As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jun was very embarrassed.

After half a ring, Fang Yu said: "What I want to cut today, but it is not an ordinary soldier." Although this person violated military law and secretly colluded with the Jin people, he was a high-ranking authority. ”

"Oh?" Shen Tuo's curiosity increased greatly, and he immediately asked, "Can you tell me who this person is?" ”

"Your Majesty must have heard of this person, it is the former mighty general, the camp to participate in the military, the Jingyuan Road through the strategic envoy, and the head of the camp and horses. This person has repeatedly made military exploits, and in the first year of Jingkang, he once led the western soldiers into the Weijing Division. It's just that it was just a system at that time, and Your Majesty must not be able to remember. ”

Shen Tuo naturally "didn't remember", but his face was pretending to be a deep groan, and he shook his head after half a sound and said, "I really don't remember." ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said: "This person has made great achievements in fighting against Western Xia, and when he was in charge of Jingyuan Road and the chief of soldiers and horses, he has made great achievements. It's just that he is arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, and his henchman Zhang Zhongyan suddenly surrendered to the Jin army a few days ago, which confirmed that he had the intention of plotting against Jin. In order to strengthen the heart of the soldiers and avoid the hope of rebellion, the minister decided to behead him today along with dozens of soldiers who violated military law, thinking that he would be the ring of the comer. ”

What he said was righteous and stern, and it was reasonable. Shen Tuo nodded again and again, but he only felt that this person was also a little dazed, how to say that this Qu Duan was also the head of the army, Zhao Gou was not there, Zhang Jun was equal to the soil emperor of Guanchuan Sixth Road and Shuzhong Fourth Road, and everything was naturally in his hands. But he is here, and this person still said to the big man that he would kill him, and he didn't ask for instructions, but the joints were really intriguing.

In fact, in historical facts, Zhang Jun killed Qu Duan after the defeat of Fuping, and he was angry and angry, and he urgently needed a scapegoat to top the tank, so he killed Qu Duan.

Qu Duan is the leader of the Western Army and a rare master general at the strategic level of the Song Dynasty. When Zhang Jun first arrived in Shaanxi, he also relied heavily on him, worshipping a mighty general to command the entire Western Army. When they took the stage to pay their respects, the Western Army cheered and their morale was greatly boosted. Soon after, Qu Duan repeatedly disobeyed military orders, and he had a previous conviction of forcing Wang Shu to take away the Shaanxi Sichuan Propaganda Envoy, which made Zhang Jun dissatisfied and suspicious.

The general did not agree, Zhang Jun naturally refused to use him again, so during the Fuping War, Quduan's Jingyuan soldiers were handed over to Liu Xi and Liu Jian brothers, because Quduan's prestige was too high, the Liu brothers could not serve the public, but the handsome flag was still written "Qu", and this person's prestige in the Western Army can be seen.

After the defeat, Zhang Jun reluctantly cleaned up the mess, kept Sichuan and Guanzhong, and shirked responsibility. It was even more criticized by people at the time, and was also suspected by Zhao Gou, and in the following years, it was not reused.

At this time, Zhang Jun decided to kill Qu Duan, but because Shen Tuo arrived, Qu Duan said to the people in public: "Zhang Xianggong intends to alleviate the worries of the southeast, regardless of the hardships of the western soldiers, and the king of Qin has been overwhelmed many times. If Your Majesty doesn't come, it's just that, now the Son of Jiankang is here, and the prince doesn't care about His Majesty's safety, what does this mean? I will definitely join the Son of Heaven, please stop the army and stop the war, and defend the city, then Shaanxi will be worry-free! ”

Zhang Jun was originally afraid of the dispute between Shen Tuo and the second emperor of Zhao Gou, this song was only for the sake of the general but did not understand politics, and said such things in public, but no one could save him, Zhang Jun ordered him to be arrested overnight, and decided to kill him because his henchman general invested in gold.

It's just that no matter what, I didn't expect that Shen Tuo rushed to Pizhou today to inspect the soldiers and horses, but he happened to meet him to kill Qu Duan.

The two were talking to themselves, but there were bursts of drums on the school field in the distance, and the drums rumbled, which turned out to be murderous.

Zhang Jun said uneasily: "The hour is coming, Your Majesty can sit here, and the minister will come when he goes to deal with it." ”

Although Shen Tuo was suspicious of this matter in his heart, it was inconvenient to argue with Zhang Jun at this time, so he only said: "The husband is hard, in fact, this matter is left to a general to do." ”

Zhang Jun naturally didn't want to tell him that Jingyuan's soldiers were unstable and he needed to calm the scene by himself, so he only said: "Hard-working king's affairs, ministers' internal affairs, what hard work is there." ”

"Okay, let's do it cheaply, don't worry about me. After the military law is over, I will go to review the army again. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Jun was happy in his heart, and hurriedly bowed to Shen Tuo again, and wanted to leave.

Shen Tuo stopped him and said with a smile: "Since I am here, I can order Kang Chengxun to accompany Qing and teach the soldiers to know." ”

Zhang Jun didn't think much about it, agreed repeatedly, and took Kang Chengxun with him.

He left by himself, but left behind his own soldiers to serve Wu Ling around Shen Tuo to protect the emperor's safety.

Shen Tuo already knew at this time that this Wu Ling was Wu Jue's younger brother, and the two brothers were both brave generals of the Western Army. Compared with his brother, Wu Luan is slightly inferior in strategy and brave in force, and Zhang Jun used his personal soldiers in front of the account.

Because he smiled at that Wu Xuan: "What else can I have in this military camp, the general only cares about pressing his sword with his head high, opening his eyes and staring, but he doesn't have to frighten these children around me. ”

Wu Lan smiled when he heard this, but he put down his body and went to Shen Tuo's place to sit.

Although the teenagers were unhappy in their hearts, they didn't dare to argue with Shen Tuo, so they only said in a low voice: "Who is the child, I don't know who is powerful in the fight." ”

Shen Tuo didn't hear it, only laughed and chatted with Wu Lan, and after a few words, seeing Wu Lan's mind relaxed, he suddenly said: "I just saw Zhang Xianggong mention Quduan, and he was displeased, so did Quduan offend Zhang Xianggong?" ”

Wu Lan's mind was originally rough, how did he know that Shen Tuo was tricking him, so he only replied honestly: "Zhang Xianggong and Qu Dashuai are both literate and martial, and they originally got along quite harmoniously, but because Zhang Xianggong wanted to deal with the southeast, regardless of the safety of the western army, he was going to fight a decisive battle with the Jin soldiers. Qu Shuai was bent on objecting, the two quarreled endlessly, Zhang said to Qu Shuai, don't dare to fight, what are you going to be a general, Qu Shuai didn't say a word, handed over the seal, and the two turned against each other. ”

Shen Tuo said: "This is only a dispute on official business, but it is nothing. ”

Wu Lan replied: "Before Your Majesty came, the two quarreled again. Zhang Xiang asked Qu Shuai, how was this victory? Qu Shuai said: There is no doubt about defeat. ”

Shen Tuo smiled and said, "How can anyone answer like this, and it doesn't make sense to ask." ”

Wu Lan patted his leg and said, "Yes! These two people are stubborn, Zhang Xianggong wants to make Qu Shuai bow his head, but Qu Shuai thinks that Zhang Xianggong is a literati and does not know soldiers, and if he doesn't look at him in his eyes, this will not be a bull. ”

Shen Tuo couldn't help laughing a few times, and thought to himself: "Isn't this a discord between the first and second in command, this matter is common." “

But he asked Wu Luan: "What happened later?" ”

Wu Lan said: "Zhang Xianggong was furious and said to Qu Shuai, what if you win? Qu Shuai replied: If Xuanfu's soldiers are undefeated, they will die with their swords. Zhang Xianggong said: Do you dare to make a military order? Qu Shuai took pen and paper and wrote. Zhang Xianggong saw him like this, and he was also angry, and said: If Jun is not victorious, he should give his head to the general! ”

When he said this, he slapped his leg again and again, and said: "The army has not moved, and the generals have lost peace, which is really not good." ”

Shen Tuo's heart moved, and he asked: "Your two brothers, Wu Jue is the commander of Quan Yongxing, deputy marshal of Qin Fenglu, and you are the commander of the soldiers in front of the tent, both of them are generals of the Western Army. ”

Wu Lan is worthy of being a martial artist, very straightforward, before Shen Tuo's voice fell, he replied: "Qu Shuai once said: The plains are vast, thieves are easy to conflict, and our army has not tasted water warfare. The new momentum of the Jin people is difficult to compete with, and it is appropriate to train soldiers and horses to protect the territory. Although my brother was tortured by Qu Shuai several times and almost died on the battlefield, he was right, and when the Japanese army discussed it, we all agreed. ”

"Oh?"

Shen Tuo bowed his head and was silent, his face contemplative.

He naturally knew in his heart that the Song Dynasty was defeated and unwon. In this era when the Jurchens were invincible, in the Guanshan Plain, the last place where the Song Dynasty could allow the Jurchen heavy cavalry to charge, it was a great unwise move to engage the assembled Jurchen cavalry on the frontal battlefield and the plain terrain.

Zhang Jun did this because he was afraid that the southeast would not be protected and Zhao Gou would be captured, so the Song Dynasty would have no righteous monarch and would surely perish. And Shen Tuoyi understood that Zhao Gou ran faster than a rabbit, and the Jurchens never caught him. Second, he himself is now the emperor, why should he sacrifice himself to protect Zhao Gou?

It's just that he knows that Zhang Jun, with the five-year wealth of Sichuan and Shaanxi, spent several months gathering a large number of materials and a large number of troops, and it was necessary to fight with the Jin soldiers. If he forced a truce with the respect of the emperor, the morale of the western soldiers was frustrated, and it was difficult to say whether the refusal to defend the city was successful. And he, Shen Tuo, is also Zhao Heng's prestige, and it will definitely fall further.

At the moment of competing for prestige and the throne with Zhao Gou, he would never be able to do this.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed, feeling that he couldn't stop this battle.