In the second year of Jingding, on October 20, Hezhou Prefecture. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ambassador Lu Wende, Sichuan envoy Yu Xing, Sichuan envoy Zhang Shijie, and Tongchuan defense envoy Wu Shaogang, Luzhou assassin Wu Shaogang and others gathered here.

Hezhou belongs to the state under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan Fulu, when Liu Quan surrendered to the Mongol Tartars, he also presented the map and household registration of Hezhou, but the Sichuan system made Yu Xing know the importance of Hezhou, so he led the army to occupy Hezhou for the first time, and since then Hezhou has become the forefront of quelling Liu Quan's rebellion.

In the first year of Tianqing, the Mongol Khan Meng Ge was wounded and died in the attack on the Diaoyu City of Hezhou, which shows that the fortifications of Hezhou are extremely strong, but fortunately, the imperial troops stationed in Hezhou resolutely opposed Liu Quan's rebellion, refused to carry out the order, and organized the defense at the first time of Liu Quan's rebellion, so that Yu Xing could successfully recover Duzhou.

The situation has deteriorated unusually much.

Tongchuan Fulu under the jurisdiction of one prison, three prefectures, three armies and eight states, except for Kaihezhou, the rest were all occupied by Liu Cheng and Liu Yuanzhen, and Yu Xing's defeat made Liu Cheng and Liu Yuanzhen even more arrogant, and even planned to storm Hezhou, and then go east to conquer Chongqing Mansion in one fell swoop.

Lu Wende looked anxious, Yu Xing hung his head, Zhang Shijie was full of disdain, and Wu Shaogang was silent.

Things are far from being as simple as Wu Shaogang imagined, the two thousand soldiers he led, with great difficulty, did not attract much attention when they arrived in Hezhou, he was the defense envoy of Tongchuan Mansion Road, the history of Luzhou Assassin, in fact, he was a false position, the entire Tongchuan Mansion Road, only one place was left in Hezhou, and the rest of the place was occupied by Mongolian Tartars and Liu Quan.

The reason why it didn't attract too much attention was because Wu Shaogang was too young, and he only led 2,000 soldiers, and this point of strength didn't have much effect on Tongchuan Fulu at all.

The rebellious Liu Quan is not an ordinary person.

Liu Cheng used to be a subordinate of Meng Hui, with twelve cavalry raids, Xinyang, which was garrisoned by the gold soldiers, was called Sai Cunxiao in the army, because of his repeated military exploits, he was constantly promoted, and in the first year of Jingding, he served as the deputy envoy of Tongchuan Fulu to pacify, and concurrently served as the history of Luzhou Thorn.

The surrender of such a battle-hardened Southern Song Dynasty general to the Mongol Tartars can be imagined as a blow and disaster to the imperial court.

Liu Quan's command has a total of more than 20,000 troops, mainly the original Tongchuan Fulu local army, its strength is mainly distributed in Luzhou and Tongchuan, Liu Yuanzhen led a total of 5,000 Mongolian troops, also stationed in Luzhou.

The army of 30,000 led by Yu Xing once tried to attack Luzhou, but the army entered Changyuan County, which belonged to Changzhou, and encountered Liu Quan's army, and the two armies launched a tragic battle outside Changyuan City, and finally because of Liu Yuanzhen's aid, Yu Xing was defeated and returned, and fled to the state in a hurry, and since then he has lost the strength to suppress Liu Quan's rebellion.

After Lu Wende rushed to Hezhou, he ordered the imperial army in Hezhou to strengthen the defense and always pay attention to Liu Quanzhi's movements.

Lu Wende was the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, the ambassador of Sichuan Strategy, and the standard minister of the Imperial Mission, and in the event of an emergency, he was qualified to dispatch the imperial armies of Hezhou to participate in the battle.

The control of all the armies in Hezhou was cleaned up in the planning law, and now Cai Siwei, the deputy commander of the capital, is temporarily in charge of control.

Cai Siwei used to be Lu Wende's favorite general, and he was Wu Shaogang's sworn brother.

Everyone was worried about Liu Quan's rebellion, only Zhang Shijie, the deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, was angry, without him, Zhang Shijie wanted to lead the troops to fight alone and defeat Liu Quan, because of his unusual reputation, when Yu Xing led the troops to Hezhou, he also invited Zhang Shijie to participate in the expedition, but Zhang Shijie did not agree to fight together because he could not lead the troops alone, which made Yu Xing very uncomfortable, and since then he has ignored Zhang Shijie.

Lu Wende arrived in Hezhou, and after knowing what happened, he also alienated Zhang Shijie.

"My opinion, step by step, mobilize the imperial army of the state, participate in the battle, if the strength is insufficient, you can also draw the Jinzhou imperial army to participate in the battle, the army is still attacking from Changzhou, after taking Changzhou, and then attack Luzhou, this battle, I am the commander-in-chief, Wu defense envoy is the deputy marshal. . . ."

Before Lu Wende could finish speaking, a voice came out.

"Lord Lu, as the deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, I should participate in the battle to suppress Liu Quan's rebellion, as for the defense envoy Wu, who has just arrived in Hezhou from the capital and is not familiar with the situation ahead, he can be stationed in Hezhou to ensure the safety of the rear. . . ."

It was Zhang Shijie who spoke.

Lu Wende looked at Zhang Shijie, with a sneer on his face.

"Deputy Envoy Zhang, the imperial court sent you to Sichuan, originally to stabilize the situation in Sichuan, and now that Liu Cheng is rebelling, I think it is not only the responsibility of Yu Zhizhi's envoy, you are afraid that it is difficult to escape the blame, this matter of participating in the war, it is better not to intervene."

Lu Wende couldn't get used to Zhang Shijie at all, he still remembered the matters that were indirectly calculated by Zhang Shijie at the beginning, and this time he came to Sichuan, if he didn't take into account that Zhang Shijie had an unusual relationship with Jia Youxiang, he would also take the opportunity of the implementation of the plan law to put a big hat on Zhang Shijie.

Zhang Shijie didn't expect this, his face turned pale with anger, although he was only the deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, far inferior to Lu Wende's rank, but he also belonged to the minister sent to Sichuan by the imperial court, and he had the right to speak.

"Lord Lu, the lower officials want to play the imperial court and impeach you for excluding dissidents, now the Tongchuan Mansion Road is almost occupied by the Mongolian Tartars, and the entire Sichuan is in great danger, but you don't care about the overall situation, if Sichuan is lost, the lower officials must go to the emperor to go to the high royal state.

"Please, Deputy Envoy Zhang, this official is the ambassador of the imperial court, and he has the right to make arbitrary decisions on the spot, if you continue to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army, this official will not be polite."

Zhang Shijie stared at Lu Wende, looked at the indifferent smile on Lu Wende's face, suddenly understood something, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Lu Wende's eyes turned to Wu Shaogang.

Facing Wu Shaogang, his mood is complicated, Wu Shaogang's courage and wisdom left a very deep impression on him, but this expedition is very important, and he is really a little uneasy about handing over such an important battle to Wu Shaogang's command, and after Wu Shaogang became Li Tingzhi's son-in-law, the relationship between them has faded invisibly.

Although he is in Sichuan, Lu Wende still knows about the matters in the capital.

To Lu Wende's surprise, Wu Shaogang actually came with his family, and it seemed that his determination was not small.

Although Hezhou is under the control of the imperial army, it is also full of dangers, if Liu Quanchao is dispatched, with the assistance of Liu Yuanzhen, there is a possibility of capturing Hezhou.

But under the current situation, Lu Wende is almost unavailable, after all, this plan has cleaned up many officers in the army, and there are not many people available.

After a few turns of his mind, Lu Wende finally spoke.

"Wu Defense Envoy, you also know the situation of Tongchuan Fu Road, this official does not say much, this battle is very important, it is necessary to recover the Luzhou lands and stabilize the defense of Sichuan, this official has received the emperor's holy decree to dispatch the Hezhou Imperial Army to participate in the expedition, plus the two thousand soldiers you brought from, a total of 14,000 soldiers."

"Liu Quanzhi's rebels, as well as the Mongolian army led by Liu Yuanzhen, a total of 25,000 troops, were stationed in Luzhou and Tongchuan and other places, the north of Tongchuan Road is Chengdu Prefecture, occupied by the Mongolian Tatars, Liu Quan has backup, so this battle, can only adopt a steady and steady strategy, step by step attack, and strive to defeat Liu Cheng in the shortest possible time, recover many states and counties on Tongchuan Road. . . ."

Wu Shaogang didn't have much expression on his face, but from Lu Wende's words, he had already heard the sound of the strings, that is, this battle, never think that he could recover all the places on Tongchuan Fu Road, such as Tongchuan, Zizhou, Puzhou, Shaoxi Mansion and other places, close to Chengdu Mansion, I am afraid that Liu Heima, the Mongolian Chengdu Road Army and Horse Strategy, has sent a large army to these places, and it is extremely difficult to recapture it.

Lu Wende's purpose this time is to think that he can recover Luzhou, Xuzhou and Changning, even if it is Amitabha.

Wu Shaogang definitely didn't think like this, and of course he wouldn't open his mouth to refute it.

"Wu Defense Envoy, this time you are not only the deputy commander of the expedition, but also the vanguard, this official will dispatch some of the sergeants of the imperial army in Hezhou, under your command and dispatch, to attack in the direction of Changzhou, and this officer will lead the army, and then conquer...

In fact, Lu Wende didn't have much time to lead a large army to conquer.

As the ambassador of Ceying, Lu Wende was fully responsible for all matters in Sichuan, and Yu Xing, the envoy of the Sichuan system, was reprimanded by the imperial court because of the defeat, and actually lost power temporarily.

There are many things to deal with in Sichuan, because of Liu Quan's rebellion, but also because of Yu Xing's defeat, people in Sichuan are panicking, and Lu Wende must find ways to stabilize the situation in Sichuan and prevent another rebellion.

Under such circumstances, how could Lu Wende have the heart to command the battle.

After Lu Wende finished speaking, Wu Shaogang, who had been thinking about it carefully, finally spoke.

"Lord Lu, Xia Guan has some ideas, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Wu Defense Envoy, just say it."

"The lower officials think that Lord Lu is the commander, so he doesn't have to recruit in person, the so-called strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, as long as Lord Lu takes proper precautions, the lower officials should move forward bravely, and spare no effort to complete the combat mission, and say that Lord Lu wears many hats, and the safety of the entire Sichuan is tied to one, and there are still too many things to deal with, so the lower officials suggest that Lord Lu is still sitting in Hezhou."

Lu Wende nodded slightly, he recognized Wu Shaogang's wisdom, and these words went to his heart.

In the process of silence, Lu Wende suddenly thought of many things that happened in the court, and he unconsciously raised his right hand and patted his forehead gently.

"What the defense envoy Wu said is that you will be in charge of commanding this battle, and this official is fully confident that you will be able to defeat Liu Chuan and restore the rivers and mountains of my Great Song Dynasty." (To be continued.) )