Accompanied by Yun Zheng, Han Qi reviewed the Beijing-Western Army.
The military appearance of this army does not seem to be as good as that of the Peng Japanese Army. The weapons on the soldiers are not neatly straddled on the body like the Peng Japanese Army. Instead, they are tied to any part of the body with cloth strips or belts, which looks messy.
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When Yun Zheng saw Han Qi, he wanted to ask a tall and thin veteran why he tied an ear-tip knife more than a foot long to his crotch. He hesitated to speak out of politeness, which was ridiculous.
So he said first: "The reason why he tied the sharp knife to his crotch is because his arm was injured and he habitually hung it in front of his belly. In order to draw the knife quickly, he had to do this."
Han Qi nodded and said: "So the position of each soldier's weapons is actually based on their habits?"
"Yes, no one cares about looking good on the battlefield. Anyone who can kill the enemy and save his own life is a hero."
The two walked into Li Chang's temporary residence while chatting. Li Chang, who still had wax chips on his hands, greeted them with a smile.
After sitting for a while, Han Qi felt cold all over. He suppressed the discomfort and asked Li Chang: "Xiao Huo'er hasn't been made into a wax figure by you, has he?"
Li Chang smiled and said: "It's almost time. After Your Majesty has seen the live commander of the Liao people, he will make a wax figure and place it in the Wude Hall. Would the Privy Council go to the side hall to visit the wax figure? The craftsmen are making it.
Yelu Flower Pagoda Wax Man, this guy is so tall that ordinary wax buckets cannot hold him, so I specially made a new wax bucket that can be molded in one go."
Han Qi resisted the desire to vomit and ordered: "Don't kill Xiao Huo'er and all the nobles of the Liao Kingdom. The court has a use for them."
Li Chang shook his head and said: "You can visit and kill them, but you can't give them alive to the Liao people. This is related to the commander's credibility. According to a certain contract, these people cannot return to the Liao Kingdom alive.
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Han Qi glanced at Yunzheng, saw him smiling sheepishly at him, and sighed: "It seems that you have tried your best to achieve the victory at Yanmen Pass. Your reputation has been mortgaged, and your life will not be the same."
It feels better."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "Actually, Shenwu City is a very good step. The Emperor of Liao became more ambitious after getting it. The Privy Council may not know that. A distinguished nobleman from the Liao Kingdom led six personal guards to guard Nuo Da's Shenwu.
City, I, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, took this photo during the Chongqing Festival. They did not touch the city gate for two months. The privy envoy can tell the Emperor of Liao about this."
Han Qi snorted and said: "Needless to say, the one who made the contract with you must be this fearless city guard. A dilapidated city in exchange for the Liao Kingdom's disastrous defeat at Yanmen Pass. You did a good job in this transaction. Keep this.
Are you planning to use it next time?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "It would be best if this person could be promoted and make a fortune!"
Han Qi then laughed and said: "For those who have already been in the water once, if they want to come ashore dry and dry, how can anything in this world be so cheap? Just like you deliberately ignored the people of Dingzhou City, you did something wrong.
I’m afraid I’ll have to bear it for the rest of my life.”
Han Qi knew that the Jingxi Army was very wary of him, so he did not force their understanding. He was used to being a bad person and did not care about being misunderstood by the Jingxi Army. He always had to say bad things by himself.
You have to do things yourself.
Yun Zheng didn't know how Han Qi operated, but there was actually a reaction from the Liao people. Ye Luxin, the king of the South Academy of Liao, sent a special letter to Yun Zheng, hoping to exchange prisoners. The conditions proposed were one for one, Yun Zheng
Thinking that it cannot be so cheap, he proposed that the women and children kidnapped by the Liao people must be added to the exchange team, otherwise the young men of the Liao country in his hands would have to do hard labor until they die!
Han Qi has not left Dingzhou City these days, but he has sent out more letters. Yun Zheng didn't think he could mobilize the ministers of Liao State with one letter. He just counted the chips in his hand.
Count, and then tell specialized civil servants to do this kind of thing. Really speaking, many civil servants in the Song Dynasty had good friendship with Liao officials.
The exchange of prisoners of war is usually done after the war is over. This kind of thing was done by the Liao Kingdom with Xixia and the barbarians, but it was not exchanged with the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty could rarely capture those who were riding in the war.
Liao people on horseback.
Han Qi came empty-handed, but the old housekeeper of Shi Zhongxin's family came with more than ten carts full of things. Although most of them were worthless food and medicine, Yun Zheng really felt that he was old.
The warmth brought by friends.
The old housekeeper stood aside and waited on Yunzheng and his wife to eat the melon. The speed of cutting the melon could not keep up with the speed of the couple eating the melon.
While cutting the melon, the old housekeeper muttered: "What a sin, one is the most powerful general in the Song Dynasty, and the other is a dignified wife. When we were in Tokyo, how could such coarse food enter the mouths of nobles? There is no place at the border.
In the place where the noble man is staying, there is no yogurt, no honey, no ice fish, not to mention snow-soaked bean water. Now he is eating pear pulp, braised plum water, ginger honey water, papaya juice, and agarwood water.
The old butler of the Shi family has a good background. He is eighty years old this year. I heard that he used to be the personal servant of the ancestors of the Shi family. Now he is too old to go out to do things easily. If he does go out to do things, it must be a private matter.
The old housekeeper had been close to Yun Zheng when he was in Tokyo. He always said that Yun Zheng had the aura of his old master. Whenever Yun Zheng went to the Shi family to play, the old housekeeper would always come out to take care of him.
Yun Zheng looked up to the sky and cried three times, then immersed himself in eating the melon. After finishing the melon in his hand, he threw away the rind and said: "Yoghurt? Ice fish? Where can those things be found in Yanmen Pass? Even some spirits I brought from Tokyo have been destroyed."
Sent to the wounded soldiers' camp to wash their wounds.
Old housekeeper, I saw some grape stuff, please bring me a big cup first. If you can’t eat the melon anymore, you might as well drink some grape stuff to get rid of it.”
The old butler said with a smile: "My young master knows that you like this, so he asked the old slave to bring an ice box specially and wrap it firmly with a new quilt. The ice has not melted yet."
Speaking proudly, he commanded his servants to unload a big guy from a carriage, remove the quilt on it, and then magically take out every kind of exquisite cold food from the big box.
Su Shi had passed by his husband's house by chance three times, and he took away a bunch of food once he came. Yun Zheng could hear the cheers of Bo Bo, Tiger and the others outside the courtyard wall.
Although there were a lot of things, they couldn't handle the crowds. Han Qi, Li Chang, Xiao Lin, Wu Jie, Liang Ji, Peng Jiu, Han Niu and Monkey were all divided and there wouldn't be much left. The old housekeeper blamed himself for the harm.
I brought too little stuff.
Li Chang came over with a smile. He knew the old butler of the Shi family. He also knew that this old butler was a very prominent figure in the distinguished circles in Tokyo. He also knew more clearly what the old man was here for. Shi Zhongxin's letter
One or two sentences were cryptically revealed in it, and Li Chang knew that except for those two sentences, everything else was nonsense.
Ge Qiuyan was afraid of the heat, so he hid in the house alone and ate a bowl of iced yogurt foam. After Su Shi slipped in, he came out soon with an empty basin. When he saw his husband lying under the shade of a tree to enjoy the coolness, he
The old housekeeper and Li Chang were missing.
She walked up to the gentleman and whispered, "Why don't you, sir, go talk to the old housekeeper about this matter in person?"
Yun Zheng said slowly: "Now is the time to protect ourselves. Li Chang is better at doing this kind of thing. Let him talk about it, which will be more effective than me. Don't worry, you won't lose out to the brothers who are fighting.
Shi Zhongxin is not a greedy person and knows what to do.
The emperor is coming soon. If I am not mistaken, the purpose of Han Qi's coming is to facilitate the meeting between the Emperor of Liao and the Emperor of Song Dynasty. They have been prepared for it for a long time.
We used to think that the emperor came to Zhaozhou because of his willfulness, but now we understand that it was they who facilitated the emperor's coming to Zhaozhou. They knew that there was no danger in the emperor coming to Zhaozhou. Regardless of whether we killed Yelvhua Tower or not, the Liao people
They will all be returned.
In other words, the Liao people would march to Tang County at most and would not attack Dingzhou. The Dingzhou tragedy was caused by Cao Dading and others out of fear. I have always doubted why Yeluhua Tower did not capture Dingzhou. I have always suspected that Yeluhua Tower relied on
Why did he dare to defend Tang County after the defeat? He dared to send two women to negotiate terms with me at the most critical moment. It was because he thought that I was also the maker of the entire plan. In the end, he was wrong, so he died.
Why do we never have reinforcements at Yanmen Pass? No matter how hard we fight, we can only defeat the Liao people, but we have no strength to take a step closer? If nothing else, as long as you give me another 30,000 troops, the four cities in Xijing of the Liao Kingdom will be destroyed by us
If we seize it, plus the three cities that the Song Dynasty obtained before, we can occupy seven of the sixteen states of Yanyun!"
Su Shi said angrily: "These thieves deserve to die!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "That's not necessarily the case. The reform of the Song Dynasty has already begun. It is a fundamental order to pacify the country before fighting against foreigners. It was the emperor's unexpected move that ruined the plan of the civil servant group. It was the emperor's willfulness that caused this incident.
You can also say that the war was a manifestation of the imperial power's desire to break free. In these years, I have focused all my energy on the military and rarely interfered with government affairs. Needless to say, this reform by the civil service group must have some consequences for the imperial power.
place, that's why we are in trouble now.
The four state cities outside Yanmen Pass will be captured one day if they are not taken today. These civil servants saw it clearly, so they wanted to form a delicate balance between Song and Liao because they saw that the Liao Kingdom was constantly weakening.
the essence of.
The longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be to the Song Dynasty, which is why they did not send me reinforcements. Once we capture the four states of Xijing, it goes without saying that the war will continue and directly bring down the Song Dynasty.
The finances and the strength they have finally accumulated will disappear." (To be continued)