Chapter 175 Deep Hidden Danger
Tian Hu is indeed going to make a comeback. Although Wu Qimai let the army withdraw, his coveted land of the Central Plains and his hatred for Song Qing have not changed at all, so of course he has to leave a spokesperson for himself.
After several wars, a group of traitors that Jin Bing collected at the beginning were basically disabled, and they had no choice but to pick up Tian Hu, who was hiding in the dark but had been ready to move.
Tian Hu is a native of Hebei, and there is still a certain foundation for rebellion here. After he manages the withdrawal of the golden soldiers, Hebei, which is almost a masterless land, is the most suitable.
So Tian Hu, with the help of the Jin people, soon gathered a rabble, but because of the armed forces of the Jin people, his current team looks similar.
In fact, Wu Qimai still hopes that Tian Hu can slow down Song Qing's pace to the north and wait for him to recover and then re-enact the Central Plains.
Shahe is just a small city in Xingzhou, and Tian Hu is not here. He took the newly formed army and now he has just taken over the Zhending City given to him by the Jin Bing. Although it is an empty city, it is also a temporary place to settle down.
Although Tian Hu's ambition is not small, his vision is more than 108,000 miles different from Song Qing. He only thinks that the Jin people are temporarily withdrawn and will come back sooner or later, and Song Qing is only lucky to succeed for a while.
So after the guy entered Zhending City, he couldn't wait to announce the re-establishment of the Jin Palace and form his own small court. At the same time, he summoned the old troops to prepare to take the lead in occupying Hebei before the court returned.
Although the Jinren tried his best to help Tian Hu form a man, he didn't say anything to him. For example, he didn't tell him all about the news that Song Qing's four-way army had burst into Hebei. He only asked him to prepare early, and Song Qing could kill him at any time.
It is obviously impossible to say that Tian Hu is not afraid of Liang Shan's heroes. But first, in the miscellaneous army under him, there is a hidden golden soldier, which can have an unexpected effect against Liangshan people.
He has gathered more than 100,000 horses in a short period of time through various means, and the number is still increasing.
With strength, of course, he also has confidence, so even if someone tells him that Song Qing is coming, he will not be too scared.
Although the chaos in Hebei has affected the transmission of information, Liangshan's intelligence system is still much higher than other forces. Tian Hu didn't know that when Song Qing entered Hebei, the news about him turning over had been placed on Song Qing's desk. Along with this news, Yue Fei also arrived.
Hearing that Yue Fei finally appeared, Song Qing was overjoyed and greeted him in person. He took Yue Fei's hand and refused to let go for a long time.
While Yue Fei's heart was hot, he was inevitably a little ashamed. He really regarded himself as a character, but he repeatedly rejected people thousands of miles away.
Thinking back, Yue Fei did not show his friends. It is important to know each other. He will repay Song Qing's importance to him with practical actions in the future.
That night, Song Qing invited Yue Fei at the big tent of the Chinese army. Although the banquet in the march was simple, no one cared about these people.
After the banquet, the others retreated, and Song Qing and Yue Fei had a long talk.
The two talked most about the two battles with Jin Bing. Song Qing can be said to have gradually grown up in previous battles, but Yue Fei is undoubtedly a genius in this field. So after a conversation, both of them benefited a lot.
As he spoke, the topic talked about the people's livelihood in Hebei.
Yue Fei suddenly looked at the ground and said, "Has King Liang ever thought about how to govern this land of Hebei in the future?"
Although Song Qing kept saying that he would not let Yue Fei call him prince, although Yue Fei was free and easy, he was very persistent in this regard and ignored Song Qing's protest at all.
Song Qing sighed and said, "Hebei Xiangzhou has withered. I plan to restore the functions of the government first and recruit the scattered people. I can help in other aspects, but after all, building a home is inseparable from the people of Hebei!"
"Actually, I have an idea. I don't know if the prince will accept it?"
"What else can't be said between you and me? Brother-in-law, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."
"Actually, there are only two words, land"
"Land?"
"These words have been in my heart for a long time. I haven't had a chance to say them before, but now I think it's the most appropriate to say them to the prince."
Yue Fei's expression was a little lonely, and then he changed his face and continued: "Hebei is in such a mess. Of course, there are reasons for the abuse of gold soldiers and the incompetence of officers and soldiers. In fact, in my opinion, the most fundamental thing is the court has a problem with the administration of Hebei. The land is in the hands of rich households and eunuchs, and the people still have to bear heavy taxes when they have no land to grow. This situation may not appear much at ordinary times, and once it is chaotic, it can quickly form a fire. Therefore, after the prince governs Hebei, he must pay attention to this matter."
After Yue Fei finished speaking, Song Qing couldn't help pondering. To put it bluntly, he is still too lacking in governance, but he is convinced that Yue Fei's words are not aimless, and the land issue has always been the most difficult problem in history.
Not to mention the officials of the Song Dynasty, as Liangshan's power becomes more and more powerful, who can guarantee that Liangshan's heroes will not compete with the people at all? Even if they can do it, what about their relatives? Can they all do it?
This is a big problem that can't be solved well and touches the whole body with one hair.
Song Qing stood up and walked around the account with his hands behind his hands before saying, "Brother-in-law, what's a good solution?"
"There is nothing else, counting the population, redividing the land, and strictly prohibiting officials and rich gentry from annexing land. To put it, it is difficult to tie the people to their own land, which can eliminate those unstable factors to the greatest extent."
Hearing Yue Fei's suggestion, Song Qing suddenly understood why Zhao Gu in the Southern Song Dynasty had to kill Yue Fei.
In addition to interfering with the emperor's family affairs, blocking the emperor's peace talks, threatening the emperor and so on, I'm afraid that a proposal for land reform should be added, because Yue Fei's proposal is obviously on the opposite side of all dignitaries. If Yue Fei continues to be in power, will these officials still have a good life?
So when Zhao Gu ordered to capture Yue Fei, only Han Shizhong questioned Qin Hui, and there was almost no one else to plead for mercy. That's probably the reason.
However, none of this will happen. The current Central Plains should belong to that kind of broken and established situation. For the time being, there will be no new dignitaries, and they are also grassroots and know the sufferings of the people, so Yue Fei's proposal is not unlikely to be implemented.
Thinking of this, Song Qingzhan smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Yue, for worrying about me. I will remember Brother Yue's golden words."
Then he said, "Brother Yue, what do you think of Tian Hu?"
Yue Fei also smiled and said, "The clown jumped, but I want to prevent him from jumping into Fenzhou, which is his nest. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to eliminate it."
"How about leaving this battle to Brother Yue?"
"You will not be humiliated"
After Yue Fei finished speaking, the two couldn't help looking at each other and laughing, and the long-lost feeling of mutual regret returned to their hearts.
The next morning, Yue Fei and Hua Rong led 10,000 cavalry to kill Zhendingfu first.
Song Qing led a large army to follow up slowly. At the same time, he cleared the remaining armed forces and restored the functions of the government as he walked. He has decided that after the soldiers arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture, the matter of suppressing bandits will be handed over to the generals, and he will spend his main energy on handling local affairs.
With the continuous news from all walks of life, Song Qing also knew an unexpected news. Now his total strength has reached more than 400,000. It turned out that he knew that he had collected a lot of defeated soldiers and armed forces from all over the court, but he didn't expect that there would be so many.
If there are more people, of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. First of all, it is food and fodder. Originally, there were 230,000 troops supplied to Kaifeng, but now there are more than half out of thin air. The pressure can be imagined.
But now is not the time to cut the army casually, and a large number of troops will also need to be stationed on the long border in the future.
Song Qing meditated for a long time and ordered people to distribute food and fodder in Shandong. Last year, Shandong had a bumper grain harvest, but it could cope with it for a while.
If it hadn't been for the fact that Hebei was harmed by the golden soldiers, the army's food could have been solved on the spot, but now it can't increase the burden on the people of Hebei.
At the same time, people were ordered to ship a large number of long-precated sweet potatoes and their seeds to all parts of Hebei. The growth conditions of this thing are not so harsh. As long as they persist after this year, everything will be fine by next year.
At this time, Tian Hu, who was busy recruiting horses to expand his strength, finally learned the news of Song Qing's four-way army entering Hebei, and it is said that the current army has nearly 400,000 people's fear of Liang Shan's deep bone marrow, which scared him not to pretend to be a child. His first thought was to run.
Originally, I thought that Song Qing's people were no more than 200,000, but now they suddenly doubled. What can I do to resist others? So let's run!
Uncle Wu Li stopped him and helped him analyze Liangshan.
First of all, Liangshan's army came in four ways, and its strength was bound to be dispersed. Each road was at most more than 100,000 people and horses, which was comparable to the same strength, and there were still gold soldiers and iron horses hidden in his army, which was impossible for Liangshan people and horses to know. Therefore, this battle may not be defeated.
Secondly, Liangshan's people and horses have expanded so much, and various problems will come one after another, such as grain and grass, unified command, etc., which are all problems that Song Qing urgently needs to solve.
If you can send people and horses to harass the back road of Liangshan's army and hit them head-on, you may be able to break through Liangshan people and horses in one fell swoop and complete what the Jin people did not do.
It can't be denied that Tian Hu's uncle is indeed a wise man, and what he said is indeed the problems existing in Liangshan's army. But he didn't think about what kind of people Tian Hu was and what kind of soldiers he brought.
It is said that the ignorant are fearless, and it is estimated that it refers to people like Wu Li.
After listening to his father-in-law's words, Tian Hu thought about it carefully and felt that it was really like that. He was just defeated by Liang Shan next time. As for being so afraid of them? Liangshan's firearms are powerful, and his own people are not vegetarian. Just pay more attention.
Concided, Tian Hu immediately ordered his brother Tian Bao to lead 20,000 cavalry to bypass Liangshan's army and cut off the grain channels of Liangshan's army. At the same time, he ordered his other brother Tian Biao to lead 50,000 horses to line up in Luancheng to fight against Liangshan's vanguards.
Damn Song Qing only sent 10,000 horses, and he underestimated me too much. This time, let him know what it means to have no return. Do you dare to underestimate me?
Tian Hu sat in his Yin'an Hall and gritted his teeth and thought.