On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, festive lanterns are hung in front of every house, illuminating Chang'an City as if it were day, and laughter and joy can be heard in people's doors and windows everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Mingdemen is quite lively, many people come to the city from outside the city to eat in the restaurant, and some people go out of the city to go home, people come and go, and the river is endless.

The soldiers on duty did not interrogate too much, and happily gathered together to chat, looking forward to the happy events of the coming year, and suddenly, several war horses galloped from afar, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, stirring up rolling yellow dust.

There was a great chaos at the city gate, and the people dodged in both directions, calling for their children and daughters, and the soldiers guarding the gate were furious, and they drew their swords and stepped forward to block the road.

"Eight hundred miles of expedited express!" Without waiting for the soldiers to step forward, several war horses rushed into Chang'an City like a whirlwind.

Today, Pei Jun's illness has improved slightly, although he has not recovered, but he can get out of bed and walk a few steps, Pei Mansion is busy with Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meals, seeing that it is about to be time to eat, there are people who have begun to go to each room to urge everyone to prepare to come out to eat.

At this moment, Pei Jun is still in the study to look through the folds, a few days did not go to the court, accumulated a lot of important documents, especially the imperial examination on the fifth day of the first month, the chief examiner has not yet been finally clear, originally positioned as the main examination of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites Yuan Zai, but Yuan Zai was implicated in last year's imperial examination cheating case After the dismissal, the new chief examiner will be reset, according to the reason that the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is not good, and it is natural that the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites will take over, but the right waiter Li Ping is not from the imperial examination. Let him preside over the scientific expedition, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, after thinking about it, Pei Jun still decided to let the country's prince priest Jiu Duya preside over it.

Pei Jun approved the word Du Ya on the excerpt of the imperial examination in the Ministry of Rites, put it aside, and prepared to send it to the palace overnight for Cui Xiaofu's imperial approval.

He took another copy, but it was Zhang Huan who recommended Zhang Yansheng to replace Liao Hui as the middle of the imperial history. Bae Jun smiled. Without hesitation, he approved a quasi-word on the excerpt, but he was not going to give it to Cui Xiaofu, but directly forwarded it to the ministry, before the official rules were set at the New Year's court. Everything can still be done as usual.

At this time, the voice of the old butler came from outside the door, "Master." Everyone is here, just waiting for the master alone. ”

"I see!" Pei Jun put down his pen and ordered someone to send a few folds into the palace overnight, this time he cleaned up the table and stood up, and the two concubines next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Pei Jun waved his hand lightly and smiled: "No, I'm already much better." ”

Walking through the courtyard, Pei Jun came to the front of the main hall, which was already very lively, several grandchildren were chasing each other and playing, Pei Jun's heart was filled with warmth, he had been spending more than two months under various pressures. Only then do I feel truly relaxed.

Just as he was about to step up the steps. Suddenly there was a quarrel outside the door: "This is a hundred thousand urgent things, you can't afford to miss a big thing!" "What's the matter?" Bae Jun stopped.

In a moment, a messenger lieutenant was brought in. He knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Qiqi Xiangguo, there is news from Yan'an that Pei Yi, the Zhongshu waiter who had just crossed the Yellow River, was attacked by an unknown army, and more than 500 guards were almost wiped out, and Pei Shilang was unfortunately killed!" ”

The third brother Pei Jun's eyes darkened, his body shook, and he fainted softly.

"Sangkook! Master! There was a mess in the house, everyone carried Pei Jun into the room, the family hurriedly went to ask for the imperial doctor, and several sons were busy pinching the middle of the man and unbuttoning the collar for his father, and after a while, Pei Jun slowly woke up.

"Help me sit up!" Several sons hurriedly helped him up left and right, Pei Jun stared at the wall for a long time, and sighed long, finally failed to stop Li Zhengji, Pei Yi was killed, which means that Li Zheng has officially supported the army and stood on his own.

He took the express report, looked at it again, and handed it to Pei Mingkai, "You go to Zhang Huan's mansion and ask him to focus on the overall situation." ”

At this moment, Zhang Huan's mansion is also very lively, nearly 100 subordinates have received rich red envelopes from the main mother, not only the subordinates, but also the nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Western Liang Army stationed next to Zhang Huan's mansion and in the interior of the military camp outside the city are also happy to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve, and each of them has received a special reward of ten yuan land, and they are all happy for a while. Test Text Watermark 1.

Today, the masters and servants of Zhang's Mansion are happy together, nearly 100 family members and 300 relatives and soldiers gather together, dozens of tables of flowing water seats are set up in the house, the sea of meat and wine, all kinds of delicacies and delicacies are readily available, laughter is noisy, full of joy, and everyone bids farewell to the old year that is about to pass away.

And Zhang Huan and his family sat in the warm pavilion to share the happiness of the whole family reunion, a large square table full of seasonal fruits and vegetables, mountain and sea delicacies, everyone in front of a full glass of wine, next to the large square table there is a small table, which was specially added by Zhang Huandi's mother Chu Banglan, so that the personal maids can enjoy the happiness of Chinese New Year's Eve together while serving the place.

Sitting in the main seat is Chu Banglan, her voice is still soft, her face is still beautiful, but the years have dyed her temples with silver threads, unconsciously her son has reached the age of standing, in this family, Chu Banglan has a supreme position, but she is as calm as water, never interferes with her daughter-in-law's governance, and spends every day in the incense burner and Taoist scriptures, originally she did not plan to return to Chang'an, under Pei Ying's repeated persuasion, she agreed to go back to Chang'an to reunite with her son, seeing that her son has a successful career, his wife and concubines are full of children, Chu Banglan's heart is also full of warmth and touch.

Next to her sat Zhang Huandi's mother Yang Yuniang, she and Chu Banglan have always been very good, after the death of her husband and son, she also followed her friends to become a monk, looking for spiritual sustenance, today she was specially invited by Zhang Huan to reunite with her daughter, her daughter-in-law because she wanted to accompany her grandson to study, this time did not follow, however, in addition to her daughter Pingping in the seat today, she also has a relative, that is, Zhang Huan's concubine Yang Chunshui, she is Yang Chunshui's aunt, of course, Yang Yuniang also has a luxury, that is, Zhang Huaneng married Pingping, This is her and her husband's long-cherished wish for many years, and Pei Ying talked to her about this matter last night, which gave birth to a glimmer of hope in her originally desperate heart.

Except for these two elders, several juniors sat opposite. Zhang Huan sat in the middle, his son Zhang Qi snuggled in his arms affectionately, and on his lap sat another little guy, his daughter Zhang Qiu, who was just one year old and four months old, and was naughtily hanging his father's arm swing at the moment!

Pei Ying sat on Zhang Huandi's right, holding her daughter with one hand, for fear that she would fall. But he turned his head and said something to Cui Ning. It stands to reason that Zhang Huan's left should be his second wife Cui Ning, but today is a bit special, sitting on the ground is flat. This is a special arrangement for several women, but in the days of the past ten years. At the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner year after year, Ping Ping has been sitting next to Zhang Eighteen since she was a child, but there is no embarrassment, she also ignores Zhang Huan, just talking to Yang Chunshui next to her, she just knew. It turned out that Yang Chunshui and himself were cousins.

"Huan'er, say a few words!" Chu Banglan said to Zhang Huan with a smile.

The mother had an order, Zhang Huan did not dare to disobey, handed over his son to Pei Ying, stood up, he held his daughter in one hand, picked up the wine glass in the other and said with a smile: "Today is the day of family reunion." We can also be together as a family. Enjoy the family fun, I hope one day. All families in the world are getting together on Chinese New Year's Eve, this is what I strive for, for this day, we toast! ”

"Cheers!" With joyful smiles on everyone's faces, they raised their glasses and stood up, their glasses of happiness clattering in the air.

"Qiuqiu also wants to drink!" The little girl wrung her hands and said.

The daughter's childish words made Zhang Huan look up and laugh, and everyone laughed together, and on this Chinese New Year's Eve night, laughter filled the warm pavilion.

"Governor! Governor! There was a low cry outside the door, Zhang Huan was talking to Pingping, he didn't pay attention for a while, but Pei Ying heard it, she touched Zhang Huan lightly, gave him a look, Zhang Huan heard the low cry outside the door, he stood up and nodded to everyone with a smile, and walked out of the warm pavilion quickly.

"What's the matter?"

"Governor Qiqi, the eldest prince of the Pei family said that there is an urgent matter to see, and now he is waiting in the outer room."

Zhang Huan was slightly startled, Pei Mingkai knows etiquette, there is no forced thing he will not disturb himself on Chinese New Year's Eve, it is not that Zhang Huan did not think much, quickly came to the outer guest room, as soon as he entered the door, Pei Mingkai nervously greeted him and said: "Shuofang has a big incident, my father fainted because of this!" ”

"Don't worry! Slowly, what happened to Shuofang? ”

Pei Mingkai took a deep breath and said, "I just received an express report that Uncle Yi was attacked in Yan'an County, and he was unfortunately killed. ”

Zhang Huanliang didn't speak for a long time, it was obvious that Li Zheng had already torn his face, since he killed Pei Yi, it was very likely to follow Zhu's line, first rebel, and then force the imperial court to admit the fact of his secession, but he was not the same as Zhu at that time, wasn't he afraid that Pei Jun would send troops to directly destroy him? Zhang Huan really can't understand this.

Pei Mingkai saw that Zhang Huan was silent in thought, and said: "After my father woke up, he asked me to come to you, hoping that you will focus on the overall situation." ”

If the sentence of focusing on the overall situation was said to Zhang Huan three days ago, it was hoped that he would not fish in troubled waters and disrupt the situation again, but after Zhang Huan had reached an agreement with Pei Jun two days ago, focusing on the overall situation has a deeper meaning.

If Li Zheng rebels, Zhu and Cui Qinggong will inevitably have abnormal movements, for which Zhang Huan will keep an eye on Zhu, and Pei Jun will be responsible for guarding Cui Qinggong and Li Xilie, and they will not be allowed to attack Xiangyang, so that the original 80,000 troops are obviously not enough, Pei Jun will add another 50,000 Hedong troops to Xuchang, as for Li Zheng, who is dealing with Shuofang, will cross the river by the elite Hebei army to the south, resolutely and decisively suppress it, and will never allow Zhu Er to appear.

Pei Jun's meaning Zhang Huan understood, that is, he hoped that he could send troops to Hanzhong according to the agreement and control the situation in Hanzhong, he nodded slowly, Zhu Tao's intention to spread rumors was to force Li Zhengji to rebel, so that Pei Jun had no time to care, and let Cui Qinggong attack Xiangyang, causing a situation where cranes and mussels were fighting, then Zhu could take advantage of the emptiness of the back of the Wang family and suddenly send troops to occupy Xiangyang, so as to achieve strategic transfer and no longer be limited to the narrow Hanzhong, it should be said that Zhu Tao's idea is very good, but unfortunately he doesn't know who is the real person behind King Cui's evil?

What a pity! One wrong step, he Zhu will be doomed, and those who play with fire will definitely be **.

Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said: "Please tell Pei Xiang that Zhang Huan will not stand idly by in the country or himself, please rest assured!" ”

The sky was not yet dawn, and the sky was full of stars. The stars winked playfully in the sky, and the cold wind kept blowing through the treetops, whining! The sound of the ground, outside the Taoist room in the backyard of Zhang's house, Zhang Huan stood with his hands down and said goodbye to his mother.

"Today is the first day of the first lunar month, are you leaving? Can't you stay with your family for a few more days before leaving? Mother's soft voice came from the room.

"I also want to spend the New Year with my family. But the situation of the country is critical. The son had no choice but to return to Longyou immediately. ”

There was silence in the room again, and for a while, a soft sigh came. "There you go! Men and husbands should not think about home. ”

"The child is gone, please take care of your mother."

Zhang Huan slowly withdrew from the courtyard. Outside the courtyard gate, I saw Pei Ying standing under the starlight for some time, petite and plump, the pale white starlight sprinkled on her pretty face, with a hint of resentment in her eyes, and she left. The whole family was about to be lost to his wife again, Zhang Huan felt pity in his heart, and he strode forward to hug her into his arms.

"In the future, the family will want you to do more dedication."

Pei Ying didn't speak, she silently tidied up her husband's collar, patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "Don't worry!" I will take care of the family. ”

Zhang Huan returned to the inner house and kissed his sleeping son and daughter. Looking at the two red little faces. He gritted his teeth and strode out the door.

Outside the palace gate, hundreds of iron cavalry have completed the army. Zhang Huan turned over and waved his hand to the wives and concubines who went out to see them off, "Go back!" I'm leaving. ”

Thundered! The sound of drums on the ground to open the city gate came, Zhang Huan urged the war horse, the war horse opened its four hooves, and drove towards the gate of the fang, and the family in the distance became a small black dot, and gradually disappeared and disappeared into sight.

Outside the city, in the deepest night before dawn, Zhang Huan's war horse stopped the meteor stride and walked slowly, and then, it raised its head and neighed, and the neighing of other horses echoed in the darkness, and then the rumbling hooves were heard, and the two thousand Xiliang troops stationed outside the city converged with the commander.

Zhang Huan whipped violently, drive! The war horse shook its spirits and galloped, like a ghost flying in the middle of the moon, and the whistling wind blew past his ears, and he was instantly drowned in the thick night fog.

Pingliang County, Li Zheng was already dressed in full armor, riding on a horse with his head held high, behind him tens of thousands of troops with no end in sight, banners waving, swords and guns like a forest, he stared coldly at the undulating yellow hills in front of him, past that hill, in front of him is Anding County, where there are nearly 20,000 garrisons of Li Na, as well as a large amount of military rations, defeating it, you can make your strength expand enough to resist Pei Jun's upcoming attack.

At this time, yellow dust was billowing from the southwest, and several scouts galloped over. They turned over and dismounted, and reported loudly in front of Li Zhengji: "General, news has come from Longyou, the situation in Jincheng County is calm, and there is no movement of the army. ”

Li Zheng has nodded slowly, he waited for this news, he bet that Zhang Huan's energy is in Hanzhong, and he will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then bet that Pei Jun will not allow him to interfere in Shuo Fang's changes, otherwise Zhang Huan will be from the south and Pei Jun from the east, and he will be in danger!

"Troops!" Li Zheng had already waved his horsewhip and shouted: "Within three days, defeat Li Nabu!" ”

The 50,000-strong army started slowly, and the cavalry and infantry were like two torrents of steel, wrapped in an overwhelming murderous aura, and swept towards Jingyuan.

Hanzhong Nanzheng, Zhu also nervously walked around the room, throwing the information sent on the ground, almost half an hour once, to report to him the situation in Shannan, at present, Zhu has a total of six counties in control of Hechi, Shunzheng, Hanzhong, Yangchuan, Ankang, Fuyang, etc., but in addition to Hechi and Hanzhong two counties, the others are steep mountains, sparsely populated land, arable land is also very scarce, but the area is narrow, there is no room for development is second, the key is that Hanzhong has been firmly controlled by Zhang Huan, as if Zhu's head hangs a boulder, It would fall at any time, which made him restless all day long, and even dreamed of raising a sword to cut at him.

The west of Hanzhong is Longyou, the south is Bashu, and the north is Guanzhong, all three sides make him unable to cross a step, only the east is connected with Shannan Road, from Ankang County to the east three hundred miles is Fangling County on the ground of Yong County, and the capture of Shangyong also opens the west gate of Shannan.

What Zhu is waiting for now is the intelligence of Shangyong County, according to his second brother's plan, when the two families of Cui and Wang are facing each other, they can surprise their troops to capture Shangyong County first, so that the news will not spread, so that once Cui and Wang start a war, the Hanzhong army can go south and seize a large area of rich land in Jingxiang.

"Governor, Shangyong has arrived!" A personal soldier presented a pigeon letter with both hands, Zhu couldn't wait to open it, he glanced at it, and couldn't help but slap it on the thigh fiercely, "God help me!" ”

Shangyong's 8,000 defenders have been transferred by Wang Ang 6,000, only 2,000 people remain, all of them are old and weak, it can almost be said that Shangyong is already in his bag, Zhu walked quickly to the map, looking at the large fertile land of Jingxiang in a daze, his gaze crossed the Yangtze River, extended south infinitely, only two words jumped out of his mind, Nandi, capture Jingxiang, may be the beginning of his new life.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and I saw the military advisor Qi Lu breaking through the door, and he danced excitedly and said loudly: "Lord Wang, the big thing has been resolved, Shuofang Li Zhengji really rebelled, and our opportunity has come." ”

Zhu Yi turned around, his eyes burst with surprise, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: "Order the general Liang Yi to lead 20,000 troops to take Shangyong, if one escapes, give me a head to see!" ”