Wang Yuan and Du Chong argued, and finally brought Wang Yanbu and Chen Cuibu under his command. In this way, Wang Yuan and Liu Guangshi each had 30,000 people, and Du Chong had 40,000 people under his direct jurisdiction, with a total army of 100,000. Just waited for Yue Fei to send the information of the reconnaissance, and then fought a decisive battle with Sticky Han.

Bianliang, the water potential of the Yellow River has become smaller, and boats shuttle on the Guangji River, transporting panicked Bianliang residents to Cangzhou in batches.

At this rate, two-thirds of the millions of households in Bianliang, the world's largest city, will be transported to the shores of the Bohai Sea before the canal freezes in winter, and a new city with a capacity of several million people will rise in Tanggu.

Bianliang will only have symbolic meaning, although this symbolism cannot be replaced.

Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang have already come, Hu Yangeng asked them to go to Liangshan as the leader of the Longhushan faction to join the gang, "If you want to join Song Jiang and rise up, Benfu will not stop you, you just let it go." ”

Gongsun Shenglian said that he didn't dare, he and Liu Tang received the order, went to Liangshan to join the gang, and took the opportunity to seize the command of the Liangshan rebellion, so as to cooperate with Huyan Geng's operation to be carried out on Jingxi Road.

After Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang left Bianliang with their henchmen, two more people came to the door, and Zhang Xian sent them. Hu Yangeng met them in the lobby of Hu Yan Zhuo's mansion.

"Your name is Shi Xiu, your name is Yang Xiong? Are they all from Jizhou in Qianliao? Hu Yangeng was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that there was really a desperate Saburo Shi Xiu, I don't know how this Shi Xiu compares with Shi Xiu in "Water Margin", whether it is the same resolute and alert.

Hu Yangeng asked about the origin of the two, both of them were Han people from Yandi, and they were also Shunmin under the rule of Liao. Just because Yang Xiong's wife had an affair with a monk, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu beheaded the adulterer and adulteress, and then fled to the river. Hu Yangeng was looking for Zhang Xian here, and Zhang Xian sent the two of them over.

"Now that the Liao Kingdom has been destroyed by gold thieves, how can the local people have the leisure to take care of the murder case, why do you two have to run?"

"I don't know what to appease, this monk is recognized as a mage by Jin Guo, he was killed, and the gold thief will be held accountable."

"It turned out that he killed a traitor." Since then, Hu Yangeng coined the term traitor, "Well, Yang Xiong, although there is something wrong with your wife, the crime is not death, and you killed her because of an affair, which will eventually hinder your reputation." ”

"The lesson of appeasement is yes." Yang Xiong swallowed his anger. Shi Xiu wanted to argue.

Hu Yangeng waved his hand: "In the future, when you tell people, you will say that you killed the gold thief's protector, so that you will look good on your face and your reputation will be good." ”

Shi Xiu immediately changed his face: "The grass people thank you for your comforting love." ”

Hu Yangeng asked Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong to go to Liangshan as well, not to do anything superfluous, to secretly observe the situation of the cottage and report to himself. Before the two left, Hu Yangeng specially advised: "If you pass by a place called Zhujiazhuang on this trip, don't steal chickens." ”

At present, Zhang Xian, the staff department under the jurisdiction of Sima on the march, is led by Zhang Xian himself, and the intelligence department has not yet been fully established. It's just that Wang Guanqing organized and compiled the ten-volume "Romance of the Hu Family", which has allowed hundreds of storytellers to preach all over the country and observe the market at the same time. These storytellers are covert and are not allowed to do any active intelligence operations.

This is the first step in the edifice of intelligence, and there is still a long way to go to build the Rubikayan.

After sending off Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong, Hu Yangeng returned to the study, and Gao Lu was sorting out the documents sent from Hejian.

"Zhang Xian wants to attack Jizhou?" Hu Yangeng looked at a letter sent from the river. Zhang Xian said in the letter that since Tanggu was to be used as the temporary capital, Jixian County was too close to Tanggu.

Is it close? Hu Yangeng thought, he remembered that it used to take three hours to drive from Jixian County to Tianjin Binhai New Area, wouldn't it be three hundred miles away? And now Tanggu does not exist on the map of both Song and Jin, and the Jin soldiers want to attack and go to the river, and now they are attacking Jizhou, which exposes the importance of Tanggu in plain terms, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"This, don't allow him to fight, let him strengthen the defense of Jinghai County"

Gao Lu agreed.

Hu Yangeng said again: "In the letter to Zhang Xian, tell him that the queen mother gave marriage, asked the name and all the etiquette, Zhang Zhaofu helped him in Bianliang, and the residents of Bianliang moved almost away, so they sent Zhang Zhaofu to take the princess back and marry him. ”

"Well, I wrote it." Gao Lu asked, "What about my brother?" Gao Shidan, the father of my favorite brother, is my uncle, and he has been martyred with his father in the first year of Jingkang. The elders of the Gao family are only left in the far branch of the Western Army. If the favorite brother wants to get married in Bianliang, who will marry? ”

"Isn't there a brother-in-law?" Hu Yangeng patted his chest, "Don't worry, I will definitely make the wedding of Gao Pet conform to etiquette, and the scenery will never fall into the lintel of the Gao family." ”

After Hu Yangeng said this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat behind his back. My father has been filial piety for three years, from the first year of Jingkang to the present, it is just three and a half years. Although he didn't care, Gao Lu must be very heartwarming when he was chewed his tongue.

Thinking of this, Hu Yangeng gently hugged Gao Lu's thin shoulders: "I promised you that if you want to keep the lintel of the Gao family from falling, I will definitely do what I say." ”

"I'm grateful that you have this heart." She suddenly opened Hu Yangeng's unruly hand, "In my uncle's house, it's still a study, don't be like this." ”

Hu Yangeng withdrew his hand with a smile and asked, "What else is the news?" ”

"Wu Bailiu reported, the first batch of screws was made, a total of twelve, from one foot long to one zhang long."

"Twelve, then we didn't save more than 20,000 taels of silver." Hu Yangeng remembered a book he had read before, and said that a screw cost two thousand taels of silver. But it wasn't until I read Wu Bailiu's "Gear Collection" that I knew that the screw was not difficult to make in ancient times, because the thread was actually a straight line around the iron rod, and in Yan Su's "Treatise on the Sea Tide", there was a record of using the screw to make the sea tide beacon.

"Write a letter to Zhang Yanju and ask him to commend the general. The reward for silver is rewarded, and the promotion is promoted. ”

"Promotion, after this battle, the meritorious will be rewarded." Zhao Chen was in high spirits.

"Shouzhou is the place where the battle of Weishui was located. Zhao Chen asked the following generals, can you know the battle of Weishui? ”

Seeing that Wang Yuan, Qi Fang and other generals were at a loss and didn't know what to do, Zhao Chen was in a good mood and told everyone what was going on in the Battle of Weishui.

"At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Shenzhou Lu sank. Fu Jian, the chief of captivity, led 800,000 people to attack the Yangtze River, known as throwing whips to cut off the stream. The Jin Dynasty with 80,000 elite soldiers, in Shouzhou Qiankun unanimity, defeated the captive chieftain Fu Jian in one fell swoop, so that the north fell into chaos, moved to Jiankang to the Eastern Jin Dynasty court to gain a firm foothold, our Han people's national Zuo was not destroyed, persisted until the northern Han people recaptured the national Zuo, the north and the south were mixed, and the Han Zuo was continued. ”

"Gentlemen." Zhao Chen shouted, "From Sui to Tang, from Tang to Song, although there are twists and turns, but Han Zuo is not destroyed, and today my army of the Great Song Dynasty is forced to meet the enemy on the bank of the river." If you move forward bravely, you will be like Xie An, Xie Xuan, and Liu ...... is the same, becoming a hero who continues Han Zuo and going down in history. ”

Among the generals who stood below to listen to the hadith, Liu Guangshi, Wang Yuan and others burst into tears.

Han Shizhong is indispensable, Wang Yan is expressionless, but he agrees with Zhao Chen's statement in his heart.

Yue Fei was also a little moved, thinking in his heart: "Shengshang is just young, inexperienced, and doing some foolish things. But if he wants to continue Han Zuo, he can be regarded as a holy monarch. I also had some vague thoughts before, but I didn't expect this to be related to Han Zuo. ”

Zhao Chen said: "The history of Yue Thorn has been proven, the big chief Wanyan sticky, the small chief Wanyan set up a horse, Wanyan Saili, Wanyan Xianbao, Wanyan Bashu, etc., are all assembled in Shouzhou. The gold thieves claim to be 500,000, but in fact there are 100,000 people, of whom 70% are signed by the army. ”

The information obtained by Yue Fei was accurate, and the march of the Jin soldiers was very fast, and it was only the middle of July, and the Wanyan Sticky Han Department had been assembled in Shouzhou.

There are 40,000 people in the Jin Soldier Headquarters directly under Wanyan Sticky Han, and some losses have been lost in previous battles. The number of Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan and Saiwai Han'er under Wanyan Muhan's current command does not exceed 30,000, and the rest are signed troops.

Hearing that seventy percent of the enemy was a sign army, the generals enthusiastic.

"The last general is not talented, and he is willing to be a striker." Several people shouted.

"Please send troops to Mr. Du." Zhao Chen said.

Du Chong shook the feather fan lightly and said: "This commander has fourteen laws, and the military law is ruthless. "All armies are warned not to violate military orders.

Then he announced the reward, "Anyone who can capture and behead Yan Sticky Han will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars, ranked rampant, and awarded the regimental training envoy." ”

Then put the incense case, Du Chong led the generals and worshiped the gods of the Quartet.

Zhao Chen watched from the sidelines, thinking to himself, Hu Yangeng was really just a fluke, he had fought so many battles, he had never heard of him worshipping the gods, as if he had sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor?

Seeing the generals solemnly swear in front of the incense case, determined to swear to kill the enemy, Zhao Chen felt that their loyalty had gushed out.

At this time, to sacrifice, the soldiers brought pigs, sheep, and cattle, Yue Fei, Wang Yan, and Chen Cui each held an animal to slaughter, Yue Fei cut off the pig's head, Wang Yan cut off the sheep's head, and when Chen Cui arrived, there was a mess, Chen Cui cut off the cow's head with a hand knife, but he kept chopping it. Yue Fei held an iron gun, lowered his body slightly, stood against the cow, saw the cow rushing over, aimed at the cow's heart is a shot, and his legs stood still as if he were nailed to the ground, before killing the cow.

After sacrificing the four gods, Du Chong began to lay out the strategy: "Ben Shuai has already made a clever plan and divided it into three ways to march the army. ”

On the first route, Wang Yuan led the headquarters, Wang Yan's department and Chen Cui's department, and went to Lu'an to block the Jin soldiers who were gathering towards Shouzhou.

The other two roads all point to Shouzhou, and first annihilate Wanyan Saili in Shouzhou.