Chapter 455: Station

Zhao Xing stood up, turned around several circles, and immediately asked, "Where did the thing disappear?"

Yuan Yeping shook his head: "Jingdong Road, Jingdong East Road, and Huaixi Road are all under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. We have always been difficult to interfere in. General Xiaoshi learned from us and met most of the military intelligence officers in our place. We sent people there. We were too familiar with each other and we were embarrassed to say hello when we met, so we sent several groups of people, and they were all drunk by General Xiaoshi and sent gifts to the country..."

Zhao Xing stomped his feet and cursed: "Idiot, stupid, the road is all over the world. How could the bandits just know the news about the birthday gift? How could such an obvious clue be ignored? Notify them and check if anyone knows the route of the birthday gift, they will definitely find clues."

Yuan Yeping's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that he slapped his thighs and said, "Yes, I heard that the escort officer was named Yang Zhi, a new escort from Daming Mansion. It is said that he was a descendant of Yang Yanzhao and Yang Linggong. He came forward to escort the birthday gift. The only condition was that he would formulate the escort route - the local army! Yang Zhi was to be safe, and he would inform the local army in advance every time he arrived at the place. Those escorts accused Youka, and even he did not know the route he was going to. It was impossible to plan in advance and ambush people. Only the local army could receive the notice in advance!

It’s them, they are the ones who may have disclosed their whereabouts of the birthday prescription in advance. Yang Zhi’s martial arts are extraordinary, and he carefully selected the soldiers he escorted. Only the local army has the courage and the ability to challenge Yang Zhi.”

Yang Yanzhao's original name was Yang Yanlang. Since Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty pretended to be Zhao Xuanlang, one of the Taoist legends, as his ancestor, the famous general Yang Yanlang "defeated the name of the Holy Ancestor and changed it to Yanzhao". The green-faced beast Yang Zhi could not be a descendant of Yang Yanzhao, because in this era, Yang Yanzhao, or the only descendant of the legendary Yang family general, was Yang Zuren. Now this man is serving as the commander of the military commander in Hangzhou. If you want to find him, you don't need to go anywhere else, and you are in the third floor office of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau.

However, Zhao Xing did not carefully investigate whether Yang Zhi was a descendant of the Yang family general, because the ancients always liked to pretend to be a celebrity as their ancestors, and even Emperor Zhenzong of Song, who was the emperor, was not spared, let alone the common people. Yang Zhi, a subordinate, pretended to be a descendant of Yang Yanzhao. It was just a matter of obscene listening to it, so why bother to be serious?

"Yes, as usual, escorting such valuable goods, officials will inevitably use their power to move into the station to ensure safety. In this era, communication means are scarce, and Yang Zhi stayed overnight. It is impossible for all human beings to spread his affairs. They do not have this ability. So the news may have been leaked from both the station system and the local military system.

According to convention, after receiving a guest at the inn, you have to ask the guests about the next stop. If they are high-ranking officials and nobles, in order to curry favor, they will notify the next stop in advance to prepare. Therefore, the next stop will know the news that they arrived at the place one day in advance. However, the day is too short and I want to challenge Yang Zhi's huge escort team. Ordinary bandits do not have the courage and the intention. Therefore, only the military system is suspected.

I checked and found where Yang Zhi's last stay was, and the place where he had an accident must be not far from the next station. Because according to convention, Yang Zhi would report his safety to Liang Zimei every time he went to a place, and he would also notify the troops at the next stay to prepare for the response. Although the route he chose was determined by himself, I heard that he was an officer, and people from an officer would inevitably have some fixed mindsets. He chose almost a few important roads, which are the clues. If you go to the most remote and sparsely populated roads among the roads, you can always find clues.

In addition, there is also a clue on the goods. I heard that Liang Zimei secretly implemented my economic aggression policy in Daming Mansion. It was precisely because he shouldered this important task and did a great job. So Brother Huang let him go. I think he knew his temper and his hobbies. Therefore, the goods he sent must be the most rare and expensive thing in the Liao Kingdom - he was reselling Liao Kingdom pearls, and there must be a large number of pearls in the goods. The place where the power was lost was inland. If you check which customer suddenly sold a large number of pearls, he must be suspicious, at least the seller of the stolen goods."

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, Yuan Yeping sighed repeatedly: "The birthday gift is missing. I see that the first day of the first year of the first year is confused. The analysis of the Taiwei is everywhere. The criminals in this case are just about to come out. The Taiwei's ability to analyze things is simply amazing... The Xiaguan will inform the people from Shandong and let them start to investigate these points."

Yuan Yeping went quickly and returned quickly. He turned around and returned to Zhao Xing's office with an incredible expression on his face. He reported: "Taiwei, it's so amazing. Shandong has already found clues. The news they reported was exactly the same as Taiwei's expectations. The person in charge of this was the robbery in Yunzhou, the east and west roads of Beijing, and He observed that someone sold a large number of pearls. He thought it was strange. After another investigation, he found that it was the manor of Song Jiang, the Yuncheng Bookstore, who was selling. The bookstore did not do business at home, so how could there be a large number of pearls for sale?

He Zhan looked at it carefully and found that the pearls were from Japan, which Liang Zimei was preparing to resell to Liao. He carefully selected from the pearls resold to Liao, and selected two hundred large and round beads to give them to the Grand Master for birthday celebrations as birthday gifts. This batch of beads is just in the catalog of thieves. It is not so coincidental that the birth gifts were stolen, and someone sold more than a hundred beads of unknown origin.

He Guan summoned Song Jiang, and accidentally leaked the news. Song Jiang had abandoned his official position and fled. Some of the birth gifts in his family had been released from his family. The truth of the case was revealed: Song Jiang, the secretary, was in charge of the official document exchanges and litigation. He used his power to learn about the possible routes of the birthday gifts. He gathered a group of bandits to prepare for robbery. He received the news from the head of the nearby Shouzhang County, and immediately dispatched people to intercept them. He used sweat medicine to numb the green-faced beast Yang Zhi and robbed the birthday gifts.

Zhao Xing asked anxiously: "Why is Yang Zhi missing?"

Yuan Yeping continued to report: "According to the confession of the merchants who had not escaped from Song Jiang's village, Song Jiang did not harm Yang Zhi's life at that time. Afterwards, Yang Zhi felt that the relationship was serious and did not dare to surrender, so he fled for fear of the crime. The rest of the people were too afraid of the Taiwei and Liang Zhongshu to pursue the matter later, so they fled together."

Zhao Xing said oh - it turns out that the robbery between Chao Gai and Song Jiang was two different robberies. The real history of this is unknown because Zhang Shuye. Zhang Shuye was the governor of Yunzhou, and Song Jiang was his clerk, who took charge of lawsuits and accepted common practices. Therefore, Zhang Shuye vaguely explained the reason for the accident in Song Jiang afterwards, and even after several years, he surrendered the thief by capturing Song Jiang's deputy and completely covered up the matter.

If the entire Song Dynasty is compared to a limited liability company, Song Jiang, a company employee, received the company's salary, but privately leaked the company's secrets, organized people to rob the company's property, and later escaped. In the past, he believed that Song Jiang's behavior reflected the voice of the working people and was a good example for the general public to learn from - but he was not a qualified employee in the company.

Zhao Xing could imagine that Song Jiang was born in the official class. After he fled, he used his emotional intelligence to organize the underworld to immediately recruit a group of former government officials who fled for crimes of dereliction of duty, embezzlement, and various crimes. They had "experience in fighting" and knew how to deal with the government. Therefore, with only thirty-six people, he could achieve the "achievement" of Shandong and Hebei, and even for more than ten years, the government encircled and suppressed the government and was always slipped away in advance...

Zhao Xing calmed down and asked calmly: "Why did the news come so quickly?"

Yuan Yeping replied: "This matter is related to the Taiwei. Hou Meng and Zhang Shuye sent cavalrymen. General Xiaoshi also sent cavalrymen. The government pressed them down layer by layer. The local government did not dare to neglect them. After the investigation, the cavalrymen moved quickly. Song Jiang fled alone. Most of the shopkeepers were captured. Afterwards, the cavalry chased afterwards. They found that Song Jiang had fled into the nearby Liangshan Pond. Reeds were growing in the moor, and the cavalry did not dare to go deep. Zhang Shuye recruited ships, but Liangshan Pond was thieves and the mud was deep. People from other places dared not enter easily..."

Liangshanpo is a swamp formed by the breaking of the Yellow River. The water conditions there are indeed complex and changeable, and because they are located in a swamp area with a dense population, local people are working hard to fill lakes and build fields. According to normal history, it is gradually drying up and will become a mud pond in a hundred years, and then become a land. Such a violently evolved swamp is indeed not suitable for the army to attack, which is also the reason why previous officials stopped outside Liangshanpo.

When Zhao Xing heard this, he smiled coldly: "Then, the Chao Gai bandits and the Song Jiang bandits merged. From then on, these two bandits made a living by robbing past merchants. What are the crimes of merchants? They want to be killed and robbed by them. Moreover, this kind of killing is called 'justice'?"

Yuan Yeping snorted coldly: "What justice, the bandits are just, who dares to say that?"

After a moment of stopping, Yuan Yeping immediately added: "Now the east and west roads in Beijing are different. Since the Bohai Kingdom vigorously exchanged good horses for weapons, the court has no worries about war horses. The new "Horse Protection Law" implemented by the Taiwei on the West Road of Mizhou has also greatly increased the number of horses in the civilian horses. Liangshan Pond is full of mud. Although the official army cannot enter, these people may not be able to get out. Now there are many muskets in the people. Hou Meng has already complained that the civilian farmhouses are better equipped than the Beiyang army. Three liang of barbarians want to rob the farmhouse, but they may not be able to chew them. Once they leave the lake, they will be pursued by the official cavalry, and I am afraid they will not be free for long."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and nodded a little: "You are right. This group of people can't jump around for long, and there will probably be good news soon..."

When Zhao Xing was plotting against the bandits in Liangshan, the Fuyan Road, the Xiaozhong Lexiu Zong Shizhong Master Zhongzheng and the Fuyan Road Palace Commander Zhe Keshi welcomed their children back. The leader was Zhong Mingwu, the son of Xiaozhong Lexiu. Zhe Kebao followed behind. Guo Guangsheng, the commander of Huizhou, shook his sleeves and looked around at the end of the team. Zhong Shizhong called out the names of the children in Shaanxi one by one, and finally asked in surprise: "Why didn't Zhou Yong, You Jie and the other two come back?"

Everyone was silent. Zhe Keshi smiled at the sky and persuaded him: "Zhou Yong, You Jie and the two have arrived at the adoptive father. They have a better future. Why are they coming back?"

Guo Guangsheng shook his sleeves, walked up gracefully, and replied leisurely: "Zhou You Er will stay in the General Staff Headquarters, and I, Shaanxi, have gained something. This is the best of both worlds. Master Jianli, the Palace Commander, why are you dissatisfied?"

Xiaozhong Jingrui and Zhe Keshi immediately realized it and laughed at the high five: "I stayed well, I have long been worried that Fu Yanlu couldn't speak in the General Staff Headquarters. Those two people stayed in the General Staff Headquarters are very beautiful!"

After a while, Xiaozhong looked at the convoys of the following vehicles with satisfaction and asked, "What have you brought back? How many small cannons in the Nanyang Yamen brought? This thing is very popular now. Knowing that you are here, all the troops are clamoring for these small cannons."

Zhe Keshi gently added: "After Qin Fenglu Liu Jinglu (Liu Zhongwu) was in a rebellious manner after facing the saint, he heard that he planned to launch a winter offensive to resolve the Tubo rebels as soon as possible."

Zhong Mingwu was a little excited: "Uncle, when I was in the headquarters, I proposed the Xixia strategy as a discussion topic. The students' discussions were reasonable and well-founded, which opened my eyes. Uncle. I brought the terrain sand table of the Fuyan Road. After the placement, I will tell you what the students' discussions are... The Taishi once said in Hangzhou that the Liao people were too busy to take care of themselves, and the Tubo people were beaten by Qin Fenglu. Now is the best time to solve the Xixia. Once you miss it, it will inevitably lead to a hundred years of hatred."

Zhong Shizhong stroked his beard under his jaw and laughed disapprovingly: "The scholar is angry... what can we talk about on paper? The strategy of the Western Xia is far from what you think. Zhao Liren has been in Huanqing for many years, but he only came up with a strategy of 'all plants and trees are all soldiers'. However, he did not dare to over-incite Xixia."

Zhe Kebao was not in a hurry. He grabbed the excited Zhong Mingwu and said to the two elders: "Uncle, legitimate father. Although it is the scholar's words, when the Nanyang Affairs Bureau deduces, it is always divided into two factions of the pros and opposing sides. The pros and constituents propose strategies, and the opposing side plays the enemy's psychology, speculates the enemy's response strategies, attacks and defenses. Looking for the flaws of the pros and downs, under this deduction, I believe that the conclusion I came to must be the strategy of facing the enemy with the least flaws."

Guo Guangsheng added leisurely: "Although that strategy is the opinion of a scholar, the officials are shallow in their knowledge and cannot find an attack strategy. The two adults are old corpses, and may be able to put forward some insightful opinions."

Zhong Mingwu took a breath and added: "Mr. Guo plays the opposite side in the deduction. Even he can't find any flaws..."

"Oh?!" Zhong Shizhong was moved: "I heard that Zhao Liren is good at planning and taking advantage of the situation. I don't know what tricks his students can come up with this time..."

A few days later, the new officers were resting and the sand table had just been installed. Zhong Shizhong and Zhe Keshi were not allowed to complete the order to issue armies, so they pulled Shaanxi officers from the training site in Hangzhou to enter the sand table room, waiting for the officers returning from Hangzhou to introduce their learning achievements.

There are also many officers coming from Fuyan. As Zhao Xing has improved the treatment of soldiers in recent years, many officers no longer have tattoos on their faces. Most officers have begun to learn war skills and professional skills related to war. Under this strong learning atmosphere, many officers have tried their best to dress themselves up as gentle as a scholar who reads.

Among these people, there are also some aliens. They have been promoted from soldiers to the ranks of officers step by step through continuous hand-to-hand combat. If the former can be called "academic" officers, then the latter group can be called "ascophant" officers. They rely on intuition to fight, rely on courage and fearless navels. Now the academy is leading the war deduction, and these people gather together with disdain on their faces to show their rudeness and drew barriers with the academy officers.

Among the officers, there was a powerful officer. He was 1.9 meters tall, tall and strong, and his voice was very loud. He tried his best to imitate Zhang Fei's image in the popular "The Three Kingdoms Pingju" at that time, which seemed very dissatisfied.

Zhong Jingluo appeared, and he deliberately or unintentionally glanced at the "Stormtrooper" officer - Zhong Shizhong was a Jinshi and had a strong literary popularity. Although he did not have the physique of Zhang Fei or the majesty of Guan Yu, his faint glance, the group of officers opposite him who were trying their best to show off his might and recklessness were suddenly silent.

Zhong Shizhong sat on the commander's chair. Seeing the officer in charge with a dissatisfaction expression on his face, he waved and called, "Lu Tie, come and take my seat before I sit!"

The Lutige was like an obedient dog, happily running to the chair of the bird master in a panic, staring at the sand table with his hands crossed and staring honestly, but his eyes were full of confusion.

This Lutixia is not Luda, but the flower monk Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin". He should be Luda's father. He relies on military merit to climb Luyu who climbed up to Luya Lutixia in Fuyan Lutixia.

After everyone took their seats, Zhong Mingwu and Zhe Kebao were responsible for the speech as the pro-party. Guo Guangsheng played the Western Xia army as the opposition. Two teams stood on both sides of the sand table and began to arrange troops. After they lined up, Zhong Shizhong suddenly reached out and interrupted the speeches of both sides: "Let me say first, this sand table is made very exquisitely. It is in line with Zhao Laohu's usual personality of perfection.

But the sand table was in front of you, and the terrain of Xixia and me was clear at a glance. Did you consider this terrain when you deduce it?"

Zhe Keshi took over the bamboo pole in his son Zhe Kebao's hand, pointed to the terrain on the sand table, and explained: "My Shaanxi and Gansu and Xixia are separated by this layer of thousands of miles of mountain - Hengshan Mountains. Our army attacked Xixia and wanted to cross the mountains to enter the Xia realm. The mountain road was rugged. It was difficult to supply. I believe Zhao Laohu understood this truth back then, so he only dared to attack shortly. This was a continuation of the potential attack strategy set by the prefect Zhang Zhi and Zhang.

It can only be a submerged attack. We crossed the Thousand Miles of Mountains and entered the Xia realm, but we faced a Thousand Miles of Plain and a hostile land. We must stick to it, and logistics supply needs to be transported through the mountains. Our Xia army wants to attack, and there are flat grounds in all directions. They can attack from any direction, or even not attack, and enter the mountains. Cutting off our supply route is enough to trap us to death and starve.

In the past, our army attacked the Xia army repeatedly and was trapped in this thousand-mile mountain. Now, in my opinion, the situation has not changed much. Zhao Liren presided over Huanqing back then. Although he captured the Toad Village and conquered Helanyuan several times, he never gained a foothold on the other side of the mountain. Therefore, your deduction first tells me how to overcome the obstacles of this thousand-mile mountain, otherwise everything would be talked about on paper."

"River! Since ancient times, marching and fighting have been nothing more than attacking along the river. Thousands of troops have difficulty obtaining water, so our strategy is first of all the battle to seize the river." Zhong Mingwu pointed to the mountains and rivers and replied: "When Zhao Taishi was in Huanqing, he mainly managed the Baima River and Luochuan, and placed it on the Fuyan Road in our country. We have more choices. After seizing the rivers, Wuding River, Yintang River and Hongliu River all lead to Xia Realm. In addition, there is also a road that the Xia army could never imagine - the Yellow River."

Zhe Keshi and Zong Shizhong looked at each other. Zong Shizhong nodded slightly: "Zhao Li people started out as a naval army and were good at using naval army. Why didn't I think of the Yellow River? From Volcanic County to the north along the Yellow River is also a way. Maybe you have to cross a few river gorges and waterfalls, but since you have lifted water, there is always a way to solve it. Tell me..."

Zhong Mingwu scratched his head and said with a little shame: "Actually, this plan was not something we thought of. We had planned four attack plans at the beginning, but it was just to use the Wuding River to attack, either from Huanqing or from Qin Feng. These plans were defeated by Brother Guo one by one. Later, when the Grand Master heard about it, he laughed at his disciples. He said: The world is very big, and there is more than one road leading to Xixia. There is obviously a wall in front, and it is not a question of death.

After saying this, everyone suddenly realized that some people might have proposed to secretly build warships in the volcanic army - no other ships are needed. The hydrofoil ships that are popular in Yangzhou are enough to send thousands of troops across the other side of the Yellow River. Perhaps we can win over some Qiang people..."

Zhe Kebao pointed to the sand table and introduced: "Our ideas are not limited to these places. The first step is that we will first carry out the battle to seize the Sichuan River. Using the convenience of firearms and artillery, we will open up several rivers leading to the Xixia area, so that we can't transport materials along the river. Of course, after the capture of the Sichuan River, we can't defend the other end of the mountain. Just as Master Jinglei said, it is difficult to transport materials through thousands of miles of mountains, so we can't defend the opposite exit from Sichuan.

However, the Battle of Seizing Sichuan is for concealment, and also for one step to seclude the navy from the flanks along the Yellow River. The Yellow River is only rich. The land of Hetao is a place with wealth and wealth in Xixia, and there is also the capital of Xixia by the river - Xingqing Prefecture. We attack along the river and can directly attack the capital of Xixia. Even if we can't fight, it's enough for Xixia to suffer."

Guo Guangsheng didn't say anything. At this time, he took the baton and pointed to the territory adjacent to the volcanic army, explaining: "There is a big obstacle to attacking along the Yellow River, which is to enter Dongshengzhou on Xijing Road, Liao Kingdom. But this Dongshengzhou has one advantage. It is vast and sparsely populated. The Yellow River circles a large circle in the territory, isolating the Heqing Army and Jin Su Army on the south bank. These two armies usually contact the Liao Kingdom. They have to cross a large desert to reach the bank of the Yellow River, and then cross the river to the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao people have never paid attention to this barren land, and the Liao country is now mainly fighting with the Northeast. In addition to domestic famine, even food depends on our Song Dynasty. In this case, the Heqing Army and Jin Su Army have been ignored for many years..."

Zhe Keshi immediately added: "Brother Guo, there is no need to explain these. When he proposed this plan, the Grand Master smiled and said that there is no need to worry about the matter in Dongshengzhou, and that he will solve it - so we don't need to consider the obstacles in Dongshengzhou..."

Mr. Zhong immediately raised a finger: "Needless to say, I already understand the rest!"

After saying that, Zhong Shizhong stood up, glanced at the officers present, and ordered sternly: "What you hear today is not allowed to leak, even if your parents and wives are not allowed to hear it."

The officers bowed: "Abide by the commander's orders!"

Lu You muttered: "What did you say? Just talk about Dongshengzhou. Aren't we fighting Xixia? The volcanic army has already left our Fuyan Road, and Dongshengzhou has also arrived in Liao Kingdom..."

Halfway through, Lu You found that Master Chun was staring at him sternly. He quickly stopped talking, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and remained silent.

The officers retreated, and Zhezhong and Zhe Keshi lay on the sand table to continue researching. After a long time, Zhe Keshi exclaimed: "Five routes attack Xia! This is still a strategy for attacking Xia: Qinfeng Road exits Huizhou and attacks downstream from the upper reaches of the Yellow River; Huanqing Road exits Guidechuan and Baimachuan; Our Fuyan Road exits Luochuan or Wuding River, or the hydrofoil boat is still produced on Suide Road, Yan'an Prefecture, and then sets in the volcanic army...

The other four attacks did not seek victory, but only wanted to delay the four major military departments of Xishoubaotai Army, Jianing Army, Jingsai Army, and Xiangyou Army. The main force was a surprise attack fleet. It went upstream from Dongshengzhou along the river. It had to first defeat the Western Xiatian German Army, then break through the Heishan Weifu Army, break through the Western Chaushu Army, and directly attack Xingqing Prefecture - good courage!

Only the Nanyang Yamen and Beiyang Yamen have the ability to bear such a heavy burden. However, if you can regard thousands of troops as nothing, and the mountains are dangerously blocked as smooth as a road, you may not dare to take over such a famous general... He Zhao Liren has ambitions."

Zhe Keshi echoed: "Zhao Liren was squeezed away by Lu Huiqing before his term in Huanqing. I often hear Huanqing's children say that the Xia people angered the tiger. Even though Zhao Liren left, he still thought about taking revenge on Xixia. This idea must have been from the tiger, but he just said it through the mouth of a student. Humph, in the future, the Xixia people will definitely regret offending this tiger."

The sand table guided by Zhong Shizhong, slammed the high fives: "The navy must go upstream, not only to overcome the dangers of the rivers, but also to break the interceptions of the three major military departments in succession. Zhao Liren has this confidence, but whether it is successful depends entirely on whether our four routes can hold the four major military departments. There must be shallow water along the way, and the obstruction can be implemented. If we can't hold back any of the troops, these military departments will return to the rescue, and the navy's surprise attack team will inevitably be blocked in the river and isolate without help! Our burden is so heavy."
Chapter completed!