Yang Wanhu and Fu Youde competed with each other and successfully completed their tasks respectively.

When the news came to Shanzhou, Wang Baobao was extremely shocked, both shocked and angry. While dealing a heavy blow to the morale of the Yuan army, it also gave the Yidu Yan army a great boost. In the days that followed, the names of the two of them resounded throughout Jining, and almost all of them, from the generals to the soldiers, and even the ordinary people, were discussing these two battles.

In fact, whether it was Chengwu breaking into the camp or the battle of Jinxiang, the damage caused by Fu and Yang to the Yuan army was not very large. Together, they only killed more than 200 enemies.

But, just as Dunsher designed these two battles with the aim of focusing on momentum. There is no doubt that the success of these two battles has completely brought the momentum of the Yan army to the upper hand. Wang Baobao's department was originally a defeated army, and after retreating into Shanzhou and becoming a martial artist, because the Linfen reinforcements were about to arrive, they raised their morale a little; But with the successive defeats in these two battles, morale began to turn depressed again.

Wang Baobao was unwilling to accept the defeat of Jinxiang, and wanted to resend troops to fight for it.

However, the next day, another piece of news came: Monk Li began to move forward, suspected to be the target of the Pushui River. Since Linfen's reinforcements have not yet arrived,—— to be honest, even if the Linfen reinforcements have arrived, Wang Baobao will need a certain amount of time to coordinate the battalions, and it is impossible to launch a counteroffensive immediately, so in order to avoid a rash decisive battle when preparations are ready, he had to give up helplessly.

Although he gave up, everyone knew that the "Shanzhou Decisive Battle" had already begun.

"'If you want to take it, you must first take it.'" Zhao Heng comforted Wang Baobao like this, "Let the red thief take advantage of it first, a small county town in Jinxiang District, if you want to defend the city without city defense, if you want to store grain without storing grain, even if Yang Wanhu gets it, what can you do?" When the reinforcements from Linfen arrive, it will be recaptured without much effort. ”

"It's okay to go to Jinxiang, thousands of people in the Chengwu battalion! was actually beheaded by Fu Youde's 100 people. It's really breathtaking! Wang Baobao sighed, looking like he hated iron but not steel, "A group of wine bags and rice bags!" Alas, sir, if all the generals under my command could be like you, how could Juye lose? ”

"This time Linfen came to help, and there were Cai Ziying, Bai Zuozhu, Liu Shangzhi and others in the army as ministers, all of whom were talented in the north; There are Li Laobao, Hu Linchi, Babusha, etc. as minions, all of whom are heroes of Shandong. It can be described as a strong soldier and a brave soldier, and a strategist like rain. And there are more Taiwei and Yan Gong as the main commanders. With their support, the general will be able to grow like a tiger. Thinking that the red thief came from Jining, he would not fight every day, and he would have been exhausted for a long time; It is difficult to transfer, and I am afraid that the rear will also be empty. Their generation is like the end of a strong crossbow, but my reinforcements are all new forces, and the victory and defeat are self-evident when compared with the two. ......, Chengwu and Jinxiang were defeated, so why worry about it! ”

The commander of the Linfen reinforcements, one is the "Tai Lieutenant" and the other is the "Yan Gong".

"Yan Gong", that is, Yan Sixiao, when Chakhan Timur attacked Yidu last year, this person had a battle, but he did not get a chance to perform.

And the "Tai Lieutenant" is named Sain Chi Dahu. Why did Zhao Heng only call him by his official name, but not by his first name, and he didn't even say his surname? The reason is very simple, because this person is Wang Baobao's biological father.

He was originally from Gushi, Guangzhou (now Xinyang, Henan), and his military experience was as follows: the red scarf was in turmoil, and he was "out of his own armor, recruiting Ding Zhuang, as a volunteer soldier, and setting up Ai Ting, and all the passes that haunted him were based on it, so as to stifle the thief", "the thief knew that the public was strict and did not dare to commit it".

Soon after, from Chakhan Timur, "to negotiate Luoshan, to grant Yingqi to recruit thousands of households, to suppress the bullet, rank loyal to the lieutenant"; After pacifying Jun, Xu, and Ru Prefectures from the army, "promoted to recruit deputy Wanhu, and general of Wuluo"; He also took Mengjin, Gongxian, Wenxian, Xingyang, Surabaya, and Heyin, and moved to Henan. Subsequently, it took Shaanzhou, Pinglu, Lingbao, Tongguan and other places.

Chakhan Timur entered Shaanxi, and he took charge of it alone, "Fuhuazhou, Huayin, Fengxiang, Wangyang, Longzhou, and then defeated the thieves in Nanshan, ascended to the east of the river to comfort the envoy, and served the doctor in the ranks." And, after that, he also had a battle with Wang Shicheng, "The thief's first 'sweeping king' broke into Jinji and was rampant, and the public fought in Lengshui Valley, defeated, and the thief fled." Privy Council matters in the south of the river".

In the nineteenth year of Zhizheng, Chakhan Timur broke Bianliang, and he "promoted the political affairs of Pingzhang in Henan Province with merit, and was ranked as a doctor of Ronglu", "looking for a bachelor of Hanlin, and promised to return to the captain, and still served as a doctor of Yinqing Ronglu". "Tai Lieutenant", in the Yuan generation and non-permanent official positions, "or place, or not", the grade is very high, and it is a good product. Although to a large extent, this is just an "honorary title", as a general, being able to achieve this position is almost equivalent to the highest.

The so-called "father and son soldiers, fighting tigers and brothers".

Chakhan Timur's use of Sainchi Tahu as the commander of the reinforcements can be described as well-intentioned. Wang Baobao is young, his prestige in the army is not very high, and there are many generals who are proud of their military exploits, and they may not be willing to obey his orders, not to mention the defeat of Juye, which makes his already low prestige even worse. At this time, if another admiral is used as the commander of the reinforcements, it is very likely that there will be a discord between the two sides. Fighting on the front line, the two armies are not in harmony, so what kind of battle is there to fight? Defeat is assured.

Therefore, Chakhan Timur chose Sain Chi Ta Su as the coach. He is of the same heart as Wang Baobao's father and son, at least there will be no problems in unified command. And, in terms of Sainchi's qualifications, he is indeed qualified enough to be the head of an army.

And Cai Ziying, Bai Zuozhu, Liu Shangzhi, Li Laobao, Hu Linchi, Babusha and others, or strategists, or brave generals, are all famous in the north and south, as Zhao Heng said, they can indeed be regarded as "North Junjie, Shandong Yingjie".

——, this "Shandong" is used for the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, referring to the vast area east of "Kunshan". It's not Shandong, which Deng She now occupies.

Cai Ziying, a native of Yongning (now Luoning, Henan), was a Jinshi in the middle of the road. Chakhan Timur opened the capital of Henan and ordered him to join the military. Knowing the battle array, having wisdom and numbers, he has made many contributions, and is one of Chahan's right-hand men. In this aid, he was the main mastermind of Sain Chitaku.

Bai Zuozhu, who had captured Jinan with Wang Baobao, was an old man of Chahan, loyal, and wanted to have a good relationship with Wang Baobao. Liu Shangzhen, who is also an old man in the army, as early as the eighteenth year of Zhizheng, was appointed as the head of Jining Road by Chakhan Timur because of his meritorious work.

Li Laobao, a native of Yangwu (now Xinxiang Yuanyang), an old general in the army, followed left and right when he started his army from Chakhan Timur Shen Qiu, and is now the governor of the Privy Council, guarding Shizhou, Shanxi. This time to aid Shanzhou, the military horse he brought was the Shizhou Army. Hulin Chiben was a general of the Ministry of Customs and Protection, and now leads an army alone. Babusha, Mongolian, riding and archery, brave and good at fighting. Although it is slightly inferior to Gaogao and Guanbao, it is also one of the few generals in the army of Chakhan Timur.

Wang Baobao was originally a person with a tough temperament, and he was angry when he was right, but he was angry, and after listening to Zhao Heng's comfort at this time, his spirit perked up slightly, and he said: "What Mr. said is very true. I remember my father once told me that it is easy to win a battle, but it is difficult to defeat a war. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I do. The difficulty in defeating the battle is that it is difficult not to be discouraged despite defeat. I also listened to the conversation between Mr. Li and his father, and Mr. Li enumerated the heroes of the past generations and found a common denominator from their entrepreneurial process. Henkel fought with Xiang Yu, and at the beginning there was a nine times out of ten defeats; When Tang Li got up, he first surrendered to the Turks. Before they achieved their careers, they were not weak, but because of their unremitting self-improvement, one eventually had the Han dynasty for 800 years, and the other finally achieved the prestige of Tang Taizong's 'Heavenly Khan'. Fan Zhongyan said that scholars should 'not be happy with things, not sad for themselves'. The big husband competes for the world, and he should take this as his motto! ”

Zhao Heng bowed solemnly: "'Tianxingjian gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement'." Victory and defeat are commonplace, and generals can not be depressed by small defeats, and fight bravely in the face of strong enemies. It is a blessing for the three armies! What a blessing for me! It is also a blessing for the Lord! ”

Although there have only been major defeats, although there have been new gains and losses; Although he was also angry with his generals because of his youth; But after coming to his senses, Wang Baobao is still scrappy. Regardless of Chahan, the heroes of the north and the south who have been counted all over the world, such as Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, if compared with them, they are really like "Lulu villains".

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"In the past, Cao Cao cooked wine and talked about heroes, and regarded the heroes in the sea as if they were nothing. Today, the Yuan lost its deer, and the world chased it. Fang Congzhe sent an envoy to Datong and compared the story of the Three Kingdoms to the north. In my opinion, the current situation is indeed similar to that of the Three Kingdoms! May I ask you, sir, who do you think can be called a hero in this world? ”

"Pseudo-Han Chen Youliang, although he killed the master, and many of the subordinates rebelled against him, but he has the right to skill, the soldiers are strong in Jiangnan, and he is cunning and cunning, and he is infested and fluctuating, especially the nobles, who can be trapped and not discouraged, and repeatedly rejuvenate."

"So, Mr. thinks Chen Youliang can be called a hero?"

"He has a stoic personality and can be called a strong enemy. If you are a hero, you are not enough. ”

"Why?"

"Today's friends forgive, on its nature, it is generally similar to Qin Mo Xiang Yu. It's just a thirst for killing, and it's still lacking in comparison. With Xiang Yu's strength, he was still defeated in the hands of Henkel, not to mention that he was not as good as Xiang Yu? Not to mention the heroes of the world! ”

"What about Shicheng, Guozhen, Ming Yuzhen, and Chen Youding?"

"Honesty and hypocrisy, no ambition; The country is narrow, with both ends at the end. Ming Yuzhen is weak, and Chen Youliang is far away in Fujian. None of these people are enough. ”

"What about Polo, Li Siqi, and Zhang Liangbi?"

"Facing the enemy, do not want to forge ahead; Sitting in the land of Jinji and Guanzhong, they attack each other. At this point, they are just a group of rural villagers! ”

"Today's heroes, the south is friendly and forgiving, and the people are sincere; In the north, Polo, Li Siqi and others. As Mr. commented, could it be said that there are no heroes in the world? ”

"Those who are 'heroic' are good at understanding people, are not blinded by external things, and can point directly to their hearts; In this way, although there are many local divisions, there are only three heroes in the world. ”

"Who?"

"Shanxi Chahan, Jinling Wu Guogong, and His Royal Highness King Yan."

"Haha. Chahan and Wu Guogong can certainly be called heroes, but as for Haidong Deng? The gentleman praised it falsely. ”

Talking to the two, one is Deng She, and the other is not Hong Jixun, but a stranger. He is about thirty years old, eight feet long, with beautiful hair and a magnificent instrument. There is another person on the side to accompany him, but it is Fang Congzhe. It turned out that this person was Luo Guanzhong.

Earlier, Luo Guoqi and Fang Congzhe sent envoys to Songjiang, and after meeting Zhang Shicheng, Luo Guanzhong went to visit, and there was a conversation between the three. Luo Guanzhong was impressed by this, praised Haidong for being "full of talents", and praised Deng She for his "insight into people". He was in Songjiang, and he was originally invested in Shicheng's shogunate, but he was never allowed to be reused, so he had the intention of switching to Deng She. He is originally from Taiyuan, he is also a northerner, and Deng She is fighting with Chahan, so he can just come to offer some of Shanxi's virtual reality.

Deng She was busy with military affairs, and the person who wanted to change the voter was an ordinary person, and he would definitely not be summoned immediately when he heard the news. But who is Luo Guanzhong? As early as in his previous life, Deng She had been listening to his name like thunder and had admired him for a long time. Therefore, regardless of the surprise of Hong Jixun and others, he was summoned on the day he came.

Not only did he summon him, but he also took out two hours to talk to him. Since he knew Luo Guanzhong, the first thing that came to mind was of course "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so after saying it for a short time, he turned the topic to "Cao Cao on heroes in the past" Yunyun. After listening to Luo Guanzhong's answer, he laughed.

Speaking of ——,, it is understandable that Luo Guanzhong listed Chahan and Deng She as heroes, but why did Zhu Yuanzhang also include him in the ranks of heroes? It must be known that Zhu Yuanzhang is only one of the heroes in Jiangnan now. But because he has been in Jiangnan for a long time, he knows Zhu Yuanzhang better.

The list of these three heroes is completely correct about Deng She's mind.

He thought to himself, "There is no one in the name. Mr. Luo is Mr. Luo, and his eyes are like torches. These three heroes are so right. In addition to the joy, I couldn't help but think, "Chickens lay eggs, eggs lay chickens." If in the future, when Mr. Luo writes about the Three Kingdoms, when he writes about heroes in Qingmei Cooking Wine, is he writing first, or is he inspired by today's dialogue? I glanced at Fang Congzhe, and remembered that when Luo Guanzhong had just come in, he talked about Fang Congzhe's envoy to Jinling and the matter of "tongue debate group Confucianism", and he was full of praise, and then suddenly thought, "'Tongue debate group Confucianism'? When he writes about the Three Kingdoms, is Zhuge Liang in front of the Confucianism, or is the impression aggravated by Fang Congzhe, so that he is in the front? ”

The more I thought about it, the more funny I felt, and I laughed for half an hour before I stopped. Since the Jining War, it has been so many days in a row, and at this moment, maybe because he remembered the Three Kingdoms, or because Luo Guanzhong remembered his previous life, he felt the most relaxed.

Luo Guanzhong waited for him to laugh, got up in full clothes, bowed to the end, and said: "The heroes of the world stand on three legs." Wu Guogong occupied Jinling and conquered Jiangdong; Chahan and His Royal Highness confronted Hebei and clashed with Jinji. And now in the battle of Jining, the three of you are all involved. From this point of view, the hard work of this war committee is related to the luck of Meng Yuan and the trend of the world, the north and the south are divided, and the east and west are heroic, all of them are waiting and seeing! Although it has just arrived, it can't help but be excited about the decisive battle at this grand event. There is a plan, please dedicate it to Your Highness. ”

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1, Sain Chi answered.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" does not record Wang Baobao's biological father, but only wrote a sentence like this: "Kuangkuo Timur, Shen Qiuren, his surname is Wang, the small character Baobao, Yuan Pingzhang Chakhan Timur's nephew, Chakhan Timur's adopted son, Emperor Shun gave the name Kuangkuo Timur." "There is no detailed information about his biological father.

And on the epitaph of Sain Chi Tahu, it is written like this: "There are three sons, the eldest son is a wide and a strong Tie Muer, born sensitive, with abnormal talents, young and sick, and Zhongxiang regards his mother and uncle as his own son, so he raises him at home." ”

"Zhongxiang" is the nickname of Chakhan Timur. "Expand the Tiemur", that is, expand Timur. Obviously, this is talking about Wang Baobao.

Sainchi Tahu is not from the Central Plains, let alone surnamed Wang, he is a Mongolian, "from the Mongolian Boyetai clan." He first came from Emperor Shizu Pinghenan, and settled in Yanyan because he stayed in Gushi County, Gwangju. In other words, Wang Baobao is not as stated in the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "Shen Qiu people", but should be Gushi people.

The History of the Ming Dynasty is a canonical history, and it seems that there is no explicit statement that this is a fallacy, so it is not intended to be argued in the book. Let's talk about these two things.