Chapter 1074 Before Defeat, Wang Yan Was Innocent

In the Xixia camp, a group of people stood on the city wall, looking at the more than 100 people shouting and cursing in the distance.

"General, are we going to let the Song army curse us like this?"

"Wang Yan has evil intentions. In just half a month, my army lost 2,000 men. Moreover, the enemy has increased their troops by 7,000 in the past half month, with a total of 15,000 troops. We don't know what they are thinking, so we must not act rashly. If we rashly start a war, we will be punished."

Ye Lizhong sneered, "I won't accept it. Let's see what Wang Yan can do. I have received news that the Song people have no intention of attacking us. It was Wang Yan who privately trained his troops after being transferred to Yanzhou. I didn't expect that this Wang Yan is so knowledgeable about military affairs and is really my great enemy. I won't accept it. Let's see what this Wang can do. If I am right, the people who reprimanded him in the Song court are already on the way. Let's see if he dares to come and provoke."

"General, we don't dare to fight now."

"Don't I know? If you don't accept it, you can lead the 100-man team to kill them?" Ye Lizhong stared at his blind subordinate fiercely. The truth is always so sad.

He couldn't admit that he had been singled out by the 100-man team. If he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would die...

He clenched his fists and looked at the hundred-man team 200 meters away, shouting and cursing in unison...

"Alang, these Xixia barbarians are no good. They dare not come out after only half a month?" Xiao Dongliang hugged his shoulders, curled his lips, and looked down on him.

Zhong Yan took over from the side: "Zhizhou, there must be too many soldiers gathered in Qingjian. Although Xixia has also increased its troops, the Zhizhou's subordinates are all elite soldiers from Yanzhou, so Ye Lizhong and others dare not act rashly."

"That makes sense." Wang Yan waved his hand, "Sound the gong to withdraw the troops."

The imperial guards on the side obediently struck the golden gong. The sharp gong sounded, and the throats were smoking. The soldiers of the Xiang army walked back cursing.

They were really angry. After all, they had been doing psychological preparation for a long time. They were transferred from Yanzhou and reorganized. They all went out to die and brewed for several days. In the end, the Xixia people did not come out. How could they not be angry?

Looking at the soldiers who were walking back with curses, Wang Yan smiled: "It seems that there is no chance here. Pass my military order to move the camp to Dantou Village today."

Zhong Yan was stunned for a moment and said: "Is the prefect leaving now?"

"I have been bothering you for half a month. Now the Xixia people are shrinking and acting like turtles. What am I still doing here? This trip is to train soldiers and patrol the border. The Xixia people here are afraid of being killed, so they will naturally go to the next place to continue killing. In the past half month, I guarantee that the other side will suffer 2,000 casualties. They can't stand it. I will kill all the defense lines of Yanzhou and see if the situation has changed. Zizheng, the fate of a soldier is on the battlefield after all."

"What about Di Gong?"

Wang Yan smiled lightly, patted Zhong Yan's shoulder, turned around and went down the tower. Without any hesitation, he simply organized the army and set off...

Zhong Yan didn't say any more nonsense, even though he wanted to work with this prefect. Because although this thigh is not thick, it is very hard and awesome. Anyway, Wang Yan has been in Qingjian for half a month, and he has nothing to do.

It would definitely not be like this in the past. From time to time, someone would come to inspect and cause trouble, and from time to time he would have to go to the pacification envoy for a meeting. Delays in food and salary are even more common. He spends half of the year running to the government office to urge for food and salary.

It’s not that they won’t give it, but when to give it, how much to give, how good the quality of the food is, whether it is full of pounds and ounces, there are many tricks in this.

But this half month just happened to catch up with the delivery of food and salary, which was so punctual. The food can’t be said to be the best, but it is definitely not bad. It is a mixture of new and old food, and the amount is not less.

It was still the people from the transportation government office. They came in a proper manner, without a word of nonsense, and ran away quickly after the delivery. This is deterrence. He really didn’t see how strong Wang Yan’s deterrence was before, but he knew that everyone was afraid of Wang Yan. This half month was considered an eye-opener.

Moreover, he also learned a lot of knowledge and deeply felt Wang Yan’s profound knowledge and unparalleled military strategy. From training soldiers to leading soldiers, from marching to fighting, he is proficient in everything.

In the pure military exercises between him and Wang Yan, Wang Yan has used different postures to destroy Xixia eight times, and he can't find any faults at all. This is too terrifying...

In the solemn farewell of Zhong Yan and others, Wang Yan took a carriage and left Qingjian with less than 5,000 troops.

But everything is not so smooth. Not long after they set off, they walked less than ten miles away, and something happened.

"Alang, the pacification envoy sent someone to deliver a message."

"Where is the letter?"

"Oral message, with the hand order of the pacification envoy."

Wang Yan sat up lazily, bent down and walked out of the carriage, looking at a clerk and two soldiers who were riding horses and moving slowly with the carriage: "Speak."

"Cheng Xianggong ordered Wang Zhizhou to return to Yanzhou to meet him quickly, and at the same time withdraw the wing army." The clerk cupped his hands, and his voice was not very confident, and he didn't even dare to look at Wang Yan's eyes.

Wang Yan waved his hand, called over several military commanders who were walking slowly with him, and ordered: "You continue to march to Dantou Village, and do the same thing in Dantou Village as you did in Qingjian."

"Yes, sir."

"Go." Wang Yan waved his hand to disperse the crowd, and asked the coachman to drive the carriage back to Yanzhou, and brought a team of 100 people as guards.

The clerk next to him saw how Wang Yan disobeyed orders, and dared not say a word. He greeted Wang Yan and ran back to report the news.

The current governor of Shaanxi Road is Cheng Kan. This person took office almost at the same time as Wang Yan, and was considered an acquaintance of Wang Yan. He was also a minister of state affairs before, and was also considered a prime minister.

He was able to become the Vice Minister of State Affairs because of Wang Yan's contribution, and he stepped down because of Wang Yan. He is not an exception, so he is not alone. After all, Wang Yan was too ruthless and implicated many people. Many people's official trajectories changed because of him.

Wang Yan took two days to slowly return to Yanzhou and met Cheng Kan, a relatively wealthy old man.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Wang Yan asked directly: "I wonder what important matter Cheng Gong wants to ask me?"

"Zi Yan should know it well. Apart from the matter of you leading the army to provoke a fight, what else can it be?"

"What instructions do the government, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Privy Council have?"

Cheng Kan certainly understood what Wang Yan meant. He was saying that he was nosy, so of course he was very unhappy.

"I am the governor of Shaanxi Road, in charge of border affairs, and the commander of the Western Army. What can Zi Yan teach me?"

"No, no."

Wang Yan cupped his hands and said, "Then I know Yanzhou affairs and lead the Xiang army. The border of Yanzhou also belongs to my territory. The border army is led by Cheng Gong, so the area is under my jurisdiction. I trained the Xiang army and used the Xixia army to hone my troops. The boys fought hard and killed the enemy. In half a month, more than 2,000 enemy casualties were caused. I got 2,000 elite soldiers of the Xiang army. After disbanding and reorganizing, I got more than 5,000 soldiers who can fight.

As for the matter of provoking a quarrel, Cheng Gong was wrong. Since the Qingli Peace Agreement, the Xixia army There have been many provocative actions, and there has never been a day of real peace in the border areas. How can Xixia do it, but our Song Dynasty can't? Cheng Gong knows that after half a month of continuous fighting until the sixteenth day, no matter how our army challenged them, they stayed indoors. Only by fighting can we make peace. "

"But I am afraid that you will increase your troops by 7,000, so I dare not act rashly."

"It is also true that the enemy has more than 2,000 casualties."

Cheng Kan shook his head repeatedly: "Now the loss of 2,000 enemies will not affect the overall situation. Have you ever thought about what will happen if the war breaks out again because of your reckless behavior?"

"Only fight."

"It's easy to say, how can we fight? And the Khitan is eyeing us covetously. . If we make a mistake, the ruler of Shenzhou will change, the people will be killed, and you and I will be sinners for all eternity. "

"Mr. Cheng is wrong." Wang Yan shook his head calmly, not afraid of the so-called overall situation. He said, "Mr. Cheng and I have taken office one after another. You should know how I acted in the past half of the year, and you also know what problems Yanzhou has. Mr. Cheng, don't you think that only Yanzhou is like this? "

"Things can't be rushed, always take it slowly."

"How can I not know this truth? Then even if it is a slow plan, there must be some action. How can we plan without action? Like the two of us, we drink tea and discuss things, and stop talking after we finish? To this day, I have never heard of any prefecture or county in the border area rectifying the state affairs.

The court only talks about defeating Xixia and recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. When it comes to border affairs, it is not to be taken lightly. But who among the officials in the court has solved any problem? What measures have been taken? I have never seen it, let alone heard of it. Since Mr. Cheng is talking about the overall situation, why don’t you teach me how to plan to defeat Xia? Mr. Cheng, tell me a strategy, if it is feasible, I am willing to be the knife in Mr. Cheng’s hand. "

"You..." Cheng Kan trembled with his hands and stared at Wang Yan angrily, but seeing Wang Yan's indifferent look, he put down his hands helplessly.

Wang Yan's words were very clear. If you can't explain one, two, three, don't talk about the overall situation, and don't come to tell me what to do. How could Cheng Kan not be angry? He didn't respect him, an old man who was almost sixty years old.

"What's your plan?"

"No plan." Wang Yan spread his hands, "It's better than just talking about the overall situation without taking any action. I'll train the troops first, dampen Xixia's morale, and kill 18,000 of them first."

"What will you do if our two families start a full-scale fight?"

"Just fight, it's better than talking about the overall situation and doing nothing." Wang Zhizhou mocked his superiors, paused, and then said, "Before the defeat, Wang Yan is innocent!"

Eight words, said sonorously.

"I will report to the emperor!"

"Mr. Cheng, please do as you please." Wang Yan smiled, "Mr. Cheng, please drink tea, you and I just have different political views, don't hurt the harmony. I have a favor to ask."

Just now you and me, and now you are the subordinate again?

Old Cheng glanced at him and snorted coldly: "I can't do it!"

Wang Yan was indeed bullying. He just mocked him and asked him to do something.

But he didn't care, and said to himself: "I want to train a group of elite cavalry, not many people, three thousand is enough. I also hope that Mr. Cheng will dispatch a group of excellent war horses to my Yanzhou wing army. My Yanzhou government will give Mr. Cheng money and food at 30% more than the market price. If Mr. Cheng doesn't agree, I will write to the three yamen to discuss. When I was the magistrate of Hangzhou earlier, I bought excellent weapons. Now I buy war horses for my Song Dynasty, I believe the three yamen will agree."

Cheng Kan let out a long sigh: "Give you five hundred."

"I want excellent war horses." Wang Yan emphasized the word "excellent".

"Hmph!"

Cheng Kan didn't say anything else, put down the teacup in his hand heavily, and left with a wave of his sleeves.

"Farewell, Mr. Cheng."

Although Old Cheng was angry and the conversation was not pleasant, Wang Yan still gave him face and sent him out of the official residence, and was very respectful.

After sending Old Cheng away, he began to sit in the hall to work and deal with the work of the past half month.

He was not afraid of Cheng Kan's complaint, as if no one in the capital knew about what he had done. Half a month was enough time for the news to go around, but no one said anything.

As I said before, the foundation of his career is his strong ability. He can make money without causing trouble to others. Hangzhou is now the fifth largest tax-paying state, and is getting closer and closer to the fourth. You know, the capital is different from other states. The population size, economic development, etc. are not comparable to Hangzhou. This shows how awesome Wang Yan is.

Of course, there are also comparisons. Fan Zhongyan has been working in Qingzhou for two years, but he has not yet achieved the situation that Wang Yan has in Hangzhou. He also has to ask Wang Yan in letters about the intentions of various policies and the relationship between some things. Fan Chunren has also been a county magistrate for two years, and he hasn't figured out a county yet.

In Yanzhou, Wang Yan has been working for more than half a year, and the city is visibly brand new, with construction sites everywhere and good economic development. Although Wang Yan did not pay a penny of tax to the capital. But he did not ask for more subsidies from the capital, and he also trained an army with a high combat effectiveness.

This is ability.

So Wang Yan is very confident that no one will replace him at this time. Even if he really provoked another war between Song and Xia, he could solve the trouble, then he would have no trouble.

The current Zhao Song has no ambition. It can't reform internally, and it can't fight externally. Maybe everyone doesn't want to change or fight. Anyway, life can be lived and is relatively stable, and no one wants to destroy this situation.

It's just that Wang Yan is a variable. No one wants to see him stay in the capital, nor is he willing to let him govern in the already prosperous areas. After all, those local big families have connections. They are afraid that Wang Yan will go there and do Hangzhou again, and they will be unlucky.

Even if Wang Yan is dismissed from his official position, Wang Yan can write books, give lectures, travel around the world, and coerce scholars, which is just as terrifying. There is really no place to put Wang Yan. This is a person who will make trouble when he has power, and he will also make trouble when he doesn't have power.

Everyone knows that Wang Yan is loyal to the Song Dynasty and is wholeheartedly for the good of the Song Dynasty, but absolutely no one hopes that Wang Yan will be an official in his hometown, Yanzhou is really good...

Wang Yan is not afraid of being transferred. Anyway, he will not fight the Xixia people, the Khitan people, the Dali people, or the mountain people in Lingnan. He will fight his own people, and someone will let him fight...

Old Cheng is quite reliable. After the unpleasant parting, he transferred 500 war horses, all of which are good horses, at least not worse than the war horses of Xixia, which is enough. Wang Yan paid quickly and delivered on the spot.

It is well known that Zhao Song lacks war horses, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is not very good. Wang Yan has been buying war horses. After arriving in Yanzhou, he has never stopped. He has already started cavalry training, but he has never complained about the number of war horses.

Of course, Old Cheng is also a man of his words. He really wrote a letter to report Wang Yan. Leaders complaining about their subordinates is something that people will laugh at, but no one in the capital city laughs at Cheng Kan. Instead, they feel sympathetic and secretly gloat over his misfortune.

Zhao Zhen appeased Cheng Kan and issued an edict to reprimand Wang Yan, asking him to take care of state affairs and not to provoke a war between Song and Xia.

Wang Yan just farted at this.

After handling some affairs, he ran to the front line again, wandering around with his wing troops, inspecting the situation, and fighting Xixia alone, continuing his biological and chemical warfare.

Xixia's border generals, of course, are all angry. But the military generals are good at this point, they are not convinced. They all think that others are trash and that other people's soldiers are not as good as their own soldiers.

So in the face of Wang Yan's active provocation, one or two could not bear it, and they did not listen to advice at all. They all chose to fight with Wang Yan's wing troops alone.

It's just a team of 100 people, no big deal. At the beginning, they will send out all the elite soldiers in order to gain the upper hand. But the result is often a fight that hurts both sides.

They would think that Wang Yan sent out the same elite soldiers, and thus tacitly chose to continue to send elite soldiers to the battlefield, and continue to hurt both sides. Little did they know that Wang Yan's Xiang army was developing in a balanced manner. Just like that, after several battles, the elite suffered heavy losses, and they all stayed indoors and became cuckolds.

They all admitted that they shouted louder at the beginning...

After all, it was not the time for Qingjian anymore. Under the leadership of veterans, the new recruits performed better and their combat effectiveness soared. And they all knew the situation of the thousand or so casualties in the previous battle. There were not too many deaths, and a considerable number of them could come back after being healed. They all knew the situation in their hearts. The group of soldiers behind them were more powerful than those in Qingjian, and they were fearless.

A unit that has developed momentum is a tiger and wolf division. The gap between Wang Yan's Xiang army and the tiger and wolf division is a head-on battle of a large troop group.

However, the border generals of Xixia were not completely unconvinced. After all, more and more people stayed indoors, and the number of casualties was getting higher and higher. The people behind were unconvinced and did not dare to fight.

So Wang Yan was not able to achieve his full success after all. Among the 15,000 soldiers, more than 3,000 were completely killed in the battle, and there were still 2,000 who did not get a chance to fight.

But the results of the battle were also very good. According to Wang Yan's estimation, Xixia lost at least 10,000 people, and most of them were elite soldiers. Not to mention the veterans who had fought hundreds of battles, there were still dozens of battles.

The Xixia army had 500,000 soldiers, but not everyone could be called an elite. In the case of a pure field battle, the loss of these 10,000 people would reduce the overall military strength by at least 10%.

But correspondingly, Wang Yan had 10,000 more soldiers. In a round trip, Wang Yan made a profit.

However, the price he paid was also huge, including the medical expenses of the injured soldiers now and the hundreds of thousands of guan of pensions he would have to pay in the next few decades.

But overall, he made a profit. After all, the pension is not given for nothing, and the money will also be circulated, and he also gained the hearts of the people. If you ask who supports Wang Yan the most in governing, these soldiers and their families are definitely the most staunch supporters...

In Pingrong Village, more than 8,000 people are within an arrow's reach of the Xixia army on the opposite side, about 200 meters away. Led by Wang Yan, who is wearing a purple official robe, they loudly curse the Xixia people on the opposite side who are waiting in full battle array.

But they just don't come out...

After cursing for two quarters of an hour, Wang Yan picked his ears and shook his head regretfully: "Sound the horn to withdraw the troops, and kill pigs and eat meat tonight."

The soldiers shouted "Wan Sheng" and turned back to the village with laughter.

This is a new activity organized by Wang Yan. Every time he kills the opposite side and pretends to be a cuckold, Wang Yan will gather his troops, and the Xiang Army and the Imperial Army will come out together to curse fiercely to boost morale and enhance cohesion.

Then eat meat and win people's hearts.

This trick is really useful...

Wang Yan looked at Xixia, and finally put his hands behind his back and staggered back with the army.

But he couldn't help but shake his head again. It's not easy to kill the Xixia people. He has to find another way...

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