Fu Song

Chapter 492 An Unexpected Candidate

If a matter is extremely difficult, the prospect is unclear, and if it is involved in a situation where it is very likely to fail, most people will definitely avoid it and try to do everything possible to get rid of themselves outer.

But if one thing becomes a piece of fat, as long as it touches the edge, it may be rewarded for meritorious service, promoted and made a fortune, and many people will rack their brains and sharpen their heads to get it together.

Now, attacking the traitor Xiao Ding has become such a delicious piece of fat.

News from the north is flying everywhere now.

Most of them said that Xiao Ding had been defeated by General Xiao Siwen Yeluhuan of the Liao Kingdom, and his life and death were unknown.

As far as the official is concerned, they know very accurately that Xiao Ding is now confronting Xiao Siwen in Xuanleise, and another Liao army led by Yeluhuan has already occupied Dongshoujiang City, and the army has already crossed Montenegro , Arrived near Zhongshoujiang City.

Xiao Ding is indeed in danger.

Moreover, Xiao Ding's main force was also confirmed to have arrived at Xuan Lei Sai, and it was only the second-line troops of the Western Army that confronted the Song Army on the Hengshan line in the south.

Not one of the iron kites and Bubazi, who were famous all over the world in the Western Army, is here.

All were pulled up to fight against the Liao army.

To eat persimmons, pick the soft ones!
Now the Western Army in front of the Great Song Army is definitely a soft persimmon!
There are many people who want to make meritorious deeds.

Song Dynasty attacked the Western Army, and this time it can be said that it was a fit.

Not only Shaanxi Road, which has been preparing for a long time, but Qinfeng Road and Hedong Road also received orders at the same time.

Qin Fenglu attacked the Jingsai Army Division of the Western Army.

East Road attacked the Shenyong Army Division in the left wing, that is, the area around Luowu City.

The middle road enters the Jianing Army Division from Shaanxi Road.

In the eyes of many people, except Zhang Cheng is facing a hard bone, the other two paths actually have loopholes to exploit.

For example, in the Qingsai Military Division, the general is Yuzang Huama from Tubo.

It's hard to say how loyal this person is to Xiao Ding.

Maybe seeing Xiao Ding's catastrophe approaching, he might come and fight back.

Anyway, what Xiao Ding can give him, the Song court can also give him.

Moreover, Da Song's thigh is obviously much thicker than Xiao Ding's.

And in Luowu City, another key point of the Western Army, the guarding general is Zhang Yunsheng.

Li Du's son-in-law.

Li Xu was defeated by Xiao Ding, and Li Du died in the hands of the Western Army. Zhang Yunsheng's surrender was an act of desperation. Now, can Zhang Yunsheng be persuaded to betray Xiao Ding?

It is also very possible!
As long as Zhang Yunsheng surrendered, Luowu City would immediately become a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the Western Army.

But Zhang Cheng didn't have such a convenience. Neither Li Yi from Shentangbao nor Tuoba Fenwu from Castanopsis Village were the ones who could be said to surrender.

It is natural for Lan Sixin to worry.

Speaking of which, if Zhang Cheng has made meritorious service here, he, the pacifier, will naturally be in charge of the overall situation, and the biggest credit is of course his.

After working on Shaanxi Road for so long, he also wants to go back to Bianliang, enter the Dutang, and become a real grandson of the Song Dynasty!
Moreover, Zhang Cheng has devoted himself to the army all these years. The army on Shaanxi Road can be regarded as a real elite!
At least Lan Sixin felt that it was much stronger than the Shangsi Army he had seen in the early years.

It's just that Zhang Cheng's luck seems a bit bad.

So this time he personally came to cheer Zhang Cheng up.

He knew that Zhang Cheng cherished the lives of his soldiers, and he had seen it himself in the past two days. Once the attack was blocked or the loss was too great, Zhang Cheng would immediately order a retreat and find another way.

But in Lan Sixin's view, this is not acceptable.

In war, how can you be afraid of death?

Victory, that is life stacked up.

After some exhortation, I hope Zhang Cheng will understand.

They are almost bound together now!
At this time, Zhang Yunsheng, who was far away in Luowu City, was standing at the top of the city, watching a man who looked like a businessman sitting in a basket and being put down the city wall.

That person was an official in the Song Dynasty, and now he is an official on Hedong Road. Speaking of which, he has several connections with him. He had a teacher with him when he was studying, so he can barely be called a senior brother.

But later Zhang Yunsheng abandoned literature and joined the military, and then went to the northwest to join the Dingnan Army, and later entered Li Du's Fayan, all the way to the sky.

Han Zhen, the appeasement envoy of Hedong Road, is really good at finding his childhood friend to come and say surrender.

Seeing that man got off the city wall and turned around to wave to him, Zhang Yunsheng smiled and waved again and again.

"General!" Beside him, the trusted general Zhang Duan was anxious.

Zhang Yunsheng glanced back at him and said, "What do you think about this?"

Zhang Duan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Of course I listen to you."

"Xiao Changqing is good to me." Zhang Yunsheng said indifferently: "If you don't surrender, the general will look at me and let me be in charge of the entire left wing of the Brave Army Division. I’m still having a good time here.”

"what do you mean?"

"Since I've had a good time, I naturally want to keep going like this." Zhang Yunsheng said, "I've stayed in the Song Dynasty, and I've also stayed in the Dingnan Army. year."

Zhang Duan breathed a sigh of relief: "In the past few years, I have lived quite easily."

Zhang Yunsheng smiled: "Do you know who designed the whole system of the Western Army?"

"I heard it was designed by Xiao Jiaerlang and Zhang Yuan Zhang Changshi!" Zhang Duan said.

"That's putting gold on Zhang Changshi's face!" Zhang Yunsheng said: "The entire system of the Western Army was designed by Xiao Erlang. It ensures the vitality and flow of the system to the greatest extent. Those who are capable have a stage to dance, and those who are inferior There are upward channels, there are certain rewards and punishments, and there is a basis for advancing and retreating. The reason why the Western Army has maintained such a high fighting spirit over the years lies in this."

"But now it seems that the Western Army is really in danger." Zhang Duan said worriedly.

Zhang Yunsheng laughed: "Then Han Zhen has a tone of giving me alms, doesn't he just think that Director Xiao will be defeated in the north? And I am just a general, a guy who can play around?" Zhang Yunsheng took out from his arms He sneered in the handwritten letter written by Han Zhen, the pacifier of Hedong Road: "The civil servants of the Song Dynasty are still the same, but this era is not what it used to be."

After a few clicks, the letter was torn to pieces in Zhang Yunsheng's hands, turning into pieces of snowflakes and falling from his hands.

"If Director Xiao is really powerless in the north, will Xingqing Mansion still be so peaceful now?"

"This is what makes me feel strange. Several military commanders on the front line in the south are now facing the threat of the Song army, but the two armies of Lei Dejin and Zheng Jihua can be transferred back. Anyway, the Heihan people will not There may be too much threat. There is also the uighur riots in Xizhou, which will not be a climate at all."

"So, the so-called Manager Xiao can't stand up in the north, I'm afraid it's just an illusion." Zhang Yunsheng narrowed his eyes: "Don't you and I understand the real combat effectiveness of the Western Army?"

"Since you don't want to have anything to do with the State of Song, General, why are you still confused with them? We are not the only ones in Luowu City. If these matters fall into the eyes and ears of the staff secretary Xu Shen, That will be troublesome." Zhang Duan glanced left and right, and his voice became quieter.

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Yunsheng said with a smile: "If you don't make excuses to them, how can you give Han Futai a hard time! He actually looks down on me so much."

Zhang Duan stared at Zhang Yunsheng with wide eyes.

Luowu City, as the first point of entry into Hengshan, is more important than Shentang Fort and Castanopsis Stronghold. There are more than [-] troops stationed here, and most of them are the remnants of the former Dingnan Army. Two of them have been replaced by the new army through normal means of retirement and defense.

Such an approach was indeed reducing Zhang Yunsheng's influence invisibly, but Xiao Ding did it aboveboard, and even discussed this issue openly with Zhang Yunsheng when he went to Xingqing Mansion.

Zhang Yunsheng had nothing to say.

Because this kind of thing has long formed a clear system among the major military divisions of the Western Army, and it is not aimed at him alone.Like my subordinates, there are thousands of Tubo soldiers transferred from Yuzang Huama!And at Tuoba Fenwu in Castanopsis Village, there was also a battalion of [-] people transferred from him.

Since it is stable, checks and balances, but also maintains combat effectiveness.

This is the strategy of the Western Army.

Dozens of generals gathered in the meeting hall, and the person in charge of the staff department that Zhang Duankou said was also among them.

"In the two places of Shentangbao and Castanopsis, I heard that people's brains have been beaten into dog's brains, and Li Yi and Tuoba Fenwu are jumping up and down like monkeys." Zhang Yunsheng laughed.

There was a roar of laughter in the meeting hall.

Everyone is fighting against the Song army on the southern front, so there is naturally a comparison before each other.

Li Yi was born in Xiao Ding's personal guard, and Tuoba Fenwu was Tuoba Yangwei's younger brother. In contrast, Zhang Yunsheng's background in Luowu City was the most unreliable. People from these families gathered together, and the other two Naturally, they were ashamed and arrogant, and those in Luowu City also felt inferior.

This is impossible.

Even if the highest level of the Western Army does not have this idea, the lower ones still have to compare with the previous ones.

"This time, let them see how our Luowu City defeated the enemy." Zhang Yunsheng knocked on the table: "The two of them shared the attack on Shaanxi Road, and our family independently took over East Road. shame on them!"

The atmosphere in the meeting hall became even more heated.

In the next ten days, the messengers from both sides communicated continuously, and all the details were finalized.

On a breezy day, Song Jun happily marched towards Luowu City.

Then there is no more then.

The Song army entering the city encountered a long-planned ambush, and the entire army of more than [-] people was killed. The follow-up troops turned around and fled when they saw something wrong.

What's even more speechless is that the Hedong Army didn't have any defenses. Under the pursuit of the Western Army, the disintegrated troops directly smashed their own camp, and then caused the camp roar.

Tens of thousands of troops from the east of the river were chased and beaten by only five thousand troops from the west.

Along the way, countless corpses were thrown and countless prisoners were captured.

Under the protection of the pro-army, Han Zhen, the pacifier of Hedong, gave Zhang Yunsheng all the ceremonial guards of his own pacifier of Hedong with his own body.

The three-way attack had just begun, and the east road was defeated.

When the news came, there was an uproar from all over the country of Song.

Han Zhendun was criticized by thousands of people. He hadn't come to his senses when he fled back. The censor from Yushitai had already come to the door with a prison cart.

The defeat of Luowu City naturally also affected the Song Army on Shaanxi Road.

Zhang Cheng continued his onslaught for many days, and was immediately stopped.

And on Qinfeng Road, Li Chun, the appeasement envoy of Qinfeng Road, also sent an envoy to persuade Yuzang Huama, the general of the Jingsai Army Division of the Western Army to surrender.

The people he sent out walked slowly on the road, and when they arrived at Yuzang Huama's place, the victory of Luowu City had already arrived, and Yuzang Huama unceremoniously cut off the envoy's head with a knife. Then he packed his head and the letter persuading him to surrender and sent them to Xingqing Mansion.

Seeing Zhang Yunsheng acting like this, Yuzang Huama, who was originally a human being, suddenly realized something.

Originally, he wanted to take another look at the scenery.

Speaking of which, Li Chun's emissary was also unlucky. If he rushed there quickly, he might still have a few good meals at Yuzang Huama's, and then he would return with an ambiguous answer.

It's good now, you don't need to bring anything.

Will stay in Weizhou forever.

East Road appeases Han Zhen, and makes Li Chun on Qinfeng Road cautious.

Since the persuasion failed, it was natural to attack according to the will of the officials.

However, the strength of Qin Feng Road lies here. Against such an old, treacherous and slippery guy like Shang Yu Zang Huama, he is really powerless, so he can only march slowly and focus on stability.

Anyway, as long as my army is still crawling on the road, you officials can say nothing about me.

Otherwise, you can ask the Fourth Army to support Qin Fenglu.

In this way, I will get up quickly.

Li Chun crawled slowly, and Yuzang Huama waited patiently. The two of them had a very good understanding now.

But Bianliang couldn't wait.

After arguing for many days, the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Qinfeng Road, Shanxi Road, and Hedong Road armies was finally settled.

Surprisingly, Chen Gui did not become the commander in chief.

Cui Ang was the winner.

This result almost made everyone's jaws drop to the ground.

You know, this guy lost his land in Hebei. Although Qin Kuan and his group of frontier generals were arrogant and domineering in the end and refused to listen to orders, those who really knew the inside story knew what the problem was.

Now, for such a guy to take on such an important task again, everyone was not only dumbfounded.

Xia Jie was furious.

Stereotypes became angry from embarrassment.

Luo Song and Li Guang went to the palace overnight to persuade him.

But the officials are determined.

The more people who opposed him, the more stubborn he became.

Cui Ang took the respect of the Duke of Dutang as his righteousness, and the commander of the Siqin army in front of the palace made Qu Zhen his deputy, and commanded the fourth army of [-] to enter Shaanxi.

(End of this chapter)