"The king has escaped!" "Brother Ouyang, what should we do?"

It was summer, and the cicadas of "knowing, knowing" couldn't stop singing, the clouds were very low, and the weather was very hot. It's even hotter inside the tower. Ouyang Shan, the commander of the fire gun battalion, was wearing only a pair of trousers, a knife hanging from his waist, and the four stabs on his back, "Jing Loyal to the Country", were particularly eye-catching. When I first thorned it, it was quite upright, but after a long time, the tattoo was twisted and looked quite hideous. He looked at the docks, where the various divisions were fighting for ships, and he looked at the brothers around him, and the familiar faces prompted him to make up his mind.

"What else can I do?" Ouyang Shan instructed: "Old Wu, go to the door and keep guard, don't let the idle people come closer." ”

"Okay!" Wu Jian readily agreed. He and Ouyang Shan were military attachés in the same year as the children of Bianliang Gongma, and they had been friends for more than ten years in the army in Hebei. Ouyang Shan wanted to plan something, and he never hid it from Wu Jian. Wu Jian led the two people to the door, and the other officers of the Fire Gun Battalion looked at each other, confused and excited.

Ouyang Shan looked around the dozens of officers in the room again, he walked to the window, looked at the Ezhou city wall across the river, and muttered for a moment, Ouyang Shan turned around and said: "Since Wang Tong has abandoned the city, I plan to return to Zhao Tong and dedicate Hanyang City to General Zhao, what do you have to say?" Although it was an inquiring tone, he also pulled out the saber at his waist with a "poof" sound.

The officers of the Fire Gun Battalion were stunned for a moment, and the room was quiet for a moment, except for the sound of breathing of different lengths. The officers who knew each other exchanged glances, but none of them dared to speak first. Ouyang Shan's so-called "Zhao Commandery" is the old name, which is now Zhao Xingde, who is now in charge of the defense of Ezhou. Although it has been expanded several times in the past ten years, it has been divided and merged, and later Wang Yan transferred Su Wenyu and other confidant officers back to Hebei, but many of the officers and backbones who stayed behind still have those people back then. Zhao Xingde's reputation has also been secretly circulating in the fire camp.

"What else are you talking about, Brother Ouyang, let's follow you!" Zhang Zhun pulled out his saber and roared loudly, "At the beginning of the river, Tong Gonggong ran away, if there was no Wang Jieshuai, we would have been a Khitan ghost under the knife." I have lived for more than ten years, and I earned it at that time, but now, the official family has run away, Cao Xianggong has run away, Liu Xianggong has run away, and Wang Tongzhi has run away, let's go to Zhao Tong! This throat seemed to have fallen into the oil, and the officers seemed to suddenly wake up, some patted their chests, some drew their sabers, and shouted: "It's done!" Cast Zhao to control it! "Zhao Commander must not accept us!"

"Good!" Ouyang Shan nodded, "Zhao is a human being, everyone knows it. I will immediately send someone across the river to report the matter of the city sacrifice to Zhao Tong, and you will go back to control your subordinates and wait for Zhao to cross the river to appease everyone. By the way, after counting the subordinates, Zhao Commander is the most ruthless in deducting military salaries, and you don't have to forget about the empty quotas. The officers agreed to go out. Outside Hanyang City, the 100,000 army is chasing me and driving the enemy to retreat towards Jiangdong, and no one will take care of the people who stay in Jiangbei, even if someone informes, I am afraid that Shangguan will not be found for a while. Ezhou is just across the river, so Ouyang Shan is not afraid of leaking the news.

"Will General Zhao really cross the river to appease Hanyang?" Wu Jian asked.

"Definitely." Ouyang Shan affirmed. On the dock, Wang Shizhong's personal soldiers had already grabbed a big boat and were rushing to the boat, Ouyang Shan smiled mockingly, "Hanyang is a beautiful place, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death are abandoned, and they are offering a great gift to General Zhao with us." ”

............

In the East Garden Courtyard in Ezhou City, Deng Su explained his intention to Zhao Xingde.

"You want me to take over the southeast camp?" Zhao Xingde was taken aback, he looked at Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi, and wondered, "Why don't you use Yue Fei?" Han Shizhong? These two are the world's famous generals, and they can be used ......" As soon as his words fell, Deng Su rushed to say: "This is also the meaning of Your Majesty and Cao Xianggong, even if Liu Yanqing is willing to give in, it is not easy to take over the southeast camp, Yuan Zhi should not shirk, when the national disaster is at hand, what he wants is to be the best!" ”

"But ......," Zhao Xingde looked at Chen Dong. Chen Dong's identity is clear. In today's world, Xia, Song, and Liao are established, and the hearts of the people in the world have their own home. Zhao Xingde, as the general of the Xia State, is in charge of the Baoyi Army, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, which is a special case. Now he wants to take over the southeast camp, and if he is entrusted with the position of the military secretary of the front, his authority will far exceed Zhao Xingde's official title in the Xia State, which will make the Protector Mansion suspicious, and it will also make Zhao Xingde very embarrassed between the Song and Xia countries.

Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi exchanged helpless looks.

Zhao Qi's side didn't know why, and he strongly advocated that Zhao Xingde should take over the southeast camp, otherwise he would rather retreat to Guangnan Road with troops. If it weren't for Zhao Xingde, he would be the general of the Xia Kingdom, and the Xijing camp would block the eastward advance of the Xia army. Chen Dong almost suspected that there was some unknown connection between them. Now it seems that Deng Su's explanation is more reasonable, because Zhao Xingde has been in exile for ten years, and in fact, he has very little contact with the people of the Li Society, and he has not participated in the competition between the two princes for the throne, and he has not received any favor from Zhao Ke, Zhao Qi feels that Zhao Xingde is more likely to be wooed than Chen Dong and others. Therefore, when Chen Dong took taking over the southeast camp as a precondition for negotiating peace, Zhao Qi insisted on using Zhao Xingde as the deployment of the camp, and was unwilling to use military generals or the backbone of the society.

"Take over the affairs of the southeast camp," Zhao Xingde looked at Chen Dong and hesitated, "It's better to entrust someone else." ”

Brother Chen coughed, shook his head, and sighed: "Yuan Zhi, you have unbearable hardships, I know. Cao Liangshi also sighed, a little embarrassed in his heart, but after listening to Chen Dong's words, he changed his head and said, "It's just that the current situation is forbidden, Yuan Zhi will take this matter first, and when the situation is stable, we will slowly find someone else to take over." What do you think? ”

His tone of discussion was quite strange, Deng Su looked at Zhao Xingde and Chen Dong strangely, and for some reason, he only said that it was an internal matter in Ezhou, and he didn't want to ask too much. Cao Liangshi also persuaded: "The state affairs are difficult, and it is easy to have a turnaround, Yuan Zhi often says righteousness, can I bear to see half of the country being ruined again." If Ezhou is not guaranteed, the Liao thieves will sweep the southeast, and the Wuhu chaos will reappear at this time, even if the Xia State finally sends troops to help, the remaining little luck in the Central Plains will be exhausted. ”

Cao Liangshi's words and gaze pierced like a needle, Zhao Xingde felt a little uncomfortable, sighed, stood up, and faced out the window. Compared with a few days ago, the city of Ezhou is much quieter inside and outside the city, and the sound of cannons can not be heard from time to time. This moment of silence was a precursor to a storm.

"That is the case," Zhao Xingde's voice was written in a low voice, "Xingde Chao was ordered to take office at night, and there was nothing to say." ”

"Good!" Deng Su said with joy on his face, "There is hope for Qiankun to recover!" ”

"Good!" Chen Dong also stood up and said, "Then I'll wait for Brother Deng's good news." ”

Deng Su smiled slightly and said goodbye. He can fully understand Chen Dong's feelings. Cai Jing, Li Bangyan and others left Hangzhou and Jiangning, fled without a fight, and their prestige was greatly reduced. The power of the council in the southeastern states and counties is one thing or the other. Now the strength of the three armies of Zhenguo, Henghai, and Baoyi is combined, and there are nearly 50,000 soldiers, and there are many elites who can fight. After defeating the Liao army's east road, Ezhou's prestige soared. At this time, if the people in the Li Society mastered the southeast camp, it would be enough to compete with Cao Di, Yang Yanqing and others in terms of troops. Chen Dong firmly grasped the name of righteousness again. Under the pressure of the situation, this peace discussion, speaking of which, Cao Di paid more. It's just that Deng Su himself has no objection to the use of literature and martial arts, and is happy to see it happen.

This time, Deng Suyin came and only brought one servant. After negotiating the matter, Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi were only sent outside the courtyard gate. His own officers took Deng Su out of the city. Although the Xiangyang army had no time to attack the city, the gate of Ezhou was still closed, and even if there was a warrant from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Deng Su could only be put in a bamboo basket and slowly go down the city. The bamboo basket swayed, and everything on the battlefield could be seen clearly. The Xiangyang army hurriedly retreated, and the siege equipment that had not had time to be packed was scattered in the wilderness, and the blood stains under the city walls were a little black. Farther along the river, the armies were still rushing to cross the river, and there was an atmosphere of panic that the sky was about to collapse and a catastrophe was imminent. All kinds of shouting and shouting came along the river breeze, and they could be faintly heard under the city of Ezhou.

Deng Su was a little in a trance, and he was ordered to follow King Jing as an envoy, and Bianliang was like this. Thinking about it carefully, the "official family" had the intention of killing people with a knife at that time, and he was also an outcast when he went on an envoy. "Twenty years of hard study of the scriptures, learning the way of loyalty and filial piety, and more than ten years of repaying the favor of Jun, but this is just such an end. Hey, respect the Son of Heaven and not follow random orders, Chen Shaoyang is an understanding person. Whenever he thought of this, a trace of coldness flashed in Deng Su's eyes: "For the rest of my life, I should no longer be an abandoned child." Deng Su's forehead appeared with several green tendons, and whenever he was at this time, he couldn't help himself.

There was a "bang", but it was the bamboo basket touching the ground, Deng Su stood up and climbed out, patting the dust on his body.

............

Because of the reason that the original Xijing camp arrived first and attacked Ezhou City, most of them had already concentrated in the east of Ezhou City, while most of the troops of the original southeast camp retreated to Ezhou in a hurry, and most of them repaired in the north of the river, crossed the river in a hurry, and tens of thousands of horses were in chaos on the bank of the river. Among the generals of the various departments, some people still want to continue to hide in the south, but there is no surplus grain and grass in the army, and if they flee south like this, they are afraid that within 500 miles, the team will have to disperse.

"Liu Xianggong, all the good places are occupied by the people of Xijing!" General Tian Shizhen complained.

Liu Yanqing couldn't help frowning, he turned his head to look at the messy subordinates, who were no different from Liukou. The southeast camp originally occupied the place of Xiangfan and other shapes, and I don't know how carefree, compared with the current situation, there is a world of difference. "Alas—how did you get to this point!" Tian Shizhen muttered and complained again.