Song Mingyue

Chapter 253 Heshuo Forbidden Army
Mozhou.

Before the army arrived at the city, Heng Haijun took over the envoy to know the affairs of the Xiongzhou Army.

"Yang Weizhong, force 75, intelligence 71, politics 35, command 81, health 90."

Zhao Hao knew a thing or two about Yang Weizhong, he fought bravely against Xixia back then, made great achievements in battle, and won Tong Guan's trust, so he was recommended to lead the Heshuo Forbidden Army.

This young man joined the army in Huanzhou as a fan, and he can be considered a military officer of the fourth rank, so he can be regarded as a good general.It's just that this person's dark history is probably only known to Zhao Hao at this time, and that's a story for later.

Zhao Hao and his party arrived at Mozhou City, set up troops and horses, and went into the city to rest.

It's night, in the government office of Mozhou.

Tong Guanduan sat in the middle, Zhao Hao sat on the side, Cai Mao and Cai You lined up on the left and right, followed by Zhong Shi Dao and Zhong Shi Zhong, then Yang Weizhong, and there was no one else.

Zhao Hao was the first to ask, "General Yang, what is the reality of the Heshuo Imperial Army?"

Of the 200 troops, the Heshuo Forbidden Army accounted for [-], which was the main force of the Northern Expedition. Moreover, the Heshuo Forbidden Army had guarded the Hebei border for nearly [-] years, so they must be familiar with the military terrain here and the actual situation of the Liao people.

Yang Weizhong was originally in the Western Army, and he was ordered to lead the Heshuo Forbidden Army this time. It took only seven or eight days to arrive, but after all, the general situation should be known.

Hearing Zhao Hao's question, Yang Weizhong's expression darkened, he shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "The situation here really disappoints Xuan Shuai and the Duke of the county...It is far behind the Western Army, and it is difficult to take on great responsibilities."

Everyone's complexion changed slightly, and they all looked at Yang Weizhong with puzzled expressions.

"In the land of Heshuo, there has been no war in the past 200 years. The generals of the Heshuo Forbidden Army are arrogant and lazy. If they don't train the enemy army, they will be useless. Most of the military rations in the warehouse are coarse grains, and they are less than half of the book value. More importantly. The most important thing is that there is a great shortage of military equipment, although they were received from Taiyuan, Daming, and Kaide, the armor and equipment are still insufficient or inappropriate, and as for the tools for building and the defense of the city, they are all unprepared.”

What?

Except for Er Cai, the expressions of the rest of the people changed drastically.

The army is neglected in training; the army rations are less than half of the book, and most of them are coarse grains; weapons, armor, crossbows, arrows, etc. are all lacking or damaged, and there are no reserves for digging trenches, attacking cities, defending cities and other necessary equipment.

Is this still the ban?The Xiang army in the local area is not in such a situation.

Zhao Hao finally understood why the Northern Expedition in history was dominated by the generals of the Western Army who beat the Xixia people to tears, and some elite troops of the Western Army participated, including the vicious white stiles. The Liao people will still lose terribly.

Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, adopted the wrong guidelines of recruiting surrender and not allowing killing, which is one of them; , and became defeated like a mountain, which is the third.

The matter of military rations is a trivial matter. Behind the army, there are hundreds of thousands of civilians who are continuously transporting food and grass to Hejian Mansion. As long as you hurry up, you can keep up. After all, in terms of logistics in this war, the Song Army has already With full preparation.

As for weapons, armor, crossbows, etc., it is really impossible to step up and transfer them from other places. A little bit can be made in the system armor shop, and it won't consume much merit, as long as the secrecy work is done well.

The most critical thing now is the fighting quality of the Heshuo Forbidden Army.Letting a group of long-lost battle formations without morale and fighting will go into battle, facing the Liao people fighting trapped beasts is tantamount to death. The most important thing is that once a large number of soldiers are lost, they will inevitably collapse, and the entire formation will be destroyed. In chaos, no matter how strong the Western Army is, it will be led astray, causing the entire army to be defeated.

However, if the Heshuo Forbidden Army were to be abandoned, then the [-] Western Army and the capital's Forbidden Army with mediocre combat effectiveness would go to a decisive battle with the last hero of the Liao people.

First of all, the Song Dynasty's unnamed teacher was an act of betrayal of the alliance-the Tanyuan Alliance, which is untenable in a narrow sense of morality.

Secondly, for the Liao people, once defeated, it would be a catastrophe to destroy the country, and they must fight to the death. For the Song army, winning is nothing more than a generous reward.

Under such circumstances, if there is no absolute superiority in troops and excellent fighting qualities, even if the command is proper, even if the victory is won, it will be the kind of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

After listening to Yang Weizhong's report, everyone fell into deep thought, especially the pessimistic expression on Tong Guan's face.

In Tong Guan's 20 years of fighting with the border, the battles he fought were basically smooth and smooth, that is, when his side had the upper hand in terms of morale, military strength, equipment and combat effectiveness, he won the victory steadily without making mistakes.

Now, when he heard about the Heshuo Forbidden Army's situation, how could he not know what the winning rate was?
Zhao Haoteng stood up and said in a deep voice: "General Yang, please take me to the Heshuo Forbidden Army camp to have a look."

……

The Forbidden Army camp in Heshuo was brightly lit and brightly lit.

At the entrance of the gate, a few guards were leaning on the gate post, chatting and laughing happily.

Zhao Hao and Yang Weizhong walked side by side, followed by Fang Baihua, Wu Song, Yang Zaixing, Lu Junyi, Liang Hongyu, Shi Jin, Hua Rong, Zhang Qing and other powerful guards in golden clothes, who came straight to the gate.

Those guards, until Zhao Hao and others approached, restrained their playful and smiling expressions, and bowed forward with a slightly perfunctory expression and movement: "I have seen you generals!"

Yang Weizhong shook his head, snorted coldly, and was about to enter when Zhao Hao shouted in a deep voice, "Wait a minute!"

Those guards were about to straighten up when they heard Zhao Hao's voice was not friendly, so they hurriedly bowed down again.

"Didn't you have dinner?" Zhao Hao asked.

The guards were stunned, and someone replied subconsciously: "Eat."

Zhao Hao yelled sharply: "Since we have eaten dinner, why are we so weak in speaking? How can we fight on the battlefield?"

Several guards secretly glanced at each other, with expressions of disapproval in their eyes.

"Salt again, louder, or you will be punished!" Zhao Hao shouted.

Shocked by Zhao Hao's expression, they finally got up reluctantly, bent down again to salute, and shouted in unison: "I have seen you generals!"

Zhao Hao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Next time there is someone who neglects his duty and chats on duty, he will be punished thirty times!"

"Here!"

Zhao Hao snorted coldly, and then led the crowd to move on.

Entering the big camp, Zhao Hao opened his eyes.

I saw people coming and going in the camp, like a vegetable market, full of noises of quarreling and laughing and cursing, some people were playing Cuju, chatting around a group, and some people were naked, standing at the door of the camp to take a bath, and from Shouts for playing dice came from several tents.

Such a situation would be fine in normal times, but now that a big battle is imminent, it is simply unbelievable that they are so lax and undisciplined.

With a helpless expression on his face, Yang Weizhong bowed his hands to Zhao Hao: "I made the Duke laugh at me, and the general will definitely deal with it in the end."

But I saw a few shirtless forbidden soldiers, carrying wine gourds, breathing alcohol, walking staggeringly, passing by Zhao Hao and the others indifferently, and some even glanced back at Zhao Hao, saying in a low voice Cursed: "Where is the dog who is an official, running to the barracks at night to hunt birds?"

Looking carefully, one could see that those drunk men were covered in white fat, just like the national football team. Their standard white chicken figures did not have the slightest muscularity and vigor that a soldier should have.

"Help, help..."

Just when Zhao Hao's eyes were full of anger, there was a sudden shrill scream of a woman.

Zhao Hao's expression changed drastically: "Go and have a look!"

After finishing speaking, he held down the hilt of his sword, jumped several times in succession, and flew away. Yang Weizhong and others were all skilled, and followed closely behind Zhao Hao.

Soon, Zhao Hao arrived at the noisy place, and couldn't help being stunned by the scene before him.

I saw a military man, shirtless, carrying a young woman in red on his shoulders. The woman was struggling desperately, and the surrounding soldiers watched and laughed.

"Bastard, let me go, you bastard..." the woman cried desperately.

"Haha, such a beautiful girl...if I let go...wouldn't it be a waste of money...I will definitely make my girl want to die tonight...I can't stop...uh..." The soldier was belching drunkenly, his face full grinning.

"Chen Yuhou, it seems that some generals are coming to patrol the camp, let her go first." Someone beside him persuaded.

"Fart!" the fellow snorted and cursed nonchalantly, "This woman is a prostitute who spends a lot of money, I gave old Bao five pennies, and she let it go before he started playing. Who will pay me? I didn't steal it. Didn’t rob, could it be that the general who patrolled the battalion paid me money?”

Hahaha!
There was a burst of laughter from soldiers of the Song army all around, many people cheered, and the entire barracks was in chaos.

"Old Bao hurt me...I'm a singing girl who doesn't sell herself...Let me go...I'll pay you back..." the woman hissed and cried.

Chen Yuhou sneered and said, "Aren't all the singers and dancers for sale? I just want to play after I give the money!"

In addition to another burst of enthusiastic applause and sinister laughter, the woman was crying so much that she almost fainted.

"General Yang!" Suddenly someone exclaimed.

The chaotic Heshuo Forbidden Army looked up at the big tent one after another, and saw their chief general Yang Weizhong and a young general coming in parallel, followed by a large group of generals in armor, full of murderous intent.

Everyone was intimidated by the momentum of the comer, and gradually quieted down.

Zhao Hao's face was livid, and he walked towards the drunken Marquis Yu step by step. An invisible murderous aura shot up into the sky, which made the Marquis Yu couldn't help showing a look of horror in his eyes, and hurriedly put the woman who was struggling wildly on his shoulders. on the ground.

"General...General..." The Marquis Yu was already three points sober from his drunkenness.

Zhao Hao gave him a cold look, then turned his head and asked Yang Weizhong who was beside him, "What crime should I do by robbing civilian girls and disrupting the military camp?"

"Behead according to the law!" Yang Weizhong replied.

"very good!"

Zhao Hao's eyes were full of murderous intent, he drew his sword and pointed it at the Yuhou.

Nayu Hou felt a chill in his heart, and then he gritted his teeth and drew his sword, roaring angrily: "I paid the money, the crime is not worthy of death..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed by, and the throat of that Yuhou was cut open by the long sword, and blood gushed out like a blooming peony.

"You...you..." The Yuhou clutched his throat and fell down unwillingly.

Whoa!
The imperial guards around were in chaos, showing anger and dissatisfaction, and there was a tendency to riot.

PS: The chapter I owed yesterday can only be made up tomorrow...

(End of this chapter)