This season is the coldest time of winter in the south. Song Taizu stood outside the hall, and saw that Xu Fu and the others had not entered the palace as he expected, so he sent Wang Hua and Zhi Yanzhi to hunt down Xu Fu and the others.

When Fu Liang's attendants found Xu Xianzhi, he was also on his way to the palace by car. Hearing the news, Xu Xianzhi immediately ordered to turn around and get out of the car. After all, Xu Xianzhi was ten years older than Fu Liang, and halfway through, he felt that the target of the car was too big, so he gave up the car and began to stumble and flee in the direction of Xizhou.

Sixty-three-year-old Xu Xianyi was running while thinking about what he had done, he thought that in his life, he was born in a poor family and did not read books seriously for a few days, but because he followed Song Gaozu, he became a generation of powerful ministers, which was not easy. During the reign of the young emperor, he did not keep his father's funeral, not only opened a market in the palace, but also dug an artificial lake and built a boat for pleasure. He didn't regret abolishing Liu Yifu at all. Although he expected that Song Taizu would always remember that several of them would abolish and kill the young emperor Luling King, he did not expect that even if they relinquished power, Song Taizu was unwilling to let them go.

"Is it because of King Luling?" Xu Xianzhi sat stunned in an abandoned grass house on the outskirts of the city. They abolished the King of Luling back then, indeed because of jealousy. Song Gaozu was born in a poor family, Xu Xianzhi was also born in a poor family, although Fu Liang was a Confucian student, but his family was born in the middle of the road. During the years when Song Gaozu was emperor, he always reused the children of the Han family, but the intelligent Luling King Liu Yizhen was friendly with the scholars.

Thinking about it, Xu Xianzhi couldn't help but look up and cry, and the muddy tears flowed down the folds on the old man's skin, "Taizu has the appearance of a Ming Jun!" If Zongwen can calm the emperor's heart when he dies, then what if he dies?! ”

"Gaozu, the minister came to see you, and he was ashamed in his heart!"

Before the words fell, Xu Xianzhi pulled out his sword, the blade slashed across his neck, and the old man fell in a pool of blood.

Fu Liang's firm voice also fell into Yanzhi's ears. Fu Liang heard the sound of horses' hooves and turned around, and saw Yanzhi and the army behind him.

"Master Fu, Your Majesty has something to bring to you." Zhiyan got off the horse and walked towards Fu Liang step by step, the cloth belt wrapped around his left ear swayed from side to side, and the saber was also pulled out of the scabbard, "Your Majesty said, remembering that the adults went to Jiangling in person to pick up His Majesty Jiankang, the Fu family only killed you." ”

Hearing Yanzhi's words, Fu Liang laughed. First it was a low voice, then the laughter grew louder and louder. While laughing wildly, Fu Liang knelt on the ground and kowtowed facing the east, "Ji You, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

When the news of the death of Xu Fu and the others was transmitted back to the palace, Song Taizu immediately issued an edict to summon the world, "Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, and Xie Hui, relying on the trust of Gaozu, monopolized power in the court, and successively abolished and killed the young emperor and the king of Luling, violating the morality of the world!" Today, Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang have been ambushed, and Xie Hui is fighting against the crime in Jingzhou, and he wants to drive the army in person, get rid of the ministers, and take back the military power. ”

immediately ordered the extermination of the Xu family's Xie family and Fu Liang's wife and children to Jian'an.

At the beginning, in order to protect themselves, Xie Hui, Xu Xianzhi, and Fu Liang made Xie Hui himself upper-class in Jiangling, Tandaoji Town, Guangling, and each had strong troops, thinking that it was enough to control the imperial court. Song Taizu believed that when the young emperor was abolished, the plot to abolish the emperor was not originally raised by Tan Daoji, and Song Taizu intended to take Tan Daoji, who controlled the Beifu soldiers, for his own use, so he omitted the name of Tan Daoji when announcing to the world.

Considering that Xie Hui is currently sitting on a heavy army, Taizu asked Tan Daoji, "Now that Xie Hui is cutting land in Jingzhou to stand on his own, what is your good plan?" ”

Tan Daoji thought for a while, and said confidently: "Xie Hui and I followed the Northern Expedition of the first emperor in the past, and entered the customs ten strategies, nine of which were offered by Xie Hui, and it was indeed only skipped by others. But he never won alone, and fighting was not his forte. I know Xie Hui's intelligence, Xie Hui knows my bravery, if Your Majesty trusts me to recruit him, I will be able to fight him! ”

On the sixth day of the first month of the leap month, Song Taizu led the army to attack Jingzhou, with Zhiyanzhi as the vanguard, and Tan Daoji followed, leading the water division to march west along the Yangtze River.

When Xie Hao's secret letter was sent from Jiankang to Jingzhou, Xie Hui did not believe that Song Taizu wanted to do something to himself and others. But when Xie Hui heard that Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang and others were dead, he couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

Xie Hui arranged for his younger brother and 10,000 soldiers to stay in Jiangling, and he led 20,000 sailors to march east along the river, and the fleet stretched for nearly 100 miles.

The teacher must be famous, Xie Hui mourned for Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang in a high-profile manner, and complained about his grievances: Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang and others were loyal to the country, but they were killed by traitorous ministers, His Majesty was bewitched by traitorous ministers, Xie Hui, as a minister appointed by the emperor, wanted to raise troops to clear the king's side.

Xie Hui is not good at leading troops to fight, so the matter of leading troops is almost entirely handed over to Geng Dengzhi.

In February, Yu Dengzhi entered Baling, and the garrison Dongting Lake entered the estuary, and at this time Yan Zhi also arrived at Pengchengzhou, Yu Dengzhi boarded the bow of the ship, and even could faintly see the fleet of the Song army through the rain curtain.

Offensive? Or not attack? Yu Dengzhi stood at the bow of the ship and thought seriously.

He is not the person Taizu must kill, although he is currently leading troops to march here, but after all, there is no war yet, even if he is arrested at that time, he can still leave a life.

But if he kept delaying, Xie Hui would be forced to be in a hurry, maybe he would kill himself first.

Yu Dengzhi couldn't make up his mind, and hid in the cabin every day, not giving orders.

Although Xie Hui is not good at leading troops, he is a strategist after all, so he personally went on the boat to find Yu Dengzhi, "What are you doing grinding and chattering?" If we continue to consume it, when Your Majesty comes in person, will we still fight this battle? ”

"Your Excellency." Yu Dengzhi really didn't want to fight at this moment, but he couldn't say it clearly, "It's raining for days these days. February is already cold, and if the soldiers were fighting in the rain, it would inevitably be cold. Therefore, I thought that instead of soldiers boarding the ship and engaging in water battles, it would be better to wait for the rain to stop and attack with fire. ”

It rained heavily for half a month, and finally, the reappearance of the sun made Yu Dengzhi unable to continue to find a reason, so he had to order an attack on Pengchengzhou, but Xiao Xin, the general of the Song army, was cowardly and incompetent, so he directly abandoned the island and fled.

The first battle was successful, Xie Hui was overjoyed, and immediately reported to Song Taizu: the minister won the battle, captured Pengchengzhou, and arrived in Jiankang in a few days. I hope that Your Majesty will not be confused by the slander of the Wang brothers and other thieves, rehabilitate Xu Fu and the others, and save the lives of those who care about Your Majesty. If His Majesty can purge the ministers himself, then the ministers do not need to continue to go east.

Xie Hui dried the text of the statement, and before it was sealed in the letter, one of his soldiers hurriedly ran in, "Lord Xie, Lord Tan and the Song army will join forces and will cross the river!" ”

"It can't be!" Xie Hui was shocked and slapped the table: Tan Daoji is an accomplice, how can he be pardoned alone?

But now it seems that Tan Daoji was not only pardoned, but also given reuse, and Taizu actually sent his commander to come. Xie Hui and Tan Daoji have been on official business for many years, so they naturally know that he is extremely skilled in leading troops to fight.

Xie Hui was a little scared, so he walked out of the cabin and stood on the bow of the boat to watch. After the rain stopped, the water surface was less obscured by water vapor, and Xie Hui could clearly see the confronting fleet in the distance: it didn't seem to be too many warships.

"Your Excellency." The generals stepped forward, "General Tan's army should still be resting when it arrives, why don't I attack now and catch them off guard!" ”

"No, you don't." Xie Hui's eyes narrowed, "So if you order a boat, can you still break my 20,000 sailors?" ”

But Xie Hui's mood was disturbed by the abnormal movement on the water as soon as the night fell. The east wind blew at night, and all the large and small ships of the Tandao Jibu, who thought they were still resting, actually raised their sails against the east wind, gathered together, and connected end to end, countless of them.

It was Xie Huijun who was caught off guard.

The 20,000 sailors were greatly lost by the attack of the ships and scattered in all directions.

"I can't beat Tan Daoji's ......!" Xie Hui couldn't even raise the slightest idea of resistance, so he immediately abandoned the boat with his personal guards, fled back to Jiangling overnight, found his younger brother, and left the city north with only seven people and seven horses.

As soon as the commander fled, the Jingzhou army was in turmoil, and the generals and soldiers suddenly lost the idea of resisting and directly abandoned the troops and surrendered.

By the time Yanzhi chased Xie Hui and the others, Xie Hui and the others had just fled to Anlu territory.

"Master Xie." To Yanzhi rode a horse to Xie Hui, who was full of horror, "Daoyu's Jingzhou Department, did you use it well?" ”

Xie Hui's eyes widened, and he suddenly figured it out, "Yu Dengzhi is your old department!" ”

"Lord Xie, do you know that Lord Xu committed suicide in fear of sin?" Zhi Yanzhi looked at Xie Hui with a hideous face, and his tone was full of regret, "Lord Xu committed suicide in fear of sin, Lord Fu was willing to be captured, Lord Tan is loyal to Your Majesty, why do you say you want to rebel?" ”

"Finished?" Ji Xiaoran shook the peach in his hand with some confusion, "I thought you would tell a story about a serious back bone, but it's nothing?" Didn't you do anything? ”

"What I want to say is that the same thing, if used properly, can also achieve good results?" Ji Cheng himself was also stunned, and talked intermittently for nearly an hour, even Huang Ying fell asleep on the sofa, and he himself forgot the original intention of telling this story.

Ji Xiaoran rolled her eyes, but suddenly thought of a suspicious point, "No, you know so clearly?" ”

"He's thistle." Huang Ying's muttering sounded, and she turned over, looking at the father and daughter with sleepy eyes.