Fu Song

Chapter 200 Double spy detective
Although he has stayed in the comfort zone of Bianliang for many years, Taiwei Zhang Chao still has real skills after all.After he took charge of the military power on the Hebei Road and received the full support of Xia Jie, the pacifier, the precarious situation on the Hebei Road was quickly stabilized.

After the main force of the Forbidden Army blocked the large forces of the Liao Army, Xia Jie quickly followed up and rebuilt the national defense system established during the reign of King Jing. Because of the foundation of many years, this defense system that was already effective has gradually become weaker. The ground began to recover, and began to show their power little by little.

After things reached this point, Xia Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now he can proudly say that Hebei Road is safe and sound, and he has guarded the gate of Bianliang to ensure the safety of the officials.This credit has been achieved steadily.

It's just that Zhang Chao's long-awaited plan to bite Yelujun back seems to be in vain.

Although Yelujun is young, he is quite experienced in using soldiers. When he should be fast, he is as fast as a gust of wind, but when he should be slow, he is like an old cow.After Zhang Chao set traps many times to lure the other party to bite the hook but failed, he finally gave up.

Like countless times in the past, the two sides have once again entered a stalemate.

But what is different is that this time Yelujun was too smooth in the early stage, so that he looted a lot of food and military supplies on Hebei Road, and all the military states and local tycoons on Hebei Road made a lot of money. The food was full of oil, which made them more confident to confront the Song army on Hebei Road without worrying about logistics.

Judging by Yelujun's actions, there is a high probability that he is thinking of procrastinating like this.

After a few more months, the autumn grain will be harvested.The large tracts of crops on Hebei Road are going to be cheap for Liao people.

According to inquiries, among the series of orders issued by Yelujun, there are orders not to trample on crops.

If it is delayed until autumn, the pressure on the Hebei Road will be even greater, because at that time, the Liao people's winter bowls will come towards the Nanjing Road.

The emperors of the Liao Kingdom usually come to Nanjing Road to spend the winter in winter.

A large number of elites from the Liao Kingdom will also arrive at Nanjing Road with the Liao Kingdom Emperor at the same time.

This is not good news for the Song Dynasty.

Because in winter, what they have to face is no longer the Gongfen army, the head-down army, and the powerful army on the Nanjing Road, but the leather army army directly belonging to the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, the war must be ended immediately.

But Yelujun was not in a hurry.

In the past, under such circumstances, the Liao people would send envoys to put forward a series of demands arrogantly, and then the two sides began to bargain.

Anyway, one lion opened his mouth to ask for the price, and the other one landed and paid back the money.

The Song people, who were in a passive state, were more confident when negotiating.

One of the most simple and popular truths is that whoever proposes a truce first will lose three points at the negotiating table.

The logistics of the Liao people often cannot support their long-term war.

In previous wars, the Song people were also well prepared. No matter how powerful the Liao people were in military affairs, they would face a place with strong walls and clear fields after they entered. It was difficult to even find a clean well.

But this time is different.

Zhang Chao and Xia Jie knew this very well, so they asked Cui Ang, the special negotiating envoy, to start performing his duties and go to Hejian Mansion to negotiate with Yelujun, and they also applied for support from the imperial court.

Only with a military victory can it be possible to end the war in the autumn and avoid escalating the war again.

Regardless of whether it was the official family of the Song Dynasty or the two prefectures of the East and the West, they all recognized Zhang Chao and Xia Jie's judgment, so the forbidden troops from Gyeonggi East Road, Gyeonggi West Road, and East Road began to gather in large numbers towards Hebei Road.

But not long after the imperial army on Hedong Road left, the army from Xijing Road in Liao Kingdom started frequent provocations on the border, crossed the border many times, and began to kill, injure and loot in the territory of Hedong.This made the east and the west frightened every day, and there was no peace.

Under such circumstances, the imperial court ordered troops to be transferred from Shaanxi Road to Hedong to resist the attack of Xijing Road in Liao Kingdom.After all, Li Xu, the biggest enemy on the Shaanxi Road at this time, has been beaten into a rogue, and will not be successful in a short time. Now he is hiding in Guazhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, licking his wounds.

And another enemy, Li Du, although he still occupies Xiazhou and holds Luowu City, but now he is facing the counterattack of his former subordinates.After surrendering to the Song Dynasty, these people were eager to make contributions to prove their loyalty to the Song Dynasty, and their attacks on Li Du were much more vicious than the army on Shaanxi Road.

Xiao Ding has been promoted again!

Because the imperial army on Shaanxi Road has decreased sharply, but we can't stop there to clean up Li Xu's affairs. If you hit a snake, you will be killed. The dog in the water must not let him get up again, otherwise it is very likely to show off his might again.

So cleaning up Li Xu became Xiao Ding's only task now.

Xiao Ding was assigned the post of marching chief of the West Zheng Army.

This so-called marching chief of the Western Expedition Army is not the marching chief of Shaanxi Road.The general manager of the Shaanxi Road March is the highest military commander on the entire Shaanxi Road, and is usually served concurrently by the appeasement envoy.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Ding, the marching chief of the Western Expedition Army, was specially appointed to fight Li Xu.

Of course, the marching chief is the marching chief, which is naturally much higher than the previous commanders. Correspondingly, Xiao Ding's honorary officer has also been promoted to General Yunhui, which is a position from the third rank. , his Lao Tzu, the majestic third-rank envoy, is only a third-rank official.

Being promoted to the marching chief of the West Conquest Army greatly increased the number of troops under Xiao Ding's command. Of course, there were very few forbidden troops.Only the Zhenrong Army who cooperated with Xiao Ding in attacking Weizhou in the early stage officially became Xiao Ding's subordinates. The others, except for Xiao Ding's headquarters Guangrui Army and Dingbian Army, were the Fan Army and Ding who surrendered to the imperial court in the later period of the war. It's difficult for the old army.

But all in all, the army under Xiao Ding's direct command has exceeded [-] people.

Among them, less than half of the army provided food and salaries by the imperial court, and Xiao Ding relied on Xiao Ding to find food for the rest of the army, which included the iron kite, Bubazi, and Yuzang Huama troops.

But the court's military salary is not so easy to get.

After Cheng Gui returned, Ma Xing's grip on Xiao Ding began to further escalate.Either Cheng Gui discovered something, or all of these actions were just Ma Xing, a civil official, who was naturally alert to generals, and didn't want to make another Li Xuer.Anyway, there was a huge gap in the military pay of Xiao Ding's subordinates, and they couldn't be paid on time at all.

Huge pressure fell on Xiao Ding.

Fortunately, Xiao Ding now has a large amount of salt produced in Yanzhou, dozens of huge caravans from Hengshan Trading, and the wealth gained after this attack on Li Xu's stronghold of Xingqing Mansion, but even so, he will support it until the end of this year at most.

Zhang Yuan was once again promoted to be the long history of the Zhengxi Army's general manager's office. He needs to solve the visible future food and clothing expenses and expenses for the Zhengxi Army.

Xiao Ding was frowning, but Zhang Yuan was in high spirits.

"Hetao is really a good place! Xingling is also a good place!" Zhang Yuan smiled from ear to ear looking at the map. "Sir, this year is indeed the most difficult time for us. Next year, the better days will come. You just focus on fighting and chasing Li Xu, and leave the rest to me."

Xiao Ding felt that he could not solve these problems, and he could only fight wars, which was what he was best at.

He gathered [-] cavalry and followed him to pursue Li Xu.Three thousand iron kites, one thousand Tubo cavalry, and a cavalry battalion drawn from Guangrui, Dingbian, and Zhenrong troops formed this attacking force.

Pursuing Li Xu was only one of the tasks. One of the grand strategic goals formulated by Xiao Cheng at the beginning was to completely open up the passage to the Western Regions.

Now this road is crowded with tribes, and it is extremely chaotic. Although there are trade routes, the risk of doing business is extremely high. Xiao Ding's mission this time is to completely clean up this trade channel. Anyone who stands in their way will be killed will be flattened.And this military action will affect the future fate of Xiao Ding's military group.

Xiao Ding himself may not have realized it yet, but Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others have already had a clear understanding.

Tuoba Yangwei went out with Xiao Ding again.

However, Zhang Yuan was a latecomer, surpassing Ren Duozhong and others in one fell swoop, and became the number two person in the general manager's office of the Zhengxi Army, directly responsible for all affairs except military affairs under the jurisdiction of the Zhengxi Army.

"Zhang Changshi, please forgive me!" Miao Shou stood in front of Zhang Yuan's big case, looking at him crying, "I know I was wrong, and I dare not do it again."

Zhang Yuan raised his pen and wrote vigorously on the case file, as if he didn't see Miao Shou in front of him.

This made Miao Shou cry even more sadly: "Zhang Changshi, there is nothing I can do. In Yan'an Mansion, if I don't agree, our father and son will die in prison. I will agree without hesitation!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan put down his pen and looked at the other party: "Miao Shou, the manager is really benevolent to you! It's just asking you for [-] yuan, and you know it yourself. Is it only [-] guan? But how did you repay the manager? Hey, Hengshan, you haven’t even finished half of it, how can you complete the order of the appeasement envoy? It will take another year or a half, Every tribe, every nook and cranny has to be visited to make a good job!"

Miao Shou's legs gave way, and he knelt down on the ground with a bang. In the past few months, he has been tortured to death, and his old life is probably half gone, let alone another year or a half. , I'm afraid that in ten and a half months, I will have to confess my old life.

After experiencing Zhang Yuan's methods of manipulating people, Miao Shou realized again that he was really playing games before!The point is, if he really kills himself, he won't leave any clues behind him. I'm afraid he will ask for a posthumous glory for himself, and die in an honorable death.

But Miao Shou didn't want to die yet!

"Zhang Changshi, I'll listen to you. I'll do whatever you want me to do in the future, no matter what!" Miao Shou vowed.

Seeing that the other party finally gave in completely, Zhang Yuan smiled.

In fact, killing Miao Shou is not in their interest at all now.Everyone knows that Miao Shou is Ma Xing's wedge. If you killed him, isn't that blatantly giving Ma Xing eye drops?Didn't you openly declare war on Ma Xing?
Right now, of course it won't work.

It is inevitable to subdue Miao Shou.

Such a person is very neat.

Making him a double agent next is Zhang Yuan's goal.

What Ma Xing knows must be what he wants to know here, and those real secrets must not be leaked out.

"Miao De has now entered the appeasement envoy's mansion, I heard that Cheng Chaofeng values ​​him very much!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile.

"Chang Shi will know everything about Chang Shi Mansion in the future, as long as he knows, he will know everything and talk endlessly." Miao Shou promised: "The next time he comes to visit me, I will tell him. "

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Vice Mission Miao, that's right. Don't even think about it, the pacifier first beat you to death, and then gave you a little sweetness, so you ran over to him excitedly." Do you think you are too cheap to work hard? Follow us in the future, and your life in custody will be more comfortable than before!"

"But, but I don't want to rebel!" Miao Shou said with a mournful face.

"Rebellion? Who told you we were going to rebel?" Zhang Yuan laughed: "What kind of family background is Director Xiao? Will he rebel? Is eating beef crazy? Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money! We just want to get rich. Miao Shou, What is the little money you got before? Follow us well, and in a few years, we will show you what it means to be invincibly rich!"

Hearing that there would be no rebellion, Miao Shou was completely relieved.

Isn't Zhang Yuan's words just a lie?

Judging by their way of doing things, with such a large investment in the early stage, I am afraid that they will be rich in the end if they reap the rewards.

"Zhang Changshi, I will follow you, follow you!"

"Well, deputy trainer Miao, since this is the case, you should go to rest for a while and take good care of your body. To do things, you must have a good body first. Look at you now, I'm afraid A gust of wind blows you away!"

Miao Shou wants to cry but has no tears. Isn't it thanks to you that I look like this?

But I really dare not say this.

Zhang Yuan looks harmless to people and animals who laugh at Mimi, but he is really ruthless and lawless. He is also a high-level official, but in his eyes, he is no different from a kitten or a puppy. The key is that he ordered and moved those Hengshan Dangxiang, especially those raw people in Hengshan, is really daunting.

Instead of listening to the words of the pacifier and dying silently in a corner and becoming the food of wild beasts, it is better to commit yourself to the other party.Anyway, Ma Xing never really valued him, and some just took advantage of him.

"Have you dealt with this thief?" Tuoba Fenwu walked in, looked at the back of Miao Shou who had just left, and asked with a smile.

"Such a person has no integrity at all, and it's too easy to clean up!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Come here today, what's the matter?"

"The first draft of my family's script compiled by elder brother has been completed. Before leaving, elder brother asked me to send it to Bianliang to ask the second son to correct it. I wonder if Zhang Changshi has any words for me to bring to the second son?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Just tell Second Young Master that I fully understand what he means now, please rest assured."

Tuoba Fenwu raised his eyebrows, but didn't ask any more questions, just nodded, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)