Silly or not, Daddy was saved anyway.

This is what Zhang Chuan is most glad about in his heart. Otherwise, my father would have died in Jinmingzhai, which would have been a catastrophe for the Zhang family. The importance of Jinmingzhai is completely unnecessary for Yanyan Road, and it is the gateway to the south of Western Xia. In terms of its importance, it is more important than the town of Mubo on Huanqing Road.

Because once Yan'an Mansion is lost, it will only take four or five days to march from Yanyan Road to Hancheng. And Hancheng has a ferry across the Yellow River. After crossing the Yellow River, it is the Henei of the Pingchuan River, and the strategic location is extremely important.

This is the gateway to northern Shaanxi in the northwest, and it is also the gateway to the Great Song Dynasty.

Don't think that dying in battle will exonerate you from guilt, and if you die, you will also be condemned.

Zhang Chuan is even more worried that once Jinmingzhai is lost, the entire Zhang family will become a punching bag for the Great Song Dynasty to lose face. Even the whole family can go to jail. Because this is a shame that the Great Song Dynasty has never had, since it is a shame, the emperor must not be responsible, this is related to the majesty of imperial power; The prime minister cannot be held accountable, or he should resign; Civilian officials in the northwest are also not responsible, because it is natural that civil officials will not fight...... In the end, this pot can only fall on the head of the old Zhang family who lost the battle, and if you don't carry it, you have to carry it.

But in reality?

Zhang Yu's garrison at Jinmingzhai was only 4,000 men, and with the conscripts from other state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, the total number would not exceed 8,000. But it was these 8,000 people who needed to bear all the attacks of the Western Xia army going south. If you want to stick to Jinmingzhai, the difficulty is not how powerful Zhang Yu is, but how determined the Xixia coach is. Just like the siege battle commanded by Renduo Baozhong, regardless of casualties, take Jinmingzhai as soon as possible. At that time, Jinmingzhai was an extremely dangerous situation. The destruction of the city was just an overnight moment.

Jin Mingzhai was broken, even if Zhang Yu died in battle. Nor will anyone express mercy for Zhang Yu's death.

Whether it is the emperor, the prime minister's court, or even the Xuanfu envoys in the northwest, they will point fingers during the war. Once defeated, they immediately hid far away, and in the end, it could only be the bad luck of the generals.

Of course, it may also be that the eunuch is behind the blame.

But since Li Xian, it has been rare for eunuchs to command the army. Even if he is a prisoner, the eunuch will not interfere in specific battles.

Zhang Chuan looked at his father who was safe and sound, although Zhang Yu was quite embarrassed, even more embarrassed than before he left, but the ease in his eyes was something that could not be exchanged for anything: "Father, the child came to give good news to his father, and our army won a great victory." ”

"Didn't the party members take the initiative to withdraw from the army?" Zhang Yu still doesn't believe in his son. But he couldn't say why his son deceived himself.

"Absolutely not." Zhang Chuan opened his mouth and said urgently: "Father, our army has really won a big victory. Do you still remember when I went to the capital to participate in the provincial examination, and then participated in the martial arts? ”

"My father thought that you could enter Taixue and become a civil official like the boss of the family in the future. Unexpectedly, you still ran to participate in the martial arts. Zhang Yu was a little sad, he lived a leisurely life on weekdays as a military general, but the generals in the northwest did not feel this way. Every once in a while, they have to fight hard, and it is common for them to die on the battlefield.

Moreover, the generals have to march and train the troops, which is very hard.

Although there are many opportunities to make money, it is also very cool. But unlike the generals in the Guannai, even if the generals in the border area made a lot of money, not much fell into their own hands in the end. The guards need to be raised, and not much to say, just five hundred personal guards are enough for a commander to take painstaking efforts. It is often the account books in the army that do tricks, and they also have to occupy the caravan trade in the border fortress, and they can barely maintain the expenses of supporting people. There are also orphans under his subordinates who also have to help raise them, which is also an expense.

In short, Zhang Yu felt that he was the god of wealth passing by, and he had a lot of money in his hands over the years, but he didn't leave much to his family.

In contrast, it is relatively easy for civil servants. Bad things don't stop him, good things always have a share.

Zhang Chuan retorted softly: "Dad, are you confused?" The teacher of the big brother is a celebrity, my teacher...... It's just an old scholar in the city, can it be compared? ”

"Bastard boy, if you don't study well, how can it be reasonable to say that the teacher is not famous! Back then, the old man also sent you to Zhang Zai's door to be taught, but before you got there, Zhang Zai died of illness, what can you do? "As a military general, Zhang Yu is often bullied by civilian officials. The more he was bullied, the more envious Zhang Yu was of civil officials. Tian Tianba hopes that his son can enter Taixue, be admitted to the Jinshi, and glorify his ancestors. But the son didn't listen to the persuasion, and he didn't pay attention a little, so he went his own way.

The breeder that Zhang Yu said to his son is the famous man Breed Shiheng, and the eldest brother of the breeder in Zhang Chuan's mouth is the younger generation of Breeder, who is in the middle of Cultivation.

Speaking of planting, it is very unfamiliar. But what if it's the way of the teacher?

That's right, he is an old seed, a planter.

It's just that the name of the Planter Dao is a helpless move. Historically, the name of the seed master was Jianzhong, and the word Uncle Yi. When a person becomes an adult, he rarely changes his name except for committing a crime incognito. But there is a situation where I have to change my name, that is, to avoid the emperor. After Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, he created the name of Jianzhong Yasukuo. His own name is exactly the same as the emperor's year name, and this coincidence not only does not make people happy. On the contrary, it will make people sad, because Chong Jianzhong has to give up his name and think about it again. This was changed to the way of the planter.

However, now that Emperor Zhezong is going farther and farther on the road of fun, and his body and bones are much stronger, Zhao Ji's emperors are probably going to be broken.

In today's planting, there is a disciple of the famous scholar Zhang Zai, as an apprentice of the Guanzhong School, and he is mixed in the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

I forgot to mention that he is an official of grace.

Why didn't I get into the Jinshi?

I took the test, but I didn't get in.

Zhang Chuan knew that his father must be stunned when it came to studying. When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that Zhang Yu also asked Mr. to teach him carefully, and his grandfather also wanted to send his son to Taixue, and then he was a jinshi and changed the court.

It's a pity that Zhang Yu is not a reading material at all, and when he is in his twenties, he can only be a military general.

This is the pain that the old Zhang family has to say, Zhang Chuan secretly made up his mind that he had no hope of being a jinshi in his life, but his son could have it.

"Father, the son came not only to announce the good news, but also to have a military order."

Zhang Chuan hurriedly diverted his father's attention and handed over Cheng Zhijie's military order to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu said with annoyance: "Didn't say it earlier, you can bear the responsibility for delaying the military plane?" Later, after reading the military order, Zhang Yu looked at his son Zhang Chuan with a strange face, and hesitated: "You really won the battle?" ”

"Really." Zhang Chuan can also understand his father's thoughts, and even when he first stepped into the battlefield, he couldn't believe it. Only 5,000 infantry, under the command of Li Kui, were able to bring disaster to the party's army. Destroying at least 10,000 enemies, how many years has this kind of record not been fought in the Great Song Dynasty?

In order to make Zhang Yu more convinced, Zhang Chuan said to Zhang Yu: "The cavalry is the last to arrive at the battlefield, and when he first arrived at the battlefield, his son didn't believe it. But the battlefield was full of fallen party members and war horses, and his son couldn't believe it. Father, don't you know that it was not General Cheng from Jingying who commanded this battle, but someone else? ”

"After Di Dashuai, I have never had a famous general in the northwest who can bully the party members into such a person, who are you talking about?" Zhang Yu pouted.

Zhang Chuan said: "Dad, do you remember when I came back from the capital, I mentioned a few good friends I made in the capital. One of them is Li Yun, the martial champion of Jinke. ”

"He? Isn't it younger than you? Zhang Yuhu was suspicious.

Zhang Chuan squeezed his eyebrows and said: "He can't succeed, the key is that he has a good brother." It is also the second brother Li who his son made friends in the capital, he is amazing, he is the Tanhualang of Jinke, not Wuju, but Tanhualang of the imperial examination, the third place in the palace examination, Jinshi and Li Renjie, Li Kui. ”

"Dad, you don't know, this is a civil and military all-rounder. Wen can govern the country and secure the country, and Wu can go to the horse to level the world. After he was admitted to the Jinshi, he entered the imperial city as an official and served as the direct secretary of His Majesty's close ministers. I don't know why I came to the northwest, but Hao Sui, the eunuch in front of the palace next to His Majesty, also came. ”

Zhang Yu pondered for a while, and sighed: "Since the second brother of the Li family is so good, why don't you go to study with him?" You know, if you can get into the Jinshi, your grandfather's long-cherished wish will come true. On the Qingming Festival in the coming year, it is good for your father to report the good news when your grandfather goes to the grave. ”

Zhang Chuan was dumbfounded, he didn't understand why his father turned to the fatal joint of reading again. Is this because he doesn't want to study? That's if he doesn't have the conditions to study.

"Daddy! Renjie's teacher is Jinshi, and he has been studying under Su Longtu for many years, and before the exam, he was tutored by Lang Huang Tingjian, and when his son was in the capital, there was no one around him who understood. Zhang Chuan remembered his experience of preparing for the exam in the capital, and he didn't dare to talk much, he went to the teaching workshop more days than he went to the study, and he was afraid that his father would break his legs.

Silk - Zhang Yu gasped, Su Shi taught the industry, what kind of luck is this! Thinking that his son was too stupid, Su Men would definitely not accept it, so he had to sigh and say, "Since this is the case, I believe it for my father." But you also know that now Jin Mingzhai is injured and killed, and the soldiers really can't make up much. Or just the people, there are still a lot of people. After all, after the war, it is necessary to bury the corpses, and the people are familiar with it. ”

"But what do you do with tens of thousands of captives on the battlefield? The casualties among the soldiers under General Cheng were also very large, and they could no longer be mobilized. "Zhang Chuan is in a hurry, Northwest Yanyan Road, Zhang Chuan is considered a local snake, and both father and son hold military positions in the army. Zhang Yu is a high-ranking official in the army, why can't he even be seconded with 2,000 people?

Zhang Yu said angrily: "What if the party people call back?" ”

"At that time, our army had already cleaned up the battlefield and escorted the prisoners to Fushi. Moreover, our army won a great victory, and even if the party wanted to increase its troops to the south again, it had to consider the possibility of another defeat. Although Jin Mingzhai has the merit of sticking to it, what if General Cheng brings his father? Zhang Chuan said bewildermently.

It's a pity that Zhang Yu was not moved at all. stubbornly said: "He Cheng Zhijie's level, can I not know?" If it weren't for Taishi Liu as the backstage, would he have been promoted so quickly? ”

"Baby, you have to remember that our small family should not go to the harem. Don't look at Taishi Liu's scenery, there are many people who befriend him, but there are even more people who hate him, those people can't do anything about Taishi Liu, and they can't do anything about Cheng Zhijie, but what about dealing with our Zhang family? This is a nest of right and wrong, and the glory and wealth that are easily obtained are just passing clouds, and they may run away with the clouds one day. ”

Zhang Yu's heartfelt words made Zhang Chuan sober up. The Zhang family has a bit of an identity in Yanyan Road, and that is because of the intertwined relationships in the army.

But if the big man really wants to harm the Zhang family, as long as the people of the Zhang family are transferred to Qinfeng Road, the efforts of the Zhang family for several generations can be wasted.

And the princess, the emperor, the virtuous concubine, the queen mother, the queen, the grievances between these people, where is where the Zhang family can get in.

Only then did Zhang Chuan understand why Zhang Yu was already a high-ranking official like a commander, but he was still willing to nest in the northwest. After leaving the northwest, Zhang Yu was just a loner. This is also the reason why Zhang Yu is obsessed with wanting his son to study, and the heirloom of poetry and books is much more stable than that of Wuxun.

Just like the Jin Mingzhai guards, he didn't believe that the Song army defeated Zhang Yu.

Li Yun galloped all the way with the good news of victory, and finally arrived in Fushi City a day later.

There was no time to rest, so Li Yun immediately took the battle report written by Li Kui and went to the government office.

"Report - our army has won a great victory."

"Jinmingzhai victory!"

Soon, Lu Huiqing and Su Zhe, who heard the news, came, Lu Huiqing was a Xuanfu envoy, and his status was not as high as Su Zhe's, so he could only wait for Su Zhe to open his mouth and ask, Su Zhe stared at Li Yun and asked, "The Western Xia people have withdrawn?" ”

"Retreat!" Li Yun replied cautiously.

But Su Zhe frowned slightly, Li Yun was puzzled when he heard it, and he always felt uncomfortable, why did he withdraw from the army? Thinking of this, Li Yun hurriedly explained: "Tell my uncle and ancestor ......"

"For the sake of the court, you and I must not show favoritism."

Su Zhe's face sank slightly, and he said that he didn't want to see Li Yun, who called him his uncle. Li Kui just called him, at least it was still a palace to test Hualang, and he was a Jinshi and the first of the Eight Classics. You are a martial champion, and you dare to make friends with frowns, is it enough? The stubborn Su Zhe immediately made Li Yun understand what it means to be a scholar and ruthless.

"Qi Su Xiang, the tiger battalion of our army is thirty miles south of Jinming Village, and it is besieged by more than 40,000 party cavalry. The main general Cheng Zhijie and the supervising army Li Kui insisted on holding on and lured the enemy to attack. The two armies fought fiercely for a day, and the party army suffered heavy losses. Our troops also suffered as many as 30% casualties. Then our cavalry rushed to the battlefield, and the supervising army Li Kui rose up, personally led the troops to rush and kill, broke into the party army, slashed and killed the party commander Iron Harrier, and captured the party commander's banner. ”

After speaking, Li Yun handed the handsome flag of the party member to Su Zhe along with Li Kui's military report.

Su Zhe looked at it, the battle report was only a little more detailed than what Li Yun said, and Shuai Qi couldn't distinguish the authenticity. Su Zhe had never seen what the Western Xia army looked like, and he didn't know what the Western Xia Shuai Qi looked like.

He sat on the main seat, looking down at Li Yun condescendingly, and he wondered, Li Yun, this kid left Fu Shi because he was evading his own examination school, right?

And he went out of the city early, and he was panicked when he left.

How did he come back with the battle report of the great victory in a blink of an eye, which made Su Zhe very worried that he had been deceived.

"Brother Jifu, what do you think?" Su Zhe asked.

Lu Huiqing stroked her beard and said with a smile: "Ziyou, this is a good thing!" The crisis of Yanyan Road has turned into safety, and the predicament of Jinmingzhai has been solved. As long as you hold the handsome flag of Western Xia and the battle report documents of Renjie, you can hand over the business after returning to Beijing. ”

After speaking, Lu Huiqing also whispered and bewitched: "Ziyou and rest assured, my brother can prove it for you." ”

"Just by virtue of this handsome flag of unknown origin, as well as a battle report from the front-line supervising army, we are sure that our army will win a great victory?" Su Zhe is a stubborn person, and he is quite disdainful of Lu Huiqing and the methods of the mud, which is simply a crooked and evil act. Of course, even if the reality is far from the battle report, as far as Lu Huiqing's identity is concerned, he can get through. Isn't it just that he was deceived by the generals below, the generals are all selfish guys, and if the blame is attributed to them, it's all over.

But Su Zhe is not such a person, he looked at Li Yun with a cloudy face, and seemed to have made a lot of determination in his heart: "This official wants to go to the battlefield to check it out in person." ”

"Su Xiang, the battlefield is furious, I'm afraid it will collide with you." Li Yun immediately became anxious when he heard this.

But Su Zhe tried his best to disagree: "You go and prepare immediately, and we will set off for the battlefield immediately." ”

Su Zhe thought very simply, since Li Kui dared to report the withdrawal of the Western Xia army, even if everything else was fake, the withdrawal must be true. I don't think there is any danger in going to the battlefield this time.

Following.

Su Zhe looked at the vultures hovering in the sky not far away, and his heart was sad and happy.

Only when he saw the black oppressive party captives did he be overjoyed, and it seemed that the victory was real. In the holy year of Shao, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in a great victory between countries, sweeping away the haze of the Western Xia everywhere in the past. He couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and with Li Yun's support, Su Zhe jumped out of the car, and his excited voice trembled: "The old man wants to write a poem to commemorate the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Seeming to feel the stickiness under his feet, Su Zhe glanced down, then his eyes straightened, his face suddenly turned pale, and Li Yun kindly reminded: "Uncle Shi, this is a human intestine." ”

Li Kui and Cheng Zhijie, who rushed to hear the news, didn't know why, but they saw Su Zhe leaning his neck coldly, but his face was not very good. Pulling Li Yun and asking, "What's the situation with Su Xiang?" ”

"Second brother, Uncle Shi is brewing and deliberating, and he wants to write a poem!" Li Yun said proudly.

Cheng Zhijie shrank his head, and he didn't mix it with the things of the readers.

Suddenly, Su Zhe spoke with a sigh.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yun was shocked and said, "Oh no, Su Xiang vomited!" ”