As the Lantern Festival night carnival has passed, the atmosphere of the entire New Year's Eve has finally slowly receded. The people have returned to their usual toil and hardship, the court has resumed its affairs, and the most important thing is that a group of students preparing for the scientific examination have finally put all their thoughts into Put it all on studying books and prepare for the final sprint!
It was half way through the first month, and there was only one and a half months left before the imperial examination. The intense pressure made everyone not to take it lightly, including Shen Tang.
On the 16th day, all members of the Shen family held a solemn family meeting to discuss arrangements before Shen Tang's exam. Participants included Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, Shao Muyu, Yun'er, Zhu'er, and Lian Three girls.
On the premise that no one raised any objections, the meeting made the following resolutions:
First, all the affairs of the Shen family are now centered on Shen Tang's preparation for the exam. Whether it is the business in Shao Muyu's hands or other trivial matters, they must make concessions for this matter.
Second, the Fucui Pavilion in the northwest corner of the courtyard was changed into Shen Tang's study, and the maid Lian'er personally guarded it. No one was allowed to disturb anything that was not important.
Third, all other matters will be handled by Liu Xiangling and Shao Muyu, trying not to disturb Shen Tang from reviewing his homework.
Fourth, two girls, Yun'er and Zhu'er, are responsible for logistics matters. They provide good logistics services based on the principle of letting Shen Tang eat well and wear warm clothes.
Finally, the family meeting ended successfully in a solemn and harmonious atmosphere, and Liu Xiangling did the post-meeting mobilization work!
Shen Tang was escorted directly to Fucui Pavilion by the two girls. The little maid Lian'er guarded the door eagerly. Shen Tang helplessly picked up the book, picked up the pen and ink, and began to focus on the scientific examination.
Shen Tang concentrates on preparing for the scientific examination, but there are ups and downs in Chaotang and Beidi.
The long winter has gradually passed. In Huainan, Shandong, Song and Jin Dynasties, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have begun to prepare their troops, and the war is about to break out.
In the severe cold of winter, although the two countries did not start large-scale battles, small frictions continued. Moreover, in order to cope with the war at the beginning of the year, the two sides each dispatched large armies, military supplies, etc., and assembled near Sizhou.
On the side of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun was in charge of Sizhou. To the north of Sizhou, the number of fortresses had reached hundreds, extending slowly towards the north. The fortress camps spanned hundreds of miles from east to west, with more than 200,000 troops stationed, and even more auxiliary troops. There are countless of them. Food and grass from the Huaihe River, Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and even Fujian Province are constantly gathering towards Sizhou. Half of the country in the Southern Song Dynasty only has sixteen roads. Now, nearly half of the territory is moving together. It is no exaggeration to say that this battle was almost half the fate of the Song Dynasty. Once this battle failed completely, the door to Huainan would be opened, and the Jin Kingdom's cavalry would move south, which would directly threaten the safety of Lin'an.
Zhang Jun's general Li Xianzhong led 50,000 troops to guard Lingbi! The loss of Hongxian made Lingbi the only fulcrum to the north. Therefore, Zhang Jun deployed a heavy army. In addition to Li Xianzhong's 80,000 troops, Bian Xi commanded The Zaoyang soldiers and the Xin family army under Xin Qiji were also guarding here. For a time, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered in this small Lingbi city.
The Song Dynasty's side was surrounded by war clouds, and the Jin Kingdom's side was also unwilling to be outdone.
In terms of losses in the previous battles, both sides had their own winners and losers. In fact, the Song Dynasty's losses were greater than those of the Jin Dynasty. Especially the huge losses suffered by the Japanese Army and Shao Hongyuan, causing the Song Army to lose tens of thousands of soldiers. Horses. However, from the perspective of the Jin Kingdom, they suffered huge losses in the war years ago. In the battle of Lingbi, 40,000 to 50,000 Jin soldiers and cavalry were lost. In the history of the war between the Song and Jin countries, the Jin Kingdom had never Such a huge failure.
Therefore, the Jin State, with He Shiliezhining as its commander, commanded 170,000 troops, gathered in Suzhou, Pizhou, and Suqian, forming a huge encirclement that surrounded Sizhou. The Jin State's cavalry came out in all directions, making the Song Dynasty
Except for one party's base, spies could not find out any news about Jin Bing.
In addition, Jin soldiers often patrolled the hundreds of miles between Lingbi and Suzhou, which put great pressure on the grain and grass transportation of the Song Dynasty.
At this time, both parties are like explosives about to be ignited. No one knows when this shocking battle will begin or how it will end.
Of course, the situation in the North also affects the battles in the court. As the scale of this war becomes larger and larger, the power in Zhang Jun's hands has unknowingly reached a terrifying level.
A total of more than 300,000 troops are in the hands of Zhang Jun. This power is enough to frighten anyone. Especially the people of the Lord Harmony Faction are even more anxious. Not to mention the outcome of this victory, based on the current situation
Zhang Jun's power, no matter which one of them he wants to target, can definitely kill them without a trace. How can they feel at ease with such a powerful threat?
Therefore, everyone from the Zhuhe faction went in and out of the inner palace from time to time, lobbying the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou for one, and constantly putting pressure on Zhao Shen for the second.
The deeds of powerful ministers throughout the ages who rebelled against the imperial court were told to them almost every time. Even the deeds of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, were mentioned a lot by them. The effect was also extremely significant. Zhao Shen really had other ideas in his mind.
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Zhao Shen naturally had great trust in Zhang Jun. Otherwise, the current situation would not have occurred. However, he had not noticed it before, but after repeated lobbying from the Lord He Sect, Zhao Shen suddenly woke up. Thinking that at the beginning, his ancestor
Zhao Kuangyin may not be loyal to the previous dynasty, but is there any way out under Huangpao? Now under Zhang Jun's command, will there be people with the same ideas as Zhao Pu, Shi Shouxin and others? There is no need for more, just one, then this big
Half of the people in the Song Dynasty no longer have the surname Zhao.
In the past, although the army of the Song Dynasty was led by military generals, it was in the hands of civil servants. In this way, food, grass, armaments, etc. would naturally not be controlled by the generals. This is why the status of military generals is inferior to that of civil servants. And
This time it was different. In order for the Northern Expedition to be carried out, Zhao Shen directly bypassed the court and handed all the power into Zhang Jun's hands. This made Zhang Jun's power unprecedentedly powerful and made everyone uneasy.
The hundreds of thousands of troops under Zhang Jun's command have almost wiped out all the elite soldiers and generals in this land. Although there are still tens of thousands of forbidden troops in Lin'an now, the current forbidden troops are almost synonymous with waste. How can they compete with those who can
Are they comparable to the soldiers of tigers and wolves who are good at fighting?
Should he trust Zhang Jun and entrust his destiny to others, or what should he do? This was not a difficult multiple-choice question for the emperor.