"Marquis Yun, since these treasury books have been made, not a penny can be touched! To tell you the truth, the treasury can now be used for horse racing. The most important places in the south have been hit by disasters again. Lao Bao is still in charge of disaster relief in Yingtian Mansion.
There are more than 300,000 refugees. Thinking of these Manchu ministers, none of them can sit still. I heard that you robbed the Jiaozhi Palace, but I ran to Guangnan non-stop and asked for money. I don’t care about my face."
Even if Wen Yanbo paid more attention to his appearance, he could not hide his tiredness. He raised his cup, touched it with Yun Zheng, and drank it all in one gulp. Yun Zheng didn't know if this guy's tiredness was intentional. This guy
But the famous old fox in history.
"Marquis Wenxin, I am a knight for military service, how can I be Marquis Wenxin? Can the Third Secretary solve Yun Zheng's doubts?"
Wen Yanbo smiled and said: "Don't you still want a Wuhou?"
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "With this title, can I point my finger at Zhang Fangping's nose and scold him?"
Wen Yanbo just took a mouthful of food and spit it out. He coughed a few times and laughed and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. Zhang Fangping has now joined the cabinet, and his title is not as good as yours. His status as a Hanlin bachelor still cannot be offended."
Yun Zheng took the serving chopsticks and gave Wen Yanbo a piece of braised pork ribs for him to taste, and then said: "These treasures belong to the imperial court. The reason why I took the extraordinary risk to raid Thang Long City is to get more money and use Jiaozhi
I will use the treasury to make up for the debt of the Song Dynasty. Now that it is completed, I am satisfied."
After hearing what Yun Zheng said, Wen Yanbo stood up solemnly, straightened his official uniform and bowed respectfully to Yun Zheng, saying: "Marquis Yun is willing to go to great lengths for the Song Dynasty and go to the wilderness to obtain wealth for the Song Dynasty. I understand.
This money is not so much money as it is the flesh and blood of the soldiers. I will make the best use of it and dare not waste it at all."
Yun Zheng supported Wen Yanbo and said with a smile, "Exactly, exactly. As long as the money is used in the right place, Yun Zheng will only feel proud and proud, and will never talk too much."
Wen Yanbo glanced at Yun Zheng, squinted his eyes and said, "Does Marquis Wen Xin still want to ask about the affairs of the Third Division?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "The interrogation of the third division is a matter of ordinary affairs under Zhongshu's sect. How can Yun dare to go out of the kitchen to take over the job? What I am talking about is whether the money can be used in several aspects, such as gunpowder manufacturing.
, and ordnance modification.
The Third Secretary may think that Yun Zheng is troublesome, but some of Yun Zheng's words are stuck in his throat and he is unhappy."
Wen Yanbo's face calmed down, he cupped his hands and said: "Marquis Wenxin's wisdom is unparalleled in the world, Wen Yanbo is all ears."
Yun Zheng stood up and pulled open the map of Jiaozhi in Guangnan on the wall, pointed at Guangyuan Prefecture and said to Wen Yanbo: "Since Nong Zhigao wreaked havoc in Guangnan the year before last, a group of grass bandits with less than 5,000 soldiers will have less than ten soldiers. Huang Yousan
In April of that year, Nong Zhigao led 5,000 Liao troops down the Youjiang River, one of the sources of the Yujiang River, and first captured Hengshan Village in the upper reaches of the Youjiang River, which took two days.
In May of that year, Nong Zhigao came to the city of Yongzhou. When reinforcements from Pennsylvania had arrived, he cooperated with the outside to conquer Yongzhou, which took three days.
Not long after he settled in Yong, Nong Zhigao left the city to open up land and marched his troops eastward along the Yujiang River. Because the Lingnan prefecture and county were unprepared at the time, once the troops were in a hurry and they didn't know what to do, many of the guards abandoned the city and fled. Nong Zhigao was very
They quickly occupied large areas in eastern Guangnan and western Guangnan: in the fifth month of Guichou in the third year of Huangyou, the Nong army entered Hengzhou, downstream of Yongzhou, and fought continuously for nine days.
On Bingchen in the fifth month, the Nong army entered Guizhou and took three days.
In the fifth month of Gengshen, Nong Zhigao led his army into Gongzhou, which lasted four days.
Later, Nong Zhigao stepped into the boundary of Guangnan East Road and stormed Fengzhou. He encountered resistance from the governor Chen Ye. The county magistrate also led rural soldiers and archers to attack, but the Nong army advanced victoriously with an absolute advantage of hundreds of times.
Chen Ye was defeated and the local soldiers retreated. The Zhizhou Zeng Jin soldiers fought a decisive battle, but failed to win and were captured. Fengzhou fell. Nong Zhigao spent sixteen days.
In May, Renshu Nong Zhigao marched into Kangzhou. Zhao Shidan, the prefect of Kangzhou, fought to the death. Three hundred soldiers blocked the Nong army for seven days!
On Bingyin in June of the third year of Huangyou, Nong Zhigao arrived at the city walls of Guangzhou and began the most arduous and longest siege since the uprising. It lasted seventy-one days, but Guangzhou was safe and sound.
In fact, Nong Zhigao's siege of Guangzhou had laid the seeds of his defeat. Although he successively killed Song generals - Zhang Zhong, the commander of Guangnan East Road, and Jiang Kai, the commander of Guangnan East and West Road, he could not hide his great momentum.
state of exhaustion.
At this time, His Majesty has no choice. If he does not deploy elite troops and strong generals, Nong Zhigao may even sweep into Jiangnan. That is how Di Shuai and Yun Zheng went to Guangnan.
The rest is easy to say. Di Shuai and I kept watch and helped each other. It took twenty-seven days to completely wipe out all Nong Zhigao's forces in the Song Dynasty. It took another month to push the front to the Wuchao Canyon area.
The Wuchao Valley defeated the coalition forces of Jiaozhi, Dali, and Nong Zhigao, causing Nong Zhigao to retreat to the isolated city.
When the plague broke out, Nong Zhigao's last way of survival was cut off, and I buried him in the mud. One month later, Nong Zhigao's bones were pulled out of the mud and delivered to the capital. This ended the rebellion in Guangnan."
Wen Yanbo put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "The general's bravery is indeed worthy of his reputation. I admire him, I admire him!"
After Wen Yanbo laughed, he saw that Yun Zheng was still looking at him coldly, and said awkwardly: "Is it possible that there are still concerns about immortality?"
Yun Zheng let out a long sigh and said: "How can Yun be someone who shows off his military exploits? The point of what I just said is not how powerful Nong Zhigao is, nor how brave Di Shuai and I are. The important thing is that I said
those times.
None of the state capitals such as Hengshanzhai, Yongzhou, Binzhou, Hengzhou, Guizhou, and Gongzhou had more than ten times more troops than Fengzhou and Kangzhou, but it took Nong Zhigao the longest to conquer these two state capitals.
Yes, the only reason is because these two state capitals resisted!
Unless Yun Zheng was arrogant, if the soldiers guarding Hengshan Village had been the Western Army or the Wu Sheng Army, Nong Zhigao would have been captured alive at the beginning of his army and transported to Tokyo to pass through Xishikou.
To make the three commanders laugh, Wu Sheng's army returned with a great victory. Yu Jing, the pacifying envoy, thought they were enemies from Jiaozhi, so he led more than 16,000 soldiers to intercept them.
Before the army under Yun Mou came out, the more than 10,000 soldiers dispersed in a hurry. Those who dared to come forward to fight were the only ones to appease the envoy Yu Jing and the old servant Ashou! Hahahaha, do we, the Southern Gate of the Song Dynasty, have to do it?
Relying on two white-haired old men to guard it?
By analogy, although the west and north are better, the Xixia people, Qingtang people, and Khitan people are not a hundred times more ferocious than Jiaozhi? If such a situation occurs in the west and north, the three ministers and the Song Dynasty will be overturned.
Worry for the country!
For the past few days, Yun Zheng couldn't sleep at night, couldn't eat, and all he could think about was the frontier troops. We, the Song Dynasty, were noble and military, and we were warning the warriors of the former Tang Dynasty to harm the country. This is true, but if the Song Dynasty did not exist,
Well, what’s the point of being noble?
When you came to the military camp, you were still praising Wu Shengjun and Marquis Zhili for his studiousness. You had washed away the vulgarity of military men. Do you know what they were doing? They were all reviewing their homework and planning to lock themselves in for the exam to participate in the competition. Hahaha, Yun Zheng was like this too.
It is planned that the roll call at the Donghua Gate is my wish. Since the official has granted me the title of Marquis Wenxin, I am an obedient person and am prepared to take this civil official’s name to death. From now on, I will go to court every day to discuss national affairs with you.
, Don’t mention such vulgar things as leading troops again!”
After Yun Zheng talked on the phone for a long time, he felt refreshed and the big stone that had been suppressing his chest for many days disappeared. He raised his glass and invited Wen Yanbo to drink with him.
Wen Yanbo's face twitched and he said, "Why did Marquis Wenxin talk about this to me?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "I have been carrying this big stone since I entered Guangnan. I can't carry it now. Fortunately, you are here. I can give this big stone to you. From now on,
I won't think about these things anymore. It's your consideration. As for whether you plan to discuss these things in the court, it has nothing to do with me. Tokyo is prosperous and Zhuo Jing will bring his young daughter to Beijing soon. I have already
He has everything he deserves, and he has fought bloody battles for the Great Song Dynasty. Even if he died drunkenly and dreamily, he deserves it, and no one can say a word of "no."
Wen Yanbo swallowed the wine in the glass with difficulty and said to Yun Zheng with a dark face: "Old Bao said that you are extremely cunning. I thought he was exaggerating. Who would have expected that you are even worse than what Old Bao said.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the culture of the noble and the weak is not what we and other civil servants have determined. This tone has been set since Emperor Taizu released his military power over a cup of wine. The iron certificate outside Xuanwu Gate is still there. You want me to
Are you an enemy of the world?"
"Simple, you tell me the peace policy. If anyone objects, you will send him to lead the troops. Then I will pretend to be a robber and fight with him. I estimate that I will come two or three times and no one will object. After all, I can be like Yu Jing, the pacifying envoy of Guangnan.
There are too few such generous people, and let them experience the feeling of "a hundred thousand armors are tied up, and not one of them is a man."
Wen Yanbo gritted his teeth and said, "There is something wrong with this poem. Don't read it again in the future."
Yun Zheng smiled and nodded, and after drinking another glass of wine, he asked Wen Yanbo: "Wu Shengjun, do you want it? If you want it, take it, I will take Jiaziying with me, and they are going to enjoy the happiness in Tokyo with me.
According to the military law of the Song Dynasty, once an angel arrives, the general will automatically disarm. Are you an angel? It is also the practice of the Song Dynasty to take the master away with his personal soldiers. I have prepared the military talisman seal letter. You can take over. I plan to ride an elephant.
Go back to Beijing immediately, and of course you still have a little bit of money for yourself, just pretend you didn’t see it, there’s nothing taboo about it anyway.”
"Are you willing?" Wen Yanbo once again stared at Yun Zheng with squinted eyes, without any intention of giving in.
"That's it. You did come with such an edict. Third Secretary, please give me the edict. I will beat the drum and gather the generals to receive the order. Wu Shengjun is also a huge stone to me. Now I can unload it.
, I can’t ask for it.”
Yun Zheng stretched out his hand and asked him for the imperial edict. Once he accepted the imperial edict, Yun Zheng planned to leave immediately and not stay for a moment.
Wen Yanbo gently sipped the wine in his glass and looked at Yun Zheng and said: "I have the edict, but it is in the imperial palace and not in my hands. If you want the edict, just wait until I finish the negotiation and we will return to the capital together. You can ask your majesty for it."