In February of the eighth year of Longsheng, Yang Xiu was ordered by General Lu Can to supervise the army in Huainan and spy on Huaibei.

-- "Information Governance Guide; Yongji IV

The Zhou brothers said goodbye to Gu Yuanyong and were about to go downstairs, but the atmosphere above the restaurant had changed greatly, and all the idle people had left, and the four young men who were originally sitting on the outermost seat had already bowed outside the bamboo curtain on the far left. And the two glanced at each other, and they had already seen Du Lingfeng standing outside the curtain, with a respectful expression with a hint of fear, and they knew that the gray-haired and frost-sidedness man in the Tsing Yi inside the curtain was the noble person Gu Yuanyong said, but they didn't think of who it would be. The two didn't dare to watch, and hurriedly went downstairs, but Zhou Hui thought of the cold eyes of the green-clothed servant for no reason, but it was strange, but he couldn't remember the person's appearance.

I stood in front of the window and looked down, watching the Zhou brothers greet the elders on the street and help arrange Zhuang Qingpu's funeral, and couldn't help but point to them and said: "I have too many things, in fact, there are countless Southern Chu Junjie, once the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, it will rise and fall one after another, and there is no need for me to warn him, the emperor will also know the difficulties of Pingchu." The Chu people are like water, seemingly weak and deceitful, but if they are really angered, they will face an all-pervasive counterattack. Now we have the upper hand, but we have not yet approached the bottom line in the minds of the Chu people. If the Chu people can't completely lose their confidence in the Southern Chu royal family, even if the iron hooves crush the mountains and rivers south of the Yangtze River, they can only get broken tiles and ruins, and the buckwheat is green. ”

Xiao Shunzi replied: "Childe's intention is also to be able to leave some more Nanchu Junjie, so as not to damage the aura of heaven and earth, a heart of compassion, the sky will also see mercy, how can you blame Gongzi for being troublesome." ”

I sighed slightly, thinking of these frogs living in the cabin, after arriving in Guangling, the boat landed, and slept in the open along the way, which was extremely difficult, and the Eastern Army of Southern Chu and Huai was not light, and wanted to cross the defense line, if there was no secret camp disciple who was familiar with geography to lead the way, I am afraid that so many of us would not be able to reach Chuzhou silently. However, although the road we have taken is difficult, it is also the way of secret spies between the two countries, and there are no fewer secret spies along the way, all of which rely on the guidance of Xiaoshunzi to avoid the eyes and ears of these people.

Entering Chuzhou City, but using Hu Yanshou and others to carry the Tiger Benwei token, I worked hard all the way, so I asked Hu Yanshou to see Pei Yun, I found a restaurant on the side of the road to take a rest, but I saw such a scene, when Zhuang Qingpu went upstairs, I saw that his life was hanging by a thread, and there was no hope of resurrection with my medical skills. It's just that this Zhuang Qingpu is stubborn and stubborn, and he refuses to accept it, although it is only a difference of a few hours, but people who are not greedy for life and afraid of death, he is so decisive but also makes me admire, but it is a pity that God is jealous of talent, and it cannot be recovered.

At this time, Pei Yun's clear voice came from outside the curtain: "Huainan Jiedu envoy, Xuzhou camp master Pei Yun please meet." ”

I smiled slightly, pointed out the curtain and said, "Come in, where do you need so much etiquette." ”

Pei Yun had already melted away the smell of wine on his body at this time, and when he heard this, he tidied up his clothes, and he didn't dare to be contemptuous of this person who even respected his mentor very much, not to mention that this person was still kind to him in the past. Seeing Jiang Zhe's order, he took Gu and Du and walked in together.

Entering the curtain, Pei Yun bowed down on one knee and said: "The last general will visit Hou Ye, I didn't know that Hou Ye would come here, I didn't greet him from afar, and I still ask Hou Ye to forgive me." ”

I stepped forward and picked up Pei Yun and said with a smile: "You are now a dignified festival envoy, why do you have to be so polite?" I'm here in private, and the emperor must not know it? ”

Pei Yun secretly said in his heart, no matter how you come, if you are not here, it is inconvenient for me to easily remove Gao Bingjun from his position, and go to internal troubles, if it is not for Luo Jing to be assassinated, with the support of this person, he can also remove Luo Jing, but when he thinks of this person, many difficult things will no longer become trouble, and he is willing to worship him.

I vaguely guessed his intentions, smiled slightly, turned my eyes to Gu Yuanyong, and saw that he looked horrified, I must have guessed my identity, and I was wondering why I should have been in Dinghai, why did I come to Chuzhou?

stepped forward and said, "This must be Lord Gu, Cousin Benhou is serving in Chuzhou, Lord Domeng takes care of him, and he is grateful for treating him below." ”

Gu Yuanyong was at a loss in his heart, at a loss, Jiangnan and Jiangbei were cut off, Jing Changqing's trivial things would naturally not be passed on, seeing that he was at a loss, I gave Xiao Shunzi a look, Xiao Shunzi stepped forward and said lightly: "Jiaxing Jing is the mother of the son, and the current head of the family, Jing Changqing, is the cousin of the son, who was the governor of Chu. This time, the son passed through Jiaxing, and the son of Jing Chang Shi Tuo forwarded his gratitude. ”

Pei Yun, Du Lingfeng and Gu Yuanyong all felt a bang in their heads, they naturally didn't know whether Xiao Shunzi's words were true or false, Jing Changqing and Jiang Zhe had always had a gap, and on this trip to Jiaxing, the two did not meet at all. However, Gu Yuanyong came to his senses first, he was not as worried as Pei Yun and Du Lingfeng that he had offended Jiang Zhe, but he could watch from the sidelines. Seeing that Jiang Zhe's eyes were full of smiles, there was no intention of blaming, and since this person was famous, he must be a person who was invisible, if he really resented because of this, how could he speak out. Now that he has Pei Yun's order, acting as the county guard, he is both prosperous and lossy, and most of his net worth and surname are tied to Pei Yun, so he naturally doesn't want to embarrass him, so he said: "Jing Changshi is loyal and upright, and he has always admired him in the next generation, that is, General Pei, although he imprisoned him for the sake of prestige, he also valued him very much." ”

Pei Yun had already woken up at this time, and couldn't help but be glad that he didn't directly kill that strong Changshi at that time, seeing that Jiang Zhe didn't have an angry face, and then thinking of Jing Changqing's bizarre disappearance, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Pei Mou originally thought that the soldiers under his command were too negligent and were robbed of the prison, but now that they think about it, they are blind, and there is no way to watch the criminals." ”

These words implied flattery, but they did not show any traces, even if I heard it, I also felt pleasing to the ear, originally intended to scare Pei Yun, lest he borrow my prestige in vain, but at the moment I didn't want to, pointed to the altar of green plum wine and said: "That's it, that's it, this wine is really good, I will leave Chuzhou tomorrow, let the shopkeeper bring two more altars, how about you and I have a drink?" ”

Pei Yun's heart was relieved, knowing that that incident did not make Jiang Zhe dissatisfied, his eyes flashed, and when he saw Du Lingfeng's uneasy expression, he said: "Master Hou has this Yaxing, how can the last general refuse, Ling Feng, go and get two jars of green plum wine." ”

Du Lingfeng was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly retreated, secretly scurrying in his heart, saying that before this Chu Junhou left, he would not take a step closer to Jiang Zhe, but Jiang Zhe's fear was not because of that kind of rumor, for a young man with strong blood, no authoritative power could discourage them. It's just that when Du Lingfeng was practicing martial arts in Shaolin Temple, once Master Cizhen returned to the temple with his closed disciple Jiang Shen, when Master Cizhen was busy talking about Buddhist scriptures and martial arts with the elders in the temple, Jiang Shen handed over those junior disciples to take turns to take care of, when Jiang Shen was only four years old, but he was extremely naughty, which made everyone have a headache. One day when it was Du Lingfeng's turn to take care of Jiang Shen, Jiang Shen was particularly naughty, he couldn't see it at a glance, so he didn't know where he went, Du Lingfeng's surname was a little impatient, and he took advantage of others not paying attention, and slapped Jiang Shen hard, and then Jiang Shen was honest for a long time. As a result, when Du Lingfeng woke up from a nap at noon and hugged Jiang Shen to return him to Master Cizhen, everyone was stunned when they saw him, and then they covered their mouths and snickered. Du Lingfeng came to his senses, and when he looked in the mirror, he realized that his eyebrows had been shaved, and after half a year, he was so ashamed that he didn't dare to go out, and he also retreated when he saw Jiang Shen again. In his mind, if there is a father, there must be a son, a little demon star like Jiang Shen, his father must not be easy to mess with, he has offended Jiang Zhe, so naturally the farther away the better.

After a while, the two jars of green plum wine were brought in by Du Lingfeng himself, and then he took the opportunity to retreat, Gu Yuanyong saw that Pei Yun and Jiang Zhe seemed to have an intention to talk secretly, so he also withdrew with interest.

After three rounds of drinking, Pei Yun began to get to the point, and asked: "Didn't Hou Ye go to Dinghai with the navy, the spy report from the previous day still said that Hou Ye attacked the mouth of the Yongjiang River in Zhenhai at night and burned more than 100 ships of the Chu army. ”

I laughed when I heard this: "This is an exaggeration, the harbor of the Yongjiang River Estuary in Mingzhou is blocked by silt, and ships with more than 1,000 stones cannot enter, Lu Can will leave some clippers there at most, which will be used to monitor the movements of Dinghai and transmit military information. Speaking of this, I turned my head to Xiao Shunzi and said: "Cong'er is still not stable enough, this kind of trivial matter has to come forward, this is not in line with my surname, I am afraid that there will be one or two more such actions, even if I do not show my whereabouts, Lu Can will also know that Dinghai is a stand-in." ”

Xiao Shunzi said lightly: "Even if he knows, he has to convince others." ”

Pei Yun naturally heard that Jiang Zhe left a stand-in on the Dinghai side, although he had not heard the name of "Cong'er" mentioned by Jiang Zhe, but he thought that he was a first-class figure of Jiang Zhe's disciples, thinking that Jiang Zhe lured the eyes of the Southern Chu monarchs to Wu Yue, but he got out and came to Chuzhou.

Pei Yun was full of suspicions in his heart, the imperial court had neither a will, nor any relevant espionage, although he would not think that Jiang Zhe had any problems, but the most important thing at present was to protect Jiang Zhe, and then he wrote to the emperor to explain the matter, but Jiang Zhe just explained that he was leaving, if he really let Jiang Zhe go casually, he was afraid that if there was anything wrong in the future, the emperor would definitely blame him, so he asked: "Hou Ye is in danger, since Wu Yue sneaked to Chuzhou, the last general admires, now the war continues, although Huaibei is still under the control of our army, But the spies of Southern Chu often come in, so it is better for Hou Ye to stay in Chuzhou for a while, right? ”

I sneered: "If you stay in Chuzhou, I'm afraid that you will be captured alive by the enemy, is General Pei so relieved of Chuzhou's defense?" I'm afraid that even Xuzhou may not be able to keep it. ”

Pei Yun was shocked in his heart, and said cautiously: "What does Hou Ye mean by this, the last general will block the road of the Southern Chu army to the north in Chuzhou and Sizhou, although the Huaixi Chu army won a big victory last time, but it was also extremely damaged, and there is General Cui Jue Cui guarding Suzhou, why will Xuzhou also be lost?" Moreover, Lu Can is settling Wu Yue for Hou Ye's plan, is there still a way to go north to attack our army? ”

I sighed lightly: "The emperor and the king of Qi, even me, still despise Lu Can, after the defeat of our army a year ago, the defense line of Chuzhou, Sizhou, and Suzhou is still stable, and there are still two military horses in Huaibei, you and Cui Jue, and more than 100,000 elite soldiers, in our minds, we can already hold Huaibei, regardless of whether the southern Chu monarchs and ministers have the courage to provoke the war, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is about to lead the army south, set up Jiangnan Xingyuan in Runan, and the governor of the southern expedition military affairs, echoing Nanyang and Xuzhou, so although Huaibei is not strong enough, we have not taken it to heart.

Who would have thought that Lu Can would have such courage, this time I went to the northeast of Huai, and found that the amount of grain and grass requisitioned by the Chu army exceeded the normal needs of the Huaidong Chu army, and Yang Xiu is now sitting in Guangling, Guangling is the main road to the north, and now he is fighting hard against the horses, I didn't think about it, only with the Huaidong military horses, it is absolutely impossible to break through Sizhou and Chuzhou in one fell swoop, until I arrived in Chuzhou, I found that there was actually a civil and military discord here, and the people's grievances were boiling, no wonder Lu Can had the courage to attack Chuzhou, if I expected it to be good, as long as Yang Xiuyi attacked, The Huaixi defenders will cooperate with the flying cavalry battalion to go north, seize Suzhou, and force Xuzhou, once Xuzhou is lost, Qingzhou can be threatened to the north, and Nanyang can be threatened to the west.

Now that I think about it, God bless Dayong, the East China Sea army attacked Wu Yue, damaging the tax fundamentals of Southern Chu, Lu Can had to go to Wu Yue to supervise the army in person, although Yang Xiu is also a talent, but he is a little less decisive, in order to seek stability, the time of the attack was delayed, otherwise if it was ten days ago, they would start to launch, I was afraid that the people of Chuzhou would rise up, and then Chuzhou would be in danger. ”

Pei Yun's face was already blue when he heard this, and he couldn't help but regret that he cherished his future and indulged Luo Jinghuwei, thinking about it carefully, the more he thought about it, the more chills he felt in his heart, and now Changsun Ji was besieging and attacking Xiangyang, although there were many feints, but there must be no time to take care of the Jianghuai war, and the Huaibei defense line seemed to be safe and dangerous, if the Chu army intended to advance north, the target must be pointing to Xuzhou. I saw that Pei Yun already knew the severity of the current situation, and said: "It's no wonder you, the Southern Chu army has never taken the initiative to go north, now that you know the news, how to defend you will arrange it, as long as you don't lose Chuzhou, it will be the loss of Sizhou, and it will not be considered the defeat of our army." ”

Pei Yun stood up and said: "The last general thanks Hou Ye for the warning, please rest assured, as long as Pei is in Chuzhou, he will never let Chuzhou fall." ”

I nodded and said, "That's fine, although Jiangnan Xingyuan has not yet been established, but my appointment as counselor has been decided, you don't need to worry about any guilt, I can take care of everything." Originally, Huaibei was in danger, and I should have stayed here, but the battle in Xiangyang was a little conservative according to the original plan, so I was going to see Changsun Ji, you give me the customs clearance paperwork, and then give me a guide to guide the way, and all the soldiers and civilians who know that I came to Chuzhou, you have to be careful, I don't want others to know my whereabouts. ”

Pei Yun nodded and said: "The last general obeys the order, the Du Lingfeng that the Hou Ye saw just now is my nephew, he is very familiar with the road and can guide the Hou Ye." The people who see Hou Ye today will eventually control them and will never let this matter leak out. ”

I nodded and said: "Once Chuzhou is attacked, you have to strictly prevent chaos in the city, Gu Yuanyong is a talent, as long as you still have hope of winning, he will not rebel, this person is quite prestigious in Chuzhou, you let him replace Luo Jing this time, but it is right, you have to envelop him well in order to stabilize the hearts of the people of Chuzhou." That Gao Bingcheng is not enough, I think he has more than enough failures, if there is anything wrong, he will be beheaded, don't be soft. ”

Pei Yun said solemnly: "The last general will obey the order." ”

I stood up and said, "Okay, let that Du Lingfeng arrange food and lodging for us, your military affairs are important, and I don't need you to send me when I leave, so as not to show any rumors." ”

Pei Yun said: "The documents required by the Hou Ye will be presented to the Hou Ye by the Ming Ling Summit, and the last general will now go to the camp outside the city to order troops, and ask the Hou Ye to forgive the last general for the crime of contempt." ”

I said lightly, "Go ahead, I still want to have a few drinks here." ”

Pei Yun got up and retreated, and walked downstairs without hesitation, and it didn't take long for me to hear the sound of horses' hooves downstairs, and gradually faded away.

I sighed lightly and said: "This time is really a fluke, if it weren't for Hu Yanshou on the road to find that the number of grain ships far exceeded the scale it should be, and there are people like you to be spies, I wouldn't have been able to discover Nan Chu's strategy this time." It's really funny to say, I lured the attention of the Chu army to Wu Yue, but Lu Can also took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to recover Huaidong and force Xuzhou. This time it was a tie for the two of us. ”

Xiao Shunzi said lightly: "No matter how careful the plan is, since it has been leaked, it is not so easy to succeed, otherwise how could Gongzi go to Xiangyang with such confidence?" ”

I smiled when I heard this: "Pei Yunnai is a Shaolin Dharma Protector disciple, his surname has both a resolute and decisive side, as well as a side of power and change, a few days ago he connived at Luo Jing, that is, he did not want to offend the ministers, so that the situation in Chuzhou was unstable, but now he already knows that the Southern Chu army has the intention of attacking, he will kill and decide, even if Chuzhou is a river of blood, it will not let Southern Chu have a chance." Speaking of this, I sighed again: "If I had come earlier, I am afraid that Pei Yun has already driven Luo Jing away at this moment, then there will be no regrets today." ”

Xiao Shunzi sneered: "Childe, this is a foolish thing, I'm afraid that this Zhuang Qingpu and Southern Chu also have something to do with it, otherwise why would he pass through the defense line of the two armies and return to Chuzhou, and besides, if he assassinated Luo Jing, isn't it also beneficial to Southern Chu, General Pei and Luo Jing have not yet reached the situation of incompatibility, if the Chu army attacks, an iron-fisted county guard is probably much more credible than a subordinate, right?" And if it weren't for Zhuang Qingpu's serious injury and death, even if General Pei took pity on him, he would have to capture and behead him, and then the city sergeants would inevitably be even more resentful of Dayong, and internal and external troubles would attack together, but I was afraid that Chuzhou City would not be so easy to defend. ”

After I listened, I lowered my head and thought for a moment, and said: "You have a point, but Zhuang Qingpu is dead, this matter still doesn't need to be mentioned, no matter what, it's a pity that this person died, if Yang Xiu really wants to sacrifice such a person, I have to laugh at his short-sightedness." ”

At this time, there was a familiar footstep in my ears, and when I heard it, I knew that it was Hu Yanshou who went upstairs, and I suddenly smiled: "Hu Yan married Su Hou, not to mention other benefits, but this ability to monitor the enemy's situation has improved by leaps and bounds, otherwise we are only afraid that the Chu army will come to the city, and we will know that Southern Chu still has the courage to attack Huaibei?" ”

Xiao Shunzi was stunned when he heard this, even with his cold face and cold heart, he couldn't help it.

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