Zhang Zhengde's local people in Yor County gave Wanmin umbrellas, and the next day it spread throughout Bianjing.

The people of Bianjing are talking about this, saying how good this government is, so he will be given an umbrella, and he should be a good official.

However, in the eyes of some, it feels like it's a show!

In a private room of a restaurant.

"Humph! That Zhang Zheng didn't read the sage's articles since he was a child, and came out of the so-called political affairs school that only knew how to calculate data, neither did he study hard like us, nor did he study the sage's scriptures and meanings, let alone pass five levels and kill six generals like us, and he was among the best in the imperial examination!

How could he, Zhang Zheng, know how to govern a place?

I'm afraid that this Wanmin umbrella is a good show directed by him in order to boast about himself! ”

"Exactly! Yes, extremely! What kind of political affairs school, people who come out of this kind of place will steal and play tricks and engage in this kind of deceptive things.

How can the children of saints like us die shamelessly like them!

I don't know what the saint thinks, there are saints like me, and the elite don't need it, but they use the kind of goods like a businessman who is good at calculating like a merchant in the political affairs school.

With goods like them, how can you govern the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Humph! This Zhang Zheng! When he comes to Bianjing, you must give him a good look! Let him know that this Bianjing is not a local person, and he can be allowed to deceive, and we are not those foolish people who are easy to deceive! ”

"That's it! It is! Brother Chen, count me in when the time comes! ”

……

Conversations like this abound among officials in Bianjing, most of whom had come from the imperial examinations, and were hostile to Zhang Zheng, an unorthodox official.

Xingwu 4th year, August 21.

The hot summer has come to an end, and the bleak autumn has begun to take shape.

It is about to enter autumn, and the court is becoming more and more busy, and the whole court is preparing for the autumn harvest.

The financial situation of the imperial court next year depends on this autumn harvest.

It can be said that all departments are already busy.

Local officials are also in full swing to prepare.

Just as the whole country is preparing for the autumn guard.

The sudden outbreak of one thing made the Great Song Dynasty, who was originally jubilant and ready to welcome the harvest, full of anger!

In the fourth year of Xingwu, August 16, the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Great Song Dynasty had just passed, when everyone was immersed in the joy of the festival.

In the southwestern border, the Kingdom of Qiu launched an attack on the Stone Forest Village, the closest country to the Kingdom of Qiu, on the evening of the 16th!

Shilinzhai is located in the northwest of Caiyun County, next to a familiar village in the country of Qiu.

It is the largest native village within a radius of 100 miles, with a total population of more than 5,000.

However, on this very night, the once most lively and prosperous village in the surrounding area was turned into a sea of fire.

The entire village was trampled into ruins by the 3,000 elite soldiers and 20 elephant soldiers who had secretly crossed the border, the men were killed, and the old people and children were beheaded.

All kinds of goods were plundered, and women were taken away as trophies after being insulted on the spot.

As for this stockade, it was directly burned to ashes by a fire!

And that's just the beginning!

The next day, dozens of villages around Bianjing were also attacked, and tens of thousands of natives who had lived here for generations died at the hands of the people of the country.

This time, someone finally escaped alive and fled to the nearest town, reporting the news of the invasion of the Kingdom of Fat to the local government.

After receiving the news, the local yamen immediately reported it layer by layer, and by the time the Caiyun County guard yamen received the news and reacted, the country had already begun a large-scale invasion!

Exactly 30,000 people!

All the way to the Sunset Mansion and Huangtian Mansion near the border.

After the people of the Qi Kingdom broke through these two prefectures, they did all kinds of evil, and the people of the Song Dynasty suffered heavy casualties.

And Liu Xuexian, who was the county guard of Caiyun County at the time, was about to ask Shuzhong and Qianzhou County for help after the news was urgently transmitted to Bianjing.

At the same time, the garrison of 10,000 troops that had been prepared for a long time immediately set off for Niujia Town, preparing where to build a defensive line.

Niujia Town is the only way for Sunset and Huangtian to get to the next Fuzuohe Mansion.

If you don't go here, you can only go to the mountains, rivers and forests, which are extremely unfavorable for the advance of the army.

The people of the Fat Kingdom who sent a full 30,000 people would never go to those places.

Wherever they go, not only will their mobility be greatly hindered, but even non-combat attrition will probably not be less.

As long as the garrison of Caiyun County can hold the traffic choke point of Niujia Town, it can prevent the army of the Fat Kingdom from continuing to enter the hinterland of Caiyun County.

August 23 of the fourth year of Xingwu.

Seven days have passed since the invasion of the Kingdom of Fat.

And the 30,000 troops of the Fat Kingdom have been fighting with the 10,000 garrisons of Caiyun County in Niujia Town for two days!

Both sides hurt each other.

The garrison of Caiyun County relied on the superiority of weapons and was on the defensive, blocking the 30,000 people invaded by the Fat Kingdom outside Niujia Town.

Seeing that he had failed to achieve a good result for two days, Zhao Yuan, the leading general of the Qiu Kingdom, was already panicked in his heart.

This invasion was a premeditated one.

After careful calculation and intelligence investigation, the fat country learned that the garrison of Caiyun County was only 10,000 people.

In their minds, they have 30,000 people on their side, plus a sudden sneak attack, and they are caught off guard by the Great Song Dynasty, and in five days at most, they can at least capture the land of the Great Song Dynasty's Five Mansions, and with the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is just the Five Mansions, they can get a lot of benefits.

At the very least, before reinforcements from other parts of the Great Song Dynasty arrived, they could occupy as many mansions as possible in the Great Song Dynasty, so as to plunder more supplies.

As for the question of not being able to defeat the Great Song Dynasty, they have already considered it, and now they are full of 30,000 soldiers across the country.

The number of men in the country is so scarce that it is no longer possible to continue conscription.

However, the Great Song Dynasty, a vast country, has a population and strong men that far surpass them.

After Da Song reacted, he would definitely not be able to beat them.

But there is no need for them to fight either.

They had already thought about it, and they would take as much as possible from Da Song when Da Song didn't react, and then surrender directly when Da Song reacted and sent troops!

That's right! It's surrender!

In the impression of the people of the Fat Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty is an extremely face-loving country, even if they do all kinds of evil in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they surrender in the end and offer a surrender to the Song Emperor, then the Song Emperor will not attack them again for the sake of face.

It is even possible that in order to appease them, Emperor Song will take the initiative to send benefits to the Kingdom of Fat.

And all they have to pay is surrender, and there is no substantial loss.

As long as Da Song satisfies their vanity, they can rob Da Song, and Da Song will give benefits, and this kind of business is simply a million profits.

I'm sorry if I don't do it!

However, what they didn't expect was that they had just won two prefectures, and they were actually stopped by the garrison of the Great Song Dynasty in Niujia Town, and the number of this garrison was only 10,000, but they had a full 30,000 people, but they couldn't break the defense line built by these 10,000 people.

Seeing the days pass day by day, he knows that every day that drags on, Da Song's support will come faster.

If they can't break through Niujia Town as soon as possible, then when the support of the Great Song Dynasty arrives, they will have no chance to continue grabbing.

And now there are only two roads in front of Zhao Yuan.

Or, continue to fight, and fight until the support of the Great Song Dynasty comes over and surrenders directly.

Either retreat and find other ways to pass, or go back to the fat country directly.

But looking at the greedy eyes of the soldiers under his command, he knew that he wanted to let the soldiers who had just tasted the sweetness go back like this.

There is absolutely no way they can say yes!

Then you can only keep fighting!

Zhao Yuan's eyes flashed, and he immediately asked people to gather all the generals.

……

(End of chapter)