Poor Family Chapter 679

Chapter 679 Before leaving

Two days after the court meeting, Li Yanqing received an urgent appointment letter from the court in gold letters, appointing him as the defense envoy of Hedong Road, and ordered him to rush to Taiyuan with his army.

In the barracks, Liu Fang, who joined the army, said to Cao Xing: "This appointment is a bit interesting. While being appointed as the defense envoy of the Hedong Road, it has not been removed from the post of Jingzhao Tongzhi."

"Then what does that mean?" Cao Xing next to him asked puzzled.

Liu Fang smiled, "It means that the defense envoy of Hedong is just a temporary errand. After Taiyuan is saved, the Tongzhi will return to Jingzhao Mansion to serve, so Liu Kai was only appointed as the defense envoy of Shaanxi Road, and did not give the post of Jingzhao Tongzhi to him. he."

Cao Xing laughed, "This is the best. Jingzhao Mansion has been in operation for more than a year. It would be a pity to lose it."

At this time, Li Yanqing, who had been in deep thought, said to Cao Xing: "I estimate that the possibility of Xixia's invasion of Shaanxi Road is not high for the time being. I will leave the defense of Tongguan and Pujin Pass to you."

Just as Cao Xing was about to speak, Li Yanqing waved his hand again and said, "I have already made an agreement with Liu Kai that the 50,000 township soldiers will be handed over to him for unified deployment, and 10,000 of them will be stationed in Jingzhao Mansion, and you will be in charge of commanding them, just like Liu Canjun. In other words, although I was transferred to the defense envoy of the East Road, I am still the co-prefect of Jingzhao Mansion. The biggest danger of Jingzhao Mansion is that the Jin soldiers will bypass Taiyuan City and attack Pujin Pass in the south. You are good at defense, and you will be in charge of Jingzhao Mansion I am more at ease."

Cao Xing nodded, "I understand."

Li Yanqing immediately said to Liu Fang: "Tongzhi, the whole army packs up its armaments and sets off overnight tonight!"

At this time, Mo Jun walked in and said to Li Yanqing: "I have already asked, and all the generals hope that their families can follow their wives into Shu. There are fifty-six people in total."

It is impossible for Li Yanqing to take his family members to Taiyuan to take office, but he is still worried about leaving them in Jingzhao Mansion. Historically, Shanxi Road and Hedong Road were occupied by the Kingdom of Jin. It is obviously very dangerous for his wife and children to stay in Jingzhao Mansion. To retreat to Hangzhou, of course, first retreat to the middle of Sichuan, and then look for opportunities to go to Hangzhou by boat.

As the coach, it is impossible for Li Yanqing to only consider his own wife and children. He also needs to consider the family members of all important generals. Since everyone wants their family members to withdraw to the south, Li Yanqing needs to make unified arrangements.

He then said to Mo Jun: "Leave this matter to the master to arrange. After entering Shu, I will leave all the arrangements to the master."

"I know, I will definitely arrange it properly, please rest assured."

Li Yanqing asked Mo Jun a few more words, and then he left the barracks and returned to the mansion. As soon as he reached the atrium, his wife Cao Yun came out to welcome him, "I heard from Qing'er that your husband is going to serve in Taiyuan?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's just a temporary job, I'm still the magistrate of Jingzhao Mansion, and I will return to Jingzhao Mansion in a year or so."

"Then we don't have to go to Taiyuan with my husband?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I've thought about it, you should retreat south!"

Cao Yun was startled, "Where are you going?"

"Going to Chengdu Mansion in Sichuan, there are two Baoyanzhai rouge shops there, and my father bought a house near Zhaolie Temple. I am still a little worried about you staying in Jingzhao Mansion."

Cao Yun is a woman who understands righteousness. She knows that if her husband is to go all out to defend the country, they cannot be a burden to him. She nodded, "I will obey your husband's arrangement!"

"Okay! You guys pack up your things first. Don't bring big items, just gold and silver. There are fifty or sixty people going south with you, all of whom are the general's wives and daughters. Just follow Mr. Mo's arrangement. "

"Mr. Mo also want to go together?"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "He is the great housekeeper, what can he do if he doesn't go, there are so many people to eat and live, and they have to rent a house when they enter Shu, and deal with the government, you have to rely on him."

Cao Yun heard that Mo Jun also went south together, she was relieved that with Mo Jun's arrangement, she didn't have to worry about it, so she turned and went back to the inner house to pack her things.

Li Yanqing walked out of the mansion, called Zhang Ying, and said to him: "I arranged for my wife to retreat to the south, and Wang Gui's wife and children and other family members of the general will also go together. There are about fifty or sixty people. You lead five Hundreds of soldiers will **** them south, and I will also arrange a hundred female soldiers to follow them, and the safety of the family members is entrusted to you."

"Please don't worry, the ruler, even if the humble official is smashed to pieces, he will protect the safety of his wife and the yamen."

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder, and walked towards the inner house, just at the gate of the inner house, he happened to meet Hu Qing'er, Li Yanqing hurriedly called her aside, and said in a low voice, "Qing'er, you should come to Shu with the elder sister too!"

Hu Qinger's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "I am the commander of the female barracks, do you want me to abandon my subordinates?"

After finishing speaking, she ignored Li Yan, turned around and left, Li Yanqing quickly grabbed her arm, "Wait a minute!"

"What else do you want to say, brother?" Hu Qing'er broke free from Li Yanqing's hand and said coldly.

Li Yanqing looked at her for a long while, then nodded and said, "Okay! I won't force you. I will let Zhang Ying lead five hundred soldiers to **** his family to the south, but I think we need female guards. You arrange a hundred female soldiers." Follow them south."

"I see, I'll go back to the barracks to make arrangements!"

Qing'er returned to the barracks in a hurry, while Li Yanqing came to Sisi's courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Xiao Lian, who was leading her younger brother to catch butterflies, saw him, "Daddy!" Xiao Lian opened her arms and ran over.

The son Xiao Baoer behind also saw his father, and quickly left Xiaowang and ran over.

Li Yanqing picked up the two little guys and kissed each of their little faces deeply, "It's hot outside! Why don't you go back to the room."

Xiao Lian is almost two years old, her **** eyes are extremely flexible, smart, very lively and cute, Bao Er is only two months younger than her sister, but she is a little follower, following her sister all day long to catch butterflies , Catch grasshoppers.

"Daddy, sister taught me how to catch butterflies!" Bao'er said in a childish voice.

"Did you catch it?"

Bao'er twisted her fingers in her little hand and said in aggrieved way: "It's almost there!"

Li Yanqing laughed loudly, carried the two children into the house, but saw Sisi was busy packing the clothes, Li Yanqing smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, it doesn't matter if you leave after three or five days."

"Ah! I thought I was leaving today!"

"I'm leaving tonight, you don't have a time limit."

"Then I'm not in a hurry!"

Sisi put down her clothes, stepped forward and hugged the two children, "Daddy is sweating all over, let Daddy sit down and rest for a while."

Li Yanqing sat down, Xiao Lian put her arms around her father's neck and asked quietly: "Where is Daddy going?"

"Daddy is going to fight bad guys, and he will be back in a few days."

"Daddy, I'm going to fight bad guys too!" Bao'er said while holding Daddy's hand

Li Yanqing patted his son's little head affectionately, "You are still young, when you grow up, you can help dad beat bad guys."

"When Xiaolian grows up, she will also help her father fight bad guys." Xiaolian also pouted.

"Okay! Then grow up quickly."

At this time, Sisi came in with a bowl of iced sour plum soup, and Cao Yun also walked in. Li Yanqing took the sour plum soup and asked, "Did stepmother say it?"

Cao Yun nodded, "I've said it, just now Mr. Mo sent someone to inform me that I'm going south in three days."

Li Yanqing drank a bowl of sour plum soup, stood up and hugged his two wives into his arms, and kissed each of their foreheads, "I'm leaving, take care of yourself, if you have any difficulties, send a pigeon letter to Taiyuan Come on, I'll take care of it."

"Your husband should also take care of himself, a sword has no eyes, so be careful!"

Li Yanqing nodded, squatted down again, hugged the two children in his arms, kissed their cheeks heavily, and then bid farewell to his wife and daughter and returned to the barracks.

That night, the 40,000 army had assembled, including 5,000 cavalry. The army did not carry luggage, and each soldier only brought five days of dry food. There will be food supplements in the states and counties along the way, so don't worry too much about logistics.

Forty thousand troops lined up on the martial arts field of the camp, quietly waiting for the order to set off.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Yanqing was receiving the old commander Zhong Shidao who had just arrived. Although Zhong Shidao was also in Jingzhao Mansion, he did not live in Jingzhao City, but in the manor in Chencang County. Prepare to spend your final twilight years quietly.

Although Li Yanqing has visited him many times, Zhong Shidao always met with Li Yanqing as an old man who retired from the official position, and he never mentioned military affairs, but an imperial decree disrupted Zhong Shidao's life again. Dao was appointed as the general, bestowed on Shangfang with the sword of the Son of Heaven, and sat in Jingzhao Mansion.

Although he has no actual official position, he still inevitably re-entered the officialdom. He accepted the great entrustment of the court and sat in Jingzhao Mansion to remotely control the defense of Xixia.

"Yanqing, you are also very clear about the defense of Taiyuan City, so I won't go into details, but how do you plan to arrange the defense of Daizhou?" Zhong Shidao asked.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the imperial court means to withdraw the 20,000 troops from the Xixia border to Daizhou. I also agree with this plan. I have ordered Han Shizhong to rush from Yan'an Mansion to Linzhou to take over the 20,000 frontier troops."

"You withdraw the troops on the border of Song and Xia, what will you do if the Jin soldiers come through Xixia?" Zhong Shidao was obviously experienced, and he saw a big loophole in this plan.

Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said, "Then what does the commander-in-chief mean?"

Zhong Shidao smiled slightly: "You have an army of 60,000, I believe you will make a proper deployment, don't be too conservative, you must dare to attack, remember, you are the defense envoy of Hedong Road, not the defense envoy of Taiyuan, guarding Taiyuan City Just the last step."

Li Yanqing nodded, "I understand!"

Zhong Shidao was very pleased that the successor he had cultivated had finally grown up and became the pillar of the Song Dynasty. He patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder, "Fight according to your own intentions and don't be disturbed by the outside world. I believe you will be able to hold the East Road .”

"Thanks for the encouragement of the commander-in-chief, I will set off now."

"Go! Bon voyage."

Li Yanqing got on his horse, clasped his hands and saluted Zhong Shidao immediately, then turned his horse's head and ran towards the army.

"Order the whole army to go!"

Li Yanqing gave an order, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! ' The start drum sounded, and the 40,000 troops began to line up and set off. They speeded up, trotted away from the barracks, and marched in the direction of Hedong Road.

(end of this chapter)

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