Lin Chao looked around at the crowd and gave an order.

"It's summer, and it's a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no sharp weapon for thieves. So the second battalion changed to light armor, and the axes and crossbowmen were combined into one. The fourth battalion stayed behind, and the guns of the fifth battalion were all brought, which opened the eyes of the people of the world. ”

Xu Ning said uprightly: "The last general will take the order!"

Ling Zhen said with a smile: "With the full support of the adults, my subordinates believe that they will be able to achieve success and make great contributions." ”

Lu Junyi was not convinced, he was the commander of the fourth battalion and a heavy cavalry, although he was not suitable for this campaign, but it was too uncomfortable to be idle.

"My lord, since Captain Xu can change to light armor, the sergeant of the last general can also change to light armor. ”

Huang Wenbing saw Lin Chao's thoughts, and spent his strength to train the heavy cavalry on Fang La's body to waste.

He arched his hand and said: "My lord, the defense of the gun battalion is insufficient, but Captain Lu can be responsible, which can not only train the troops, but also ask for merit." ”

Lin Chao thought of Zhu Xiaotian's statement that the imperial court was wary of domestic cavalry, adopted Huang Wenbing's suggestion, and changed Lu Junyi's heavy cavalry battalion to a heavy armored battalion to hide people's eyes.

Jiang Jing said: "The anti-thief attack Jiangnan is the richest place in the world, and it is better to have more people. ”

This means that the thieves must have robbed a lot of treasure, and if they rob the thieves again, it will become their own.

The generals laughed, not taking Fang La in their eyes at all.

Lin Lan saw that his morale was good, and he nodded secretly.

He remembered that there was a talented man in Anren Village, outside Tokyo, who was full of poetry and books and was well versed in strategy, so he asked someone to invite him to be a staff officer.

It's been a few days since I met Gao Yu, and as soon as we met, I talked about alchemy.

"Jin Ge's effect is very good, the official family is very satisfied, can you speed it up?"

Lin Chao was embarrassed: "This is the same as leprosy, after all, one day it can't be provided, and it's useless to be fast." ”

In the past, he gave Gao Yu a cigarette and said that he would wait until the autumn for Song Huizong's birthday, but Gao Yu took it out early.

Later, Song Huizong had no choice but to smoke ordinary cigarettes to relieve his fatigue.

Since using Jin Ge, Song Huizong has been fierce and fierce, not only lingering in the Qinglou, but also nourishing other concubines when he comes back.

Gao Yu can't help it, in fact, hemp is also a good thing.

It's just that Lin Lan can't provide it anymore, otherwise he would have thought about it.

Lin Chao waited for him to finish saying this, and took the initiative to ask about the riots in Jiangnanla.

Gao Yu didn't care.

"The official family's appeasement has been rejected by the anti-thieves, and the offensive is being intensified, and several states have fallen, and you want to send troops?"

Lin Chao suddenly realized that the news had come out, but Song Huizong didn't know it at all, so he was still enjoying himself.

Only when Fang La could not cover it up can he gather a large army to exterminate it.

If we send troops now, we will definitely be able to recover a lot of losses.

But Gao Yu, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others have already deceived Song Huizong, and only told him what he can know, and no one can change it, even if the crown prince Zhao Huan knows.

Lin pondered and said: "The salary is not enough, and the training of the alchemy army cannot be guaranteed, and the soldiers want to make meritorious contributions and earn a living." ”

It's an endless cycle, you don't have money to train and want to go to war, as long as you open the dial, you will be paid, and if you win, you will be rewarded.

But after the pacification, the reward will be delayed, and it will only be sent again next time.

Gao Yu sighed: "It's really loyal, it's just that Cai Jing controls the government, and the treasury has no surplus grain for a long time." ”

Pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and contribute a few of your manor.

If you have to wait for the canal to be cut off and the world will shake before you take the money and send troops, why should you do it earlier?

It seems that there will definitely be no troops in the summer, and it is impossible to say whether it will be autumn or winter.

Lin Chao thought about it and said, "Master Cai's family is very rich. ”

When Gao Yu heard this, he drank tea slowly.

"Last time, He Zhizhang of Huazhou was only demoted to two levels, and now he is leaning towards the government and the opposition to cover the sun and the moon, what does it have to do with you? You might as well stay in the capital to study alchemy with peace of mind, it is better than taking the road of military merit. ”

Lin Lan sighed: "The alchemy of the poor road has to be improved from the war, this is helpless. ”

After negotiations with Gao Yu, Lin Chao made further preparations.

He came up with a plan and asked Hu Cheng to go to Jeju City, find Xiao Rang, a scholar of holy water, and Jin Dajian, a jade arm craftsman, and ask them to join the spy company.

......

Song Huizong designed dozens of pairs of high-heeled shoes, and specially asked Lin Lan to come over to taste them.

Lin Lan didn't want to mention Fang La's matter, so he could only slap his beard like Gao Yu, and proposed to organize a fashion show for beauties wearing high heels.

This made Song Huizong energetic again, and he was very busy.

Cai Jing and others blindly greeted each other, never reporting good news but not bad news, and the situation in Jiangnan quickly deteriorated.

Fang La's army captured Qingxi in August and Mu and She Erzhou in September.

Conquer Quzhou in the south and kill Peng Rufang, the county guard.

The north swept through Xincheng, Tonglu, and Fuyang counties, and forced Hangzhou.

Hangzhou County abandoned the city and fled, the rebel army occupied Hangzhou, killed Chen Jian, the envoy of Lian Visit, Zhao Yue, and set fire to it for six days, and countless people died.

After occupying Hangzhou, La proclaimed himself "Holy Father", with the year name "Yongle", and set up officials and generals, as if he had established a country.

And announced to the south of the Yangtze River, planning to divide the river and defend it, gradually trying to forge ahead, and overthrow the Song Dynasty within ten years.

The Song Kingdom finally shook, the price of grain in Tokyo rose, everyone in the tavern teahouse was talking about it, and Song Huizong convened his ministers overnight to discuss.

Zhao'an's envoy set off for Hangzhou early the next morning, and the Jinluan Palace was still discussing who would lead the army.

Lin Chao also didn't understand why he, as a powerful official, had three official positions: civil, military, and Taoist, and why every time he saw Song Huizong, he was in private and had never been to court.

Zhu Xiaotian also looked for him, saying that it was inconvenient for the prince to meet, and asked the other party's opinion on the thief.

It turned out that Fang La's book should be written on the back map.

"Ten thousand plus a little, the end of winter is honored. Across the Zhejiang water, the traces are in Wuxing. ”

Ten thousand is ten thousand, add a little on the head, it is a square word.

After the end of winter, it is the wax moon.

The so-called respect is that the south is the king, which is the word Fangla.

It is this kind of destiny that Fang La gathered hundreds of thousands of people in a short period of time and was invincible.

Thinking about it, Zhao Huan was a little nervous, Lin Lan smiled mysteriously, pretending to bathe and change clothes and burn incense and pray.

"Poor road calculation, the army can be leveled for a year. ”

Zhu Xiaotian left happily.

In October, Song Huizong's birthday, his mood was very bad, because the ministers did not report it, and Jiangnan completely deteriorated.

Fang La, who is already known as a million-strong army, sits in Hangzhou and refuses to recruit An.

Zhu Yan and Wu Bang of Lanxi Lingshan, Qiu Daoren of Yan County, Lu Shinang of Xianju, Chen Shishi of Fangyan Mountain, Shi Sheng of Suzhou, and Lu Xing'er of Gui'an all led the crowd to respond.

For a time, the Great Song Dynasty lost a large part of its financial resources, and the prices in Tokyo soared, and the situation was precarious.

Song Huizong finally made up his mind and once again sent his henchman eunuch Tong Guan to serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huainan, commanding an army of 100,000 who were originally preparing for the Northern Expedition to Youyan.

Wang Yu, Liu Yanqing, and Xin Xingzong were all under his control, and each brought his own military horses to go.

Their meeting place was Yingtianfu and headed for Suzhou, Changzhou.

In addition, according to Gao Yu's recommendation, Runing County controlled Hu Yanzhuo and alchemist Lin Chao as the vanguard of Pingnan, and each belt attacked from Xuanzhou.

The two armies, one positive and one strange, attacked from the north and west, and could force Fang La to jump into the sea and have no way out.

(End of chapter)