Huzhou, Shengwu Hall.

"To tell the truth, before the Holy Father left, he specially explained, saying, 'Take the Yellow River as an oath and use Mount Tai as an alliance, and I am willing to make an appointment with the owner of the village: the two families will oppose the Song Dynasty. If the owner of the village agrees, then after the matter is completed, the Huai River will be the boundary, the south of the Yangtze River will belong to me, and the Qing and Xu will return to the owner of the village'. And, after the deed is completed, I am willing to borrow 10,000 elite soldiers and the owner of the village to open up again to eliminate the trouble on the side of the pillow in Shandong. ”

There was an urgent matter in Hangzhou, but Fang La still left, leaving Lu Shinang, Si Xingfang and others to entertain Wang Lun.

Lu Shinang's words were sincere and high-spirited.

Li Tianrun is a hardcore of Fang La, and echoed on the side: "This statement is true, not false at all!" ”

In Wang Lun's opinion, this is just a big cake that Fang La painted for himself. However, he has his own plans!

"If that's the case, then the alliance..." Wang Lun slapped his thighs violently, spread his hands, and shouted, "...... It's already done! ”

The Si Xingfang was also overjoyed, complained about Lu Shinang, and said, "Why didn't you tell us this earlier?" If you had said it earlier, it would have been done a long time ago! Why wait until now? ”

"I don't want to say it. Just because I don't know the owner's intentions, I'm afraid that if I say it early, it will not be conducive to success. ”

- If the hole cards are shown too early, maybe Wang Lun will put forward conditions that are unacceptable to Fang La's side because he sees that it is "profitable", that is, the so-called "it is not conducive to success".

Li Tianrun complained about Lu Shisang for a few words, and didn't say more, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all, Huo Ran got up, and said: "The people who are worried about the owner of the village are none other than Qing and Xu Erzhou. Since the owner of the village has said this, the alliance must be harmonious! ”

……

On the same day, Wang Lun and Fang La met again in the mansion and talked about the proposals, requirements, conditions and concessions, and Wang Lun really had nothing to say, no longer embarrassed, no longer "hesitant".

The next day, the two sides made an alliance.

Agreed: "First, there is economic exchange, Fang La provides food, copper and iron, and Wang Lun supports weapons. Second, politically, Mingjiao is not allowed to cross the river, and both sides are not allowed to recruit peace. 3. Liangshan attacked Shandong and Hebei, and Mingjiao occupied Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and the two armies worked together to open up the canal. After the pacification of the forbidden army, north of the Huai River, Liangshan occupied it; To the south of the Huai River, there is Fang La. ”

As for the specific date of the "coalition troops", it cannot be decided, and the time is about three years.

When the covenant was reached, Wang Lun offered to leave, and Fang La kept him: "Although my Huzhou is small, it has its own romance. Why don't you stay for two more days and enjoy the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River? It's also a lot of close to the owner of the village. ”

Wang Lun excused himself and said: "It is a big deal to form an alliance with the Holy Sect, so it is better to go back as soon as possible and tell the cottage brothers." ”

"In this case, there will be no more village owners." Fang La ordered someone to take two large boxes of Jiangnan specialties and give them to Wang Lun and others, "Let's talk about commemoration." "Tell Lu Shisang and Si Xingfang" to send it on their behalf. ”

It was late that day, and I quit the next day.

When he went out, Wang Lun climbed on Si Xingfang's shoulder, and wanted to say a few words of gossip, but saw Shi Bao hurriedly come over and said, "Brother, God is pitiful, that scholar is in trouble." ”

Lu Jiang's fall was exactly what Wang Lun expected, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

In the past few days, Wang Lun has also thought about Lu Jiang.

Historically, General Lu was indeed abandoned by the imperial court because of his criticism of Hua Shigang's policies. Later, Fang La rebelled in the south, so he took refuge in Fang La to give him advice, and Lu Jiang also made indelible contributions to the rapid rise of Fang La Group, allowing him to enter the core of Fang La Group at a young age, and became the think tank of Fang La Group in one fell swoop.

But because the book on his body is too angry, and his speech is ugly, it is like Wei Zheng, a famous minister in the early Tang Dynasty, who is outspoken about anything, and often says that the lord can't get off the stage, and Fang La doesn't want to see him after a long time.

After the Fangla uprising, he also organized some people to follow him at the mouth of Fuyang Shenlikou.

It should be said that his strategic vision is very good. After Fang La occupied Hangzhou, he advocated first seizing Jinling, which was not heavily guarded, holding the Yangtze River, and then taking advantage of the situation to seize the southeastern prefectures and counties. Fang La, however, was overly optimistic that the corrupt Beizong Dynasty would not be able to send heavy troops soon, and the rebel army could calmly seize Jiangnan. Therefore, most of the main forces waved south, only caring about capturing two Zhejiang counties; And in the north of the single block, only one of the seven Buddhas of Fang was sent to the north.

In this way, the fighter plane for seizing Jinling in order to achieve greater development was lost, and the forces were dispersed, so that the rebel army was in a passive situation from the beginning in the face of the Song army's large-scale counterattack.

When the Song army approached Hangzhou, General Lü said that "Hangzhou should be withdrawn immediately", believing that this was "the only feasible plan". Fang La was unwilling to give up the city of Hangzhou, which he had won in a bloody battle, and was defeated.

But General Lu is also good enough, a scholar, after being captured, when he was escorted to the capital, he actually escaped from under Han Shizhong's nose.

(It is not denied that Tong Guan's army caused chaos because of the weapon fight in the army, but it is not easy for a scholar to slip away in the chaotic fighting scene).

And after escaping, he still insisted on continuing to participate in the uprising (after Fang La was captured, there were still some people in southern Zhejiang who continued to fight). Nearly 70,000 people led by Xiangtong continued to fight against the imperial court until they finally failed and killed themselves.

It can be said that if Fang La had adopted General Lu's suggestion, at least he would not have lost so quickly, so miserably. Maybe Fang La doesn't like the book on Lu Jiang's body, Lu Jiang wants to be a minister like Wei Zheng, but the lord he met is Fang La, not Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which is doomed to the end of Lu Jiang.

After listening to Shi Bao's words, Wang Lun knew. It turned out that Lu Jiang had just returned home, and before half a pillar of incense had been done, the official went to the door of the house, saying that someone had sued him, saying that he had stolen his own silver, and that Lu Jiang would be a serious scholar, educated by a saint, although he had a straight temperament and a stinky mouth, he would not do such a thing as stealing chickens and dogs.

The two sides argued, so the official searched General Lü's house, and sure enough, a wooden box was found under his bed, on which were some clothes, and below were some silver wine vessels, about one or two hundred taels of stolen goods.

At this moment, General Lu was dumbfounded, and he was aggrieved, and he couldn't argue, and the official saw him and escorted him back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Shi Bao, who was originally following to protect him, wanted to save people, but was stopped by Shi Xiuyong and said: "This is Jiangnan, you and I can't be allowed to mess around, and Brother Wang Lun has big things to do here, don't be reckless." Na Lu will be a scholar, even if someone wants to kill him, he will never dare to be in broad daylight, you go back and tell your brother first, I will be watching here. ”

Shi Bao knew that what Shi Xiu said was reasonable, although he was worried about the life of General Lu, he didn't dare to act indiscriminately, and hurried back.