Liu Guangshi looked at it, and saw that it was several of his henchmen and generals, who came together.

When they got a little closer, Liu Guangshi asked, "What's the matter with you coming here?" The army marched, and it was not easy to watch, and they came to me to do something. ”

Although his tone was not high, his questioning was very dignified because of the temperament formed by his long-standing position and command.

This person has always acted in a way, and he will be lenient and severe, and he will be lenient and powerful, and the soldiers will be lenient and indulgent, and for Zhao Gou, he will take the welcome as the most important thing, except for Zhao Gou's edict to let him go to the front line to fight the Jurchens, he will disobey orders, and other things have always been obedient.

Wang De, the former commander of the army, replied: "Marshal, the last general and others have a good relationship. ”

He was the head of the generals of the Liu Division, and Liu Guangshi nodded with a smile, and said to him in a more cordial tone: "You Yaksha, you have suffered a loss, and you speak so humbly, what do you have to say, but only to say it." ”

As soon as these words came out, although Wang De was born black and fierce, he was also red.

couldn't help but bow down and said: "The grace of the handsome rescue, Wang De will never forget, since he returned to the handsome camp, he swore to be the handsome of his father." ”

"Okay, okay."

Liu Guangshi stroked his beard and smiled, feeling so proud in his heart.

This Wang De is also a fierce general of the Western Army, previously subordinate to Yao Gu's tent, once handsome sixteen fine cavalry, deep into the territory of the Jin soldiers, capture the other party to guard the Taishi, the enemy reinforcements came, Wang De has dozens of blades, the enemy is terrified, and dare not chase again.

When the prisoner was sacrificed, Emperor Zhao Huan personally asked the prisoner about the battle, and the other party replied: "Without him, I only saw a dark yaksha rushing in, and he was captured." ”

Since then, the name of Wang Yasha has been famous in the army.

In the third year of Jianyan, Wang De quarreled with Liu Yanzhong, the general of Han Shizhong's department, over a trivial matter, and beheaded Liu Yanzhong to death with a knife, which almost caused an internal struggle between Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi. Zuo Prime Minister Zhao Ding wanted to kill him, but Liu Guangshi personally pleaded with Zhao Gou and pardoned him in the end.

What Wang De said is that Liu Guangshi is his father, which is exactly the case.

"The commander, the last general is waiting to come to explain the difficulty of the march and the lack of morale."

"Oh?"

Wang De bowed again and said to Liu Guangshi: "It's cold, our sergeants are all re-recruited, many of them are bandits, righteous soldiers, and the marshal has not shown grace to his subordinates, except for the regular salary, there is not much benefit." These people are used to being casual, and they can't be compared with our old subordinates, such a battle on the heavenly road, and a civil war and siege, and low morale, it is also reasonable. ”

Liu Guangshi didn't answer first, and motioned for Wang De to step down.

He actually had a case in his heart, but it was inconvenient to say it. I had to pretend to groan, and the corner of my eye swept away, and when I saw someone, I didn't feel overjoyed.

At that moment, he said to Li Qiong, the deputy commander of the Chinese army: "Come, General Li, tell me, our army's morale is not high, what should we do?" ”

That Li Qiong is cunning like a ghost, how can he not know the intentions of the handsome.

At the moment, he squeaked and said, "The last general is stupid and doesn't know what to do." ”

"Huh? Who in the army doesn't know the brave Wang De, the wise Li Qiong, and General Li are unwilling to give me advice now, what is the purpose? ”

Li Qiong was squeezed by his words, and there was no way to do it. I had to bite my teeth, first gently connected the black cauldron thrown by the handsome, and then replied: "The last general has some superficial thoughts, and he doesn't dare to say it rashly, it's not perfunctory. ”

Liu Guangshi sneered: "Ben Shuai has always been innocent of his words, but General Li is okay to talk about it. ”

If you talk about scheming and playing conspiracy, although this Li Qiong is cunning, she is really not Liu Guangshi's opponent. In the hands of Liu Guangshi, although this person has suffered many losses, he is also convinced.

Such villains, the most obedient and feared are those who are more treacherous and ruthless than him. According to the history books, Liu Guangshi was incompetent for a long time, and Zhao Gou could not protect him, so he was withdrawn from his original post and no longer controlled the army. Liu's army, with Wang De as the main commander and Li Qiong as the deputy, was ashamed to be the deputy of the rough man Wang De, and he actually led the army to defect.

At this time, although he knew that Liu Guangshi was playing him, he swallowed the bitter water, put on a face that was planned for the commander, and replied with a low eyebrow to Liu Guangshi: "The armor is not repaired, the army is not suppressed, the key is that the members of our left army are too complicated, because the military discipline is not strict, the training is not fine, and the commander recruits more soldiers in order to maintain his combat strength, which is also a matter of no way." ”

Liu Guangshi was unhappy in his heart, although the other party made it clear that he was defending him, he was also accusing him of governing the army.

coughed heavily and motioned for Li Qiong to speak quickly.

Li Qiong was shocked, and hurriedly said: "In the opinion of the last general, the only way to plan for now is to plunder the army, not to be bound by military discipline." In this way, the soldiers knew that it was profitable, so they naturally served bravely and did not need to be urged. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang De and everyone looked at each other, but no one came out to object.

Although most of the taxes in the Song Dynasty were given to the army, the income of the soldiers was still not high, and after the Jingkang Rebellion, the control of the various armies was very weak, some of the military discipline was very strict, and some of the military discipline was not repaired. This is the case with Liu Guangshi's department.

It's just that in the past, soldiers were indulged in looting, but they were only in enemy-occupied areas or where the two sides were fighting, and there was no domestic army, so they let go of the reason for robbing the people in their own territory.

Because of this, although Liu Guangshi planned to do so in his heart, he refused to say it himself.

As soon as this Li Qiong's words came out, Liu Guangshi's eyes were like lightning, looking at the generals.

The rest of the people didn't understand the intentions of the marshal, so they bowed down one by one, and said in unison: "General Li's plan is very good, anyway, the people near Lin'an are rebellious from thieves, let's teach them a lesson!" ”

Although Wang De didn't agree in his heart, he couldn't, so he had to mumble a few words, but he didn't object.

Liu Guangshi was happy in his heart, knowing that if this problem was solved, the tens of thousands of troops under his subordinates would definitely change their appearance, like wolves and tigers, and go straight to Lin'an City.

Otherwise, with the current state, even if you struggle to get under the fortified city, you will definitely be dragged across, and there will be no strength left to attack the city.

waved his hand resolutely at the moment and ordered: "Li Qiong's plan is very clever, just order the three armies." ”

Seeing that Li Qiong was silent with a bitter face, he waved his hand and said: "We are also here to rescue Your Majesty, even if there is a small problem in the future, Your Majesty will bear it, and you will definitely not blame us for this matter." ”

His words were also reasonable, and the generals were in high spirits for a while, and said in unison: "The handsome and wise." ”

"Okay, you will go down and give an order, and order the three armies to speed up, faster, faster!"

The generals listened to his order and dispersed together. A young general beside Liu Guangshi is his own nephew, and he is very trusted, seeing that the generals are scattered, he has some doubts in his heart, and Ince immediately stepped forward and asked: "Dashuai, in fact, the rebels are trapped in the city, so Han Shizhong thinks with the marshal, even if he can't afford to go south, he definitely has no reason to come and fight with us." Yang Yizhong town Suzhou, the department is only 5,000 people, although the elite, in the end the number is too small, all the way to the town to pacify the envoys, the soldiers are small, the people are light-hearted, how can they be qualified to say anything. Wouldn't it be better for us to march slowly all the way and make a big splash than to march in such a hurry? ”

Liu Guangshi glanced at him and scolded: "What does the baby know!" Now Your Majesty has just been forced to abdicate, the people's hearts have not been lost, if I move forward slowly, when the Chang'an edict arrives, even Your Majesty can not wait to ignore it, what qualifications do I have, after Your Majesty's abdication, resist the Chang'an edict, and attack Lin'an? At that time, the whole of Jiangnan was against us, and this battle was lost without having to fight. ”

In this case, he can only talk to his nephew. Although he is calm and calm on the surface, in fact, Zhao Gou's restoration is related to his net worth, this kind of thing is a robbery of time, where does he dare to slack off.

As he spoke, he waved his horsewhip, not only ordering the officers and men of the whole army to move forward quickly, but also speeding up his horse, eager to rush to Lin'an City immediately.

Liu Guangshi's troops attacked rapidly, burning and looting along the way, in order to stimulate the morale of the army, there were no general guards in the states along the way, except for some civilian officials who defended the territory to inform Liu Guangshi and express protest, no one could control it.

He marched on the 10th day of the third month of the fifth year of Jiankang, but more than ten days later, at the beginning of late March, he had already arrived at the city of Lin'an.

Because of the many benefits he made along the way, his left guard army was more than 52,000 people, and his morale was high. Lin'an City has been in operation for less than a year, and the city walls and city defense facilities are very weak, but it is just the pattern of an ordinary state capital in the interior. At this time, it is the early spring season, although the day is gradually getting warmer, the moat outside the city is only half full, Liu Guangshi gave an order, more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 people who plundered together to do it, against the sparse arrow rain at the head of the city, but half a day's effort, has already leveled a large section of the fortifications outside the city, and filled the moat with sand, firewood and grass, and the soldiers of the department have pointed directly to the Lin'an city wall.

Because it was getting late, there was no intention of attacking the city that day, and after filling the moat, the army retreated, scattering the people and guarding them, regardless of them, and even many people were forced by the army to build camps.

When the sky was about to get dark, the camp of tens of thousands of people stretched for three or four miles, winding and long, and was built two or three miles outside the city.

Liu Guangshi knew that Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were not generals, and they must have been frightened at this time, these two people could defend the city, and they had already surprised him, because when they set up camp, they were not worried about the enemy's attack on the city, and when the camp fence and horse antlers and other things were settled, the rebel army in the city was not to be afraid.

In the twilight, he led hundreds of pro-troops around the city for a week, and when the red sun in the west completely sank into the distant sky, he had already seen the defense of the city clearly and the real and the false.

Although this person did not dare to engage the Jurchens, after all, he was also a family of generals in the Western Army, and he had experienced a hundred battles. At a cursory glance, you already know the reality of the city.

The soldiers at the head of the city are sparse, and the morale is not very high, but at a glance, there are only more than 10,000 people, guarding more than a dozen gates of Lin'an City, and the strength is definitely not balanced.

After seeing the reality of the city, he did not delay, but returned to his comfortable tent, and while roasting and drinking, he ordered again and again that he would attack from the Yongjinmen early tomorrow morning, and be sure to take the city down in one fell swoop.