Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 421: Go around from behind and dig out the anus!

The generals of the Taiyuan army were summoned by Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing looked at the generals and said, "You are all generals who specialize in fighting and are the pillars of the Song Dynasty.

I believe you can see the current situation clearly. Puzhou Ferry is the lifeline of Chang'an. If Puzhou Ferry is open, Chang'an will survive. If Puzhou Ferry is blocked, Chang'an will inevitably fall!

Therefore, the generals can discuss and see how to take Pujindu."

As soon as Lu Huiqing said this, all the generals looked embarrassed.

Zhou Kai observed the expressions of the generals and sneered when he saw their faces. He said, "Why? So the Taiyuan Army is full of cowards without balls? They are scared when they hear that they are going to fight against the Jingsai Army?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the generals in Taiyuan changed their expressions.

Yi Yong was young, and after hearing Zhou Kai's insulting words, he could not control his temper and shouted angrily: "Mr. Zhou, what are you talking about? How could our Taiyuan Army be afraid of traitors! We dared to fight against the Khitans and Tanguts, so how could we be afraid of a mere traitor!"

Zhou Kai laughed and said, "If that's the case, why are you guys looking so embarrassed? What's the matter? Could it be that you both have your period?"

When these words came out, even Lu Huiqing frowned and shouted: "Secretary Zhou! You can't subdue the general!"

Yi Yong's face flushed red as he said, "Zhou Kai! You are going too far!"

Zhou Kai was scolded by Lu Huiqing, but he didn't care much. He just sneered and said nothing.

Lu Huiqing said: "Don't take it too seriously, Secretary Zhou has always been like this, don't take it personally.

General Shi, you are always in the army and are good at military affairs. How do you think we should take Pujindu?"

Shi Min is the commander-in-chief of one of the wing of the Taiyuan Army and a very influential leader in the Taiyuan Army. Naturally, his cunning is not comparable to that of a young man like Yi Yong.

When Zhou Kai's rather insulting words came out before, he understood that Zhou Kai and Lu Huiqing were working together and using the method of provoking him, so he did not respond.

Hearing this, he paused for a moment and said, "Pujin Ferry is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we want to take Pujin Ferry, we can't just attack it by force. We have come a long way from Taiyuan. We don't have much preparation for a forceful attack at this time. We must be well prepared before we can take it."

Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "That's right. Let's talk about what we need to prepare and how long it will take. We don't fight a war without preparation."

Shi Min nodded and said, "First, we need to repair the Pujin ferry facilities, especially the pontoon bridges and docks. If we want to cross the river, we need a large number of pontoon bridges and docks to transport soldiers and various large equipment.

Therefore, we need to recruit civilians and engineers. I lectured on recruiting civilians from Hedong, and in the name of "the imperial court's order to serve the king", I recruited tens of thousands of civilians from Jinzhou and other places, and divided them into three shifts to work day and night to ensure that the pontoon bridge and the dock would be repaired within ten days.

At the same time, heavy armored infantry were sent to garrison the construction site to prevent sneak attacks by the Jingsai Army. Previously, Su Ni had tried to destroy the Wei River Bridge, so we had to prevent them from doing the same.

The second thing is material preparation. Building a floating bridge and pier requires a large amount of wood and iron chains. Fortunately, Luliang Mountain is nearby, so we can cut down Luliang Mountain pine wood and transfer iron chains from the East Guancang of the Grand Canal.

In order to prevent the Jingsai army from seeing us building a pontoon bridge and coming over to burn the building materials, we can stockpile a large number of sheepskin buoys and wooden stakes as materials for temporarily building a pontoon bridge.

These are the first steps. The second step is to requisition a large number of ships. A large number of merchant ships can be requisitioned, including hundreds of merchant ships from the Fen River and the Yellow River. The business logos will be removed and they will be painted in military gray-brown color and can be used.

In addition, merchant ships have few means of protection against fire attacks, and they can also be slightly modified. All you need to do is cover the hull with wet mud and raw cowhide, which is relatively simple.

The most important thing is to stockpile siege equipment and food. Jinzhou is not a military state, so the stored weapons are probably not many, so they still have to be allocated from the Taiyuan arsenal.

If I were to command this battle, I would need 200 crossbows, 500 barrels of kerosene, and 100,000 crossbow arrows.

At that time, they will use crossbows to suppress the arrow towers on the opposite bank, and use ships to pretend to be catapults, and throw kerosene cans to burn down the Jingsai army's fortifications.

This will ensure that our landing troops can land smoothly. Once we capture the beach, the rest will be easy.

I don't need to worry about the rest of the food and fodder issues. I'm sure Lu Gong will take care of them.

However, I must remind Lu Gong that it may take us a long time to capture Puzhin Ferry.

Moreover, after we capture it, we have to prevent Su Ni from cutting off our food supply, so we still need to prepare more food and fodder to prevent our food supply from being cut off. Su Ni is the best at doing this kind of thing. "

After listening to Shi Min's statement, Lu Huiqing nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Shi is indeed a veteran in the army. He has considered the issues very comprehensively. This is very good. Let's arrange it this way.

General Shi, you will be in charge of this battle. You will also be in charge of preparing materials, building pontoon bridges, and requisitioning civilians and merchant ships.

As for the allocation of military equipment from Taiyuan, I will be in charge of coordinating it. I will naturally contact the Hedong Transport Commissioner, and Zhang Bowen, the Hedong Transport Commissioner, can arrange for the transportation and transport it via the Fen River to Puzhou Ferry.

"But General Shi, this battle can only be won and not lost, you must be very careful. If you win, I will naturally not hesitate to ask for credit for you in the court. If you are perfunctory and miss the opportunity to fight, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Shi Min's heart suddenly trembled.

I have heard for a long time that Prime Minister Lu is extremely strict and harsh with his subordinates. It was okay because I didn't have much contact with him in the past, but now I finally understand that the rumors about him are true.

Shi Min quickly said, "Yes, Lu Gong."

Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Okay, let's arrange it this way. Ten days from now, or at the latest half a month, I will set foot in Pujin Ferry."

All the generals bowed their hands together to show that they understood.

At this moment, the generals were about to leave, and Xiang Jun suddenly said, "Generals, I have something else I want to remind you."

Shi Min and others looked at Xiang Jun.

Xiang Jun said: "Everyone should be prepared for battle, but also be alert and be careful of attacks by the rebels."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the generals changed, but they did not say much, just bowed and said yes.

The generals left the tent, leaving only Lu Huiqing and his staff in the tent.

Zhou Kai laughed and said, "Mr. Xiang, you are too cautious. Now Su Ni's attention is all on Chang'an, and we are in Jinzhou now. If Su Ni wants to come from Tongzhou, he can either go through Cizhou or Hezhong Prefecture. Anyway, there is more than one state between them, so there is no way to come quietly. What are you afraid of?"

Xiang Jun looked at Lu Huiqing when he heard this. Lu Huiqing smiled and scolded Zhou Kai, "You kid, Mr. Xiang is just being prepared. When it comes to war, being cautious is not a bad thing." Xiang Jun said nothing more when he heard this. Lu Huiqing seemed to be scolding Zhou Kai, but he said it lightly and there was no blame in it. He naturally understood what Lu Huiqing meant, and it seemed that Lu Huiqing did not think there was such a possibility.

Xiang Jun's face also felt a little hot, and he wondered if he was too cautious.

All the generals who left the commander's tent gathered in Shi Min's military tent.

Shi Min frowned and said nothing, but Yi Yong spoke first.

"Master Shixiang! It's obvious that Lu Huiqing and his staff don't take us seriously!
I just figured it out now. It was obvious that Zhou Kai was cooperating with Lu Huiqing and trying to provoke us.

And Xiang Jun is also a bit mean. We are in Jinzhou, which is quite far from Tongzhou. What does he mean when he says that we should be careful about the rebel attacks?
Does that mean we don't even have this much guard against?

And Lu Huiqing is so indulgent to his staff, how can he take us seriously? "

Yi Yong said angrily, somewhat indignantly.

Shi Min looked at Yi Yong, his brows still furrowed. At this time, the commander-in-chief Gao Shanliu beside him said, "Commander Yi, no one else has said anything yet. Why are you saying so much? You are just a small commander, and you think you should comment on Lu Gong? Are you tired of living?"

Gao Shanliu was Yi Yong's immediate superior. After being scolded by Gao Shanliu, Yi Yong quickly shut his mouth.

Shi Min waved his hand and said, "Don't blame Xiao Yi. Although Xiao Yi is young and energetic, someone should speak up for him. Otherwise, we will be looked down upon by these civil servants in vain."

Gao Shanliu's face was not very good, and he said: "Master Shixiang, are we really going to rob Pujindu?"

Shi Min looked at Gao Shanliu and said, "Do we have any other choice? Lu... Although that man has flaws in his character, no one has ever doubted his ability. He believes that Pujindu must be taken at all costs, which means that there must be a need for it.

The current situation is very complicated. If Chang'an is lost because of us, we will have no more heads to chop off, so Pujindu should be taken down no matter what."

Gao Shanliu sighed deeply upon hearing this and said, "Pujindu is too difficult to fight. Even if we are fully prepared, I'm afraid that our men will suffer heavy casualties if we want to take this place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Shi Min sighed upon hearing this and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. In the current situation, Pujindu is the last living eye in Chang'an. As long as this eye is in the hands of the court, Chang'an can still survive. If we lose this eye, Chang'an will surely fall!
The fall of Chang'an would be fine, but once Su Ni takes Chang'an, the northwest will be in his pocket. A hero like him, once he takes the northwest, he will probably be greedy for more. The threat will be even greater than that of the Xixia people. At that time, the Song Dynasty will face the greatest threat!

The officials in the court naturally knew this truth, so even though they were afraid of Lu Jifu, they had to invite him out to rescue Chang'an.

Haha, everyone knows that Lu Jifu's ambition to return to the court, but the officials in the court still made this decision, which shows their determination.

And Lu Jifu also knew that this was his last chance to return to the court, so he would not pity the men in our army. The only thing he wanted was to capture Pujindu, and he would not consider the rest! "

Upon hearing this, Yi Yong said anxiously: "If this is the case, then our Taiyuan Army is in danger. If this battle is fought, won't most of our Taiyuan Army be killed!"

Shi Min sighed helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. I have to go ahead. Fortunately, he gave me the command.

We have made sufficient preparations and tried to minimize the casualties among our men. You should also be more considerate of the people below you.

We must not slack off this time and must be cautious. I have heard a little about Su Yun. He is extremely cunning.

I heard about how he conquered several cities of Western Xia in succession from the generals who went to the Imperial Academy in Bianjing to give lectures.

Not only is Su Yun extremely brave in leading his troops in battle, but he is also extremely cunning. He has conquered several cities, but few of them were conquered by brute force. Most of them were conquered by conspiracy and trickery, so you must be careful."

Gao Shanliu suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "Xiang Jun told us to guard against Su Yun's sneak attack. Could it be that he was targeting this matter?"

Yi Yong sneered upon hearing this and said, "That Xiang Jun just wants to make us nervous. We are separated from that Su Ni by several states. Now their attention is all on the surrounding areas of Chang'an. How could they possibly pay attention to Jinzhou?"

When this was said, Gao Shanliu and Shi Min did not refute. After all, they came from Taiyuan, and then stopped far away and stationed in Jinzhou. How could the rebels far away in Tongzhou or even around Chang'an pay attention to this side?

Haha, unless Su Ni has the ability to see through everything, how could he have predicted that the imperial court would transfer troops from Taiyuan?

Therefore, no one took this seriously.

In fact, even Xiang Jun, who said this, thought so.

Xiang Jun just gave a reminder out of his usual caution, and was mocked by Zhou Kai afterwards. Lu Huiqing didn't take it too seriously, and instead felt that he was making a fuss out of nothing.

However, when they stopped in Jinzhou, somewhere in the wilderness of Cizhou, Su Yun stroked the sheepskin map in his hand, tapping lightly on the word "Jinzhou" with his fingertips.

Zheng Nian'an squatted aside, stuffed a handful of fried corn into his mouth, and said vaguely: "General, that old man Lu Huiqing really has stored his main force in Jinzhou, and is conscripting civilians to build a floating bridge."

Su Yun raised a sneer and looked across the winding Fen River on the map: "Pujin Ferry is the lifeline of Chang'an, Lu Jifu's calculations are quite clever.

But he forgot that Han Xin was able to sneak through Chencang, so why can't I, Su Yun, go around and pick peaches from behind? "

He suddenly threw the map to the ground and said, "Pass on my order. The three thousand cavalry will be divided into five teams, with six hundred cavalry in each team. They will carry sulfur and kerosene and disguise themselves as merchants and go up the Fen River.

Remember, you must reach the reed marsh ten miles north of Jinzhou City before the Mao hour tomorrow."

Zheng Nian'an raised his head abruptly when he heard this, and corn fell from his fingers: "The governor wants to..."

"Fire attack."

Su Yun uttered two words lightly, and his fingertips ran across the sand table on the table.

"Jinzhou is storing the Taiyuan Army's food and supplies, as well as the civilians and merchant ships they had just recruited.

Haha, we burned their weapons, supplies and merchant ships, but this is only superficial. The most important thing is to completely defeat these 30,000 Taiyuan troops!"

Zheng Nian'an nodded and smiled, "I don't think Lu Huiqing would have thought that he would stop far away and station in Jinzhou. Why would we cross several states from Tongzhou to come here to fight him? I'm afraid that by then the Taiyuan Army will be annihilated by us. He won't understand why this happened even if he racks his brains!"

Su Yun smiled slightly and did not say that the court's arrangements were all under his control.

Ha ha.

(End of this chapter)