"What's going on?"

On the surface of the Yangtze River at the mouth of the Qishui River, Li Heng asked. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On the boat, the soldier who had screamed earlier stretched out his finger and pointed to Qi Chuncheng in the distance: "Xianggong, look." ”

"Ahh After just glancing at that end, Li Heng took a big breath of cold air.

I saw that Qichun City, more than 20 miles away, was just a small black spot in a wilderness, which was simply negligible. If you don't use your eyesight, you really can't see clearly.

However, the cumulonimbus clouds over the city were enormous in comparison.

The black clouds are like a cauldron clasped on the Qichun City, with teeth and claws, fierce and abnormal.

In the darkness, there was a flicker of electric light, and a faint thunder rumbled down.

The rain is dripping down, and it is a rare sight to see in the summer sky.

Qichun City has already ignited a raging fire, and when it is poured by the rain like a waterfall, white water vapor rises in an instant. Rolling upwards, connected with the dark clouds in the sky, black and white, still and moving, forming a magnificent picture.

No need to guess, anyone with a brain knows that Qichun City has been conquered by the Sizhou army, and fierce street battles are taking place inside.

The art of war is cloudy, and ten rules surround it. Wang Shen was able to besiege Qichun for two months, which shows that his forces have an absolute upper hand over Kong Yanzhou. In a cold weapon war, once the attacker rushes into the city, it has almost won the battle.

Calling out this, Li Heng realized the seriousness of the problem, and couldn't help but turn his head and shout into the cabin: "Deyuan, Deyuan, come out quickly, something is wrong!" ”

A calm voice came: "The old man has seen it, why is Yanping panicking like this?" ”

A green shirt walked up to the deck, and the pergola in his hand also looked north.

This person has long steps, with three long beards on his face, and looks elegant and chic, and it is Zhang Jun, the new Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy.

Li Heng's face was anxious: "Yesterday, you and I received a letter from Lu Benzhong, Lu Juren and Kong Yanzhou, talking about Kong Yanzhou's introduction to the imperial court's recruitment. And please you and I accept the reorganization of the Confucius Department, and order Wang Shen to withdraw the siege and retreat. Why is it that after one night, Qi Chun is about to be taken by Wang Shen? It's really hateful, I can't let him go on like this. ”

"Can't you? Seeing that Wang Shen has already entered the city, the arrow is ready to fly, how can he get it? Zhang Jun asked lightly.

Li Heng: "The trust you and I sent should have found Wang Shen, but he is still continuing to attack Kong Yanzhou, which is purely treating you and me as nothing." In the future, I will go through Jing Chu, and there is still a place to borrow from Kong Yanzhou. After all, Kong Bu is an elite soldier trained by the Tokyo Left-behind Division, how can he not be here? ”

Zhang Jun smiled: "Without Kong Yanzhou, wouldn't there be Wang Daosi?" Although there are not many Sizhou troops, they are a first-class strong army. At the beginning, when Wang Daosi was in Jiankang, he defeated the Jurchen kidnapping horse, forcing the Wushu to divert the Jiangdu to cross the river. The military and civilians of Jiankang City can be said to live because of him. With such an invincible tiger here, it is also expected that Jianghan will be pacified and even included in the six counties of Xiangyang. Kong Yanzhou was cruel and cunning, rebelled repeatedly, and was suppressed by Wang Shen, which is not a big deal, why do you bother to protect Kong Juji. The so-called, no hole butcher still eats hairy pigs? ”

Seeing the calmness on his face, Li Heng was so anxious that he stomped his feet. He and Zhang Junnai are colleagues in the Privy Council, and their personal relationship is also good. Although it is a relationship between superiors and subordinates, it can be said casually: "Deyuan, are you really confused or pretending to be confused." Kong Yanzhou repeatedly villains are not good at moderation, but once he is recruited, he can be used by me with kindness and righteousness. But Wang Shen is a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised, and he is afraid that he will not listen to a word of my words. Deyuan started to pass through Shaanxi this time, although the whole territory of Guanzhong has fallen, but the remnants of the Western Army at hand by Wu Jie are still there, and they can still be used. And behind them, there are three places in Hanzhong and Bashu that can raise troops. This Jing Chu has been completely eroded, without Kong Yanzhou, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, Deyuan, you are really standing and talking without fear of back pain! ”

Speaking of this, looking at the smoke rushing to the sky in the distance, Li Heng's eyes were red, and his heart was extremely irritable.

The two had a personal relationship, and in the past month, they have traveled from Hangzhou to Huangzhou, taking the same boat, getting along day and night, and have become close friends who talk about everything, and he will not hide his thoughts in front of Zhang Deyuan.

Yes, Jing Chu's side has been turned upside down by Zhang Yong and Cao Chengde's army of more than 100,000 thieves. These thieves are all battle-hardened elites, and they may flee when dealing with the Jurchens, but it is easy and happy to clean up the official army of the Great Song Dynasty. Worshiping the empty treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, he came to Jianghan this time, and the court did not allocate a penny, nor did he give a single soldier.

The official family only gave a holy decree, ordering him to be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Ezhou, Anlu, and Xiangyang, which means that I don't have any soldiers, you recruit them yourself; If you want money, you don't have it, you just go to the local area to collect it yourself.

Originally, if Jing Chu didn't have so many thieves to cause trouble, he only needed a notice to go out, and soldiers and food would not be a problem. But now, except for Wang Shen's Huangzhou, the entire Jianghan region has been occupied by the thief army, and he Li Heng is a bare-bones commander. This time I came to Jianghan, I was a messenger to death.

In contrast, although Zhang Jun is also on the road alone, his situation is so good that it is heavenly. As he said just now, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Wujie side of the mountainous area in southern Shaanxi that can be controlled, and they are all the elite of the old Western army. As for money and grain, there are two base areas in Hanzhong and Sichuan, and they have inexhaustible manpower and material resources.

Why are people so different?

That's right, after all, Zhang Deyuan is the hero of Qingtian's protection, and he is almost one step into the political hall, and he can't compare with himself in terms of status or favor in the official family.

Along the way, he was thinking about how to open up the situation after arriving in Hubei.

I thought about it for a long time, but I found that it was a dead end, and if I couldn't stay for a while, I would be driven back to Lin'an by the rebels because I couldn't stand.

At that time, his future is really over, in fact, being sent to Jingxiang this time is already a disguised deposition.

The politics of the Song Dynasty has always been to emphasize the central government and ignore the localities. Those who lose the political battle in the court usually go down to the local office, this time he is like this, and Zhang Deyuan is about the same, so he took the initiative to ask for it, right?

If he couldn't make a career in Jianghan, his Li Heng's political life would have come to an end.

Just last night, Lu Benzhong and Kong Yanzhou's urgent letter arrived, and Li Heng immediately realized that this was a good opportunity for him to break the game.

Kong Yanzhou has soldiers and territory, which is a force that can be relied on. The best thing is that the surname Kong is a rogue, there is no one in the court, and if you want to survive, you can only follow yourself closely and be your own lackey.

Li Heng didn't know that Kong Yanzhou's letter to Zhang Jun asking for Zhao'an came from Lu Benzhong. Old man Lu said such a sentence nonsense in order to protect himself at that time, and as soon as he said this, Kong Yanzhou believed it.

In fact, Lu Benzhong didn't expect this letter to fall into Zhang Jun's hands, so he just thought about delaying it for a few days. But he didn't want Zhang and Li to come so quickly, and the messenger's luck was good, so he intercepted their official ship on the Yangtze River.

This thought arose in his heart, wanting to take Kong Jiajun into his pocket, Li Heng was so excited that he lost sleep.

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Qichun City, but looking at the situation over there, Wang Shen had already entered the city. Kong Yanzhou's entire army was wiped out, and it was a certainty that Qizhou would become the territory of his king.

Li Heng was disappointed and sad and angry, and when he heard Zhang Jun say this, he couldn't help but say: "Deyuan, don't you forget who Wang Shen is, is he willing to listen to you and me?" Betrayal of the master thief, despicable villain! ”

Yes, Wang Shen used to be the doorman of Zhang Jun's doorman, and later went to Jiangbei to recruit Li Cheng, pacify Huaixi, and made great contributions. But just because Zhang Deyuan erased his credit, he should change the door and join Du Chong's door.

And because of Du Chong's support, he became the defense envoy of Huangzhou, which was like a festival town, guarding one side, and the scenery was unique for a while.

Compared with the two, I don't know how to resent Zhang Jun with the surname Wang.

The worst thing is that when the Jurchens went south to Jianghuai, Zhang Jun saw that Jiangbei was eroded, and asked for an order to control the soldiers and horses of Jianghuai, and it was Du Chong who was in charge of the military of Jiangnan and Jiangbei at that time. As a result, the two completely turned their faces.

Later, Zhang Shujun wanted to enter the political hall, and there were also calls in the government and the opposition to let him replace the mediocre and incompetent Du Chong, and the two had become undying political enemies.

The loss of Tokyo caused a large area of Jianghuai to be lost, and Du Chong's reputation was extremely bad, and he was about to be finished. But at this time, Wang Shen, who had just invested in Dumen, was born. With more than 1,000 weak soldiers, he defeated the Jurchen Iron Cavalry across the river, and beheaded the general of the Jin State to complete the Yan Pull out and defend Jinling.

Jiankang's military, political, and economic significance is so significant, it can be said that Jinling is in the south of the Yangtze River; Jinling is lost, and Jiangnan is gone.

No one can erase such a peerless achievement, Du Chong, the villain, relied on this hearty victory to keep the position of the political hall, Jane is in the emperor's heart, and there is a great possibility that he will become a palm print in the future.

This blow was a deep blow to Zhang Deyuan, and he could only receive the holy decree and leave Lin'an.

Now, in the court, there are villains who have climbed Du Chong to form the Du Party.

As the banner figure of the Du Party's leading army outside, Wang Shen naturally would not give him a good face and Zhang Deyuan, let alone listen to his Li Heng's orders.

Hearing Li Heng's angry words, Zhang Jun smiled faintly: "Yanping, no matter how you say it, you are also the military and political chief of Jianghan, and the imperial court has its own laws and disciplines." Maybe Wang Daosi is unwilling to be restrained by you, but the 100,000 thief army is a disaster for An Lu and Jiang Han, and he Wang Shen also has the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the enemy, so let's seek common ground while reserving differences! The old man passed by Huangzhou this time, and found an opportunity to have a good talk with him, thinking that the Wang Defense Envoy would focus on the overall situation of state affairs. ”

"How can a husband pin his hopes on others, a military ruffian, and understand what national affairs and righteousness? No, I have to rush to Qichun right away. Speaking of this, Li Heng couldn't stay any longer, and ordered: "Put the springboard and prepare the horse!" ”