Great Song Pirate

Chapter 668 Showdown
As a scholar loyal to the imperial court, Chen Dong felt a little unhappy when he saw that although Xu Yi accepted the apology from the officials, he still refused to accept the canonization from the imperial court. In fact, it was not that he had not considered Xu Yi's thoughts. Speaking of which, I really admired Xu Yi's integrity at such a moment of national peril, but I didn't quite agree with Xu Yi's refusal to become an official in the Song Dynasty.

It has always been said that he learned martial arts and sold it to the emperor's family. Now that Xu Yi has accumulated enough capital and achievements, it is natural for him to become an official. If he refuses to be an official for the first time, it can also be explained that he does not like Zhao Xu If he canonize his official position, then it is no wonder that the officials would be jealous of him and would do such a thing. No matter whether the officials did it correctly or not, as an emperor with ninety-five honors, he is not allowed to be independent of the imperial court. There is another force outside of it, so what the officials did at the beginning is understandable!
At first, Chen Dong didn't quite believe Xu Yi's claim that he wanted to separate himself from one side, but now it seemed that Xu Yi really had such an idea, so a trace of displeasure appeared on his face.

He first put the imperial decree in his hand, and then stared at Xu Yi with his eyes, as if he wanted to see through Xu Yi's heart, but Xu Yi also looked directly at Chen Dong without fear, his eyes were neither humble nor overbearing He is clear and clear, he has a clear conscience about this matter, even if Chen Dong is unhappy, he doesn't care, anyway, he will never do it as an official of the Song Dynasty!
Chen Dong stared at Xu Yi for a long time, but in the end he still didn't see Xu Yi's intention to compromise, but his eyes were sore, and finally he could only give up, and sighed: "General Xu, can you tell Chen, Why don't you want to be an official of Song Dynasty?"

Xu Yi continued to look at Chen Dong, and after thinking about it, he said loudly: "Since Mr. Chen wants to know, then Xu might as well tell Mr. Chen. Xu is born to be a man of idle clouds and wild cranes. Whoever does things is just as a Han Chinese and just wants to do his part for the Han people. As an official, he always lacks some freedom and freedom, which is not what Xu wants!
The reason why Xu did this is that he saw the long-standing bad governance of the Song Dynasty, and also saw that sooner or later the Han people in the Song Dynasty would be bullied by others, so they secretly accumulated strength, just to when that day comes, It is enough to hope that I can do something within my power for our Chinese nation!But it's not to contribute to the official Zhao family's world!It can be said that I am treasonous when I say this, but it is also what Xu thinks, Mr. Chen, please forgive me!
But now it seems that Xu was not mistaken at the beginning, the current situation is really as I expected, and Xu has also done what he is supposed to do. As for being an official, it is no longer what Xu thinks about!
Xu is not afraid that Mr. Chen will be unhappy. Although Xu is dull, he is not an idiot. Presumably Mr. Chen also knows the saying of great achievements, and it just so happens that Xu also knows the truth. There are countless allusions about cooking in the past dynasties, and all scholars in the world know the truth that being with a king is like a tiger. Although Xu can do his best for our Han nation, he doesn't want to hand over his life to others. Mr. Chen may have heard about the previous incident. Doesn't this explain Xu's guess?

Xu's behavior is only to stand between heaven and earth, and it is enough to have a clear conscience, why bother to be restrained by others?Fighting in court is not Xu's strong point, and Xu is more happy to be a man of idle clouds and wild cranes!So Xu thanked the officials for their kindness, but he was not blessed to accept it!Please also ask the officials to take it back!Thank you Xu! "

After listening to Xu Yi's words, Chen Dong was really shocked. He finally understood Xu Yi's thoughts. It turned out that Xu Yi's actions were not for the sake of the Zhao family at all. He was purely for the Han people. He can be said to have no respect for the imperial court. No wonder he would repeatedly reject the imperial court's conferment. It turned out that he wanted to be celibate at all. To put it bluntly, he never thought about being under the imperial court's control!
Chen Dong's face changed a few times, and finally he couldn't help glaring at Xu Yi and said: "Since General Xu doesn't want to be an official of the Great Song Dynasty, can General Xu tell Chen that if your Fubo army defeats the Jin people, you will be able to win the battle in the future?" And what are your intentions? Is it possible to compete with the officials for the world?"

Xu Yi looked at Chen Dong who was vigilant and angry, and sneered slightly: "The world is probably not as big as Mr. Chen thinks! Xu has a lot of conceit, but he has no intention of fighting for the things in your eyes. The world! If the official family is an enlightened ruler who can eradicate tyranny and make the common people live and work in peace and contentment, even if Xu wants to fight, there is nothing he can do. The world belongs to his Zhao family, and Xu has no intention of competing with him, let alone be kind Swordsmen, go kill your own compatriots! Make the world miserable! But if the officials continue to be a foolish king, then there is no need for Xu to fight, and others will take his place in the world, this is also the law of history!"

Chen Dong took a deep breath. What Xu Yi said today really shocked him. If such rebellious words were placed in the Song Dynasty, it would be light to punish the Xu family and the nine clans. With the heart of disobedience, it's no wonder that he doesn't pay much attention to the officials bestowed by the court. I'm afraid a long time ago, when he began to accumulate strength, he had the idea of ​​​​separating one side.

However, Chen Dong has nothing to do with Xu Yi. After all, no matter what Xu Yi said, he has not done anything to be sorry for the court and Da Song. Li Gang would tell himself once, Xu Yi's heart is probably beyond the reach of ordinary people!If he doesn't want to compete with the Zhao family of Song Dynasty, then what is he thinking about?Chen Dong couldn't figure it out!
"In this case, Chen has nothing to say, but I still want to ask General Xu to listen to what the edict says first." Chen Dong said helplessly, then opened the edict again, facing Xu Yi Lang Lang read: "By God's fortune, the emperor ordered that Xu Yi, the commander of the Fubo army, rise up in the coastal areas when the country is in danger... Xu Yi was specially promoted as King of Jinghai, and he was allowed to open a government office and set up a mansion! Territorial jurisdiction, solid vassal guards in the heavenly court, you should remember the duty of ministers, thank you for the emperor's kindness, Yongzun's voice to teach! I admire you!"

After Xu Yi listened to Chen Dongyang's eloquent reading for a long time, most of the imperial decree was full of rambling flattery for himself. Only at the end did Xu Yi understand the theme of this imperial decree, and his heart suddenly moved. King Jinghai?

Which muscle did Zhao Xu move?To suddenly confer the title of King of Jinghai on him, and claim his own territorial control, wouldn't that be tantamount to telling him clearly that he can separate one side and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty?Such a thing, as Zhao Xu, how could he make such a will?
Xu Yi was also overwhelmed by this decree, and he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Zhao Xu's gourd for a while!
"General Xu is already a prince now. I don't know, but are you willing to accept the decree?" Chen Dong rewound the imperial decree, then held it in his hand, and looked at Xu Yi with a half-smile. In fact, he already knew the content of the imperial decree. Zhao Xu had already told him before sending him as an envoy. At that time, he still didn't understand the reason why Zhao Xu did this. Now after he talked with Xu Yi this time, he also fully understood Zhao Xu's intentions. .

Today's officials have figured this out, no matter whether Zhao Xu is willing to admit it or not, there is nothing he can do with Xu Yi now, and what Zhao Xu did before is precisely because he doesn't want to see such a day. Arriving, it is a pity that Zhao Xu failed to kill Xu Yi at the beginning. After Xu Yi left the land of the Song Dynasty, it was tantamount to returning to the sea, and would no longer be restrained by the Song Dynasty. Instead of this, On the contrary, it is better to be more generous and admit Xu Yi's status. Now Da Song can no longer stand up the enemy of Fubo Army!

The reason why Da Song was bullied like this by the Jinren at the beginning is that most people have now seen that the sea alliance with the Jinren was a trick that can't be fainted anymore!It was the Great Song that contained the Liao Kingdom from behind. Although it did not do anything to the Liao Kingdom, it greatly accelerated the pace of the Jin Kingdom's destruction of the Liao Kingdom. Song started, in fact, Chen Dong himself also understood that if Xu Yi hadn't launched a powerful offensive against the hinterland of the Jin people in Liaodong this time, then the current fate of the Song Dynasty might not be the same. It might even die!
In any case, Xu Yi's contribution to the Song Dynasty is now well known in the world. Zhao Xu's doing so can be regarded as the destiny, and it is a last resort. It is just a favor, and it will be revealed His sincerity to Xu Yi can also give Xu Yi a status, at least he can be regarded as the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and he will not turn his face against the Great Song again in the future.

After Xu Yi's mind turned sharply for a while, he quickly figured out the truth of the matter, understood what Zhao Xu was thinking, and recovered from the initial shock. After changing his face a few times, he took a step forward and bowed. He personally accepted the imperial decree from Chen Dong's hand.

"Thank you Shengen, Xu Yi leads the order!"

Chen Dong watched helplessly that Xu Yi didn't even kneel down, so he took the imperial decree from his hand, sighed in his heart, clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to the lord! Congratulations to the lord, this matter is well-received! I think the lord should know why now." Chen has always regarded himself as a subordinate official! I just want to ask the prince to remember what you said yourself, and not to have another disagreement with Da Song!"

"A man keeps his promises. Although Xu is a rough person, he also knows this sentence! Don't worry, Mr. Chen. Please bring this sentence to the officials. As long as the officials can work diligently and love the people, revive our Chinese glory, Then Xu Yi will never have any ill intentions towards Da Song!..." Xu Yi solemnly said to Chen Dong after putting away the imperial edict.

The two looked at each other and laughed, but as for what they are thinking now, only they know!
Xu Yi was conferred the title of King of Jinghai, but the news of the opening of a mansion and Yamen in the area under his jurisdiction immediately flew all over Liaodong, and along with the ship, he quickly brought the news back to Song Dynasty, and then It caused a sensation.

For Da Song, this was the first time in the world, so it was inevitable that people would discuss it, and the news spread to Wu Qimai's ears as if it had grown wings. The country was also shaken.

Jin Guo was also in an uproar. They also guessed Zhao Xu's intentions before, and they were a little complacent. They felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. First, they would deal with the Fubo army and then deal with Da Song. But when the news arrived, Wu Qimai also began to panic Speaking of it, if there is a gap between the Song State and the Fubo Army, they still have a chance to break through each other, but now Da Song has made it clear that he will support the Fubo Army, and has shown a posture of attacking at any time in the south, and his attitude has also changed. It has to be very tough at the beginning, then the situation in Jin Guo is very bad now.

Wu Qimai immediately invited Xie Ye and others to discuss urgent matters, and everyone expressed their worries about the current situation. The strength of the Fubo Army's combat power was something they had never thought of before, and they also had no confidence now. If they can defeat the Fubo Army and expel the Fubo Army from Liaodong, if the Song Dynasty launches the Northern Expedition in the spring, they will be completely caught in the pincer attack of the Fubo Army and the Song Army.

Although the Song Army is weak, their numbers are frighteningly large, like weeds, the wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again, no matter how they kill them, they can't kill them all. Great Song's financial strength is so strong that once it is mobilized, if it fights against the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Jin will not be able to support their flood.

The current Zhao Xu is obviously different from Huizong and Zhao Huan in the past. He belongs to the kind of hardliner. According to the news from the general manager, after Zhao Xu came to power, the situation in the Song Dynasty has also begun to rectify. After stabilizing, plus he appointed a large number of skilled generals to support the expansion of the northern armies, the strength of the northern armies of the Song Dynasty has increased significantly, and the Song army has begun to recover from its initial extremely weak state. They are no longer as incompetent and weak as they were when they first sent troops to attack Song Dynasty.

Although Wanyan Zongjun arrived in Yanjing, he did not deter the Song Dynasty as expected. Instead, he was beaten by the Black Tiger Army and other civilian armed forces on the other side of the Song Dynasty. If this situation continues, once the Song Dynasty sends troops to the Northern Expedition, it will be difficult for his troops to resist the swarming Song army.

Wu Qimai now felt as if he was being roasted on a charcoal fire. He repeatedly discussed this matter with the ministers in Beijing and China, but the result was that they kept discussing until after the New Year, but they couldn't come up with any good solutions. In the end, they had no choice but to Zong Wang, who was still ill, led his soldiers and horses from Guizhou to the south. Chen Bing was in the area of ​​Cangzhou, and put pressure on the Song Dynasty. The attack on Liaodong fell to the generals headed by Zong Han. And they began to recruit troops again in all parts of the Kingdom of Jin. Whether they were willing or not, the battle after the beginning of spring was related to the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Jin. They had to do their best to deal with this war.

After receiving the imperial decree from Wu begging to buy, Zongwang smiled wryly, and sighed in the direction of Gaizhou. It seems that he will not be able to have a duel with the Fubo army surnamed Xu this time!

"Da Song is really abominable! What a villain who backtracks on what he says!" Wu Shu said to Zong Wang angrily. He has not been idle this winter, and he has gathered all his energy to have a duel with the Fubo army. The shame of defeating the mountain soldiers, but the plan was broken up by Wu Qibu's imperial decree in an instant. Seeing that my winter's hard work is just copying Dongliu like this, how can I be satisfied!

Zongwang looked at the angry Wushu, and after coughing violently for a while, his face also turned red. After Wushu patted his back for a long time, he calmed down and said to Wushu:
"Wu Shu, don't be angry! For us, this time is not necessarily a bad thing! We have also collected a lot of information about the Fubo Army this winter. I am afraid that the Fubo Army is not as easy to deal with as we thought before. The Fubo army is very different from the Song army. Their tactics are really weird and their combat power should not be underestimated! Alu’s previous fate is a lesson for us. The opponent’s artillery is so powerful that it is hard to guard against !
The more we know, the more uncertain we will be. I am afraid that Gaizhou City will not be easy to fight. Not to mention whether we can defeat Gaizhou City, even if we can really defeat Gaizhou City, I am afraid we will lose It was very tragic, and now we can go south, maybe it is our luck, we don't have to bump into it, and our head will be broken!
Wushu!You are the person I am most optimistic about. You are brave and resourceful, but your character is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. You can fight with the wind, but you will panic when things happen!This is your biggest problem!Our army was brought out by me alone, and it is hard-won to have the current scale!As for my body, I'm afraid it won't last long. I don't want our soldiers and horses to break here, and going south now is exactly what I want!

Since Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan) is willing to fight Liaodong, this credit will be handed over to Nianhan!You have to know that once I die, Nianhan will not be polite to you, you should firmly grasp the strength of our army first!Fighting the Song army is always better than defeating the Bo army. This time we go south and don't ask for great merit. We can just hold the north of Cangzhou!Let's see how Nianhan and Fubojun fight! "

After hearing Zong Wang's words, Zong Bi didn't take it seriously, so he said, "Is the marshal so disrespectful of our Dajin soldiers? Although the Fubo army is indeed powerful, their strength is far inferior to ours. Don't tell me we have so many soldiers?" Horse, can't you deal with them?"

Zongwang coughed violently for a while again, and when he calmed down, there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. After wiping the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, he shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't like it, it's really not! Don't underestimate it at any time. Your enemy, the Fubo army can eat the two armies of Alu and Wuben in a row, which shows that they are not ordinary soldiers. The sharpness of the weapons of the Fubo army has far exceeded our cognition. The battle of Taiping Mountain, We didn't even see their shadows, so we lost more than [-] soldiers and horses, which explains the problem!
Moreover, they are not only good at these strange and ingenious weapons. Zong Han's army led five thousand soldiers, and when they met the five thousand soldiers of the Fubo Army, wouldn't they end up with the same annihilation in the end?Say no more!Let's go to Cangzhou as soon as possible! "

Wu Shu had no choice but to agree, and began to pack up his troops and head towards Cangzhou.

The change in the situation caught Zong Han a little by surprise. After this winter, he felt that his army was already strong and strong. Zongwang's soldiers and horses were transferred to the south again to deal with Song Dynasty. This time, the matter of dealing with Fubo Army fell on his shoulders!
Speaking of which, the number of soldiers and horses he and Zong Pan seemed to be much larger than that of the Fubo Army in Liaoyang Mansion, but once Zong Wang retreated and left, the direction of Gaizhou lost control, and his flanks became much more empty. After this winter, he has learned a lot about the situation of the Fubo Army, and he no longer dares to underestimate this opponent, and the more he listens, the more he feels that there is no bottom line. If the Fubo Army is really like the former Jin Kingdom What he said is so powerful, then this time he will meet another Taiyuan City!
Because of this matter, Zong Han had a headache, and felt that the thief was very unfair to him. The last time he sent troops to the Song Dynasty, he had a bloody encounter in Taiyuan City, but this time he chose Liaoyang again. If you want to gnaw on the hard bone of the government, isn't this making yourself boring?
Seeing that the snow outside is melting, and the weather is gradually getting warmer, Zong Han still hasn't come up with a better way to take down Liaoyang Mansion.

"Marshal Qi, there is news from Zong Pan that they have already started to set up troops, please Marshal to raise troops together and march towards Liaoyang Mansion!" Wanyan Loushi walked in from the outside. For this day, he had been waiting It has been more than two months, and he has been holding back for a long time, and he wants to personally avenge his son Wanyanhuo!This winter, he reorganized a new army, and this time he wanted to go to the vanguard. He didn't believe that his army, who lived on the horse like this, would be defeated by a group of pirates.

Zong Han nodded. Although he didn't come up with any good solution, the Liaoyang Mansion had to fight, and now that it was getting warmer, they should also go to see how powerful the Fubo Army is!
A group of gold troops escorted all kinds of luggage and began to file out of Tangzhou, trampling the residual snow on the ground into a piece of mud, and some small grasses had begun to show sharp buds under the residual snow.

Zong Han, who straddled his horse, stood on a slope, looked down at his army, and his confidence began to return to his body.

There are so many soldiers, plus Zongpan's army from Shenzhou, their number of soldiers and horses has reached 12. Although Liaoyang Mansion is strong, there are only more than 2 Fubo troops and more than 2 people in it. , can't you beat there?He shook the whip in his hand, and said to Yin Shuke beside him: "Be careful on the road, don't let the Fubo Army take advantage of our loopholes! Let's go to Liaoyang Mansion to meet them!"

(End of this chapter)