Seeing that Shandong's officialdom was gradually becoming the dominant trend of the "Lu Party", Deng She thought of transferring some officials from Haidong to come over. However, this is all in the future, and now it has to focus on Xu, Su Erzhou and Jining Road.

After a series of orders, some were sent to Li Lan in Laizhou and promoted to the prefect of Jinan; Some were sent to Yang Xingjian and transferred to Xuzhou prefect. At the end of the court meeting, another order was issued, but it was given to Zhao Guo, urging him to end the war in Shanzhou quickly.

Originally, I wanted to discuss the matter of preparing for the establishment of a new army, but because it was almost noon, I had to put it aside for the time being and discuss it again in the afternoon. Let's not talk about it for the time being, but only say that the delivery of a few orders is 800 miles expedited. Laizhou and Jinan are closer, and Li Lan and Yang Xingjian received their respective orders that night.

For Li Lan, it was naturally a great joy from heaven.

Although Laizhou also has a relatively important status, in any case, it is only a Zhizhou, far less than Jinan. What is Jinan? One of the largest prefectures in number! As far as the whole territory of Shandong is concerned, among the 100 prefectures and counties, I am afraid that only a few places such as Yidu and Yanzhou can be compared.

However, despite the great joy and although the decree contained the words "on the day of receiving the order, even if you go to work", he still forced himself to rejoice and did nothing that night.

It was not until the next day that he summoned his subordinates and read the decree in public without hurrying, and said without haste, "because of the will, I dare not wait longer", for fear that he could not wait for the arrival of the successor official, so he handed over all the official seals and other things that needed to be handed over to them, and kept them for the time being, leaving them to take over.

After doing this, in order to deliberately show his subordinates that he was "calm and relaxed, and did not care", in other words, in order to deliberately show that he "does not like things and does not feel sorry for himself", he pretended to talk about jokes and goodbyes with his subordinates in the hall leisurely, and "took advantage of the fun" to talk with people for a few games.

It was not until the afternoon that he left Laizhou, and Shi Shiran went to Jinan to take office. Seven or eight staff members accompanied him to laugh and talk to relieve the lack of the journey, three or four big carts loaded with belongings, and two small sedan chairs carried the two favorite concubines. And when he left Laizhou, Yang Xingjian, who was far away in Jinan, had already been out of the city for a long time.

Speaking of which, Yang Xingjian received the order more than an hour later than Li Lan. However, he was completely different from Li Lan, but he packed up that night and left for Xuzhou early the next morning.

Because he had a long way to go, he had to cross the Yellow River, and Xuzhou was a preliminary decision, and the road was not quiet, so Deng She gave him a special explanation in the order, allowing him to choose two hundred elite troops from the Jinan garrison to accompany him.

Because of this meaning of the will, when he left Jinan, he didn't bring anything else, let alone anything, except for the two staff masters, there were only two hundred armor soldiers with him.

Jinan is located on the front line, in order not to cause disturbance, he even went out of the city quietly, no one needs to alarm. The subordinates in Jinan City offered to see him off, but he refused.

After leaving the city, a staff master was a little confused about the situation and asked him: "The order arrived last night, and Dong Weng will leave the city this morning, how anxious!" Why don't you wait for Li Lan? It's good to do a formal handover. If this spreads, I am afraid that it will inevitably cause others to misunderstand and think that Dong Weng? ”

"What do you think of me?"

"Although Xuzhou is on the front line, the danger is especially Jinan. However, the lord said in the edict that after Dong Weng arrived, he would 'act cheaply' and have the right to 'participate in military affairs and control Suzhou', which was equivalent to the treatment of the princes of a place, and it was equivalent to handing over Xu and Suzhou and their hundreds of miles of land to Dong Weng. ......, Dong Weng is not afraid of others saying, are you in such a hurry to leave? ”

"Is it to covet a moment of power?"

The staff member smiled.

Yang Xingjian left the city early, and the sky was not yet bright at this time.

In the blue morning light, there was silence far and near, only the sound of horses' hooves. I had just passed a small village on the side of the road, and there were early risers cooking with smoke. Dogs barking and roosters crowing from time to time. Smell the unique scent of earth and plants in the summer morning; The morning breeze is cool, blowing on the face, quite pleasant.

He said: "The lord ordered me in the decree to 'go to the post on the day I receive the decree'. Actually, according to my meaning, I was going out of the city last night. It's just that the government affairs of the subordinates are delayed. That's why we had to postpone it until this morning. Do you know why the lord ordered me to 'go to work on the same day I receive the order'? ”

"Xu and Su Xinde, you can't do without a minister. If not, it will change over time. Therefore, the Lord decreed that Dong Weng 'even if he went to work on the day he received the order.' ”

"Not bad. Those who are courtiers should worry about the king's worries and be anxious about the king's urgency. How can you ignore the affairs of the state out of fear of rumors or for the sake of fame? As long as I can rush to Xu and Su in time and cure these two states, even if there are more people who say that I am greedy for power, fame, and profit, what am I afraid of? ”

Yang Xingjian pointed to his chest, as if to teach his staff, and as if to show his heart, he said angrily: "Dealing with people and things depends on a piece of Dan heart!" As long as you have a clear conscience, everything in the world can be done. ”

The two staff members were in awe,—— these two staff members were brought by Yang Xingjian from Liaodong, and they have always been very useful, one is in charge of Wen Mu, and the other is in charge of money and grain, and they both surrendered their hands at this time and said: "In the inferior Xundong Weng Yuan." This is probably why Dong Weng can be Dong Weng, and the inferior can only be below. ”

Yang Xingjian looked back, the city walls of Jinan Mansion gradually faded away, and looking ahead, a straight official road extended into the endless distance. He raised his whip, tapped it lightly on his mount, and ordered, "Command, go down, speed up!" By the morning after tomorrow at the latest, the official will enter Xuzhou. ”

As the new important town, Pima will have to deal with Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, Henan Chahan Army, and even the Anfeng Imperial Court, which is under great pressure.

However, perhaps because of his own stronger and braver side of his nature, or perhaps because of the heroic spirit of the Liaodong boy in his character, Yang Xingjian at this time not only did not feel the slightest anxiety, but was full of energy and fighting spirit. Sure enough, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement".

Born in troubled times, if you want to seek peace in the world, you should have such a backbone!

……

The day after Yang Xingjian received the order, Zhao Guo also received the order.

In fact, two days ago, when they received the good news from Xuzhou from generals Yang Wanhu, Hu Zhong, Gao Yanshi, and Fu Youde, Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer wanted to launch a general attack on Shanzhou, but they were interrupted by an unexpected incident. What kind of emergency? - Wu Jun made trouble.

Think about the people who are willing to swallow their anger when they often meet spring? Traveling thousands of miles to Jining, it was his secondary task to rush to the aid of the Yan army, and the first task was to capture Xuzhou. Before leaving Jinling, Zhu Yuanzhang also gave thousands of instructions and instructions for this. Who knew that in the end, it was silently taken the first place by Yan Jun!

As the saying goes: it is tolerable, but it is unbearable.

Okay, isn't this clearly treating Wu Jun as a big wrongdoer? Although there is no way to say that Yan Jun seized Xuzhou, after all, Chang Yuchun did not tell Yan Jun that he wanted to fight Xuzhou. Since he didn't say it, this Xuzhou is obviously a "borderless land", and whoever has the ability to occupy it first is whoever owns it. But, whether it is Chang Yuchun or Feng Guosheng, no one is stupid.

Afterwards, put the before and after the Yan army's attack on Xuzhou together, and after a closer look, it was clear that the Yan army must have guessed their true intentions, but they still "took it without telling them"; And not only did he "take it without telling him", but he even used the "next move" of pouring wine in order to "take it without telling him"!

is still the same sentence, it is really "tolerable, which is unbearable"!

After Chang Yuchun woke up, he knew that the Yan army had crossed the river to the south, and he was annoyed and angry, and he regretted it. He wanted to find Yan Jun at that time, but he was finally persuaded by Feng Guosheng, Cai Qian and others.

Feng Guosheng said at the time: "The Yan army has crossed the Yellow River, and the front of the army is less than 100 miles away from Xuzhou. It's too late for us to do anything now. The only good thing to do is to sit back and wait. ”

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for the military report of the Yan army. Xuzhou is a big city, in my opinion, with those thousands of Yan troops, they don't have a clever plan like Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take down the city. The general might as well pretend to be nothing, wait for a day or two, if the Yan army really can't quickly conquer Xuzhou, then let's find another excuse to pull out the camp. He said that he wanted to go back to Jinling, but he turned a corner halfway and went to Xuzhou. took out Mr. Liu's clever plan, and then with lightning speed, Xuzhou was the first to be defeated in one fell swoop! ”

Cai Qian also said: "General Feng's words are reasonable. If the general goes to Yanying at this time to make trouble, it will really be no good for us except to give Zhao a stammering excuse, give him a chance and a rhetoric to delay our troops and give the Yan army who is going south to fight Xuzhou enough time! ......, and even if Zhao stammers and can't delay our department, but Yang, Hu and the others have just gone south, and their morale is high, even if we can rush to Xuzhou soon, but maybe we will end up with a result of two tigers fighting each other, and Lu Ju and Song Xingzu are cheap out of thin air.

"But if you endure it for two days, then you will camp and go south. At that time, our army will recuperate, and the Yan army that will go south will attack Xuzhou for a long time without success, and it will be exhausted and unable to compete with our department anymore. Therefore, when we arrive at the city of Xuzhou, at most, they can only watch our troops show their majesty, and they will definitely be powerless to stop them. Wouldn't it be better to hold back for the moment and leave it for tomorrow? ”

Chang Yuchun heard this, and felt that Feng and Cai were reasonable, so he reluctantly suppressed his anger. After waiting for two days, he found an excuse to camp and go south.

But he never expected that although the Yan army did not have Liu Bowen's clever plan, it had Pan Xianer's strange plan, and it only took less than a day to conquer Xuzhou City!

On the day of the good news, Yan Jun was overjoyed, and he was almost fainted in anger in the spring.

He shouted, "How do you tell me to be with the main bus?" In a fit of rage, blood rushed to the top of his head. Anger rises from the heart, and evil grows to the guts. Immediately dressed neatly, drove Ma Tige, and ordered all the generals, he was going to find "Zhao Guoxiaoer" to fight.

It was a really critical situation.

Not only the Wu army was clamoring up and down, but also the whole camp; Regardless of the generals and soldiers, they are all wearing armor. Moreover, after the news reached the Yan military camp, Tong Shengyang's generals also put on armor and gathered to the Chinese army, all shouting for battle. Seeing that an infighting and fighting was inevitable, Pan Xianer made a strange plan again and whispered to Zhao Guo.

Zhao Guo then only took ten entourages and galloped into the Yuchun camp.

Chang Yuchun put Changge in front of the saddle horizontally, sitting on the horse, the left and right are the generals of tigers and wolves, and the front and back are fierce pawns. He glared at Zhao Guo angrily and asked murderously, "The thief still dares to come to my camp?" ”

"I heard that there was chaos in the general's camp, so I came here to take a look."

"It's not chaos in my camp, but I'm looking for you to fight!"

"Just, just want to fight? But why? ”

"Wow, I'm angry! That little thief, are you still pretending to be stupid? ”

Chang Yuchun picked up Changge, pointed in the direction of Xuzhou, and shouted: "A few days ago, you came to my camp and drunk me with wine, and then, then, and then ,......。 I wanted to scold the "thief treacherous" and deceive Xuzhou, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't speak. No matter what, although Yan and Wu already knew that the other party's drunkard did not mean to drink, in fact, "it was in Xuzhou", but there was no way to say it clearly.

He roared and shouted, "......, there is no need to talk nonsense. If you are a man, thief, go back to the camp. See you on the battlefield! ”

"Generals and generals have traveled thousands of miles to help me in Shanzhou; Body, lead the way, and fight with the Tartars on the outskirts of the city. In half and half of the day, three in three wins. Defeat and defeat are like defeats and dogs, and chasing the king and protecting the protection is like chasing a hare. The divine power of generals and generals is seen by everyone! Although he is mediocre, he is also very admired. ......, so the victory of Shanzhou can be achieved today, thanks to the general. Yes, for this, it's too late for me to thank you, how can I be willing to fight with the general? For example, if it is because of something that has offended you, so that you are angry, please say it directly. I'm going to change it. ”

"You, you! What a stammer, it's hard to say good! In anger, Chang Yuchun's dialect came out again, with the word "ya" at the end of the sentence.

Zhao Guo got off the horse and saluted.

He did not wear armor, only civilian clothes, so he was able to make a big salute, and insisted on saying: "If the general and general have any dissatisfaction with me, please speak up." ......, but, but please speak up! ”

Chang Yuchun was so angry that he was smoking, urged the horse forward, pointed at his neck with a long ge, and said: "If you refuse to go back to the camp to prepare for war and fight with me, you don't have to go!" Left and right, come on! ”

The generals on the left and right, the tiger ben in front and behind, responded in unison: "Here!" ”

"Take this thief down and cut it down on the spot! Hang your head over the door, and then go out of the camp to fight the swallow thief. ”

There are really people who come to catch Zhao Guo with knives and guns.

The ten personal soldiers who accompanied Zhao Guo into the Wu camp were suddenly nervous, and they could only hear the sound of "boom", and all the swords were unsheathed. The atmosphere was tense for a while.

Zhao Guo retracted his long hand, stood upright, waved his hand, signaled the soldiers to put away their weapons, and continued to say to Chang Yuchun without fear: "Generals, generals go thousands of miles to help me win over Shanzhou." On the top, my lord will be very grateful to the general and Wu Guogong; Down and down to the people of the world, they will definitely praise the general and the bus entrance of Wu State.

"Although he is not talented, he does not dare to meet the general's sabers because of the general's momentary anger, so that such a good thing, such a good thing that not only praises the world, but also benefits the good of the alliance between you and me, becomes a bad thing, and then leads to the scorn of the people of the world, especially the Tartars.

"If, if the general is really angry, and only my head can calm your anger,......。" He nodded his head and said generously, "For, in order not to make you and me the laughing stock of the world, for the sake of the alliance between you and my two armies, what is the pity!" ”

went around and around, and the conversation was ripped to the alliance between Wu Jun and Yan Jun. As long as you can calm the anger of the general, for the friendship between the two armies, although I Zhao Guo only has one head, it is not a pity! After finishing speaking, he ripped open his collar, exposed his neck, and said with a dead look: "Please, please take it from the general." ”

In the final analysis, Chang Yuchun is just a general with troops, and in a fit of anger, he can do whatever it takes, but once he understands that if he has a bad relationship with Zhao Guo, it will involve the alliance between the Yan and Wu armies, and he has to calm down. He can't afford that.

——, even if Zhu Yuanzhang did not sincerely form an alliance with Deng She, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's decision to tear up the alliance, not to start with him.

Chang Yu Chunyuan rolled his strange eyes, glared at Zhao for a while, and finally got discouraged, "hummed" heavily, and reluctantly took Changge back and put it back in front of the saddle. Although he calmed down and knew that he couldn't go to war with the Yan army, he really didn't want to see this treacherous thief again.

He turned his horse away, left Zhao Guo and ignored him, and angrily returned to the Chinese army. As soon as he left, the soldiers of the Wu army left behind did not get military orders, and no one dared to embarrass Zhao again.

Zhao Guo stood still in place, and then surrounded by hundreds of Wu troops with guns and guns, he saluted in a dignified manner in the direction of Chang Yuchun, and then slowly got on his horse, still led the ten personal soldiers, and left the camp.

After returning to the camp, I didn't dare to be careless, for fear that Chang Yuchun would eventually be angry, but I still couldn't swallow this breath, and refused to eat this dumb loss. Therefore, the order was given to go, and the three armies were on alert.

I was on guard all night. The next morning, news came that Wu had withdrawn from the camp.

Wu Jun's departure is one less trouble; But it also has an extra problem. - First of all, thousands of Yang and Hu troops were left two days ago, and then thousands of Wu troops are now gone, and the troops besieging the city are not enough all of a sudden. It took more than a day to redeploy the battalions and surround Shanzhou.

Therefore, when Deng She's order to "speed up the single state" arrived, he had just rearranged the siege again.

Summoning the generals, he said: "The lord and the lord have an order to order our army to quickly pull out Shanzhou. Xu and Xuzhou are both down; And two hours ago, Tan and Tan Ma sent a military report, saying that the Wu army had also crossed the Yellow River, and our army was worried about the future. It's, it's time to start this general assault on Shanzhou. ”

As he was talking, his steps outside the tent were hurried, and a person broke into the tent.

When the generals looked, they saw that it was a messenger sent by Fu Youde's remnants stationed between Chengwu and Chuqiu.

"What, what's the report?"

"Report to your lord, find out Wang Baobao's whereabouts!"