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Volume 1: Yanyun Chaos Volume 2: Bianliang Mistake Chapter 142: North Wind Volume (4)

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    On Tielili Ridge of Yanmen Mountain, on top of the wall of Yanmenguanbao Village.  "Compared with when Han Shizhong came last time, Yanmenguanbao Village looks even more different.  The main body of the wall has been completely completed, and the strips of stone have been laid all the way to the top of the wall.  The horse face protruding outside the village wall is currently being repaired.  Piles of building materials were piled outside, with a thick layer of snow falling on them.  There were many more civilians than in previous days, shouting slogans and desperately pulling big trees up the mountain.  [.] A riding village was also built at the foot of the mountain to support Yanmenguanbao Village on the ridge.  If the enemy comes to attack, the main force will be directed at Qi Zhai.  Then the Yanmenguan infantry attacked and supported the cavalry camp with bows and crossbows.  If the king's force points towards Yanmen Pass on the ridge, the cavalry stationed in the stronghold will attack and attack the enemy's flank.  A pass defense system is more than that.  From Qizhai to Yanmenguan Stone Fort.  Along the way, small villages should be set up along the mountains, which can be connected with each other with bows and crossbows to provide support.  The main fort on the ridge is stocked with food and weapons, as well as heavy troops, as the last resort.  Once this entire defense system is established, Yanmen Pass can be called a pass.  In the plan, there will be a total of nearly 2,000 troops and cavalrymen.  As the most important key to the entire three-level defense system.  As long as we are stuck here, no matter how strong the enemy is, they will not be able to penetrate into Hedong Road from this direction.  Now only about Yanmen Pass, which is the focus of repairs, the entire project is only about half completed.  Not to mention Ningwuguan and Pianguan, which are less complete.  At this moment, on top of the village wall, Yue Fei stood upright, looking at the large number of refugees from the Yunnan states coming from the mountain road down the mountain.  The heavy snow fell one after another, but the long queue of refugees didn't make much sound, and just moved forward slowly.  In a more open place at the foot of the mountain, it turned out to be the residence of the construction workers.  Rows and rows of excavated nests.  Now many new nests have been opened, and the laborers who are working there are holding their hoes and looking blankly at the large number of new refugees.  The row of sheds that used to provide food for these people now have fires on the stoves.  White smoke rose into the sky, and the sound of gurgling water was heard.  Under the supervision of the soldiers, the refugees mechanically walked to the food shed, received some hot water and soup, and some cold dry food. They sat down one by one and wolfed down the food into their stomachs.  A few days ago, the refugees arrived, and the military Sima selected Qiang Qiang as a civilian husband to participate in the construction.  It¡¯s also free these days.  Most of the people who came here were old, weak, women and children, and they just had free meals.  According to the plan, after a meal, they would be arranged to spend the night in a den.  The next day, we continued walking along the frozen Botuo River towards Daizhou Daying.  However, this plan soon changed. Yue Fei ordered that the refugee brigade from the north would be kept here for two days.  After eating two full meals at least, and gaining some strength, they drove southward until the entire Hedong was shaken.  When this group of refugees arrived, one of the civilian husbands who had been working here for several months found his relatives, yelled and rushed over to hug them.  The cry suddenly started. The refugees around them just glanced at it, then numbly walked away, and continued to walk towards the shed that provided meals.  Born in troubled times, and in a land of war and fire.  What Liao Jurchens can't tell are people from other tribes coming and going.  The emperor, that noble relative, or the princess shuttled around under the banner.  It is common for wives and children to be separated. Even if they are reunited by luck, who can guarantee the future?  An army commander hurriedly came behind Yue Fei, who was standing blankly, and reported in a low voice: "General, today we have to send out 30 more grains and rice than expected. Now the army's reserves are less than six."  Hundreds of stones Please tell me, sir, when will the grain and rice be delivered from the Daizhou camp? I hope my subordinates can arrange for it to be stored in the warehouse as soon as possible" Having said that, it was fine, but in the end, the army commander Sima couldn't bear it.  He couldn't help but add another sentence: "Now we are short of nothing, just food and rice! General, if you keep the refugees who come every day for one more day, you will spend nearly a hundred dan more! Can't we just tighten our belts?"  ?¡± Yue Fei glanced back at him and said calmly: ¡°All the rice that can be transported to Daizhou Camp has been shipped. It is hard to rely on General Han. I will make my own decision on how to raise food for the refugees.  If you don't use it less, you will drive southward and wait to see the corpses on the Xituo River!" Sima Youzi, the commander of the army, still wanted to argue, but Yue Fei waved his hand: "If you want to tighten your belt, you will also tighten my belt!  ! Just give it to a certain person every day, and it will be reduced by half! " Yue Fei said this, what else can Sima say?  He had no choice but to bow and retire.  Several generals and Diao Mao guards who were standing behind Yue Fei couldn't help but stepped forward to persuade him: "General, in this remote place, the supply is meager. The general, like the soldiers below, receives one meal a day."  The rice is half full and the sauce is half full. If you reduce it any more, you will be starved Zhi Niang, when we came here to guard the border, we bought all the rice we had with our own money.  We haven't brought up a single bucket yet! We just pretend that we are no longer an official of the Song Dynasty!?If we can do this, we can drive the refugees down south and scare them!  ¡± This time is different from the chaos that broke out in the Yan region. Most of the generals in the Shenwu Ever Victorious Army knew the arrangements from Xiao Yan to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei. There was chaos in the Yunzhou states and drove the refugees south. In order to shock  Hedong, to shake Bianliang, and to stabilize the position of Shenwu's ever-victorious army, it is precisely because the situation has changed that the victorious army of Shenwu's ever-victorious army was driven out of Bianliang.  What, just wait until I am trapped and weakened. How can the Shenwu Changsheng Army be free of resentment? If they are still happy like this, it can only be said that Xiao Yan has brought out more than 10,000 saints, and they can feel proud immediately.  Tatars. Now it is Xiao Yan who supports this Shenwu ever-victorious army. After hard work, the whole army is now a tight-knit group that is ten times stronger than before in Yandi.  If the army can develop and grow, and the officers and soldiers in the army will marry each other, it will be a new Western Army. And it will probably be more independent than the Western Army. If they act like this on the border, everyone in the Shenwu Changsheng Army will feel at ease.  Xiao Yan, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and even his generals have nothing to worry about. One thing is that things in the palace should be kept secret, and some things cannot be revealed even if they are known.  Sex is far beyond that of later generations. People are in a group for a lifetime plus many generations in the future. Things like job-hopping are rare. Moreover, the stability of the group of military officials is ten times that of the group of civil servants.  If you are promoted and transferred to a soldier or a general in an army, unless you reach the level of a horizontal squad, you should be prepared to eat in this army together with your son, grandson, and great-grandson. Everyone is in this remote place.  , there is no help from outside, the court and the central government give a cold reception, and the pacification envoys are waiting for the Shenwu Changsheng Army to be in trouble. This is the time when they need to unite closely and work hard to survive.  After being dragged out and stabbed seven or eight times, it was up to him whether he would be left intact. Yue Fei did not follow the words of the generals, but just shook his head, but he couldn't help but think in his heart: "There is a lack of food"  But I don¡¯t know if Daizhou Camp can solve some problems from Taiyuan Prefecture.  The printing is about to begin, so you should give us some support, right?  If the pacification embassy can provide some supplies, this chaos will not be too big If you continue to be so indifferent to us, I really don't know how it will end in the end!  This divine and ever-victorious army must also be the divine and ever-victorious army of the Great Song Dynasty!  If the imperial court hadn't treated him so poorly, why would this have happened?  " There is no need to say these words. The generals behind them are all afraid that the noise will not be big enough! Several generals winked at each other for a while, and the bolder one stepped forward and said to Yue Feixin:  "General, vinegar will taste sour, and salt will taste salty.  If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, now we only have 600 shi of food.  Not enough to chew the wrap for a few days.  Is it time to get started?  We accompany the general to tighten his belt, and even if the soldiers are not straight, we can guarantee that they can endure the hardship.  But there are so many good horses in the army, they are all treasures that have been saved hard and spent time training and used in battles several times.  How can we show off our majesty in battle if these mounts are so hungry?  Please give the Lord's order and let us go out to collect food!  " Yue Fei was silent. This strategy of influx of refugees and sending troops to raise food was something he and Han Shizhong had agreed on long ago. Just because of the influx of refugees, even if tens of thousands died of starvation, the princes from Hedong Road to Bianliang would be  They can only pretend to be invisible. They can only use the excuse of the influx of refugees, the remnants of the Liao people and the Jurchen soldiers and horses to invade the border. In the name of tens of thousands of refugees and thousands of powerful troops, they will raise food from the surrounding large households in the name of lack of food.  Anyone who can be called a big family in the Song Dynasty is closely related to the officialdom. Only when they all feel the pain can they really shake the officialdom.  I sighed in my heart. I have fallen into the well, and I still expect my ears to hang. What I did was for the sake of this army. I couldn't just watch thousands of troops and horses, and tens of thousands or even more.  Are the refugees on the road starving to death? He waved his hand and ordered in a low voice: "As agreed before, go to the big households in nearby counties to borrow food.  Remember, it¡¯s borrowing food!  The grain and rice that the imperial court should distribute to us have arrived, and we must return them with interest!  This is just temporary power!  On these days, you have to lead troops to patrol around. If you commit any robbery, rape or adultery, no matter what it is, it happened internally.  From the ten generals to the head of the capital, and even to the camp commander, they were beheaded in front of the army!  You must make this sentence clear to all your subordinates. There is no need for me, Yue Peng, to unpredict what he said!  " After saying these words, Yue Fei's face turned ashen. He only felt a salty smell coming out of his throat. When the cold wind blew on the top of the mountain, he couldn't hold it back any longer. A mouthful of blood spurted out on the village.  On the wall, the surrounding generals were shocked and hurriedly reached out to help Yue Fei.?The entire army fought bloody battles among thousands of troops, and they were still in high spirits even after suffering numerous casualties.  When will you vomit blood when you see him?  Yue Fei waved his hand fiercely and stood still.  There was blood on his lips: "But if the imperial court can treat our Shenwu Ever-victorious Army like other armies, Zefei dares to swear that the army he leads will freeze to death and dare not demolish houses, and starve to death without plundering. We are borrowing food today.  , Fei Shi is deeply ashamed. If he violates the military law, he will be killed immediately, and Fei will be tied up in front of the palace, just wait for the law of the country to be rectified!" He said in a somber tone!  At this point, all the generals were deeply moved and fell to the ground: "How dare you disobey your orders, generals! But if you violate military laws, you will tie yourself in front of the camp gate and add money to the master's axe. You dare not do anything."  No complaints at all!" Yue Fei stood up straight, facing the mountain wind, with only one voice shouting in his chest: "Xianmo, Xianmo, I hope that what I do today will be nothing wrong in the future!  I can't be honest with you until the Tartar army is overthrown!" Outside a manor in the north of Fanzhi County, the steward of the manor was standing on the wall of the courtyard, looking at the crowds of people coming over with a pale face.  These people were all homeless people traveling south in rags, wrapped in everything they could find.  When winter comes, it often snows on the roadside in Hedong. Today is not so bad. There are only fine snowflakes floating in the air.  By the standards here, it's not extremely cold.  There are only about a thousand or two thousand of these refugees heading south. On Hedong Road, a place that is not very densely populated and has less open space than in the plains, the gathering of hedgehogs in one place is already quite visually impactful.  The crowd moved forward silently, making few sounds.  Standing on the wall of the village, you can seem to hear the rustling sound of thousands of people walking in the snow.  In the distance, the Botuo River was bright white, reflecting the dazzling light, which made the steward standing on the wall of the village jump in his eyelids.  As a steward of a manor in the countryside, the most terrifying scene is seeing large groups of refugees gathering for food during the lean years.  Not to mention, these looked like refugees who had been driven from the north by war.  In the Song Dynasty, they had no wealth but only life. The ruling system of the Song Dynasty did not have much deterrence for them. In order to survive, they could really unleash huge destructive power!  It¡¯s just a gathering of these refugees, that¡¯s all.  Hedong Road Road is the border fortress adjacent to Hudi.  Although the Song and Liao Dynasties were at peace in the past few decades, there were not a few tribes operating in the Yunnei states, and the people's customs were strong. Small-scale robberies going south often occurred.  Even the merchants who traded horses, salt and tea between the Song and Liao Dynasties did not know the difference between merchants and bandits. Everyone was used to seeing the law of the jungle.  "It's just that compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops from the two countries who faced each other along the border in the early days of the People's Republic of China, often fighting with mountains of blood and blood, the officials and people on the edge of Hedong Road expressed little pressure on such small battles of killing and looting.  The folk customs in the areas bordering the Liao people's territory are strong, and the folk customs in the areas bordering Hedong Road are not necessarily weak anymore!  In the edge of the country, the manor in this place is different from the country houses in the heart of the Song Dynasty that are run like gardens and are not heavily guarded.  It is closer to the Wubi Fort with high and thick walls in the north, and there are bows, horses, and some strong men who can do small-scale fighting with weapons.  The Song Dynasty could not help but annex as a national policy, and the land has been greatly concentrated for more than a hundred years.  Even in the border area, the size of this manor is not small, and it is enough to support a castle of suitable size.  It is somewhat similar to the military forts set up densely on various roads in Shaanxi. Most of the people were tenants attached to the generals of the military forts, and they relied on the forts for farming.  But the difference is that Shaanxi has been engaged in large-scale wars for decades, and the big landowners are basically the generals of various armies and the owners of various villages.  During the decades of peace in Hedong Road, big landowners were the most common class of bureaucrats and scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty.  The manor here is also ordinary. The owner of the manor is the Chen family in Hedong. The Chen family was originally from Jingzhao. In the late Tang Dynasty, they moved to Emei to avoid chaos. In the middle of the Song Dynasty, a branch moved to Hedong.  From generation to generation, there are many people who have become officials and eunuchs. During the Chaotian Sheng reign of Renzong, there was Chen Xiliang, who had been an official and became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.  After decades of operation, the origin of this branch has changed from Emei to Hedong.  At this moment, some of the members of the Chen family serving as officials have become local magistrates, members of the central ministry, etc. Their official fortunes are not particularly prosperous, but they are enough to support the family business.  The head of the family, Chen Zhuiyin, was born as a Jinshi and had a very early career.  But because he was with the old party, even though it was not recorded in the Yuanyou party monument, he was still disheartened and returned home early for a leisurely trip.  This kind of family reputation has been passed down, and in every dynasty, there have been Jinshi and middle-level officials in the Song Dynasty. They are the backbone of the bureaucratic scholar-bureaucrat class in the Song Dynasty.  Because the marriage between Ke and Zhong in the same year has an intricate relationship with me in the Song Dynasty.  It does not lead to unpredictable consequences of political strife.  In the Song Dynasty, his position was so solid that it was almost impossible to shake. ? Here in Fanzhi County, a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of the Chen family.  Although the place on Hedong Road isThe land is large, but the slope fields, mountain fields, and dry fields are not very valuable. Those good fields along the Botuo River with thick enough humus soil and convenient water supply.  Every acre counts, basically everything is in the hands of the Chen family.  Fanzhi County is bitterly cold and remote. Chen Zhuiyin, the current retired head of the Chen family who lives in the countryside, has been in Taiyuan Mansion all year round. He only set up stewards in the countryside to manage the family business.  Every year they just send the steward of the inner house to check the accounts and transport money and specialties to Taiyuan for use.  When the weather is warm and the coast is calm, maybe we can go back to our hometown to live for a while.  Zhuangtou here manages tens of thousands of acres of good land along the Hutuo River.  He is the local overlord of Fanzhi County.  The personal dependence system of the Great Song Dynasty was not very powerful. If you really joined the Chen family as a banker, the number of bankers living in this fort was only thirty or forty households, with about two hundred people.  Less than half of them are strong.  But there are seven to eight hundred tenant households in the surrounding area, all of whom rely on this place.  This steward was living a very comfortable life in the village, but if something happened, he would send a two-paper-wide note to the Fanzhi County government office, and even the county magistrate would have to give him some respect.  At this moment, the steward was sweating in the cold weather.  Thousands of refugees gathered in front, and dozens of strong men in the manor had already climbed up the wall.  Although there are tenant farmers around, their doors are closed in winter.  At this time, everyone protects his own family.  He is not usually a generous person, so who is going to help him at this time?  ¡°With just these few thousand refugees, the manager is not too afraid.  The walls of the manor here are high and thick, and the dozens of strong men guarding the manor are all tough people from the frontier.  There are bows and crossbows in the manor.  There are also various sophisticated weapons.  Thousands of refugees with at most wooden sticks cannot break Zhuangzi.  Once we stay here for a long time, we will have nothing to plunder in winter except those tenant villages.  Seven to eight hundred households of tenants have been provoked, and it is really uncertain who will win and who will lose.  He just smiled in the stronghold and watched the waves rise and the clouds disappear.  "And the commotion has become big. There are horse archers and foot archers in the county, and the people in the border areas are fierce.  These horse archers and archers usually protect the goods of merchants.  A bad horse can be ridden with a strong bow.  Fighting alone may be stronger than the army in the mainland of the Song Dynasty.  Hundreds of generals can come out and help under the banner of county honor.  It is still the legitimate chaos in Pingxiang.  Not to mention that there was a fierce and victorious army coming from the north. This army also passed by when they went north along the Lituo River.  The soldiers are strong, the horses are strong, and the weapons are sharp.  They are both on foot and on horseback. It is said that the general is still some kind of Yue Wudi?  The steward also sent ten-chambered sheep that day, which was considered perfunctory.  This is the property of the owner of the family, and the owner can speak in front of the newly arrived Hedong pacifier.  When a military order comes, these soldiers and horses have to come to quell the chaos.  Look at the orderly posture of the troops heading north, no matter how many times there are these refugees, they still can't withstand a single blow!  But these calculations all turned into cold sweat after looking at the knights wandering around the large group of refugees.  These knights are all wearing armor and red cloaks.  He is riding a tall horse and has a sharp sword in his hand.  Between advance and retreat, everything is orderly.  All kinds of flags are flying, majestic.  It is the powerful army of the Song Dynasty, the Shenwu ever-victorious army located at Yanmen Pass in the north! ??????????????????? If the Song Dynasty army and horses are behind the scenes to push these refugees to cause trouble.  It's winter again now, so it's difficult to communicate with others.  Ranger patrols blocked access roads everywhere.  This village of my own was destroyed silently, and when the time comes, I will just report it as a bandit.  What else can anyone do?  The steward was trembling but puzzled at the same time.  How could this military horse be so lawless?  Aren't you afraid that the head of the Chen family will pursue him?  As soon as the civil servants exerted their strength, no matter how strong the army of the Song Dynasty was, they had to bow their heads and listen to them.  What's their plan to wrap up these refugees?  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­ When the manager, who couldn't help but feel his legs trembling, couldn't figure out what was going on, was all mixed up in one place.  Following the shouts of those knights, the large group of refugees moving forward silently stopped in confusion.  We sat down in the snow, each huddled together to keep warm. Thousands of pairs of eyes stared blankly at the fortress in front of us, with a wall that was more than one foot high and a circumference of more than two hundred feet. There was an unknown amount of grain and rice stored inside.  .  After the large group of refugees stopped, they saw a group of knights approaching, surrounded by a man who looked like a general.  The steward looked carefully and saw the general riding a horse that was quite handsome in this northern land.  Although the mane has been trimmed, it is still long and thick.  At first glance, you can tell that it is a good horse produced in the bitter cold land further north.  The general on horseback was wearing a red cloak without a belt. When the cold wind blew, the heavy hem was lifted up.  Revealing the armor that the general was wrapped in.  From bottom to bottom, it is finely woven with fine iron fish scales, polished so brightly that not even a trace of iron embroidery can be found.  On each piece of iron there are traces of cold forging.  It looks speckled, as if it has a layer of fangs all over its body.  This steward is ignorant and only thinks that this armor is very scary.  Together they probably weigh less than thirty kilograms.  Plus this big man, if it weren't for this majestic mount, he really wouldn't be able to carry him!  This armor is exactly the Phlegm Armor.  It came from Qingtang Qiang in the early Song Dynasty.  protectionExtremely powerful, yet heavy and thick.  Unless a strong person wears it, it will be difficult for him to fight successfully.  It also uses a lot of materials and is time-consuming to forge.  In the Song Dynasty, it was also considered an important military weapon.  When the Shenwu Evervictorious Army participated in the Northern Expedition, they never had such good armor.  When they were heading north to Hedong, Xiao Yan spent a lot of money to get more than a hundred collars from his own pockets. From the accumulation of the arsenal over the years, the Shenwu Changsheng Army was full of treasures.  According to later generations, the length of this general was about 1.85 meters.  The hands are long and the legs are long, and the palms are spread out as much as a cattail leaf fan.  The man from the northwest has thick eyebrows and deep eyes.  There is a copper hammer hanging next to the saddle.  The head of a copper hammer used by normal cavalry is about the size of two fists put together.  His copper hammer looks about the size of a cold melon.  The forged hammer head is full of pits and pits, and just looking at it makes people feel chilly.  The steward at the wall originally wanted to preemptively ask, but was forced by the momentum of such a majestic general stepping forward.  After swallowing, he actually didn't say a word.  This general was familiar with him. He raised his hand and said hello to the wall carelessly: "I am Bingyilang of the imperial court, Liu Baozhong, the envoy of Yuhou, the front camp of the first army on the left side of the Shenwu Changsheng Army. That person inside, I am here.  It's polite here. I came here today because I wanted to discuss something with you. We are serious military officials of the Song Dynasty. How can I still eat you? I am also an ambassador of the imperial court, Li Heng.  You can only take one step, and you can get special orders by performing any military feats. You are too rude!" The manager on the wall never expected that the first thing this fierce man said when he stepped forward was that he was useless.  Li, actually closed the village gate tightly.  I was stunned for a moment.  You bring hundreds of ruthless and armored men with you, roaring back and forth.  Then they drove away thousands of refugees who looked scary.  Can't I close the village gate?  However, Liu Baozhong, who was riding a horse and looking at Zixiong, felt that what he said was taken for granted.  He was a Bai Ting soldier, and he immediately wore armor and rode heavily.  Born with supernatural power, Bai Tingbing often wields weapons.  He just likes to use heavy and blunt copper hammers.  The Western thief Tie Yaozi also encountered it.  Where the hammer was swung, countless heavy-armored knights of the Western Thieves were hammered to pieces, causing their bones to break and their heads and feet to fall off their horses.  After joining the Shenwu Ever-victorious Army, he and Niu Gao, who rose up later, were known as the best generals in the army. They were both famous for their divine power and bravery.  For such a brave man, Xiao Yan naturally had to be trained by his side.  Entering the Mink Hat City as a matter of course.  When he left Yandi, he was released and joined the Shenwu Changsheng Army to lead the army.  The Shenwu Changsheng Army was reorganized in Bianliang and improved its organizational structure.  It is divided into two compartments: the left compartment is for the cavalry army, and the right compartment is for the infantry army.  The left wing has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd armies, with a total of fifteen horse armies under command.  There are also three armies in the right compartment, and the infantry also has fifteen commanders.  The first corps of the horse army is heavy cavalry, and the second and third corps are light cavalry.  Liu Baozhong led the front battalion and was the strongest commander in the first army on the left side.  Since the Pingyan War, there is no need to talk about dispatches.  His meritorious service has been promoted to the rank of Imperial Guard Officer.  Just like Chang Sizhao, who Xiaoyan tried hard to win over in the capital.  Moving up the palace does not rely on grinding, except for granting special orders.  It is the so-called Hengxingguan, or Hengban for short.  In terms of rank alone, Liu Baozhong is as good as the commander of the Shenwu Changsheng Army. ??????????????????? If the Song Dynasty army and horses are behind the scenes to push these refugees to cause trouble.  It's winter again now, so it's difficult to communicate with others.  Ranger patrols blocked access roads everywhere.  This village of my own was destroyed silently, and when the time comes, I will just report it as a bandit.  What else can anyone do?  The steward was trembling but puzzled at the same time.  How could this military horse be so lawless?  Aren't you afraid that the head of the Chen family will pursue him?  As soon as the civil servants exerted their strength, no matter how strong the army of the Song Dynasty was, they had to bow their heads and listen to them.  What's their plan to wrap up these refugees?  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­ When the manager, who couldn't help but feel his legs trembling, couldn't figure out what was going on, was all mixed up in one place.  Following the shouts of those knights, the large group of refugees moving forward silently stopped in confusion.  We sat down in the snow, each huddled together to keep warm. Thousands of pairs of eyes stared blankly at the fortress in front of us, with a wall that was more than one foot high and a circumference of more than two hundred feet. There was an unknown amount of grain and rice stored inside.  .  After the large group of refugees stopped, they saw a group of knights approaching, surrounded by a man who looked like a general.  The steward looked carefully and saw the general riding a horse that was quite handsome in this northern land.  Although the mane has been trimmed, it is still long and thick.  At first glance, you can tell that it is a good horse produced in the bitter cold land further north.  The general on horseback was wearing a red cloak without a belt. When the cold wind blew, the heavy hem was lifted up.  Revealing the armor that the general was wrapped in.  From bottom to bottom, it is finely woven with fine iron fish scales, polished so brightly that not even a trace of iron embroidery can be found.  On each piece of iron there are traces of cold forging.  It looks speckled, as if it has a layer of fangs all over its body.  This steward is ignorant and only thinks that this armor is very scary.  Together they probably weigh less than thirty kilograms.  Plus this big man, if it weren't for this majestic mount, he really wouldn't be able to carry him!    This armor is exactly the Phlegm Armor.  It came from Qingtang Qiang in the early Song Dynasty.  The protective ability is extremely strong, but it is heavy and thick.  Unless a strong person wears it, it will be difficult for him to fight successfully.  It also uses a lot of materials and is time-consuming to forge.  In the Song Dynasty, it was also considered an important military weapon.  When the Shenwu Evervictorious Army participated in the Northern Expedition, they never had such good armor.  When they were heading north to Hedong, Xiao Yan spent a lot of money to get more than a hundred collars from his own pockets. From the accumulation of the arsenal over the years, the Shenwu Changsheng Army was full of treasures.  According to later generations, the length of this general was about 1.85 meters.  The hands are long and the legs are long, and the palms are spread out as much as a cattail leaf fan.  The man from the northwest has thick eyebrows and deep eyes.  There is a copper hammer hanging next to the saddle.  The head of a copper hammer used by normal cavalry is about the size of two fists put together.  His copper hammer looks about the size of a cold melon.  The forged hammer head is full of pits and pits, and just looking at it makes people feel chilly.  The steward at the wall originally wanted to preemptively ask, but was forced by the momentum of such a majestic general stepping forward.  After swallowing, he actually didn't say a word.  This general was familiar with him. He raised his hand and said hello to the wall carelessly: "I am Bingyilang of the imperial court, Liu Baozhong, the envoy of Yuhou, the front camp of the first army on the left side of the Shenwu Changsheng Army. That person inside, I am here.  It's polite here. I came here today because I wanted to discuss something with you. We are serious military officials of the Song Dynasty. How can I still eat you? I am also an ambassador of the imperial court, Li Heng.  You can only take one step, and you can get special orders by performing any military feats. You are too rude!" The manager on the wall never expected that the first thing this fierce man said when he stepped forward was that he was useless.  Li, actually closed the village gate tightly.  I was stunned for a moment.  You bring hundreds of ruthless and armored men with you, roaring back and forth.  Then they drove away thousands of refugees who looked scary.  Can't I close the village gate?  However, Liu Baozhong, who was riding a horse and looking at Zixiong, felt that what he said was taken for granted.  He was a Bai Ting soldier, and he immediately wore armor and rode heavily.  Born with supernatural power, Bai Tingbing often wields weapons.  He just likes to use heavy and blunt copper hammers.  The Western thief Tie Yaozi also encountered it.  Where the hammer was swung, countless heavy-armored knights of the Western Thieves were hammered to pieces, causing their bones to break and their heads and feet to fall off their horses.  After joining the Shenwu Ever-victorious Army, he and Niu Gao, who rose up later, were known as the best generals in the army. They were both famous for their divine power and bravery.  For such a brave man, Xiao Yan naturally had to be trained by his side.  Entering the Mink Hat City as a matter of course.  When he left Yandi, he was released and joined the Shenwu Changsheng Army to lead the army.  The Shenwu Changsheng Army was reorganized in Bianliang and improved its organizational structure.  It is divided into two compartments: the left compartment is for the cavalry army, and the right compartment is for the infantry army.  The left wing has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd armies, with a total of fifteen horse armies under command.  There are also three armies in the right compartment, and the infantry also has fifteen commanders.  The first corps of the horse army is heavy cavalry, and the second and third corps are light cavalry.  Liu Baozhong led the front battalion and was the strongest commander in the first army on the left side.  Since the Pingyan War, there is no need to talk about dispatches.  His meritorious service has been promoted to the rank of Imperial Guard Officer.  Just like Chang Sizhao, who Xiaoyan tried hard to win over in the capital.  Moving up the palace does not rely on grinding, except for granting special orders.  It is the so-called Hengxingguan, or Hengban for short.  In terms of rank alone, Liu Baozhong is as good as the commander of the Shenwu Changsheng Army.  In the entire Shenwu Evervictorious Army, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are the only ones who are on the same side.  ¡°Officials are highly valued. Among the Imperial Guards, old Fatty Shi Chongyi, who has been in the limelight recently, has a rank similar to that of Liu Baozhong.  I dream of being promoted to the horizontal class.  However, because of his family background and the title of Founding Prince, Shi Chongyi was rich and powerful, and compared to Liu Baozhong, a general who rose through the ranks through fighting, he was as powerful as heaven.  (Until the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, officials were not given excessively. It may be that they died too quickly and there was no time to give them excessively. Military ministers have reached the peak of ambassadorships, and they are already quite good. Whether they can become a horizontal class depends on their family background and their support.  . Or just like in the book, Han and Yue were responsible for the destruction of the country, so it would be unjustifiable not to give him a horizontal position. (Oscar press) With Liu Baozhong¡¯s status, he still used a superior and subordinate title for the management of a manor.  In his opinion, it was polite enough.  If it hadn't been for General Yue's strict orders, the steward would have been called a thief with an army and a prisoner.  The steward choked at his words and was stunned for a long time.  After all, he is in charge of everyone and has seen the market.  He still had the courage to raise his voice and retort: ??"General Liu, your words are unfair! There are hundreds of troops and horses, plus there are so many refugees in this life. How can I not close the village and defend myself? But General Liu behaves like this  , Aren't you afraid that it will be reported to the Hedong Envoy? You know that the head of my family is an official in Taiyuan Mansion, and he can say a few words in front of the Envoy!" Liu Baozhong looked at the steward with an innocent face and didn't bother.  Asked his name, he was surprised and said: "How did you say this? The states in Yunnei were in chaos, and the Liao people and the princess of Shu raised troops. The Jurchen Tatars went south. Now the border areas are in chaos. We are guarding  Border general, Japanese??It's too late to be alert, how can I come to you to cause trouble?  Thousands of refugees have gone south in such cold weather, and many of these people have nothing to eat. Even the military rations we distribute are not enough.  These people naturally have to forage for food and go wherever there is food.  If we weren't afraid that these refugees would be in chaos, why would we be bracing against the cold wind to suppress them?  What you said makes no sense!  " The steward was startled. There was chaos in the states in Yunnei, and the news was faintly spread. The merchants who came to sell horses, salt, and tea also brought back news. Some of the walls of the small fortresses that used to be frequented were broken.  . He was taken to the big stock. It was said that it was the banner of the princess of the Shu Kingdom of Liao Dynasty. Some people even swore that they had seen the princess of the Shu Kingdom from afar. She was like a fairy, but she could ride a bad horse and shoot a strong bow.  The white cloth was used to wipe the forehead, which caused a big fuss. At first, the steward was still doubtful, but now that he saw the thousands of refugees coming from the south, he could not believe it.  Going south is like a bucket of cold water pouring down on your head in this weather. A country as strong as the Liao people was wiped out by the Jurchen Tatars. Going south again, how can Hedong survive when it is short of major generals?  Although the road has been peaceful for a long time, the old people still remember the tragic scenes of the Song-Liao War. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought to the death, and every night, there would be ghosts crying in the valley, not to mention those who were unfortunately on the battlefield.  , it is normal for the soldiers to pass through the villages and towns. Even in the past years, the Song Dynasty stationed heavy troops in Sanguan and Taiyuan, and they were the best in the world in the corvee work on the Hedong Road. They could serve for many months and months.  In the ice and snow of the mountains, ten families were left with their fields abandoned! You must know that this Fanzhi County is behind Yanmen Pass. If either the Liao people or the Jurchen Tatars break through Yanmen and follow the Botuo River Valley, they will die in less than a day.  What's going on here? What's going on here? I have to report this news to the family leader in Taiyuan Mansion as soon as possible. I might as well take advantage of this opportunity to spread the message.  Go to Taiyuan Mansion for a while. After the limelight is over, come back and clean up the mess! While sifting through the chaff, the steward thought about it and suddenly felt much closer to the Liao people and Jurchen.  The Tatars are coming so fast that we have no way to escape for a while, and we have to rely on the Qiu Baye gang to stop them at Yanmen Pass! Let¡¯s not talk about these later, but now that so many refugees are coming, we have to discuss it with General Liu to solve the problem.  No? At that moment, a smile appeared on the steward's face, and he said affectionately: "General Liu is right, we also have human hearts, how can we not feel the power?  The army is guarding Yanmen, and we should have defeated the army.  The weather was too cold, so I hid away and was lazy.  We thought about traveling again after the New Year, but now we are working hard. It is all our fault!  The gate of the village should have been opened to welcome the general in.  There is nothing good in a remote village. Even a young lamb with mellow wine should get drunk together with the general, and a group of envoys should feel a little relieved after their hard work.  But now there are so many Nan Laizhao's hoards, and I am also guarding the house for the head of the family. The gate of this village can't wait to be opened If the general can disperse these hoards, he should be welcomed in and dispersed for a few days.  Let¡¯s avoid the cold air.  " Liu Baozhong listened to the respectful attitude of the steward. If there wasn't something big to do, and Yue Fei's military discipline was strict. Just these horsemen and horses, they would have to enter the village and disturb them. There are some benefits as well.  It¡¯s uncertain. But under Yue Fei, even if he had ten more courages, he wouldn¡¯t dare to do these things! The influence of the person in charge of a group is huge, even in later generations, whether the person in charge is the same in different units.  Righteousness has a great influence on the morale of this unit. Not to mention that in this era, the military is already closed and restricted. In this era, we rely on system construction and awareness to make an army clean.  It is absolutely unrealistic to sacrifice one's life and fight bravely for the sake of future wealth. Xiao Yan is lucky enough to choose generals.  . Yue Fei is the commander-in-chief of the army. His name will last forever, and he has brought out the great army of the Yue family.  It is far superior to the powerful Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Now the Shenwu Changsheng Army dares to fight, and its military discipline is strict. Liu Baozhong smacked his lips with a little regret.  , waved his hands and said: "There is no need to say anything vain. In such a cold weather, are we willing to go out for a walk?  Suppress and restrain these refugees?  People are pitiful too!  Let's be honest, the Chen family manor is considered a well-known and wealthy family in Fanzhi County, so they must give out some food and grass so that they can be distributed to these refugees heading south?  Surrounded by thousands of hungry peopleDoesn't it taste good here?  You know, we can't always keep an eye on the Chen family for you!  " The steward gritted his teeth, knowing that it would be difficult to survive today without some blood. He stamped his foot and said: "Since General Liu has spoken, what else can he say?  I made the decision for the head of the family, and gave fifty shi of rice and food to these pickling servants.  I ask General Liu to do your best and send them off as soon as possible so that they don't cause harm to us.  Once things happen, I will naturally feel for the general and his subordinates. When the time comes, please don¡¯t dislike them.  " When the manager thought about it, there were fifty kilograms of rice grain. Each of these thousands of refugees had two or three liters. They were half hungry and half full, which was enough to sustain them for two days. Liu Baozhong just wanted to prevent the place from rotting. How could he do it?  It makes sense, just drive them south with some food. The next thing General Liu is concerned about is just how much hard work they, Zhuangzi, should do. This is a big head, with more than a hundred tigers and wolves.  It's scary to look at. Without a few hundred dollars, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive. But his manor manages nearly 30,000 acres of the best irrigated land in the Botuo River Valley in Fanzhi County, and the annual land rent is 10,000.  One or two thousand shi of grain and rice. As a manager, I can make at least 10% of more than 1,000 shi of grain per year. Now that the price of grain is high, the merchants who come to collect grain can earn as much as 410 yuan for one shi of grain.  Price. If the tenants were forced to serve, it would be more expensive to transport it by water to Taiyuan. After a section of the Botuo River, it would have to be transported by land. The price would be a hundred cents per stone, and it would be close to 900 cents per stone.  , this is more than usual. I heard that one stone of grain in Bianliang can be sold for two thousand or four hundred yuan, but this can only be imagined. Bianliang eats more grain from the south, and transports grain from the east of the river. The mountain roads are rugged, and the extra money is added.  , I¡¯m afraid even the big family can¡¯t afford it! Even if the family owner refuses to accept the debt in the future, it¡¯s just that he has been working for the family owner in vain for a year!  , rolled her eyes at him from bottom to top, and after a while, she said, "Just fifty stones?"  " The steward was alerted and only woke up from his super expansion. He subconsciously replied: "Fifty stone is a lot!  The border areas are already poor, and we in Zhuangzi look quite big but actually don¡¯t have much wealth.  General, let me put it bluntly, these Zhao Chan boys can just deal with it perfunctorily, what do they get if a few of them starve to death?  "Liu Baozhong let out a laugh, raised his riding crop and drew a circle around their manor: "As big as this manor is, we have also inquired about it, and there are four to five thousand dan in grain storage.  The Tatars are about to attack, and it¡¯s hard to give up the good fortune!  To be honest today, we need three thousand stones of food!  Do you know that this refugee in front of you is just the beginning.  We don¡¯t know how many more are coming in the future!  They are all raised by your parents. You are warm and warm in the village, and you are so full that you burp.  Can you bear to watch thousands of people die along the Lituo River?  Straight mother-in-law, we are not so hard-hearted even when we fight to kill Han!  Liu Baozhong cursed and yelled a few words, then softened his tone: "We are preparing for the border. How can we not store food and grass?"  The food and grass haven't been shipped yet.  The Tatars and Liao soldiers are at the door. We have no food and we can't stand guard!  Don't lie to each other if you are traitorous, and don't hide your beauty together. We just borrowed this rope.  Just take the receipt we issued for the Shenwu Changsheng Army's survey and customs defense and go to the Taiyuan Prefecture Transportation Office to get it back.  The price of food in Taiyuan is higher than here, but you still save money. How cheap is it a mile away?  " The figure of three thousand stones frightened the steward like a toad struck by lightning. Although the Chen family has many fields here, the grain production on Hedong Road is lower than that in the heart of the Song Dynasty. And the operation  To make a profit, I would trade horses and furs to sell them in the Song Dynasty, all of which depended on grain. The grain stored in Zhuangzi was only more than three thousand dan. If I were to go out, my family would be empty.  Qi's family, but the Chen family is so powerful that skinning him is not a matter of words. And it seems that there will be another war. This food is the lifeblood! Even if Qiu Bajun keeps saying it is just a excuse, what's the point?  But who can be sure about this? If he opened the village and moved out the food, he would have no choice but to make a hole in the ice and his house would sink.  The loud voice sounded like thunder under the stronghold wall: "If it weren't for the pacification envoy's delay in bringing up the military rations we deserve, why would we have to go through all this trouble?  Now we have to prepare for war, raise food for ourselves, appease the tens of thousands of refugees who are coming, and finally we have to suppress the place for you. I'm afraid that if we cause trouble, you thieves who work with the army will not end well.  !  We have already said good things to you. Do you want to borrow this food or not?  " Later, Liu Baozhong also showed his original face, and the steward on the wall immediately changed his name to a more pleasant name. The steward also made up his mind that he could not borrow this food at any cost! Winter storage?, it has always been forbidden to use it at all.  It retains the foundation of the town treasury.  We have to wait until the summer grain is harvested before spending it in large quantities.  This is the case for all families who own large tracts of land and rely on food to make profits.  Everyone knows that food is life.  That day, the Yanmen garrison went everywhere to buy grain. He plucked up the courage and sold more than a hundred stones.  The price of one stone is close to the 770 yuan of Guanzumo.  Now they are not given a penny, and all three thousand dan have to be moved out!  Even if he could be brought out by the Hedong Road Transport Envoy, he, the manager who opened the village gate, would still be dead.  Immediately, he danced on the wall of the village: "General Liu, you must know that there is a king's law in this world! Our master is also sung outside the Donghua Gate. Not just a minister like you can offend me!  You can get away with just a few dozen stones. If you want to break the stronghold, why bother throwing it away? "Liu Baozhong looked at his cheek.  As tight as iron, no nonsense, just sneered and turned around.  Several Zhuang Ding, who had been watching timidly, quickly supported the steward who had softened, and asked all kinds of questions: "What's going on here?" The steward felt that his whole body was weak, and he was sweating profusely.  It was flowing down like a waterfall, and he spoke through gritted teeth: "When it gets dark, send people to Fanzhi County and Taiyuan Prefecture to reveal what happened here! Let's see if Qiu Ba dares to touch our Chen family's manor!"
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