Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1387: Leading the army to the east, the situation in Xiangyang City
Chapter 1387: Leading the army to the east, the situation in Xiangyang City
Chapter 1387: Leading the troops to the east, the situation in Xiangyang City
Speaking of this, Zhang Jun whispered, "I want to thank you. If it weren't for you, the Northern Expedition would have been defeated! The Northern Expedition was my hard work for decades. If I failed, I don't care about the criticism from the court, but this My heart is dead!"
"It's because of you that I can live till now! Speaking of which, I owe you my life!"
"Actually, I am very satisfied now! Although I dare not say to look north to my homeland, at least I have seen hope in you! I know that one day, you will lead the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to go north. , bring back Bianzhou, which has been lost for decades!”
"So, after becoming an official, I did not choose to return to my hometown, Tanzhou, but chose to come to Chengdu! Because, I want to watch here, you become stronger step by step, and the Song Dynasty becomes stronger step by step!"
Listening to Zhang Jun's words, Shen Tang was silent! In fact, Zhang Jun in the original history was really as he said, after the defeat of the Northern Expedition, he died on the way home! He may not care about the so-called official position, but he has dozens of Years of hard work but no hope of success is enough to be fatal...
And because of Shen Tang's appearance, although the Northern Expedition did not have a great victory, it achieved good results.
In this way, not only did Zhang Jun's status in the court not be affected, but it became more stable. He watched Shen Tang grow up from a small white body at a jaw-dropping speed. He saw in Shen Tang's body The prosperity of the Song Dynasty was even the hope of the Northern Expedition to the homeland.
Therefore, his destiny has changed greatly in this life!
Shen Tang did not continue talking. Originally, he wanted to let Zhang Jun take charge of Lizhou. After all, not only the importance of Lizhou, but also allowing Zhang Jun to display his talents, and also allowing him to take charge of Lizhou. Find your own sense of existence from the 'loneliness' of becoming an official.
Being able to take control of Lizhou is naturally a prince. However, now that Shen Tang has made such a request to the court with the power of victory, and with the cooperation of Shi Hao and others, it is easy for Zhang Jun to return to take charge of Lizhou, so Shen Tang Then he spoke to Zhang Jun.
But since Zhang Jun refused, he could no longer persuade him.
"I will communicate with Shi Hao and ask him to cooperate with you on Lizhou! Lizhou is located on the border. Although there may not be a major war in a short time, it is still important and cannot be lost! If you If you are interested, you can transfer Li Xianzhong from Sizhou!"
"Although Li Xianzhong is not enough to attack, he is more than capable of defending the city! With him in charge of Lizhou, you can rest assured.
Furthermore, you have a good relationship with Li Xianzhong, and it will be a good thing for you to have Li Xianzhong working next door when you are in charge of Chengdu!"
Shen Tang nodded slightly. Although Li Xianzhong is not as prestigious as Wu Lin and Zhang Jun, he is indeed a good candidate!
Since the end of the Northern Expedition, Li Xianzhong has been leading his troops to sit in Sizhou. In the past few years, there has been no credit but hard work. It is not an extravagant hope for him to take a step forward and sit in Lizhou!
However, Shen Tang also heard another meaning from Zhang Jun's words! That is, Zhang Jun is gradually transferring his own power to Shen Tang.
During the Northern Expedition, Shao Hongyuan and Li Xianzhong were Zhang Jun's two generals. Even before that, they were Zhang Jun's confidants! But now, Shao Hongyuan is in charge of Chengdu. If Li Xianzhong comes to Lizhou, Shen Tang's power will naturally That's a huge increase! Especially since Lizhou is on the border with the Kingdom of Jin, this almost gives Shen Tang one more choice.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"
Zhang Jun patted Shen Tang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, it's getting late, so you should be on your way!"
Then, he hesitated for a moment and sighed, "If possible, let him live!"
Shen Tang smiled softly, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I will naturally keep him. I want him to see it with his own eyes. He can't look north to Bianzhou, but I, Shen Tang, can do it! Sometimes, heart-wrenching Killing is even scarier!"
Zhang Jun was speechless, but after a moment he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
brush!
Shen Tang got on his horse and said, "Xiang Zhang, take care!"
"Take care of yourself!"
Zhang Jun slightly cupped his hands and looked at the high-spirited Shen Tang, his eyes full of expectation and yearning! I think back then, he was the same, leading thousands of troops and high-spirited!
"Send it to the handsome man!"
"Take care, Commander!"
Shen Tang bowed slightly, then waved his riding whip, "Drive!"
As Shen Tang galloped out on horseback, Bi Zaiyu led thousands of personal guards and followed closely, and then two groups of soldiers followed suit!
One of them is naturally composed of Cheng Yuhu and Beiwei's army. They are Shen Tang's personal soldiers. Wherever Shen Tang is, they will naturally be there! And the other group is composed of 10,000 troops led by Xin Qiji. !
Naturally, it would not be possible to send all the soldiers and horses from Chengdu Prefecture. Not only would it cost a lot, but Chengdu Prefecture would also have no one to guard it! Therefore, Shen Tang asked Bian Xi and Shao Hongyuan to lead some of the troops and horses back to Chengdu Prefecture first, while Xin Qiji led The soldiers followed Shen Tang eastward.
The reason why Xin Qiji was chosen, apart from fighting his own brothers, was also because Xin Qiji had no merit in the battle of Fengxiang Mansion.
Bian Xi and Shao Hongyuan went out of Xiegu and defeated the enemy several times, including Cheng Yuhu, Song Kai and others. Most of the credit for winning Zhouzhi and Yi County fell on these two people. Therefore, the court will naturally There are rewards.
Although Xin Qiji's Eastern Route Army fought hard against Shuimen, they were defeated by Tu Dankening's plan and retreated to Lianyundao with the loss of troops and generals. At best, it could be regarded as a futile effort.
Since they are all brothers, Shen Tang will naturally not be biased, so he directly asked Xin Qiji to lead his troops eastward and go to Xiangyang City to directly gain some merits...
The battle of Fengxiang Mansion is over, but the battle in Xiangyang City is still in a tense state. In other words, the battle in Xiangyang City is many times more tragic than the battle in Fengxiang Mansion!
In Fengxiang Mansion, Shen Tang and Tu Shan Kening both exercised some restraint. However, in Xiangyang City, Wanyan Hao, who had received Shen Tang's secret letter a long time ago, used all his strength to try to defeat him. Someone blew his brains out!
Under the pressure of other generals, Xin Feiguang had to exclude some of his troops and go directly to the front line to start a battle with the Jin soldiers! Originally, he wanted to stop the Jin soldiers at Aikomen Pass and Lumen Mountain, and then let the northern and southern two groups The soldiers and horses restrained the Jin soldiers and found ways to threaten the Jin soldiers' retreat.
However, he overlooked one thing, that is, whether in terms of combat power or mobility, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were far inferior to the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom.
Although Xiangyang Prefecture has gathered many soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, they are not from the Chengdu Prefecture, and there are very few cavalry under their command. Even if they integrate some cavalry, they are still far behind the Jin Kingdom's cavalry.
The result of using the Song army at a turtle's speed to contain the Jin soldiers coming and going like the wind is naturally obvious!