Chapter 909 Zhao Song: Its obviously a four-party struggle for hegemony, why dont I have a name?
"please!"
In the big tent, Meng Yue and Li Zhu, envoys from Sichuan and Shu, sat in the guest seats, and Fang La sat in the main seat. They were accompanied by a group of generals such as Li Tianrun and Si Xingfang to have dinner together.
In the army, food was not particular about food, so that was fine, but Meng Yue was really shocked when he saw that everyone from Fang La to the generals refused to drink.
The army of Zhao and Song Dynasties had a long-term drinking problem. They used alcohol to cause trouble, drank and fought, hurt people and killed people. They were banned repeatedly. The court issued a ban on this, but the problem was not solved at all.
Because although there is a law prohibiting alcohol, it only applies to soldiers and low-level generals. The high-level generals take the lead in drinking and indulge their subordinates. Even the Zhao and Song officials themselves allow drinking as one of the methods to win over military personnel.
The result is just like the Song Dynasty law prohibiting gambling, whether it is prohibited or not, the bad habits in the army can be imagined.
Even Yue Fei was a "bad drinker" in his early years. He once forced his subordinates to compete with each other due to drunkenness, and almost beat the opponent to death. "Flying in Hongzhou, he drank with Zhao Bingyuan, the commander of the Jiangnan soldiers. He was so drunk that he nearly killed Bingyuan."
, Zhao Bingyuan, who had saved his life, refused to serve under Yue Fei anymore. After recovering from his injuries for several months, he defected to Liu Guangshi. Zhao Gou specifically warned Yue Fei, "Fei will not drink from now on."
In such an environment, Fang La's military discipline is so amazing.
But Meng Yue didn't know that in the eyes of many middle and lower-level generals, they would naturally be able to endure it for the last time since they had found a subordinate to recruit them.
When the dinner was over, he and Li Zhu returned to the tent and started talking in a low voice: "Fortunately, my lord is in Sichuan and Sichuan, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Otherwise, having this Holy Duke in Jingzhou would really be like a light on your back."
ah!"
Li Zhu took off the sword from his waist and wiped it gently: "What Brother Meng said is reasonable, but I am thinking that such a powerful army is still at the foot of Xiangyang City. Who can recover Yanyun and force the Liao army to pay tribute?"
How strong should the Yan army be?"
Meng Yue did not understand the implication, and said quickly: "Sichuan is safe anyway, we can't stay for a long time, let's find an opportunity to go back!"
Li Zhu asked in a deep voice: "Brother Meng is going to advise the King of Heaven to ignore the Jing-Xiang dispute after returning?"
Only then did Meng Yue hear the disapproval in his words, and persuaded in a low voice: "You and I have already taken on a big stake in our mission. If we go back to persuade the King of Heaven to send troops, if we fail, where will the land of Sichuan and Shu be in the future?"
Is there a place to stand? No fault is merit!"
Li Zhu fell silent and frowned secretly: "This is just a way to wait for death. If we don't take the initiative to attack now, when the Yan army unifies the world, just relying on a corner of Sichuan and Shu will be lost if we hold on for a long time!"
Li Zhu in the original work was the most powerful general under Wang Qing. He was taught swordsmanship by a stranger, and was nicknamed Mr. Jin Jian. After Wang Qing rebelled, he not only provided advice as a military advisor, but his swordsmanship was as fast as lightning.
Lu Junyi couldn't resist, and was finally captured by Gongsun Sheng, who used magic to knock down his sword.
Today, Li Zhu did not wait to join Wang Qing, but had already gone to Shu to challenge the masters from all walks of life. No one could pass the Ten Swords under him. He was appreciated and reused by King Yang Tian, but after a detour, he was persuaded by Wang Qing who entered Sichuan.
, and I also feel that the land of Sichuan and Sichuan should not passively wait for death, but should take the initiative when the time is right, and then go out together.
However, there are only a few such warring factions in Sichuan and Shu, so the first target Li Zhu wants to persuade is Meng Yue.
Meng Yue was a close friend of King Yang Tian from the same hometown. He rebelled with him and gained deep trust. It was similar to the relationship between Wang Yin and Fang La, but Meng Yue's ability was far inferior to Wang Yin.
This is also an advantage. Once people like Wang Yinna and others decide on something, it is often difficult to shake it. Meng Yue just doesn't want to take responsibility. Li Zhu is ready to wait for the opportunity to find a good entry point and change the other party's mind.
The opportunity came soon.
In the early morning of the next day, Meng Yue wanted to see with his own eyes how Fang La's army attacked Xiangyang City and whether they fought back and forth with the opponent. Then he received unexpected news: "Fang La's army captured a
Beiyan spy?"
Accompanying Zheng Biao said: "This is a common thing. The Yan army likes to use spies. The Yan court has a governor's office with four departments. Among them, the secret department specializes in stealing intelligence from all parties. Compared with the Imperial City Department of the Song court in the past,
But the benefits are much greater!”
Meng Yue complimented: "No matter how powerful you are, you will be captured by your army, aren't you?"
Zheng Biao showed a proud look: "Of course, if it weren't for the Holy Duke, those northern barbarians would still look down on us southerners for some reason!"
Meng Yue sounded a little uncomfortable, but after all, it was indeed Fang La who was competing with Yan Jun now, so he could only laugh twice.
Zheng Biao excitedly issued an invitation: "Envoy Meng, do you want to sit in on the interrogation? Look at how those spies behaved in such ugly ways and begged for mercy in front of us!"
"Okay...okay!"
With the foreshadowing in front of him, Meng Yue could not refuse, otherwise the Shu people would be too courageous and could only call Li Zhu and go to the interrogation tent.
"Pah-pah-!!"
"Don't fight, I've already told you, what else do you want me to say?"
As soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard wailing and begging for mercy from inside. The accent was obviously from Hebei. Zheng Biao immediately showed a sarcastic look: "These northerners are nothing more than that!"
After entering the tent, they saw that the interrogator in person was actually Pang Wanchun, one of the four generals. He whipped up a whip and beat a bruised man until he wailed and said sternly: "Don't pretend to be stupid with me, general."
"I'm stunned, how much money do your armies want to plunder?"
The man said in a trembling voice: "I have already told you that the Weiyuan Army will sacrifice millions of strings. I don't know about the other commanders either!"
Pang Wanchun slapped the whip several times again and shouted angrily: "Stop pretending, since you know about the top ten commanders of the Yan Army, how can you not know about the others? Are we treating everyone equally, or are there differences between people who are close to each other?
There is a discussion, and it seems that those of you who are inquiring about information will understand it best!"
Meng Yue was listening, but he didn't understand the system of the Yan army. He was really curious and asked: "Who is this Weiyuan army?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zheng Biao explained in a low voice: "The Yan army has ten commanders, who are divided into ten armies. The Weiyuan army is controlled by Qin Ming, and this person is the queen of the mountain.
People from Kaizhou are also from Shu area..."
Meng Yue gasped when he heard this: "This Yan army is so cruel! If each army wants to plunder millions of rich people, wouldn't the ten armies need tens of millions of riches... Wait, this Qin Ming is from Sichuan and Shu.
, it will definitely be detrimental to our Shu land in the future!"
This is true, just as Hu Yanzhuo was from Hedong, so he was allowed to lead the army to pacify Hedong. Generals of any background often have miraculous effects when pacifying corresponding areas. In the future, Qin Ming will definitely be one of the generals when attacking Shu.
But what the spy said next was something Meng Yue couldn't accept: "I didn't just find out the news, but I heard that the Shu people had worms in their stomachs, and I was curious about whether Commander Qin was like this, so I paid special attention...
"
Meng Yue was stunned at first, then his face suddenly turned red, and he jumped out angrily: "You Qiu Ba! What nonsense are you talking about!"
The defense is broken.
During the Song Dynasty, there was a popular saying, "Fujian and Shu share the same wind, but there is a worm in the belly." Shu is Sichuan, and Fujian is Fujian. These two regions are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, but they are discriminated against together.
This statement should first be reflected in the text. The structure of the two characters "Min" and "Shu" both contain the word "worm". Scholar-officials in the Central Plains often used "Min Shu" to insinuate the people of Fujian and the people in the court.
People from Shu regard them as inferior. Zhang Dun is also from Fujian, so they all have worms in their stomachs.
This is a kind of ridicule among scholars. As it gradually spread, it became a more common form of discrimination.
To be precise, regional discrimination in ancient times was actually more intense than in later generations. Northerners felt that Southerners were cunning, and Southerners disliked Northerners for being arrogant. Then each region was labeled, and they didn't like each other, and they also felt that others disliked them.
Not very pleasing to the eye.
Therefore, Fang La previously called himself Southern Chu, and also specifically called Yan Northern Yan, hoping that this folk sentiment of opposition between the north and the south could help him unify people's hearts and unite the southern soldiers to his side.
Now Meng Yue was very offended, especially when a prisoner said "Sichuan people have insects", which made him even more embarrassed and angry. Li Assistant looked at it, raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and quickly chased after him.
Leave.
When the two Sichuan and Shu envoys left, Pang Wanchun immediately supported the man and whispered: "You have suffered!"
Meng Yue didn't know that he had been deceived. He returned to the tent angrily. He took a step back and became more and more angry: "Northern barbarians, you go too far! You go too far!"
Li Zhu knew that the opportunity had come, and took the opportunity to say: "I'm afraid that within five years, the people who will rule our Sichuan and Shu will be those northerners who regard Shu as a worm!"
"Five years?"
Meng Yue changed his color: "This statement is exaggerated!"
Li Zhu said: "In terms of natural dangers, the land of Sichuan and Shu is naturally impregnable, but the Yan army is good at infiltrating spies. What if they send spies into Sichuan and Shu to instigate local opponents and cooperate internally and externally?"
Meng Yue pursed his lips.
This is actually a test of whether King Yang Tian's rule is stable.
If it were a year ago, he would have been quite confident, the people would support him, and the officials would surrender, and it would be a prosperous and prosperous situation.
But since he took over the territory, King Yang has quickly fallen into depravity. He has built a large number of buildings and palaces, is greedy for pleasure, is arrogant and licentious, and is especially fond of jewelry. Even the toilet is inlaid with seven treasures, which is extremely exaggerated.
After a long period of peace in Shu, with a new master, the elite began to enjoy themselves again, and the people once again lived in dire straits.
Although Meng Yue is not a talented king and he also likes to enjoy jewelry, looking at the restraint of Fang La's army and comparing it with the land of Shu, it is difficult to have the confidence to say that the Shu army can really be impregnable and will not repeat the Sixty Years of Later Shu.
Six days of destruction.
But he thought about it and sighed: "Even if we go back to persuade the king to send troops, he will definitely not be willing. This trip is just a perfunctory one or two!"
Li Zhu had already thought about it: "If the Shu army is to send troops to compete with the Yan army, the king may not be willing, but our army can go down the river and trap the Yan army in Xiangyang, allowing Fang La to free up his hands to fight northward with the Yan army."
, this is like sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight, how can you not be happy with it?"
Meng Yue was startled: "Fang La won't agree, right?"
Xiangyang is a nail. If this city is in the hands of the enemy, it is equivalent to opening the door of one's own house for anyone to come in and out. Now this nail cannot be pulled out, but it can be surrounded and cut off from the Yan army. Fang La's army will not be able to do so again.
Go north and take the initiative.
However, in this way, it is equivalent to entrusting the key points of the hinterland to someone else. If Yang Tianwang's army has evil intentions, they can directly invade Jinghu Lake and seize Fang La's foundation.
So Meng Yue felt that Fang La would not accept it.
Li Zhu said calmly: "It depends on whether Fang La has the courage and courage. If he wins the hearts of the people in Jinghu, he will not be afraid that the king will seize the foundation in a short time. But if he is suppressed by the Yan army, he will die sooner or later. It is better to fight for this
A key opportunity to turn defeat into victory!"
Meng Yue thought about it for a moment and felt that this method was quite good: "This is feasible. Fang La defeated the Yan army, and we Sichuan and Shu benefited together. Fang La was defeated by the Yan army. We can also retreat from the river and return to Shu. Always
Your Majesty will only agree to such an alliance and sending troops if you don’t suffer any loss!"
Li Zhu said: "Brother Meng agrees, then I will lobby for it!"
Meng Yue raised his hands and saluted: "Please!"
After "grinding" for three days, Li Zhu brought back good news: "Fang La agrees, but please ask the king to call him the king of Shu, and he will call him the king of Wu. The Shu-Wu alliance will fight against Yan Ting in the Central Plains!"
Meng Yue raised his eyebrows: "This is a good thing!"
Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, wouldn't that be too unlucky!
It was clearly the alliance of Shu and Wu. They reenacted the Battle of Chibi and defeated the powerful Cao Wei who dominated the Central Plains!
…
"Fang La called Wu and formed an alliance with Shu. Where does this put our court?"
In the Song Army's camp, Zhang Dun was stunned after receiving the letter. Zhong Shidao and Song Jiang were all silent.
In terms of territory, Zhao and Song are currently limited to the Jiangnan generation. They are Wu, and now Fang La has taken away the kingship?
wrong……
They are not Wu, Zhao Song is orthodox!
It's obviously a struggle for hegemony among the four forces, and the three groups of rebels are having a great time fighting each other. Why can't we feel a sense of participation?
"If the Yang thieves from Sichuan and Sichuan really lead their troops to reinforce, this will be the largest battle against Yan in the south!"
Compared with Fang La, Zhang Dun's judgment is clearer: "If this battle is successful, it can also curb the opponent's southward momentum and strive for the opportunity of joint governance between the north and the south. If this battle fails, within two years, the world will be unified again!"
"
Zhe Keshi and Zhong Shidao said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, what should we do?"
Zhang Dun did not make a rash decision and looked at Song Jiang: "How is the collection of information from the north going?"
Ever since he misjudged the Yan army's purpose of attacking Xiangyang last time, Zhang Dun realized that the Song court could no longer maintain a state of darkness. As soon as the war ceased with Fang La's army, he sent a large number of scouts to the north.
But Song Jiang, a general who had been captured and released by "Zuoming", was in charge of intelligence, so he was very trustworthy.
At this time, the loyal Black Saburo hurriedly summarized and presented the most important information. After reading it carefully twice, Zhang Dun murmured: "Yanjing is taking the imperial examination, and the provincial examination is about to end. The King of Yan is going to
Have you seen his first disciples in the palace?"
At this point, Zhang Dun's eyes lit up, he stood up and said categorically: "When the Yan army and Fang La confront each other, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let's go straight to Bianliang!"