The sun sets, the moon rises, and in the cool breeze, even the stars in the sky appear exceptionally bright.

In the backyard outside the Yamen, under the tall banyan tree, two tables of feasts were set up, and Tan Hu pointed to a few of Xu Ping's enlisted soldiers serving wine and food.

There were big bowls on the table, and the sergeants came up and poured wine one by one, Xu Ping picked it up and said, "You have worked the road, this glass of wine will catch you the wind!" ”

Several people sitting at the table stood up together, picked up the bowl and thanked, "Thank you, Shangguan Wine!" ”

After everyone drank, Xu Ping said: "You don't have to be formal, just drink and have fun tonight!" ”

After drinking three rounds and pausing, Xu Ping said again: "I don't have any singing and dancing here, you guys take care of it." But there are no constraints, you just have to follow your usual temperament, and you can drink as you like. ”

When he had said this, no one got up. The first time they met Shangguan, these generals no longer had brains, and they would not mess around with their temperament and leave a bad impression on Shangguan.

Xu Ping didn't say anything, just chatted a few words and continued to drink.

Tonight, all the officers invited were the newly arrived officers who commanded the Anyuan Xiang Army, the first ten people of the chief and deputy capitals, and their commanders and deputy commanders.

Command was the most basic unit of the Song Dynasty army, and it was rarely broken up. The upper ranks of the army are uncertain, and the subordinate commands are constantly changing. The subordinate level of command is the capital, the infantry commander of the capital is the head of the capital and the deputy head of the capital, and the commander of the horse army is the military envoy and the deputy military envoy.

Although the name is the same, the military envoy of the capital is far from the Taiping military envoy led by Xu Ping, one is the lowest low-level junior military attaché, and the other is the civil official of the Beijing Dynasty official sequence, although it is not as good as the general judgment of the Zhizhou, but the status is still higher than that of the ordinary magistrate.

After two more rounds of drinking, Xu Ping got up and said, "There are still some things in my yamen, come when you go, let Tan Hu accompany you to drink a few cups." He's got a good amount of wine, so let it go! ”

Everyone stood up and shouted, "Send it to Shangguan!" ”

Seeing Xu Ping leaving, Tan Hu moved a stool and sat down at the bottom, and everyone shouted loudly and got up.

The moonlight passed through the bamboo forest in the backyard, sprinkled on the ground to go to work, Xu Ping lowered his head and walked slowly.

Calling this group of officers to come, Xu Ping originally wanted to have a relationship with them, and they could only work together after they were familiar with each other. But after a few small words before drinking, coupled with the atmosphere at the wine table, he realized that he was thinking too much.

In this era, most of the civil servants are inseparable from two methods, one is to give favors and let their subordinates be grateful and reciprocate. The other is to strictly enforce military discipline and impose heavy penalties on violators, expecting subordinates to respect and fear.

Both of these methods have been passed down for thousands of years, and since they have been handed down, they are certainly effective. But Xu Ping has memories of his previous life, and it is difficult to lean down and do what the ancients did.

With a reward, several people can be like Wu Qi, sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, and even sucking pus for the soldiers. Later generations will be wise, and this will not only be disrespectful, but will also be seen as hypocrisy. And what kind of sharing weal and woe is appropriate, and it can be most accepted by his subordinates, this is a profound knowledge, Xu Ping really has no expertise in this area, and he can't learn it.

Punish the law harshly, kill one and make an example, Xu Ping is not so ruthless. Ci is not in charge of the troops, what he is saying is not that the people who lead the troops must be vicious, but that they must have the courage to make a decision, and they have to behead Ma Jian with tears. The balance between this made the officers and soldiers respect and fear, Xu Ping thought that he didn't have that bone in his previous life, and he didn't have that in this life.

Xu Ping wants to lead the troops, think about the situation in his previous life to suit him, be honest and straightforward, speak with evidence, like it or not, that's right. In the movie, the meeting was held before the army battle, and everyone discussed it enthusiastically, whether it was scolding the father or mother, after all, they still came up with a decent plan to fight. After two lifetimes of ups and downs, Xu Ping has long been no longer naïve, knowing that that kind of scene does not rely on the character of the main general, not to find people to work with, it is made by a group of good people, and the only thing that can rely on the appearance of that kind of scene is a strict system.

It is precisely the system that Xu Ping can't help.

The Great Song Dynasty came from the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, which was an era dominated by martial artists, everything was spoken by force, and the system they followed was harsh but not strict. When you stare at your father, you can kill your father, and when you get better, you can treat your subordinates as your father, and the so-called system is that there is no system.

Arrogant soldiers, talking with a lot of money, and chopping off the master with a knife when there is no money, and replacing it with a person who can make money, this is the five-generation tradition inherited from the Great Song Dynasty. The emperor was also tight on the army, and it was not enough to appoint a privy council to divide the power of the prime minister, and there were three officials who firmly controlled the power to command the army, and water could not be poured in. Civilian officials look down on military generals, and even the life and death of military generals can sometimes be handled casually, but then again, civilian officials have no right to intervene in the commander of the army, and without the emperor to speak, they have no right to intervene in the establishment, recruitment, and selection of prime ministers in the forbidden army.

It's easy to say that the army wants money, which can be more than the emperor's money? The imperial court spends more than sixty percent of the money to supply the army, and the proportion of war can even reach eighty or ninety percent, which is an army that can't play without money.

As a civil and military commander, Xu Ping has no problem with the command of his subordinates, but he can't put his hand under the commander and directly manage the daily affairs of the army, which is taboo.

The system is something Xu Ping can't do, he can use this command to command the army, but he can't manage them. Since this is the case, Xu Ping has to have a lot of leisure to chat with them.

Look at the days into October, the north has snowed, but the south is still hot, but the days of continuous rain for several months are over, and the dry season is coming.

Since the Yongzhou area implemented the Bracket Ding Law, the local feudal officials have been fluctuating, and the surrounding areas have seen the opportunity, and as soon as the dry season has begun, they have begun to take action.

First of all, Guangyuan Prefecture once again declared itself a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and was willing to cancel the imperial title and include the subordinate areas in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. After paying so much and being so generous, Nong Cunfu's appetite is also greater than last time, this time he wants to be the envoy of Guangyuan Prefecture, to be the emperor of the soil in the name of righteousness, and at the same time to be protected by the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, because Tianzhou blocked the road between Guangyuan Prefecture and the Great Song Dynasty, he also asked for Tianzhou to be included in his rule.

Da Song got a false name of Guangyuan Prefecture, helped him resist the pressure of Jiaozhi and Dali, and gave a Tianzhou as a gift, Nong Cunfu's abacus played very loudly. It's a pity that he hasn't met a fool yet, and Zhang Pin, the transfer envoy of Guangnan West Road, didn't even ask the imperial court for instructions, so he directly refused.

Although he was rejected, Nong Cunfu's action was not done in vain, at least in the future generations someone will overturn the case for him. I obviously want to return to the imperial court and bring such a large piece of land to the Great Song Dynasty, how can you refuse me? Do you think such a court is mediocre? When I raise an army, do I come against you on behalf of justice? Even if it is burning, killing, and plundering, so that the population of this land will be drastically reduced, if you dare to refuse, I will be just.

It's like a man saying to a woman, I like you, if you dare to reject me, I will represent the righteous you.

In Xu Ping's world, Nong Cunfu's son Nong Zhigao did just that, and some people in later generations insisted that Nong Zhigao's rebellion against the Song Dynasty was just, on the grounds that he had proposed to return to the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty refused.

It is not a place where the war is fought, and if you really want to get it in your hands, the price will be countless times more expensive than the money and blood spent in the war. Therefore, the Song Dynasty understood that the Nong family's sacrifice of land would not be included in the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty, and Di Qing's soldiers and horses made this place inseparable from the Central Plains Dynasty in the future. Of course, the direct reason for the refusal was that the Nong family's asking price was too high, and if the Nong family's appetite was a little smaller, maybe someone in the court would not understand.

Since Zhang Pin's rejection of the Nong family, the situation suddenly became tense in the border with Guangyuan Prefecture.

Feng Shenji led 2,000 soldiers and horses into Hengshanzhai, one is to prevent the surprise attack of Guangyuan Prefecture, and the other is to keep an eye on Tianzhou.

Xu Pingjia sent a commander to settle in the north of Taiping County, and several villages that have always been fierce and lawless, established a military village there, one to prevent Guangyuan from breaking through Bozhou and attacking Taiping, and the second to prevent Bozhou repeatedly.

The folk customs of these villages are particularly strong, and even local officials cannot be set up. The so-called lack of what to make up, the newly established military village there was named Chongshan Village, as the outer defense line of Taiping County.

As relations with Guangyuan Prefecture became tense, Jiaozhi Li Foma raised troops to the north, threatening Guangyuan Prefecture, and at the same time instigating the Tuzhou barbarians on the border with the Song Dynasty to contact the local officials in the Song Dynasty and seek an opportunity to riot.

Li Foma's plan was to destroy Guangyuan Prefecture first, solve the flank threat, and then see if he could get benefits from the Song Dynasty. He didn't have the courage to invade the Song Dynasty, but he still had a chance to take the opportunity to annex a few Tuzhou.

In the winter of the ninth year of Tiansheng, Xu Ping faced the most severe situation when he came to Yongzhou.