In the Shenzhou Prefecture Office, Liang Qian, the magistrate of Jizhou, welcomed Kang Deyu, into the official hall and sat down, and bowed: "Why did the group training suddenly come to our state?"

Kang Deyu said: "I have received the official documents of the Privy Council and ordered the nearby prefectures to work together to discuss and prevent the Khitan cavalry invasion in the south. I brought the official documents with me to discuss with the prefect. The thief has entered Shenzhou. If he continues to move south, he will enter the territory of Jizhou. There is a Hulu River between the two states. If the defense is properly, it will not be difficult to stop the thief. It is just that the two states work together, and one state can't do this well."

Liang Qian took the document and read it, "So that's it. There are only more than 2,000 soldiers in the state, scattered in various counties. And I heard that the court was going to train the imperial guards, and the morale of the army was unstable. These days, I was just waiting for when it was my turn. If I go to fight, I am afraid I will not be a match for the Khitans. Besides, I heard that there were cavalry of Liu Taiwei behind the Khitan thieves, so why should we send troops?"

Kang Deyu didn't want to care, but the Privy Council's official document said that the Khitans burned and killed them along the road, and many villages were killed by them. If the prefectures and counties along the way did not work, the people who were killed or injured were later counted and rewarded and punished. There was no way, so he had to come to Shenzhou and join forces with Shenzhou to try not to allow the Khitan bandits to cross the Hulu River.

After ordering tea, Liang Qian put the official documents aside and said, "I don't know how the regiment train wants to stop the Khitan bandits?"

Kang Deyu said: "Our two states can always dispatch three or four thousand soldiers. There are only more than a thousand Khitan thieves. As long as they are held back, they will not be difficult to suppress them when the cavalry of Liu Taiwei catches up. Our state has 2,300 soldiers and horses have begun to be recruited, and you can cross the river to Shenzhou in three days."

Liang Qian thought about it and nodded, "It's good. The north of Shenzhou is connected to Hejian Prefecture, and the troops from Raoyang and Anping can be transferred, and they can always gather 1,500 and 600 people. However, there is no general in the state, so they can be under the jurisdiction of the regiment training."

Liang Qian was a Jinshi and never led troops. Kang Deyu was originally a military general and had fought with Dangxiang in the northwest. Although he was cowardly and incompetent, he was ruled and was always familiar with leading troops to fight. Thousands of soldiers and horses always had to be able to be competent generals.

Kang Deyu said, "There is a palace in this state named Shi Wanqing. He is very brave and has always been afraid of the soldiers. The soldiers and horses of the two states can be handed over to Shi Wanqing to stop the Khitan bandits. As long as you stop it for a day or two, Liu Taiwei's soldiers should catch up."

As the imperial guards were trained, local officials gradually no longer held military power, and officials from all over the country were no longer interested in managing the military. If Xiao Huji had led his troops to the south in the past, the local government would have organized troops to intercept him early, so he would not have felt like he was in a deserted place.

The imperial guards in Shenzhou and Jizhou were all in the training, but it was not its turn. The people in the army were fluctuating, thinking about their future prospects and were not interested in fighting. There were not many soldiers in Shenzhou, and Liang Qian didn't want to care about Xiao Huji who came, and just waited for Liu Jianji's people to chase him. Now that the official documents of the Privy Council were here, we should concentrate the troops and give them to Kang Deyu.

The two discussed the details of the dispatch of troops, Liang Qian wrote a document and ordered the counties to mobilize troops from Shenzhou.

On the south bank of the Hulu River, Shi Wanqing looked at the river surface and said to Li Jia beside him: "It was cold a few days ago, and the river was frozen, so people could walk. It was warm these two days, and seeing that the ice melted a lot, I don't know if it could pass."

Li Jia said: "Be careful, wait another night tonight, and it's better to cross the river early tomorrow morning."

Shi Wanqing nodded and said, "I heard that the thieves came from south of Shulu, as if they were going to cross the Hulu River. It would be better if the ice surface melted, so they could not cross the river. The north of Shenzhou is Hejian Prefecture, where there is a large army of Liu Taiwei, and they will definitely send troops."

After saying that, he picked up a large stone from the ground and hit the ice suddenly. The stone jumped a few times on the ice and smashed several cracks.

Li Jia looked at it and said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to cross the river tomorrow morning."

Shi Wanqing nodded and took a few people back to the station not far away. He waited for tomorrow morning and led his troops across the river.

Kang Deyu's original life, Shi Wanqing, led his men to cross the river within three days, and he would have a day ahead of the morning tomorrow, so he was not in a hurry. Shi Wanqing was originally an imperial guards, but because of his height and strength, skillful bows and horses, he had been promoted. During the Wang Ze Rebellion a few years ago, he also went to quell the rebellion and made military achievements. After a few years, he was promoted to the palace.

Dianzhi is a low-level military officer, but it is not easy for the generals of the Song Dynasty to be promoted to. The middle and senior positions of the Song Dynasty are quotas. Most of them are either people with military merits or backers, and it is difficult for ordinary people to be promoted to. For example, Yang Wenguang, whose father was a famous general Yang Yanzhao, was promoted to Dianzhi twenty years after Enyin entered the officialdom.

In the tent of the commander, the soldiers slaughtered a sheep, cooked the meat, and placed it in a large basin. Shi Wanqing recruited a group of officers from the army and drank in his tent. The wine and meat were sent to Xindu County to strengthen the army. After all, if Xiao Hu had seen the river, the unlucky one would be the county.

Raising the big bowl, Shi Wanqing said, "In recent years, we have been trained in the imperial guards, and we are all going to be cut off. Today, the thieves went south and gathered to fight against the thieves. Brothers, according to me, if we are less than others, we will be cut off with both hands and feet? If we are lucky enough to make military achievements and destroy the thieves from the south, we will show them to others."

Li Jia said: "Dianzhi, why do you have to say these things? What brothers are thinking now is that after the abolition of the past few days, they will stop being an imperial guard and make a meal. Didn't you just say it? Now the imperial guard officers have to come out of the military academy and learn for many years. Many of us don't know a big word and learn from others to be officials. Wouldn't we be ridiculed? It's best not to meet thieves this time, it's better not to waste the life of the official, nor will it hurt your life."

Several generals said yes together. Some shook their heads repeatedly and drank the wine in the bowl.

Shi Wanqing put down the wine bowl and said, "I just don't believe in that evil! Those who can lead troops to fight, why do you have to learn from a military academy? Just like those Jinshi officials, who get a Jinshi through poetry and prose, you will become an official. Are they really better than others as officials?"

Sun Tao said: "It doesn't matter whether you are better than others. What is important is that they are Jinshi, and they can be high-ranking officials. Similarly, it doesn't matter whether people learned from military academy can fight. What is important is that they can fight. Don't be stubborn about these things."

Shi Wanqing ordered the soldiers to pour wine for everyone, shook his head and said, "I just don't believe this! In theory, our Hebei Road Imperial Army was also a strong army in the world, so why would we be eliminated now? Everyone, this time we will make some military achievements and make others say nothing."

Li Jia took a sip of wine, put down the wine bowl beautifully, and said, "Dianzhi, don't fight for it! I heard that many of the imperial guards who were eliminated have good business and their lives are better than in the army. Since there is a good place to go, why do you have to take a knife in the army? This time I crossed the river, I just hope that the Khitans would not run into us. Just walk on and get a job with me."

Several generals said yes. While drinking, they all took the cooked mutton to eat. In their eyes, these imperial guards were about to be disbanded, so they would naturally be spared from the fact that they went to battle to kill the enemy. This time they crossed the river, it was just a force from their superiors. What military achievements can they exchange for?

Shi Wanqing was helpless, no longer much, just drank and ate meat with everyone. He was convinced, and he was born tall and powerful, and could comfort his subordinates in the army. Why was it not suitable to join the army? With this strength, he stopped joining the army and didn't know what to do.
Chapter completed!