"Does Fan Wenzheng Gong know?" Faced with his nephew's doubts, Xu Shao asked.

Fan Wenzheng? Just when Xu Wei was wondering, he didn't know who this old fan was, but he saw that his father and brother nodded frequently. I also heard the third uncle say: "In the past, Wen Zhenggong declared the west as a 'governor of political affairs', and when he passed through Zhengzhou, he saw Lu Yijian and said that he was only temporarily appointed abroad. Lu said to him, how can he return to participating in politics? Later, it turned out that this was the unwritten rule. But if the prime minister is released from his foreign office, he will never return to Beijing one day. Fan Zhongyan is still like this, let alone Li Gang? ”

After making trouble for a long time, it turned out to be Fan Zhongyan. According to what the third uncle said, Geng Nanzhong was jealous of Li Gang, and secondly, he was afraid that he would threaten his position as prime minister, so he would rather hand over the military and political power in Shaanxi to Li Gang than drive him out of the political core of Tokyo. In any case, the central government is highly centralized, and the administrative and military authority of the local government is quite limited, so I am not afraid of any storms that he will stir up.

However, although Geng Nanzhong is said to be the prime minister, such an important personnel appointment will never be possible without the approval of the officials. In this way, Zhao Huan also has this thought? He also didn't want Li Gang to stay in Tokyo?

"Alas, it's a pity." Xu Zhang sighed. It is inconvenient for the military minister to discuss politics, although he thinks that Li Gang is a good person, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and a strong advocate of the War of Resistance, if he can be the prime minister to lead the government, it is a person who can make the best of his talents. But he can only complain vaguely.

Xu Wei doesn't think so, the two rivers have been out of control, the importance of Shaanxi will be unprecedentedly prominent, in the past it was just to guard against the party, and now it is necessary to resist the Jurchens, the choice of the commander of Shaanxi is very important, if it is not a person, it will not only be difficult to convince the public, but also affect the three armies, Li Gang should be said to be the most ideal candidate.

After a period of silence, Xu Shao thought that he was relieved and said, "By the way, fourth, your appointment will come down tomorrow." Anyway, it's already decided, and it doesn't hurt for the third uncle to inform you in advance. ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he was delighted and said, "Oh, I don't know where to go?" ”

"The right to know the same state, and the state is also under the jurisdiction of the state." As soon as Xu Shao's words came out, Xu Zhang and Xu Sheng were all happy. Tongzhou is located in Shaanxi, adjacent to Yan'an, Yanzhou, east of Hedong, there is Xiyue Huashan in the territory, which is the danger of the world. Although Xu Sheng's qualifications are shallow, he can be entrusted with the position of governor of a state, which can be regarded as over-promotion.

"Shaanxi Wulu has always produced many heroes, and the old four know the same state, which is where it comes in." Xu Zhangzheng said.

Xu Shao nodded in agreement: "Yes, this appointment is actually controversial, Tongzhou will be the forefront of resistance to the Jurchens in the future, and many people support Yao Pingzhong, and almost form a resolution." But someone only mentioned one sentence, saying that Yao Pingzhong's rescue of Xu Wei was delayed, and all the armies had made war merits, and he alone had nothing to gain, so it was recommended not to use it. After the official family heard this, they decided to be the fourth. ”

Although he did not name him, the answer was about to come out, this person who demolished Yao Pingzhong must be Zheyan. Should! This guy has always been very happy, and if he is placed at the forefront of the anti-gold resistance, it is definitely not a good thing.

Xu Shao instructed Xu Si that the situation in Tongzhou was very complicated now, and he should be psychologically prepared, and Xu Sheng agreed. After talking for a while, Xu Zhangben waited for him to tell him how Lao Jiu was arranged, but he couldn't wait for the news, so he couldn't help asking: "What about Lao ......Jiu?"

Hearing his brother mention this, Xu Shao sighed, and said with a sad face: "Lao Jiu's contribution this time is not small, and I believe that no one will say anything if any of the three yas, including the palace marshal, the step marshal, and the horse marshal, mention it." The difficulty is that the official family really likes him and doesn't want to let him out. It's a bit of a tough thing to do, so I'll do my best. ”

Seeing that the eldest brother and the fourth brother were all rushing to the front line in Shaanxi, Xu Wei was a little anxious, but the third uncle said so, and he didn't talk much, so he saluted and said, "Third Uncle Lao is bothered." ”

"Well, that's it, I was so noisy in the political hall that my throat was smoking, and I haven't bothered to eat yet, second brother, I'll go back first." After Xu Shao said for a while, he got up and said goodbye.

"Third uncle, your two nieces and daughters-in-law have already prepared wine and rice, and it's not too late to leave after eating." Xu Sheng hurriedly persuaded.

Two nieces? Xu Shao didn't react when he first heard it, and suddenly slapped his head and smiled: "Okay!" Lao Jiu is newly married, and I, as an uncle, also taste the craftsmanship of my nephew and daughter-in-law. Oh, by the way, the official family also asked me when he was scattered, saying that Xu Jiu has been busy lately? I said that Xu is a newlywed Yan'er, just like lacquer. Hearing the official family laughing, he said, 'What do you mean to make steel and turn into finger wrapping soft', a tiger like Xu Jiu also has a long time of affection. ”

As soon as Xu Sheng heard this, he immediately answered: "That's that, if it weren't for the eldest brother to say goodbye, I'm afraid he wouldn't move." The words landed, causing the two elders to laugh.

After dinner and seeing off the third uncle, Xu Wei returned to the room, quite depressed. Although his family is here, he really doesn't want to stay in Tokyo any longer, although the imperial capital is good, after all, it is just a cage. What can compare to the sky in the west where birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish leaps? From now on, Song Jin will inevitably enter the long-term tug-of-war of the prophecy of the teacher, Shaanxi is at the forefront, and if you want to do a career, there is the land of wind and clouds, the land of heroes. What's the point of nesting in Tokyo, even if it's high?

Besides, although the Jurchens invaded the south twice, they failed to overcome all the achievements. But the style of the Great Song Emperor has been fully manifested during this period of time. He wanted to reshape the mountains and rivers, but he hesitated, and changed the order every day, whether it was war or peace, he could not implement it throughout. Frequent changes of prime ministers and changes of strategy. Although he has great ambitions, he does not have a clear account in his heart. Although a group of main combat officials were employed, judging from the fact that he always protected Geng Nanzhong, a confidant, there was still room for improvement.

If there is another large-scale invasion of Jinguo, Tokyo may not be able to recover. When the time comes, even if he is a marshal, he can only cry without tears, and it is time to go outside.

When he was thinking deeply, the door was gently pushed open, and Zhang Jiuyue, who had been busy for a while, stepped into the house, holding a copper basin in his hand: "It's not too early, let's rest early after the officials wash." ”

Seeing her, Xu Weiman swept away his annoyance, and blamed: "Someone else does these jobs, why do you do it yourself?" ”

In September, while putting down the hot water and wring out the square scarf, he said with a smile: "The Xu family has been in the army for generations, how can there be so much attention?" Officials are also military ministers, and they will rarely have to fight outside in the future, and they can't rely on their subordinates to do everything. ”

Xu Wei's heart moved when he heard this, and he took the scarf and asked, "What?" Tokyo is bad? ”

"No matter how good Tokyo is, it's not a place for officials to stay." In September, these words went up to Xu Wei's heart.

Half of his face was washed, and he suddenly asked, "How do you know that I don't want to stay in Tokyo?" ”

September snatched a square scarf to wash his face, and said with a smile: "Last night, someone tossed and turned and couldn't sleep steadily, and from time to time they sighed softly, and secretly got up and went out in their clothes for nearly four watches. can make Xu Jiuguan so bored here, it must be for the future. ”

Xu Wei stubbornly denied it: "Who said that?" I'm bored because I feel sorry for you, since I got married, I haven't worked hard for a day. The fourth sister-in-law complained yesterday, and when you came, she became an idler. ”

September knew that he was coaxing himself to be happy, and said when he untied his belt: "If this is the case, I will naturally be moved." It's just that the men are ambitious in all directions, and the officials still pay more attention to their own future. ”

Xu Wei looked at the meticulous woman in front of him, and sighed in his heart, I have gambled countless times in my life, but this one won the most! If you marry her, what more can your husband ask for? However, this kind of serious thinking only lasted for a moment, and the newlyweds' ** was immediately ignited, and September was widening his clothes for him, and Xu Jiuyi was cold and hugged him...... For several days, there has been no news about Xu Wei's appointment. And his vacation also ended, and the Hujie Township Army was still stationed in Mutuogang. Xu Wei returned to the army, reorganized the troops, summoned officers at all levels, summed up the lessons and lessons of the battle against the Jin army, put forward targeted training guidelines, and revised the training essentials.

In this battle against Jin, Hujie's casualties were not insignificant, more than 40,000 horses, until the withdrawal to Tokyo, the remaining 30,000 was more than 30,000, which is still after several supplements. Later, because of the performance of Changjiejun in this operation, the infantry division re-established its name and formed a separate army. Therefore, Liu Yan's Changjie army was withdrawn, and Xu Wei's troops only had more than 24,000 horse infantry troops. But the soldiers who survived the bloody battle are no longer the second-rate troops stationed in Mutuogang at the beginning. Although it is still far from the realm of "elite in a hundred battles," the Hujie officers clearly feel that the combat strength of the unit has risen to a higher level.

Moreover, the Hujie Township Army has an extraordinary feature, which can even be said to be an advantage. That is, they are not afraid of the Jurchens. Although the Jin army defeated the Khitan and swept across the two rivers, when the Hujie Township Army, which was still the "Jingsui Battalion", became famous, it almost wiped out the enemy in the first battle, and later defended the Yellow River, so that thousands of people could not move forward. Later, the six counties of Jingnan were guarded, and a city was not lost. As for the night robbery of the Jin army grain camp, although the casualties were huge, we burned the Jurchens to poor eggs with a fire, and they couldn't get out of Huazhou. Later, although he escaped by luck, we almost chased all the way to Zhending, no matter how strong the Jurchen is, he is still a human after all, and he has not seen one more egg than us, right?

Maybe it's Xu Wei's luck, maybe it's Hujie's luck, they have never been defeated in the face of the Jurchens. Even the elite of the elite, the Western Army, didn't they let the Jurchens return with thousands of horsemen killed before Tongguan?

In the camp, Xu Wei was dressed in military uniform, followed by Du Feihu, who was carrying a "fierce knife" at his waist. Walking to the school field, I saw the Marquis of Hujie, the capital of the Hujie army, and Wu Jie, who had just been promoted to "Doctor Wuxian", was commanding about 3,000 people to practice. He practiced neither guns nor archery, but formations.

After so many battles, Xu Wei deeply understands a truth. In the absence of cavalry superiority, the infantry has to deal with the cavalry, and the formation is the most important, as long as the formation is not chaotic, the victory or defeat is unknown. As soon as the formation is chaotic, the consequence is a big rout. A two-legged infantry can never outrun a four-legged cavalry.

He didn't go over to disturb the tribe, but stood and watched from a distance with Du Feihu and the guards. Although Wu Jie said that when he was transferred to the Hujie Township Army, he was only a team general, but a famous general is a famous general after all, and gold will always shine. Several suggestions have been adopted by Xu Wei, and the credit is not small. At this time, although the formation he laid out was not yet complete, it had gradually taken shape.

"What do you think?" Xu Wei looked at it carefully for a while, then turned around and asked Du Feihu.

The number one Tiger Warrior replied truthfully: "I have never seen it before. ”

At this time, Wu Jiewang saw that Xu Wei had arrived, and hurriedly led a group of officers to meet him, and said with his fists clenched: "I have seen the commander in my humble position." ”

Xu Wei nodded lightly, pointed at the horsewhip in his hand, and asked, "What name?" ”

"Stacking Formations." Wu Jie replied with a bit of arrogance.

Xu Wei walked forward and asked, "Tell me, how is the stacking formation?" ”

"Yesterday, the commander summoned the officers to sum up their experience and come to a conclusion. Fighting on foot, the people served, the formation. And the weight of the formation lies in the bow and crossbow. The Jurchens have the advantage of cavalry, driven by iron hooves, landslides and ground cracks, and are invincible. If we can't inflict heavy losses on the enemy before the two armies come into contact, it will be quite unfavorable to us. In view of this, I will give full play to the common formation of my tiger and create this formation, and the first task is to highlight the role of the bow and crossbow. ”

Wu Jie invited Xu Wei to the front of the battle and introduced them in turn: "In every battle, the spear is in front and cannot sit up, this is to resist the impact of the enemy cavalry, and the number of horizontal and vertical positions has been increased, giving the cavalry a greater obstacle. After the spearmen, there was the strongest black lacquer bow, and then the crossbows of the great powers, the divine arm bow was ranked last, and the number of crossbowmen exceeded more than sixty percent of the whole array. If the enemy rushes into our formation, two hundred paces, he will begin to be attacked. ”

After hearing this, Xu Wei nodded and said, "In these two hundred steps, you can already see the clues of victory and defeat." But the Jurchens are also good at bows and arrows, and it is said that their bows are used on horses to shoot arrows, and they can fly geese, how to restrain them? ”

"Yes, the lowly duty also takes this into account, so it is recommended that the crossbowmen also wear heavy armor and short-handled knives and axes, and if the battle does not go well, they should also join the melee hand-to-hand combat." Wu Jie said.

"If it's a field battle and you suddenly encounter the enemy, what can you do?" Xu Wei broke the casserole and asked to the end, as if he was in a dilemma with Wu Jie.

"Where the army marches, the cavalry wings are in front of it, giving the infantry time to form a formation, and when the formation is formed, the cavalry retreats, hence the name of the stacking formation." Wu Jie said with a smile.

Xu Wei smiled when he heard this: "It seems that I still have to read military books." ”

"The commanders are polite, and the lowly position is still far away." Wu Jie said modestly.

"Don't be a sycophant, arrange the troops, I'm not as good as you." Xu Wei smiled, and walked to the outside of the school field, saying "Let's go." Wu Jie understood, ordered the soldiers to continue the practice, and chased after him.

Namu camel Oka is the place where the heavenly horses are raised, the water and grass are abundant, and the lake is surrounded on three sides. Now it is spring again, the scenery is extremely beautiful, the tough grass is like bis, and the mountains and lakes are one color. Walking in this fairy-like place is really refreshing.

"Splendid mountains and rivers, no wonder for thousands of years, the Central Plains Flower World has always attracted the eyes of the northern jackals......" Wu Jie saw that Xu Wei had not spoken, and sighed softly.

Xu Wei said: "It is no wonder that for thousands of years, in order to guard this magnificent mountain and river, the people of Middle Earth did not hesitate to throw their heads and spill their blood, although they died without regret. ”

Wu Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "In the end, the commander of the capital makes the realm higher." ”

"Hugh said and laughed, Jin Qing, I have been thinking about it these days, where do you say that in the future, between Song and Jin, where should the battlefield be placed?" Xu Wei's unprovoked question made Wu Jie confused for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, he replied, "It's better not to say it." ”

"Hey, there's no outsider here, but it's okay." The implication of Xu Wei's words is that you Wu Jie are not outsiders.

"That being the case, then the lowly man has the audacity to say." Wu Jinqing said, pondered for a moment, and opened the conversation, "If you don't like it, Tokyo has no danger to rely on, and every time you rely on the Yellow River to resist the enemy, it rarely works." If the Jurchens invade again with more than 100,000 troops, I am afraid it will be ......"

Xu Wei picked up a stone from the ground, hit five or six floats on the surface of the lake, and chuckled: "Who said it wasn't?" As long as the official family was in Tokyo, it was always the ultimate target of the Jurchen attack. ”

Wu Jie sighed helplessly, and suddenly asked: "Humble and talkative, Hujie Township Army wants to stay in Tokyo all the time?" ”

"What? Can't stay still? Xu Wei turned his head to look at him and asked, but Wu Jie smiled and said nothing. In fact, there is no need to ask, the Hujie Township Army was formed by the Jingsui Battalion recruiting the Lianghe Righteous Army. For a period of time, the sergeant has begun to miss his homeland, and he is especially eager to return. Because of the special nature of Hujie, the atmosphere of this army was almost not affected by the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, so at this stage in the army, calls to go back to Lianghe appeared from time to time.

"Warning officers at all levels to discipline the non-commissioned officers of the department, now that the future of Hujie is uncertain, we must pay attention to avoid trouble, and inappropriate remarks must be controlled in time." Xu Wei commanded, and when he said this, he patted Wu Jie's shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "There will be a turnaround." ”

The turning point that Xu Wei was looking forward to soon came.

At the beginning of April, news came from the north, Hebei to be exact. Remember when Sticky Han broke through Tongguan and forced Luoyang, the Xijing who surrendered in Kaicheng stayed behind to guard Gao Shiyu? This person was originally Zhao Ji's favorite minister during his reign, and in the two southern invasions of the Jin army, he was the highest-ranking official of the Great Song Dynasty who surrendered.

When Muhan withdrew his troops, he took him back to the capital of the Jin Kingdom, Huining Mansion (now Acheng District, Harbin). Perhaps because of his rank, the Emperor of the Jin State, Wanyan Wu Qimai, personally summoned him and asked him about the reality of the Southern Dynasty. Gao Shiyou knew everything, said everything, pointed out the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, and said that the Southern Dynasty often led the troops with scholars, the civil officials were greedy, and the military ministers were afraid of death, so they were not afraid.

Wu Qimai said that although the Southern Dynasty was greedy for civil servants, there were Li Gang's generation. Although the military ministers are afraid of death, there are teachers and the like, who are afraid of being slow down, right?

Gao Shiyou admonished, although Li Gang and other people were the main anti-Japanese war, but the young emperor often doubted and did not use it. Even if there is a kind of teacher who forgets to die, the great plan of the government is determined by the execution. This generation is just executing, and it is difficult to make a difference.

Wu Qimai was quite happy, and said to Mu Han and Hu Libu that although he folded Guo Yaoshi, he got this person, and it was God who helped me Jurchen. Sticky Han was also complacent, but he didn't think so, he only asked Gao Shiyou a word, what is the origin of Xu Wei?

Gao Shiyou was confused, who is Xu Wei? He has been staying in Luoyang, and when Xu Wei fought fiercely on the Purple Mountain, he had no idea. When the food and grass were burned, this one had already surrendered. Then he replied that he had never heard of Xu Weiqi and wanted to be a nobody.

Relying on this, Gao Shiyou is just a person who talks about it, and even Xu Wei doesn't know it, so it can't be used.

Emperor Jin ignored his defeat and soon worshiped Gao Shiyou as the ambassador of Xuanfu on Hebei West Road, and knew the true mansion. This move means that the Jurchens have taken Hebei in the Great Song Dynasty as their own territory!