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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 119: Killing and Swallowing (9)

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    While the fighting between Hedong and Yandi continued, the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty finally reached May and early summer.  This war shook the entire Song Empire in a short period of time without Xiao Yan.  During this Jingkang period, Xiao Yan, who was wanted by many people in the world to be defeated early, made early arrangements and went there in person, leading his subordinates to risk their lives in bloody battles. The war was still limited to the borders of the Song Empire.  Even though Hedong has been beaten to death, the people outside the river have been displaced.  The land of Yan was even more ridden with barbarians, destroying and ravaging everything along the way.  But until March and April, the people in the heart of the Song Dynasty still had not felt the impact of this war.  Bianliang, the most prosperous place in the world, has returned to its former leisurely and leisurely pace of life with Xiao Yan's departure.  The people of the Song Dynasty were completely unaware of this in the late winter and spring that began in the Jingkang Year.  This is how this alien who appeared in the Song Dynasty, this Nan Laizi who was hated and cursed by many scholar-bureaucrats, changed this history.  Otherwise, when the Jurchen cavalry began to move south in large numbers, this empire would be shattered from the beginning, and countless people would sink into a sea of ??blood, until this civilization that had been at the peak of prosperity in this era for more than a hundred years finally fell into darkness!  And Xiao Yan was in a situation where there were many constraints, how many people were watching indifferently, and how many people were hiding and moving, waiting for him to reveal his flaws so that they could swarm him.  Even though he led the good men who followed his banner and tried their best to protect this empire and this civilization, after all, before the waves coming from the north, this barbaric craze that seemed to destroy everything could not be restrained for too long.  .  This Song Dynasty.  Finally, as we entered May, we began to feel the impact of this war that seemed to be fought by Xiao Yan alone.  On the east side of Hedong, there was a 60,000-strong army led by Zong Han of the Jurchen West Route Army.  The soldiers pressed down on the Yellow River and knocked on the gate of Yanyan.  The Western Army's Yan Yan Army and Zhejia Army finally mobilized, preparing to suppress Zong Han's troops and turn around.  On the Hebei side, the 100,000-strong army of Zong Wang of the Jurchen East Route Army has swept across the entire Yan region, and is now in front of Yizhou.  It will cross the original boundary river between Song and Liao at any time and go deep into Hebei.  The refugees from Hedong may flock to Shaanxi.  Or he was intercepted and taken into custody by Xiao Yan near Taiyuan, and there was no big impact on the roads in the capital.  Only some people from the wealthy families in Hedong fled into Bianliang.  Looking for a place to settle down.  In addition to pushing up the price of rental housing in Bianliang, it also brought more talk to the people in Bianliang.  Xiao Yan's killing of Wu Min to calm the hearts of people in Hedong was even more widely reported, and it became another evidence that Xiao Yan was domineering and reckless.  The refugees from the Yan region were not robbed by the raging army and headed south.  But it finally began to have a huge impact on the roads in Hebei.  How many refugees came crying, supporting the elderly and the young.  Since Yu Jiang took over the border defense line in Hebei Province with the Tianwu Army, he allowed Hebei Province to open up the passage and let these refugees from Yan land go south.  Thousands of refugees are coming in waves, and every day there are bonfires dotted in the fields. These refugees stay up until dawn in the cold nights of early summer.  Yuanbian prefectures and counties also began to give out porridge and relief, but the war against Yan two or three years ago had already depleted most of the treasury of Yuanbian prefectures and counties.  The remaining savings must be used to support the war that has already begun.  Even if we sweep out some black rice and distribute it, what will it do?  With the almost endless influx of refugees from the Yan region, the public order in Yuanbian Prefecture and County suddenly deteriorated.  Taking advantage of the chaos to purchase refugee children.  People looted and fought for a bite to eat, and local wealthy families began to gather to protect themselves.  I don¡¯t know how many things will happen every day.  The rumors brought by the refugees from the Yan region about the cruel killings and plundering by the Jurchen troops and horses in the Yan region reminded many people in Hebei of the horrific memories of the Khitan's constant raids on the border and plundering the grass valleys in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.  A large number of people in Hebei also began to flee south!  "It is no better than Xiao Yan's personal control of Hedong, and the intimidation of killing hundreds of officials in Hedong who abandoned their posts and fled."  Xiao Yan can mobilize the forces commanding most of Hedong to stabilize the situation in Hedong.  To appease the chaos caused by the war.  Yu Jiang and Ma Kuo were able to barely control the local imperial troops stationed in Hebei.  Taking over the defense and starting to reorganize and deploy the defense in Daming Mansion was already the limit of their abilities.  How can we continue to be like Xiao Yan and let the people on the roads in Hebei have no choice but to abide by their orders without daring to show any slights?  The bureaucracy of various roads in Hebei just started to operate slowly on its own to deal with this chaos.  Every day, urgent requests for help were sent to Bianliang, hoping that the central government would solve the chaos in Hebei.  As for the central court in Bianliang, in addition to squeezing out some supplies and transferring them northward, most of the time they transferred these documents and seals to Taiyuan Bank.  Hand over all responsibilities to Xiao Yan.  Such and such a ruling system, such and such officials and scholar-bureaucrats.  Let the chaos in Hebei continue to develop slowly but irreversibly.  Xiao Yan had to concentrate on the war in Hedong, and the troops and horses deployed in Hebei could only make a difference in military affairs.  Thousands of people in Hebei lived under the cold eyes of the bureaucracy of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.Look, in the midst of doing nothing, struggle to survive on your own before the catastrophe in the future!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~ On the edge of Xin'an Army on Hebei East Road, in front of Langcheng Village.  Hundreds of soldiers were guarding the southern route in front of the village, facing groups of refugees from Yanland who were fleeing south.  Langcheng Walled Village is a key fortress on the north-south route, and it was also actively operated in the early Song Dynasty.  They also diverted water into depressions and planted trees to limit conflicts between the Khitan cavalry at that time.  After so many years, Langcheng Village has become desolate like other villages in Hebei Province.  There were always troops and horses stationed on the roster, but when they were at their most powerful, there were actually no actual soldiers at all, and they were all used as empty spots.  When the Yongning army went north, Wang Zhen still had the power to dispatch envoys on the east and west roads of Hebei Province.  At that time, in order to support the Yongning Army, the imperial court had the authority to control the imperial troops stationed in Zhending Prefecture, Dingzhou, Baozhou, Guangxin Army, Ansu Army, Xiongzhou, Baoding Army, Xin'an Army, Qingzhou, Cangzhou and other places.  Although there are many forbidden troops stationed in the military state.  But the king's gift is not as good as the pacification envoy who can also take charge of local officials.  The power only extends to reorganizing the imperial troops stationed in the above military states and reorganizing the border defense lines on the east and west roads of Hebei Province.  Without the power to also take charge of local officials, there is much less that can be done.  However, at that time, Wang Zhen still tried his best to use the Yongning army to suppress Zhen Dingfu.  The Forbidden Army stationed in the border military state began to select elites, and tried their best to recruit some civilians to repair the abandoned fortifications.  At that time, Langcheng Village was also on the list for restoration.  Wang Zhen had just begun to restore the border defense line on the edge of Hebei Province, and he was already involved in the court struggle in Bianliang.  The Yongning Army was also completely reorganized and integrated into the current Tianwu Army.  After Yu Jiang led the army to the edge of Hebei, he also sent Wang Zhen's original authority to set up envoys on both sides of Hebei, and stepped up Wang Zhen's unfinished affairs.  In fact, the war in Hedong has started, and the war in Yan has also risen.  Local cooperation has finally become stronger.  The Forbidden Army stationed in Junzhou, Hebei Province, decided to reorganize and enrich the border defense work, with the Tianwu Army as the backbone.  It finally sped up a little bit.  These military states on the edge of Hebei Province were traditionally the places where heavy troops were stationed.  The stationed imperial troops should be listed in the military register.  The local Xiang army, the archery club training club and other local soldiers should have been more than 100,000 in number!  But at this time, the military power that can barely be used is selected.  In fact, there are only about 10,000 people.  At this time, it is no longer possible to lament how corrupt the military system of the Song Dynasty was.  We can only try our best to enrich these reluctantly selected military horses into the military strongholds and fortresses that have been restored in order.  With such a long defense line, the Tianwu Army could only disperse some of its troops and station them at the most important pass and fortress, and also concentrate some of its troops as emergency mobile forces.  The rest of the fortress defenses can only be filled with the selected garrisoned forbidden troops. At the moment, the defenders of Langcheng Village are part of the garrisoned forbidden troops of the original security army, belonging to the imperial guard infantry division Si Yongjie's military number.  During the Dazhong Xiangfu period, the Yongjie Army led the 11th Infantry Army out of the town's Baoan Army and Xin'an Army, and then stayed on Hebei East Road for more than a hundred years.  Now the eleven commander infantry of Yongjie Army can select sergeants who are barely able to fight.  However, it can be organized into up to two conductors.  The one who guards Langcheng Village is one of them, and the leader of Wolfcheng Village is also the commander of this command, Huang Xiaojie.  The commander and leader of the village is now sitting in a hut set up beside the road.  Wearing a red coat and no armor, he was holding a pair of hemp shoes with his arms open. He was sitting on the bed, with a pot of crude tea and a stack of black pottery bowls on the tables next to him.  Several sergeants were dressed similarly to him, holding cattail leaf fans to fan him diligently.  Huang Xiaojie is in his early forties this year.  But he was born extremely majestic.  He is also considered a figure in Xin'an Military City, Xin'an Military Administrative Office.  When other generals have not heard of military affairs for many years, they can eat up all the troops under their command.  Huang Xiaojie was still able to support two to three hundred soldiers under his command.  Set up gambling prostitutes in Bao'an Army City, collect passing money from caravans, control the market in the city, and be the dominant tyrant in the city.  He has a lot of money, and he can entertain heroes from three mountains and five mountains at home at any time, so he is nicknamed Xiao Mengchang.  While Wang Zhen and Yu Jiang were taking turns picking out places to station the Imperial Guards, Huang Xiaojian was recruited from Xin'an's army.  Although not so neat and solemn, they still look majestic and daring to fight.  It is a blessing to have such a lineup in the local garrisoned imperial army, no matter what his background, the generals in charge are already considered thankful.  Huang Xiaojie was immediately entrusted with important tasks. He was transferred to another official position. In addition to his current commander, he was also dispatched to the leader of Langcheng Village and Xin'an Army to inspect the surrounding areas.  And Huang Xiaojie took over with great enthusiasm.  In addition to the fact that getting promoted is a good thing, Huang Xiaojie also always believed that Anjun was his territory. If the Jurchen Tatars were to attack, he, General Huang, would have the responsibility to defend the territory.  Such generals can be regarded as the forbidden troops stationed on various roads in Hebei Province.??A rare person selected.  The Forbidden Army stationed in Hebei is not as good as that in Hedong. Hedong's army and horses have, at any rate, been cooperating in the war against Xixia as co-ordinates in the past few decades, so they are not particularly bad.  After Xiao Mengchang, Huang Xiaojie and Huang inspected the Langcheng Village, they not only recruited civilians to continue repairing the village defenses, filed a lawsuit with the local officials of the Xin'an Army to ask for money and food, and made reports to the Tianwu Army to replenish military supplies and equipment, they also practiced more or less.  Get out of the military horse.  The rest of the energy is spent on setting up cards on the road and collecting benefits.  No matter whether the person in charge is Zhao or Xiao in the future, there is no reason to be in vain when you order people!  This passage from south to north is a good place for hair growth.  It turned out that there were caravans coming and going.  However, there were too many people reaching out, and Huang Xiaojie could only share part of it at that time.  Now it's inspection again, and it's war time again.  You can swallow it in one gulp if it is justifiable, and no one can fight for it.  Although the caravans are extinct due to the raging war, how come there are so many refugees and they are not a source of money?  To the south of the hut built by Huang Xiaojie, the Baigou boundary river between Song and Liao Dynasties flows slowly through.  In summer, the water level has risen again, making it impossible to wade across.  The only ferry within dozens of miles.  Just after the Huang Xiaojie hut.  Hundreds of subordinates stood guard with their swords unsheathed and bows strung.  And the large group of refugees fleeing from the south, regardless of their status.  It turns out that no matter what kind of wealth and status in Yandi, it is inevitable to escape from Huang Mengchang's hands.  Needless to say, all the valuables must be handed over. If there is no property with them, a man will have to work as a civilian husband for Huang Mengchang for several months.  Needless to say, repairing the fortress defenses and the like.  Recently, more and more people have fled Hebei, and many landowners are short of manpower for the summer harvest. When the time comes, renting out these people will be another source of wealth!  From morning to noon, Huang Xiaojie has been sitting here for a long time, and the various belongings piled in the thatched shed have been packed into several boxes.  Many of them were curios from the homes of nobles in the former Liao Dynasty and were scattered among the people. Now they have fallen into the possession of Huang Inspection.  The large group of refugees were almost completely exploited, and they were filing in silently.  Passing through these Song Dynasty soldiers wearing red coats, waiting for the ferry to go back and forth.  Hundreds of refugees who had to pay money to enter and leave the city were circled in one place.  Under the supervision of the military men, these military men looked at the young ladies among the refugees and made low or high-pitched teasing sounds from time to time.  After Huang Xiaojie drank another bowl of coarse tea, one of his subordinates strode in, wiping his head and face covered in sweat. He didn't see Huang Xiaojie outside, and reached out to grab the big teapot.  There is no need for a bowl, just a large mouth with a small mouth.  Gududu straightened his neck and took a deep breath.  Then he took a deep breath.  "How refreshing it is to be a straight woman! The weather has finally warmed up, and the men and women are having a hard time doing this job General, it seems that the Jurchen Tatars are making more trouble in the north. The Yan refugees who escaped are  More and more. There is a lot of hair growth, and the general can't treat us badly But if this Jurchen Tatar comes over, what should we do?" Huang Xiaojie snorted and grabbed the cattail leaf fan for himself.  He slapped himself twice, then nodded his head: "Didn't the Tianwu Army come down? A great victory in Yixian County! Long Weiyong general Yang Zaixing formed a formation to kill Wanyan Ahudie, the grandson of the Jurchen Tatars. Wanyan swept together and Wanyan checked.  , Wanyanwhat a bird. Behead as many as five or six thousand Jurchen Tatars! The Tatars have killed so many people, and they are still red-eyed. The Tianwu Army will select elite troops to come up and join the Tatars.  The battle in Yizhou! We need to guard our respective villages and patrol the border more closely How can these Tatars care about our Langcheng village?" All of them could not help but nod their heads.  He said: "I really don't know what kind of person this Yang Zaixing is. He has achieved such incredible achievements! He killed so many princes and grandsons of the Jurchen Tatars in one stroke. I don't know if he will be born into the form of King Kong? What if he could?"  Seeing such a luxurious person, this life will be in vain" Before Huang Xiaojie had time to speak, he heard a commotion outside.  He stood up hurriedly to check.  On the Baigou River, a small fleet of seven or eight boats was slowly going upstream.  The sailor on the boat was trying his best to hold the pole up, and the muscles in his bare arms were straining.  The fleet was flying a recognition flag issued by the Tianwu Army. The escorting soldiers on board were also the Forbidden Army stationed on the main road of the Xin'an Army. They were all acquaintances. There were continuous greetings on and off the shore, which was really lively.  Huang Xiaojie stepped out of the hut and said hello to the general who led the team to escort the ship. The general on the ship looked at the scene Huang Xiaojie put on and couldn't help but said with envy and jealousy: "Huang  Inspection will make you rich, but we will have to work hard to transport food and grass to the Tianwu Army and the Long Wei Army!" Huang Xiaojie laughed and cursed: "If the Tianwu Army and the Long Wei Army hadn't fought hard in Yizhou, we would be here!  Are you living a good life? I'm going to lose you by escorting some food and grass. You're a thief and you're going to come to my village for a drink! Whatever you like, go ahead!Smiling and saying goodbye, Huang Xiaojie looked at the shadow of the boat in the distance and murmured: "The Tianwu Army is really going to send massive reinforcements to the north. It seems that the Tatars are really going to fight to the death in Yizhou? Then we are much more relaxed here.  ¡­¡­¡­¡± More refugees were slowly approaching in the distance, and were intercepted by Huang Xiaojie¡¯s subordinates. These refugees were more young and strong, and had a stronger temperament. For some reason, they made a disturbance.  It seems that they are unwilling to pay the entry fee.  Before the people around him could rush to suppress him, Huang Xiaojie yelled at the top of his lungs.  "What kind of fuss are these thieves making? In Hebei, when we restored your Yan land, we beat the rivers and seas to the ground. Now the Jurchen Tatars are going south. Why don't we, Hebei, take you in? How many more troops and horses are sent north to fight with the Tatars?  Fight to the death, have you seen the food and wages transported by this boat to the north? Are you going to eat for nothing if you don't pay some money? " Huang Xiaojie's roar echoed at the ferry, and all the soldiers  They all showed their weapons and immediately suppressed the scene.  Huang Xiaojie snorted coldly, turned around and walked back to the hut and sat down on the bed.  Those who were all impressed followed closely behind, snatching the cattail leaf fan from the soldier's hand and fanning it for Huang Xiaojie: "The general is the mainstay of our Xin'an Army! But there is a saying in the end that the general can't afford to pay for joining the industry after so many cuts.  Although they are forced to work as slaves, their children still have to be fed with soup The young men of these poor families have wives who are always guarding the generals.  , It¡¯s not uncommon to do this kind of thing, isn¡¯t it?¡± Huang Xiaojie waved his hand: ¡°I can protect you and collect some flowers to save you from trouble, but I can¡¯t do it for others!  It's a matter of course. If a soldier does something that harms his moral integrity, he will definitely end up in a bad way! Needless to say, I can't afford to have so much trouble with him!  Let me do the work, don't give me these nonsense here! " Huang Xiaojie has always acted, although there is indeed a slight bottom line, but it is not as completely upright as he said.  However, at this time, almost all of the refugee's net worth was being paid to get into the industry, and some things that were too despicable were really unfeasible.  Nadutou is also satisfied with the recent days.  The money to enter the industry is really huge.  Moreover, after the Tianwu Army took control of all peripheral matters, local officials could not get involved in these benefits.  The only worry is, how long can such good days last?  Nadu nodded slowly and stopped holding the fan in his hand.  Quite melancholy, he asked the previous question again: "If Yizhou didn't intercept the Tatars, and they really let the Tatars attack, what should we do?" Huang Xiaojie rolled his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly became fierce.  He slapped his thigh hard and said, "Sister-in-law, our place is so remote, why won't the Tatars come? If they do come, I don't care about others, I will always have to fight. This is the Xin'an Army. I, the Huang Family,  After settling here for more than a hundred years, we can¡¯t let the Tatars ruin it so easily.¡± At this point, Huang Xiaojie couldn¡¯t sit still anymore, stood up and walked towards the river bank, looking northwest.  Inspector Huang, who never believed in gods and Buddhas, couldn't help but pray silently at this time.  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????The Tianwu Army and the Longwei Army, which look like quite capable military horses, are trying to keep the Tatars in Yizhou.  If these troops and horses brought by King Yan can really save the roads in Hebei from this disaster, what will happen even if the world changes their surname to Xiao?  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~ On the side of Baigou Post, thousands of troops and horses gathered.  The Yi River comes from the south, where it flows into the Baigou River and flows eastward.  Near Baigouyi Ferry, a fleet of hundreds of boats has gathered.  These boats have been reinforced and loaded with war and defensive equipment such as crossbows and sideboards. They are also operated by selected Hebei boatmen.  Prepare to ship reinforcements, grain, grass and baggage, and then go up the Yishui River to break through the coastal blockade of Jurchen troops and horses and strengthen the power of Yixian County.  Yu Jiang took his personal guards and inspected the fleet's preparations over and over again.  Liu Baozhong sent a military report from the past, passing on the news that Yang Zaixing had killed many Jurchen nobles' sons, saying that this would hopefully attract the Jurchen army to Yizhou more firmly.  As long as we can continue to deal more blows to the Jurchen Tatars under the city of Yizhou, and the strength of Yizhou's defenders can also be continuously strengthened, maybe the Jurchen Tatars will be able to lose their minds even more and trap them in Yizhou.  A corner of the world longer!  Yang Zaixing¡¯s great achievements surprised Yu Jiang.  It also explains the Jurchens' sudden move from Yanjing to the south but surrounded Yizhou with their main force.  It seems that the Jurchen East Route Army's somewhat irrational behavior has indeed given the weak military here in Hebei a chance to hold on longer!  Yu Jiang decisively mobilized the mobile forces of the Tianwu Army to form a force to aid Yi County, and also mobilized as much food and supplies as possible from various military prefectures under his control.    Although it is risky to concentrate the general's power in a corner of Yizhou, how many options does Yu Jiang have?  The Tianwu Army and the Dragon Guard Army combined have less than 20,000 troops.  To set up defenses in Damingfu, the long border defense line at the edge of Hebei Province must also be defended.  It was only a matter of time before the Jurchen Tatars broke through.  Now that there is such an opportunity to keep the main force of the Jurchen army in Yizhou for a longer period of time, it is absolutely not to be missed!  But Yu Jiang is also cautious. The first batch of reinforcements formed only has about a thousand people.  More troops and horses are still controlled in Xiongzhou, where they can receive support from all sides.  Even though Yu Jiang had already made the worst plan for the war in Hebei, when the fleet was about to set off.  Yu Jiang still couldn't help but pray silently.  I hope this irrational behavior of the Jurchen East Route Army can last longer!  (To be continued) PS: Please give me a monthly ticket!  !  !  !  !  !  
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