But suddenly, various military camps around Nanyang became active. Even the sergeants who went to the city walls to play tricks on their vacations, and the officers who went to the east gate of Nanyang City to participate in the imperial "Nanyang Good Luck" activities also hurriedly turned back... The reason
It's very simple. The officials in the city suddenly left the city and came to the camp at the foot of Yushan Mountain to take charge. Then they issued a decree and asked the entire army in the imperial camp to assemble.
Needless to say, everyone knows what is going on with such a posture. There must be a flaw in Xiangzhou in the south, and then the officials have to fulfill their promise at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain that day and prepare to personally supervise the army to fight against the traitor Fan Qiong in the rain.
Regarding this matter, the so-called Imperial Camp Central Army currently stationed in Nanyang, the companion capital, is naturally gearing up and eager to fight... Based on the military morale, those who don't know may think that the young Zhao Guanjia Tianzong Shenwu is as powerful as Tang Dynasty.
Zong Fusheng, in just a few months, he trained this Song army with complicated origins into someone who dared to fight against the Iron Army, and then everyone was willing to die for the government?
And those who know it will naturally understand that this is not to fight Fan Qiong?
It's one thing to hunt for gold, but it's another thing to fight against former colleagues who have turned into traitors. Everyone knows who is afraid of whom?
And once the fear is gone, everyone in the army will naturally compete to be the first... The so-called sergeants want to capture, the officers want to transfer the two strategies, and even the generals in the imperial camp are also a little anxious, and people
Everyone wants to take this opportunity to expand their own troops.
It should be noted that the official preference for Po Han Wu is almost universally known. Previously, the 30,000 soldiers from Huaixi Ding, as well as the Zhai Chong tribe who came to rescue them, were all assigned to Han Shizhong's imperial camp left army. The so-called
On the contrary, the imperial army that followed the official himself had never been replenished even once.
But this time, no matter what, Po Han Wu will not come to rob people.
Not to mention, there are also various generals with special reasons such as Wang De, Wang Yaksha, who always wanted to remove the subtitle of deputy capital commander from his body, and the Xin brothers who have been wanting to perform since they failed to participate in the Huaishang battle.
Already.
"Brother, can you take another route?"
The expedition is about to go out tomorrow. The imperial camp at the foot of Yushan Mountain is almost covered by rain. In a dry military building somewhere, two people are sitting opposite each other on both sides of a table. It is the Xin brothers.
The two of them looked at the two notes on the table, their brows furrowed, and they seemed a little uneasy. After a while, the fourth child, Xin Yongzong, frowned and said, "What's the use of handing it over directly like this?"
"It's too late. As soon as the drum sounds, it's our last chance." The boss Xin Xingzong sighed. "Not to mention, the people in the center are avoiding us now, so how can they be willing to help?"
"That's right." When Xin Yongzong heard this, he was the first to be depressed. "Just talking about this matter, isn't it just a word from the official family? But why should the official family give face to our brothers?"
"It's all me who has brought trouble to our brothers." As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, and a younger brother is like a son. Xin Xingzong couldn't help but look sad when he saw his younger brother's attitude. "Fortunately, the officials didn't specifically exclude us, and we can always get along...
…If you ask me, if you hand it over, if you can’t win the vanguard, then we won’t fight. Now that things have come to this, it’s better for us brothers to be more stable.”
When Xin Yongzong heard his brother's words, he hesitated to speak. He was obviously unwilling to do so. However, he was restless and could not come up with any clever ideas.
Correspondingly, when Xin Xingzong saw his younger brother being so uneasy, he also looked sad, but had nothing to say.
In other words, it is no wonder that Xin Xingzong and Xin Yongzong behaved like this.
It should be known that the four Xin brothers, the eldest Xin Xingzong, the second eldest Xin Qizong, the third eldest Xin Daozong, the fourth eldest Xin Yongzong, plus a cousin Xin Yanzong, can be regarded as the five brothers, and they are all famous figures in these years:
The boss, Xin Xingzong, was the one who competed with Han Shizhong for credit in the early years of Ping La. However, saying that he was competing for credit was a bit too much to overstate Han Wu, because Xin Xingzong's official position at that time was much higher than that of Han Shizhong, and at most he was ignorant of his merit... In reality
When the Liao Dynasty was conquered, Xin Xingzong was basically on an equal footing with Zhong Shidao and became the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army.
Therefore, despite the chaos in the Three Kingdoms, this person had no achievements in several years and suffered repeated defeats. However, this time he was able to occupy a position of military commander in the imperial camp based on his seniority, which could not be lowered.
The second oldest brother, Xin Qizong, is now in Kansai and his situation is unknown. But before the situation was unknown, he was commanding an army of four to five thousand people.
The third son, Xin Daozong, was the only one among the brothers who tried to become a civil servant. On the day Zhao Jiu ascended the throne in Shangqiu, he was appointed as the executioner of Jingzhao (Chang'an) by Xingzai. However, the road was blocked and he could not go there (or
He said that he could not die), so he followed his eldest brother and fourth brother to the southeast to prepare for his trip to Yangzhou at that time.
Later, due to the shortage of water supply, Li Gang sent the three brothers back, but they were named by Zhao Guan's family at Bagong Mountain. Also as the commander of the first army, he led the troops and went to Jingdong with Zhang Suo, the envoy of the Jingdong Two-Road System.
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The fourth brother, Xin Yongzong, has basically the same trajectory as the eldest brother. At this time, he is also controlled by one army, but his troops are basically made by dividing the eldest brother's troops into two;
As for the cousin of the four, Xin Yanzong, it was true. When Zhao Laojiu was still the general marshal, he led his Bazhou soldiers to the marshal's mansion. At that time, he was the vanguard of the marshal's mansion and started fighting.
, seems to be stronger than the yamen of Xinyongzong, but this time he stayed in the southeast at all and did not come back. A few days ago, Gongxiang Li had documents delivered to him, and he and General Miao and Liu, as well as another commander named Wang Yi,
, and formed the imperial camp rear army together, becoming one of the chief generals of the imperial camp rear army.
To be fair, the five brothers and the five-command system are stronger than the nine governors of the Lin family in this special season. They are really a Tianhu card... because the nine governors have been appointed one after another over the past few decades, and Xin
The brothers held the five governorships at the same time.
In fact, before Bagong Mountain, there were four generals in the army: Liu, Zhang, Han and Xin. Liu was Liu Guangshi, Zhang was Zhang Jun, and Han was Han Shizhong. These three were independent generals, and Xin
But it refers to Xin Xingzong who leads a group of brothers.
However, a good man does not mention his bravery in the past, but only talks about the tricks of fortune at present, and Xin Xingzong, who is good at welcoming people, never imagined that he would be robbed of his holy family by Po Hanwu... This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
It's really a question of Po Han Wu.
Not to mention the Xin brothers themselves, even the horse feeders in the imperial camp knew that the reason their brothers were in this situation was simply because of Han Shizhong.
Putting aside the fact that the official family and Li Xianggong deliberately separated the brothers out of well-known psychology, the two major blows suffered by the Xin brothers actually happened at the foot of Bagong Mountain. One of them was that they failed to participate in the battle to break camp in Huaibei.
As a result, he completely became the representative of the second-rate troops in the imperial camp; the other was that during the reorganization, the extremely senior Xin Xingzong stopped in the position of commander and disappeared from everyone.
However, the planner of the Huaibei War was Han Shizhong himself. I don’t know whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally. Anyway, it was these brothers who had no official status at all. As for the actions of the official family during the reorganization, they seemed to be for Han Shizhong.
Face... I can't help it. At that time, we were marching westward, that is, the left army of the imperial camp and the central army of the imperial camp. According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty army, the two sides were already in conflict with each other. If Xin Xingzong really took the lead, he would destroy Han Wu at that time.
Domineering, I'm afraid he can secretly draw a knife as soon as he turns around!
It is said that the officials favored Han Shizhong. Civil servants said that, and Zhang Jun also said that Wang De and Wang Yaksha, for example, talked nonsense when they drank. If it were not for the officials favoring Han Shizhong, what would have happened to him now... However, the officials said
If Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying think of partiality, it's just a fight for favor between the victors. As for Wang De, do you think he dares to talk about "partiality" in front of officials? He sounds like he is a king.
Yasha is not the one with the highest rank in the imperial army.
In fact, the biggest victims of official favoritism against Han Wu are none other than the Xin brothers. However, compared with Zhang Jun and Wang De, the Xin brothers now don't even have the ability to complain...
"defense!"
Just as the Xin brothers were looking sad and waiting for the Chinese army to beat the drums, suddenly, someone outside the military building said, "Is the Daxin defense there?"
The so-called defense means to defend.
A few days ago, several ministers in the capital accompanied the staff to sort out various appointments that had been made in the past, and made a rough patch for the various messy dispatches that Zhao Guanjia pointed out... For example, Zhang Suo's two-way system of dispatches
, the Zhao Guan family was so confused that they did not mention the cabinet position when they made the appointment, but this time they jumped from the direct bachelor of Longtuge to the bachelor of Zizhengdian in one fell swoop at the suggestion of the Ministry of Personnel.
Ma Shen, Liu Hongdao and others also provided various benefits, and Li Gang was specially appointed as a Jiedushi envoy, making him a strange being who had both a public minister and an envoy.
Correspondingly speaking, the commanders of various ministries in the Imperial Camp Central Army were unified into the title of Defense Envoy.
As for Wang De's recent mutterings, delusional plans to use this military achievement to take over the defense of Nanyang's four walls, that is another matter.
Back to the present, according to the titles these days, the Xin brothers in the imperial camp are naturally Da Xin and Xiao Xin... But I don't know what they will be called if the five brothers get together one day.
The Three Ways are the best in the world? The Four Eternals are unparalleled in the world?
"It's Hu Hongxiu." Hearing the voice, Xin Yongzong was excited for a moment. "He is a rare scholar in the army. He is also a man of ideas and a man with great hands and eyes. Let's hear what he has to say."
The eldest brother Xin Xingzong shook his head after hearing this, but he disagreed: "Although this person has an idea, he has a very strong idea. Moreover, if we are separated these days, our brothers are in a situation where we may not be able to let this person give his idea."
But having said that, they have already arrived outside the military building, and it is Jingkang who abandoned Fan Qiong, a serious scholar who has followed their brothers for more than a year, and he is also a man with "hands and eyes that can reach the sky", while the Xin brothers are now lonely.
How can you be negligent?
So, the two brothers actually went out together to welcome Hu Hongxiu, the "Baoyi Lang", into the house... Bao Yilang had exactly the same official status as the one Niu Gao had just received from General Da Cui of Luoyang a few days ago. He was a member of the Song Dynasty.
The fiftieth rank among the fifty-third ranks of military attachés is about twenty ranks behind Yue Fei's martial arts officer.
Historically, Niu Gao was Yue Fei's deputy commander, and Hu Hongxiu was Yue Fei's chief of general staff and a general in a certain army of the Yue Family Army.
Let's say that Hu Hongxiu is in his twenties this year. He has a fair face, a plump body, and a slender nose. If it weren't for the slightly conspicuous scar on his temples and the cowhide belt he wore, he would be the template for a good boy outside Donghua... In fact, this person's background
Taixue, Jingkang Zhongcai abandoned his writing and joined the army, and then took charge of the city wall guard under Fan Qiong. Later, Fan Qiong rebelled, so he abandoned Fan Qiong and followed Xin Daozong, who was traveling from Hedong to Nanjing (Shangqiu) to find the Generalissimo's Palace.
, Brother Xin Yongzong, so here.
When this person came in, he sat down casually. He just looked at the bamboo slips on the bank for a while, and then after hearing Xin Yongzong's urgent words from the side, he wrung the rainwater on his sleeves, shook his head and laughed:
"The two of you are really at opposite ends of the spectrum, trying to make ends meet..."
When the Xin brothers heard this, both the fourth child, who was looking forward to it, and the eldest brother, who was already a little disappointed but was still looking forward to it, all fell down.
However, Hu Hongxiu turned a deaf ear to the expressions of the two of them. He wrung out his sleeves, tied the belt again, and continued to speak slowly:
"In my opinion, the two defensemen made two big mistakes this time. One is that you don't know how to advance or retreat in the big defense..."
Hearing the last two words, Xin Yongzong instinctively wanted to refute it, but Xin Xingzong himself moved in his heart and directly held down his brother. PC::/
"Han Taiwei established the festival and took charge of Huaixi's military affairs. Whenever there are rewards and honors given out here in Nanyang Mansion, Han Taiwei must be the first to be given to the generals; Han Taiwei must be the first to be given to the ministers; Han Taiwei must also be given to the ministers;
No matter how far it is, there must be a share from Taiwei Han... Not only that, I heard that since the officials gave out the jade belt, for half a year, even though Nanyang and Southeast have paid tribute, they have never said it in public.
I have worn a jade belt, even the last Fangchengshan Dynasty wore only a gold belt..."
Having said this, Hu Hongxiu, who was sitting on the horse, smiled slightly, and then looked at Xin Xingzong, who had already turned pale: "I dare to ask the defense, can you brothers be easily shaken by such favor and importance? And with the defense and
Regarding Lieutenant Han's grievances, how can you come forward as long as he is around?"
"Then what should I do?" Xin Xingzong almost blurted out in a daze.
"What can we do?" Hu Hongxiu laughed for a moment. "Defense, I'm sorry to speak bluntly. As a military leader like you, if you don't want to surrender to the Jin Dynasty, you don't want to end up like Fan Qiong, but you still miss the prosperity of the Song Dynasty... Of course,
I'm afraid that's exactly what happened...but there is only one way, and that is to take the initiative to retreat. Once you retreat, the other Xin family leaders will suddenly feel enlightened and can move forward."
When Xiao Xin Fengfang heard this, he was furious, but Xin Xingzong himself sighed: "Actually, I have thought of this for a long time, but no one told me to clarify it. I thank Mr. Hu for reminding me."
"It's okay, I want to tell you. Just this time, there are seven units of the imperial camp and the central army, plus the imperial squadron, a total of eight. Everyone must want to be a vanguard, but there must be one left behind in Nanyang.
It is something that everyone avoids, so why not speak directly to the official in person, saying that the old wounds are hard to bear in the rain, please stay behind, and ask to go to Wuguan to guard after the war..."
"I understand what Mr. Hu means," Xin Xingzong was instantly excited. "I will do this, and then the fourth child will ask me to be the pioneer, and I will most likely come out on top!"
The fourth son, Xin Yongzong, who was standing by, was also overjoyed, but immediately got up and poured a bowl of ginger soup for Hu Hongxiu himself.
And Hu Hongxiu didn't show any pretense. He took a bowl and drank it, wiped his mouth, and continued to shake his head and smile: "This is one of the two big mistakes that Xianguan just said about the two defenses. It is also the reason why Xianguan came to find two mistakes this time.
The fundamental reason for the position... In this battle, if you want to gain military exploits, how can you fight for a vanguard? To be a vanguard is destined to go in the opposite direction and seek fish in a tree!"
Before the eldest brother could speak, the fourth brother Xin Yongzong pulled a horse and sat next to Hu Hongxiu. He imitated the handshake that was popular in Nanyang recently, holding his hand and asking sincerely:
"Brother Hu, please consider that we have been wandering around together for a year, please give us brothers a clear path!"
"That's what I was going to say." Hu Hongxiu calmly withdrew his hand. "Small defense, I would like to ask you, now that we have won the vanguard, where are we going to fight?"
"Of course we should go south along the Baihe River (淯水), break Deng City, and take Xiangyang!"
"Is Dengcheng so easy to break down?" Hu Hongxiu asked suddenly and seriously. "Is Xiangyang so easy to get?"
"It won't be too difficult, right?" Xiao Xin defended, obviously puzzled. "Then Fan Qiong still has a way out today?"
"It will still take some time." Xin Xingzong, the boss next to him, was more experienced. "The official decree did not pardon those soldiers and horses who had paid gold, and Fan Qiong took advantage of the situation and piled those soldiers and horses to the north of Han River.
Dengcheng, and gathered his own troops and horses to Xiangyang. In other words, Dengcheng's troops and horses have not been spared, and this kind of military strength may be stubbornly resisting for several days, and then they will retreat in a panic after seeing blood.
Dispersion can always be delayed for a while. As for Xiangyang..."
"So what about Xiangyang?" Xin Yongzong was still puzzled.
"Isn't it raining?" Xin Xingzong sighed. "To defeat Xiangyang, we must first defeat Dengcheng and then cross the Han River. However, how difficult it is to cross the water on a rainy day? Not to mention that the water must have risen by the time we cross the river, and Fan Qiong
No matter how bastard he is, he can still defend the city of Tokyo... The ferry must be his most elite and reliable unit."
Hearing this, Xin Yongzong looked at Hu Hongxiu again.
Hu Hongxiu did not cover up, but directly offered advice: "Xiaoxin Defense can invite himself as a partial division, go out to Niushou Town upstream, attack Zongyin Monk, then cross the river from there, and then attack Xiangyang City from the south bank!" : :
The Xin brothers looked at each other. The fourth brother, Xin Yongzong, was obviously asking for help because he didn't understand the benefits of this plan. Xin Xingzong was silent for a while and then said awkwardly: "Xiao Hu, I must not understand the key point of this plan.
...Although there are few soldiers in Niushou Town, the monk Zongyin who led the troops there has never been pardoned by the express decree, let alone the lone army crossing the river to attack the famous city of Xiangyang where tens of thousands of troops were stationed. My brother alone controls 1,500 people.
, if one person is not good, won’t the whole army be annihilated?”
Hu Hongxiu was extremely helpless and could only give a brief explanation: "Two defences, let me ask you two questions again. Monk Zongyin has not been pardoned, but has he ever paid money and was not allowed to be pardoned by the decree? At this time, the rain is so fast,
The officials insist on sending troops at this time. Are they crazy, or are the many generals and generals around them just fools?"
"You mean..." Xin Xingzong was silent for a moment, and then spoke with some difficulty. "Monk Zongyin must be a weakling and useless. We can lie to him, promise his life, and lure him to surrender; but in Xiangyang City, there must be a lot of people.
A big change?"
"Otherwise?" Hu Hongxiu saw that Da Xin had already figured it out but was still hesitant, while Xiao Xin was still confused. He felt extremely disappointed and could not help but give a cold response.
However, what kind of person is Xin Xingzong, a general of the Western Army who rose from Tong Guan's side? It's hard to say anything else. At least he is very good at observing words and expressions. When he saw Hu Hongxiu's expression getting worse, he also sighed:
"Mr. Hu, I need to know what you mean, and I also know that what you said is excellent. But although our brothers are not at the end of the road now, we are still in danger... How about I ask you a few questions before making a decision?"
"Please tell me about defense." Although Hu Hongxiu was puzzled, he remained magnanimous.
"First of all, Mr. Hu, you have been in our brother's tent for a year. Everyone knows that you regard the Jingkang incident as a lifelong shame and you dare not forget it for a moment. However, if you want to do something, you must first have a seat." Xin Xingzong
He walked around in the military building with his hands behind his back and sighed. "And you were born as a Imperial College student, with wide acquaintances and experience in the military battlefield. Your father-in-law Wang Shuzhan is the Minister of Taichang Temple, and your wife, brother and close friend Wang Ruohai has recently
You were also selected as a valet on the official side, and your sister-in-law even became the daughter-in-law of the imperial uncle Zhao Shi?, who had made great achievements in supporting the establishment of Nanjing at that time... In other words, if you want a seat, always
You can jump up, but a few months ago, when you came back with us from the southeast, you saw so many people around you taking action, why did you, a person who wants to do something, not move at all?"
Hu Hongxiu suddenly laughed again: "Another question of defense must be to ask, before I was motionless, why did I suddenly have to imitate that frog and jump out with the rain? And there is a shortage of people everywhere, so why don't I
Go to find your own Mount Tai, but come to find two destitute generals in the army?"
"Exactly!"
"Then I'll speak frankly." Hu Hongxiu sighed. "Chen Dong and I are close friends of the Imperial Academy. Although I heard in the southeast that the officials had exiled Huang Qianshan and made Chen Dongping famous, I still felt resentful and resentful.
Wang Boyan did not criticize him, but he also doubted whether the officials had really changed their behavior... If he couldn't get rid of this knot in his heart, how could he be willing to seek an official position?"
"That's it." Xin Xingzong suddenly realized. "Yes, you are both influential figures in Jingkang Middle School, how come you don't know each other and interact with each other? I never thought of it."
"Don't you think, it's hard for people to resurrect after death." Hu Hongxiu sighed. "And these days, from Bagong Mountain to Caizhou, and then to Nanyang, although I still have a grudge against Wang Boyan, I have seen how much the center has become.
In order to cheer up the situation, the officials seemed to be really doing something, and were not just paying lip service. I learned how to trick me and others when I was in Nanjing that day. Although I felt uneasy, I couldn't help but want to come out and test it out."
"Who is not like this? After a trip to the southeast, the official family seemed to have changed. Everyone was suspicious..." Xin Xingzong also understood quite well.
"As for now that I have some thoughts, why are you looking for two people instead of my Taishan side? I have nothing to hide..." Hu Hongxiu smiled bitterly. "For one thing, my wife's brother Wang Ruohai must also be a close friend of the former Imperial College.
It must be Chen Dong, Ouyang Che and other partners, but in the past few months, I have been jumping up and down, and I have not hesitated to serve all my husbands in order to get an official, and I have even gone the way of Wang Boyan, but I have developed a dislike for them!"
"..."
"Secondly, of course Fan Qiong had some involvement with me in Tokyo. I wanted to kill him that day, but because I was powerless and cowardly at the time, I could only cry out of the city with a message explaining the city's defenses.
Go away, this is one of the greatest regrets in my life!"
"We met that day." Xin Yongzong couldn't help but interjected.
Hu Hong stopped talking to this point. He was obviously thinking of the past events in Tokyo, but his hatred was beyond words. He paused for a long time before he calmed down. Then he sat there and continued speaking solemnly:
"Thirdly, since Jingkang and after personally experiencing the siege, I have determined that if we want to bring peace to the world, we must put soldiers and horses first! And if there is a chance to revive Lianghe and avenge the shame of the past, I, Hu Hongxiu,
It’s better to be a centurion than to be a member of the family! It’s just a mere official position, and there are civil and military subordinates, but in front of the tens of millions of people living in Lianghe, how do they count?!”
Xin Xingzong stared at the cowhide straps on the opponent's sleeves in silence for a long time. Regardless of the status gap, he leaned over and said, "If this is the case, I will entrust my younger brother to Mr. Hu this time!"