Due to the surrender of Huizhou's defender Mi Yu Xingxiancheng, Yang Zhi's speed of taking Huizhou was too fast, which completely disrupted the negotiation rhythm of the Western Xia monarchs.

Xixia could only transfer troops from the Jingsai Military Division, Jianing Military Division, Xiangyou Military Division, and Shenyong Military Division, and hold the Xishou Military Division, which was empty.

Moreover, the troops of these military divisions cannot be completely withdrawn, and enough soldiers must be left to defend the forts. The problem is that Western Xia took advantage of the situation last year and expanded a large territory, and the fortresses everywhere needed to spread out a large number of troops.

The Western Xia chose to abandon some of the walled forts, shrink their forces to consolidate their defensive lines, and abduct the population of the abandoned areas.

This gave Liu Yanqing, Zhe Keqiu, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Fu and others an opportunity, although they did not have enough troops and grain and grass to expand, but they could try to recover the lost territory in their respective jurisdictions.

The toad lies on his feet, and if he doesn't bite, he's disgusting!

Western Xia was disgusted by these military leaders, and even Lianzhou City was forced to abandon and retreat all the way to Hongdezhai where Baimachuan and Guide River meet.

If you don't do this, you can't do it, because while Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan are attacking Huanzhou City, they also divide their troops to attack Ansaizhai and Whitinburgh in the east.

It was more troublesome to transport military rations there, and Western Xia did not leave too many troops to defend, and sooner or later it would be conquered by Miao and Liu. Then you can cross the mountains and mountains to the west, attack Ulunbao and Suyuan Village in the rear of Huanzhou City, and completely cut off the retreat and grain route of the defenders of Huanzhou City.

Liu Zhengyan, the governor of Huanzhou appointed by the imperial court, finally got back his state city, and he didn't have to sit in the stockade all day to train his troops.

Moreover, because the Western Xia defenders in Huanzhou City retreated in a hurry, they did not take many people captive, and Liu Zhengyan still had some population available.

Under Wang Yuan's letter of reminder, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan immediately went to the imperial court, asking to resign from their respective positions as taishou, hoping that the imperial court could send liuguan to govern.

……

"These Miao and Liu are familiar with current affairs," Zhu Guoxiang asked, "I don't have a suitable candidate in my hands, who do you think should be sent to be the prefect of Huanqing?" ”

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Liu Ziyu." ”

Zhu Guoxiang immediately had an impression: "Is it the son of the Huai'an prefect recommended by Li Bao, Wang Yuan, and Fang Mengqing?" Is he famous in history? ”

Zhu Ming explained: "The History of the Song Dynasty has a special biography of people, who can be called the all-round talent of literature and martial arts. Let's talk about the text first, this person claims to have read the history of the scriptures at the age of ten. After Zhu Xi lost his father, he has been living with Liu Ziyu. He is not only Zhu Xi's teacher, but also equivalent to Zhu Xi's adoptive father, and has a great influence on Zhu Xi's thoughts. ”

"Speaking of martial arts, Liu Ziyu followed his father in the military camp at the age of eleven, and it is rumored that he practiced archery 300 times a day. Moreover, he is proficient in the art of war, and has made meritorious contributions during the expedition. But the real fame rose after the shame of Jingkang. ”

Zhu Guoxiang understood: "This person is also a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty? ”

Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "It's not a famous general, but a famous handsome." His father Liu Tao died in Jingkang, and he himself was recommended by Zhang Jun to lead the five-way soldiers and horses in Qinzhou. This person has a very good set of military training, and in a short period of time, he has trained into a strong army, recovering the lost territories of Yan'an, Jinning, Linfu, Yanzhou, Fangzhou, etc. He was promoted to Zhao Gou's close minister because of his merits, and later the front line was defeated, Liu Ziyu was ordered to be in danger again, and quickly gathered more than 100,000 stragglers, Wu Jue, Guan Shigu and others were under his control. Without Liu Ziyu's overall planning, there would have been no Wu Jue's monk Yuan's victory, and it is estimated that the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line of the Southern Song Dynasty would have collapsed at that time. ”

"This guy is kind of like a firefighter who goes to fight fires a few years later. At the most dangerous time, as a marshal, he actually led 300 soldiers to guard the cottage and was at the forefront of the Jin soldiers' attack. It's a pity that his meritorious service was framed and degraded by traitors, and he has been a magistrate for more than ten years since then. In the end, he became a magistrate and made it to the front line, facing the Jin soldiers to go south to clear the wall, and organized hundreds of thousands of people to withdraw in an orderly manner. However, because he pulled out the insulting banner of the Jin people's peace talks, he was impeached for sabotaging the peace talks, and he was dismissed from office at the age of 45 and went into hiding. ”

Zhu Guoxiang was surprised: "After doing so many things, he is only forty-five years old, isn't this person younger now?" ”

"He should be about thirty years old this year," Zhu Ming silently calculated in his heart, "This person doesn't appear much in the history books, but every time he takes over, it's a mess, and he can always save the building." However, in his career, most of the time he was a local civil official, and he had nothing to do with the military. The character attributes are at least above the S level, but whether he can be rated as double S or triple S has to make him do more things, after all, his time as a handsome minister is too short. ”

Zhu Guoxiang automatically ignored the S attribute and said, "Then let him take over Huanqing Mansion." “

According to the normal trajectory, Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu, father and son, should be transferred to Shouzhen this winter, and holding on for several months will make Jin Ren return in vain.

They used to be officials in eastern Zhejiang, Liu Tao was promoted to Beijing by Zhao Huan, and as soon as the family went to Huainan, they met Li Bao leading troops to attack Lianghuai. After that, Li Bao led his troops to Kaifeng, and Fang Mengqing led a group of recruits to continue to attack the city, and then the soldiers and bandits were difficult to distinguish and made a miasma.

Under the persuasion of Fang Mengqing, the father and son helped take over Lianshui.

It only took them two months to suppress and eliminate the bandits, and they even had the ability to help the bandits in Chuzhou next door.

Wang Yuan took a thousand heavily armored guards to Lianghuai to clean up and reorganize the new army, and Liu Tao, Liu Ziyu and his son also contributed a lot, so they were jointly recommended by Li Bao, Wang Yuan, and Fang Mengqing.

Liu Tao was appointed as the first prefect of Huai'an after the restructuring, and the three brothers Liu Ziyu, Liu Ziyi, and Liu Zihui were personally named by Zhu Ming and invited to the capital to listen to them.

The three brothers were all thrown to the Hanlin Academy to compile books, and they were bored all day, and now they were suddenly ordered to enter the palace.

Halfway through, Liu Ziyi said with a smile: "If an official from the Hanlin Academy is summoned, it will definitely be reused immediately, and the three of my brothers have finally come out." ”

"But I don't know where to put it." Liu Zihui said.

Liu Ziyu said: "It's good to be able to do things, and I always feel very depressed when I compile books in the Hanlin Academy." ”

Liu Zihui sighed: "I just hope that the Ming Dynasty will calm down the south as soon as possible, and my grandfather and grandmother are still in my hometown in Fujian." ”

Liu Ziyi said: "I heard that the faint monarch does not change the evil government, and has forced the people of Fujian to rebel, I just hope that this military disaster will not spread to Chong'an." ”

Liu Zihui said: "We have seen the prince's 1,000 heavily armored guards in Huainan, the order is prohibited, the military discipline is strict, and it is actually a first-class strong soldier in the world. I heard that there are only 3,000 such heavy armored guards, and when the prince frees his hand, with 3,000 heavy armored guards as the main force, and then supplemented by two new Huai troops, a maximum of 30,000 people can pacify the southeast. ”

"The strength of the Great Ming Army's combat power is by no means something that can be guessed by three thousand heavy armor soldiers," Liu Ziyu said, "In the past, the Great Song Dynasty also had heavy armor soldiers, and they could be invincible in the face of the Western Xia soldiers. However, it is easy to win a battle, but it is difficult to completely annihilate tens of thousands of prisoners. This big victory over Western Xia may have another to rely on. ”

The three brothers are all all-round talents in civil and military affairs, because their father is a military general who is familiar with the scriptures and history.

It's a pity that they are all the main battle faction of the Southern Song Dynasty, the eldest brother resigned and went into hiding, and the second and third brothers were also forced to resign.

They had a deep influence on Cheng Zhu Lixue, and Liu Ziyu and Liu Zihui were both Zhu Xi's teachers. This made the school of science represented by Zhu Xi all advocate resisting the Northern Expedition of Jin at that time, and they were by no means the literati in the imagination of later generations.

chatting all the way, the three brothers soon found that the road was wrong, and they were actually taken to the garden of the harem.

After arriving, not only the emperor and the crown prince were there, but also the queen, the noble concubine, the crown princess and the prince's side concubine.

The three brothers hurriedly saluted and greeted one by one, not daring to fall on the concubine.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said: "The three Aiqing sit down, take a break today, it's rare to have a little leisure time." ”

"Thank you, official!"

When the three brothers sat down, the meal was quickly served.

Wen Xiaomei, who is a noble concubine, pointed to a plate of vegetables and said, "The three are from Fujian, have you ever seen this kind of dyed silk (fungus vegetables)?" ”

Liu Ziyu shook his head: "Never." ”

Shen Yourong said: "Sichuan is mostly planted, and the fruit can be red dye, so it is named dyeing. The official family said that this thing likes temperature and humidity, and can survive for several years in the south, but it cannot survive the winter when transplanted to Kaifeng. ”

Liu Ziyi said: "It can be dyed and edible, this thing should be promoted in the south, and it should be very suitable for Fujian." ”

Liu Zihui said with a smile: "The two brothers don't know, this thing is also available in Fujian, but it is not widely planted. There is also a record in "Erya", also called Luokui, Chenglu, and Fanlu, and it is also said that Luokui should be a false name for Lukui. When I went to Fuzhou, the monks in the nearby prefectures and counties of Fuzhou liked this thing and called it a royal dish. ”

A plate of fungus dishes made the atmosphere very relaxed, more like sitting together and having a family meal, Zhu Guoxiang asked about the customs of Fujian along the way.

The three brothers have lived in Zhejiang for a long time, but they are more familiar with Zhejiang, they only spent their childhood in Fujian, and occasionally returned to Fujian to worship their ancestors.

Gradually talking about the military, Liu Ziyu said: "The people in the southeast are disgusted with Zhu Mian, and the faint monarch is still letting Zhu Mian's father and son collect wealth." If the grain and grass are sufficient, only 5,000 elite soldiers, supplemented by 20,000 or 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers, can quickly pacify the land of Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

"Next year," Zhu Ming asked, "what do you think of the situation in the northwest?" ”

Liu Ziyu replied: "The minister has never been to the northwest, but when he was conquering Fangla, he asked some northwest border generals, and drank and chatted with them to inquire about the news. The use of troops in the northwest is nothing more than two directions. First, troops were sent from Hehuang to attack the Hexi Corridor, which was the wealth of Western Xia; The second is to send troops from Hengshan, which is the resting place of the eight departments of the party. ”

Zhu Ming nodded and smiled, motioning for Liu Ziyu to continue.

Liu Ziyu said: "From Hehuang to the Hexi Corridor, the terrain along the way is complex, and the grain road is extremely long, and the slightest mistake will lead to a thousand miles of collapse. Therefore, the old Song Dynasty was still mainly based on Hengshan, first stabilizing the defense line and then gradually moving forward. However, whether it is Hehuang or Hengshan, in fact, it is necessary to settle the people and store grain, and first enrich the population of the border areas, so that the transfer of troops and grain from Guanzhong can be minimized. Four words, plough and fight! ”

Zhu Ming expressed great satisfaction: "Although you have never been to the northwest, you also understand this, which is already commendable. There is no prefect in Huanqing Mansion yet, so let's go there and remember what I just said. ”

Liu Ziyu looked at Zhu Guoxiang, Zhu Guoxiang smiled and bowed, he got up and saluted, and immediately accepted the errand.

Zhu Guoxiang said to Liu Ziyi and Liu Zihui again: "Shandong and Hebei are unstable, and they must be civil and military before they can be local officials." The two of you, go to the county order first, one in Hebei and the other in Shandong. ”

"I will live up to the trust of Your Majesty and the Crown Prince!" The brothers quickly stood up.

(End of chapter)