Chapter 174 Tian Hu Reappearance

Hebei is full of devastation. Isn't Kaifeng full of holes?

Song Qing also understood that staying in Hebei for more than one day would add a little difficulty to the Northern Expedition. Therefore, people from all walks of life have already assembled and waited for him to say a word.

In fact, he was also ready to go on an expedition at any time, and all he had to do was nothing more than Zong Ze.

After meditating for a moment, as if he had made some determination, he said, "Since the old general has to ask this question, I want to know how the old general will help me if I go on an expedition?"

Zong Ze said proudly, "Raise grain, supply military supplies, and ensure that the army ahead has no worries"

This is obviously not what Song Qing wanted to hear, and then asked, "Is that all?"

Zong Ze is a little confused. The army is on an expedition. What else is there in logistics besides these? Do you want me to lead the army? Do you dare to hand over the army to me?

Seeing that Zong Ze didn't understand what he meant, Song Qing's eyes suddenly became deep and slowly said, "First, I want the old general to go out with me. As for the logistics, I won't bother the old general. Second, I want the imperial army to withdraw from Hebei. If I don't leave, I must accept my adaptation. Third, all officials in Hebei must come out of their own door. Do the old general think these three points are feasible?

Zong Ze's face was discolored with anger, and he trembled and pointed to Song Qing: "Under the world, is it Wang Tu, what qualifications do you have to appoint officials? What on earth do you want to do?"

Song Qing sighed and said, "Old general, you are old and it's time to rest. I will declare that you are sick, and all government affairs have been handed over to our Liang Wangfu. Do you want to go to Dengzhou to accompany Lord Li Gang or go overseas? Whatever you choose, I will agree."

"You can't imagine that I will never allow you to make trouble."

Zong Ze roared and was about to pull out his sword under the ribs to cut Song Qing, but before his sword was pulled out, a bodyguard rushed to grab the sword and held his hands and feet.

Song Qing waved to a bodyguard leader and pointed to Zong Ze and said to him, "Look at him, you can't let him die. Otherwise, I will ask you. Don't let people see you when you go out later. Send it directly to Dengzhou and stay with Li Gang. When I want to see them, bring them to me."

The bodyguard leader answered, ordered someone to gag Zong Ze's mouth, and then directly raised it and left.

Although Zong Ze is a general, he is still old. Is that a young and strong bodyguard opponent? He was carried down as he struggled. As for the men who came with him, they never came out after they were called in.

Looking at Zong Ze who was carried away, Song Qing couldn't help sighing again and said secretly, "What's the pain? If only you were smarter and everyone would be safe?"

Soon Song Qing brought Chen Dong and ordered him to be the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, fully responsible for Kaifeng Prefecture. Dong Ping was the commander of Kaifeng Mabu Army and was responsible for the military affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Dong Ping's change is not big, just half a grid. Chen Dong is almost like a step, because the Yin of Kaifeng is a senior official from the third grade. Although the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture was not small, how can it be compared with the management of Gyeonggi Province?

So I happily took an errand to take over the government office.

The news that Zong Ze was denounced by the King of Liang in front of Tianbo Yang's house also quickly spread all over the city. Although the military and civilians of Bianliang had a good impression of Zong Ze, it was obviously not comparable to King Liang. So after hearing the news that the old general was seriously ill to recuperate, he didn't think much about it.

What else is there to be afraid of Liang Wang's army here?

As for Zhao Huan's court, Song Qing was not even interested in greeting. This is already my territory. It has nothing to do with your Zhao family. There is no need for me to explain it to you.

Zhao Huan left in a hurry and left the rest except for the elite of the four guards. In his imagination, when is it now? Don't so many soldiers need to be sent silver?

Anyway, there is local army protection when going south. Let's leave these irregular troops to Song Qing! Anyway, he has a lot of money.

However, Song Qing did not know that there was no shortage of soldiers, but he lacked the most labor. These soldiers put down their knives and guns and participated in the reconstruction of Kaifeng, which was obviously much more practical than the current recruitment.

And Song Qing did not treat them badly. He ordered Chai Jin to make up for the salary owed by the previous court, and then paid the people who participated in the reconstruction of Kaifeng according to their work.

In addition, the military and civilians who died and were injured in the two Kaifeng defense battles can receive compensation from the government.

You don't have to work hard, and your family doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking anymore. What else are these retired soldiers unwilling to do?

This alone raised Song Qing's prestige to an unprecedented position.

When Song Qing was preparing for the Northern Expedition, the great gold emperor Wu Qimai was also facing a huge crisis of trust.

Dajin has just founded the country, and many systems are still the original tribal system. The emperor is still promoted by various tribes, so he is not as supreme as the emperor of the Central Plains, and there is still someone who can challenge his authority.

Two consecutive battles to the south caused so much damage to the tribes that many tribal leaders began to question Wu Qimai's leadership.

The first thing that jumped out was Wanyan Zonggan, who was driven back to Beijing by Wu Qimai due to defeat. Relying on the identity of Taizu Agu's eldest son, he set off a wave of Wu Qimai.

However, Wu Qimai has been in charge of the Dajin Dynasty for many years, and the Dajin Kingdom can have today without his credit, so can his status be shaken by a nephew?

After some open and secret struggles, Wanyan Zonggan completely withdrew from the stage of Dajin, but there was also some turmoil within Dajin.

At the same time, many anti-gold forces have emerged in all parts of Hebei occupied by Jin Bing, often harassing Jin Bing's camp and grain channels. The golden soldiers took care of each other and were tired of dealing with it.

Based on these internal and external difficulties, Wu Qimai had to order all the troops to withdraw from Hebei.

Due to the war in Hebei, there were also some problems in the transmission of Liang Shan's secret information. It was not until Jin Bing began to retreat that Song Qing got the information.

After receiving the news, Song Qing ordered people from all walks of life to march into Hebei in an all-round way, recover the lost land, and eliminate various forces that took advantage of the chaos.

Han Shizhong's soldiers left Yucheng, broke into Texas, swept the former Yongjing army station, and went straight into Hejian Prefecture.

Guan Sheng sent troops from Pingyin, entered Gaotang Prefecture, crossed the famous mansion, crossed Jizhou and Shenzhou, and met with Han Shizhong in Hejian Prefecture.

Qin Ming rose from Shanghe, recovered Cangzhou, then went hand in hand with Han Shizhong and others, and finally stationed on the front line of Bazhou and Xiongzhou.

After Song Qing personally led a large army across the Yellow River, the soldiers were divided into two routes. One route was led by Lin Chong and entered Huaizhou by Yangwu. After sweeping Zezhou and Longde Mansion, they went straight to Fenzhou, where the Yuantian tiger rebels were located, and finally entered Taiyuan Prefecture.

Song Qing came out of Fengqiu and went straight to Xiangzhou, and then moved to Zhendingfu.

If it was not certain that Jin Bing had retreated, Song Qing would not have divided his troops like this. The number of troops dispatched this time has reached an unprecedented 230,000 people, which can be said to be Liangshan's current limit.

I'm afraid it's not enough to fight against the golden soldiers, but it's more than enough to deal with the bandits of the mob.

In fact, although there are many places occupied by the golden soldiers, they are basically the same as locusts. They left after sweeping, and this time it is a real withdrawal of troops, so the armies from all walks of Liangshan basically did not meet the golden soldiers.

However, as Song Qing thought, there were too many scattered armed forces in Hebei. Some people openly fought against the Liangshan army because they did not know the real origin of Liangshan people.

For such a team, Song Qing is suppressing and using it. After all, it is not a real enemy. Of course, it is best not to fight. If you encounter stubbornness, there is nothing to discuss and eliminate it directly.

The land of Hebei was first poisoned by golden soldiers and then destroyed by various bandits. Wherever you pass, there are ten rooms and nine empty, and you can't even see people within a hundred miles.

Seeing this situation, although the army went smoothly, Song Qing was not happy at all.

The land of Hebei is much bigger than Shandong, but now it has become like this, and it is difficult to manage it. It seems that after completely recovering these places, the first thing to do is to recruit the fleeing people, and then find ways to improve their lives little by little.

If you want the people to come back, you must first give them confidence in here and believe that the golden soldiers will not come back again. And where this confidence comes from depends on the performance of Liangshan heroes.

After making up his mind, Song Qing sent troops to clean up the bandits while helping the local area to resume production wherever he passed, calling on the displaced people to return home. Especially to send the news back to Shandong, where many exiles know the skills of Liangshan people, so it will be more convincing to get them back.

At the same time, restore the power of the local government and let them organize the people in their respective jurisdiction to produce and save themselves. Everything they need can be reported to Kaifeng Prefecture.

It takes a long process to restore the original appearance of Hebei, so at present, Song Qing can only do so much.

When Dajun passed by Xiangzhou Tangyin Yuefei's hometown, Song Qing went to the village where Yue Fei once lived. There was already no one here and the bodies were buried.

Song Qing ordered people to prepare sacrifices and pay tribute to the villagers who suffered because of Yue Fei outside the village. In fact, after entering Hebei, he was also looking for Yue Fei.

Nominally, Hebei is still the territory of the Song Dynasty, but Song Qing will erase the mark of the Song Dynasty little by little, just like Shandong. In the future, they will only know the thousand years of Liang Wang, but do not know who the emperor of the Song Dynasty is.

But Song Qing really doesn't want to be an enemy of Yue Fei. Subconsciously, he also thought that since Yue Fei entrusted his mother and son to himself, he should also be willing to join Liang Shan, right?

If that's the case, it would be great. Song Qing will give full play to Yue Fei's military talents like Han Shizhong, and they will specialize in dealing with foreigners and promoting the prestige of our Han Dynasty abroad.

And I believe they are willing to accept this decision.

I don't know if he felt Song Qing's urgent mood. Yue Fei was also taking his 500 people to the Liangshan camp in Songqing, but when he passed by Wu'an, Cizhou, he was hindered by one thing.

Wu'an was robbed by the golden soldiers, so the government was still paralyzed, but Yue Fei and others met a thousand people here who escorted supplies.

This court is not going into the city, but walking out of the city. It's a little bit like it has just been scraped and withdrawn.

The golden soldiers have retreated. Are they going there? Yue Fei went up to interrogate suspiciously, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't say a word and directly drew a knife to each other.

How could these people be Yue Fei's opponents? As a result, they were scattered by Yue Fei. Yue Fei caught a prisoner and asked him carefully to know that they were actually one of the culprits of the disaster in Hebei, Tian Hu's men. And on their trip, they were also ordered by Tianhu to pretend to be courtmen and search for a batch of grain and grass to send to Tianhu stationed in Shahe.

Didn't Tian Hu's men and horses be scattered by Song Qing? Why does it appear in the Shahe again?