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Although the severity of the punishment received by the rest of the generals was different, the northern army made Lin'an even more uneasy from now on.

Even Li Hu and Yang Fuxing of the Southern Army, although they could not be punished, they could not reap any benefits.

The only general-level figure who stood out from this disaster was Zheng Yunming, the head of Zhiyingtian, who was still the son of the prime minister. With such an identity and merits, the future of taking charge of Jinghu, making him a marquis, and finally entering the political hall can be seen at a glance.

Especially when he took in a large number of enemy troops who participated in the rebellion, his wings were even fuller, although he did not say that no one in Xiangyang City could compete with him, but the weight of his words now had far exceeded the authority under the name of the head of Zhiyingtian, and even in this short window period, he became the supreme commander of the front line of the Great Song Dynasty against the Mongols.

Zheng Yunming himself did not have this consciousness, he knelt down on one knee towards Zhao Fan as usual, and called him handsome.

"Nearly 9,000 rebellious soldiers have been captured, and they have been organized into a separate army, and Qin Wuquan, the first general of the Tulong Army, is responsible for the command of the whole army.

Zhao Fan waved his hand: "I will not be a handsome soon, you can discuss these things with the generals." ”

He leaned forward, and his face became stern: "These people are the elite of the Jin Kingdom that has been used to resist the Mongols for ten years, and in the future, you will be a shield in this Xiangyang City, facing the blades of the Mongols at any time, and they will be a very useful help to you." These people have wandered for half their lives and have never found a true home, so when you use them in the future, do not be too harsh, lest you provoke them to another disaster."

"The last general requires the same standard for all the soldiers under his subordinates, whether they are in the north, south, east or west." Zheng Yunming said: "What's more, these 9,000 people will definitely not be under my subordinates in the future, even if I have the heart to treat them kindly, I can't use my strength." ”

Zhao Fan laughed: "Now the generals of Jinghu, apart from you, who is qualified to annex these enemy troops?" ”

Zheng Yunming still said calmly: "It is impossible for the country to put the fate of the world in the hands of a young man with such shallow qualifications, and the Great Song Dynasty has not fallen to this point. ”

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the state system had reached a relatively mature stage, and it became increasingly impossible for Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi to control the army and fight a decisive battle against the enemy to determine the fate of the country. Although the scene of letting the twenty or thirty-year-old young general light cavalry break the enemy, although it is romantic and legendary, it is undoubtedly a very risky gamble for a mature civilization, although Wei Qinghuo is famous for his illness, but more examples prove that only a general who has proved his strength in the battlefield for many years, and at the same time has accumulated enough experience is the most advantageous choice to defend the country.

Zhao Fan also had to agree with Zheng Yunming's opinion, according to the convention, the Lin'an side would probably appoint a senior official to take over his position, either Meng Hui stationed in Huangzhou, or Chen Ye, the envoy along the Yangtze River, or Bei Zhijie, the deputy envoy of Jiangling.

It's just that no matter who takes office, the first thing to appease is the Zheng family officials who are prominent in the world and have just made great contributions, and the rapid expansion of the army is forming a climate.

Imagine the scene when Zheng Yunming first came to Xiangyang just a year ago, when Zhao Fangui was a marshal and controlled the entire Jinghu region, including the militia and loyal people, 250,000 troops.

A year later, Zheng Guanren had become the commander of one of the most important armies in Jingxiang, and held the power of life and death in Xiangyang City.

And he has become a sinner.

War is destroying the country's ruling structure with thunder, but in the ruthless destruction, some new hope is quietly sprouting.

Zhao Fan only hopes to use his last strength to make these seeds of hope grow faster, and let them grow into towering trees before the storm destroys the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and become towering trees that can stand majestically in the world's strongest storm, covering half of the rivers and mountains and the people.

He took out a stack of letters, which were two hundred empty names, each of which was enough to form a team of hundreds of people. Two hundred empty names were enough to raise an army of 30,000, and the imperial court provided legal supplies and equipment.

It was one of the last resorts prepared by the imperial court to place an ambassador for Jinghu in the event of a sudden emergency. In case Xiangyang falls into the hands of the enemy, Zhao Fan can use these 200 documents to recruit the local tyrants and volunteers in Jinghu and quickly form a new defensive force.

But now he decided to give these 200 to Zheng Yunming, which would be enough to support Zheng Yunming to expand his existing forces and become the most powerful of the Song army in Xiangyang City and nearby, and rightfully take over the burden of guarding Xiangyang.

Zheng Yunming waved his hand and rejected this stack of documents that could immediately promote him to the Great Song Dynasty and could master tens of thousands of horse-level commanders.

"The new pacification envoy will definitely be able to use these." His refusal to do so was like rejecting some undeserved benefits: "Without these letters of appointment, the officers and men of the Northern Army would not have obeyed the leadership of the new envoys." ”

"What's more, it is not the established policy of the imperial court to let a loyal army suddenly sit large." This sentence was heard repeated by countless people when he was in Lin'an Mansion, and Zheng Yunming deeply fixed it in his mind: "Theoretically, the emperor and the political affairs hall do not trust anyone with a sword, whether it is the guards of the imperial front division or the soldiers who are fighting on the border. But the imperial military horses can at least bathe in the emperor's grace, and the defenders in the border areas can get salaries. ”

"The most dangerous thing that the imperial court thinks is the loyal and righteous people who do not take money on weekdays and use their military exploits to win rewards in wartime. From the perspective of the imperial court, since there is no need to support these people in normal times, how can they be used with confidence at critical times? ”

"Therefore, the country has always adhered to the policy of coming when called and throwing away when we are used up." Zheng Yunming was almost sure that the ministers of the political hall were considering how to reduce the size of his son's army in front of Zheng Xianggong: "Cao Youwen of Shukou is like this, and it is impossible for Zheng Yunming of Jinghu to be exempted from the order of reduction. ”

"Rare, rare." Zhao Fan couldn't help but clap his hands and shout: "It is worthy of being the son of an important minister in the temple, I am still an official at this age, and I only know a person who kills gold with one mind, where can I understand these great truths, if I can understand the mystery of Lin'an officialdom at that time"

As he spoke, he suddenly fell silent.

There are many joints that cannot be said, and Zheng Yunming can naturally understand them.

The sudden silence in the lobby was quickly broken by a report from the Yamen's own soldiers: "Wang Deng, the commander of the Tulong Army, has an urgent military report. ”

Wang Deng stood up after kneeling down to Zhao Fan and saluting behind his own soldiers, and whispered a few words in Zheng Yunming's ear.

Zheng Yunming's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "There is such a thing?" ”

In just one day, the Tulong Army troops who went to Wudang Mountain fled back in a wolf.

Although it was said that there were wolves, not a single sergeant was killed or seriously wounded, and everyone had a look of frustration and anger, but they were all listless, and there was no unwillingness to take revenge.

This was the last thing Zheng Yunming wanted to see, he would rather have his subordinates strewn the battlefield than completely lose their dignity as a warrior.

Of course, this will not be Ge Huai's poor command, after getting along for such a long time, Zheng Yunming knows that although this fierce Zhang Fei-type general is as good as the traditional Zhang Fei, he is as bold and careful as Zhang Fei in battle, if it is not true, the other party's level is far superior to him, it is almost impossible for him to make a big mistake himself.

When Ge Huai saw Zheng Yunming, he covered his face with his battle robe in shame, and just shouted ashamed.

Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "What kind of three-headed and six-armed character is Sari Bojin, who actually let our Ge Lao only block it for one day and then return to Xiangyang like this?" ”

Ge Huai put down the sleeves of his robe, and said with a glaring of copper bells: "What kind of bird Jurchen, I didn't even see the hair of half of the Mongolian army, and we were driven back by the natives of Wudang Mountain!" ”

He raised his loud voice and loudly recounted the experience of going to Wudang Mountain to defeat this time.

Ge Huai followed Meng Hui to fight in Henan, and he was originally familiar with the terrain around Wudang Mountain. In his opinion, although a roundabout march from the Nanyang Basin to Xiangfan and from the foot of Wudang Mountain can achieve unexpected results, it should actually be the worst choice.

The most convenient way is to take a warship from Tangzhou along the Tang River into the Han River, and then go straight down the river to Xiangyang.

Secondly, go south from Zaoyang and enter Fancheng from Route 6.

But in this direction, the hedgehog gathered the heavy army group of the Song army, and even if Xiangyang really rebelled, there were still many Song troops on the north bank of the Han River. With a mere force of 3,000 troops, it was impossible to break through the obstacles of the Song army and reach Xiangyang.

Although the road from Wudang Mountain was dangerous and long, the Song army was almost unprepared in this direction, even though it had been used as a communication route for the Mongol cavalry for some time before. At present, the Song army has basically not made any deployment to Wudang Mountain.

That's why the Mongols planned such a route of least resistance for the 3,000 soldiers of Saribazin.

Thanks to Li Biqing's intelligence, Ge Huai led his troops to the various passes of Wudang Mountain as quickly as possible to deploy defenses, blocking the 3,000 Mongol troops heading south on the advance route.

But before that, they had to go through Baijiazhai in the south of Guò Mountain.

The place name of Baijiazhai is very inconspicuously marked on the geographical map of the Song army, in fact, if it were not for the necessary pass from Wudang Mountain to the north, almost no one would have noticed this small town with only more than 1,000 households.

Ge Huai's plan was to advance quickly, and while the townspeople did not react, he would forcibly march through the town of Guò to the northern passes.

But after the spies in front reported the details, he realized that things were not so simple.