Fenghou

And they don't know, if they know, there will be a riot. Fortunately, I still have more than 3000 barrels of kerosene in my hand, otherwise I will come to you every day. Don't make up your mind about the kerosene in my hand. How much spoils should I give you? I will give you. "

"Is there no fuel in Lin'an?"

"Do you think there will be? The kerosene in the Song Dynasty was produced in Yanzhou, and it was captured by the Jin soldiers long ago. In the entire Song Dynasty, only the Western Army and Huguang had kerosene stocks. Now the Huguang stocks in Hanyang Cangcheng are still taken away by you. .”

In fact, Chen Qing learned from Ore Yanzhi that everyone is scrambling for fire oil now, and it is estimated that Li Gang will not give it to himself anymore.

His offer of kerosene now is only in preparation for the next condition to bargain.

"Forget about the oil. I heard that the Xuan Fu envoy got three thousand war horses in Dengzhou?"

Li Gang suddenly realized that this guy came for Dengzhou's war horse.

Li Gang sneered and said: "There are three thousand war horses, but they are not taken as spoils of war. I plan to hand them over to the imperial court, but I haven't told the imperial court about the war horses. It's okay to give them to you. You have to bring something to make peace with them." I exchange."

"I can hand over the [-] troops in Jiangling to the Xuanfu envoy!"

"Don't take me for a fool. You already have [-] troops in your hands. You don't want the [-] troops. They are the Jiangling army. In the future, the court will appoint a new Jiangling town governor, and there are [-] Yuezhou troops. The army cannot be counted as yours, you came with [-] troops, and you can only take [-] troops with you when you leave Jingxiang, this is stipulated in the Privy Council’s letter.”

After a pause, Li Gang said again earnestly: "Don't think that the court is easy to fool, you boy. The court controls the number of troops very strictly. You are in control. According to the regulations, there are only 5000 troops, and the extra [-] are for logistics. For you, understand?"

"When will I be able to command an army of thirty thousand?"

"If you hold the festival, you can command [-] troops. If you can be named Xuanfu envoy, you can command [-] troops. Next, you can be named as the commander of five capitals."

Chen Qing sighed softly, Chijie means Jiedu Envoy, now in the entire Western Army only Wu Jie is serving as Jiedu Envoy of Yongxing Army and Liu Ziyu is serving as Jiedu Envoy of Xihe Road.

"Then what does the envoy want in exchange?"

Li Gang had a sly look in his eyes, and said with a smile, "I think a hundred cars and boats are pretty good!"

Chapter 337 Immortal Figure

A new pass city was built about a hundred steps in front of Dashan Pass. The area of ​​the new pass city is larger than that of Dashan Pass.

There were [-] gold soldiers stationed in Xinguan City, no tents were set up, and all the barracks were built of bricks and stones. Wanyan Wushu recruited [-] craftsmen, and it took half a year to build this Guancheng.

From the day when Xinguan City was built, Jin Bing launched a repressive attack on Dashanguan. Gunpowder arrows and long-distance trebuchets attacked Dashanguan almost every day, regardless of day and night.

After more than a month of uninterrupted blows, the general morale of the Song army was low, and their confidence in holding the pass was lost.

In the commander's tent, Wu Jie was pacing back and forth distractedly. Liu Zan, the guard of Beixianren Pass, sent a letter asking for help from the eagle ten days ago, but there was no more news.

Wu Jie hurriedly asked Zhu Shengfei for instructions to send troops to support Beixianrenguan, but he waited six full days before getting Zhu Shengfei's approval. I didn't have any hope, and after six days of delay, my hope had long since been shattered.

Wu Jie was really helpless. Zhu Shengfei firmly controlled the military power, and any transfer of more than 50 people had to be consulted with him. Zhu Shengfei built a military intelligence office in Dashanguan, and his confidant and aide Fu Jingyi was in charge.

Fu Jingyi was not only a liaison officer, but also a former military supervisor, monitoring Wu Jie's every move. If Wu Jie and others complained, Fu Jingyi would complain to Zhu Shengfei, saying that Wu Jie was dissatisfied with the court and had too much ambition.

In fact, the root cause is that Fu Jingyi asked Wu Jie for bribes many times but was rejected. He harbored hatred for Wu Jie's brothers.

In fact, Wu Jie was entrusted by Emperor Zhao Gou as the Jiedu Envoy of the Yongxing Army. According to the regulations of the court, the Jiedu Envoy can have an army of his own and is not subject to civil restraint. Due to the severe situation, a compromise had to be made, allowing Jiedushi to recruit troops to fight against the Jin soldiers, and Wu Jie could also recruit an army to fight against the Jin soldiers.

Zhang Jun, the former Xuan Fu envoy, took a flexible approach. After entering the wartime, he temporarily authorized Wu Jie to take full responsibility for fighting the Jin soldiers. Zhang Jun himself retreated to Chengdu and only cared about logistical support.

But Zhu Shengfei did not follow the rules, completely deprived Wu Jie of the power to command the army, and destroyed the original intention of the court to confer Wu Jie as the governor of the Yongxing Army. Although Zhang Jun raised this issue with the emperor Zhao Gou several times, Zhu Shengfei's backer It was the queen mother, and with the queen mother supporting Zhu Shengfei, Zhao Gou had no choice but to acquiesce in Zhu Shengfei's illegal behavior.

Of course, this also has something to do with Wu Jie's own weakness. If he can be as tough as Chen Qing and ignore Zhu Shengfei's tricks, Zhu Shengfei will not be able to take away his military power.

Wu Jie lost his military power, and many of his subordinates were dissatisfied with him. Wu Jie was in a very awkward situation. He had to appease his subordinates and at the same time carry out Zhu Shengfei's various unreasonable orders. In just half a year, half of his beard and hair were gray.

At this time, some soldiers reported outside, "Little Wu Du is back."

Xiao Wu Dutong is Wu Ling, and Wu Jie is waiting for his news!

"Let him in!"

After a while, Wu Ling walked into the big tent quickly, and Wu Jie quickly asked, "How is Immortal Pass?"

"I didn't go there. I met Liu Zan who was seriously injured in Hechi County and rescued him."

"What about the pass?"

"It's already lost. Commander Pan Yue led his army to surrender Wanyan Wushu and sacrificed the pass."

"Bang!" Wu Jie slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "I told him that Fu Xuan's people cannot be appointed as lieutenants, but he didn't listen, and said that I was jealous of the virtuous and capable. Now that I see it, the Northern Immortal is lost." , sooner or later we won’t be able to keep our big clearance.”

The man Wu Jie mentioned was Zhu Shengfei, the envoy of Xuanfu. A month ago, Zhu Shengfei appointed eight new commanders, six of whom were generals recommended by Fu Xuan, and Pan Yue was one of them.

Pan Yue was appointed as the deputy chief of Beixian Renguan and became Liu Zan's deputy general. Who would have thought that Pan Yue surrendered to the golden soldiers in just one month.

The entire Qinling pass is an interlocking defense system, and the failure of a pass will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The North Immortal Pass that has just been lost has been walking two hundred miles southwest to Hechi County, and from Hechi County to the southeast for about a hundred miles is the South Immortal Pass. This is a zigzag road, also called Qishan road.

The key point is Nanxianrenguan. Nanxianrenguan can go southeast to Nanzheng County, and also leads to Xingzhou. Xingzhou is the starting point of the west line of Jinniu Road, and you can enter Bashu directly along the west line of Jinniu Road. .

Obviously, Jin Bing had figured out the entire defense system of the Qinling Mountains, and Wu Jie was extremely suspicious that Fu Xuan had given the map to Wanyan Wushu.

Wu Jie asked anxiously again: "Have you sent troops to stay in Hechi County?"

Wu Ling nodded, "I sent Yang Zheng to lead [-] troops to guard Hechi County."

Hechi County is also a strategically important place, leading to Nanxianren Pass in the south, and leading to the back of Dashan Pass in the northeast through the old road.

If Yang Zheng can hold on to Hechi County, Dasan Pass will be safe for the time being, and Nanxianren Pass will be safe for the time being.

But what if Yang Zheng can't keep it?

Wu Jie was extremely worried, and he wanted to rush to Hanzhong immediately to report this serious incident to Zhu Shengfei in person.

……

Wanyan Wushu recently got a treasure given to him by Fu Xuan, "Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan-Shu Road Map".

This is not the old map in the Ministry of War of the Song Dynasty, but the military map of the passes made by Zhu Shengfei just a month ago. The number of people, garrison food, the situation of the main general, etc., are clearly marked, and even Fu Bing also marked his confidantes in each pass, so that the pass can be directly captured through his confidantes.

Wanyan Wushu is like a treasure. He did an experiment in Beixianren Pass not long ago, and ordered Wan Fuchang Han Chang to lead [-] troops to go to the West Valley to Beixianren Pass. This extremely dangerous pass was occupied with minimal cost.

Wanyan Wushu called this map the Immortal Map.

In the spacious and bright room, Wanyan Wushu was standing at the table studying his fairy map. Advisor Fan Gong pointed to Hechi County in the southwest of Beixianren Pass and said with a smile, "Why didn't the Marshal take down this county? Take it down, If you go north, you can attack the back of Dashan Pass, and if you go south, you can capture Nanxianren Pass. Once you capture Nanxianren Pass, you don’t even need to go to Hanzhong. You can go directly to Xingzhou and enter the west line of Jinniu Road. New Year in Chengdu."

Wanyan Wushu smiled and said: "This is the second time sir has reminded me, but I still stick to the original plan."

"The marshal is still in trouble?"

"Of course, if I don't capture the Dasan Pass and completely defeat Wu Jie, how can I get rid of the shame of my previous fiasco? This time I am not in a hurry at all, take my time and take my time step by step."

"When does the marshal plan to attack Dasanguan? I feel that the time is ripe."

"Wait a minute!"

Wan Yanwu said with a trace of helplessness in his expression: "I just received a quick letter from the wolf lord, saying that he was sent to take the blame and meritorious deeds. The wolf lord has already appointed him as the deputy marshal vanguard, hey! It's just that he doesn't want me to take all the credit for it." Full."

"This is the meaning of the Superintendent's Army! I heard that he wanted to enter Shu from the east in Jingxiang, but he was defeated by Chen Qing. Only he has a heart for the marshal, but Lord Wolf listens to him."

"You're wrong. Lord Wolf sent Talan to sit in Jingxiang. After I invaded Bashu, Jingxiang and Bashu were joined together. I said before that Liu Yu's army was unreliable, but Talan believed in the Qi army. How could the Qi army be Chen Qing's opponent, and the result was not the same defeat?"

"This Chen Qing is haunted! Everywhere the Supervisory Army goes, they meet him."

Wanyan Wushu sneered and said, "This is Tarlan shooting himself in the foot. If he hadn't made a small move behind the scenes to transfer Chen Qing from Shaanxi as a condition for negotiation, how could Chen Qing be transferred to Huguang?" ? To be honest, I really hope that Chen Qing will also be in the big break this time, so that he can have a good taste of my iron fist!"

Chapter 338

Before dawn, the passenger ship passed Deqing County and entered the Guantang River. Lin'an was a few miles away.

Chen Qing got up early and came to the main cabin, only to find that Li Gang was already sitting in front of the window of the main cabin.

"Xuanfu envoy, you're here so early."

Li Gang picked up the teacup and smiled slightly: "As you get older, you won't be able to sleep at the fifth watch, but Chen Dutong is so excited today?"

Chen Qing sat down opposite Li Gang, and said with a smile, "I'm not excited, the main reason is that I shoulder too many expectations from the soldiers, and I feel a little uneasy."

"Chen Dutong is referring to the matter of returning to the northwest?"

Chen Qing nodded.

Li Gang pondered for a while and said: "The court's principle has always been that one side guards one side of the land. Since your soldiers are all passers-by from Shaanxi, they probably won't stay in Dongting Lake for a long time, unless their families are brought here, and you serve as Yuezhou Township. The mission of Fushi is also very clear, which is to exterminate the water thief Yang Yao. Now that the mission is completed, the imperial court will not allow you to stay in Yuezhou for a long time, after all, Yuezhou does not need to station so many troops."

"Xuanfu envoy, I have always had a question, why the Jin Kingdom has lost hundreds of thousands of troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and still refuses to give up Sichuan and Shaanxi. If Wanyan Wushu leads the army to attack Jingxiang, the situation of this battle may be completely different. , what does Jin Guo think?"

Li Gang smiled slightly and said: "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, why did the Qin Kingdom destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world? From the Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties to Shatuo, those who were able to unify the world all raised their troops from Sichuan and Shaanxi. Why is this? Jin Guo may have seen it too. In this regard, if they want to unify the world, they must first seize Sichuan and Shaanxi, and then sweep across from Sichuan and Shaanxi to the east. It can refer to the hearts of the people, the general trend of the world, or the terrain."

Chen Qing was thoughtful, "So during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang occupied Bashu and took Guanzhong in order to connect Sichuan and Shaanxi into one, forming a tendency to dive into the Central Plains?"

"That's right! With the wealth of Bashu providing financial resources, using Guanlong's cavalry as combat power, and using the Hexi Corridor to provide war horses, why worry about the world not being broken?"

"Then why can't Da Song see this?"

"Do you think the court can't see it? During the Five Dynasties, Yelu Deguang broke through Bianliang and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the court always wanted to rely on Sichuan and Shaanxi, but the Liao people also knew the importance of Sichuan and Shaanxi to the Song Dynasty, so Liao The country supported Li Yuanhao to establish Xixia in order to contain the Song Dynasty's strategy for Sichuan and Shaanxi. It can be said that Liao's strategy was very successful. My Great Song has been weak for a hundred years, and it is inseparable from Xixia's containment."

Li Gang hasn't had such an in-depth conversation with anyone for a long time, and he spoke with great interest for a while. He filled Chen Qing with a cup of tea and continued: "The reason why the imperial court attaches great importance to Sichuan and Shaanxi is not because they want taxes from Bashu, but the key is not to let the Kingdom of Jin occupy In Sichuan and Shaanxi, once the Kingdom of Jin occupies Bashu and builds a large number of warships in the middle of Shu, ten years later, thousands of warships will flow down the river, that will be the time when the Great Song Dynasty perishes. Every minister in the imperial court knows this clearly .”

"I heard that this time Wanyan Wushu and his generals all brought their families south, and they want to settle down in Bashu."

Li Gang nodded, "The Kingdom of Jin is not aiming to plunder Bashu this time, but to manage Bashu. The Kingdom of Jin is bound to win Bashu. It can be seen from Wanyan Wushu's attack on Hanzhong that it is different from before. Every step of the way, Don't be in a hurry, if the court doesn't see this this time, Sichuan and Shaanxi will be in danger."

"But Zhu Shengfei is sitting in Sichuan and Shaanxi!" Chen Qing couldn't help sighing.

Li Gang was also silent, and he couldn't figure it out, the officials knew that Zhu Shengfei was not a minister of the land, why they kept refusing to change course?

……

At noon, the boat arrived in Lin'an, and Zheng Ping also returned to Lin'an. Yang Liuer gave birth to a son for him, which made him ecstatic, and he wanted to return to Lin'an with Chen Qing no matter what.

Chen Qing had no choice but to let Yang Yuanqing and Yang Zaixing guard Baling together, and Zheng Ping was able to go home and talk about marriage.

Another one who came back together was Lu Wei. Lu Wei is currently the Cang Cao in Chen Qing's army and is in charge of the military supplies. He also asked for leave to go home and marry his fiancée Li Mei.

"Dutong, come back this time, let's arrange the marriage together!" Zheng Ping said, looking at the Yuhang gate in the distance.

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "I'm not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Dutong, you can't say that. Everyone follows you loyally, and entrusts the family's glory and wealth to you. You have a family, and everyone is safe. Otherwise, if you are killed by the court, no one will succeed you." If the imperial court sends a new capital, we will all be purged."

Chen Qing looked to both sides, and lowered his voice to Zheng Ping, "That's all for now, don't talk nonsense in Lin'an, it will put me in danger!"

"Don't worry! I will only rot in my stomach, and I won't say a word."

When the boat docked, Li Gang smiled at Chen Qing: "I live in Huguang Jinzuoyuan, it's very spacious there, do you want to go together?"

"Thank you Xuanfu envoy, Beizhi has a small house in Lin'an, and I have a place to live temporarily."

"Forget it, come to me another day, let's have a drink together."

"Humble job will definitely come!"

Li Gang left with more than a dozen entourages, this time Chen Qing only brought [-] soldiers, still led by the commander of the soldiers, Yan Jun.

Chen Qing and Zheng Ping also broke up, and he went to his house with his own soldiers.

Chen Qing's mansion was handed over to Lu Xiu, and Lu Xiu invited an old couple to guard it, and she would come to see it from time to time, and bring a few maids to clean it.

Chen Qing knocked on the door, and the person who opened the door for him was a white-haired old man. He looked at Chen Qing and the soldiers behind him, and asked in surprise, "Who are you looking for?"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "I'm not looking for anyone, this is my mansion."

The old man hesitated and asked, "You are...General Chen?"

"Exactly!"

The old man quickly opened the door, "Sorry, I didn't know that General Chen was coming back today, and Miss Lu didn't tell me."

Chen Qing walked into the gate and asked with a smile, "Does Miss Lu come here often?"

"I come here often, I just came here the day before yesterday, with a pair of young ladies."

The pair of young ladies were naturally sisters Yu Ying and Yu Lian. They returned to Lin'an with Lu Xiu and did not stay in Yuezhou. The main reason was that Chen Qing had to stay in the barracks and couldn't take care of them.

Chen Qing nodded, turned his head and said to Yan Jun, "You guys should stay in the East Courtyard! Take care of yourself, take care of dinner by yourself, and take a good rest for two days."

All the soldiers had lived here before, they were familiar with the way, they didn't need Chen Qing's arrangement, they went to the east courtyard by themselves.

Chen Qing also went to the back house, the landscape in the yard changed, the apricot tree in the distance had lost its leaves, a few autumn chrysanthemums in the corner were in full bloom, and a branch of wintersweet was also full of small golden flowers, filling the yard. With a faint fragrance.

Chen Qing opened the door and walked into the room. The room was basically the same as when he left, but Chen Qing still noticed some subtle changes, such as the bedding was freshly washed, clean and fresh, and the vase on the table was also dirty. Inserted a blooming wintersweet.

Looking at the vase on the table, Chen Qing felt a kind of warmth in his heart, which he had never felt before.

At this moment, there was a sound of running footsteps outside, "Master, you are back!" This was Yu Ying's voice.

Chen Qing walked out of the room quickly, and saw two young ladies appearing at the gate of the courtyard, his face was full of joy, and the two pairs of bright eyes were shining with brilliance.