Hot sweat seeped out, Li Heng sighed and couldn't help wiping his forehead with a linen towel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although he said that he was depressed, he was greatly unwilling. After the retreat of the thief army, Wang Shen's troops had been dispersed into many units, and they marched all the way to recover the previously fallen states and counties. Not to mention the north, there is Xiangyang occupied by the Jurchens, and Wang Shen has no sign of pursuing Cao Cheng and taking the initiative to provoke the Jin soldiers.

To the west is Gangneung Province, which is still in the hands of the imperial court. Although the official position of the Jiangling prefect is big, he can't control Wang Shen, and he doesn't listen to me Li Heng, so he can ignore it.

South...... To the south is Dongting Lake......

Since Zhong Xiang and other cultists started a rebellion, Lizhou and Dingzhou and Chenzhou in the south of the Dongting Lake area have been in a state of erosion.

Zhong Xiang's Manichaean demons were ferocious and murderous, and the imperial court was full of popular uprisings in the south, so he really couldn't draw troops and horses, so he had to send a large number of soldiers and horses to arrest and kill Li Cheng's soldiers and horses to come over to conquer and suppress.

Today, Li Chengbu and Zhong Xiang are in a mess in Dingzhou and Chenzhou. Although Li Cheng had the upper hand, his subordinates were not good at water warfare, and neither side could help anyone, and they were entangled and confronted in Hunan.

I heard that this Li Cheng's soldiers and horses are all elite in the north, and they can fight well, and Li Cheng has the courage of ten thousand people. If he is brought to Jianghan, it can be a counterweight to Wang Shen.

Thinking of this, Li Heng perked up, pointed to a few stone benches under the banyan tree, motioned for all the staff to sit down, and slowly said his thoughts.

Finally, he blew his nose and said, "Everyone, do you think this can be done?" ”

A staff member frowned: "It's not okay to be public, Xiaosheng heard that this Li Cheng was recruited by Wang Shen at the beginning, and the two of them have a good personal relationship." If Li Cheng is recruited over, the two of them will be in cahoots, and it will be even more troublesome. Although Wang Shen is arrogant, he can do things well to represent Du Chong's face, and he may not be willing to do things absolutely. And this Li Cheng is extremely angry, and no one knows if he will be of the same mind as Xianggong. If we tear our faces, won't we invite a vicious tiger for nothing? ”

"yes, yes, think twice." All the staff members are worried, as this person said just now, although Wang Shen is hateful, he still has a bottom line in doing things. But when Li Cheng was in Lianghuai before, he attacked the state and plundered the county, robbed the people, but he did everything. Thinking of Li Cheng's ferocity in slaughtering the people in Lianghuai, everyone was terrified.

Li Hengweng was angry and said: "You don't know if you wait, that's right, Li Cheng was recruited by Wang Shen, but what can be used is the name of Zhang Deyuan and Zhang Xiang, but this sentiment is to be recorded on Zhang Jun's head, and it has nothing to do with him Wang Shen." Our officials of the Great Song Dynasty are officials in the court, and the most important thing is their background. Now Li Cheng is Zhang Deyuan's person, and he Wang Shen is Du Chong's protégé. Zhang Xiang and Du Chong are political enemies. For this alone, it is impossible for the two to collude. Otherwise, what should they think of the prime minister on their heads? Also, Li Cheng killed Du Chong's family in Kaifeng at the beginning, and the feud between the two was as deep as the sea. You say, does Li Cheng dare to be close to Wang Shen? For another analogy, even if Wang Shen looked at the past feelings, he didn't have the heart to win Li Cheng. However, if Du Chong ordered the surname Wang to do it, would the Sizhou army dare to disobey the order? ”

"Wang and Li are both battlefield tiger generals, the so-called one mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, even if they have a good personal relationship, even if there is no relationship between Du Chong, the two army leaders will fight for territory and real profits. In the eyes of lowly soldiers, what is the so-called morality, ethics, and righteousness? ”

"Silk ......" listened to Li Heng's words and explain the truth thoroughly, and all the staff members took a breath of cold air, and their faces flashed with different colors.

"I admire the wisdom of the minister."

"However......" one of the staff members asked cautiously: "Li Xianggong, there is still a concern that his subordinates want to ask for advice." ”

Li Heng blew his nose for a long time, his nose was red, he opened his mouth wide and took a breath: "You say." ”

The man said: "Yes, as Xianggong said, Li Cheng and Wang Shen have different masters. Moreover, because Li Cheng killed Du Chong's entire clan back then, he had formed a deep feud, and it was impossible for the two to become one. However, even if the prime minister lured Li Cheng to Jianghan, he might not be willing to listen to the minister's dispatch. Don't forget, Li Cheng is a person who is Zhang Deyuan's father-in-law. In the end, if Li Chengruo has Jianghan, it is also Zhang Xianggong's prestige that grows, and I am busy with it, and I made a wedding dress for Zhang Deyuan. ”

"Yes, that's right!" The crowd echoed.

"You're short of knowledge." Li Heng smiled faintly: "Why did Zhang Deyuan go to Shaanxi this time, first, because he likes to do things and like to lead soldiers; The second is that he has lost the trust of the official family in the court, so he is far away from the land of Lin'an. Li Cheng, as Zhang Deyuan's protégé, will inevitably be affected. Moreover, Zhang Jun is far away in Shaanxi, separated from Hunan by thousands of mountains and rivers, and he can't take care of Li Cheng at all. If I were Li Cheng, I would only think about finding another backer now. These people who lead the troops, such as Wang Shenzhi, changing the court is as simple as drinking water, if Li Cheng is shrewd enough, how to choose, he naturally knows it in his heart. ”

With that, he stood up and slammed the wet towel covering his forehead to the ground: "Pen and ink waiter, I want to write a letter to Li Cheng." In addition, in the name of my envoy Si Xingyuan, I gave an order to Wang Shen, ordering him to send troops to Ding and Chen Erzhou, and cooperate with Li Cheng to exterminate the anti-thieves in the Lake District, so that the two of them would meet first. Don't be afraid of chaos, the more chaotic the better. ”

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As a person with an old soldier, he has lived in the barracks since he was a child, and in the past two years, from Kaifeng to Huaibei, then to Jiangnan, and now to Hunan, Chen Lanruo has seen too many lives and deaths.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there are too many scenes where there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

However, there is no place like the tragic situation in Hunan at this moment.

At this moment, she was leading a dozen cavalry soldiers in a deserted village where no one could be found alive.

Before, Chen Lanruo followed Li Cheng's army all the way and ate all the way, and never stayed in one place for a month. But now that they have gone south of Dongting Lake, it has been three months, and they have experienced many battles large and small.

It is only now that she has come to realize the extent to which the war has devastated the local area and the extent to which the people have been miserable.

The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and where does the food come from? If it is in a peaceful year, all the provisions of the army shall be free of expenditure of the state treasury. It's just that in today's troubled times, the court itself is difficult to protect, and everyone can only find their own way. As for the way - it is nothing more than two means: expropriation and robbery.

In the end, it must be implemented on the heads of the people one by one.

Everywhere the army passes, it is a huge amount of money every day that people eat and chew. All the people of the locality, as long as they have not died, must be conscripted into the army, either as soldiers or as men. The people were robbed of their goods, but the people were taken away, and no one planted any crops in the field, and they were desolate.

After a few months, there was no harvest, and it was an unprecedented famine.

Li Tianwang and Zhong Xiang have been repeatedly seesawing in the lake area for more than three months, and tens of thousands of corpses on both sides are ambushed, and white bones are filled in the hills and ravines. The war spread to three prefectures and counties, and the food was robbed by soldiers and horses on both sides, and the people were all conscripted. In Dingzhou, where the war was most intense, according to the statistics of the state government, there were more than 10,000 household registrations left. Depending on the situation, there are no decades that cannot be recovered.

Moreover, the war is still going on, and perhaps more than 10,000 families will die cleanly.

When Zhong Xiang is suppressed, the three states of Ding, Chen, and Li will not be able to stay, and they will ...... in the future Where can you go?

It was the middle of the night, and the electric light flickered outside, and there was a faint sound of thunder. But the clouds were dense and the air was so hot that it was maddening.

Chen Lanruo thought of this, but her heart was cold: fighting, fighting, charging, and fleeing...... When is it a head...... I'm so tired.

She took off her coat, leaving only a dirty garment, and was wiping her sweaty vest with a wet towel.

In the swaying light and shadow of the bonfire, the embroidery is circling and twisting, as if it is about to come to life.

In the embroidery, there are large and small scars one after another, so that not only does not make people afraid, but with her wonderful and upright body, there is a thrilling beauty.

Compared with a year ago, Chen Lanruo gained some weight. No, it should be said that it is more fit. Her former small breasts have become larger, and there is a striking fish-man line on her abdomen.

This is the unique heroic beauty that belongs to the daughter of the Northland, which is very visually striking compared to the gentle and white skin of the South.

However, the horsemen who were eating around the campfire did not react to the thrilling beauty of the general, but kept pouring southern rice brew into their mouths, cutting off a piece of meat from the ox leg that was on the fire with a knife, and then grabbing it with their hands full of black mud, throwing it into their mouths, and munching it heavily.

The soldiers whispered and laughed, as if they were talking about the seizure a while ago, and ...... The woman in the Qinglou in Dingzhou City.

Seeing these subordinates who turned a blind eye to him, Chen Lanruo suddenly felt an indescribable resentment in her heart, and then boundless depression: These killers no longer treat me as a woman. In their minds, I am just an invincible warrior who can lead them to survive on the battlefield and get the spoils of war. To me, they admired, revered, and feared...... But I'm just a woman, and that's not what I want!

She married Ma Gao when she was sixteen years old, when she was still young and did not understand the relationship between men and women. The words of the matchmaker of the parents, anyway, just listen to the words of the father and mother and go to the Ma family. As for whether the thief is good or bad, what does it matter.

After Ma Gao died under Du Chong's knife, she was saddened. However, reality did not allow her to grieve. Hundreds of soldiers, thousands of war horses, Nuo family, so many people want to eat and drink, and they are all counting on her.