Since the Prime Minister's Office of Ezhou decided to defend Shuzhou to the death and block the two routes of Jiangnan, the Song army gathered in Shuzhou for 40,000 to 50,000. However, most of them were Yi soldiers from prefectures and counties, including the wing army that had been in charge of all year round, and the Yi soldiers who had completed camps for less than a month. Even so, the army that could really fight in line and face the Liao army head-on was mainly composed of the headquarters of Zhenguo, Baoyi and Henghai Army, with about 20,000 people. The Yi soldiers of other prefectures and counties could only be used as supplements. Otherwise, once the Liao army broke through a certain camp, then inserted deep into the cavalry, plundered the countryside, and even shocked the entire line, the overall situation would be in danger. It is precisely because of this that the Zhenguo Army has always asked the Baoyi army to take over the frontier camps. After agreeing to take over the camps, the knot between the two armies was slightly resolved.

Zhao Xingde asked, "Justice Yue Shumi said, "The Ministry of War has a decision to pass it to the army. Can you tell me the details?"

Yue Fei said: "Just about to discuss with General Zhao," he took out a letter from the Ministry of War and handed it to Zhao Xingdedao. "This is a plan made by Lord Cao of the Ministry of War and sent it with the Prime Minister with the seal. He faced the troops and horses near Shuzhou and the Liao army for a long time. After the food was exhausted, he attacked him with a camera." His face was as heavy as water, but a hint of dissatisfaction flashed across Zhang Xian's face, who was standing on the side.

Zhao Xingde took the official letter and looked at it, his eyebrows couldn't help but frowned slightly. He sighed and put down the official letter.

"What do General Zhao think?" Yue Fei asked.

Zhao Xingde was silent for a while, and said for a moment: "The army gathered in Shuzhou, and it was united and worked together. It would be easy to change later."

After hearing this, Yue Fei nodded in the same way and frowned slightly. Zhao Xingde was quite tactful. The actual situation was that the three Song troops gathered near Shuzhou were not affiliated with each other. Zhenguo Army and Baoyi Army were both from Ezhou, and they were still harmonious with each other, and undercurrents were also surging below. Han Shizhong and Zhao Xingde had a close personal relationship, but each was their own masters. After Hou Huanyin, the Jingdong Road failed to compete for the position of fake prime minister, he is still instructing the literati below to slander Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde. The public's proposal to recommend the conflict between Ezhou and Jingdong is known to everyone. If Yelu Dashi is not used, it would be a ghost. In addition, there are ten Xiangyang

Tens of thousands of troops were eyeing the upper reaches, and the army went down the Han River and arrived in Ezhou for a short while. The current situation is extremely variable. Unless the Prime Minister's Office of Ezhou has extremely high ability to solve various internal and external difficulties and create a safe situation for the army to fight out of nothing, Zhao Xingde is somewhat sure to hold on to the decisive battle. However, based on Zhao Xingde's understanding of fellow workers in the Zhuli Society and the situation before the Ministry of War disregarded the taboos, he was also very suspicious of the stability of the internal situation of the Song people in the future. The longer the Song army and the Liao army confronted Shuzhou, the longer the Liao army, the more they might not have to wait until the Liao army's rations collapsed, and there would be a big chaos within the Song people.

"So," Yue Fei said carefully, "General Zhao thought that we should take advantage of the situation and fight to the decisive battle, so we should not delay?"

"That's right." Zhao Xingde affirmed.

"That's good," Yue Fei showed a smile on his face and nodded in praise, "Yue also had this intention. Since that's the case, Yue sent a letter to General Han, and the three families made an appointment to discuss the battle of parliament, first defeat the enemy in Shuzhou, then take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangning, and take all the Jianghuai lands. The situation of Zhongxing was formed." Zhao Xingde glanced at Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian was also relieved. Obviously, Yue Fei had discussed with the number one general of the Zhenguo Army in advance, and was determined to seize the time to defeat the Liao army in front of him to intimidate the villains. In violation of the Ministry of War's decision and persuading Zhao Xingde and Han Shizhong, the army worked together, was the key to the smooth implementation of the decisive battle. With the consent of Zhao Xingde, the commander of the Baoyi Army, the plan was half successful.

"Then," Zhao Xingde pondered, "the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of War..."

"Yue is a Privy Councillor. The meeting will be held at the meeting to express his opinions to the Prime Minister." Yue Fei said proudly, his tone exuded a strong sense of confidence. Zhao Xingde nodded and bowed: "When Yue Zhumi submitted his letter, Zhao was willing to attach the post. Yue Zhumi would better inform General Han. If the three families jointly submitted their letters, it would also allow the Prime Minister and the Ministry of War to understand the hearts of the frontier soldiers."

Yue Fei was stunned, looked at Zhao Xingde for a moment, and smiled and said, "It's so good." There were still many estrangements and suspicions between the two before, but after this, it seemed to melt a lot. Even Zhang Xian looked at Zhao Xingde next to him with more kindness.

After the discussion, Zhao Xingde said goodbye and returned, and set out to arrange for the 10th troops of the Baoyi Right Army Luo Xianjun to take over the camps of the Zhenguo Army's Baiying. The Yi barracks of each prefecture and county were camped next to the Baoyi army. For the Yi army in the prefecture and county, since they came to join forces to fight against Liao, they would have to rely on a certain army.

The Henghai Army was almost entirely composed of outsiders from Jingdong. The soldiers were tall and large. The camp was filled with Jingdong accents. Chewing scallions and rolled pancakes every day, which seemed like a foreign country to the Jingxiang people. Under the influence of the local plot, the Yi soldiers of each prefecture and county almost did not consider joining the Henghai Army. The Zhenguo Army had strict disciplines and different recruitment of people. If they recruited the Zhenguo Army, they had to fight tough battles. The constraints were too strict. Most of the Yi soldiers in the prefecture and county could not stand this strictness. The Baoyi Army had a taste of more and more goodness. As a result, many Yi barracks were gathered under the banner of the Baoyi Army. In just a short period of time, the left and right troops of the Baoyi Army quickly expanded to about 10,000 people.

According to the court's laws, before the Yi Bian Battalion of Prefectures and County joined the army, the chief general could rectify the organization of each battalion for convenience of combat, and even replace the command and command of the first battalion. However, Zhao Xingde retained the organization of the Yi Bian Battalion of each prefectures and counties, and with the same hometown, the soldiers could share the same hatred of the enemy when they went to battle and not abandon their subordinates. Zhao Xingde also showed his favor to the control of each battalion as much as possible, retained all his official positions, and encouraged them to kill the enemy for the country.

Nowadays, the left and right troops of the Baoyi Army are filled with miscellaneous camps named as prefectures and county places. The situations of each battalion vary greatly. Some soldiers were arrested when they were arrested, but only a few days later, there were many people who couldn't even hold the knife. Some people were planning to run home to farm every day. Some were brave and brave, some were brave and had good martial arts skills. Some were the original wing army, from command to command of the camp and soldiers, all of which were extremely smooth like merchants. Not only were the military orders and robes of each battalion, but the channels for solving food and pay were different. Some needed to supply grain from the Military Guard, and some were supplied from the Military Guard, but they received rewards from the Military Guard.

In the north and south of Jinghu, Jiangnan, east and west of the east and west of the east and west of Jinghu, the earthly pronunciations are not only different from the north, but also the situations of different pronunciations of ten miles are also extremely common. Some dialect differences between the battalions under the Baoyi Army were very different to the level of incredible differences. Even the soldiers of different battalions in different battalions could not understand each other's words. In the end, the literacy book written by Zhao Xingde in Ezhou played a role. This book unified about a hundred military orders into the Central Plains regular pronunciations, and then used the method of exegesis annotation to teach the soldiers of each battalion word by word by word, and combined with the command of flags and gongs, which solved the problem of unifying the general orders of each department. Since then, the matter of inability to understand the military orders and disobeying the dispatch of superior officers in the Baoyi Army has disappeared.

Back at the camp, Zhao Xingde had just taken off his iron helmet. Before he could send someone to invite Luo Xianshi, Du Chuijiao said, "General, it's Raozhou Camp today."

"Well," Zhao Xingde nodded, "Is it time for dinner?" He touched his head and turned his head back and forth.

Zhao Xingde felt a little stumbled when he spoke with an iron helmet of several pounds on his head. But Yue Fei was so serious. Every time Zhao Xingde went to see the Privy Councilor, he would wear a heavy iron helmet, at least soft armor, no different from other generals, and did not regard himself as a famous scholar. On the contrary, Yue Fei, the Privy Councilor, often wore wide robes and Xiaoyaoshi, as if he was a Confused general. The dislocation of the two in their outfits was also laughed in the military camp. After hearing this, Zhao Xingde was still calm and did not think it was strange.

"Since that's the case, let's go." Zhao Xingde changed into a gauze hat and said with a smile, "Don't miss the Raozhouying for a meal. Ding Zhuang, a county, served as a soldier to eat food. Wouldn't he just make a full stomach every day?"

The so-called "food and grass should be done before the war is moved. Before the war, we have to have a full meal, and we will not be hungry ghosts when we die. In the army, the sky is big and the earth is not big. It is not surprising that the army rebels when hungry. After Zhao Xingde took charge of the Baoyi Army and gathered the soldiers of prefectures and counties, he established a rule to visit one camp every day and eat this snack with the soldiers at night. There are vegetables, food, porridge and porridge. Whatever the soldiers in the camp eat, he also eats. However, Zhao Xingde carried the Huotou Army of the Ya Bing camp with him and gave each soldier a steamed bun with meat as a reward for the commander. Therefore, whether in terms of glory or reality, each camp hopes that the commander will come to the camp to have a meal. Some soldiers count the days with their fingers. This day in the camp is often like a festival.

"Raozhou Camp. Zhang Jiurong." Zhao Xingde recalled the situation of this camp as he walked. The thin and thin appearance of the battalion commander Zhang Jiurong came to his mind. Among the dozens of battalions under the Baoyi Army, the image of Zhang Jiurong, a thin scholar, left a deep impression on Zhao Xingde. However, this person was an honest and good person. Zhao Xingde even taught him several Tai Chi moves to practice sooner or later to strengthen his body.

In a large open space in Raozhou Camp, more than hundreds of soldiers sat on the ground around the stoves of all sizes. Everyone looked at the middle of the camp. The Huotou Army, who arrived in advance, had already boiled a pot of water. The half-fat and half-slim piece of pork was rising and falling in the pot, and the meat smelled, almost hooked out the souls and couldn't help swallowing.

"I heard that Ya Bianbat has meat to eat every day." Xu Shiqi said enviously, and he licked his lips.

"Scared," Ma Yuanyi smiled, "You can sacrifice your life to eat meat, and you must have the ability to do it. The elder brothers in the Ya Bing Barracks are not heroes who fight like big fists and fight with food."
Chapter completed!