After the Hebei Army returned to Jingzhou, it suddenly became more relaxed about troop training.
Pusan Anzhen originally relied on his noble status and rarely went deep into the military. However, during this month, he was stationed in the military camp almost the entire time, inspecting each camp every day and personally watching the soldiers drill.
Pusan Anzhen was both civilized and military, with a graceful demeanor. In his mansion in Zhongdu, he had a "Baomo Hall" dedicated to collecting stele rubbings; his Chinese army tent originally contained many items from his predecessors collected from all over the place. Tablet extension. Those were his favorite things. Pusan Anzhen would study stele rubbings and practice calligraphy every day.
This habit was taught to servant San Anzhen by Emperor Zhang Zong when he was the grandson of the emperor. Emperor Zhangzong was Pusan Anzhen's uncle. He always did this with the intention of remembering the rule of Mingchang.
But at this moment, all calligraphy and stele rubbings were left behind. Instead, there are swords, guns and armor, and they are constantly supervising and supervising the increase of troops, training troops, building city defenses, replenishing armaments, and collecting food and fodder every day.
Among Pusan Anzhen's subordinates, there were many who were Jurchen generals, and many of them had hereditary fierce positions. Pusan Anzhen has always been very polite to those fierce Anmou Ke, but this month, he suddenly became much stricter.
On one occasion, he went out to patrol the camp and found that the soldiers were not well trained and the generals did not supervise them enough. As a result, the archers secretly switched to inferior bows to save effort during the drill. Even so, they could only perform archery postures. Beautiful, but many arrows miss.
Pusan Anzhen was furious and immediately called Qianhu, the responsible person in charge, to scold him and order him to make corrections. It was inevitable that the thousands of households would argue a few words, talking about some practical difficulties, such as insufficient food and pay, and the short time it took to form an army. Afterwards, Anzhen's orders to the servants may not be all attentive.
Everyone was born in Meng'an Mooke, and they were relatives and a family at heart. This kind of loose and lazy state was not too much.
However, this time Pusan Anzhen's decisiveness was beyond imagination. He immediately asked his soldiers to drag out the thousands of people who had been detained, beat them to death on the spot with a hundred army sticks.
Then he specially summoned the generals and declared that the military law was strict and only looked at the results, not the process. If there was a slight slack, he would not be spared immediately. He was not joking. On the next day and the day after, when he was patrolling the camp, he really found a reason and killed two more hereditary men and fifteen hereditary conspiracy officers!
At this time, not to mention the earthquake in Hebei Army, even in Zhongdu, Jurchen nobles wrote letters to inquire about the situation and beg for mercy. The generals such as Wanyan Zhilun, Wanyan Beida, Olethu, Heshi Liepu Ladu, Wanyan Yinshuke, Pusanliujia, etc. were all horrified. They all knew that the envoy's failure to go south before was a move. Really angry.
If you continue to slack off, your identity as a Jurchen cannot be used as a talisman, as your head will fall off at any time.
At that moment, the whole army cheered up and went all out to train. The soldiers who had followed Pusan Anzhen to the south had been further eliminated from the old and weak, and they practiced continuously every day.
Wu Lin, who had recently joined Pusan Anzhen's command, agreed. Because of his performance in Binzhou, Pusan Anzhen was given special importance and was temporarily appointed as the magistrate of Xuanfu, responsible for all matters except military training.
On this day, Wu Linda and his troops came back from Hejian Mansion.
The troops he led were left over from the collapse of the Hebei East Road Soldiers and Horses Commander-in-Chief Mansion last year. At that time, Gao Xi, a Bohai man who temporarily led the troops in Hebei Province, had no idea about the soldiers. He gathered tens of thousands of people in Hejian Mansion without arranging specific offensive and defensive strategies. As a result, when the Mongols arrived, tens of thousands of people fled in chaos, and countless people accumulated in Hejian Mansion All supplies belonged to the Mongols.
But this is a good thing for Anzhen. There are so many stragglers all over the mountains and plains. After he, the Xuanfu envoy, arrived in Hebei, it was very easy to recruit troops. Wu Lin replied that until now, he could gather thousands of troops and hundreds of horses from the grass.
Wu Linda and his Yi army first went to Xianzhou to eat, and then crossed Jiaohe and entered Jingzhou after people's hearts calmed down. Because he knew that Pusan Anzhen was not in Jingzhou City, he did not enter the city, but bypassed the city and arrived at the camp on the edge of Caohe River.
Pu Sanliu's family came forward and told them that a plain near the water had been selected for the Yi army to camp.
Wu Lin replied that Ben could leave Yijun directly to Pusan's home and rest on his own. However, he worked carefully and still dutifully called all the ministries of the Yi Army to make detailed arrangements and make detailed arrangements one by one.
Some went to build barracks, some went to patrol and guard, some went to gather the war horses, and some went to carry grain and prepare for cooking. When the thousands of soldiers were in their respective positions in an orderly manner, he pressed the bridle and walked slowly, inspecting the entire military camp assigned to the soldiers, and then taking a look at which units were stationed on the east and west sides and which generals were in charge. .
This is because as the imperial court weakened, the Yi army became more and more arrogant and difficult to control. Although Wu Lin responded with gentle methods, he had to prevent them from suddenly making noise and causing trouble in the army.
When he urged his horse to enter the Chinese army, he saw in front of the Chinese army's tent, a dozen Jurchen warriors with braided hair and pierced ears, wearing heavy armor, swinging their swords in a chopping motion. Judging from their expressions, they were all exhausted. Some were sweating through their heavy armor, and some were communicating with each other in tears. But even though their teeth were chattering, they still persisted.
Wu Lin followed their eyes and looked outside. It turned out that not far in front of the tent, there were several bodies with their heads separated. I guess that's the result of being lazy during training. No wonder these people are working so hard.
He didn't care about such noisy matters, dismounted his horse and went straight into the tent.
The lights have been lit in the tent.
Several staff members and lieutenants surrounded Anzhen like stars holding the moon. Pusan Anzhen, by the light, leaned over and looked at the documents placed on the desk. Pusan Anzhen has obviously lost weight, her eyes are still sharp, but her spirit is a little tired.
Ulin responded and performed the Jurchen salutation: "I have seen the envoy."
Pusan Anzhen waved his hand and asked all his subordinates to leave: "Wanyan Xianlun, tell those soldiers under you to get out too! I will patrol the camp again in the future. If I catch you slacking off, I will only A dead end!"
Wanyan Youlun threw himself to the ground and thanked him, then bowed out and urged his subordinates to leave.
"What is the envoy looking at?"
Wu Lin answered and asked.
"News from Shandong East Road." Pusan Anzhen threw the document into Wulin's arms: "Take a look."
"Guo Ning has already stationed in Yidu and assigned Yin Chang as the military envoy of the Xingde Army and Jing'an Min as the military envoy of the Anhua Army. It only took them a month to re-verify the household registration and establishment of Shandong East Road. Baojia, set up military and civilian villages, and took over Canglin. In the past few days, Ding Haijun was also expanding its troops and training... The so-called elite field troops of the Sixth General Manager under his command had expanded to nearly 40,000 people. According to the spies, in the end It may be expanded to 60,000 people! This, this..."
Wulin replied that he knew very well what Pusan Anzhen was worried about.
Pusan Anzhen's subordinates were already subordinate to the Zhongdu imperial court, and they were one of the few powerful soldiers. But just last month, this army was almost in a panic when faced with the intimidation of 10,000 Ding Haijun, which showed that it was really difficult for both sides to compete.
If the Ding Navy really has 40,000 or 60,000 elites, then it will not be a matter of competition. This means that Ding Haijun truly controls Shandong East Road and has economic and military power several times greater than that of Hebei Army!
Although Pusan Anzhen also tried his best to restore Hebei's strength, he really didn't have such speed. The two sides are not on the same level at all, and they are no longer opponents capable of equal dialogue!
"I really don't understand, this Guo Ning is just a brave man... He was born as a soldier in Changzhou. He has never read a book since he was a child, and he can't write well... How can he achieve this level? This is not possible at all. That makes sense! It shouldn’t be like this!”
After leaving, Anzhen looked up to the sky and sighed.
Wu Lin replied that he had no clue about this. Earlier, he had suspected that Guo Ning, who was called the leader, was actually a puppet used by the Khitans to invade Chu Cai. It was this Khitan who was hiding behind Han'er, intending to stir up trouble and reverse the Jin and Liao Dynasties.
But Guo Ning had gone to Liaodong before and forced brother Yelvliu, the king of Liao, to death in a battle... This doesn't seem like a way to fight against Jin and restore Liao, right?
He could only reluctantly persuade: "Envoy, the territory and population of Shandong East Road have their limits, and the power of the navy cannot continue to expand. As long as we manage Hebei well, we can always compete with it. It is nothing more than these few in front of us. The moon is more difficult, so you have to make mistakes with it."
"These past few months?"
Pusan Anzhen's expression became even lower, and he sneered: "It really takes a few months, which would be a good thing! I don't know if we can still spend the New Year's Eve safely!"
"Why did the envoy say this?"
Wu Lin was surprised when he replied, and then he felt cold all over: "Could it be that..."
"Take a look!" Pusan Anzhen threw another document into Wu Lin's arms.
He leaned back, looked at the dark tent ceiling, and said solemnly: "We have to make preparations quickly. Our actions are not fast enough... We need to be faster!"
Wu Lin replied, turning over the documents page by page and remaining silent. After a while, he suddenly stood up, closed the tent door, and ran to the back tent to see if any servants were there.
"Envoy, there are a few words that I don't know whether to say or not."
