Chapter 4 Differences in morale

The northwest wind was blowing, and the faces of the soldiers of the Xixia army were frozen and expressionless. The cavalry' horses bowed their heads and walked hard in the wind and snow. Li Liangzuo's heart was as cold as this cold winter weather. He stared at the front silently. The general often urged the horse to come to Li Liangzuo's side and said loudly, "Sheng Up, the front is Xiping Mansion. Please order the emperor to be stationed 50 miles in Xiping Mansion. The weather is so cold that I'm afraid that the emperor can't reach Yanzhou no matter how uneasy he is, and the soldiers will be frostbitten and demoralized. As soon as he set out, he encountered such weather, which had a faint ominous foreboding in Li Liangzuo's heart. Looking at the several generals around him, they were already disgraced. Li Liangzuo raised his whip and ordered the army to pause in Xiping Mansion.

Xiping Mansion is in the southeast of Xingqing Mansion. Li Liangzuo is the only place to send troops. Out of Xingqing Mansion, Li Liangzuo plunged into the palace set up in Xiping Mansion. The wine and dishes on the table were already a little cold. Li Liangzuo did not move his chopsticks for a long time. He just drank wine. The wine was sad, and he felt more and more depressed. The concubine beside him served him. Zi, while drinking wine, he carefully looked at Li Liangzuo's face. Finally, the concubine couldn't help persuading, "The emperor's body is important. It's better to drink less. If the emperor doesn't want to fight the Song Dynasty, it's better to stay in Xiping Mansion for a few more days."

Li Liangzuo stood up and kicked over the table in front of him. The concubine's words seemed to add fuel to the fire, which suddenly aroused his anger: "Go out, get out of here."

The concubines and the maids and eunuchs hurriedly withdrew from the hall. They didn't understand why they provoked the emperor with good advice. Wu Su, the commander of Feilongyuan, came in from the outside. Seeing the scene in front of him, he sighed gently and then walked to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, the secret envoy Man Ba and Ma Bu They all commanded General Manchang to see him.

Li Liangzuo said feebly, "Let them come in."

Manma and son walked to the hall. First, they saw Li Liangzuo's face sinking like water, and then saw the cups and plates scattered all over the ground in the hall. The hearts of the father and son also sank. They walked to the hall and reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Highness, the army received the news that the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty had set out from the capital. This time The 30,000 soldiers led by Yue Li, and the supervisor was next to the king, which was no different from the news I got before. Please make a judgment as soon as possible.

"Thiry thousand, it's not half of our troops. It seems that Song Shenzong has no tricks." Li Liangzuo said lightly, but he couldn't hear any joy from his tone,

Man often nodded and said, "What the emperor said is very much, but..." He looked at Manbaa and shook his head at him. Everyone knew what everyone was worried about now, but no one wanted to say it,

Li Liangzuo said, "It's just that it's not easy to deal with the king, right?" Man Chang lowered his head and thought that the emperor didn't look confused at all.

Manbei coughed gently and said, "Your emperor, this time you want to attack the Song Dynasty with all your troops. You just want to take advantage of its unstable regime. I wanted to catch it off guard, but now that the other party is ready, I'm afraid that this dispatch of troops will get twice the result with half the effort."

Li Liangzuo smiled bitterly: "General Manma, why do you have someone else's ambition to destroy your prestige? If the military order retreats at this time, it doesn't seem that we are afraid of the Song Dynasty. Besides, it's good for the king to come. I just want to see him."

Man Mi whispered, "I know that the emperor has a good impression on the side of the king, but how can the two armies meet in front of the battle, how can it be the same as before?"

"I've made up my mind. There's no need to say more." Li Liangzuo couldn't help but get upset again,

A minister walked into the hall: "I would like to the Holy See you, Li Xili, the governor of Xingqing Mansion, to see me."

"It's just the right time to come. Let him come and see him." Li Liangzuo ordered,

Li Xili hurriedly walked into the hall. As soon as he looked up, he saw that Manba and his father and son were there, he muttered in his heart, "Your Highness, the food and fodder prepared by the Xiping Mansion needed to send troops this time have been handed over. Now that the brigade is stationed outside Xiping Mansion, the officials of our government said that they would apportioned some more amount. Now the people have heard that they want to In the war, the people in the land where the army passed were afraid of being transported by the people's husbands. No one cultivated the fields, the rations were scraped, and they all ran away one after another. It was really can't be taken out of Xipingfu to pay the grain and grass.

According to Li Liangzuo's previous temper, he would probably be angry and scolded. However, what everyone didn't expect this time, Li Liangzuo was not angry. He was even annoyed by himself for the year of the expedition. Not to mention the people, Li Liangzuo felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger this time, and now he could only grit his teeth and move forward, so he didn't intend to blame him at all. Blame yourself, the only relative. After all, Li Xili and he are brothers,

"Well, I see. Let's go down."

Li Xili was stunned when he heard it, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Even Manme and his son and Wu Su in the hall were surprised. They noticed that Li Liangzuo's expression was a little decadent, and even a little broken.

Li Liangzuo did not lose his temper, but made Li Xili a little embarrassed. He said, "Weichen is trying to find a way." He wanted to have the idea of meeting bluntly, but he was dismissed by Li Liangzuo.

"What else can the two generals do?" Li Liangzuo looked at Manme and Manchang and said, "Then go down and have a rest. Let's continue to leave tomorrow."

The father and son left Li Liangzuo's palace, returned to the big tent and walked to the fire in the tent. While warming their hands, they asked Man, "Dad, don't you think the emperor has a lot of trouble recently?"

Man Mi held the hot tea brought by the bodyguard in his hand and sighed, "Did you just find it?"

"It's not just found out, and it's no wonder the emperor is worried. You see that the Chinese officials in the dynasty are now in control of power. Although our party members, Xifeng, Fei Ting and Xiangli, there are also officials in the court, but they are more attached to the empress and the prime minister. You are watching this dispatch of troops. Most of the soldiers in the army are separated. I'm really worried about this difficult time. To win."

Man Mi whispered, "Yes, for my father, I have experienced two generations of emperors and the change of imperial power, but now I feel more and more powerless. I am probably old. After this battle, I will return to my hometown. In the future, the emperor will rely on you."

The father and son were as uneasy as Li Liangzuo, but they couldn't understand how the high-spirited teenager in those years became so depressed. Wu Su, who was standing beside Li Liangzuo in the hall, didn't understand. The inner minister's room beside Li Liangzuo took someone to clean up the table that had just been kicked over by Li Liangzuo in the hall. The scattered cups and plates are rearranged with wine and vegetables,

Wu Su stood aside with his hands. At this moment, he didn't know why Li Liangzuo didn't let him retreat,

Li Liangzuo drank two sips of wine sullenly, as if to say to himself, "The wine is cold, and the food is cold. The first time I saw Wang, the hot weather of the hot pot made by this guy was also hot."

Wu Su looked at Li Liangzuo doubtfully and finally said for a long time, "The king of the Song Dynasty is indeed a talent. I understand that the emperor's love for talent."

Li Liangzuo suddenly sighed: "No one can understand that I will never have benevolence in front of the king."

Wu Su always wanted to ask if it was about Wang's son, but Li Liangzuo said intermittently, "Manta and his son are loyal to me. Even so, because they have a friendship with Wang, I can't say anything." Wu Su finally wanted to put up with what he wanted to ask, because he saw that the room beside him was looking at him with slanted eyes,

While Li Liangzuo was entangled in various ways, the 30,000 troops of the Song Dynasty had sent the leading army to inform Yanzhou, Weizhou and Yuanzhou garrisonaries to be strictly prepared in accordance with the plan made by the king in advance with Yue Li. At the same time, he also sent Wang Shao to the ministries handed over between Xixia and Tubo to ask for a coalition to harass Xiliang Mansion in Xixia. When the road went west, passing through Zezhou, Jinzhou and other places, I saw many people waiting along the road,

When it was dark, the troops set up the camp, and the cooking army raised a cooking fire. The bonfire gas lit up the camp. The Chinese army's account was reporting to the king. I heard that the army went to the west to resist Xixia. Many people volunteered to deliver food, and some sent local specialty food to the commander-in-chief and the prison army. If this happens, the Song army knew about Xixia. The situation facing the army will certainly be more confident,

The coach Yue Li was in a very smooth mood. Although the weather was bad all the way out of the capital, the morale was indeed getting higher and higher. The soldiers were confident that if it was not just to resist Xixia, it would not matter if he set out to capture several cities in Xixia this time. He couldn't help but cast admiration at the king.

Wang is very clear in his heart that in addition to strict military discipline, the people's will are also very important. Of course, there is a more important reason. This time, Wang Bing has made it clear that he will not arrest the strong men and will not send servants. All logistics such as the transportation of food and fodder are specially responsible. Those who are willing to do this are all hired. At present, the cold winter is the time of agricultural leisure, and manpower naturally does not ask questions, and compared with the previous army to catch strong soldiers, this measure is really popular with the people,

He told Yue Li his conclusion. Yue Li was even more impressed. As he was talking, someone entered the account to report. The magistrate of Jinzhou asked to see the king of Zhennan. The king said a favor. After a while, a thin and tall official in his thirties walked into the big account and greeted the king, "I haven't seen you for many years. How's the prince." Behind him, he also followed Yu Danian and Yin Shijie,

"Oh, Brother Cheng, why is it you?" When Wang saw that the person who came was Cheng Hao, he was overjoyed and stood up to greet him: "When did you come to Jinzhou? Why did these two people come with you?"

Yu Danian and Yin Shijie smiled and said, "We came to send incense cakes to the prince, but the soldiers outside didn't let the people see you. There were many rules of the army. I happened to meet Cheng Zhifu. I had a few encounters in the past, so I asked Cheng Zhifu to bring us in as a follower."

"Hahaha, Brother Cheng Hao is easy to talk about. This hasn't changed at all. Come on, Brother Cheng. I'll introduce you to Ma Budu's commander-in-chief brother-in-law." Wang said and let Cheng Hao in front of Yue Li. After meeting each other, the three of them sat down; Yu Danian and Yin Shijie were greeted by Zhang Ping to catch up the past,

Wang saw Cheng Hao's smile reluctantly. He thought that Cheng Hao had also been implicated by himself in those years. Did he still complain in his heart and asked, "Brother Cheng's high promotion. It's a pity that it's still dozens of miles away from Jinzhou Fucheng. I'm too happy that you deliberately came to see me. Why does Brother Cheng seem to have It's on my mind."

"No, no." Cheng Hao waved his hand and said that it was not that there was nothing on his mind, but Wang went to the front line, and it seemed that there was no need for him to know the trivial matters later.