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On March 13, after the arrival of the equipment, the left army of Song Shenwu launched a fierce attack on the city of Xuzhou. The battle was much more fierce than the Liu brothers expected, and Sun He fought against tens of thousands of divisions of the Shenwu Left Army with only a few thousands, and in the case of inferior troops and inferior equipment, he fought hard for nearly ten days.

The Shenwu Left Army entered Xuzhou City at noon on March 24, Liu Guangguo was very annoyed by the stubborn resistance of the defenders, and once again reiterated the previous order, not accepting surrender, so after the Song officers and soldiers entered the city, anyone who was bald and braided, and dared to hold the weapon was killed on the spot, even if you abandoned the weapon and surrendered, it was still a knife to convey the order of the upper peak to the officers at all levels in the past, and be sure to hold two people. One is the governor of Xuzhou, and the other is the general of Xuzhou, who wants to see people alive and corpses when he dies.

As a result, Xuzhou Zhizhou died in the corridor of the back hall of Yam-N, and he knew that the Song army would not be able to spare him when he entered the city, so he hung a rope himself. And Sun He, the defender of Xuzhou, was a little unexpected. It is said that he is a member of Ma Wu's fierce generals, and his previous resistance attitude was so resolute, how can he fight and die hard, is it in line with the situation?

Unexpectedly, after the Song army entered the city, Sun He still fought desperately under the protection of his own soldiers, and fought and retreated. In the end, he was the only one left, surrounded by the Song soldiers. Because looking at his clothes, you know that he is not an ordinary person, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty want to grab the merit, and it is definitely not possible to catch the one alive, first, the other party wants to resist, and secondly, you want to arrest the one alive, if a brother next to him stabs him and cuts off the head, you will not work in vain.

Seeing the black pressed man ch-obī coming up, Sun He threw the broken knife in his hand, and spoke fluent Chinese, "I am willing to see Liu Xuanfu", who cares about you as a soldier, just thinking about coming up with a knife and taking off the head. Fortunately, the officer who knew the matter hurriedly stopped his subordinates and escorted Sun He to see Xuanfu Xianggong.

Once Liu Guangguo learned that this person was the general of Xuzhou, he scolded him and finally threw out a sentence: "Now that it is planted in my hands, how do you want to die?" ”

Sun Hemian did not change S-, and said without hurry: "Xuanfu Xianggong was ordered to restore Shandong, and now he only goes down to Xuzhou City, and he will slaughter strong men?" ”

Liu Guangguo was an old fritter, and immediately heard the sound from these words, and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Sun He's words made Liu Guangguo feel like a foggy mountain. "I fought hard to resist before, but I did my duty as a martial artist, reporting to Ginting and reporting to the chief officer. I fought to the end with all my might, and I asked myself that my conscience was at peace, and I was ashamed. I am a subject of the northern kingdom, and I am not the true Bohai Sea, why should I be martyred? If Liu Xuanfu wants to keep me, he will open the net, otherwise, Sun will not be afraid of the result. ”

His mentality seems difficult to understand, but when you think about it, it is not unreasonable. When he said "Northern Kingdom", he meant the Khitan Liao Kingdom, and he himself was a Han Chinese, so of course there was no reason to die for the Dajin Kingdom.

Liu Guangguo is not easy to fool, I will keep you? Why should I keep you? You have to be useful to me, and now you want Sun He to tell the Shandong Jin Army falsely. Who knew that this Sun He was a strange temper, he could surrender, but he refused to be hostile to the old prefect Yelu Ma Wu. Liu Guangguo is Wei bīli y-u didn't work, and finally he lost his resistance to x-ng, waved his hand, pulled it out and cut it.

Xuzhou, the "key to the north and M-N households in the south", the Shenwu Left Army continued to advance non-stop. This time, the Liu brothers did catch Ma Wu off guard, if it was really delayed until after March, Xuzhou's defense force would definitely not be so empty. Now that Xuzhou is lost, the M-N household has been opened, and the Song army commander drove straight into Ma Wu after receiving the news, he had a headache, and his original plan was to focus on defense and defend the enemy from abroad. But the current situation no longer allows him to do this, so he can only gamble on the jīng soldiers brought out from Yanyun and have a head-to-head duel with Liu Guangguo.

After taking Xuzhou, the two brothers Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangyuan couldn't wait to report to Hangzhou. To be honest, Xuzhou's strategic location is important, and breaking Xuzhou is indeed a great achievement, and it is understandable to ask the imperial court for credit. But the Liu brothers' move has another meaning, that is, to demonstrate to Xu Liang and give the official family and the queen a long face.

The line is in, forbidden, and the political affairs hall of the Chinese book.

In April, the south of the Yangtze River had already begun to heat up, and many of the ministers who moved south with the imperial court were northerners, and they were not used to the hot and humid climate when they first came to the south. But now, I'm used to it even if I'm not used to it, and even after getting used to it, I feel like it's good.

As the prime minister with great power, Xu Liang seems to be used to Jiangnan, and he is sitting in his office at the moment. He was not as busy as before, he leaned back in his chair, his head resting on the back of the chair, his back up, his eyes closed, as if he was napping.

This middle-aged man with an unusually obvious fortune can now be said to be in power all over the world. Needless to say, the important ministers of the court are either his allies or his cronies, and those who followed the emperor in the past, the lord and the peace, have basically been cleaned. Of course, the purge did not mean the elimination of the r-u body, and in the Song Dynasty, there was no such extreme practice in dealing with political opponents. Some of those people ate lychees in Lingnan, some fished on Hainan Island, and those who were better off were also relegated to the poor countryside to become officials. In this case, coupled with the fact that the Son of Heaven is young and has no intention of being in the government, Xu Liu seems to have a monopoly on power.

Now that the Northern Expedition has won a great victory, the Shenwu Left Army is attacking Shandong again, it can be said that everything is going well, and it is rare for Xu Liu to take a nap here so calmly and comfortably.

Qin Hui's figure appeared at the mouth of m-n, he saw Xu Liu's appearance like this, he hesitated for a while, thought for a moment, and finally reached out and knocked on m-n. Xu Liu slowly opened his eyes, saw that it was him, sat up straight and said, "Yes, come in." ”

Because of the hot weather and the reason of being in the Yaya, Qin Hui did not wear a hat, and there were already silver threads in his neatly combed hair. He had a few notebooks in his hand, probably to report, but he didn't rush to put the notebook up, but said: "Xu Xiang, have you read Liu Xuanfu's good news?" ”

Xu Liu nodded: "Look, it's a lot of boasting, the official family even summoned me to go for this matter, which is quite complacent." ”

Listening to the disdain in his words, Qin Hui knew it and wondered: "The lower officials are here for this matter." ”

"Huh? How? Come, sit down and speak. Xu Liang greeted.

After Qin Hui sat down, he said: "Xu Xiang, for this to win Xuzhou, the official family is rejoicing, but...... There's a thing here, and it's a big blockage. ”

Xu Liang's gaze fell on the notebook he was holding: "What's the matter?" ”

In the battle of Xuzhou, Liu Xuanfu was very angry because of the stubborn resistance of the defenders. After the city was broken, the defenders were willing to surrender, but he was beheaded to show the public. Qin Hui said.

Xu Liang listened, this is not a big deal, Liu Guangguo is a Xuanfu envoy, leading troops outside, and has a certain expediency. Even if the other party is willing to surrender and he kills him, it is not a big deal.

Qin Hui seemed to know what Xu Conscience was thinking, and said, "Don't mention it, the key is." Before the capture of Xuzhou, Liu Xuanfu gave an order not to accept surrender after breaking the city. With this order, after the official army attacked Xuzhou, all the Jin troops defending the city were killed, including those who had abandoned their weapons and surrendered."

Xu Liang raised his eyebrows, kill and surrender? This execution of the surrendered enemy is ominous, and it is also intolerable. Liu Guangguo: What is this doing?

Qin Hui still didn't stop, and continued: "That's it, the most troublesome thing is that it's easy for him to order. But in order to invite merit, after entering the city, the soldiers at the bottom indiscriminately not only killed the Jin army, but also killed a lot of the people in the city who were forced to shave their hair and change clothes. Now that the matter has come up, these books are all written by Taiwan to impeach Liu Xuanfu. After finishing speaking, he handed over the notebook.

Xu Liang didn't look at it first, and his eyebrows were twisted into circles. This execution is easy to say, and the slaughter of prisoners is not mentioned for the time being, killing good people and risking merit is not a trivial matter, Liu Guangguo, is this a little too inflated? Too carried away? If he does this, when he recovers the entire territory of Shandong, it is estimated that the people will be almost killed, and this wind will have to stop him.

Thinking so, Xu Liu flipped through the book of the Taiwan counselor. Without exception, they were all harshly worded, accusing Liu Guangguo of having no way to defend the army and corrupt military discipline, and asking the emperor and the court to investigate the matter.

"Why don't we know about this, but the officials in Taiwan know about it first?" Xu Liu asked.

"This is also encountered, a supervising imperial history in the Imperial History Observatory is just Xuzhou people's clan. After the incident came out, the local people in Xuzhou were making trouble, and they stabbed him first. It is said that his relatives have also been unjustly killed, isn't this ......," Qin Hui said.

When Xu Liu heard this, he was speechless for a long time, and then he said: "This matter is pressed, the front line is fighting, and it is not good for the DPRK to shout at this time." You meet this superintendent in person and tell him to take care of the overall situation. ”

Qin Hui responded and said: "This is easy to do, the problem is that Liu Xuanfu is not a way to go on like this." Thinking of the people of Shandong, looking forward to the recovery for a long time, looking at Y-wear and waiting for such behavior. If this is said in a small way, it may arouse the resentment of the people, and in a big way, how can the army fight if it loses the hearts of the people? ”

Xu Liang sighed: "Huizhi's words are to the point, so let's send a provincial note to Liu Guangguo and warn him." ”

"Provincial Notes? I'm afraid I'm going to ask the official to send a royal note, right? Qin Hui said.

Xu Liu shook his head: "No need, if this matter is reported to the saint, it will only increase his troubles, and it will also attract the jealousy of the harem, why bother?" ”

Seeing him say this, Qin Hui didn't want to say more. took out another book from his arms, and there was a smile on his face: "Xu Xiang, this is the book of Xu Xuanfu in Sichuan and Shaanxi." "Now the implementation of Zhongshu Province is the "division of governance and provincial affairs", that is to say, several governors have a specific division of labor, respectively responsible for one side of state affairs, this internal affairs, Qin Hui will help Xu Liu share more. Therefore, the book came up, go to him first, and then report to Xu Liu.

Xu Liang immediately came to the jīng god, and while taking it, he asked, "Oh? What did Xu Jiu say? ”

Qin Hui said with a smile: "This King of Xu Jun is indeed able to manage the army when he gets on the horse, and he has to manage the people when he gets off the horse." No, as soon as the Northern Expedition ended, as soon as the Western Army withdrew, the king of Xujun realized the hardships of the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and was planning to reduce taxes, exempt grain, and other matters in Tuntian, and report to the imperial court. ”

When Xu Liu heard this, he didn't know much, but when he carefully read his cousin's book, he was a little suspicious in his heart. Tax reduction, this is to take care of industry and commerce, free grain, this is to take care of farmers. In the case of the conditions of the river, this is a good thing to resume production and recuperate with the people, there is nothing to say.

Tuntian had been working on this matter before, but this time Xu Jiu was very quiet. He planned to send all the Xiang army, Xiangyong, and archers to Tuntian in Sichuan and Shaanxi, except for the main army, and even the Liangxing Pacification Division, which had few combat tasks. Outsiders don't know, but Xu Liang knows that the reason why the Western Army can fight.

First, the Western Army has a tradition of good fighting, and first, the people in the land of Guanlong are fierce, and the soldiers are brave and not afraid of death. Another reason is that the Western Army is strong, in addition to the regular army, the soldiers, archers, and village soldiers are not general. Lao Jiu put so many troops in Tuntian at once, what is the situation?

Linked to the previous tax reduction and food exemption, Xu Liang summed it up before and after, which was wrong. Cousin, this is going to put knives and guns into the warehouse, Ma Fang Nanshan, what kind of wind is he blowing? He has always been a staunch main battle faction, although the Northern Expedition has been victorious, and the recovery of Shandong is just around the corner, but Hebei Yanyun is still in the hands of the golden thief, do you want to sit back and relax? That's not his style. Besides, if you are leading troops outside, if you don't receive the news from the court, how can you do this? But there is no sign of this

"What do you think?" Xu Liu wondered. Sichuan and Shaanxi have always been in a state of de facto autonomy because of their distance from the central government and because of the need to resist gold. Therefore, Xu Jiu's book, he did not ask for instructions, but after deciding, he reported to the imperial court. Therefore, it is not easy for Xu Liu to directly veto. But after I go back, I will definitely write a letter to my family and talk to my cousin.

After the day's dispersal, Xu Liang returned home. As the "important affairs of the Pingzhang military state" of the imperial court, he is alone, and his prime minister's mansion is naturally magnificent. Originally, when people reach middle age, the great cause has been accomplished, and it is not too much to enjoy it. It is April now, and Xu Liu's prime minister's mansion is full of vitality, and in the atrium, outside the corridor, hundreds of huā compete for y-n, which is beautiful.

After a tiring day, walking in this environment is of course refreshing for both body and mind. However, Xu Liu didn't have the leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery, he hurried straight to the back hall. When I came to a courtyard, I met a servant who came out with a plate, and immediately asked, "How is Mrs. Tai's diet today?" ”

The servant F-stretched the plate in his hand forward: "Mrs. Tai's appetite is better, she drank half a bowl of porridge in the afternoon, and ate half a bowl just now." ”

Hearing this, Xu Liu's heart was a little more relaxed, and he walked straight into the courtyard and stepped into his mother's room. Xu's mother is very old, and she was hit by Xu Shao's death a few years ago, and her health is not as good as before, especially at the end of last year, when her condition was very serious, and Xu Liu had been hanging a heart at that time. Fortunately, the old man finally survived the cold winter.

"Mother, my son is back." Before his mother collapsed, Xu Liu shouted softly.

The old lady seemed to be asleep, Xu Liu poked her head to look, didn't dare to make a sound, turned around and walked out lightly, but just a few steps, her mother's voice sounded behind her: "Sixth brother is back?" ”

Xu Liu turned his head and said with a smile: "I thought my mother was asleep." ”

Mother Xu's hair was all white, her face was not only wrinkled, but to be precise, she was shrunken, there were not a few teeth left, and her shriveled mouth squirmed: "You help my mother, I lie down for a long time and feel pain, get up and sit down." ”

Xu Liang hurriedly stepped forward, helped his mother up, and put a pillow behind him, and while he was busy, he heard his mother sigh: "I just had a dream, I dreamed of your father." ”

In the end, it has been a couple for decades, Xu Shao has been dead for many years, and the old lady still remembers it. Xu Liu was afraid of making her sad, so he didn't dare to talk, so he only moved a chair and sat in front of Chu-ng.

Mrs. Xu saw that her son was silent, and she didn't react, but she still chattered: "Oh, I dreamed that your father was standing at the entrance of the house and didn't come in, just stood like that." I called him, and he should not, and he did not move, and he did not move. What do you say this dream should be? ”

Xu Liu carefully persuaded: "My mother misses my father too much, so she has this dream, what can she do?" ”

"No, mother, look, this is because I am about to get together with your father." The old lady said calmly.

Xu Liu's mouth sighed: "Where did my mother come from, this winter has passed, and my mother has eaten more recently, and she will definitely live a long life." ”

Mrs. Xu laughed a few times when she heard this, and said, "Thinking about it, when I married my father, I was three years older than him, and I walked behind him. I know my illness, and you don't need to be relieved. Sixth. ”

"Hey, my mother said, listen." Xu Liu's respectful appearance is like two people who are in the court.

"I don't have anything to worry about when I die, your generation, the sons and daughters are all married, the incense continues, and the girls also have their own destinations. Mother just thought, I'm in the day, there is still an old one in the Xu family, who can cage your juniors. If I close my eyes, I'm afraid you'll be gone. ”

The old lady is right, you see, Xu Mao died at an early age, then Xu Zhang, and finally Xu Shao also left. The Xu family is the only one elder left like her. There is an old man in this family, if there is a treasure, Mrs. Xu is here, and the juniors always remember that there is an elder in Hangzhou, regardless of the north and the sea. She was afraid that if she left, the next generation of the Xu family would probably move less.

"We brothers and sisters have always been close." Xu Liudao.

"Sixth, in your generation, the eldest brother and second brother of your uncle's family have left, count down, it is Xu Si, but he is a good man. Further down, it's your fifth brother, Mo Ruoniang, your fifth brother only knows how to work hard, and he doesn't understand the world at all. Therefore, if my mother is gone, you will have to take care of these brothers and sisters, and you can't be separated. Listening to Mrs. Xu's tone, it was as if she was waiting for something later, which made Xu Liu's heart very uncomfortable.

"Oh, by the way, I said from my heart, your second uncle had some grievances with your father back then, but his two sons really didn't say anything to the third uncle and third aunt. Like Xiao Jiu, he always sends letters every three or five times, and also sends things. A few years ago, I heard that I was very sick, and I wrote almost every month, and I didn't say anything important, just ask my third aunt how much she ate, how much she drank, and how long she slept. Although the words are trivial, they can warm people's hearts. ”