Chapter 528: Senior Brother Wang Jian

"Wang Jian?" When they heard this, they were all astonished. I only heard Fan Zhishang continue: "The nameless master lived to be ninety-eight years old, and he only accepted two lay disciples in his life, one was General Wang Jian back then, and the other was Fan Liangfu, the grandson of his subordinates. About a year and a half ago, the master died of illness, and just before he passed away, he specially asked Shami to recruit his subordinates and Liangfu to the temple, saying, "If you join the army, Liangfu will definitely be able to make a contribution." At that time, my subordinates were quite puzzled, from the army, from what army? At that time, Dengzhou was still under the rule of the Mongols, and my Fan family was a member of the Great Song Dynasty, so how could I not do anything for the Mongols. In retrospect, it turned out to be fulfilled on the Emperor's Northern Expedition. ”

Wang Jian's exploits are well known to everyone, and he made great contributions in the Second Song and Mongolian Wars. In the first year of Kaiqing, the Mongol Khan Meng Ge personally led a large army to besiege Hezhou, and Wang Jian and his deputy general Zhang Jue held on to Diaoyu City and repelled the Mongol army many times. In desperation, Meng Ke Khan sent the Jin national treasure into Diaoyu City to surrender and was killed by Wang Jian. The Mongol army attacked for nine months, and the Great Khan Meng Ge was also hit by the whirlwind artillery of the Song army defending the city, and was seriously wounded and died. "One pillar of the fish platform supports half of the wall", this is the evaluation of Wang Jian by the Song people.

"It turns out that there is such an experience, that is to say, Fan Liangfu is the junior brother of General Wang Jian." I nodded and said with a smile, "Fan Liangfu, then you will also go to the county government with me, and I will test you later." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Dengzhou County Ya is in tatters, perhaps because it has always been at the forefront of the war, neither the Song, Jin, nor Mongolia have been renovated or rebuilt.

Lu Wenhuan sighed: "Your Majesty, now that Dengzhou has been recovered, do you need to reorganize the county government?" ”

"The county government can be rebuilt, but it must be after the people live and work in peace and contentment, 'the joy of the world after the world is happy', this is not a slogan, but the duty of officials." I suddenly remembered the magnificent government office buildings and the contrasting dilapidated school buildings, and said to Fan Zhishang, "Fan Aiqing, one day, when the environment of all the schools in Dengzhou County is improved, you can renovate the county government, and the luxury of the county government must not exceed the school." This is not only my requirement for your Dengzhou County Government, but all the local governments under the jurisdiction of my Great Song Dynasty must do this. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general (subordinate) is also taught." Lu Wenhuan and Fan Zhishang replied in unison.

About half an hour later, Fan Zhishang and Wang Qian left the Dengzhou County Ya, visiting one by one, so that they could open the door to live with peace of mind, for the sake of safety, I specially asked Shen Mo to accompany ten personal guards to protect.

In the lobby of the county office, I said to Fan Liangfu: "Fan Liangfu, you studied under an unknown monk, I don't know what you learned?" ”

Fan Liangfu said quite confidently: "Back to the emperor, the grass people have been learning from their teachers since they were ten years old, and they have learned swords, guns, clubs, swords, halberds, bows and horses, the art of war, and the marching formation. ”

"Okay, I'll test your martial arts first, all one, you go and try it, until you get there."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Quanyi unsheathed his long sword and came to the center of the lobby and said, "Under Zhang Quanyi, Brother Fan, please." ”

"Brother Zhang, please advise." Fan Liangfu pinched the sword trick and returned the salute.

The county hall is not big, and the two of them intersect with their long swords and fight in close quarters. Fan Liangfu is calm, thick and heavy between one move and one style, but not clumsy, Zhang Quanyi is light and agile with a sword, between virtual and real, the two are of similar age, their skills are all enemies, and they are evenly matched.

Yuan Jian said to me while looking at it: "Your Majesty, this Fan Liangfu's moves are simple, there are not many fancy, it gives people a feeling of wisdom and foolishness, it is really Buddhist kung fu, and the experience of facing the enemy is also very rich, not bad, very good." ”

The speed of the two is not very fast, and with Yuan Jian explaining from the side, I can see the clue to some extent.

You come and go, so it's not lively.

Sixty rounds later, Zhang Quanyi's swordsmanship suddenly changed, and he used a twisted sword style in Taiji swordsmanship, which was strong at the waist, and then through the shoulder to the arm and then to the wrist, drawing out several circles in a row, bringing Fan Liangfu to a slanted body, and a trace of flaw was suddenly revealed between his steps. Seeing this, Zhang Quan did not hesitate, his waist was loosened, and it was another move to use the sword slashing style, the footwork, the technique and the rotation of the waist were coordinated, and this sword cutting style was also driven by the power of the waist to drive the arm force, the wrist force, and the horizontal sword stabbed out.

Fan Liangfu's move was old, and he couldn't stop this sword slashing move, so he had to take a step back, and then his face turned slightly red and said, "Brother Zhang, I lost in the next step." ”

"Concession."

"Haha." Yuan Jian said with a smile, "Master Fan, with your martial arts, you should be fine within the lily, but you have never seen Junbao's Tai Chi swordsmanship, so you have this defeat." ”

"Tai Chi swordsmanship?" Fan Liangfu secretly thought about the swordsmanship he knew, but he didn't know the essentials.

"Okay, there are not many people who can fight Lily with Quanyi, I have passed the martial arts exam, I am very satisfied, Fan Liangfu, I will test your strategy of war."

Fan Liangfu looked at Zhang Quanyi, who was the same age as himself, and said a little discouraged: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Report."

At this time, I only heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then I saw Wu Songhan and Gongsun Xiaochen entering the inner hall and said: "Your Majesty, I just received news from the scouts that the Mongolian cavalry set fire to the bridge near Wadian Town. ”

"Burn the bridge?" I was stunned and said, "That means that if our army wants to quickly send troops to Nanyang, it will only pass through the town of Luhe in the north?" ”

Gongsun Xiaochen said: "Yes, Your Majesty, that's exactly the case." ”

I thought for a while and said, "This move played by Ah Shu and Bo Yan is not to give our army a choice, could it be that Ah Shu has a good strategy to fight with our army's firearms in the field?" Lu Aiqing, pass on my will, and order the generals to come here for a meeting to discuss the next plan of action. ”

Lu Wenhuan said: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Fan Liangfu, you also listen to the current situation, and after the meeting is over, I will test you again."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grass people obey the order."

At the meeting, the generals expressed their own opinions, and most of them agreed that even in the wilderness, our army was not afraid of the Mongol cavalry, as long as they were well prepared in advance, artillery bombardment, musket volleys, and projectiles could completely kill the Mongol cavalry in front of the attack on our army.

Jiang Wanzai, who rarely spoke, said after everyone finished speaking: "Your Majesty, generals, what if the Mongolian cavalry besieges and does not attack? ”

I didn't understand for a while: "Jiang Aiqing, what do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, the firearms of our army are suitable for positional warfare, and Wei Chen means that if the Yuan army does not attack, but only surrounds us on the march, forcing us to strike first, and they act from the weak point of our army, they may have a chance to break through our army's position. Although our army's artillery is sharp, its number is limited and it is impossible to take care of the surroundings, while the number of Yuan troops is roughly the same as that of our army, even if it does not count its infantry army, with only 60,000 cavalry, it can be broken a little first, and then one side. Jiang Wanzai said with some concern, "Your Majesty, the plan of our army in advance is to use trenches to gain time for artillery preparation, and then use musket projectiles to destroy the Mongolian cavalry that rushes up, but if our army moves first, it will fall into a passive situation." ”

"I didn't expect that." I nodded and said, "Jiang Aiqing, you reminded me very well. Generals, if such a situation arises, how should our army respond? ”

Gongsun Xiaochen and Tian Xiuyan glanced at each other and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the enemy will not move, and our army will not move." ”

I shook my head and said, "No, our army is surrounded by the enemy, and if there is a stalemate between the two sides, the Mongol cavalry archers only need to harass our army with feathered arrows at night, which will make it difficult for our army to deal with it." The enemy's cavalry is flexible, but our artillery is relatively cumbersome, at a long distance, the archers can shoot at our army in the form of a projectile, our army is fixed, and it is impossible to build fortifications, it is bound to become the target of the Yuan army, and the Yuan army is mobile, and at night, it is difficult for our musketeers to capture the target of the shooting. ”

Time passed little by little, and after repeated discussions, we still could not satisfactorily solve the problems raised by Jiang Wanzai. But this situation is not impossible, Ah Shu, Boyan are the world's famous generals, once it falls into that kind of stalemate, our army can only have hand-to-hand combat with the Yuan army, although in terms of our army's current combat effectiveness, there is no fear, but the advantage of our firearms will be gone, the biggest possibility is that both sides will lose.

I certainly wouldn't accept such an outcome. "Fan Liangfu." I suddenly shouted.

"Ah, the grass people are here."

"You are familiar with the terrain in this area, do you think our army can pass smoothly and reach Nanyang directly?"

"This, this ......" Fan Liangfu hesitated, seemed to be very reserved, and didn't know how to answer.

"Fan Liangfu, don't be nervous." I smiled and said, "From today's meeting, you should also be able to see that when our army discusses a matter, it can speak freely, whether it is right or wrong, useful or useless, it can be raised." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fan Liangfu sorted out his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, the grass people have never seen firearms, so they can only say according to the grass people's thinking. ”

"Say it." I smiled and encouraged.

"In the first battle of Xiangfan, although the Mongolian ** was defeated, the main cavalry of the Mongolian Middle Route Army did not suffer much loss, and its fierce courage is beyond doubt. According to common sense, if they are given time to breathe, coupled with the appeasement of generals such as Ashu, it will be even more difficult to overcome, so the march to Nanyang can be said to be the top priority of our army. Fan Liangfu paused, glanced at me secretly, and then said, "However, the grass people think that the Mongols have been operating the Central Plains for decades, and it will not be a day's work for our army to win the victory of the Northern Expedition, so the grass ......people, the grass people