kingnovel Chapter 469: Against the Jin Army
Chapter 469: Against the Jin Army
Just after the New Year of the sixth year of Zhenghe (1116 AD), Lu Cheng received a message from Emperor Huizong of Song, asking him to take Zhao Yupan back to Beijing to visit his relatives. As soon as Lu Cheng left Yuncheng County, many things happened in Yuncheng County.
Ever since Song Jiang, the big brother of the underworld who loved making friends, left, Yuncheng County has become a little quieter than before. The two captains, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, have nothing to do all day long, and no one takes them out for drinks every day anymore.
Hearing that a beautiful and talented girl had recently come to the brothel in Yuncheng County, the captain Lei Heng went to the brothel to listen to music. After being recognized by the guests around him, he took the initiative to give up the exclusive seat at the front that was reserved for the "number one on the list".
Afterwards, Lei Heng enjoyed the singing and dancing performance on the stage and thought that the new "anchor" was very good, good-looking and sang beautifully.
However, when the "female anchor" named Bai Xiuying on the stage finished singing and ran to Lei Heng to ask for money, Lei Heng felt his pocket and found that he had forgotten to bring money today, so he said he would give it next time and prepared to leave.
But the female anchor and his father were not easy to deal with either. They immediately mocked Lei Heng, saying that he was a poor guy who couldn't afford the money.
Lei Dutou was used to being powerful in Yuncheng County, so how could he tolerate the anger of a small anchor? He immediately rushed to the stage and beat up Bai Xiuying's father.
Originally, the fight was just caused by a verbal conflict, and Lei Heng did not take it too seriously. However, he did not know that Bai Xiuying was the mistress of the county magistrate of Yuncheng County.
On that day, after Bai Xiuying and the county magistrate had some fun rocking the carriage, Bai Xiuying took advantage of the county magistrate's good mood and filed a complaint.
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate became furious. He didn't expect that one of his own subordinates would dare to beat his girlfriend's father. Wasn't this a lack of face for him?
The next day, the county magistrate beat Lei Dutou with a big stick and paraded him through the streets in shackles for public display.
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Even though Lei Dutou was the only "Lei Inspector" in Yuncheng County, he had to be obedient and stand at attention when beaten and paraded through the streets.
However, Bai Xiuying still refused to let Lei Dutou go. Relying on the support of the county magistrate, she chased Lei Heng and paraded him through the streets to humiliate him. Lei Heng's mother could not bear it, so she rushed out and started to curse at Bai Xiuying, which then turned into a fight.
Lei Dutou's mother was old and weak, so naturally she could not defeat the young Bai Xiuying.
Lei Dutou could still endure his own humiliation, but when his mother was beaten, he directly used the shackles on his body to knock Bai Xiuying to the ground. However, he did not expect that he used too much force, and the sharp corner of the shackles hit Bai Xiuying's head directly, beating Bai Xiuying to death in the street.
Afterwards, Lei Dutou was thrown into prison and was about to be taken to Jeju Prefecture Prison to be executed.
Seeing his friend in trouble, Zhu Tong wanted to go to Lujiazhuang to ask the Prince Consort to speak up and reduce his friend's sentence. However, he did not expect that the Prince Consort Lu Cheng happened to be in the capital.
Later, while escorting Lei Heng to the Jizhou prison, Zhu Tong secretly released Lei Heng, hit himself on the forehead, claimed that Lei Heng had injured him and then ran away.
The county magistrate was not stupid. Knowing the friendship between Lei Heng and Zhu Tong, he immediately concluded that it was Zhu Tong who let Lei Heng go. He beat Zhu Tong and exiled him to Cangzhou.
Just because Lei Dutou watched a show on a whim, and as the top boss on the list, he did not reward the female anchor in time, which led to the downfall of the two chief detectives of Yuncheng County.
All I can say is: live streaming is risky, and you need to be cautious when giving rewards.
At the same time, Lu Cheng in the capital was accompanying Song Huizong to review the newly trained troops.
Song Huizong wanted Lu Cheng to pay more attention to his military skills and train some brave generals. But Lu Cheng only served as a coach for two or three months before he returned to Yuncheng County with his wife. He was gone for more than half a year and never came back.
Song Huizong was quite fond of Lu Cheng, a son-in-law who could make money, paint, play football, and speak well.
"Shou Xin, I heard that things have been going on in Liangshanbo recently. Last year, this group of bandits openly robbed an execution ground and looted two farms. They are really getting more and more rampant. I think his new recruits are almost ready. What do you think of sending them over to suppress the bandits?"
"It's up to the government to decide. Speaking of which, these soldiers do need to experience some actual combat."
Song Huizong did put some thought into the training of the new army. He entrusted important tasks to generals such as Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng, and Qin Ming recommended by Lu Cheng. They were provided with sufficient money and food and were well-equipped. The new army also included 5,000 cavalry, and its overall combat effectiveness was indeed greater than that of the ordinary imperial guards.
Song Huizong looked at the neatly-dressed and brightly-armored new army below and smiled again: "There is no need to use our new army to deal with a group of bandits. I think it would be better to let Jeju and Yunzi send troops to encircle and suppress the Liangshan bandits."
"The government is wise."
The two chatted for a while, and talked about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Suddenly, Zhao Ji changed his tone and expressed his concern for Lu Cheng and Zhao Yupan's relationship: "Shou Xin, it has been a year since you and Yupan got married. When will you give me a little grandson?"
"Sir, this matter should be left to nature. Besides, it is not good for a girl's health to have a baby too early."
"Sure?"
"Your Majesty, my family has been practicing medicine for generations and running a clinic. We are quite knowledgeable about health preservation and longevity. Before a girl is 20 years old, her body is actually still in the development stage..."
Lu Cheng talked about medical theories, which made Song Huizong stunned, but he didn't say anything more.
On the other hand, Zhao Yupan was also answering questions from his mother, concerned about whether their married life was harmonious.
It was not until the end of March that Lu Cheng found an excuse to bring Zhao Yupan back to Lujiazhuang.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng stayed at home for half a month, and then went to the north again under the pretext of escorting a caravan.
After more than half a year of development, Lu Cheng's Yangwei Army has completely established a foothold in southern Liaoning and opened up a trade route with the Song Dynasty.
Because the Liao Kingdom had to deal with the massive attack of the Jin Kingdom and quell internal rebellions everywhere, it had no energy to care about the southern Liaoning region in the southeast.
In March of the sixth year of Zhenghe, Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong led his troops across the Yalu River and occupied Baozhou.
At the same time, Pang Wanchun also actively led his troops to capture Shenzhou.
At this point, the Jin Kingdom and the Yangwei Army attacked from the north and south, dividing up the Liao Kingdom's entire territory in Liaodong.
However, this also forced the Yangwei Army to confront the Jin Army in the north, suppress Goryeo in the southeast, and the west was the territory of the Liao Kingdom.
Next, the Yangwei Army will inevitably face the Jin Kingdom's southern army, and the two sides will inevitably have a big battle. This battle must be won, and it must be won beautifully, so that the Jin Kingdom will not dare to attack the Yangwei Army in the south, and the Goryeo will not dare to show its head.
Therefore, Lu Cheng prepared to personally take charge of southern Liaoning.
At this time, the entire Yangwei Army had expanded to 12 guards, with a total strength of soldiers, but there were only less than well-trained cavalry, which accounted for a smaller proportion.
Moreover, the training level of this expanded force is still somewhat lacking. Among them, only more than 30,000 are qualified, and the rest can only be used to defend the city.
However, the Jin Kingdom in the north did not have many troops.
Last year, when fighting against the Liao army, the Western Route Army led by Wanyan Aguda had only 20,000 soldiers. If it weren't for the civil strife in the Liao, the Jin army wouldn't have been able to defeat the Liao army so easily.
After more than half a year of development, although the Jin Kingdom has expanded a lot, its actual military strength is about the same as that of the Yangwei Army.
However, after several generations of accumulation, almost all the people in the Jurchen tribe were soldiers, the proportion of cavalry was extremely high, and their combat effectiveness was strong.
In the war with the Liao Kingdom, the Jin army could really say that if the Jurchens were less than 10,000, they would be invincible.
What kind of sparks will be created when the Jin army, which is in its start-up phase, meets the Yangwei army, which is also in its start-up phase?