Zhao Bingyan said: "This small distance is nothing. No matter how far the journey is, you can still do it. Just start walking."
The three people quickly crossed over to Suixi.
The girl in yellow robe hurried northward, passed through several mountains and entered a hidden valley, and soon disappeared.
It turns out that there is a special cave in this place.
The girl in yellow shirt entered a secret cave under the cover of the woods. After passing through the secret cave, there was a small round basin shaped like the bottom of a volcano.
She walked quickly to a thatched pavilion, where an old man with white hair and silver beard was playing music on a flute. When the girl in yellow shirt reached the eaves, he turned around and asked: "Why is it so urgent that it is so messed up?"
The woman in yellow shirt gave her a gift and reported: "Master is well. My disciple met a Song Dynasty Guards soldier on the way to Wushiba. This man was dressed in strange clothes, and the Great Shifting Kung Fu he used was amazing."
"Oh, tell me."
The female general in yellow robes told the story of the destruction of two grain depots of the Yuan army overnight, which greatly surprised the old man. After pondering for a moment, he asked her to go in and find Sister Xiang'er. Sister Xiang'er was in need of helpers to avenge her grievances. This is coming, haha.
Huang Shannu immediately walked towards the back room...
The next day, Zhao Bingyan returned to Suixi. The two guides vividly described to Zhou Fu how great the King of Han was in martial arts. He destroyed two granaries by himself. The Tatars had not figured out who did it.
After seeing the new equipment of the Guards, Zhou Fu concluded that Zhao Bingyan was a god descended from the earth, and he was convinced of this.
He said excitedly: "What orders does the King of Han have? Let's start the Northern Expedition next?"
"Northern Expedition, let's go Northern Expedition." Zhang Qi and Wang Bao both shouted in unison.
Zhao Bingyan shook his head and asked how their team was practicing?
Zhang Qi immediately withered and said helplessly that there were too many recruits. Now that he had learned how to walk and line up, he could not fire a gun. Yesterday, a battery fired 500 rounds, and observers said that less than ten Tatars were injured.
Ge Laozi, what a waste of natural resources. In the era of Grandfather Eighth Route Army, such a waste of ammunition would lead to incarceration even if one was not shot.
Zhao Bingyan said: "How can we do this? We have to continue to practice. We can't joke with the lives of soldiers."
He asked Zhou Fu, how many people do we have now?
Zhou Fu said that the total number of recruits and veterans was less than 20,000, and Leizhou must have recruited many more recruits.
Zhao Bingyan told him not to say nonsense. Compared with the Yuan army, these troops were just scum. The team must be well trained before it can go into battle.
He said: "My purpose in burning the enemy's food and grass is not to attack, but to give us a chance to breathe. We are currently training our troops."
Zhao Bingyan personally selected a hundred instructors to train, and the instructors went to train the troops. The organizational discipline and technical combat level of the Guards quickly improved. If the team is drawn out to harass the Yuan army, the effect will be very obvious.
After a row of gunshots from the New Army, few people were standing on the opponent's position.
The rest were all lying on the ground shivering, not daring to show their heads again.
He stayed in Suixi for two months. After training the new recruits hard, he released enough food, grass and weapons and returned south with Wang Bao's subordinates.
Leizhou was already in a quarrel at this time.
Queen Mother Yang Shufei practiced shooting in the harem all day long, regardless of political affairs.
Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang went to see her and asked about the next step. She said that she would listen to the King of Han.
Lu Xiufu said displeasedly: "The King of Han wants the army to cultivate and recuperate. Now that we have lived in Leizhou for many days, the food in the warehouse is almost exhausted. The King of Han also wants the court to take care of the people, and people who have no food have to send relief grain."
Concubine Yang Shu has fallen in love with Zhao Bingyan now, and she doesn't like people saying that Zhao Bingyan is not good.
She said calmly, "Since the King of Han has an order, it must be carried out. This also shows the great kindness of our Song Dynasty."
Wen Tianxiang nodded and said: "The army has been resting in Leizhou for more than a month, and it is time to plan the next step. Why not ask the King of Han to come back quickly for discussion."
Concubine Yang Shu told them that the King of Han had already planned to go to Annan for temporary refuge and train the new army before heading north.
Lu Xiufu immediately objected, thinking that Chen Yizhong's proposal was rejected by the court council. Now that guy has fled to Annan, what's the point of waiting for me to go?
Concubine Yang Shu said coldly: "At this moment, at that moment, when we came out of Lin'an, we had not only 300,000 soldiers, but also 200,000. How many are left today?"
She paused and said firmly: "Anyway, the Ai family believes in the King of Han. If you want to follow him, you have to obey him. You two can do whatever you want."
Lu Xiufu was immediately dumbfounded.
Wen Tianxiang pulled his sleeve, and the two of them bowed respectfully and left.
Within two days, news spread in Leizhou City that the imperial court was going west to Annan.
This time, when the common people heard that the King of Han was taking them to Annan in the west to survive, their opposition was much smaller.
Everyone knows that the King of Han's guards are unified, and the army protects the people. When the people feel safe, they are willing to follow the army.
What's more, Leizhou needs food now, but there is no food. All the linen clothes that Leizhou needs to wear have been bought and robbed by the defeated soldiers. If you don't follow the Guards, why don't you go naked and wait for the Tatars to come and pervert, burn, kill and loot?
However, the biggest resistance came from the civil servants in the small imperial court who were well versed in poetry and literature. A group of fleeing officials headed by Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie were reluctant to part with the great power of the Song Dynasty. Actively planning the Northern Expedition.
After the news that Zhao Bingyan burned the Yuan army's food and grass on the Jiuzhou River defense line was sent back to Leizhou, Zhang Shijie thought it was a great opportunity to attack, and pulled Lu Xiufu to hurriedly find the Queen Mother to raise troops for the Northern Expedition.
Concubine Yang Shu asked him: Do you know how many soldiers and horses there are now?
Zhang Shijie was stunned on the spot.
He no longer commanded troops and horses, and of course he did not know the exact number.
Recently, he recruited 5,000 soldiers and horses by himself, but Lu Xiufu immediately reminded him that there was not much food and grass, and Liu Shiyong did not agree to give him the food and grass in the general camp, so Zhang Shijie had to practice bravely with a few thousand soldiers.
This kind of force is obviously not enough for the Northern Expedition.
Concubine Yang Shu said patiently: "The King of Han went north to stabilize the Jiuzhou River defense line, not for the Northern Expedition. Now the King of Han has sent out surprise troops to burn the enemy's food and grass. The great kindness has given our dynasty a good opportunity to increase its strength."
While they were still talking, the imperial guards outside the door shouted happily: "The King of Han's troops have returned to the court, the King of Han is back."
Yang Shufei became more energetic and called out to take a look.
Going out to have a look means going out of the city to greet him, which shows how much Concubine Yang Shu loves Zhao Bingyan.
When the three people saw Concubine Yang Shu's actions, they thought that the Queen Mother had no doubts about Zhao Bingyan and obeyed her words, and they were talking about nothing.
Zhao Bingyan was greatly surprised when he saw the four of them coming out of the city to greet them, and respectfully saluted them one by one.
Concubine Yang Shu shouted: "The King of Han defeated the enemy invaders. He has meritorious service and deserves a heavy reward..."
Zhao Bingyan hurriedly said: "Thank you Queen Mother, I don't want any reward." Geng immediately led the way into the city.
After entering the government office and sitting down, Concubine Yang Shu said: "Bingyan has come back just in time. The two prime ministers and the general have said that they want to go to the north and have objections to going west to Annan. It will be easy to discuss it now."
After taking a sip of tea, Zhao Bingyan explained: Leizhou is currently extremely short of food, and we must find another place to settle down. This time the food and grass of the Yuan army were burned, and it would take at least two months for the Tatars to be ready to attack us southward.
It is not ruled out that the Yuan army jumped over the wall in a hurry and went south to rob Leizhou.
As for us, we all rely on Mr. Zhuge’s help.
Although the new army is currently equipped with powerful muskets, the new recruits did not receive three months of training, which is a complete waste of bullets.
You may think that soldiers can fight the Tatars with swords, but the Tatars have gathered 50,000 to 60,000 troops on the Jiuzhou River. We, including the people, have less than 50,000, so how can we fight the Tatars?
In this way, the king decided to continue to rest in Leizhou for a period of time, temper the new army, and transfer immediately when the situation becomes critical, taking away as many people as possible to protect them from the Tatar scourge.
Zhang Shijie questioned that he wanted to take away the people of Leizhou and asked him how to take them away. But there are tens of thousands, or even nearly 100,000 young and old.
He looked at the two prime ministers and said: "We told the people the worst case scenario, and also told them that from now on, our officers and soldiers in the Song Dynasty will be united, and the officers and people will be equal, and all the formations are willing to follow. The Guards will never leave a single brother or sister behind." .”
Lu Xiufu felt that Zhao Bingyan was incompetent, so he asked him a little stiffly: "A man has made a promise and it is hard to follow him. Can the King of Han really do it?"
