Prime Minister

Chapter 671
The bonfire in the camp of the Song army was burning.

The night falls on all sides, the sky is extremely dark, and the sound of the Yellow River and the sound of horseshoes can be heard one after another.

The left and right soldiers in the distance looked at Wang Shao, and Zhang Yue and Zhang Yue were talking under the campfire, and they seemed to be arguing.

In the end, the two broke up unhappy.

Zhang Yue returned to the big tent with a displeased face, but saw Han Tong closely following behind him and asked, "What do you have to say?"

Han Tong said in a low voice, "I would like to inform Sheren that Wang Shao is afraid of difficulties and dangers and refuses to cross the river. Why should Sheren tell him again, and take away his military power on the charge of disobedience and disobedience, and then... ..."

Han Tong made a killing gesture with his hand as a knife

Seeing this, Zhang Yue frowned and said: "What are you talking about, I have a fling with Wang Zichun, and I can't do anything in the end!"

Han Tongdao: "Sheren must not be merciful. I have more than a dozen cronies around me. When the time comes, Sheren will ask him to enter the account to speak. You only need to give him a word to finish Wang Shao. At that time, he will be reported to be killed suddenly." "

"Please rest assured, there will never be any mistakes in this matter?"

"Really want to kill?" Zhang Yue changed color again.

Han Tong nodded, and said with a murderous look: "Sheren, this Wang Shao has many confidants, and the soldiers in the army listen to his orders more, but if they capture their father and son alive, some people will not accept it. It is better to kill them, and then take out the imperial edict."

"Shouren who is a general must not have the benevolence of a woman! I heard that this time when Sheren leaves Beijing, His Majesty will give Shangfang the horse-slaying sword!"

"I have something about Shang Fang cutting the horse sword, and you know it too."

Han Tongdao: "Yes, Your Majesty was worried that some people would be domineering and disobedient when Sheren led the army, so he gave this thing in advance. When the time comes, kill Wang Shao and hang his head outside. No one will say anything about Shang Fang's horse-killing sword. Not one word."

Zhang Yue showed a look of unbearable expression: "I really didn't mean to kill him, it's just...you see, if you follow what he said, if you break the way to take Tiandu Mountain..."

Han said with the same words: "Absolutely not, what Xuan Xiang said is that our army must cross the Yellow River, otherwise we will win and lose! Military orders are like mountains, and military laws are ruthless!"

Zhang Yue took a serious look at Han Tong, and then said with a helpless wry smile, "Well, it's up to you, but... it's just that I don't want to do it unless it's absolutely necessary."

Han Tong said eagerly: "You can't have the benevolence of a woman anymore."

After a while, Zhang Yue seemed to finally make up his mind, patted Han Tong on the shoulder and said, "Alright, if it's not a last resort, I still don't want to do this. Now your general is calling, and I will give you a few words, When the time comes, kill Wang Shao and let them take charge of the army, so as not to cause chaos. And you also call Lu Guang, and I will ask him what he means."

Seeing that Zhang Yue had made up his mind, Han Tong couldn't help being overjoyed.

Zhang Yue looked at Han Tong's back and remained silent for a long time, and Lu Guang arrived here soon.

Zhang Yue went straight to the point and asked Wang Shao about his plan to attack Tiandu Mountain, where the Xixia Palace is located, because he was unwilling to cross the Yellow River.

Lu Guangwen said: "Now there are a large number of Xia cavalry in the north of the Yellow River. Even if they have a clear understanding of our army's actions, it is too risky to cross the river. I think a surprise attack on Tiandu Mountain is a coup."

"Whether it's crossing the river or capturing Tiandu Mountain, I have no objection. Of course, everything depends on my family's opinion."

Zhang Yue nodded noncommittally.

Then Zhang Yue consulted several generals for their opinions.

Before dawn the next day, Han Tong went out of the tent to relieve himself, but he never came back.

After his companion left the camp, Fang found Han Tong's body and learned that the other party died suddenly for unknown reasons.

At this moment, Song Jun was fetching water from the river and cooking in a pot.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao rode together and looked at the Xixia cavalry on the other side of the river. The Xixia army stationed on the opposite bank last night suddenly disappeared at dawn. There are still sporadic cavalry wandering on the hills.

"I guess there must be elite Xixia soldiers ambushing in the valley on the other side of the river, waiting for us to cross the river."

Wang Shao pointed at Yan with a whip.

Zhang Yue said: "This guess may not be accurate."

Wang Shaodao: "Whether it is accurate or not, I don't want to take risks. Yes, if I kill Han Tong, will I have any trouble?"

Zhang Yue said: "That's for the future."

Wang Shao nodded and said: "If you don't do one thing, don't stop, do you want Wang to do it again and get rid of Lu Guang as well?"

Zhang Yue said: "No need for now, I tested his tone last night."

"Killing is the only surefire solution!"

Zhang Yue said: "I have my own measure."

After talking about Wang Shao, Zhang Yue and Zhang Yue looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Yue didn't know when he came here, and he didn't care much about the murder.

That night, he had already agreed with Wang Shao's intention from the bottom of his heart, but he was afraid that Han Tong, Lu Guang and Lu Guang would not accept it, and they would inform the officials and Han Jiang, so he pretended to oppose the march to Tiandu Mountain to test their intentions.

Han Tong is Han Jiang's Yuan Sui who must have trouble killing him, but Zhang Yue must not tolerate a Yuan Sui daring to point fingers at him, especially when life and death are at stake.

So Zhang Yue could only follow Han Tong's suggestion and stop benevolent women.

But at this moment, Zhang Yue was still uneasy in his heart. It is true that when Zhang Yue forced Wang Shao to fight and lead his army across the Yellow River, he repeatedly thought of the history that Tong Guan forced Liu Fa to fight forcefully, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

Zhang Yue said to Wang Shao: "Back then, Tang Xuanzong listened to Yang Guozhong's slander and forced Ge Shuhan to fight out of Tongguan. In the end, the entire army of 20 troops was wiped out."

"I did have lingering fears when I forced you to cross the river this time."

Wang Shao laughed and said, "Even if Wang refuses to obey, the Sheren will take Wang down or kill him?"

Zhang Yue looked at Wang Shao and said: "Zichun, you must remember one sentence, military must serve politics."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he secretly laughed at Han Tong. He was really stupid. With more than a dozen of him, he actually captured and killed Wang Shao. Not to mention whether he could succeed, what if he mishandled it and caused a mutiny?

Han Tong didn't know Wang Shao's prestige in the Fan Han army, so he killed him and Wang Hou, and half of the Fan army ran away immediately.

Wang Shaopin took Pin Zhangyue's words and said: "Wang has been taught, and Sheren finally chose to believe in Wang! To be honest, when Sheren first came to Qinzhou, Wang was afraid that Sheren was here to take Wang's hand." It worked."

"Oh?"

Wang Shaodao: "Your official has been operating in Guwei for six or seven years, and here is my painstaking effort. Wang does not want to give any credit to others. At the beginning, Li Shizhong, Dou Shunqing, and Han Zhen didn't have this idea, but Guwei has today It was Wang who worked hard with swords and guns, and he didn't want to give them an inch of merit, so they accused Wang of his fault in front of the officials."

Zhang Yue said in his heart, I've seen it a long time ago, Wang Shaoshang is jealous of Zhiyuan sharing the credit with him, how can he not be jealous of himself.

Wang Shao suddenly broke into a smile and said: "But today, Wang knows that he judges the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Zhang Yue said: "Zichun! Is your ambition only to regain Lanhui? If so, you should really be afraid that I will share the work, but if it is more than that, it can only be said that your vision is narrow."

Wang Shao said: "What does it mean that Sheren said more than that?"

Zhang Yue picked up his horsewhip and pointed to the north bank of the Yellow River: "Of course it is to destroy this country of Xia!"

Wang Shao's heart fluctuated slightly when he heard the words, and then he said: "Forgive Wang's blunt statement, it is still impossible to do it with the current national strength of the Great Song Dynasty."

"You don't like the battle of Hengshan?"

Wang Shao shook his head and said, "Even if we capture Hengshan, it will take five to six years to destroy Xia, not to mention that the imperial court may not have a chance of winning."

Zhang Yue said: "That is, if it doesn't work in five years, it will take ten years. Xixia will not be destroyed, and our Song Dynasty will be tired by it day and night, and it will not survive sooner or later."

"However? If you make great achievements today, the court will definitely take precautions and prevent you from continuing to send troops. If you are transferred away and someone else comes to attack Hehuang, can you protect him like you?"

Wang Shao said without hesitation: "Of course not."

In another time and space history, Wang Shao won a big victory in Hehuang. Wen Yanbo, who had always opposed the move to open the border, said that Wang Shao's power is illustrious in Guanzhong, who would dare to violate it.

Because of Wang Shao's military exploits, he automatically triggered the concerns of the whole court. Even if Wen Yanbo didn't say so, the official censor would not leave a general to command the army for a long time.

Therefore, Wang Shao was transferred back to the court. Although he was awarded a high official and generous salary, the court has been unable to make greater progress in Hehuang Kaibian.

Because everyone else is inferior to Wang Shao.

He is Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the Song Dynasty.

When Zhang Yue said this, Wang Shao had fully understood what Zhang Yue meant.

He has always saved people with benefits, but suddenly he felt ashamed in front of Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue said: "I passed through Tongguan and entered Shaanxi. Along the way, I saw that the people were extremely miserable. This was all caused by the war. If the Xia Kingdom is not defeated, the imperial court will have no respite and it will be difficult to develop the national strength."

"Zichun, you and I have a heavy responsibility."

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The next day, the Song army continued to try crossing the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and made a tentative appearance of crossing the river. The Xixia cavalry patrolling along the river shot arrows at the Song army ferry as soon as they saw it.

In Daluo City, troops were constantly sent to harass, and they set fire to the pasture along the river, using the scorched earth policy to prevent the Song army from grazing horses here.

At the same time, any ships on the Yanhe River were scuttled and burned.

Xixia and the Fan army tried their best to prevent the Song army from crossing the river.

After Wang Shao tried to cross the river a few times, he assumed the posture of attacking Daluo City, cutting wood on all sides, as if to build a siege tool.

But three days later, the Xixia people suddenly found that the Song army camp on the bank of the river was empty.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Xixia cavalry had gathered on the other side of the Yellow River. They were supposed to intercept the Song army after crossing the river, but found that the Song army had disappeared.

As for Zhang Yue, Wang Shao led the Qingqi to set off first, captured the mountain pass of Quwu Mountain, and then led the army to cross Quwu Mountain.

The top of Mount Quwu was still covered with snow, and there was mist among the mountains and mist. When the army entered the mountain, it was January and February, and the spring rain had not yet fallen, but the vegetation under the mountain had recovered, and the mountain scenery was lush and lush.

There are many famous temples and ancient temples in the mountains here. Both Zhangyue and Wang Shaozhi worshiped Buddhism very much, so they sent troops to garrison in front of the temple in advance, and soldiers were not allowed to harass them.

At the same time, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao also brought Master Zhiyuan to worship the Buddha in the temple, and were received by the monks.

Immediately the army went down the mountain, and the leading Qingqi went down the mountain first.

Wang Shao ordered Wang Hou to lead Qingqi to attack Tiandu Mountain first, and fought with the Xixia army.Hearing the report from the front, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao knew that they had encountered a strong enemy this time.

(End of this chapter)