Yue Tuo's action in Jiqian Erzhou is just a small episode in a specific period of time in this year, when everyone focuses on the sixteen states of Yanyun, what Yue Flip in the south is doing, it seems that not many people care anymore, so Yue Flip made up his mind, no matter what he does at this time, it is the least risky, all the energy of the Great Song Dynasty is concentrated in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and no one will divert his energy because of a little thing in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty just fought a big defeat just now, the 200,000 forbidden army was dispersed, although the loss was not large, but the confidence of Emperor Huizong to recover Yanyun was a big blow, he didn't dare to trust those who he knew deeply, not to mention that a considerable part of the 100,000 elites who were reorganized by Yue had already entered the Western Army through various channels, or left the forbidden army, and the army that could fight was lost in the battle with the Liao, and the rest was waste.

If it's waste, even if it's a million waste, can it fight with 100,000 elite iron horsemen?

The answer is no.

So the moment Zhao Guangyi refused to move the capital for his own status, the future of the Song court was already doomed, and they were destined to be dragged down by the extremely unfavorable geographical location of Kaifeng City, and even to a very unfavorable state.

The answer is no.

Therefore, Zhang Shuye lost his position as the privy deputy envoy in the boundless darkness and despair, and after arguing with reason, he could not change the mind of Emperor Huizong, and asked to be released to Jizhou for a general judgment.

Emperor Huizong agreed, gave Zhang Shuye freedom, and there was no specific task, the general judgment has always been done by the emperor's cronies, monitoring the local officials, restricting him, on the surface there is no power, in fact, the lord of a state and a place is the general judgment, Zhizhou and the like are the second in ten thousand years, of course, these places in Jiqian Erzhou now belong to the special administrative region of the Great Song Dynasty, and they cannot be counted as normal areas, so Uncle Zhang went here at night, and Emperor Huizong only regarded him as a publicly-funded tour.

Zhang Shuye has always been against the Northern Expedition Yanyun, advocating Lianliao to resist Jin, the Privy Council after Zhang Ying's death was completely dominated by Zhang Shuye, the new privy council Cai You could not control the situation at all, the Privy Council was extremely opposed to the Northern Expedition Yanyun's initiatives, Emperor Huizong had no choice, with the cooperation of the East Mansion, the West Mansion came to a big change, the anti-war faction in the Great Song Dynasty was basically destroyed, and the war became a mainstream issue.

This kind of thing actually happened in the Great Song Dynasty......

Zhang Shuye and his followers left Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo with endless sighs, or released, or demoted, or simply resigned and went into hiding, and the power of the main battle faction in the court was no longer restrained, and at this time, a thirty-year-old official who was driven out of Kaifeng a few years ago to suffer in the vast southwest, with a face of vicissitudes and calmness that did not meet his age, walked into Kaifeng City step by step.

Uncle Zhang's departure did not have much impact on the world, at least it is still the case now, everyone seems to have completely ignored what Uncle Zhang's departure will bring, and no one has paid attention to what the arrival of the thirty-year-old young official will bring to the Great Song Dynasty, Uncle Zhang came to Jiangnan to meet his close comrade-in-arms, Yue Tuo, who had pacified the Jiangnan Rebellion together, Yue Tsuan has been an official in Jiqian Prefecture for more than a year, and left Kaifeng Mansion non-stop after being admitted to the Jinshi, which made Uncle Zhang depressed for a long time.

Later, Zhang Ying once said to Zhang Shuye, there is no one in the world who is smarter than Yue Tuo and knows how to protect himself, this trick is more clever than self-stigmatization, Zhang Shuye instantly understood Zhang Ying's words, thinking of the undercurrent in the capital during that time and his helpless move of having to close the door to avoid suspicion, Zhang Shuye understood Yue Tuo's considerations, and admired Yue Tuo's bearing.

The luxurious life of Kaifeng Mansion is not something that everyone can give up, and Kou Zhun also wholeheartedly wanted to return to this world of flowers and flowers and continue to live a luxurious life, and after Yue Zhuan spent a period of luxury life, he resolutely went to the hell of the world Jiqian Erzhou, this determination and bearing are not something ordinary people can have.

And when Uncle Zhang really set foot in Jiqian Erzhou, he didn't feel that this was hell on earth, except that there were more troops here than other places, and they looked more sophisticated, there seemed to be nothing special, walking on the official road, you can often see a team of soldiers patrolling all over the place, and there are more troops patrolling in the wilderness where you can't usually see people at all, as if they are guarding against something, and they have stepped into a densely populated area, and the number of troops has decreased, but there are more people wearing civilian official uniforms with black-clothed soldiers behind them.

Uncle Zhang inquired in the local area and learned that these officials were called law enforcement officers, and the black-clothed soldiers behind them were law enforcement teams, and their authority was to find and arrest lawbreakers, and then ring the bell to appease Yue Tuo's ten laws for punishment and promote the spirit of the rule of law, and these people were obviously very familiar with Yue Tuo's ten laws, even if they were drooping children, they also came as soon as they opened their mouths.

Uncle Zhang felt very curious, didn't shoot the big bell? What is a large non-shooting clock?

The locals told him that they didn't know very well why the Wujian Bell was called the Wujian Bell, but it was called the Wujian Bell, the name of Yue's flipped up, and the ten decrees were engraved on it, and everyone within the Jiangnan South Road should keep in mind these ten decrees, which were equivalent to the Great Song Dynasty in the division of Jiangnan South Road.

Although Zhang Shuye was a little surprised by this, he was very surprised to see that the real situation in Jiqian Erzhou was not a hell on earth as those officials in the court said, so he guessed that these changes might be related to the non-shooting bell and ten decrees, and the local people could say these ten decrees and abide by them.

When Zhang Shuye traveled all the way to investigate the real situation in Jiqian Erzhou, Yue Chuan summoned Fang Hao Wu with Gongsun Sheng and Wang Hui Chao Gai, the five absolute henchmen, and began to discuss some issues about war horses, although Yue Chuan felt that he could rely on gunpowder and gunpowder weapons to achieve some results, but if he wanted to completely defeat the Jurchens, it was impossible to do without war horses, at least 100,000 iron horsemen, in order to use them to counterattack the Jurchens, less than this number, the Han people could only defend in the Han land.

Yue Chuan made his purpose clear: "We can't get a lot of war horses, but even if it's a horse, it can play a role in our hands, we now have three hundred and fifty cavalry, four hundred and sixty war horses, and one hundred and ten horses can't meet the standard of riding combat, but this is not useless for us, in the past, the Tang Army fought, foot soldiers can also ride horses, and after arriving at the battlefield, they dismounted to fight, and saved their physical strength. So, even if it's a colt, it's necessary for us to get. ”

Gongsun Sheng expressed his opinion: "To be honest, for the time being, our finances are relatively rich, the original family foundation, the output of Yonghe Town, the income from fees, the rewards of the official family and the imperial court, and the money and gifts given by various states and counties in order to obtain our help, these can all be used to buy war horses, but as Tong Liulang said, we have money, but we can't buy war horses." ”

Wu Yong shook the fan and said with a solemn face: "The main source of war horses in the Great Song Dynasty is the west, and I have heard a little about going south and north in the past, and the Great Song Dynasty spared no effort in order to obtain war horses, and the interior of the Great Song Dynasty is not suitable for raising horses, and the horses raised cannot be used for warfare, and all the horse breeding land is lost, concentrated in the hands of the party and the Tubo people, it seems that they can't get it at all, but the party and the Tubo people are not of the same heart, so there are many capable people in the Great Song Dynasty who can rely on the party and the Tubo people to obtain war horses, and then sell them." ”

Chao Gai nodded: "In the past years in the hometown business, there are also clansmen in the family who said that they can get war horses through some Xi and Bohai people within the Liao people, although the Liao people are forbidden to sell war horses to the Great Song Dynasty, but for the sake of money, there is nothing that cannot be sold, but they are all treacherous, and the war horses sold to the Great Song Dynasty are either mare or castrated stallions, which can only be used for riding, and it is difficult to reproduce, so the Great Song Dynasty has to spend more expensive prices to buy war horses." ”

Wang Hui said: "When I wandered with the old people in my hometown, I heard that someone could buy war horses from the Liao people and sell them to the Great Song army at a high price, so although the Great Song Dynasty lacked cavalry, it was not without cavalry, and the Western Army could be regarded as able to fight, so there was a very strong cavalry within the Western Army, and some war horses that were not castrated could be obtained every time they won a battle, and there were also people in the Western Army who used these war horses to do business." ”

Yue Chuan nodded, and summarized everyone's opinions: "Speaking of which, although it is difficult, it is not impossible to buy war horses, we need to contact the merchants in the west to obtain the opportunity to buy Tubo war horses or party war horses, these war horses grow on the plateau, and their endurance and impact are not under the grassland horses of the Liao people, which can also be used as our choice." ”

Fang Hao said: "Although this is the case, but how to obtain such a way, how to buy a war horse, how to buy a war horse and how to transport it back to Jiqian Erzhou, this is also a problem, even if the war horse returns to us, how much time do we have to spend training the cavalry, so that it becomes a combat effectiveness, the loss of war horses is very great, if it is a fierce battle, the horse's hooves are damaged and its seriousness, the former Tang Dynasty records that under a big war, three or four out of ten war horses that cannot continue to fight due to horse hoof damage, and the collapse of the former Tang Dynasty horse government is not without such reasons, therefore, If the war horses we bought were really used for horse warfare, a year's work would be lost, and I am afraid that they would be lost in one day. ”

Yue Chuan immediately spoke: "Don't worry about this matter, I have a solution, we must buy a batch of war horses, and when I need it, it is best to have a thousand fine horses for me to drive!" ”