Great Song Pirate

Chapter 667
The current Liaodong is basically more like two tigers, both of which are gathering strength, ready to pounce and kill each other at any time, while Liaoyang Mansion and Gaizhou are more like two powder kegs, which will be detonated at any time.

But the good news is that the Huining Mansion of the Jin State is very nervous, because during this period of time, the Jin State personnel left behind at the junction of the Song and Jin Dynasties in the south have flown in like a snowflake of emergency documents, and the situation is very tense. Hebei, Shanxi The black tiger army in other places repeatedly attacked the Jin army in the Jin Kingdom's control area. Except that they did not attack the city on a large scale, they almost became their world outside the city.

Because the two armies of the East and the West were returned to the north, the number of Jin troops left in that area was very small, and there were even fewer elite Jurchen soldiers. Most of the troops stationed in the city were descended troops from the old Liao or Song Kingdoms, and their combat effectiveness was very high. They are low, and they don't dare to trust the Song army's surrendered army, and they have to send people to watch these Song's descended troops. Facing the attack of the black tiger army outside the city, they can only send a small number of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress them. The opposite happened. Not only did the Black Tiger Army fail to be wiped out, but the soldiers and horses sent out of the city were often eaten by the Black Tiger Army. It even appeared that the Song State surrendered army immediately killed the Jurchen officer who led them after they left the city, and turned against them. , joined the Black Tiger Army, and began to fight against the Jin soldiers, which made the generals of the Jin army in the southern regions all fearful, for fear that the surrendered troops under their command would kill themselves at some point and go out of the city instead Go, the situation is very tense.

The Shandong area was even more tense. Lu Chengbu didn't respect the imperial court's order, and brazenly started fighting the Jin army in the Shandong area, and got the support of the local people in Shandong. Mizhou, in cooperation with the Song people in Mizhou City, opened the west gate of Mizhou City, entered Mizhou City, and after a fierce battle, wiped out all the Jin troops stationed in Mizhou City, and recaptured In Mizhou City, this incident had a great impact on the Jin-occupied area in the south. It greatly boosted the morale of the Song people, but it hit the morale of the Jin army.

So now Wu Qimai is restless all day long. From the founding of the Jin Kingdom to the present, their Jin Kingdom has never been so embarrassed. Tearing up the contract, showing signs of preparing for the Northern Expedition, repeatedly ordered Wanyan Zongjun, who had just arrived in Yanjing, to stabilize the situation in the south as soon as possible, and to put pressure on Song Dynasty, so that Song Dynasty would not dare to act rashly.

However, after Wanyan Zongjun arrived in Yanjing, he was also in a state of desperation, and there was no better way to deal with the situation. Originally, he wanted to recruit a large number of Liao soldiers and horses into the army in Yanjing area, as a force to stabilize the situation, but when he started to work Only then did he realize that Zong Wang had done a stupid thing back then, which caused him a lot of trouble.

It turned out that after Zongwang accepted Guo Yaoshi's surrender, Guo Yaoshi brought over 30 to [-] ever-victorious troops from Yanjing area. These ever-victorious troops were all Liao people, including Khitan and Han.

But Zong Wang, the bodhisattva prince, has no kindness at all. During the first southern expedition, he did not trust the soldiers of the ever-victorious army, fearing that they would rebel in Yanjing and threaten the rear of his southern expedition. So they were ordered to move north to the remote Yikun Prefecture to farm fields. As a result, these ever-victorious troops were of course unwilling and resisted the move to the north. Later, Zongwang tricked them into handing over their weapons, and then tricked them out of Yanjing. , massacred most of these Liao soldiers in a ravine. This matter cannot be concealed, and later it aroused the anger of the old Liao people. They hated Zhang Jue and his son who betrayed them in the Song Dynasty. Hate the Jurchens for betraying their promises and slaughtering so many of their relatives, now Wanyan Zongjun wants to recruit Liao people to join the army in Yanjing area, that is simply an impossible task!

As a last resort, Wanyan Zongjun had no choice but to send a messenger back to Shangjing to report to Wu Qimai, asking him to continue to deploy troops in the north, and at the same time recruit troops from Dadingfu area to strengthen the defense in places south of Yanjing. Don't scold Yan Zongwang, the Bodhisattva butcher, it will really make him trouble!

In addition to being busy with increasing troops, Wanyan Zongjun also sent envoys to Bianliang of the Song Dynasty, showing a tough attitude, reprimanding the Song Dynasty for breaking the contract, and claimed to lead the army south again to teach the Song Dynasty a lesson.

But if he wants to scare people, Wanyan Zongjun must have at least one soldier who can scare people!It's a pity that when Lu Guan came from Shangjing, he only brought 3 soldiers and horses. In addition to the defenders of Yanshan Mansion, there were only less than [-] soldiers and horses. It's not easy!

Zhao Xu is far superior to his father in terms of intelligence. At least it is not easy for the ministers under him to do something without telling him. Moreover, he followed Xu Yi's suggestion and let Zhang Hu In the north, a network dedicated to collecting information on the Jin people was established. Although the battle was destroyed a lot during this period of time, he still learned about the corruption of Lu Guan in Yanshan Mansion.

When the envoy sent by Luguan arrived in Bianliang, he didn't even summon the envoy, he just let him hang in the post house, and only sent Li Gang to see him.

After seeing Li Gang, this envoy from Luguan put on the posture of an envoy from a great country, with his mouth curled up to his ears, as if bossing him around. He insisted on seeing Zhao Xu, but was pushed back by Li Gang. He said that he was just an envoy of an official of the Kingdom of Jin due to his rank, and he was not qualified to ask to see the official family of the Song Dynasty. This guy was furious and furious.

Seeing that Li Gang's attitude was very tough, the Jinshi knew that he would not be able to make a name for himself here, and probably would not see Zhao Xu again, so he blamed Li Gang, and said what Lu Guan asked him to say, Threatening Li Gang to demand that the Song Dynasty immediately contain such a situation, otherwise it will send troops to go south again to attack the Song Dynasty.

Li Gang has straightened his back now. Ever since Zhao Xu strengthened his determination for the Northern Expedition, Wu Min and those peacemakers have also been suppressed. Therefore, the attitude has become very tough.

He pushed June [-] on the spot, and told the Jin envoy that the soldiers and horses who attacked the Jin-occupied area were not under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, and their Song Dynasty could not restrain the behavior of these people, and they were now operating in the Jin-occupied area. Even if Song wants to restrain them, there is nothing he can do, unless the Jin people have no choice, they can ask Song to send troops to the Jin-occupied area to handle these soldiers and horses for the Jin country.

The Jin envoy was choked to death. Li Gang's suggestion was basically nothing. How could the soldiers of the Song Dynasty be invited to suppress the bandits in places where the Jin Kingdom had finally taken down?Doesn't this mean that the Jin Zhan area was returned to Da Song?
So he threatened Li Gang again, saying that he would send troops south to punish Da Song, but Li Gang sneered and said: "This is a matter for your Jin country, why tell me? If you really want to come, we have no choice but to fight. At that time, you Jin Guo will tear up the contract, and it has nothing to do with our Great Song Dynasty!"

The main reason why Li Gang dared to be so tough was not only Zhao Xu's attitude, but also the news from the northern armies that made him feel relieved. After nearly a winter of preparation, it turned out that the northern armies had gathered a lot The defeated soldiers who were rarely scattered were rearmed and incorporated into various armies. Although these veterans were a little timid, it was not because of them that they were defeated, but because their leader was too pusty. Once replaced with some young generals, the advantages of these veterans compared with the new recruits immediately appeared. After all, they have undergone long-term training. After additional training, they recovered relatively strong combat effectiveness. Besides, although these soldiers were scared of being beaten, there were also some bloody heroes among them. After a period of strict training, the combat effectiveness of each army was able to improve in a straight line .

In fact, the strength of the Song army is not too weak. The weak ones are basically generals. The young and low-ranking officers who have emerged in the Jinbing battle are much more ruthless than the previous pustular officers. They can also be regarded as people who have rolled over in a pool of blood, so they behaved very tough. As the saying goes, a raging soldier will After a raging nest, with this group of experienced and bloody young officers in charge, and after repeated shipments of armor and supplies from the south to supplement them, the combat effectiveness of the northern armies naturally began to rise sharply.

So after learning about these situations, Li Gang is confident that even if the false Lu Guan really dares to send troops to attack, his Northern Army of the Great Song Dynasty may not give them in vain now, so he will not send the envoy sent by the false Lu Guan at all. In the end, he simply asked this guy if he had anything else to do, and if there was nothing else, he would go back quickly. Now he is very busy and has no time to entertain him, the golden envoy.

This Jin was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he couldn't do anything about Li Gang, so he secretly lobbied Wu Min and other ministers of the Lord Harmony faction he knew. As a result, Wu Min and the others were warned by Zhao Xu, and they all came After they were closed behind closed doors, the provincial ones were dismissed from their official posts after being found out by Zhao Xu. Therefore, after the gold envoy stayed in Bianliang for several days, he did not receive any results, so he had to leave Bianliang in despair, and was arrested by Li Gang. A team of elite soldiers was sent and escorted back to Jinzhan District. Don’t go back to Jinzhan District, the province’s fellow, he was killed by the local people. It’s best not to kill the envoy now, or else It will only give people a handle.

After seeing the envoys sent by Lu Guan came back, he found out after asking that Da Song's attitude had become tough now. Knowing that the matter was in serious trouble, he immediately sent someone to send a letter to Wu Qimai to inform Wu of the situation. begging.

Wu Qimai became even more disturbed now. The Kingdom of Jin was first established, and the number of soldiers and horses was not as large as that of the Song Dynasty. Now, a large number of elite soldiers have been dragged away by the Fubo Army. They want to send troops south to strengthen Yan Zongjun's strength. Some stretched out.

Although Yu Fuhai's subordinates couldn't find out these things very clearly, they made a general idea and sent the news back to Ma Zhe, which made Ma Zhe and Xu Yi very happy.

Now the ones with golden pigs look good, riding on the back of tigers, let's see how they get off!As long as the Song Dynasty can cooperate with the Fubo Army to launch the Northern Expedition in the spring as promised, the Fubo Army may not necessarily wipe out several Jin Kingdom troops, as long as they hold them back, it will be enough for the Jin Kingdom to suffer!So on the whole, Xu Yi and Ma Zhe are still cautiously optimistic about the future war.

When the two were happy, a guard's voice came in from outside: "What's the matter with Mr. Xue? The Lord is talking to Officer Ma!"

"Oh! I'm in a hurry to find the lord!" Then came Xue Tu's voice.

Both Xu Yi and Ma Zhe stopped talking, and were slightly worried. They didn't know what urgent matter Xue Tu was talking about, so they both stood up. At this time, Xue Tu lifted the cotton curtain and came in from the outside, with a strange expression on his face !
"Brother Xue, what's urgent?" Xu Yi asked him immediately.

"Hey! My lord, guess what this official ship brought this time?" Xue Tu asked Xu Yi with a strange smile on his lips.

Xu Yi was a little confused by Xue Tu's question, and said with a smile: "When did Brother Xue learn to play riddles? How could I guess what strange things those magistrates would bring to us? Could it be that they sent a boatload of beauties?" !Ha ha!"

Ma Zhe also laughed at the side, but he showed a clear expression, but he didn't say it, and looked at Xue Tu with a smile.

"There are beauties! But the key is not beauties, hehe! It's another old friend of the lord who came!" Xue Tu looked at Xu Yi with a smirk.

Xu Yi was really confused by Xue Tu, so he waved his hands and said, "What's wrong with you today? You actually talk like this! Tell me, who is here?"

Only then did Xue Tu put away his smiling face and said: "The court officials have sent Chen Dong again, and this time they have given the lord some beauties, and let Chen Dong bring them along! This Master Chen is waiting outside now, waiting to see you My lord, he didn't say anything else."

Xu Yi immediately remembered the thin scholar, so he immediately said: "Please hurry up, Mr. Chen! Oh! I'd better pick him up!"

Xu Yi has absolute respect for this outspoken Chen Dong, and after the two had a long conversation last time, Xu Yi also had a good impression of Chen Dong, so he took the initiative to walk out of the room and walked quickly to Outside the courtyard, from a distance, I saw Chen Dong looking at him with a smile on the outside, so he hurried over, clasped his fists at Chen Dong and said with a smile, "What wind brought Mr. Chen here again? Mr. Xu is far away, please invite Chen Dong Please forgive me, my lord!"

"General Xu, you're being polite! I'm here to meet General Xu on the orders of my lord! Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here casually!" Chen Dong hurriedly approached him politely, but he gave Xu Yi the courtesy of meeting his superior.

Xu Yi was a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart. After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Xu Yi ordered Xue Tu to arrange for Chen Dong's entourage to rest aside. He took Chen Dong's hand and went back to the hall together.

Chen Dong looked at Xu Yi's rather simple looking courtyard, and said with emotion: "General Xu is still so simple! If the general's strength is placed on someone else now, how can the mansion be so simple! Chen admires it!"

"What is this! People can't just pursue material comforts, food and clothing are enough! What's more, there is no shortage of everything here, so there is no need to spend time on it. Besides, the war is approaching now, and my people are busy preparing for it now! Master Chen, please!" Xu Yi said as he walked.

Chen Dong admired Xu Yi's integrity even more, nodded repeatedly, and followed Xu Yi into the room.

"I don't know if Mr. Chen came to Xu's place this time, what's the matter?" Xu Yi asked Chen Dong while watching tea. He really wanted to know what Zhao Xu sent Chen Dong to do at this time. After all The relationship between the two is already rigid, if they want to make up, Xu Yi will not believe Zhao Xu anymore!

Chen Dong glanced at the people in the hall, his face seemed to be troubled, Xu Yi immediately realized something, so he nodded slightly to Xue Tu and others, Xue Tu, Hou Cheng and others immediately understood, So they all bowed and said they had something to do, and exited the hall. Hou Cheng arranged a few of Xu Yi's most considerate guards outside the hall to guard them, and no one was allowed to approach them.

Seeing that only Xu Yi and himself were left in the hall, Chen Dong said to Xu Yi in a low voice: "Before this official came, His Majesty had brought this official to the palace, please send a message to General Xu , the official said, he is sorry Mr. Xu! Please forgive Mr. Xu!"

Xu Yi was quite shocked by Chen Dong's words. After all, he knew Zhao Xu's character, and he also knew about the emperor. If he apologizes, it can be seen that Zhao Xu has indeed realized the stupidity of what he did!In his opinion, it is almost impossible for an emperor of the Song Dynasty to be able to bow his head and admit his mistakes. You must know that Zhao Ji, the old man, did not review his mistakes even after he was taken captive by the Jin people. All the faults have been blamed on those treacherous ministers around him, Zhao Xu can say that, it is already commendable!
At least, this incident made Xu Yi rekindle a little hope for Zhao Xu and a little hope for Da Song, so after being silent for a while, he sighed and said, "Caomin dare not! Please, Mr. Chen!" Reporting to the Holy One on behalf of the grassroots, Xu is a descendant of a great man, and he will never do anything that would be disgraceful to the nation! Please rest assured, the Holy Lord! Now that the Han people are being captured by force, the Han nation should be united in the same hatred, and civil strife is not allowed! Otherwise, it will only make the relatives hurt and the enemies will be fast. !"

After Chen Dong listened, he bowed deeply to Xu Yi and said, "General Xu is so sentimental that Chen really admires it. The officials have long since regretted it, and they have made up their minds to revive the Song Dynasty. That is to say, we will start the Northern Expedition, and the soldiers of the Fubo Army will no longer be allowed to fight alone! General Xu, please rest assured!"

Xu Yi also felt a burst of relief at this moment, nodded and said: "As long as the Holy Spirit has this state of mind, how can the Great Song Dynasty not be able to revive the country's prestige? This is my Chinese fortune!"

After the two sat down, they exchanged the situation between the two sides. Xu Yi knew that Chen Dong was not a cunning villain. After hearing him talk about the various preparations of Song Dynasty, he was very relieved. After all, when he raised troops At that time, it was not for the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty, but for the Han nation. The reason why he was extremely depressed a while ago was because of Zhao Xu's transformation, which made him feel very sad. Is it so hard to get up?Could it be that the Han nationality is really under the rule of the Zhao family, and will be subjected to foreign insults for generations?

Even in the middle of the night, he thought of more, and even the idea of ​​overthrowing the Zhao family came into being. The reason why he didn't choose to retreat and rebel in the Song Dynasty was because at this time, once he Starting from the back of the Song Dynasty, it may not be possible to retreat from the Zhao family's world, but if you do that, the Jurchens, Dangxiang people, and Tubo people who have been eyeing the hinterland of the Central Plains will never sit idly by, and will definitely attack the Dalai Lama at the same time. Song Yongbing took the opportunity to take a piece of the pie from the Song Dynasty. No matter whether he conquered the Song Dynasty or not, he would have fulfilled the ambitions of these foreigners. What's more, overthrowing the Zhao family will not happen overnight. After all, the Zhao family's rule in the Song Dynasty It is deeply ingrained, and without a few decades, it is impossible to control the hinterland of China's Central Plains. At that time, it will only make the world miserable and cause a large number of compatriots to die in the sword. This is why Xu Yi did not do this in the end. important reasons for choice.

Now that Chen Dong came here, after telling him these things, Xu Yi couldn't help rekindling a glimmer of hope. If Zhao Xu could repent, then the Han nation might not repeat the mistakes of history and continue to stand on the top of the world. There is no need to be forced to wave the butcher knife in his hand to his compatriots in desperation. After all, as long as he takes this road, he will inevitably stand on the opposite side of the heroes in his mind. Can he go down to kill these people he has admired for a long time?Thinking of this, Xu Yi hesitated!
Hearing Chen Dong step down one by one, Xu Yi felt a little uncomfortable, so he said with a smile: "What happened to Mr. Chen today? It makes Xu feel ashamed to let this commoner down one by one! What are you and me?" For the sake of fate, how much older you are than me, we might as well address each other as brothers, it seems a bit odd to say that!"

Chen Dong smiled and said: "I don't dare to be an official. It is a lucky thing for Chen to get to know such a talented and generous general as General Xu in this life! How dare he be called the general's brother again! Absolutely not!"

Xu Yi was about to speak, but saw Chen Dong suddenly take out a roll of Huang Juan from his arms, stood up and shouted to himself: "Xu Yi, commander of the Fubo Army, listens!"

Seeing Chen Dong suddenly holding out a volume of imperial decree, Xu Yi said to himself in a serious manner, and couldn't help but think in his heart, what is Zhao Xu going to sing?So he quickly smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, wait a minute. Xu has said a long time ago that he has no intention of being an official in this life. The reason why he did these things is only for the people of the Song Dynasty! I also ask Mr. Chen to withdraw the imperial edict and not mention this matter." Forget it!"

(End of this chapter)