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"Your Majesty, the people from the Shadow Guards followed them to a small courtyard. The courtyard was more tightly guarded. There were three hidden sentries, and there were people walking back and forth on the street. The people from the Shadow Guards did not dare to get too close for fear of being exposed. There is already a group of people watching.
Go up."
Nie Renjun said to Liu Ling.
Liu Ling hummed: "Don't alert the enemy, just keep an eye on it. Since the defenses are so tight, there must be some ulterior secret. Jinzhou has just been handed over to us, so we can't be careless."
Nie Rendi said: "I'll go check it out tonight. If it's someone from the Zhou Dynasty, I'll pull it out."
Liu Ling nodded, always feeling that there was something wrong in his heart, as if something had gotten in, and something seemed to be missing. This feeling was very strange, as if he had a premonition that the people in the small courtyard must be the same as those in the yard.
What intersections do you have?
"Look carefully. If you are not interested in Jinzhou, don't touch it."
Nie Rendi responded, turned around and walked out.
The place where Liu Ling lives now is not Meng Hu's original residence of General Youwei, but in the Yamen of Jinzhou Prefecture. This place has actually been empty since the beginning of the war, and the county guard has not yet fought.
Yang Ye knew that this was just an insignificant person, so he did not stop him. He just needed the news that the county guard had escaped to lower the morale of the soldiers defending the city, so he naturally ignored him.
The Yamen of the Prefecture is very deserted, and what Liu Ling likes is the purity here. There are several persimmon trees planted in the yard. The leaves have long since fallen out in the cold weather. There are still a few fallen leaves on the stone benches and on the ground, which looks a bit depressed.
.The afternoon sun shone lazily in the yard, and then penetrated into the study through the cracks in the window.
Liu Ling leaned on the chair and read a book, seeming to enjoy the warmth of the afternoon sun. The brazier in the room was burning brightly, which was in sharp contrast to the cold outside. In the winter afternoon, the sun was gentle, and in such weather, Liu Ling leaned on the chair and read.
Reading for a while is indeed a very enjoyable thing. No matter in the past life or in this life, Liu Ling loves reading very much. After coming to this era for so many years, he has adapted to reading these obscure books.
There is Du Yi Hualing in the military camp and they don't need to worry about him. It is the middle of winter and it is not suitable for a war. Liu Ling just wrote a letter to Xiao Pojun and does not intend to actually attack Jiangzhou. In such cold weather, even his hands are
How can he hold a knife and a gun if he can't stretch it out? He just used a letter to stimulate Xiao Pojun, making Xiao Pojun unable to bear the idea of attacking Jiangzhou. Once the Black Flag Army goes south to attack Jinzhou, Zuo Zhenwei and Hui
Even Yi Jun would not just watch him grow bigger and stronger.
Let the enemy fight in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Liu Ling just took advantage of this time to let the soldiers rest and digest the two places of Jinzhou and Cizhou. Two days ago, he personally wrote a notice to calm the people, announcing that regardless of whether
Commerce is still agriculture, taxes have been reduced by half, and the coinage of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still universal. At the same time, a group of unscrupulous businessmen who took the opportunity to drive up prices were caught. Without interrogation, they knelt down in a row at the gate of the city and chopped them off one by one. The powerful ones
The tactics and loose policies dissipated the last worries of the people of Jinzhou, and people began to like this foreign prince.
In the morning, he walked around the streets incognito. He was very happy to see that the people had settled down. In fact, the war hurt the innocent people the most. As long as there was a chance, Liu Ling would not do anything to hurt innocent people.
But this does not mean that he is a womanly person. The knife that chopped off dozens of black-hearted businessmen is enough to prove this.
If you want to quickly settle down a place, you must calm the hearts of the people. Only by making them feel at ease can the occupier truly gain a firm foothold. It is not just a cold and hard blade that needs to be used, but a warm heart is equally important.
Meng Hu has occupied Jinzhou for so long but is unpopular. In order to feed his 40,000 troops, especially the 20,000 cavalry, he needs too much money and food, so various taxes are very heavy, and 99% of the people's income goes to
After losing the power of Youwei, the people naturally have no loyalty to such a ruler. That's why Liu Ling established himself in Jinzhou in such a short period of time. As long as he does better than Meng Hu, he will easily win Jinzhou.
The support of the people. Obviously, what Liu Ling did was definitely not better than what Meng Hu did.
An army of 60,000 to 70,000 men was stationed in Jinzhou, but Qiu did not commit any crime. Half of the food and grass consumed came from the stocks of Jinzhou, and the other half still relied on the supply of Han. It is winter now, and after the spring of next year, the food and grass consumed in Jinzhou and Cizhou will
Develop farming and move a group of Han people here, and soon the army's food supply will no longer need to be transported from Han. When the weather gets warmer next year, the army will have to fight south. The battle lines will become longer and longer, and the food roads will also be
It gets longer and longer, which is something Liu Ling must consider.
The book Liu Ling is reading now is the Official Guide to Officials given to him by Zhou Yangong a few years ago. He has not read it carefully in the past few years. After reading it carefully, Liu Ling found that many of the contents are very attractive. This Official Guide to Officials,
In fact, it is similar to the biography of Zizhi Tongjian, but it is more detailed.
What Liu Ling is reading now is a detailed description of the Xie family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Liu Ling can understand a lot from it.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Pojun's messenger has arrived."
Hua Ling's voice sounded outside the door. It seemed that the messenger had gone directly to the camp and did not know that Liu Ling lived in the Yamen of the prefecture.
"Let him in."
Liu Ling put down the book in his hand.
The door creaked open, and Hua Ling walked in first. He made a gesture of invitation, and then a man wearing a scribe's robe walked in. This man looked about thirty years old, with a medium build, and looked very elegant.
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"Song Huairen, a common man, pays homage to the prince."
The person who came was Song Huairen, Xiao Pojun's confidant. He persuaded Xiao Pojun to make this trip in person in order to find out Liu Ling's true identity.
"It turns out to be Professor Song, whose name I have heard for a long time."
The reason why Liu Ling called Song Huairen that was because before Song Huairen followed Xiao Pojun in the rebellion, he was a professor in the county school and was quite famous in the local area. However, after these few years of fighting, even his own people had forgotten his origin. Today I heard from Liu
When Ling mentioned it, Song Huairen was also stunned for a moment.
"I didn't expect that the name of Cao Min would also fall into the ears of the prince. I am extremely honored."
Song Huairen said something neither humble nor arrogant.
Liu Ling smiled, asked Song Huairen to sit down and said, "I should still call you Song Changshi. I believe that Song Changshi himself has forgotten his identity as a professor for a long time."
Song Huairen was astonished. He really didn't expect Liu Ling to know him so well. Not many people in the Black Flag Army knew that he had taught in the county school. But Liu Ling seemed to know it clearly, which made him
His scruples about Liu Ling have increased even more. He has even investigated himself clearly. How many details of the Black Flag Army do he still don't know? I originally thought that Liu Ling came from the north and was not familiar with Zhou Dynasty.
, now it seems that I was wrong and underestimated the other party.
"The prince is interested, and the common people are terrified."
He said a polite word and calculated in his mind how to test whether Liu Ling really wanted to send troops to Jiangzhou. Before he could think of any words, Liu Ling asked directly: "Song Changshi, this
This time I came to Jinzhou to see the king in person, but to find out whether the king wants to send troops to Jiangzhou?"
Song Huairen was stunned for a moment, but fortunately he was alert and quick-witted, so he replied: "It allowed the prince to see through the intentions of the grass-roots people at a glance. The grass-roots people came just for this reason. The prince's letter to Marshal Xiao a few days ago mentioned that they would jointly send troops
The letter did not mention the details of the attack on Jiangzhou. Marshal Xiao proposed to send civilians to ask the prince for instructions on how to fight this battle. As long as the prince gives the order, all the 150,000 black flag troops will obey the prince's dispatch."
Liu Ling smiled, knowing that Song Huairen was talking big words. The strength of the Black Flag Army has indeed increased significantly recently. There are still 110,000 people, but 150,000 is an exaggeration.
"It is rare for Marshal Xiao to trust me. I have been discussing this matter with the generals below in the past few days. I just drafted a detailed battle plan yesterday. It is a coincidence that Song Changshi came here."
He said to the soldiers outside the door: "Get the map!"
Not long after, the soldiers held the map and spread it out on the table. Liu Ling stood up and made an invitation gesture. Then he and Song Huairen stood beside the map and said, "Song Changshi must also know that Cizhou has now been conquered."
Captured by my king. Prince Zhongyi Hou Banjin is now guarding Cizhou with 50,000 troops under his command. I sent people to Cizhou yesterday and ordered Zhongyi Hou to personally lead 40,000 troops out of Cizhou and attack the west gate of Jiangzhou. I
I took 50,000 troops and went south to join forces with Marshal Xiao to attack the North Gate. Marshal Xiao now has 150,000 soldiers and well-prepared troops, so the East Gate and South Gate will be handed over to the brothers of the Black Flag Army."
"In addition, Qingfengling is the only way for the Zuo Zhenwei army of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Xu Shengzhi's gray-clothed army to go north. I plan to divide the army into ten thousand and let General Hua Ling lead the troops to guard Qingfeng Mountain. There is no one in Jiangzhou
Before we break through, we must not let Zuo Zhenwei come over one by one."
Song Huairen was shocked in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Your Majesty is saying that the west gate and north gate of Jiangzhou will be attacked by the army under your command. The east gate and south gate will be attacked by my black flag army. If we surround Jiangzhou with such troops, we will not let go.
Gate, the defenders of Jiangzhou know that they will inevitably die and will fight to the end, which is not good for the siege, and they are afraid that the casualties will be heavy."
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "There are only six or seven thousand Jiangzhou defenders, and they are all county soldiers. Their equipment and morale are not as good as our army. The purpose of attacking Jiangzhou City with an army of more than 200,000 is to intimidate it with military force.
Use powerful force to capture it in one fell swoop, so that we can truly attack the enemy. If we let the Jiangzhou defenders escape and let the Jiangzhou defenders escape, wouldn't it make people laugh if word spread?"
"Your Majesty, the walls of Jiangzhou are high and there is sufficient food and grass. There are still tens of thousands of people in the city. If the generals who defend the city insist on holding on, our army will inevitably suffer too many casualties. Please think twice, Your Majesty."
Both people are telling lies, but they are both telling the truth.
"Since Song Changshi insists, then the Black Flag Army will let go of a city gate. The north gate and west gate that I am responsible for will definitely not let go."
"Your Majesty, with an army of more than 200,000 attacking the city, it is inevitable that it will not be able to deploy. The terrain of Qingfeng Mountain is dangerous, so it is better to send more troops to defend it. The common people have long heard that General Hua is brave and good at fighting, but guarding Qingfeng Mountain with 10,000 troops is indeed too weak. It is better...
If the prince personally leads an army to guard Qingfeng Mountain and attacks the city, then he can leave it to my Black Flag Army. Marquis Zhongyi has just occupied Cizhou, and it is not easy to lead his troops to leave easily. If the prince leads an army of 50,000 to guard Qingfeng Mountain, I will
The Banner Army's 150,000 troops attacked Jiangzhou. After the city was broken, we still followed the prince's previous agreement that our Black Banner Army and the prince would each occupy half of Jiangzhou City."
Liu Ling glanced at Song Huairen with squinted eyes, and the look in his eyes gave Song Huairen a chill in his heart.
He was just talking nonsense when he said this, knowing that Liu Ling would definitely not agree. Zuo Zhenwei and the gray-clothed army must go to Qingfeng Mountain to go north. No matter who guards Qingfeng Mountain, they will face a crazy attack by hundreds of thousands of troops, and there will be inevitable casualties.
It was tragic. Unless Liu Ling was a fool, he would never believe the nonsense he just said about the black flag army attacking Jiangzhou and taking half of the city after the city was broken. Even a fool would not spit out what he put in his mouth. But he didn't.
What he expected was that Liu Ling agreed immediately.
"Since Song Changshi said so, how can I refuse?"
"Okay, let's not talk about the military first. Song Changshi has come all the way, and I naturally want to entertain him well. There is no need for Song Changshi to go back in a hurry. He will stay in Jinzhou for three or two days. When the army has prepared food and grass, Song Changshi
Just go south with Shi's army. Stay in my army for a while and see if the Han army under my command can fight well?"
Song Huairen was shocked. Could it be that... Liu Ling really wanted to send troops? (To be continued)
