Li Gang, the Xuanfu Division, sat behind the desk and carefully reviewed the file. As we approach the end of the year, there are many things to deal with urgently. All the prisons, financial endowments, civil affairs, military services, and officials have reviewed all kinds of things, and it is time to sum up. What is strange is that this supreme governor of Shaanxi has experienced countless ups and downs, and even today the land under his feet has to be ceded to the Jurchens. Supposedly, he should be worried. But at this moment, Li Boji was unusually calm, he flipped through the documents with one hand, held a brush with the other, and kept giving instructions.

The light in the hall dimmed, and it seemed that it was nearly dusk. The adjutants who were working outside the second hall had already packed up their things and were ready to go home. Xuanfu Judge Wang Shu came out of a nearby room, saw Xuanxiang's head buried lower and lower, and hurriedly stepped forward to palm the lamp. When he put the candlestick on Li Gang's desk, the latter raised his head and said in surprise: "It's so late? ”

"Xuanxiang, it's not too early, let's go back." Wang Shu said in a low voice. The current Xuanfu Division may be the only yamen in Chang'an City who still insists on working.

Li Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's okay, there are still some copywriting at hand that need to be reviewed, you can go." ”

Wang Shu wanted to say something, but his lips moved, but he didn't say it. glanced at Li Gang, turned around and walked out. Fang had barely walked two steps, and a voice sounded behind him: "Zi is still in the land." ”

Zishang is the cousin of Wang Shu, and Li Xuanfu rarely calls him so, and generally calls him an official title politely. Therefore, Wang Shu was quite surprised when he heard this, and turned around and said, "What else does Xuan Xiang command?" ”

Li Gang put down the pen, turned out of the desk, pointed to the seat, and motioned for him to sit down. It was freezing cold, so he poured two cups of hot tea with his own hands and brought them to him before sitting down. Holding the teacup in his hand, Li Gang looked very calm, thought about it, and asked, "Xu Ziang attacked Wannian, there should be news, right?" ”

Wang Shu finally said what he wanted to say just now: "Xuan Xiang, Xia Guan really doesn't understand. Since the imperial court has decided to make peace, why do you support Xu Wei's behavior? ”

"This is not Xu Wei's proposition, but the meaning of the original appearance." Li Gang immediately corrected his words.

"Xianggong, this is trying to shoulder all the responsibilities on one shoulder?" Wang Shu asked.

Li Gang chuckled when he heard this, and did not answer for a while. Now there is no responsibility or irresponsibility, and one of the ways in which the imperial court made peace with the Jin people was to deal with Shaanxi officials related to the Western army's attack on Hedong. Among them, Zhang Shen surrendered, Wang seemed to be arrested, He Guan was recalled to Xing, count and count, who is left? Isn't it just me Li Gang? Besides, Shaanxi is under my jurisdiction, and if it is not for Song and Jin to negotiate peace, I am afraid that I will not be able to stay, and it will be a matter of time before I am dismissed.

The situation has reached this point, and all I can do is to be as thoughtful as possible before I leave my job. Xu Wei wanted to take advantage of the Jin Army's unpreparedness and suddenly attack, so let him fight, and defeat a little bit is a little bit. I don't care how many enemies I can annihilate, and I don't care how much lost territory I can recover, what matters is to send a message to the Jurchens.

What the imperial court will do with itself is still unknown. The big deal is that the official is dismissed and degraded, it doesn't matter, I've been exiled once, do you care how many times? On the contrary, after his resignation, the situation in Shaanxi is worrying. According to the usual practice, the Xuanfu envoy is dismissed, and the Xuanfu judge is to act on his behalf. Wang Shu is a sincere person, and it is impossible for him to be able to suppress the generals of the Western Army. How much of a false name do you have, Zhulu Shuai Shou is always respectful on the surface. If he leaves, Wang Shu may be difficult to control the situation.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Gang said earnestly: "Zishang, it is estimated that the period of my resignation is not far away. After a period of time, Shaanxi's stall will have to rely on you. ”

This is exactly what Wang Shu has been worried about for days, he has self-knowledge, Li Gang and He poured something that the two of them have not been able to do, why should he? He said in a low voice: "I am worried about ...... of my job"

"You don't have to worry, it's useless to worry. The situation continues to deteriorate, and I am very sorry to leave a scarred Shaanxi for you. No matter how difficult it is, Zishang must do his best to maneuver. If Shaanxi dies, there is no hope of recovery! In civil affairs, the prime minister is not worried, but as for the military, you have to rely on Xu Wei more. In the roads of Shaanxi, the only one who can be relied on is him. After the prime minister leaves his post, you can appoint him as the commander of the capital, and he will support you. Li Gang instructed the other party in a calm tone.

Wang Shu was silent for a long time, and said helplessly: "Xiaguan do your best." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a member of the assistant enter the second hall and said quickly: "Xuan Xiang, there is news from before the army." ”

Wang Shu got up suddenly: "How was the result?" Let him in! On the contrary, it was Li Gang, who was very calm.

There was a loud bang, and as soon as he stepped inside, his face could not be seen clearly in the dim light, and when he got closer, he realized that he was a young general, no more than thirty years old. The appearance is dignified, and the end is mighty!

The general hugged his fist at Li Wang and the others: "Humble Xu Cheng, I have seen Xuanxiang, and the king is sentenced." ”

"Xu Cheng? Are you Xu Wei's cousin? Li Gang asked.

"Exactly, he was ordered by the marshal to return to the city and report to Xuan Xiang. The enemy of 10,000 years has been wiped out by our army. Xu Cheng didn't say much, and he didn't even describe the battle, because in the eyes of the Hujie generals, this time the battle for ten thousand years, although it was won, it was not worth hype. Because the commander of the Yongxing army dispatched nearly 50,000 horse infantry troops! If this can't defeat Yan Yinshu, then let's all go home and pick up the children, don't lead the troops to fight.

"Purge? You mean......" Wang Shu was a little unconvinced.

"Sir, this is indeed the case, the enemy has been completely defeated, and only a very small number of remnants of the enemy have broken through and escaped." Xu Cheng replied.

Li Gang and Wang Shu glanced at each other, this Xu Wei only set off in the morning, and there are dozens of miles away from here in ten thousand years, right? It's over so soon? And it's a war of annihilation! How did he do it?

"After the prime minister sent a lowly post to return to the city, one is to report the battle situation, and the other is to report to the commander, after the army rests for a day, immediately transfer to Yaozhou, and Jingyuan Jinglu appeases the Xu Yan Division, and jointly attack the enemy in Yaozhou." Xu Cheng said again.

Li Gang Wang Shu sighed when he heard it. If you knew this, what would you do to make peace? Let the Purple Gold Tiger let go and fight! But then again, if it weren't for Song Jin reaching a peace agreement, Muhan probably wouldn't have withdrawn his troops, maybe he was still besieging Chang'an City.

The Battle of 10,000 Years can be said to be the first battle of annihilation fought by Xu Wei. The Jin army had more than 10,000 horse infantry troops, and the entire army was almost wiped out. In this battle, the infantry army, as the main force of the attack, certainly worked hard. However, the cavalry led by Yang Zaixing and Ma Tai did play a role in expanding the results of the battle. After the Jin army retreated, General Yang Ma waved his army to cover the killing, so that Yinshu could ambush the corpse for more than ten miles. The only regret is that Wanyan Yinshu Ke himself broke through and escaped under the escort of the Ma army. Yang Zaixing once again showed his true colors as a peerless general, and at the last moment of the battle, he only led dozens of horsemen to chase Yinshuke. Later, he captured a Jurchen noble general with a gold ring in his ear, and when he came back to ask, he was just a thousand-commander. Let Yang Zaixing not be angry!

After the war, Xu Wei ordered a day off. Settle the wounded, straighten out the equipment, and on November 20, go straight to Yaozhou!

At the beginning, Xu Yan took advantage of the weakness to connect the two states of Keningfang, and Mu Han sent Wanyan Yinshu Ke and Wanyan Huonu to stop it. Later, after receiving the promise of the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty, the two were withdrawn. Ordered Yinshu to be stationed for 10,000 years to wait to receive Chang'an, and ordered Pucha Shijianu to be stationed in Yaozhou, only to wait for the Jingyuan army to withdraw, and then to receive Ningfang Erzhou.

On the issue of staying around Chang'an, some generals in the army believe that they should still keep more troops, after all, according to Zhang Shen, Xu Wei should bring about 50,000 armor. Although Mu Han thought that the peace talks had been successful, Xu Wei should not have any more misdeeds, but for the sake of prudence, he still left Yinshu to lead an army of 15,000 troops to be stationed in 10,000 years not far from Chang'an, and let Pucha Shijianu lead 20,000 troops in Yaozhou. One is to cooperate with Yinshuke, and the other is to take over Ningfang Erzhou, and Xu Yuan of Jingyuan can also be guarded against. Of these 35,000 people, Muhan has already done his best. There is a curved end in the west of Yan'an, and there is a folded family in the north, which is enough for him to have a headache.

Moreover, as soon as the peace talks were settled, he was busy going to the fields, and it was already November, and if the wheat was not planted again, the supply of the army next year would have to rely on Hedong and the country. The problem is that Hedong has been devastated by war and has seen a sharp decline in household registration, so there is no hope at all. If you want to transport it from the country, the road is far away, in case there is a variable, far water can not quench the thirst of the near. If you want to gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi, the best way is to solve the logistical problem first under the constraints of the Song-Jin Peace Conference.

On the afternoon of 20 November, Xu Wei led more than 40,000 horses and infantry troops to Xianyang, when disaster came.

At that time, the troops were marching at full speed, with flags flying all over the sky and a tide of men and horses. On this trip to Yaozhou, Xu Wei was more confident than the day before yesterday, because he had already informed Xu Yan that he would attack from both sides.

"Dashuai, if you defeat the enemy of Yaozhou again, Guanzhong will inevitably be shocked! At that time, whether it is Huanqing Quduan or Jingyuan Xu Jingluo, I believe that there will be some moves. This game of dead chess made the big handsome come alive. "Wu Jue and Xu Wei are half a horse's head away, one in front and one in parallel.

"Then I have to thank Sticky Han, no, thank the court. If it weren't for the peace between the north and the south, and Muhan relaxed his vigilance, how would it give our army a chance to break through? However, it is believed that it will not be long before all parties will receive an edict to convey the news of Song Jin's proposal and land cession. Jingyuan Xu Jing is slightly likely to send troops, but Qu Duan is not necessarily. Xu Wei said.

Wu Jue laughed when he heard this, and after a while, he said: "I think that the best situation is that when Mu Han heard the news, he was angry and took revenge. That Qu Dashuai saw that there was a hole to exploit and attacked Yan'an. In this way, the Jin army will be lively. ”

"He avenged the enemy, and estimated that the Jin Army's grain and grass were running out at this time." Xu Wei sneered.

Wu Jue nodded frequently, this is true. Judging from the scale of the Jin army's siege of Chang'an, there are definitely more than 100,000 people. Such a large corps consumes a lot of money every day. And don't forget, the Jin army's attack on Shaanxi began with Wanyan Lousu, and I treated him as if he had brought half a year's grain. But in the battle of Dingrong, the Jin army was defeated, and I gained a lot of grain and grass. At that time, Lou Su led the remnants of the army to guard Tongguan, and according to Luoyang, life must have been tight. When Mu Han came to help in person, I also took half a year's worth of food for him, but he still had to take care of Yan Lousu's troops for half a year, how long was enough to eat?

The time spent on the capture of Yan'an is not short, is it, how much does it cost? Even if he grabbed the grain from Shaanxi and got Zhang Shen's help, but after besieging Chang'an for three months, how much food could he afford to eat like this? No wonder the marshal is full of confidence, and he is willing to take the risk to eat the Jin army of Wannian and Yaozhou, but it turns out that he has calculated that he has no capital to fight again. The court will discuss and return to peace, as long as there is no formal peace treaty, Lao Tzu will fight first! Anyway, we are not afraid of running out of food, backed by the country of abundance, rich in products, and we will accompany us to the end for ten years!

In addition, there is another reason, Wu Jue may not understand.

The number of times Xu Wei and Zhao Huan have met can be counted with one pair of hands, but he can see the character of this great Song emperor from the policy changes of the imperial court in the past few years. That is, swinging! Seeing that there was a bargain, he wanted to take advantage of it, but once he didn't please him, he panicked and messed up. Therefore, there has been no definite number of fights and peaces.

This time, he saw the Jindong Route Army sweeping through the Central Plains of Shandong and chasing him all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. The Western Route Army captured Yanyan again and went straight to the Guanzhong Plain, so they panicked, changed course, and wanted peace talks. If at this time, he heard that the front line had won the battle and the officers and troops had regained lost ground one after another, I am afraid that he would immediately change his attitude, be happy and fluttering.

"Handsome! Handsome! There was a cry from behind. Xu Wei looked back, only to see an officer galloping towards him, came to him, clenched his fist, and gasped: "Handsome! Chang'an is here! ”

"Who? What are you here for? Xu Wei's heart jumped and blurted out.

"I don't know, I just said that Zhenjiang Xing is sending personnel!" The officer replied.

Xu Wei and Wu Jue's faces changed, where is Zhenjiang? What's going on? What are the officials sent by Zhenjiang to chase after me? Don't...... Exercise! At this juncture, don't give me any twelve gold medals!

Just as he was wondering, he caught a glimpse of several horses running from afar. Because some of them were wearing official robes, they caused the soldiers on the march to look sideways! Running to the front, Xu Wei found that the first person, about in his early thirties, was handsome, magnificent, wearing a cyan official robe, wearing a head with a few long beards, very elegant. This guy seems to have seen it somewhere, and it looks a little familiar!

The man waved at the purple gold tiger and said, "The lower official has seen the prince of the scriptures. ”

Xu Wei looked him up and down and asked, "This adult is so good-looking, have you seen it before?" ”

"The handsome man is handsome, busy with military affairs, he is forgetful, and he is subordinate to Zhang Jun." The man chuckled.

Zhang Jun? ZHANG Jun...... Oh, yes, when I was in Tokyo, I remember who I was with Orihiko and when I went to the Privy Council to do something together, I met him on the way and met him, so it's no wonder that I felt a little kind. It's been a few years, why are you still wearing green skin? Don't see a promotion?

"Oh, I don't know why Lord Zhang is here?" Xu Wei asked tentatively.

Zhang Jun looked around for a while, and saw that Xu Wei's army was at its peak and marching rapidly, and he didn't know what kind of mentality he had, so he sighed: "Alas, I'm afraid the marshal is going to give the order to strangle the troops." ”

And so it was! Damn! It's coming!

"Why?" Although Xu Wei was angry in his heart, he still asked calmly.

"Please give the order of the commander to stop the march, and it is not too late for the commander to report in detail." Zhang Junlang said.

Xu Wei said without thinking: "It's okay, let's talk while walking." After finishing speaking, he urged the war horse to move forward. Zhang Jun was stunned, but still chased after him.

Wu Jue and the others and Zhang Jun's entourage all followed, Xu Wei was furious in his heart, and turned around with a false whip: "Don't follow!" ”

Zhang Jun also turned around to stop his entourage, and then saddled with Xu Wei, waited for a while, and saw that Xu Wei didn't ask him. Then he said to himself: "The lower official is here to be ordered to enter Shaanxi to preach the edict." ”

Xu Wei looked straight ahead and asked, "What is the will of the Holy Lord?" ”

"Immediately dismiss Li Gang's Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy and send him back to Zhenjiang to wait for his fate." Zhang Jun said in a low voice.

Although he had expected this day, when Xu Wei heard it with his own ears, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. When he was sighing, he suddenly turned his head: "What did you say?" 'Solution' back to Zhenjiang? "This official has been dismissed from his post and wants to be recalled to the imperial court, so he will go back and wait for his fate. Why did you escort Li Gang to Xing? Does this portend anything?

Zhang Jun nodded silently, without saying a word. Xu Wei sighed, and there was no more.

After a long time, I heard Zhang Junyan say: "There is another edict, which is for the big handsome." ”

Xu Wei was not in the mood, and said casually: "With the armor on your body, forgive me for the difficult salute, let's ask Lord Zhang to return to Chang'an before making a statement." ”

"It should be so, but the lower official can tell the marshal in advance. The line is awarding the marshal as the 'upper protector', which is the third product, and it is only half a step away from the 'Jianjie'. Zhang Jun said.

This is also a false title, the military system of the Song Army, with more than 50 military ranks, the highest rank, is the second rank of the captain, and the second, is the fifth rank of the doctor. Of course, it is impossible for a military minister to be promoted from the fifth rank to the second rank all at once. Between these two military ranks, there are also the generals of the Zhuwei from the fourth rank, the general of the Zhuwei from the fourth rank, the general of the Zhuwei from the third rank, the upper protector of the third rank, and the supreme glory of the military ministers who want to wear the "envoy from the second grade", and the military ministers from the ninth rank to the second rank can be regarded as alive. Of course, if the emperor loves you so much, he can give you a "plus" and a first-class member. From this, it can be seen that the false title of the upper protector is indeed only half a step away from the festival envoy.

Xu Wei's face was expressionless, and these vain official titles were all floating clouds to him.

"In addition, Qin Fengshuai Zhao Dian, transferred to Xingzai, appointed as the 'patrol envoy in the capital', Qin Fengshuai Yin, and was taken over by Dashuai." Zhang Junman thought that when this sentence came out, you Xu Jiu should always express it a little, right? Who knows, Xu Wei continued to move forward as if he hadn't heard it. This is not unusual at all, the imperial court cut out Yan Yan, cut out Shaanxi Hua, and cut out the Yongxing military road. Of course, if you want to find a place for yourself, Qin Feng is the best choice.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Jun said in his heart that this little Xu Jing is slightly more than a prince, why can't the oil and salt enter? With a horizontal heart, he simply put it together: "The appointment of the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi system of Brother Quan has not been approved by Zhenjiang Xing, and the appointment letter issued by the Tokyo Left-behind Division has been revoked. At the suggestion of the Privy Chief, after the collegial deliberation of the 'Detailed Deliberation Division', it was unanimously agreed that in the case of vacancies in both the Xuanfu envoy and the system envoy, the government affairs should be presided over by the Xuanfu Judge Wang Shu, and the military affairs should be temporarily taken over by Xu Dashuai. ”