Second Army Battalion! In the middle, the open space is improvised, several rows of sheds, the rebels who came out of the Zhaode Pack are resting here, the wounded are being treated by the medical officer, and the rest are sitting on the ground with different expressions on their faces. There was only one person, with half of the bending knife damaged, standing long. Silent. The armor on his body had been wounded countless times, and the blood had congealed on his clothes, and it had turned dark red. His messy head covered half of his face, making it impossible to see what he was looking like.

This person is Li Yanxian, after the city was broken. He led the remnants of the army to hold the east corner, and from last night's fierce battle to this morning, he finally could not defeat Li Meng's army, and had to abandon the east of the city and flee. The pursuers were in a hurry, and he was ready to die, but he didn't expect the enemy to withdraw halfway, so he fled to Xu Wei's camp. Although his life was spared, he did not have the slightest joy in his heart. When Li Jun seized the city, Ma Kuo entrusted him with the important task of patrolling the four gates, but now the city has fallen. He knows the importance of Zhaode to Hedong and even Shaanxi, and this sin is still light!

"It's Manager Xu! Mr. Xu is here! "The righteous sergeant shouted! The scene was suddenly boiling! Even the wounded soldier who was lying on the ground struggled to stand up and stood up.

Xu Wei arrived with a group of generals, and when he saw the tragic situation of the righteous army, he looked suspicious, and beckoned: "Don't be polite, you wait to fight to the death, although you are defeated, you are still glorious!" ”

Seeing Li Yanxian, he walked over quickly, looked up and down, and asked, "How is the injury?" ”

Li Yanxian raised his head and looked at the leader of the Hedong Righteous Army, his lips moved several times one after another, but he didn't say a word. A pair of tiger eyes were full of tears. Throw the knife and plop to your knees! Xu Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said suspiciously: "Li Waste, why is this?" ”

"Zhaode fell into the hands of Li Rebellion, the crime of despicability, and there is no redemption for death!" Li Yanxian was heartbroken and fell to the ground. Xu Wei forcibly pulled it up. patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, don't worry too much, where are you in charge?" ”

Li Yanxian looked at a military tent next to him, where a group of soldiers of the Righteous Army were waiting.

Xu Wei said a few more words of comfort. And he ordered the accompanying generals and the medical army to treat the wounded in order to save their lives, and then they threw themselves into the military tent. Inside the tent, there is a wooden bed. The medical army is wiping the wounds of the person on the bed and applying plaster. Xu Wei stepped forward slowly. I saw that the person lying on the bed was Ma Kuo, and the trauma on his body can be described as shocking. The flesh rolled up in several places, and even coagulated into scars!

When the medical army saw him come in, he bowed and saluted. He continued to bandage. Ma Kuo closed his eyes tightly and remained silent from beginning to end, even when the medical army pulled out the arrow from his body, he didn't even frown. But Xu Wei clearly saw that his cheeks couldn't help but agitate, and he was obviously enduring the severe pain.

Xu Wei stood quietly and did not say a word. It wasn't until the medical army left the tent that he sat down in front of the bed and called softly: "Brother Zichong." ”

Ma Kuo opened his eyes and suddenly saw Xu Wei on his side. As soon as his upper body stood up, he wanted to sit up, but was held down by the latter: "My brother is injured." Do not move lightly. ”

Ma Kuo lay down again, and even if there were a thousand words, they turned into a heavy sigh. Zhaode, the place he worked so hard to manage, has now fallen into the hands of traitors, and his brothers have suffered heavy casualties, so how can he not be sad? What especially chilled him was that from the time Li Jun went south until now, no one came to reinforce for more than 40 days! So much so that the Zhaode righteous army struggled to support, and was defeated after all! Zhaode Pingyang is lost, and there is no barrier in the east of the river.

"Zhaode has fallen, and the trouble of your Western Army is still to come! This time the use of troops against Li Zhi was the first to turn his back on the Jingkang Peace Conference, and the Jurchens would never give up! Wait and see, autumn high horse fat. The Jin army will definitely go south! Someone will eventually eat the bitter fruit! After a long time, Ma Kuo said suddenly. His tone was full of resentment, and Xu Wei could feel it clearly.

Xu Wei saw him gritting his teeth and became emotional. Knowing that he was sad, he didn't argue anything, but said: "Brother Zichong and recuperate with peace of mind." For other things, Xu Jiu is there. ”

"You?" Ma Kuo turned his head sideways and stared at him. "Ziang, I know that you are brave and strategic, and your heart to resist gold and protect the country is not lost to others. But can you take care of the situation? Two places in Pingyang Zhaode have been lost. Once the Jin army goes south to Hedong, there will be no obstacles! When the time comes, your Formation Army will take the brunt! Further west, Guanzhong is a horse Pingchuan, and the entire Shaanxi Sixth Road will be turned upside down! Tokyo takes Shaanxi as the frontier, and the strategy of resisting the Jurchens will fail! Whole, the Great Song Dynasty will tremble under the iron hooves of the Jurchens! Heaven is going to kill me, heaven is going to kill me! Enraged, he slammed into the edge of the bed. Shouted in a deep voice!

Ma Kuo's mood is probably difficult for ordinary people to understand. At the beginning, he followed his father Ma Zheng to run between Song and Jin, promoted an alliance on the sea, and met to attack Liao. This move is now considered by the government and the opposition to be the bane of the Jin army's southward movement! And the father and son of the Ma family, who tried their best to promote this matter, became the target of public criticism! When he was really defended the city, his comrades who fought side by side denounced him as the culprit! And put him in prison! Zhending fell, he escaped and fled, and entered Wuma Mountain to gather the righteous army to resist Jin. It's nothing more than trying to prove yourself. He knows. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Zhao Zhen, who originally instructed him to envoy Jurchen, is now the emperor, and he is a generation of Tong Guan Cai Jing, and he has long been a lonely ghost and a wild ghost. The new monarch will not forgive him, the courtiers will not forgive him, and the countrymen will not forgive him!

Finally, under the auspices of Xu Wei, the situation in Hedong improved, and he worked hard to manage Zhaode Yaochong. I hope to wash away my shame and grievances, but in the end, I failed! The words "the sky is going to kill me" are by no means momentary words!

After Xu Wei calmed down a little, he said in a deep voice: "If Xu Wei is alone, it will be difficult to reverse the decline of Hedong, and I hope that Brother Zichong will help me." ”

Unexpectedly, when Ma Kuo heard this, he sneered, "Brother Ziangxian, you are thinking about things too simply. I don't know if you led the army to the river, whether it was Li Gang's intention or He Guan's proposition, but with you, you can't cope with what will happen later. ”

Xu Wei didn't mind, and arched his hand and said, "That's why I asked Brother Zichong to help me." ”

Ma Kuo shook his head and looked at the top of the tent blankly: "I have the heart to serve the country, but I can't go back to the sky,"

Seeing that he had this attitude, Xu Wei didn't want to say anything more, got up and shook his clothes, and said loudly: "That brother, rest in peace, everything will be said when the brother retires Li Jun." After finishing speaking, he walked straight out of the tent.

"How many soldiers and horses did you bring?" There was a question from behind Ma Kuo.

"Not much, 20,000 Ma Bujun." Xu Qi stopped and did not look back.

"Is it you Hujie pro-army, or Ma Kuo asked again.

"In addition to my Hujie, there is also Yao Pingzhong in Shaanzhou. Xu Sheng in the same state, Zhang Jun in Jingyuan. Xu Wei replied.

Ma Kuoqiang sat up and groaned slightly. He said quickly: "Li Zhi is quite jealous of you, he may not dare to enter the city for a while now." Even if he is in the city, he is outside the city."

"No need, within two days, Li Zhi will definitely withdraw his troops." Xu Wei interrupted him.

Ma Kuo was stunned, where did this start? Although the Li army is already a tired army, as long as it enters the city, it can hold on until the Jin army moves south, how can it withdraw the army?

"Why are you so sure?" After a moment, Ma Kuo asked.

"I have already sent him a letter of war, and I have agreed to a decisive battle at noon today." Xu Weihui said.

After a little thought, Ma Kuo understood Xu Wei's intentions, but questioned: "Even though Li Zhi understands that he is not your opponent, he has the advantage of troops and a city to rely on. ”

"At noon today, Yao Pingzhong has already won the battle and defeated the attacking Li army. At the cost of injuring dozens of people, in exchange for the result of killing more than 2,000 thieves. And Lee Sik just responded to my challenge, saying that it would be two days later at noon. Such tricks. Brother Zichong must be able to see through it at a glance, right? . Xu Wei asked.

Ma Kuo propped his elbows on the bed board and lay down again, while saying, "So, he really wants to withdraw the army?" ”

Xu Wei chuckled lightly and walked back to the side of the bed and sat down: "Li Zhi is not Pharmacist Guo after all

"Are you saying that he won't be like Pharmacist Guo, who is determined to work for the Jurchen? However, when Shaanxi recruited punctuality, he clearly refused. Ma Kuo frowned.

Although he refused, he still released the envoy unharmed, and did not detain it like the Jurchens. He was angry and descended the Jurchens, how could he be willing to work for the Jurchens? Moreover, this time he went south, and he was forced by the situation to come out of the nest. I confess, if he takes the city. I may not be able to defeat him for a while, but I will never let him have a good time! Li Zhi must think about it first, whether it is worth it to fight with me in Zhaode. Don't forget, he stabbed Gao Shiyou not long ago, and now Taiyuan is empty, who dares to guarantee that Gao Shiyou will not stab him back? People are waiting to be the emperor of the Jurchens. There is Li Zhi, a man who holds a male soldier. Will he be able to sit still? Xu Wei sneered.

After Ma Kuo listened, he stared at the other party with a strange look, and said tentatively: "Ziang, are you already in your chest, just casually ask my opinion?" ”

Xu Wei waved his hand: "Then you are too exalted to me, I didn't take Li Zhi in my eyes, but I can't help but take the Jurchens seriously." Seeing that the autumn is cool, if the Jin army takes the opportunity to move south, how to stop it, I really don't have a clue.

"Why bother? Isn't the Western Army powerful when the Jin Army enters Shaanxi? sent troops to Hedong, intending to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop, and now that things are messed up, let Li Gang and He Guan clean up the mess. Ma Kuo was still indignant.

Xu Wei smiled and didn't talk. Today is different from the past, the Dingcheng Army is close to Hedong, where there are Hujie's families, and a steady stream of coal that is being exported to Shaanxi, and finally has a piece of their own territory, how can they let the Jurchens touch their fingers? is to exchange the position of the marshal all the way, I still have to think about it.

After a period of silence, Ma Kuo finally said: "If the Jin army really invades the south, it may be difficult to protect Hedong, unless Li Gang He Guan is determined to protect half of Hedong." But in my opinion, neither of them took Hedong seriously. Even if they have ideas, they won't listen, and you and I are still busy in vain

"There is no need to ask about Hedong, Shaanxi Xu Wei suddenly said a puzzling sentence.

"What do you mean?. Ma Kuo seemed to have an unusual taste, and got up and asked.

"I am now Ci, Yi, Ze, Pingyang, Zhaode, the envoy of the two prefectures of the three states and the same section of Shaanxi and China, and the affairs of Hedong are large and small, I can do it cheaply Xu Wei replied.

"Is the title of the head of the Hedong Righteous Army still there?" Ma Kuo's face changed.

Of course, Xu Wei smiled.

Two days later, Li Zhi's army really evacuated Zhaode at night. Xu Wei is also very "cooperative." He didn't raise a single soldier to chase after him. Leave him to give the Jurchens a headache, as long as Li Zhi and Gao Shiyou coexist. The troubles of the Jin Kingdom will not be broken.

Jingzhao, Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.

Li Gang is on the board of directors in the second hall, and an adjutant officer quickly walked into the inner hall and said: "Xuanxiang, Hedong Military News!" ”

"Oh? Show me! Li Gang finished speaking. The person had already stood up and stepped forward, took the military report and took a closer look, the gloomy cloud on his face gradually dissipated, and after reading half of it, he said: "What is the Purple Golden Tiger, as soon as he arrives, Li Zhi doesn't want to think about it, and immediately withdraw the army." Apart from him, who else can suppress Hedong? ”

Then I picked up the battle report and read it again, and the brows that had just been stretched out were twisted into a ball again, and the last column of words was finished. He didn't even think about it, and immediately ordered: "Let Wang Shu come and see." ”

Not long after, Wang Shu, the judge of the Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy, hurriedly entered, and before he could open his mouth to ask Li Gang had already handed over Xu Weizhan's report: "Look at it." ”

Wang Shu took it, and after reading it, his face was also full of worry. In the military report, Xu Wei not only explained that Zhaode had recovered and Li Zhi had withdrawn from the army, but also judged that the Jurchens must have made some moves recently, and asked Shaanxi Xuanfu to pull out grain and grass ordnance to support.

"How about Xuan Xiangyi? Wang Shu asked after returning the military report.

Before Xu Wei set out on the expedition, Benxiang promised him. As long as Li Zhi is repelled and Hedong is suppressed, I will give as much grain, grass and ordnance as he wants! What I'm worried about now is that after the Three Routes Western Army sent troops to Hedong, now that Li Zhi has withdrawn his troops and returned to the north, the Jin people will be angry! If a large army is raised, is it necessary for Shaanxi Sixth Road to be fully prepared for the battle Li Gang said.

Wang Shu groaned for a while, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "This matter, can you discuss it with He Shaobao?" After all, he is an envoy of the six-way system, such an urgent military business. Still,"

Li Gang was silent when he heard this, and since the defeat of the Sanlu Western Army, his relationship with He Guan has undergone subtle changes. Although after the incident, he was still amiable on the surface, but I am afraid that he has thoughts in his heart. It's just that the current situation is unpredictable, and personal grievances are put aside, He Guan knows soldiers and knows war after all. Let's ask him what he means first. That's it. nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and ask He Shaobao to come over." ”

As soon as Wang Shu turned around, Li Gang said again: "Slow, in the name of the Xuanfu Division, the Wencao Division, as well as the various institutes, in the shortest possible time, prepare the grain, grass and ordnance that Xu Wei wants." ”

"In the past two years, Xuan Xiang has spent a lot of effort to accumulate a sum of money and food, in case of a few more Fenzhou things, even Jinshan Yinshan can't withstand such a toss, please think twice." Wang Shu kindly mentioned

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Li Gang smiled casually: "I don't believe Xu Wei, do you believe Quduan?" ”