Fenghou

Wu Ling's army was unable to take a step north, which made Wu Ling very annoyed, so he sent someone to Jingzhao to deliver a letter asking Chen Qing to withdraw from Hanzhong.

On the tower of Jianmenguan, Wu Ji looked at the north from afar with serious eyes.

The envoy went to Jingzhao a long time ago, but he has not seen any effect so far. Chen Qing took the initiative to write a letter to ask for an interview with him, but actually wanted to interview himself. What role does the envoy play?

It is rumored that Chen Qing is already in a state of semi-separatism. Wu Ling believes that this is true, and he himself feels deeply. The Western Army is far away from the imperial court, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The imperial court is already difficult to control. If the army can solve the military salary and food The problem is that there is basically nothing to do with the imperial court. Whether to support the soldiers and stand on their own depends entirely on the loyalty of the general to the imperial court.

In fact, when Zhu Shengfei was making things difficult for them, Wu Ling also quietly persuaded his elder brother to make decisions on his own, without being controlled by the Xuan Fusi.

When Liu Guangshi came to seize power, Wu Ling once again thought of supporting himself and supporting himself, but this time his brother wrote a letter to dissuade him.

Staff member Tian Yi said from the side: "Dutong, I'm afraid Chen Qing will not return Hanzhong."

"Why?" Wu Ling glanced at him.

"In fact, the reason is very simple. He needs Hanzhong as a buffer. He must be worried that when we send troops to attack Hedong, we will take his lair from behind and capture Guanzhong and Jingzhao."

"how is this possible?"

Wu Ling was dissatisfied and said, "Am I the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation? He went to fight the Jin soldiers, and I stabbed him in the back, so I am not in the same party as the Jin country?"

"Maybe the general won't. What if the court brings Liu Guangshi back? Chen Qing will definitely be worried about this."

Wu Ling nodded. The aides were right. He couldn't do it himself, but it was difficult for others, especially Liu Guangshi, who could do anything. How could Chen Qing not guard against it?

"Then according to Mr.'s opinion?"

"Actually, I want to say that since I can't get it back to Hanzhong, I don't need to meet Chen Qing. It will cause some unnecessary troubles. Someone is keeping an eye on Dutong!"

Of course Wu Ling knew who Tian Yi was talking about, Li Qiong, Liu Guangshi's confidant, when Liu Guangshi was transferred away, he didn't take him away, but left him in Bashu, becoming his deputy and becoming his A big thorn in his hands.

Needless to say, it is needless to say that the yin and the yang are contradictory. The key is his existence, which means that Liu Guangshi does not give up on Bashu and wants to come back, which makes Wu Ling always wary of him.

Wu Ling pondered for a while and said, "Since we have made an appointment for the day after tomorrow, we still have to talk. Since I have a clear conscience, what is there to worry about?"

"I'm afraid that the emperor will be stupid and listen to slander, and he will transfer everyone away."

Wu Ling laughed, "Actually, I don't want to stay in Bashu anymore. Chen Qing seized Shaanxi Road, and Bashu became the rear area. It's meaningless for me to stay here. It's better to go to the Huaihe River to fight against gold and kill the enemy."

Tian Yi saw that Wu Ling had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him any more. After all, he was only worried, and Chen Qing had already arrived in Hanzhong, so he couldn't refuse to meet Chen Qing just because of a worry.

……

In the morning, Chen Qing was escorted by [-] cavalrymen and arrived at Xicheng County. Xicheng County is located at the south entrance of Jinniu Road. It has a very important strategic position and is currently controlled by Chen Qing's army.

Chen Qing is very familiar with this county town. He has been here many times. The city is not big, with less than 2000 permanent residents. After the Jin soldiers occupied Hanzhong, most of the residents withdrew to the south, leaving only some old and weak people who did not leave.

Just as Chen Qing arrived in Xicheng, a horn sounded in the distance, and Wu Ling rushed over with more than [-] soldiers.

"Wu Dutong, long time no see!"

Chen Qing went forward with a big smile, and Wu Ling also went forward with a smile, and the two embraced warmly.

"The envoy started to fight the Northwest situation in just two or three years, which is impressive and admirable!"

Chen Qing shook his head and said sincerely: "The Northwest tug-of-war has been fought for six years, and hundreds of thousands of Jurchen troops were annihilated. We also paid a price of 10 people. Without these accumulations, how could I win."

Wu Ling sighed, "Although the truth is so, people only look at the result and ignore the process. Let's not talk about it, let's go to the city!"

The two rode into the city and came to the county government office, where they met.

The seats had already been arranged, and there were two other people sitting against the wall, who were responsible for recording their conversations and finally forming a memorandum. After all, this was a negotiation between the chief generals of the two armies.

The two sat opposite each other at a table, and someone served them tea.

Chen Qing is the host, and he said slowly: "Today I invited Wu Dutong to come to discuss, mainly to talk about dredging the trade roads, I plan to demolish the Eagle Pass, it will affect the normal passage of caravans too much, I hope Jianmen Guan also let go of the pass, allowing the Jinniu Road, which was interrupted for half a year, to return to normal."

Wu Ling nodded, "It's not a big problem. I ordered the removal of the roadblocks ten days ago and normal traffic resumed. The caravan traffic will not be subject to any troublesome interrogation."

"There will be a few government and business teams passing through the border, and I hope Wu Dutong will not make things difficult."

"No, as long as it's a caravan, regardless of whether it's official or private, the Golden Bull Road will be unimpeded."

After a pause, Wu Ling said again: "But what I want to talk about today is the ownership of Hanzhong. I am the Jiedushi of the Yongxing Army, and the place in charge is Hanzhong. Now that the Jin soldiers have retreated, can my army take over Hanzhong? ?”

Wu Ling said it very frankly, without being reserved at all, and directly asked Chen Qing for Hanzhong.

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Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "To tell the truth, Wu Dutong, I want to use Hanzhong as a buffer zone, otherwise I can't safely lead the army to attack Hexi. I know very well that there are too many passages from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, which will make it hard for me to guard against it." !"

Wu Ling said noncommittally: "Everyone is Song Jun, what should the envoys guard against?"

Chen Qing shook his head with a smile and said, "Does Wu Dutong know about the incident of supervising the army?"

"I heard something!"

"The imperial court believed that I was responsible for the death of Wang Mi, the supervisor of the army, but in fact it had nothing to do with me. I knew very well that Liu Guangshi killed him, but the imperial court did not have any evidence. He insisted that I was the one who killed him, and then called me to Beijing to report on my duties. The news I got was that I was going to be dismissed from office and imprisoned."

"I understand the worries of Jingsueshi, but there is no evidence for these, they are just speculations of Jingsueshi, right?"

Chen Qing still shook his head, "You're wrong, I have evidence, at least I know that Liu Guangshi's appointment as Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi came for me, his mission was to occupy Xihe Road and strangle my army, he got a secret decree. "

Wu Ling was silent for a moment and said, "That's Liu Guangshi, but I can't!"

Chen Qing laughed, "If Wu Dutong has been serving as the Jiedu envoy of the Yongxing Army for ten years or 20 years, I will definitely promise to return Hanzhong to you because I trust you, but Wu Dutong feels that he is in Bashu. How long can I stay? If Liu Guangshi becomes the envoy of Xuanfu of Sichuan and Shanxi again, should I also trust him?"

Wu Ling was speechless. He also knew that the imperial court had temporarily used him to fight against the golden soldiers. Now that the golden soldiers were gone, the imperial court would deal with Chen Qing next.

After a long silence, Wu Ling sighed and said, "Let's do it! Let me be stationed in Hanzhong symbolically, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the court."

Chen Qing nodded: "I can hand over Nanzheng County to you and allow you to garrison 1000 troops, and then I will not interfere in the government affairs of Nanzheng County. If Wu Dutong is transferred by the court, please also withdraw the [-] troops. , Nanzheng County, I want to take it back first, and then discuss with the new general."

Wu Ling thought for a while, this was Chen Qing's biggest concession for his own face, including the demolition of the Eagle Pass, which was Chen Qing's sincerity to himself.

"Then let's make a deal and agree in writing, signed by both parties, how about it?"

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "It's true!"

……

While Chen Qing and Wu Ling were discussing in Xicheng, a young man rode into Langzhong County. Langzhou was the place where general Li Qiong was stationed, and Li Qiong and his [-] troops were stationed here.

The camp is located outside Langzhong County, but Li Qiong himself stays in the county most of the time. He has a mansion in the county and has a house of concubines. dine together.

The man riding the horse is called Xu Dayong, he is Cao De's subordinate, he is from the same town and village as Li Qiong, and even has a little bit of relative relationship with Li Qiong.

Xu Da used to come to a big house, and there were four soldiers with spears standing at the door.

As soon as he approached the gate, the soldier immediately raised his spear and shouted: "Stop, don't come near!"

"Report to General Li for me, and say that his fellow countryman Xu Da used to tell you something important."

"You wait at the door for a while, and I will report."

The soldiers hurried in. Li Qiong had just had dinner and was drinking tea. The housekeeper reported in the courtyard, "Master, a man came outside. He said he was from your hometown, and his name was Xu Dayong. He said he had something important to report."

Li Qiong was startled, of course Xu Dayong knew that he was in the same village as his distant nephew, he was Cao De's subordinate, didn't Cao De surrender to Chen Qing?Xu Dayong should have surrendered together, why did he come here again?

With a thought in Li Qiong's mind, what did he suddenly realize?Immediately ordered: "Take him to see me quickly!"

Not long after, Xu Dayong was brought to the hall, and he knelt down to salute, "Third Uncle, my nephew is here to greet you!"

Li Qiong has always disliked this nephew from afar, thinking he is obscene, idle and not doing his job properly, and refused to take him with her.

However, Cao De admired Xu Dayong's cleverness and a very flexible mind, which made him very suitable as a scout, so he promoted him to be the head of his scout battalion.

Li Qiong waved her hand and said impatiently, "Tell me, is there anything important you want to report to me?"

Xu Dayong took out a letter from his hat and presented it to Li Qiong, "Third uncle, this is a letter written by envoy Chen Jinglue to you!"

Li Qiong was taken aback, and quickly took the letter, "Sit down first and have some tea!"

His distant nephew actually delivered a letter to Chen Qing, and Li Qiong immediately looked at him with admiration.

He opened the letter and read it, and found it a bit unbelievable that Chen Qing actually wanted to cooperate with him and squeeze Wu Ling away, on the condition that the two sides use Jianmen Pass as the boundary and not ask him for Hanzhong.

"Dayong, does envoy Chen Jinglue have any messages?"

"The envoy said that if the third uncle is willing to cooperate, let me send a pigeon letter back. If the third uncle is unwilling to cooperate, it doesn't matter, I will go back and report directly."

"You brought the pigeon letter?"

Xu Dayong nodded, "My nephew has brought two carrier pigeons, so I can fly directly back to Jingzhao Mansion."

"Are you still with Cao De?"

Xu Dayong shook his head, "General Cao is now in charge of martial arts, and my nephew has been assigned to the Intelligence Agency, and may be involved in field work on the East Road."

Of course Li Qiong understood what he meant by field work?It is to go to Hedong Road to lurk, collect intelligence, and be an intelligence spy.

"This suits you very well!"

Li Qiong secretly admired Chen Qing's ability to employ people. His distant nephew was an idle rogue in his hometown, and he could give full play to his strengths as an intelligence agent.

"Go and rest first! I'll give you an answer after thinking about it."

"Nephew, leave!"

Xu Dayong followed the butler down, and Li Qiong immediately ordered: "Mr. Zhong, please come and see me!"

Just as Wu Lin had his own staff, Li Qiong also had his own staff, which is also normal. Generals often have more than bravery, but not enough intelligence, so they need to raise scribes to make up for their shortcomings.

Li Qiong's staff member was called Zhong Minghui, a native of Langzhong County, who was a professor of Langzhou state studies. He was introduced to Li Qiong. This Zhong Minghui was good at conspiracy and suited Li Qiong's appetite.

Zhong Minghui lived nearby, and came here in a hurry.

"General, what happened?"

Zhong Minghui vaguely guessed that something serious must have happened when Li Qiong was looking for her at this time.

"Look at this letter!" Li Qiong handed Chen Qing's letter to him.

Zhong Minghui was also surprised when he received the letter, it was Chen Qing who wrote the letter.

He read the letter again, frowned, and asked, "Is there any intersection between the general and Chen Qing?"

Li Qiong shook her head, "Liu Guangshi doesn't have a good relationship with him, but I don't have any grudges with him, and I don't know him well."

Zhong Minghui said: "The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. Chen Qing's motive for finding the general must be some kind of profit. What does the general think?"

Li Qiong pondered for a while and said: "I think the benefit is Hanzhong. Wu Yu is the military governor of Yongxing. He wants to go back to Hanzhong. This time, he went to discuss with Chen Qing just to ask for Hanzhong. If I were Chen Qing, I would definitely not I will return Hanzhong to Wu Ling."

"The general is right. Hanzhong is the buffer and barrier of Guanzhong. Without Hanzhong, our army will directly withstand the belly of Guanzhong. How could Chen Qing allow it? Wu Yu is the veteran of the Western Army, and he and Chen Qing Old, Chen Qing was afraid of angering the faction of the Western Army, but also could not hinder Wu Ling's face, so the best way is to cooperate with the general and squeeze Wu Ling away. If the general proposed to Hanzhong, he would not pay attention gone."

Li Qiong shook her head, "I don't care about Hanzhong, nor does General Liu. We value the rich Bashu more."

Zhong Minghui smiled slightly and said, "In that case, it doesn't hurt to cooperate with Chen Qing. Both sides get what they need!"

Li Qiong narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, then finally nodded.

……

Five days later, Xu Dayong got an envelope sent by Chen Qing, and he quickly found Li Qiong.

In the inner hall, Li Qiong took out a document from the envelope. It turned out to be a memorandum of agreement between Chen Qing and Wu Ling in Xicheng. Both Chen Qing and Wu Ling had signed it.

Chen Qing agreed to hand over the government affairs of Nanzheng County to Wu Ling, and allowed Wu Ling to station 1000 troops in Nanzheng County. In addition, the entire Hanzhong was stationed by Chen Qing's army.

Li Qiong looked at it for a while and asked, "What does this document say?"

Zhong Minghui said coldly: "This shows that Wu Lin colluded with Chen Qing in private and sold Hanzhong to Chen Qing. The evidence is conclusive. The general will impeach Wu Ri for this, and he will definitely be dismissed."

Li Qiong frowned, "But Hanzhong is already in Chen Qing's hands, and Wu Ling can't even want it, so it's not a betrayal!"

Zhong Minghui sneered disdainfully and said: "You and I both know it's not a betrayal, but the scholars and rotten scholars in the imperial court don't think so. They think that Hanzhong should be taken back for granted, just like grabbing something in a pocket, you can get it with your hands. At least the emperor must have thought so, so Wu Ling gave Chen Qing what was at his fingertips, how could the court and the emperor not go mad with anger?"

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"boom!"

A teacup was slammed on the ground and shattered. Emperor Zhao Gou blushed with anger and roared like thunder, "He is so courageous. Who gave him the power? Does Hanzhong belong to his family? Let it be, does he still take the imperial court and me seriously?"

Several Xiangguo stood aside silently. They rarely saw the officials lose their temper so much, which also showed how much the officials were afraid of Chen Qing.

Standing in the back row, Lu Yihao felt uncomfortable. Every time he encountered such a thing, he could only keep silent. Now, seeing the official's panic-stricken look, he once again thought of resigning. This time he really I want to resign.

At this time, Qin Hui persuaded: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, anger can't solve the problem, Your Majesty should take care of the dragon's body."

Zhang Jun also persuaded: "Your Majesty, Wu Yu doesn't know the situation of the court. I don't want to explain it to Wu Yu, but I know him very well. Wu Yu is just a loyal general, not a coach who has insight into the overall situation. From his point of view, whoever guards Hanzhong is just a dispute of responsibilities, and he will not think too deeply. The accusation that he and Chen Qing colluded in the impeachment paper is a bit serious."

Zhao Gou also slowly calmed down at this time, he waved his hand, "Left and right Xiangguo stay, other Xiangguo step back!"

Everyone retreated, leaving only Qin Hui and Zhang Jun.