Zhang Chengbo only took a boat and more than two dozen guards to Xiangzhou, passing through the area controlled by the Jin soldiers. Tang Huai also came back with him, and he asked, "Hu pacifying the envoy wants to send 500 people to escort the envoy, why didn't the envoy agree?" ”

"Either you can't meet a gold thief on the road, if you meet a gold thief, there will be hundreds or thousands of gold thieves, and the old man can't fight, and five hundred people will definitely die if they follow the old man. But leave them to the thief to be appeased. ”

"The last general will definitely sacrifice his life to protect the prime minister."

This boat passed through the state along the Yellow River, safe and sound, and arrived in Xiangzhou. Zhang Chengbo said happily: "Fortunately, it is not too late, and Du An's envoy has not dug the river yet." ”

They went ashore, and there were already soldiers guarding the dock to report the news. Du Chong sent his deputy to the dock to greet him. Zhang Chengbode's entourage wanted to fight the honor guard of Qincha, Zhang Chengbo said: "I went to Xiangzhou, what is the use of visiting friends?" ”

Du Chong greeted Zhang Chengbo at the door of the pacification envoy's ya. The two sat down and said a few polite words, Du Chong said: "Chengbo has worked hard from afar, go to rest first, and ask my brother for advice tomorrow." "Both of them were Jinshi on Hebei East Road, and they have the friendship of fellow villagers.

"Gongmei, I'm here to save you, I can't wait."

"Why did Cheng Bo make such a big statement. I saw that Chengbo was in the boat, and there was Tang Huai's entourage. I think it was Tang Huai who went to ask for reinforcements, did Cheng Bo bring reinforcements? ”

"Reinforcements are available. Huyan Geng has been divided into three ways, and Gongmei only needs to hold Xiangzhou steadily, so that he can cooperate with Huyan Geng and break the gold thief. ”

When Du Chong heard this, he felt a little disdainful in his heart, he was a dignified scholar, just this point of knowledge, if he and Hu Yangeng joined forces to break the golden soldiers, then he had already done it when he took over as the daimyo and stayed behind. Seeing that there were no reinforcements coming, Du Chong was a little excited. "Cheng Bo said that he saved me, what is the matter?"

"I heard that Gongmei is going to dig the Yellow River, which is an evil deed that has been infamous for the ages, and I want to stop Gongmei and avoid this infamy."

"Xianggong!" Du Chong originally called Zhang Chengbo, which was a name between friends, but now it has been replaced by an official title, which is a business-like attitude: "For the sake of the court and the people, I have to do it." ”

"For the sake of the court, do you want to flood the people?"

"Xianggong, Wanyan Sticky Han has occupied Luoyang, and Wanyan Wushu has occupied the Daimyo, whether it is digging the south bank of the Yellow River or the north bank of the Yellow River, it is all Jin soldiers who are drowned." Du Chong looked at Zhang Chengbo's expression, "Henan and Hebei, a total of 200,000 gold soldiers, can wipe out 200,000 gold soldiers in one fell swoop, Xianggong, do you want to stop it?" ”

"Pacification, if you want to drown 200,000 gold soldiers, how many people will be buried with you?"

"It is worth drowning 200,000 gold soldiers, and how many people die."

Seeing Zheng Chengbo's indignant appearance, Du Chong continued: "Henan Wanyan Sticky Han, Wanyan Yinshuke, and Wanyan Lou Chamber, Hebei has Wanyan Liduo, Wanyan Wushu, Wanyan Dalazy, and Wanyan Puluhu. If you are lucky, you can flood the Seventh Army. ”

Du Chong continued: "Guan Yu also flooded the Seventh Army back then, and every dead citizen who died in the flooding of the Seventh Army was Guan Yunchang, and we want to use countless nameless Guan Yunchang to create a famous Guan Yunchang." ”

"This famous Guan Yunchang is you." Zhang Chengbo finally couldn't help it, "Du Chong, you are also a Jinshi in the Shao Shengnian period, where did you read your sage books." According to your approach, the people can still live if they vote for gold thieves, and there is only one way to die for the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Xianggong, you actually speak for the gold thief."

Zhang Chengbo and Du Chong argued, but no one could convince anyone. Du Chong said: "Xianggong is far away, go and rest first, and discuss it tomorrow." ”

Zhang Chengbo thought to himself: "I'm not in a hurry on this day, after all, I have been friends for more than 20 years." He said a few words to lighten the mood and went to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Tang Huai suddenly rushed to the door of Zhang Chengbo's residence: "Xianggong, to calm the river, I want to behead my eldest brother." ”

Zhang Chengbo asked Tang Huai to come into the house, washed up, and asked Tang Huai on the other.

Tang Huai said: "Zhang Anfu asked Brother Yue to dig the river, Brother Yue persuaded hard, and the appeasement envoy said that the eldest brother did not obey the military order and wanted to behead him, please go and save my eldest brother quickly." ”

Zhang Chengbo was very conflicted in his heart, he and Du Chong had a friendship with each other, and his position was not to investigate Du Chong, and he didn't want to interfere with Du Chong's management of the army.

But when he met with Du Chong yesterday, he saw that Du Chong didn't take the people seriously at all, and wanted to kill a good general like Yue Wushu, Zhang Chengbo really felt unbearable. He sighed slightly: "Tang Huai, you go to delay the time first, and wait for the appearance to bathe and change clothes." ”

Tang Huai was anxious: "At three o'clock in the afternoon, I have to ask about the beheading, and the prince still has a bath and a change of clothes?" ”

"Go quickly, the picture has its own measure."

Tang Huai didn't dare to say any more, so he went to the pacification division first. After Zhang Chengbo bathed and changed his clothes, he put on the court clothes of Shangshu Youcheng, and then played a full set of honor guards, and the entourage sounded gongs to open the way, and came to pacify the division.

Du Chong was informed by his subordinates, and heard the sound of the gong, so he had no choice but to put on court clothes and go outside the yamen to greet him. Seeing a cool umbrella arrive in front of him, Zhang Chengbo walked out of the sedan chair and raised his right hand high: "There is a holy decree." ”

Du Chong led his entourage to bow down, and then welcomed Zhang Chengbo into the lobby, put the incense table, and then everyone bowed down again and listened to the holy decree.

Zhang Chengbo took out the holy decree and read it again. This holy decree was not to let Zhang Chengbo go to the river to investigate Huyan Geng, but to appoint Zhang Chengbo to raise the holy decree of the river to guard. The holy decree said: All matters related to the defense of the river will be judged by Zhang Chengbo.

"Du Anfu, digging the Yellow River is a matter of guarding the river, and it is all in charge, do you say yes or no?"

Du Chong had nothing to say, so he had to bow his head and receive the order. Zhang Chengbo said again: "Serve the imperial history Zhang Suo, impeach Du to appease you, dig the river without permission, and kill the living beings, come, ...... left and right" Zhang Chengbo will take Du Chong into custody.

"Xianggong, Chengbo, brother, Du Chong is also for the court, for the sake of the community, why is my brother here?" Du Chong knew that if he didn't shout injustice at this time, he would have no chance.

Zhang Chengbo couldn't bear to put Du Chong in prison, he was not sure how to block Jin Bing, if he did Du Chong, let the Xiangzhou dragons have no leader, and let Jin Bing have a chance, then he would be a sinner.

Seeing Zhang Chengbo's hesitation, Du Chong said: "If the elder brother thinks that digging the river is wrong, the younger brother will not dig the river, but if he can't stop the gold thief and misses the plan of the imperial court, Du Chong also deserves it." ”

"I won't let you dig the river, if you benefit from this, I deserve it." Zhang Chengbo decided to just stop Du Chong from digging the river, "Gongmei, please get up, you have to find another way." Rise up, all princes. ”

Du Chong stood up and wiped the cold sweat on his head: "Yes, yes, I'll find another way." ”

Since he didn't dig the river, Yue Fei naturally didn't have to ask. Zhang Chengbo solved the crisis, returned to his residence, and wrote a letter to Hu Yangeng, asking him to increase the attack on Jin Bing to relieve Du Chong's pressure.

Du Chong sat in the pacification division, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became: "Zhang Chengbo! Yue Fei is just a martial artist, and these ant people who have never met in person, and they can't catch up with our twenty years of friendship, so you actually want to blame me? ”

After thinking about it, Du Chong made up his mind: "Okay, since you deserve it, then let you be it." ”

Wang Yan led the Bazi Army to fight in the area of Xingzhou, north of Xiangzhou, and at noon on March 1, the grain officer returned from Xiangzhou.

"How did you come back so quickly? On weekdays, it takes three or five days to go back and forth, so why rush back today? ”

"General, Du Anfu burned the baggage, and then led 20,000 people to flee east, and General Yue asked me to rush back to report the news?"

"What? Pacify the one who is full of food and support, and burn the baggage? Yue Fei and Chen Cui didn't stop him? ”

"I heard that the ruling government is in Xiangzhou, and the appeasement made him even hide the government."

Wang Yan thought to himself, what should I do? Immediately lead the troops to the west, retreat to the east of the river, and take advantage of the fact that the Jin soldiers are all in Hebei, which is the safest. But Chen Cui and Yue Fei of Xiangzhou have become lone soldiers. Immediately go south, rendezvous with Yue Fei, and then be surrounded by Jin soldiers? Or do you want to chase Du Chong eastward? He was out of ideas for a moment.

Zhang Chengbo had already called Yue Fei in front of him: "What did Gongmei say to you last night?" Why did you burn the grain and grass and run away overnight? ”

"Xianggong, the last general doesn't know about it, if the last general can hear a little wind, how can he not stop and appease? The last general has been in Weizhou for the past few days, reinforcing General Chen Cui, and it was not until this morning that someone summoned the last general and General Chen, saying that the pacification envoy led the army eastward and asked the last general to chase after him. ”

"Du Chong took away 20,000 people at once, how could he not make a sound at all? It really doesn't make sense. ”

"Xiang Gong is angry, at the moment General Wang Yan is in Xingzhou, the last general is in Weizhou, and Chen Cui is in Henan. Du An's pacification envoy also had 20,000 men, and the last general inquired, and the pacification envoy only took his own soldiers to the east last night, and this morning he was sending orders to various places to let the various departments follow, and in the opinion of the last general, most of the 20,000 people in Xiangzhou did not follow Du An's pacification, but dispersed. ”

Yue Fei's statement was quickly confirmed, and at least 10,000 people in Du Chong's department did not follow him or chase him, but scattered on the spot and plundered the people. Fortunately, Zhao Buzhou, the governor of Xiangzhou, did not try to take responsibility, and saw the opportunity quickly, quickly gathered these routs, and beheaded dozens of heads to set an example, so as to maintain the situation.

At present, although there are nearly 30,000 troops in Xiangzhou, the grain, grass and baggage have been burned by Du Chong, and 30,000 people have no food to eat, so they can only wait for the Jin soldiers to kill. "Du Chong, you just run away, what are you doing burning the baggage? What's more, as the ruling party, I am in Xiangzhou, and what you do will not escape the law. ”

But now is not the time to punish Du Chong, Zhang Chengbo has self-knowledge: "Yue Fei, I don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou are at your disposal." ”

"Xiangzhou couldn't hold it, so I had to go to Zhengzhou first, guard the Baima Ferry, and ask the imperial court to help with grain and grass."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Immediately, Yue Fei wrote a letter to Wang Yan with Zhang Chengbo's printout, asking him to cut off the army, and then withdraw the camera to Hedong to make plans again.

Zhang Chengbo led Yue Fei and others to Baimadu, and found that Du Chong was staying here, Zhang Chengbo couldn't help but be furious, and drove the horse straight into Du Chong's camp. Zhang Chengbo sat down on the main seat: "Du Chong, are you guilty?" ”