Shao Song

v2 Chapter 7: fear

Zhao Jiu did not deliberately play the gomoku game with Liu Ziyu, which was so easy to teach his opponent, but immediately got up and ordered:

Send out sentry rides to quickly explore west along the north and south banks of Rushui River;

Send officials to various surrounding villages and towns to assist local officials to lead the people into Ruyang;

Send a messenger to find Wang De and Han Shizhong to the north, inform them of the current situation, and tell them to act carefully and act cautiously to prevent encountering besieged aid in the wild;

Then, because Yang Yizhong was not there, he specially delivered a decree to let Hu Yantong, who was in the city at this time, be careful to guard, and directly charge the imperial squad into the city defense;

In the end, it was natural to call the four Xianggong and Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Jun, the Yuyingdu commander Wang Yuan and others to meet.

But at this time, before the ministers arrived, Zhao Guan's family called for help, and asked Liu Ziyu, the military staff officer on his side, "Yanxiu, can I miss this schedule?"

Liu Ziyu was obviously stupefied by the calm and methodical nature of the Zhao officials. At this time, after hearing this, he answered, "The officials are calm and calm, with the style of the ancient monarch, and all the dispatches and assignments are also proper. surprise……"

Zhao Jiu sat down on the porch, while letting the waiter help Jia, he couldn't help but smile: "Habits have become natural. Sitting on the front line for two months, even a fool knows a little bit."

"It's just an official." Liu Ziyu hesitated for a moment, and said seriously. "The minister thought that there was no need for the officials to wear armours, so as not to sprout branches."

Zhao Jiu was taken aback, and he immediately signaled his side servant to stop temporarily, then stared at Liu Ziyu and asked, "Why is this?"

"The official...just now the official ordered five things, and the minister took the liberty to ask the official five questions." Liu Ziyu faced with a face. "Can it?"

"Speaking."

"This is the first... Is Ruyang City strong?"

Of course sturdy!

The scholar Kobayashi next to him had already breathed well, and the old problems in his heart naturally followed up...but I don't know why, this time he just responded instinctively in his heart, but didn't think deeply, but was in a trance.

"Of course it's sturdy." Zhao Guanjia, who still had a chain on his arm, sighed slightly, and replied in a serious manner. "Ruyang City is a famous city in the world. Although the ancient county is called Runan, this city is obviously located in the north of Rushui, so it is called Ruyang...Rushui comes from the north, but when it comes to the city, it circles the city south to the east. Going, making this city surrounded by water on three sides and a high wall, such a city, no matter how strong it is, there are not many serious cities that day."

"Exactly." Liu Ziyu nodded again and again. "In fact, if it weren't the case, Taiwei Han would not ask the officials to come here first when Caizhou City was still in disorder...The minister took the liberty to ask, why is such a strong city so easily broken by the gold before? "

"Naturally because it didn't guard at all." Zhao Jiu shook his head again and again. "You forgot, Henan Yin Sun Zhaoyuan wanted to recruit the defeated soldiers under this city, but the defeated soldiers killed him instead."

Liu Ziyu did not comment, but said nothing.

"It has nothing to do with this." Upon seeing this, the official Zhao immediately realized and changed his mind. "In the end, it was Jingxi who collapsed to the end, and never raised the anger. Under the situation of the collapse, nothing can be done...It's not that I have never seen a collapsed soldier."

"Then the minister asks again, are the two thousand soldiers of the Huyan Control System and the Yuqian Banzhi in the city at this time the kind of frightened soldiers?"

Zhao Jiu finally laughed: "I know, Yan Xiu wants to say that this battle is not too dangerous, so you can leave the military affairs to Hu Yantong. I should sit quietly in the city to calm people's hearts? Just like the old days. When I was on Huai, as long as I sat on the head of the city, controlled the rest of the people and did not interfere in the military, would I do my best?"

"Yes, but it's more than that." Liu Ziyu also rarely smiled, but asked again. "Officials, ministers have two more questions..."

Before the words were finished, the yard became noisy. Zhao Jiu quickly pulled off the chain of armour on his shoulders and stuffed it under the chessboard, while Feng Yi, who had been listening for a long time, drove several servants holding the armour back to the room without waiting for Zhao official’s to speak. Inside.

And sure enough, after a while, Yu Wen Xuzhong, one of the four elders, appeared in the courtyard first.

It's no wonder that these people are walking so fast, they are still on the road, and they didn't treat Ruyang City as a serious foothold.

For example, the Zhao official’s house naturally lived in the backyard of the government office. The front hall of the general government office was the parliament hall, and the entire government office was naturally the palace. The two ministers in the East House occupied the county office one block away; the two West Houses of the Privy Council. For convenience, the Miangong occupies a vacant residence that is close to both places; as for the imperial commanders, they simply used the fine traditions of Zhao Guan’s family to rob a monk’s temple in the city...

"Officials!"

After Yu Wenxu stepped into the hospital, he glanced at the still stupefied Bachelor Kobayashi and the new minister Liu Ziyu who was saluting to him, before he could return the gift, he hurriedly folded his hands in inquiries. "The minister was called up to this point, and on the road I saw the imperial camp suddenly rushing out dozens of straight, going everywhere, dare to ask, but what happened?"

"It's one thing, but it's in no rush."

In the morning sun of the spring, the shadows of the trees in the courtyard were whirling, and the official Zhao, dressed in regular clothes, sat cross-legged on the porch, holding the chessboard still, and calmly answering, just like a master of Chinese learning teaching the Three Character Classic of the Year. "So that Yu Wenxianggong knows that Zhao Zongyin from Wuguan, the monk mentioned before, went out to assist Fan Zhixu in Nanyang, but was defeated on the road and lost all his soldiers and horses. Now everyone has gone to Xiangyang, Xueshi Lin I was also forced to turn back overnight, and I just asked Han Shizhong and Wang De to inform Han Shizhong and Wang De of this message, and then call you to discuss it."

Yu Wen Xu nodded slightly, then after a little thought, he sighed, obviously thinking of some consequences after Wuguan was lost.

Then, Wang Boyan, Xu Jingheng, Zhang Jun, and Wang Yuan arrived in sequence. After a while, Lu Xianggong, who was particularly busy recently, also arrived, but it is rare for the important officials and senior officials to get together again recently. It's an informal political affairs hall meeting.

When Mr. Kobayashi waited until Lu Xianggong arrived, he put down Liu Yan's reminder under the cue of Zhao Guanjia's eyes. He only talked about the glorious deeds of the monk Zong Yin, and didn't say much about the rest.

When all the ministers heard this, they naturally sighed.

"In that case, didn't the annihilation of this part become a dewdrop?" Wang Boyan Wang Xianggong said that he had communicated a lot with several monks who had been expelled from the temple recently, and the words unconsciously had Zen intent. Stomping, it seems like there is a lot of loss. "Wuguan is empty, this person can easily return to Guanzhong from there to join the Wanyan Lou room."

"If you don't fight, you won't fight." Xu Jingheng and Xu Xianggong were relieved. "It doesn't matter if you don't fight, let him go, it will be...there is a mess, it's time to clean up."

"Never mind it!" asked Lu Hao, who is in good spirits lately, that is, the prime minister who is actually acting, nodding after a little thought. "Actually, this is also good."

Zhao Jiu opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say...Because of these few comrades' gestures right now, really waiting for Wanyan Yinshu to rush to the city, wouldn't he really panic to abandon the city?

At this point, the Zhao official family instinctively went to see a few young ministers.

However, the performance of these people at this time was also a bit disappointing. Zhang Jun only looked at Liu Ziyu, as if he was worried but didn't understand the situation with a little knowledge, so he only wanted to get a letter and reminder; and Xiaolin also had a special experience at this time. There is no appearance of asking for a fight before, and even the deep posture of the city palace in the past. After some words are said, this Yutang scholar who knows the inside story is a little tranced and free, which makes people look suspicious...

Of course, considering that a bachelor rides back and forth overnight to report letters, it is not easy to force it, but it is the one who deserves to be the most generous right now.

Then I went to see Liu Ziyu. Obviously, this young official who grew up in the barracks and experienced almost the entire Jin-Liao warfare was also obviously disappointed with these people...even if he had just reminded Zhao Jiu that he was an official. If you really want to play a role in the military, the best way is to restrain certain people from interfering in the military.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Zhao Jiu wanted to hold back these people and just fooled around.

However, at this moment, a person who was ignored by the Zhao official family suddenly said: "Officials, the ministers take the liberty to ask. Now that Wuguan is vacant, there is a way to retreat calmly, but why should it be so easy? Go west? If the minister is silver, he can naturally break Dengzhou, plunder Nanyang and then go! Even turn around and use the cavalry to find a battle. If you can win, you will win. If you can't win, it's not too late to leave, right? , We can't catch up."

Everyone followed their prestige, but saw that the imperial capital was in charge of Wang Yuan, and each was silent... Obviously, most people here do not trust Wang Yuan politically, but they still have some trust in this person militarily.

But after a while, Lu Haowen's face was as deep as water, and he opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly he thought of something, and then he was startled: "Who is Yinshu, isn't it Nichuhe?"

Zhao Guan's family and Liu Ziyu looked at each other and cried out inwardly.

"It is good to teach Lu Xianggong to know that in the past few days, the lower officials gathered the rebels in Caizhou and asked some things clearly..." Wang Yuan hurriedly reported back. "Nanichuhe is an accent. The person who came here was the Jin State clan general who captured the Liao Kingdom Tianzuo Emperor and Xi Wang Xiamo alive, and participated in the Taiyuan World War I. The next official is thinking about whether or not to sort it out. A serious translation booklet for the golden man, to watch and listen to it!"

Lu Haowen was shocked immediately.

"It doesn't matter how gold or silver is!" Zhao Guanjia suddenly said. "Our army has tens of thousands of people in the front, are you still afraid of him? As for Dengzhou Nanyang, but I can only do everything to obey the destiny... Anyway, I have sent a squad straight to tell Han Shizhong and Wang Dezhen It's wrong, they have their own judgments as the veterans."

"The officials have made such a proper arrangement, but the officials have thought about it a lot." Wang Yuan heard badly, and quickly bowed his head to right.

"Yes, it's a credit for you to be your translation booklet with peace of mind!" Zhao Guan's family became more and more irritable.

"It's time to tell Han Shizhong and Wang De earlier." At this moment, Yu Wen Xuzhong, who had not spoken to the side for a long time, had a direct communication with Jin Jungui and suddenly spoke out. "Because Wanyan Yinshu is unusual for this person. He uses cavalry well and often makes unexpected moves... Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom and Wang Xiamo Xi. Some people say that they were captured by the Wanyan Lou chamber. This is true. In fact, since the Jinren set up their troops, Yinshu often served as subordinates and lieutenants in the Lou room. The two often cooperated in battle. Therefore, if you look closely, Emperor Tianzuo and Xiamo were actually captured by Yinshuke. It is also called a famous general. As for the Taiyuan battle, this person even destroyed the main force of the Western army with the Lou room of 200,000, and his troops are also very powerful. My official thought that according to this person's past experience, since it is gone Regarding the worries, it is impossible to say that you will not go to see Dengzhou at all, but you will lightly ride to Caizhou to see if you are going to see the truth! I also ask the official to take precautions!"

The other comrades-in-law and Zhang Jun, all panicked.

Seeing this shape, Zhao Jiu, who was sitting there cross-legged, sighed slightly, but in turn made a serious question: "Yin Sang Gong, you only know that Yin Shu can capture Emperor Tian Zuo and Wang Xia alive, and also know that Yin Shu can fight Taiyuan. Great credit, do you know how he captured the two alive? How did he fight Taiyuan?"

"minister……"

"I have felt the hardships of the military in the past six months, so I often have dinner and talk with the soldiers, but I have learned a lot." Zhao Jiu said slowly. "Emperor Tianzuo is exactly the same as Xiamo. They both heard that silver art could cause light soldiers to rush in, and then left alone. Moreover, they were abandoning the city and the army and fleeing. In the end, they were all circumvented by the silver art dispatched in advance. After the small group of elites can easily capture. As for the battle of Taiyuan, the reinforcement horses were forced by the center behind them, and they moved forward in multiple ways, but they did not belong to each other, and the progress was inconsistent, so he and Wanyan Lou's room calmly walked around. Taiyuan City was removed one by one...Do you understand?"

Yu Wen Xu bowed his head and said nothing, obviously he understood, but the other xianggong obviously did not understand.

"Officials, it's better to quickly issue gold medals to summon Han Shizhong and Wang De to return to the city." After the official stopped, Lu Haowen spoke to each other earnestly.

"Maybe to take refuge in Gwangju to the south." Xu Jingheng was also very nervous.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Guan's family was really impatient, but he took a long breath, then hula opened one of the chessboards, revealing the chain of armor hidden underneath.

The courtyard was momentarily stunned and silent. For a while, only flowers and trees swayed, light and shadow intertwined, and the ground was filled with black and white chess pieces dotted on the green space. If it weren't for a murderous emperor who was tantrum, it would be a bit of a springtime.

"Do I have to say something bad?!"

Zhao Guanjia stood up with a sense of anger, but dragged the armour chain with his hands under the corridor, then suddenly turned around and spoke sharply. "Do you think you really know the soldiers?! If you know the soldiers, why would Taiyuan be defeated like that?! Why is there the shame of Jingkang?! I knew that silver art might be approaching, and I would almost wear armor. Forced to do nothing, just suddenly remembered that there are still fussers like you in the city! If you force the armor, it will make you panic! Today’s matter, I explained to you! The city defense has its own Huyantong to deal with, you Don't interfere! These military affairs, if you can pretend to be deaf and dumb, it is the blessing of the world!"

"The minister is terrified and unbearable, please resign..."

"What's your resignation?" Zhao Jiu became more and more angry, but threw the armor chain to the ground. "The golden man will come without knowing when he will come. At this time, if he is wronged, he has to resign... You are wronged, I am not wronged? Every time I fight, I will coax the front and the back again, and worry about the front. The sergeant was cut off by the officer. For a while, he would prevent you from interfering, and for a while, I would remind the sergeant in front not to think about my safety, and for a while, I have to think about what you are saying if there is a hidden meaning... Do you think Is this official I want to be?! I also want to resign, are you allowed?!"

After Lu Hao asked, they stood silently, and the only military attache Wang Yuan had already knelt down.

"Okay, this is the case." As if the anger had suddenly been spread, the Zhao Guanjia also suddenly returned to normal, but slightly raised his hand to face each other. "From the perspective of this person's past behavior based on silver art, I think he will come out of the box nine out of ten, but the more so, the less panic...otherwise it will be in the hands of this person. Because this battle has two key points, One is that you must not be scared by this person's name and leave the strong city; the other is that you must not rush to call Han Shizhong and Wang De here on the grounds of safe behavior to prevent being besieged!"

Lu Haowen and the others couldn't, but as they looked at each other, they could only suppress the feelings of anxiety in their hearts, bowed their heads and called their lives.

As soon as everyone left, including Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Jun and Yuyingdu commander Wang Yuan, they had no choice but to disperse their identities. For the time being, only Kobayashi and Liu Cengjun were left... Kobayashi was a Yutang scholar, who was a close minister, and Liu The dispatch of the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defense recently stayed on the side of the official and became a new servant. Counselor Yuqian Military, referred to as Liu Canjun, is also a well-known thing.

"The officials have worked hard..." Liu Ziyu bowed his head and sighed as soon as he left, but he couldn't help being a little more careful in his words.

"It's okay, it's useful, I'm used to it." Zhao Guanjia reluctantly sat down under the corridor, shaking his head while looking at the chess pieces on the floor. "Yan Xiu has something to ask before, so why not talk about it?"

"There are two more questions. One of the officials knows better than anyone else... The minister just wanted to ask Yan Yinshu about this person's past experiences and skills to remind the officials."

Zhao Jiu nodded in a daze, and then picked up the chess pieces on the ground together with Feng Yi on the side.

"However, the minister does still have one last question." Liu Ziyu saw the official leaning over to pick it up, willing to help, but because Feng Yi was also there, but it was not in the same line, he could only lower his head and pick up the armour chain, and then stood awkwardly. On one side, continue to speak.

"It doesn't hurt to say it." Zhao Jiu knowingly stopped.

"The minister dare to ask the official family. Does the official family feel that at this time they should be able to fight with Wanyan Yinshu, or should they not fight him?" Liu Ziyu asked carefully.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Jiu frowned slightly. "Wan Yan Yinshu can appear here, can it be me that has the final say?"

"The minister didn't mean that. The minister was asking about the attitude of the officials..." Liu Ziyu glanced at the gloomy scholar Kobayashi standing on one side, hesitated a little, but still asked. "Do you think that there is a battle, and there is a perfect face silver skill to be here, but it is a bit more joyful, at least there is something to do?"

Zhao Jiu was startled, but couldn't help but laugh: "Do you think I should have fun? Or I will ask you, Liu Qing, do you think we should fight Wanyan Yinshu at this time?"

"The minister thinks it shouldn't." Liu Ziyu replied simply. "The ministers have always known the enemy and we are fictitious, and now we are in an unstable footing, the army is mixed, and the system is not established. It is really not a good time to fight..."

"But you think I am looking forward to the war, thinking that since Huai's last bet was successful, I don't want to settle down honestly?" Zhao Jiu interrupted the opponent with a few chess pieces, and asked with a smile. "do you mean this?"

"The minister just said yes, the times are different, and it doesn't mean to detract from the achievements of Huai Shang." Liu Ziyu quickly explained. "The Jinren offensive was like a tide. Before the Huai River, it was at the height of the tide. If the official Huaishang were not successful in the first battle, I am afraid that Huainan will be reduced to Hebei, Jingdong, Jingxi, and Guanxi..."

"Yes, I look at the account books of the Ministry of Households. The Huainan East and West Roads can turn over a million horses every year on silk and silk, plus taxes and grain, enough to raise one hundred thousand troops, and another 200 thousand in the southeast. Jingxiang settles down. It can also raise 200,000 down, and Bashu can also raise 100,000..." Zhao Jiu suddenly talked about some nonsense that has been popular recently.

"Unless these few places are also acting as a feudal town, they will not be able to raise so many." Liu Ziyu laughed. "The minister estimated that in the end, it would be good to raise 200,000 combatable soldiers together, but it was enough... But this is not what the minister wanted to say. The minister wanted to ask the official, now that the tide of Jin Ren is down, why Can’t settle down, establish a system, recuperate, defend first, then fight, and spend three or five years to raise an army of 200,000 in order to rejuvenate the two rivers?"

Zhao Jiu finally shook his head: "Is this what you thought, or did Zhang Deyuan and the others mean it?"

"Both." Liu Ziyu also became serious. "Zhang Xiantai felt that the officials had toiled up to this point. He was obviously uneasy in his actions. The so-called he wanted to do something but had no way of doing things. He didn't know what to do. The ministers faced each other in the imperial court in the past two days. It is fearful. However, unlike others who fear war, officials seem to be afraid of peace, for fear that once the fighting stops, they don’t know what to do... Good instructors know that Zhang Deyuan has scruples in his heart. Such remarks are only It exists in my heart, but I dare not tell the officials that the minister is a rough person, and he asked the officials to atone for his sins."

"Why are you a rough person?" Zhao Jiu sighed and got up. "You and Zhang Deyuan are both smart people. Both are right, but neither is right... For me, you people are smarter than the other, but you are often restricted by your vision, and your intelligence is used in the wrong place."

Liu Ziyu is stagnant. This is not the first time someone says that his vision is low. The point is that the person who said that his vision is low has now become a person who is ‘restricted by his vision’.

"For example, you people, regardless of your position on the gold, always tell me about the system rules, the prescriptive family laws, and it seems that as long as you stay steady and rebuild the system, Then everything will be fine." Zhao Jiu said quietly while rubbing the chess piece in his hand. "But in fact, from my point of view, I only talk about military matters. The more the Song Dynasty’s prescriptive family law and system are implemented properly, the more bad things will be! Because of the military prescriptive family law system of the Song Dynasty. , From the beginning, it was from the inside out! With your methods, this great Song Dynasty will die faster!"

When Liu Ziyu heard the four words ‘anti-inside-out-outside’, if he was struck by lightning, even if he wanted to speak, but didn’t know what to say, the next to him, Xiaolin also recovered a little, and seemed to want to say something.

However, at this point, the Zhao official's house has opened the gate, and can no longer stop.

He threw down the chess pieces and stood up from the corridor. He looked at Liu Ziyu who was obviously a little misbehaving with his negative hand. But he was sincerely facing each other: "Yan Xiu, Zhang Deyuan is right. I am really upset, but the reason for the anxiety is not at a loss, but precisely. I know exactly what to do! What you said is right. I seem to be a little afraid of the situation after the withdrawal of the golden man. But the reason why I am like this is not because I like the barbaric things like fighting and killing people, but compared to these things. , And other things are too difficult! For those things, there is only one Wang Anshi doing his best in this dynasty, and he was almost slandered as the culprit of Jingkang’s shame. In fact, if we can live in peace and live for a hundred years, I will again Why would you be willing to do this kind of thing? But this is not about time waiting, this is not about the expectations of many people, the shame of Jingkang, the lives of two rivers in the Central Plains, the determination to be a good official, the determination to do it personally, Are you determined to change the world? What if you don't? How can you not be afraid if you do it?"

Both Liu Ziyu and Bachelor Xiaolin were already silly, and Feng Yi, who was next to him, turned his eyes steadily.

"And this is actually why I knew that Li Xianggong and the other few comrades were rare comrades in the world who really wanted to fight against gold, but placed him far in the southeast." Zhao Guanjia continued to sigh. "It really doesn't hurt to let him be in power. Maybe after ten or twenty years, there will be a rough recovery after all, but since I am determined to do it seriously, I can't just watch him go around in circles and spend time... Yan Xiu, the golden man is not that strong, and I also know how to go. You don't have to worry! And Zhang Deyuan doesn't have to worry!"

"The officials are terrified, but they don't know the ambition of the officials."

"Actually, I've been holding back these words for a long time. I wanted to find someone to talk about it. Since you came to ask for Zhang Deyuan, I just talked about it." Zhao Jiu suddenly laughed again. "Don't worry too much."

How can Liu Yanxiu not care?

But on the other hand, how could Zhao Jiu really say everything in his heart?

The overall conservativeness of the Song Dynasty's civil politics; if the Jinren does not do his best, it will not leave the Song Dynasty with a respite; the total corruption of the Song Dynasty army; the possible crisis after the Jinren in the future; and the determination to compete with Yue Peng His personal ambition or ambition...How could it be possible to confide in Liu Ziyu who has only met for a few days?

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"Officials!"

Just after the Caizhou Mansion’s backyard became quiet again, there was no incense sticking kung fu. Just as the Zhao official’s family carefully counted the chess pieces and found that they were insufficient, when they were looking around, all of a sudden, the imperial commander Huyan, who had just received an order, should not be long. Laxative and embarrassed broke in from outside. "Official! The sentry rider just set off and hurriedly reported back, saying that a thief had arrived in the west!"

"Why panic?" Zhao Guanjia picked up the two chess pieces that were hard to find on the ground and placed them in the bowl held by Feng Yi behind him, before screaming casually. "What is there to panic? I didn't panic! You said that as the only general in the city, how can you show fear and panic?"

Hu Yantong was instantly ashamed.

PS: This is the starting point, isn't it my pot? ! Also, if the chapter name is wrong, it will not affect the reading, so please don't care.