Inside Luoyang City.

Cheng Wanli, the first governor of the Central Plains Province, and Zhai Xing, the provincial commander of soldiers and horses, sat opposite each other. The tea in front of the two had been brewed three times, and it had long since lost its taste, but the two were discussing confidential matters, and only the secretary of the two had them with them. No other outsiders are allowed to enter.

I don't know how long the two have been talking, the sun is in the west, and the people in the room come out to set up a feast.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Cheng Wanli sighed, and said first: "The first person who entered the customs alone is really brave, and this official is the king." If it is achieved in one fell swoop, such a merit should be rewarded. ”

There is no self-pride in his words and deeds, and he has always been polite and courteous to Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin's brothers, and he is not arrogant. The attitude is also cordial and polite, without the slightest solicitation.

Now Lu Qian is in the prime of spring and autumn, and it is still very early to fight for the throne. His grandfather, the eldest prince, was far from being able to form a gang.

Moreover, this Zhai Xing's status is not much lower than him. The governor of a province, the governor of a province, and the governor of a province, a civil and military force, is not a relationship under the order of moderation, but a relationship of mutual constraints.

Moreover, Cheng Wanli knew how he came to be the governor. If it weren't for the lack of a suitable candidate, it would really not be his turn.

Zhai Xing's face was also worried, and he had pressed it in his heart earlier, and he no longer covered it up at this time. That Zhai Jin stayed in Liangshanjun for him before, and it seemed that he had two more years of seniority, but in fact there was no major development. Otherwise, why did he sneak into the pass alone at this time, seeking wealth in danger?

But his luck was good. Because of his dedication to Xijing, and because of his prestige in the Central Plains, he was first appointed as the ambassador of the thieves, and soon leveled the mountain bandits and grass bandits and guerrillas in all parts of the Central Plains, and accumulated merit as the chief of soldiers and horses in the Central Plains Province.

Zhai Xing really felt indebted to his brother in his heart.

Now after listening to Cheng Wanli's words, he said: "This is the auspicious words of the governor." If my brother can come back safely this time, Zhai Xing will be willing to pay for it with his life. ”

Cheng Wanli immediately laughed: "Gui Kunzhong is a great talent, and he is in the prime of life, in this troubled times, it is the time to show his skills and show his ambitions, why did he have such thoughts?" It's not right, it's not right. ”

Zhai Xing woke up violently. Isn't his words like this suspected of complaining for his brother, but it's really inappropriate.

laughed at the moment, changed the topic, and chatted with Cheng Wanli while eating, and for a while both of them were happy.

At this time, Zhai Jin, who was worried by Zhai Xing, had already quietly entered Jingzhao Mansion.

Why did you say that Zhai Xing took a huge risk to enter this Jingzhao Mansion? That's all because of a heroic figure here, surnamed Li, double name Yanxian, word Shaoyan, real name Li Xiaozhong. A native of Pengyuan, Ningzhou (Ningxian County, Gansu), he later moved to Gongzhou, Longxi. Strategy, adaptability, and friendship.

The Li family is also a local big family, and the two families are in the Central Plains, one is to reach into Guanzhong, and they have many contacts with the Zhai brothers.

Later, Lu Qian defeated the Song army several times, and raised troops to the east, and later Zhao and Song moved the capital to Heluo, Li Yanxian scattered all his wealth, recruited soldiers and horses to King Qin, and was awarded Chengjielang, leading 3,000 strong men from the northwest to reinforce Kyoto. It's just that before he entered Heluo, Lu Qian had already retreated. At that time, Fan Zhixu, the squire of the Ministry of War, was ordered to appease the volunteers in various places, and Li Yanxian wrote a letter to impeach Fan Zhixu for being stubborn and self-serving, blindly dismissing the rebels, and hurting the hearts and minds of the army. The two were hiding in the Zhai family's old Longmen mansion at that time.

A few months later, the Liangshan army marched into the Central Plains and conquered Yingtianfu in Nanjing and Kaifeng in Tokyo. At that time, the Western Army recruited soldiers, and Li Xiaozhong changed his name to Li Yanxian to join the army again.

Later, from the Western Army into the Hedong Pingtian Tiger Rebellion, Duo Li has military exploits, in the first battle of Shenzhou, he led the army to attack the city, and took the lead, so that he was seriously injured, was sent back to the rear to recuperate, and later was ordered to be the training envoy of the Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhai Jin entered Chang'an City this time in order to persuade Li Yanxian.

Of course, before that, he had also met other people in Tongguan and other places. The Zhai family mobilized all their abilities to help him this time, and if Zhai Jin can make a great contribution this time, the Zhai family will have two pillars.

When Li Yanxian, whose original name was Li Xiaozhong, saw Zhai Jin, who was alias Luo Jin, he was really shocked. That Zhai Jin's eldest brother Zhai Xing has done a lot of things in Heluo, how many people in Jingzhao Mansion don't know?

"Haha, how did my brother come to see my little brother? I don't like it. ”

The shock on his face was instantly covered up, and he laughed at this and let Luo Jin into the house. But he was shy in his pocket, and only built a two-entry courtyard in Chang'an City, which was convenient to arrive. Even if a large number of powerful and wealthy families in Chang'an City have fled to Shu now, and the price of real estate in the city has not stopped climbing to a new low, Li Yanxian did not buy it again.

All the way to let "Luo Jin" into the small flower hall inside, and asked all the left and right entourages to go down, and then said with a nervous expression: "Brother is bold." Don't you know that there are many people in Heluo in this city, if you recognize your brother, how can you get out of the ground? ”

"Haha, brother, don't say these are useless. I have known that you are wise, but do I not know the purpose of seeking you for my brother? Don't talk about him, just tell your heart. Are you willing or not, and you are in charge of your own decision, is it difficult for the brother to be the one who is strong and wants to repay the favor? "Zhai Jin came happily at the beginning.

Zhai Jin's confession made Li Yanxian smile bitterly, it was really good to say all the good things. "The life of the younger brother was saved by the eldest brother of the Zhai family, how dare you forget such kindness? Since the elder brother came to talk to him, the younger brother has nothing to disagree. "Since this life was saved by the Zhai family, it is now with the Zhai family. The big deal is a life!

Zhai Jin laughed when he heard it, and he knew that this Li Xiaozhong was righteous.

"Don't be annoyed, brother. Today, the person who can dominate the mountains and rivers the most is none other than King Lu. Whether it is Jiangnan La, or the Zhao official family in Jiangling City, who can compare with it in terms of character, talent, and vision? "In just a few years, inland Qian has made such a foundation, no matter how much the world despises people from his background, it can't be said that he is a mediocre talent!

"Good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters. The brother is a good martial artist, proficient in strategy, and better at improvisation, and is a famous general, and his future is far better than that of his brother. Why bother to hold on to the Zhao family's wrecked ship that is about to sink and live and die with it? It's a pity that it's a good year. ”

"Brother knows that you are loyal by nature, but how do you think that Zhao Guan's family is the master? Since his accession to the throne, has he ever had the image of a wise king? "Zhai Jin's mouth is quite able to speak. He has been in the Liangshan army for a long time, although he has no great future, but because he has always been in the center, he can be said to be well-informed. In particular, I have seen a lot of black materials of the princes and generals of the Zhao and Song dynasties sorted out by the Propaganda Department.

Those things are the loyal ministers of the old Zhao family, and once they see it, they are afraid that they will be disheartened, and they will no longer have the intention to fight for Zhao Song. Besides, it's Li Yanxian?

If Zhai Jin also had a 'Heavenly Eye', he would be able to see that the top of Li Yanxian's head was originally half red and half white, but after he counted the absurdity of the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts and the many vicious consequences it bringed, the red on the top of Li Yanxian's head became lighter and lighter.

Li Yanxian didn't know a lot of things, but what he knew was by no means as detailed. And when these things are put together, it's a bit of a mouthful. only wore out Li Yanxian's loyalty to Zhao Song a little bit.

Of course, if you want to brainwash Li Yanxian in the blink of an eye and become a diehard loyalist of Liang Shanjun, then Zhai Jin doesn't have such a big ability, but this is enough. Li Yanxian's subsequent attitude confirmed all this!

"King Lu raised an army against the Song Dynasty, not only for his own interests, but for the hundreds of millions of people in the world. Hanging the people and cutting down the crime, like the rain falling, makes the hundreds of millions of people in the world happy. How can it be covered with a 'vain ambition'? What Zhai Jin said made Li Yanxian's face look much better.

Liang Shanjun naturally has reconnaissance and spying on Guanzhong, but it is definitely not as attentive as Gyeonggi and Hebei. After all, Guanzhong is too far away from the original Liangshanbo. After Lu Qian swept Shandong, the focus of the spy department was also Hebei, Gyeonggi and Beidi.

Don't look at the eight major intelligence areas under the Espionage Department, namely Northland, Northwest, Hebei, Jiangnan, Lingnan, Shuzhong, Zhongyuan, and Jinghu, and then there are three intelligence stations directly under the Espionage Department: Heluo, Japan, and Nanyang. But most of the inside are empty shelves.

Think about it, how big of a deal that is? Not to mention more than 1,000 informants, even ten times more can accommodate it.

In many places, only one information collection point has been set up, and its only role is to collect local open information, which is completely different from the real plotting against terrorism, infiltrating, and stealing confidential information.

This is the case in Guanzhong.

Originally, Lu Qian also planned to send Zhu Wu back to Guanzhong to be responsible for the intelligence work in the Northwest Region, but Zhu Wu's talent was good and he was more inclined to military strategy, so Lu Qian put him under Xu Guanzhong.

However, the intelligence system of the Northwest Region, the initial arrangement still relied on the favor left by Pei Xuan in Jingzhao Mansion, and now Zhao Song is the river is declining, and the intelligence work in the Northwest Region has made great progress compared with earlier, such as Li Mida in Shaanzhou, but many confidential things are still unknown.

Li Yanxian didn't hesitate, and opened his mouth to say everything he knew. It's already done here, and it must be stupid to go to Zhao Song to hide it.

"Now the Shaanxi army has the new six-way envoy Liu Fa as the main general, and Dong Zhengfeng of the Yongxing military road and Li Hui, the secretary of the Privy Council, are only responsible for civil affairs logistics.

For the strategic arrangement of Guanzhong, General Liu Lao means that there is an attack in the defense, the main body of defense, and another army and horses are gathered behind the defense line, so as to make a short counterattack when necessary. "Who called Liang Shanjun's morale at the moment. Li Yanxian's task is to go all out to train soldiers and horses.

According to Liu Fa's meaning, the Song army would stick to Tongguan and Wuguan, and be in the same state.

There is no need to say much about the danger of Tongguan and its role, and there is no need to say much about Wuguan, and Tongzhou is the west entrance of Pujin Bridge.

As long as these three places are stuck, even if the Liangshan Army infiltrates them, it will only be a small force of soldiers and horses, and it will not matter a big deal. Shaanzhou, Jiezhou, and Qiuzhou are places to be abandoned. It also includes the Guhan Valley Pass.

When many people hear the name of Hangu Pass, they will innate it and think that it is a key point. The dozens of miles of Cuihan Road, the east end is Hangu Pass, and the west end is Tongguan.

In the early years, Hangu Pass guarded the throat of Cuihan, west of Hengling, east of the river, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River, the terrain is dangerous, the road is narrow, known as "the car is not the track, the horse is not the bridle". However, with the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the water level of the Yellow River was cut down, and the forest vegetation at the top of the Chousang Plain had been destroyed, so the Hangu Pass in the pre-Qin era had lost its natural risk. As a result, Tongguan, which is located at the western end of the road, was substituted.

Therefore, it is reasonable that this place is not stubbornly guarded by Liu Fa.

In Liu Fa's deduction, this place of these states, including Hangu Pass, is the place where the Song army and the Liangshan army will compete repeatedly in the future, and it is the best place to train soldiers. Just like the Hengshan battlefield in Western Xia.

Zhai Xing and Cheng Wanli knew about this matter, because Li Mida had already passed the news, but Zhai Jin had only heard about it. But after hearing Li Yanxian's words, he was not shocked. Liu Fa is very powerful, but he is even more steady. Zhai Jin also used to serve in the Western Army, how did he not know Liu Fa's style. ()

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