After the herald handed the dispatch document to Fan Yun's men, he rode away.

"What kind of situation is this?" Fan Yun looked at Wang Zhen with a stunned expression. If you play well, how can you say that you will retreat?

Wang Qian's heart tightened, looked to the west and said, "General, maybe something is going on in Yingzhou." ”

Fan Yun nodded, this is indeed the most likely explanation, I just hope that nothing big will happen, looking in the direction of the west, he prayed silently.

After two days of marching, Fan Yun's troops returned to Jingcheng and found that several other troops of the Heng Navy had returned.

As soon as he got off the horse, he received an order to go to the tent.

All the way to the tent where Wu Ze was located, after being reported, Fan Yun entered the camp tent and found that the commanders of all the armies had arrived.

He turned his head to look at Uze and found that the other party's face was not very good-looking, and he was looking at him with strange eyes.

Fan Yun's heart sank, and he arched his hand and said, "Marshal, I don't know why I suddenly transferred the armies back?" ”

Wu Ze didn't answer him immediately, poured a glass of wine, drank it all, and then slowly spoke: "This war, we lost!" ”

"Lost?" Fan Yun only felt a roar in his head.

On the way back, he didn't think about this situation, but when he heard it with his own ears, he was still hit hard.

He felt that his lips were a little dry, licked his lips and said, "Is the main force of the forbidden army defeated?" ”

Wu Ze's face sank, and he drank another glass of wine before he spoke.

"Three days ago, the forbidden army and the main Khitan force met in the river, during the fierce battle, the right wing army of His Royal Highness the King of Jin gained the advantage, but the middle army and the left wing were in a bitter battle. In order to solve the dilemma, Zhang Yongde, a horseman, led 10,000 cavalry to make a detour to the rear, intending to disrupt the enemy's formation, but was besieged by the enemy. ”

Fan Yun was shocked when he heard this, but he could imagine how fierce the battle situation was at that time, and he forced the horse to make such a risky move.

Among the generals under Emperor Guo Wei of Zhou, in addition to Chai Rong, the king of Jin, Zhang Yongde, the general of the left guard, Zhao Kuangyin, the direct army of Kaifeng, and the front of the palace all commanded Li Chongjin to be the most brave and good at fighting.

"Is General Zhang dead in battle?" Fan Yun asked in a hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty in order to rescue the horse, personally led the cavalry of the Chinese army to charge the enemy, in the chaos of the army, hit the enemy's cold arrow, our army's morale was greatly reduced, if it were not for His Royal Highness the King of Jin to lead the army to cover the escape of others, I am afraid the consequences are unimaginable." Uze said, looking at the wine glass.

Speaking of this, he stood up and said, "Okay, Qi ng has also told you everything, from now on you will be the envoy of the Henghai Navy, and I will hand over the Henghai Navy to you, I hope you can treat the brothers well." ”

As he spoke, he strode out of the tent.

Fan Yun dodged and knelt on one knee in front of Wu Ze. "Jie Shuai, what do you mean by this?"

Wu Ze smiled bitterly: "This time the battle of the Heng Navy is unfavorable, I naturally can't avoid accountability, don't worry, I was just transferred to Kaifeng, the appointment letter is on the case, I'm leaving." ”

Fan Yun stood up, looked at his departing back, and bowed.

in another tent.

Like a stone statue, Wang Zhen stared at the map on the table for more than an hour, motionless except for a few occasional coughs.

At this time, a young man lifted the tent and walked to Wang Zhen's side, and saw that the place he was looking at was Jizhou, and he was obviously thinking about a way to attack Jizhou.

The man sighed and said softly, "Teacher, the Zhou army is defeated, you don't have to look any further." ”

Wang Zhen trembled, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "Even if you lose this time, you may not have to fight again in the future, it's always good to think about it." ”

"I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future, Your Majesty was hit by an arrow, maybe ......"

Wang Zhen raised his head violently and asked urgently: "How is the injury...... Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently.

"Teacher, your body ......"

Wang Zhen grabbed his hand and asked urgently: "Tell me quickly, what happened to Your Majesty?" ”

Shi Chongxin said in a deep voice: "Although they blocked the news, I think it must be very serious. ”

"Why?"

"It is said that His Majesty withdrew to Jizhou, and His Royal Highness King Jin, who was in charge of His Royal Highness, was also urgently summoned to Jizhou."

Wang Zhen smiled miserably: "Yes, if he wasn't seriously ill, he would never have summoned King Jin back, cough cough cough ......"

Shi Chongxin said with some sadness: "Teacher, I didn't expect you to be so concerned about Your Majesty, in this case, why did you resign and leave in the first place, and quietly became Fan Yun's staff." ”

Wang Zhen lamented: "What I'm worried about is that something has happened to Your Majesty, we Han people are only afraid that we will fall into the hands of others." ”

Shi Chongxin frowned and said, "I think His Royal Highness King Jin is not bad." ”

Wang Zhen looked at the territory of the Liao State on the map, and said in a deep voice: "Although the King of Jin is also very good, if he succeeds to the throne, the country will definitely fall into a period of turmoil, and the Liao State will definitely take advantage of the situation at this time." ”

"Do you think His Royal Highness the King of Jin can't withstand the attack of the Khitans?" Shi Chongxin raised an eyebrow.

Wang Zhen was silent for a moment, and said slowly:

"Now that the national strength of the Liao State is above the Zhou State, if the Liao Emperor is a mediocre lord, maybe the King of Jin still has a chance. It's a pity that today's Liao Shizong Yelu Ruan is a man of great talent, he is good at employing people, there are resourceful people like Yelu Wuqian, and there are good generals like Yelu Hong and Yelu De, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Jin will also ......"

Shi Chongxin disagreed, but he did not refute it.

"You go out, I want to be quiet." Wang Zhen looked at the map and whispered.

……

On the tenth day of September in the second year of Guangshun, a generation of heroes Guo Wei died on the sickbed, which was a sad day for all Zhou people.

According to Shi Chongxin's inquiry, Guo Wei's health was already in deterioration, and later the Khitans sent Zhang Yongde's head back, causing him to burst out of his wounds and die in anger. Before his death, he passed the throne to Chai Rong, the king of Jin.

Since Guo Wei's death, Wang Zhi's illness has become more and more serious, and now he is lying in bed and can no longer get off the ground.

Shi Chongxin can understand that he heard that when his teacher first joined the office, he talked with His Majesty for a day and a night, and was very much used by His Majesty, and was exceptionally sealed as a Chinese scholar.

However, Wang Zhen and another prime minister, Wang Pu, have always been at odds, Wang Zhen is a Taoist, and Wang Pu advocates Confucianism, and after the two became officials in the same dynasty, the contradiction intensified.

In addition, Wang Zhen spoke too straightforwardly, he had no friends in the court, and everyone would not have anything good to say about him, and in the long run, Guo Wei gradually became cold to him.

Once, when Guo Wei talked to him, he faintly accused him of not getting along with his colleagues, and Wang Zhen resigned and left in a fit of anger.

Shi Chongxin followed Wang Zheng after this.

In his time with him, he could feel that his teachers still respected Guo Wei and often praised him for his frugality and emphasis on agriculture.

Later, Wang Zhen learned that Guo Wei had plans to subdue the sixteen states of Yanyun, and was shocked, and hurriedly packed his luggage and went to Kaifeng, intending to persuade Guo Wei not to go to war.

Ten days later, Wang Zhen returned, and Shi Chongxin knew from his god Qi Ng's that his trip was not going well.

After that, Wang Zhen took Shi Chongxin and became a staff member under a commander of the Henghai Navy, intending to secretly contribute to Guo Wei.

It's a pity that the war was lost.

With the boiled medicinal soup, Shi Chongxin walked into Wang Zhi's room and saw the teacher on the sickbed lying on the table by the window, drawing something.

"Teacher, you're not well yet, you should have a good rest." Shi Chongxin's tone was a little reproachful.

When I got closer, I realized that he had drawn a map, the map of Jizhou!

"Chongxin, I have been thinking hard for many days and have thought of many ways to attack Jizhou, and the best of them is to combine land and water. I know that your biggest goal in life is to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and I will draw the route map of the march on this map, which may come in handy when you attack Jizhou in the future. ”

However, for more than ten days, Wang Zhen seemed to be more than ten years old, his eyes were deep-set, his cheeks were thin and pale, and he was weak when he said this.

"Teacher, you're going to get better!"

"Chongxin, don't forget, I'm a Taoist, and I know better than anyone else about my body." Wang Zhen smiled slightly, as if he had looked down on life and death.

Shi Chongxin silently lowered his head, immersed in sadness.

"Chongxin, your military talent is not below me, especially good at water warfare, plus you have a firm goal, the teacher believes that you will be able to do a great career in the future, but your personality is similar to mine, too upright, it is difficult to stand out in the officialdom."

As he spoke, he handed over a letter written on the table.

"Take this letter and go find ...... The Hui'an army made Lu Yuan, and after he saw this letter, he would definitely ...... Reuse yours. Wang Zhen said with difficulty.

"Teacher!" Shi Chongxin's eyes were moist, and when the teacher was dying, he was still thinking about his future.

Wang Zhen coughed violently, his face showed an abnormal flush, and he tried his last strength to say:

"I have wandered the world all my life and met countless people, among which the person I admire the most is Guo Wei, the most incomprehensible to me is Ren Lu Yuan, and the person who satisfies me the most is your disciple. I hope...... You go to assist Lu Yuan, and the two of you work together, maybe you can still defend the Yangtze River and protect the ...... Keeping half of the Han Chinese ...... Jiangshan ......"

As soon as the words fell, he tilted his head and swallowed his last breath.

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