Happy Dragon Boat Festival! 】

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Guo Song received the news of Dantu and Mengjinguan almost at the same time, and both news came with urgent flying pigeons.

Just as Zhang Qianyi came back from his inspection in Yanzhou and was reporting to Guo Song about the mining of salt mines, Wen Miao came in and put two urgent pigeon letters on Guo Song's desk.

Guo Song waved his hand and motioned to Zhang Qianyi to wait for a while, he opened the two pigeon letters, and read them carefully, Zhu Zhu was shocked by the iron fire and thunder, crossed the river halfway and withdrew to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was expected by him, but Zhu Zhu was willing to give up the plan to attack Jiangnan, and it depended on the situation of Mengjin Pass.

Guo Song opened the pigeon letter sent by Li Bing again, saying that he had captured Mengjin Pass, and briefly described Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying's disobedience to military orders and suggested that the two of them be demoted by one level.

Zhang Qianyi saw that Guo Song's brows were tense, so he smiled and asked, "Your Highness has encountered a problem?" ”

"It's not a problem, just look at these two letters." He handed the pigeon letter to Zhang Qianyi.

Zhang Qianyi took the pigeon letter and read it hastily, and said with a smile: "Now Zhu Jun must withdraw his troops from Jianghuai!" ”

Guo Song took a few steps with his hands down, and he sighed slightly and said: "In the matter of Zhu Zhu's attack on Jiangnan, I am actually still a little contradictory, sometimes I also hope that Zhu Zhu will go to Jiangnan and toss a few times, but I can't bear to encounter a military disaster in such a rich place, and Han Yun opened his mouth to ask for it, I can't sit idly by, and I am always a little conflicted in my heart." ”

Zhang Qianyi is Guo Song's earliest staff, Guo Song trusts him very much, he also knows Guo Song, he knows that his lord's heart is actually very generous, and he understands Guo Song's thoughts and concerns.

Zhang Qianyi smiled slightly: "In this case, His Royal Highness should use the pros and cons to analyze, especially after Zhu Zhu seized Jiangnan, the destruction of Jiangnan, and the people of Jiangnan know that His Royal Highness can stop Zhu Zhu, but His Royal Highness is standing by and watching, the people's dissatisfaction with His Royal Highness may exceed Zhu Zhu, and the adverse effects caused by this, can His Highness see it clearly?" ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "You're right, knowing that the righteousness is not done, is it for the sake of injustice, I can't think too much about political interests, or should I think more about the interests of ordinary people." ”

Zhang Beiyi held up another express letter and said: "The capture of Mengjin is afraid that it will cause an uproar in Luoyang, how does His Highness plan to deal with it?" ”

Guo Song shook his head and said: "This matter is a bit troublesome, in fact, I didn't want to seize Mengjin Pass, but to exert strong pressure on Mengjin Pass, leading but not triggering, forcing Zhu Zhu to retreat, I withdrew back to the north bank, but I didn't expect that my generals did not control it well, and directly captured Mengjin Pass, which made me a bit of a dilemma, enter, I don't have a plan to attack Luoyang, retreat, and it will cause a serious blow to the morale of the army, the world still thinks that I am afraid of Zhu Zhu, Sima has a better suggestion?" ”

Zhang Beiyi thought for a while and said: "In fact, it can be solved through negotiation, His Royal Highness offered a condition that was not too difficult, and after Zhu Jun agreed, His Royal Highness withdrew his troops, so that both sides have steps to go down." ”

This method is good, Guo Song said happily: "You can negotiate, but how to notify the other party?" ”

Zhang Qianyi said with a smile: "Let's see if Zhu Jun has any family members in the hands of His Royal Highness, send him back to Luoyang, and Zhu Jun will understand what to do." ”

Guo Song pondered a little and said: "Zhu Zhu's mother's coffin is still parked in Ci'en Temple, he originally wanted to build a mausoleum for his parents in Guanzhong, I heard that his father's cemetery was washed away by the river, and nothing could be found, so he had to move his mother's coffin here, ready to be buried with his father's clothed tomb, but before it was buried, he hurriedly withdrew eastward, and his mother's coffin has been stored in Ci'en Temple, and sent it to Luoyang, Zhu Zhu will understand." ”

"In addition, I would like to ask in private, what does His Highness plan to do with Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying?"

Guo Song said lightly: "Sending troops without authorization, disobeying military orders, and demoting one level, but it is meritorious to seize Mengjin and be promoted to the first level!" ”

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The news of the loss of Mengjin Pass made Zhu Zhu panic, and he hurriedly issued an order to recruit 100,000 troops in Luoyang to prepare for a decisive battle with Guo Song's army.

But Liu Sigu stopped his will, and the bystanders were clear, Liu Sigu knew very well why Guo Song wanted to seize Meng Jin at this juncture, isn't it obvious?

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be in a hurry, Guo Song's capture of Mengjin Pass was not to attack Luoyang, but to put pressure on His Highness, asking His Highness to withdraw his troops back to Luoyang."

"How so?" Zhu Jun is in a puzzle and has not yet figured it out.

"Your Majesty, Guo Song even sent the iron fire and thunder to Jiangnan, Your Majesty said that he cares about Luoyang or Jiangnan?"

One sentence made Zhu Jun have an epiphany, yes! Even the big killer iron fire thunder was sent to Jiangnan, and he couldn't do anything.

When it comes to iron fire thunder, Zhu Zhu is full of anger, they have been studying firearms for several years, but so far, they have only made paper fire mines, not even porcelain bottle fire mines, let alone iron fire mines.

He said viciously: "Those gunpowder makers who eat dry rice have issued a military order, if they don't break through before the end of the year, none of them will want to live!" ”

When it comes to the matter of gunpowder smiths, Liu Sigu sighed, the year before last, Zhu Jun also killed four gunpowder makers, and as a result, one of the gunpowder craftsmen named Song Laoqiao really found a way, it was he who invented the formula of paper fire thunder, but because he was too honest, the credit was taken away by the relatives of the ordnance superintendent, but the blame for not being able to develop iron fire thunder was pushed to him, and he and the other three were killed as scapegoats.

As a result, they soon couldn't even make paper fire thunder, only to know that Song Laoqiao was the only person who could dispense gunpowder, and before he died, he also replaced the formula for the record, no one knew what the formula of paper fire thunder was, Zhu Zhu was furious after knowing the truth, and ordered the military superintendent to be executed with his relatives, but to no avail, everything had to start over again.

Liu Sigu saw that Zhu Jun was angry, and it was difficult to persuade him, so he could only find an opportunity to persuade him later.

"Your Highness, since you can't attack Jiangnan for the time being, it's better to put it for a few years and wait until the time is ripe."

Zhu Jun sighed, "I originally thought that Jiangnan was a soft persimmon that could be pinched, but I didn't expect it to be a hard bone, no matter what, I'm already content with sweeping Jiangbei, so Jiangnan will let it go!" ”

Zhu Jun immediately ordered 200,000 troops to assemble and return to Luoyang.

At the beginning of July, the Jin King's order also reached the Mengjin Pass, Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying acted without authorization because of the violation of the military order, both of them were demoted to one level, Pei Xin because of the capture of Huaizhou meritorious service, just promoted to the general of the cavalry, and was demoted to the general of Wei, Yang Xuanying was also demoted from the Eagle Yang Lang General to the Eagle Strike Lang General, but the two of them were promoted to a knighthood because of the capture of the Mengjin Pass, Pei Xin was promoted from the county prince to the county duke, Yang Xuanying was also promoted from the county viscount to the county earl, the whole army was rewarded with ten pieces of money each, and the merit was recorded three times, and they were all happy for a while.

In mid-July, Zhu Zhu's army returned to Luoyang, bringing the total number of Luoyang troops to 300,000, and with a huge army as the confidence, the clamor for retaking Mengjin Pass began to boil again.

But at this moment, Guo Song, the king of Jin, sent someone to send Zhu Zhu's mother's coffin to Luoyang, and this little Huairou wrist even Zhu Zhu himself understood.

He immediately summoned several of his confidants to counsel.

"I guess Guo Song is hinting at me, the two sides can make peace, which means that he doesn't want to occupy Mengjin Pass all the time, let's talk about it!"

"Your Majesty has seen it very thoroughly!"

Right Prime Minister Yuanxiu took the lead in getting up and said: "This shows that the purpose of the Jin army to capture Mengjin Pass is still to force us to retreat, once the Qin army gives up attacking Jiangnan and retreats to Luoyang, they will give up Mengjin Pass and return to the north, but they can't let go of face, so Guo Song hopes to negotiate with us to resolve the dispute and send the Queen Mother's coffin back, which is a show of goodwill." ”

"Gen Sang-kook always thinks things too simply."

Zuo Xiang Yao Lingyan would not let go of any opportunity to hit Yuan Xiu, and Yuan Xiu immediately glared at him angrily, "If you have the ability, you can talk about it!" ”

"Of course I have to."

Yao Lingyan sneered, stood up and said: "Yuan Xiangguo made a big mistake, he thinks that Guo Song is showing weakness, and he is taking the initiative to withdraw the army because of his bad face, then it is a big mistake, Guo Song is just exchanging interests, then Mengjin Pass is replaced by another kind of interest, and we don't know what interests he wants, as His Majesty said, his return of the Queen Mother's coffin is a hint, suggesting that we send someone to Chang'an to negotiate, if he shows weakness, it should be that he sent someone to Luoyang to negotiate." ”

Yuan Xiu said angrily: "When did I say that Guo Song was showing weakness? Didn't you mean what you meant to me? I have no brains, I plagiarized other people's ideas, and I beat others up, and I am talking about people like you! ”

"You two don't quarrel!"

Zhu Jun's head hurts, every time he discusses a major event, the two have to fight each other, although he doesn't want the two to unite and cooperate, but he is also unwilling to face the endless-for-tat confrontation between the two, why don't you two fight behind your back? You have to argue in front of yourself.

"Master Liu, come on!" Zhu Jun threw the ball to Liu Sigu.

Liu Sigu smiled slightly: "The two Xiangguo are right, now you need Your Majesty to make a decision, whether to attack Mengjin Pass, or to take Guo Song's goodwill and solve the problem through negotiation?" ”

Zhu Jun thought of the powerful and fierce iron fire thunder, he was really a little worried in his heart, and only said after a while: "Tell me, who is more appropriate to send to Chang'an?" ”

(End of chapter)