Chapter 689: Cohesion

The autumn rain is the most irritating, as if the clouds are crying softly, and the rain drops fall on the ground, splashing one after another, and in the eyes of the sentimental, it inevitably attracts a few sighs. However, Song Shicheng did not seem to be affected, the shadow of the great war had faded over time, and the streets had returned to the lively scene of people coming and going.

It's just that the breeze and rain on the slope of the mountain are extremely dull, and there is not the slightest noise of chaos under the pedestrians, and occasionally some voices are also low whimpering. The hill, which was originally made of stones and dirt, would have been uncommon when it rained. Because the mountain here is not strong, there will be a landslide once it is soaked in rain, which is a dangerous place, but after the hero's tomb was built here, Yue Shaoan ordered someone to renovate the entire slope mountain. The slope of the mountain is not very large, so it is not very large to place some rocks around it and transplant some trees and flowers to prevent the collapse.

Walking on the steps made of white stone, Yue Shao'an looked solemn and did not say a word, this time the memorial activity was personally organized by Yue Shao'an, except for the soldiers on patrol, everyone else can voluntarily participate, in this way, behind Yue Shao'an, not only hundreds of officials accompanied him, but also many soldiers and people, the crowd formed a long line and did not know how much it extended, and there was no end in sight when climbing the heights.

Now it has been more than half a year since the original war, and for more than half a year, Yue Shaoan has always wanted to come to pay tribute to them, but he is busy with official business, and Dali can't let him out, so he can't do it. This time, the plan to attack Dali has basically been decided. After that, every step had to be walked slowly, and he couldn't rush for a while, he could finally take a break to pay his respects.

Yue Shao'an took the lead, and behind him Zhuo Yan, Wen Chengfang, Zhang Heng, Niu Ren, Cao Zihuan, and Zhu Chongyi...... The generals lined up in four columns and headed towards the peak.

On that huge tombstone made of mountain rocks were written three big characters that were not good-looking: "Hero's Tomb". The three words were written by Yue Shao'an himself, and this time he specially asked Zhu Chongyi to make him a hard pen, so although it has nothing to do with calligraphy, it is already much normal.

Yue Shao'an came to the front of the stele, raised his hand and asked the attendant beside him to take the umbrella away, put the incense candle that had been lit and inserted it himself, and knelt down and kowtowed three times. The civil and military officials behind him immediately knelt down, and in this way, the kneeling people knelt down in waves like straw blown by the wind. For a while, the cry sounded, and it could be heard clearly from several miles away, and the sad mood spread away, and the lively Song Shicheng seemed to have been banned, and fell silent in an instant......

After the memorial was completed, the mud mark in front of Yue Shao'an's forehead was still there, and he did not wipe it away, so he returned to the Song Mansion, and along the way, wherever he passed, both the people and the soldiers saluted sincerely. Some soldiers were even moved to tears, they had never heard of ordinary soldiers and soldiers, such as emperor-like masters, would personally give a big salute. This made them feel very honored, although Yue Shaoan just walked past them in silence, but the mud mark on his forehead at this moment was more convincing than the bold words sprinkled with tens of thousands of words. As a result, the gloom and gloom of Song Shicheng due to the Great War have completely disappeared from this moment on......

Afterwards, the ministers sang praises for Yue Shao'an, and wrote all kinds of poems and articles. After these articles reached Yue Shao'an's ears, he was very unhappy, and gathered the ministers and told them not to write such things with high hats for themselves, and what should really be praised are those soldiers and the people who helped defend the city when Song Shicheng was besieged, they are the foundation of Song Shicheng.

Although some people think that Yue Shao'an is pretending to be modest and still writing about it, more people feel that Yue Shao'an is sincere, especially the soldiers and the people, who are even more convinced of him. When the articles that should have praised the "emperor" were changed to praise the heroic soldiers and the loyalty of the people, they felt that it was worth it to give their lives to such a master, even if it was a war.

In fact, the people and soldiers did not ask for much, and many of them defended the city at that time for themselves, because the current Song Shicheng is no longer the Song Shicheng when it was just established. Many soldiers have already made their homes here, and many of the recruits are recruited directly from the city, so defending the city is protecting the family. However, if they sublimate their emotions from this kind of family protection, then they are loyal to the monarch, of course, this monarch is definitely not the emperor in the dragon robe in Hangzhou City, but the Song master who lives in the Song Master's mansion - Yue Shao'an.

At the time of this incident, Zhuo Yan even mobilized secret personnel from all parts of the Supervision Department to publicize the matter, and those secret personnel even gave full play to their strengths, and passed on Yue Shao'an's divine spirit, almost becoming a person who loves his family, loves the people, loves soldiers, is noble, attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and is benevolent, but he will never be soft on bad people...... In short, such a person seems to be the only perfect type that should be found in heaven and is absolutely rare on earth......

Yue Shaoan naturally knew about this matter, he was actually not a person who liked to deceive and stir people's hearts. However, now that his identity is different, in his position, sometimes, the means that should be used still have to be used. Of course, going to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle was out of his true feelings, and as for the follow-up means, Yue Shaoan did not instruct, but Zhuo Yan had grown into a general, so naturally how should he do things successfully.

After that, the hearts of the people of Song Shicheng were condensed together. And Zhuo Yan also understands that Yue Shao'an is so united in the hearts of the army and the people, and it seems that the use of troops in Dali is imminent.

It didn't take long for the news to spread to all sides. First of all, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, after he learned the news, he was speechless for a long time, and the body entangled by disease has now become thin to skin and bones, but those eyes still have a wise look.

That night, he recruited Wan Hansheng into the palace, the two talked secretly in the middle of the night, Wan Hansheng left, after that, all the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were mobilized, and all the soldiers and horses on the Guangnan West Road south of the Song Shicheng fell back, and they were close to the north of the Song Shicheng.

The emperor has already seen some clues from here, Yue Shaoan plans to use troops, but he can't guess who Yue Shaoan will use troops for. Therefore, he would not rashly provoke Yue Shao'an, but he had to guard against it, as for the place south of Song Shicheng, which was originally next to Dali's Ningfu Mansion, it was Dali that was guarded. However, no matter who Yue Shao'an used troops against, there was no need for the Great Song Dynasty to guard this piece of land.

This is the rear of Song Shicheng, the reason why the emperor did not use the troops here at the beginning, first, he has gathered more than 100,000 troops in his hands, in his opinion, it is enough to deal with Yue Shao'an's small Song Shicheng. Second, he also had to guard against Dali's surprise soldiers coming to rescue Yue Shao'an. But now, there is no need.

If Yue Shao'an starts a war against the Great Song Dynasty, then he is most likely to attack the West Guangnan Road first, in order to prevent future troubles, if he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops, then it should be Yue Shao'an himself who guards against Dali, and when the time comes, just this empty land, he can retain at least 30,000 troops, which is beneficial to himself.

And if Yue Shao'an uses troops against Dali, then it is even more necessary to get out of the way here, so that Yue Shao'an can send troops. As for who wins and who loses between Dali and Yue Shao'an at that time, then for themselves, they can take advantage of the fisherman.

As for Yang Fan in the north, the emperor doesn't want to touch him yet, because moving him will hurt his own roots, so that he can't do it when he should benefit. However, if he is not moved, as long as the thorn in Song Shicheng is pulled out, or the territory of Dali is closed, Yang Fan will not dare to oppose it at that time.

The emperor believed that as long as he was alive, Yang Fan would not dare to move, nor would he dare to rebel, and he could only use the excuse of resisting the Jin soldiers to stick to Bianliang. And although the emperor was weak, he believed that he would still live for a few years......