Liu Zifang was fully armored, with his waist knife in his hand, standing on the temporarily erected high platform, his eyes dimmed, and every subtle movement of the dozens of knights who were practicing in the vertical jump was all in his eyes.
The horses obtained this time totaled more than 7,300 riders. Even if he exhausted the old horse army's old divisions scattered throughout the Yuejia army in Shunchang City, there was still enough room for horses to match.
And these knights in front of him were all good men he had personally selected, trained, and fought hard back then. Removing any of them would make his heart aching.
But even so, even if he still didn't understand the tactical plan that Zhao Kuangyin confessed, he still implemented it strictly according to the standards set by the emperor.
With the sound of hoofs rising and falling, the knights had already completed their formation in a blink of an eye, and circled the field to the third lap.
Liu Zifang suddenly raised his hand, and passed the command flag officer from the audience, flipped his hand, replaced a small red flag, and held it high.
The dozens of riding knights responded like this, turning to stand upright, and the heavy axe in their hands hung into the side of the horse. Almost at the same time, the strong bow hanging around their waist was already in their hands, and the left hand held the featherless crescent. Horizontal arrow, pull the string, lead the arrow.
Bow like a full moon.
The horse kept running, surpassing the lightning, and the arrow white iron reflected the sunlight, which made people feel dazzling.
The Chuanqi officer suddenly waved the flag in his hand, and the ground slammed, suddenly, dozens of sharp arrows dashed across the school field like meteors, and stood straight at the white pole of the willow branch in the middle of the school field.
Dozens of horses hurriedly galloped while firing arrows, each taking pre-identified willow branches with cloth strips of different colors. All the arrow branches were casted differently, but they were neat and uniform, without the slightest sense of disorder.
The willow pole is no better than the rest of the wood, tough and flexible, if the direction of the arrow is inaccurate, if the strength is the slightest difference, it is undoubtedly impossible to shoot the willow pole.
However, these dozens of arrowheads went straight across the bottom of the white rods at the cloth tie, but all the white rods fell in stages at almost the same time.
"drink!"
The dozens of cavalrymen shouted again, with their feet tight, and dozens of horsemen turned around and rushed straight to the willow branches in the arena.
The horses' hoofs rose and fell, and after the white rod fell to the ground for a moment, the horses went straight in, the tiger arms stretched out, but they all took the fallen willow white rods in their hands.
Liu Zifang looked at the knight slowly riding to the stone platform, turned his saddle down, and bowed his knees to salute.
The two knights who had not caught the white rods that had fallen from the willow branches, after standing up, bowed again to Liu Zifang, reluctantly stroked the necks of the warhorses, the tiger eyes were reddish, and they had already withdrawn from the field on their own.
Liu Zifang inspected the wicker white poles they handed in detail, and picked out a few willow branches with more than an inch of evergreen branches under the white poles. The identity of the knights belonging to Qing brought them out one by one.
The horses hoofs fluttered, and a new row of dozens of iron horses was saddled, and it leaped into the court without any lag.
Billowing smoke and dust, straight to Xiaohan.
……
rain.
Rain in the sky.
The sky gradually brightened, and Yue Yun even faintly saw the tall outline of Lin'an City Wall.
The speed of the horse under him has been urged to the extreme, but he still added a whip.
Horseshoes rose and fell, splashing countless mud.
The torrential rain is blowing into the wind, and the face is painful.
His whole body was already soaked, but he couldn't tell whether it was rain, mud, or blood from an unhealed wound on his body.
However, he turned his back on him and continued to rush the horse.
The battle between Hongxian Pass and the Jinren has been over a month, and the second batch of rations delivered by the Transshipment Division has not yet been seen. The military supply has been reduced from two liters per person to one liter, and then reduced to five days ago. Half a liter.
The enemy army was already several times higher than our king's division.
During the offensive and defensive for more than a month, although the morale of the sergeants in the city was still high, they were exhausted after all.
If the transshipment department cannot raise the second batch of rations to be shipped to the Hongxian Pass, I am afraid that within a few days, the soldiers who are guarding the Hongxian Pass will really fight hungry.
What's more, just before he struggled to break out of the city, Jin Ren Jinger uncharacteristically, dug a deep and wide Hao ditch around the city just outside Hongxian Pass.
Ma Zhan rushed to a decisive battle, because the flat terrain was the most suitable, and the Jin Ren's move was nothing short of binding his hands and feet.
The only explanation is that the Jinren has given up the idea of a quick fight and a quick decision, and is preparing to drag down the Hongxian Pass with a long-term trap!
If it is allowed to build a closed game, it will be ten times more difficult to transport grain in the future than it is now.
It's just that the Jinren came north for a long-distance expedition, and it was ten times more difficult to transport supplies along the road than the Song Army.
What's more, at this time Jurchen is far into the realm of others, and if the spirit is vented, the morale will inevitably be hard to lift.
Taking advantage of the power of cavalry assault, quick battle and quick decision is the most suitable tactics for the Jinren.
Han Chang, the commander of the Jin Army on the right, is a man who knows soldiers and is good at fighting, and should never use this kind of tactics.
What the hell is the Jinren making
What are they trying to do
Do they already know that the food and grass in the city are inadequate
What the hell did the handsome father do
Do you really want to watch Hongxianguan become the second Suiyang city
"Drive!" As soon as Yue Yun thought of this, he urged the horse under him again, and in the wind and the rain, he flew towards the Lin'an City Gate that was already not far away.
No!
Never!
As long as you still have a breath, you can never allow this to happen.
……
It's sinking day by day.
The 4,723 horsemen and knights of the Great Song Dynasty who were carefully selected, holding the reins in one hand, facing Shuzhou City, holding heavy axes, arranged in a neat square.
The scarlet banners with a white background that were raised high in the horse army formation of the Great Song Dynasty waved in the long wind and violently rang.
At this time, he had already stepped onto the wall, and Liu Zifang, standing beside Zhao Kuangyin, raised his right hand.
With a sound of "brushing" the ground, more than four thousand great Song Majun under Shuzhou City saluted the emperor at the top of the city, but almost made the same sound.
They got up when they touched the ground, and without waiting for anyone's order, they turned on their horses, turned their horses' heads, walked slowly, and walked away, without hesitation, throwing into the sky where there was a round of bloody sunset.
The right drove the Huns, and the left Gu Ling Xianbei.
Abandoning one's life for the country, the young man can live safely
The place where they will stay next time will be the battlefield of life and death.
The selected soldiers under the city retracted the reluctant eyes when they watched the original comrades go away, but each showed a sense of sadness.
Zhao Kuangyin had a panoramic view of this scene, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.
These people are all great sons of Huanghuang Song Dynasty. He knew that even if they bleed their heads on the battlefield, these people would never shed a tear.
However, at this moment when they had to each hand over the horses they were holding to the sergeants in the city, there was such a clear plea in their eyes.
But even so, he never even moved the slightest thought of calling them back to Ma Jun.
The number of cavalry in the Song Dynasty was many times less than that of the Jinren. The only way to win was to overcome the strong and defeat the mediocrity with the elite.
The battlefield is not like other places. Any weakness may cause fatal failure.
Therefore, each of the Great Song cavalry that I want to bring out must be an elite who can be ten.
What's more, vacating these war horses was originally an indispensable part of his plan.
The origin of the battlefield, few people returned.
On the battlefield, there will never be room for any distraction.
Regardless of the enemy or self.
He turned around and looked at Liu Zifang, who was turning over and bowing to him, and smiled faintly: "Zifang, you must be scolding me to cut off the horse army indiscriminately, leave the horse vacant, and superfluous?"
Liu Zifang shook his whole body, raised his head, and was touching Zhao Kuangyin's clear eyes, but he swallowed everything he had originally wanted to say, and actually acquiesced to Zhao Kuangyin's doubts.
A smile appeared on Zhao Kuangyin's face, and he said softly, "Those horses are used to escape."
Liu Zifang was startled, and blurted out: "How is it possible? Although the Jurchen people are known as 300,000 people, but..."
"No," Zhao Kuangyin slowly shook his head: "The Jurchens are here to invade the Song Dynasty, and the troops sent are not 300,000 but 600,000 horses."
"Don't forget that there are 300,000 cavalrymen of Jurchen at Hongxian Pass!"
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The early morning in Lin'an City is still so noisy and quiet.
Although the pedestrians on the street are all holding umbrellas, the slanting wind and rain always wet the skirts of the pedestrians.
Bao Daren walked into Yue Fei's handsome mansion and shook off the rain that splashed on him a little bored.
He hasn't rested for several days, but he has been full of energy, and he can't help showing a tired look.
In Lin'an City, he began to try out his "business profit donation" and "Dingkou income donation". It was just a week's work, but he hadn't closed his eyes for nearly four nights.
However, until now, all officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households and even Lin'an Prefecture, including those who had been helping him to draw up a report, suddenly feared him like a snake, and don't say that no one will come out to help. He promoted these two donations, and even when he came to visit them, they all tried to avoid them, and no matter how much he said or not, they refused to see him.
Chenggoulong Ruyuan's fierce long talk in the Jianyuan a few days ago pointed out that the implementation of these two donations will shake the country and bring disaster to the Song Dynasty. His writing was quoted from side by side, and his words were sonorous. It spread to Lin'an in less than half a day. When walking on the street, it was seen that someone spontaneously copied this article everywhere. In this way, the ruling and the opposition parties all know the truth about Taiwan and the world they represent. The attitude of scholars on this matter.
And this wonderful article, together with the response articles of several court officials, set off a wave of turmoil among ordinary people in Lin'an. Whether it is a tea shop, a restaurant, a casino, or even just walking on the street, you can hear about it at any time. Discussion of things.
Even the Di Bao that published this article is expensive from Luoyang these days, and it is even hard to find a piece of paper.
Perhaps none of them really knows the truth of this matter, and perhaps none of them really knows what these two donations are like, but this does not prevent them from being able to see Goulong Ruyuan. For the appreciation of the wonderful text with good expressions, and none of them lacked the interest and time to spread this matter.
The people of Lin'an have never lacked interest in any new things.
What's more, there is Qin Hui's party behind him.
In the Song Dynasty, Yanwu Xiuwen. Except for the military system, all officials of various ministries and groups followed the road of imperial examinations. Since the founding of the motherland, only Di Qing has been known as a warrior and was included in the ranks of princes and officials, but he was immediately taken by Sima. The impeachment of a group of civilian officials headed by the light left the state and counties outside, and ended in depression.
This time, today's emperor officials, in order to reduce the power of the generals, adopted the method of raising and darkening, and at the same time granting Yue Fei and other four generals the title of the Privy Council. This was already a big exception. And at this time, when the emperor's official family drove his own conquest, Yue Fei was actually staying in Lin'an, and he was above Qin Hui, which made all the officials of the imperial examination background in the DPRK more or less ill-willed.
At this time, there was even the leader of the academic circle Goulong Ruyuan. The prime minister Qin Hui recognized that, of course, the officials in the central government all rushed to express their opinions on these two donations. How can anyone dare to risk the world’s great dissatisfaction and come out to help him? What donation to promote.
As far as the influence of officials from various ministries and academies can be reached, even a small officer under Lin'an Mansion was unable to do anything about his Bao Daren. He really became a lonely person. Naturally, the so-called donation was impossible to put away.
He originally wanted to ask Zhan Zhao, who is already the commander of the guards, for help, but since the emperor’s official family left Beijing, Zhan Zhao often didn’t see people all day long. Even the living quarters who can enter and leave the palace have only met him once. , And that was actually in Piaoxiangfang.
On weekdays, although this servant also likes to block a few pieces of Piaoxiangfang, it is only occasional after all. How did he expect that the emperor official’s family would get worse when he left Beijing, and even his old friend would not pay much attention to him, making him too. Had to walk away.
So this is the fourth time he has come to see Yue Fei.
There is no turning back arrow in the bow.
At this point, if you give up halfway, Yue Fei's stay in Lin'an is bound to have no more prestige.
As a result, not only the various warrants issued by him, including the transfer of rations, are more difficult to take effect, and even the emperor official let him sit in Lin'an in order to contain the effect of Qin Hui, I am afraid it will also be given a discount.
Therefore, these two items are almost imperative at this time, and there is no retreat.
But what he lacks most now is manpower!
Now, in Lin'an City, the only people who can be recruited to act as levies and donations are officials from various branches of the military system who were formerly under Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other marshals, but now serve in the capital.
In the past, when the emperor’s official family recalled the marshals, out of the concept of weakening their influence on the army, many generals in the army were transferred to the various divisions of the capital army, leaving them idle. At this time, if Yue Fei came forward to summon these people and their The members can also take over the government affairs of Lin'an City and run their own plan of levying two more donations earlier than the draft.
It's just that he didn't understand, he had clearly stated his interests to Yue Fei repeatedly, why Yue Fei still refused to agree to his request.
"Cough...cough...cough..." Bao Daren looked at Yue Fei who was muttering in front of him, couldn't help coughing a few times, expectant light appeared in his small eyes.
Yue Fei held his hand and looked at Bao Daren in front of him, but he sighed inwardly.
He understood all the reasons Bao Daren said, and he was even more anxious than Bao Daren.
After all, he is definitely much more accurate than Bao Daren in judging the situation on the front line.
However, he still has his concerns.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the notion of wenzunwubei has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, since the Song Dynasty went to the south, the role of warriors has been highlighted due to years of warfare. Threats from the military commander system, the confrontation between civil and military has become more tense.
At this time, he knew Lin'an as a warrior and stayed behind and took charge of the military affairs when the emperor's official family was in charge. This is undoubtedly a target of public criticism.
So at this time, what I should do most is to coordinate all parties and work hard to eliminate contradictions.
If at this time I came forward to let the military system forcibly implement the duties of collecting donations that should have been made by civilian officials, it would inevitably make people have their own guesses that they would take advantage of the political opportunity to encourage generals to seize the power of literati.
In any case, in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been an example of a warrior intervening in government affairs.
If this intensifies the antagonism between civil servants and generals, what kind of trouble will be caused is really unreversible.
Behind this whole thing, there was Qin Hui standing there after all!
All this in front of him is clearly the game he made with one hand.
Because Qin Hui had spotted him, he had to drill.
Of course, if only these reasons were in front of him, he might have already agreed to Bao Daren.
No one understands better than him that the military situation is urgent and unstoppable.
If the Hongxian Pass was broken and the Jinjun soldiers approached the city, it would be too late to regret everything!
The two evils are the lesser of power, for the country and the people, Yue Fei never cares about personal reputation, life and death.
However, the worry buried deep in his heart made him have to delay Bao Daren's request time and time again.
He didn't tell Bao Daren this reason, because even he himself, every time he remembered that he would have such an idea, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of pain in his heart.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable.
On the battlefield, in the face of no matter how difficult the situation is, he can also take the lead and make a clear decision.
It's just that in this small city of Lin'an, everything is entangled like a mess, and he can't figure it out.
He sighed lightly, raised his eyes to look at Bao Daren, and was about to speak, but suddenly his expression moved, his eyes were like electricity, and he looked out the door.
There was a tumult, from far to near.
Bao Daren was following Yue Fei's gaze, and Yue Yun had already taken his blood, mud and rain into the hall like a red cloud: "Father handsome..."