Chapter 301: Qin Feng Road [Medium]

Therefore, although Qinfeng Road is only set up in the border passes, there are not many actual garrisons. Take the current situation in Shanxi as an example, all the soldiers and horses together are about 250,000 people, and this number is still increasing. Because Zhao Yu and Shaanxi Jinglu pacified the envoys and recruited Xia Zhu to set up additional soldiers, the imperial court asked the prefectures and counties to increase the number of soldiers by 2,000 to 4,000 as appropriate. Shaanxi has 24 states and two armies. Even if we calculate according to the minimum conscription of 2,000 soldiers, there are 52,000 people!

The actual number of soldiers recruited is estimated to be about 74,000, and this number is estimated to rise as the war unfolds.

And what about Qin Fenglu? At present, there are only 40,000 troops in the garrison, more than half of which are van soldiers, and the recruitment of the Tibetan army is only 18,000 people.

Although Zhao Zhu's own situation is not very good, Xia Zhu's own situation is actually not very good. When Zhang Shixun and Lu Yijian teamed up with Yin Zhaojian, the reason why Xia Zhu reacted so much was that in addition to his own bad temper, his current situation also gave him great pressure.

Now there are still a considerable number of soldiers and horses in the Western Xia to harass in Shaanxi, and even not long ago, even the rear of Qinfeng Road, the Western Xia army with thousands of horsemen, stayed for a long time to fight the grass valley.

Liu Jizong obviously didn't have much interest in Xia Zhu, and when he talked about Xia Zhu, he said with disdain: "Xia Xianggong has skills, but he is too hard, and there are some unclear numbers on the books, who doesn't know his job?" ”

Liu Jizong's words are here, I don't say anything, Liu Jizong still knows the taboo of making shallow words.

Regarding the complaints of Liu Jizong and others, and even the sycophants on his own, Zhao Yu just listened to them, and did not express any attitude towards them, even if they were sycophants, Zhao Yu was very indifferent. Zhao Xun watched from the side, and couldn't help but improve Zhao Xun's evaluation by several levels.

In the end, it was the first time they met, although Zhao Yu condescended to Liu Jizong and they intersected, but the two sides did not talk all night, and for about an hour, Liu Jizong and they retired one after another.

Zhao Yu stopped Shi Ji, who was about to retire, and said with a smile in the other party's puzzled look: "This king has heard some things about Yongping Village, and I want to hear how Shi Jian kept Yongping Village and thwarted the spirit of the Western Xia thieves. Don't refuse this little request from this king! ”

Shi Ji did not have to do it.

Wang Jue didn't stay long, but when he left, he whispered to Zhao Yu: "Lord Wang, be careful of Yin Zhu, this person is not simple. When he was able to go to the pacification department as an official, he was recommended by Ge Huaimin, the deputy head of the Ma Bujun on Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road, and the deputy envoy of Jingluo to pacify! ”

Zhao Yu's heart sank when he boarded, it was really not easy for anyone! Who is Ge Huaimin? The son of the Northern Song Dynasty general Ge Ba, in addition to Ge Huaimin is also the sister-in-law of the former privy envoy Wang Deyong, although Wang Deyong was degraded, but he had a good reputation when he was an official, and many generals in the army were friendly with him. It's just that Kong Daofu, this guy, didn't know what was crazy, and stared at him, and every day he said that Wang De looked amazing, like Song Taizu.

Wang Deyong was stupid, your sister is like Song Taizu? Isn't that the Founding Emperor? Wang Deyong has this courage there, fortunately, Song Renzong also knows that Wang Deyong does not have this courage, but he is not at ease when he stays by his side, so he degraded his surname to Xuzhou to enjoy happiness.

Therefore, although Wang Deyong was degraded, he did not fall apart, and still had a very high status in the army. Ge Huaimin has such two big backers, and Zhao Yu also has a headache.

Now that he has only seen one step at a time, after thinking about it, Shi Ji couldn't help but ask: "I don't know what the prince wants to do in the battle of Yongpingzhai?" ”

Zhao Yu came back to his senses at this time, showed a slightly apologetic smile to Shi Ji, and said calmly: "The Zhao family recommended you in this king, so what this king actually wants to hear is not the good news of Yongping Village, but there are many things in the Privy Council." Although this king has left the Privy Council, it is very easy to get a copy of such a war report, and what this king wants to know is the ability of Shi to be imprisoned! ”

Shi Ji laughed at himself: "What kind of ability can the last general have? ”

Zhao Yu said with a little doubt: "Isn't there anything you want to say in prison?" If you really have the ability, this king will definitely not hesitate to reward! And this king also knows some things about you, and it seems that you are now being ostracized in the army. ”

Shi Ji laughed at himself: "The world is unfair, since the prince knows, aren't you afraid of offending more people because of the last general?" ”

"Is this king very popular?" Zhao Yu laughed.

Shi Ji was stunned, and couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, compared to himself, the situation of King Wei is not much better, Xia Zhu suppresses it, and there are deputies Yin Zhu and Ge Huaimin to control the elbows.

Shi Ji knew that Zhao Yu was sincerely recruiting him, so he cheered up. Who doesn't want to be famous?

In the slow telling, Zhao Yu found that Shi Ji's concept of defending the city was a little pleasant. Shi Ji believes that although the name of defending the city is to defend, it must be defended and attacked, and it cannot be blindly defended.

Because whether it is defending a city or attacking a city, it all depends on morale, as long as it is attacked, no matter how small the battle record, it can boost morale. Therefore, Shi Ji attached great importance to elite soldiers, believing that when defending the city, he must beat gongs and drums at night to disturb the enemy, and send elite soldiers to attack the enemy. It is not necessary to set fire to the camp, even if you harvest two or three heads and come back, and preach a handful in the city, it can boost morale.

Moreover, there is no need for many soldiers to send out a sneak attack, the more people there are, the easier it is to be detected, and if the soldiers are capable, one person is the most suitable. Because there are few people, it is not easy to be detected.

Shi Ji's tactics in this regard gave Zhao Yu a lot of inspiration and agreed.

The two talked for a long time, until late at night, when they suddenly realized that the time had come. The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Yu invited Shi Ji to say: "It's such a night, stay in prison!" ”

Shi Ji didn't hesitate, and readily agreed. "In that case, the last general is welcome!"

That night, in Xia Zhu's study, someone had already told Xia Zhu everything that happened around Zhao Zhu today.

"It seems that Zhao Zhen still wants luck, but he didn't expect to get Zhao Zhen's help. It's the old man's carelessness! But so what? Although Xia Zhu was a little regretful, his attitude was still very tough.

"Xianggong, it is reported that Zhao Yu still left the Yongping Village in prison, he must want to win him over, as long as he is cut off from this aspect, it will be a big setback to the Wei Wang's spirit!" A staff member suggested from the side.

Xia Zhu was a little moved, but when he thought of the name of the Yongping Village prisoner, he couldn't help but sigh with regret, and said: "That Shi Ji is a general, but it's a pity that he is too straightforward." As the saying goes, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and everything he does makes Shangguan's face gloomy, but it's a pity that he only learns this body. The old man didn't have the courage to use him, and he couldn't bear to destroy him, just that! Just let King Wei go, it's done, it's to add a general to my Great Song Dynasty, if you lose, you can also make King Wei anxious! ”

The staff immediately slapped their ass and said, "High! This is really high! ”

The next day, early in the morning, Zhao Yu had to get up, hit a set of punches, and freshen up. Shi Ji got up at this time, and when he saw the energetic Zhao Yu, he couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed in his heart, and he was a little decadent in this period.

After saying hello, Zhao Yu dined with Hua Xiangrong in the bamboo courtyard.

"Lord, I went to see Xianggong Xia this morning, do you want the concubines to go with you?" Hua Xiangrong swallowed a soufflé roll, wiped the residue from the corner of his mouth, and asked.

Zhao Yu smiled and said: "Instead of going to his mansion to meet him, to meet him at the appeasement of the Jing Strategy Division, what are you going to look like?" ”

Hua Xiang Rong raised her eyebrows and said, "Could it be that the relationship between the prince and Xia Xianggong is incompatible?" ”

"Sort of!" Zhao Yu didn't want to talk more about this issue, in Zhao Yu's view, women's interference in politics was a taboo in all dynasties. And Hua Xiangrong is just a concubine, if she becomes Zhao Yu's think tank in this regard, what position will the future wife be in? Not to mention the wife, Hua Xiangrong's status will be quite embarrassing.

Hua Xiangrong felt Zhao Yu's indifference on this issue, and did not continue to talk about it with knowledge. Arrange some collars for Zhao Yu, and lean on the door to see Zhao Yu leave.

When it came to pacifying the Economic Strategy Division, Zhao Yu visited the high-ranking officials here one by one, and the most famous of them was the transfer envoy Pang Ji. This guy is the prototype of Bao Qingtian's head Pang Taishi, but this guy is not a great figure in history, but quite capable.

It can be seen from the current ability to serve as a transfer envoy in Shaanxi that since the Battle of Sanchuankou, there has been a great turmoil in Shaanxi officialdom, and Song Renzong has vigorously promoted capable officials in Shaanxi.

The deputy envoys of Shaanxi Road to pacify the economy were Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan, respectively, and Pang Ji can be said to be the fourth ranked figure in Shaanxi officialdom. Without a little ability, would Song Renzong give such an important position to Pang Ji?

Pang Ji didn't dare to slack off on Zhao Ji's arrival, but the two didn't talk deeply, on the one hand, it was difficult to talk deeply, and on the other hand, Pang Ji was doing things vigorously at the moment, and he didn't want to waste too much time on courtesy. This also made Zhao Yu extinguish his curiosity about this great annihilator in Bao Qingtian, and said goodbye very knowingly.

When he arrived at the White Tiger Hall, Zhao Yu saw this old man who replaced Lu Yijian and became Fan Zhongyan's number one enemy after Lu Yijian fell.

There was no nutrition between the two sides, and Zhao Yu was not so much here to visit, but rather a routine, to express that he had not broken the rules. And Xia Zhu obviously knew what Zhao Zhen meant when he came to see him, and he definitely didn't bow to himself. Therefore, Xia Zhu's response was also very cold, and the content of the dialogue between him and Zhao Zhu was very stiff, as if the two of them were reciting to the script.

Seeing that it was almost over, Zhao Yu said something meaningful. "Yongping Village Prison Shi Ji is quite talented, this king needs such a talent in Qin Fenglu, Xianggong doesn't know if he is willing to cut his love?" (To be continued.) )