Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 114 The Wind of Laziness
Pan Mei glanced at Zhao Dezhao in disbelief, and immediately took a big Song pill in her heart. She was eager to make a quick decision just after going out for battle. Have you ever fought like this?
He coughed and said: "If you want to talk about the speed of victory, nothing is better than when I, Song Ping, wiped out the Wuyue Qian family. That is the fastest way to defeat."

Zhao Dezhao was stunned for a moment: "My Song Dynasty defeated the Qian family of Wuyue?"

Pan Mei stared straight ahead, and said slowly, "Because you won't even need to fight, you're the fastest to win!"

Only then did Zhao Dezhao realize that this old boy was just teasing him, and he rolled his eyes at Pan Mei angrily.

Zhao Dezhao had heard of the name of Wu Wang Qian Liu in his previous life. He rose from the ranks of the army, became king in Wu, and established his capital in Hangzhou. Qian Liu had little ambition, and spent most of his energy on protecting the environment and the people, and making great efforts to improve people's livelihood. Later, the "Qiantang River" was named after the embankment built by Qian Liu.

After the rise of the Song Dynasty, the Qian family surrendered without much struggle. Because they surrendered very quickly, they were highly respected by the court. The first sentence of "Hundred Surnames" begins with "Zhao Qian, Sun Li", and the first surname is The country's surname is Zhao, and the second surname Qian is Qian Liu's money.

Pan Mei used Qian Liu as an example, obviously implying that Zhao Dezhao dreamed of beautiful things all day long, unless Liu Liu of the Southern Han Dynasty was as sensible as Qian Liu, otherwise it would be impossible to get up quickly.

Zhao Dezhao didn't bother to care about the contempt implied in Pan Mei's words, so he just said indifferently: "General Pan, since the army has set off, I might as well tell you about the plan now: March to go, March to return, March to calm down , Within nine months, this king will return to Tokyo, not for more than a day!"

It was Pan Mei's turn to be stunned when she heard this, and she turned her head and looked anxiously: "Your Highness—"

Zhao Dezhao held up his horsewhip to stop him from continuing: "Let the whole army march faster. They must cover thirty miles before dark, and fifty miles a day after that. There must be no shortage of one mile. If there is no city on the way, they will sleep in the wilderness." !"

These days, if you go on a long-distance march, as long as you are not rushing to rescue an emergency, you will come to the city. For example, if you walk forty miles today and you can just arrive at the next city, then you only need to walk forty miles. The hard work of the soldiers camping in the wild can save trouble and comfort up and down, and Zhao Dezhao's way of doing it is obviously not much worse than a hasty march.

Thinking of the thousands of miles of journey to Lingnan, Pan Mei's expression turned a little pale. She felt that it might be because she made frivolous remarks and made fun of others, which aroused the rebellious psychology of the young county king, so she had to deliberately Difficult.

"Your Highness, I have made a mistake. I shouldn't have said something to make fun of Your Highness. Please forgive me." Pan Mei immediately bowed her hands and apologized, lowering her eyebrows and lowering her eyes in affirmation.

"It's just a few jokes. How could this king be so stingy? This king decided to speed up the march. It was for the consideration of the country's major affairs, not for a moment."

"But the march is so fast, the ranks will be chaotic!"

"If you walk faster and the ranks will be chaotic, then what do you want to do as a deputy commander?! Is it to tell you jokes with me all the way to amuse me? If you want to tell jokes and amuse me, then Wouldn’t it be nice for me to bring a servant, so why must I bring you, General Pan, by name?!”

After hearing these last words, Pan Mei choked up and almost lost her breath. Didn't you say, Your Highness, that you are not stingy or careless?Your cynicism is more than ten times better than mine!

After Zhao Dezhao finished speaking, he didn't care what Pan Mei thought, let alone allow him to continue arguing. He whipped his horse and left the Chinese army, and ran towards the front of the marching ranks.

If he runs forward like this, even if the army wants to wait behind him, it won't work. Is it possible that the coach can be left alone at the front?
Pan Mei stared at Zhao Dezhao's back for a moment, regretting that she had underestimated the young county king. She turned her head and summoned the flag officer: "Order the whole army to march faster and set up camp after walking thirty miles!"

From the second day onwards, the whole army followed Zhao Dezhao's plan in a down-to-earth manner, walking fifty miles every day before setting up camp.

Facts have proved that this march speed is not very fast. Both Shi Shouxin's recommendation and the historical records are reliable. Pan Mei does live up to the reputation of a famous general in the early Song Dynasty. He is very skillful and experienced in managing military affairs and his troops are also in line. There was no chaos.

The only fly in the ointment was the spring flood on the way, the road was washed away, the luggage could not pass through, and the whole team had to stop for a rest, resulting in a delay of ten days, but these delays were already included in the planning deadline, so it was no problem big picture.

Zhao Dezhao was barely satisfied with this. The reason why he deliberately emphasized the speed of the march was because he really needed to be in a hurry. If the delay was too long, who knows if something will happen to Tokyo?
But the deeper reason was that he had noticed early in the morning that from top to bottom in the Great Song Imperial Army, they had gradually acquired some laziness habits, and they were able to muddle along as long as they could, muddling along.

In essence, this kind of laziness in the army of the Song Dynasty is actually the same thing as the general social atmosphere of the Song Dynasty that is greedy for pleasure and not enterprising. The army has never been isolated from society, and it must be affected and affected. of.

Therefore, expecting an expedition and a few military orders to fundamentally reverse the ethos of the Forbidden Army is to dream and dream all day long.

At the moment, there is no need to think about treating the root cause. Zhao Dezhao can only take advantage of this opportunity to lead the Southern Expedition and try his best to treat the symptoms as much as possible.

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In less than a month, the front team of the Southern Expedition Army crossed Dongting Lake and arrived at Yuezhou, which is the future Yueyang.

Although the magistrate of Yuezhou was able to do things well and prepared to disembark a batch of ships after receiving the pre-issued pond report, it was impossible for [-] troops to cross at one time.Zhao Dezhao and Pan Mei had to stay in Yueyang for a while, waiting for the follow-up departments to finish crossing one after another.

This morning, Zhao Dezhao and Pan Mei were discussing matters in the tent of the Chinese army, when a military official walked into the tent, holding a big red sticker in both hands.

Zhao Dezhao made a gesture, and Pan Mei took the big red post and unfolded it: "It's an invitation card. The prefect of Yuezhou has set up a dust-cleaning banquet, and we want to invite His Royal Highness and the general to a banquet."

Zhao Dezhao smiled and nodded: "Then let's go to the banquet. The magistrate of Yuezhou is still very capable in handling affairs, and the military supplies and ships are well prepared. If he doesn't come to entertain the king, the king may decide to entertain him. Right now It’s all right, the fish soup in Dongting Lake still tastes good.”

Pan Mei's face looked a little strange. She considered her words and said tactfully: "Your Highness, I think it's better to be cautious."

Zhao Dezhao raised his head and looked at Pan Mei incomprehensibly, and asked with a smile, "Being cautious when going to a local government banquet? Could it be a Hongmen banquet?"

(End of this chapter)