Zhu Wu grinned, he is not an ordinary mountain villager, even if he stays here, in fact, he goes to the nearby market town every day to listen to some news, the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi is no different from the gold ingot, after Yang Zhi's several false identities were exposed, Yang Zhi was hung by five gangs such as the Double Dragon Society on the rivers and lakes, and the total number of red money reached an astonishing 40,000 taels of silver, as well as the government's bounty of 20,000 yuan, so to speak, whoever killed or caught Yang Zhi would have a lifetime of use.

After a while, Zhu Wucai said, "Admire." ”

Yang Zhi poured a bowl of wine for Zhu Wu and asked, "Brother Zhu shouldn't be a local, how can he live in Longgang?"

Zhu Wu sighed and said: "I am a scholar who is a scholar, I like gossip and other things, and after my career was hopeless, I went to the west, mixed a bite of food in Liu Fa's army, came up with several ideas, and left a bandit number of a divine machine military division." In the third year of Daguan, Liu Fa was dismissed because of the imperial court's award, and was dismissed from Xihe Road to pacify the guards of Xizhou, Ma Jun, and Si Duyu, and his career was frustrated. However, the Western Xia wars were frequent, the army lacked brave generals, in the first year of Zhenghe, Liu Fa once again served as the Marquis of Yu, the commander of the pro-army Ma Junsi of the guard, and someone promised him to serve as the commander of the guard pro-army Ma Junsi, and I was driven out of Liu's mansion by Liu Fa because of two words of dissuasion. ”

Yang Zhi naturally knew about this matter, and the Ma Junsi of the guards was one of the three central officials, and the position of the commander was equivalent to that of Gao Yu, but Liu Fa's position in this position was a false title; Liu Fa was famous in danger and fought in the border fortress for a long time, no matter whether the other title was in a certain state or a certain road in the Yan'an region, in fact, it was impossible to stay in Bianliang. In this way, the guard of the pro-army Ma Junsi is equivalent to having no chief officer, resulting in a situation where Gao Yu controlled the three yas with one commander in those years, and Liu Fa was blamed by many people openly and secretly.

Zhu Wu dissuaded Liu Fa, naturally he saw the subtleties clearly, Yang Zhi said with a smile: "General Liu Fa actually knows the subtleties, he takes a long-term view, he wants to win the emperor's favor, and can show friendship with Gao Yu, but from the perspective of the government, he naturally wants you to leave." The defeat of Tong'an City is a clear example, if Liu Fa thinks a little for the soldiers and the country, puts away his careful thoughts, and resists Tong Guan, it is better than being defeated and dying. ”

In March of the first year of Xuanhe, Taiwei Tong Guan ordered Liu Fa to lead his troops to attack Western Xia, forced by Tong Guan's coercion, Liu Fa had no choice but to lead 20,000 troops to Tong'an City, and the result was an encounter with the enemy heavy troops led by the well-prepared Western Xia general Cha Ge (the younger brother of Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun), and when the army was defeated and broke through the Zhugu Gorge, Liu Fa fell off the cliff with a man and a horse in the chaotic army, and his legs were broken.

Xihe's fierce general Zhai Jin rushed into the Western Xia army formation several times, but could not find Liu Fa, so he had to break through, and Liu Fa was finally killed by a soldier of the Western Xia logistics army. Cha Ge then led the Western Xia army all the way to plunder, burn and kill, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians and servants of the Song Dynasty were killed; Tong Guan concealed the truth of the defeat, and actually reported to the imperial court, accusing Liu Fa of violating his "moderation" and making Liu Fa bear the guilt of losing the defeated army.

Zhu Wu's face changed: "Whoever complains about the loyal soul arouses the anger of the strong man, and the only victory and one defeat is the normal situation of the soldiers." However, I must not let my king smell it, and take side affairs as a warning. The profundity of Miao Jiuzhong can be deceived by the eyes and ears of the world. General Liu's death in battle is better than someone being an official in a foreign country. ”

Yang Zhi bowed his head and said: "This is Li Gang's masterpiece to mourn Liu Fa, and it has been passed down to Youzhou, and it is indeed full of anger; but it is a fact that Liu Fa failed, and it is a fact that 100,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered, is it not wrong for Liu Fa? It is really so important to be a high-ranking official, perhaps in Mr. Zhu's mind, Liu Fa is still a famous general, but in my eyes, he has been an official from the beginning, otherwise how could he join forces with Tong Guan and force General Wang Hou to leave. ”

Among the generals of the Western Army, Liu Fa is a famous general in a hundred battles, even the Tao of the Seed Master cannot be compared, and after the death of the Seed Brother, only Wang Hou can suppress Liu Fa. In the early years of Yuan Fu, Wang Hou and Wang Zhen sent troops to Miaochuan, and the son of Mu Zheng, Long, surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and changed the Qingtang Dynasty to Shanzhou and Miaochuan to Huangzhou; the Song Dynasty later took the initiative to abandon the Qingtang Dynasty, and in the second year of Huizong Chongning, Wang Hou and Gao Yongnian attacked Huangzhou again, suppressing the Western Xia in a long and narrow strip, and laying the foundation for Tong Guan's army to later gain an advantage over the Western Xia.

However, Wang Hou was accused by Tong Guan of delaying the fighter plane because of Gao Yongnian's death in battle, and Liu Fa and Liu Yanqing were two people who testified to the imperial court at that time; although Zhu Wu was full of wisdom, he still could not say anything to help Liu Fa in this matter, and could only say: "Then you can't defect to Liao." ”

Yang Zhi smiled, and waited for the guy to send the pig-killing soup before saying: "Don't look at the Western Army and the Western Xia now, but if you encounter the Jurchen and Khitan armies, I'm afraid it will still be vulnerable." I am in the Liao State, and I can use the strength of the Liao Army to delay the momentum of the development of the Jin State, and buy a few months to a year for the Central Plains, even if it is useless, but I am an ordinary person, and I can only do so much. ”

Zhu Wu thought for a while, and said with a stern face: "Are you saying that after the Song and Jin jointly destroy Liao, the Jin State will attack the Central Plains?"

Yang Zhi lowered his head and drank half a bowl of pig-killing soup, ate a few pieces of pig liver and pig blood, and said: "Between countries, it is by strength that speaks.

All agreements are signed for the sake of tearing up, and weak countries have no diplomacy. If it weren't for the Song army sticking to the town behind the Liao army, and shooting the Liao general Xiao Tzulan with an eight-ox crossbow under the city of Lanzhou, how could there be an alliance between the Liao and Yuan, and how could there be a hundred years of peace later. After the fall of the Liao State, the Song and Jin must have a battle, if the Great Song Dynasty wins, it is easy to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun; if the Song army fails, let alone Yanyun and other places, even Bianliang City does not know if it can be saved. ”

Zhu Wu was silent for a moment, he was familiar with history, and naturally knew that when the Liao State rose, the first time he went south, he had captured Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Later Jin Dynasty, and occupied most of the Central Plains. Zhu Wu drank a pot of wine in a dull gulp, and Yang Zhi asked his companion to send two pots for Zhu Wu to drink, and he and the four fins still drank unhurriedly; Zhu Wu drank the second pot of wine and asked Yang Zhi: "You have robbed the money of the Dafeng Dart Bureau, and Shaohua Mountain has gathered five or seven hundred people to rob houses and houses, and rob guests, is that also a way out?"

Yang Zhi said lightly: "That's not the way out, it's just a momentary pleasure, on the scales of gold and silver, wearing silk every day, eating wine in an urn, eating meat in large pieces, not wasting one's own ability." I robbed the money, is to teach the wind dart bureau a lesson, since he wants to establish power in the rivers and lakes, he must have the courage to bear the consequences; but in Shaohua Mountain, he will definitely be able to be recruited as an official in the end, but what about after becoming an official, it is not under the hands of Tong Guan and Gao Yu who are angry, so there are some things to think clearly. ”