Fenghou

"How many years have you been a teaching assistant?"

"Six years!"

"Is there a rank for the state school teaching assistants?" Chen Qing asked Zhang Xiaodao.

Zhang Xiao leaned slightly and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, the teaching assistant of Zhouxue is from the ninth grade!"

"County magistrate Li has also been an official for 11 years. He is only a small county magistrate. It seems that he is really not happy!"

Chen Qing changed the subject, and asked with a smile: "In recent years, Yancheng's grain output has been very high, even surpassing Xuchang. It can be seen that Mr. Li County has done a good job in persuading farmers. Is there any secret?"

Li Yanjun pondered for a while and said: "The secret is to go to the fields more to help farmers solve practical difficulties, but I have to make one thing clear. In terms of grain production, Yancheng is still not as good as Xuchang. With all the conditions here, the same seeds, The same climate, the same water source, the same land, the amount of land in Yancheng is only [-]% of that of Xuchang, it is impossible for Yancheng to be favored by the heavens, but the humble job did not hide the grain production, as much as it produces, so it stands out from the crowd!"

Of course, Chen Qing knew that the reason for the highest grain output in Yancheng was that Li Cheng didn't want to hand over all the grain, so he concealed something in the direction of compiling the production report. Li Cheng withheld a large amount of grain because of this, and Yancheng was the only one who reported it truthfully. In the county, he became the number one in production.

Chen Qing just used this incident to test Li Yanjun, but Li Yanjun did not disappoint him, he was very frank and did not follow his words to claim credit.

Chen Qing nodded and said: "From now on, I will make you the official sixth-rank Chaofeng Lang and serve as my staff officer. Please tell you the specific appointment."

Li Yanjun was excited, he was really promoted, he was only the eighth rank Chengwu Lang before, but now he was promoted to the sixth rank Chaofeng Lang, and he is also the staff officer of King Yong, his fortune has really come.

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In the side tent, Zhang Xiao asked Li Yanjun to sit down, and said with a smile: "You may not understand what a staff officer is, let me explain."

"The humble office is all ears!"

"There are two kinds of staff officers, one is full-time staff, such as those officials who handle documents in Yongwang Mansion, they are full-time staff officers, and the other is staff staff. At present, His Highness has six staff officers, five of whom are in Jingzhao. A professor from a school or a government school is currently assisting the princess in handling government affairs for King Yong, and there is another person in Lin'an who is in charge of the "Beijing News".

You belong to a full-time staff officer. Of course, King Yong’s staff officers are far more than you alone. There are hundreds of people who are in charge of various affairs of King Yong, including military personnel, judges, master books, promotion officials, intelligence, Sima, etc.

The current staff officers are probably around the seventh rank, and there are only five staff officers like you who are at the sixth rank, and they belong to high-ranking officials. , I will return to my job. "

Li Yanjun pondered for a while and asked: "The humble official is Chao Fenglang, but what is the humble official?"

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said: "Your official is the boss, which is not the same as the boss of your county magistrate. You will know later. They belong to the first-class civil servants, and they are all of the sixth rank. Once they become political officials, they will be promoted to the fifth rank, and at least they will be appointed as governors. It doesn't matter."

As an official of the Song Dynasty, Li Yanjun was not surprised at all. The official rules of the Song Dynasty were like this. If he was assigned a position, what he actually did had nothing to do with his position.

Zhang Xiao continued to say to him: "King Yong's attack on the Central Plains was not only military, but also aftermath. You also know that since Jingkang, the Central Plains has been ravaged by the Puppet Qi and the Jin Kingdom. It is already devastated and all industries are withered. The families of the people were destroyed and displaced, so King Yong and the Internal Affairs Hall decided to exempt the Central Plains from all taxes and taxes for ten years in order to recuperate and slowly recover.

But for ten years of tax exemption, where will the various expenses of the Central Plains state government come from, such as official salaries, education, relief, etc., all of which will be subsidized by the Yongwang Mansion. King Yong decided to set up the Henan Road Appeasement Commissioner, a temporary government office responsible for subsidizing the Central Plains financial matters. After ten years, when the subsidy ends, the mission of the Appeasement Commissioner will also end. "

"The humble job is to join the appeasement commissioner."

"That's right, I will serve as the first appeasement envoy of Henan Road. You are my subordinate, and you will also be the first envoy of the Department of Money and Food. The term of office is three years. Countless money and food will be allocated to the Central Plains through your hands. In all states and counties, honesty is the most important thing, and King Yong has taken a fancy to you, so don't let him down."

Li Yanjun nodded silently, and Zhang Xiao laughed again: "But the Henan Road Appeasement Commission will not be established until after the war is over. You now have a temporary position to promote the Henan Warehouse. Now we have about a million shi of grain captured in our hands. Placed in Cangcheng in Xuchang County, the two Cangcheng in Luoyang and Xuchang were renamed Henan Cang. After the summer harvest, all the grain from official and military fields will be transferred to Henan Cang, which is specially used to relieve the hungry people in Henan. King Yong According to the order, you will now be the manager of the Henan Warehouse, and you will take office immediately!"

"Humble job...obey the order!"

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At the same moment when Chen Qing seized Yingchang Mansion, Wanyan Helisa led an army of [-] troops into Jingxing. Jingxing is the most important strategic channel among the Eight Xings of the Taihang. The reason why it is important is that it is called a strategic channel because It is the only channel that can be used for carts, starting from Zhending County, Zhending Prefecture in the east, and ending in Pingding County, Taiyuan Prefecture in the west, with a length of about [-] li.

The narrowest passage in Jingxing is only a few feet wide, but the widest part is tens of miles. There are many villages in it, and there is even a county seat, Jingxing County.

Of course, there are many dangerous passes, such as Tumen Pass, Niangzi Pass, Jingxing Pass, etc. At present, the pass controlled by the Jin soldiers is Tumen Pass, and the passes controlled by the Song Army are Niangzi Pass and Jingxing Pass. Jingxing County is located in Zhending Prefecture. Belongs to the Kingdom of Jin.

Almost all canyon passages are related to river water, and Jingxingguan is no exception. A river runs through the Taihang Mountains to form Jingxing. This river is called Yehe in Hebei, and it is renamed Mianmanshui when it reaches East. It actually originated from In Shouyang County, Hedong, it flows into Hutuo Water after crossing the Taihang Mountains.

Wanyan and Lisa's army took the lead in stationing in Jingxing County, and he would use Jingxing County as his logistics to attack Niangziguan and Jingxingguan.

Wanyan Holisa personally led an army of [-] to Niangziguan, which is about [-] miles away from Jingxing County. Niangziguan was named after Li Yuan’s daughter, Princess Pingyang, who led an army to guard it in the early Tang Dynasty. It was called the ninth pass in the world. Live a way up the mountain.

After capturing Niangziguan, Chen Qing's army re-expanded and built two passes at the front and back, with a distance of [-] steps between the two passes, and leveled the land behind to expand the army's camp.

At present, Niangziguan is guarded by 2000 troops led by the commander Wang Duo. Wang Duo is one of Niu Gao’s lieutenants. He is in charge of the defense of Jingxing. He has 3000 troops under his command, of which [-] are deployed at Niangzi and the other [-] are deployed at Jingxing Pass. , and another two hundred scout soldiers with high martial arts skills were active behind the enemy.

Niangziguan is the first pass to defend the Jin soldiers, of course Wang Duo must personally come to preside over the defense battle.

The mountain road is covered with [-] tiny poisoned caltrops. There are [-] defenders on the first pass, mainly using defensive weapons such as bed crossbows, rolling logs, rocks, and gunpowder barrels. There are five small trebuchets.

Just before dawn, [-] Jin soldiers arrived at the foot of Niangziguan Mountain. The signing army soldiers set up their tents. Off to attack.

This is also one of the reasons why Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Helisa and other senior officials dared to attack Taiyuan. It is an unspoken rule that everyone knows but no one will break. Han soldiers and Jurchen soldiers were unharmed.

There are only [-] Jurchen soldiers in Hebei, which is too precious, and the Han signing army can be continuously replenished, so let the Han signing army charge to the front, and replenish after losing troops.

The soldiers of the signed army also knew that they would bear all the dangers, but they had no choice. There were a thousand Jurchen cavalry behind them holding sharp axes to hold down the formation. Anyone who dared to resist would be killed with an axe. Not only would they not survive, but their families would also die. They are regarded as family members of deserters, who bear heavier taxes and even serve as official slaves.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Jin Bing's drums were beating loudly, and the horns sounded repeatedly, "Woo——"

The [-] signed troops lined up and walked to the foot of the mountain. They were ready, and Wanyan Lisa waved his saber and shouted "Attack!"

"Attack!" Han Chang, the chief general of the signing army, gave an order.Three thousand vanguard troops rushed up the mountain mightily.

These [-] soldiers were in charge of testing the defense situation of Niangziguan, even if they were all killed in battle, they would not hesitate to do so.

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Three thousand soldiers walked up the mountain cautiously holding large shields and swords, and there was a thick battering ram in the team.

The mountain is not very steep, with an angle of about 45 degrees. The mountain road is very wide, and the cart can go up the mountain directly, bypass the ridge, and go down the mountain from the other side.

The soldiers at the front held up their large shields, forming a shield wall, approaching Guancheng step by step.

"what!"

Suddenly someone in the team screamed and squatted down to cover his feet, but he wasn't the only one who was hit. Many people screamed and squatted down to take off their shoes.

"What's going on?" the leading general asked anxiously.

"General, there are poisonous thistles on the ground!"

The recruited soldier picked up a blue barbed wire from the sole of his shoe with a dagger, and shouted in horror.

The leading general shouted: "Everyone, beware of your feet, poisonous thorns!"

The soldiers were so frightened that they all stared at the ground, but the poisonous caltrops sprinkled by the Song army were still too dense, making it impossible to guard against. They were constantly stepped on. In just a few dozen steps, more than two hundred soldiers stepped on the poisonous caltrops.

Although it can be easily picked off with a dagger, the soldier can't pretend to be bitten by a mosquito. This is poisonous barbed wire. Who knows what kind of poison it is?In the slightest, the legs could not be kept, and in severe cases, the soldiers were killed, which filled the soldiers' hearts with fear.

However, even if they stepped on ten caltrops, the soldiers could not go back, let alone lie down and pretend to be injured. They would be killed by the Jurchen soldiers who supervised the battle behind them with an axe.

At this time, more and more soldiers stepped on the barbed wire. The soldiers kept groaning, picking them off with knives and moving on. They could only be regarded as being bitten by mosquitoes.

Toxicity usually kicks in after a quarter of an hour, but if you step on it too much, it will be different. There are still three hundred steps away from the city wall, and soldiers start to fall down, twitching all over, foaming at the mouth, and the poison starts to kick in. .

As soon as he turned the corner, Guancheng was [-] steps ahead, and the leading general shouted, "Brothers, charge up!"

"Kill!"

Three thousand soldiers rushed forward shouting together, and the battering ram was among them.

The bed crossbow at the head of the city was fired, and 250 jackdaw arrows were shot out one after another. Although the soldiers running at the front held their shields high, the shields could not stop the bed crossbow from penetrating, and the soldiers fell down row by row.

Immediately afterwards, fifty bed crossbows were pulled to the back to load arrows, and another fifty bed crossbows were pulled up, aimed at the running enemy soldiers, and nearly a hundred people were knocked down by the arrows.

There are 150 people in the back who are responsible for loading arrows on the bed crossbows in turn. After firing the fifty bed crossbows, they pull them down, and then push up the fifty bed crossbows that have just been loaded with iron arrows, and fire them again, just like three-stage shooting, taking turns. Continuously, after two rounds of arrows, five or six hundred people were shot down, and dead bodies piled up on the mountain road.

The soldiers retreated one after another, but they did not dare to retreat downwards. They could only crawl on the ground and did not dare to move.

Only then did they see the appearance of the pass clearly. It turned out to be a double-layer pass. The bottom of the blue brick wall was two feet high. There are countless soldiers and trebuchets on the pass, and the entire pass is as high as three feet and five feet, which looks very majestic and strong.

At this time, the attack drum sounded at the foot of the mountain. It was the drum to urge the battle. After two rounds of drums sounded, the main general would be executed before the battle. If the main general was killed, the deputy general would be executed.

The leading general had to shout: "Brothers, rush up and hit the city!"

Many soldiers began to feel dizzy and their legs became weak. This was the beginning of the poisonous terrestris. However, under the urging of the general, they had to pick up their shields and swords and continue to charge forward. They just stood up and ran for twenty or thirty steps. Another burst of jackdaw arrows shot like a storm, and all the more than 300 people running in front were shot down.

"Climb up from the ground!" the general shouted.

The soldiers lay down on the ground one after another and climbed up like snakes. This trick really worked, and Song Jun's bed crossbow had to stop shooting.

Standing on the city stairs, Wang Duo watched groups of enemy soldiers crawling up slowly on the ground like ghosts. These soldiers even covered their heads and vitals with shields, just like headless frogs.

"The trebuchet is ready to throw fire oil!"

"Prepare the crossbow!"

The soldiers of the Song army waited patiently. When the enemy army climbed into the fifty pace line, Wang Duo gave an order, "Shoot!"

Five trebuchets were launched at the same time, and five thin-skinned pottery pots filled with kerosene were projected. A fierce fire was burning on the pottery pots.

At the same time, dozens of soldiers also struggled to throw down dozens of thin-skinned clay pots filled with kerosene. The pots shattered, and black flame oil splashed out, which was immediately ignited by several thrown torches. .

In an instant, there was a sea of ​​flames on the hillside, and the soldiers covered in fire got up one after another, and ran down the hill, crying and howling.

The bed crossbow chased and fired from behind, without the shield blocking it, the lethality was extremely sharp, one iron arrow could kill two or three people, and a round of gurney crossbow iron arrows shot powerfully, dense like rain, and soldiers running one by one The iron arrows shot through their bodies and fell down one after another. Countless soldiers were shot or burned to death.

On the city wall, two heavy oil iron cabinets also sprayed kerosene downwards. The kerosene sprayed out by this kind of fierce oil fire tank was like raining, and the burning kerosene dripped on the soldiers' heads and necks. Although they will not die, they will burn the soldiers, the pain is unbearable, and they will completely lose the will to fight.

In this round, more than a thousand people were shot and killed by the Song army, including the attacking general who was also burned to death. In addition to the soldiers who died in battle before, there were more than 600 soldiers killed in battle, and countless wounded. Among the 400 soldiers who attacked , less than [-] soldiers were not burned by kerosene and did not step on poisonous caltrops.

Seeing the attacking soldiers fleeing down the mountain frantically, Wanyan Helisa was furious and ordered: "Everyone above the head will be beheaded!"

Twenty or so capital heads and commanders who managed to escape the death and killing of the Song army, but could not escape the severe punishment of the military law, were all hacked to death by the Jurchen cavalry with sharp axes.

Wanyan and Lisa didn't care about the life or death of the wounded soldiers, and ordered Wang Zheng to lead the second batch of [-] signing soldiers to attack Guancheng on the mountain.

At this time, in front of the pass, hundreds of soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, executing the wounded and surviving soldiers, collecting jackdaw arrows and enemy weapons, and pushing the corpses of the enemy soldiers down the hill with a big iron fork. A thick battering ram was dragged back to Guancheng.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "A new army is coming up the mountain!"

'when!when!when! The bell rang loudly on the Guancheng, and hundreds of soldiers of the Song Army withdrew to the Guancheng one after another.

At this time, Wang Duo stood on the side of Guancheng and watched the situation down the mountain. The road up the mountain was in a zigzag shape, circling upwards, and the lower part of the side was just a road up the mountain.

The Song army deployed two pure copper oil fire cabinets on the side, which can spray burning oil downwards, just like raining fire. It was very effective in dealing with the fleeing soldiers just now.

Although the fierce oil fire cabinet cannot kill the enemy, the rain of fire is the same as the poisonous thorns. The severe pain of the oil burning on the skin can destroy the morale of the enemy.

Wang Duo could see clearly just now that the wind was not too strong, and the fire droplets sprayed out basically drifted downwards. If the wind was strong, the fire droplets would fly around and burn his soldiers and the tower.

"Get ready! The enemy army is coming, remember, stop if the wind is strong!"

At this time, the second batch of three thousand soldiers rushed up the mountain along the mountain road, and they soon reached the penultimate turning point of the zigzag, which is below the side of Guancheng.

"start!"

The fierce oil fire cabinet is operated by four soldiers. One soldier is holding a long copper pipe, and the other soldier is in charge of lighting the fire. It is also a very long ignition stick. He ignites the fire oil at the moment when the fire oil is sprayed out.

There are also two soldiers who are responsible for pushing the oil. Just like pulling the bellows, push the rod forward to spray the kerosene into the tube, and pull the rod back to lift up the kerosene in the fire cabinet below.

The two soldiers pushed forward at the same time, and the kerosene sprayed out of the copper pipe in an instant. The igniting soldier ignited the sprayed kerosene in time, and the sky immediately rained fire, and a burst of burning kerosene droplets floated to the soldiers below. go.

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Hundreds of enemy soldiers running ahead were unprepared and caught off guard by the kerosene raindrops from the sky. The severe pain made them jump up and down, screaming repeatedly.

The soldiers behind realized the danger and raised their shields one after another. At this time, the second burst of fire rain fell, and the number of injured soldiers was greatly reduced, but many people were still hit by the fire rain. On the skin, the severe pain is unbearable.

But it wasn't just rain of fire that fell from the sky. Immediately afterwards, dozens of rolling logs fell from the top of their heads, and all those who were hit had their bones broken and their brains shattered.

The attacking soldiers rushed up the cliff one after another. At this time, the bed crossbows of the Song army were ready, and the kerosene and catapults were also on standby. This signing army was about to repeat the tragedy of the previous batch of [-] soldiers.

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Wang Duo deployed two hundred scouts behind the enemy army, the leader was a commander named Li Wu, a very common name.

Li Wu's task is to harass the enemy army, sneak attack the enemy's food and grass, or attack the enemy's logistics team.

In the middle of the night, Li Wu approached Jingxing County quietly with 100 of his men. The war broke out in Jingxing. It was still a matter of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. There had been no war for more than 60 years. The walls of Jingxing County were already very dilapidated. But it has not been repaired for at least five or sixty years, and the entire city wall is riddled with holes.

200 people came to the southwest corner, hundreds of steps away from the city wall. There were soldiers standing guard on the top of the city, but above the city gate, and there were no soldiers patrolling on the walls on both sides.

The small county town can't station [-] troops. The barracks are outside the city, but the food and supplies are stored in the city. In the southeast corner, two thousand soldiers are stationed near the southeast corner to guard the food and supplies closely. They don't worry about the Song army's attack. Because the Song army was west of Niangziguan, the Song army could not come through. They were actually guarding against the residents of the city to prevent them from coming to steal food and grass supplies.

On the southeast corner of the city, there are also dozens of soldiers patrolling and standing guard. This is necessary. Below the city is the warehouse area. You can enter the warehouse area by hanging a rope down.

There were no soldiers patrolling in the southwest corner, and two hundred soldiers quickly climbed up to the top of the city. They lined up to dress up as a patrolling soldier, and walked quickly to the southeast corner.

Fifty soldiers stood guard on the southeast corner of the city. They were divided into two squads. One squad was sleeping soundly, and the other squad was patrolling back and forth with vigor.

At this time, they suddenly found an army approaching from the opposite side. They lined up neatly and asked for the head of the capital, "Whose subordinates are you? You are not allowed to approach here!"

Li Wu said in a loud voice: "It is the order of Marshal Lisa to change the guard. This is the order of the wolf head. Go back to the camp!"

After speaking, he held up a copper wolf head token, waved his hand, and put the wolf head token away.

"Wait a minute!"