On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky was getting dark. Taira Kiyomori, who had worked hard all day for the placement of the troops behind the imperial camp, and the other knights of the Red Heart Corps walked back to the camp in threes and threes in the snow.

After hesitating for a moment, perhaps he was remembering that Ren Baozhong was very old. Today, as a close minister of the emperor, he took the initiative to go to Dangxiang Auxiliary to inquire about the welfare, and tried to coordinate various matters. At the same time, he did not forget to encourage these people to live a good life as officials.

The family fought with loyalty, and the leaders of the party auxiliary troops, regardless of whether they had military positions or not, all regarded Ren Baozhong as their leader and respected him like a child. After that, Taira Kiyomori decided to visit his wounded compatriots again.

But since I wanted to visit him, and there were so many wounded people, I couldn't go there empty-handed if I wanted to imitate the people of Rensha in showing kindness. At the same time, he was in the army and his wealth was all in the public house in Tokyo.

Here, I don’t have much money.

However, although Ping Qingsheng was young, he had gained some knowledge and knowledge from Zhao Guan's family. How could he be so hard to catch? So he simply brought the Persian emerald given to him by the royal family that day in Xiangling.

After discussing with his colleagues, he put the stone in the hand of a wealthy officer and easily asked his colleagues to collect a lot of money and silk in his hand.

Not only did he have the hard currency in hand, Ping Qingmori went to Liu Yan and Ren Baozhong honestly, and explained the whole story in turn. His boss Liu Yan was honest and serious and had no intention of disobeying him, and Ren Baozhong also knew that Ping Qingmori was a man.

The foreign hostage needed by the emperor, how not to betray his face, even directly helped to issue logistical documents.

So, Taira Kiyomori took the documents and went to the logistics camp to find acquaintances. He bought a lot of medicinal materials, dried meat, and winter clothes at low prices. He also spent a few big bucks to ask a few civilians to help bring them in the car, and then went to see him.

Those wounded Japanese samurai.

Let’s talk about what experiences these remaining injured warriors had in Japan, and what experiences they had in the Song Dynasty? They were treated with kindness and respect from the moment they landed ashore, and a little bit of self-righteousness was also reflected in the battle a few days ago.

He was beaten to Xiliao in the middle, and now he has long put aside those strange thoughts, and for the moment he only has a fearful attitude.

And in this state, of course they were only grateful when Taira Kiyomori came to visit.

As for Yuan Weiyi, whose arm was hit by a bone, although he has always been jealous of Taira Kiyomori's father, there is no fundamental conflict between the two families at this time, and they still have to talk about friendship. What's more, they are in a foreign land at this time.

Taira Kiyomori was even more unsuspecting. He grabbed the other person with one hand and started talking to him privately in front of his bed in his tent.

From how many soldiers and horses there were in the Song Dynasty, to what kind of regulations the Jin Kingdom had, and the diplomatic relations of the surrounding countries, many questions accumulated along the way were thrown out... Yuan Weiyi had not asked others these questions, but his Chinese

After all, it was very reluctant and the information I got was perfunctory. This time, I finally got a real opportunity to communicate.

After a conversation, Yuan Weiyi learned that there were 400 military states in the Song Dynasty. At this time, there were 300 in hand. The actual number of soldiers for this campaign was 300,000, as well as countless auxiliary troops and protective troops. At the same time, the annual income was tens of millions.

Naturally, I was stunned for a moment.

And when I learned that the Kingdom of Jin was also a country thousands of miles away, and that the powerful Jurchen armored cavalry numbered 200,000 households, and that another 100,000 new troops were still being formed, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Finally, the two of them inevitably talked about the current war.

"If we follow what you said, Kiyomori, the Kingdom of Jin is capable of fighting, wouldn't this battle still be fought?" Yuan Weiyi crossed his arms, sat on the couch, and asked seriously in Japanese under the lamp.

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"There must still be some fighting." Ping Qingsheng, who was standing in front of the couch, did not deny it. "When a country thousands of miles away is fighting, the gains and losses of dozens of states and counties are nothing at all... This side of Hedong is Taiyuan Prefecture, and that side of Hebei East Road

It's Daming Mansion, and then there's Zhending Mansion on Hebei West Road. These three cities must be conquered before we can touch Yanjing City. And the city doesn't count. No matter where it is, there will always be a big head-on fight.

In a joint battle, hundreds of thousands versus hundreds of thousands, at least hundreds of thousands versus hundreds of thousands, and all of them must be heavily armored warriors."

Yuan Weiyi hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked seriously: "Can the Song Dynasty really win?"

"We will definitely win." Taira Kiyomori did not hesitate.

"Why are you so sure?" Yuan Weiyi didn't have time to ask. "Is it because the officials of the Song Dynasty were interested in fighting? Or is it because the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are stronger and their generals are braver?"

"Both of them are, especially the Guan family who is recognized as a world-famous general, far superior to the Jin Kingdom's commander, Prince Wushu." Ping Qingmori still did not hesitate. "There are even rumors that the Guan family was taught by Taoist ancestors in the art of war, but it is absolutely

More than that, he is a destined sage with both civil and military skills and a clear understanding of the past and future."

Yuan Weiyi became more and more curious.

However, Taira Kiyomori was still young and couldn't bear it for a moment, so he began to show off: "As a righteous man, I ask you, do you know how many concubines our official family has?"

Of course Genweiyi didn't know, but he knew the general meaning of Taira Kiyomori anyway, so when the other party stretched out two fingers, he instinctively lowered his guess according to his judgment and blurted out: "Only twenty?"

"There are only two." Taira Kiyomori sneered. "One noble concubine and one virtuous concubine. After the death of the first empress, they never established a middle palace... Moreover, this is by no means a pretense, because after the official ascended the throne,

Several princesses and princes in the past ten years were all born of these two..."

Yuan Weiyi was shocked for a moment.

"That's not all." Taira Kiyomori sneered more and more when he saw this. "The official's own palace was originally almost half the size of Heian Jingda. However, after the war with the Jin people, the palace was either given to the meritorious officials as residences, or to

The warriors studied the art of war and either offered it to the Queen Mother, or even the royal garden where the officials lived had planted mulberry trees and dug fish ponds... The most noble person in the world, after working so hard, actually

It has been almost ten years... I am a righteous man, how can you say that this kind of official family cannot win?"

Yuan Weiyi wanted to speak but stopped, obviously hesitating for a moment.

But Taira Kiyomori seemed to have expected this, but he continued to smile and said: "As a righteous man, don't you believe it? I didn't believe it when I first came here... My father and you were both warriors from the north, not to mention the current emperor, just

When you and I were together with the Emperor Xian Shirakawa, you probably knew better than anyone else the dirty things between the Emperor and the Taixian Gate. You were used to seeing the royal family in Japan and public scandals. Naturally, you didn’t believe that you were more powerful and had more property than the Emperor.

There are few people who would be like this...but I have been a northern samurai for an official family for several years, and I also know the authenticity of this official family."

Yuan Weiyi became increasingly confused.

Let's say that although Minamoto no Yoshi and Taira Kiyomori don't know what the end of the Heian era is, in any case, the corruption of the Japanese aristocracy at this time is needless to say. For example, the two people served by Minamoto no Yoshi and Taira Kiyomori's father Taira Tadamori

There was a huge scandal among the powerful Emperors... The former Emperor Shirakawa was the grandfather of the current Emperor Toba, and the former Emperor Shirakawa had an adopted daughter, the Taixian Monin, who married his grandson. At that time

Emperor Toba, who was still the emperor, was the queen of the central palace.

Why should you marry your goddaughter to your grandson?

Because before, when Hierophant Shirakawa wanted to marry his goddaughter to the son of the noble Fujiwara family, the Fujiwara family resolutely rejected it... The Fujiwara family felt that they could not afford to disgrace that person... So Hiroyuki Shirakawa could only wrong his grandson, and by the way, he did it for himself.

My goddaughter is looking for a better future.

Yes, the former Shirakawa Patriarch had an affair with his adopted daughter and granddaughter-in-law from the very beginning. This was almost an open secret among senior Japanese officials.

At that time, the Japanese aristocracy was corrupt to this point.

So in this case, how can you make Yuan Weiyi, who has been working hard among Japanese aristocrats for decades, believe that the Zhao Song official family would endure hardships like this? If you tell him that Wanyan Agu fights simply, he won't believe it, okay?

Of course, Taira Kiyomori didn't bother to prove anything. He just said it lightly: "For the sake of righteousness, this is how it is. Although the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Jin Kingdom in the early years and caused a scandal in which most of the royal family was captured, it is like an ancient book.

The story of Wu and Yue in the novel is just like that, but now three thousand Yue Jia can devour Wu, not to mention our official family has 300,000 Song Jia!"

After that, Ping Qingsheng didn't say much, and he didn't bother to explain what the "Wu Yue story" was, nor did he say "Three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu" was plagiarized, so he bowed his hand and left with Song Li.

Yuan Weiyi came back to his senses and realized that although Taira Kiyomori was young, he was already the "Northern Warrior" of the official family of the Song Dynasty. His status was no worse than his own, so he wanted to return the gift, but unexpectedly he pulled the injured area when he raised his arm, so he could only force it.

Stand up and nod.

But Taira Kiyomori was about to leave, and when he walked to the front of the tent, he thought of something again, and turned back and smiled: "As a righteous man, if I can tell the story of our official family, I can't finish it in a month, and I don't want to say more...

Just talking about someone else’s matter, do you remember the monk in rough clothes who personally dug the hole that day and gave salvation to the dead warrior?"

"Of course I remember." Yuan Weiyi thought for a moment and immediately understood who the other party was referring to. "He came to see us yesterday and helped us apply medicine... He seems to be very respected in the camp?"

"Of course he is respected by others. That monk is the direct descendant of the Linji Sect. He is the most distinguished purple-robed master among the Buddhist monks in the Song Dynasty. He was given the imperial gift to Zen Master Dahui." Ping Kiyomori still sneered. "All throughout the Song Dynasty, not just

Is it possible for an official to be so sincere and thrifty? Today I am not talking about the marshal who is reluctant to eat a chicken, I am just saying that even the monks are like this, so why can't we win this battle?"

Yuan Weiyi was completely shocked and didn't even care that the other party left.

After a while, he finally came back to his senses, but suddenly realized who the other person was laughing at with that sneer on his face, and he felt panic again... But it was just panic, and there was no room for refutation.

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In the middle of the night, the snowflakes slightly dyed the land east of Hedong with a layer of white, and then slowly stopped. At the same time, thousands of miles away in Damingfu, Hebei, it never snowed, replaced by a biting cold wind.

For several days, the cold wind howled non-stop.

Let us say that on the 14th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yue Fei pulled out his teeth and ate Wang Bolong, defeating the first large-scale attack of the Jin army. On the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was Gao Qingyi who used political and military accounts to persuade the Jin state that was in a dilemma.

The ruling prince Wushu asked him to fight hard and not give up Yuancheng.

On the same day, Zhao Jiu, who was far away in Hedong, learned that Niu Gao had breached Yangliang North Pass and opened up the Queshu Valley. He immediately issued an order to advance across the board that night. It took him eight days to advance to Taiyuan City.

Then without stopping for a moment, we carried out full-line siege operations under Taiyuan City.

Turning back to Daming Mansion, if the Jin Kingdom wants to continue organizing the offensive, it must boost morale, so it must reward those who fought bravely in the past.

Among them, Han'er's supplementary army was opened up to the promotion channel, and some outstanding ones were directly in front of the formation and obtained the status of Marching Mouke, Marching Meng'an, and even Hereditary Mouke, Hereditary Meng'an. The original Meng'an Muke was directly promised

Many privileges were restored.

Of course, it is also indispensable to levy the surrounding treasury and vigorously reward wealth, gold and silver.

At the same time, they did not forget to plunder and issue signature troops in various places in the surrounding areas... In the past, they were just stick men, but now they are signed troops with rosters. The difference is that this one comes from the territory of the Song Kingdom, and the other comes from the territory regarded by the Jin Kingdom.

It is the Hebei region that belongs to its own territory.

These actions are essentially in conflict with the previous Chinese reform. It can even be said that if this continues, the previous three to five years of efforts will be in vain. But now, after Wang Bolong's death and Gao Qingyi's reminder

, Wu Shu has been keenly aware that although the decisive battle has not yet happened, the strength of both sides has already undergone a fundamental change, and they can no longer worry about what is possible.

Right now, I want to be born.

However, even these extraordinary actions took time. After a full six or seven days, the troops gradually regained their momentum and new supplies were gathered.

Then, the cold wind came, and what followed was an even more cruel war of attrition in the cold wind - because the biting cold wind brought huge trouble to both sides.

For the Song Army, with the logistics supply line being cut off in large areas, the supplies were all stored goods imported before being frozen. Before thawing, day by day, everything was a typical waste of money.

Among them, especially the issue of fuel and food, with the arrival of the cold wind, the consumption of both increased sharply, which was beyond everyone's expectation. After all, Yue Fei and his staff are not gods, and they have indeed never experienced

A long-term winter camp for an army of this size, and it also has to maintain operations... They can't understand in any case that the people are still the same people, and even many of them died in the battle. The result is only a little colder, but the consumption has actually increased dramatically.
To be continued...