[Finally, it was sent before six o'clock.] 】

After being ordered to send troops, the governor of Fuzhou Zhikexing sent the elite soldiers of the clan across Yunnei Mountain [now Yunzhong Mountain], and went to rescue Xinzhou through Yunnei Kou - this is what Han Gang ordered before, but it was still a little later than Han Gang expected, after all, the road was not easy to walk - and he himself led the main force straight out of the country and captured Shenwu County to the northeast, intending to transfer to Daizhou from there - his re-entry position was just behind Xinkou Village, and the original intention was to rescue Xinzhou.

It's not that Zhe Kexing doesn't want to follow Zhe Keren on the same path. But the greater the number of people in the army, the more limited it is by the terrain. Six or seven hundred people with horses can use the mountain road, and thousands of nearly 10,000 infantry-based troops can only sigh.

For example, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are tens of millions of miles long, during which there are countless wild crossings, and small groups of soldiers and horses can easily cross over, but there are only a few important places that can really be crossed by the army. Otherwise, the several famous battles along the rivers in history would not have been concentrated on a few ferries. The White Horse, Mengjin, and Fengling of the Yellow River, and the quarrying and Guazhou of the Yangtze River are all such big ferries that are battleground for soldiers.

In the same way, the Yunneikou trail that crosses Yunzhong Mountain can only take a commanding Zhi Keren, but the Zhi Kexing, who brings nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, can't go. Yunneikou can pass Xianzhou Jingle to the west, and Ninghua to the north, but the mountain road is rugged and difficult to pass quickly. The people and horses of the Linfu Army Brigade walked this way, not only delaying the precious rescue time, but also being unlucky to be blocked by the Liao army and starving to death in the mountains. So he directly attacked the Liao Realm.

Shenwu County is the state of Wuzhou under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou, Xijing Province, and is the main road on the inner side of the ancient Great Wall. If the ancient Great Wall was still under Chinese control, Shenwu County would have been the place where heavy troops were hoarded. Passing through Shenwu County, it is the nearest road from Hewai to Daizhou.

"Zhefu Prefecture has captured Shenwu, and the Liao thieves within the ancient Great Wall have been emptied one by one. It's just that if you want to get in touch next, you have to take the four military villages on the border of Lao County as soon as possible. Huang Shang pointed to the signs lined up along the mountain on the sand table and said, "Floors, stones, Yangwu, and mounds." ”

There are 44 valley roads leading to Liaojing on the national border line in the north of Daizhou, so there are 13 villages on the edge of the border, all of which are just the mouth of the Sichuan Valley, in order to 'control Hu and ride away'. Among them, the most suitable route for the operation of the army is naturally the most heavily guarded route, that is, Xicheng Village and Yanmen Village. However, it is directly connected to Shuozhou, and from Shenwu County, Wuzhou, it is the floor, Shizhao, Yangwu, and Tuyuan, which belong to the four border villages of Daizhou Lao County.

"Tuqi Village is the place where Zhang Wendinggong [Zhang Qixian] defeated the Liao thieves in the old years, right?" Liu Guangyu asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Qi said, "After the fiasco of the Junzi Pavilion, it was only through Zhang Wending that he saved a little face. ”

Speaking of Zhang Qixian, Han Gang remembered Zhang Fangping's words back then.

Back then, Zhang Fangping talked nonsense about the eighty-one battles of Song Liao and Liao, and 'only the battle of Zhang Qixian and Taiyuan was a victory'. It is said that Zhang Qixian commanded the battle of Tu Zhai with the last beheading of 2,000 - but at that time, Zhang Qixian was the governor of Daizhou, not Taiyuan.

"Those stockades haven't been burned down yet?" Liu Guangyu asked again.

"None of the four stockades were burned." Zhang Qi said, "The Liao people are probably preparing to stay in their hands to guard Shenwu County. If the Liao people burned the stockade, this time Zhifu Prefecture would be able to directly lead troops into Daizhou. ”

Most of the thirteen villages on the edge of the edge were burned directly to the Liao army after the fall - with Xinkou Village and Shiling Pass, it is meaningless for the Liao people to keep the military villages that are not on the main road in the rear, and it is also meaningless to keep those villages in hand after losing Xinkou Village and Shiling Pass - after burning, even if the Song army takes them back, it will take many years of operation to rebuild. At the beginning, there were Liao people who exchanged Daizhou for Xiping Liuzhou, and it was natural that they would do this. The news of the destruction of Yanmen and Xicheng Village reached Xinzhou just two days ago.

"But after losing Xinkou Village, the Liao people can't hold on to those four villages." Zhe Keda followed, "I will definitely give up, most of it has burned now." ”

Zhang Qi raised his head and said to Han Gang: "Isn't Xiao 13 just hoping that we can chase after Daizhou City?" Keeping Sizhai in hand, it will mess up the plan, Xiao Shisan will not be so unwise. ”

"Not bad. When it is. Han Gang responded, and looked down at the sand table again, while listening to the discussion of the staff.

If the Liao army sticks to Xinkou Village, it wants to keep the entire territory of Daizhou. Then it will inevitably defend the four villages of Lao County. And Xiao Shisan has simply given up Xinkou now, and it is impossible for the four villages in Laoxian County to defend it. Speaking of which, there is also the credit of the folding. Without them behind the Liao army, Xiao 13 might not have made up his mind.

"However, before the Liao people give up, they will definitely wreak havoc, and they will not let the officials and soldiers use the road so easily." Qin Wan reminded.

Huang Sheng raised his head from the sand table and asked Qin Wan: "Which of the four villages has the best road?" Then he added, "A good way to walk is certainly not easy to destroy." ”

"It should be Yangwu Village." But it was Chen Feng who answered, "Chen Feng remembers the commercial taxes of Daizhou in Xining for ten years, among which the tax revenue of Yangwu, Shizhao and Louban Sanzhai is more than 100 guan, but Yangwu is more than 174 guan. The floor slabs and stone pillars are 123 times, and the earth mounds are even less, 65 times. At the same time, Xicheng and Yanmen are only sixty or seventy. ”

Chen Feng is good at money and food, and after many days in the Hangang shogunate, he finally has the appearance of some staff. As soon as a few words came out, it was immediately impressive. Even Zhang Ji glanced at him in surprise. For the local commercial tax, not to mention anything else, it must have been a painstaking effort in the pile of old papers during this time. With this kind of mind, it is natural to be able to do things.

"Remember carefully." Han Gang nodded approvingly at Chen Feng.

Huang Sheng was puzzled: "Why is the tax revenue of Xicheng and Yanmen so small, I remember that the commercial tax in Daizhou is around seven or eight thousand." ”

"The search and inspection in Xicheng and Yanmen are strict, so the merchants are less traveling." The son of the former owner of Xicheng Village explained, "Lao County is far west, far away from the state city, and the inspection is scattered. ”

Han Gang raised his eyes, looked at Qin Wan, swept the fold again, and then took it back. Secretly sneered.

Qin Wan's words were actually only half said, and the explanation was not complete. The remaining half is to squeeze the living space of ordinary merchants by the Huiyi caravans of Jiangmen and local wealthy families, and the good trade routes are occupied, and the merchants without a background can naturally only take other routes. Otherwise, where is the Xicheng and Yanmen of 'Valley Road 12, 10 cars to ride, two passers', 'one wide and fifty steps, one to ride through cars' to other border passes?

And Daizhou, an important border town full of cars and horses, and business travelers, has less than 10,000 yuan in commercial tax revenue every year, how can this be normal?

However, in addition to Yanmen and Xicheng, the Yangwu Pass leading to Shenwu County is indeed a passage that is easy for cars and horses to pass. Therefore, the commercial tax will be much more than the rest of the border villages.

"Don't worry about the road, no matter how much the thieves destroy it, it will definitely be able to pass soon if it is repaired." Han Gang led the conversation, "The only thing to worry about is the support from the rear. The accumulation here in Hedong is about to run out, right? and keep some of the seed food for the people. ”

"Reinforcements are not Guangyu to speak of, but the matter of grain, the privy council does not need to worry, Guangyu must be well planned."

Han Gang nodded. The matter of the transfer with the army, he is now temporarily handed over to Liu Guangyu and Tian Yu to be responsible, Liu Guangyu is about to return to Taiyuan to preside, and Tian Yu has already returned to the Weisheng Army first. As long as he doesn't get out of the basket, he will simply let go here, and just let Chen Feng be responsible for counting the points.

Liu Guangyu smiled again: "Fortunately, the world has been abundant in the past few years, and the granaries of all roads are almost overflowing. Now consume the old rice, and when the summer and autumn harvest comes, it is time to replace it with new rice. ”

Han Gang's expression changed slightly, he knocked on the table, and the discussion suddenly stopped.

He swept his gaze left and right, and his low voice had a heavy warning flavor: "Pay attention to the food in the army!" It's okay to talk about ordinary old rice, but those moldy and rotten black rice must not appear in the army's rations! If Xiao Xiao dares to do tricks and feet in the military rations, the three-foot Longquan is set up for him! ”

Han Gang's tone was calm, and Liuguangyu was frightened, and hurriedly got up, pointing out that the sky would monitor it to the end.

The government brewed wine, and even the private brewing in the officials' homes, all used the best rice grains in the government treasury, and the Lu rice issued to the soldiers was mostly old rice replaced by Cangtun, and even in many cases, even the aged grain that had rotted and mildewed due to poor storage and management dared to be used for people to eat—that is, the so-called black rice.

Wang Deyong, the son of Wang Chao, a famous general at the beginning of the country, once took black rice and sent it to the army, and almost caused a mutiny. Fortunately, Wang De used his acting skills well, and pulled the special assistant who was responsible for distributing Lu Mi to perform a good show:

Wang Deyong first asked: 'Yesterday I didn't ask you to give two points of black rice and eight points of white rice?' ’

The deputy admitted: 'Yes. ’

Wang Deyong asked again: "Then why don't you give white rice first, and then black rice?" When this generation saw the rice rotten black, they thought that everything they had given was like this, so they were noisy. ’

The deputy bowed his head and confessed: 'Yes, so-and-so. ’

It's a pity that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has not yet appeared at this time, and Cao Cao's good scene of killing grain officials is only known to some literati, and ordinary soldiers and civilians are ignorant. Wang Deyong pushed the responsibility down like this, and after taking himself out, he first took the special deputy and beat him with 20 canes, and then beat the troublemakers with 20 canes to show justice. I changed it to white rice again, and I was fooled like this.

But the members of Han Gang's shogunate, even if they are not familiar with historical allusions or stories of this dynasty, have enough brains to imagine how Han Gang will calm the anger of the soldiers when something happens. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to speak.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the meeting had become cold, and seeing Han Gang's eyes, Huang Sheng said softly, "As long as the grain, grass and ordnance are ready, and we meet with the Linfu army, the next thing is Daizhou." ”

"Xiao Shisan's retreat to Daizhou, is it because Zhifu Prefecture came to help, or because he wants to use a trick to lure the enemy in? I don't want to be clear, but it's not good to attack Daizhou. Zhang Qi Laocheng expressed his views solemnly.

"There should be both, half and half." Huang Shang said, "The Liao thief must be unwilling, after all, the official army has captured Xingling, and he must want to come back." ”

Han Gang nodded: "In order to be able to exchange for Xingling, and for the sake of Yelu Yixin's face, the Liao people will definitely not give up Daizhou." In this case, slow advance and rapid advance are the same, and they can compete with them under Daizhou City. So it's better to be steady. ”

It's just that if you think about it carefully, it is very likely that Xiao Shisan's abandonment of Xinkou is not because he is worried that the northern villages will be broken and he will suffer from the enemy, but because he wants to think so-the enemy is lenient, and Han Gang and his staff are not blindly optimistic.

Whether it was a tactic to lure the enemy deeper or not, Han Gang didn't intend to be fooled - he didn't think about it. After recovering Taiyuan and Xinzhou one after another, he didn't need to rush to recapture Daizhou. It's perfectly at your own pace.

"Indeed, as the Privy Council said, it is better to be a little more stable." Chen Feng said, "The accumulation of villages in Daizhou and the border is enough for Liao thieves to eat for more than three years, and it can also plunder the rations of the people." We can't consume them, and the thieves will definitely clear the wilderness at that time, and it will take no less manpower and time to transport grain and grass from the rear. ”

Qin Wan also said: "The Liao thieves have stabilized Yizhou, and the passage of the Flying Fox will be unimpeded. When attacking Daizhou, there will not only be reinforcements from outside Yanmen Pass, but also Liao thieves who will come to the aid through the Flying Fox. ”

"That's true." Everyone nodded.

"And there is one more thing......" Qin Wan said again.

"What's the matter?" Zhe Keda asked.

"The Liao thieves are going south, not only on the Yanmen road, but also on the Shenwu side...... The same is true! ”