Fu Song

Chapter 192 The Partner and the Blade

Xingqing Mansion did not suffer much damage, and almost completely fell into Xiao Ding's hands.The decisive battle on the banks of the Yellow River, where both sides drew tens of thousands of troops, finally came to an end with Xiao Ding's victory.

In fact, in the early stage of the battle, the two sides were evenly matched.Although Xiao Ding has the advantage in strategy, he cannot fundamentally change the direction of the war.

The number of the two sides is almost the same, and the combat effectiveness is also similar.Xiao Ding's subordinates are slightly better, but this is Xingqing Mansion after all, a place where Li Xu has been operating for more than ten years. The soldiers generally have the desire to defend their homeland. The difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides, in the face of such thoughts, Almost leveled.

What changed the situation of the war was Yuzang Huama who suddenly appeared on the battlefield after noon.

Both Li Xu and Xiao Ding firmly believe that Yuzang Huama is their ally, so after Yuzang Huama led his troops to appear on the battlefield, they issued a series of orders to adapt to the new battlefield pattern.

And the next battle was the death of the commander who misjudged the situation.

When he found out that Yuzang Huama was the enemy, everything was irreparable.

He could have struggled to fight a dozen situations, because his wrong judgment let the enemy go straight to the heart and kill him.

Li Xu failed miserably.

When he finally escaped from the battlefield, there were only a few hundred riders left by his side.

Li Xu's entire army was destroyed, making Xingqing Mansion no longer able to resist. When Xiao Ding's banner appeared under Xingqing Mansion, the officials who stayed behind and the gentry in the city opened up the city without a word. Open the gate to welcome Wang Shi into the city.

"Li Xu is really going to say that he is a widow!" Looking up at the exquisite carved railings and paintings in front of him, the splendid palace with golden walls, and seeing the emperor's robes and utensils searched by the army from inside, Cheng Gui couldn't hide it. happy look.

How can the credit for taking down a rebel general compare to the credit for taking down such a guy who wants to be emperor?These things are living evidence, and they have also brought the credit of the appeasement to a higher level.

Xiao Ding is naturally the first contribution, but the contribution of this strategy is undoubtedly Ma Xing, the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi Road.

"General Xiao, Li Xu will still give the head, and we should continue to encourage him!" Turning his head to look at Xiao Ding beside him, Cheng Gui said: "No matter where he escapes, the pacifier must see his head. "

Although Cheng Gui is only Chao Fenglang, Xiao Ding's rank is much higher than him, but Xiao Ding still bowed slightly to the other party and said: "Cheng Chaofeng is at ease, next, Xiao will definitely lead his troops to pursue Li Xu himself, and it will be inevitable." It will not be captured."

"Once the spirit is lost, although Li Xu still has Guazhou and other places, he is no different from a bandit. His subordinates in Guazhou and other places will also be dissatisfied. General Xiao, the comforter must now hope that the more The sooner you see Li Xu's head, the happier you will be, after all, the situation on Hebei Road is not good right now, if we can end the war earlier, the court will be able to focus on dealing with the Liao bandits in the next period of time!"

"Understood, the general will lead his troops to set off!" Xiao Ding nodded.

"It's really hard for the general, but for the sake of the overall situation, it can only be like this. When the general returns from victory, the pacifier will definitely welcome him out of the city and congratulate the general!" Cheng Gui said happily.

"Don't dare!" Xiao Ding smiled.

As Li Xu's old nest, Xingqing Mansion is really rich. This can be seen after the Guangrui Army occupied Li Xu's warehouse.

There are enough food reserves for [-] people for three years, dozens of full arsenals, and millions of copper coins.Seeing that some copper coin ropes were rotten, everyone couldn't help but sighed.

It's been a long time since this guy turned his back on him.

But now, these are all cheaper for the Song army who attacked in.

Xiao Ding did what he said, and on the second day, he took the Guangrui Army's cavalry battalion and Xin Jian's iron kite on the journey to pursue Li Xu, leaving Tuoba Yangwei and Zhang Yuan to deal with the Xingqing Mansion. follow-up matters.

Cheng Gui sent Xiao Ding away quickly on purpose.

Because of the performance of Xiao Ding's subordinates after entering Xingqing Mansion, he felt a little scared.

He saw a real innocent army.

Before, he had never seen such a thing, or even heard of it.

As a conquered place, as a lair of a guy preparing to rebel, the people here are born with three points of original sin, and after the battle, the army will almost all become blood-eating hungry wolves. At this time, killing, looting It is unavoidable, and under normal circumstances, the generals who lead the troops will deliberately indulge their subordinates.

Soldiers need outlets and income.

Being able to release and receive is the most basic feature of a fierce army.

But Xiao Ding's subordinates entered the Xingqing Mansion, and Qiu did not commit any crimes.

This is terrible.

This fully demonstrated Xiao Ding's strong control over the army.

Before entering the city, Xiao Ding lightly said to the generals under his command that those who burn, kill, loot and endanger the common people, kill Wuhe!

At that time, Cheng Gui thought it was just a beautiful routine order.

But after he actually entered the city, he found that the army strictly followed Xiao Ding's orders.

They even had serious conflicts with Yuzang Huama's subordinates.

It turned out that Yuzang Huama's army was killed, wounded, and looted in the city, and they encountered them.

And the final result was that Tuoba showed his power, and I don't know how he talked with Yuzang Huama. Although this rebellious Tubo man was angry, he still led his subordinates and withdrew from Xinghuo. Qingfu.

This made Cheng Gui have a very bad feeling.

So he hastily sent Xiao Ding out and let him go after Li Xu.

And he wanted to work harder to see if he could persuade several generals under Xiao Ding's command to serve under the command of the pacifier.

Lying on the chair with his eyes closed, in front of him, two beautiful ladies were taking care of his feet.

During this period of time, he was really exhausted. Not to mention anything else, just running back and forth was a journey of thousands of miles. Even with a horse to travel, his feet suffered a lot.

Right now, after soaking in hot water, two girls are using pedicure scissors to trim his nails and calluses, and they are taking a massage outside. This kind of enjoyment cannot be enjoyed in Yan'an Mansion.

Ma Xing is a relatively self-restraining official, and under his influence, the officials under the appeasement envoy, no matter how rich they are, dare not openly spend extravagantly.

As Ma Xing's number one aide, Cheng Gui is even more difficult to take the lead in enjoying it.

Although he is rich.

Squinting his eyes, what flashed through his mind was one general after another under Xiao Ding's command.

No high-ranking person would like to have a powerful force under his command to influence his decision-making and affect his judgment.And now Xiao Ding has formed such a powerful force.

In the final analysis, the entire war against Li Xu this time was because of Xiao Ding's sudden action that Ma Xing had to passively mobilize the entire Shaanxi Road to endorse him.

Now that the war has been won, Li Xu who has lost Xingling is no longer worth mentioning, so naturally it is time to settle accounts after the fall.

Disintegrating the forces under Xiao Ding's command should be the top priority.

To be honest, neither Ma Xing nor Cheng Gui had ever thought about what Xiao Ding wanted to do, they just simply believed that a general should not have such influence.

All people, whether they are Song people on Shaanxi Road or Tubo people in Hengshan, should unite around the Shaanxi Road appeasement envoy headed by Ma Xing.

What do you want to do when you unite around a general?

Ma Xing even thought that he did it for Xiao Ding's sake, and whether it was Xiao Ding or Xiao Yu from Bianliang in the future, he had to thank him.

Cheng Gui once thought that this matter was extremely simple.

When the pacifier all the way issued a call, no matter who was below, wouldn't he be so excited that he would jump up with his body?Needless to say, who is more attractive?
But when he reached out to certain people with full confidence, a basin of cold water poured down on his head, cooling him down.This made him suddenly realize that things are not that simple!

If you can't use these tricks to solve the problem, you can only wait until you return to Yan'an Mansion, and suggest that the pacifier should be very hard.When the time comes, you can directly draw the bottom line and transfer Xiao Ding away. This is the easiest way, and then slowly dissolve these generals under him.

The generals brought out by Xiao Ding are really capable of fighting. Cheng Gui felt deeply about this after watching the confrontation between Xiao Ding and Li Xu this time. , It should allow the combat effectiveness of the various ministries on Shaanxi Road to rise rapidly.

Of course, this would offend Xiao Ding, and even Xiao Yu in Beijing.

But as long as it is a promotion, the unhappiness that comes to mind will disappear soon!
By the way, Shaanxi Road will become an important route for the Song Dynasty to attack Liao in the future, and the appeasement envoy will definitely be reluctant to let Xiao Ding go, so it is completely no problem to find him a place in the appeasement envoy's mansion.

Just take it out when you need it.

By the way, this is the best way for both parties.

Yuzang Huama had to be kind to him, and he had to be courted intentionally. With them, Hengshan Dangxiang could be restrained.

The appeasement envoy liked the iron cavalry of the Dangxiang people very much, and the Tubo cavalry under Yuzang Huama's command were not bad.

Thinking of these things, Cheng Gui showed a satisfied smile on his face, but he gradually fell asleep.The two girls didn't dare to be negligent at all, they still held him firmly and lightly.As the arrested criminals in Li Xu's mansion, if they could climb up to the nobleman in front of them, they would not suffer in the next few days.But they saw that those extremely fierce Song generals bowed their heads and ears in front of this skinny man.

Yuzang Huama was drinking with Tuoba, and there was another person present, Zhang Yuan.

Yuzang flower hemp looks like a door panel, strong but not fat.

Tuoba Yangwei belonged to the kind of guy who looks thin when he wears clothes, and he looks fleshy when he takes off his clothes. He usually looks like a scholar when he wears the clothes of a scholar, but at this moment, wearing the strong clothes of a warrior, he has a murderous aura spontaneously.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuan, thin and small, sat between the two of them, just like a little sheep sitting between two tigers.

Yuzang Huama looked at this Song man several times with interest.

Because he found that Tuoba Yangwei respected this person very much.

He knows Tuoba's majesty, this person has always had his eyes set high.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhang Yuan Zhang, I've never heard of you before!" Yu Zang Hua Ma raised his wine glass to Zhang Yuan, laughing.

Since this person could appear here, Yuzang Huama felt that there was no need to hide it, and asked directly.

"Zhang used to be just a teacher!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "In his spare time, he handled some documents for General Xiao, and sometimes he also counseled some affairs, that's all. Now, General Xiao, General Tuoba, Ren Duo Zhizhou and others value him , just come out and do some trivial things that are not worth mentioning, hahaha!"

It's definitely not a small matter, but if people don't talk about it, of course it's hard for me to follow up and ask. After all, we have not met for a long time, and it is not something that people present will do.Even if it's with Tuoba Yangwei, I haven't seen each other for so many years, what's going on, I still have to walk and watch in the future!

Yuzang Huama only needs to know that the weight of the person in front of him is definitely not light.

"Brother Tuoba, I understand what you mean. To be honest, I'm down and out now, and I need to hug a thigh to survive. According to the current situation, Ma Xing's thigh is much thicker!" Yu Tibetan flower hemp is straightforward.

"I didn't ask you not to hug his thigh. Speaking of which, we are all Ma Xing's subordinates!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "But there is a difference between a virtual hug and a real hug, Patriarch Yu Zang, you Is it a virtual hug, or a real hug?"

Yuzang Huama was stunned, and said after a long while: "If possible, who wouldn't want to be the master of the house? Holding someone's thigh is actually selling yourself. Now, I should sell myself for a good price."

"Patriarch Yuzang is a straightforward person." Zhang Yuan laughed loudly: "General Tuoba, I think Hengshan Trading can let Patriarch Yuzang become a shareholder!"

"What Hengshan business?" Yu Zang asked.

Tuoba smiled and said: "Yuzang, I'm not going to hide it from you. If you really join Hengshan Trading, then you will have to obey the orders of Commander Xiao Dingxiao. Our Hengshan Trading is dominated by him."

"Why do you abandon the appeasement envoy and are willing to serve as a command envoy?" Yuzang Huama was very puzzled.

"It's very simple." Tuoba Yangwei said indifferently: "Xiao Ding regards us as partners, and Ma Xing regards us as sharp blades. Partners can share joys and sorrows, but sharp blades will eventually be used to curl blades. When that day comes, we will Abandoned like shoes. Yuzang, which one do you think I will choose?"

"What kind of confidence does Xiao Ding have to be able to soothe Shiban's wrist all the way?" Yu Zang was puzzled.

"We've already done it several times." Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "There will be more to do next time. I can assure you that we will still win."

(End of this chapter)