"Xiao Jiu, what did you think of?" Pan Mei saw Song Jiu's face change drastically and asked. He still trusts Song Jiu very much, although he is not strong in military affairs, he is also clever and eccentric in other aspects.

Am I suspicious? Song Jiu thought to himself. Is there any suspicion, or is there Li Chunfeng's sentence, so that it is easy to verify, and he will know the truth when he takes out Chen Jun's true words, but does Song Jiu dare? Therefore, he replied casually: "Although the herbivore is docile, it cannot avoid being torn apart by the wolves, no matter how big it is, although it is a little cruel to be a carnivore, and I don't want to do it, but at least it must be an omnivorous animal, such as a bear, it is also gentle, but dare the tiger and wolf invade?" ”

"Not necessarily......" Song Jiu replied casually, Pan Mei was more hearted. Strictly speaking, it cannot be said that Zhao Kuangyin is completely heavy on literature and military affairs, for example, Zai is quite middle, Shen Yilun and Chu Zhaofu are still military officials. So far, there is only one real Song Dynasty Wenchen who has entered the two mansions, and that is Lu Duoxun!

In the past, it was just that Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu joined forces to purge Chai Rong's old line of men and horses in order to consolidate the rule of the Song Dynasty. This is why Wang Quanbin, Cui Yanjin, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Ding Deyu were used. Wang Cui and the others really urged, Ding Deyu didn't do a good job in Xichuan, and the rest were Pan Mei and Cao Bin. But Pan Mei's expression was also a little unnatural, he was not an important minister and general in Chai Rong's hands, but Chai Rong's personal guard was very grateful to Chai Rong. Cao Bin is the nephew of Guo Wei and Zhang Guifei, and he is also related to Chai Rong.

In order to reuse, when the Pingnan Han and the Khitan were at odds, they could not separate the army and go south to Lingnan, and they were not familiar with the southern climate, so they had no choice but themselves. Pingnan Tang is even more difficult.

Even if the son-in-law's statement is wrong, if he and Cao Bin don't get it right, they will cook like a rabbit and a dog like Shi Shouxin.

If the son-in-law is right. That's even more terrifying, and the generals have no other day since then. It's about impossible. That's exactly what is possible! If these two reasons are the same, then it is understandable. Song Jiu is a civil servant, but he also has military merits in the south, and he is his son-in-law......

Two reasons, so the emperor hesitated not to appoint.

Anyway, he was idle at home, and Song Jiu was still willing to contribute to the Song Dynasty.

This makes sense.

He thought wrong, Song Jiu didn't understand it, the truth was not that Zhao Kuangyin didn't use it, but that another person blocked it in the middle.

However, Pan Mei's guess can't be said for sure, if Zhao Kuangyin doesn't die. After destroying the Northern Han Dynasty, how will Cao Pan be used? However, there is one that proves Zhao Kuangyin's sense of smell, that is, through Cao Bin's Pingjiangnan, it took so long to judge that Pan Mei's military talent was above Cao Bin, so he asked Pan Mei to attack Taiyuan. After Zhao Kuangyi ascended to the throne, the situation was completely different, the Chai family had no influence, and he became related to the Chai family again, so the order reversed Pan Cao.

But how loyal these two generals are to Zhao Kuangyin is unlikely.

The reason is simple. can take the throne of Chai Zongxun, but he can't let him die inexplicably. The death of this young man has far-reaching implications, but the history books deliberately downplay and erase the impact of this incident step by step. So future generations didn't pay attention, and Song Jiu didn't pay attention to it.

Song Jiu was also thinking.

But the relationships in between, as well as the thoughts in the hearts of these fierce people, are extremely complicated. He couldn't figure it out. So I didn't want to, so I changed the subject: "Zhangren." In any case, the father-in-law of this trip can make contributions again. ”

But Pan Mei's interest was not very high this time.

……

October. Li Yu was worried, so he sent Li Congyi and Gong Shenxiu to pay tribute and buy a banquet, but Zhao Kuangyin didn't bother to receive them, so he directly detained the two and made a companion with Li Congshan and Wei Zhaofu, and Li Yu didn't even know whether he was alive or dead.

Zhao Kuangyin was giving a banquet to Cao Bin and Pan Mei in the martial arts hall.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Kuangyin took out an envelope from his arms and said to Cao Bin: "The affairs of the south, as soon as the secretary is commissioned, do not be violent to the people, and strive for prestige, so that you can return to obedience, and there is no need to attack it urgently." The punishment is all in the actual seal, and those below Pan Mei are guilty, but if they open this, they will be beheaded directly, and there is no need to report it. ”

That is, in addition to Pan Mei, other generals, even if they are supervising the army, or accompanying the army, such as Li Hanqiong and Tian Qinzuo, can be killed. That is, Cao Bin was given the absolute right not to grant the orders of foreign monarchs.

This matter has spread widely, and even reached the most rear, saying that Zhao Kuangyin gave Cao Bin a sword of the Son of Heaven. Where did the sword of the Son of Heaven come from, and the dragon and tiger of the rescue. This is not a singing opera, Cao Bin took away most of the army of the Song Dynasty, is Zhao Kuangyin relieved?

So what is the seal inside and down in this real seal?

Nothing!

The reason why Zhao Kuangyin did this was because the generals of the Northern Song Dynasty were too violent, and they were afraid that Cao Bin would not be able to suppress it. But Cao Bin really dared to open it and use it to kill Tian Qinzuo and Li Hanqiong, so it proves that Cao Bin is too ignorant, and when the time comes, he can't kill the blank letter!

Or future generations will continue to eulogize this, but what will Cao Bin think after the war after knowing the truth of the Tao, he must have been fortunate at first, fortunately I didn't open it and didn't use it, and then I would think, it turns out that the emperor trusts me like this!

The emphasis of the two major commanders is this mood, and the prestige of the other generals is gradually not so high, Zhao Kuangyin is taking the initiative to clear the last obstacle for Zhao Er......

But at that time, Cao Pan and the others didn't know what to do.

At that time, I was very moved and panicked, with such rights, with so many soldiers and horses, the emperor actually trusted him so much, how could he not be panicked? Lying in front of the dragon couch, he took it tremblingly and slowly retired.

Song Jiu went to see him off, and Pan Mei also said: "Song Jiu, you are wrong." ”

Song Jiu was also confused, could it be that Zhao Kuangyi did it? He thought half of it right, there is the credit of Zhao Kuangyi, and the credit of another person, the one from Luoyang!

Pan Mei asked again: "Is your little concubine back?" ”

"I just got the news that Yuping arrived at her father's house safely, but the father and daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, they cry when they see each other, and their father wants to stay for a while, the north is cold, and the ice and snow are closed in winter, and if you want to come back, it may not be until next spring."

"Why don't you write a letter to the past and let him defect to my court, no matter what, it's better than being a little fruit in the Khitan."

"I'm afraid not, his wife is from the Ma family, once she defects to our dynasty, his wife will not agree. If it is reported, both father and daughter will be in danger. Just don't report it. His mother's maiden home is Youzhou Wangmen, in order not to implicate her mother's family. It will also be blocked from it. Just like Han Xizai, his wife and children are all in Nantang, and he can only return to Nantang. ”

"After that, I will recover the clouds, what will my father do?"

"Only God knows this," Song Jiu said helplessly, there was one more thing he didn't say, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are not so easy to recover, there will be a general in the Khitan in the future, and its military talent is still above you! And he said, "That's right." Zhangren, Han Xi has two sons, after the death of their people, their family is poor, if you find it this time, please treat them kindly, bring them back to the capital, and do my best. ”

"This must be approved by General Cao, you can ask General Cao. If he doesn't agree, you join forces with Weide and them to deal with a few boys of his family. ”

Cao Bin could only smile bitterly when he rode on the horse, there was no way. He has a lot of sons, but they are not as big as Pan Mei's sons, and the eldest son is going to be brought to Jiangnan to hone his life. The remaining egg-sized children really can't do Pan Mei's son. The most embarrassed took a long breath: "It's all old horses." ”

The generals led the troops to the south, and Cao Bin was the capital of the cavalry army in the southwest. That is, the general marshal, Pan Mei is the capital eunuch. Cao Han was the vanguard, commanding an army of 100,000 and 1,000 warships, and joined forces with Wu Yue to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. But these people are not together, but they are divided into five ways.

Cao Bin, Tian Qinzuo, and Li Hanqiong led the Jinghu Army down from Jiangling, which was the main force, and captured Chizhou and other fortresses along the river in the Southern Tang Dynasty, pointing at Jinling.

Pan Mei, Liu Yu, and Liang Zhen led the cavalry army straight to Hezhou, gathered by the river, and then didn't care about anything, where a miracle would happen......

The navy trained in the capital Jinmingchi went down the Bianhe River, entered Yangzhou from the Grand Canal and then down the Yangtze River, joined the Wu Yue army in Runzhou, and threatened the east of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was the third route military horse.

With the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Qian Yu as the southeast of Shengzhou, led the Wu Yue army to attack Changzhou, and then met with the Song Dynasty's capital sailors in Runzhou, and the troops came to Jinling. However, for the sake of "care and guidance", Ding Deyu was sent to Hangzhou to be a striker and supervisor.

Wang Ming was deployed as the Huangzhou Assassin Shichizhou to Yuezhou River Road to inspect the battle capital, contain the Southern Tang garrison in the direction of Wuchang Hukou, block its southeast reinforcements, and ensure the eastward advance of the main force of the Song army.

Since Li Yu is ready to break the net, then let's prepare, but at this point, Nantang doesn't know anything at all. Cao Bin led countless warships down the river, and the garrison at the mouth of the Nantang Lake thought that the Song army was routinely patrolling the river. But is this a river patrol? Countless ships were near, and far away, and there was no end to them, and in addition to the fleet, there were endless wooden rows, civilian ships full of ropes, and countless strange-looking ships that did not know what they were used for. But in the face of this strange scene, the 100,000-strong garrison of the Southern Tang Army in Hukou actually closed the gate to avoid trouble, and did not communicate with the garrisons in various places downstream, so that a strange scene occurred in Chizhou.

Cao Bin's vanguard army arrived in Chizhou, because the Hukou garrison did not report, the Chizhou garrison Ge Yan took the initiative to open the city gate, took out wine and meat to welcome the Song army, not because he wanted to defect and surrender, but the past practice, the Song army's fleet of patrolling the river sometimes leaned to the south bank, and would take the initiative to leave after eating, drinking, and blackmailing. When he found out that something was wrong, one thing he could do was to escape, so Chizhou Chongzhai Kipkou Village was easily obtained by Cao Bin.

When Song Jiu heard this information, he laughed and laughed, he shook his head and sighed: "Li'er, don't talk about your father and General Cao, I'm afraid that even if I am the commander, I can also take down Nantang." ”

Cao Bin continued to lead his army towards Tongling.

But the tail behind him was gone, and before he broke through Chizhou, he dragged it into the mouth of the stone stele in Wanshui (between Anqing and Huaining), and at the same time there were eight envoys to pardon Shoujun and Ruzhou defense envoy Lu Wanyou, as well as a large group of craftsmen.

Where, will be a miracle begins.

All this has nothing to do with Song Jiu, and it can't be seen, this line of work is because the iron production of the Song Dynasty has increased, the quality of steel has improved, and the weapons are sharper, but it is difficult to detect, and the rest has nothing to do. Anyway, Song Jiu was still happy to do it. The First Battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty meant that the Song Dynasty gradually completed the unification, and he could also enjoy a time of peace.

Song Jiu stayed at home, still the same as before, either hugging the child and telling stories, enjoying the joy of family in advance, or going to research. Reverberatory furnaces and textile machinery have not yet progressed, but something else has taken shape, and that is the wall clock.

It's impossible to make a watch, and as before, it's hard for big things to succeed, and it's just as difficult for micro things to succeed. So far, we have not overcome the hurdle of shrinking steel bearings and mass-producing them.

The wall clock is just not too big or too small, but many of the instruments are also handmade, and the cost is extremely high, and what comes out is a sample.

Mass production is still early, and countless money has been piled up, but with samples, there is a direction for improvement, and I am not afraid of high cost.

It was timed, so the first one was dedicated to Zhao Kuangyin.

This thing is very strange and has attracted many onlookers from ministers. Song Jiu thought that the Southern Tang Dynasty was easy to take, but others did not think so, and the tragic battle of Shouchun that year still makes the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers remember it vividly. Although Li Yu is mediocre, he is not brutal, as long as the two Shouchun Cities come out, the Khitan and the Northern Han Dynasty are waiting for the opportunity to move, and it will not be easy for the Southern Tang Dynasty to be subdued, and even provide an example for Wu Yue, the consequences are worrying. Therefore, before the soldiers were sent, Zhao Kuangyi wrote that the Kaifeng Divisions emptied the prisons and none of them were left behind, that is, they wanted to have a good omen. This is also a good sign, Zhao Kuangyin rewarded 1,000 gold and 5,000 silks. The eunuch sent the gold silk to the Song family, Song Jiu was dumbfounded, what do I want money for?

Not long after the eunuch left, a servant came to Song's house with a famous thorn, and Lu Duoxun invited Song Jiu to talk about it in Shundian. The friendship between the two is not very deep, and Lu Duoxun's status is impossible to visit Song Jiu's family, which is called disgrace and will be impeached by the minister. But he didn't want Song Jiu, who was not even afraid of Zhao Pu, to visit his house, and it was inconvenient to socialize, so he thought of a way to hold on to it, and Yu Shundian talked about it.

Song Jiuhu suspects that he has no bad feelings for Lu Duoxun, nor does he have a good impression of him, which is equivalent to not intersecting, and this person is extremely noble now, what is the matter with himself? (To be continued......)