Seeing this, Xu Hong took the initiative to ask: ...... I heard that your Xiao Tongjun led troops to attack Pingfu, I don't know what the situation is? ”

Zhang Tong felt that this Xu Dashuai was easy to talk at this time, so he replied vaguely: "There were some accidents in Xiazhou, so I returned to the army to prepare for another battle." ”

Who is Xu Hong, as soon as he heard this, he felt that it was wrong, and questioned: "You almost didn't fight to Xingqing Mansion, how can Lord Xia allow you to fight again?" I'm afraid that I will soon drive soldiers to suppress it, how will you Xiao Tongjun deal with yourself then? Ma Kuo couldn't help but glance at Xu Wu, this was really to the point!

Zhang Tong could only bite the bullet and say: "Xiao Tongjun has his own square inch. ”

Xu Hong nodded: "That's right, it's your family's business" It's not my turn to come to cào heart. That's it, go back and tell him that Honglong Erzhou, Linfu all the way, our army has taken it, and there is no reason to give in. It's not just you, it's the Lord of Xia who sent someone to "I also say this!" ”

Zhang Tong listened, but he was not angry. Because Xu Hong's sentence has two meanings: I don't sell your face" and I won't deal with the party!

Ma Kuan struck while the iron was hot, and added: "In addition, I have one more mouth." Xu Taiwei said, "The party members are unkind, cunning and changeable, so you can do it yourself." ”

Zhang Tong wrote down the words of the two of them, and even ignored the mission, "immediately quit and left."

"Xu Jingluo, in your opinion, after this pass goes back, what will Xiao Heda react to? Ma Kuo asked, looking out.

"If he doesn't want to be defeated, he'll come to him soon. And the party members are afraid that they will also guard against this hand: "In the near future, a large army will be sent to quell the rebellion!" Xu Hong was very sure.

Ma Kuo nodded in agreement, and now all the way to Linfu, Honglong and Erzhou are under the control of the Western Army. It is equal to one east and one west, sandwiched by Xiao Heda's territory, once the party army arrives, he doesn't even have a way to retreat, if he doesn't turn to the western army, even if he is not defeated, he can only be trapped to death.

In mid-November, Xu Wei received news in Xingyuan Mansion. He Guan was defeated and retreated, regrouped after losing the Jingmen Army and Yunzhou, and took advantage of the situation to recapture the two lost territories. It is not known what kind of "false ......" it is for the time being. Jinghu is next to Sichuan, and the news is transmitted relatively quickly, Zijin Hu guessed, is it because the Zhejia army is out of the horse?

Soon, his idea was confirmed. The prince of Zhejun led 70,000 foot cavalry to fight with the main force of the Jin army led by Wushu outside Caizhou City, and the result of the battle was quite surprising.

The Jin army not only withdrew from Caizhou, but even Tangzhou "retreated to Dengzhou to the north of Xiangyang and Guanghua Army!" And the army of the king of Zhejun did not take advantage of the situation to advance!

Because, the Jin army and the Zhejia army fought a defeat and both were injured! That battle, which lasted a whole day, was a sea of corpses and blood, and it was miserable! But both sides showed a high degree of decisive courage and fought until the evening, and neither of them retreated. Later, it was dark, and there was really no way, so the two sides withdrew from each other in the melee. Early the next morning, the king of Zhejun closed the city gate and withdrew to the west overnight.

He really didn't expect the Folded Family Army to grow to such an extent. This time, he was an elite Qi out, "Not only did he recruit troops in the old Jurchen land and the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also transferred 30,000 elite soldiers from the western front to defend Ye Xian Dashi, He Guan was defeated in front of him, but he couldn't help it!"

What made Wushu tremble the most was that at the time of the war, the Zhai Horse Army would not easily dispatch even if the situation was dangerous. Later, looking for an opportunity to rest and regroup in the middle of the formation, the two wings assaulted, suddenly entered the golden array, and rushed straight to the Chinese army! It was the most elite cavalry unit in the Song army he had ever seen! It's a fight with the Jurchen Horse Army! But he didn't know that "the horse army used by Zheyan was commanded by two fierce generals. One is his younger brother Zhe Yanye, and the other is Li Xianzhong in the Huaixi Army!

Wushu is shocked and angry, if this time he returns in vain like last time, he will not be able to explain it when he goes back. On top of that, "he may no longer be able to assemble a large army to invade the south." So, he was stationed in Dengzhou, looking for an opportunity to ......, and the king of Zhejun, at this time, also played the imperial court "on the grounds of his own excessive losses, asking to retreat across the Huai River to rest" to wait for the Jin army to be exhausted. If it weren't for the moment, "he could have just withdrawn" didn't need to be asked. But now, public opinion in the DPRK and China is not in his favor, so he has to be cautious.

Soon, the court replied, no! Let him join forces with He Guan and find an opportunity to repel Zong Bi! Orihiko was greatly annoyed......

Obviously, He Guan also received the same edict. Therefore, soon after, "he sent people to Caizhou to contact the Zhejia army, and planned to send troops to attack on a scheduled date." The furious King of Zhejun was no longer polite this time, and sent the messenger away without giving any reply. No matter how He Guan and the imperial court urged, he neither marched into the army, nor did he dare to withdraw to Huaixi.

In the blink of an eye, by the end of the seventh year of Jianwu, "the Jin army was still besieging Xiangyang, and the situation that King Zhejun had expected gradually appeared." It has been many months since the Jin army went south, and the supplies in Tokyo have been empty day by day, and the Central Plains region obviously cannot be replenished, so it can only be transported from Hebei. What worries him even more is that he has been sending troops for a long time, but there has been no major progress, and murmurs began to appear in the DPRK and China, thinking that he was "exhausted and silent".

Layue, the bad news is one after another.

First of all, it was the news that the Western Xia moved Luàn came, and Xiao Heda, the commander of the Xiazhou capital army who accompanied Princess Cheng'an to marry, "was dissatisfied with the Western Xia annex gold, raised troops to revolt, and captured many states one after another, and the troops went straight to Xiping Mansion to threaten the Xia capital." At this time, a major earthquake occurred in Xingqing Mansion, the summer capital, and the official mansions were destroyed, and even the palace of King Xia collapsed.

Immediately afterwards, something that made Wushu frightened happened, Zixi Junqi Xixia moved Luàn, and sent troops to attack Linfu Road, in fact, it was not considered an attack, and people surrendered all the way over! blamed the Jurchens for being too bad, which provoked the resentment of the Han and Qiang people on Linfu Road, and even the Xia army was not welcomed, and as soon as the Western Army came, the people turned against each other. Now "except for Fuzhou that is still insisting, all other places have been controlled by the Western Army!"

Linfu Road is located in the northwest of Hedong, "Xixia in the west", and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in the northeast! In other words, "the Western Army stabbed a sharp knife directly into the heart of the Dajin Kingdom!" The current capital of Dajin Kingdom is in Yanshan Mansion! In the notice sent by Jin Ting to Wushu, it said, "The Linfu has fallen, and the Western Division is based on Hexi to force the center, and the Yanyun is majestic, and it is terrifying here!" Of course, it was terrifying! It is not difficult for Zong Bi to imagine how panicked the Dajin Emperor, the civil and military officials, and the soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups after he transferred away Yanyun's elite soldiers!

The Western Army's control of Linfu "in addition to threatening Yanyun" is more important, they got another place to march to the east of the river.! Xu Wei's seizure of Linfu's hand "is simply completely disturbing the forces of all parties!"

In addition, there is one thing that "even the most imaginative can predict." That is, Xu Wei will definitely chā hand Xixia inner luàn!

The shock, resentment, and mania of the vultures" can all be imagined. Emperor Jin ordered him to return to China as soon as possible to deal with the complicated situation. And he himself "is really unwilling to withdraw from the army like this!"

But the reality in front of him is indeed frustrating and desperate. Xiangyang City is extremely strong, "it can't be easily attacked." Just now in Caizhou, he fought with the Zhejia army and vomited blood, "Although the loss of the Zhejia family is definitely greater, this is already a defeat for the Jin army."

The current military strength of the Great Song Dynasty is no longer what Dangdong looks like, even if Wushu is unwilling to believe it, but no one can avoid this reality.

Just when Wanyan Zongbi was almost desperate, a turning point finally appeared......

Xingyuan Mansion "Xu Wei Mansion."

I have to say that Xu Wei has been willing to spend money in the past two years. In fact, he has always been willing to give up money, first of all, he is not short of money, he has a large Dai Lu, allowances, vocational income" and a large amount of "minister's money" at the disposal of the sī people. By the way, it was this Song Dynasty "minister's money" system that saved Xiao Ma Ge on the other side of the strait from an unlucky lawsuit. In addition, "he also has the emperor's occasional rewards, often in the amount of 100,000." In addition, filial piety in various ways is also a considerable income. It's just that in the past, most of his money was in the "public", and even if it was the money of the sī people, it was often used by the public.

But for two years, "he was willing to use it." For example, in this mansion, Zhang Jiujiu spent 130,000 yuan, and purchased this mansion with a main hall "two huā halls, nineteen rooms in the east and west" plus a garden in the most prosperous area of the city. Counting the vestibule and atrium, this residence is also considered to be above average in Xingyuan Mansion. That's right, "it's really upper-middle, and half of the people who are willing to spend a lot of money on material things" are wealthy businessmen and tycoons with huge family assets, because these people are not so insufficient to show their identity, and Xu Wei obviously doesn't need it. He just built a grass hut on the side of the street, and no one dared to look down with his eyes.

Today, the weather is cold, and Xu Wei's family is nested in the room and has raised the stove to barbecue. The officials below sent more than 20 catties of deer ròu, that thing is better than sheep ròu, eat the warm and baked on the body, Zhang Jiujiu prepared some dishes, "Then I called Zhu Jilan to come over, and the family was happy."

On the fire, the ròu cubes, which are moderately thickly cut, make a sizzling sound and drip with oil rhythmically, filling the room with the aroma of roasted ròu. On the side of the street, on a small stove, still warm wine. Xu Yan and Xu Na, the two girls, "both wearing new leather robes, lying on the edge of the table" looked at the roasted ròu with blank eyes.

Zhu Jilan took a small stick and stirred the charcoal fire, "Zhang Jiuzheng sprinkled the condiment on the ròu carefully, turned around and shouted: "Official, it's cooked." ”

"Well, right away." Xu Wei was sitting in front of the window, holding Zhu Jilan's manuscript in his hand. In the end, he was born as a soldier "This guy can really withstand the cold, his wife and children are wrapped like cotton huā bags, this one is good, he is dressed in a straight dress, and he has a big coat on his shoulders, and he is in the cold wind as if he is fine.

Zhang Jiujiu poured the wine for him and shouted again, Xu Wei cleaned up and moved over to sit down. Seeing that the eyes of the two daughters were piercing, they first picked two pieces of ròu and put them in their bowls, "Another piece for his wife, a piece for Zhu Jilan, and then look at it, there is no part for him."

Zhu Jilan put the ròu into his bowl and said with a smile: "It's inconvenient on my body, and I don't know if I can eat the deer ròu, so I'll eat it next to it." "Her stomach has already risen up, and now the Xu Mansion is worshipping her like a god," including Xu Wei. Zhu Jilan really didn't expect that "she, the daughter of a criminal official", could have today. Fortunately, this woman also knows how to cherish blessings, needless to say to Xu Wei, she is also respectful and respectful to Zhang Jiuyue, and the servants in the house are also treated well by her, and they all say that it is not a family, and they do not enter a family.

While eating, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a cold wind poured in, so cold that several women really shivered, and before they knew what was going on, they heard a fù person's voice: "Ouch, it's so cold in the snow!" ", looked at it, "It was Xu Wei's sister-in-law Xu Wang, who was taking off her cloak and stomping her feet incessantly.

"The fourth sister-in-law is here? Come on, come on, just in time. Zhang Jiujiu greeted him. Zhu Jilan also got up and greeted him.

Xu Wei asked, "Hey, fourth sister-in-law, why didn't you bring your little niece?" "Come on, that girl is too annoying, I'll bring you something, and I'll leave right away." Now that the weather is cold, pregnant people should take more supplements. Xu Wang said, and handed the bag of things in his hand to his younger siblings.

Zhang Jiujiu caught it and said to his two daughters: "Why don't you call people?" ”

"Fourth aunt." Xu Yan Xu Na shouted reluctantly. In fact, don't think that children don't understand anything, Xu Wang's family is very unhappy that his younger brother has two daughters in a row, so "How good do you say she can be to two nieces?" Naturally, the two girls are not close to her.

"Hey." Xu Wang responded, "I want to leave."

Zhang Jiujiu grabbed it: "It's all here, what's the hurry?" I just got some deer ròu, and I can't eat it on weekdays. ”

"Ouch, deer ròu? Taste it. Xu Wang smiled and sat down as he spoke.

"Eat and drink first, and bring a few catties back to the fourth brother later, he is getting older day by day, and it is good to eat some of this thing." Xu Weidao. After speaking, he poured a glass of wine for Xu Wang's family.

She and Xu Sichang said that she married into the Xu family, became a sister-in-law and a mother, and brought up the ninth brother. Finally, it didn't hurt in vain, although it is out now, but there is nothing to say to my brother and sister-in-law, and I also vigorously support my nephews.

There was a lot of laughter, but there were uninvited guests.

"Taiwei, the Xuanfu Division is here, waiting in the huā hall" said that there was an emergency. The servant shouted outside the room.

"What's the urgency? Looking for a home on vacation? Xu Wang asked.

Xu Wei got up and said, "You eat first, and I'll come when I go." After finishing the sentence, "drill the big one that gets in the way" out of the door. When I went to the hall, I saw a Xuanfu priest dressed in a green robe and covered with a cloak standing in the hall, and when he saw him coming, he stepped forward to salute.

"What?" , Xu Wei asked directly.

"Xuanfu Xianggong, Xiao Heda's envoy has entered the city." The clerk replied.

"Let's go in, let them go to the pavilion and live first." Xu Wei said casually.

"But they were anxious to see each other, so they ......," the secretary said.

Xu Wei frowned: "I'm on a long break" and ignore business, so "You go back and ask Zhang Shen...... Forget it, it's just you" You go to the reception, accompany them to have a meal, drink two drinks, and don't talk about business anyway. ”

Is it appropriate to "this"? The secretary was a little dumbfounded. His level is to deal with some trivial affairs that the chief will explain at any time, which belongs to the reception of foreign affairs!

Xu Wei didn't say much, waved his hand, and said, "Go ahead." "Yes. The officer didn't dare to say anything more and left the hall. Xu Wei hurriedly barbecued again.

He hung Xiao Heda's envoy in the pavilion for two days, which made people anxious. After Zhang Tong returned to Xiazhou, he reported the truth, emphasizing that the Western Army's capture of Honglong Erzhou was not to help the party. Xiao Heda gathered the crowd to discuss, thinking that this was the message released by the Western Army, and now it has been verified that the Xia Lord sent Ren Dejing to lead the army to encircle and suppress, and Xia Zhou needs support!

It wasn't until the third day that Xu Wei sent Zhang Jun to meet with Xiao Heda's envoy. also instructed him not to talk too deeply, just probe the wind. After Zhang Deyuan came back, he said that the envoy was very anxious and anxious to meet Xu Wei, and they carried a large number of goods and gifts, which seemed to be really sincere.

On this day, it is almost the end of the year.

Several envoys, led by Zhang Tong, were restless in the pavilion. Seeing the people in the city happily buying New Year's goods and preparing to celebrate the Chūn Festival, while their wives and children were looking forward to it, Xiazhou was even more in danger, but they still couldn't even see Xu Wei's face, how could they not be in a hurry?

In a side room of the pavilion, Zhang Tong and several envoys were discussing behind closed doors. Except for Zhang Tong, "the other two are Khitans with the surname Xiao." Strictly speaking, it is not right, because although the Xiao family occupies a pivotal position in the old Liao State, from civil officials to military generals, and even the famous Empress Dowager Xiao, they are all surnamed Xiao, but they are not Khitans, but Xi people. Because the Xi people and the Khitan people have the same language and similar customs, and later move towards unification, the Xi people have intermarried with the Khitan people for generations, so there is the so-called "descendants".

"What does this Taiwei Xu mean? We came for a few days, and he sent an officer to receive him, and then he came to Senator Zhang, and he just didn't say "I'm so anxious!" ", said a mocker.

Zhang Tong drooped his head and sighed: "No wonder, he can expel the Jurchens from Guanzhong, who in the world is not afraid of him?" The natural style is different, we can only wait. ”

"How long will it take? The commander is anxious to wait for us to reply! The other ridiculer was a little impatient.

"Two, now we're begging someone, understand? The Western Army seized Honglong Erzhou in the east, and controlled the Linfu Road in the west, and we were caught in the middle. Zhang Tong raised his head, and he didn't have a good airway.

"Zhang shì forbidden" I have a sentence that you may not like to hear. But I still have to say that the Nanren are really unreliable! Recalling that year, Da Liao and its brotherly country "did not know soldiers and grass for forty-two years." But the result? ”

Zhang Tong looked a little unhappy: "When I came, Xiao Tongjun repeatedly instructed me not to bring up the old things again" Look ahead! This time, that time, now the Jurchens are our common enemy! Haven't you heard......" At this point, he tried his best to keep his voice down" "Xiqian has sent people to Shaanxi several times, and Xu Taiwei has also sent envoys to pay a return visit. ”