The two rode northward on horseback. On the way, Song Qingshu suddenly asked: "Since the Red Coat Army has such a relationship with the Yang family, why did the court just ignore it? As far as I know, the Huaidong governor Liu Zhen led 30,000 troops to station in Chu. What about Zhou, is Xia Quan so unscrupulous?"
A gleam of anger flashed in the eyes of the woman in yellow: "It's okay not to mention that surname Liu, but I will get angry if I mention it."
"What's the matter?" Song Qingshu vaguely remembered that Yang An'er seemed to be very dissatisfied with this Liu Zhen back then.
"Speaking of which, it all has something to do with the dispute between Han Yuzhou and Jia Sidao..." Huang Shinu sighed and explained all the reasons.
It turned out that Han Tuozhou was devoted to the Northern Expedition, so he naturally valued them, the Central Plains rebels, and sent his confidant Xu Xiji as the Huaidong system envoy, Huairou wooed these rebels, and even provided them with money, food and weapons; , the successor is Jia Pai's Liu Zhen, who changed his previous policy of being gentle, but intends to completely wipe out this rebel army.
"The emperor doesn't care?" Song Qingshu asked doubtfully.
The woman in yellow sneered and said, "It's not that you don't know that our emperor is a surrender faction. He is also worried that the existence of the Red Coat Army will anger the people of the Kingdom of Jin and implicate him. In addition, there are also scum in the Red Coat Army. The general accepted money, food and materials from the imperial court, and at the same time secretly colluded with the enemy to resell them, and those ministers read a few books, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and made the emperor want to kill."
Song Qingshu vaguely remembered that the Red Coat Army in history was indeed an uprising at the beginning, but later on some leaderships deteriorated and began to support their own self-respect. Song's command.
Of course, the reason for such a result, in addition to the greed of human nature, was the various discriminatory policies of the Southern Song Dynasty, such as calling these rebels the Northern Army, not allowing the Northern Army to enter the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty, and deducting money and grain. There was a dispute between the Northern Army and the Southern Army. The chief must be biased towards the southern army, and in addition to the fact that the Song Dynasty has always guarded against military generals, those methods are naturally used on these rebels, secretly dividing and suppressing them, causing the rebels to chill.
The woman in the yellow shirt spoke again: "According to intelligence analysis, this time Xia Quan annexed the Red Coat Army, most likely it was this Liu Jin who was behind it!"
Song Qingshu was somewhat appreciative: "This Liu Yi's tactics are clever, making the two tigers fight against each other, and then reaping the benefits, but now that we are involved, naturally we can't let him do what he wants."
"Yeah!" Huang Shinu secretly clenched her fists, thinking that she must rescue the Yang family this time.
The two drove for several hours, and finally stopped in a small town. The woman in yellow said, "Wait for me at the teahouse in front, I will come as soon as I go."
"Where are you going?" Song Qingshu asked suspiciously, there are no mobile phones in this world, what if the two sides get separated accidentally? He is short on time this time, so he can't waste time.
The woman in the yellow shirt blushed slightly: "I'll be back soon."
Song Qingshu asked: "It's convenient?"
"No!" The woman in the yellow shirt spat.
"Oh, let me go with you, so as not to get separated later." Song Qingshu followed.
"I'm going to buy clothes!" The woman in yellow finally couldn't help but give him a blank look.
"Oh, let's go together." Song Qingshu said with a smile. He thought she was hesitating before, and thought it was something. As for his own change of clothes, he can just ask the waiter to help him buy it. There is no need to be like a woman This also has to be chosen by yourself.
"How can this be together!" The woman in yellow was extremely ashamed.
"Why can't we go together? What's more, I told you to pay the bill for you." In the previous life, it should be a normal thing to accompany a woman to buy clothes, let alone go shopping with such a beautiful woman.
After all, the girl in yellow couldn't hold him back, and when she arrived at the clothes shop, she couldn't help complaining: "If I didn't know that you have always been informal, I would definitely treat you as a prodigal son."
"I won't go in, I'll wait for you at the door, what kind of disciple is this?" Song Qingshu naturally knows that in this day and age, the defense between men and women is very obvious. Stores that sell women's goods will not sell men's things, and men will never set foot in such a place. The place. In addition, clothing stores are different from later generations. Most of the time they only sell cloth or satin, and customers buy them back to tailor their own clothes. Of course, there are ready-made clothes to buy, but relatively few.
The woman in the yellow shirt didn't bother to talk to him, and just picked out in the store. There must be no time to buy cloth to make clothes now, so naturally she can only buy ready-made ones. The boss saw a fairy-like girl with outstanding temperament, knowing that it must be a big customer, he hurriedly greeted her warmly.
Song Qingshu leaned against the door waiting a little bored, so he asked, "By the way, I finally know what the next line of the poem you told me last time means."
The woman in yellow shirt, who was picking clothes, paused her fingers, and a blush flashed across her cheeks: "What poem?"
"The spring grass will be green next year. The next sentence is whether the king and grandson will return." Song Qingshu had a half-smile on his face, "I didn't expect you to expect me to come back soon."
The room fell into silence, and after a long time, the woman in yellow shirt said, "I don't remember any poems I said to you."
"How could it be that you were bidding farewell in the palace, you..."
Song Qingshu wanted to say more, but the girl in yellow had already walked out quickly carrying a package: "If I say no, then there is no!" After finishing speaking, she ran away without looking back.
I was about to chase, but was stopped by the shop owner: "Hey, hey, I haven't paid you yet..."
Song Qingshu was speechless for a while, so he had to throw him a piece of silver: "You don't need to look for it." After speaking, he hurriedly chased after him.
The owner of the store took a small scale and weighed the silver, and couldn't help but pouted after confirming it again and again: "No more, no less, it's just right, so there's no need to look for it, I'm sorry, what a big money you pretend to be, you deserve that fairy The girl is going to run."
Song Qingshu naturally didn't know what the boss behind him was complaining about. Now he was sitting in a restaurant, admiring the bright red face of the woman in the yellow shirt up close: "Your skin is too pale on weekdays, and you don't even have any blood. You still look at it like this now. healthier."
"I want you to take care of it." The yellow-shirted woman picked up the teacup to hide the panic in her heart. She secretly regretted why she was obsessed with leaving him a poem at the beginning, it was really embarrassing.
Song Qingshu rested his chin, just looking at her side face quietly like this. The face was as white as the first snow, and the soft lines seemed to be outlined by a stroke. She usually looked indifferent and indifferent, and it was rare to see her Showing a shy attitude is really pleasing to the eye.
"Have you seen enough?" Feeling his gaze, the woman in yellow shirt felt as if there was something substantial, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.
"Of course I can't get enough of it," Song Qingshu said confidently, "The ancients said that the beauty is delicious, and I finally understand what kind of experience it is."
"You..." The girl in yellow suddenly sighed, "No wonder you have so many confidante girls around you, and there are indeed few girls in the world who can stop you from stalking like this."
Song Qingshu was startled, and said with a wry smile: "The conscience of heaven and earth, I clearly only thought of you just now."
"What about now?" The woman in yellow looked at him with eyes as clear as water.
"Uh..." Song Qingshu suddenly fell into silence, aroused by what she said just now, a lot of people appeared in his mind at this time, for example, going north and passing through Yangzhou, he hesitated whether to visit Zhou Zhiruo first, after all, the two separated Time is not short.
The girl in yellow also gradually calmed down: "The poem I told you last time was just out of friendship, so don't think too much about it."
Song Qingshu knew that what she said was trying to cut the thread of love with a wise sword, and deliberately alienated the relationship between the two parties. In fact, at this time, as long as he used his means and improved his favorability, it would not be impossible to win her heart. But now that he is in debt, Many confidantes don't see each other once or twice throughout the year, do they really want to harm new girls
"Understood." Song Qingshu put away his teasing thoughts, and drank the water and wine in the glass in one gulp.
Seeing his suddenly lonely appearance, the woman in yellow shirt bit her lips lightly, feeling a little unbearable for a while: Am I being too unfeeling
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion not far away, and a group of businessmen dressed up came in and drank and chatted: "Have you heard that there is a fight in Yangzhou?"
"Yangzhou?" Song Qingshu suddenly turned around, what's going on, why didn't he get any news.
The woman in yellow was also taken aback, and also followed the prestige.
"Isn't Yangzhou the territory of King Qi? Who dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head?"
"I heard it's Xia Quan from the Red Coat Army. This Xia Quan is a big deal. Since Yang An'er was killed, he has suddenly emerged and annexed most of Yang An'er's forces. Now he has become the most powerful branch of the Red Coat Army."
"Aren't the Golden Snake Camp and the Red Coat Army always on good terms? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"
"I don't know about that, but isn't it normal for those of them from green forests to compete for territory? Yangzhou is a well-known and prosperous place in the world, who wouldn't be jealous."
"I don't know if our Song Dynasty can take advantage of the situation and return to the north to recover Yangzhou."
"Come on, what kind of urine is the court, you don't know what's going on these years."
"Shh, speak carefully."
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Hearing those people's comments, Huang Shinu looked at Song Qingshu worriedly: "Brother Song, do you want to ask them about specific matters?"
Song Qingshu shook his head: "No need, they are just passing businessmen with limited knowledge, and they can't ask anything specific."
"Then where are we now?" the woman in yellow shirt asked.
"Let's go." Song Qingshu got up and walked out.
The woman in the yellow shirt hurriedly followed: "Where are you going?"
"The biggest brothel in the city."
"?..."
The woman in the yellow shirt stayed outside the brothel, and dispersed countless young men who came to strike up a conversation with her. They all thought she was a girl from the brothel, and all came to express that they would redeem her no matter how high the price was.
"This bastard, I knew I would go in with him." The yellow-shirted woman's face was terribly dark. Just now Song Qingshu went straight in. She hesitated for a long time, but decided to wait for him outside. As a lady, how could she go in like this? where
It's just that she soon regretted it, standing in front of the brothel like this was even more eye-catching, and once again expelled a disciple, she had to run to the opposite side to find a shaded place to wait, feeling extremely annoyed in her heart: "You bastard, what are you doing at this time? Come to a place like this?"
She is not a fool, and she doesn't think Song Qingshu still has the heart to come to this kind of place after hearing the news of Yangzhou being attacked. To come to this kind of place, not to mention that there is this girl accompanying him all the way, she doesn't think there is anyone in this brothel who is more charming than her.
"Bah, bah, what are you thinking in such a mess?" The woman in yellow stomped her feet angrily, then continued to look towards the gate of the brothel, and finally saw Song Qingshu coming out.
"How, is there any news?" The woman in yellow went up to meet her, and asked with some concern. Although she didn't know that Song Qingshu specially established an intelligence network composed of brothels in the Southern Song Dynasty, with her intelligence, she could roughly Guessing that he went in to inquire about news, this kind of place is the place where information circulates the fastest.
Song Qingshu nodded, and explained: "Xia Quan annexed Yang You's Red Coat Army, and its power has greatly increased. This morning, it suddenly launched an attack on Yangzhou."
"Is there anything going on in Yangzhou?" Huang Shinu asked eagerly, suddenly she was taken aback, why was she so nervous, Yangzhou had nothing to do with her, could it be that she was nervous for him? Thinking of this, my heart beat wildly a few times.
"Yangzhou is a big city, so how could it be so easy to fall," Song Qing wrote with a look of worry, "It's just that I'm more worried about the 30,000 troops of Liu Jin in Chuzhou than Xia Quan."
The woman in the yellow shirt was puzzled and said: "It's fine for Liu Zhen to deal with the red-coated army, but you are the king of Qi who was conferred by the court after all. Does he dare to attack your territory openly against the displeasure of the world? Wouldn't that be a light start to the war?" , How could he bear this responsibility."
"Of course he doesn't dare to openly attack Yangzhou, but..." Song Qingshu snorted coldly, "He can help Xia Quan secretly. I got the news that he not only quietly provided Xia Quan with money, food and soldiers, but also stationed the army near Yangzhou city intentionally or unintentionally. In name, it was to help Yangzhou, but in fact it hindered Yangzhou from dispatching troops. Moreover, because his army was eyeing him, Yangzhou had to allocate part of its small force to guard against him, which led to the confrontation with Xia. It's all more stressful."
Before regaining Li Kexiu's territory and power, he got about 38,000 elite soldiers. Later, Zhou Zhiruo slowly expanded his recruitment, and the number of soldiers was about 50,000 to 60,000. Just maintain this number, and a large part of them will be scattered to defend the rest of the state capitals. The field troops that Zhou Zhiruo can mobilize in Yangzhou City are at most about 20,000 to 30,000.
According to intelligence, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 under Xia Quan's command, and 30,000 under Liu Yi's command. Although they may not be comparable to the elite army under Yangzhou's command, the numerical advantage is quite obvious.
"But who gave him the courage?" Huang Shannu was very puzzled, "Even if Liu Jing helped Xia Quan take down Yangzhou, what good would it do him? He still has to face the court's accusation and the Golden Snake Camp's revenge from time to time?"
"Of course it's Mr. Jia, our Pingzhang Army state affairs officer." Song Qingshu was wondering before, how could it be possible for Jia Sidao's city to rely on a few women to tie him down? Now that I think about it, it was just a means for him to numb himself, and the main event was still in Yangzhou. In this way, he can naturally lead himself here, and naturally he has no time to take care of Wudang's affairs. —
I always feel that a chapter of 2000 words is too little, and I will gather all the daily updates in one chapter in the future. As for the number of words, I can’t say for sure, let’s just let it go