One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin said: "Okay, Liu Shuai, let's go back and let the soldiers kick. You see, when we were here, they were a little restrained in kicking."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Yes, Lord."

When walking back, Li Xin suddenly asked: "Liu Shuai, after a few years on Xinghan Island, you have never thought about starting a family again."

Liu Fa shook his head and said: "No, besides, my lord, look at Mr. and Mrs.'s legs, who would want to start a family with Mr.

Li Xin sighed: "Wait a moment, I will try to bring Liu Shuai's family to the island so that your family can have a good reunion. However, I am afraid that Liu Shuai's eldest son will not be able to come over. I got the news some time ago. , he has already joined the army."

Liu Fa clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, my lord. Since Da Lang has already joined the army, there is no need to pick him up. If there is a chance in the future, our father and son will meet each other."

As for Liu Zhengyan, Li Xin had no intention of taking him to Xinghan Island. If Liu Zhengyan was leaving, how could the Miao-Liu Incident happen next.

The next day, Li Xin called Liu Fa, Zhao Fei, Old Man Zheng, Guanshi Zhai, Liu Yi and others.

Li Xin first asked: "Uncle Zheng, the roads to Taoyuan City have been repaired."

Old man Zheng replied: "I'll give it to my master. It was repaired four months ago."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Well, then Manager Zhai will also start building Taoyuan City."

Manager Zhai clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord, construction has started since the road was built, and it has already reached a certain scale."

Li Xin turned around and asked: "Liu Yi, what is the population of Taoyuan City now?"

Liu Yi replied: "My lord, Taoyuan City currently has a population of ."

Li Xin said: "Okay, the next step is to build the fifth city on Xinghan Island. The fifth city is named Hualien City. It is located fifty kilometers south of Yilan City. It is better to build the road first, and then build the fifth city from Hualien City." Yilan will be built southward, and after the roads are built, the city will be built to transport the population."

Liu Yi, Old Man Zheng, and Manager Zhai stood up and clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

Li Xin continued: "Liu Shuai, our soldiers can't just train. It's time to relax. We sent troops to search sixty kilometers south from Yilan. We want to extend the control of Xinghan Island to the south of Hualien City. Ten kilometers away, for the savages we met on the way, we changed our approach this time, keeping the women and children, and killing the others."

Liu Fa replied: "Yes, my lord, I will get the order at the end."

Li Xin ordered to Cao Long again: "Cao Long, you can take some of the original Xuanwu Camp personnel to cooperate with Liu Shuai in completing this search mission."

Cao Long cupped his fists and said, "Yes, I understand."

Li Xin continued: "There are also the first batch of soldiers recruited by Xinghan Island three years ago. Some soldiers should choose to retire this year. Their follow-up work must be done well. These people will be transferred to the reserve force."

Liu Fa asked: "Lord, what is the reserve force?"

Li Xin replied: "Reserves are reserve troops. Although these people have retired, they have all gone through three years of military training. If Xinghan Island encounters a war, they will be able to fight quickly with a little training." , it’s faster than recruiting new soldiers for training. I’ll leave this matter to Liu Shuai and Liu Yi. All those who have retired must be recorded, so that we can recruit them in case of war in the future.”

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

Li Xin pressed down his hands and said: "Since there are retired people, there must be supplementary ones. Starting from this year, we will recruit two thousand new soldiers every year. This matter will be left to you two."

The two replied in unison: "Yes, I understand."

In early April of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Zong Wang sent an envoy from Pingzhou, Nanjing, Jin Dynasty, to Xuanfu Division, Hedong, Song Dynasty to find Tan Zhen, asking to borrow dendrobium for military rations. Ambassador Jin said that this was something that the previous Xuanfu Secretary had promised.

Tan Zhen felt very embarrassed and replied: "Two hundred thousand hu of grain is not so easy to get. Besides, since I came to the Xuanfu Division, I have never seen a single word on the piece of paper promising to lend you military rations, so this Things are difficult.”

The Jin envoy explained: "The loan of grain was personally agreed by Zhao Zhige, the envoy of your dynasty, in April last year."

When Tan Zhen heard that Zhao Liangsi had agreed verbally, he said angrily: "How can a verbal agreement be used as a basis for you to go to Zhao Liangsi and ask for it?"

At that time, the Jin army did lack military rations. Because from the Jin Kingdom to the south of Xianzhou and to the north of Suzhou and Fuzhou, "the grains were not harvested that year" and the people were suffering from severe famine, so much so that "someone even wanted his son". Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict that "it should be exempted from losing military supplies to Nanjing" in this area.

Wanyan Zongwang was extremely angry at Tan Zhen's attitude. He felt that the Song Dynasty had always gone back on its word and kept teasing the Jurchens. How could a neighboring country like this become a friendly neighbor? They should look for opportunities to teach them a lesson.

In mid-July, Xixia first sent troops to attack the two states of Wu and Shuo that were already under the control of the Song Dynasty. Because these two states were promised to be ceded to Xixia by the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty occupied them first. Xixia has long coveted the Yunzhong region. Tan Zhen was unprepared for this. He hurriedly ordered Li Siben to lead the rebel army to fight. They fought several times and each had a victory or defeat, but the Xixia soldiers refused to retreat.

Xixia sent troops this time to cross the Yellow River from Jinsu Prefecture and Heqing Army, and captured Tiande Army, Yunnei Prefecture, and Hedong Eight Halls, namely Douda, Sici, Haodong, Yeque, Shenya, Yulin, and Baoda. , Yumin Eighth Hall, in today's northwest Shanxi Province. Xixia sent troops this time in response to Zonghan's agreement to "fall into the ground". However, the Song Dynasty seemed to know nothing about these situations, or was aware but unprepared, and seemed passive everywhere.

In early August, Zong Han returned to Yunzhong from Shangjing. He made an appointment with Zong Wang and sent troops respectively to drive away Sun Tuanlian of Shuozhou and Su Jing, the military envoy of Yingzhou, and killed Chen Yi, the defender of Yuzhou. Li Siben led the Yisheng Army to fight against the Jin Army. The result was that they were vulnerable to a single blow, defeated at the first touch, and fled in embarrassment. The Jin army retook Shuo, Ying, and Wei prefectures, and then successively captured Feihu and Lingqiu. Feihu and Lingqiu counties were originally captured by the Song Dynasty from the Liao Kingdom, but were now lost together.

"Deputy Commander, the Kingdom of Jin has sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty. The three prefectures of Shuo, Ying, and Wei, as well as the counties of Feihu and Lingqiu, have been captured by the Jin army. This is the news from our people." Huzi reported to Zhao Yun road.

Zhao Yun was shocked and said: "The Jin army took action against the Song Dynasty so quickly."

Huzi nodded and said: "Yes, but this time the Jin Army seemed to just want to frighten the court. After occupying these places, they stopped their offensive."

Zhao Yun asked again: "Are there any casualties among our people in this offensive?"

Huzi shook his head and said: "The letter said no. Our people just followed, but were not sent to take action. The imperial army collapsed at the first touch. The Jin army easily defeated these places. Our people In the letter, he asked what our people should do if the Jin army continues to attack the Song Dynasty in the future."