The person in charge of the telecommunications office rushed to Zhang Jingyao in a panic, he was very arrogant, like a guard dog under the scorching sun, he glanced at Li Tingyu in shock, and then fell silent, but the worry in his eyes could not be hidden, his eyes fell on Li Tingyu's eyes, Li Tingyu smiled slightly, and said to Zhang Jingyao: "If Zhang Dashuai has urgent official business to do, then the brother will leave." ”

Zhang Jingyao smiled bitterly and grabbed Li Tingyu and said: "Where did the elder brother say, now Hunan and Southeast belong to the same family, how can they distinguish each other?" As he spoke, he beckoned the person in charge of the telecommunications office to come over and said, "Just say something!" Li Dujun is not an outsider, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

The person in charge of the telecommunications office glanced at Li Tingyu and said timidly: "News came from the front, the southeast army and the southwest rebel party launched a fierce battle in Hengzhou City, the two sides suffered serious casualties, at the time of the stalemate, the southeast Hu Zhong division and Wu Hongchang division respectively attacked the left and right flanks of the southeast army, after about an hour of melee between the two sides, Tang Jiyao's army began to show signs of rout, and an hour and a half later, the southwest chaotic army retreated in formation, and when Hu Zhong's division was chasing and killing, it encountered sniping along the way of Shaodong Hu Ying's brigade and Shuangshan Peak Jin Handing division, and almost all the divisions were wiped out, Tang Jiyao also immediately killed a horse pistol after hearing the news, defeated Wu Hongchang's division, and once again came to Hengzhou City to start a big battle with Chang Zhenbang, at the critical moment Luo Xiaoshan thief Xiao Shanmao took the opportunity to attack the southwest army's grain and grass cultivation Loudi Shuangshan Peak, Tang Jiyao's army was shaken and finally turned into a small rout in the fierce battle, Chang Zhenbang took advantage of the situation to lead the guard division out of the city to fight, the morale of the southeast army was a big town, and the southwest chaotic army changed from a small rout to a big rout! ”

"How is Tang Jiyao?"

Zhang Jingyao asked nervously.

The person in charge of the telecommunications office said: "It is said that Tang Jiyao retreated under the disgust of the personal guards, gathered the remaining Dian army to flee to Changde through Loudi, and joined the second Yunnan army of Commander Zhang Kairu to fight in Hunan and then stick to Changde. ”

After hearing the news, Zhang Jingyao was really sweeter than eating meat, Tang Jiyao stuck to Changde in Xiangxi, which means that all areas south of Changde were abandoned, so that the area ruled by his Hunan overseer was much larger than before the war, at this time he really hoped that Chang Zhenbang would simply send troops to conquer Changde in one go, so that he, the Hunan overseer, would be more worthy of his name, of course, this is a beautiful thing to think about, but is Chang Zhenbang such a good person? There is a way to fly all the birds, the lackeys cook, if the southwest rebellion is wiped out, I can't say that I will be put into the poor mountains by Chang Zhenbang on my side. It is better to let the poor mountainous and remote land of Changde and Xiangxi remain in the hands of those people in Yunnan, and make it more stable for himself, the overlord of the soil.

Li Tingyu thought for a while and said, "What about Bi Biankang's Gui army and Zhao Hengti's Hunan army?" Is there a trend towards converging with Tang Jiyao? ”

The person in charge of the telecommunications office said: "Tang Jiyao has ordered these two troops to rush to Changdesa to converge, but unfortunately Bi Biankang's Gui army is trapped in Shaoyang, besieged by Lord Wu Hongchang, and can not go to Changde to converge, retreat can not return to Guangxi, it is really pitiful, as for Zhao Hengti's Hunan army is now in Yiyang Anhua to reorganize from the new, but it is also a big injury, there is no need to worry that General Hu Zhong will be able to recover the entire Yiyang and capture this thief alive." ”

As soon as Zhang Jingyao heard that Zhao Hengti was now defeated in Yiyang, he was under his nose, and after thinking about it for a long time, he immediately asked for his life: "Inspector Li, I am willing to lead the army to help General Hu Zhong!" ”

Li Tingyu glanced at Zhang Jingyao meaningfully, and said lightly: "If this is the words of the marshal, it is enough for the marshal to send Wei Mingshan to travel, as for the marshal, it is better to sit in Changsha!" lest some people make trouble, if Changsha is lost again, it is Chang Dashuang who has no ability to let Zhang Dashuai get Changsha again. ”

Zhang Jingyao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled embarrassedly: "Since this is what Li Dujun meant, how can my brother not obey the reason, Master Chang still hopes that Li Dujun will say a lot of good things, and my brother is grateful." ”

Li Tingyu nodded, and said: "People who are loyal to the southeast, Lord Chang will definitely not be stingy with the title, if you are half-hearted to the southeast, it will be Lord Chang who will bypass you, and the brothers will not let you go, Zhang Dashuai is good at himself, the brothers have something to do, and they have to go to Hengzhou, and Changsha will be handed over to you." ”

After saying goodbye, Li Tingyu led his troops out of the south gate of Changsha, and went straight to the direction of Hengzhou, not far away, after the spies reported that there were no suspicious people behind, the group quickly turned around and ran to Xiangtan, at this time, the county governor had already gone out of the city for twenty miles to welcome Li Tingyu in, Li Tingyu went straight to the county office, saw Ye Ji, who had been waiting here for a long time, and said: "Mr. Ye has been waiting for a long time." ”

Ye Ji said: "The Overseer has traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, it is really hard, how is the form of Changsha now?" ”

Li Tingyu said: "The city of Changsha is like the sea, the surface is calm and unobstructed, and the inside is turbulent, and it is about to erupt. If the army is insufficient, it is a monstrous disaster. ”

Ye Ji nodded and said: "It's too late, but it's not a bad thing, chaos, done by Zhang Jingyao, flat, it's our southeast business, between chaos and peace, the morale of the people of Hunan will be returned to adults, this deal is very cost-effective!" ”

Li Tingyu sighed and said: "It's just that Zhang Jingyao's guy is very tyrannical, and he is known as the Hungry Tiger Overseer, if he is allowed to continue to entrench in Changsha, I don't know how many innocent people will die at his hands." ”

Ye Ji glanced at him and said indifferently: "Even if Zhang Jingyao kills all the men, women, and children in Changsha City, how many can he die?" It looks like a lot, it sounds like a lot, but it's nothing more than the whole of Hunan, Lord Overseer, you have a good time by Chang Daren's side, you should know Chang Da better than the old man, if these Hunan people anger the Jing Luo Envoy, there will be more people who are afraid of death! No one likes to see death without saving, it's just that the ability can't be reached, although the old decay has this ability, but in order to save more people. The lesser of two evils may be a good choice. ”

Li Tingyu listened to his words and words, as well as the indifferent expression on his face, and the fire in his heart came up all of a sudden, but he was not a person from Meng Lang, so he naturally knew what kind of choice was right, what kind of choice was wrong, what kind of choice was good, what kind of choice was disadvantageous, what kind of choice was light, what kind of choice was heavy, otherwise he would never have come to this day, but the old man in front of him used dozens of lives as a stake, which had seriously exceeded his predictability and made him have a trace of emotional fluctuations, maybe he is falling behind with this society that makes him more and more heavy, in short, his morality cannot tolerate him in the face of such a thing and not dissuade it.

Ye Ji said: "No one would want this kind of thing to happen to him, but let it happen when it should happen, as for what we can do, all we can do is try our best to turn this matter into a trend that will help adults, and no one will blame us!" Li Dujun don't blame himself too much, by the way, what is the situation in Yueyang? ”

Li Tingyu said: "After the Yueyang guard saw the banner of our southeast, he was so frightened that it was called a miserable, although he didn't say that he peed his pants, but he also surrendered without a fight. ”

Ye Ji smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, and said, "Li Dujun has done a good job in this matter, it seems that the adult's decision should also be told to you." Li Tingyu hurriedly said, "Does Master Chang show me?" Ye Ji nodded, took out an official document and opened it slowly, glanced at Li Tingyu, who was standing upright and saluting like a great enemy with the official document floor, and said: "According to the order of Chang Da, the envoy of the southeast economic strategy, Li Tingyu, the overseer of Jiangxi, is hereby appointed as the director of the preparatory department of the southeastern and northern expeditionary armies. ”

Li Tingyu was taken aback, took the official document and looked at it again, from the style of choosing words and sentences and the habit of handwriting, he could conclude that this official document was written by Chang Zhenbang's own hand, and it was definitely not written by others, so the question is what is going on with the Northern Expedition in this official document! After the five-party talks, the southeast used troops one after another, first in the Great War in Central China, and then in the Battle of Hunan, and this daily consumption is Jinshan Yinhai Grain God, and now some provinces have already shown signs of unstable soldiers and financial difficulties, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid that there will be signs of collapse. Therefore, as one of the veterans of the formation of the southeast forces, Chang Zhenbang led the Jiangxi system to unify the rivers and mountains, but if he was reckless, he would never let Chang Zhenbang do anything wrong, thinking of this, he said coldly: "Where is Chang Daren now?" ”

Ye Ji said lightly: "Since Tang Jiyao's defeat, where is Lord Chang, even if he is close to a close minister like Lao Yu, I don't know what to do, so Li Dujun also please forgive Lao Yu for his incompetence, I can't tell you where my lord is now!" ”

Li Tingyu's face suddenly became a lot paler, the official document in his hand was like a flame, burning his spirit, and like a thousand-year-old iceberg solidifying his spirit, Chang Zhenbang didn't know where he went, how could he advise him to go to the peak and avoid going southeast to the army?

Ye Ji saw that his face was not good, and hurriedly said: "Isn't Inspector Li tired of driving and horses these days and suffering from the cold?" Why is the face so bad! ”

Li Tingyu smiled bitterly: "Thank you Mr. Ye for your concern, this official is in good health, but what happened to the Northern Expedition in Lord Chang's official document?" Who is Chang going to crusade against? Wu Peifu or Sun Chuanfang? ”

Ye Ji smiled mysteriously, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and said, "Lord Overseer, you still have to wait for this kind of thing to be asked by Lord Jingluo in person, as for whether you can dissuade Lord Chang from stopping, it depends on the means and cultivation of the adults." However, the old man can rest assured that the Northern Expedition has already been determined, and it is impossible to change it no matter what. ”

At this time, the voice of the altar came from outside the door: "Report! Lord Chang Zhenbang, the envoy of the southeast meridian, has now arrived thirty miles outside the city, and the governor has asked the two adults to go out of the city with him to greet him. ”

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