Volume 3 Mending the Crack in the Sky Chapter 21 Thousand Riders Roll Hiraoka (8)

The Shenwu Changsheng Army sent the Chinese army to the east of the river and did not disturb the city of Bianliang much. The army marched, circled the outside of the city, and headed northwest for the ferry of Siwo. Prepare to cross the Yellow River from here, and then go straight to the Jinguan Road to the left of Taiyuan Mansion in the east of the river.

The 16th command team of the Chinese army is capable, and there are many horses and mules, and the baggage preparations carried are successively released, and they can eat the counties along the way. The journey was extremely fast, and in the middle of Bianliang, it seemed that he didn't feel the departure of this military horse at all. On that day, the sworn teacher in the school field outside Nanxun Gate was just a little talking point in Bianliang City.

In Bianliang City, there is some strange calm these days. Even the sound of unscrupulous discussions about the court situation in the original wine shop is less, many courtiers are closed, and the merry men of the green shirts are also rarely seen. Among those washers, there are still unknown merchants, which makes the girls with eyes on the foreheads in the washers feel disgusted and feel soft and red, and there is a lot more village atmosphere.

And Yan Wang Xiao Yan, these days, it seems that he is strengthening his control over the remaining four compartments of the Bianliang New Army. The four-compartment military horses all gathered outside the Nanxun Gate, and in addition to occupying the original vast Chinese army camp, how many new camps were set up. Every day, at least hundreds of soldiers collided with the increasingly detailed and strict military law, often lying outside the camp gate, one after another next to the military staff.

In addition to the strict punishment of the army, King Yan could not help but be grateful. Every other two days, no matter what the reason, you will be rewarded. The local sergeant in the four compartments was given leave of camp every other day. It made Bianliang City full of these soldiers with full pockets.

The honest soldier went back to his home and stayed with his wife and children. Reward from King Yan. All of them will be given to the Hun family. Prepare for the whole family after the departure of the family. Although the king of Yan told the whole army. But some of his athletes died in battle. until his wife eats and raises his children to adulthood. But these honest soldiers who were born in the forbidden army have suffered less from the people in the upper ranks? When you really get it, that's the real thing. Naturally, the wife of the family had to cry, for fear that the husband would die in Hedong. Every time these soldiers return home, they sigh for a long time. I really don't know if the salary of this Yan King's new army is right or wrong.

And some of the more slippery sergeants were rewarded and used in Bianliang Lang. Popular girls among the Vasher. In addition to the copper-smelling merchants, it is impossible to say that there are also a lot of these soldiers. Normally, these military men would never dare to enter such high-class occasions, and the green hands watching the scene would just throw them all out without waiting for them to get close. But now, they all turn a blind eye to these military men and drink on various lively occasions. Talking nonsense, the crowd just thought they hadn't heard of it.

In addition to these means of governing the army with grace and power, King Yan also made several moves to stabilize the situation in Bianliang, so that he could go to Hedong with peace of mind.

One is the Imperial City Division, which is promoted by Zhang Xian, dispatching envoys everywhere, drilling for cracks, and spying on news in the city everywhere.

Rao was the original King of Yan who used the ball market and made Zhang Xian master how many broken settlements in the city. But now these dilapidated settlements will also look at the style. This generation is the most cunning group of people, etc. was used by Xiao Yan last time, but Xiao Yan made such a big move as a palace change. Let such people not be afraid? Fortunately, Xiao Yan succeeded, otherwise everyone would have lost their heads! This time, Zhang Xian asked them to go into the camp to investigate, these people have learned well, and there may be more people behind them to point out, and the information returned is not painful. Some military men are drunk and say nonsense, just like the wind in their ears. It seems that they all have a tacit understanding not to cause that incident.

Although the Imperial City Division was mentioned by Zhang Xian, the time was in a hurry. Zhang Xian's energy is half in custody. has not yet begun to rectify and clean up the Imperial City Division. It is even more unbearable for these people to be sent out, looking for a place to eat and drink for a day, and then returning, all of them are safe and sound.

The second is that Xiao Yan constantly transferred his henchmen from the four-box army and returned to the mink hat capital by his side. Even though this move is a bit of a thirst quenching. But in the current situation, Xiao Yan first ensured the safety of his family, and in case of change, he had enough strength to get out of the capital and rush to Hedong. It's also a reasonable thing. The generals who control the four compartments are getting thinner and thinner, and Xiao Yan's rewards in the four compartments are getting thicker and thicker, and the military law is becoming more and more stringent. It's all a connected thing.

The third is that Xiao Yan is full of energy, constantly on the table, and wants to tell the world as soon as possible today, and drive to Hedong in person. A Jurchen immersion is strong, but the strength of the Great Song Dynasty army is weak but it has not been for decades, once the east of the river is lost, the Jurchen army and horses across the river to force Bianliang. The situation is too bad to be too bad! The second is that today can be personally enshrined in the east of the river to show filial piety in the world. It is a beautiful talk that should be left in history. Now that it is not going to work, I don't know who is in the way. I don't know who hurts the Holy Wisdom of the present with this! If the gods inspect it today and send this treacherous man, then Xiao Yan wishes to punish him today to thank the world!

Now the army is gathered, and the tigers are like clouds, all of whom have the ambition of serving the king's royal drive to establish a meritorious service for his wife and son. If the decision is delayed today, the hearts of the soldiers will be hurt, and then the morale of the army will be shaken. Xiao Yan is only afraid that there will be something unbearable to say when the time comes!

Xiao Yan almost writes a letter every day, and it is all like this. It has done enough to support the army and respect the posture of a powerful minister. There is also a faint meaning of intimidating the ministers with military power in their hands. In the eyes of most well-intentioned people, Xiao Yan deserves to be like this, and he is indeed in a hurry.

As for Xiao Yan's series of actions, the DPRK and China also responded quite calmly.

Xiao Yan's move to govern the army, the DPRK and China just watched coldly and never interfered. Xiao Yan sent Zhang Xian to spy on Bianliang's movements, and the people in the court secretly resolved it, with their deep roots in Bianliang, once they got serious, the news reported to Zhang Xian and Xiao Yan was just singing and dancing. Xiao Yan urged the suburbs to change the yuan as soon as possible, and then sent the new monarch to the royal conquest. The court and the central government responded with the complicated process of the Great Song bureaucracy, never to the point of categorically rejecting Xiao Yan, but only emphasizing how to raise the reward of the suburban sacrifice and how to prepare for the suburban sacrifice. Since the imperial drive is in person, in addition to the Shenwu Changsheng army, when there is a strong town and then a wing, the matter of transferring troops is naturally the Xifu to prepare, but it also takes time for the Dongfu to prepare military rations, so take your time like this.

The only difference is that there are still well-known ministers in the DPRK and China from time to time, who constantly play the impeachment of Xiao Yan, and the righteousness of shouting and shouting and killing is awe-inspiring. In addition to the people in the center of the body, there are also stunned young people in the civil servants in various counties. The daily impeachment of Xiao Yan is piled up. These days, regardless of the local county. There are far fewer such stamps in the center. As if afraid at this time. It was so stimulated that Xiao Yan was like.

The whole Bianliang. It's the calm in the weirdness. Xiao Yan jumped up and down desperately to gather the hearts of the army and promote the matter of the imperial driver's personal expedition to Hedong. And the princes of the court and the central government responded to Xiao Yan's outrageous remarks and actions, and they were all obedient and uncomplaining, but things were getting slower and slower.

In the end, even the people in the market in Bianliang. You can also faintly feel that this seems to be the calm before the storm.

At this time, Xiao Yan dismissed Chen Wupo from his military post and temporarily sent her to house arrest at home. Then he went to Hedong Road.

Chen Wupo is a benchmark figure in this new army. Born in the Gongwei Forbidden Army, he was righteous and responsible, and gathered a group of the same brothers at the Bianhe Wharf to survive, but there were people from the Gongwei Forbidden Army who mourned in front of him, no matter how many pennies he had in his pocket, he tried his best to help. Later, when it was used by Xiao Yan, he single-handedly gathered thousands of former Gong Guards and Forbidden Army Sons, and exerted great strength on the night of the palace change.

The Bianliang New Army was established. Chen Wupo first took a turn in the mink hat capital, and then with the establishment of the new army. and went to command the rear of the last establishment. The position is not yet hot, and now he is dismissed, and he will be sent to manage Hedong soon!

Chen Wupo ended up like this, an honest soldier from the forbidden army, but he had no law in his heart. And those people with intentions who are ready to coax a mutiny at the right time don't care what Chen Wupo is, this is already a useless character. I never thought of hooking up with him. Such a result is a good thing, and it will disintegrate the morale of the new army more and more, which is convenient for us to succeed!

From a deeper point of view, this move represents Yan Wang Xiao Yan, and at this moment, every inch is already a little chaotic!

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At the Xiwo Ferry, the Yellow River is surging.

The Yellow River is not as close to drying up as the Yellow River in later generations, and the Yellow River is still open and vast at this moment. In the heart of the river, there are no cattle and horses on both banks.

Along both sides of the Yellow River, huge and solid embankments stand up, which is the result of the continuous river governance of successive dynasties.

The people of the Han family, relying on this mother river, were born to reproduce and fight, and during the Qin and Han dynasties, they expanded their territory to the peak. The plastered land of East Asia is all under your feet.

At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Wuhu entered the Central Plains, herded horses on both sides of the Yellow River, burned and plundered. During this period, there were Han people with lofty ideals who hit the water, but in the end, it was the waves that stopped the flying boat. If it weren't for the battle of Weishui, the luck of the Han family would have been exhausted!

The Hu people in the north, after being unable to finally destroy the Han civilization, finally chose to sinicize themselves.

However, the most tenacious people bred by this great river survived that dark age after all. The Tang Dynasty once again glorified the Han civilization and illuminated the sky of the entire world!

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, five generations of disputes, ceded Yanyun, and the party rose. After the Khitan, there were even more ferocious Jurchens. However, in the last years of the Zhao and Song dynasties, after experiencing party strife and several generations of absurd emperors, he had already destroyed his own resistance to the point that it was unsustainable. Could it be that this great river is going to witness the exhaustion of the Han civilization again?

Fang Teng stood at the head of the boat, looking at the countless waves that smashed on the bow of the boat, reminiscing about the past and the present, with infinite emotion.

Even Fang Teng, a smart person like Fang Teng, who smelled the smell of decay in the last days under the canvas of the Great Song Dynasty, even though he felt another great crisis in this civilization. But I didn't expect that in the time and space where there is no Xiao Yan. In the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty, after the destruction of the Jurchens, only 870,000 households remained. There are Han monarchs who fled to the sea for the first time to avoid the Jurchen soldiers, there are storm pavilions, and there are Fu Liji who cut off the head of their prime minister after the fiasco. More in a hundred years, there is a cliff mountain sunset!

At this time, although the darkness is coming in layers, there is still a little faint hope, and it is an unyielding struggle.

Where is the hope? Looking left and right, on the surging Yellow River, there are countless boats and boats in the northbound athletes.

If it was Xiao Yan that Fang Teng himself followed, he was an ordinary minister. At this time, the main road is to gather the military horses, and then dispatch them at the key points around Bianliang. When the local strong towns came to beg for it, they put it against them. When the time comes, a winner and a loser will come out. All the focus is on the inside, even if the Jurchen is strong, just like what happened to Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty?

But Xiao Yan didn't do that. Instead, he put his main army horse in Hedong Yunnei. Fight to the death against the Jurchens. I was in Bianliang. The strength is so weak that the political enemies around him will pounce on him at any time with red eyes, and bite hard!

Because he has always kept the military power on the front line of confrontation with the Jurchens, Xiao Yan can't control the land of except for some arrangements in Bianliang. Not to mention that he has always kept an eye on the trend of local strong towns!

This time, the Chinese army went north and traveled all the way. Xiwo Ferry is within the scope of Xijing Luoyang, although the local officials are polite to deal with it, prepare ships and prepare food. Just wait for this army to cross the Yellow River and enter the east of the river as soon as possible. Slightly asked about the movement of Kansai, but it was just that the Western Army was stationed in the flood area. Why did Fang Xuanfu move?

Behind the polite smile of the magistrate in Xijing, how could Fang Teng not see the nervousness and hatred inside. Fang Teng also dared to be sure that there was a team of people from Guanxi, and they were rushing towards the direction of Bianliang!

The entire Bianliang center, the land of, Hebei Zhulu, Guanxi 4th Road. At this moment, they should be doing their best to deal with Xiao Yan, the only one who is fighting the front line with all his strength and blocking the Jurchen Hulu to the death!

This court has decayed to the point where it is shattered. There's nothing to be sorry about. In the meantime, however, it was not enough to provoke a wider civil war. Let the Jurchens who are eyeing each other more lightly and be able to enter the Central Plains. In the meantime, the painstaking work has far exceeded the imagination of all people!

Therefore, Xiao Yan, in just a few years, his temples are already like frost.

In such a situation, fighting alone, can this luck be redeemed?

But with all his heart, the man acts, and he is worthy of admiration.

Success or failure is blunt, just listen to it.

Thinking of this, Fang Teng couldn't help but shake his head and smile again. He still doesn't get rid of his literary popularity, and always attributes the final result to heaven. But Xiao Yan, even in the midst of all difficulties, even if the future is unpredictable, he is still entangled with God until he finally holds victory in his hands?

With Xiao Yan's backbone always as straight as a sword, as the countless tiger athletes who follow him, he has confidence in his heart. Therefore, Xiao Yan gave an order, and the heroes under his command rushed forward without forgetting their lives!

The ambassador who lifted the ferry transfer was also on board the boat, carefully waiting for this Fang Xuanfu by the side.

The ambassador is a vulgar man in his forties, and he is still choosing the sea and sinking. However, it is a big fat shortage to lift this Yellow River ferry transfer. The amount of money and food transferred to Kansai every year is an astronomical amount, and if each boat drifts a little less, the loss is reported a little more, which is enough for many people to eat on this with fat stomachs. For this ambassador who is close to Yin of Xijing Mansion, he has always boasted that he does not want to go further, but he is just proud of the little official. Master Zhu Zi is just unwilling to look at it with a straight eye.

Today, I saw that Fang Teng was already an important minister in Xuanfu, but he was only about thirty years old. Dressed in vermilion and hanging goldfish bags, with jade belts wrapped around the waist, full of young Yinghua, and the demeanor is bright. The ambassador of the roaring wind and moon only felt that there was fire in his eyes. At this time, I realized that it was not because I didn't want to be a member of Zhu Zi, but because I couldn't sit in this position............

In addition to jealousy, of course, it is annoyance. Xijing Mansion Yin also explained that he must accompany him all the way until all the military horses step into the land east of the river, and then go north. Then they did not have to go back to Xiwonandu, but went upstream, straight to the upstream ferries of Pujin and Mengjin. Waiting to carry the elite of the Western Army from Kansai!

Now west of Bianliang, almost all the ships that can carry the army are concentrated in the hands of this ambassador. There was no other reason, that is, to hurry up and send Fang Teng's troops across the river as quickly as possible. Then wait for the Yao Gu Department to take over the eastward advance.

This kind of important task is handed over to this ambassador, one is a high-ranking civil servant, even if he can use the Western Army, he is not willing to eat this hardship with the ship. There is no need to come forward, no matter what the situation ends up, there is always room for a turnaround, this is the old bureaucracy's method of not passing on the heart. And the important ministers came forward to transfer these Qiu Ba of the Western Army for the boatman, if the martial arts were to look down on them, how to remake them? It is necessary to show this kind of weightlifting and fiddling with martial arts in the palm of your hand.

Another unspeakable reason is that Xijing was originally the place where the central courtiers of Bianliang were tired and quiet once they were tired of the sea. As an official in Xijing, the minister's money is more abundant than in other places. This is the time of spring, which is the time of countless elegant gatherings. Why bother? It is rare to be diligent in doing what is within the bounds, don't you hear that the old ministers of Xijing had no council, and the sage had to send an envoy over to inquire about the minister's money enough. Such sages should be imitated. The major affairs of the DPRK and the Central Committee are handled by people who are proud of their own careers like the center. Just a thief. Two strong towns are concurrent. The world is the enemy. Are you still afraid that you won't be able to cook?

Apocalyptic weather. It's in the details of this aspect. Even if Bianliang has such a big move. Up and down, but still perfunctory.

Yin of Xijing Prefecture has promised that once the ambassador completes the transshipment duties, he will be guaranteed to be a court official, and if he wants to be sent, he can enter the transshipment envoy, and the entire river transportation from the Central Plains to Shaanxi can be shared. This is the end of the matter.

With such a heavy responsibility, even if this ambassador was surrounded by all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred around Fang Teng, he could not show the spirit of the arrogant wind and moon, and could only stand by his side all the time. Whenever Fang Teng's gaze swept over. I just feel uncomfortable. For fear that Fang Teng would find out that he was actually burdened with a heavy responsibility, and when the time came, he would be tortured, but would this be a move, or would he not be recruited?

A boatload of northbound athletes was transported to the northern ferry. The officers and soldiers of the brigade, countless horses and mules, all set foot on the land east of the river at a flowing price. The soldiers are shining, the armor is sonorous, and the people shout and neigh, this ancient crossing of the Yellow River with a history of more than 1,400 years. Once again, it was filled with the aura of slaughter in the army!

Once the ship was unloaded, the Hedong Shenwu Changsheng Army did not have those casual styles. Generals at all levels rushed to gather their ranks, and then marched north under one command.

Xiwo Ferry was originally an important place for military crossings and north-south exchanges in ancient times. The roads are wide and flat, which is convenient for people and horses. Coupled with the swiftness of the Shenwu Victorious Army, the ambassador originally thought that he would be delayed here for two days, and promised a heavy reward to the boatmen and sailors to unload the ship with them. As a result, from dawn to dusk, there were more than 7,000 regular troops, more than 3,000 servants, five or six thousand war horses and mules, and more than 1,000 carts. The unloading was completed under the loading and unloading of hundreds of large Yellow River ships.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, during the Taiping Xingguo period, Taizong invaded Taiyuan, and the Wubao army from the west crossed the Yellow River, and the army of 50,000 or 60,000 was already crossed in three days. Compared with the elite at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the military horses naturally became worse and worse. The Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army is so fast, but it just catches up with the elite level of the forbidden army in the early Song Dynasty.

When the ship was unloaded, Fang Teng ran back and forth, monitoring the movements of his subordinates, and his mind seemed to be more eager than those Xijing princes who were eager to send this military horse to Hedong as soon as possible. The ambassador had no choice but to follow Fang Teng, and he was so tired that his bones were soft. By the time the grass was over, he could only stand next to his own boat springboard and pant with sweat on his face, and he almost stuck out his tongue to speed up the heat dissipation.

Fang Teng was the last to leave, and two guards carried his simple bags down from the boat. In the smoke and dust of the army billowing away, Fang Teng said goodbye to the ambassador: "Even if it is a nuisance, the ambassador is quite capable, and it is rare." He returned triumphantly one day, and then talked to the ambassador about the cold and warm............ Ben Xuanfu felt that the day of goodbye should not be far away. ”

The ambassador did his best to put on a smile on his face, bowed respectfully, and made up his mind not to say a word. Let this Xuan Shuai think that he is dumb.

I just muttered in my heart: "The day of goodbye is not far away?" When I went to Hedong, I was afraid that King Yan would fall. You, Xuanshuai, have become a lost dog! Grandpa just went to Xijing to enter the transfer envoy to enjoy the blessings, and he didn't eat the river breeze anymore. That's goodbye! ”

After Fang Teng said goodbye, he smiled and left. There were already guards in the army, and under the guard of honor under the banner of Xuanfu, dozens of iron horsemen surrounded and moved away. It was so majestic that the boatmen were all straight-eyed.

Waiting for Fang Teng to go away, the ambassador was relieved. The henchman next to him couldn't help but ask: "Lift, are we going back to Nandu, or are we going west to Pujin as soon as possible?" ”

The ambassador pressed the mouth of his henchman and widened his eyes: "Silence! ”

Then the ambassador walked to the ferry to settle the officials in a series of inns, and the henchman hastened to follow. The ambassador was half complaining and half confessing: "The Yellow River has never crossed at night since ancient times!" The sky is going to be dark, what will you return to Nandu? Not to mention what to go to Kamazuto. Just rest here for a day! Fu Yin still has an explanation, and he wants to watch this army and horses go far north, and stay for a day to find out the news. Still running back and forth, isn't it enough to eat hard? You go and settle the boatmen, and rest on the boat, and you must not get off the boat to make trouble, and it will be troublesome to run away. Let those who guard the river with the boat be diligent! Naturally, there will be a reward for them............ After settling these people, the boatman fished two Yellow River carp of up and down three catties, sent them to the pavilion, and ordered the kitchen to cook some warm soup! After a hard day, you always have to take a bath. Then I brought a jar of Nawry wine from the boat. Then I went to the town more than ten miles away, looked for two Vasher girls, and sent them in a car. I'm afraid there's another day of delay here............"

The ambassador casually commanded, and it was also a loss that the little official remembered it firmly. This ambassador is also worthy of the important task entrusted by Yin of Xijing Mansion, and his own enjoyment is still ranked after settling the boatman and others, and it is rare to be diligent among the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the little official went, the ambassador stood still, thought for a while, and sneered: "The day of goodbye is not far away?" One day, this party Xuanfu returned to Beijing, and I wanted to take a look! ”

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The night is sinking and the moon is hanging high.

Above the Yellow River, a rippling water. A full moon is reflected in the center of the Yellow River, rippling brightly.

Hundreds of large ships were connected in a black row and moored at the dock. All that was heard in the cabin was the high and low snoring of the boatmen. The more than 100 soldiers guarding the river who accompanied the boat either found a place to sleep down, or found a boat to gamble and play money. In the midst of this cry, there was a faint sound of them shouting and shouting.

Hundreds of black shadows touched them silently, and before they could jump, they quickly flipped onto the bow of the boat. Of the hundreds of large ships, only a few dozen made some noise. The rest of the qiē were silent.

The boatmen were awakened from their dreams, and they saw that the soldiers guarding the river had been tied into rice dumplings, with strange things stuffed in their mouths, and they did not dare to hum in the corner of the cabin.

In each cabin, there were several military men, dressed in soft suits, but they still did not lose the evil spirit of the war-hardened body. Isn't this the same military horse that has only been away from the ship for a long time?

The leading soldier casually threw a blanket and landed on the board with a sonorous sound, which turned out to be a copper coin full of blankets. I'm afraid there are not more than ten runs.

"Obey the order honestly, and there will be no fault with you. Use you for a few days, and then there will be no more 20 rewards! ”

This happens in every boat. In the pavilion, the ambassador was still asleep, pouring himself a drink with a table of leftovers, and two Wa girls who had been found in the town seventeen or eighteen miles away were babbling and not knowing what to sing.

Just as he was in the middle of the excitement, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then he saw the door push open, revealing the old face of Yicheng.

The ambassador was immediately dissatisfied and said angrily: "You are so boring, and I don't eat you for nothing." The heaviness has passed. Seeing that I have a wide hand, do you want to come to ask for a reward? There must be thousands of boatmen and hundreds of soldiers outside! ”

Yi Cheng let go of the door without saying a word, and saw a tall figure slowly entering, and under the light, he saw Fang Teng's handsome face.

The ambassador was stunned, and the wine cup in his hand could no longer be held, and fell on the masonry floor, shattered into powder.

Fang Teng smiled faintly: "Did you say that the day of goodbye is not far away?" (To be continued......)

PS: The second update!