Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 497: Return North

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In the Eighty One Chain Water Village in Dongting Lake, the bow and arrow camp that Qian Wengtong trained is a must. At the beginning, the Great Sage King Yang Yao valued him very much, but when he was just in the Longyang Camp, thousands of arrows were fired, and it was Qian Wengtong’s shooting camp that shot Wang Gaoyi holding his head.

It’s just that Qian Weng is both withdrawn, doesn’t like to talk, and doesn’t have a deep relationship with Zhang Dingtian and others. So just now Huo Long and others would forget Qian Wengtong. Now that Zhang Dingtian mentioned it, everyone remembered it, and their faces It's all a bit embarrassing. In any case, this Qian Wengtong was also a colleague who had surrendered from the Great Sage King Yang Yao. It was indeed not good for him to just forget others.

"Don't wait, I'm already here." Suddenly, a voice came out. Everyone turned their heads and saw that in the distance, an army suddenly appeared. Unlike the murderous Xia Jun around Zhang Dingtian and others, the soldiers of this army are all wearing light armor, carrying long bows, and looking indifferent, turning a blind eye to the dead bodies in front of them. At the forefront of this army, a thin warlord was standing there, and this man was Qian Wengtong, the commander of the shooting camp.

"Ah! Qian Weng, you just came here, let's go back and return to the adults now." Unlike the other three, Zhang Dingtian, who is bold in nature, saw Qian Weng with him, and he also said hello to Qian Weng. . Among the people present, Zhang Dingtian's relationship with Qian Weng is probably only slightly more harmonious.

Regarding Zhang Dingtian's suggestion, Qian Wengtong didn't make any comments, but just nodded gently. Zhang Dingtian and the others immediately checked the battlefield, and immediately crossed the Yuanshui River and headed north.

In a county not far from Wuling, the city was more crowded than usual. For no other reason, Xia Cheng ordered all the people in Wuling to move to this county. Although the people were unwilling, they were afraid of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, so they could only drag their families back.

At the gate of the capital's mansion located in the south of the city, Xia Cheng, the lord of Dingzhou, was walking around the gate of the mansion with an anxious expression at this moment, looking up to the south from time to time, as if waiting for something. And Zhang Sailiang, who was standing at the gate of the mansion, smiled and said to Xia Cheng with a smile: "My lord, don’t be anxious. This time the plan is detailed and there won’t be any omissions. Besides, there is also General Yang Lin who came out in person. What can you worry about?"

When Zhang Sailiang said this, Xia Cheng was really embarrassed, and smiled awkwardly, and said: "This, of course I know, but I can't let go of this news until the moment comes. After all, the cavalry It’s not because I was so famous. Back in Dingzhou, I saw the power of Peng You’s cavalry, and now there are more than 30,000. I gave Yang Lin and the others, only more than 10,000, but Zhang Dingtian There are only 8,000 of them. I am really worried about this battle."

"Haha." A member of the army beside Zhang Sailiang smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about them. Although those cavalry are powerful, but Peng You is too despising the strength of adults this time. Peng You The most fatal weakness is that he did not have any generals who can conquer good warfare. If it weren’t for the three brothers who later defected to his place, Gao’an, to help. Peng Youan can occupy a lot of territory? And this time, Peng You believes that the adults are not strong, but Only Song Potan and Wang Gaoyi were sent to lead the army. Although these two men can be regarded as generals, they are far from the generals under the adult account. In this battle, the adults will undoubtedly win."

Hearing what the army said, Xia Cheng felt a little relieved. After all, before joining the army, he had been studying Peng You's beheading and combat style. What is Peng You's army, and this surnamed Sun joined the army more clearly. Nodded, Xia Cheng turned his head and said to the lieutenant standing aside: "How are the people in the county seated now?" Xia Cheng is also very worried about this. After all, a county town has suddenly flooded in. There are many people, it is definitely impossible to say that the people have no complaints in their hearts. Xia Cheng now only hopes to reduce these people's complaints to a minimum.

Xia Cheng is a very ambitious person. He knows that if you want to achieve a hegemony, you can't get too angry. If you want to build your own power, you must rely on the people. He was born in Mingjiao, and he knows this.

The lieutenant immediately replied to Xia Cheng, "Please rest assured, your subordinates have already relocated the original people of the county seat to the south of the city, and relocated the people who moved from Wuling to the north of the city. General Yang Huai and General Li Lin personally There will be no trouble with the leading soldiers."

Hearing that Lieutenant Pang had already made arrangements, Xia Cheng relieved his heart, and he let out a sigh of relief, nodded just as he was about to say something, suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes from the east, but Xia Cheng's words were given to him. Interrupted. However, Xia Cheng was not irritated by this. Instead, his eyes lit up, Dang Even cheered and shouted: "Come! Here!"

Not only Xia Cheng, but everyone else at the gate of the Chief’s Mansion also heard the sound of horseshoes. They turned their heads and looked over. From the east street, a small group of men and horses were rushing towards here. The one headed, It was Yang Lin who Xia Cheng trusted the most. When Xia Cheng saw Yang Lin rushing over, he was originally happy, but when Xia Cheng's gaze fell on Yang Lin's arm, she frowned and exclaimed, "Fengshan. What's wrong with your arm." ?"

Yang Lin was separated from his parents since childhood, was taken in and raised by the Xia family, and was renamed Xia Fengshan. However, because some time ago, Yang Lin found his biological father Yang Taoxian, who had been lost for many years, but at that time his father was dying by a gang of bandits. Although Yang Lin beheaded all the bandits, his father was also helpless.

Before he died, his father wanted him to recognize his ancestors. Therefore, Yang Lin's name was changed back. And Xia Cheng, calling him Fengshan, also means that he is affectionate and not seen outside, and he still thinks of him as a member of the Xia family.

Then Yang Lin Zongma rushed to Xia Cheng's front and was turning over and dismounting. Hearing Xia Cheng's exclaim, he looked down at his arm, but smiled and shook his arm, and said, "It's not in the way! It's not in the way! My lord, The final general and General Yu survived fortunately, and finally took Wuling City back to the adults. But the final general was incompetent and let the cavalry run away. Please punish them." After that, Yang Lin directly bowed down.

Where was Xia Cheng willing to punish Yang Lin, and quickly reached out to help Yang Lin up, looked at Yang Lin's arm distressedly, and said: "Don't say more. Even if those cavalry escaped from Wuling City, they would definitely be going to die. In Longyang. Fengshan, you should go to a doctor to see your injury."

It's no wonder that Xia Cheng is so nervous. It is really that the injury on Yang Lin's arm is too scary. The white cloth has wrapped layer after layer on his arm, just like wrapping rice dumplings. And a lot of blood stains penetrated the white cloth.

Yang Lin shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, adults, it's all skin injuries in the end."

"Uh." Hearing Yang Lin's words, he even shook his arms vigorously a few times. There was really no problem. Xia Cheng was relieved, but quickly asked: "Fengshan, could it be that Peng You's Is there a master in the army that can hurt you? Ah! Could it be that the three Gaoan brothers rushed to?" According to the intelligence, Peng You really had no generals, except for the leader of the rebel army who killed the former refuge. The three Gao'an brothers who had taken refuge in Peng You really couldn't think of anyone else capable of hurting Yang Lin so badly.

Yang Lin smiled and shook his head, and said, "Sir. It's really nothing, and the three Gaoan brothers didn't come. Please don't worry, adults. I will tell you the details of this later. That's right. Yu The general also has the report of this battle presented to the adults, please have an eye on them." After speaking, Yang Lin turned to one side, but made way for Yu Chuan behind him.

Hearing what Yang Lin said, Yu Chuan knew that the other party was giving Yu Chuan a chance to do meritorious service. However, Yu Chuan is not an ordinary person. Although he secretly remembered Yang Lin’s kindness, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, took a step forward, and took out a long-written report from his arms. Over his head, he sent it to Xia Cheng.

Xia Cheng's eyes lit up, and Yu Chuan had not done much since he rushed to his account that year. Xia Cheng saw that he acted cautiously and governed the army strictly, so he was accounted for. This time Yang Lin also recommended this person to Xia Cheng, and Xia Cheng asked him to cooperate with Yang Lin to act together. Now it seems that Yu Chuan is indeed somewhat capable, otherwise Yang Lin would not specifically let Yu Chuan take the credit.

Immediately, Xia Cheng took the battle report and opened it directly, but the more he looked at it, the more startled, and the more startled he was. Although Xia Cheng had thought about a big victory this time before, he didn't expect such an outstanding result. It was able to capture nearly 20,000 infantry. These infantrymen were not soldiers. Back then, Xia Cheng attacked the Great Sage King Yang Yao and robbed most of the Great Sage King Yang Yao's men, but Peng You took the opportunity to take away some of the Great Sage King Yang Yao and fled southward. infantry. In other words, these infantrymen were all elite soldiers trained by the Great Sage King Yang Yao.

Although the cavalry had escaped, Xia Cheng knew that according to the plan, the cavalry would definitely die in the Longyang Ferry and the military village outside the city, so Xia Cheng didn't worry much. Immediately Xia Cheng laughed, and directly helped Yu Chuan, and laughed loudly: "General Yu is indeed a general talent."

"My excellency." Hearing Xia Cheng's words, it shows that he has a firm foothold under Xia Cheng. Even if Yu Chuan is calm, he can't suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He quickly bowed his fist to Xia Cheng. Said: "If there is no adult's support. How can there be today's chance at the end. Adults will have to fight to the end for the kindness of the end to be able to repay it in case."

Xia Cheng laughed, and was also happy that he could get a general. He patted Yu Chuan on the shoulder hard. When he was about to say something, suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes from the east, but Zhang Dingtian and others arrived. . Of course, Xia Cheng did not leave Yu Chuan in the cold because of this, but continued to encourage Yu Chuan a few words before welcoming Zhang Dingtian and others.

Seeing Xia Cheng coming, Zhang Dingtian and the others also dismounted their horses hurriedly, fisted at Xia Cheng and shouted: "My lord. The final general will not be insulted. Those cavalry who fled to Longyang Ferry have been wiped out.

"Okay! Hahahaha! Okay." Hearing the news, Xia Cheng let go of the last big rock in his heart. Even after a sigh of cheer, he smiled and said to Zhang Dingtian and the others: "Quanlao generals. This time. Only then can Peng You be hit hard. Peng You ah Peng You! Now that your entire army is completely wiped out, I will see what you can do with me." With that, Xia Cheng's body suddenly became proud.

In the first year of Shaoxing of the Great Song Dynasty, Yingxuan was defeated and died under Gaozong's tent, and the impact of Yingxuan's death was also huge. First of all, Zhao Yan, the chief of the Zhaojiayi army, indicated that he had taken refuge in the Wangjun who believed in Wang Zhaozhen.

Moreover, Zhao Yan was also tried by Zhao Gou, who tried to pretend to buy people's hearts and actually provoke the rebels to attack each other, indicating that Ying Xuan was a **** who was preparing to rebel, and all rebels were rewarded as officers. Moreover, Zhao Yan was granted the post of Jiedu Envoy, and was in charge of a party. The letter king Zhao Zhen has already occupied a large area of Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, and Jiangnan West Road, including Jiangling Mansion. It can be said that he has commanded half of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the limelight is in full swing.

Secondly, it was Xia Cheng, who was also entrusted to Jiedu by Zhao Gou. In Wuling and Longyang, he defeated the army of Peng You, an important member of the British Propaganda Alliance. The entire army of 30,000 cavalry was annihilated, and more than 20,000 infantry were also destroyed by Xia Cheng. Included in the bag.

At the same time, Chen Xin, another member of the coalition army, was also defeated by the army led by Liu Guang's son Liu Tong by the Hongze Lake. For a while, the coalition soldiers' spirit that had just been soaring because of the victory of King Zhao Zhen's victory over the British Proclamation also stagnated.

What surprised and shocked the people of the world was that after repelling Peng You’s army, Xia Cheng immediately declared to the world that he was framed by the British Procuratorate. Kill it. It seems that Liu Shidao of the British Xuan Yu party is about to be wiped out to wash his innocence.

At the same time, even though Peng You suffered a big loss in Dingzhou, he didn't mean to lead the army to avenge him. Instead, he tried his best to attack Chenzhou. This battle was fought for five full months!

Because of Zhao Gou's award, the leaders of the rebel army have become generals of the official army. As a result, all the leaders of the rebel army will not break with Zhao Gou's official army for the time being, but have fallen into a period of development or fighting with each other. As for the Zhao Jiayi army who trusted in the king's army, there was no war in the south for the time being. At this time, the letter king Zhao Zhen was finally ready to go back to the commander-in-chief's mansion. After all, he has not returned to preside over the overall situation for a year.

Although in the current commander-in-chief's mansion, the people in charge are Ma Kuo, who is most loyal to him, and Gao Yunfei, who is afraid of his majesty from the bottom of his heart, and will not betray him, but he has not returned for a year and is always a little worried. After a series of fast horses and gallops and the Clippers, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen arrived at Zhending Mansion, the seat of the General Manager's Mansion, in the afternoon a month later.

This time when I came to Zhending, Xinwang Zhao Zhen came here in secret, and he did not disclose the fact that he came to Zhending. Except for secretly meeting with Gao Yunfei and Ma Kuo, Xinwang Zhaozhen did not go to see others, nor did he disturb the lower level. He just gathered a group of high-level officials together to learn about the specific situation.

The next day, he went to the field, called the farmer, and asked about the agricultural life here. The current farming system is implemented in the occupied areas of the Xinwangjun army, because the area occupied by the Xinwangjun army mainly uses horse-drawn plows. This kind of plow allows the people to cultivate as fast as crazy. In terms of farming, the Xinwangjun occupation People in the district can farm at a faster rate than others. Generally speaking, in ancient China, there were two difficulties in farming. One is to turn the ground, which is the most important force, and it is also the root of farming. The second is to maintain the fields to prevent insects from biting, and at the same time to fertilize, but both are not difficult. As long as the pest infestation is controlled, there will be no problem. From the field, there are a few grass men slantingly inserted, which is very farming.

The farmer saw that it was King Xin Wang Chitose who had arrived in person and was so excited. He smiled and said: "We have always paid attention to the maintenance of farm tools, so please rest assured that the harvest this year is better and we can squeeze enough oil. , The government will come to purchase, and we have enough money. Speaking of... King..." The old farmer took out a small leather bag and said, "Is this the money we will use in the future?"

That is a sheet of paper money! Xin Wang Zhao Zhen has now implemented banknotes in his own occupied area. It is similar to the Song Dynasty Jiao Zi, but it is more difficult to imitate than Jiao Zi. Only Xin Wang Zhao Zhen has this kind of anti-counterfeiting method. He smiled and said, "Do you believe in this money?" The old farmer said with a smile: "Trust, don't believe in others, I believe in the king! This money is issued every day, and now it is exchanged in a company, and we are all using it. Money, but this paper money does not feel like iron money..." Xinwang Zhao Zhen said: "Then do you think paper money is better or iron money?"

"Then paper money is better," the old farmer said sincerely: "Iron money is heavy, and second, it is not worth more than iron money!" Paper money is actually worth more than iron money? The letter king Zhao Zhen shook her head and laughed. This is the advantage of the monopoly of technology.

First of all, only the Taihang Mountains in the area occupied by the King of Letters can produce processed paper, and secondly, the quality of this paper is even better! The third thing is to keep this technology tightly secret. This kind of secrecy has reached a heinous level. Only in this way can it be ensured that paper is more valuable than iron.

But now, Xinwangjun produces the best paper, the most important ink, and even special anti-counterfeiting marks such as anti-counterfeiting gold thread and embossed color printing. And this technology is monopolized by Xin Wang Jun. As long as Xin Wang Zhao Zhen does not throw the value of paper money indiscriminately outside, then it can completely replace copper and iron coins.

For his visit to the north, Xin Wang Zhaozhen was very satisfied with the answers. He smiled and patted the old farmer’s gray felt robe and said: "Old man, you can rest assured that we believe Wang Jun’s money is valuable. Don’t think it’s cheap for a while and exchange it with copper coins outside!"

The old farmer broke his mind and laughed in a jealousy. The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "That's good, but after you have a good harvest, you have to be careful. You must process the food and wait for the government to purchase it. You will not be missing! At the same time, pay attention to the non-staple food. , If you have meat, raise more rabbits yourself, that thing might give birth..."

In order to maintain his huge army, the characteristic of the farm economy established by the letter king Zhao Zhen is that he can carry out certain non-staple food processing. It is impossible for ordinary small farmers to have enough power to process food, but if it is a farm, a few or more than a dozen households together, they can open hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and at the same time, they can do a lot of work. For non-staple foods, the food produced by himself can also be processed by Xin Wangjun’s General Mansion, which is now regarded as the state government, and provided tools for processing, such as grinding beans or squeezing oil. And if it is an ordinary farmer, at most it is raising a dog or a small amount of chickens or pigs! While talking, the old farmer brought a delicious honey tea processed by Xin Wang Jun.

Seeing that Wang Zhaozhen was very satisfied, the officials were very happy. They took care of everything every day to deal with the affairs of Wang Xin's army. I rarely do activities below, and I never imagined that I could drink such top-quality tea in the countryside under my jurisdiction. Honey was added, which is horribly extravagant. Such a small place has such vitality, which makes these officials full of longing for the future of Xinwang's establishment of a new Great Song Land.