In April of the eighth year of Yuanfeng (the 26th).
Feng Jing's mansion in Bianjing.
The incense table had been set up, and Feng Jing and his wife, concubines, and children, all dressed in solemn court attire and royal crowns, knelt in front of the incense table and listened to the angel's melodious reading of the imperial edict.
When Feng Jing heard, "Yes, he was specially appointed as the military envoy of Baoning Army to know Henan Prefecture."
He immediately kowtowed and thanked him: "Your Majesty, I am so grateful. I am so grateful that I will repay it with my life!"
Then he stood up happily and took the white linen book that was handed to him.
This is to be taken and enshrined in the ancestral hall to tell the ancestors that the old Feng family has a very humane envoy!
Feng Jing's sons and daughters were also beaming with joy.
The influence of the envoy to supplement the official position is far better than that of ordinary important ministers!
Si Yan of the Feng family even stuffed a bag of money that he had prepared into the hands of the angel who read the edict.
This is customary.
As soon as the messenger felt it and realized it was silver, he immediately went back to resume his life with great satisfaction.
Relatives and friends who had been waiting in the inner house of Feng Mansion also came up to express their congratulations at this time.
The Feng Mansion was destined to be lively on this day.
The other elders in Beijing are all tasters.
"Why can Feng pay homage to Jiedushi in this world?"
This is what most people think in their hearts, but no one dares to express it.
So, they quickly voted with their feet, made their choice, and wrote letters asking His Majesty to resign and return to the town.
Most people's requests were approved by the two palaces.
Only Zhang Fangping, the senator of Xuanhui Nanyuan, and Sun Gu, the bachelor of Zizhengdian, another veteran, were comforted to stay.
Sun Gu was left behind because he was ill.
The two palaces issued special orders to order imperial doctors to diagnose and treat him, and also gave him many royal medicines.
As for Zhang Fangping?
Soon, everyone knew the reason.
On the same day, the two palaces once again came to the small hall under the inner east gate with Zhao Xu in their arms, and locked the hall at the same time.
The next morning (Geng Yin) there was another edict of Xuanma.
Zhang Fangping was appointed as the envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan, and specially came to pay homage to the envoy of Zhangdejun Jiedu.
This did not cause any disturbance. After all, it was not unusual for senior officials of the Song Dynasty to be granted the title of Jiedushi after they became official.
Generally speaking, as long as you live long enough and make the palace comfortable, then everything will be fine.
After all, for an old minister who becomes an official, he has a reputation as a disciple of Jiedushi.
Unlike Feng Jing, who was the prime minister when he arrived in Henan Prefecture.
The status of the envoy is higher than that of the prime minister!
There is no difference between the local emperor and the local emperor!
…
Hedong, Taiyuan City.
A knight, galloping down the official road.
On the head of the knight's horse, there is a bell that is ringing all the time.
All government and civilian pedestrians along the way collectively moved out of the way in front of the knight.
Because that knight is the so-called gold medal rush rider.
He is the emperor's messenger, and he is also the messenger responsible for delivering orders from the capital to all directions with the fastest efficiency and speed, or sending emergency military information and disaster reports to the capital from all the states and counties in the world.
Generally, when a quick horse delivery person sets off from Bianjing or delivers a side newspaper to the capital from a local area, he will not enter the horse delivery shop, and the riders will hand over each other on the road, relay forward, and travel day and night.
In one day and night, one can often fly five hundred miles.
The emperor's edicts from Bianjing have always been delivered to all roads along the border in this way.
The knight galloped into the city and went straight to the government office. Then he held up the gold medal seal and shouted all the way: "The emperor has issued an edict! The emperor has issued an edict! I know Lu Huiqing of Taiyuan Prefecture will accept the edict!"
The entire government office was immediately alarmed.
Lu Huiqing also hurriedly walked out of the backyard of the government office.
Because it was a hand edict, he only had to bow twice in the direction of Bianjing, then took the wax-sealed hand edict from the knight, and ordered the officials to reward the knight with money and silk.
Lu Huiqing opened Lafeng's edict and took it in his hand to take a look.
The first is to reward merit!
The two palaces ordered him to reward meritorious soldiers according to the stories and laws.
Then……
The content of the edict changed, and the tone became even more severe.
First, he warned him that a commander-in-chief should not underestimate the enemy, and then admonished him that border defense should not be taken lightly.
He also cited several examples of people who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, or who were arrogant and eventually succeeded in being captured by thieves.
With his temper, this meeting should have been unhappy - what do you two women in the deep palace of Bianjing City know about border defense matters?
However, what the two palaces in the edict told him in the tone of the young master made him pace back and forth in the courtyard, with an ever-changing expression on his face.
"Official statement: Since I have newly ascended the throne, the foreign barbarians may look down on me and will inevitably raise troops to invade. The ministers will guard the border for me. They should protect the land as the priority and protect the people as the purpose. Don't let the thieves underestimate our country!"
What does this mean?
Lu Huiqing thought about it and read the edict over and over again several times.
Naturally, he had heard the legend about the young master in Bianjing City.
so……
"Is this the intention of the two palaces or the intention of the young master?"
"If it is the young master's intention, then what exactly do the young master want to say?"
Lu Huiqing thought about it for a while, then simply gave up the idea of speculating about the deep palace in Bianjing, which was thousands of miles away.
He looked at the words on the edict, and his eyes gradually showed a sparkle.
"The young master has newly ascended the throne, and the Western thieves may indeed invade..."
"Yes! That must be the case!"
Holding the edict in hand, Lu Huiqing walked directly to the government office lobby, and then told the officials on the left and right: "Come on, let me beat the drum and gather the generals!"
Don't worry about whether the Western thieves are going to invade or not.
Anyway, the two palaces in Bianjing City told him - the officials said: I have newly ascended the throne, and the barbarians may be disrespectful, and it is inevitable that they will raise their troops to invade!
So true!
The Western thief must be sharpening his sword! They must be plotting to invade!
'The ministers are guarding the border for me. They should protect the land as the priority and protect the people as the purpose! '
Official sage, this is what I, Lu Huiqing, think!
'Don't let the thieves despise our court! '
Don't worry, my little official, I will definitely not let the Western thieves and Northern pirates dare to despise our court!
As a result, the troops were only withdrawn for more than ten days.
Lu Huiqing, a bachelor of Zizheng Palace, the economic envoy to Hedong, and the acquaintance of Taiyuan Prefecture, issued another general order.
In the name of "the emperor has newly ascended the throne, the young master is suspicious of the country, and the Western thieves may have planned an invasion. I have been ordered by the emperor to defend the country", he ordered the mobilization of the Han cavalry of the three generals on the Hedong Road to follow him to patrol the border.
At the same time, he wrote a letter to Fu Yanlu, asking Fu Yanlu to send two generals to join him to " patrol the border for the emperor and frighten the Western thieves ", and " do not let the Western thieves take advantage of me."
The troops and horses of the five generals were mobilized, forming a mixed field regiment of 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and cavalry.
Lu Huiqing is very good!
Although his banner was "Border Patrol," the marching routes he designated for each department were all on the inner line of Hedong Road, far away from the border fortress.
It was obvious that his plan was to ignore whether the Western thieves had any plans to invade.
I'll gather the troops first.
If they really dare to invade, Lu Huiqing will not be polite.
If the Western thieves had not invaded, the army would have been mobilized.
Just patrol along the border fortress and then withdraw the troops and return to camp?
Who are you looking down on?
With or without dates, it’s still three poles, right?
It just so happened that with so many soldiers and horses gathered on the inside, a large number of scouts could be sent deep into the hinterland of the Western Bandits to conduct a reconnaissance.
As long as you find a loophole, attack!
You can tell Bianjing later: I have indeed found out that the Western bandits have gathered a large army and want to invade. Fortunately, the officials are wise and can see thousands of miles away. , kill XX, capture XXX...
Lu Huiqing already knew this.
The emperor should be coaxing!
There is nothing wrong with holding it high.
Don’t Zhao officials like micro-management?
Then don't go against them.
Give all the credit to Bianjing and let the officials in Bianjing enjoy the pleasure of micro-management.
But on the front line, he needs to make timely arrangements based on Bian Jing's wishes and the actual situation.
You can't imitate that fool Xu Xi!
He actually regarded Bianjing’s decree as a rule of heaven and implemented it to the letter!
…
Following Lu Huiqing's general order.
The generals on Hedong Road began to slowly mobilize their troops, horses, food and grass, and drove towards the border.
But this kind of mobilization takes time.
After all, with so many troops, equipment, grain, and horses, it would take several days just to plan the relevant routes and advance speed.
Therefore, it will take at least ten days or so before the army on Hedong Road can gather again under Lu Huiqing's general.
And Lu Huiqing would not know.
At this time, the Xixia soldiers and horses opposite him were indeed slowly gathering in the hinterland.
The leader of the team was Ndo Hochu, the leader of the Ndo family.
They are here for revenge!
But it's not revenge on Lu Huiqing, but revenge on Lu Bing of Jingyuan Road!
In October last year, Lu Bing set up a series of ambushes on Jingyuan Road. The leader of the Daxia Commandery Army, the Supervisor of the Army, and the Grand Master Renduo family, the invincible God of War veteran, the Daxia Marshal Renduo who once flooded the Song Army and defeated Yongle City was alone. He is the leader of Song general Peng Sun!
The head was sent to Bianjing City!
Thousands of Renjia's headquarters cavalry also died in the battle!
This is a great shame for the Rendo family!
So we must take revenge! This shame must be washed away with the blood of Song people.
But you have to ask why not take revenge on Jingyuan Road? Or revenge for Li Xianbu of Xihe Road who forced Ren Duo to fight on Jingyuan Road alone?
The fighting power of the Jingyuan Army is too strong!
The roar of Peng Sun, a veteran of the Song Dynasty, after he tried to kill the old marshal Ren Duo alone at the foot of Jingbian Stronghold, still gives nightmares to everyone in the Ren family.
But Xihe Road is too strong.
In the five battles of Lanzhou and the battle of Dingxicheng, Daxia lost more than 100,000 troops, and even the leader of the country lost troops and generals in his own expedition.
Therefore, in order to pick the weakest persimmons, we can only pick Hedong, who has never fought a war.
Moreover, the Song army in Hedong had just swept through the Daxia border fortress and should not gather again in the short term.
So, Nendobozhong led his troops with full confidence.
In this battle, he wants to clear his name!
At this moment, Renjia's vanguard cavalry had just crossed the vast sea.
Renduo Baozhong is full of confidence.
"This time, our troops are all light cavalry. The southern barbarian border guards have few troops and most of them are infantry..."
"The Art of War says: Use the right combination to win by surprise!"
"Our army has both! The advantage is mine!"
"As long as the southern barbarian border city is broken, food, grass, silk, women and children will be all available!"
"You only need to strike with one strike and leave without giving the Southern Barbarians time to react. Then the Southern Barbarians will only be able to look at the front of our army and sigh with excitement!"
(End of chapter)
