Chapter 30: Flying West and East with the Sun and Geese (15)

[There's something going on in the past two days, I'm sorry everyone. Tomorrow will be two shifts as usual. 】

The deliberations of the Chongzheng Palace for more than an hour have largely determined the strategy for dealing with the Liao.

Basically, it was all based on Han Gang's proposal. The defense of the northwest was handed over to the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, and even the power to act cheaply was also given to Lu Huiqing. And the mission that went to visit Yelu Yixin had to wait for the news of Pule City, and if there was no news of the destruction of the city within ten days and eight days, then they could set offβ€”the preparation before departure actually took such a long time.

The two governments have also reached a consensus on the strengthening of the garrisons in Hedong and Hebei, and the edict will be issued tomorrow. It is believed that the two edicts were promulgated one after another, and no one in the border state guards would dare to slack off.

The discussion was over, and there were still a lot of things to deal with in the public office, so they sent it to the queen and left the palace separately.

Han Gang walked with Zhang Dian and Xue Xiang. On the corridor outside the hall, the prime minister's participation in politics and the privy envoys are a little far apart, and the east and west mansions seem to be a bit distinct.

After Xue Xiang said a few words to Zhang Tun, he turned around and said to Han Gang again, "Suzhou has almost arranged it." In these two days, the shipping department will hand over the notebook. When the time comes, it will be bothering Yukun. ”

"This is Han Gang's internal matter, Brother Zizheng can rest assured." Han Gang once again affirmed his position, reassuring Xue Xiang.

Xue Xiang nodded, and his steps sped up a little, giving up space for Han Gang and Zhang Dian to discuss.

Seeing that Xue Xiang was a little far away, Zhang Dian turned his head sideways and said to Han Gang: "Xue Zizheng is bent on getting this thing done. ”

Han Gang smiled: "There is nothing else worth his attention now...... It's best to be more careful, the Dongfu side won't be so easy to let go. ”

Of course, Xue Xiang will not raise the matter of building the track first, but will first arrange for an official of the Sixth Route Shipping Department to request the construction of the track from Suzhou to the capital. After that, Xue Xiang was induced. Han Gang and Zhang Tun's support has to be after Xue Xiang's statement.

The vast majority of proposals for policies and decrees are basically based on this model, which is transmitted from the local government to the central government, and from the bottom to the top. Unless it's some important personnel and national policy, generally speaking, it will rarely be proposed by Zaisuke at the beginning. If the intention is too strong, there will be a lot less room for bargaining.

Now listening to Xue Xiang's tone, it is almost time to arrange it. In a few days, the report will be reported below, and it will be discussed with the East Mansion in the Chongzheng Palace. It's just that in this matter, if there is no full support from Han Gang, only Zhang Dan, Xue Xiang, and Wang Anshi, who doesn't care about anything, the chance of passing is really not great.

The Sixth Route Shipping Division is under the jurisdiction of Zhongshumen, and Xue Xiang's involvement in it as a privy deputy is tantamount to a violation of authority, and the three governors of the Eastern Mansion - to add a Zeng Bu in a few days - threw the report directly into the waste paper heap, which is a matter of course. In the early years of Xining, Chong Ge was recruited by the Son of Heaven to surrender Wei Mingshan and seize Suide City, and the Privy Council strongly advocated the return of Suide City because the whole thing was not approved by the court. Even the Son of Heaven can't tolerate the infringement of power, let alone colleagues who are on an equal footing?

In the following days, Xue Xiang didn't know what to compromise with the Eastern Government, and the treaties that lost power and humiliated the country must be signed one after another. However, he hasn't been in the two mansions for long, and if he doesn't take advantage of this time to squander the power in his hands, he really won't have too many opportunities in the future.

It's just a matter of talking about Xue Xiang's affairs, after all, it's not the focus of the moment, "The matter over there in Kansai, I don't know what you think of Yukun?" ”

"Everything depends on Lu Jifu, sitting in the capital and talking about Kansai is no different from talking about war on paper." Han Gang shook his head, "We must resolutely fight back against the provocation of the Liao people, but we can't fight back against Dali." Among them, the urgency must be grasped by Lu Jifu. It's not an easy job. Especially ......" said this, but slammed it.

"Especially Xia Shuai is still a kind of man." Zhang Dian completed the unspoken words of Han Gang.

"Yes, the closest thing to Depu Le City is still a kind of man." Han Gang smiled bitterly, what he said was not distance, but relationship, "Chong Pu was besieged in Pule City, no matter how Chong Ge shouted and killed, he took advantage of favors. I only hope that Lu Jifu can catch up with him. ”

Of course, even if Zhang Dian and Han Gang were worried about whether Lu Huiqing would be able to stop Chong Ge from going alone in time, they would not have thought that the new Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy was scolding his mother in his stomach at this time.

Although on the surface, he couldn't see that Lu Huiqing was already angry, he could even soothe the soldiers sent by Yinxia Lu to report the news with kind words, say a hard job, and then let him go down to rest.

But Zheng Xi, as a close disciple who has followed Lu Huiqing for many years, can clearly feel the raging anger coming from Lu Huiqing a few feet away.

The planters actually sent troops.

Although it can't be called a troop on the surface, it's just that he himself took a group of cronies to Yanzhou to observe the enemy's situation. His own son is being besieged by enemy forces, and he can talk about the past anywhere as a father to rescue. What's more, the seed has not yet mobilized troops and horses, but only went to Yanzhou to sit in the town. Lu Huiqing was confused by him two days ago, but felt relieved that he could sit in Yanzhou.

But today, the messenger sent by the cultivator from Yanzhou brought the news that the Liao people were riding on the outskirts of Yanzhou. This is really a dagger.

Yanzhou is the closest important place to Pule City in addition to Weizhou City, and there are heavy troops. It was reasonable for the Liao people to send scouts to stare at Yanzhou, and it would be surprising that they didn't send anyone.

But Chong Ge actually said that in order to guard against the Liao, he was going to dispatch the headquarters of Yinxia Erzhou and temporarily stationed in Yanzhou. At the same time, he also asked the Xuanfu Division to dispatch Yanyan soldiers and horses to the north from Yanzhou and Suide to fill the personnel vacancies in Yinzhou and Xiazhou.

This is a liar!

If the Liao people really want to attack the city, wouldn't it be good to go directly to Weizhou? Why bother walking an extra 100 miles to Yanzhou? In terms of defensive strength, Yanzhou is much stronger than Weizhou and Pulecheng. The fame of the seed is also far louder than that of Zhao Yu. When were the Khitans stupid enough to bite stones with their teeth?

If the seed is right in front of him, Lu Huiqing doesn't care about taking him out and teaching him a whole day.

It's just that based on Lu Huiqing's understanding of the plant, basically the seed has already done things at the same time as sending the letter. And he would never think that he would be satisfied with forcing the Liao people back.

With only the Yanzhou soldiers and horses in his hands, it is enough for him to turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands for rain. No one can underestimate the seed, how his in-law Xu Xi achieved the prestige of the seed, Lu Huiqing remembers it very clearly.

Dropping the official letter sent by the planter, Lu Huiqing drank the slightly cold tea soup with a gloomy face.

The Liao people started too fast, and the Xuanfu Division had just been established, and they had not had time to prepare various resources - to know that Han Jiang Xuanfu Shaanxi took more than a year to integrate - this gave the seed a room to work on it.

Zheng Xi persuaded his proprietor: "The privy Xuanfu Shaanxi, and the seed is also under the Xuanfu account." His merit is to appease you. ”

Of course, Lu Huiqing knows this truth. As long as the Liao people are blocked back, even if nothing is done, the biggest credit is still his Lu Huiqing's.

"Not entirely for the sake of it." Lu Huiqing casually picked up a letter from the table, and he had just given instructions before Zheng Xi came in: "Renduo Lingding and Ye Xiaoma wrote a letter, saying that they will definitely not be able to survive this winter, and they want the court to give money and grain." Kumamoto refused to take the blame, so he transferred it to me. ”

"The remnants of the Bronze Gorge have come to fight the famine again?" Zheng Xi glanced at the letter with disgusted eyes, and didn't take it, "What, if the imperial court doesn't give them winter food, will they have to raise troops?" ”

"I'm afraid that if I give them food, I can just use it to feed the army. Don't be afraid of besieging the walled city but not being able to take it for a long time, and you will run out of food because of this. ”

This kind of method of showing obedience and stabbing the knife when you get the benefits has been used by the party members for more than 100 years. Seeing the letter forwarded by Jingyuan Road, Lu Huiqing's first reaction was to move Wenjing Yuan Road again, so that Kumamoto could strengthen his defenses and prepare to support Mingsha City.

Lu Huiqing threw the letter back on the table: "Han Yukun is easy to kill in Hedong, but in fact, it is once and for all. ”

"But this is also a great damage to Yin Virtue. There are only a few Montenegrin tribes that really collude with the Liao people to cover the infiltration of the Liao army, no more than 5,000 - otherwise the Montenegrin party departments would not have died so much on the way south - the remaining nearly 20,000 people all died in vain. Zheng Xi sighed, "He doesn't care." ”

"Killing people and damaging yin morality, Han Gang is not afraid, but he doesn't believe it." "I don't believe it either. If Ren Duo Lingding and Ye Poma still refuse to be honest, let them go after their relatives under the Black Mountain. Hand the knife to me, don't expect me to put it down......"

"Herald." A subordinate hurriedly came to the court, "Qu Zhen is here." ”

Lu Huiqing, who was just halfway through the words, immediately stood up when she heard the words, walked to the door of the hall, did not hesitate, raised her feet and stepped over, and then walked straight down the steps.

Qu Zhen, who was already white, and Lu Huiqing, who was a dignified privy envoy and Xuanfu envoy, actually lowered his rank to greet him, which made the hearts of those who watched it secretly shocked.

The veteran, who had white hair, was led by a Marquis Yu who was running in the Shuaifu, bypassed the wall of the main courtyard, and saw Lu Huiqing, who was dressed in gold and purple, standing upright in the courtyard, and smiled gently: "Quhou, it's been a long time." ”

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In the Bronze Gorge, the wind and sand are more intense.

The snow-covered mountains seem to be wiped by a layer of yellow sand. The frozen Yellow River runs through the canyon, and the remnants of the old Khitan live across the bank. Ye Po Ma is to the east, and Ren Duo Ling Ding lives in the west.

Compared with more than a year ago, the current Ye Poma is much older, tens of thousands of people live in the bronze gorge that is only dozens of miles long, fighting with other tribes day by day, more than 10,000 people in the canyon are like lonely ghosts, owning less than one-tenth of the land in the old days, to pasture without pasture, to have fields without fields.

When they just settled down last year, the Song people subsidized a little and sent two officials to come over to give instructions on how to farm. But at the end of the year, the harvest is far less than the consumption. If it weren't for the fact that he still had a little means, he would have been unable to suppress the young people in the clan for a long time.

Ye Xiaoma put away the letter that had just been sent from the other side of the Yellow River, his face changed instantly, but he still sighed and put the letter away. Since Renduo Lingding has made up his mind, his side cannot be left behind.

"Team practice." A Khitan man was sitting in Ye Xiaoma's tent with a golden sword, and his raised chin made people know the arrogance in his heart, "What did the letter say?" ”

"There's also news from Renduo, and Renduo Lingding is ready." After Ye Polma sighed, he shook his spirits, and he said to this Khitan man: "Even so, I, Ye Porma, can't lose." Gather the troops today, and send troops tomorrow! ”