Chapter 163 Terrible for the Afterlife

Ten days have passed.

During this period of time, Qingyunbao is like a tenacious seed sucking into the nourishing spring dew, releasing amazing vitality and vigorous renewal.

After the battle of Xiaocangshan, 50,000 to 60,000 people were added from Taiyuan and Qixingzhai, which instantly doubled the family business of Qingyunbao. The food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people alone is a huge test. It is naturally impossible to build so many houses in a short time. Therefore, Chu Tianya gathered the leaders to discuss and decided to reopen the abandoned monk cave as the auxiliary wing and branch of Qingyunbao.

In the era of Zhang Duan, the monk's cave reached its heyday. It is called "Chole", which is actually a cottage built between the mountains, and the interior is like Qingyunbao. After Zhang Duyan's defeat, the monk's cave tree fell down and dispersed, and was once abandoned. Now it is used to place a large number of soldiers and horses after being rectified.

Ma Yu once served as the leader here and was very familiar with it, so he became the leader of Qingyuntang in the monk's cave. Wang Xun was also the one who went with him. The two are both best friends and officers of the victory army, so it is easy to work together. They took the Shengjie army and the people of Taiyuan who returned to Xishan to open a branch here, rebuild the cottage to exercise soldiers and horses, and wait for the order of Qingyunbao.

After Ma expanded to divide this group of people, the pressure in Qingyunbao suddenly decreased. Within ten days, countless trees were cut down, and dozens of earth kilns burned bricks and tiles day and night to build houses. The people and horses who came from Qixingzhai and the Taiyuan army patrols were resettled one after another. The division of the area in the whole castle is also clearer and clearer. The military area and the living area are intertwined. The soldiers in the castle are not only sergeants, but also residents and labor.

When dividing the "military region", Chu Tianya has long consciously separated infantry, cavalry, military soldiers and female soldiers, and has been linked to the future division of responsibilities of several leaders. It is a metaphor for the four or five thousand Taiyuan army patrols. Since they are known as the "Chu Family Army", there will naturally be no second master. They can only be Chu Tianya's pro-xunen troops. So their station is the closest to the Qingyunyi Festival Hall, that is, the residence of Chu Tianya (which is a little like the Royal Forest Army). They followed Xiao Linglong out of Taiyuan and went to Qixingzhai, and now they are attached to the 800 Yecha female soldiers of Qingyunbao. Their station is relatively remote and there are not many other sergeant stations near the independent. The Khitan cavalry led by the Yelu brothers is one of the few elite cavalry in Qingyunbao, and only they are compared with Xiao Linglong's station. Close.

Previously, the 3,000 soldiers who followed Guanshan to the government and Jiao Wentong brought out from Qixingzhai were planned to be placed in a place with a total of 7,000 or 8,000 people. In the vision of Chu Tianya, they will be Jiao Wentong's own soldiers in the future.

In addition, there will be the residences of Meng De and Xue Yu in the future. Each station will have a "ditification" system similar to that of the monk's cave. The leaders of all sizes live around the "tang masters" of the branch, and uniformly implement the order issued by Qingyuntang.

The planning is very strict and has a little meaning of "centralized county system".

Nearly 100,000 people, like tearing down several houses into bricks, tiles and sand and then rebuilding them on the ground, which can be said to be a big deal. In just ten days, Chu Tianya, with the dedicated support of Meng De and others, unfolded everything in an orderly manner.

This family business in Xishan, out of the previous spirit of mountain thieves and bandits, gradually shows its unique "Chu style" - strictness, standardization, accumulation and forging ahead!

At the same time, on the other side of Taiyuan, the royal division of the imperial court, who had just suffered a great defeat, was full of mourning soldiers.

Xiao Cangshan was defeated, and the imperial court's strategic plan of "collecting the rebels and fighting against gold with bandits" formulated by Hedong completely collapsed. The royal master under Xu Han's command was also almost destructively hit - the 8,000 horses that had been submissive to Qixingzhai, plus nearly 30,000 people of the Shengjie Army and the Taiyuan Xiang Army, fled collectively and were also abducted. More than 10,000 people have left. What's more abominable is that they hardly left Xu Han a grain, an inch of cloth and a blade!

Although there are still tens of thousands of collected remnants of soldiers stationed outside Taiyuan City, they can't even eat without weapons. It's like a tiger being pulled out of its teeth, chopped its claws and not being given food. How can there be any combat effectiveness?

Xu Han knows that even if he doesn't give up this time, his career will come to an end. Therefore, he took the initiative to petition the court to plead guilty, explaining the situation in Taiyuan, and "guarantee with death" and repeatedly stressed that only Zhang Xiaochun, the former governor of Taiyuan, could "resolve the crisis in Hedong" and tried his best to recommend Zhang Xiaochun to the court to preside over the military and political affairs of Hedong instead.

The 600-mile urgent memorial was soon sent to the Tokyo court, which caused a huge shock on the spot, even a storm.

Just yesterday, the officials were still in the court and praised Xu Han in public for his ability to live up to my expectations, hoping that all officials would follow his example. Today, Xu Han sent such a report card, and the Song officials who had just ascended the throne wanted to die.

In Xiaocangshan, the royal master of the imperial court was defeated by several mountain thieves and grass bandits in such a way. In the eyes of the officials and ministers, this is much more humiliating than losing to the Jurchens. It seems that in their opinion, it is "reasonable" to lose to Jurchens on the battlefield. However, it is absolutely unreasonable to lose to a few moabs!

The name of Chu Tianya sounded grandly on the court of the Song Dynasty for the first time!

Xu Han did not lose the name of loyalty. He was not as busy as some vulgar officials or panicked to report the military situation. Instead, he reported everything he knew and experienced to the officials, sobbed, and put forward the only way to alleviate the crisis in Hedong now - unite the Rebel Army and fight together. Jurchen!

What he said to Zhang Xiaochun also appeared in the memorial to the officials - Xishan Chu Tianya, 'can't be touched, can't be trusted'. The top priority is to stabilize the Xishan Mountain, use the Xishan Mountain, and unite the united forces of Hedong to resist the invasion of the State of Jin.

At this time, Xu Han, the dazzling new star of the court, has completely collapsed. Whether it is the Xu faction or the support faction, they no longer have any arguments and contests against Xu Han, a worthless person, but point the target to another person - Chu Tianya!

This horse leader, who was even shocked by the emperor, seemed to be famous overnight. However, through Xu Han's detailed introduction of Chu Tianya's resume, the officials and ministers suddenly realized that this person surnamed Chu is the black hand who led all the major events in Taiyuan. Now, he has finally stood at the front desk!

After another fierce debate, Xu Han's cross policy of "cannot be appeased, untrustworthy" finally was finally recognized by the court. In the final analysis, the officials and the court did not want to and were unable to send large troops to conquer Xishan, and took a fancy to the strong combat effectiveness of the current group of bandits. Since the banner of Xishan is to fight against gold and save the country and protect the people, it's just right to use them to deal with Jurchens at the border!

If the two tigers compete with each other, there must be an injury. The profit is naturally the person who sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight.

There are only two days left before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the West Mountain is preparing in full swing. The Dragon Boat Festival was not a particularly grand festival in Hedong, but it is of great significance to Xishan now. Because on the Dragon Boat Festival, the ten Marriotts in Xishan will select their great leaders!

Qingyunbao is busy with lanterns and colorful, full of joy.

At noon, a group of uninvited guests came down from the mountain and were intercepted by the people patrolling the mountain. The visitor claimed to be "the old friend of Chu Tianya" and came to visit. However, they recognized that the person who came was Zhang Xiaochun, the former governor of Taiyuan, so they immediately returned to Qingyunbao.

After Chu Tianya learned the news, he couldn't help but be very surprised: Why did Zhang Xiaochun come?

After inquiry, I learned that there were only a dozen people in Zhang Xiaochun and his party, and there were no guards, and they also specially brought some gifts for the meeting. The intention is to "visit an old friend".

Chu Tianya thought that Zhang Xiaochun was originally taken down by Xu Han, but now he can regain his freedom. Maybe the situation in Taiyuan has changed. It's better to listen to him. In addition, although the two are different for their main camps, they have finally been sad in the Battle of Taiyuan, and it's okay to see each other.

Therefore, Qingyunbao set up a formation, beat the drum and rang the horse, and sent Mei Xuelang to lead a well-equipped honor cavalry to go down the mountain to lead Zhang Xiaochun into the fort.

Chu Tianya deliberately made such a big deal. First, he wanted to show his military prestige to the government; second, he also wanted to show everyone up and down the West Mountain that Chu Tianya would never collude with the government in private, so as not to be suspicious.

This is actually a lesson from the front car of Qixingzhai. Chu Tianya doesn't want to fall again in the place where they once fell.

Zhang Xiaochun and his party were more than a dozen people. Except for a few military servants who drove to see each other, all of them were officials under the rule of Taiyuan Prefecture, including several county magistrates and parents in neighboring states and counties. They were invited (or ordered) by Zhang Xiaochun to "visit" Xishan together, which was frightened.

Seeing that Qingyunbao was so strong and powerful, more than half of the dozen people accompanying them were scared white. I was afraid that there would be no return today, and I was peeled and boiled by this group of fierce horses.

Only Zhang Xiaochun was sooth that he talked and laughed with Xue Yu all the way. Because only he has a bottom in his heart, even if he is opposed to each other by his own masters, he will never do anything to him as a person of Chu Tianya. Besides, he came here today for the purpose of "friendliness". Why are you afraid if you reach out and don't hit a smiling person?

Chu Tianya put on the set of painted gold ridge iron armor that had been used in the Battle of Taiyuan, and stood alone in the middle of the gate of Qingyunbao, quietly waiting for Zhang Xiaochun.

On both sides of the gate, the golden drums are flying and majestic.

Although Zhang Xiaochun is forced to be calm, he can't help but marvel at it: Unexpectedly, a Xiangma cottage in the district can have such a strict pattern and vigorous momentum, which is simply more majestic than the regular royal master sent by the imperial court!

At a glance, he saw Chu Tianya, who was immediately standing in the middle of the gate. Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help showing a smile on his face and exclaimed: "So heroic! ...Wang Dutong's vision is really not bad. It's really a terrible future life!!"