After hearing Chai Jin's angry words, Zhu Tong stood up immediately. He had been under the care of Chai Daguan these days, and when he saw Chai Jin's uncle being bullied by bullies in Gaotang Prefecture, Zhu Tong also wanted to do his best to repay him. Kindness. However, Zhu Tong then thought about it. Now that he is a fugitive, he would not be able to help much. Even if he fights with others, it will lead to the exposure of Chai Jin who is harboring the criminals who are wanted in the lawsuit. Isn't that so? Aren't you going to harm your benefactor?
After all, Zhu Tong was not Li Kui who just wanted to be happy and ignored the consequences. So after thinking about it briefly, he had to sit down again and remain silent.
Yan Qing snorted coldly after hearing this: "That Yin Tianxi is so unreasonable! Mr. Chai, Gaotang Prefecture is very close to Zongcheng County, Daming Prefecture, and Zengtou City, Dezhou, which was newly merged by my brother. Gao Lian and Yin Tianxi Since those treacherous officials and dandies who are fighting against the power of the old traitor Gao Qiu are running amok, my brother’s brothers from Daming Mansion, Dezhou... and Qingzhou can all help the officials."
After hearing this, Chai Jin hesitated for a moment. Although he liked to make friends with people in the world, he did not want to get into trouble when it came to dealing with powerful people. As a descendant of the Chai family of the Zhou Dynasty, he was among the people and some people with criminal records. The secret intercourse between green forest heroes would not cause any trouble...but the conflict between the former emperor and the people in the rivers and lakes and the current dynasty's powerful people has become more serious, and the nature has changed.
Maybe Xiao Renxia really needs to be asked to come forward to help, but at the moment he is supervising the army in the northwest court, and the situation has not become uncontrollable, so now is not the time... Chai Jin thought in his mind, and asked Yan Qing smiled and said: "Brother Yi is interested, but although Yin Tianxi relies on his power to bully others, our Chai family also supports the imperial edict. Even if we can't argue with him in Hall Master Gao, his power in the capital is stronger than that of Gao Qiu. There are many people who are honest and honest. If nothing else, I can take the iron certificate of the alchemy book and go to the capital to complain about my grievance, and start a lawsuit with Yin Tianxi."
People in the world can praise Chai officials and call them golden branches and jade leaves, sons and grandsons of dragons, but these words cannot be said in official circles. Today's officials favor and trust their close ministers. They are just helping relatives but not taking care of them, and they are complaining to the emperor. The lawsuit was brought to Bianjing. Although he was a member of the Chai family, he was a descendant of the imperial family of the previous dynasty. Do the officials really care about the grievances of the Chai family with whom he had no friendship?
Yan Qing thought to himself again: My brother had the foresight to predict that Gao Lian, a younger brother of Gao Qiu's clan, would become the governor and would have trouble with his uncle Chai Daguan, who lived in Gaotangzhou for a long time. But now his brother is far away. In the side court, it was inconvenient to communicate with each other, but Gao Lian's brother-in-law, Yin Tianxi, had already come to the door. Now it is imminent to argue with the servant bird... Since my brother asked me to adapt to the situation with my brothers everywhere, there is no need to use the resources in the green forest. Just leave the troops and horses, otherwise I'm afraid the brothers over at Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain will have big things to do...
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Early the next morning, Chai Jin, Yan Qing and dozens of relatives left the village and rushed to Gaotang Prefecture at night. Lehe also met with the steward of Xiao's escort agency who was traveling in Hebei to pick up Zhu Tong. While rushing to Erlong Mountain in Qingzhou, whether it was to rescue Zhu Tong or to say that a storm was coming in Gaotangzhou, but for Xiao Tang, the situation there was far from the war he was facing now. Far away From Yanyan Road to Linxia City in Suidezhou, Xiao Tang had also escorted the grain and grass baggage of the Song Army on the eastern front with Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Hua Rong, and Wu Jie, who had taken over the Western Army, to the frontier position against Xia in the northern part of Junzhou. Go and leave.
It is said that Xiao Tang has not joined forces with Tong Guan, Lao Xiaozhong, Liu Fa and other Western army commanders. Most of the Song troops in various military camps in Suidezhou still have to stay in their respective places to guard against Xia troops outflanking them.
Therefore, even if Xiao Tang can mobilize the troops and horses under his command, the current area of activity is limited to the area bordering Xia Kingdom in Suidezhou.
After all, the scale of the war between the two countries was far greater than in the past when Xiao and Tang commanded troops and horses in the two mountains of Qingzhou and only fought for one state and one town. Compared with the original conquest of Zhang Di in Hebei and Tianhu in Hedong, the Song-Xia war front now stretches across the area including the west
Arriving at Gansu, Qinghai, and reaching Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia in the east, the mobilization of several armies of his own also required the coordination and cooperation of various generals. Xiao Tang was not stupid enough to go deep alone in order to rush for victory, which led to the Song Army's strategic deployment at a large level.
Was completely disrupted.
Now that the chief envoy of the Song Army, Cai Chi, has died, Xiao Tang has formally taken over the command of the rear area of Sui Dezhou. However, after the battle of Linxia City, the Bianjing Forbidden Army under Xiao Tang's command plus the Wu
The third battalion of the Western Army under the command of Jie only had 3,500 soldiers and horses, and the military service of Minzhuang was only about 6,000. According to the current division of duties, Xiao Tang did not have to do everything personally and personally escorted the grain and grass supplies to the Song Dynasty.
On the front line of the Xia War, but since he had a certain amount of military power, Xiao Tang naturally could not just stay in the rear and wait.
"Suiping, the Qingjian Division Military Division has sent military officials to report to Tong Guan and Lao Xiaozhong, the general manager, about the battle situation in Mingpingxia City. It depends on how the commanders arrange and where to send my brother.
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At the front of the military formation, Xu Guanzhong said slowly: "As my elder brother, it is only natural that I take over the duties of the envoy to oversee the army. General Liu Fa and Mr. Souchong, the manager, also value my elder brother very much, and I don't expect him to find any leisure time."
I sent my brother to garrison everywhere and taught Xie to watch from the sidelines. However, Cai Xianggong died in the rebellion in Pingxia City. He was afraid that after returning to the capital, the powerful Prime Minister Cai Jing would not let it go..."
Xiao Tang was naturally very aware of Xu Guanzhong's concerns. He was originally appointed by Zhao Ji as the deputy envoy and supervisor to participate in the Song-Xia war, but it was also because of Cai Jing's instructions that he wanted to protect his son Cai Chi. Although Xiao Tang
Tang was unwilling to be manipulated by Cai's party, and Cai Chi, who showed his ugly face in the cruel war and almost dragged down the city's defenders to death, even if Wu Jie hadn't taken his life decisively, Xiao Tang would have really done it at that time.
I want to kill him.
Even Cai Wei was indeed not killed by himself. But after all, Cai Wei still died in Pingxia City under the care of Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang then took over Cai Wei's errand power, and when Cai Jing got
What would he think after knowing this? Xiao Tang must have been mentally prepared in advance, but it was just a problem that he would have to face when he returned to Bianliang, Tokyo after the war, and he couldn't care about that much at the moment.
"Now we can only take one step at a time and see where we can go. At least now I don't have to be constrained by anything. I can quickly get in touch with several coaches in the Western Army. Now I just focus on the war in front of me."
Xiao Tang said leisurely, and as the soldiers and horses he led left Linxia City, crossed the Dali River, and passed the Kerong Army Stronghold, the Qingqi who were scouting around suddenly saw a Pegasus. It turned out that the soldier was reining in front of Xiao Tang's horse.
The reins stopped, and he clasped his fists on his horse and shouted: "Report! Commander Xiao Jie, there is a large group of people in front, all flying the flag of our army. It seems that they were ordered to be transferred from other state capitals to coordinate with the soldiers and horses on Yanyan Road to guard the area.
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After hearing this, Xiao Tang asked the military commander about the banner of the Song Dynasty Imperial Army that was ordered to be transferred from the nearby military state. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh, it turns out that an old friend is leading the troops.
Come, maybe I can temporarily add some more available troops to my command."
