching dogs, and so on, especially a while ago, when the generals lost a battle, knowing that they would be punished, they didn't ask about the army at all, and let those soldiers come by nonsense. Some soldiers are forced to buy and sell, some go to taverns to eat overlords, and the brothels are full of business, and many soldiers openly say: Lao Tzu goes to the front line to work hard, and if he is not careful, his head will move, and more than 100 catties will be confessed, he should eat and drink, and women should play more, and there is no one to die if he asks for money. The brothel bustard often went to the yamen to make trouble.

What is even more infuriating is that two soldiers drank a lot of alcohol at night, drunkenly broke into a house, and it happened that the adult was not at home, only a fourteen-year-old girl, and the two were so mad that they raped the girl, causing the girl to bleed to death. It took a lot of effort for the government to arrest these two murderers who were inferior to pigs and dogs, and to pay for compensation, and finally settled the matter.

Then these soldiers have to be in charge, they must be severely punished, and they must be killed if they should be killed, and there will be no mercy.

Of course, after I went, I set up a 200-member disciplinary team in the Xuanfu Division, patrolled day and night, inspected various military camps, and arrested those who did bad things, detained them for reflection at the light level, beat them with military sticks, and held their commanders accountable. In this way, the boundaries of Yangzhou are much calmer.

Han Yanxuan's face became more natural, he still cared about the combat effectiveness of the army. Zhong Qing, then you say, how is this battle fought?

Qiu Zongqing's face was serious, King Pingzhang, the old minister thought that this battle could not be fought for the time being. Do you think, or those soldiers, although the generals are changed, how many will fight? Now, let's talk about Bi Zai meeting Bi Tong, first of all, he was born in a martial arts family, his father Bi Jin is Yue Fei's general, this person's arm strength is very strong, can wear Yang in a hundred steps, that is, he alone alone, dozens of soldiers can't hurt him, secondly, he has the style of Yue's generals, he is not afraid of death in battle, leading the army to die in the front, the general is so, the soldier can not fight for his life, only on the battlefield is not afraid of death, in order not to die, the soldiers are concentric, how can they not win? Thirdly, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he knows that to fight a war, he must use his brains and use stratagems, and that fighting a war is to take him by surprise, and to know the enemy's situation and make clever arrangements, which are interlocking. It's a pity that there are too few such people.

At present, what we need to do is to intensify training, get rid of the mentality of being afraid of hardship and tiredness, improve the soldiers' ability to fight individually, and cultivate in them the spirit of loving the country and the people and having the courage to make sacrifices.

"When?" Han Yanxuan asked.

"It won't be too long, at least a year or two."

"So many soldiers are staying on the front line, what is this Northern Expedition."

"King Pingzhang, at present, we have not lost a city, but also occupied a Sizhou, can be said to win, I heard that Henan Xingtai is mobilizing troops, when the Jin soldiers counterattack, we can maintain such a situation, even if it is very good. You let Wu Xi of Sichuan and Shaanxi send troops to capture one or two states, not only to contain the Jin soldiers, but also to reduce the pressure on this side, and the purpose of the Northern Expedition will be achieved. Also, you can ask Zhang Shumi in Xiangyang to see if what I am telling is the truth, and then ask Yang Yuandao to see what he says. ”

Things are not going as well as they should have done at the front, but there is no bad news yet. However, Old Man Qiu's suggestion was good.

Qinzhou is an important town in the northwest, once our Song army occupies, then the entire northwest, from Zhenrong in the north (now Guyuan in Ningxia), to the prefectures and counties in the Yanzhou area in the south, all belong to our Great Song Dynasty, which plays a very critical role in preventing the Jin soldiers from attacking Shu from the northwest.

Yes, urge Wu Xi to send troops and occupy Qinzhou.

Fan Zuliang received the edict and came to report to the political affairs hall.

Han Yanxuan said bluntly, I want you to come to the Privy Council, I hope you will contribute to the Northern Expedition, which yamen do you see?

Zheng Yuanzhong said that he was willing to go to the front of the palace to teach the forbidden army. He communicated with Yang Yuandao a few times, and found that there was a fatal weakness in the soldier, that is, he had no faith and no spirit, being a soldier was to support his family and make a living, and to fight a war was to fight if he could, and if he couldn't, he would run, and to save his life, of course, fighting a war is not to send him to death, but he must not be afraid of death. They are civilian officials, and under the condition that they have strengthened their training and become familiar with the art of war, they mainly teach soldiers to learn culture, educate and cultivate their spirit, and make them become sergeants with soul, thought, and wisdom.