Chapter 705 Instrument of Appointment

"Zhao Gou reorganizes the Lin'an government, and the new emperor moves the capital to Bianjing!"

"Guessed. I heard the gossip earlier, saying that Zhao Gou took advantage of the new emperor's personal expedition to leave Lin'an, and privately summoned the old ministers who stayed in Lin'an to discuss matters. In the end, he is still reluctant to take the throne. ”

After a pause, he continued: "But what if you are reluctant, after the Northern Expedition, the hearts of the people in the world have changed, and the heroes and righteous people in Jiangbei will no longer listen to Zhao Gou's orders, the hearts of the people in Jiangbei are the new emperor's, and Zhao Gou can't grab it!" ”

"Song Jiaotou is from outside the mountain, and the news is still well-informed! I knew this was the case, what did the old man do if he left you in the mountains. The owner shook his head and sighed.

"General Chen, let's go out of the mountain, now the new emperor has been freed from the constraints of Zhao Gou, the world has changed, and there is a lot to be done!"

"Don't mention the word general, the old man can't step on the horse, can't lift the gun, and can only be in a dream." The face of the owner of the village was ashamed.

"However, the new emperor is indeed ambitious and courageous, although the old man is old, even if he is broken, he is willing to do his part for the Great Song Dynasty!" The owner of the village raised his eyes and looked over the gate, looking into the distance, and for a moment, his thoughts returned to decades ago, and the thoughts in his heart became more and more intense, and his faith became more and more firm.

"Good! I knew the general would say yes. Song Jiaotou said with a smile

As soon as the words fell, he carefully took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to the owner of the village.

Without the slightest hesitation, the owner of the village stretched out his hand to take it, and asked casually, "What is this?" ”

"The owner of the village can see it at a glance." Song Jiaotou smiled and didn't say much.

The owner of the village immediately opened the paperwork and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, his face changed greatly, and he was sincerely afraid, so he immediately got up and bowed to the south to thank him.

"General Chen, my mission has been completed, so I won't stay on the mountain." After Song Jiaotou finished speaking, he got up and prepared to leave.

"Leader, please stay." The owner of the village came back to his senses and hurriedly retained.

Song Jiaotou stopped and turned around, only to see the owner of the village said excitedly: "The old man didn't expect that when he was old, he could still be reused by the imperial court and hand over such an important place as Luzhou to me to take care of." To tell the truth, I really don't dare to accept the position of Liaozhou and Luzhou. However, since the imperial court looks down on me, it is to break my bones and give up my life, I will definitely defend Luzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, if the Jin people want to threaten Bianjing through Liaozhou and Luzhou, unless they step on my corpse! ”

"The general has been stationed in Liaozhou and Luzhou for decades, although he does not eat the court's money, but what he does is what the court should do. But there is a sentence, after thinking about it, I think it is better to tell the general. Song Jiaotou said this, but in fact he was still hesitating.

"If the head of the sect has something to say, please speak directly, don't worry." As soon as he heard that he still had something to explain, Chen Zhai's excited mood gradually calmed down.

After thinking for a moment, I only heard Song Jiaotou say: "Before entering the mountain, I saw Yang Shuai, and he told me that if you want to recover the land of Guanzhong and the land of Hedong, you must send troops from Liaozhou and Luzhou at the same time, first take Taiyuan Mansion, and then swoop down from north to south, so as to achieve great things." Yang Shuai meant that Liaozhou and Luzhou should not only be defended, but most importantly, they should be ready to attack Taiyuan Mansion at any time. The burden on the general's body is heavy! ”

"Capture Taiyuan Mansion? When to send troops? Chen Zhai was shocked.

"I don't know, Yang Shuai didn't say it too clearly, now that the Jin army, which is busy moving the capital and wants to defend the direction of Zhending Mansion, it should not start a big war for the time being, and it is estimated that it will recuperate for a few years."

When Chen Zhai heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "That's good, that's good." ”

"The general should prepare early, whether Taiyuan Mansion can be taken or not, and whether the land east of the river can be recaptured, it depends on the general!"

"Ask the head of the sect to tell Yang Shuai, I will do my best, and I will help the imperial court recapture Hedong, and I will not die!" The owner of Chen Zhai immediately made a promise.

"Okay, I'll bring it." After Song Jiaotou finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave.

"Teach the head later. I'll still write two letters, and I'll take them out and hand them over to Yang Shuai and the court! Chen Zhai stopped the other party again.

Song Jiaotou's task was completed, and he was in a hurry to go down the mountain to resume his life, but as soon as the owner of the village said this, he could only sit down and wait.

Two hours later, the head of the Song sect and the master of Chen Zhai were separated in front of the gate of the cottage, and hurriedly left the cottage with two letters and went down the mountain.

"Go to the third, fourth, and fifth, and let's talk about it!"

After the head of the Song sect left, the lord of Chen Zhai immediately ordered to convene the leaders of the cottage to discuss major matters.

After the three leaders gathered, in the secret room, Chen Zhai said: "You are all old brothers who have been with me for many years, you have lived and died together, I won't hide anything from you, but what I want to say next, what I want to do, must be kept secret, the time is not right, without permission, except for the four of us brothers, no one can know!" ”

"You know, big brother, just tell me, who are we, don't you know yet?"

"Big brother, don't worry, it should be kept secret, and not a word will be revealed!"

"We know what is important."

Lord Chen Zhai nodded, and then said with a solemn expression: "Not long ago, the imperial court sent an envoy with an appointment document to appoint me as the commander of Liaozhou and the deputy governor of Luzhou. ”

As soon as they heard this, the three brothers immediately exploded.

"What? All under control? Why? ”

"Don't be a trap for giving such a big official for no reason!"

"That is to say, big brother, don't take it seriously!"

Lord Chen Zhai looked at the three brothers quietly, and then took out the appointment documents of the imperial court and approached them.

"You all see."

As soon as they saw that there was a paperwork, the three of them immediately shut up, one of them reached out and snatched the paperwork, and the other two quickly got up and squeezed over.

After reading it, the secret room fell completely silent.

Seeing that Lord Chen Zhai put away the appointment papers, the three of them still couldn't believe it.

"Big brother, why does the imperial court want to let you be the ruler of Liaozhou? He also served as the deputy governor of Luzhou. We didn't help the court fight, why? ”

"I don't understand this, who is Liaozhou in hands now? In the hands of the Golden Man! What is the paragraph on the instrument of appointment? It was the money of the Great Song Dynasty that fell! To put it bluntly, it is to let the eldest brother take Liaozhou. ”

"Song Ting's abacus is very good, he doesn't contribute money or effort, he wants us to desperately grab the land and send it over, how can there be such a good thing in the world!"

"You guys, if you have time, listen to the news outside the mountain, don't close your eyes and listen all day long, just worry about fighting with other cottages." Lord Chen Zhai frowned slightly.

"What news can there be outside the mountain, and what does it have to do with us?"

"Isn't it just that Song Jin is fighting between Song and Jin? Can you hit the mountains? ”

"Stop! Listen to me quietly. The Song and Jin countries had already negotiated peace at the end of last year, and the Jin Emperor Wan Yanliang withdrew from Bianjing to Guanzhong via Luoyang, and now he may have returned to Datong Mansion in Xijing, Jin State. To the east of Hangu Pass, south of the Daimyo Mansion and Jinan Mansion, there was no longer a Jin army. In addition, Zhao Gou, who abdicated a few years ago, has re-governed in Lin'an, that is, he has returned to power. At the same time, the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty moved the capital to Bianjing, set up another imperial court, and got rid of Zhao Gou's control over him, and now he has nearly 400,000 troops, aiming at Zhendingfu, Yanjing, Guanzhong, and Hedong, and the ambition of the new emperor is to chase after Taizu, and he wants to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun! And Liaozhou, Luzhou is just between Zhending Mansion and Hedong, Taiyuan Mansion is also very close, the geographical location is very important, you can go north to take Taiyuan Mansion, cut off the connection between Xijing Datong Mansion and Hedong Land, and at the same time can trap Guanzhong, Hedong, and go east to the rear of Zhending Mansion, interrupt the relationship between Zhending Mansion and Datong Mansion and Hedong Land, so to recover the old land, Liaozhou, Luzhou Song Dynasty must take! In the land of Luzhou, the Great Song Dynasty has sent troops to recover most of it, and Liaozhou is still under the control of the Jin people. ”

As he spoke, the owner of Chen Zhai became excited and enthusiastic again, as if he had turned back into the young man who was riding a horse and was determined to serve the country.

After hearing this, the three of them had a little confusion in their minds for a while, there was too much information they needed to reorganize.

After a while, someone asked, "Big brother, Jin Ren just ran away?" They didn't fight a battle in Bianjing? ”

"What to fight? The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty strictly controlled the line between Jinan Mansion and Damingfu, and the news between Zhending Mansion and Bianjing was cut off, not to mention the supply of grain, grass and ordnance. The Great Song Dynasty gathered more than 150,000 troops in the Daimyo Mansion, and there were nearly 150,000 troops in the periphery of Bianjing, the Jin State troops were scattered, Guanzhong had to be defended, Zhending Mansion had to be defended, and Bianjing had to be defended, but he did not have that many troops at all, they did not exceed 150,000 troops in the entire Bianjing periphery, and almost all of the periphery of Bianjing was recovered by the Song army, and the supply of the Jin army in Bianjing was cut off, even if they wanted to fight, they could not support it for long. If you can take back Bianjing by negotiating peace, why take the risk. Chen Zhai explained.

"The Song Dynasty really wants to recover Yanyun? Not just empty talk? ”

"The new emperor is different from Zhao Gou, the new emperor is a descendant of Taizu, Zhao Gou abdicated, after he ascended the throne, he led the Northern Expedition, how much land has been recovered in a few years? So far, the east of Hangu Pass, the Daimyofu, and the south of Jinan have all been recovered. After recovering Bianjing, immediately move the capital to Bianjing, the intention is obvious, the new emperor is to recover Guanzhong, Hedong and Yanyun, otherwise why move the capital back to Bianjing, after all, the Jin army stationed in Guanzhong is not far from Bianjing, after leaving the customs, you can reach Bianjing in a day or two, only to recover Guanzhong, Hedong, Bianjing is safe. In my opinion, at least three years, at most five years, the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably recapture Guanzhong and Hedong, and within ten years, Yanyun will be captured! "Lord Chen is full of confidence in the new emperor.

"Big brother, what does the Great Song Dynasty have to do with us when it captures Guanzhong and Hedong and recovers Yanyun? Do you want us to take it from them? The situation in Luzhou and Liaozhou is more complicated than outside the mountains, why should we work hard, just rely on this piece of broken paper? ”

"You're wrong. The Great Song Dynasty does not seem to have recovered Liaozhou and Luzhou now, and this appointment document looks like waste paper, but as long as we recapture Liaozhou from the hands of the Jin people, this appointment document is true! ”