Thinking that Wang Ze rebelled, a rebel army of 10,000 people, captured Beizhou, Zhao Zhen dispatched 100,000 forbidden troops, and this time Nong Zhigao took half of Guangxi and half of Guangdong, without saying anything, Zhao Zhen gave Di Qing 200,000 people at once, and asked Di Qing to succeed in the battle.

Who is Di Qing, I dare not say that the first general of the Song Dynasty is also comparable to Pan Mei and Yang Ye, I want to be in the northwest battlefield, and the fierce Xixia people are the enemy, and in the midst of the army, he has a reputation for killing gods, and now in the face of Nong Zhigao, can he still have the fierceness of the Xixia people, and it is ten times more than the enemy, Nong Zhigao is simply a piece of cake for Di Qing.

Of course, Di Qing has long known that he has a bad background and is looked down upon by those civil officials, and he is now a privy deputy envoy, which has already made many people restless.

Therefore, Di Qing expected that he would be resisted, but Di Qing did not talk about it, the resistance he received would be so great, and those gentlemen, in order to deal with themselves, would be so unscrupulous.

Pingbai stuffed a Sun Wei under Di Qing's hands, Di Qing is used to it, one more person is one more, as long as Sun Wei does not hinder Di Qing's command, Di Qing should not have seen him, anyway, Di Qing is not for merit.

But just before Di Qing set off, there was one thing that made Di Qing's liver and intestines broken, and he almost vomited blood.

On this morning, everyone has agreed on the matter of the southern expedition, and the benefits have been distributed, and now they are only counting the soldiers, horses, grain and grass, just waiting for Di Qing to go on the road, except for the battle report, there has been no discussion of this matter for some days.

But today, Zhao Zhen held a letter in his hand, his face was worried, looking at the many courtiers under him, waiting for everyone to tell everything one by one, Zhao Zhen said, "Now the war in the southwest is urgent, Nong Zhigao and other traitors have besieged Guangzhou, but the sky is happy, I have a letter from Li Dezheng of Jiaozhi State, he said in the letter, Nong Zhigao is the enemy of Jiaozhi State, and now Nong Zhigao is in my Great Song Dynasty rebellion, Li Dezheng is also deeply sympathetic, Li Dezheng is willing to send 30,000 troops, 1,000 cavalry, to help our dynasty to exterminate Nong Zhigao, It's just that the Cochin country sends troops, but there is no food and grass, and our country needs to prepare three months of money and food for the soldiers of the Cochin country before it can send troops to help, which is ...... Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

Di Qing listened, his brows furrowed, Jiaozhi Guo's move was clearly a move to take advantage of the fire to rob, he said that he came to help, and he attacked Nong Zhigao on the surface, but secretly he was afraid that he was not going to rob the whole province of Guangxi. You must know that the rebels of Nong Zhigao are still under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and they have not committed any crimes in the autumn for the states and counties they have passed, but Li Dezheng's army is different, they are here with the idea of robbery, if they really go to Guangxi, I am afraid that it is not about the same as scraping the ground, just like the locusts crossing the border, not to mention giving people money and food for March, such a loss-making deal, except for being able to repel Nong Zhigao more safely, there is no benefit, this is a person can see, what is the intention of discussing, what is there to discuss.

However, at this time, there was Yu Jing, a servant of the household department, who went out to play, "The minister thinks that what the king of Jiaozhi said is very good, and thinks that Nong Zhigao had a bad relationship with the Jiaozhi country earlier, if he can get the Jiaozhi country to send troops, then the nong Zhigao department will definitely be able to annihilate in one fell swoop, leaving no trouble." ”

Di Qing listened, he was so angry in his heart, and said in his heart What is wrong with this Yu Jing, he is also a scholar, they all say that scholars take history as a warning, but there are so many lessons in history, why is Yu Jing turning a blind eye now?

Di Qing looked around again, but saw that the faces of those gentlemen were full of happy smiles, and then he suddenly reacted, yes, why should these civil officials disagree.

If someone else leads the troops, 200,000 against 20,000 or 30,000, even a pig can beat Nong Zhigao down, these people can't grab the credit, how can they still ask Li Dezheng to cross the hand, but now, it is their most hated self-commanding army, after the counterinsurgency, the credit is all their own, how can they give up, there was nothing to do about themselves before, now it's okay, a Li Dezheng pops out of thin air, as long as he is involved, then even if he annihilates Nong Zhigao, after he comes back, These civil officials can also put all the credit on Li Dezheng's head, and maybe they will also press Li Dezheng's evil deeds on their own heads.

In Di Qing's eyes, Zhao Zhen is definitely a generation of Ming Jun, Zhao Zhen can distinguish right from wrong, does not appoint cronyism, has courage and drive, and can be seen by appointing Fan Zhongyan to enable the new policy.

Di Qing already seemed to see Zhao Zhen shaking his head and rejecting Yu Jing's suggestion, but as if he had seen it wrong, Zhao Zhen nodded his head in a ghostly manner, Di Qing was shocked when he saw it, and he was almost about to go out of work to refute it, but the person moved a step forward and still didn't go out.

This is already a habit that Di Qing has developed, since Di Qing became the privy deputy envoy, don't look at Di Qing's prominent official position, but Di Qing knows that his lord is destined to be unable to dissolve in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, so Di Qing chose to avoid and forbear, above the court, unless Zhao Zhen named him, Di Qing never said anything at other times, and this time, Di Qing also maintained his own habit.

Di Qing just wondered when Zhao Zhen became like this, so cowardly, he had to rely on foreign help

to help quell the rebellion in his own country, but then he looked up and glanced at Zhao Zhen who was sitting on the dragon chair, Di Qing understood a little, Zhao Zhen, thinking that the high-spirited emperor at the beginning is now old.

Naturally, Qingli failed in the new policy, Fan Zhongyan was demoted out of Beijing, and after he died in another country, Zhao Zhen's mood has been depressed, and he even fell ill several times during the period, I don't know if it is depression or what, Zhao Zhen's mental state has not been very good, where is there still the decisive and resolute attitude at the beginning, and the courage to guide the country, now for Zhao Zhen, it doesn't matter who comes, it doesn't matter how to fight, the most important thing is to bring Liangguang back from Nong Zhigao's hands, not to let the land of the ancestors be lost in their own hands, and what is the country of Jiaozhi, At most, it's just like Western Xia, and it's not over if you give him New Year's coins every year.

Di Qing was afraid of these, but Pang Ji was not afraid, Pang Ji stood up, righteous words, and Yu Jing began to debate, Pang Ji had many reasons, citing scriptures, but Yu Jing just grabbed one, united Jiaozhi State, can quickly exterminate Nong Zhigao, the two of them do not give in, now it's okay, there is a lot of noise in the court, and it is inseparable.

This time, Zhao Zhen was also anxious, Zhao Zhen was already upset, where could they be so noisy, and slapped the dragon book case heavily, which frightened the ministers to silence, Zhao Zhen was silent for a while and asked, "Yu Jing, I remember that you were the governor of Guangxi and the governor of Guizhou?" ”

Yu Jing was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Yes!" ”

Zhao Zhen said, "In this case, then I will name you to prepare the money and food for March, and negotiate with the Jiaozhi Kingdom, if Di Qing defeats Nong Zhigao, you will not negotiate with the Jiaozhi Kingdom, if Di Qing's attack is blocked, you will call the Jiaozhi Kingdom to assist Di Qing." ”

Yu Jing was happy, in the final analysis, Zhao Zhen was still on his side, as long as he handed over the power to himself, then Di Qing would not think about any sweetness to eat at that time.

Zhao Zhen has already spoken, Pang Ji has no way, in fact, where can Pang Ji not know, since Zhao Zhen brought the letter to the court, it was already destined to be such a situation, the reason why Pang Ji stepped forward to make trouble, is just to fight for Di Qing to gain a little more benefits, to make the current situation, it is not easy, Pang Ji can only bow down and salute, and find another way for Di Qing.

Not to mention Di Qing's mobilization of soldiers and horses, Yu Jing's mobilization of money and food, and the intrigue of all parties in the court, not to mention Xu Deshan, Xu Deshan has withdrawn since he went to Duanzhou and met Nong Zhigao, so he withdrew and returned to the mountains, what he wants to say has already been said to Nong Zhigao, and what Nong Zhigao does depends on Nong Zhigao's own luck.

The next thing, basically there is nothing Xu Deshan to do, what Xu Deshan has to do is to wait and see if he can get any benefits in this war.

First of all, the first good news came, Wen Yanbo was removed from the post of prime minister and became a university scholar, Xu Deshan almost didn't jump up after knowing the news, and then Di Qing took command of the southern expedition, which was also expected by Xu Deshan, but next, Jiaozhi was gearing up on the border and gathering troops, but it was a bad omen, Xu Deshan had to frown and think of new countermeasures.

Xu Deshan is safe here, and Nong Zhigao's side is different, since the soldiers came to the city of Guangzhou, Nong Zhizhong Nong Jianhou has organized a continuous siege operation for more than ten days, but Guangzhou City is not comparable to other cities, not to mention that there are many soldiers and food in the city, even a few military camps on the periphery are constantly rescuing Guangzhou, and in more than ten days, Nong Zhigao's army has not been able to stand on the city wall of Guangzhou once.

The two sides were at a stalemate like this, and Nong Zhigao saw this situation, and naturally remembered what Xu Deshan said to him, seeing that Guangzhou City, he suffered heavy losses, but he didn't even hurt a side, knowing that he had no hope of breaking Guangzhou, so he simply gave up Guangzhou and went to other state cities.

After abandoning Guangzhou, Nong Zhigao and others lost their goal, so they could only follow Xu Deshan's previous instructions to return to Guangxi, attack Hezhou and Guizhou, and at the same time abandon some cities with undangerous terrain, connect their spheres of influence, and then no longer expand, recuperate in these states, recruit troops and food, and prepare to fight against Di Qing's army.

Now Nong Zhigao, occupy most of Guangxi, and thanks to the previous Nong Zhigao autumn did not commit any crimes, robbing the rich and helping the poor, Nong Zhigao is also quite popular with the people, so that Nong Zhigao's strength has developed very rapidly, it can be seen from the strength of the army, Nong Zhigao in just one month, the army has more than doubled, reaching 50,000 people, most of which are young men who fight with fierce beasts in the mountains all the year round, and the strength of the single combat effectiveness is not inferior to the border army of the Great Song Dynasty.

For Nong Zhigao, every day is a day for him to increase his power, and for Di Qing, Nong Zhigao is not in his eyes, but every day of delay, Yu Jing may contact Jiaozhi to send troops, such a thing, how can Di Qing endure it, so Di Qing asked the team to travel day and night, and march to Guangxi at the fastest speed.

In fact, for Di Qing, Nong Zhigao is really nothing, and it is almost the same to describe it as a hand-to-hand capture, but Di Qing has not yet arrived, but the news has already made the officialdom of Liangguang excited, and after waiting for so long, the court finally remembered that it sent someone to vent its anger on itself, that is, the person who led the troops was Di Qing, which made everyone feel a little unhappy.

Now Guangxi is almost occupied by Nong Zhigao, and Yongzhou has also fallen into the hands of Nong Zhigao, so the officials of Guangxi have all run to the city of Guangzhou, and temporarily become Zhong Jian's subordinates of Guangzhou Zhizhou, Zhong Jian is now proud, look, Nong Zhigao's army has fled everywhere he goes, only his own Guangzhou City, besieged by Nong Zhigao for more than ten days and still has not fallen, I want to wait for the pacification of Nong Zhigao, the emperor still has his own merit.

So Zhong Jian is busy now, especially when he gets Di Qing's vanguard troops, there are still two days to come, the beautiful Zhong Jian can't close his mouth, thinking that Di Qing is coming, Guangzhou can sit back and relax, but although he has meritorious service in defending the city, but compared to Di Qing, a martial artist, the difference is too far, why Di Qingbai picked up such a big bargain, no, he has to find a way to frustrate Di Qing's spirit, especially after he can't be called, I think he saved our two Guang up and down, arrogant, show off his might, and think of a way, Before Di Qing came, I fought a battle with Nong Zhigao, and if I won it, it also seemed that my majesty had a good way.

So Zhong Jian asked people to gather all the officials in Guangzhou City and discuss how to get the first credit before Di Qing.

The news that Di Qing was coming encouraged the officials who had been hiding in Guangzhou for two months, and these officials suddenly stiffened their waists, and they had the confidence to speak, completely forgetting how they had seen Nong Zhigao kill and flee without a fight.

Zhong Jian said what he meant, although he said it in the tone of his superiors to his subordinates, but he also won the approval of all the officials present in the two Guangzhous, after all, the two Guangxi are not separated, and now that Guangxi is gone, then Zhong Jian is the highest official of the two Guangzhous, and after all, he is a person under the fence, so he must always give Zhong Jian a little face.

And for everyone, don't look at Di Qing as a marshal and an envoy to Pingnan, but a martial artist is a martial artist, how can he ride on his head, so instead of being angry with Zhong Jian, it is better to think about how to give Di Qing a dismount, in this regard, the officials are definitely on the same position.

Discuss it, discuss it, if you want to rub Di Qing's majesty, what else can you do, fight, before Di Qing arrives, fight with Nong Zhigao's army, it is best to be able to capture a city, if you can't capture the city, at least you have to have some merit, you can't make Di Qing see the joke.

Since the consensus of opinion has been reached, then someone must go to implement this plan, Zhong Jian immediately found the well-known soldiers and horses in Liangguang and Guangzhou, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai, and ordered the two to lead the remaining soldiers and horses in Guangdong and Guangxi about 3,000 people, attack Xunzhou, where Nong Zhigao retreated, and try every means to take Xunzhou.

Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai are a little stupid, both of them are military generals, they don't understand their bosses, why they still ordered three times a few days ago, strictly prohibiting anyone from fighting with Nong Zhigao, what's wrong now, this is a sudden change of the sky, if you want to take 3,000 people to attack other people's territory, isn't this looking for death?

Although he thought so in his heart, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai glanced at each other, no one spoke, no way, Zhizhou Zhongjian, that is notoriously ruthless, especially for his own generals, if he doesn't agree with him, he will give you small shoes to wear if he finds a reason, and even lose his official position, there are many people who have lost their lives, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai dare not refute Zhong Jian face to face.

The boss let go, then go, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai ordered good people, set off immediately, and went straight to Xunzhou, think about it, Ren Nong Zhigao gave up several state capitals in a row, and retreated straight to Xunzhou and didn't leave, why, it's not because Xunzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is dangerous.

Nong Zhigao has already taken precautions here, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai don't say 3,000 people, even if there are 10,000 people, don't want to take Xunzhou, 3,000 people didn't fight down for a day, but at night by Nong Zhigao in Xunzhou City, Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai were killed, most of the soldiers died, and even Zhang Zhong and Jiang Kai were captured alive.

It's fun now, Zhong Jian originally wanted to win glory for the Liangguang officials before Di Qing arrived, but now it is really light, just when the battle report of the defeat came, Di Qing's vanguard troops arrived, and the vanguard general was Yang Ye's descendant, Yang Wenguang.

is also a military general, but Yang Wenguang is different from Di Qing, Yang Wenguang is a family and is from a famous family, but Di Qing is a supporting army, no matter how you look at it, Yang Wenguang is closer, so this small failure is not too embarrassing in front of Yang Wenguang, Zhong Jian's goal is Di Qing, as long as he can give Di Qing a dismount.

So after Yang Wenguang came, Zhong Jian led people to hold a grand reception ceremony for Yang Wenguang, and between the banquet, the officials of the two Guangxi gave Yang Wenguang a toast, and when Yang Wenguang was almost drunk, Zhong Jian took the lead in crying to Yang Wenguang.

Yang Wenguang is a red-faced man, as soon as he heard Nong Zhigao bullying his own people like this, he had to make a decision, he would lead the army to the west tomorrow, and he must teach Nong Zhigao to know how to be a man.

Zhong Jian and the others were happy in their hearts, but now Yang Wenguang is still Di Qing's person after all, even if Yang Wenguang wins, it is Di Qing's credit that has nothing to do with him, so Zhong Jian began to cry miserably, saying that such a big revenge must be avenged with his own hands, so inadvertently, he installed a lot of officials in Yang Wenguang's army.

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