Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Because two regiment training envoys died in office one after another, Lord Song, the executioner, came, and that was not all.

The imperial court also specially appointed Taiwei Su Yuanjing as the imperial minister, and also brought a group of officials including the pacifier of the Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department to inspect the sea area of ​​​​Dengzhou Wei.

Different from the last reception, the standard of this reception seemed to have been improved a lot. As the largest armed force in Dengzhou Guard, Su Xia was not called in temporarily, but as a representative figure of the Dengzhou Guard Attaché. Participate in the feast.

Also attending the banquet was Dengzhou Guard Jiang Tongpan, the main chief of each yamen of Dengzhou Guard.

Of course, guests were seated in groups.

As Shangguan, Su Yuanjing, Tidian Prison Official Song Ti, and others sat down at the main table of the upper room with Zhou Bin, Jiang Tongxuan, Su Xia and others.

The other imperial envoys and subordinate officials of Dengzhou Prefecture were divided into other tables and sat at the other three tables.

Lieutenant Su was full of sorrow, "Now the world is not stable. The Liao Kingdom in the north is watching with eager eyes. There are peasant uprisings in various places. I heard that there are pirates in the sea area of ​​​​Dengzhouwei, especially the harassment in Qingzhou Prefecture, which caused A large number of border residents were killed and injured. Although this incident was not reported to the officials (officials, referring to the emperor), the impact was already very bad. It can be said to have shocked the government and the public!

In addition, the Chengdu Navy has not experienced war for a long time and seems to be unable to fight! "

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Lieutenant Su repeatedly mentioned at the wine table that the combat effectiveness of the nearby Chengdu Navy was very poor, which made Zhou Bin, Su Xia and others confused.

After all, Su Xia's Pinghai Navy was stationed in Dengzhou.

Looking at the expression of Lieutenant Su Yuanjing Su who was worried about the country and the people, Su Xia couldn't help shaking her head in her heart.

After all, the experience of that secret prostitute in Bianliang, Tokyo, made Su Xia no longer have any hope for Song Huizong.

(Note: Su Yuanjingsu Taiwei, the official worships the Taiwei in front of the palace. He is handsome and has no beard. He is generous and kind to his subordinates. He is an opponent of Tong Guan, Cai Jing and other powerful traitors, and can reflect some folk opinions to Song Huizong. Suffering. He opposed the use of troops against Liangshan and advocated the recruitment of troops. Finally, Huizong issued an edict. He personally followed the edict and went to Liangshan to carry out the recruitment. He was a key figure in the recruitment of Liangshan.)

As Su Yuanjing spoke, he looked at Su Xia aside, his expression of concern for the country and the people became a little more relaxed; "General Su!"

Su Xia quickly stood up and said, "The general is here!"

Su Yuanjing motioned him to sit down, looked at Su Xia carefully for a while, and said, "You are still a young man. I should use young generals like this in my court! When I return to Bianjing this time, I will definitely I have made an audience with the officials and suggested that you serve as the naval commander of the Pinghai and Chenghai armies."

As soon as these words came out, even the prefect Zhou Bin couldn't help but be stunned.

I bet the first thing Captain Su Yuan Jingsu did when he came to Dengzhou was to promote Su Xia?

The commanders of Pinghai, Chenghai, and the two imperial imperial armies are all held by one person. There is no doubt that Su Xia will become the largest force in the entire Northern Song Dynasty navy!

The Ping Navy was previously set up as a naval force to target the Liao and Japanese pirates. Among the dozen or so naval forces in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was also the most well-equipped. The Chengdu Navy was second only to the Ping Navy. , the military strength is nearly 2000 people!

If these two naval forces were unified and handed over to the command of Su Xia, then the naval force directly commanded by Su Xia would be the largest naval force in the Northern Song Dynasty, with more than [-] troops!

This does not include Su Xia's expanded troop strength beyond the original quota.

However, to Zhou Bin's surprise, Su Xia actually refused and said, "Sir, the Ping Navy is already a little stretched in terms of funding. I'm worried that the Chengdu Navy..."

"How could it not be enough?"

"Sir, the navy is different from the general army. Shipbuilding costs a lot of money!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Lieutenant Su actually smiled heartily: "What do I mean? It turns out that this is it. This is easy to handle! I can discuss it with the court specifically."

"However, the Japanese pirates must be wiped out as soon as possible!"

"Sir, General Su is so young. What if someone in the Chengdu Navy disobeys him? Why not expand the Pinghai Navy first and expand the Pinghai Navy's establishment to 5000 people."

The prefect Zhou Bin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said these words in a non-committal tone. Su Yuanjing shook his head with a smile and looked at Zhou Bin: "Master Zhou, I know you are afraid that Su Xia will supervise the Pinghai and Chenghai navy at the same time. Team Dengzhou's defense will relax, but the burden that should be put down should also be put down.

Before coming down from the capital this time, I heard about your achievements. Before that, a group of water bandits were wiped out. The bandit leader Du Kang was killed. Wang Ying was escorted to Beijing and led the Dengzhou Wei Pinghai Army in the southeastern sea of ​​Dengzhou. You killed more than [-] pirates in battle, and even the current emperor heard about your achievements.

So, General Su, it’s not that I, Su Yuanjing, want to promote you, it’s your achievements that make the people in the court look at you with admiration. When Huo Qubing was granted the title of Langjuxu, he was only 23 years old. The style of General Nirvana. "

(Note: General Mian Nie refers to Di Qing, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family and joined the army at a young age. Because he had tattoos on his face and was good at riding and shooting, he was known as "General Mian Nie". After accumulating merit, he moved to Yanzhou to command. He served as Privy Councilor. Deputy envoy, Jiedu envoy of the National Protectorate Army, and Hezhong Yin were promoted to privy envoy.)

This is such a high evaluation of herself. Using famous generals like Huo Qubing and Di Qing to evaluate herself made Su Xia shocked. What shocked Su Xia even more was that even Song Huizong knew about his fight against pirates. ?

Zhou Bin, Jiang Tongpan and others were also surprised. After dinner, Lieutenant Su took the opportunity to review the Pinghai Navy.

Fortunately, Su Xia was already prepared. He hid Ling Zhen's artillery detachment in the snow.

When reviewing the navy, Vice Admiral Li Dong only showed the first, second, third and third combat detachments of the navy.

Because it was a night military parade, Su Xia specially ordered the naval forces to set up lights on the school grounds. Under the bright moonlight, Ping Haijun walked neatly through the school grounds. Su Yuanjing was already in a tipsy state.

Taiwei Su had a brief military experience when he was young. Therefore, he couldn't help but be very excited at this moment and couldn't help but pick up his pen and write lyrics.

Zhou Bin, the prefect, couldn't help but cheer for the Pinghai navy and wrote words and sentences one after another.

Most of these civil servants are talented people who have passed the imperial examination, and they can't help but make people applaud when they mention their words.

Seeing that all the officials had spoken, only Su Xia was left.

Su Xia had an idea. He remembered a poem by Xin Qiji. Naturally, they had never heard of this poem, so he said: "Get a pen!"

When I was drunk, I read the sword by burning the lamp, and I dreamed of blowing the trumpet company. Eight hundred miles away, the people under my command are burning, and the sound of fifty strings turning over the Great Wall,

The horse moves very fast, and the bow is as frightening as a thunderbolt. Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation during and after death.

"Good words, good words!"

"General Su's writing is excellent!"