Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

The envoys of the general system cannot arbitrarily interfere in affairs other than military and political affairs. In the Song Dynasty, this was an arrogance of power and it was easy to fall into the trap.

At noon, Hu Quan returned to the Yamen.

That person is still there, and so is Zhang Chong.

Hu Quan first dealt with the trivial matters inside the yamen before asking that person.

"I am the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, why did those people arrest you?"

"My name is Liu Hu. My father, Liu Zhen, is from Wannian County. My elder brother Liu Feng is the commander of the Third Battalion of the First Army of the Tianwu Army."

"Your brother is an officer?"

"Yes."

"Since your elder brother has a military position, why would the Tsingyi Society dare to harm your family?"

Liu Hu was quite excited, he said: "My elder brother is very low-key, and his family also bought real estate outside Chang'an City, but my father got involved in gambling half a year ago. Not yet, so..."

Zhang Chong on one side said: "The Tsingyi Society is not so courageous, they still know how to do things, and the family members of military officers, they dare not move."

"You don't believe what I said?" Liu Hu said angrily.

"Don't be impatient, it's not that I don't believe what you said." Hu Quan said, "This matter involves a lot, and I need to send people to check it out. If what you said is true, I will definitely give you justice."

"When will the people from the Tsingyi Club be arrested?" Liu Hu asked.

"The government handles the case, naturally there must be a way for the government to handle the case."

"Then what year and month will we have to wait!" Liu Hu obviously didn't believe what Hu Quan said, he shouted excitedly, "I know! Tsingyi Club has a government background, how could you check your own people!"

Zhang Chong said: "Presumptuous! How dare you question Prefect Hu face to face! Someone, arrest him!"

"Wait a minute," Hu Quan said, "I don't know what the former Jingzhao Mansion was like, and I don't know who is behind the Tsingyi Club, but as long as I come, if they really kill someone, Even if the prime minister is behind him, I will find him out! Give you justice!"

Liu Hu was clearly angry, he cupped his fists and said, "Farewell!"

"This is the government office, so you can come and leave as soon as you say!" Zhang Chong immediately asked several government servants to take Liu Hu down.

Hu Quan didn't stop him, but said, "Take him down first, and find a room for him to live in."

"You are all chickens of the same feather! You are all chickens of the same feather!" Liu Hu wanted to struggle, but he couldn't and was taken down.

Hu Quan told Zhang Chong: "Don't let him leave the Yamen, I am worried that he will go to Yinzhou to find his brother."

"Yes!" Zhang Chong replied, not daring to ask further questions.

If what Liu Hu said was true, he ran to find his elder brother Liu Feng. After Liu Feng found out, he would be furious and affect the battle.

Now that Yinzhou has already prepared its troops, there must be no mistakes.

As for the case mentioned by Liu Hu, Hu Quan made up his mind and had to start handling it as soon as possible.

He himself is also responsible for the finance of the entire Shaanxi, and usury is an illegal financial means.

However, the most important thing right now is to quickly deal with the Bank of Shaanxi's exchange of banknotes for copper coins, after all, there is going to be a war soon.

Early the next morning, as soon as Hu Quan came to the Yamen, Zhang Chong hurried over: "Prefect Hu, Liu Hu has escaped."

"Ran?"

"Ran!"

Hu Quan's thoughts changed sharply, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Hurry up and send someone to look for it, and we must find him back."

"Prefect Hu, we can investigate without Liu Hu!"

"Don't ask too many questions, you must get him back as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chong agreed, but he was full of doubts. The new magistrate was too serious.

It is understandable for Zhang Chong to think so. He didn't know that a war was about to happen. This is a military secret, and so far, only a few people know it.

Even the soldiers of the frontier army didn't know that the army was only stationed in the border town in a regular state.

Hu Quan's work efficiency is very high.

On August [-]th, a letter of the latest policy of the Bank of Shaanxi was sent from Chang'an City, and quickly rushed to Huangzhou, Huizhou, Huanzhou, and Baoding Army.

There are banks in these four places, which are specially used for border trade. For example, people from Xixia or Northwest Tubo who want to come to Dasong to buy things must come here to exchange and hand over banknotes.

In the past ten years, Song Xia's commerce and trade have been intermittent. With the expansion of the ban, the handover of Xixia people is also gradually increasing, and the role of bank exchange is weakening.

However, in order to stabilize people's confidence in the payment of banknotes, the bank must be there.

This time, the "Interim Management Regulations of the Bank of Shaanxi", to put it more appropriately, is called wartime bank management measures.

Its core content is to suspend the Huizhou, Huanzhou and Baoding military banks on the border. If you need bank assistance, you can go to the Shaanxi head office in Jingzhaofu.

This is interesting, the implication is that the Shaanxi head office can still exchange.

If during the war, Xixia people dared to go deep into Chang'an City with a large truckload of banknotes to exchange copper coins, then Hu Quan should welcome it very much.

On August [-]th, after an autumn rain, it was a bit cooler.

A Xixia soldier patrolling the jungle ahead was resting by a tree.

"It's cold, and there seems to be nothing wrong today. Let's go back after passing over there."

"I really miss my mother-in-law and baby!"

"Don't think about it if you have nothing to do. Last time, one of them wanted to escape home. After being caught, he beheaded on the spot for public display."

"Let's go, let's go over there and see if there is any game!"

Everyone stood up and walked forward listlessly.

Suddenly, a bird flew up in the jungle ahead.

Unknowingly, some figures surrounded him from all directions.

"There is a deer ahead..." a Xixia soldier shouted excitedly, "I can have a good meal at noon today..."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen sharp arrows shot through the woods.

Two hit him directly in the neck, three hit him in the chest, and ten were nailed to the surrounding trees and missed.

Chapter 1016 Take the lead and attack Shizhou (first update)

The Xixia soldier twitched all over, stared wide-eyed, clutched his neck, tried to struggle, but fell down powerlessly and died on the spot.

The rest of the people came to their guard immediately, but it was too late. The arrows rained densely in the forest, and seven or eight people fell to the ground and died.

The sound of an ax splitting human bones and heart-piercing wailing resounded in the jungle.

The remaining ten people were killed one after another by the Song army who quickly surrounded them.

The autumn rain is hazy, and the mist between the mountains is charming and colorful.

Wiping the blood and bone residue on the ax blade with a coarse cloth, Liu Feng was just about to put the ax away when he heard a movement and threw the ax violently in that direction.

With a muffled sound, the ax hit a deer that was about to flee.

Seeing that it was a deer, Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest looked around and said, "Commander Liu, everything has been dealt with."

Liu Feng looked at the jungle in front of him like a sword blade, and said in a deep voice: "Don't take it lightly. The scouts will continue to search, and the main force is coming. Don't allow any Xixia people to return to Shizhou City with their eyes."

"Yes!"

The mist in the jungle slowly dispersed, and the yellowed leaves were like pieces of burning flames in the mist.

The elite strikers of the Song Army are quietly infiltrating into a radius of more than ten miles.

There were screams from time to time in the jungle.

Those Xixia patrol soldiers have been spied on for many days, and their daily whereabouts will be compiled in detail a few days ago.

The mountains are stacked, stretching to the end of the hazy sky, and bursts of birds fly up from the jungle.

"Director Liu, all the Xixia scouts have been pulled out by our army!" Liu Feng sent the information.

"Okay, you did a good job!" Liu Rui praised.

"At that time, when Shizhou is attacked, please let the last general be the forward, and the last general will definitely win Shizhou!" Liu Feng said firmly.

"How long will it take you to capture Shizhou?"

"Within a day!" Liu Feng said in a deep voice, "If you can't win Shizhou within a day, the general is willing to come and see you!"

"it is good!"

The scouts of the Xixia people were cleared out within a day, and Shizhou hardly noticed the arrival of the Song army.

In the 11th year of Jingkang, on August [-]th, Liu Rui, the general manager of Yinzhou soldiers and horses, commanded [-] Tianwu troops and quickly advanced to Shizhou.

Shizhou is only a hundred miles away from Yinzhou. In the evening of that day, the Xixia guards at the top of Shizhou City saw the mighty Song army rushing in front of them, and horns sounded from the top of the city.

At this time, Ren Duo Xizhong, the guard of Shizhou, was still drinking at home, and suddenly heard a voice from outside: "Report! General, general, something is wrong. The Song army is here! The Song army is here!"

"What!" Ren Duo Xizhong put down his wine bowl, a little surprised, "Song Jun is here?"

"Yes!"

"How many have you come?"

"At least tens of thousands of people."

Now Ren Duo Xizhong jumped up and cursed: "Fart! The scouts in front are all blind! Deaf! Watch Song Jun come to tens of thousands!"

"Report! General! It's not good! The Song army is here! There are a lot of them! There are tens of thousands of troops!"

Ren Duo Xizhong's face darkened, and he shouted loudly: "Order all the soldiers and horses to gather!"

When Liu Ruibing approached the city of Shizhou, the guards of the Xixia people had covered the towers, and countless archers, stone gunners, and elite infantry arrived at the top of the city.

But Liu Rui was not in a hurry, he first arranged for elite cavalry to lock down all the main roads out of Shizhou.

Then let the army stationed outside Shizhou City.

Looking at the Song troops stationed calmly, Ren Duo Xizhong felt insulted.

Before dark, the envoys of the Xixia people arrived at the camp of the Song army.

Xia Envoy said this: "I, Bai Gao Daxia, and your country have always had good relations. May I ask why General Song committed the crime?"

Liu Rui said: "You don't know why our army came here?"

The envoy Xia said with a cold face: "Song Junxing is an unknown teacher, how would I know!"

Liu Rui went on to say: "Then you go ask Lord Xia Li Ganshun?"

The envoy Xia was furious: "You might as well make your words clearer!"

"Your country disregards the peace between the two countries, disregards the grace of the emperor, colludes with the Jin people in Anbei Mansion, and kills the soldiers and civilians of our Great Song Dynasty. Is this reason enough?"

Ambassador Xia was taken aback, and said angrily, "Nonsense!"

Liu Rui waved his hand and said, "Come on, fork out!"

The envoy Xia was dragged out, but he cursed unwillingly: "You Song Guoxing's nameless teacher, you are not afraid of ridicule by the world! You are in vain for the kingdom of heaven! Despicable! Shameless!"

When it was dark, the envoy Xia went back and reported the truth. After listening, Ren Duo Xizhong just said in a deep voice: "Defend the city well tonight, and send people to Xiazhou to report in the middle of the night. The Song army dared to provoke a war without authorization and let them know our situation. sharp!"

"General, we were all defeated before, this time..."

"Before it was before, before it was Li Liangfu, that idiot!" Ren Duoxizhong said coldly, "Over the years, my Great Xia has produced a large number of elites. If the Song Army does not come, my Lord will take the initiative to send troops sooner or later to take back Yinzhou!"

Under the light of the fire, Ren Duo Xizhong's face was ruthless.

That night, several scouts came out from Shizhou City to deliver letters, but they were all intercepted.

The letter was delivered to Liu Rui that night.

Liu Rui summoned Liu Feng and said: "Xiazhou is only a hundred miles away from Shizhou. According to intelligence, Xiazhou has at least [-] Xixia troops, and the armor is at its peak. Our army's goal this time is to take Shizhou within a day. If After a long time, Xiazhou will soon know that we will face the danger of a two-line attack from the Xixia people, so, do you understand what tomorrow means?"

"Director Liu, don't worry, if you can't take Shizhou down, I will offer you my head!"

Early in the morning of the second day, the Xixia people began to shout and shout wantonly at the top of the city. Armored infantrymen assembled in the city, and the top of the city was also covered with elite guards.

However, the Song army was deploying heavy artillery and tiger squatting artillery.

There are a total of twenty heavy artillery pieces and two hundred tiger squatting artillery pieces.

When the heavy artillery hit the city wall of Shizhou City intensively, the city wall shook, and the clamoring Xixia people immediately fell silent.

The only sound left in the world was the sound of the boulder hitting the city wall.