One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhang Jun advised: "It's good if you think about it this way. The military achievements under Liu Shuai will not be less. Although we have no financial power and personnel advice, our own rewards will not be less, and the food and grass for the army will be the same in the future." We don’t have to worry about military pay. Our prince is a very rich man. When he came here with his troops, there were already soldiers and horses. Moreover, the prince also has an elite cavalry of people. They are all the best. The war horse makes someone drool at the sight."

Han Shizhong came and asked with interest: "Who is the commander of this cavalry?"

Zhang Jun replied: "He is also Liu Shuai's old subordinate, our old man Zhai Jin from the Western Army."

Han Shizhong asked again: "What is your current position?"

Zhang Jun said: "Training new soldiers, the prince has recruited another recruits. After the training is completed, will be commanded by someone. Speaking of training new soldiers, it is not easy to train new soldiers under the prince. The prince's military discipline is really Yan, in addition to training every day, I also have to learn literacy.”

Han Shizhong was surprised and said: "You still have to learn to read."

Zhang Jun sighed and said: "That's not the case. The prince can write. It is not required to be able to write literate articles like a scholar, but at least the writing can be understood by people. You said that our subordinates were all military men in the past. Who would do such a thing? Many of the five thousand veterans brought by a certain person were punished for this matter."

Han Shizhong sighed: "This prince is really extraordinary, and he is willing to spend such money on soldiers."

Zhang Jun said: "No, the prince is really willing to invest in the army. Soldiers under the prince will be well-fed, well-dressed, used well, and can be literate. So even though the prince only recruited new soldiers, then what? There are many people who want to be soldiers. Among the five thousand veterans, a lot of their hearts are now towards the prince. Well, I won’t tell you anymore. I have to go train soldiers. You can go and report to Liu Shuai."

Han Shizhong walked into the tent anxiously. Liu Fa saw Han Shizhong coming in and said, "You are the Han Shizhong who defeated the Jin army at Huang Tiandang."

Han Shizhong cupped his fists and said, "It's the last general. The last general Han Shizhong is meeting Liu Shuai."

Liu Fa said: "It seems you know everything."

Han Shizhong replied: "Yes, Zhang Jun has told the general everything, and the general is willing to serve the prince."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Very good. Although the battle of Huang Tiandang ended in an anticlimactic manner, the prince still values ​​you very much. Among the new recruits, are for Zhang Jun, and the remaining are for you. You I will not take back the hundreds of soldiers under my command, but from today on everyone must strictly abide by military discipline, and there will be no mercy if military laws are violated."

Han Shizhong said with a solemn expression: "Yes, Liu Shuai, the general will get the order at the end."

Then Liu Fa ordered someone to open a large map and said: "I won't hide it from you. This is the future empire territory in the prince's heart, and we only control this small area now. You should understand what this means. .”

Han Shizhong's eyes shone brightly and he knelt down and said: "General, I understand that I am willing to serve the prince's grand ambitions, and he will not hesitate to go through fire and water."

Liu Fa ordered people to put the map away and said: "You must remember to keep this matter secret. Only a few people know about this map at present. Even many civil servants have never seen this map. You can see that the prince attaches great importance to you. You Take the people back to rest and prepare to familiarize themselves with the new military discipline and the new soldiers entrusted to you. Soon the prince will give you new military orders."

Han Shizhong cupped his fists and said, "The last general respects your order."

After Han Shizhong left, Li Xin came out from behind the tent, and Liu Fa said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for getting another strong general."

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Liu Shuai is my king's lucky general. Without Liu Shuai, it would not be easy to suppress the proud and powerful generals of the Western Army."

Liu Fa clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, this is a great reward."

Li Xin said: "Liu Shuai, you also need to be prepared. After a while, Liu Shuai will go to the northwest to take over control of the entire Western Army from Zhang Jun. At that time, the king of the northwest will be handed over to Liu Shuai. I do not ask Liu Shuai to take the initiative to attack the Jin Army. After all, Liu Shuai has to reorganize the army as his first step when he arrives in the northwest, but he cannot allow the Jin Army to take another step forward."

Liu Fa said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely guard the northwest for Your Majesty and prevent the Jin army from taking another step forward."

Li Xin estimated that the Battle of Fuping was about to begin. Once Fuping was defeated, Li Xin would have reason to revoke Zhang Jun's power and transfer him back.

It is said that Empress Dowager Meng was in trouble when passing through Jiangxi. Her body was no longer as good as before, her legs and feet were trembling, and she would have convulsions from time to time. Only alcohol anesthesia kept her from being bedridden. Sometimes it was necessary for the imperial doctor Wang Jixian to give her knees acupuncture and massage.

"Is the Queen Mother feeling better?" Zhao Huanhuan asked Wang Jixian to prepare medicine for the Queen Mother. Just after it was cooked, the soup was taken out of the medicine jar. Zhao Huanhuan took the bowl and brought it to Queen Mother Meng's bedside personally, and took it from Queen Mother Meng's hand. The wine cup said: "Your Majesty, if you drink too much wine, you will get dizzy. You must not drink too much of this."

"Ever since I was frightened by the bandit Peng You in Qianzhou, I have only drank alcohol to keep myself from panicking." Empress Dowager Meng said while controlling her trembling. Zhao Huanhuan felt uncomfortable in her heart. She tasted the potion herself and blew it to the Empress Dowager Meng: "When the situation is settled, I will ask the prince to send troops to exterminate the Qianzhou rebels and calm the Empress Dowager's panic."

Empress Dowager Meng sighed and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this illness, and I won't be able to go back to the Central Plains. Huanhuan, please ask the prince to find a cemetery nearby."

"The Queen Mother's body is still strong, how could this happen?" Zhao Huanhuan comforted her hurriedly. Empress Dowager Meng nodded and said: "I have no children or daughters. Before, the emperor served me with my clothes untied, and now the emperor is serving me like this. I am better than my own son or daughter. I am content."

"My sons cannot be filial to their parents. They have already regarded the Queen Mother as their own mother." Zhao Huanhuan's eyes turned red. Empress Dowager Meng shook her head with emotion: "Well, I don't know how your father and mother are doing now."

Wanyanchang saw that after the Wushu soldiers crossed the south of the Yangtze River, their offensive was weakened due to the long battle line, and they were blocked by Han Shizhong for forty days before they withdrew from the south of the Yangtze River. He knew that with the power of the Jin Dynasty, it was still too early to unify China. And when the Jin Kingdom plundered the two emperors Hui and Qin, the Song Kingdom would definitely not give up. In the future, there would be a series of wars and disasters, and there would never be peace. Managing the occupied areas of the Central Plains was not the specialty of the Jin people, so he thought of a strategy for long-term peace and stability, which was to imitate the story of establishing Zhang Bangchang and establish Dachu, and prepare to establish Liu Yu of Shandong as emperor, and hand over the Central Plains to Liu Yu to establish the Daqi State. It became a barrier between the Jin State and the Song State to prevent direct conflict between the two countries.

To establish the Qi State, the two emperors Hui and Qin of Hanzhou could not be too close to each other. So in July of the fourth year of Jianyan, he moved the Hui and Qin emperors from Hanzhou to Wuguo City, which is now Yilan, Heilongjiang Province. This migration was small-scale, with only a few most important prisoners of war including Emperors Hui and Qin.