Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

"After Coach Lin comes, he can teach you the Lin family spear, which you are best at. I know that your specialty is the use of long spears. The generals who are marching and fighting are definitely first-rate.

Your snake spear, which is eight feet long in hand, is unrivaled! My cavalry army lacks a general like you who can conquer and fight well. According to Coach Lin's ability, it is more than enough to be a commander. I know that Brother Lin has the ability to march and fight, but I have no money to send him for promotion. . "

What Su Xia said was true. Even Lu Qian was promoted to the position of Marquis of Yu, let alone Lin Chong?

Lin Chong's ability should not be much greater than that of Lu Yuhou! But Lin Chong is already 35 and is still just a coach!

Lu Zhishen also advised from the side: "Coach Lin, just stay and work with Brother Su. There are too many villains in this court to tolerate you. After you were assassinated last year, Brother Su took Lady Lin and Lao My father-in-law received him here."

Lin Chong nodded, "I was initially forbearing and upright, thinking that being loyal to my friends would make them treat me well. After being framed and banished, I still haven't given up my illusions about the imperial court, and I still think about one day being able to return to Bianliang, Tokyo." , until the Fengxue Mountain Temple!"

When Lin Chong said this, he became excited, "I was assassinated and sent to Cangzhou, but they still didn't let me go. It happened that the heavy snowfall in the mountain temple made me know their true face! I burned down the army's fodder yard and killed Lu with my own hands. Qian is a villain!"

Lu Zhishen nodded at the side: "Yes, Coach Lin burned down the fodder yard, which can be regarded as burning away the haze in his heart!"

Looking at the dazzling golden seal on Lin Chong's face, Su Xia nodded and said,

"Instructor Lin, I want to set up a cavalry detachment with three cavalry brigades. Each brigade has three cavalry squadrons. Each squadron has 80 horses and 100 men. There is also a directly subordinate mobile squadron with a total of 1000 You can be the captain of this army’s cavalry detachment. You can choose the cavalry from the Xiang Army in Qingzhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture, as well as the Wuwei Army, Xuanyi Army, Pinghai Navy Cavalry Detachment, and Chengdu Navy Cavalry Detachment. Selection!"

Lu Zhishen explained to Su Xia on the side: "The detachment and the squadron are Mr. Su's original army formations! The detachment captain is equivalent to the general leader of the two battalions!

(The army establishment in the Song Dynasty, a command (battalion) system was 500 infantry troops and 400 horse troops)

Lu Zhishen had served as a governor under General Zhong before, so he naturally knew about this matter.

Lin Chong was surprised and delighted. In the past, he had only served as a trainer and could only lead troops during real border battles. Now that he was allowed to command a cavalry unit, he was naturally extremely excited!

.......

Su Xia's power expanded rapidly after "hijacking Magistrate Murong"!

At the naval campus of Qingzhou Prefecture, Li Dong was commanding the Chengdu Navy to accompany Su Xia during a review.

Without the obstacles of Murong Yanda and Hu Yanzhuo, the Chengdu Navy's expansion speed doubled astonishingly!

The total military strength has increased from less than 4000 personnel ordered by the imperial court to 8000!

Among them, a considerable part of the posts are refugees, as well as elite soldiers transferred from the Xuanyi Army of the Armed Guards, working with the veterans of the Pinghai Navy to achieve the goal of bringing the old with the new!

Li Dong explained on the side: "According to your instructions, the three brothers Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi are now the captains of the three brigades of the Chengdu Naval Combat Detachment. They specialize in land and sea operations. !

Su Xia nodded and smiled: "Your Chengdu Navy now has more troops than Pinghai Navy!"

"This is all in accordance with your instructions, sir, to speed up the training of the new army!"

Speaking of this, Su Xia was also a little worried: "Yes, but there is no way! Our time will only become shorter and shorter. Murong Yanda will not be our permanent protection talisman. Because he has been held hostage by us for a long time, I’m a little nervous now! What’s more important is that the court officials in Bianliang, Tokyo, won’t let us have any time!”

Time flies, it is already the winter of 1112!

Murong Yanda's heart was full of sadness. More than half of the six months Su Xia had planned for him had passed.

Decades after he was born, these past few months have been a miserable time for him.

Although he can participate in activities in Qingzhou Prefecture under the escort designated by Su Xia, as a turtle in the urn, his personal behavior is greatly restricted!

When he looked in the mirror, he realized what a pity happened in vain!

He wanted to tell the people around him that he was being held hostage, but he couldn't!

Seeing his wife complaining about him being weird every day, he couldn't explain anything, so he could only pray that Su Xia would let him go after the six-month deadline.

He knew that Su Xia was going to rebel. Even if Su Xia let him go in the end, once Su Xia rebelled, he, as a transport envoy and also the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture, would see such a serious thing happen in the territory!

Will the emperor kill me?

Murong Yanda lived in extreme fear every day.

Until Zhu Mianli’s arrival!

The news of Zhu Mianli's arrival spread like wildfire and appeared in the winter of 1112.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was such a folk song: "Golden Belt, Silver Belt, the Zhao Family is Bad in the World and the Zhu Family is Bad". This short and lively folk song was a satire of Zhu Meng by the "melon-eating" people in the Northern Song Dynasty.

(Note: Zhu Meng [miǎn], one of the "six thieves" in the Northern Song Dynasty. He started his business by relying on "flower stones". He used extortion and extortion to collect exotic flowers and stones from the people, and transported them to Bianjing for Song Huizong to enjoy. .

In this book, in order to make it easier for everyone to read, the author separated Meng and wrote it, so let’s call him Zhu Mianli!

This Zhu Mianli was originally the son of Zhu Chong, a gangster in Hangzhou. He became the head of the Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau by currying favor with Cai Jing. After taking office, he acted arrogantly and acted recklessly.

According to historical records, Zhu Mianli raised a group of officials to search for flowers and stones everywhere. If he found a house with flowers, trees and rocks that he liked, he led his troops to break into that house and put a yellow seal on it. It was regarded as a tribute to the emperor. Order the people to keep it carefully and then transport it away.

If it was difficult to move rockeries or big trees, he would have people demolish walls and houses, which was even more vicious than a robber. Anyone who disobeys even a little bit will be fined lightly, or thrown into jail, and punished arbitrarily, using the excuse of "disrespect to the emperor".

Su Xia had only learned about this in past history books. The first time he knew about the hardships of the people because of Hua Shi Gang was when he went to Bianliang, Tokyo (for details, see Chapter 34: Being a mother is strong).

For this reason, after seeing the people's misfortune, Su Xia made up his mind at that time: No need to wait for the Jin people to go south, I will deal with you, this stupid and unscrupulous Song Huizong!