readx; This is a kind of subconscious of Zhang Weijin, he already regards Li Heng as the emperor in his heart, so as soon as Li Heng's holy decree arrived, he knelt down without hesitation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Shen said in a loud voice: "I am deeply pleased to hear that Zhang Weijin, the loyal minister of Xiangzhou, wants to return to orthodoxy, and in recognition of his loyalty, I am specially named the king of Xiangyang County, the general of the hussars, and the three divisions of the Kaifu Yitong, and then add the book of the Ministry of Rites, and actually seal the thousand households in Xiangyang, and admire this!" ”

Li Heng has made a lot of money to buy this Zhang Weijin, when An Lushan was crowned the king of the county, there were no Shangshu and Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, and now all of them are given to Zhang Weijin, it is really because the situation is too urgent, if Jingzhou is not taken, the army of Jiangnan will be annihilated.

Zhang Weijin was overjoyed in his heart, and kowtowed three times and said, "Minister Zhang Weijin has the order!" ”

Yang Shenjin hurriedly helped him up, gave him the secret decree again, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of the County, now we will be ministers in the same palace, I want to congratulate you first." ”

Yang Shenjin's sentence His Royal Highness the King of the County made Zhang Weijin's heart flutter, and he stroked his beard and smiled: "Yang Shilang is too polite, the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, what the saint has to say to me, please feel free to say." ”

"Hmmm! The Holy One has a task for you. ”

"Say it! If the Holy Lord wants Li Mao's head, I will get it for you. ”

Yang Shenjin shook his head and smiled: "Li Mao's head is not in a hurry. ”

"Don't want Li Mao's head, what does the saint want?"

Yang Shen stepped forward and lowered his voice: "The Holy Lord wants to ask for Ge Shuhan's head first. ”

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Yang Shenjin was taken down to rest, Zhang Weijin paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, although he had accepted Li Heng's canonization and had become the king of the county, but he was not stupid, he knew that Li Heng was just using himself and named him the king of the county, Li Heng may not be willing, now they have to ask for themselves, so they are so low-voiced, but if they are used up, what will they do to him? Li Heng is a person who refuses to let go of his son and grandson, will he let him go?

And sooner or later, the Southern Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by the Northern Tang Dynasty, this point, Zhang Weijin knows even more in his heart, he doubts that he surrenders to the Southern Tang Dynasty, is it wise?

At this time, his cousin Zhang Zhong walked in, and when he saw his brother's worried look, he asked, "Is the eldest brother worried about Li Heng's change of fortune?" ”

Zhang Weijin nodded, "I'm not just worried that Li Heng will regret it, but I'm also worried that the Southern Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by the Northern Tang Dynasty sooner or later." ”

"Then why doesn't the eldest brother take refuge in the Northern Tang Dynasty?"

"What can I get by taking refuge in Beitang? Li Qing'an didn't put Jing Xiang in his eyes at all, he had a lot of talents, I was a general at most, maybe I only had a Zhonglang general, if I was from the text, at most I would be Xiangzhou Taishou, only by surrendering to Li Heng, I would have the hope of being the king of the county, I knew it in my heart. ”

Zhang Zhong is a street gangster, this kind of person has no ability to do big things, but they are very cunning, more pragmatic, and more calculating and protecting their own interests, he thought for a while and said: "Big brother, I don't think you have to worry, only you have an army in your hands, Li Heng doesn't dare to move you easily, in the future, the Northern Tang Dynasty will destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, and our Zhang family will surrender to Li Qing'an, and we can enjoy wealth and nobility, right?" ”

Although Zhang Zhong's thoughts were simple, he got to the point, and immediately reminded Zhang Weijin, he narrowed his little eyes and smiled slyly, this is the truth.

He looked at a few letters on the table again, which were given to him by Yang Shenjin, and they were several letters exchanged between the two when Li Qing'an gave Ge Shuhan medicine and wine, and these letters were left at Ge Shuhan's home in Chengdu and were obtained by Li Heng when he raided Ge Shuhan's house.

The content of the letters is very ordinary, just recounting old feelings and the like, Li Qingan is concerned about Ge Shuhan's condition, but the letters themselves are a big problem.

Since Li Heng wanted Zhang Weijin to kill Ge Shuhan, he naturally wanted to hand over this evidence to Zhang Weijin, Zhang Weijin remembered that Ge Shuhan forced Li Mao to kill him, he couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly, it's okay! No poison is not a husband, since Ge Shuhan has repeatedly harmed himself, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

"Alright! You entertain Yang Shenjin for me and tell him that I will go see Li Mao now. ”

Zhang Weijin simply cleaned up and hurried out.

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Li Mao is also quite troubled these days, he knows the news that Li Qing'an sent troops to attack Jiangnan three days later than Li Heng, but despite this, he is still very nervous, will Li Qing'an turn around and attack Jingxiang after capturing Jiangnan?

However, his worries were quickly relieved, and an official in Chang'an wrote to him to tell him that Li Qing'an's attack on Jiangnan was only because of the soaring prices in Chang'an, and it was difficult for Jiangnan materials to be transported north to Chang'an.

But Li Mao's worries had just been relieved, and the news came that Li Heng had personally marched and that the 100,000 army had arrived at Yiling, which made Li Mao's heart hang again.

He immediately ordered Ge Shuhan to march into Zhijiang and prepare to meet Li Heng's army, but Ge Shuhan said that Zhijiang City was small and difficult to defend against the Southern Tang army, so it was the best policy to defend Jingzhou, so he refused to obey the order and stationed Jingzhou without moving.

Soon a secret report from Jingzhou came over, saying that Ge Shuhan was because he refused to kill Zhang Weijin and Zhao Fengzhang, and he had a grudge in his heart, so he did not move, which made Li Mao very annoyed, but he was helpless, at this time Li Mao also realized that he was too dependent on Ge Shuhan, and Ge Shuhan didn't take him seriously at all.

Li Mao was not in the mood to listen to songs and dances, he locked himself in the study to study the map, he was very worried in his heart, the last time Li Heng's army marched eastward, it was with Li Qing'an's help, Li Heng was forced to withdraw to Bashu, and this time, Li Qing'an himself was fighting Jiangnan, no matter what, he would not help him anymore, Li Mao did not have a little confidence.

At this time, a report from the guards came from outside the door: "Your Highness, General Zhang is here, and I urgently ask to see Your Highness." ”

Zhang Weijin came just in time, and he was about to discuss with him about the strategy to deal with Li Heng, so he said, "Let him come in!" ”

After a while, Zhang Weijin walked into the study, knelt down and saluted: "Minister Zhang Weijin knocks to see His Highness." ”

"General Zhang, please get up!"

Li Mao's princess is in Chang'an, and he has two favored concubines in Xiangyang, both of whom are Zhang Weijin's sisters, so Zhang Weijin can be regarded as his brother-in-law and his most trusted confidant.

Li Mao sighed and said, "General Zhang, the situation is not in my favor, I'm worried!" ”

Zhang Weijin smiled slightly: "Your Highness, how do I think the situation is favorable to us?" ”

Li Mao perked up and hurriedly said, "How do you say this?" ”

"The key is that His Royal Highness values Li Heng's strength too much, in fact, as soon as Gao Xianzhi falls, the Jiannan Army is not worried, Xi Yuanqing and Zhao Chongxuan surrendered to Li Qing'an, Jia Chongjun was demoted to Nanzhao, and the three fierce generals of the Jiannan Army do not exist, so why be afraid?"

Zhang Weijin's words were very pleasant, it was indeed the case, and the tension in Li Mao's heart was also greatly relieved, he nodded and smiled: "And in terms of troops, we have 150,000 troops, Li Heng only has 120,000 troops, Ge Shuhan is also reasonable, Jingxiang army is good at water warfare, Jiannan army is good at mountain warfare, and they should fight with each other in Jingzhou, which is a strategy to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses." ”

Zhang Weijin shook his head, "Your Highness is wrong, if Your Highness listens to Ge Shuhan's words, he will die without a place to be buried." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Mao asked a little unhappily, Zhang Weijin said too ugly, what does it mean to die without a body, which made Li Mao very unhappy.

"Your Highness, he refused to go to Zhijiang, so he said that Li Heng would fight Jingzhou, this was his wishful thinking, Li Heng's Jiannan Army was not good at water warfare, why should he go to Jingzhou, couldn't they fight Xiangyang directly? Will Geshuhan come to the rescue of His Highness at that time? No, never, he will take the opportunity to lead the navy to the east to join his new master. ”

"What led the army east? What takes refuge in the new master? You've made it clear to me! ”

"Your Highness, why did I rush back from Shouzhou, that is, the minister got top-secret information, Ge Shuhan has colluded with Li Qing'an, he wants to betray His Highness and send the Jingzhou Navy to Li Qing'an."

Li Mao was taken aback, "What is the basis for what you say?" ”

"Yes! There is evidence. ”

Zhang Weijin handed the letter between Ge Shuhan and Li Qing'an to Li Mao, and said: "This is a letter stolen by Ge Shuhan's own soldiers, he was seriously injured, rushed to Shouzhou to hand over these letters to the minister, and told me ....."

Speaking of this, Zhang Weijin deliberately stopped talking, and when Li Mao finished reading the letter, Li Mao's face was already blue after reading the letter, and the evidence was ironclad that Ge Shuhan and Li Qingan had already colluded.

"What did he tell you?" Li Mao asked viciously.

"He told the minister that this time Li Qing'an attacked Jiangnan, the biggest weakness was that there was no warship and sailor, so Li Qing'an wrote to Ge Shuhan and asked him to bring 80,000 sailors and warship owners to help in the war, but unfortunately the letter sergeant did not steal it, it was discovered, and he was also cut, he escaped from Jingzhou overnight to find Weichen, after saying these things, he was seriously injured and died."

Zhang Weijin knows Li Mao's surname well, Li Mao himself is very suspicious of Ge Shuhan, and now as long as the source of these letters can be confirmed, Li Mao will not ask about the details of who the soldiers who reported the letters, just like Li Mao's heart is already full of oil that is dissatisfied with Ge Shuhan, and these letters are the sparks that ignite this pot of oil.

Sure enough, Li Mao was furious, slammed the letter to the ground, pointed in the direction of Jingzhou and scolded: "Ge Shuhan! You are ungrateful, and you deserve death. ”

Zhang Weijin took the opportunity to add another fire, "Your Highness, Ge Shuhan is not ungrateful, he first betrayed the first emperor and surrendered to Li Heng, and then betrayed Li Heng and rejoined the first emperor, after the death of the first emperor, Li Heng ascended the throne, Ge Shuhan was afraid that Li Heng would find him to settle old accounts, so he took refuge in His Royal Highness, but he did not regard His Royal Highness as his lord in his heart, and everyone below us can feel that he is the king of Lianghu County, not a general under King Jing....."

"Enough!"

Li Mao interrupted Zhang Weijin's words in annoyance, he was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he also slowly figured out some things, the last time he said that Li Qingan would give him face, he wrote a letter to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an really sent troops, and he didn't know how his letter was written.

If Ge Shuhan didn't promise Li Qing'an anything, would Li Qing'an be willing to send troops?

Needless to say, he could also guess that Ge Shuhan must have agreed, if Li Qingan attacked Jiangnan, he would go out to help him, hum! I really don't know who is in charge of this Jing Xiangjun, is it himself, or his brother Shuhan?

Thinking of this, Li Mao was murderous, and he said gloomily: "If the internal thief is not removed, how can the external enemy be controlled?" I wanted to tolerate him, but he didn't allow me, very good, General Zhang has any way to slaughter this ungrateful villain for me. ”

"Yes! Weichen has a plan to kill Ge Shuhan. ”

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Five days later, Ge Shuhan led a thousand personal guards cavalry to arrive at Daodao County, about 100 miles away from Xiangzhou, and Ge Shuhan received an order from Li Mao to order the generals of the garrisons to immediately rush back to Xiangyang to discuss how to deal with the Jiannan army.

Ge Shuhan did not suspect that now the great enemy is current, even if Li Mao is dissatisfied with him, he will not dare to kill him at this time, he is very conceited, now in addition to himself, what else can Li Mao rely on, besides, he also has a thousand elite cavalry teams, these are Longyou veterans who have fought with him for many years, with them, what if Li Mao dares to take himself?

Ge Shuhan went to Xiangyang to find Li Mao to settle the account, Li Mao promised him to thoroughly investigate the betrayal of officials in the army, but then there was no news, Li Mao may not be able to think about it, but his brother Shuhan refused, if he did not find out this matter clearly, how could he explain to his subordinates.

It just so happened that the army of the Southern Army of Jiannan was coming, and Li Mao had a request for himself, this was the best opportunity, and it was okay for him to send troops, but he had to give him an explanation.

Ge Shuhan's heart was full of grief and indignation, and he galloped along the Han River, and that afternoon he entered the territory of Sudao County, and five miles ahead, a river blocked the way.

This is an important ferry port of the Han River, called Shukou Ferry, a tributary of the Han River, the Shuhe River joins the Han River here, Ge Shuhan does not need to cross the Han River, but he needs to cross the Shuhe River here, of course, he can also take a detour to Yiqing County, thirty miles away to cross the river, but Yiqing County is a small ferry, there is no large ferry, his 1,000 cavalry to cross the river, it will take at least a day, he can't wait, Ge Shuhan immediately decided, in Shukou to cross the river.

The Shukou Ferry is very wide, just at the mouth of the Shuhe River, you can cross the Han River to the east, and cross the Shuhe River to the north, three or four large boats are parked at the ferry wharf, and one big boat is already full of ferrymen, and it is swaying towards the other side of the Han River.

"Dashuai!"

His own lieutenant rushed back to report: "I have already negotiated with the boatman that there are two large boats available, and each boat can cross the river with 60 people and horses at a time, and probably before dark, all of them can cross the river." ”

Ge Shuhan looked at the sky, it was about an hour and a half before it was dark, but fortunately, he nodded and ordered: "Then use these two boats and order everyone to cross the river in order!" ”

Geshuhan's army crossed the river instead of crossing the river, and it only took a quarter of an hour to go back and forth, and the soldiers dismounted one after another, and led the horses to the ferry, both of which were large ferries of 300 stones, one in front and one behind the four men supported the boat forward, and if it was to cross the river, it was necessary to set sail and send the boat across the opposite bank by the wind.

Soon, the two boats were wobbly into the water, and in a short time the first boat returned, and the first group of sixty horsemen had crossed the river safely.

At this time, Ge Shuhan got on the boat, he was followed by fifty personal soldiers, the ferry squeaked and quacked offshore, everything was normal, Ge Shuhan stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the Han River, his heart was heavy, full of anxiety about his future, he was more than fifty years old, but his future was still confused, Li Longji reused him in the early days, but then he was mediocre, Ge Shuhan felt that he was like a madman.

Although Li Heng was more sober than Li Longji, Li Heng was vicious, and he would never tolerate himself, so Ge Shuhan left the Jiannan Army without hesitation.

Ge Shuhan originally thought that Corporal Li Mao was a virtuous corporal and a generous heart, and he would be a master, and he was sincerely willing to serve Li Mao as the master, but he didn't expect that Li Mao was the same mediocre and unbearable to support, and he actually listened to the annihilation and indulged in selling officials in the army, which made Ge Shuhan unbearable and made him extremely disappointed.

Looking at the vast river, Ge Shuhan let out a long sigh, he remembered Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an was his junior, but now he can rule the world, in the final analysis, it is because he is taking the road of supporting the army and standing on his own, this is the only feasible way for these big warlords!

Working hard for the Li family, even if he is loyal, he will still be killed by the Li family like a dog in the end, isn't An Sishun a living example? and Gao Xianzhi, such a loyal person, if it weren't for Li Qing'an's help, he would have died in disrepute.

Until today, until he worked hard for the Li family for nearly 20 years, Ge Shuhan finally realized this truth, the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooked, and it is difficult to escape death for the royal family.

In fact, An Lushan also saw through this, but he occupied the important land of Hebei, posed too much threat to the imperial court, and was ambitious, and wanted to replace the Li family, so he would not be allowed by the imperial court.

Ge Shuhan has already thought clearly, if this time, Li Mao still does not listen to his advice and is obsessed, then he will pull the army to Guangzhou, and set himself up as the envoy of the five prefectures in Lingnan, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and the imperial court may not want to conquer him, as long as he recognizes the imperial court, does not interfere in local government affairs, six points of autonomy, and four points of obedience, I believe that the court will also turn a blind eye and ignore him, just like Li Qing'an in Anxi.

Thinking of this, Ge Shuhan only felt that his chest suddenly opened up, the fog in front of him dispersed, and a clear road was presented in front of him, he was excited in his heart, thinking like an arrow, he didn't even want to go to Xiangyang anymore, just don't care what Li Mao is, go back now.

Ge Shuhan turned around and was about to give an order, but he heard his subordinates shouting and scolding: "Boatman, where are you going to take us?" ”

Ge Shuhan was taken aback, and he realized that the ferry boat was not going to the other side of the river, but sailed into the Han River, and he was furious, drew his sword and pointed at one of the captains and scolded: "Go back immediately, or I will kill you." ”

The four captains called Tianqudi, "Master Jun, don't you want to cross the river?" That's why we went across the river. ”

"Fart!"

Goshuhan had already noticed that something was wrong, several clippers were coming towards him at great speed, their sails were full like arrows from the string, and he could even faintly see someone in the bow with a crossbow in his hand.

Ge Shuhan panicked in his heart, he was a landlubber, he could fight ten thousand people on land, but in the water, he might not even be able to beat a woman, Ge Shuhan drew his sword and slashed at the captain.

The four captains shouted, and at the same time turned over and jumped into the river, and the ferry boat suddenly turned around in the river, and his own soldiers were all cavalry, who did not understand the surname of water, and made a mess on the boat.

At this moment, the ferry began to enter the water, pouring water inward from all four openings at the same time, and in a moment, the ferry was more than half sunk, and most of his fifty guards had fallen into the water and disappeared from the river.

Ge Shuhan stood helplessly at the bow of the boat with his sword, and when he saw that the ferry was about to sink, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "Heavens! Do you want to destroy my brother Shuhan? ”

"Brother Shu old thief, the sky will not destroy you, I will kill you!"

I saw a clipper passing by him, and the person at the bow of the boat was his nemesis, General Zhang Weijin.

Zhang Weijin held a bow and arrow in his hand, he had already aimed at Ge Shuhan, without waiting for him to react, an arrow was shot, the arrow was strong, poor Ge Shuhan was full of water in front and back, left and right, there was nowhere to dodge, this arrow was in the right chest, shot through Ge Shuhan's armor, he shouted, and the armor fell into the Han River, only to see the blood on the river turned red, and a captain had raised Ge Shuhan's head high.

"General Zhang, I have killed Ge Shuhan!"

Zhang Weijin looked up to the sky and laughed, "Brother Shuhan old thief, do you also have today?" ”

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(To be continued)