Fu Song

Chapter 667
Zhang Cheng angrily looked at Li Gang in front of him.

The hand holding the handle of the knife is full of veins,

He tried his best to restrain the urge to draw the knife and hack the bastard in front of him to death.

What he wants is a intact Chang'an City,
And this is also part of the agreement between him and Li Chun.

Otherwise, after he captured Languan and entered Lantian County, why did he linger there for a few days to lure Qu Bao to exterminate him?

It was Li Chun himself who formulated the plan to divide the Zhao army stationed in Chang'an City and its surrounding area into two and create a plan for Li Chun's army to take Chang'an City quickly.

Because Li Chun confessed to Zhang Cheng that he has enough influential insiders in Chang'an City, as long as Qu Bao leaves Chang'an City with his confidant army, then they can take it down without bloodshed, and then take another one intact. The city of Chang'an was handed over to Zhang Cheng.

If it wasn't for this agreement, how could Zhang Cheng invest his few confidantes in Lantian to fight head-to-head with his opponent?
Although the battle was won, Zhang Cheng was extremely distressed by the loss.

However, if these losses were exchanged for complete control of Jingzhao Mansion, it would still be acceptable.

But the current situation is completely unacceptable to Zhang Cheng.

What he wanted was a intact Chang'an City, not the messy Chang'an City in front of him that suffered heavy losses.

The most valued grains in the Changping warehouses are now gone.
The treasury is empty,

Even the people in the city have experienced a catastrophe.

Looking at the pieces of broken walls and the black smoke still rising in the distance, Zhang Cheng understood what Chang'an City looked like now.

What is the use of such a Chang'an city?
Without food, how can I appease the people?
Not to mention anything else, just those people who helped him completely defeat Qu Bao under Lantian City are still waiting eagerly for him to resettle them!
Should I run to say thank you to them and let them go home?

"Xiao Taiwei Zhang, according to the agreement, Chang'an City, this is yours!" Li Gang frivolously hooked his tail finger on the horsewhip and swung it, looking at Zhang Cheng with a smile: "Brother, let's go now."

Gan Quan and others glared at him.

Is Little Zhang Taiwei also called?
But this anger, they can only hold it in their hearts.

Because Zhang Cheng, after heaving a sigh of relief, smiled back at the other party: "Thank Mr. Li for me, just say, Mr. Zhang has accepted it!"

Li Gang laughed loudly, and got off the horse with his legs clamped between his hips. The horse, which was more than eight feet high at the shoulders, let out a long hiss and galloped into the distance. Behind Li Gang, thousands of cavalry followed closely, their hooves rolled Countless snowflakes rose up, flew up one after another, and then slowly fell down, dyeing Zhang Cheng's body white.

"Taiwei!" Gan Quan's eyes were red, he took a step forward, and looked at Zhang Cheng. How dare he hide the murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhang Cheng shook his head slowly: "We are not opponents!"

Looking at his generals, he continued: "They have more than five thousand cavalry here, and they can easily crush us. We are not strong enough, so naturally we don't have the capital to yell at each other. The handle of the knife is not hard, how can the waist be so hard? stand up?"

"Li Chun is deceiving us!" Gan Quan said angrily.

Zhang Cheng smiled coldly and said, "It's not deceitful, I'm too honest, I didn't expect that they could go back on what they said so well, and they could go so far. This is how I have been determined, thinking that I have nowhere to go except to be attached to him!"

Gan Quan and the others lowered their heads.

Li Chun said it nicely, handing over the entire Jingzhao Mansion to Zhang Cheng, eight hundred li Qinchuan!Zhang Cheng Ganquan and others were overjoyed by this covenant.

In today's world of great contention, without a fixed territory, without a solid base, it is impossible to talk about making any business.

Li Chun firmly controlled Qinfeng Road, and Li Shilong firmly controlled Yizhou Road. It was precisely because of these two places that they were able to challenge Xiao Cheng, and they had to win over the Liao people.

Looking at Xiao Cheng again, if it weren't for his management in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places for more than ten years, which made these places his strong rear, how could he suddenly rise to support Zhao An in one fell swoop when he was about to fall? The most powerful person in the Song Dynasty now!
But they can only roam around in the Qinling Mountains as bandits.

So, they need a place.

And Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away with Jingzhao Mansion as the center, is undoubtedly a treasure land of geomantic omen that can accomplish great things.

Now they do get it.

But Chang'an City, which was so dilapidated, was no longer a wing that could help them take off, but a huge burden that dragged them down.

"Enter the city!" Zhang Cheng rode his horse into the city gate slowly.

In the yamen of the magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, there is the same chicken feather.

The miserable scene even made Zhang Cheng laugh.

Those people even moved away the tables, chairs and benches.

Oh, maybe they don't need these things, but those tribal soldiers on Qinfeng Road need these things to burn fire and keep warm, right?
Walking into the yard, Zhang Cheng picked up a half-charred piece of wood among the piles of burnt black remnants, picked it up with his hands, shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's made of high-quality golden nanmu. They actually used the table as firewood! This table alone is worth hundreds of dollars."

Gan Quan sneered and said, "How do these barbarians know how precious these things are? In their eyes, they probably only recognize gold, silver, copper coins, silk and satin, and cattle and horses' food, right?"

Zhang Cheng smiled self-consciously, "Maybe they are not wrong, gold, silver and copper coins can buy things, silk and satin can at least be wrapped around the body to keep warm, and can also be used as money, not to mention cattle and horses, and these are expensive. What is the use of such a thing besides lighting a fire for warmth?"

"Lieutenant, what shall we do next?"

"How much food do we have left?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"There is less than [-] shi of grain left in the whole army!" Gan Quan had a headache. As Zhang Cheng's deputy general, he was going to fight, and he was also in charge of these logistical tasks.

"Send it to the people who participated in the war, let them go home first, tell them, save some food, get through this period, everything will be fine, Zhang, will never treat them badly!" Zhang Chenghui Waved, said.

Gan Quan was taken aback, "Taiwei, all of them have been distributed, what should we do?"

"We survived eating tree bark and Guanyin soil back then." Zhang Chengdao: "It's better now than back then. Besides, Gan Quan, do you think the brothers who followed me from the mountain would betray me because they didn't have a bite to eat?" ?"

"Of course not!" Gan Quan shook his head and said, "It's just that everyone thought that if they went down the mountain and entered the city, they would have a good life. But now, I'm afraid they will be disappointed."

"It's better to let them down than to let down the common people who came to help me with hoes! Tell the brothers, let's wait a while longer!" Zhang Cheng said.

Gan Quan was silent for a while, and said: "Taiwei, Feng Bao is still there! I think we can ask him for some more."

Zhang Cheng looked up at the gloomy sky, and it took him a while before he smiled and said: "They are not good people, but Xiao Erlang is more pleasing to the eye. Gan Quan, after you settle down, you can follow Feng Bao to the south. Look at the Jiangning court that Feng Bao boasted so amazingly, what is going on?"

"Yes!"

"Anyway, Li Chun gave us such a mess, but it really gave us a headache! But such a low starting point is also a good thing. We only need to do something casually to make people see hope. If that’s the case, how can we still go there!”

"The Taiwei is right!" After all, they are all people who have suffered a lot on the mountain. When encountering difficulties, they always think openly. Listening to Zhang Cheng's words, Gan Quan finally showed a smile on his face: "It's never going to be any worse than when we were on the mountain."

"I misjudged Li Chun's heart, such a person, it's hard to be grand!" Zhang Cheng said. "Only him, and Xiao Erlang flapping his wrist? Ridiculous!"

"So we have to make other plans in advance!"

"It's natural!"

With a sound of swish, the horsewhip was pulled down from the air with the sound of the wind, and landed heavily on Li Gang's body. His clothes were instantly shredded, and the cotton wool inside was flying all over the sky.

Li Gang didn't dare to hide, so he could only stand firm.

Because it was his father who beat him, Qin Fenglu comforted Li Chun.

Li Chun was about to go crazy.

The things that were explained clearly can actually make Li Gang do this.

He could imagine Zhang Cheng's anger now. It took him a lot of effort to gain mutual trust with Zhang Cheng. Now it's a good thing that this bastard will be wiped out with a backhand.

"Father, it's just a bandit, how can you be so concerned?" Li Gang curled up on the ground, hugged his head and shouted: "What little Taiwei Zhang, his son didn't even notice that idea inside!"

Hearing that Li Gang dared to fight back and was still not convinced, Li Chun became more angry and struck harder. The whip also fell on Li Gang's head and face, making him scream!
"Bandits, rogues!" Li Chun roared: "You have persisted in the Qinling Mountains for several years, and expanded from a thousand people to nearly ten thousand soldiers now. Can you do it? When you come down the mountain, a flag can attract people." Tens of thousands of young and strong people around have brought their own weapons to help the battle, can you do it? The old Taiwei Zhang has a high prestige in the Fourth Army, and Xiao Zhang even guarded the palace alone, defeating the rebellion under the command of King Jing, you Can it be done? I'll kill you, you unworthy one."

Wen Yi on one side took a step forward, hugged Li Chun's arm, and persuaded: "My lord, the matter has come to this point, and it is meaningless to blame the young master, not to mention those tribal cavalry are all rebellious, and they will be defeated when they enter the city." If you are a lunatic, the young master is not aware of it for a while!"

After reaching the steps, Li Chun threw down his whip and said with a long sigh, "Can those grains be recovered? Among other things, what Zhang Cheng lacks most now is grains."

"My lord, how can I let those tribes spit out the things that have entered!" Wen Yi shook his head and said: "Besides, in the future, you will have to rely on their combat power when you conspire on Shaanxi Road and other places. These tribal cavalry, I can only win over!"

"Isn't that Zhangcheng going to separate from me?" Li Chun was a little annoyed, "If that's the case, then why give him Jingzhao?"

"My lord, the reputation of the old Taiwei Zhang and the little Taiwei Zhang is still very useful." Wen Yi said: "Besides, if you introduce the dilapidated Jingzhao Mansion, the little Taiwei Zhang will have to rely more on your talents If he survives, who else can he rely on around here? From this point of view, this young master's move may be a good thing."

"That's right, that's right!" Li Gang on the side nodded again and again, causing Li Chun to kick him again, turning him into a rolling gourd.

"Next, Xianggong might as well send someone to send him some food, and then apologize, explaining that these things were done by those tribal soldiers, I think the little Taiwei Zhang can understand!" Wen Yi suggested.

"Qinfeng Road doesn't have any surplus food now!" Li Chun said with distressed expression, "Come on, I can only squeeze some more out of the mouths of the common people and send it to Taiwei Zhang, Wen Yi, you've got to play tricks Go ahead, tell Xiao Zhang Taiwei, although there are not many, but it can always last for a while, after the new year, I will raise another batch of food for him, and I will never let him go hungry!"

"Understood!" Wen Yi said with a smile: "In this way, the little Taiwei Zhang has been set to death. Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away, is indeed a good place, but if you want to sit firmly here, you can't. It is also a huge problem!"

A few days later, Wen Yi escorted five thousand shi of grain and appeared in front of Zhang Cheng in Chang'an City.

Not only was there food, but there was also an apology letter written by Li Chun himself, claiming that he had severely blamed the culprit, Li Gang, and also explained his current difficult situation. The tribal soldiers on Qinfeng Road were really rebellious and difficult to control As a result, this kind of thing happened.

Zhang Cheng accepted the batch of food with a smile on his face, and at the same time expressed his anger towards these disobedient tribal cavalry, and at the same time interceded for Li Gang, saying that it was not Mr. Li's fault, but that the tribal cavalry was too hateful, etc. .

Both the host and the guest were very happy. The two sides exchanged wine and chatted happily. During the meeting, they had a full exchange of opinions on the next military operations. During the period, Zhang Cheng proposed to ask for a batch of weapons and armor. They all agreed, and promised to send it back.

And when Wen Yi reluctantly said goodbye, Gan Quan, Zhang Cheng's general, had already crossed the Qinling Mountains and set out for Jiang Ning with Feng Bao, the envoy of Jiang Ning.

Zhang Cheng has a feud with the Xiao family, but the public is the public, and the private is private, a man stands in the world, how can he abolish the public because of private?

If Li Chun is really a person who can do great things, Zhang Cheng can also cooperate with his opponents, not only can not miss the official business, but also can take revenge on Xiao Shi to give a sigh of relief, but now it seems that Li Chun can't do it at all. To entrust a major event, what this person does is, to put it bluntly, only for the sake of his own power and status.

Little Taiwei Zhang, how can he be with this kind of person?
If I really want to do this, I'm afraid that when I see Lao Zhang under the Nine Springs in the future, I will be spit all over my face.

(End of this chapter)