Chapter Fifty-Six: Tricks and Poisonous Schemes

The nephew was humiliated by his subordinates in the mountains and Hengyuan Village, and no one could swallow this breath. Although Ouyang Xuan and Xiong Ben were only nominal subordinates, and Pan never regarded them as his own, he had to do so when the Mongol army was about to invade in a big way. Pan Tongzhi also knew that it was useless to write a letter to reprimand, but at the moment, it was not too late to wait for the Mongolian army to retreat, and then clean up Ouyang Xuan and Xiong Ben. He had received news that since the beginning of autumn, the cavalry of the Mongolian Wang Liangchen troops in Tuntian, Lizhou, had been frequently dispatched, and the large force of the cavalry of the Mongolian army of Wanhu Liu Heima had also moved south to the shore of Jialing Water.

Pan's messengers reached the nearest town of Yokohara first. Xiong Ben only thought that the words on the letter were farts, and after he got the letter, he tore the letter to shreds without even reading it, and shouted, "What kind of bird letter is this?" You bully Master Bear for not being literate! If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go...". Where had the messenger ever seen such a rude official, and after a little hesitation in horror, he let Xiong Ben blast out. Yongkang County Commander Cheng Jinyong read the letter from Chongqing Mansion, snorted coldly from his nose, and said slowly: "Master Pan listens to his nephew's words. As far as I know, Pan Luohuan's looted property was originally owned by Xiong Ben, and he only took back his own property in Hengyuan Town, so how can he say that he robbed it? As for the few soldiers who were killed, listening to Xiong Ben, it was Ouyang Xuan's doing....." After Ouyang Xuan read the letter, he asked Yang Xiucai to write a reply in the name of Yu Zhu, stating the situation one by one, as for whether Pan Tongzhi listened or not, it was his business. In the letter, he also mentioned that he had received news that the Mongol cavalry would raid the city of Chengdu, and that Lord Pan would inform Yousi to make preparations as soon as possible. Although Ouyang Xuan knew that Chengdu City had long been dilapidated, and the Chengdu Fulu official office had also moved to Genting City, there were still many people in the city. He was worried about the safety of the people.

In Ouyang Xuan's memory, in the autumn of 1257 A.D., the fifth year of Baoyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Heima, a Mongolian Wanhu, raided Chengdu City, but the specific time is unknown in the history books. From a cautious point of view, he had already ordered the various trading teams to hurry to the mountains after completing the transaction. During this time, the various caravans had brought back a large amount of grain, salt, cloth and other daily necessities, and only one caravan to Meizhou and Jiading had not yet returned. In addition to the preparation of strategic materials, in order to prevent the Mongolian army from potentially invading the mountains, the construction of the fortress at the T-junction of Wanjiaping is also in full swing.

It's the end of September. When the leaves of Wanjiaping began to turn yellow, the new Liulizhai inspector sent by Chongqing Mansion entered the mountain, this person is a confidant of Pan Tong's side, and he has a good reputation in the government because of his carefulness. Pan Tongzhi also sent him to the mountains because of his sleek worldliness, in order to buy the hearts of the mountain people by soft means, so the new inspection only brought more than 20 old and weak soldiers. It's just that before reaching the T-junction, he was blocked by a group of mountain people, claiming that the people of the government were not welcome. The new inspector tried to persuade the mountain people with his incorruptible tongue, but as soon as he said a few words, the rough mountain people who stood in the way became annoyed, and beat them with sticks without saying anything, and the new patrol had to flee in a hurry. After repeating this several times, the new inspection still could not enter the mountain, so I had to slip back to the city.

Pan had no plan, and after a few days he sent a messenger again. Since the messenger claimed to have come to confer an official position on Yu Zhu, the mountain people who blocked the way saw that it was a good thing and let him go. After the messenger found Yu Zhu, he deliberately shouted loudly that Pan Commander had appointed him as the new inspector of Liulizhai to lead the affairs of the mountain, and everything could be done cheaply. Yu Zhu, who looked confused, came back to his senses, snatched the appointment letter and tore it to pieces. Pan wanted to use a divisive strategy to provoke a fight within the Thunderbolt army, and then break them one by one. Although this vicious plan is too obvious for a loyal person like Yu Zhu to see through at a glance, Pan does not expect a letter to achieve his goal, his real purpose is to create a rift within the Perak army. It's just that he underestimated Ouyang Xuan's influence and the cohesion of the Thunderbolt Army. Don't say that Yu Zhu, Huang Dagen, Cao Ergou and other brothers who were born and died really admired Ouyang Xuan, admired him for leading everyone from the brink of extinction step by step to today's strong soldiers, and his benevolence and love for the people also made him gain high prestige among the mountain people, not to mention that the earth-shattering thunder, artillery, folding shield and other inventions he brought made the Thunderbolt army invincible, and the industry and mining, and the organization .......of trade teams allowed the mountain people to gradually get rid of the dilemma of lack of materials.

After driving away the messenger from Chongqing Mansion, Yu Zhu was still uneasy in his heart, so he pulled Li Shuang and hurriedly went to Ouyang Xuan to explain the situation, so as not to cause misunderstanding and estrangement. After Li Shuang came to the mountains, he could no longer march and fight due to his leg disability, so Ouyang Xuan asked him to manage all kinds of government affairs except the military, and he was also very busy. The situation of the messenger of Chongqing Mansion had already been reported to Ouyang Xuan, he saw that Yu Zhu was nervous and couldn't let go, and saw that Li Shuang also had a serious face, so he made an exception and asked someone to put wine on the table and catch up with Li Shuang and Yu Zhu while drinking, and for a while they were happy, and the three of them seemed to have returned to the afternoon of their first acquaintance. When the wine was hot, Dong Hu walked into the room sweating profusely, he said anxiously: "Brother Xuan, the big thing is not good", after speaking, he looked at Yu Zhu and Li Shuang but stopped. "It's okay, it's all your own people, just talk about it", Ouyang Xuan saw that Dong Hu wanted to speak and stopped, and motioned for him to continue. "The Mongol army has occupied the city of Chengdu."

The time has finally come, and since Ouyang Xuan crossed over to this parallel world, all the preparations he has made are to deal with the Mongol invasion again. He knew that the Mongolian army Liu Heima raided the old city of Chengdu with light cavalry, and then would use this as a base to send a large number of rangers to plunder the prefectures and counties, and the situation in the prefectures and counties of the western Sichuan Plain would become extremely bad. Wherever the Mongolian army went, except for the naval army, which had the strength to fight, the rest were all in front of the Mongolian army and were about to collapse, fleeing or surrendering in front of the wind.

After finishing speaking, Dong Hu took out another letter and told Ouyang Xuan that the guards dressed as mountain people also intercepted another messenger from Chongqing Mansion at the T-junction, and the messenger saw that he couldn't enter the mountain, so he threw down the letter and hurriedly left. Ouyang Xuan opened it and saw that this letter was written to him by Pan Tongzhi himself, although his tone was still high, his attitude was really much more modest than before. In addition to the words such as the emperor's grace and the imperial decree, the core of Pan's handwritten letter was to recruit soldiers and horses, asking Ouyang Xuan to immediately recruit the people in the mountains and bring their own weapons, and then hurried to the capital to listen to the order. Ouyang Xuan read out the contents of the letter and said with a smile: "Commander Pan really looks up to Ouyang Xuan, I am neither an inspector nor an official of the imperial court now, why should I listen to his military orders?" We want to recruit soldiers, but only to protect the people, not to protect the officials and masters of Chongqing Mansion. Come, with this glass of wine, let's prepare for the arrival of the Mongols. ”